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Ghana, now is the time to let your parliament know how you really feel about the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages Bill.
Public outcry has already renamed the bill everything from an ‘Interception of Communications Bill’ to a ‘Spy Bill’, both widely seen as more to-the-point titles. At issue is the fact that the bill would allow the Ghanaian government to listen to, record and intercept the communications of individuals viewed as a threat to national security (without defining whom these individuals might be).
According to Ghana’s Ministry of Interior, “the object of the bill is to enact legislation for the lawful interception of postal packets and telecommunication messages for the purpose of fighting crime, suppressing organized crime including money laundering, terrorism, narcotic trafficking, identity theft and generally for the protection of national security.” As it is currently written, the bill establishes safeguards such as requiring a court order or warrant in order to intercept communications, but is also riddled with troubling loopholes.
The clause has been criticized for deregulating the interception of communications and placing unchecked power—albeit briefly—in the hands of a single individual, as opposed to a court.
The lack of protections during this two-day window is in direct violation of Ghana’s 1992 constitution, a document which, as the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) acknowledged, “seeks to blunt the capricious effect of such circumstances by demanding safeguards that are rooted in the rule of law, best exemplified, for now, by making the judiciary (an independent institution) the first point of call for purposes of determining whether such interference qualifies within the exceptions justifying interference with a person’s privacy.” The GBA argued that the bill did not allow for the supervision necessary to regulate whether information was in fact obtained during or outside of the assigned 48-hour period and also asked that any information obtained during this questionable timeframe not be treated as “lawful” or admitted in court proceedings.
Of further concern is the fact that this bill would override the protections granted by several laws already in place. Currently, interception without a warrant is prohibited by the Security and Intelligence Agencies Act, EOCO Act, Narcotics Control Act, Electronic Communications Act (ECA), the Mutual Legal Assistance Act and the Electronic Transactions Act. Although the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages Bill would consolidate interception legislation into one place, its convenience would come at the expense of lost oversight, as its 48-hour clause eliminates not only warranted interception but also the process established for the President to intercept communications via an Executive Instrument (EI).
Ghana’s parliament went into Easter recess last week with the promise that the feedback of stakeholders and the public alike would be welcome components of the bill’s consideration. Don't let this opportunity go to waste...and regardless of the outcome, keep surfing secure and staying Rando!
March 22nd was expected to be a day of reckoning in the ongoing Apple-FBI battle but instead turned into the calm before an impending storm.
Tuesday’s scheduled hearing was canceled because the FBI may have found a way to unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook without the help of Apple, a situation that would render the iPhone supplier’s help as well as the hearing unnecessary.
At this point, little more than the fact that the FBI has until April 5 to provide a status update is known. In the meantime, theories attempting to explain such a last minute change of course abound—and range from believing the FBI has indeed found a way in to suggesting the government is merely attempting to buy time because it knows it doesn’t.
What’s clear is that this fight is far from over.
The support for Apple has been widespread, and includes that of Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Whatsapp CEO Jan Koum, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye, Silent Circle co-founder Phil Zimmermann, husband of San Bernardino shooting victim Salihin Kondoker and, as Cook mentioned, numerous protesters across the country.
The question that remains is whether such support will be enough. If the government is unable to unlock the iPhone, the hearing will simply continue as intended, but if it is successful in unlocking the phone, the United States government will have yet another tool to surveil its citizens and noncitizens alike—and a tool that Apple itself might not fully understand.
The prospect of a long-term change in government philosophy also looks bleak. A vaguely-worded anti-encryption bill, proposed by Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein, is currently circulating the United States Senate. Although in no immediate danger of being signed into law, the bill would codify the notion that federal court judges have a right to force companies into circumventing encryption on the government’s behalf.
At a time like this, it is imperative that the United States look beyond itself for answers. Beyond Apple and beyond the FBI is an international community reminding us that encryption remains a basic human right. On Monday, Amnesty International released Encryption: A Matter of Human Rights in a timely reminder of why such technology must be protected for all.
If it's frightening to imagine the United States government forcing Apple to cooperate, just imagine how much worse off we would all be if the government doesn’t even need Apple’s help.
Persian New Year, or Nowruz, meaning “new day”, has been celebrated for thousands of years by individuals in much of Caucasus, Central Asia and the Middle East. Historically, the holiday’s ability to transcend the boundaries of countries and religions has come as both a blessing and a curse, as it has the power to either unite or divide groups of people; this year’s Nowruz has already proven to be no exception.
In Iran, President Hassan Rouhani forewent tradition and replaced the goldfish typically found on the Nowruz Haft Seen table display with an orange, a gesture indicating his support of those opposed to the practice of keeping and then releasing the fish, usually to their death. His action has been received online with both praise and criticism: animal rights activists were pleased, but others argued it was a thinly veiled attempt to gain popular support.
In Turkey, Nowruz was welcomed in some places, but not others. In Diyarbakir, thousands came together to celebrate the holiday, but the mostly Kurdish crowd also used the opportunity to protest the arrest of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party. In Ankara and Istanbul, celebrations were prohibited altogether. Turkey as a whole is a far cry from the “common humanity” Nowruz promotes: in the last week alone, a suicide bombing killed 37 people in Ankara, a car bomb was found in Diyarbakir, and a suicide attack in Istanbul claimed the lives of 4 individuals.
For 3000 years, Nowruz has asked its followers to mark the first day of Spring in solidarity and peace. SumRando applauds those individuals who have found ways—public or private—to carry out this tradition, despite the difficulties that stand in their way.
Durante los últimos seis años, he sido una activista por los derechos digitales en Venezuela, y una parte importante de mi trabajo se ha enfocado en entrenamientos de seguridad digital dirigidos a audiencias en riesgo: activistas, periodistas y estudiantes que están comenzando a defender sus derechos civiles. En mi experiencia, un concepto que se deja de lado a menudo en el campo del entrenamiento en seguridad digital es el del análisis y evaluación de riesgos. Mientras que en ciertos contextos, el análisis de riesgos es más bien un término cliché que se deja caer—una suerte de palabra clave, como “emprendimiento” o “sinergia”, en otros contextos donde a menudo es pasado por alto, solemos estar perdiendo algo muy importante: el hecho de que las herramientas y las tácticas no son universalmente aplicables, y por tanto, el hecho de que podríamos estar apuntando al objetivo equivocado al elegir ciertas herramientas sin tener un entendimiento completo de la naturaleza de los riesgos que están presentes.
Esto es algo que se vuelve particularmente importante no sólo para aquellos entre nosotros que llevamos a cabo entrenamientos dirigidos a diferentes audiencias, sino también para aquellos que diseñan materiales de entrenamiento, manuales y software que será usado por personas en riesgo. Comprender los matices del riesgo cuando observamos diferentes escenarios puede a menudo significar la diferencia entre diseñar un manual o una aplicación que será usada por muchas personas en muchos contextos, en vez de crear algo que sólo aquellos con el mismo ambiente que nosotros podrán usar.
¿Cuál es el alcance de la conexión a Internet? ¿Qué velocidad y calidad de conexión está disponible?: Cuando recomendamos aplicaciones de transmisión en directo, como Periscope, en el contexto latinoamericano—particularmente en Venezuela, donde actualmente lidiamos con una de las peores conexiones, más lentas y más caras del mundo, a menudo nos enfrentamos al hecho de que las conexiones a Internet no son confiables y las velocidades de carga se quedan muy cortas, sin mencionar el hecho de que la conexión es a menudo pagada en megabytes y extremadamente costosa. Algunas personas no pueden contar con acceso a Internet en sus hogares, y algunas sólo pueden conectarse una vez a la semana o al mes.
¿Qué tecnología está disponible? ¿Es compatible esto que he creado?: Esto a menudo se deja de lado al crear aplicaciones que funcionan exclusivamente en ambientes iOS, y por tanto no pueden ser empleadas por muchas personas que carecen de recursos económicos y son quienes se encuentran en riesgo más a menudo. La compatibilidad es también dejada de lado al crear aplicaciones que sólo funcionan en versiones más recientes de algunos sistemas operativos, haciendo caso omiso del hecho de que muchas personas en países en desarrollo sólo tienen acceso a las versiones más recientes, a menudo obsoletas, de sistemas operativos que vienen con dispositivos más económicos.
¿Es legal usarlo? ¿Debería advertir a los usuarios sobre posibles consecuencias legales?: Tecnologías como el cifrado y prácticas como el anonimato son ilegales en muchos países. Por ejemplo el anonimato está prohibido en Venezuela, y el cifrado es ilegal en Rusia y Túnez. Si alguien va a tomar la decisión de usar tecnología que pudiera ponerlos en un riesgo mayor, esta decisión debería ser tomada desde una posición de conciencia informada.
¿Es comprensible? ¿Es accesible? ¿Tiene sentido en un contexto cultural determinado?: En muchos lugares, particularmente en aquellos donde todavía sobreviven y coexisten lenguas indígenas, el idioma es una barrera que puede evitar que las personas accedan a ciertas herramientas y materiales. En mi experiencia entrenando poblaciones indígenas en riesgo en Venezuela, los entrenamientos tienen que ser llevados a cabo en español, que es el idioma legal del país y es a menudo el idioma del entrenador, pero no es la lengua materna de la audiencia. Incluso cuando lo intentan, las traducciones de mala calidad tienen el potencial de convertirse en un peligro en lugar de una ayuda. Considerar los aspectos culturales también significa tener en cuenta los riesgos de sacar un celular en la calle en ciertos lugares, o simplemente de llevarlo consigo cuando salen de sus hogares.
Aunque es imposible enumerar cada uno de los aspectos que debemos considerar, a menudo simplemente estar atento y consciente de las diferencias y estar abierto a hacer preguntas y a escuchar las respuestas es un buen comienzo. Al igual que en muchas otras circunstancias, la capacidad de luchar contra nociones preconcebidas y presunciones es la clave para abrir una puerta que nos llevará a soluciones más diversas en seguridad digital.
Each year, the RSA Conference provides a place for information security experts from around the world to delve deeply into global cybersecurity problems and solutions. This year was no exception, with a record 40,000 individuals in attendance at the 25th anniversary event.
Reason #1: The Internet is inherently insecure.
Reason #2: Smart creatives today become hackers, not cybersecurity professionals.
“Think about our “game” of cybersecurity. Our opponent isn’t playing the same game and they surely aren’t following the same rules. In fact, our opponents don’t have rules. So in real life, who is sitting across our game board? If you could unveil our opponents, we would likely see creative human beings who are changing the rules as they play.
Reason #3: Governments continue to fight for security reducing measures, such as weakening encryption.
“We frequently see governments muddying the waters by allowing intelligence communities or law enforcement to dominate national cybersecurity policy and initiatives. Their perspective and agendas are radically different from those trying to defend networks.
Yoran began and ended his speech with a reminder that, in today’s world of cybersecurity, actions speak louder than intentions. We simply cannot wait for technology to change or for experts and government officials to catch up. Take matters into your own hands and make a VPN, secure messenging, unique passwords and HTTPS part of your daily Internet routine.
The hunger strike is in direct response to the December 2015 decision of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) to suspend newspaper Al-Tayyar without explanation, but its intent extends far beyond reinstituting the newspaper.
“We want to draw attention to the difficulties faced by journalists and the restrictions on the freedom of press in the country in general,” acknowledged Khalid Fathi, Al-Tayyar’s managing editor.
Freedom is far from free in Sudan, a country categorized as the “Worst of the Worst” in terms of political rights and civil liberties according to independent watchdog Freedom House. The government routinely utilizes the 2009 Press and Publication Act to confiscate or temporarily shut down newspapers in order to prevent unwanted information from being published as well as the misnomered January 2015 Freedom of Access to Information Law to limit access to information of consequence for journalists and citizens alike. Journalists themselves frequently face harassment, physical attacks and even arrest.
In Sudan, surveillance is a fact of life. The National Telecommunications Corporation (NTC) regularly monitors internet activity and email and blocks websites in violation of “public morality” or for being “blasphemous”; the NISS is known to access the social media accounts of activists; and the government is thought to have phone-tapping, location tracking and even conversation eavesdropping capabilities.
This is the reality that the Al-Tayyar hunger strikers want to change.
Although no official reason has been given for the newspaper shutdown, it was preceded by a promise from President Omer Hassan al-Bashir to take “decisive measures” against Sudanese press for critical reports of Finance Minister Bader El Deen Mahmoud. Also prior to the shutdown, editor-in-chief Osman Marghani was arrested for anti-governmental reporting and “inciting an Arab spring.” Marghani, along with editor-in-chief Ahmed Yousef El Tay of Al-Saiha, now faces the death penalty.
30 Sudanese journalists are currently chained together, with little more than a belief in a cause, the encouragement of their supporters and water to sustain them. Let’s hope this one act leads Sudan towards the Arab spring it has been seeking, that it is a shift away from violence and the “Worst of the Worst” and towards a country free from censorship, surveillance and unwarranted arrests.
If you thought our Leap Day special was this week's big news, wait until you hear this: Five years after launching and following careful consideration, SumRando has re-headquartered in Mauritius.
Implementing a “Smart Mauritius” Initiative: In addition to building a second Cyber City, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, the minister of Technology, Communication and Innovation, is committed to a Mauritian future that emphasises internet and communication technology (ICT) innovation. By developing realistic policies that enshrine data integrity, Mauritius will serve as a cyber-hub for Africa and a standard bearer for responsible privacy practices.
Mauritius' Data Protection Act of 2004 = NO requirement to log your activity: In Mauritius, as with SumRando, your data is sacred.
South Africa’s proposed Cyber-crimes and Cybersecurity Bill, which has been widely-criticized for its infringements of the rights to privacy and free expression. Its dangerously broad and vague language only serves to enhance the state’s surveillance powers.
The Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act of 2013, which was intended to herald in stronger, stricter personal privacy protections. It proposed regulations that would protect personal data and how it would be processed, stored, secured and destroyed; however, even three years later, it has yet to be fully enacted.
At SumRando, we are committed to providing our users with secure, reliable services and we are confident that our decision to relocate to Mauritius will enable us to continue to do so. You can expect to receive the same access to our VPN, Secure Messenger and Web Proxy services that you always have.
Expect further updates as we continue to settle into our new home in Mauritius. In the meantime, feel free to contact us at contact@sumrando.com with any questions, concerns or feedback. Thank you, Randos, for your support. It means the world to us.

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Revenue funnels are the pathway which catches earnings prospects and moves them from awareness of your product to interest, want and ultimately the sale. Here’s how to create sales funnel to drive sales for your company. Creating sales funnel is among the most essential things you will need to do as a company owner, and sadly one of those things that many small business owners neglect.|} If you’re unfamiliar with this phrase, the sales funnel is a company’ strategy for best prospects in the”I don’t know you” stage into the”let us do business” stage. It does not just happen. You have to determine how to identify prospects, qualify themand then lead them into the purchase. It is broad on one side and narrow on the other. The wide end “grabs” the liquid that you pour into it and then gravity pulls the liquid through the thin end, leaving behind the residue of unqualified particles. The objective is to drive interested parties into the broad end of your sales funnel so you may qualify them as great prospects or identify them as “unwanted residue.” To begin with, start by defining your ideal customer. Create a questionnaire for your self that identifies the topics your ideal customer has.
You are going to have to create your own list of qualifying questions. You are not likely to discuss this questionnaire with anybody; it’s only for your preparation benefit. The goal here is to work out your perfect client’s needs and needs. Odds are, your company has a lot of different sorts of ideal customers, or prospects. You will want to identify all of them. Simply because a person fits into your perfect client demographic does not mean they’re always a perfect client. Perhaps Bob and Jane are arranging a marriage but don’t care about flower structures. They surely would not be in your potential stove if this is how it is.
The main thing is to know what your customer needs and everything you need to do in order to deliver those benefits. To reach the first phase in your sales process, you have to think backward from the point you want your client to finish up. That is how you create your sales funnel.
ClickFunnels, a sales funnel building applications, gives companies an easier way to market and deliver their products and services. ClickFunnels makes the process much simpler for a company to promote, by offering pre built funnel options for products and services.
With ClickFunnels, it is simple to generate a marketing and sales funnel from the ground as it incorporates all the core components required to have practical and effective sales funnel. Typically utilizing the older more conventional sales funneling softwares, you might want to fret about all the elements. Together with ClickFunnels, this is all in 1 spot, making it much easier and cheaper than conventional funnels. ClickFunnels incorporates these and much more, offering them at a comprehensive, unified package so that you won’t have to manage them one by one. Provided that you own a company, ClickFunnels has that particular funnel that’s great for you.
ClickFunnels is our favorite tool, as|since} it simplifies the entire sales and marketing funnel procedure for businesses.There are so many different kinds of sales funnels. Each of these needing to be created specifically for a specific customer. Consequently, they should be assembled in a way that they attract your preferred client. There are funnels for webinars, earnings, membership websites, and contributor list and every 1 is quite different from the other. The wonderful thing is that ClickFunnels has you covered. Inside ClickFunnels, users may select from many different pre-built attachment options. It’s as simple as picking the one which aligns best with your company. If you are attempting to drive an e-book, the approach should be much different than if you are hoping to market a subscription. Even if the final effect of attempting to generate a sale is the same. ClickFunnels saves you time and effort to begin organizing your sales funnels from scratch and accelerate your sales funnel installation. Whenever you’ve selected your funnel, you need to acquire a template. With ClickFunnels, you’re treated to many different templates and all of these are examined and proven to work. With a throng of proven and tested templates readily available, ClickFunnels accelerates your A/B testing interval as you don’t have to weed out templates which are not performing. You can easily integrate videos, animations or videos in your template utilizing ClickFunnels easy to use interface. Then you can begin performing your A/B testing to ascertain what works and what does not. There’s simply no learning curve to deal with whatsoever.

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noun Nitrid of boron; a white, amorphous, tasteless, inodorous powder, insoluble in water, infusible, and non-volatile.
noun (Chem.) A compound of nitrogen and boro�, which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride.
noun chemistry A compound of nitrogen and boron which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride.
Ancient Greek fire, light + -gen.

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Does the Village regulate door-to-door solicitors?
Yes. Solicitors within the Village of Lakemoor must first apply for and be approved for a permit to solicit within the Village. Solicitors must also adhere to specific guidelines and rules regulating door-to-door solicitation. For a list of solicitors, please click here.
Yes. All solicitors in the Village of Lakemoor will now receive a Photo ID Badge (as of 9/1/2018), those previous to 9/1/2018 will hold a solicitors permit card which must be carried with them at all times. All solicitors who hold a valid permit in the Village should be able to provide this when asked; if they are unable to provide an ID badge or a permit card, do not hesitate to call 911 to report them.
Why can't the Village ban door-to-door solicitors?
The First Amendment and the U.S. Constitution protect the rights of door-to-door solicitors and preclude the ability of a community to ban door-to-door sales. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld free speech for commercial purposes and the Village's ability to restrict commercial door-to-door solicitation is limited to local regulations restricting the time, place and manner of door-to-door solicitations. Homeowners and occupants, however, do have the ultimate right to determine whether solicitors shall or shall not be invited to their residences or property.
Where can I find a "no solicitors" sign?
The Village of Lakemoor no longer provides pre-printed "no solicitor" stickers. With or without a sign, residents should not ever be afraid to exercise boundaries with solicitors by refusing to answer their door or by politely stating "no thank you" or "not interested" and shutting and locking the door.
The solicitor that came to my home was pushy and rude. Is there something the Village can do?
The Village of Lakemoor does not directly regulate demeanor or style of individual sales, employees or solicitors. Remember however, that as a homeowner or occupant you may at any time ask a solicitor to leave your property and if they refuse, call 911 for assistance. Every resident has the right to feel secure in their own home and should you ever feel threatened or unsafe based upon the behavior of a solicitor or peddler, please contact the Police immediately. Further, citizens who feel they have been the victim of unlawful solicitation or believe a solicitor is violating the law are urged to contact the Police immediately so that officers may locate the individuals involved and investigate.
Residents should specifically be aware of door-to-door energy supplier sales and solicitations. The Village of Lakemoor does not send people door-to-door to register for the supply of alternate energy. The village encourages residents who wish to sign up with their own energy provider to initiate first contact with the provider after comparing all rates and options.


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Cosmetic Dentistry is merely general dentistry done really well. There is no “How to make a tooth ugly class” in Dental School. It is the desire, skill, training and talent of the dentist to create a cosmetic results.
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Tank, pipes & seat, other minor differences like cb footpegs/ brake arm have different bend to clear cb pipes but yes you can make a cb look like a cl. Running gear is same.
Thank you just wondered, thought about doing it, already seen that pipes would be hard to find.
The rear sproket on a CL has more teeth than a CB.
Triples have a different offset on some models too.
And the front wheels are a different size.
And the fenders are different too.
Apart from that - what have the Romans ever done for us?

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Killed in Action August 23rd 1917 Aged 24yrs.
Born in 1893, Jacob a miner at Murton Colliery lived with his parents Jacob and Elizabeth Ann at 5 Salisbury Place Murton. Their earlier address being 35 Sea View. His Father born in 1870 originated from Walker Northumberland was employed as a Coal Hewer at Murton Colliery. His Mother born in 1875 came from Murton. Jacob Jnr; had one sister Jane Anne Curtis.
Jacob enlisted into the Infantry at Sunderland on the 13th March 1915.
The 10th Service Battalion, Durham Light Infantry was raised at Newcastle on the 22nd of August 1914 as part of Kitchener’s First New Army. Following inital training at Aldershot they proceeded to France on the 21st May 1915 landing at Boulogne. The Regiment fought in the Action of Hooge, being the first Division to be attacked by flamethrowers.

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Khronos standards are fundamental to many of the technologies on display at SIGGRAPH and the latest updates on OpenGL, COLLADA and mobile graphics will be on display on many of our members and partners booths.
Bookmark this web page as your information hub to everything Khronos at SIGGRAPH this year.
Khronos Group founders and members are excited to return to Los Angeles to talk about how Khronos APIs let developers tap into cutting edge graphics and media processing on platforms ranging from high-end workstations to mobile phones.
Join us for great news about Khronos APIs!
See cutting-edge DCC tools and applications for gaming, 3D web, and visualization, and artworks generated from COLLADA content-creation-supporting media.
Remi Arnaud: Unity COLLADA Exporter.
Meet designers and implementers of this significant new standard for heterogeneous parallel programming on GPUs and CPUs. Learn how OpenCL interoperates with OpenGL, enabling advanced, cross-platform, visual-computing applications.
WebGL is a cross-platform, royalty-free web standard based on OpenGL ES 2.0. WebGL is shader-based using GLSL, bringing plugin-free 3D to the web, directly into the browser.
OpenGL ES is royalty-free, cross-platform API for full-function 2D and 3D graphics on embedded systems - including consoles, phones, appliances and vehicles. Attend for the latest news and updates! Also, get the inside track on OpenVG, OpenMAX, and all the new-media APIs being used to develop the billion-dollar, billion-user gaming and mobile multimedia markets!
Learn more about OpenGL, the most widely adopted 2D/3D graphics API, from the ARB and leading OpenGL companies.
Play Trivia and win prizes!
Rich is a game and open source developer specializing in real-time rendering and data compression.
The talk will primarily focus on the many lessons learned and the custom profiling and visualization tools created while optimizing Left 4 Dead 2 to run well under Linux using OpenGL.
Kurt Akeley, founding member of Silicon Graphics, co-designer of the OpenGL graphics system, and currently CTO at Lytro.
Join us for a celebration of 20 years of OpenGL!
Come to the Aug 8th OpenGL BOF 20th Anniversary party and YOU get the presents!
150 “OpenGL 20th Anniversary” Pint glasses as prizes for the basketball free throws and ping pong playoffs at the OpenGL 20th Anniversary party.
Visit Khronos Main Reception at booth #759 and Khronos Press & Educators Open House at booth #858 to see these Khronos Members display various Khronos Group-developed technology in action.
Dave Shreiner, ARM, Inc. The course begins with an overview of the complete OpenGL pipeline, introducing all the latest shader stages. Then it focuses on the shader-based pipeline, which requires an application to provide both a vertex shader and a fragment shader. It also includes an summary of key graphics concepts: the synthetic-camera model, transformations, viewing, and lighting.
Juraj Obert, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Graham Sellers, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. This course introduces partially resident textures (PRTs), a new GPU feature for virtual texturing, and contrasts them with software-based methods of virtual texturing. PRTs are available in the Southern Islands (Radeon HD 7xxx) family of graphics processors.
Mike Houston, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Johan Andersson, DICE As the first in a series, this course introduces trends and directions in this emerging field: parallel graphics architectures, parallel programming models for graphics, and how game developers are investigating the use of these new capabilities in future rendering engines.
12:45-1:45 pm AMD, Tianyun Ni This talk reviews all the features that AMD FirePro solutions provide for 3D graphics and compute through OpenGL, DirectX, and OpenCL. It describes how they apply in specific workflows for digital content creation or video processing.
Join Intel experts for a full day of cutting-edge graphics research deep dives, technical discussions, and exciting demos. From open-source ray tracing kernels and next-gen graphics technologies to OpenCL programming on Intel CPUs and GPUs, learn how to take advantage of latest-generation hardware to identify, optimize, and unleash stellar performance for your next graphics and media workloads.
LACC Room 503 NDIVIA, Mark Kilgard Explore the impact of GPUs on state-of-the-art CG and interactive design. Join NVIDIA for eight engaging talks and technical deep dives covering everything from advanced ray tracing and rendering to tessellation. Get insight into today’s most exciting applications and a glimpse into the next generation of groundbreaking advancements. Don’t miss the unveiling of NVIDIA’s latest groundbreaking developer tools.
Imagination Technologies Limited Interactive ray tracing plugins for popular 3D packages (including Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Maya, and McNeel & Associates Rhinoceros) are now bringing final-frame photorealism to even the earliest stages of modeling and lighting, and in doing so creating exciting new creative opportunities for artists and designers. In this session, users of Rhinoceros learn how real-time ray-traced viewports help designers make better-informed creative choices, shorten review cycles, and save time by reducing unnecessary and time-consuming preview renders compared to working with traditional OpenGL or Direct3D viewports.
Mike Bailey, Oregon State University Shader programming has become an indispensable part of graphics application development, but learning to program shaders is difficult, and understanding the effect of shader parameters is even more challenging. This course presents shader development from an interactive standpoint.
9:45am – 10:45 am ARM This examination of how to get the most out of the ARM Mali GPU covers key tips and tricks used to simulate desktop-level techniques that mastered in an in-house demo called Timbuktu. Attendees gain an understanding of optimizations and techniques around OpenGL ES, details on a Vertex shader technique to simulate tessellation of terrain, and post-processing approximations of bloom and depth of field. Learn how you can use the ARM DS-5 toolchain to analyze performance of applications and optimize for an uncompromised visual experience.
You can find a complete list of Siggraph Exhibitors here.
AMD 709 AMD is an innovative technology company dedicated to collaborating with customers and partners to ignite the next generation of computing and graphics solutions at work, at home and at play. At the exhibit stand we will demonstrate how AMD has raised the bar for Digital Content Creation (DCC) and Computer Aided Design (CAD) application performance with the new family of AMD FirePro™ Professional Graphics solutions. AMD will showcase the AMD FirePro™ Professional Graphics solutions in conjunction with leading software solutions.
ARM 550 ARM designs the technology that is at the heart of advanced digital products. The ARM® Mali™ family of GPUs brings a wide range of embedded GPU solutions to the market, scaling up to multicore solutions and GPGPU applications. The Mali Developer Center www.malideveloper.com brings together a growing community for highest quality graphics across the broadest range of consumer devices.
Codeplay Software Ltd 660 In the semiconductor sector, Codeplay partners with leading chip manufacturers, such as AGEIA, Qualcomm and Movidius, helping them to exploit the full potential of their chipsets and accelerate time-to-market. Our high performance C/C++ compiler technology enables GPU product managers to bring breakthrough new technologies to their graphics processors, significantly reducing development time, costs and risks. Our compiler testing technologies enable the rapid testing of new compilers and languages, such as OpenCL and shader languages. And our expert compiler developers are ready to take on tough optimization and development projects, with years of experience working on graphics processor compilers.
Digital Media Professionals Inc 658 DMP is currently developing several graphics IP cores based on the open Khronos™ Group standards (OpenGL ES, OpenVG, OpenCL) and DMP’s cutting edge 3D graphics technology DMP Maestro Technology. DMP Graphics IP cores offer the leading scalability, the best performance vs area ration, and the world's smallest and compliant OpenGL ES2.0 core. DMP customers include multiple consumer electronics OEMs, camera OEMs, SoC vendors. Nintendo 3DS is using DMP PICA200 Graphics IP core for all graphics tasks in the device.
Fixstars 761 Fixstars is a leading multi/many-core software development company. We have been utilizing their expertise in parallel programming for software development as well as offer optimization service that bring out the maximum capability of high performance processors, including Intel multi-core, NVIDIA GPUs, ARM, and Cell/B.E, with expertise in parallel programming. Fixstars targets the medical imaging, factory automation and digital content creation markets requiring high intensity image/video processing and offers innovative and cutting edge products. At Siggraph 2012, we showcase an accelerated renderer "lucille."
Intel Corporation 317 Intel is the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Come by booth 317 to see one of many live presentations at our Intel Theater and to experience our product demonstrations. Intel experts will be available to answer your questions and don't forget to enter to win our great booth prizes!
NVIDIA 634, 735 GPUs are widely accepted as the most advanced technology for stunning graphics and parallel processing, powering innovative solutions from more than 150 leading companies. Animators, broadcasters, visual-effects artists, and industrial designers overwhelmingly use NVIDIA® Quadro® and Tesla® GPUs. And with NVIDIA Maximus™ technology, designers and engineers can perform graphics- and compute-intensive work at the same time, on the same machine. The majority of the world's cars and planes, as well as a consumer products ranging from shoes to shampoo bottles, are designed using NVIDIA professional solutions. In film, Quadro GPUs were behind nearly every "Best Visual Effects"
Rightware Oy 561 Rightware prides itself on being the world’s leading provider of graphical user interface solution called Kanzi™ and continues to serve and further develop Futuremark’s Mobile and Embedded benchmarks, including 3DMark®Mobile ES 1.1, 3DMark®Mobile ES 2.0, SPMark® for Symbian, SPMark® for Android, Mirada® and SimulationMark®. The core team of Rightware is comprised of talented engineers and graphics designers from Futuremark’s Mobile and Embedded business unit.
Smith Micro Software 1130 Smith Micro is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, with offices in Europe and Asia, develops and markets wireless multimedia and communications solutions, mobile device management products, image and data compression solutions and many award-winning software products. Smith Micro's complete line of products is available through Smith Micro's Enterprise, Channel and OEM Sales Groups, and direct from our websites, retail and value-added resellers (VARs) partners. Smith Micro's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol SMSI .


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In order to create a distinct architectural vision for the project, AK Design took precedence from the historic Greek Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The shaping and topography of the project site which demanded a rambling building and which provides an inherent intimacy and sense of community. The scale for this residential scheme can be seen as directly analogous to many of Dubai's new urban fringe lifestyle developments. The master plan aims to address the local environment in terms of orientation and material selections while creating the essence of community through a series of external squares.
The entire super structure has been completed as well as the installation of MEP services and multiple facades. The community squares are pivotal focal points in this project and work on the related swimming pools and landscaping areas have been completed. Amid all of these site activities, a fully furnished duplex show apartment was previously constructed for marketing purposes. Best practice site procedures for this G+5 project have been implemented to ensure minimum disruption for local residents.

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2018 Honey Contest Winners — Masterson's Garden Center, Inc.
The 2018 Honey Harvest Festival is in the books, and it. Was. Awesome. We had a record turnout for the event, and we are extremely grateful to everyone that came out this weekend to share in the honey love.
Thank you to the vendors that spent the weekend with us, bringing great products and tasty offerings. We learned so much from our speakers that joined us this year! The apprentices…you guys rock! We couldn’t have done it without you.
Some of the samples on display for voting throughout the weekend.
But this post is about honey. We had 26 entries in the honey contest this year. 26! That’s, by far, that most we’ve ever had. Folks visiting the festival voted on their favorite, and we’ve tallied the results.
First prize goes to Joe Cutolo! Saturday and Sunday winners get prizes, too…they’ll be ready soon.
Wondering which honey was yours? Here’s the official list.
Congratulations to everyone who entered! We have lots of ideas in store for next year’s honey contest.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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The fact that life transitions, such as injury and retirement, can have a serious, negative personal, social, emotional and behavourial effect on an individual, is no longer a painful secret. For example, at L&M we understand the issues that potentially haunt the injured or retired athlete: the loss of identity, physical engagement, social rewards and daily routine; and the perceived lack of purpose, knowledge or skills required to adapt to a new ‘normal’ life or to return to pre-injury performance levels. Concerns that might equally apply to any transitioning individual.
Guided by the latest research, our BPS Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychology Consultants have specific expertise in supporting sportspeople through injury and retirement; skills that are readily adaptable to other transitions and individuals as appropriate.
Providing emotional and constructive listening support.
Strengthening personal control over the injury and rehabilitation process.
Identifying, transferring and developing skills and techniques to enable effective coping with day-to-day emotional and physical demands.
Considering opportunities for personal growth.
Promoting personal control over the retirement process and outcome.
Enabling a coming to terms with the outcomes of a career, be the career perceived as successful or otherwise.
Identifying the important personal beliefs that best guide appropriate decisions and enable the development of a strategy for the future.
Gaining a broader sense of personal identity.
Identifying, transfering and developing constructive life and coping skills.
Developing and optimising social support structures.
In all, we take a proactive approach to promoting positive, personal alignment, progression and well-being during these potentially difficult times. By listening to each individual’s unique situation and requirements, we can provide support and help prepare for the inevitable changes during the process.
Please note, that in keeping with the British Psychology Society Code of Conduct and Ethics, any clients displaying signs of clinical mental ill-health will be recommended to refer to an HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologist. If appropriate, our expert support can continue in conjunction with any such clinical services.
Further services to promote sustainable, optimal performance across sporting and non-sporting organisations, teams and individuals can be found throughout this L&M website.
The Toll of Depression Among Elite Athletes (BPS).
Life After Rugby Full of Blindside Tackles (Rugby Heaven).
Clarke Carlisle: Ex-PFA Chairman Reveals Suicide Attempt (BBC Sport).
Ian Thorpe Faces a Tough Battle With Depression (The Australian).
Please contact us to discuss your needs and how we can support you.

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1 John 5:13 "These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God."
Why is scripture so foundational to the Christian life? Why does it matter that the Apostle John "writes" the things he wrote? The reason being is because the writings of the Old and New Testament are none other than the words of God. (Exodus 24:4; 2 Timothy 3:15-17). In today's blog I want to spell out for you in short order seven reasons why you can have confidence in the Bible as God's Word.
Psalm 19:7 "The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul;The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple." The Bible's inerrancy is foundational to Biblical preaching, Christian living and Gospel witnessing. To be anything less would mean that the Bible could not be trusted nor relied upon.
In John 10:35 Jesus says that the scripture cannot be broken. According to Psalm 119:130, whenever we read the scriptures, they bring light to our understanding. If we say the Bible is without error in terms of its contents, then it only follows that the Bible is without error in how it leads me into all truth.
2 Timothy 3:16 starts out: "All scripture is given by inspiration of God". That word translated "inspiration" comes from a compound Greek word "theo-pnuestos" meaning "God-breathed". Quite literally God exhaled His words through the writing styles and lives of the prophets and apostles, producing a unified book composed of 66 individual books. No other book in the world is Divinely inspired - only the Bible. 2 Peter 1:21 tells us that no prophecy arose by the will of man, but rather came about through men who were born along by the Holy Spirit.
Is the Bible incapable of being rightly interpreted? Can we really make the Bible says what we want to say? If you take the words out of context you can make it say whatever you want. Furthermore if you ignore the context, then you won't be able to arrive at the right meaning. The key word in both those answers is the word "context". If you and I dear reader don't like people taking our words out of context, then why would we treat God's words any different? It is not only vital to consier the context of a given passage in the surrounding verses, chapters or books, but also to consider how the Old and New Testaments relate to one another. According to Jesus in Luke 24:44, all scripture points to Himself. Romans 15:4 states that all the scriptures were written "for our instruction". 1 Corinthians 2:12 tells us that the Spirit revealed scripture so as to enable understanding of all of God's things. So the Bible, with the Spirit's help, context and Jesus Christ can be rightly inteperpreted. Does this mean that the Bible is always going to be easy to understand? Not always. The Apostle Peter writes in 2 Peter 3:16 that there were somethings in Paul's writings that even he found difficult to understand. Studying the Bible is equated in 2 Timothy 2:15 as being the labor of a workman. Though the labor may be hard, the results far outweigh the effort. Furthermore, as one studies the scriptures, the labor quickly turns into delight.
I personally feel this is currently where the battleground for the Bible is being waged. Is the Bible sufficient to lead and guide? Is it sufficient to be used by the Spirit in bring about salvation in the heart of a believing sinner? 2 Timothy 3:17 tells us that the scripture "thoroughly equips you for every good work". 2 Peter 1:3-11 reveals that God has given us all things, through His great and precious promises, that pertain to life and godliness. Scripture is not only sufficient in bringing about salvation, but also in guiding you and I in our post-conversion life or sanctification. Truly then, the Bible is sufficient, and all other lesser authorities (like doctrinal statements and church polity documents) must yield to scripture in all matters.
In John 17:17 Jesus states that the word of God is true.
According to Psalm 19:7, the Law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. According to James 1:18, by God's Divine will He begets the child of God by faith "through the living and enduring Word".

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PHP :: Request #51804 :: SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget() Fails.
SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget() fails .we have a filesymlink created  for a file (filesymbolic.txt)  and tried to read the target of the filesymlink created and it returns an error .This happens for Directory also.
When this Function used on accessing symlinks over remote share  it returns an error with 'Bad File Descriptor'.
Pierre, I think you played with symlinks before, can you add the magic needed, here?


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Today, Fortune named The Walt Disney Company on its danh sách of “World’s Most Admired Companies” for 2016. The Company landed at No. 5 on the “Top 50 Rank” this year.
The Walt Disney Company has just ranked No. 2 on the danh sách of the World’s Most Reputable Companies for 2016, published in Forbes, moving up from No. 6 in 2015.
Zootopia enjoyed a roaring domestic debut this weekend with $75 million—marking the biggest three-day debut of all time for Walt Disney phim hoạt hình Studios.
We had the opportunity to sit down with Once Upon a Time ngôi sao Ginnifer Goodwin to discuss her experience living the life of an animated leading-lady.
When Easter fell on this ngày in 1956, Disneyland’s Director of Entertainment Tommy Walker produced a recreation of an cổ hủ, cũ thời Easter Parade.
Working as a Disney Cast Member helps bạn hone some unusual skills bạn might not get anywhere else.

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Why do tigers have stripes? How do chameleons change color? Why are flamingos pink?
Did You Know? Animals answers all the probing questions kids ask about their favorite animals, organized by group. Children will discover amazing facts about a wide range of animals, from penguins to elephants and snakes to sharks.
Focusing on what kids actually want to know about their favorite animals, the question and answer format makes it appealing to children aged 5-9 years old. With "Quick quiz" boxes that encourage the reader to find the answers for themselves around the page and a simple design that makes pages easy to navigate, Did You Know? Animals will keep young readers engaged and sharpen their knowledge of the animal world.


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The tour identified in this promotion is made available through Viator. Groupon is not affiliated with or sponsored by the North Point Lighthouse Friends Inc in connection with this deal. Please contact Groupon customer service for all inquiries related to this offer. Inquiries placed to Viator will be directed back to Groupon.


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More than 300 people in the northern Ontario reserve have been forced to live under a boil-water advisory since 1995. The government has inadequate funding for the First Nations Communities, for immediate drinking water and wastewater treatment needs. The Have A Heart Foundation is helping to bring awareness to non-Aboriginal communities who did not know.
Nicole Aversa needs your help with “Have a Heart: Access to Clean Water for Indigenous Families”. Join Nicole and 2,116 supporters today.


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This is what orchestrates the dance of electrical impulses, chemicals, and water in our bodies.
It’s what animates us and keeps us from being a bag of fluid, flesh, and bone on the floor.
Our energy is dampened by pain, illness, and physically or emotionally overwhelming experiences.
It’s compromised by physical neglect, by yourself or others.
Restoring this flow and maintaining it with self-care increases our life force.
I believe it is the key to radiant health.
This is a simple, powerful way to shift dysfunctional energy patterns in your system by tapping on acupuncture points while holding specific thoughts in your mind.
“the cause of all negative emotion is a disruption in the body’s energy system”.
I’m the first one to admit that EFT sounds weird and looks silly when you’re doing it, but I’ve used it to help facilitate quick, gentle, big shifts for lots people with both physical and emotional upsets. It can be a simple way to unveil and release the emotional drivers behind aches and pains.
After identifying what you want to address and giving it a number on a scale of 0-10, we’ll do rounds of the EFT sequence, pausing to sense into the issue we’re treating and re-rate it between each round. It’s not unusual for persistent, confounding problems to disappear or be significantly minimized. During our first session, I will teach you to do basic EFT for yourself, and send you home with detailed instructions so you can treat yourself at home whenever you like.
I was introduced to EFT through a workshop with Gary Peterson, M.D. in 2002, and quickly began using it with my patients at Plum Spring Clinic for Integrative Medicine, many of who were suffering with chronic pain and complex illnesses.
When I first learned EFT, no kind of certification existed. I’m currently in the process of becoming certified in EFT by ACEP (The Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology).
This body of healing work is both a theoretical framework and a collection of treatments intended to restore the flow of life energy through the body. The treatments have the potential to gently melt chronic physical tension, or “armoring,” and reconnect the flow of energy after it is interrupted by injury or illness.
Gentle Bio-Energetics is the life’s work of Dr. Eva Reich. She was inspired by the Bioenergetic work of her father, Wilhelm Reich (the grandfather of body-centered psychotherapy), particularly his gentle work with babies and children.
The basic theory of Gentle Bio-Energetics is that our life energy has a natural pulsation that expands and contracts depending on what you are experiencing. Our energy opens up with joy, pleasure, and anger and closes down with sadness, fear, and pain. The natural, healthy flow of energy includes the full spectrum of emotion and sensation, and full capacity to expand and contract, or say yes or no, in intelligent response to your current situation.
The treatments involve gentle touch intended to help reconnect the natural flow of energy by melting the armoring in your body. This armor maintains disconnection by storing old emotional tension and pain, reducing mobility, and increasing stagnation and illness.
In 2003 I attended a workshop with Richard Overly at the Gentle Bio-Energetics Institute in Asheville, NC. I have not studied the entire body of work, but I find the theory very helpful and the treatments I have been using so far (Butterfly Touch, Gentle Bio-Energetics Balance, and Brazilian Toe Massage) to be incredibly kind, respectful and effective.
Reiki is a name for the universal life force- chi (also called ch’i, qi, ki, or prana). Reiki practitioners are “initiated” into having the capacity to channel this energy through the palms of the hands into people’s bodies to potentially help heal illness, increase wellness and create a relaxed state of equilibrium.
I sometimes treat clients with a full session of just Reiki, which many people experience as more deeply relaxing than a good massage, and I invite the energy into my hands to give me extra juice when using touch in my bodywork and Hakomi sessions.
I was initiated by Moksha Kolman as a Level One practitioner in 2004, and initiated into Level Two by Ann Ehringhaus in February 2013.


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407-422-2222 (Orlando/Orange County) or 407-870-0000 (Kissimmee/Osceola County) – Yellow Cab Company provides service to and from the Orlando International Airport and surrounding areas including Kissimmee, Davenport and all the area attractions. Taxis are available at the A and B sides of the Main Terminal, on the Ground Transportation Level (Level 1). These metered vehicles are a 5 passenger sedan or 9 passenger van (no additional cost). Town Cars or Luxury Sedans are also available for hire. You can reserve a car by calling 407-423-5566; all rentals are subject to availability.
With over 150 of the most challenging golf courses and wonderful weather year-round, it is no wonder why more than 30 PGA Tour professionals call Orlando home. Come try your game and feel the exhilaration of playing the courses graced by golf legends.
Downtown Disney® Marketplace A shopper's paradise that includes the spectacular World of Disney®, the interactive Once Upon A Toy Store, themed dining at Rainforest Café® and much more.
There are more than 5,000 restaurants in the Orlando/Kissimmee area to satisfy any taste or budget, not to mention from any part of the world. Please consult with our guest services for your cravings recommendations.
The night comes to life here in Orlando/Kissimmee where you'll find entertainment and fun for the whole family to enjoy at places like Downtown Disney®, Pointe Orlando, Universal CityWalk®, and Sun on the Beach in Old Town. There are also a variety of themed dinner shows such as Pirates Dinner Adventure and Medieval Times. Come out and play and bring the whole family along.
The Orlando/Kissimmee area is home to some unique and interesting museums. Here are some indoor options for you and the family to visit on those quiet afternoons or when you feel like enjoying a slower pace.

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Condo, House, or Farm? Have you ever wondered what the stars might have to say about where you might be the happiest living? Each Zodiac sign is different when it comes to determining where to feel the coziest when they come home at night. After all, one sign’s sanctuary is another sign’s hell hole.
The Aries native likes a smaller place simply because they are so busy and it is easier to keep a smaller abode clean. This is why condos are ideal for them. They also like the idea of looking out over broad vistas so if they do live in an apartment or condo, it is nice for them to be high in the air. This is because this ambitious sign likes to think that “the world is mine” and there is nothing like a glorious view to reinforce that idea. This is also one of those signs that truly enjoys the bustle and hustle of living downtown within easy walking distance of bars and places where they can social climb and meet people.
The Bull loves to garden and the bigger it is, the happier they will be. That is why rural life and living on a farm suits them very well. They also thrive in a place where they can keep lots of animals. Even if they are living downtown, a Taurus prefers a house or renting the main floor of a house so they can tend to the front and back yards. The ideal dwelling for the Bull must also have a state of the art stove and fridge, because this sign loves to cook. A large dining room is also a must for this sign that is fond of having meals with their families and friends. Yet another must have item for a Taurus is a barbecue in the backyard for entertaining.
This is an air sign who loves to live in a glass and mirrored treehouse, so condo living is ideal. Geminis are very creative, so another must-have in their living quarters would be that “room with a view” that is private and allows them to create their works of genius. They also like to entertain and are most likely to choose a condo or apartment with a pool, roof top patio, or entertainment facilities of some kind. They must have a big bedroom with a walk in closet because this sign will collect shoes and clothes. Whether they live in a house, condo, or apartment, this social sign also thrives living downtown in more urban environments where they have easy access to art galleries, theaters, cafes and restaurants.
This water sign likes to live near a beach or the water, but if that is not possible, then the apartment or condo that they live in should have a nice big courtyard fountain. In fact, any place that the Crab lives in is also enhanced by an indoor fountain, aquarium, or even a birdbath in the backyard. This sign prefers to be on the ground floor and is one of the signs that is happier renting a basement. This is because a Cancer can make even the humblest of abodes seem very cozy. The Cancer’s car is very important to them, so having a garage to park their vehicle in is also paramount. Cancers also like to garden so living in a house with nice neighbors is more preferable than living in a condo or apartment.
This sign likes to think big, so ideally the Lion would like to live in their own monster home in the newest and flashiest subdivision in town. However, they also do well in condos, as long as it is a state of the art place with a grand view and huge bedroom and living room. Lions feel very claustrophobic in basements, but they also are not that happy living too high up in the air. Wherever they live, they like to have a barbecue on the backyard or patio for entertaining. They are also fond of homes that have luxurious features, such as a big covered patio, an outdoor patio, or a pool. Even though a Leo will rarely use it, the look of the kitchen really matters to them. The appliances must be stainless steel and state of the art.
This is an air sign, so a tree house type dwelling is ideal. The highest floor of an apartment or condo suits the sign of the scales just fine. This sign is ruled by Venus, so a sense of order and beauty is paramount. The bedroom is very important to this sign because they need somewhere to steal away with their lover. This sign thrives in an urban environment, yet at the same time craves isolation and silence. They like to live in a downtown core with access to galleries and local cafes yet at the same time consider their home to be their private sanctuary. They are usually set up to entertain one special guest rather than a crowd, so a Libra can fit into a much smaller apartment or condo then most. In the long run, this saves this sign a lot of money! They also have a knack for organizing and decorating any space, so that it seems beautiful. This artistic sign also appreciates a room with a view where they can do arts, crafts, sewing, play music and write.
This picky sign loves to garden so a rural site is the best choice for them. They don’t like too much excitement, so they do well on farms or in big subdivisions. They also like the convenience of living near big malls and supermarkets and, for the most part, detest living near noisy bars or too much culture. Even if they are living downtown, a Taurus prefers a house or renting the main floor of a house so they can tend to the front and back yards. The sign of Virgo also appreciates having a dining room and living room that is very fashionable. Most of them never use these rooms except for company and instead live in the kitchen or a family room. This is why a roomier apartment or house is better for this sign that likes things to be well ordered. A walk in closet is also a must for organized Virgos.
This water sign likes to live above ground and somewhere very glamorous, preferably where there is a view of a lake or an ocean. They thrive in condos that have all the latest luxury features and absolutely need a state of the art kitchen, a bar, and a large bedroom to accommodate their seduction techniques. They also appreciate a home with a large and roomy bathroom that has a shower that is big enough for two. The Scorpio is also very attached to their car, so having a garage to park their flashy vehicle is also a big priority. The home must have an underground garage or a covered garage. They like living downtown the most as they love culture and meeting people at local cafes and bars.
The sign of the Archer is very sophisticated and urbane, and loves to live downtown or near downtown. Arts, culture, and meeting friends for drinks and meals are very important to them. They also love architecture and will choose to live in an older home or one that is designed by an eccentric architect. Many of them travel for business and will actually choose to live in a subdivision that is near an airport. However, there are certain Sagittarians that are very much into horseback riding and other outdoor activities and these Archers may prefer to live on a farm. More so than most signs, they do not mind a long commute to work if it is necessary, as they find driving or travelling on a train to be very relaxing.
The sign of the Goat is quite pastoral in nature and prefers a large spread in the country or in the mountains. Capricorns also make good farmers. If they live in town, they will prefer to buy rather than rent because they are very status conscious and believe that “renting is for losers.” The house or apartment that they do end up on tends to be large and sprawling, and the Capricorn feels most comfortable on the ground, first and second floors. A big dining room and kitchen is a must for this sign that loves to entertain family and friends. Many Capricorns have huge formal front and back gardens that they love to tend to as well as large, well organized garages in which to keep their tools. The Goat is also very likely to buy a second vacation home like a condo or cottage.
The Aquarian is visionary and airy and does very well even in the smallest of condos. They usually have their life pared down to the minimal, most high tech equipment available in the first place. They love the convenience of apartments and condos that have party spaces and communal rooftop patios. A microwave is an absolute requirement as is a state of the art fridge. Most of them prefer a shower to a space consuming bathtub. They are careerists, so wherever they live, must have a work-at-home-office. They are just as happy living downtown as they are uptown. They don’t mind commuting by car or train as they find these trips to be an opportunity to reflect on their goals or to read a good book.
The Piscean prefers living on the ground floor in a house. They do not like the hustle and bustle of downtown living and instead prefer the peace and quiet of living in suburbia. They also like cars and must live in a place where this is quality parking. They enjoy living by water, but are not as insistent on it as the other water signs. They enjoy the convenience of living near big supermarkets and malls or near recreational areas such as public parks or golf courses. They will also prefer to own rather than rent as Pisceans like to be wise with their money. A Piscean also despises decay or anything run down and will always choose to rent or own something that is in very decent shape.
Okay...so a Virgo prefers a farm or rural area (check) and prefers living conveniently near a mall or supermarket??? Isn't that a little contradictory? Or are you just trying to cover all the bases?
I am an aquarius ...but .... i dontlike smallspaces andi love large rooms toput everythng id liketo have plus furiniture of myliking anoutdoors i want losts ospace fortrees adnshrubs adflowers andveggies adni have nearly 10acres. because I have dogs lots of tehmn acordign tomost people but are my family pets so now crowded placesforme so therading did nto apply to me. very much! I hate crowded city living!!!esp apts .