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Christmas Tree Nails - Polish Etc.
For some reason I can't seem to paint a Christmas Tree on my own nails. I can paint a tree on paper, I can even paint a tree on someone else's nails, but not my own for some reason. Instead I chose to interpret this challenge prompt as Christmas ornaments! Each of my nails has a pattern similar to what you'd see as an ornament on a tree.
I'm really starting to like nail art with a bunch of combined patterns and this one was a lot of fun to wear. I used my smallest nail art brush and some dotting tools to make these patterns.
What do you think? Does it remind you enough of a Christmas Tree?
Tomorrow I will be participating in the Blogger Day of Silence for the tragedy that struck Newtown Connecticut and the rest of our nation. I will be back on Wednesday with more holiday nail art!
This is so pretty! It does remind me of a Christmas tree (all except the ring finger), it's still pretty though. :) I love that A-England Dragon...I don't know why I don't have it or St. George, yet. I'm now following you on twitter! Twitter is so new and foreign to me! LOL!


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This course concerns the formation and development of the intellectual tradition of Islam, principally represented by the four madhhabs of fiqh and the two schools of ‘aqida, although, as we shall see, there have been several other permutations of Islamic legal and theological thought throughout history.
02 Hajj Abdassamad from The Muslim Faculty on Vimeo.
4.b – Reflections on Day One from The Muslim Faculty on Vimeo.

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Customer care at University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg : an investigation into services received by students from support departments during registration.
This study examines customer care at University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg (UNP). It investigates the quality of service received by students, from support departments, during registration. Data was collected via a simple random sample within the three libraries (Main, Law and Life Sciences) on campus. This ensured that students from the different faculties had an equal probability of being part of the survey, providing a true representation of the campus population. The research instrument was a questionnaire, 300 of which were administered to establish the attitude and helpfulness of staff from the departments of Finance, Financial Aid, Library, Risk Management Services, Student Admissions, Student Counselling and Student Housing. A total of 287 students responded. The software package that was used to run all the analyses was SPSS version 9. Results are graphically displayed in the form of bar graphs, tables and a pie chart. Interpretation of the results reveals that the overall rating for all departments ranged from average to excellent. Recommendations are made in light of the results of the survey and the literature reviewed.


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Slice the chicken breasts into thin, long strips. Season with salt and pepper.
Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat, add the chicken strips and cook for 8-10 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.
In a large salad bowl, combine the spinach and mixed salad leaves.
Peel the avocado, cut it into slices and add to the salad.
Sprinkle with the feta cheese and chia seeds.
Assemble the cooked chicken strips on top.
Mix together the ingredients for the honey and mustard dressing. Drizzle over the salad and enjoy!

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JOHA ® Italian Oil varnish is a varnish based on an old Italian recipe. As a solvent, mainly essential oils and balms were used that yield a soft lacquer, which does not lose its suppleness after drying. The combination of soft elastic resins and essential oils as a solvent gives an excellent varnish. The composition was chosen so that after the solvent evaporates the resins do not become brittle, but for an even elastic lacquer. The JOHA ® Italian oil varnish through its elasticity is a tool which gives a very good vibrancy, soft tone resonance and a nice appearance. JOHA ® Italian oil varnish takes a long time to dry and can be pressure-sensitive in heat due to the soft resins.
This varnish, made from pure natural resins, contains amongst its other ingredients various essential oils. This allows for a good elasticity after drying. The pure sound of the instrument is supported with this varnish, as is a radiant appearance.
It is somewhat easier to use than spirit varnish, but requires a little more time to dry.

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A former Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, has advised the government against implementing policies that are popular with the electorate but have the tendency to hurt the economy in the long run.
He cited the reduction in the benchmark values for imports as one such policy that could deepen the perennial fall in domestic revenue and lure the government into accumulating more debts in order to meet rising expenditure needs.
In an interview last Saturday, Mr Terkper said the introduction of the policy at a time revenues had suffered consistent falls since 2016 “begs the question if there has been any thorough discussions on it”.
With the benchmark valuation being the cedi value upon which import duties are calculated, he said reducing those values by 30 per cent for vehicles and 50 per cent for other imports “can lead to an immediate drop in revenue”.
“Before you get to the medium term, when you hope to become competitive with the ports to be able to attract the volumes, we must be ready to face the fact that a reduction of 30 to 50 per cent in benchmark values will affect the tariff base collected by the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority,” he explained.
In 2017, the Customs Division missed its target by 8.63 per cent.
The Commissioner General of the GRA, Mr Emmanuel Kofi Nti, said that year customs collected GH¢12.7 billion, against a target of GH¢13.9 billion.
The shortfall increased to 18.6 per cent last year, with actual collections in 2018 being GH¢13.19 billion, compared with a target of GH¢16.21 billion, Mr Nti said in January this year.
Mr Terkper, who is a tax expert, explained that beyond affecting the base upon which import tariffs were calculated, the reduction in the benchmark values could also affect collections from excise duties, thereby deepening the implications of the policy on total revenue collections.
“If you change the base of computation, you are changing not just tariffs, which are the core Customs duties, but you are likely to change it for excise too.
“This is because there is some excise tax on imported vehicles and so that is going to be affected. Also, are you going to change for value-added tax (VAT)?” he asked.
Those ripple effects, he said, could lead to “a huge revenue loss at a time the GRA is already struggling to meet its revenue targets”.
On an annual basis, domestic revenue collected by the GRA has turned up lower than budgeted since 2016.
Mr Terkper also questioned the legality of the benchmark values, explaining that their continued existence meant that the country was superimposing the benchmark values, previously called commissioner’s values, on invoice values.
He recalled that following the introduction of the Single Window system at the ports, the country started moving towards the World Customs Organisation base, which was invoice base, with strong customs database for prices and classifications.
He said the reduction in some fees charged at the ports could also affect revenue inflows into the Consolidated Fund.
“Part of those fees are also internally generated funds (IGFs) for some of the agencies that have been named. So my worry now is that those that go into the Consolidated Fund will affect budget revenue and the portion that goes to the agencies will affect their IGFs.
“The question, then, is: what is the proposal to replace all these likely revenue losses at a time when Customs is already struggling?” he asked.
He asked traders to be moderate in their jubilation because of the reduction, saying that similar reductions in the past turned out to be short-lived.
He cited the announcement of the recalibration of the Value Added Tax (VAT) rate, which was initially misinterpreted as a reduction; the reduction in taxes on spare parts, which turned out not to be true, and the continued existence of taxes that were originally meant to be terminated by 2018 as examples.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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There’s no more favorite way to eat for me and Ben than a tray of nibbles. Call it charcuterie. Mezze. Tapas. Nibbles. Whatever. If you want some cool tips on eating this way, check this post of mine. It’s just a fun, relaxed and entertaining way to eat. Sometimes our ‘spreads’ are intricate with lots of savory and sweet tastes. Sometimes our spread is smaller like this where the focus is the hone lime pineapple dipping sauce.
This sauce is quite simple to make. Takes no cooking. And, is all done in the food processor. Unlike typical sauces for dipping that are savory and cheesy, this is lighter, creamy and fruity with a hint of heat as in jalapenos! I was a tad bit uncertain as to whether or not Ben would like it, yes, he’s my main taste tester. But, he LOVED it. And, couldn’t stop eating it!
I love pairing the honey lime pineapple dipping sauce with a variety of fruits, vegetables, meats and crackers. You get pops of salty and crunchy with the crackers (these are rice crackers and triscuits). The raw vegetables have the earthy clean taste and the combo with the sauce brings out even more flavors. Dipping apple slices into the sauce was almost like eating a desssert! Just fabulous. I can even use this sauce on desserts like poundcake. Yes, it’s that versatile!
Assorted crackers, vegetables (zucchini, squash, cucumbers, etc.), fruit (apples, etc.) & cured meats for tray.
Combine in a food processor one-half cup of the pineapple chunks, mayonnaise, whipped cream cheese, ginger, one teaspoon jalapeno, lime juice and salt. Pulse until the mixture is creamy.
Remove to a small serving bowl. Garnish with the additional jalapeno slivers and one pineapple chunk sliced. Skewer the remaining pineapple chunks and place on the serving tray.
Serve with an array of dipping items.
I just love how fresh the flavors are in this!


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Carrying out work such as tree removal and stump grinding can pose a high degree of risk so make sure to hire a trained professional. Our Auckland arborists have the correct skills and equipment to keep you and your property safe.
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It is always good to know that you will be getting a quality service for your money. A certified arborist will have gained their skills through certified arboriculture programmes and professional on-field training. At Jim’s trees we are proud to have professional arborists on staff who truly understand what trees need to do well, having years of experiences in providing tree care and maintenance of all kinds.
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As a responsible organisation, Jim’s Trees understands and recognises the need for safety in regard to our clients, their properties and our staff. Our comprehensive safety policy sees us comply with the strict legal OHS guidelines in every job we undertake, no matter how big or how small, and we continually seek to adopt the best preventative measures to ensure a safe workplace.
We also have an industry leading insurance cover policy that is there to give you peace of mind and cover the cost of any potential damages to your home. We offer a $10 Million insurance to safeguard your assets which is applicable to all of our services.
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Whether you are in need of residential, commercial or agricultural arboreal services, at Jim’s Trees our Auckland arborists will have their expert knowledge and training on hand to provide you with a high quality services.
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With courses from 'Wine and the Law' to 'Understanding Obama', even President Obama is calling for a rethink on US law schools.
President Obama recently let slip what some in the legal community have been thinking - that the American law school experience should be reduced from three years to two. The Obama proposal is a reflection of the type of critique that laws schools are facing as the cost of a legal education has escalated and placement rates for graduating lawyers have dropped. At the American Association of Justice’s Annual Convention in July, noted trial lawyer Gerry Spence attacked American law schools for failing to prepare students for the practice of law.
Yet, the Obama proposal to reduce a student’s time in law school does not seem to focus on the real problem. If Spence is right, the Obama proposal would be akin to curing the inadequacies of a bad restaurant by requiring it to serve smaller dishes.
Let’s take a look at what the American law schools are serving up these days. At Harvard, students can take a course in “Animal Law.” The course description says “this is a basic course in animal law in which the students engage a broad range of cases, legislation, and concepts as they pertain to nonhuman animals.” I do not completely understand what a “nonhuman animal” is but I can only speculate that I am not one of them. At least I hope not.
You might be thinking that I have skills as a fiction or comedy writer. I don’t. The truth is that no one can make this stuff up. Unfortunately, what I am writing about is more tragedy than comedy. While law school placement officers complain that there are not enough jobs for their graduates, the unfortunate reality is that more people need legal representation than ever before.
There are people whose workplaces are unsafe but they cannot find a competent affordable counsel to advocate for safer conditions. There are workers who are deprived of their full hourly rate of pay or are not properly compensated for overtime. There are literally thousands of people who are forced out of their homes because they cannot afford the mortgages that were sold to them by the banks. And there are people who have filed for bankruptcy because their credit card interest rates have exponentially rocketed once the debt was incurred. These are the hard working victims who need counsel. I could talk about those who are accused of crime and need competent representation but I suspect that story has been told already.
The type of clients I am talking about are not looking for lawyers who charge hourly rates exceeding what most workers make in a week or perhaps a month. I am talking about those who are looking for competent yet affordable counsel; lawyers who can battle life’s conflicts and by doing so can change the trajectory of a life.
It seems that our law schools have lost their compass. Sure they have their clinics that provide future lawyers with exposure to clients whose needs are too small for the mega firm to handle. But at the end of the day, their overall curriculums at times seem disconnected from what I understand was at one time a goal of training advocates in a system of justice. It seems that in their race to top of the US News Rankings, schools hire the Professor who is renowned for writing about a previously uncharted topic; albeit perhaps one that has nothing to do with the representation of people with the needs of which I write about here.
What “Wine & the Law” or “Understanding Obama” has to do with the needs of real clients is as much a mystery to me as the term “nonhuman animal.” I will confess that when I read the term “nonhuman animal,” I did what most lawyers do – I consulted an expert. Our dog said she would consult her colleagues and get back to me. I will let you know how that turns out.

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Welcome to the Hampton District One website. We are very proud of our school system, departments and individual schools in our district. The Hampton Board of Trustees is a very progressive Board that is committed to improving the school district and offering a quality educational program to the children we serve. We have talented teachers, staff and administrators working in our district to provide meaningful learning experiences for our children. We serve 2441 students and have approximately 400 employees in the 7 schools in our district. I invite you to visit the individual web sites for the schools to learn more about them. We are also proud of our individual departments and we invite you to look at their websites. Hampton District 1 serves four towns- Varnville, Hampton, Yemassee and Brunson. We have a strong partnership with the Technical College of the Lowcountry and the University of South Carolina Salkahatchee.
7. expand our offerings both in academic and vocational programs.
We want to provide a safe environment in our schools conducive to learning. We want our students and employees to feel safe in our buildings. We operate our schools efficiently using Total Quality Management System concepts to guide our efforts. Our goal is to prepare our students for opportunities they may have in the future.
In curriculum, we are analyzing the state standards and developing practice sets to help us teach each standard as we emphasize STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), reading proficiency at all levels, and support for Career and Technology courses. We recently added courses in Fire Fighting and Automotive Technology. Although we are no longer under a TIF grant, our teachers continue to receive ongoing professional development and collaboration through Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). Every instructional strategy and every initiative aligns to the South Carolina Profile of a College and Career Ready student.
Hampton District One has outstanding employees working for the children we serve. They are talented, caring, and dedicated in their respective positions. They are very willing to train in order to improve their skills and expertise. It is a pleasure to work with our employees daily as we strive to prepare our children to fit the profile of a South Carolina graduate which includes world class knowledge, world class skills, and life/career character development.
We welcome you to come visit our School District.
Doctor Wilcox attended the University of Tennessee at Martin on a basketball scholarship, where he earned a degree in business administration. He received a master’s degree in Business Administration, as well as a Doctoral Degree in Educational Leadership from East Tennessee State University. He has been a teacher, coach, and Director of Schools in Unicoi County Tennessee. Most recently, he has been Superintendent of Schools in Madison County, North Carolina since 2001, where he was named Western Regional Superintendent of the Year in 2010.
Dr. Wilcox is married to Patricia Ann Runion Wilcox, and has three grown children Justin, Marcus, and Angela.


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Have you recently purchased a DSLR and are super confused with all the buttons and what they do? New to photography and want to up your photo game? I've got you! Follow these 5 simple tips and it could change your life (or at least better your photography!) Usually, when I meet a client, I'll sit and have a look at their camera and change a few of their settings right away. You likely don't have me next to you to help you, so here is my top (easy!) functions to change on your camera that will make a big difference to your photography. These settings live in different parts of the menu depending on your camera brand. Have a peek at the manual or search online to find it on your model.
Turn Off Beep and AUTO Focus Assist Illuminator - You don't need either one of them! Some may think that the beep can help you know when you're focused properly. This is true, but you know when you're in focus as the shutter releases and you get the 'green light'. Even if your focus is off, the beep won't help you. It's just super distracting, especially if you're shooting the ceremony part of a wedding or trying for that incognito street portrait. Same with focus illuminator. There is ZERO need for this during the day (or even at night), it only distracts your subject and they will have a puzzled "what the heck was that?" expression on their face when you press the shutter. Nobody wants that. There could be a slight chance in very very low light that you might need this. But the odds that you do are so slim. So just turn the thing off!
Turn Off Your FLASH - Ew, gross. Is what I say to onboard camera flash. It does nada for your subject unless you like washed out skin tones, red eyes and floating heads and bodies in black abyss. Instead, move your subject closer to a light source (window light rocks!), turn on another lamp and open the curtains or kick up your ISO (be careful with this as you might find it creates grain and noise). Eventually, you could think about investing in a speed light, but you certainly don't have to do that right away!
Dial in the "Diopter"! - This has changed the game for a few of my clients! It's the easiest thing to do and so many don't know about it. It's a little dial, usually located to the right of the viewfinder. Have a look through the viewfinder and give this guy a spin. It only changes the focus that you see, not the final image. Set it so that what you see in your frame is clear and sharp. LIFE CHANGING!
Auto White Balance but NOT Auto ISO - This is maybe the only time I will agree to Auto. But you have loads of things to think about with composition, lighting, shutter, aperture the last thing you need as a beginner is to throw changing your WB into the mix. If you really love photography, you should be using a post production program of some kind to edit your images. This is where you can change colour balance if it's a bit off. However, Say NO to Auto ISO. My rule of thumb for beginners is to keep your ISO in and around 400 for daylight shooting (I usually go with 320). You're not doing fine art shots, so you don't need to go below this number. I would only change it up if you are entering evening light or inside darker conditions. If you choose Auto ISO, the camera is deciding what your ISO should be and it's not always accurate. You don't want to be shooting portraits with an accidental 1600 ISO. No no no no. Keeping your ISO consistent will also make it easier to learn how shutter and aperture work together (in manual mode) to properly expose your image. An invaluable lesson if you want to be a better photographer.
Switch Focus Point from Auto to Manual - I'm always harping on about going manual all the way! But, I understand fully manual everything can be a scary place for beginners. However, you're going to have to move out of the comfort of AUTO and switch to either M, A, S, P (Nikon) or M, AV, TV, P (Canon) modes on your camera. Changing your focus area from auto (lots of focus points) to manual (one single focus point that you can toggle to different focus points) will give you control of what part of the image that you want to be 'featured' (in focus) not the area that your camera is guessing you want in focus. More control = better photos.
There you have it! I have LOADS of other little tips and tricks to help out the new photographer or if you have a new camera and your unsure about it's settings.
Hit me up, book a tour and come learn, shoot and explore the city with me!

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Internships in the Medical, Dental and Health-Related Professions are still out there through The College Internship Program (UIP). UIP internships combine educational instruction and work expertise in an applied setting under the supervision and counseling of UIP faculty members, liaisons, and internship web site supervisors/mentors. UIP interns earn 4 credits every semester.
No, we did not get cheap and superb cell phones by authorities ramping up the pressure on the Sixties AT&T. Southwest Airlines didn’t come about from effectiveness panels or an advisory board telling United and American (or TWA and Pan AM) the best way to reorganize operations. The mass of auto regulation did nothing to decrease prices or induce environment friendly production by the big three.
I additionally really feel so unhappy and shocked once I hear the other aspect of things: dad and mom speaking about having to decide whether or not or not they will afford their sick children to the doctor or hospital. For me, as a Canadian mom, the cash half is removed from the equation. If they are sick, I can take them! In case you informed those that we don’t know what’s going on of their brain, however that they might take a drug that would make them really feel completely different and would possibly assist to suppress their thoughts and emotions, then many individuals might choose to keep away from taking drugs if they may.
Birth control and abortions are extremely private choices. I do know people who have had abortions and for some it was like getting a tooth cleaning and for others it was a monumental life altering selection. I have no place telling anyone else what decisions they will and cannot make no matter how a lot I disagree with them. Listed below are a couple new launches to check out. These items ought to maintain me over til Spring occurs in three more weeks!
For those who think the American folks and their doctors should have a voice in governance, in case you consider the welfare of your patients stands above politicking, if you wish to amplify your voice and the voice of others, please join us. If you happen to assume you may contribute a small amount of time to such effort, we invite you to kick begin this endeavor. You may remain nameless in case you so choose. You can contribute as a lot time as you will have available. You can select how, when and what. Let’s leave the precise particulars open and brainstorm together how best to move forward rapidly.

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Part –I – This course is common to all the students. This course includes an update of the Basic Sciences such as Biomechanics & Applied Physiotherapy, Biophysics etc for improving abilities in functional diagnosis and clinical reasoning. This course also includes Allied Subjects such as Management, Ethics & Teaching Technology. The candidate has to study 5 Cases for presentation at the time of practical examination.
C) One Time Eligibility fees for the Year 2018-2019.
D) One Time Enrollment fees for the year 2018-2019.
E) Development fees per annum for the year 2018-2019.
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Three people involved with a downtown Saskatoon medical marijuana dispensary before it was raided in 2015 have been committed to stand trial on trafficking-related charges.
The preliminary hearing for Mark Phillip Hauk, Lane Anthony Britnell and Jaime Michelle Hagel wrapped up in Saskatoon provincial court on Thursday. Publication bans are usually in place on evidence presented at preliminary hearings — which are held to determine if there is enough evidence to proceed to trial — but no ban was requested at this one.
Hauk owned the Saskatchewan Compassion Club, Britnell was an employee and Hagel was a volunteer. Each of them faces four charges: one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking marijuana, two counts of trafficking marijuana and one count of possessing proceeds of crime over $5,000.
In another rare move, the defence called witnesses at the preliminary hearing instead of the Crown. Five police officers took the stand in October, and two more testified on Thursday.
The purpose of the hearing was to lay the “groundwork” for whatever follows at the higher court level, Judge Barry Morgan explained after committing the matter to Court of Queen’s Bench.
Const. Michael Johnson, a member of the Saskatoon city police drug enforcement unit who testified Thursday, said he followed Hauk to a grocery store a month before the dispensary raid.
On Oct. 27, he waited outside the club while another officer purchased marijuana with a fake prescription after being turned away the previous week. The next day, he swore an information to obtain search warrants for Hauk’s home and the compassion club on Second Avenue North.
He then read Hauk and Britnell their charges when the men were arrested during the raid on Oct. 29, 2015.
At the time, Johnson said he was not aware that the club was specifically selling medical marijuana, or that Hauk and Britnell had medical marijuana prescriptions authorizing them to possess a certain amount.
Superintendent David Haye, the second officer to testify, said he did not know how much marijuana a prescription holder could legally possess at one time.
Court heard neither Johnson nor Haye received any training specific to medical marijuana legislation prior to the raid. Both officers also said they were unaware of any public complaints made to police about the dispensary.
Police were investigating marijuana trafficking and no simple possession charges were laid, the Crown clarified during cross-examination. Johnson said he checked with Health Canada to determine that the compassion club did not have a licence to sell medical marijuana.


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The Dallas Police Department is seeking help in identifying a brazen thief who pretended to look at a ring worth $27,000 before grabbing it and bolting from the store.
The theft, which was caught on video, occurred on January 18, when the suspect walks into a business located in the 100 block of W. Jefferson Boulevard. The police do not identify the store but it sure looks like it was Bishop Pawn/Watch & Jewelry Repair.
The suspect asks to look at a ring. The employee checks in with the manager and gets the okay to show the suspect the ring. According to the police report, this was not the first time the suspect had come into the store looking at the same ring. He was casing it out.
The employee hands him the ring, and that's where it goes awry. When the employee asks for the ring back, the suspect turns and dashes out of the store, taking the ring with him. It's a pretty dumb move, but somehow he gets away with it.
According to the police report, the ring is valued at $27,000.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, thin build, approximately 5’7, and 140 pounds. He has brown hair, brown eyes, a goatee, a tattoo under his right eye, and a tattoo on the back of his neck.
You can't see the tattoos in the video but when he turns to the side, you can see the goatee. Although you can hardly call it a goatee. More like a scruff.
He is wearing a white baseball cap, dark zip up jacket, a plaid button up, and dark blue jeans.
Anyone with information on the identity of the suspect can call Detective Jamison Bone at 214-671-0635.


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Swedish people pronounce "De" as "dom" usually.
When I read these discussions, I look for comments about things like "How Swedish people [usually] pronounce [a word]".
As such, your comment is very helpful to me. Thank you for taking the time to share for the rest of us.
Det är sant, och jag har ingen problem med det här. Men jag fick en virkke med "de" sagt som "dom" i en "listen and write" och fick det fel för att någon sag "de" som "dom"
I really don't understand what you're trying to say here. The audio sounds pretty good to me.
I am not referring to this exercise, but a different one where you need to write what you hear and in that on they say "de", but writing "de" gets marked as false and the correct answer is "dom"
We always accept both de and dom, but we use de as the default. But it should really be the other way around - since there is a bug with "type what you hear" exercises, which causes only de but not dom to be accepted.
Do you happen to remember what the sentence was, so I can check it?
The faster voice was obnoxiously quick on this one.
And a bit strange melody. For the phrasal verb "tycka om" meaning "to like" the stress should be on "om". I agree that it's a bit fast though, although good practice I guess.
Sounds like "Don't take it wrong, dear."
Like with a scottish accent, yeah.
How do you tell between Det and Dem?
Det is plural and Dem is singular... I think... I'm basing this off the sentence structure. One was De tycker om det and the other was something like Hon älskar den. Sorry for a late reply.
den and det both mean 'it', depending on gender. If you talk about 'the book', boken, you say den, but if you talk about 'the house' huset, you say det.
You can hear the difference clearly in the spoken language because dem is pronounced as if it were written dom.
Can't this sentence also be "De tycker om den"?
Yes, and that's an accepted answer.
Could you explain the difference between det and den if they are both acceptable?
It's just that they're talking about some object (concrete or abstract) that was previously mentioned, and since we don't know that context, we don't know what gender that object is, so both are accepted. The speaker knew what gender the object was though, so for them there was no choice.
The "det" sounded like "dayer"--with an "r" ending, to me. Is this correct?
How does Duolingo tell right from wrong when you have to say the sentence/word?
It's a particle that makes up the verb "likes" together with "tycker". It's a two-word verb like for example the English "get up" and "look after". On its own it can mean different things depending on context, but "if" is the most common.
Can someone please explain to me what the difference between "de" and "dem" is?
"De" is third person plural subject, "dem" is third person plural object.
Why is this "it" det rather than "den"? I just completed several questions where objective form was "den". I am missing the pattern.


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I want to be there no matter how wild.
To listen to their hopes and fears.
Because under my guidance, they won’t fail.
Their lives will entwine with both friend and foes.
They must experience all the joy and woes.
I want to be cool. I want to be fun.
I want to be the one to whom my kids run.
I want to be there to make them happy.


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Cast: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jimmy Bennett, Aryana Engineer, CCH Pounder, Margo Martindale, Karel Roden, Rosemary Dunsmore, Jamie Young, Lorry Ayers, Genelle Williams.
Rated: (for disturbing violent content, some sexuality and language).
Reviewed by Dustin Putman, July 22, 2009.
Prospective viewers who believe they have seen enough scary movies about evil children to last a lifetime will be forced to eat their words after watching "Orphan," a deliciously macabre humdinger of a horror film that puts a skin-crawlingly ingenious spin on what may seem at first sight like hackneyed material. As the idiom goes, the devil's in the details, and director Jaume Collet-Serra (2005's underrated "House of Wax"), along with astute first-time screenwriter David Leslie Johnson, are certainly up to the challenge in twisting expectations while building upon critical elements, like character development, a palpable foreboding, and provocative subtexts, often missing from modern mainstream genre fare. Once all the mysteries are sorted out and revealed, it is safe to say no one will be able to claim they have seen this picture's devious bag of tricks before.
Kate Coleman (Vera Farmiga) has been having nightmares of the stillborn birth of her daughter, masked doctors and proudly videotaping husband John (Peter Sarsgaard) cheerfully going about the delivery as if it were normal to present a mother with the shriveled, blood-drenched corpse of her new baby. During her wakeful hours, Kate's life isn't quite so traumatic. A dedicated mother to son Daniel (Jimmy Bennett) and mostly-deaf daughter Max (Aryana Engineer), Kate is a recovering alcoholic one year sober, visiting a therapist (Margo Martindale) every week and attempting as best she can to make amends for her mistakes and move on with her life. Still, Kate senses that there is a missing hole still waiting to be filled, and her and John's decision to adopt sounds like a good way to do that.
Upon visiting the St. Mariana Home for Girls, Kate and John are drawn to Russian-born 9-year-old Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman), keeping to herself as she practices her painting skills in an otherwise empty upstairs classroom. Three weeks later, Kate and John are welcoming home the newest addition to their family. Extremely well-mannered and insisting upon wearing dressy clothes and ribbons in her hair and around her neck at all times, Esther is a little quirky, but that is to be expected for a child who has had such a tough life. The more time Kate spends with Esther, however, the more she begins to question how little they actually know about her and her past.
An unnerving psychological thriller with the atmospheric elegance of classics like 1968's "Rosemary's Baby," 1973's "Don't Look Now," and 1980's "Dressed to Kill," "Orphan" is masterful in its blends of style and substance, violence and mayhem. With the exception of one or two predictable jump scares, director Jaume Collet-Serra bypasses the negative trends and clichés that tarnish most studio-produced horror filmmaking and instead concentrates on the very real struggles, both internal and external, of its characters as they are faced with a terrifying mounting situation. Because Collet-Serra spends time with the Coleman family and all the different relationships within itthere is a beautiful bedtime scene, so gentle and poignant, where Kate reads a children's book to Max that explains what happened to her deceased younger sisterthe viewer feels genuinely invested in them by the time Esther enters the equation.
For a while, Esther is utterly charming, a dream come true who is well-behaved, wise beyond her years, and delights in singing "The Glory of Love." When she pushes bratty, mean-spirited classmate Brenda (Jamie Young) off the playground equipment, the viewer stays on her side; Brenda, we believe, had it coming to her, what with her snot-nosed remarks about Esther's wardrobe and her cruel destruction of Esther's Bible. With the torn-up shreds of the religious tome, a grave miscommunication between right and wrong is unleashed, if not literally than certainly between the lines and in the face of a spiritual teacher who ultimately become the first murder victim. This, it would appear, is not merely coincidence on director Jaume Collet-Serra's part. As Esther plays mind games with Kate, Max and Daniel, in their own private ways being seriously threatened and blackmailed with their lives, she moves all the closer to John, who doubts the severity of his adopted daughter's troubles and starts questioning his wife's own mental health.
From 1956's "The Bad Seed," to 1976's "The Omen" (skip the terrible 2006 remake), to 1992's "Mikey," to 1993's "The Good Son," to 2007's "Joshua," to the terrific 2009 British chiller "The Children," there has been no lack in motion pictures serving to turn the angelic innocence of childhood into examples of demonic manifestations and old-fashioned antisocial behavior. Superficially, "Orphan" does not break fresh ground except for in the graphic viciousness with which Esther is capable of. The trajectory of the plot goes about as expected up to a certain point, then reveals added layers heretofore gone unseen. Esther's surgical intelligence, from a scene where her sisterly bond with the hearing-impaired Max is revealed for the ruse it is to another scene where pre-teen Daniel is intimidated in ways unimagined, are destined to shock the viewer as much as they send a shiver down his or her spine. The cruelest actions, however, are saved for Kate, with Esther toying with her where she knows it will sting, pulling flowers in the family's greenhouse that signify the spirit of their late daughter and calling attention to the fact that her other children do notand, in Max's case, cannotshare her love of music. The disappointments and regrets that go along with being a parent and raising children who aren't quite the fantasy picture of who you had in your mind are faced with an unblinking straightforwardness. So, too, is the prolonged aftermath of something as disturbing as losing a child during birth, and Kate's subsequent battle throughout between the love for her family and her own personal demons.
The performances are as impressive as the bold, sleek cinematography by Jeff Cutter (2006's "The Gridiron Gang") and frosty, snowswept Ontario surroundings (standing in for New England). Vera Farmiga (2008's "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas") brings both a ferocious desperation and heartbreaking fragility to Kate, a mother and wife whose protectiveness of her family is at odds with John's growing mistrust in her. As John, Peter Sarsgaard (2007's "Rendition") gives depth to a comparatively underwritten part that requires he doubt Kate's warnings about Esther. John's beliefs, while frustrating for the viewer, are also plausible; we must remember that from his point-of-view Esther has done nothing wrong and given off no signs to him that she is troubled. As the initially jealous, soon imperiled Daniel, Jimmy Bennett (2009's "Star Trek") racks up another professional turn from an already impressive résumé, and newcomer Aryana Engineer genuinely impresses as Max. Engineer, hearing-impaired in real life as well as in the picture, is a total natural without an ounce of kid-actor unctuousness.
The star attraction of "Orphan" also happens to deliver one of the most momentous examples of acting from a child performer in years. From her freckled, perfectly coiffed brunette appearance, to her flawless Eastern European accent, to her ability to switch from sympathetic to ice-cold to veritably creepy in the same breath, Isabelle Fuhrman is astonishing as Esther. Not merely a one-note villain, Esther is a complex creation whose motives are subject to interpretation and whose secrets, when discovered, do nothing if not haunt the viewer's conscience. Fuhrman understands the part through and throughall the more amazing for a 12-year-oldand presents a fascinating case study for a probably incurable diseased mind. If Linda Blair and Jodie Foster warranted Oscar nominations for 1973's "The Exorcist" and 1976's "Taxi Driver," respectively, then Isabelle Fuhrman deserves to follow in those same footsteps.
With Esther's artistic aspirations and preternatural sexual blossoming additionally paying off in disturbing ways by the end, the questions of who this girl is and where she comes from loom over the proceedings. The answers will dare not be revealedthe central revelation is as inventive and unpredictable as it is truly horrifying, reminding one of the effectiveness of seeing 1999's "The Sixth Sense" for the first timebut they shine a newfound light on all that has come before, demanding a second viewing in the process. Brave in the places it goes and more than commendable in its refusal to shy away from difficult, controversial subject matter, "Orphan" is hard to shake and impossible to deny its effectiveness. An original thought in Hollywood is rare in a world of borrowed ideas and remakes galore, but story creator Alex Mace, writer David Leslie Johnson, and director Jaume Collet-Serra have achieved just that. It's worth celebrating. "Orphan" stands proud and tall alongside Sam Raimi's "Drag Me to Hell" as this year's piece de resistance in American horror.

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Implemented fraglog() in QuakeWorld. Feature request from Dozer316.
Fixed a bug where shambler and zombie rune kills didn't register in 'killstats'.
Updated the last compiled snapshot.
Fixed an issue with mvdsv quakeworld server exiting intermission too early. Thanks Dozer316 for reporting this.
Fix an issue with map script not working when entered directly from console.
Since I haven't gotten around to automating snapshot downloads, I 've decided to add a "Last Compiled Snapshot" to the downloads page. I will update and replace this version with later versions when I feel the update is important enough to warrant a download.
Updated the online map script to reflect the map script change in version 1.4.17.
The snapshot version documentation files aren't updated, so to see a list of changes please visit my github commits page.
Fixed memcpy() issue with manquake that affected how console commands were rewritten on the heap so if you're were using manquake and noticed some oddities when executing config files this will fix that problem. For download info and changes, visit my github page.
It's September once again and the annual fundraiser to keep the servers alive is here. If you enjoy the servers being available and want them around for another year, please consider donating. Thanks in advance!
The server is on fire. Please come help us put it out by connecting to quake.shmack.net with your favorite Quake client! Limited time offer.
The quake servers have now been moved to a new host. I'm hoping this will address some of the major lag issues many of you were having. I've used this host before in the past with good results.
The CRMod server now shares an IP with the Rune Quake servers and so I moved its port to 26010. If feasible, I will get another IP and move it back to port 26000.

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Mr Oizo ~ "Flat beat"
The Interrupters - "Gave You Everything"
Tubeway Army ~ Are Friends Electric?
"Neural network generating technical death metal, via livestream 24/7 to infinity."

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text: In classification, the objective is to build a classifier that takes an unlabeled example and assigns it to a class. Bayesian classification does this by modeling the probabilistic relationships between the attribute set and the class variable. Based on the modeled relationships, it estimates the class membership probability of the unseen example.

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The literature is divided into two main periods—the Vedic (c.1500–c.200 B.C.
The oldest puranas date from the middle of the first millennium B.C., but the basic texts that have come down to us appeared chiefly in the second half of the first millennium. The most valuable, by literary and historical considerations, are the Markandeya Purana, Vayu Purana, Vishnu Purana, Bhagavata Purana, and Matsya Purana. Depending on which god the purana is dedicated to, there are Vishnuite, Saiva, and Brahmanic puranas, but, as a whole, they express the basic religious, social, and ethical principles of Hinduism.
In content and form, the puranas resemble ancient Indian epic poetry. They present cosmogonic legends, myths about the origins of all creatures, and the genealogy of the gods, divine sages, and legendary dynasties. The ethical and metaphysical ideas of the puranas influenced most of the philosophers of medieval India. Poets and dramatists also used the myths of the puranas in their works. The Bhagavata Purana, in which the cult of ecstatic love for god (bhakti) is preached and legends about the life of Krishna are retold, has especially influenced religious and literary traditions in the modern Indian languages.
Bhagavata Purana, vols. 1–5. Translated and published by E. Burnouf et al. Paris, 1840–98.
Vayu Purana, vols. 1–2. Calcutta, 1880–88.
Vishnu-Purana, vols. 1–5, 3rd ed. Translated by H. H. Wilson. Calcutta, 1972.
Lallu Ji Lal. Prem Sagar. Translated from Hindi with introduction and notes by A. P. Barannikov. Moscow-Leningrad, 1937.
Wilson, H. H. Puranas or an Account of Their Contents and Nature. Calcutta, 1911.
Pusalker, A. D. Studies in the Epics and Puranas. Bombay, 1955.
An Anthology of the Epics and Puranas. Edited by S. K. De and R. C. Hazra. New Delhi, 1959.
There are also 18 "lesser" Puranas, or Upapurana s, that treat similar material and a large number of sthala-Puranas (or mahatmyas) glorifying temples or sacred places.
Curiously this Upapurana was not published until 1990, and was only minimally noticed by R.
Part I, "From Veda and Epic to Purana and Upapurana," continues with two contributions by Wendy Doniger.

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Stop forcing me to see you not hating yourself!
Thursday night, I was clicking around BuzzFeed and found this article about how stretch marks aren’t that bad and there’s a trend now of women who are taking pictures showing their stretch marks and saying, hey, this isn’t gross or imperfect, almost everybody has these. One would think that a post like this is fairly harmless. One has never been on the internet.
Stretch marks aren’t lovely or ugly. They’re a sign that your insides outgrew your outsides a little too quickly and nothing more. They’re not something to flaunt or cover up. They just exist. I don’t view my stretch marks as scars or badges of honor. This whole “pro body image” thing that has been all over media lately is getting old.
Stretch marks aren’t lovely or ugly. They’re a sign that your insides outgrew your outsides a little too quickly and nothing more.
They’re not something to flaunt or cover up.
They just exist. I don’t view my stretch marks as scars or badges of honor.
This whole “pro body image” thing that has been all over media lately is getting old.
A large portion of the comments section on this article take exception not to the existence of stretch marks (although there were comments to that effect, including a mom who said she covers her stretch marks “out of respect for myself and my kids.”), but to the very idea that women would celebrate something they see as a flaw in order to normalize it and feel better about themselves.
Because when you are satisfied with anything in life you stop trying to make it better […] Body positivity and delusional ranting aside… making people feel better about things they want to change only temporarily makes them feel better. Get it now?
Feeling good about yourself in spite of flaws you’d like to change (but, in the case of stretch marks, you simply can’t), makes you feel satisfied. And if you feel satisfied, you don’t want to change. And you should never not want to change something about your body. You need to be in a constant state of dissatisfaction with yourself, and always striving for unobtainable perfection, because that’s the life this person has chosen to torture themselves with.
And of course, that commenter goes on the same thread to boast that she has no stretch marks, and tells a woman who doesn’t agree with her, “Enjoy your stretch marks, sweetie,” indicating that, for her at least, the preoccupation we have with policing each others’ bodies isn’t about striving for excellence or health or any sort of philosophical ideal, but ranking each other in terms of worth according to proximity to physical perfection. Our opinions, feelings, and self-worth are invalid if we’re not shaming ourselves into an oblivion of apologies for our imperfect bodies.
It didn’t surprise me that the majority of the negative comments about the stretch mark selfies were coming from people who appeared to be young women who were slender, on the conventionally attractive end of the facial prettiness scale, and made up with cosmetics and styled hair. Yes, I am making a judgement based on appearances here, but stay with me. They have achieved, either through hard work, genetic luck, or camera angles, but most likely a combination of all three, to present themselves to the internet as a woman as close to the traditional western standards of beauty as they can possibly be. They have put on make up, dyed their hair, posed with their timidly bent index finger resting on their bottom lip like they’re auditioning to be the star of a creepy 1970’s Love’s Baby Soft ad. They’ve done all of this, and someone else, someone who hasn’t done all of these things, has the audacity to take a photo not just of themselves, but of a flaw that most women cover up, and they’re receiving attention for it. Attention that should rightfully be lavished upon the women crying foul in the comments section. And why do they feel entitled to the prioritization of their beauty over another woman’s? Because we have all been taught that this is not just the social order, but the moral order.
Nobody cares if you love your body. Personally, I would like it if everyone loved their bodies, but I know that’s only true of very few people. I’m comfortable with my body, but there are things I would like to change about it–stretch marks, freckles, ruddiness, acne, the way the nail on my little toe is–and that’s okay. I’m not harming anyone else if I don’t love my little toe. But if I turn my dissatisfaction with that toe into an edict that says you’re not allowed to love your toe, either, does it make my toe more beautiful? What if I tell ten people they have to be unhappy about their toes? At what point does my toe become less offensive to me? Never. It never does. I have to come to terms with that toe, liking it or not liking it, totally independent of other people and their feelings about their toes.
No one in the body positivity movement is saying that you absolutely must share their views when it comes to your body. We’re just asking that you don’t demand we share your view of our bodies. And that’s all it really comes down to.


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On 4 April, nearly 600 health and safety representatives, health and safety practitioners and senior leaders attended the second annual Health and Safety Representatives’ Conference.
Our new Health and Safety Representatives' resource is designed to support and inspire HSRs while carrying out their role.
A big congratulations to the team at the Companies Office, who are the first government body to be certified to the new health and safety international standard.
The ISO45001:2108 standard is the first international Occupational Health and Safety management system, and was released in March 2018. The objective of ISO 45001:2018 is to systematically manage, analyse and improve on processes to proactively prevent work injuries and illness. It is based on the same high level structure as the quality (ISO9001:2015) and environment (ISO14001:2015) management systems. All New Zealand and Australian organisations that are certified to the local standard NZ/AS 4801 have three years to migrate to the international standard.
The Companies Office was also the first in NZ to be certified to the quality standard ISO9001:2015, which allowed it to use the same high level structure to easily merge its Health and Safety management system. It is one of the few organisations in NZ to have dual certification.
The Environmental Protection Agency is looking for a fixed-term Advisor Health and Safety.
An A4 printable version of the Health and Safety Representatives pocket book.
Booklet on what the Government Health and Safety Lead is, who it works with, and what it does.


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In 2008 I launched Holebihome, a cohabitation project for the specific target group of lonely older LGBTs.
Motivation:It is a socially recognised issue that LGBTs, more often than others, frequently face loneliness in their golden years, which is the result of the fact that they are often unable to rely on the support and company of, for example, children of their own, and sometimes also because contact with other family members has been broken off. In addition, the mobility issue for older LGBTs is more pressing, since their networks happen to be spread out geographically. A form of cohabitation whereby, older and younger LBGTs can live together in one and the same location, could meet this need.
Abroad:In the Netherlands such an initiative has already been implemented. The L.A. Ries house in Amsterdam features seven sheltered accommodations near a larger retirement home and in which LGBTs live.
Germany has also rolled out a similar project, i.e., “Lebensort Vielfalt”, with 24 residential units, for which there is a current waiting list of 200 candidates.
Basis:In collaboration with the Ghent Hogeschool a study was conducted to discover whether there is a basis for this within the LGBT community. The result of this study was positive. Four hundred thirty-five LGBTs across the country aged18 to 81 answered an online questionnaire, (240 Dutch-speakers, 131 Francophones and 64 English speakers). It appeared from their answers that 251 of them showed interest in this form of cohabitation.
Support:Holebihome has been supported since April 2010 till June 2013 by the monthly Drinks at Seven in Brussels, also organised by Egalité (the LGBTs of the European institutions) and EGG (English Speaking Gay Group).
Every last wednesday of the month, between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., in the charming hotel Le Dixseptième in the heart of Brussels (25 rue de la Madeleine, 1000 Brussels, nearby the Brussels Central Station).
I appeal to volunteers who are willing to donate their time for the completion of this project.


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We honestly have the most wonderful and healthy Boston Terrier Babies! Please visit our website . We specialize in family raised Boston Terriers. Puppies only go home with their families when they turn 8 weeks old.
Both mommy and daddy are in our home and part of our family. We are not a puppy farm, as our parents are our own pets. We sleep with them, play with them and just adore them! We love our Boston’s and so will you!
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Semiconwell multi tap or multi tapped thin film chip resistors SWMTR110 series are designed to be used for both surface mount applications as well as chip and wire thin film or thick film hybrid circuits from DC to microwave frequencies. SWMTR110 thin film resistor chips are manufactured on silicon substrate and designed to satisfy the requirements of prototype development and circuit trimming in hybrid packages through selective wire-bonding. The multi tapped resistors, can be used to build Wheatstone Bridge circuits for low noise instrumentation amplifiers, temperature measurements, sensors circuits, etc. For precision measurements of low value resistors, the Kelvin connection should be used. These devices can be used over the full military temperature range -55°C to +125°C. Quality and workmanship is per MIL-S-883. Devices are 100% tested, visual inspected and packaged in waffle packs.
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Corn that has the Latin name Zea mays is one type of food crop that has a high carbohydrate content as well as rice or wheat because it is in some countries, corn is also used as one of the staple food.
Corn is a large grain plant that has been domesticated about 10,000 years ago in southern Mexico.
Many people like products created from corn because its sweet taste and soft texture.


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Very nice, thank you for the link !
dumping everything into a mysql database, so everything gets logged forever (storage is cheap). Then somehow graphing that at much finer granularitry than the 5 minute intervals that domoticz offers.
Haven't done it yet, but it looks like it might be easier than the alternatives.
@neverdie any plan to include Tensor Flow in the mix to get a really smart home ?
Good idea! That would be the ultimate.
dumping everything into a mysql database, so everything gets logged forever (storage is cheap).
Skip the relational databases and pick a time series database like influxdb to store your data.
You'll thank me in the end!
it's about scale, resources etc. I'm sure there are lot of explanations on google.
Time series database can process faster big amount of timed data. data indexed by time, these database finally are mostly used for INSERT queries. as the metrics doesn't need to be updated.
Relational database are better fit for transactions. more indexes, better for UPDATE queries etc.
Relational databases can show their limits for graphing, dashboards, with big amount of data. (Example monitoring servers, sensors etc each seconds can represents lot of data after a year). Their SQL can looks a bit more complex for some people (JOIN etc).
I would use relational database for managing collection of devices, or CRM applications for example (mysql etc). And I would use time serie database (influxdb) for graphing, dashboards of metrics.
I'm former IT dev with relational databases (and I don't work in this field anymore), so not expert on time serie database. I started using influxdb for my HA. I remember first time I read about it, I thought "wowow what's that! Data will look messy" LOL But that's because I was still thinking relational database in my head, and not metrics..
Any favorite arduino MQTT libraries to enable an ESP8266 to send MQTT directly to Mosquitto on the Pi? I was going to let ESP-LINK handle it, but it appears that it can publish to only one topic, and so it seems cleaner to send to the proper topic in the first place rather than re-process it later.
@scalz I am from IT too and I work with databases in the past and I saw you can do many things with a SQL database, you can optimize it for different tasks. Of course the db on its own doesn't have dashboards and reports but you need an external tool for them. I agree that if you have a raspberry you would prefer a lightweight database.
I know. and I also remember seeing some crazy slow sql queries, needing optimizations, sometimes not without pain etc.
but with internet, iot.. datas increase each year. I think nosql databases have been created to be more flexible in this case.
I'm "old school" on this too, so I still like the relational schema, sql.. but Imho it's better to choose the db regarding the usecase. Each (nosql and sql db) have their pros and cons.
I also use influxdb/grafana couple because of the points you mentioned, and it can make very nice graph.
@gohan You probably want to graph your data. Especially when combining different datasets, sampled asynchronous at non equidistant intervals you will have a lot of trouble plotting it when it is stored in a standard relational database like MySQL.
Time series databases are perfectly fit for sensor data from different sources, like your MySensors network.
Tools like Grafana and Influxdb make the perfect combination for this!
I understand. I also grew up with relational databases and did my first iot steps with them too. Then I found influxdb and never want to go back!
How are you getting your data into the influxdb and grafana? Are you using Node Red, Domoticz plug-ins, or some other method?
on my side, I'm injecting data from node-red to influxdb, grafana is connected to influxdb. my controller is also on the same rpi (v3, with ssd). I'm planning to add some grafana graph to my controller dashboard (because I prefer my controller for dashboards).
Why? Also, which controller are you using?
with nodered, you can also do some UI with nodered-contrib-ui. and use grafana for graphing for example. Some people do that. without any additional controller like domoticz. for simplicity I think, nodered as standalone controller.
I'm using Jeedom. It's french opensource sw. There is multilanguage but not sure if it's very complete unfortunately.. never tried to change the language.
It provides a nice and easy way to design custom designs for nice UI, without code, else it's not very hard to add some piece of html/css too .
If I wanted to do the same, with nodered as standalone controller and some external package for ui, or from scratch, I would have to reinvent the wheel to get the same UI (no time).
I should have said UI instead of dashboard. what I meant is I just want to have access to everything from one place (UI) and not struggle between urls.
Yeah, I'm assuming that if each gateway is connected to the same MQTT broker, and the same with each controller (if there's more than one, that is), then you can mix and match however you want. In theory anyway. I haven't done it yet, so maybe there are gotcha's along the way.
Now that @nca78 has brought it up, has anyone here looked into somehow integrating TensorFlow, or something like it, into their home automation? Other than replicating the Nest thermostat, what else might it do that would be useful?


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Lord Shiva is the chief deity of this puja who shields his devotees from debt afflictions. “Runa” denotes debts and “Vimochana” implies liberty; Lord Shiva when approached with earnest heartfelt prayers can relieve the needy from the hardships of debts. He can also protect his devotees from borrowing debts in the future and keep him/her wealthy and prosperous thereafter.
This “Debt Removal Puja” can be performed on Mondays or Tuesdays for sure get positive results.
Sthreesanthyam Yaha Hadenithyam Sa He Savarkamavapnuyath"


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hot damn! work that moneymaker!
Can't wait to paint and hear every track. So great. Much magic.


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NTT DATA MSE Corporation has implemented a connectivity functionality (Miracast™) onto a Connected Car platform "AGL Unified Code Base (: AGL UCB)" provided by Automotive Grade Linux (: AGL), which is workgroup of The Linux Foundation (http://www.linuxfoundation.org/) and realized the demonstration work on Renesas Electronics' R-Car M2 Application Development Board.
This demonstration had been showcased as "Proposal of a use case for a drive using Miracast™ technology" at NTT DATA MSE's booth in the AGL Demo Suite during the GENIVIⓇ CES 2017 demonstration showcase to be held at Bellagio in Las Vegas, U.S.A. starting on January 5th, 2017.
"Proposal of a use case for a drive using Miracast™ technology"
It is a demonstration that connects smartphone and IVI by implementing Miracast™ onto AGL UCB provided by Automotive Grade Linux. The video and audio are streaming from a smartphone via Miracast™ and played on a rear display through the MOST® network. NTT DATA MSE will provide a service where the driver can get the drive information and passengers can get the entertainment.
Users can control their smartphone by touching the display.
We would like to share some of the valuable opinions we received from these visitors.
It is interesting point that you can port the component of Tizen IVI to AGL UCB and realize reducing the development term.
I would like the community to develop AGL UCB.
It seems that AGL workgroup looks like the development of mobile phones 10 years ago.
I'm very interested in the use case of Miracast™ considering Driver's Distraction.
	I think that it is a scheme that can effectively utilize front and rear displays.
Taken a request by the Linux Foundation, Hiroto Imamura who is the manager of Platform Strategy Office had explained the concept of our demonstration.
Please take a look at a movie.

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This source appears in the Malaria Atlas Project Plasmodium Falciparum Parasite Rate Database.
Mohamed L.Malaria Vector and Efforts of Control in Khartoum State [Master's thesis]. Khartoum, Sudan: University of Khartoum,1995.


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The Governing Body is corporately responsible for all its decisions, regardless of delegation.
• Teacher, staff and parent governors are representative teachers, staff and parents within the Governing Body. They are not representatives of delegates.
• Every governor is free to vote in accordance with their own views but decisions must be taken in the best interests of pupils.
One of the ways we continue to improve as a school is by encouraging feedback from our parents on a regular basis. Our ‘Parent Questionnaires’ are sent out annually and give parents the chance to communicate with the Governors to suggest ways in which the school can improve. As well as letting us know what the children have enjoyed, it also ensures we can continue to provide an exciting curriculum for our pupils. This annual questionnaire allows us to ‘temperature check’ progress in key areas . Previous questionnaires can be viewed on the ‘Parent View and Questionnaire’ tab.
Governing bodies have three main roles: to provide strategic direction for the school; to act as a critical friend to the headteacher, who is responsible for the day-to-day management of the school, and the school team; to ensure accountability. The governors meet as a full board four times a year. In addition each of the three sub-committees ( see below) meet three times a year.
Governors can be contacted by letter. Please address it for the attention of the Chair of Governors LHPSN and put in a sealed envelope marked private and confidential. This should then be passed to the school office.
The governing body includes parents, staff from the school, people chosen by governors from the local community, people appointed by the Local Education Authority (LEA).
1) in conjunction with staff and parents help to improve the performance of the school and the experience of its pupils.
2) to ensure that the management and financial systems are as effective and efficient as possible.
3) To improve communications between stakeholders (pupils, parents ,staff , governors and the local community).
How have we been doing this?
The purpose of the strand is to discuss and monitor all aspects of the school’s work around pupil attainment and progress, which means how well children do in tests at the end of key stages and how much improvement they make between key stages.
Our role is to look at this for the pupil body as a whole, but also for groups of pupils, such as boys and girls, pupils from different ethnic backgrounds, pupils with a special educational need, etc. We use national comparison data to assess how well pupils are doing, compared with similar pupils nationally.
We don’t look at the data for individual children; we use the school’s own tracking processes to look at progress for each class as a whole, and for some groups of pupils within a class. Within the committee we have link governors for each of the areas on the School Improvement Plan.
The role of the link governors is to meet every term with the corresponding member of school staff and discuss progress in the action plans for each of these areas. In this way we have members of the governing body who become more knowledgeable about each area and are well placed to undertake their role as ‘critical friend.
Strategic Lead – Emily Mayne Deputy Strategic Lead – Dean farmer This strand meets termly to discuss financial and personnel matters facing the school. Governors participate in monthly budget reviews and provide challenge as to where the school spends its money, as well as the annual budget setting with the local authority.
We are pleased to inform you that the budget is healthy and that the school has a good financial foundation.
This strand meets to undertake premises inspections with the Site Manager and provide challenge to estate and health and safety issues. This committee also review safeguarding and ensures school is a safe place for all learners and families.
I joined the governing body in 2011 and have held different governor roles during this time, including vice chair. By profession I am an engineer, now in senior project/program management. I have one child at school. I am passionate about standards and thrive on driving change and improvement. My experience in leadership and management helps me to support and challenge our team of governors and school management. Being chair is a great role and one which I enjoy immensely. I am delighted to say that the recent redesign of our governance structure is now in its second year and maturing well. Read on to find out about our skilled and talented governing body…….
A qualified chartered accountant who leads the Governing Body on financial matters and is vice chair. I have volunteered as a Governor since Autumn 2013 and really enjoyed being able to play an active role in developing the school and ensuring that we are on our journey towards delivering outstanding education for all pupils. Working for a National Accountancy Firm, I bring extensive public sector experience to the Governing body as well as having a personal interest as my two children currently attend Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Outside of work and school I play in a string quartet and enjoy reading, baking and gardening.
I live in Marlbrook, where I have lived for the past 17 years. I work for the Independent Office for Police Conduct, and have done for the past 6 years, prior to this I was a Police Officer. I have two boys who thoroughly enjoyed attending LHPSN, but have both moved to other schools now. I was elected to the Parent Governor role in September 2013, and I have become a co-opted governor, so that I can assist in carrying on the work of the school governing body.
I have had the privilege of being the Head teacher of Lickey Hills Primary and Nursery School since September 2013, this is my second headship and a vocation I enjoy immensely. I have one daughter Jess, who has just graduated in Psychology and Neuroscience from Nottingham University. I enjoy a very busy family life with my partner, his three grown up daughters and our dog Alfred. I am an avid reader and it’s my ambition to write at least one book.
I am new to the Governing body, having been elected as a parent governor in 2017. My daughter is currently in KS1 and my son is in EYFS. I’ve lived in Marlbrook with my husband and children since 2013 and I work as a consultant at the Marie Curie Hospice in Solihull.I am looking forward to being more involved in the school, especially the opportunity to work alongside the board of governors, staff and parents to help all the pupils at Lickey Hills get the very best out of their education.
I joined the governing body in spring 2017 as a parent governor as I wanted to give something back to my children’s school. As a dad with two daughters at the school (currently in KS1 and KS2), I am committed to giving them every opportunity to develop skills, hobbies and interests that appeal to them. I’ve spent my career in Finance, working for various public and private sector bodies and currently work as the Finance Manager for a learning disabilities charity based by Birmingham University (BILD).
I have been teaching in secondary schools across the West Midlands for the past 17 years with 11 of those at Senior Leadership level. Since 2011 I have been Deputy Head Teacher at Sandwell Academy in West Bromwich. Sandwell Academy is a heavily oversubscribed 11-18 Academy serving various boroughs across West Bromwich, we are part of the Thomas Telford Multi-Academy Trust which also includes Walsall Academy and Madeley Academy. During my time at the Academy I have been involved in 3 Ofsted inspections which have all resulted in an Outstanding judgement, the most recent being in May 2017. My senior leadership roles at the Academy involve the leadership of Learning and Teaching and Quality Assurance processes, Management of Examinations, Pastoral Management of Year 11, overview of an extensive extra-curricular provision and as well as this I still teach History up to year 13. I have 2 sons who currently attend Lickey Hills, one in Yr6 and one in Yr2, and so welcome the opportunity to use my experience of working within education to support Lickey Hills in the coming years.
I joined the Governing Body in April 2018 and feel very privileged to be part of LHPSN. I have lived in Barnt Green for over 20 years and I am a retired Regional Sales Director having spent 40 years in financial services. When I’m not spending time with my family and playing Lego with my grandson, I enjoy DIY and gardening and I am a keen Aston Villa fan. My late wife worked in a number of schools as a Teaching Assistant; she was very dedicated and took enormous pride in giving children the best start on their educational journey. I would now like to play my part and support the staff and governors in ensuring all children access the best possible education with a focus on the motto ‘dream together, believe together and achieve together’.
I am a new member of Governing Body and have been teaching at Lickey Hills Primary school for the past 4 years. At school I am currently involved in developing the EYFS outdoors environment to allow opportunities for hands on learning, problem solving, physical development and learning about the world. Out of the classroom I enjoy spending time outdoors – mountain biking, camping and sailing with my husband and teenage sons.


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Bolstered by the belief that people of faith can overcomes prejudices and arrive at a place of mutual respect, nearly 50 authorized United Church of Christ ministers in the Rhode Island Conference are reaching out, responding to an invitation from their Muslim neighbors ahead of the month of Ramadan to deepen their interfaith relationships.
The Islamic Center of Providence wants to host open houses at area mosques, hoping to educate the public on the pillars of Islam, and establish and advance community relationships. In all, 49 UCC ministers (ordained, licensed, commissioned and retired) from Rhode Island signed their names to a letter that expresses gratitude for the invitations and excitement for the opportunity to learn more about each other.
"This began with a conversation at one of our monthly Rhode Island Ministers' Association meetings," explains the Rev. Timoth Sylvia, pastor of Newman UCC in Rumford, R.I., and convener of the association. "With the increased anti-Muslim rhetoric echoing throughout the nation, I had asked the group if we could have some conversation around it. The letter was the result of those conversations."
The letter reads, "We are deeply saddened by all instances of bigotry and violence, but they do not deter us from what is always good: people of different faiths learning to respect each others’ hunger for God, and yearning for peace. We hope to meet with you and to talk about what we can do together to grow understanding between ourselves and then the wider community."
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, beginning this year on the evening of June 5 and lasting until one lunar cycle until about July 5 or 6. During Ramadan, observant Muslims around the world fast from eating and drinking from sunrise to sunset, give alms to the poor, recite prayers and read from the Quran. Muslims also refrain from sinful behavior, such as insulting someone, gossiping, lying, fighting and engaging in sexual relations. The holiday commemorates the revelation of the Quran to the prophet Muhammad.
Said Sylvia, "It has been a wonderful experience for our group and the response we received from the letter being published in the Providence Journal was incredible. Our message of love and solidarity has been heard by our Muslim neighbors, and we are looking forward to the next step we can take together to grow in relationship and understanding."

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To be honest, we can’t really compare a thousand buck website to a few hundred buck website because even if the two appear similar on the surface, there’s much more that goes into the backend of a website to differentiate between the two.
For instance, a small business web design UAE won’t require any outperforming and extravagant features to impress the audience, neither does it need to compete with industry giants in terms. On the contrary, not all expensive websites justify their lavish price tag. In fact, there are very few cases (mostly where massive databases are involved) where you’ll need a strong and expensive web design; other than that it’s mostly about getting the best value for your money proposition.
Now, the fact that their thousands of aspiring small and medium businesses in UAE ready to take their chance in digital industry means high demand for efficient small business web design in UAE and since most of the times SMEs are low on cash, they resort to taking the cheapest route for website designing and development, which may cause them serious business limitations in future. Again, contrarily, there are SMEs who go beyond their means and needs with a high-end web design, which in essence give them no benefit other than breaking the already cash starve bank.
Now, given the high demand for small business web design, there are literally hundreds and thousands of unprofessional/ghost companies selling their fake services over the internet. Their plot is to lure SMEs with their rather irrationally low pricing and once they got the contract, they disappear like ka-boom. Even at times when they do deliver web design, it will be a sorrowfully miserable design with serious malfunctioning.
At the opposite pole, there are those flashy and glittery web design agencies which are ready to break your bank without understanding business needs. These might be extremely expert agencies, however, where they lack is to differentiate between individual business needs and resorting to delivering high-end expensive web design where there was no need for most of the features.
Do I need all the extra functionalities?
Will I get the full value of my money?
Is there a better option available in the market?
Should I get a price quotation from a few other companies?
Remember, somewhere down the line you’ll find the best-suited web design agency that can deliver you the best value for your money.
Rock Smith is head of digital marketing at Digital Gravity – An affordable small business web design UAE agency. The business has been offering complete web design, and Digital Marketing Dubai services for small, and medium businesses in UAE.


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EN (Borger 2003 nr. 164 ; U+12097 ₗ, see also ENSI) is the Sumerian cuneiform for "lord" or "priest". Originally, it seems to have been used to designate a high priest or priestess of a Sumerian city-state's patron-deity - a position that entailed political power as well. It may also have been the original title of the ruler of Uruk. See Lugal, ensi and en for more details.
Deities including EN as part of their name include DEN.LÍL, DEN.KI, DEN.GURUN, and DEN.ZU.
The 1350 BC Amarna letters use EN for bêlu, though not exclusively. The more common spelling is mostly 'be' + 'li', to make "bêlí", or its equivalent. Some example letters using cuneiform 'EN' are letters EA (for 'El Amarna') 252, EA 254, and EA 282, titled: "A demand for recognition", by Abimilku; "Neither rebel or delinquent (2)", by Labayu; and "Alone", by Shuwardata.
Bodies of the letters also repeat the phraseology of "King, my Lord", sometimes doubly as in letter EA 34, (using be-li, as bêlu), "The pharaoh's reproach answered", by the King of Alashiya.
NIN - "Queen" or "priestess"
Bêlu - "lord" or "master"
^ Moran, The Amarna Letters, p. 239, 307, 323.
Look up ₗ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2019, at 18:55 (UTC).