My time with the New Heaven Reef Conservation Program was an experience I will never forget and always cherish. For years I have known I wanted to work in marine conservation, but was unsure of exactly what field I wanted to be in. After being thoroughly inspired by NHRCP's work I now have a career path to follow—coral restoration and conservation. That decision was easy once I realized how fun, interactive, and important their work is.
Each day at New Heaven you can look forward to an educational lecture pertaining specifically to coral ecology and restoration. After that, the real fun begins. Whether the day's project includes surveying the ecosystem for changes in health, building upon artificial reefs, or controlling predator outbreaks, you can guarantee you'll have fun and feel a sense of accomplishment. Daily dives in the beautiful blue sea around Koh Tao are always a treat, but there's nothing better than being able to give back to the ecosystem during your dives.
One of the best things about the NHRCP is their ability to include anyone into their program. Because the NHRCP includes lectures, volunteers are taught everything they need to know to be an effective team member, regardless of your educational or career background. Also, whether you are merely passing through Koh Tao for a few days or planning an extended stay, you will be treated as a valuable team member and friend for the duration of your time. The New Heaven Reef Conservation Program is an excellent program and I highly recommend it for anyone who enjoys diving and has an interest in giving back to our beautiful Earth.
Volunteering at New Heaven Reef Conservation Program is definitely a life-changing experience. As soon as you join the program, you have the feeling to be part of family of really passionate marine conservationists and diving addicts.
While learning theoretical aspect of marine biology and conservation in the morning, you dedicate your afternoon to conservation dives, an excellent way to directly apply all the things you've learned. Each day means new adventures to come, you never know what to expect for your dive: an amazing massive field of Euphyllia, the majestic night snow of the coral spawning, a whale shark coming to say hello, witnessing huge school of fishes dancing around you, spotting rare species of fishes and so on. This friendly team of passionate people is really inspiring and make you feel at home on the paradise island of Koh Tao.
If you're consumed by wanderlust and the thirst of doing positive actions for the threatened world surrounding us, joining NHRCP is the best choice you can make. One thing is sure, I will come back to Koh Tao to once again help with the preservation of this amazing and complex ecosystem and yet jeopardized.
My experience at the New Heaven Reef Conservation Program was one I won't be forgetting soon. The way that the staff managed the constantly changing dynamic was wonderful and they maintained a good balance of diligent conservation work, and beautiful diving. While I was there during my 6-week stint, the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) had us join them twice to work on a project, which was abnormal for the program. However, the RCP program accommodated both us and the government by offering both governmental and typical projects on those days, allowing those with different conservation goals to experience different aspects of marine conservation.
The RCP was also amazing in that the experience and education you were able to gain was correlated to the time you put into it. With every day being a different project or location, nothing was exactly the same each day which allowed us to participate in a huge breadth of conservation activities ranging from data collection and sightings to buoy installation and artificial reef deployment. All the staff were very knowledgeable on the subjects they lectured on, and more information was readily available if you asked questions and had the desire. Despite the amount of work available to be learned or completed, the staff were accommodating and didn't force anything, letting each conservationist work at their own pace.
As a young rising Marine Ecologist, my time at the NHRCP was the most valuable 6-weeks I have had thus far, and the experience, knowledge, and the good times with the RCP family will stay with me and draw me back to the frontlines of conservation on Koh Tao as soon as possible.
I was lucky enough to join the New Heaven Reef Conservation Team as part of my university degree. I found those 4 weeks where the most eye opening and rewarding experience that I could ever imagine. Every day we dove to various locations around the island to undertake predator collection (Crown of Thorns and Drupella), ecological monitoring, fun dives, muck dives and assisting the reef regrowth by restoring artificial reefs. I learnt so much and this experience changed my entire mindset not only as a person but also as an upcoming aspiring marine biologist. I am still studying a Bachelor of environmental science however when finished I aim to become a dive master and follow the footsteps of the people I met here and make a difference. I have met some of the most interesting and inspiring people who are now some of my closet friends and I can't wait follow their successes in the future. Everybody was unbelievably welcoming and this trip will always be a highlight in my life and I will forever be grateful for the opportunity. Before leaving the island I was already planning my return trip. I encourage everyone to join NHRCP for as long as you can spare to help – everyone can make a difference. Individually we are a drop, together we are an ocean.
I joined the conservation team during April this year for a 3 month internship, and it has been one of the greatest experiences of my life. The memories and friends made through this program will be cherished and I'm without a doubt that I'll be back again at some point. The program is full of incredibly passionate and driven people, and it has been an absolute pleasure to watch and work with them in their element. I feel like I've learned so much on the program and even grown as a person. It's given me an insight on the issues the ocean faces due to our actions, but to know there's great people finding ways and teaching people how to minimise the damage we cause, gives me great hope for the future. Thank you NHRCP!
Being busy while diving, trying to make a difference for the marine life is a great feeling! The New Heaven Reef Conservation Program is an amazing way to learn how marine conservation is done. An awesome team of passionate instructors gives lectures in the morning and guides everyone during the beautiful dive in the afternoon. There is a wide range of projects varying from restoring the reef, collecting coral predators to on of our favourites: searching for new things during a muck dive! We even learned how to weld the artificial reef structures. While living on Koh Tao, it will not only be a New Heaven, but also a New Home. Every day comes with a lot of new things to learn and new great people to meet. Doing the NHRCP internship, we learned to appreciate the underwater world even more than we already did. No doubt we'll be back for more conservation dives on Koh Tao!
My time with New Heaven Reef Conservation Program not only made me a better diver, it introduced me to marine conservation and my own capability to create change. Being welcomed by a team of scientists and conservationists who are eager to share their knowledge made me look forward to every day at the program—a lecture at the school and then to the boats for a dive and a hands-on conservation technique on the reef. Each dive has the potential to bring something new, whether it be a rare sea slug sighting or the growth of a transplanted coral, and as an NHRCP student, the underwater world opened up for me more with every dive. Students and staff of the program come from all over the world and the friendships I made exposed me to different languages and cultures and made me realized how conservation is a global effort. New Heaven Reef Conservation Program is training the next generation of conservationists and giving us the tools and voices to create a positive impact on the marine ecosystem. I look forward to coming back!
Having very little knowledge of marine life prior to my time on Koh Tao I was considerably nervous before starting with the NHRCP. However, all those nerves melted away before the first day on the program was over. I was a student there for three months and my only regret was not staying longer. The people in the program have an amazing ability to make everyone feel as welcomed and valued as possible, making it very easy to work confidently alongside them.
Prior to my time with the program I had very little knowledge of marine life but after all of the daily morning lectures I have learnt so much that was not only mind-blowingly interesting but has also improved the quality of every dive for me. As exciting as it is seeing all of the incredibly beautiful fish and corals it was absolutely fascinating to be able to spot out the tiny sea slugs and many of the hidden marvels that also live in the marine ecosystems which we visited every afternoon.
Each dive we'd visit some of the most beautiful dive sites I've seen and work extensively on anything ranging from coral predator collection to maintaining artificial reefs, with each job being just as rewarding as the last. Whether you want to make your contribution to marine conservation, expand your knowledge on marine life or just have an amazing time this is definitely the place to go. I made incredible friendships and loved every day more than the last. I look forward to re-joining the program someday soon!
My time at new heaven was one I will never forget, it completely changed my life and career path. I arrived knowing barely anything about the different ecosystems and felt nervous that I wouldn't understand anything as I didn't have a background in marine science. I couldn't have been more wrong. The instructors are so supportive and always keen to answer any questions you have and never leave you feeling clueless, you can sit through the lectures as many times as you like until you are happy with your understanding.
A typical 'marine conservation' project would be just completing a fish survey but here you learn so many different aspects of the marine world from reef restoration, to algae, to sea slugs and everything in between.
If you didn't think it was possible to enjoy diving any more than you already do, wait until you start to learn about everything you are seeing underwater and all the symbiotic relationships. It starts to become addictive as you just want to learn more and more... Not to mention the relaxing dives of sitting around a beautifully sculpted tree attaching coral fragments giving them a second chance at life... It is a completely new level of love!
Each day you return feeling fulfilled and so motivated to carry on with this incredible work.
I'm so grateful to have been able to be part of such an amazing experience and I would go back in a heartbeat!
What in life could be better than staying on a beautiful island, diving in stunning ecosystems, spending time with inspiring people, and working and learning to protect our planet?
I first came here as a student for a 2-week program and then came back again for 3-month internship. Not only was it some of the most wonderful experiences I've ever had, but it also gave me inspiration. The ocean became a whole new world for me. The more I learned about it, the more I fell in love with it and realized how important it is.
The knowledge I've gained from the program also changed the way I see the ocean. I remember sitting and looking at the sea when I almost finished the internship, and realized that the sea would mean something different to me from now on. It's not just a body of water with wavy surface anymore, but it's a home for millions of amazing creatures. And those creatures have a profound connection with us. They are our life-support system.
This 3-month experience made marine life become my friends. It has inspired me to do something to protect them.


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Combating high levels of tooth decay with fluoride
Seb Evans
5th Aug 2008 00:00
Nearly half the drinking water in England could have fluoride added to it under a 'secret' Government plan, according to The Daily Mail.
Dental health chiefs want to add the chemical to 40 per cent of England's water supply to combat high levels of tooth decay.
But critics said the 'mass medication' of water without the population's consent was an invasion of their human rights.
They also accused dentists of being in denial about the dangers of fluoride, which has been linked to diseases, including brittle bones and cancer.
Dental experts, however, said there is overwhelming evidence that adding fluoride to water helps reduce tooth decay, with children the biggest beneficiaries.
Fluoride, which is tasteless and odourless, occurs naturally but is also found in drinking water supplies – usually at levels too low to affect dental health.
At present, only 10 per cent of tap water has fluoride added – in the West Midlands and the North East.
Although plans to add the chemical to more of the nation's water supply were first announced by Health Secretary Alan Johnson in February, the scale of the Government's intentions has remained under wraps until now.
The Government has earmarked £42million to pay for the scheme.
The Department of Health said water companies would only start fluoridating water following consultation with local people.
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Virtually every news commentator compares Israel\'s temporary removal back in 1996 of 400 terrorists to Lebanon with the heinous crimes of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The United Nations was being asked not to have a double standard for Iraq and Israel. In fact, the Palestine Liberation Organization, having been recognized as the world\'s highest moral arbiter, has been asked by the then United Nation\'s Secretary General Boutros-Ghali to draft a resolution condemning Israel and calling for sanctions. Something is obviously wrong with this picture. It is time for Israelis and their supporters to recognize that Israel has a public relations problem.
The actions Israel took to defend its security were quite moderate by Middle East standards. Its ability to explain what and why it took such action was inadequate. Along with most of the pro-Israel community, I\'m a frequent critic of Israeli information policies. I had a pleasant lunch last week with an Israeli official and we discussed this very issue. As a result of our conversation, I am not convinced that the Israeli government is doing everything in its power to communicate its message to the media, political leaders, and general public. Its just not working.
What is needed is a whole new approach to Israeli public relations. Let\'s call it: THE MARKETING OF ISRAEL, and look at the problem from an advertizing perspective. About nine months ago, I discussed with an executive of a major advertising company the possibility of producing television spots supporting Israel\'s positions on various political issues. I became discouraged upon learning that the major stations do not permit "advocacy" commercials. Fortunately, this has changed.
I think it is time to take a second look at my concept but expand it to include radio, magazines, cable television (cable will accept this type of commercial) and newspapers. The ads should range from the very soft evocative travel type to some hard hitting but subtle political messages. Pretend that Israel is a corporation with a vast market in the United States. Receipts from that market top $9 Billion Dollars (including US economic and military aid, UJA, Israel Bonds, JNF, Hadassah plus all the other campaigns from Yeshivas to the Technion). What would you spend to protect a market of that magnitude? Two percent would equal $180 million. You can run for president with that kind of money. In a wild fantasy, lets say we have that much money. And let\'s say we hire a talented creative ad man to develop a multi-faceted, multi-media, and multi-year campaign to win the hearts and minds of the American people.
The Israel government needs to realize that we are living in a new world where telecommunications brings us closer that ever before to each other. In the fifties when Israel was criticized, Ben Gurion used to say, "Its not what the world thinks, but what the Jews do that is important." It is a different world now and for every Israeli policy, the public relations aspect must be examined. I am definitely not calling on Israel to submit to public opinion but instead to organize and mold it for their benefit. I don\'t want Israel immobilized by fear of bad public relations. I want Israel to plan, with the help of experts, a strategy to counteract the negative effects of any public policy move. Would Sharon send his soldiers into battle without a detailed plan and strategy to win. The time has come for Israel to develop a strategy the win the public relations battle. The Jewish community in this country is more than willing to lend its money and advertizing talent to aid in this task. Let\'s do it!
THE JERUSALEM POST reported several years ago on plans at the Israeli Foreign Ministry to abolish its "hasbara" or information efforts. It reported, "The decision to abolish hasbara is in keeping with the then Foreign Minister Shimon Peres\' view that \'if you have good policy, you do not need hasbara. And if you have bad policy, hasbara will not help.\'" Those of us who have been in the trenches, fighting Arab propaganda for years, were stunned by this policy change. Most of all, we were stunned by this apparently incorrect perception of reality.
CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America) regularly reports on the most glaring examples of media bias to its members. Over the past few months, we have been shocked to discover that Encyclopedia Britannica has joined in the distortion of Israeli history to conform to what\'s "politically correct." In its description of the Six Day War of 1967 there is no mention of the Egyptian removal of UN troops, the closing of the Straits of Tiran (an act of War by international law), the movement of 100,000 troops into Sinai or the huge mobs in Cairo whipped to a frenzy by Gamal Abdul Nasser with cries of "DEATH TO THE JEWS" The Britannica account of the \'67 war reads, "The Arab-Israeli War of 1967 devastated the Arab nations. In six days in June, Israel not only dispatched the combined forces of Egypt, Syria and Jordan, but also overran vast tracts of Arab territory...which formally had been parts of mandated Palestine." For the average reader of the supposedly authoritative Britannica, Israel launched an aggressive war to seize land and devastated innocent Arabs. PRECISELY THE VERSION OF HISTORY THE ARABS WANT!
A quick scan of recent CAMERA literature reveals that the New York Times\' correspondents for Israel, have a decidedly ant-Israel viewpoint. Harper\'s Magazine has published 22 viciously anti-Israel articles in the last five years. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) shows one biased report after another on the Middle East. National Public Radio (NPR) has become a hotbed of the most anti-Israel and anti-Semitic programs in the nation. And it is taxpayer supported! The American Library Association (ALA) has begun taking official anti-Israel positions and its 18,000 members are urged to carry books on the Middle East supporting the Arab version of history. The ALA\'s annual meeting several years included a panel discussion entitled, "Israeli Censorship: There and Here." Israel has a free press ( though 90 % leftist) and censors only for security reasons. On the other hand the Arab world is the most censored and restricted in the world, with death penalties for authors who go against the law of Islam. Why is the ALA discussing Israel and no other country? The answer: attacking Israel is politically correct.
What we are witnessing is the success of Arab propaganda in America. The following excerpt from ARAB PROPAGANDISTS JOIN FORCES WITH ANTI-SEMITES (my first published article in 1965 and still true today) should warn us of the consequence of abandoning the information field to the Arabs. "What do the Arabs hope to gain by this great effort and expense? Bluntly speaking -- to bring about conditions that would facilitate the destruction of the State of Israel. They concentrate most of their propaganda in the United States, because they feel that this country was the greatest single influence that contributed to the creation of Israel and that it still is the major force standing in the way of Israel\'s destruction."
The Arabs, there for aim to neutralize the impact the impact of America on the Middle East. In many ways they have turned the United States into their ally in the process of dismemberment of Israel.Let us briefly examine these three conditions and understand why their achievement is absolutely necessary before an Arab policy of eliminating Israel can hope to succeed. The Arabs have always looked at the Jews of America as allies of Israel, and it is against this alliance that the bulk of the Arab propaganda is directed. During the past fifteen years, the Jews of America have given invaluable material and political support to the State of Israel. American Jewish aid has helped make possible the absorption of over 1,000,000 immigrants in Israel, and has given impetus to her economy. The Arabs, therefore, believe that they must destroy this relationship as a precondition to destroying the state. Recognizing that such a campaign might not succeed, the Arabs have devised other means of limiting the effectiveness of the American Jew. If Israel can not be made alien to the American Jew, then the Jew can be made alien to his non-Jewish neighbor. Isolate the Jew, and you isolate Israel; destroy Jewish prestige in America, and you destroy Israel\'s; weaken Jewish economic and political strength and you weaken Israel\'s potential to survive.


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Consensual Political Intercourse
Posted by Mark on July 15, 2008 at 7:54pm
Ever get the feeling that your government is screwing you? Legally, of course, that's something that it is not allowed to do unless you give your consent. Without your consent it isn't a consensual relationship and becomes rape. So my question is, did you give your consent or not?
"Of course not," my friends tell me indignantly. "Why would we consent to having our own jobs outsourced, our homes repossessed, our children's futures mortgaged to pay for wars based on lies, and allowing big corporations to poison our food?"
"I don't know why you'd consent to things like that," I tell them, "but I'm not so much concerned about your reasoning – I just want to know if you did or did not give your consent."
"No!" they answer angrily. "We did not consent!"
And I hear their echoes everywhere I go.
"We did not consent!" shout the peace activists.
"We did not consent!" scream the 9/11 Truthers.
"We did not consent!" holler the downsized and repossessed, young and old.
I hear them, but I'm not sure I'm buying it. If they didn't consent, how could things like this have happened? What if they actually had consented but are now ashamed of it and are trying to frame a perfectly innocent government for rape?
Now I'm not talking about implied consent, I'm talking about affirmative consent. Not just the failure to resist or to say no, but the act of saying, "Yes! I want it! Screw me! Take me for everything I've got! I'm yours!"
You see, our government may be aggressive abroad, but here at home it is not a rapist. It always asks you clearly and politely if you want to be screwed. And the process in which it asks is called the electoral system. Every four years our government asks us if we want to be screwed, and every four years we say yes. It even holds off-year elections every two years, and in most places citizens are asked to give their consent, at least to being screwed by state and local government, every year or several times a year.
"But we didn't say yes," people tell me. "We voted no!"
Ah, but we have secret vote counting in this country, so how can you prove that you said no? When votes are counted in secret is it the same as when intercourse takes place behind closed doors. It's your word against theirs and they say that you said yes.
"No," they tell me," it so happens that the whole thing was caught on videotape and we can prove that we said no." And sure enough, there are CD ROMS with the poll tapes, the register books, and the actual ballots, proving that the citizens did not consent. But alas, the statute of limitations has run out and it is much too late to file charges now. "Why didn't you bring this evidence forward at the time?" I ask.
"Because it was withheld from us," they whine. "The government wouldn't let us have the proof until we'd spent years in court forcing them to release the records."
"You're telling me," I say, "that you had a few drinks with them, went up to their room, they asked you politely if you wanted to get screwed, and you said no, clearly and distinctly, but that they raped you anyway, and that when you tried to get the tapes to prove it, they wouldn't give them to you until it was too late for you to file charges?"
"Uh," they respond, "we thought that as long as there was a verifiable record of what happened, it would be perfectly safe."
If I hadn't seen the evidence with my own eyes, I don't think I'd believe that there had been any rape. People that dumb are so easily seduced that it isn't usually necessary to rape them. But I have seen the evidence and they were indeed raped.
In 2000 the people clearly said no, but the Supreme Court didn't consider the evidence (the vote count, the illegal voter purges, the voter suppression, and the rigged ballots and voting machines) to be admissible, so an unelected President was installed against the express will of the people. That's rape. But by the time the government released the evidence, it was too late to do anything about it.
In 2004 the people again clearly said no, but this time the government had become so adept at withholding the evidence that Supreme Court intervention wasn't necessary. Once again the evidence was withheld and the unelected President was installed for a second term. And once again by the time the people were able to prove they'd been raped, the statute of limitations had run out and the damage could not be repaired..
So now we are approaching the 2008 election. The same crooked elections officials are in control. The same secret vote counting machines will be used. Once more the government will ask you politely if you want to get screwed, and once more you will shmooze with them, have a few drinks together, and then go into their voting booth and say no. And once again you are going to get raped and be unable to prove it until it is much too late to do anything about it.
And yet people still berate me when I suggest that they not go to the polls this time.
"If we don't vote, we can't complain," they say.
What good does complaining do?
"If we don't vote, the bad guys will win," they tell me.
The good guys won in 2000 and 2004, but the bad guys took office anyway.
"It's our civic duty and responsibility to vote," they claim.
In rigged elections with secret vote counts? Give me a break!
"This time it might be different," they say.
Well, the first time somebody tells me that they've been raped, I'm inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt. But I will ask how it happened and if it seems to me that they were engaging in risky behavior, I'll suggest that they be more careful in the future.
The second time that somebody tells me they've been raped, and they explain that it happened in the exact same way because they ignored my advice, I begin to feel that they are at least partially to blame themselves.
But when it happens a third time, I have no more sympathy. Unless you enjoyed it the first two times, you wouldn't allow it to happen a third time. That's not rape – that's consensual political intercourse, so don't come crying to me.
The Evidence:
Witness to a Crime: A Citizens' Audit of an American Election by Richard Hayes Phillips (Hardcover with CD ROM, Canterbury Press, March 2008
How the GOP Stole America's 2004 Election & Is Rigging 2008 by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman (Paperback - Sep 21, 2005)
What Happened in Ohio: A Documentary Record of Theft and Fraud in the 2004 Election by Bob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld, and Harvey Wasserman
Did George W. Bush Steal America's 2004 Election? by Bob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld, and Harvey Wasserman (Paperback - May 30, 2005)
Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?: Exit Polls, Election Fraud, and the Official Count by Steve Freeman and Joel Bleifuss (Paperback - Jun 19, 2006)
HACKED! High Tech Election Theft in America - 11 Experts Expose the Truth by Abbe Waldman Delozier and Vickie Karp (Paperback - Sep 5, 2006)
Supreme Injustice: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000 by Alan M. Dershowitz (Hardcover - 2001)
A Badly Flawed Election: Debating Bush V. Gore, the Supreme Court, and American Democracy by Ronald Dworkin (Hardcover - Sep 2002)
Irreparable Harm: The U.S. Supreme Court and The Decision That Made George W. Bush President by Renata Adler (Paperback - Jul 2004)
Fooled Again: The Real Case for Electoral Reform by Mark Crispin Miller (Paperback - Jun 2007)
Loser Take All: Election Fraud and The Subversion of Democracy, 20002008 by Mark Crispin Miller (Paperback - April 1, 2008)
Armed Madhouse: Who's Afraid of Osama Wolf?, The Best Legal Whorehouse in Texas, The Scheme to Steal Election '08, No Child's Behind Left, and Other Investigations by Greg Palast (Paperback - Apr, 2007)
More evidence including videos: http://noinnovember.ning.com/
Comment by Mark on July 16, 2008 at 12:21am
Thanks, John-Michael. The idea is starting to spread. Here's an article by the editorial board of axisoflogic.com that somebody called my attention to just today:
http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_27569.shtml
Voting to give rich people the right to screw us over is about the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. They might do it anyway, even if we don't give them permission, but at least then nobody could say that it was our own dumb fault again.


Microsoft is releasing a number of new Power BI business intelligence features in preview form, as well as rolling out a new native Power BI app for iPad.
Microsoft has made available in public preview form a bunch of new Power BI features, as well as a preview of a new mobile Power BI app for iPad.
Power BI is Microsoft's collection of business-intelligence tools for managing, visualizing and interacting with data.
The Power BI app for iPad preview , which Microsoft officials said is available in the Apple App Store for download (but which I haven't been able to find myself) allows users to access their Power BI dashboards, get alerts about key changes to their data and to share and collaborate with colleagues, according to Microsoft execs.
Update: A Microsoft spokesperson said the iPad Power BI app should be in the Apple App Store later today, December 19. It also will be available for download from this Microsoft Power BI site.
Microsoft execs said in a December 18 blog post that Microsoft is working on "a wave of native mobile apps for Power BI" that will work on iPad, iPhone and Windows tablets. The iPad app is the first of those mobile apps.
Dashboards: Power BI customers can now see all their data through a single pane of glass. Live Power BI dashboards show visualizations and key performance indicators (KPIs) from data that reside both on-premises and in the cloud.
New visualizations: Combo charts, fill maps, gauges, tree maps and funnel charts give customers more ways to view their data in Power BI.
Out-of-the-box connectors for SaaS services: These connectors help customers get started with Power BI more quickly. Supported services include Dynamics CRM Online and Dynamics Marketing, GitHub, Marketo, Salesforce, SendGrid and Zendesk.
Live connectivity to SQL Server Analysis Services: With the new Power BI connector for SQL Server Analysis Services, users can create a secure connection to Analysis Services on-premises from Power BI in the cloud.
Power BI Designer: For Power BI customers who don't have access to Excel 2013, the new Power BI Designer provides a solution designed for Power BI content creation. It can be used to import and model data, then author and publish Power BI reports to the Power BI service.
In other data platform news, Microsoft recently made available a new preview version of its Azure SQL database-as-a-service. The updated preview added near-complete SQL Server engine compatibility, including support for larger databases with online indexing and parallel queries, among other features.


In addition to being a trainer at Custom Strength, Daniel Marynowski is currently the Head Athletic Therapist with the Ottawa 67's and certified as a strength and conditioning specialist. He is also a former medic in the military and has worked with numerous teams in the past such as the Jr A Mississauga Chargers, Ottawa Redblacks, Ontario Basketball and York University Football. Although he specializes in rehab and athletic injuries, he believes that many injuries which manifest themselves can be avoided with proper training in the gym. Likewise, he thinks that strength training post injury will also help clients improve their general well-being while minimizing the risk of any reinjury in the future. Although he is busy rehabbing the 67's players he does assist their strength coach in post-game workouts on the road, warm-ups/cooldowns and exercise prescription. He also sees private patients at Ottawa High Performance for athletic therapy and is in the process of becoming a certified massage therapist.


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Section 4.1 - Quadratic Functions and Applications
Section Objectives
Find the vertex, intercepts, and symmetry axis of a parabola.
Write a quadratic function in vertex form.
Find the equation of a quadratic function from its graph.
Solve application problems involving quadratic functions and parabolas.
A quadratic function is a 2nd degree polynomial function. Every quadratic function can be written in the standard form , where , , and are real numbers with .
The graph of a quadratic function is a smooth U-shaped curve called a parabola. The turning point at the tip of the U is called the vertex, and the graph is symmetric about the vertical line through the vertex.
By completing the square, any quadratic function in standard form, , can be rewritten in the equivalent vertex form
The vertex is at the point , where and .
The axis of symmetry is the vertical line .
The parabola opens upward if and downward if .
The graph is wider than the graph of if , as wide if , and narrower if .
The -intercepts of the graph can be found by solving (i.e., finding the zeros of ). If a parabola has two distinct -intercepts, the vertex is directly between them.
The -intercept is .
The quadratic function attains an extreme value (max or min) at the vertex of its graph.
Consider the quadratic function defined by . Find the -intercepts of the graph, the coordinates of the vertex, and the axis of symmetry. Finally, write the equation in vertex form and sketch the graph.
Sketch the graph of . Describe the features of the graph/function.
A ball is thrown upward with a velocity of feet per second from the top of a -foot building. What is the maximum height of the ball? How long until the ball hits the ground?
A quadratic function has a leading coefficient of and zeros and . Write its equation in standard form and vertex form.
The total cost of manufacturing a set of golf clubs is given by
where is the number of sets of golf clubs produced. How many sets of golf clubs should be manufactured to incur minimum cost and what is that minimum cost?
Cindy wants to construct two side-by-side dog-training pens of the same size and sharing one common side. She has 400 ft of fencing material to use. What values of and maximize the combined areas of the pens?
The graph of a parabola is shown below. Find an equation for the graph.


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Meghan McCain: How to Make the GOP Come Out (for Gay Marriage)
So, you want to talk to the G.O.P. about gay marriage? Don't even think about bringing up love. Meghan McCain tells Newsweek & The Daily Beast's John Avlon that Republicans will only relate to same-sex marriage if it's presented as individualistic and a personal freedom—love is for liberals!
Updated 04.24.17 11:52AM ET / Published 05.11.12 6:10PM ET
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Due to an odd convergence of various events I have just missed five straight weeks at our church (that's right, over an entire month of Sundays). Aghast some may be—what? the minister's wife was gone from church! Is that allowed? Is she OK? What poor choices was she making? Can we even ask?
Rest easy, friends; they were legitimate reasons. Some sickness, some visiting other churches, some were unusual commitments for children that made sense to prioritise.
What has my time away shown me?
I believe church is important and that we should prioritise going weekly, with almost no exception. But I can also make it an unbreakable rule (the unforgivable sin perhaps?) "Thou shalt attend church every single week". I felt guilty for not being there.
My husband, who sees the bigger picture, and is much better at extending grace and mercy, reminded me that of course we prioritise meeting with God's people, but there are times when you cannot. God knows our hearts and our motivations. Our entire lives are to be lived to the glory of God, in faithfulness to him, not only for two hours on a Sunday morning.
A surprising benefit of this absence was seen in my daughter, who was annoyed at how much church she missed. Her heart was in the right place—she wanted to meet with the people of God—but she understood that, for a brief time, she couldn't.
It doesn't take long and church can easily fall way down the priority list.
In Life Together, Bonhoeffer encourages that "the physical presence of other Christians is a source of incomparable joy and strength to the believer" and it is purely by grace that we are able to live amongst other Christians.
I first grasped this three years ago when holidaying in Dubai with a friend who was a cross-cultural worker in Central Asia. It was a priority to be there for two weeks of church so she could have as much time with the community of Christ as possible. Observing her joy at worshipping with other believers (having little opportunity in her usual location), gave me fresh eyes to appreciate the fellowship and communal worship that I experience weekly.
Bonhoeffer warns that the gift of fellowship is "easily disregarded and trodden underfoot by those who have it every day". We know that "familiarity can breed contempt" and while I was by no means contemptuous of our gathering, there were times when I could be a little jaded.
We know that 'familiarity can breed contempt' and while I was by no means contemptuous of our gathering, there were times when I could be a little jaded.
My own time away, short as it was, meant that when I returned the singing was more uplifting, the preaching more encouraging, the prayers more Christ-exalting, and the conversation more precious. The things we do each week had become a little more significant. At what other time could I raise my voice loudly in songs of praise with multiple other believers? Why would I stand and declare my faith in the Apostles' Creed elsewhere? What other time would I hear teaching on a passage that was not my own choosing? How would I know the news of our gathering, from farewells and illnesses, to welcoming new babies? How else would I sit under the biblical, joyful prayers of another believer? The church is where most of these things happen, and it is a marvellous privilege to meet regularly with the people of God.
I love visiting other churches and count it a remarkable privilege. I can connect with other believers, and am led to thank God for their growth in faith and love, their perseverance and faith both in trials and in joys (as per 2 Thessalonians 1:3-4). It's a gift to spend time with the wider body of Christ.
However, I am increasingly convicted that my home church is where I should be regularly. The commitment of God's people to one place for a long period of time has great benefit as together we encourage, strengthen and grow the body of Christ. Time alongside people means you know each other's struggles and joys and how you might support or challenge appropriately. Hopefully, you notice when someone is new and when someone is absent, so that people can be genuinely welcomed and followed up.
There is a special connection with these brothers and sisters. I share with them, confess to them, pray for them, pray with them, and delight to see them progressing in the faith. I see their giftings and how they use them faithfully. I grieve when they grieve and rejoice when they rejoice. They are my family.
This is where reality hit. I knew I was not at church, I wasn't seeing people and wasn't worshipping with the people of God. But I didn't truly grasp the lack until I returned. Only by again being part of the gathering did I realise what had been missing.
But what if I didn't have to go back? Wasn't truly convicted that it was part of my commitment to the body of Christ? (Wasn't a minister's wife and had to go?) It could become easier and easier to stay away. I might feel embarrassed it had been so long. I might be frustrated that no one realised I was missing. I might feel chastened if someone contacted me to find out why I had been absent.
We can have confidence to approach God, because Christ has died for us.
We can draw near to him with a sincere heart and with full assurance of faith.
We can hold unswervingly to the hope of Christ that we profess, because God who promises is faithful.
Each one of us is needed to spur on each other to love and good deeds.
So therefore—let us not give up meeting together, but encourage one another all the more (at the very least, by turning up on Sunday), as we see the day of Christ approaching.


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David Martindale's journey from prison to leading Livingston
Scottish Premiership club's interim manager on the 'greed' that landed him in jail, his anger, regret and hopes for the future
Arresting baddies on the Friday before a holiday Monday is a well-known police ploy. It is Easter weekend, 2004, and David Martindale must stare at blank walls until court sits on Tuesday. "Four days locked up in a cell is horrific," he says. "It feels like four months. I knew I had to change my life."
Martindale's subsequent journey is among the more incredible Scottish Football has witnessed. Partly, that is, because he is full of remorse about the actions that landed him in a police station yards from Celtic Park. Livingston's board confirmed on Friday they are "comfortable" with Martindale continuing to manage the team on an interim basis. Such a statement is understandable given the top-flight club's trajectory, with Martindale an increasingly significant figure and on the verge of a Uefa A coaching licence.
Brazilian football has a racism problem – from grassroots to the elite
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Not very many people consider the idea of purchasing earthquake insurance. However, this kind of insurance could be quite the financial life-saver in the case of a significant seismic event. It is particularly important to consider it as other types of insurance policies seldom cover earthquakes. When disaster strikes you will be thankful that you did purchase the protection of earthquake insurance.
Those who call places like California home, places where seismic activity is a more common occurrence, certainly understand the inherent risk of earthquakes. The sobering fact, though, is that earthquakes can happen at any time in many other regions too. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Americans in a whopping 39 states face the possibility of going through the experience of an earthquake. While in some places the chance of a disastrous quake is less, why take such a chance with your future?
Even in places where earthquakes happen more often, only a small minority of those owning homes purchase this kind of insurance. Apparently, many homeowners are willing to gamble that a severe earthquake will not cause any damage to their own homes. Again, why gamble? An earthquake is often just a mild tremor, but there are those times in which the severity of it can turn the experience into a devastating tragedy. A serious trembler can do major damage to your home and property, often irreparable. In the aftermath of Southern California's 1994 quake, many homes and apartments were "red-tagged", which means a total loss. Without earthquake insurance, you will be faced with having to come up with the money to repair or completely replace your home on your own. Knowing this, it can be one of the most important decisions to purchase an earthquake insurance policy.
If you are in the market for this type of insurance, you should investigate exactly what a policy will cover. You are always well-served by contacting your insurance agent to clarify the many options available to you. It is noteworthy that earthquakes can also cause indirect damage to your property. For example, earthquakes often cause floods, tsunamis or even strange weather events. A quality earthquake insurance policy often only covers direct damage caused by a seismic event. You may be wise in considering extra coverage to ensure protection from any secondary effects of such disasters.
Earthquake insurance can be vital in providing the peace of mind that you are protected in the event of such a potentially devastating natural disaster. If you live in an area that is at risk of earthquakes, you would be wise to at least contact an insurance agent to discuss finding the type of policy that would best fulfill your needs.


As mentioned in my previous post, Casey has goal-setters reflect and answer a series of questions. Now, series may be an understatement. In reality, she asks pages and pages worth of questions to get us digging. The first page of questions is fairly simple: what do you hope 2017 will look like? Next, she asks you to describe yourself, then she hits you with a ton of bricks and has you list what you're letting go of and what you're afraid of. I won't go into every single question, but in 14 pages or so, Casey helps us unpack and evaluate our lives so that we can set truly intentional and purposeful goals. I found this part extremely beneficial and grounding. How many times have you set goals without really knowing why? And how often do you achieve those unintentional goals? Very rarely, if ever, right? I obviously won't know if I've reached my 2017 goals until I reflect again this time next year, but I do feel more confident and prepared than ever to go confidently in the direction of my dreams because I now know my purpose for those goals. Knowing your "why" gives you motivation and meaning, and it wasn't just Casey's Powersheets that helped with that, but it was also reading her book, Make it Happen.
Part autobiography, part spiritual and personal testimony, part goal-setting guide, Make it Happen has it all, and as a young Christian woman, I found her book to be everything I needed and more. If you grabbed my copy of the book and flipped through, you'd notice marginal comments, highlights, and bolded stars galore. It wasn't that I necessarily saw myself in Casey, but what she needed to hear then was what I need to hear now: "making it happen–a life lived on purpose–comes by surrendering control." That, my friends, is my biggest challenge. I'm constantly worrying or stressing over that which I cannot control, or procrastinating because I want something to be perfect or because I fear it will be imperfect. Friends, sometimes we want something to be perfect and either meet or exceed our expectations, we chase after it no matter the cost and lose sight of everything in between. Sometimes we want something so badly, but worry we're too weak or unequipped to handle the task. Sometimes we fear the difficulty and discomfort that comes from experiencing life, we merely exist in a shell. Sometimes we hate the waiting period and feel restless, especially when we know we're meant to do more than we are. We make 1,000 excuses, but it's time to let it all go. Casey reminds us to be still, surrender our fears, and trust Him for "with God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:26).
A life without pain, sorrow, confusion, and opposition is a life that doesn't exist. The reality is there will be rocky roads and murky waters, but it's during those moments where strength and growth occur. Sometimes we have to go through the bad apples to get to the good ones. Sometimes doors close so that others can open. Sometimes we make mistakes so we can learn. Sometimes we don't get what we want when we want it because God is pruning us for something better. Sometimes we have to wait and trust His timing (as difficult as that is). Sometimes we have to fail and fall to succeed. "Sometimes" will happen, and we have to be okay with that. We can't let those moments prevent us from truly living. It's time to let go of whatever is holding you back. It's time to make "it" happen, whatever your "it" might be.
Making it happen means choosing purpose over perfect. Making it happen means meeting your fear. Making it happen means holding fast to the anchor. Making it happen means deciding you can. Making it happen means knowing God's grace is bigger than your mistakes. Making it happen means trusting that God can change anything. Making it happen means taking a bold leap of faith. Making it happen means succeeding in what matters. Making it happen means following the real success equation. Making it happen means being open to God's timing and grace. Making it happen means knowing all you really need is Jesus.
Hold yourself to a standard of grace, not perfection, and pick up a copy of both of Casey's texts so you can do all those things you've been wanting to do and intentionally live a life full of purpose. Let today be the day you make it happen, and watch everything change for the better.
Here's to a wonderful, purposeful, and fruitful 2017!


Here's what people have asked and answered about working and interviewing at Hungry Jack's.
The best questions are directly relevant to Hungry Jack's.
Yes,it is great opportunity for me to work with the hungry jacks department and easier for me to do the customer service as I have 2 years experience in it.
Firstly i heard a lot about hungry jacks so i dont think so that i will leave it at all but if my studies will got effected then i will think to leave.
I will be able to explore my experience.secondly it will help to learn how to work in team.As i will meet with new customer it will give me energy to spend my day.
They initially provided me with better hours a week.
I found a job in my field of studies and Hungry Jacks wasn't in my future ambitions.


The 2008 SUNYCUAD conference took place at the Fashion Institute of Technology in the Chelsea area of Manhattan in New York City June 11 – 13, 2008.
Click here for the complete conference brochure (pdf).
Field trips to the New York Times, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Foundation Center.
Awards dinner aboard a boat touring the New York City harbor.
Organized activities for a pay-your-own way night out in the Big Apple including Broadway shows, Chinatown Banquet, and a Jazz Tour of Harlem.
Broaden your understanding of public relations and learn how to maximize its use as a strategic communications tool to deliver vital messages on time to key audiences.
Einee, Meenie, Miny, Mo, Where Does This Piece of News Go?
Learn whether a piece of news belongs in a newsletter or magazine, on the web, as a text message or chisel on a clay tablet.
Making the leap from print to electronic media just got easier with this insightful session that will offer ideas for producing varied electronic newsletters and for targeting quality print, Web or hybrid periodicals to an array of audiences.
Presenters: Charlie Melichar, vice president for public relations and communications at Colgate University; Jud Mead, newsletters coordinator at University of Buffalo; Ann R. Brown, interim associate vice president and publications director at Buffalo State College.
New York Times Education Editor Alison Mitchell welcomes you to the offices of the Gray Lady for an in-depth discussion on how to make a winning pitch.
Presenter: Alison Mitchell, New York Times Education Editor. This track will be held at the New York Times, 620 Eighth Ave.
A look at the career path of a development officer with a special focus on whom to hire and promote.
Presenters: Lance King, vice president of university advancement, Stony Brook University; Marcia Craner, vice president of university advancement, SUNY Binghamton; Paul Adamo, vice president of university advancement, SUNY Oneonta.
Learn how to prep your administrators on how to make the ask with fundraising finesse.
A wide range of nuts and bolts strategies for successful gift planning.
A visit to the Foundation Center will give participants an up-close look at the inner workings of fundraising.
Presenter: Luz Rodriguez of the Foundation Center. The Foundation Center is located at 79 Fifth Ave.
Find out how to unleash the power of social media and user-generated content to generate key messages for key audiences.
Learn how to find out if your website works, using different techniques to test for usability and acceptance of your site.
Search engines allow your key audiences to bypass your front door. Learn how to brand on the page level to transform every page into a homepage and overall branding improvements.
See how one of the world's greatest art museums serves as the showcase for online innovation.
Presenters: Terry Russo, museum educator and editorial director of the Timeline of Art History; Teresa Lai, editor-in-chief of the Timeline of Art History. This track will be held in the Art Study Room, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1000 Fifth Ave.
This session will take you from start to finish on the road to making Facebook a key tool for your alumni and future alumni (student) outreach.
Learn how to identify alumni affinity/interest to offer more targeted programming, deliver more relevant messaging, and conduct more effective fundraising.
Volunteers-Who Needs 'Em? WE DO!
This interactive session, simulating an actual special event, will showcase how these gatherings can be—and should be—more than just wine and cheese.
Presenter: Christine A. Doyle, director of university events, University at Albany.
This session will address how students view university Web sites and what can be done to tune them in before they tune you out.
This session will provide ready-made strategies on how to conduct, gather and use credible market research with little cost.
This Times Square walkabout will raise your marketing acumen through the roof as you learn about the effectiveness of the marketing messages in this Big Apple block.
Find out the secrets to how FIT refashioned its alumni magazine with this in-depth look at the inner workings of this skillful redesign process.
Unlock the secrets of AA and find out how this software can boost productivity, improve digital document management and make life a lot easier for anyone working on magazine layouts, print publications and news articles.
Learn how your publications can communicate a message of environmental stewardship and have a positive impact on both the environment and your brand.
Presenter: Joe O'Connor, senior vice president of corporate account sales for Mohawk Fine Papers.
Opening Your Doors to Legislative Staff and Advocates This session will provide a how-to for creating a campus advocacy day for legislative aides and other key government officials.
Conference accommodations were at three hotels within walking distance of FIT.
A wonderful selection of activities were organized for conference participants on Thursday evening, including a Harlem Jazz Tour, tickets to a Broadway show, and a Chinatown banquet.


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WVU is headed to the Sweet 16. We play Texas next. We lost to them by 1 point earlier this season when they were ranked 2nd in the nation. We really beat our self in that game. We had 2 chances to win the game, but missed 3 free throws in a row to end the game. We've got a chip on our shoulder and have something to prove, I think we play better that way.
Here's a clip I downloaded off of my Tivo from today's game. Nichols hits a 3 pointer from behind the 1/2 court line to end the first half.


You've heard the clichés, but they exist for a reason.
First off, you know you can't do it all by yourself.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link – and the same goes for a team.
Finding winners for your team is way easier said than done.
Great talent is always in short supply (even in the worst economy since the Great Depression) and harder to identify than some people think. Therefore, I always try to locate folks whom I have personally worked with before. Obviously, that's the surest way to ensure success. My second choice is to identify a candidate who can be vouched for by someone I have worked with before, or know well. Getting verification from known parties is always superior to vetting and interviewing strangers.
But clearly, sometimes we have to rely on a "stranger" to fill one position or more on our team.
And beyond vetting the resume, or hiring the candidate provisionally, the interview is all we have to go on.
How can we increase the likelihood of success?
The best advice is to ask open-ended questions and then listen carefully to the answers.
How would describe your leadership style?
Tell me all about your greatest strength and greatest weakness….
Why did you move from Company A to Company B?
Questions that begin in "how" or "why" or "tell me about" elicit more subjective and far-ranging answers, which will give you more information about what's really going on with the candidate. And one final tip for "strangers" – make sure to ask them why they want to work at your company and for you. This is a good way to check their thoroughness. You only want people on your team who go to the trouble of preparing.
In today's world, there is no excuse for not knowing a lot about the company and the interviewer.


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A new year always starts with some new resolutions. Things you wanna make better this year probably along the lines of study harder, save a little bit of money each month and train more often then once a month. When I learned something from watching the Simpsons then it's keeping your goals on realistic heights. If there is the actual possibility that you can achieve it then you will put in a lot more effort. Don't kid yourself, these are resolutions for the whole year and a full year can be long. It's the same with studying no matter if it's Japanese or Anatomy. Set yourself manageable goals for each day. Go steady and don't try to do too much or otherwise you'll burn out quickly and get nothing done at all.
I'm self studying Japanese for a couple of years now and tried many different methods, books and programs. What worked best for me is compiled in my guide about how I study Japanese. Textfugu is not a part of this guide and that's for a reason. I liked the motivational part at the beginning which I think is often overlooked by all the major textbooks out there (not that there is anything that beats Genki though). Learning a language requires stamina and willpower. You're in it for the long game and not just short episodes of binge-learning (just created that word myself). And that's where some words and tips about how to stay motivated for learning Japanese come in pretty handy. Textfugu does this well.
What it doesn't do so well is teaching much more about the very basics of Japanese grammar. That's not a bad thing though because you'll still need to buy the dictionaries of Japanese grammar if you really want to get into learning Japanese. Regardless it just offers too less (not even covering Genki I) to justify the old price (120$, wow) for a lifetime membership. There was always talks about adding new content on a steady basis but unfortunately it wasn't delivered. Instead the tofugu team was working on a new website with more grammar, shot stories and listening comprehension stuff for intermediate/advanced learners which these called EtoEto. I don't see this as a bad thing because Textfugu members will have access to EtoEto as well but the core Textfugu alone didn't even teach you the grammatical basics to read some of the more simple Japanese Graded Readers stories.
But now Textfugu is on a short sale (January 1-9th) and up for grab for a mere 49$. Especially with EtoEto in my mind I'm giving my full recommendation for this offer. Not only is Textfugu good to review the very basics but you'll automatically get an EtoEto lifetime membership and early access as well. And I'm very interested in this new website/program. It's supposed to be in the same style as WaniKani for learning Kanji and you all know that I think this site is the best you can do for your Japanese studies. Or at last in regards to Kanji reading and vocab learning.
You probably noticed by now, I'm most excited for EtoEto and all the things the tofugu team will deliver in the future. It always takes some time and not much is being said about eventual goals or release dates. But that only confirms my approach towards new years resolutions and setting goals in general. Take it easy and make things doable. Especially if you see yourself in front of a whole mountain of work which can't be done in a whiffy.
My biggest wish for EtoEto would be (this is now the official EtoEto post) integrating a lot of "playful" listening comprehension. Maybe listening to some stories and answering some multiple choice questions (in Japanese) afterwards. Sounds like a pretty rad idea if I think more about it. You all know that I'm a big fan of Japanesepod101 and their approach towards learning Japanese but there is always enough room for more.
Note 17.02.15: After writing this post I discovered two great Apps which really help me learn Japanese. The first one is called iknow and best known for their Japanese Core6k program. The other one is KanjiBox, a neat little App for learning Kanji and grammar. Make sure to check them out! Especially iKnow is currently really helping me a lot to study daily and stay on track.
Let me know what your thoughts and experiences are about Textfugu and your wishes for EtoEto in 2015. Did you make some Japanese related new years resolutions or just sticking to the usual routine? Have a good start in the new year everyone.


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Leafly's guide to growing marijuana
Marijuana plant anatomy
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Parts of the cannabis plant
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Female marijuana plants
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What are hermaphrodite cannabis plants?
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The cannabis plant has several structures, many of which we can find on any ordinary flowering plant species. Cannabis grows on long skinny stems with its large, iconic fan leaves extending out from areas called nodes.
Cannabis really stands out in its flowers—or buds—where unique and intricate formations occur: fiery orange hairs, sugary crystals, and chunky buds enveloped by tiny leaves.
Seeds are produced in female cannabis plants and carry the genetics of a male and female. Seeds need to germinate to sprout and will grow a taproot, which will become the main root that anchors the plant.
Cotyledon leaves
These are the first leaves to grow from the seed after germination. They usually come in pairs, and seeing them is a sign of successful germination and that your plant is on its way to growing healthy and strong.
The roots grow down from the main stalk of the plant into the soil. When growing from a seed, the main root is called the "taproot." Roots are the lifelines of a cannabis plant, pulling water and oxygen into the plant so it can grow healthy and strong.
Mycorrhizae, a beneficial fungus, can be added to soil to improve root systems.
The main stem, or stalk, of a cannabis plant grows straight up from the root system and supports all lateral branches. The stem gives a plant structure and stability.
Often, growers will top, or cut off, the stem after about five nodes, which forces the plant to grow out laterally more, creating more bud sites.
Branches grow out of the main stem and support fan leaves and buds. Growers often train a cannabis plant by topping branches to create more bud sites.
A node is a point at which a branch grows off of the main stem, or one branch from another branch. Fan leaves and buds can grow on some nodes, but not necessarily all.
When determining the sex of a cannabis plant, pre-flowers, or the beginnings of male and female sex organs, will appear at the nodes.
The space between nodes is called "internodal spacing" and will give you a sense of whether a plant will grow tall or short.
Check out Johanna's full video series on how to grow weed on Leafly's YouTube.
Fan leaves
Fan leaves are the large, iconic leaves of the cannabis plant. They capture light for the plant and typically have little-to-no resin and are usually discarded when trimming.
Sugar leaves
Sugar leaves are the small, resin-coated leaves that buds form around. Sugar leaves are usually saved as "trim" during harvest and can be used for pre-rolls, extracts, and other cannabis products.
Also known as "buds," the flowers of a cannabis plant are the fruits of your labor. They contain the cannabinoids and terpenes that get you high or offer health benefits. Flowers only grow on female cannabis plants and must be dried before consumption.
A cola, also called a "bud site," refers to a cluster of buds that grow tightly together. While smaller colas occur along the budding sites of lower branches, the main cola—sometimes called the apical bud—forms at the top of the plant.
Bract and calyx
A bract is what encapsulates the female's reproductive parts. They appear as green tear-shaped "leaves," and are heavily covered in resin glands which produce the highest concentration of cannabinoids of all plant parts.
Enclosed by these bracts and imperceptible to the naked eye, the calyx refers to a translucent layer over the ovule at a flower's base.
Stigma and pistil
The pistil contains the reproductive parts of a flower, and the vibrant, hair-like strands of the pistil are called stigmas. Stigmas serve to collect pollen from males.
The stigmas of the pistil begin with a white coloration and progressively darken to yellow, orange, red, or brown over the course of the plant's maturation. They play an important role in reproduction, but stigmas bring very little to the flower's potency and taste.
Trichomes
Despite their minute size, it's hard to miss the blanket of crystal resin on a cannabis bud. This resin is secreted through translucent, mushroom-shaped glands on the leaves, stems, and calyxes.
Plants originally developed trichomes to protect against predators and the elements. These clear bulbous globes ooze aromatic oils called terpenes as well as therapeutic cannabinoids like THC and CBD. The basis of hash production depends on these trichomes and their potent sugar-like resin.
Cannabis is a dioecious plant, meaning it can be male or female, and the male and female reproductive organs appear on different plants. What's in your stash jar now are the flowers of a female marijuana plant.
Female plants produce the resin-secreting flower that is trimmed down into the buds you smoke, and males produce pollen sacs near the base of the leaves. Male plants pollinate females to initiate seed production, but the buds we consume come from seedless female plants—these are called "sinsemilla," meaning "seedless."
Growers can ensure the sex of their plants by growing clones or the genetically identical clippings from a parent strain. Feminized seeds are also made available through a special breeding process.
Female and male reproductive organs on a marijuana plant.
Cannabis plants show their sex by what grows in between their nodes, where leaves and branches extend from the stalk. Pollen sacs will develop on a male plant to spread seeds and stigma will develop on a female to catch pollen. You can see these differences weeks before they actually start serving their purposes in the reproduction cycle. These are known as "pre-flowers."
Pre-flowers begin to develop four weeks into growth, but they may take a little longer depending on how quickly the sprouting phase occurs. By the sixth week, you should be able to find the pre-flowers and confidently determine the sex of your plant.
Examine the nodes of the plant and look for either the early growth of small sacs on a male, or two bracts on a female, which will eventually produce the hair-like stigma.
A female cannabis plant. (David Downs/Leafly)
Females are the prizes of cannabis plants—they are the ones that grow the buds that we all know and love. Anytime you see a picture of a cannabis plant with buds, you are looking at a female plant.
Female cannabis plants receive pollen from males to produce seeds, which will carry on the genetics of both plants to the next generation.
However, cannabis is primarily cultivated for buds, not seeds, so the practice of growing sinsemilla, or "seedless" cannabis, is prevalent today: Females and males are grown separately, or males are even discarded, to prevent pollination. This allows female plants to focus their energies on bud production instead of seed production.
Males and females are usually only pollinated when crossbreeding plants or creating new strains.
A male marijuana plant. (jessicahyde/AdobeStock)
Male cannabis plants grow pollen sacs instead of buds. Male plants are usually discarded because you don't want them to pollinate the females, which will produce seeds—no one wants to smoke buds with seeds in it.
Males are important in the breeding process, but that is generally best left to expert breeders. When pollinating females, males provide half of the genetic makeup inherited by seeds.
Because of this, it's important to look into the genetics of the male plants. Their shape, rate of growth, pest and mold resistance, and climate resilience can all be passed on to increase the quality of future generations.
Male plants can also be used for:
Hemp fiber—males produce a softer material, while females produce a coarser, stronger fiber. The soft fiber from males is more desirable for products like clothing, tablecloths, and other household items.
Concentrate production—males do have some THC and can be psychoactive, but much less so than females. Small amounts of cannabinoids can be found in the leaves, stems, and sacs, which can be extracted to produce hash and other oils.
Hermaphrodite cannabis can express both sex organs and self-pollinate. (Amy Phung/Leafly)
The rare hermaphroditic plant contains both female and male sex organs. These plants can sometimes self-pollinate, but this is typically bad as it will create buds with seeds and also pass on hermaphroditic genes.
"Herming out," as some call it, is something that generally happens when a plant becomes excessively stressed. Some stressors include:
Plant damage
There are two types of hermaphrodite plants:
A plant that develops both buds and pollen sacs
A plant that produces anthers, commonly referred to as "bananas" due to their appearance
While both result in pollen production, true hermaphrodite cannabis plants produce sacs that need to rupture; anthers are exposed, pollen-producing stamen.
Because this occurs when cannabis is under stress, it's important to monitor plants after they have been exposed to stressors: indoors, high temperatures or light leaks are often the cause; outdoors, a snapped branch might be repaired and then turn into a hermaphrodite.
The other primary cause of hermaphrodite plants lies in its genetics—a plant with poor genetics or a history of hermaphroditic development should be avoided to protect your garden. If you notice any pollen sacs or anthers at any point, remove the plant from your garden immediately to prevent pollination of female plants.
Bailey Rahn and Trevor Hennings contributed to this article.
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PM launches 4th generation of govt excellence programme
Front, Headlines, GCC
(Dubai) – Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum has launched the fourth generation of the government excellence system, the first of its kind in the world, and focuses on results and was designed to upgrade government performance efficiency.
The fourth generation of the government excellence system aims to upgrade the system of government work on innovative basis and standards based on the excellence in government services in three main areas: achievement of the vision, innovation and empowerment to attain the highest satisfaction rates and people's satisfaction.
Commenting on the launch of the programme, Sheikh Mohammed said, "Today we launched the fourth generation of the government excellence system, a new phase which represents the excellence we aspire in the government work and draw a proactive approach to future governments to serve our people and country. It is also complements the path of excellence that we started 20 years ago when we launched the Dubai Quality Award." "We have come a long way of successful excellence. Our country has been ranked among the top positions in the global competitiveness indexes. Today we want to build on this success to move ahead to a new stage whose title is excellence," he added.
In the race toward the top position, he continued, "We look forward to excellence as a challenge rather than an achievement. Achievement is what we attain for future of our people; while the march of excellence continues and does not stop at any limits or borders." The event was attended by Maktoum bin Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs.
March 9, 2015 /by Asiya Mahar
Tags: Diplomat Magazine, International Diplomat Magazine, Vice-President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, fourth generation of the government excellence system
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Mina Rashid remains world's leading cruise port
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed receives YC members
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President orders compulsory military service for Emiratis
UN elects Fiji ambassador to top UNGA post
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Q: Docusign webhook listener - is there a retry? I had a question on using a listener with the webhook architecture. If my site or page that will be doing the listening is done for any reason, what happens to the response that got posted? Does Docusign try to repost that info or is it lost for good? I'm assuming that Docusign posts and if nothing is there listening, then the response is gone.

A: You have a few options

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*During CreateEnvelope you can specify the requireAcknowledgment property in your eventNotification

requireAcknowledgment : When set to true, the DocuSign Connect service checks that the message was received and retries on failures.

See this answer for the retry rules

*You can use the ConnectEvents:retryForEnvelope api to republish Connect information for the specified envelope.
PUT /v2/accounts/{accountId}/connect/envelopes/{envelopeId}/retry_queue
There are additional connect related Apis that you might be interested.
Documentation here

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Q: Showing the UAC prompt in PowerShell if the action requires elevation I have a simple PowerShell script to stop a process:
$p = get-process $args
if ( $p -ne $null )
{
$p | stop-process
$p | select ProcessName, ID, HasExited, CPU, Handles
}
else { "No such process" }

If I try to stop a process not started by the current user; it works on Windows Server 2003. However, on Windows Server 2008 (and other Windows flavours with User Account Control), I get the following error:
Stop-Process : Cannot stop process "w3wp (5312)" because of the following error: Access is denied

Is there any way to get around this without running PowerShell with elevated privileges ? It would be OK if the user was just presented with the UAC prompt, whenever he tries to execute an action, that requires elevation.

A: First install PowerShell Community Extensions choco install pscx via Chocolatey (you may have to restart your shell environment)
then enable pscx
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser #allows scripts to run from the interwebs, such as pcsx

Then use Invoke-Elevated, for example
Invoke-Elevated {Add-PathVariable $args[0] -Target Machine} -ArgumentList $MY_NEW_DIR

A: AFAIK, there is no way to do it in the sense that you seem to want.  That is running a specified .exe and expecting a prompt to appear immediately.
What I do is for commands that I know have to be run with administrative privs, I run them with a functions I have laying around called Invoke-Admin.  It ensures that I'm running as admin and will prompt the user with the UAC dialog if i'm not before running the command.
Here it is
function Invoke-Admin() {
    param ( [string]$program = $(throw "Please specify a program" ),
            [string]$argumentString = "",
            [switch]$waitForExit )

    $psi = new-object "Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo"
    $psi.FileName = $program
    $psi.Arguments = $argumentString
    $psi.Verb = "runas"
    $proc = [Diagnostics.Process]::Start($psi)
    if ( $waitForExit ) {
        $proc.WaitForExit();
    }
}

A: This script sectio check for the Medium Mandatory level token (non elevated admin) and restarts the script elevated.
if ($Mygroups -match ".*Mandatory Label\\Medium Mandatory Level") {
  #non elevated admin: elevating
  write-host "Elevate"
  start-process powershell -Argumentlist "$PSCommandPath  -Yourargument $Youragumentvalue" -verb runas -Wait
  exit
}


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Marina Izidro
In 2021, we will be joined by former postgraduate student, Marina Izidro. Since graduating from St Mary's, Marina has worked as a sports reporter for Globo and SporTV, Brazil's biggest sports channel. In a hugely successful career, she has covered the London and Rio Olympics as well as the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
In 2017, she was appointed Globo's European Sports Correspondent, based in London and in 2019, Marina also covered for their news correspondent reporting on Brexit and the political scene in the EU. Marina has interviewed some of the biggest names in sport from Neymar to Usain Bolt. Marina will be contributing to international sports reporting and digital sports journalism focusing on the skills you need to become a broadcast journalism and foreign correspondent.


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A translator colleague says he may have to 'avoid the Brits to be a good translator…' I thought that was hilarious. I believe it's harder for the typical American because of the almost monolingual (safe for some Spanish) situation of the country. For linguists or people who grow up in multi-lingual contexts, code-switching is a near natural phenomenon. British and American English vary but for the most part, it's the same core language. And I'd dare say that in terms of authenticity, the former carries more weight. Same applies to say Canadian vs French French or Belgian vs French French. That's where a localization expert or a translator with sufficient cultural knowledge comes in handy!
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I love using lyrics or song titles when I can't come up with my own blog title. I'm so original!
Good news, you'll soon me able to get my jewelry at a store right here in Chicago. I'll update as soon as I drop the goods off. I ordered a bunch more supplies today so it might be 2-3 more weeks until stuff is done.


I seem to post monthly these days, and I guess that's got to be OK for now–I've had other things on my (very scattered) mind. Things are rolling along, sober, of course. It's been about 7 weeks since we were hit by Hurricane Irma, and life hasn't been the same, or in any way normal. We've tried to keep it "normal," but it's really been a matter of survival on big and small levels.
We have food and water and ice (thank goodness my boo works at a bar, so he has been able to get us ice on the regular–a very, very "hot" commodity, even now, 7 weeks post-storm), and a couple generators; I've managed to use my phone to connect to the Internet to work–those are big things. On the small side, I still go running (albeit, I stay in the 'hood because I don't want to take my car out on the roads–and, running up our hills in this heat is just plain ridiculous!), and we still go out to eat (albeit, half the places are still closed, and the other half are still only offering "hurricane menus"), and we managed to finally take a day "off" from all this survival stuff to sit on a beach for the first time in 6 weeks on Saturday (we didn't go in the water because many beaches are still testing positive for bacteria from runoff).
Through all this, I haven't wanted to think much about being sober; yet, I could (and do!) think about it all the time, if I allow myself the space to feel gratitude (and not just feel, 'I have to do this,' and 'I have to do that'–which, admittedly, we've been doing a lot of lately in this post-hurricane situation).
I am planning yet another trip–maybe that's my true "addiction," traveling–this time back to the cold city where I started my sober journey; and I have to admit, I have thought about drinking while there. At this point, though, after all that I've worked for and all that's passed, it's a fleeting remnant of a thought. In fact, I don't think I would ever act on it, but…that's not to say I trust myself completely. Yes, I trust my "higher power" (my higher self, or mind) completely, but I can say that I don't trust "me," which is my lower mind, my urges, my ego, my negative, black-and-white thinking patterns that continue to be obstacles in my otherwise clear path.
Like I mentioned, these days, we've been dealing mainly with post-hurricane stuff: how to keep our food cold since the refrigerator crapped out; how to maintain the generator and when to turn it off (you can't use any of the tiny appliances like the toaster oven and coffee maker if you are also running the water pump off the generator–who knew those devices took SO much electrical power?); how to keep ourselves entertained with spotty cell service and no electricity in sight for months. It's all become somewhat boring to think about, actually, and well, we're doing FINE–I feel ever-grateful that we didn't get hit harder. Still, it's taken a toll on our stress levels. On the flip side, it's encouraged us to move on.
To that end, my next step is to fly back to the mainland to visit a couple more cities, and then come home, make our choice, and move on. Sure, this place is familiar and at times, magical in how beautiful it is; but it's simply time to move on. I got sober here; we fell in love here–it will be undoubtedly bittersweet to leave. Yet, no matter how I slice and dice it in my mind, I have to move on. We must move on. When I moved back to a place that I left (years ago), I experienced the absolute abject horror (it was truly a waking nightmare for me) of being that ghost in my own life, wandering around a current place as my former self, living in the nostalgia of what was, and how I felt–not changing, not growing, not evolving. I don't want the sepia-filtered version of the picture of our lives, especially while we're still living it; I want color!
So, these things have pushed sobriety–both staying sober and appreciating being sober–out of my mind. Luckily, I am on autopilot when it comes to saying no to wine, and never crave it. But, I'd really love to truly be present again in my sobriety–and maybe simply writing about it more frequently will help.
On that note, I am going to sign off. It feels good to reconnect with all my readers, new and old. I am so glad you're here!


Hai kalyani.. recently i have seen ur videos.. i attracted a lot.. mainly ur explanation is awesome you know.. entha vinna bore kottatledu.. tq..
mi marriage video good.i am very happy mi attha valla house nice.
Kalyani Me attaiah ni cheste Chala manchiga untundi manchi illalu anipistundi.
First aa pillalani bavidagaraki vellakunda chudandi.
Ramya akka blouse challa bagundee nuvvu chala mudugaa unaavu akka.
Awesome video! More like this please Mana!
This is really cool Mana!


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