Already, I've been quite busy this year, so I apologize for the mini-hiatus I had to go on over the holiday - I do, however, have a lot of ideas for the upcoming year, and have been busy working out a blogging schedule for 2015. No more excuses!
I didn't like the fact that last year seemed so sporadic, as I focused too much on my work life to have much of a personal one - it's a resolution of mine to find a balance between the two, which is actually what this post is about, as well.
Read at least 67 books in 2015.
I regularly participate in the Goodreads reading challenge and aim to read 50 books, but for some reason last year and the year before, I read 67 books exactly. I figured, why not? I'll aim to beat that number, of course, but for now, I'll set that as my target.
Read the books on my shelf.
I have a lot of physical books that I hope to get to this year - I really need to start reading what I buy, as I am running out of shelf space. I plan on making more space by donating any books I end up disliking.
Post at least 3 times per week.
Starting now, lol. I also hope to create more discussion posts.
Review more of the books I read.
Let's face it - I haven't actually posted a book review in quite a while. I'm aiming to change that this year by aiming to review all of the books that I count towards my reading challenges.
I'm trying not to overwhelm myself this year by joining challenges that are a bit more "loose" with their rules (such as: read more diverse books, or re-read some old favorites) instead of having to read a set number. I love reading challenges, but would never want to dismiss reading a book because it doesn't fit into any of my challenges for the year.
I really have trouble going to sleep, and for me, falling asleep by midnight is actually early, as I tend to stay up until around 2am, though I have to be up every morning by 6:30am to get ready for work. I know, right? My goal is to fall asleep before midnight each night.
Have more experiences (or, GET OUT MORE!!!).
I'm an introvert, and a bit of a shut in. I barely got my first car last year, and was proud of myself for using it to attend as many concerts as I did, even though I went to most of them by myself. This year, I'd like to continue concert-going, but I'd also like to see a bit more of what my city has to offer, such as going for a ride on the Wyler Aerial Tramway or having a beer at Rosa's Cantina.
This one speaks for itself, really.
It's really time to let go of all the crap we don't use anymore. I think this one will be more manageable if I tackle one room at a time.
Keep a journal to track my resolution progress.
I would really like to stay on top of my goals, and whether or not I do so, I'd like to track it in a journal and hold myself accountable.
I know that I've listed a lot of resolutions, but what's wrong with having goals? I specifically chose goals that are actually obtainable due to their vagueness, and have already started journaling out my plan. As long as I do my best to complete even some of these resolutions, I'll already be having a better year than 2014.
So, what do you think? Do you have any resolutions that you'd like to share?
Please do so in the comments below!
Those sound like some great resolutions. Good luck, Kimberly!


News and headlines such as these have kept Anand, a 38-year-old techie from Bengaluru, aware of his surroundings for a long time now. Since the time he rejuvenated his first lake, the enormity of the situation, and the need for someone to take action — became crystal clear for him.
"Lakes are the eyes of the earth. They can see. They can monitor. They can tell us about the ecology of the region," says Anand, who is all set to rejuvenate 45 lakes in the city by 2025. And he has already started the hard work, single-handedly.
Once dotted with numerous beautiful water bodies that helped it earn the name, 'city of lakes', Bengaluru is now always in the headlines because of how a lake is frothing here, another lake is being encroached there, and the stench of yet another one is making life miserable for those living nearby. From 262 water bodies in Bengaluru in 1960, the figure has declined to 81, of which only 34 are currently alive.
In a city bubbling with pollution, over-population, traffic, and dying lakes — Anand is a man on a mission. Someone who can talk about lakes, environment, and the power of one for hours on end and who has shown that if we as individuals get down to it, we can save this city and the environment at large. And we can start today!
On February 15, 2019, The Better India published an article about Anand's work. That single story about that single man's initiative, opened the floodgates of responses from across the country and the world — of people and organisations who want to join him, who want to help, and who want to learn from him.
Our own passionate interest in doing something for the environment led us to a meeting with Anand — one that led to the birth of Lake Revivers Collective. Inspired by all the amazing responses we received, we asked Anand if he would like to work with us and our readers towards achieving his goal. And without a blink of an eye, Anand said yes.
The Lake Revivers Collective is an initiative by which The Better India and its readers will help Anand reach his goal of saving Bengaluru, one lake at a time.
On World Water Day 2019, we are starting with Gavi Kere, a 3-acre lake in Anekal Taluk of Bengaluru South, which will be transformed into a model lake with the help of your contributions.
Speaking to The Better India, Anand shares details of a few recent successes that gave Bengaluru some of its prized lakes back.
The first, he says, was the 36-acre water body, Kyalasanahalli Lake near Anekal, which was restored in only 45 days! Anand designed and executed the rehabilitation procedure with the help of nearby communities, including several techies from Electronic City.
"We began the work on April 20, 2017, with a budget of Rs 1 crore and 17 lakh, provided by Sansera Foundation. We needed help and reached out to the nearby community with the help of a senior citizen, B Muthuraman (74). Together, we covered almost 400 houses to spread awareness. Eventually, people began to show up, and joined hands to work long hours to make this possible," says Anand. He was Sansera's CSR head at the time.
Without the help of industry experts, architects or engineers, Anand, a mechanical engineer, along with fellow citizens, removed almost 4 lakh cubic meters of mud from the lake.
This mud was then used to create five islands of 110 diameters each, all across the lake, in only ten days. These islands now serve as nesting areas for birds, with a huge tree planted in the middle for nests, as well as fruit-bearing and flower saplings around.
"A total of 18,000 saplings, 3,000 fruit bearing trees of 22 varieties, 3,000 native species of plants, and 2,000 ayurvedic plants, now populate the lake area, providing it with a bounty of natural treasures," he adds.
The next step was to remove around 1 lakh cubic meter of mud from the lake and fill it with water. "When I first visited the spot, it was a disaster. Such a huge lake had dried up, and villagers were using it as a playground or dumping their waste. From that, we went on to create an oasis," exclaims Anand.
Two canals of the stormwater drain were diverted 1.8 km away, and then the September rains showered their magic, restoring life to a lake which had been dead for the past 35 years.
The work eventually followed with the plantation of saplings and the creation of two Japanese Miyawaki forests on the lake. "It's a unique procedure, and we created forests of almost 25,000 sq feet with more than 5,000 plants. A total of 1,500 volunteers came together to plant trees in the forests in a record time of 1 hour and 45 minutes," says Anand.
He adds that the design was made keeping in mind the long-term aspects of sustainability. And so, the area surrounding the lake was not only protected by plants but also turfed with natural grass to save it from soil erosion.
On June 5, 2017, the lake was entirely transformed, paving the way for Anand, a lake conservationist, to save the rest of the lakes, independently.
"After completing Kyalasanahalli Lake, I had found my calling, and so, I left my job, and began to work on other lakes, all on my own. The next stop was Vabasandra Lake near Bommasandra," he says.
With funding to the tune of Rs 75 lakh from Hewlett-Packard (HP), he began the work on April 5, 2018, and in two months, the 9-acre area of the lake was transformed into a 50 ft deep water reservoir.
Following this, the next target was 16-acres of Konasandra Lake.
"It was in a situation worse than the foam-filled Bellandur lake when we found it. The pollution had changed the water to a toxic gel-like substance, making it one of the most poisonous lakes in the city. This was the doing of the industries and pharmaceutical companies in the area. But then, one of them, Hikal Ltd, decided to alter the damage and helped us with a fund of Rs 81 lakh to rejuvenate it," Anand proudly says.
This work began on November 3, 2018, and was completed on February 3, 2019.
Rs. 8 Lakh: Desilting and Bund-Strengthening of the lake.
Rs. 3 Lakh: Setting up of water inlet concrete pipes all around.
Join The Lake Revivors Collective and help save Bengaluru, one lake at a time.
Great initiative towards restoring the lost lakes of bangalore.
This is a brave project and it will change many lives. We are cheering for you!


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Christian Youth Work as Religious Education?
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Naomi Stanton's doctoral research has been on young people's engagement with Christianity, past and present, in a project entitled "From Sunday Schools to Christian Education" funded by Religion and Society.
Abstract: This presentation will examine the notion of Christian youth work as religious education based on research with Christian youth workers and young people engaging in their youth work programmes. Collins-Mayo et al (2010) have argued that Christian youth workers are ineffective in transmitting the Christian narrative and foster only a 'passing interest' in Christianity among young people. A three-phase model of Christian youth work will be presented, ranging from youth work as a social club, small group teaching to engagement with church services. The model which emerges from my research allows young people to choose how far to engage with the explicit Christian teaching, without catering exclusively for those who do. Notions of choice, voice, relationship and community will be explored in young people's engagement with Christianity. The discussion will also challenge the dominant assumption of recent literature that young people engage with religion as consumers in an individualistic society, by exploring the significance of social action and volunteering to young people involved in the research. The argument will be framed within the concept of 'social currencies' (a term suggested by Griffiths 2009) as a two-way, transactional alternative to building social capital.
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Economist challenges socialist who spoke at USD
Surveillance on every corner not OK
By Various Authors, April 3, 2019
Professor Chibber at USD
Capitalism vs. Socialism, redux
Prof. Chibber: According to Matthew Lickona, a reporter for the San Diego Reader, you participated in a debate ("Is it time for America to embrace socialism?) with Michael Munger on March 12, 2019 at USD during which you and Prof. Munger discussed capitalism vs. socialism and it appears to me that you made several statements that constituted serious errors, omissions and/or distortions ("Capitalism vs. Socialism: a civil debate between Duke's Michael Munger and NYU's Vivek Chibber at USD," Golden Dreams, March 27).
In order to frame my objections to what you reportedly said please allow me to reach back to some of your earlier pronouncements. In the Socialist Register (Capitalism, Class and Universalism/2014) you insisted that "After a long, seemingly interminable hiatus, we appear to be witnessing the re-emergence of a global resistance to capitalism, at least in its neoliberal guise.
Given this claim how do you explain the finding in NBC's March 3, 2019 poll (taken from Feb. 24th to 27th) which found that just 18% of all Americans view socialism positively. Was there a great reversal during the last five years or were you just thinking with your heart instead of your head? You went on to opine that "Whatever their crazy disagreements may have been over the past century or so, radicals and progressives have almost always agreed on two basic postulates – that as capitalism spreads, it subordinates all parts of the world to a common set of compulsions; and that wherever it spreads, those who it subjugates and exploits will have a common interest in struggling against it regardless of culture or creed."
In light of this contention how do you account for the March 2019 WSJ poll which found that only 25% of the American electorate supports socialism? Has there been a lack of compulsion, subjugation and/or exploitation? According to you -- since 1980 85% of the increase in US income has gone to the top 10% but if you were to take the time to research the source of this claim you would find that it comes solely from the work of Piketty & Saez who examined federal tax return data since the imposition of the US income tax in 1913. This historic record is therefore based entirely upon incomes for "tax units" and the composition of these "tax units" has undergone dramatic changes since the 1970s due to single motherhood, smaller family size and a variety of additional sociological factors.
Unlike a sociologist like yourself economists know that since 1960 the US Gini coefficient (which measures inequality) for "All Persons" (i.e. individuals) has remained constant. Therefore, your belief that any increase in inequality is attributable to economic (as opposed to sociological) factors is not supported by the available data. Thus, you should refrain from repeating you misleading statement. The truth is that capitalism reduces inequality rather than exacerbating it! But perhaps worst of all you asserted that "If Swedish-style social democracy is what the right wants to push for, then sign me up." This of course suggests that you are wholly unaware that for more than forty years Sweden has been steadily moving away from socialism toward a more market -oriented economy.
In 1975 roughly half of Swedish companies were government-owned. Today this figure has been cut in half. From 1981 through 2018 GDP in Sweden averaged only 0.56%. Sweden tried socialism and didn't like the results that they got. Since 2000 Sweden abandoned its wealth tax, eliminated its property tax, lowered income taxes, reduced corporate taxes, slashed its tax-to-GDP ratio and made sharp cuts in unemployment benefits. In 2009 Sweden's "stimulus" was a permanent tax cut rather than bailouts, or debt-fueled spending. This tax cut (using mostly tax credits) paid for itself. Today, the Swedes are apparently undeterred. Bloomberg reported on Jan. 16, 2019 that Sweden's new governing coalition plans new tax cuts into 2020 in order to stoke jobs. On Feb. 1, 2019 Fox Business pronounced that "As Democrats propose tax hikes, Sweden is pushing cuts." Prof. Chibber. in light of all of these facts may I still sign you up? Lastly, do you count yourself among the progressives or among the radicals?
Richard W. Burcik
Nix the spy cams
In a perfect world with such an amazing tech, every criminal would be apprehended ("Illegal-vision," Letters, March 27). But we don't live in a perfect world. In our world people are biased and they have agendas. Not everyone strive for the welfare for the common all. As you can see in recent times through political extremism, and police brutalities. Don't forget our recent history of oppression. Surveillance on every street corner should be a good idea, but in reality it is not. It would provide too much power to any one organization. And if the wrong group came into power of it, it could be detrimental. I'm not just talking about people hacking the system for their own use, but people who would infiltrate government organizations by the numbers with political agendas. They would be able to do so much more with this than to just turn a blind eye but pursue another. It is said it would be used to prevent crimes for now. But with a traumatic event and a majority vote, it "will" be use for other oppressive motives. Cameras on every corner is the worst idea and should not be forward.
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More stories by Various Authors
Immigrants should home school — Nov. 6, 2019
Pork rinds and Mexican ice cream at La Jolla Shores — Oct. 2, 2019
Objections to socialist at University of San Diego — April 10, 2019
Capitalism vs. Socialism: a civil debate between Duke's Michael Munger and NYU's Vivek Chibber at USD — March 27, 2019
Billionaire Buffett partner's son backs Faulconer — Dec. 19, 2013

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The Story Of The Toughest Son Of A B*Tch Ever To Walk The Face Of This Earth
06 Jun, 2012 by	John Hawkins
Forrest Griffin is one funny dude. Yes, that Forrest Griffin. The UFC Fighter. I'm laughing my way through Got Fight?: The 50 Zen Principles of Hand-to-Face Combat right now, but there's one story from the book that is SO GOOD, I just had to share. The story is about manliness, how to respond to bullies, pride, and even unlikely victory, although some people won't see it that way — hell, even he might not see it that way. In any case, this deserves to get out to a wider audience.
The toughest dude on the planet is not competing in the UFC or any other MMA organization. He doesn't train in the martial arts, shoot roids into his ass cheeks, or even hit the heavy bag. He couldn't have. From the looks of him, it's impossible. I don't know his name or what he's been up to for the past six years, but I'll never forget his face.
Back when I was attempting to play football for the University of Georgia, I'd occasionally catch a ride with a group of meatheads who were also attempting to play football. One afternoon, four of us were packed into a jeep with the top down, cruising around for a while, when someone had the bright idea to go down to Georgia Tech and harass some of the smart folk. With nearly a thousand pounds of muscle, fat, and attitude weighing down our ride, we trolled around campus. I wasn't exactly sure what my cohorts had in mind until one of the guys jumped out of the Jeep while it was still rolling and headed straight for the only person in sight. The target happened to be the biggest geek I had ever seen. Now I'm not calling this kid a geek because he had more brains than all of us combined and actually went to class, but he was five nine, packed at best a hundred and twenty pounds, wore a button down shirt, and had, in his breast pocket, half a dozen pens crammed into a plastic protector. But there's more. He had on horn-rim glasses and hugged a handful of books to his chest like a ten-year-old schoolgirl. Hands down, he was the most pathetic looking kid in existence.
So what does the d*ckhead who jumped out of the jeep do? He goes straight up to the kid, slaps his books out of his hands, and then begins laughing at him and calling him names. Dork, dipsh*t, f*ck nuts — he let this kid have it. Pretty early on in the verbal assault, I suggested that we get moving and, to expedite our departure, started to say that the cops would be showing up. Now, I was certain this short, scrawny kid would begin wailing and running in circles, which only would have prompted this *sshole I was with to chase after him. It would have been a horrible (although hilarious) sight to watch — a two hundred-and-fifty pound linebacker chasing down a hundred-and-twenty pound kid, pens flying everywhere. But that's not what our geek chose to do. Out of nowhere, he charged directly at my d*ckface associate and swung for the hills.
I couldn't f*cking believe it. Swear to God, the football player was so big that even if you had ten buddies getting your back, you'd still think twice about charging him. And here, this little kid was doing it all on his own, petite fists looping through the air like pesky mosquitoes. But before the kid could land a single shot, the football player cracks him and he goes down. I thought that would be it. The kid had probably watched too many kung-fu movies and thought he was some kind of tough guy. Daniel-san or some sh*t. Anyone who saw this exchange would have figured that now he had taken one to the face, he would stay down and play dead. That's not what happened. Getting socked only seemed to fuel his passion for justice. He popped back up like a weeble-wobble and again charged forward.
By this time, another one of the guys in the Jeep had jumped out. Harnessing the pack mentality, he grabbed the kid by his neck, dragged him over to the edge of a grassy slope, and threw him down it. The kid tumbled head over tail, but when he reached the bottom, he didn't lie there in a tattered heap. He came storming back up the hill. When he reached the top, he stopped for a moment, casually removed his glasses, set them down on the grass, and then panned his eyes back and forth between his two assailants. The four words that came hissing out of his mouth will be etched into my frontal lobe for an eternity.
"I'M READY TO DIE!"
He began his charge at five hundred pounds of muscle. He ran straight into one of them and knocked him backward into the Jeep, producing a decent-size dent. This naturally angered the driver, so he jumped out and joined in on the "fun." Together, they began beating the holy hell of this kid. They'd throw him down, kick him in the guts and back, and then begin to walk away. Before they could make it five feet back to the Jeep, the kid would leap up again and charge them. So they'd smack him around, throw him down again, and do some more kicking. All the while the kid threw his fists for all he worth, head butting, trying to bite. Meanwhile, I'm urging these boneheads to get moving.
After this went on for a little while, I could see the fear growing in the eyes of my fellow football-player wannabes. They weren't worried about this kid causing them damage with his fists — they were scared of his heart and soul. It suddenly dawned on these geniuses that they had started something they couldn't finish, not unlike a twenty-pound burrito. This kid really was prepared to die for the sake of his dignity. Unless they were willing to go to that end and actually kill this kid, they could not win this fight. Eventually, the three of them picked the kid up, carried him back to the hill and threw him over. The second his sinewy frame left their hands, all three of them came scrambling toward the jeep, scared that they wouldn't make it back before the runt clawed his way up the slope and began his next charge.
All of them fell inside, as though they were trying to escape some terrible onslaught. The driver revved the engine and peeled out. As we sped away from the scene, I looked back over my shoulder. I saw the kid come over the top of the hill in all of his hundred-and-twenty pound glory, and a chill went down my spine. His face was bloody, and his button-down shirt was torn and grass-stained, but there wasn't a trace of emotion on his face. Instead of running for the police, the kid dusted himself off, put his glasses back on, and then casually headed off, I assume to Gryffindor or Hogwarts or wherever, hugging his books in his arms. Right then, I realized that not only was that kid the coolest guy in the world, he was the toughest son of a b*tch ever to walk the face of this earth.


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Creating a team/family environment where everyone feels welcome and supported is above all else, rule number one.
I began coaching in 2013 and found my love for Olympic weightlifting while at the fitness specialist program in Charleston, South Carolina. My professor there, who also became my first weightlifting and CrossFit coach, is still to this day one of the most knowledgeable coaches I have ever known. I pride myself on learning through experience and movement, as well as truly caring about all the athletes that I coach.
I have coached both weightlifting and CrossFit for almost six years now, but have found some of the culture surrounding weightlifting to be a little depressing, to be honest. A "headphones in, every man or woman for themselves" type of attitude; the constant degrading of CrossFit in the weightlifting community was a big turn off. I, myself, went through that phase, but came out the other side realizing that I could embrace both weightlifting and CrossFit, loving them both equally.
I have USA Weightlifting Level 2 Coaching Certification, which includes being Safesport Certified and my Clinical Athlete Weightlifting Certification. I have attended Daniel Camargos athlete seminar in Asheville and attended the clinical athlete summit. I also have my American council of Exercise certification.
The experience I have watching athletes movement and applying the knowledge I have gained from these certifications is by far the most valuable asset I have as a coach. I pride myself on truly caring about everyone I coach.
Anyone is welcome to use the weightlifting area at any time.
These times are just specifically designated times to hold Level 1 classes and for Level 2 to have designated programmed times to workout together if they choose to.


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Sichuantita (Poecile weigoldicus) är en fågel i familjen mesar inom ordningen tättingar. Från att tidigare ha behandlats som underart till talltita urskiljs den numera oftast som egen art. Fågeln förekommer enbart i ett litet område i sydvästra Kina.

Utseende och läten
Sichuantitan är en 13 cm lång tita, lik talltitan (som vissa anser den vara en del av), med svart haklapp och vita kinder. Hjässan är dock mörkbrun, ej svart. Resten av fjäderdräkten är mycket mörkare brun, ovansidan djupt brun och undersidan kanelbeige. Könen är lika, ungfåglarna är mattare. Jämfört med närmast förekommande underart av talltita, affinis, har den även längre vingar, kortare stjärt och avvikande sång.

Utbredning och systematik
Arten förekommer i bergstrakter i sydvästra Kina, från Sichuan till östra Tibet, sydöstra Qinghai och nordvästra Yunnan. Tidigare betraktades taxonet som en underart av talltita (Poecile montanus). Den urskiljs numera som egen art av både tongivande Clements et al och IOC på basis av DNA-studier som visar att den är genetiskt rätt avlägsen talltitan och skildes från för två eller tre miljoner år sedan. Den är troligen också parapatrisk med talltitans underart affinis.

Släktestillhörighet
Talltitan med släktingar placerade tidigare i det stora messläktet Parus. Data från jämförande studier av DNA och morfologi visade att en uppdelning av släktet bättre beskriver mesfåglarnas släktskap varför de flesta auktoriteter idag behandlar Poecile som ett distinkt släkte.

Levnadssätt
Fågeln lever av fjärilslarver, andra insekter och frön. Den hackar ut en skålformad hålighet i en rutten stubbe eller i ett träd. Boet fodras med djurhår och träflisor, möjligen också fjädrar. Däri lägger den fem till sex vita ägg med små rödaktiga fläckar.

Status
Internationella naturvårdsunionen IUCN kategoriserar arten som livskraftig. Den beskrivs dock som sällsynt och sällan sedd.

Namn
Fågelns vetenskapliga artnamn hedrar Max Hugo Weigold (1886-1973), tysk zoolog, samlare av specimen i Kina och Tibet, pionjär i ringmärkning av fåglar och den första europé att få se en levande jättepanda. Notera att davidmes (P. davidi) tidigare kallades sichuanmes.

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Externa länkar

 Läten på xeno-canto.org

Parus
Fåglar i palearktiska regionen
Fåglar i orientaliska regionen
Endemiska fågelarter i Kina

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Someone's graduating in 4 days and I couldn't be prouder!
He's too cool to get excited and keeps shrugging it off, but that's alright because I'm ecstatic for him.
My baby brother is semi- adulting right now, and I'm so blessed to have such a responsible and charasmatic young adult around me. Not many get to walk across that stage, let alone get a full scholarship to their top choice college. You're going places baby, make us proud!


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What a day! Let me just warn you now... I'm working on a little over 4 hours of sleep so this is gonna be a nutty one. Please ignore typos, improper grammar, etc tonight. Also, there wasn't a lot of picture taking today as we were not working on all cylinders. This is just a quick run through of just how much we did today. We will be back to your normally scheduled program tomorrow, after I get a full night's sleep. Now, let the games begin!
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A huge thank you to the customers of Bloomfield Shopping Centre for our recent collection on Saturday 17th March 2018. We raised £160.54 for the continuation of our work in supporting parents of blind and visually impaired children. Thank you to our volunteers for giving their time as well.
Thank you Belfast Harbour Commissioner for their generous donation of £2000 towards the ongoing work of Angel Eyes NI.
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Q: VirtualBox and non-system disk fragmented to 41%? I've installed VirtualBox reccently and have been playing around with installing different systems and working with them. I've created five different virutal machines:

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*Windows 10 Technical Preview

*Windows Server 2012

*Kali Linux 1.1

*CentOs 7

*Yosemite Zone

I created a virtual hard drive for each system using dynamically alocated memory (size depended ofc on a distro, so the Yosemite got 20GB, CentOS only 8GB and so on).
After couple of hours of playing with virtual machines slowed down. I got to an idea to defragment and optimize my drive using Windows Utility. That showed 41% fragmented disk D! The system disk is C. What is the reason of such behaviour?

A: Generally, Windows NTFS formatted drives are fairly immune to fragmentation issues until they get to less than around 10% free.
Indeed, there are plenty of people who consider that NTFS actually runs faster with a level of fragmentation. However, if you see a sudden increase it will be because there isn't really enough space to handle the data updates without lots of shifting around.
Free up more space and defragment and the problem should go away.

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Firefighters raise over £500 for Macmillan Cancer Support
Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) firefighters from Radstock fire station raise over £500 for Macmillan Cancer Support on highly praised open morning.
On Saturday 20 November, Emily Kingman and her firefighting colleagues opened up Radstock station for a morning of coffee, cake and demonstrations of firefighting skills. Attendees were treated to a selection of sweet treats, as well as hose reel and car cutting displays.
Firefighters and staff from across the Service spoke to local residents of all ages, encouraging the next generation of firefighters about the roles and opportunities available within the Service. Children and adults alike spent time learning more about the Service, career opportunities and the aims of the Service in the coming years.
Firefighter Emily Kingman, who organised the event, said, "I never expected so many people to of turned up on the day and to see so many homemade cakes! I couldn't have done this event without help from across the Service and support from so many local people.
"I'd like to thank everyone who joined us on the day, and who kindly donated to the importance cause. The charity is close to my heart and I appreciate all the donations and support for Macmillan. A special thanks to the support from the Watch Management Team and crew here at Radstock who put in many hours in to help me prepare the station and help out on the day."
While Emily would have been grateful for any support, the total collected during the open morning surpassed even her expectations. She said: "After counting up all the pennies I can confirm that we raised £500.40 in total which is an incredible amount! Once again, I really appreciated all of the support for Radstock's Macmillan Coffee Morning."
To read more about the work that Macmillan Cancer Support do, visit their website.
1,200 children in the UK aged under 11 are injured, and 35 are killed, in fires in the home every year.


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Lovastatin 20mg, 40mg, 60mg; ext-rel tabs.
To reduce risk of MI, unstable angina, and coronary revascularization procedures in patients without coronary heart disease (CHD), but at high risk. To slow progression of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with CHD by lowering total-C and LDL-C. Adjunct to diet in primary hypercholesterolemia and mixed dyslipidemias (Types IIa and IIb) to lower elevated total-C, LDL-C, apo B, and TG, and to increase HDL-C, when response to nondrug therapy alone is inadequate. Limitations of use: not studied in Fredrickson Types I, III, and V dyslipidemias.
≥20yrs: 20–60mg once daily at bedtime. Elderly (≥65yrs): initially 20mg once daily at bedtime. Concomitant danazol, diltiazem, dronedarone, verapamil: max 20mg/day. Concomitant amiodarone: max 40mg/day. Severe renal impairment (CrCl<30mL/min): usual max 20mg/day.
Active liver disease. Unexplained persistent elevated hepatic transaminase levels. Pregnancy. Nursing mothers. Concomitant strong CYP3A4 inhibitors (eg, itraconazole, ketoconazole, posaconazole, voriconazole, HIV protease inhibitors, boceprevir, telaprevir, clarithromycin, telithromycin, nefazodone), erythromycin.
Discontinue if myopathy suspected or elevated CPK levels occur; suspend if a predisposition to development of renal failure secondary to rhabdomyolysis develops. Monitor liver function before starting therapy and repeat as clinically indicated. Interrupt therapy if serious hepatic injury and/or hyperbilirubinemia, or jaundice occurs; do not restart if alternate etiology is not found. History of liver disease. Alcoholism. Females of reproductive potential should use effective contraception during treatment.
See Contraindications. Increased risk of myopathy with strong CYP3A4 inhibitors. Avoid gemfibrozil, cyclosporine, grapefruit juice >1 quart daily. Caution with other fibrates, niacin (≥1g/day), colchicine, ranolazine (lovastatin dose adjustment may be needed). Monitor with oral anticoagulants. Caution with drugs that may decrease levels or activity of endogenous steroid hormones (eg, spironolactone, cimetidine).
Infection, headache, accidental injury, flu syndrome, pain, asthenia, arthralgia, myalgia, diarrhea, dizziness, sinusitis, urinary tract infection; elevated serum transaminases, myopathy, rhabdomyolysis with renal dysfunction, increases in HbA1c and fasting serum glucose levels; rare: immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy.


LinkedIn Day Milano, marzo 2015: presentazione della vision di LinkedIn per il futuro e delle soluzioni LinkedIn che consentono alle aziende di trasformare il proprio approccio al recruiting con i social media.
The most important word of our mission is "professionals". It has always been our exclusive focus in the contest within we operate.
Our dream is to help people more easily navigate this increasingly challenging 21st century global economy by developing the world's first economic graph, i.e. we want to digitally map the global economy and in doing so, create economic opportunity for every one of the 3B people in the global workforce.
We would like there to be a digital profile for every company in the world, and who you know at those companies up to three degrees to help you get your foot in the door.
We would like to have a digital representation of every job offered by these companies, full-time and part-time for profit and volunteer.
We would also like there to be a digital representation of every skill required to obtain these jobs.
And a presence for every higher educational organization and learning and development tool that would enable the members to obtain those skills.
And lastly, we want to be in a position where we can overlay the professionally relevant knowledge for every one of those individual members, companies and universities to the extent they want to share it. Then we want to step back and allow capital, all forms of capital, intellectual capital, working capital and human capital to flow, to where it can best be leveraged and in doing so, help lift and transform the global economy.
Perchè usiamo I social media? Take Facebook as an example, the idea is to build a community around you of friends and like minded people to communicate with and share content that is relevant and engaging to your friends.
LinkedIn is no different its about building a Followers ecosystem around you of relevant contacts who are interested in you, your company and what you have to say.
Also, the social web has also dramatically changed how we process information, make decisions and look for work. We want and expect information to be as relevant and as personalised as possible. We now trust social platforms to help us make purchasing decisions e.g. trip advisor etc ….
We are so research focused now and have so much more information that 57% of the decision to 'buy' is now made before any commercial contact with your business. This now applies about how we think about recruitment and finding our next job.
LinkedIn gives you access to over 300 million professionals world wide – but as we all know they are not all interested in a now job but are open to relevant opportunities. You need to think about passive candidates as people who are not yet ready to buy your services.
So if you want to effectively engage with your target audiences on LinkedIn you need to start to think and act like a marketer.
You are trying to build a relationship with people who are passive i.e. not ready to buy so these guys need to be nurtured to ensure you receive a positive response when you start to engage.
Social media helps you build and maintain these relationships outside of the points of direct contact you may have with them.
And by thinking and acting like a marketer you will be more efficient in how you engage with your core audiences.
One of the most common misconceptions around LinkedIn is that most recruitment companies treat us as a job board and a database, but to fully understand how to get the best from LinkedIn you need to treat it as a social media channel.
Lets take a second to think about the purpose and reason as to why we use other social media platforms. Take Facebook as an example, the idea is to build a community around you of friends and like minded people to communicate with and share content that is relevant and engaging to your friends.
So, your LinkedIn strategy should consist of three very simple steps.
So to start to warm up and nurture your core audiences we need to market your company and start to grow your Followers.
To achieve this we take a brief from you in terms of really understanding who exactly is your key market in regards to clients and candidates.
We then leverage your most valuable and networked asset – your employees. Each month your employees are receiving nearly 2,000 views to their profiles from LI members who are potential candidates, clients and consultants. Currently when they view your employees they are shown a generic ad campaign. We turn this missed opportunity into a marketing opportunity by encouraging these guys to Follow your company or apply for a relevant job. We import that LinkedIn members profile picture into this add unit which helps engage and grow your Followers. Lets take a look in a little more detail who is looking at your employees.
The second most important asset you have is your company presence. We help you build out dynamic content that will be relevant for your audience whether they be candidates, clients or potential consultants. We serve relevant images, engaging video content and relevant jobs. We also enable this audience to Follow your company from this page. We have found our customers who invest in building out this content have a significantly higher response rates to their job and Inmails and give potential clients, candidates and consultants are far more richer and relevant experience.
By having a thoughtful approach to providing content updates you influence the early stages of the purchasing decision process and demonstrate your domain expertise through adding value and being a thought leader to your Followers. So when your consultants start to reach out to candidates and clients you have built your reputation as a relevant and appropriate partner. You also leverage the power of social media by your Followers amplifying and sharing this content amongst their network, and as you know – good people know good people. We also provide full reporting and consulting services around understanding how to build and deploy a thoughtful content marketing strategy.
If you are looking to exponentially grow your Followers and add value outside of your Follower base we have a product called Sponsored Updates that can achieve this. We take a brief from you in regards to an ideal new target audience – this could be useful when opening a new desk or new office in a region where you are not well known. You then send out a status update to this audience that is delivered and high lighted within their LI homepage. This status update could have a series of calls to action ranging from visiting your career page, viewing relevant jobs or Following your company. Again, this is designed to nurture a new audience for you which means when your consultants start to reach out they will receive a far higher and positive response rate.
And finally we have the engine room of the solution. Our Recruiter and RPS platform gives you unrestricted access to all 300+ million LI members and allows you to access the right talent in a far more efficient and effective way. As a business you also maintain all the associated IP and we see Inmail response rates from Followers V non Followers being up to 100% higher.
By building and engaging with Followers your response rates from job postings will be far higher. We find Followers of a company are 3x more likely to apply for one of your jobs than a non Follower. Let me explain how they work … (include new feature of every application has to now "opt out" from the company they applied to.
So LinkedIn has all three of your core audiences to help your business be successful. By building your Followers from candidates, clients and consultants you will achieve far higher results and the strategy you need to deploy for each of these is around the concept of "build, engage and recruit".
20. are passive and not looking to move 80% 60% of them are open to opportunity!!


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EVERFI Middle East: Teachers look to businesses to fill the education gap created by Covid-19
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Almost 95 per cent of teachers feel businesses have a responsibility to support education
Published: March 30, 2021 07:59 Gulf News Report
EVERFI is a leading global education innovator Image Credit: Supplied
Dubai: In light of the Covid pandemic, ninety-five percent of teachers feel that businesses have a responsibility to support education and fill this gap in learning. This is according to an in-depth study that EVERFI Middle East ran with almost 50 teachers in the UAE at the end of 2020. The goal of the study was to identify how business education partnerships could help tackle societal issues that continue to alienate many young people from educational and economic engagement.
One teacher from the study commented, "Business has an important, strong and significant role in distance learning as it makes the student more realistic and facilitates the learning process and makes it easier and less expensive." Whilst another said, "Businesses can support education by supporting educators with more resources, linked to their respective curriculum to enrich teaching and learning in the classroom."
To facilitate this business-education partnership, EVERFI Middle East, in association with the British Business Group (BBG) Dubai, hosted a private event where it invited heads of organizations from the financial, health, insurance, energy, communications and aviation sectors, to participate in a discussion on social purpose, community engagement and youth empowerment. The discussion revolved around topics such as social and economic disparities in education and lack of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
EVERFI is a leading global education innovator that addresses systemic social injustice, lack of opportunity and economic inequity, through its schools courses, which include topics such as Financial education, Digital literacy, Mental wellness, Sustainability and more. These programmes are sponsored by businesses and available free to schools.
"This is not just about corporate social responsibility (CSR), it's about having that shared value, and being part of something bigger," said Jon Chapman, President and Co-Founder of EVERFI. "There is a missing layer of education that exists at all levels and we want to challenge the status quo and work with the private sector to close this gap, initiate change and give students the skills and opportunities they need in life to succeed."
The Covid pandemic has underscored the inequities that exist in society, which make quality education inaccessible for many young people.
"At Lloyd's, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture that attracts the most talented people in the world," said Andrew Woodward, Regional Head for Lloyds Insurance in the Middle East and Turkey. "EVERFI understands that there is a missing layer in the education system today and that students, especially from disadvantaged backgrounds, are not getting access to critical 21st century life skills - and this really resonated with me. I believe there is an opportunity for us to do more as an industry to build long-term action plans and invest in programmes that really impact young people in a positive way.
Sheherzad Kaleem, General Manager for EVERFI Middle East, talked about the courses the company is launching in the market. These include both online and offline resources on financial literacy, mental well-being, and STEM career readiness. "Research shows us that there is still a lack of knowledge in the UAE when it comes to basic financial products and future financial planning. We also know that there is a recruitment crisis in the STEM sector. Our courses are designed to offer a new dimension to young people's learning and give students the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to tackle these problems and move ahead in life."
"I will never forget my own lack of understanding of financial matters when I first started work," said Vince Cook, CEO, National Bank of Fujairah (NBF). "It was only after taking my professional exams that I realized quite how much was not being taught in schools. Many years on, I can see the tremendous harm that poor financial choices can make to a person, their families and their work prospects and overall wellbeing and am very happy to see how we can work with EVERFI to start to improve on the current situation and the focus it gets as part of general education."
Covid has disrupted education and created new challenges for educators. EVERFI believes that their digital educational programmes enable teachers to deliver essential 21st century skills to students in a confident and inspiring way, and help them prepare their students to deal with an uncertain and unpredictable future. To get more information on how to partner with EVERFI, visit https://uk.everfi.com/
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Pregnancy and the postnatal period can be a difficult time for many women, and bouts of moderate or severe mental illness can occur.
If it's happening to you, or one of your family/whānau, the Maternal Mental Health Service is ready to support you, your baby and your family/whānau to manage. The service is a non-crisis service and provides specialist mental health assessment, treatment and interventions for woman in the perinatal period.
The service aims to support women with a history of mental illness who are experiencing an episode of mental illness related to the perinatal period.
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My rye pale ale is merrily bubbling away in its secondary fermentation and I'm very excited for this batch. I've attempted to mimic my two favorite hopped-up rye pale ales: Founder's Red's Rye and Bear Republic's Hop Rod Rye. Time will tell if I've come anywhere close, but I've dry-hopped with a hefty amount of Cascade hops and I threw in an extra pound of DME (dry malt extract) during the boil to bump up the booze. It looks like I may actually hit my target of 7% ABV.
This was actually my first experience with dry hopping. I didn't leave quite enough headroom in the carboy for the hop pellets to expand (I had no clue they'd puff up so much!) and I had my first airlock overflow. Fortunately I caught the overflow before it made too big a mess and I was able to clean out the airlock and keep everything tidy and controlled (hopefully). I don't look forward to waiting 6 more weeks for my first taste of this bad boy, but in the meantime I'll enjoy the delicious smell wafting out of the airlock.


This video serves both as my own meager attempt to share some of the excitement of glacier ice climbing and some behind the scenes documentation of Alan's continued efforts to collect footage for his short film. All the climbing in the video is done by Alan in the span of just a few hours on a single, monumental iceberg. I've spent enough time on the other side of the lens from climbers over the last several years that I've come to consider ice climbing a fairly engaging spectator sport, and I hope at least a little bit of that adrenaline pumping nature comes across in these clips (despite a couple of distracting glitches).


I bought an Amazon Dash button just when it was released. A few weekends ago I had time to play with it and here is my write up. This is not really a security write up, I was just interested in how it works. There is a decent hardware focused overview available here: Inside the Amazon 802.11b/g/n Dash Button. This overview is more on the software side!
The Dash button connects to Wifi and sends a HTTP POST every time you press the Dash's button. The Dash is completely shutdown until you press the button, it will switch off seconds after the HTTP request is done with a small timeout to wait for the server's reply. The HTTP connection is protected via SSL but the Dash button doesn't check the certificate and can be easily intercepted. The main part of the data exchange seems to be the Dash Serial Number (DSN).
Below: my mock-up for what people actually want to use the Dash button for (beer, bacon and condoms).
The setup process is pretty straight forward. You install the Amazon app on your phone and go to My Account and select the Dash Button menu. The app takes you through the steps and your Dash is configured. Some interesting parts of the setup are.
The Wifi is configured from the app using an audio channel. In the setup mode of the Dash it receives the audio and demodulates it to set the Wifi network name and the password.
In addition to the audio based configuration the Dash also creates a Wifi access point named Amazon ConfigureMe. Once you connect to it you can go to http://192.168.0.1 and configure the Wifi settings via the web interface. Once you click Configure the Dash reboots. I actually didn't manage to connect the Dash after configuring it through the Wifi interface (I also didn't try that hard).
As the last part of the setup you select that product you want to reorder every time you press the Dash button.
While playing with the Dash I discovered a number of small things.
The Dash opens ports 80 and 443. I was NOT able to connect to 443. Port 80 obviously provides the web interface to configure the Wifi settings (previous paragraph).
The Dash shows up as WICED*DHCP*Client on your Wifi router host list.
All communication goes to parker-gateway-na.amazon.com on port 443. The Dash button does NOT check the certificates so you can easily MITM it and look at the network traffic.
I used my Wifi router's DNS service to resolve parker-gateway-na.amazon.com to a local IP address running webmitm (from the dsniff package). Using the generated key/cert you can easily look at all the network traffic using ssldump or wireshark.
How to generate network traffic without ordering anything!
The one problem with the Dash is that it is only online (connected to the Wifi) for a short time when you press the button. Pressing the button will initiate an order, so playing with your Dash could end up in a lot of toilet paper showing up at your doorstep.
One easy way to avoid this is by skipping the last step of the configuration. If you skip that last step your Dash button thinks it is configured but the backend doesn't. The last step of the configuration is selecting the product you want to order. Basically you need to quit/kill the Amazon app when it asks you to select a product for your Dash button. Once you do this you can press the Dash button as often as you want without triggering an order of toilet paper. The Dash button will come online connect to your Wifi and connect back to the Amazon backend. This gives you the time to collect network traffic or port scan the Dash.
I only looked at the traffic between the Dash and the Amazon server. I didn't look at the traffic from the Amazon app to the Amazon server during setup. I should have done this but I didn't. Now I don't have the time to do it. I barely have the time for this writeup.
From what I can see the Dash sends only a few messages to the server. The first thing you see is that the messages always contain the Dash serial number (DSN) that is printed on the back of the Dash button. All communication is carried out via HTTP POST. Content-type is set to: binary/rio. The encoding is set to chunked. The encoded data is a mix of ASCII and binary with a length fields for specific parts. I didn't have the time to reverse the message format, I just took a brief look at it. The last part of each message seems to be 20 bytes of binary data.
During setup the Dash sends some data such as RSSI values to the Amazon backend. There is a status bit field message and of course there is the message that is sent when the button has been pressed and the Dash thinks it is fully configured. If the Dash thinks it is not setup correctly pressing the button will just lead to a blinking red light. If it thinks it is configured it will connect to the Wifi and send a specific message. The message is rather short and mainly consists of the DSN followed by the 20 bytes of binary data. The server answers to this with different messages. The only message I saw so far was the message for a not fully configured Dash button (HTTP 412 Precondition Failed). So far I was not in the mood to actually order something. I leave this exercise for other people.
The Dash seems like a fun toy, I wish you could just configure it to order any item from Amazon. I know the current version is just a trial and I hope in the future they will allow you to select any product.
One thing that I found strange is that there is no back communication from the server to the Dash button at setup time. The only message that is sent from the server to the Dash is after the server receives an order item message after pressing the Dash's button. This must mean that you can either modify the message and change the DSN to initiate an order for another Dash button. OR The last 20 bytes provide integrity protection for the message.
Sniff traffic of an actual order. Specifically the answer from the server.
Open the device and dump the firmware!
Reverse message format. What are the last 20 bytes in the message? My guess this is for integrity protection. Like an HMAC. But this is just wild speculation.
Sniff communication between Amazon App and server during Dash setup.


With the recent advent of the IUPAC Poster Prize program, National Adhering Organizations and eligible IUPAC-sponsored conferences gained a strategic tool to encourage interest in conferences among young chemists. The Poster Prizes recognize outstanding poster presentations at IUPAC Congresses, at IUPAC division/standing committee-sponsored conferences, and at designated national meetings. Each NAO may pick one conference a year at which to award IUPAC Poster Prizes.
As explained by the secretary general David StC. Black in his column in the January-February 2005 CI (p. 2), division or standing committee-sponsored, or so-called "core," conferences are specifically driven by IUPAC divisions and standing committee to the extent that they take responsibility for ensuring the continuity of a series. This usually means that the committee is involved in the selection of the organizers and the location of future conferences to ensure geographical diversity. The committee may also review the conference program, help select the plenary and invited lecturers, and assist in terms of promotion. With these guidelines in mind, divisions and standing committees benefit from the Poster Prizes program because it provides an extra incentive to maintain IUPAC's relationship with recognized conferences throughout the world. Conferences sponsored by IUPAC and national meetings of NAOs also benefit by being able to offer a prize that is associated with IUPAC, which often bolsters the participation in and credibility of a meeting.
The IUPAC Poster Prizes program was implemented in 2004 following a suggestion from President Leiv Sydnes. The Executive Committee officially approved the program at its meeting in April 2004. It was felt that implementing such a program would benefit IUPAC and provide incentives to younger chemists to attend conferences they might not otherwise attend. The program will also serve as a means for recognizing IUPAC's international activities.
Each eligible conference that chooses to implement the IUPAC Poster Prizes typically awards two prizes. The conference organizers oversee the selection of prizewinners. Each prize recipient receives a certificate signed by the IUPAC president, a copy of the Gold Book (Compendium of Chemical Terminology), and a two-year subscription to CI.
In 2004, prizes were awarded at four international conferences and four national meetings even though the program was only initiated in mid-July. The astute reader of CI might have noticed mentions of these poster prizes in recent issues. The 2004 recipients, all listed in the table below, are congratulated for their poster presentations.
Starting with this issue of CI, each IUPAC-sponsored conference eligible to award poster prizes will be flagged in the Mark Your Calendar section, as well as online. Over the most typical two to three-year cycle, no less than 27 "core" series will be eligible to award IUPAC poster prizes.
Details and guidelines can be found at <www.iupac.org/news/archives/2004/poster_prizes.html>.
Page last modified 21 April 2005.


The critically acclaimed staged version of Janne Teller's award-winning, existential young adult novel about 13-year-old Pierre-Anthon who one day declares that there is no meaning to life. Determined to prove him wrong, his classmates start to give up things of importance and pile them in "the heap of meaning". As everyone in the class is forced to participate, a scary group dynamic starts to develop because the more painful the sacrifice is, the more meaning it has… right?
NOTHING had its English premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017 where it received great reviews and made it to The Scotsman's Hotshows List.


From designer Harry Allen's Reality Series, My Brother's Frame is a resin cast of an actual frame found in Harry's brother's closet by chance. He was so taken with it that he decided to cast it.
Size: 23" x 18 1/2" x 4"
Image size in the frame is for a 4" x 6" photo.
An award-winning interior and industrial designer, Harry Allen achieved prominence in 1994 for his first major project, the Moss design gallery in New York City's Soho district. Since then, he has designed a number of successful retail interiors as well as his own line of unique homewares, all which reflect his interest in art, new materials, and a systematic design process through innovation.


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Q: VSTO Workbook 64 bit excel. Sheet1_Startup does not fire I am attempting to follow the walkthrough to create a simple Document level customization for excel.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc668197.aspx
I am running
- windows 10 (64 bit)
- Excel (64 bit)
- Visual Studio Community 2015 (C#)
The tutorial asks me to enter the C# code:
    private void Sheet1_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
        Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.NamedRange nr =
            this.Controls.AddNamedRange(this.Range["A2"], "NamedRange1");
        nr.Value2 = "This text was added by using code";
    }

It builds and runs fine within the Visual Studio IDE. However, when I open the workbook normally, outside Visual Studio, the range A2 does not get populated.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A: Worked it out. I just needed to publish the solution


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This patient presented concerned about the appearance around her upper eyelids. She felt that her upper eyelid skin contributed to a "tired" appearance. I recommended an upper eyelid blepharoplasty to improve her appearance.


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Application open for Vanier Canada Graduate scholarship 2022
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Application is now open for the 2022 Vanier Canada Graduate scholarships for international students.
This is one of the most prestigious awards to study for a graduate degree in Canada. These scholarships are provided by the government of Canada and are awarded every year.
How much is this scholarship worth?
Vanier Canada graduate scholarship recipient receive $50,000 per year for three years of doctoral studies.
How many: Up to 166 scholarships are awarded every year.
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Which programs does this scholarship cover?
Below are the areas of research for this scholarship.
Natural sciences and/or engineering
Which Nationalities are eligible?
Vanier Canada Graduate scholarship is open to citizens and residents of all countries.
To become eligible for this scholarship you must meet the following criteria:
1. be nominated by only one Canadian institution participating in the Vanier Canada Graduate scholarship program.
2. be pursuing your first doctoral degree (including joint graduate research program such as: MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, JD/PhD – if it has a demonstrated and significant research component).
3. intend to pursue, in the summer semester or the academic year following the announcement of results, full-time doctoral (or a joint graduate research program such as: MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, JD/PhD) studies and research at the nominating institution.
4. have achieved a first-class average, as determined by your institution, in each of the last two years of full-time study or equivalent.
5. must not hold, or have held, a doctoral-level scholarship or fellowship from CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC to undertake a doctoral program.
6. have completed no more than 20 months of full-time study in your doctoral program as of May 1, 2022.
7. have completed no more than 32 months of full-time study in their doctoral program (i.e. joint graduate research program, fast-track, accelerated), by May 1, 2022 if:
a. enrolled in a joint graduate research program, e.g., MD/PhD, MA/PhD, DVM/PhD.
Applicants in this category have access to the 32-month window whether or not they were previously enrolled in a Master's program:
The months of study are calculated starting from the date on which an applicant is officially registered in the joint program (including the Master's portion of the program).
b. accelerated directly from a Bachelor's to a PhD (not previously enrolled in a Master's program);
The months of study completed are calculated from the doctoral enrolment date.
c. accelerated (Fast-track) from a Master's degree into a Doctoral program without obtaining the Master's degree.
The months of study completed are calculated from the original Master's enrolment date.
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To receive this scholarship, you must be nominated by the Canadian school you intend to study. They are the ones that recommend candidates for this scholarship.
What this mean is that you cannot apply directly for this scholarship.
Check the 2022 Vanier Canada Scholarship page for more information on applying.
When is the deadline?
Application close by November 2 2o21.
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Recruitment videos: how to create a good video that attracts new talent
Finding good staff is not easy. Research shows that 72% of Dutch employers in 2019 had difficulty finding suitable people for vacancies, which is 4% more than in the previous year. As we mentioned in previous blogs about interactive videos, there is an increase in the number of views and uploaded videos on YouTube. The number of uploaded videos per minute increased by 40% (!) Between 2014 and 2019, according to research.
How do these trends come together now? With recruitment videos! We interviewed video recruitment expert Bram Tierie from Flipbase about using video as part of the recruitment process.
So what are recruitment videos exactly?
There are two ways to interpret 'recruitment videos': videos made by the applicants or by the company. In the first case, recruitment videos are used as 'candidate screening'. In these videos, the applicants or candidates make videos in which they introduce themselves, as a kind of innovative form of a motivation letter. Today, we focus on the second form, which are videos from the company to brand your culture, as part of employer branding.
Think of it as a video in which a company introduces itself. The goal goes beyond a simple acquaintance or introduction as the company clearly shows where the candidate will work. A simple "this is who we are and what we do" will not be sufficient. For example, candidates want to see who they will work with, what the culture of the company looks like, and what values the company holds dear. They want to know what working for the company entails beyond performing the tasks listed in the vacancy. This is called culture branding and is part of employer branding, which we just talked about.
In short: with a recruitment video, you give a look behind the scenes as a company with the purpose of letting the candidate know where he or she will work. This is why video recruitment is relevant for every industry; which applicant does not want to know where he or she will work before applying?
What are the benefits of recruitment videos?
Recruitment videos provide benefits for both the applicant and the company. Three reasons why companies should use video as part of the recruitment process:
The company has more space for creativity. It doesn't matter how good the copywriters are – a corporate culture is difficult to capture in a vacancy text. A collection of words does not say anything about whether the candidate fits the company. With a video, you can go that extra mile as a company and provide better insight into the company.
The candidates are better able to estimate the culture fit. A recruitment video gives the candidate the opportunity to view the company culture and determine whether there is a 'culture fit'. It is a lot more relaxed and convenient for the candidate to do this (already) from the comfortable couch at home with the cat on your lap than (only) during the trial period.
Candidates stay after their trial month. The ultimate goal of such a creative video and culture fit is that the candidates will not be faced with surprises and on their first working day in an environment where they belong. As a result, candidates do not run away during their trial period and they successfully fill the vacancy. Happy candidates, happy company.
Making a recruitment video, how do you do that?
Video recruitment is still a fairly new concept, which means that the skills and knowledge are still lacking in many companies. We often see that marketing departments find it difficult to let go of the commercial approach. The novelty also makes people uncomfortable. We cannot help you with the skills, but we have listed some do's and don'ts to help you to get started making recruitment videos.
The do's of recruitment videos
Use your smartphone instead of a professional camera. Doing this immediately makes the video a lot more authentic and credible. An additional advantage is that it is immediately a lot more accessible and less scary for the people within the company. You will get a lot less nervous if you make a video with the device that you have already taken countless selfies, compared to a camera crew.
Show the real employees, not actors. Of course, your video will look a lot more professional if you hire people for it. They will seem a lot less nervous and say less "uhm". But that's not what video recruitment is all about. Candidates want to get a good idea of the company where they will work and that does not work if you show people who do not really work there.
Let the employees create the video in their own way. Does Saskia from marketing prefer to be filmed by someone, while Jesse from sales prefers to film herself with the selfie camera? Let them do it their way. This variety makes it a lot more authentic and makes the employees feel more at ease. What also helps here is answering a specific question. This gives the employee more guidance and a clear direction, which also makes it more pleasant to look at.
Keep it short. On average, people watch a video that is embedded in a vacancy for 46 seconds. Nobody is going to watch a video of 7 minutes. As a guide, stick to 30 to 90 seconds. Does the employee really have more to say? Then just create multiple videos. You can divide the videos per person or per subject. For example, you can make a series about the company events or the sustainability aspect of the company.
Good practice: both management and employees have their say. The setup is professional but still low-key and accessible.
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Don't make scripted videos. By now, you probably get that authenticity is the keyword of HR videos. Scripted videos do not contribute to this, while spontaneity does. Avoid making scripted videos. Instead, give the employees some topics or ideas and then leave the interpretation up to them.
Don't make an intro or outro. A professional introduction or outro (at the end) with beautiful animations is great, but it doesn't work with recruitment videos. It simply does not appeal to social media and it is not necessary for the vacancy text since the candidate is already on your website. It also has to do with that authenticity and sincerity that we talked about before.
Bad practice: although the explanation and setup are good and complete, this video is too long. Try to make your recruitment video a maximum of one minute.
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Hopefully, this introduction to recruitment video has given you a general idea of this innovation and the above tips have helped you on your way. One way in which you can lower the boundary for applying is by an interactive video. With these dynamic videos, the viewer (= candidate) can determine what happens.
Curious to learn more about an interactive recruitment video?
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Greek Orthodox Patriarch sues Israeli government
The newly-appointed head of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Holy Land has filed suit in the Supreme Court, demanding that Israel recognize his status as patriarch, a senior church official said Thursday. Archbishop Aristarchous, chief secretary of the church in Jerusalem, said the petition was filed Wednesday, but he could not confirm a newspaper report accusing Israel of trying to use the promise of recognition to pressure him to approve a controversial lease of Jerusalem church property to Jewish groups. Israeli court and Justice Ministry officials refused to comment on the suit. Former Patriarch Irineos was dismissed in May after months of turmoil over alleged deals turning over to Jewish nationalist groups the leases of property inhabited by Palestinians in east Jerusalem, which Palestinians claim for the capital of a future state. His successor, Patriarch Theofilos, was selected in August to replace an interim administration installed after a rare crisis summit of world Orthodox leaders. The appointment of a patriarch needs formal recognition by Palestinians, Jordan and Israel. Theofilos has so far been accepted by Jordan and the Palestinian leadership.
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Netflix Vs Amazon Prime Video, Is Netflix Falling Behind In India?
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Netflix was finally launched in January 2016 in India as a part of its global expansion. World's largest democracy – India is now world's fastest growing internet and smartphone market. Before Netflix was available in India, Star group India had launched their online-streaming service Hotstar months before Netflix.
Netflix has failed to strike an instant connection with Indian users. Since the launch of Amazon Prime Video service and the rapid growth of Hotstar online-streaming service have proved to be quite the challenges for US-based Netflix.
It would seem like Netflix have forgotten the gap in the GDP per capita between India and its home market – United States. Netflix's monthly plans in India and America are almost equivalent, for the basic plan the company charges Rs 500 ($7.50 approx.) The premium plan, which allows four devices per user with access to 4K content, costs Rs 800 ($11.99 approx.) which is identical to what Netflix charges in the U.S.
Basically, Netflix's biggest problem in India is the pricing. They are unable to reach to the average users in India. In a country where consumption of pirated content is extensive, Netflix needed to get the pricing right before the competition did. Slow internet speeds and data costs is another mountain to climb, India has the slowest internet speed in Asia-Pacific. According to Netflix's ISP index, Airtel provides the fastest internet in India – 2.25 MBPS. Which isn't very impressive compared to other countries. Also fact that majority of broadband connections are of BSNL – which has slowest internet speed of 1.09 MBPS as per Netflix January ISP index.
The US-based company needs to keep its monthly subscription costs low until data costs go down in India, for instance – we yet to see the true potential of Reliance Jio's in the upcoming months. Unfortunately, Netflix failed to do so and now with the launch of Amazon Prime Video service, losing market. Noticeably, Amazon and Hotstar have kept their prices significantly lower.
Amazon Prime is available at just Rs 499 per year. That is Rs 41.50 a month, significantly lower than Netflix and homemade product – Hotstar, which charges Rs 190 per month. Also, Amazon does not discriminate in the video quality it provides to customers. Netflix has designed three plans which varies in price whereas Amazon does not.


As a sleep doctor, and a parent, I have a problem with cosleeping. Cosleeping in infancy has been found to cause a small but significant increase in SIDS risk. We chose not to co-sleep with our sons. Since infancy, they have always slept better in their own beds, and so did we. [To be clear, when I say "cosleeping in this blog post, I mean bed-sharing and not room sharing]. It's not just a safety issue, however. I think that kids and parents sleep better when they have their own space, and that learning to sleep well is an important life skill for children that is best learned at an early age.
Like many topics in parenting, cosleeping has become a political issue. I personally do not recommend it to friends or patients, because of the risk of death in infancy, and because it seems to lead to poor sleep for the whole family. (Here are some great illustrations of this). The likely mechanism is via inappropriate sleep associations. I also think it is unhealthy for parents' lives to revolve around their children 24 hours a day, and that sometimes, children have to "fit within the frame". That includes having children being able to be apart from their parents for the night. As I have stated previously, there is no evidence that sleep training harms children. Moreover, I am unaware of any long-term studies which show direct benefit of cosleeping for children who are in otherwise loving homes. Parents who disagree with me may site Dr. William Sears' work, but many of the researchers cited by him claim that their research was misrepresented.
1. Bedsharing at six months of age was associated with shorter sleep and more frequent awakenings at 18 months of age.
2. Poor sleepers at six months had were more likely to have problems at 18 months of age.
3. Breastfeeding at six months seemed to have a mild protective effect against awakenings at 18 months of age.
This is a strong study because it follows a large number of families from birth and sees what happens over time, as opposed to surveying parents who are having difficulty and asking them to remember what they were doing six months previously. (I don't know about you, but I'm not sure what I was eating for lunch yesterday, let alone how my kids were sleeping a year ago).
Reactive cosleeping: where parents get into the habit of having their child fall asleep in their bed at night, or bring them into bed in the middle of the night when they wake up.
I really feel for this family. They are obviously having a hard time. This mother has been feeding this child three to five times per night for fifteen months. That adds up to a lot of poor sleep for both mother and child. I get grumpy if I get woken up even once at night, be it by a child or a page from the sleep lab.
Even outside of this, there is another significant issue with cosleeping: where does it end? It seems like children seldom give it up on their own. Do you try to transition your child out of bed when they stop nursing? When they start kindergarten? When they enter puberty? When they leave for college? Let me tell you the hard truth: it is much easier to fix a sleep problem at six months than six years of age.
Perhaps I am way off of base here, and there are a huge number of children staying in their parents' bed, where everyone is getting a terrific night of sleep. I certainly think that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." I'd love to hear your thoughts on this controversial topic.
But if you are not one of these happy cosleeping families, and have fallen into a cosleeping pattern you can't break, have hope! Next week: a post on how to stop cosleeping and start sleeping well.
Thanks for this great insight. I am sure everything that you wrote here would be lambasted as cruel and "unattached" by a certain set of internet scientists. This kind of advice is workable and takes into account the whole family, something I think Dr. Sears' crowd fails to do often to the extreme detriment of the parents' mental health. There definitely doesn't seem to be a reasonable case for a priori co-sleeping, but I imagine some of this causation runs the other way–poor sleepers are brought to the parents' bed in desperation. It can be hard to formulate a good plan to fix sleep problems when you're in the midst of them. And I do think kids will EVENTUALLY choose to sleep sans parents, but you can be staring down the barrel of many many years of really bad sleep to get to that place. It's nice to hear a sleep specialist articulate what many of us, dare I say instinctually, knew–that it's ok for the kid to fit into the frame of good sleep for all.
Thank you for confirming what I've thought so long! I watch friends struggle with cosleeping and can't understand why. It's hard to bring it up without sounding judge-y, which is why it's great to hear the science on it. Thanks Craig!


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Health Ministry Orders Termination of Contract for New Children's Hospital
Business » PROPERTIES | July 26, 2021, Monday // 14:34
The Health Ministry has ordered the termination of a contract for building a new children's hospital which would involve the completion of a complex of buildings nextdoor to Sofia's Alexandrovska Hospital.
This transpired on Monday from a Health Ministry letter to the National Citizens' Initiative for a Real Children's Hospital, which has been campaigning for a restart of the project. In the letter, Deputy Health Minister Dimiter Petrov says that on July 5 his ministry ordered the Healthcare Investment Company for a Children's Hospital (HICCH) to discontinue all activities related to the implementation of the engineering contract and all procedures arising from that contract in accordance with the Public Procurement Act related to independent construction supervision and investor control.
The Health Ministry has also asked the HICCH to start a procedure to terminate the contract with civil-law combination Detsko Zdrave (Children's Health), which comprises companies of the Glavbolgarstroy group and has won a public procurement contract worth 93.4 million leva after VAT for the design, construction and designer supervision of a National General Children's Hospital. As a reason for that, the Health Ministry cited a position expressed by the Regional Development and Public Works Ministry, which said that it is unacceptable to draw up a detailed site development plan to define the status of the unfinished structures nextdoor to Alexandrovska Hospital.
The contract with Detsko Zrave was signed in April 2020 by the then health minister Kiril Ananiev. The buildings at Alexandrovska Hospital which were to be completed had their first-sod ceremony back in 1978. The project was abandoned at the rough construction stage some 30 years ago. The idea that Bulgaria needs a new, state-of-the-art children's hospital to bring together the pediatric clinics and wards that are now scattered among other hospitals resurfaced a couple of years ago.
The original plan was to use the unfinished structures at Alexandrovska Hospital. After tens of thousands of parents, doctors, architects and members of the public protested that the long-abandoned structures were unsafe and unfit, in May 2020 prime minister Boyko Borissov announced that they will be demolished and the children's hospital will be built on the site from scratch. Borissov's statement was confirmed by Health Minister Kostadin Angelov on September 15, 2020 during public consultation on the project./BTA
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