Brendon’s coaching philosophy draws upon his experience as an elite track athlete. After earning All American honors, competing in the 2004 Olympic Trials and winning multiple ACC titles, he joined the Nike Farm Team in Palo Alto, CA to train for the 2008 Olympic Trials. Brendon found CrossFit after numerous injuries sidelined him from competition. Through CrossFit, he has recreated himself not just as a stronger runner but also as a functional and more capable athlete. As a busy husband, father of three and owner of multiple businesses, staying healthy and being strong isn’t a choice. It’s a requirement. Taking time for himself not only keeps him healthy, it’s also a time to de-stress, remove the clutter from his mind and refocus on big picture items in life. Health, fitness, strength; these qualities have all become paramount to his success. Their impact is the reason he became a coach and opened a gym more than 5 years ago. Everyone needs to experience the FEELING of being strong, mobile, capable and self-sufficient. It’s the ultimate freedom. Brendon founded CrossFit San Mateo in February 2010. He currently serves in the Army National Guard.@BrendonMahoney Book an Appointment
Dallas Walden grew up playing many sports from a young age and on through high school. While playing high school baseball he sought the guidance of a High Level Trainer specializing in Powerlifting. After 2 years in college he felt prior to finishing his education he needed to serve his country. In 2005 he joined the U.S Navy in pursuit of becoming a Navy SEAL. While in the Navy he served 2 tours stationed on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Throughout his preparation to enter the SEAL program he was introduced to many different training methods including CrossFit. During this time he sustained a foot injury that withheld him from continuing the SEAL program. Once out of the Navy he went back to school to play baseball and began using CrossFit as his primary training program. This allowed him to gain the size, strength and power he needed while keeping the agility and athleticism required. During this time he had an opportunity to play in a Pro-Scout Baseball League in Arizona. Shortly after, he was approached with an offer to take his learned and experienced expertise and coach at a baseball training facility here in the bay area, at which time he opened a CrossFit Gym to train baseball players. He owned and operated CrossFit South San Francisco for 4 years. While at CrossFit SSF he trained a variety of fitness levels from beginners to MLB professional and minor league athletes. He has also coached in a corporate setting and knows the primary health and fitness needs of the corporate employee. Not being satisfied with merely coaching, he began competing in local competitions around California. More recently he was invited to compete with a semi-professional fitness league team with hopes of becoming a professional athlete on a Grid League team. Today Dallas is able to draw from his previous experience to train and influence athletes of all levels, with an emphasis on proper gymnastics and barbell movements. Outside of the gym Dallas enjoys spending time with his wife of eight years, Judy and their daughter Georgiana. Some other hobbies include: riding motorcycles, backpacking and trekking, reading and ocean swims. He also volunteers at ‘The Jericho House” in Brisbane, teaching CrossFit to recovering substance abuse and criminal behavior men.Book an Appointment
After serving in the United States Marine Corps for seven years Ruben Lugo was introduced to Crossfit by a friend/coach at an affiliate in San Jose, Ca. While enlisted in the Marine Corps he was accepted to a special duty, Marine Corps Embassy Security Group. While attached to MCESG Sergeant Lugo provided security for U.S. and foreign government personal in U.S. embassies around the world. In addition to providing security Sergeant Lugo was the Training Non Commissioned Officer for his detachment, which required him to make sure his fellow Marines were physically fit for combat. Sergeant Lugo was also selected to be a part of the security detail for Secretary of State Hilary Clinton when she visited San Salvador, El Salvador. Ruben Lugo was reluctant to try Crossfit out, but gave in after noticing a plateau in his training at a global gym. He was also hesitant to join because three months earlier he ruptured a disk in his lower back, which was still bothering him. After his introduction workout he was hooked. Through Crossfit and his coaches programing Ruben was rehabilitated and able to put weight on his back. Ruben always loved working out with friends/family and giving advice to help them improve. As his love for Crossfit grew so did his willingness to help others. Ruben turned his garage into a gym and began to train with friends and family. Ruben wanted to take his passion to the next level by getting Crossfit Level 1 certified and becoming a coach at a local affiliate. Ruben has years of experience in personal training, semi-private training, small and large group classes, Olympic weightlifting, working with collegiate and national level athletes, weight loss, muscle gain, and working with clients who have injuries. Certifications: Crossfit Level 1 Trainer USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Coach Crossfit Powerlifting Trainer Certified Fascial Stretch Therapist CFST – Level IBook an Appointment
Kari has been doing CrossFit for just a little over a year, and most recently has been working on regaining strength and mobility after welcoming her son into the world in April 2015. Kari has a background in Human Resources, office administration and brings organization and structure to Alpha Project’s communications and events. Helping her husband run their businesses and being a mother of 3, she makes sure her time in the gym every day counts. She values the positive effects this commitment has made on her life. She often calls it her only “me” time which is probably why you’ll see her enjoying every minute. Having a family of 5 makes her a great resource for new ideas for healthy family meals and ideas on how to better meal plan for yourself or prepare for the week ahead for your whole family.
As a young teenager up through High School Nick was an all-around athlete from playing Football to Basketball, running Track and Wrestling. Just after moving to California from Florida in March of 2014 he took his first CrossFit class and instantly was hooked. With his new found passion for CrossFit and knowing what it has done for him, he decided he wanted to help others reach their fitness goals. After getting 2 years of CrossFit under his belt from one of the 1st and most experienced CrossFit Trainers in Oakland he took his Level 1 Trainer course. Beside CrossFit Nick is an avid Obstacle Course racer, he has already completed 3 Spartan Races, 4 Tough Mudders and 5 other smaller mud runs but plans on completing at least 4 more Spartans and another Tough Mudder by the end of the year. Certifications: CrossFit Level 1Book an Appointment
When she’s not CrossFitting, you can find Deana salsa dancing, soaking up the sun rays, or coaching others in her transformational life coaching business. She spends much time absorbing information to enable her and her clients to leap into their next level and live their most thriving, authentic lives. Deana catalyzes transformation in her clients by helping them shift their thoughts and, therefore, their emotions. In mastering this, she knows people then master their lives. With the use of daily habits, and practices, a deeper dive into understanding their values and their genuine openness of wanting to live an authentic life, Deana provides the mentoring and support for her clients to embrace, embody, exude and experience who they truly are. In helping her clients focus on their well-being and alignment, she provides a foundation of clarity in which they confidently and naturally attract that which they want in their lives. She has gone from dreading her life, to absolutely loving it, and she would love to help you love yours, too! Reach out to her to learn how you can bust through your barriers and breakthrough to the true You.Book an Appointment
From a young age health and fitness has been a hobby and passion for Judy Walden. At age 12 she began training in a Korean martial art called Kuk Sool Won. This became her primary focus outside of school into her 20’s. Once reaching a brown belt level, the road to earning your black belt in Kuk Sool is a long one, testing 8-10 times over the course of 2-3 years. Each test is hours of intense physical labor and metal focus, before a panel of black belt judges. At age 16 she earned her first-degree black belt, became an assistant instructor and started teaching Kuk Sool Won. Doing this she discovered fulfillment while instructing others in something she was passionate about.
Freshman year of college she began working at a Fitness Club and started weight lifting. Working out became a lifestyle; She enjoyed watching the different people come through, observing their transformation as they strived to stay consistent and disciplined. Her interest in weight training and staying fit formed a new avenue to use her desire to teach. The owner and head trainer of the gym allowed Judy to begin shadowing her during training sessions, encouraging her to become a personal trainer. After becoming a certified personal trainer Judy continued to shadow and observe her mentor to broaden her scope of knowledge in the field.
In 2007 Judy married her husband, Dallas, and moved to San Diego where he finished his 4 years enlisted in the U.S. Navy. While in San Diego she continued to pursue a personal training career and starting working at a Women’s Fitness Club and Spa. While there, her primary focus became Ladies Boot Camps. She immediately fell in love with the camaraderie and relationships built while training a group of women, witnessing how a woman’s self image and confidence would catapult after a short time of doing boot camps. Whether they thought it was unlikely to ever do a pushup, run more than a mile, or feel confident in a cocktail dress, each woman reached something that seemed intangible at one time. Since 2007 Judy has continued to enjoy teaching women’s boot camps.
December 31st 2014, Judy and Dallas welcomed their daughter, Georgiana. Having a baby brought a whole new set of challenges when it came to staying in shape and losing weight. From hormones going crazy, lack of sleep, slowed metabolism while breastfeeding to low thyroid, Judy met her own set of obstacles on the journey to get back into her old jeans. She remains eager to pursue her fitness career, continuing to help other women overcome these same challenges!Book an Appointment
Do you want to join our growing team?
We are looking to add a talented, self driven and energetic person to our team. We take great pride in the community that we have developed here at CrossFit San Mateo. We believe our athletes deserve only the best from their coaches. If you care as deeply as we do about helping others to lead healthier and happier lives, you will be a great for our team.


King James Version - First Time We Met
I haven't actually got a copy of this bad boy and chances are I never will. frankly I can think of much better things to spend $600 on. But King James Version's 1974 slice of gospel soul is a real treat.its got it all.. dope strings, a splash of wah wah and some beautiful harmonies Believe me ,if you ever find this in a dollar bin you might start singing the gospel too!
Check the going rate here, see if you can buy a copy here and check out what happened when the Buddha Brand threw "I'll Still Love You" in the MPC here.
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Big Data Solutions Put the Information to Work and Enable Insights to Spread Across the Enterprise
January 29, 2013
Both skill and will are needed for a project to come to fruition. Many organizations have determined that deploying technologies to add value to big data would be beneficial at this point in time. Now, they are looking around to find the workforce with the skill to truly glean all the opportunities and insights possible out of big data. Forbes discusses data scientists and the convoluted Hadoop framework in “Combating the Big Data Skills Shortage.”
The article explains that integrating Hadoop with other projects can prove cumbersome but that the IT community has helped to bridge the gaps:
In the most extreme case, it means that traditional Oracle or DB/2 based applications could essentially run on top Hadoop. In more realistic applications, it means that some traditional applications could be migrated to run on Hadoop, as new data sources are integrated with traditional structured databases. New queries could then be created to take advantage of the traditional and the new data sources together to provide new insight and value to the business.
While some frameworks like Hadoop are better geared towards data scientists and analysts that need years of experience trained in this specific technology, there are still other technologies like infrastructure components that have those skills built into them. A big data solution like PolySpot puts Information At Work to lessen the need for hiring data scientists immediately.
Megan Feil, January 29, 2013
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Last month, Zynga’s CEO and founder Mark Pincus stepped aside as the company’s top executive in favor of Don Mattrick, the former president of Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft. (Pincus still remains as chairman of Zynga.) On Tuesday, however, Mattrick decided to restructure the top ranks.
According to a Wall Street Journal report citing anonymous sources, “Chief Operating Officer David Ko, Chief People Officer Colleen McCreary, and Chief Technology Officer Cadir Lee will step down from their positions and leave the company.” The paper said that Mattrick was expected to make a formal announcement later in the day.
Kelly Kunz, a Zynga spokesperson, declined to comment to Ars.
In a conference call with investors earlier this month, Mattrick indicated that there were changes afoot.
“Over the course of the next few months I will be working with our leadership team to challenge previous assumptions and to focus on business fundamentals, which, candidly, we’ve struggled with over the past year,” he said. “We anticipate two to four quarters of volatility as we work through resetting and developing our strategy for growing topline revenue and profit. I’ll be detailing more of this in coming calls and look forward to keeping you up to date on our progress. Getting a business back on track isn’t easy and isn’t quick. We have a lot of hard work in front of us, but I believe we can succeed as a team and Zynga can do this.”
As we reported earlier, the once top-dog has gone through a bit of a rough patch over the last year. In the summer of 2012, the company quickly lost a bunch of executives and managers. That October, the company announced that it overpaid for OMGPOP (maker of Draw Something). Then Pincus was ousted and the company suddenly shut down OMGPOP as well.
“How come they couldn’t execute fast enough?”
Industry analysts told Ars that there has been concern about the company’s direction. In its most recent earnings report, the company said it lost 25 percent of its daily active users.
Brian Blau, an analyst at Gartner Research, told Ars that Zynga has been slow to come up with new hits reaching the level of Mafia Wars or Farmville—and that the company needs fresh blood.
"After the unplanned departure of many [others in] Zynga's top management over the past year, these executives can now be added to the departures list, leaving one with the impression that the team built by Mark Pincus has completely come undone," he said.
Similarly, Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, told Ars that the company’s costs (read: employees) are too high.
"Zynga’s revenue declines are more of a function of loss of market share, because they haven’t innovated since their first few games, nothing’s been all that great,” he said. “They need to lose another 1,500 [people], hopefully out of 800 or 1,000 people left they’ll have a few people that are good. I’m confident that [CEO Don Mattrick] will take the right approach, [but] he may not succeed. The average mobile game, like Temple Run, costs $70,000 to make. Do you think Zynga’s ever made a game that cost $70,000? Their games [can cost] $20 million to make.”
His advice for Zynga?
“Run it like a startup—Pincus didn’t run it that way,” he said.
(Ars is currently researching a long feature on Zynga, analyzing what has gone wrong at the company. If you're a former or current Zynga employee and would like to speak to us, please get in touch.)
UPDATE 6:41pm CT: Zynga CEO Don Mattrick posted this to a company blog:
"As part of the change, Cadir Lee, Colleen McCreary, and David Ko will be leaving the company to pursue other interests," he wrote. "With the above in place, I believe that we will have the best chance to grow, build a world class executive team and culture, establish cadence and really become committed to important priorities and opportunities for our long term success."


The project would upgrade 19th-century plumbing, add a heating system to allow year-round use, and conform to modern fire and handicapped-access building codes. There would be 28 bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, according to the plans.
"We enjoy, and are really working hard, to maintain our presence in Ocean City, while taking into account the community's concerns, and being fiscally responsible," said Brother James Martino, director of administration for the group's eastern North America district.
The religious organization came up with the plan, Martino said, because the aging buildings require a long list of fire-code modifications and the numbers of Christian Brothers are dwindling - there are about 340 in North America vs. 10 times that during the order's heyday in the mid-20th century.
Community input is important to the group, which Martino says wants to "be a good neighbor."
So far it has held two town-hall-type meetings with local residents to discuss the plan and hear concerns. It has made no formal application to the city and must still obtain final approval for the plan from within its congregation.
"We know that Ocean Rest has evolved over the years into an important part of the local community," DeRita said, referring to the compound.
There wasn't much around when developer George Langley built the larger of the two structures as part of the beachfront Ocean Rest Hotel complex in the 1880s. Later, Wanamaker acquired it.
Wanting to create a Roman Catholic presence in this heavily Methodist summertime retreat, in 1898 the Brothers of the Christian Schools bought the property from Wanamaker, the department-store magnate, who collected such holdings up and down the New Jersey coastline.
Over time, low-rise beach cottages cropped up at the sandy feet of the two buildings, and for decades, well into the 1970s, the simple, wood-frame, three-story edifices remained the tallest structures around for miles. Beachgoers came to know their favorite spot at 31st Street and Central Avenue not by street signs but by its proximity to the sentinel Christian Brothers.
"When I was a little girl and we used to drive down here to the beach from Pennsylvania, we never looked at the street signs, we always knew we were here when we saw the Christian Brothers," said Madeline Pike, 76, who has lived year-round in the south end for more than 30 years.
"I'll miss these buildings if they take them down. . . . I really wish I wasn't going to see this in my lifetime," said Pike, whose home sits within the shadow of the larger building.
Others in the local community have voiced concerns about further development of the area.
"It's so built-up around here to begin with, so it was nice to have these old buildings that are so much different than all the duplexes and summer homes around here," said Stacey Culver, 32, whose family has owned a small summer cottage nearby for three generations. "I just like that they look so different."
Culver remembers attending Sunday Mass in the chapel in the northern building during summers, just as the young Grace Kelly did decades before.
"It was so nice, so casual . . . the fresh air, the breezes coming in off the ocean. You really felt renewed in spirit when you left," Culver said.
The Mass for the public ceased some years ago, and it is unlikely the Christian Brothers will use Ocean Rest again until the fire-code concerns are addressed.
Beginning in July 1898, the Christian Brothers made Ocean City their summer sanctuary, enjoying "ocean activities" while teaching religious courses to younger members of the congregation.
In 1906, the Brothers constructed the smaller chapel building, and they added electricity to both structures in 1916. They opened a summer religious school in 1926 and would invite the surrounding community to celebrate Sunday Mass. Well into the 1960s, as many as 400 Brothers would gather for weeklong summer spiritual retreats.
In recent years, the group has been restricted from using the top two floors of the buildings because of fire-code issues. Only a handful have been staying there in recent summers.
And over the years, their various rituals - including a nightly one in which the black-robed Brothers walked the beach at dusk before their evening prayer that came to be known as the "Walk of the Penguins" - endeared the congregation to the local community.
"I would miss them if they ever left," Culver said with a tear in her eye.
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Por cierto que estos datos son muy, muy ilustrativos:
First, it is important to understand the scope of what Obama has authorized in comparison with his predecessor. Since Sept. 11, 2001, there have been an estimated 393 targeted killings -- in Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia, and the Philippines. (President George W. Bush also authorized an October 2008 raid six miles inside Syria to kill Abu Ghadiyah, an Iraqi-born senior operative of Al Qaeda in Iraq, as well as several of his bodyguards and several civilians.) Under Bush, there were roughly 50 targeted killings; under Obama there have been 343 in less than half the time -- 95 percent of them by Predator or Reaper drones. At least 2,000 people have been killed by U.S. targeted killings since Obama entered office.
(las negritas son mías). Pero tranquilos, aquí los defensores de los derechos humanos no dicen ni mú.


Contemplating Iran: Announcing the 2013 Lore Kephart '86 Distinguished Historians Lecture Series Speaker
Monday, September 30, 2013
James McPherson gave the inaugural lecture in 2009, and two years ago Jill Lepore honored us with an early glimpse of her new book on Jane Franklin—a book that now sits on the long list of the National Book Awards.
This year, on October 8, starting at 7 PM, in the Villanova Room/Connelly Center (Villanova University), the series is hosting yet another extremely timely presentation: "Iran in Transition: US-Iran Relations in the Nuclear Age." Ray Takeyh, (Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Professor, Center for Strategic Studies, Georgetown University) will be the speaker, and the presentation is free and open to the public.
Interested? You can register here.
Our family looks forward to hosting you for this conversation.


Participants must respond by November 22.
Signs of the Times, sister publication to The Big Picture, is conducting its 16th Annual Vinyl Survey. Participants must respond by November 22; results of the survey will be published in the magazine’s January 2011 issue.
“Given the difficulty of the recent economic environment, respondents’ answers this year will be particularly helpful in assessing how the on-premise sign industry has fared,” says Wade Swormstedt, publisher and editor of Signs of the Times.
Those interested in participating can do so here:
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The NFL draft is so compelling and draws such a huge following for one simple reason: Every so often, there is a move that stuns the ESPN or NFL Network panel of experts, the fans in the audience (usually Eagles, Giants or Jets fans) and the millions watching at home on television.
Sometimes it's because the move is considered a huge reach; the player chosen was never considered to be a high, mid- or low first-round choice yet they came off the board far sooner than expected.
Sometimes it's because a team opted for a position that didn't seem to be one of need.
And sometimes it's because the team passed on a high-profile name who was surprisingly still on the board.
Any one of those scenarios would constitute a draft-day shocker. Through the years, we've seen some real doozies. Here's a look back at 50 of them.
But do keep one thing in mind while reading this list: There's an old saying, "hindsight is 20/20." How is that relevant to this list? Well, just because JaMarcus Russell, Ryan Leaf and Tony Mandarich turned out to be colossal busts doesn't mean they were necessarily shockers on draft day. When their names (and many other soon-to-be busts) were called out by the commissioner, they weren't really surprise moves.


With the WWE's Elimination Chamber less than three weeks away, the Royal Rumble results give the WWE Universe something to look forward to.
For the first time since August 2002, The Rock is WWE Champion. John Cena came through with his guarantee and won the Royal Rumble, earning himself a title match at WrestleMania 29. This sets up a rematch between the two at WrestleMania that could potentially be more anticipated than the first match.
There’s only one thing standing in the way of Rock vs. Cena II—the Elimination Chamber. But with the short turnaround between pay-per-views, the WWE may not have time to develop new feuds. Look for the creative team to combine feuds for the WWE and World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber matches.
Here are some things to keep an eye on as Elimination Chamber draws closer.


By now, I'm assuming half of the free world has seen Jonathan Papelbon's latest ode to "Riverdance." It's a work of art, really, and it's set to the Dropkick Murphys' "Shipping Up to Boston."
On the eve of Boston's second World Series in four years, perhaps it's worth noting that the Dropkicks (right) are back with a new album this month. It seems certain that the first single, "State of Massachusetts," will soon be coming to a Fenway Park speaker near you, even if the lyrics having nothing to do with baseball. What, a sailor with a peg leg did?
After the jump, video of "State of Massachusetts." Had to put it there, since the video appears to have a continuous play code locked in that would annoy the chowder out of everyone here.


A business audit is a measurement in time of where your business is, in terms of its performance in the following areas:
3. Marketing Strategy
4. Systems and Processes
5. Winning Teams
6. Marketing communication
Understanding where you are and where you want to be is fundamental to your business growth. It is also paramount to understand your business risks and how to eliminate them. Your business audit will bring any risks to the surface and you can then take action to remove them.
Conducting a business audit will be easier if you developed a Business Plan when starting up. Your business plan can be used as a yardstick to measure actual performance against your initial goals.
When reviewing your company’s processes and performance a proper Business Operations Manual is also very useful. Developing an Operations Manual is part of the process of Automating Your Business.
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Today, there are many new educational technology companies that are using virtual reality to bring these lived experiences into the classroom, and advocates highlight the ability of technology to inspire and capture the attention of young minds.
Here are some ways Virtual Reality will change education in the coming years
Continuing education represents a major challenge that needs to be addressed. Recent advances in educational technology offer an increasing number of innovative learning tools. Among them, Virtual Reality represents a promising area with high potential for improving the training of health professionals.
Virtual reality in classroom means living experiences instead of studying with books. When the right paths are found to facilitate the arrival of virtual reality in classrooms on a massive scale, there is no doubt that it will be a success, as well as a revolution in education. For the time being, programs and tools […]
Virtual Reality must be increasingly present in the education and training sector. There are many advantages of adapting the current classical and ancestral educational system that we have to the new times and possibilities that technology offers us.
In this post we tell you why Virtual Reality should already be in the classroom.
Virtual Reality is undoubtedly very entertaining. This technology brings images to life and helps us immerse ourselves in digital environments. In these new digital worlds users can interact. This can be very useful in education, when these users are students, and virtual reality experiences, are training lessons created specifically.
Would you like to enjoy a unique and functional VR learning space, which will allow you to quickly and easily create your lessons, and with which your students will retain knowledge and enjoy the learning experience like never before? So, at Simlab IT, we have something that interests you. Read on. We’ve created a platform […]
imlab IT we have created a platform that allows you to create lessons in VR easily and at a low cost of both time and money. We are trying to create a global network of collaborators to promote the arrival of virtual reality in the field of medicine and health.
Login to our online Platform and make your own lessons using the premade easy-to-use packages and models. Publish directly through our client application, deliver through your own application, or we can provide you with a customized application for a development cost.


Are You A Good Candidate for Microdermabrasion or Dermabrasion?
For patients who are not ready to go under the knife for surgical procedures, certain noninvasive procedures can help to temporarily turn back the clock. Two of these procedures are microdermabrasion and dermabrasion. Dr. Jennifer Walden, a board-certified plastic surgeon who is based in Austin, TX describes who the right candidate is for the respective treatment and how these treatments improve one’s overall skin appearance and texture.
According to statistics from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), 557,690 microdermabrasion and 28,268 dermabrasion procedures were performed last year.
“I like to refer to microdermabrasion as a strong facial. It is a device that has a sand type application which helps to exfoliate the skin and give you a glow,” explains Dr. Walden. “Dermabrasion is a more invasive procedure that plastic surgeons used to perform more often before laser resurfacing became popular. It involves mechanically removing the top layer of the skin in order to give it a smoother texture.”
Microdermabrasion polishes away dead skin cells while simulating collagen production. It helps combat blemishes and sun spots and makes your skin glow. Dermabrasion is helps get rid of wrinkles and fine lines.
“Good candidates for dermabrasion is are women in their 50s-60s who are also getting a facelift, who may have been smokers and have developed deep lines around their lips, has and have coarse rhytids or wrinkles, fine lines, and sun damage. Anyone that needs a little bit of exfoliation is a good candidate for a microdermabrasion,” notes Dr. Walden.
With shorter recovery time and immediate results, both procedures can be temporary alternatives to more invasive antiaging procedures. For more information on microdermabrasion and dermabrasion, go to the procedure page.


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Earlier this week a visibly shaken senior executive recounted how “the boss” had chastised a senior manager in a public forum. The manager has no recourse, other than to eat humble pie. Walking out is not an option. Today, even the most disgruntled employee has to weigh up the harsh reality of meeting bond repayments, school fees and car repayments against the very real prospect of long-term unemployment. As for reporting the culprit, this would be career suicide.
Many of us have personally witnessed such incidents – these always leave a nasty aftertaste. The experience is very much like eating durian fruit – the taste, which assaults one’s senses eventually fades, but the memory remains.
The problem with these incidents is the individual concerned feels demotivated and humiliated. When he wakes up the next day, or possibly even until he retires, his stomach turns at the prospect of going to work. As for the boss, he walks away unaware of the damage that he has done to the individual, the team and the organisation.
Many of us have encountered “bully boy”” or “bully girl” bosses in our careers. I have been very fortunate to interview many senior executives and CEOs. The individuals who really stood out are those who used soft words of support to encourage and motivate staff. These leaders mentor colleagues and individuals, their junior; they encourage, mould and empower them to perform optimally. Where necessary, they chastise and “correct” behaviour, but this is done in a firm, but loving manner.
I have thought long and hard about the leaders I have interviewed, who really stood out – one individual stands head and shoulders above the rest. I have interviewed this leader on numerous occasions, and in various roles, although not in recent years. I have also experienced the joy of seeing one of his mentees, blossom into a highly successful senior executive.
I have never forgotten one particular interview, about twelve years ago, in which he handed me a book and asked me whether I had read it. It was “The 5 love languages” by Gary Chapman. He raved about the book and told me he had bought his management team copies and encouraged them to apply the teachings.
Chapman contends individuals express and experience love in one of five languages – gifts, quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service and physical touch. Gifts, and physical touch may be inappropriate in the workplace, but the rest, if deployed, could create magic in an organisation because they enable the boss to “connect” with the individual.
Imagine if leaders used a magic wand of love and instead of harsh correction, deployed quality time, words of affirmation and acts of service to motivate staff – we would transform our organisations into high-performing organisations, staffed by highly motivated employees. Our employees would come to work because they loved their job, not because they were compelled to do so because of financial pressures.
Will you wield a big stick or wave a magic wand of love in the workplace in the weeks ahead? Sticks cause serious damage, however magic wands, which speak the language of love heal and inspire greatness.


Overview Chandragiri Hills offers beautiful views of the capital of Nepal vale and range. Take a personal tour from capital of Nepal to the highest of Capitol Hill and admire the beautiful mountain scenery. Drive to Thankot whereveryou start a compartment journey to the summit and explore the Bhaleshwar Mahadev Temple, wherever you'll be able to pray to Hindu gods for all of your desires to return true.
Chandragiri Cable Car Day Tour
After breakfast our guide will receive you at hotel. We drive about 45 minutes to reach the check in area. Then we wait for our turn to enter in cable car. A cable car trip is the shortest means to reach Chandragiri Hills’ top station. The 2.5 km long cable car ensures a smooth and safe journey, all the while giving you an up-close view of the untainted wilderness.
Cable Car: The 2.5 km cable car ride takes 9 minutes to reach the Chandragiri Hills’ top station.A cabin accommodates 8 passengers. A child above 3 feet of height requires a ticket.
Drive: The 11km off-road drive to the top of the hill awaits adventurers.
Trekking: A 3 hr hike along a designated trail is for those who like to take their time to soak in the vistas of the wilderness.
View Tower:At 2,547 meters above sea level, the view tower gives you an unobstructed 180-degree view of the majestic himalayas. From the Annapurna ranges to Mt. Everest, the snow-capped peaks feel like they are just an arm’s length away from you.
Children’s Playground:Chandragiri Hills is for everybody. The children’s playground is designed to entertain your young ones with exciting recreational equipment like climbing ropes, swings, slides, seesaws and a jungle gym. With so much to do, your child will never want to go back home!
Chandragiri Shopping:The bottom and top stations both houses souvenir shops that is home to a variety of clothing brands and cultural merchandise which is reasonably-priced and are perfect mementos of your visit.There is also a toy store that makes sure your kids are amused.
Pony Ride:After hours of fun on the playground, children can also enjoy a ride on a pony around the hilltop. The guided ride could be just the adventure your child remembers in the years to come.Along with this we have a mesmerizing view of mountain ranges ,vegetation and West Kathmandu Valley. In the evening you will be dropped back to Hotel.
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Interference With Child Custody
May 29, 2015
Heather Hironimus, the mother whose refusal to circumcise her son has made national news, now faces criminal charges for interference with custody. She fought a legal battle for years, trying to prevent her four-year-old son from being circumcised, though she had agreed to circumcision in the parenting plan. Hironimus was recently jailed for defying a custody order and gave her consent to the circumcision in order to get out of jail. However, she has now been charged with interference of custody because she hid with her son in a domestic violence shelter for several months.
Interference with custody is a felony in Florida. A parent commits interference with custody when he or she, without a court order or the other parent’s consent, knowingly or recklessly takes or entices the child away from his or her parent’s or guardian’s custody. Having another person take the child away is also a crime.
Interference with custody is a third degree felony in Florida. It is punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000.
Parents who physically take their children away from the other parent also risk being charged with kidnapping, which is a first degree felony.
A parent who interferes with the other parent’s custody may have a defense if he or she has good cause for taking the child away. The statute lists three possible defenses to interference with custody:
- If the parent reasonably believes that keeping the child from the other parent is necessary to protect the child from danger to his or her welfare.
- If the parent has been a victim of domestic violence, or was about to become a victim, and reasonably believed that taking the child away was necessary to escape the violence, or to protect the child from exposure to the domestic violence.
- If the parent, without enticing the child and with no criminal purpose, reasonably relied on the child’s instigation in taking the child away.
A parent’s interference with the other parent’s custodial rights may not rise to the level of criminal charges. Less serious interference can include refusing to follow the time sharing schedule, not letting the child talk on the phone to the other parent, being late to pick up the child, or changing the schedule without letting the other parent know.
If the other parent is interfering with custody, a custodial parent can move for relief in court. The parent can file a motion for contempt, in which the court penalizes the other parent for not complying with the parenting plan. The parent may also file a motion to enforce the parenting plan, requesting relief from the interference.
The court has several options for remedies in interference cases. For example, the court may temporarily increase visitation in order to make up for denied visitation, switch the primary custodial parent, or change the visitation schedule. The court may also impose sanctions, such as fines or community service, on the noncompliant parent. Extreme interference resulting in parental alienation may mean that the parenting plan can be modified.
If you are having difficulties with your child’s other parent regarding custody and time sharing, it is important to have the advice of an experienced attorney. Since interference can sometimes even lead to criminal charges, parents need to understand the consequences of their actions. An attorney can also help you enforce a parenting plan if the other parent is not complying. Please contact West Palm Beach family law attorney William Wallshein for a free initial consultation.


Coverage in The Evening Standard's round-up of the best online clothes shops & fashion boutiques article, in the luxury section. "The unique site gives smaller..
Interview: Julian Whitehead and Debra Hepburn Founders, youngbritishdesigners.com
Julian Whitehead and Debra Hepburn, founders of Young British Designers, the one-stop-shop for up-and-coming fashion labels, give FE the lowdown on their rise to notoriety through risk-taking and savvy use of online platforms. testament to how much the pair enjoy conversing about emerging British design talent, the website is currently undergoing a redesign with customer and designer commentary at its heart.
Interview by Natalie Dawson.
ND: What drove your decision to create Young British Designers (YBD) two years ago?
Julian Whitehead: We were looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to work together. Together, with Stuart Jackson - our third founding partner and our creative guru - we became increasingly excited at the possibilities presented by the YBD concept. We loved fashion, and we loved the prospect of immersing ourselves in the fast-moving, exciting and immensely creative fashion world. We have also always enjoyed encouraging and mentoring young creative talent throughout our careers and we relished the opportunity to do more of it.
ND: How has the concept progressed since then?
JW: At the beginning, YBD was a journey into the unknown; we brought enthusiasm and marketing skills with us, but much as new. During the past two years, we have built a community of enthusiasts for emerging British fashion talent and have been fascinated and astonished at the growth speed of online platforms. We have been surprised and gratified at the opportunities we've had to support and mentor new designers; we receive over 1,000 approaches from new designers per year. As part of this work, we have had the opportunity to be involved in judging at Graduate Fashion Week and mentoring for this year's Fashion Fringe competition.


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Numerology information Creason:
Name Number: 3 Meaning: Communication, Interaction, Friendship, Joy, Lightness, Humor, Art, Positivity, Optimism
Books about Creason:
Joe Creason's Kentucky - Foreword By Jesse Stuart by Joe Creason (1976)
Joe Creason's Kentucky by Joe Creason (1976)
prepU for Creason's Stedman's Medical Terminology by Charlotte Creason RHIA and Stedman's (Jun 2, 2014)
Crossroads and coffee trees: A legacy of Joe Creason : a collection of Kentucky anecdotes by Joe Creason (1975)
The Best of Joe Creason by William S. Creason (1991)
The Two Trials of John Fries, on an Indictment for Treason; Together with a Brief Report of the Trials of Several... by Thomas Carpenter (Feb 15, 2012)
CREASONS EVERYWHERE! ! Volume 2 by Lois A Dove (2000)
Wiki information Creason:
Sammy Creason was an American session drummer who played with Tony Joe White, Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan amongst others.
Joe Creason was a famous journalist who wrote for The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born in Benton, Kentucky, which he would later humorously call "the only town in Kentucky where I was born." After graduation from the University of...


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Publisher: THQ / Developer: Studio Gigante / Genre: Sports / Release Date: 03-08-05
The tickets for Wrestlemania 21 are all sold out and fans are eagerly awaiting April to witness Wrestlemania’s beer chugging birthday (could have been two years ago if you were in Canada, but hey, nobody’s perfect).
For those who missed out on the tickets, or want to get into the action a little sooner, Wrestlemania 21 is coming out for the Xbox in March. Fans of wrestling, and the gaming series, have a lot to look forward to with this game.
WWE SmackDown! and WWE Raw each have a fair amount of history on the PS2 and Xbox respectively, though SmackDown! has traditionally received more acclaim. Wrestlemania hopes to change that with some great depth of play, impressive graphics, and the ability to take your fighter online with Xbox live and challenge other players to Pay Per View, Raw, or SmackDown! fights.
Creating a fighter and making them a champion is a deep and involved affair in Wrestlemania 21. Studio Gigante has fashioned a character creation and development system that allows players to create a ‘legend’ in the making and raise them up to wrestling greatness. Characters can each be quite unique, with a player customizing expertise (Aerialist, Power, Technician, Traditionalist), weight class (Cruiserweight, Lightweight, Heavyweight, Super Heavyweight, and Dr. Phil’s Weight Loss Challenge Weight… ok, kidding on that last one), appearance, and even the wrestler’s home town. The Shopzone offers a bevy of outfit choices, as well selling attribute increases. Each wrestler is rated on six attributes (Charisma, Countering, Speed, Stamina, Strength, and Submission), which can be increased by purchasing them at the Shopzone. While the wrestler doesn’t start out with funds (hmm maybe the tights went over budget?), they can train against other wrestlers and work themselves up, not only to other arenas of play, but also to better stats and apparel. The Shopzone offers several different categories of items to purchase:
- Arenas- purchase different arenas for online play
- Attributes- the aforementioned stat boosts
- Create-a-Belt- make your own shiny shiny Champion’s Belt!
- Create-a-Superstar- various extras, extra accessories, new entrances, special moves etc.
- Diva Photos- Ooh Ooh! Like Celine Dion??
- Legends- earn WWE characters and items
- Misc.- er…
- Movies/Screens- bonus scenes
- Weapons- well, they promise blood as well as sweat splatter, so I’m sure there should be something good there.
The wrestler has specific goals in Career mode, including, earning 50 000$, purchasing an unlockable item (the aforementioned, coveted, Celine Dion photo), winning 20 matches, and winning one of each: tag, table, and triple threat matches. Each of these ‘Rising Star Tasks’ allows the wrestler to gain notoriety in the Wrestlemania 21 world.
Once the player has a champion on their hands, they can either play one of several traditional Wrestlemania style matches, or go on Xbox Live/4-Player System Link. Traditional matches include: and I cringe at this first one, Bra and Panty, Battle Royale, Single, Tag, Triple Threat, Fatal 4-Way, Handicap Royal Rumble, and Last Man Standing.
After using the ‘Create-a-Belt’ option, players can take their own Championship Belt and Title online and other players can compete for it. Personally, I think this is a super nifty option, it will be neat to see if people really take to it and how it develops in terms of building real live status with fellow players. Though players had best make sure their wrestler can kick some ass, once that belt is lost, nothing can be done but try to whoop the guy who took it and take it back.
To ensure greater control over the wrestler, Wrestlemania 21 has two reversal and grappling buttons, quick taps and holding allowing for different types of grapple. Beyond the basics of fighting, a player can adjust the controls to make the moves a little more flashy to watch, this game will really try to bring the Hollywood style drama of wrestling into the game. A ‘Heat’ metre measures how wild the player’s fine foxy creation is making the crowd, and when it’s full up and they’re ready to cream, the player can trigger a special move, pretty close to a fatal blow (but not quite) and purty to boot. Just defeating the opponent isn’t enough to get the full benefits of the game, a wrestler has to look good doing it- pulling off fancy moves and playing to the crowd. The Heat metre can vary as the wrestler’s favour with the crowd does. No one likes a guy stuck in a crotch grapple getting taunted by his opponent. It’s just not sexy.
In an attempt to thoroughly quash the loathsome button mashers, Wrestlemania 21 has a Pro Reversal System that can turn the finest of fist smashes into mat-pounding pain. Like any special move, the reversals aren’t hard to learn, but timing is essential and mastering them will be the real challenge. Again with the drama, as the fight wears on, wrestlers will get sweatier (and shinier?), especially devastating moves can even draw blood. With proper dedication, each fight can be a sweaty spectacle of man grappling and uhm… that’s what wrestling is all about?
Many of the changes present can be credited to a new developer. Anchor is old news as Studio Gigante tries to breathe new life in the wrestling game (hopefully giving the Xbox a bit more of an edge when it comes to stacking up against the PS2). The cinematic features, fancier fighting, deeper story and character elements, more voice acting, etc are evidence of Gigante’s influence. Headed up by John Tobias of Mortal Kombat and Tao Feng fame, Studio Gigante’s developing role promises rich visuals, not only on the pretty wrestlers, but the action as well. Wrestlemania, WWE and the like are known for being well-choreographed entertainment and there’s no reason with the technology available that the games should lack style in the game play. By the looks of things, Studio Gigante is going to deliver. (If not, you can always model wrestlers after John and do terrible things to them in pink tights. I’m just saying.)
Wrestling games have been done and done, and I daresay it’s time for a change. Wrestlemania 21 could be up to the challenge (god, even I kind of want to make a wrestler, and I think wrestling is too dramatic and Xbox is the devil), but it will be up to the true fans to tell. The combination of character development and involved fighting system should certainly have mass appeal.
On that note, I’m off to design the ultimate Butterfly Championship Belt. Damn right, Butterfly. I’m going to be a f*cking Xbox Live legend. Just you wait!


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Bright StarA thing of beauty is a joy forever...
Keats' most famous line, from his Edymion
, perfectly sums up this joyous film. I must confess that I have been a Keats fan since I was a teenager, so this film would have to be really awful for me not to love it. Warnings aside, I did in fact love it.The great beauty of Poetry is, that it makes every thing every place interesting.
-John Keats to his brother George
This is not a traditional biopic, focusing more on Keats and Brawne than on Keats' life as a whole. The leads, Ben Wishaw and Abbie Cornish are delightful and Campion has created a story with all the wit and playfulness of a Jane Austen novel.
We fall in love with Keats and Brawne as they fall in love with each other.Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
Campion and Greig Fraiser create a 19th century England very much like Keats poems. Beautiful, romantic, and impressionistic. She uses out-of-focus shots in several scenes to paint a picture of the English countryside that Monet and Renoir would surely appreciate. The point of diving in a lake is not immediately to swim to the shore.
Keats says this to Fanny Brawne when she is hopelessly trying to find the "point" of a poem. This fruitless search for the meaning of everything in literature is what eventually turned me off English as an academic career choice in university. It is also the thing that drives me to love obtuse poets like Leonard Cohen. I have always loved poetry, not for it's "meaning" but for it's experience. Here lies one whose name was writ in water.
-written by Keats to be placed on his tombstone
The sadness of his life is he thought he was a failure and would soon be forgotten.


If you’ve chosen to have your bridal portraits taken as part of your wedding photography package – get excited, because it’s a blast spending an hour feeling like a model! You get the chance to “try out” your bridal hair and makeup, florals, and see your entire wedding day look all put together! It is truly a special experience, and you end up with gorgeous photos that focus all on YOU!
Since this is most likely the first time you’ve had bridal portraits taken, you may be looking for a few tips on how to prepare for your session. Having shot many, many bridal portraits, I am happy to share some insight and bridal session tips!
You will probably have a handful of fittings that you will need to schedule around. Make sure your bridal shop (or whomever is taking care of the alterations) knows that you are planning bridal portraits. We will need to schedule at least 3-4 weeks in advance to allow plenty of time for editing and print ordering.
Location is a crucial part of scheduling and planning your bridal session. Here in the Dallas area, there are many beautiful outdoor locations for portraits! However, you will need to consider your overall look as well as the limitations of your dress. For example, if you are wearing a long cathedral-style train, it doesn’t make sense to take your bridal portraits outside in a field somewhere.
Both outdoor and indoor locations can be stunning for bridal portraits. It is important to remember that many places require permits or rental fees to take photos on their property. With that being said, many wedding venues will allow you to schedule your bridal session there at no extra cost as part of your booking package.
Hair and Makeup
Use this opportunity to schedule a trial for your hair and makeup. You will want to be sure to contact your artist(s) in advance to get on the books, as they fill up quickly. Keep in mind that your makeup may look a bit darker than expected, but the color and contrast will look great on camera. Once you see your final images, you can discuss any changes that need to be made (if any!) with your hair/makeup team.
It’s a great idea to bring any accessories and jewelry you plan on wearing for your wedding day. That way, you can ensure that everything looks cohesive and just the way you want it! Try to keep it all in one bag for easy transport.
Contact your wedding day florist and let them know you are taking bridal portraits. They will be able to provide a bouquet that matches the one you will carry down the aisle! Be sure to keep the bouquet in water until you arrive to your portrait location.
Bring a Companion
I recommend that you bring 1-2 people with you to your bridal session. This can be a family member (like your mom or sister) or even a bridesmaid. I usually enlist their help holding and fluffing your dress or carrying your flowers/bag. Whatever you do, be sure that the person you bring is someone who is uplifting and energetic so that you actually enjoy yourself!
Stay Energized and Refreshed
I always suggest that brides bring a snack or two and plenty of water. It is easy to underestimate how much energy it takes posing and staying focused with all of the attention on you! Staying hydrated and keeping hunger pangs away will help you feel (and therefore look) your best!
Relax and Have Fun
Most of all, try your best to relax and have fun! It is a blast having an hour all to yourself while feeling like a model! Remember, you don’t need to know how to pose – your photographer will walk you through positioning and posing so that you look your absolute best! All you need to do is smile and be yourself!


Troop Tarpon, fun activity for children in Lighthouse Point, Florida
The Tarpon who make the Lighthouse Point Marina fuel dock waters their home have delighted our patrons for many years, young and old alike. Troop Tarpon is an organization created specifically for our younger fish friends.
Since the origination of Troop Tarpon in 2001, we have seen more than 200 children participate in the fun. Children twelve and under can be a member of Troop Tarpon for an initial fee of $20 and an annual renewal fee of $10. When a child becomes a member of Troop Tarpon, they will receive an official troop tee shirt, goody bag, membership card, and a free bag of frozen shrimp. With every return visit, the troop member can purchase frozen shrimp “fish food” at ½ off by showing their Troop Tarpon membership card to a member of our dockhouse team. Also included is free admission to the Troop Tarpon parties hosted by Lighthouse Point Marina.
For more information about Troop Tarpon, please contact the dockhouse by dialing extension 207, or feel free to stop by and see the tarpon for yourself. Memberships and Troop Tarpon tee-shirts and hats are available on


President Alpha Phi Omega Delta Gamma
president.aphiodeltagamma at gmail.com
Sat Mar 26 16:10:06 EDT 2011
Just a reminder we will NOT have chapter this Sunday the 27th. Our first
chapter will be next week. Hope everyone has a safe trip back from spring
break and a good start to spring quarter.
See you all next week!
Alpha Phi Omega, Delta Gamma
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A press release from the McHenry County State’s Attorney:
PAUL BENZINGER PLEADS GUILTY TO POSSESSION OF HEROIN WITH INTENT TO DELIVER
Patrick D. Kenneally, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that Paul Benzinger, 30, of Crystal Lake, pled guilty to Possession of Heroin with Intent to Deliver (1-15 grams), a Class 1 Felony, before the Honorable James Cowlin.
An investigation conducted by members of the McHenry Country Sheriff’s Department led to the discovery of approximately 3.6 grams of heroin in 36 bags packaged for sale or delivery during a traffic stop in Crystal Lake.
Benzinger was sentenced to 4 ½ years in the Illinois Department of Corrections pursuant to the plea.
This case was investigated by members of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department.
This case was prosecuted by Robert Ladd of the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office.


GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Viral Website Launched
With all of the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY news this summer, I’m starting to think we should retool our site to just focus on them. Not really, but with San Diego Comic Con coming up at the end of the month, all the studios are holding their cards for that show. Instead, we get Marvel and Disney promoting their new property like theres no tomorrow. From the early sneak peek at IMAX tomorrow, to all sorts of other materials, Guardians of the Galaxy is shaping up to be a well promoted piece of material.
Earlier this week, the website Galaxy Getaways was launched as a viral tie-in to the movie. Here’s what we’ve gotten from the site so far.
The site poses as a space travel company that specializes in vacations to three main locations in the Guardians film. You can visit Xandar, home of the Nova Corps and probably the most civilized locale in the film. Next up, you can head to Knowhere, the severed head of a celestial where Taneller Tivan (the Collector played by Benicio Del Toro) runs a mining company and home to some of the low life scum int eh galaxy. And lastly, there is Morag, the barren world where Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) is attempting to steal a mysterious orb from the trailers. Images from each locale are included below.
On the site, you can set your pickup location, which uses Google maps and some cool effects. From there, you can blast off to virtual tours of the three locations and even play a few games, such as Where’s Groot? If you’re looking to find some backstory for the movie’s galactic locations, you don’t have to go far. Go ahead, plan your trip on Galaxy Getaways!


The Story of a Maori Chief
After a large meeting at Ruatoki in 1917, when a monu- page 44 ment to the memory of the chief Numia Kereru was unveiled, I, with a large party of Ngati-Porou, was weatherbound at Whakatane. A Tuhoe chief named Tutanga-a-hau had followed us to Whakatane and was with us the three days we were there. No one of our party knew who the old man was. One evening he rose to his feet in his corner, and, fixing his eyes on me, asked: “Are you a grandson of Mokena Kohere?”
The question was answered in the affirmative by others for me.
Then he continued: “Yonder,” pointing towards the mouth of the river, “is Muriwai's Cave, where chiefs from the Tuhoe, Ngatiawa and other tribes were confined as prisoners of war, waiting to be deported to the Chatham Islands. All these tribes were in mourning because of the sad prospect of losing their chiefs. Then my father, whose name I bear, could not stand the strain any longer. So one day, packing up a few clothes he possessed, he mounted a little horse and started, all alone, on a long ride towards the east.
“For weeks and weeks not a word did we hear about him, until one morning the Government steamer Luna dropped anchor in the offing. The sight of the Government steamer was taken to mean that the dreaded hour had come when our chiefs would be taken away from us. Mourning was increased. Then a boat was lowered from the ship and pulled towards the mouth of the river. As it neared the beach Tutanga-a-hau was observed sitting at the stern of the boat, and with him another Maori, big and fully tattooed. As soon as the boat touched land the stranger stood up and addressed the assembled tribes, men, women and children. He said: ‘Greetings to you, people of Ngati-awa, and Tuhoe. I have come to bring home Tutanga-a-hau. Furthermore, people, I have also to bring peace. My word to you is, return each tribe to its own district to rekindle its own fire. Now peace is made, let Maori and pakeha in the future live as one people.’”
Mokena Kohere's message was received with the greatest joy. As Tutanga-a-hau resumed his seat Paratene Waiti and others spoke in high praise of the Ngati-Porou chief. They testified that Mokena Kohere had done exactly the same thing to Ngati-Porou, whose lands would otherwise have been confiscated.page 45
Hatiwira Houkamau, the Hicks Bay chief, told me also that he had accompanied Mokena Kohere on his mission of conciliation to all tribes in the Bay of Plenty who had thrown in their lot with the Hauhaus. It should be pointed out as a matter of history that Bay of Plenty tribes from Torere (with Ngaitai excepted) to Cape Runaway, although they joined the rebellious movement, did not, like Ngati-Porou, lose any land through confiscation. For this impunity and the pardon extended to them they are indebted to Mokena Kohere and Wiremu Kingi.
I have given, as Mr. J. G. Baker describes, “the extremely kind and gentle” side of Mokena Koheres’ character. I now limn its fiery side.


One of the biggest developments taking place in the semiconductor industry is the emergence of 3D NAND memory technology. Products are available today that feature 3D NAND devices. It has taken years to become a reality — since Toshiba first discussed the concept of 3D NAND at the VLSI Symposium in 2007 – and now it is poised to replace planar NAND flash memory for storage.
The path that has led to this point is similar to what happened with the logic roadmap; despite innovative workarounds, the era of traditional planar "shrinks" for NAND is running out of steam. And, just as with logic, it has required significant technical advances to overcome the formidable challenges to successfully manufacture complex vertical 3D NAND designs.


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“Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago” (later released as “Cannonball & Coltrane” in 1964, on Limelight) is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, his final release on the Mercury label, featuring performances by Adderley with John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb.
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Government plans to store ID card biometrics data on a controversial system used by thousands of public workers might be scrapped.
The Home Office has confirmed it is reconsidering plans to use the Customer Information System system to store biometric data for the ID card scheme.
The Customer Information System (CIS) – which is run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – has yet to meet the Cabinet Office’s latest standards on IT security, Computer Weekly has learned.
The CIS database holds information on 85 million citizens, and is the government’s main citizen database. It is available to 140,000 users from eight government departments, and to 445 local authorities.
But it is proving difficult for the Department of Work of Pensions to allow thousands of public workers and local authorities to access the CIS Oracle-based database, yet keep it demonstrably secure.
The Home Office revealed plans to use the CIS system for ID cards in December 2006 in its Strategic Action Plan for the National Identity Scheme.
In the Strategic Action Plan for the National Identity Scheme, the Home Office said: “We plan to use DWP’s Customer Information System (CIS) technology, subject to the successful completion of technical feasibility work,” for National Identity Register biographical information.
It added: “DWP’s CIS technology is already used to hold records for everyone who has a National Insurance number – i.e. nearly everyone in the UK.”
The Home Office planned to separate DWP’s citizen data on the CIS information from the biometrics store being built up on the National Identity Register.
Now the government plans to avoid using CIS for the ID card scheme, if possible. A spokesman for the Home Office said using CIS is no more than an option for the future.
He said the possibility of using CIS will not be considered until the system has full security accreditation, which is due in 2010 at the earliest.
The Home Office will store biometric information for ID cards on a database run by Thales, one of the maincontractors for the ID card scheme.
Officials had planned to use CIS for the ID card scheme to save money. It would have allowed the government to avoid building an entirely new system and security architecture.
But Computer Weekly has learned that the security of the CIS has been so discredited that officials are keen to distance the ID card scheme from it, even if this means paying for a new system from scratch.


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Anna University Regulation 2013 Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) EC6202 EDC Important Questions with Answer Key for all 5 units are provided below. Download link for EEE 3rd SEM EC6202 Electronic Devices & Circuits Answer Key is listed down for students to make perfect utilization and score maximum marks with our study materials.
EC6202- ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CIRCUITS
UNIT I PN JUNCTION DEVICES
1. Define Semiconductor.
2. Classify Semiconductors.
3. Define Hole Current.
4. Define Knee voltage of a Diode.
5. What is Peak Inverse Voltage?
6. Define Depletion Region in PN Junction Diode.
7. What is Barrier Potential?
8. Define Reverse Saturation Current in PN Junction Diode.
9. What is meant by Diffusion Current in a Semi-conductor?
10. A silicon diode has a saturation current of 7.5 µA at room temperature to 300 °K. Calculate the saturation current at 400 ° K.
11. What is meant by dynamic resistance of diode?
12. Differentiate between Zener Breakdown and Avalanche breakdown.
13. Define Rectifiers. List the types of Rectifiers.
14. Compare the various types of Rectifiers.
15. Define Voltage Regulators. List the types of Voltage Regulators.
16. What is the necessity of Filters? List the types of Filters.
17. Define Electroluminescence.
18. What are the advantages of LCD Displays?
19. What is transition capacitance
20. Comparison of diffusion and transition capacitance
1. With a neat diagram explain the working of a PN junction diode in forward bias and reverse bias and show the effect of temperature on its V-I characteristics. (16)
2. Explain V-I characteristics of Zener diode. (16)
3. Draw the circuit diagram and explain the working of full wave bridge rectifier and derive the expression for average output current and rectification efficiency. (16)
4. Explain the operation of FWR with centre tap transformer. Also derive the following for this transformer.dc output voltage (6) dc output current (4) (iv) RMS output voltage. (6)
5. Explain the following regulator circuits : (i) Transistorized shunt regulator. (8) (ii) Zener diode shunt regulator. (8)
6. Draw the circuit diagram and explain the operation of full wave rectifier using center tap transformer and using bridge rectifier without center tap transformer. Obtain the expression for peak inverse voltage. (16)
7. With neat diagram explain the construction and working of LED. (16)
8. Explain the working of LCD seven segment display using square wave supply. (16)
9. Explain Insulator, Semiconductor & conductor with help of energy band structure.
10. Write down the expression for transient capacitance and diffusion capacitance(16)
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Daniel Yocom, creator of the Guild Master Gaming blog did a really nice review of my collection of horror stories, Tales from the Storm: Vol 1. Check it out!
I just put together my first collection of horror stories! I'm pretty excited about this because it revives a lot of stories that have been previously published under various presses. I give a little insight as to what was going on at the time it was picked up, or what inspired each tale. Another cool thing, was this was my first time creating my own cover art. It was quite the learning experience for me, but it was definitely fun. Check it out!
The storm rages on, leaving death and destruction in its path. With the chaos comes strange tidings and wicked ordeals.
From C.R. Langille, author of the Dark Tyrant Series comes a collection of weird and horrifying stories spanning all across history: the Spanish Conquest; the Old West; present day; and even a desolate, apocalyptic future.
Haunted hotel rooms, mysterious, mind-bending spots, infernal cargo, and misplaced wishes abound in this collection.
My newest short story, "All Aboard" is available now on Amazon Kindle. It's the second installment in the Tales from the Storm series. The story originally debuted in Horror the Odd and Bizarre published by Sirens Call.
"All Aboard" takes place in a sleepy Utah town where the residents wake one day to find a set of railroad tracks have appeared out of nowhere. Some townsfolk mysteriously begin to disappear while others find themselves unable to leave the town at all. To make matters worse, those left behind start to receive tickets to a train that is scheduled to depart soon.
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I've decided to try something new. Instead of creating an anthology of my past short stories, I want to release them via Amazon Kindle as singles for a low price. I'll be subtitling all of them as Tales from the Storm because many of them tie into my world that I created for my Dark Tyrant series. Here's the first one, "Horishi Tom" which first appeared in Fictionvale magazine.
The story is set in the Utah Territories in the late 1800's and follows Jeremiah Redford, a man whose family was brutally murdered. Vengeance didn't fill the void of his dead family, so he journeys through the wilds searching for a way to bring his family back from the dead. His quest brings him to the abandoned mining town of Angus, Utah where he finds more than he bargained for.
"Horishi Tom" is a classic tale of loss and being careful what you wish for...you might just find it.
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Stay tuned for more Tales from the Storm coming soon.
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Name: Trishneet Arora
Education: School dropout
Trishneet Arora’s CV reads far from perfect. When he flunked class VIII, he dashed almost all hopes of a secure future. Then, though he signed up for distance education to continue his schooling, he failed again in class XII. “I was never interested in studies. I was always a backbencher,” says the 23-year-old Arora. “As a child, I did all the things I was not supposed to do and kept my parents on their toes.”
But sometimes things that don’t quite start out well do end up yielding positive results. Today, Arora runs cyber security firm TAC Security, which counts among its clients Reliance Industries (the owner of Network 18, which publishes Forbes India), Amul, Avon Cycles, Ralco Tyres and government organisations, including the Central Bureau of Investigation, Punjab Police and Gujarat Police.
One of the youngest ‘ethical hackers’ in the country, Arora was just 19 when he started TAC Security in Chandigarh in February 2013. Its aim is to help a bevy of corporates, banks, government organisations and law enforcement agencies identify loopholes in their technology systems to avoid and combat cyber crime, a growing menace not only in India but also globally.
The connotation of the word hack is hardly positive but Arora calls it an art and says its implication changes depending on the cause you use it for. “There is no doubt that it also means that a person with the right skills can even hack into any bank and get millions of dollars but, remember, the next moment, he could also be behind bars. It depends on what he wants to nurture.”
Notwithstanding his aversion for formal education, Arora discovered he had an instinct for technology quite early. “Technology has always intrigued me,” he says, recalling having been reprimanded as a child by his parents for taking out the wires of a computer and playing with them. “I was all of eight then. I dismantled my father’s computer and could not fix it,” he says. “When my father took the computer to a mechanic, I accompanied him and observed the repair work. The computer was fixed in about 15 minutes.”
The number of cyber crime cases registered under the IT Act 2000 increased by about 350 percent from 2011 to 2014
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This fascinated him and pushed him towards making an effort to understand hardware and software at an early age. Soon, this led to his interest in hacking. “Hacking is a skill that I acquired on my own,” says Arora. His guinea pig: His father. Arora first made an attempt to hack into his father’s computer in 2007. “The success then prompted me to take up hacking ethically later,” he says.
Hacking isn’t a skill you acquire overnight, says Arora. “You have to be naturally inclined towards it and develop a healthy curiosity to delve deep into the systems. Initially, it was a tad difficult for me to understand the basics of hacking as there wasn’t too much reading material available on the internet then. But I relied on self-help. And as practice makes a man perfect, I realised I probably could pursue a career in it. After all, computers were the only thing I was good at.”
He even wrote his first book, The Hacking Era, which was published in 2013.
‘Ethical hacker’ Trishneet Arora was just 19 when he started TAC Security in Chandigarh in February 2013
Though he knew he could make a profession out of hacking, he didn’t imagine he would become a first-generation entrepreneur—his father is a tax consultant and mother, a homemaker. But the growing focus on digitisation and organisations reaching out to cyber security companies and ‘ethical hackers’ to build resilient defence systems against cyberattacks underscored the potential of this business to Arora.
According to a joint study by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the number of cyber crime cases registered under the Information Technology (IT) Act 2000 increased by about 350 percent from 2011 to 2014. More recently, India made headlines late last year when it witnessed one of its biggest cyber frauds related to banks, with over 32 lakh debit cards of various public and private sector banks facing threats of breach due to hacking.
Today, a number of ‘ethical hackers’ function as independent agents and run their own ventures, while the big four accounting firms such as Ernst & Young, PwC, Deloitte and KPMG, too, have their own cyber security units. “Going forward, the demand for such services will only increase. After all, prevention is better than cure,” says Arora. “It is not just the victims of cyber threats who are appointing cyber security experts. Everyone else is also now beginning to understand the requirement to build their cyber defences to limit the damage from cyberattacks. As per industry data, India needs at least 1,000 cyber security startups by 2020 to fight the cyber war.”
“In the past few years, India has seen a huge surge in cyber crime across all regions and sectors and this is primarily because of the proliferation of connected technologies,” says Vinayak Godse, senior director, Data Security Council of India, a Nasscom initiative. He, however, has reservations about the term ‘ethical hacking’. “Hacking is hacking in whatever way it is seen,” he says. Godse points out that the role of cyber security firms is going to increase in the years to come “as India adopts a new digital mindset to harness the true potential of technology”.
In fact, following November 8, 2016, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, the number of queries pertaining to cyber frauds increased dramatically in the country. Between October last year and January 2017, Arora says TAC Security received requests for help with over 70 hacking incidents, including ransomware, financial frauds and website hacking in various Indian enterprises. To break up the numbers further, during the third quarter (October-December) of the current fiscal, the number of hacking cases for TAC stood at 48, while January alone recorded as many as 23 cases. In comparison, during the previous quarter of April-June, TAC received calls for help in three such incidents, while the number was marginally higher, five, in the July to September quarter.
The government, too, is recognising the rising threat to Indian organisations from cyberattacks, and is adopting measures to step up attempts to firewall high-tech malware threats. In Budget 2017, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a proposal to create a Computer Emergency Response Team to strengthen the security of the financial sector.
“Cyber has emerged as a key focus area for senior leadership across industries, which has resulted in significantly increased demand for cyber security services. This has led to boutiques and startups coming up lately and addressing either multiple elements or specific areas across the overall cyber risk domains,” says Sudesh Anand Shetty, partner & forensic technology leader, KPMG India.
“ Nobody took me seriously because of my age. I began wearing business suits to look older and bring gravitas to my image
TAC Security, which had an early start and has been in the game for a few years now, offers specialised services called vulnerability assessment and penetration testing (VAPT) that help identify and quantify vulnerabilities in organisations and, in turn, provide them with an array of web security solutions to avoid any kind of data theft. Last year, it also set up a dedicated Cyber Emergency Response Team to look into quick recovery when a breach occurs. It plans to introduce new security products, including Artificial Intelligence and cloud-based VAPT technology. Besides, TAC also provides training on IT infrastructure and data security issues to employees across various sectors. “I started training students in colleges and universities, helping them as a mentor to build their careers in cyber security,” says Arora. “I realised one day I wanted to start corporate training as well. We then designed dedicated VAPT services for banks, corporate giants and MSMEs, which worked well and we got references one after the other.”
Apart from India, TAC also works out of Dubai and, going forward, it plans to expand its global footprint by foraying into Silicon Valley by the end of this year. The startup claims to have generated over Rs 1 crore in revenue from the domestic market and Middle East so far.
In August last year, TAC Security raised an undisclosed amount in pre-Series A funding from Vijay Kedia, a stock market investor, the managing director of the privately-held Kedia Securities and a director of three-wheeler maker Atul Auto Ltd. TAC Security, which started with three employees, has since expanded to a 15-member staff. It is also in talks to raise Series A funding of $10 million over the next one year. “It is estimated that every minute, half a million attack attempts are happening in cyberspace. I believe the opportunities available in this space are creating a new breed of ethical hackers-turned-entrepreneurs,” says Kedia.
With the money raised, Arora plans to build his team and make products that could help the firm generate more revenue. “Initially, nobody took me seriously because of my age. I started dressing up in business suits to look older and bring gravitas to my image,” says Arora who used to go to clients’ offices himself to test their systems because he lacked the team and funds. “But hard work coupled with luck and opportunity brings in success. It gives me immense pleasure to help organisations fight cyber crime. The respect you gain after doing the right job for the right cause has its own charm.”
(This story appears in the 03 March, 2017 issue of Forbes India. You can buy our tablet version from Magzter.com. To visit our Archives, click here.)