Gineth Soto
Gineth Soto
Gineth Soto

Second of the Seven Summits - Mt Elbrus (18,511’) – July 2005

To tell you about my climb of Mt Elbrus, first I have to tell you about this beautiful and unique place.

Elbrus is 5,642 meters high or (18,511’) and is the highest mountain on the European Continent. The locals of the area call it “Mingitau” - The Mountain of a Thousand Mountains. It is located in Russia, in the Caucasus Range. This range is over 750 miles long and is located in between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. It is said that it is one of the most stunning mountain ranges in the world, and there are a lot of peaks over 4000 and 5000 meters high.

Mt Elbrus is a volcano that has two summits, both over 5000 meters, the west summit is 18,511’and the east summit is 18,441’. It has 23 glaciers, and has over 56 square miles covered in ice. Elbrus is over a mile taller than the mountains surrounding it. The climate here is very intense, and extremely variable. In a short time, temperatures can drastically change from comfortable to arctic temps, like -40F. It has been said that it takes 25,000 steps to make it to the summit of Elbrus.

In 1829, the east summit was first climbed by Kilar Khashirov, and in 1868, the west summit was climbed by Douglas Freshfield, and statues of both of these men stand at the entrance to the Elbrus area, and it is believed they are the Protectors of the Area.

During World War II, there was much combat in this area. Between 1942-1943, the German Army occupied Mt Elbrus, including the Elbrus camp Pruit 11. The idea of Hitler was to put the Nazi flag atop the highest mountain in Europe, to announce the victory over Stalingrad. Captain Grot, of the German army, set up the fascist flags on top of both summits, which let the German HQ announce that the Caucasus range was captured. Their victory was only short-lived, however. When the Germans starting losing the war in Russia, they abandoned Elbrus, for fear of being surrounded there. Immediately after the Germans deserted the area, the Soviet flag was re-established on the top of both summits. However, many soldiers lost their lives on the mountain, their bodies now rest covered in the ice. To this day, many military artifacts can be found in this area. Many memorials to the soldiers are in this area, including the memorial plate at the summit.

In August 2004, I first attempted to climb this mountain, but due to bad weather, I could not reach the summit. Since then, I have not been able to stop thinking about this mountain.

In July 2005, I packed my gear again, and this time accompanied by my husband, Michael, returned to Elbrus. This time having gained more experience, patience, and mountain knowledge and I was anxious to gain my second of the Seven Summits, having climbed Aconcagua (22,841’) in the previous January. So after traveling around 8000 miles by plane, we arrived in Moscow, and spent one day resting and sightseeing. Then, another plane for 3 1/2 hours and by car for 3 hours, just to get to the Elbrus area, making it a hard place to get to.

So after finally checking in to our hotel and some dinner we were pretty exhausted from all the traveling and with an 11 hour time difference as well.

On July 24, we had an acclimatization hike up Cheget Karabashi, 11,150’, where the views of Elbrus and the mountains around where spectacular. It was a warm and clear day. Seeing Elbrus for the first time again made me a little nervous. Seeing all the good weather before the climb made me think about if there would be bad weather coming for the days ahead.

July 25, after a quick breakfast, and with our backpacks full, we left the comfortable life in the hotel for our Elbrus camp. It was another sunny and beautiful day. Around noon, we arrived at camp, (13,350’) and we noticed that over the last hour or so, the weather had begun to change. Now there were signs of a lenticular cloud building up around the summit. Trying not to worry too much about the weather, we situated ourselves at camp and ate some lunch. Afterwards we went outside to take some pictures and realized that the weather had gone bad. It was hailing, windy, and the temperature had dropped considerably. Now my fears of bad weather were coming true. The weather got worse and Elbrus was whited-out by the storm before us. Later, we heard from a group returning from the summit, who got caught in the weather, how terrible it was up there, even lightning strikes. After talking to our guide, Oleg Miller, we decided to go up a little ways for more acclimatization, since the storm had calmed down a little. It was still windy, cold, and white-out, and we reached about 14,500’, which was pretty good under these conditions. Happily, we returned to camp, rested, and ate a good dinner. There were no signs of the weather changing for the better.

July 26, was supposed to be our acclimatization hike to the Pastukhova Rocks. But we woke up to another bad weather day, with no break in sight and Elbrus still hidden from view. We left after breakfast, trying to see how high we could get, but again the bad visibility, wind, and cold kept us from reaching the Rocks and we even reached less higher than the day before. So we went back to camp, ate some lunch and rested. Later we started preparing for the summit attempt, since the 27 th was supposed to be summit day. The weather, however, was still showing no signs of change, and quite a bit of snow had fallen. After talking with Oleg we all decided that Wednesday the 27 th wasn’t a good day for Summit so we rested all day. Our chances to reach the summit under these weather conditions wasn’t very good, plus the risk of frostbite was higher. I was mad all these days just like last year, but I still believed that the weather could change. So we rested and rested all day, making it harder to do nothing and looking at the weather all day, waiting for that breaking moment that we had being hoping for.

Finally about 5:30 pm the weather changed and for the first time in 3 days we saw Elbrus again. My heart began to race, I was so happy and nervous at the same time since I knew that the weather could change again. But all I could think about was summiting this year.

After a good dinner we checked our gear and everything was ready for Thursday the 28.We went to bed early.

Summit day, we woke up in the middle of the night. Got our gear together and readied for our ascent of the summit. Under a beautiful and calm early morning sky, Oleg, Mike and I began our climb for the summit. I was extremely excited, the big day was finally here. After a couple hours of climbing, we reached the rocks at 15,000 feet, where we took a break, and replenished some foods and liquids. By this time the sun was coming up, the view of the Caucasus range was amazing, and we could see Elbrus’ shadow.

We continued climbing up the long traverse to the col. This was the steepest and longest part of the climb. There were a lot of climbers going for the summit, too. We were all feeling pretty good and strong, and after a couple of hours we reached the col, where we took another small break. Then began the traverse of the col, which took about half an hour. This is where we stopped for a big break, ate food and had drinks. At this point, we were extremely excited, because we were only two hours away from the summit. It was a beautiful day, no wind, and we were still feeling very strong.

Our final approach to the summit began, we climbed in line behind a lot of other climbers, since the last big hill is exposed and climbers must ascend single file. I was concentrating every step towards the summit. I was so happy, because this year finally, I was going to reach the summit. Time passed, really fast, and before we knew it, we could see the summit before us. So we climbed the last stretch and reached the summit, the time was 12 o’clock noon. Elbrus’s summit was very small, and there were a lot of climbers on top. Everyone was trying to get their picture taken next to the summit monument. My turn finally came and I had my proud picture taken with my Costa Rica flag, happy to have the 1 st successful ascent by a Costa Rican. I had reached the summit of Elbrus, the highest point in Europe, and my second of the seven summits. Now one step closer to my ultimate dream.

After we were done with the pictures and enjoying the view, we started on the way down. We had spent half an hour on the top of Europe. The wind at the summit was cold and strong, making it hard to be there any longer. So down, down we went, a lot faster now. We made a couple of breaks along the way, and after a long day he we’ve finally got back to the hut. We were very tired, very hungry, and very happy with our summit day. We had a good dinner celebration and had shots of vodka with Sasha, Vicka, and Oleg, our wonderful Russian friends. We fell off to bed.

The next day we packed our gear up, and it was time to go. We said goodbye to the mountain for the last time.

Russia is very beautiful and special to me. I was so lucky to have the opportunity to be on this mountain twice. I improved and learned so much on my two attempts of Elbrus. Today, I am a more patient and mature climber because of my experiences here.

A very special thank you to Eddie and Allison Howard, of Redding, for their continued sponsorship and belief in my dream.

Now, train and get ready for my next big challenge; KILIMANJARO, AFRICA!

Copyright 2006-2009 Gineth Soto, All rights reserved.


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Abnormal growths in the lower intestines of cats-Cat care

The Chair are stained with blood or covered with mucus.
The exact cause of Rectoanal polyps is not clearly known.

The fall of something, as a rule visceral forward
A growth on the surface of the body

Addison’s Disease in Cats-Cat care

Addison’s Disease in Cats
Hypoadrenocorticism is characterized by deficient production of glucocorticoids (cortisol) and/or mineralocorticoids (aldosterone).
Deficient production of both these hormones can affect the nervous system, the gastrointestinal system, the kidneys, or the cardiovascular system, and as a result, can lead to a number of symptoms, notably weakness, dehydration, low blood pressure, depression, heart toxicity, vomiting, blood in feces, and weight loss.

 No breed predilection is reported in cats, though it is very rarely reported in cats overall.
Symptoms can vary depending on the duration of the problem. Life-threatening symptoms are usually observed in acute episodes of this disease.
The following symptoms are commonly observed in cats:
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiencyMetastatic tumorsLong term glucocorticoid withdrawal
Your veterinarian will perform a thorough physical exam on your pet, including routine laboratory tests, a complete blood count, biochemistry profile, and urinalysis.
The complete blood count may reveal anemia, an abnormally high number of eosinophils (a type of white blood cells that readily stains with eosin dye), and an increased number of lymphocytes (also a type of white blood cell) called (lymphocytosis).

Serum biochemistry testing may reveal an abnormally higher level of potassium, and an accumulation in the blood of urea - nitrogenous waste products that are usually excreted out of the body through the urine (azotemia).
Other findings include lower levels of sodium (hyponatremia) and chloride (hypochloremia), increased levels of calcium (hypercalcemia), increased liver enzymes, including ALT and AST, and low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). The urinalysis may reveal a low concentration of urine.

The definitive test for diagnosing this condition is by detecting the levels of cortisol in the body. Normally the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is produced by the pituitary gland, which then stimulates the adrenal glands to release their hormones.
ACTH can be injected into the body to test the normal response functions of the adrenal glands.
 If your cat’s adrenal glands do not show an increase in the release of hormones after being given ACTH, then the diagnosis of hypoadrenocorticism will be confirmed.
 Visual diagnostic procedures, like X-ray and ultrasound, may reveal smaller than normal adrenal glands.

A medical condition involving excessive thirst
The gland that is found at the bottom of the brain whose job is to maintain appropriate levels of hormones in the blood

The product of protein being metabolized; can be found in blood or urine.

A heightened number of lymphocytic leukocytes in the blood of an animal
The prediction of a disease’s outcome in advance
Low amounts of glucose in the blood

The condition of having urea and other nitrogenous elements in an animal's blood.
A condition of the blood in which normal red blood cell counts or hemoglobin are lacking.
The amount of pressure applied by the blood on the arteries.

A medical condition in which the body has lost fluid or water in excessive amounts

The digestive tract containing the stomach and intestine

Accumulation of Air Between Chest and Lungs in Cats-Cat care

Accumulation of Air Between Chest and Lungs in Cats

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The number of respirations per minute; one respiration equals an inhalation and exhalation
A medical condition in which the patient has an abnormally fast heartbeat
The puncturing of a hole in the wall of the chest as a means of drawing out fluid or air
The term for a quick heartbeat
A medical condition in which gas or air collects in the pleural space
Having a hard time breathing; breathing takes great pains
The tube that extends from the mouth to the stomach
The area between the folds of the pleura; airtight
A localized infection, usually a lesion filled with pus. Can be large or small in size.

Friday, 6 September 2013

Abnormal membrane opening in cats-cat care

Abnormal membrane opening in cats
Diaphragmatic hernias occur when an abdominal organ (such as stomach, liver, intestines, etc.) in an abnormal opening in the cat diaphragm, which separates the sheet of muscle moves the stomach into the chest area.

This can occur (congenital) due to an acquired injury by a powerful shock such as a car accident or a defect at birth.
The condition or disease in this medical article described can dogs and cats influence.
If you want to learn, as this disease this page in which PetMD library visit health concerns you dogs please.
Signs of a diaphragmatic hernia include irregular heartbeat, working breathing (especially after a powerful blow) and symptoms of shock.

The abdomen may move fast (turf) or feel empty.
Reactions can occur such as vomiting, diarrhea and flatulence because of damage to the bowel or stomach.
In congenital cases, the symptoms may not be immediately visible.
Progressive symptoms are muffled heart sounds or heart murmurs, abdominal defects and problems with breathing.
 Characters can occur suddenly with damage to the intestine, spleen or liver.
In most cases, diaphragmatic hernia caused by trauma such as from a car or another powerful blow hit.
Therefore diaphragmatic hernias occur most frequently with roaming cats for out there.
 The pressure of such an effect causes that allows an inner organs via the RIP sticking out a crack in the diaphragm.

The reason for congenital diaphragmatic hernia hernia is unknown, although certain breeds are more likely to develop this anomaly.
Some breeds may be receptive, Himalayan cats show in particular higher numbers of congenital diaphragmatic hernia hernia.
Other birth defects may in cats with a diaphragmatic hernia is born, and problems including rib fractures, organ failure and impaired lung expansion can further cause the condition.
The most useful diagnostic test is through the use of x-rays (X-ray), to uncover internal anomalies.
 If this is not sufficient, other imaging methods can be used such as ultrasound.
Other symptoms, at first seemingly caused by a diaphragmatic hernia is a collection of excess fluid in the space around the lungs or abnormally rapid breathing due to other causes.

Anemia Due to Chronic Kidney Disease in Cats

For development and maturation of red blood cells to take place, bone marrow requires an adequate supply of a hormone called erythropoietin (EPO), a glycoprotein hormone that controls the production of red blood cells.
 Erythropoietin is produced by the kidneys.
In chronic kidney disease (CKD), the kidney cannot produce an adequate amount of erythropoietin, resulting in bone marrow failure.

Lack of RBC production will ultimately lead to anemia in cats that are suffering from chronic kidney failure.
Middle-aged to older cats are most commonly affected by chronic kidney failure, but the condition may also occur in young cats.

As anemia in this case is principally related to chronic kidney disease, the symptoms are mixed, and relate to both CKD and anemia. Following are a few of the symptoms related to anemia in the presence of CKD:
Weight lossFatigueLethargyDepressionWeaknessApathy (state of indifference)Cold intoleranceChanges in behaviorTachypnea (rapid breathing)Tachycardia (rapid heartbeat)Syncope (fainting)Seizures

Following are some of the causes behind chronic kidney failure and anemia:
Chronic kidney disease can occur as:
InheritedCongenital (pups born with the problem)Acquired form (in later life)Iron deficiencyInfectionCancerBlood loss through alimentary tract (the entire canal from the mouth to the anus)Disease that causes disruption of RBCs

You will need to give a thorough history of your pet's health, including a background history of symptoms. After taking a complete history, your veterinarian will conduct a complete physical examination on your cat.

Laboratory tests will include a complete blood profile, a chemical blood profile, a complete blood count, and a urinalysis.

The results of these tests will provide valuable information for the diagnosis of the cause of the kidney failure and the extent of anemia related to it.
Your veterinarian will be particularly interested in knowing the level of erythropoietin in the blood.
Specific tests may be used to diagnose the underlying cause of the chronic kidney disease and resulting anemia.
An examination of the bone marrow examination may be conducted to evaluate the structure and functions of bone marrow.
X-ray and ultrasound imaging will show any abnormal structure of the kidneys that is typical in chronic kidney disease.
Ultrasound may reveal smaller than normal or irregular-shaped kidneys, both characteristic of chronic kidney disease.
The prediction of a disease’s outcome in advance

The amount of pressure applied by the blood on the arteries.
The end of the gastrointestinal tract; the opening at the end of the tract.
Term refers to the system in the body that deals with the processing of food and nutrients in between the mouth and the anus; may also be referred to as the GI tract, the intestinal tract, or the gastrointestinal tract.

Acetominophen (Tylenol) Poisoning in Cats-cat care

Cats are especially sensitive to acetaminophen toxicity.

Brownish-gray colored gumsLabored breathingSwollen face, neck or limbsHypothermia (abnormally low body temperature)VomitingJaundice (yellowish color to skin, whites of eyes), due to liver damageComa


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Hamsters are mammals which belong to the rodent family.
There are many species of hamsters but only 5 species are widely kept in captivity as pets.

Hamsters are nocturnal, sleeping during the hot days and waking in the cooler evenings. They have very poor eyesight but a keen sense of smell and excellent hearing.

Hamsters eat grain, seeds, grass, fruit, roots, stems...

Hamsters are from 5 to 28 cm long.
Most have a short tail, but some have longer tails. They can weigh up to 900 grams.

The coat colour ranges from white to brown. Like all rodents, the hamster's front top teeth continue to grow throughout its life. It must gnaw on hard things to keep wearing the teeth down.

Hamsters have a life span of about 2 to 3 years.


United Kingdom: Shared Maternity Leave

United Kingdom

Shared Maternity Leave: member states can exclude employed father from maternity benefits where mother ineligible

Under the Pregnant Workers Directive (92/85/EC) (‘PWD’), member states must ensure female workers enjoy a continuous period of maternity leave of at least 14 weeks, the first 2 weeks of which are compulsory. The Equal Treatment Directive (76/207/EC – the relevant Directive at the time) (‘ETD’), confirms that member states must put into effect the principle of equal treatment in ‘employment, vocational training and promotion and working conditions’.  The ETD also states that ‘men and women shall be guaranteed the same conditions without discrimination on the grounds of sex’ but that this is ‘without prejudice to provisions concerning the protection of women, particularly as regards pregnancy and maternity’.

Under Spanish law, the Workers’ Statute provides that, following a compulsory period of 6 weeks’ maternity leave, the mother can take or elect for the other parent to take a further 10 weeks’ maternity leave providing that both parents work and the mother is either employed or covered by a State social security scheme.

Mr Montull was an employee (and otherwise eligible to take maternity leave). His partner, Ms Ollé, was a self-employed lawyer and could either choose to be covered by the state scheme for self-employed workers (which allowed for maternity leave) or by an independent mutual scheme for lawyers (which did not).  Ms Ollé chose the mutual scheme. Following the birth of their son in April 2004, Mr Montull applied for 10 weeks’ maternity benefit under the state scheme. The INSS refused on the basis that biological fathers do not have their own autonomous right to leave, only that which is derived from the mother’s right providing that the mother is eligible. Mr Montull went to the Tribunal Constitutional alleging that his right to equal treatment was being infringed. The Tribunal held the principle of a father’s derived right to maternity benefits was not contrary to the Spanish constitution. However, the Tribunal asked the ECJ to consider whether the PWD and ETD permitted national laws that allow fathers a derived right to maternity benefits only and whether such national laws are compatible with the principle of equal treatment.

The ECJ held that the PWD and ETD do not preclude national laws that require the mother to be employed or covered by a state social security scheme in order for the father to benefit from maternity benefits. In reaching its conclusion, the ECJ reiterated that the right to maternity leave is designed; (1) to protect the mother’s biological condition during and after pregnancy; and (2) to protect the special relationship between a woman and her child. The women’s right to suspend her employment for a minimum of 14 weeks must not be called into question and maternity leave cannot be taken from the mother against her will and assigned to the father. Notwithstanding these principles, the ECJ held that PWD and ETD did not prevent an employed mother from assigning maternity leave to the employed father (with the exception of the 2 weeks’ compulsory leave) and neither did they prevent a national law from excluding the employed father from maternity benefits where the mother was ineligible. The ECJ acknowledged this created a discrepancy between employed mothers and fathers contrary to the ETD, but noted that this principle was without prejudice to the protection afforded to women.

This decision will no doubt prove helpful when the principles of shared leave come into effect in the UK in 2015, as currently proposed. Whether, to avoid the issues in Montull, fathers will have their own autonomous right to maternity benefits remains to be seen.


Happy Birthday Nicki Minaj

Happy Birthday to Onika Tanya Maraj (born December 8, 1982), better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj. She is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. Born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago and raised in Jamaica, Queens, New York, Minaj received public notice after releasing three mixtapes between 2007–2009. She signed a recording contract with Young Money Entertainment in 2009.

Minaj was the first female artist included on MTV's Annual Hottest MC List, with The New York Times saying that some consider her "the most influential female rapper of all time". Her rapping is distinctive for its fast flow and the use of alter egos and accents, primarily British cockney. Minaj's colorful costumes, wigs and clothing have given her recognition as a fashion icon. In April 2013, Minaj became the most-charted female rapper in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, with over 44 appearances. She has won four American Music Awards, eight BET Awards, two MTV Music Awards, an MTV Europe Music Award, five Billboard Music Awards and Billboard ' 2011 Rising Star award.

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Publication Date: 2006-Aug
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Chemistry and the Pendulum--What Have They to Do with Each Other?
De Berg, K. C.
Science & Education, v15 n6 p619-641 Aug 2006
Physicists have known for some time that pendulum motion is a useful analogy for other physical processes. Chemists have played with the idea from time to time but the strength of the analogy between pendulum motion and chemical processes has only received prominent published recognition since about 1980, although there are details of the analogy that still remain to be explored. This paper suggests that thinking of the pendulum as a type of energy converter can help students understand the energy conversions involved in molecular collisions associated with a chemical reaction. In particular, the relationship between kinetic and potential energy becomes vital in understanding the process of bond breaking, bond making, and enthalpy change in a chemical reaction. As a result, the principles behind transition state theory become somewhat easier to grasp. However, the use of the pendulum as an analogy for a reaction approaching chemical equilibrium can lead to misconceptions. The paper also discusses the nature of catalytic feedback, periodicity and non-periodicity in oscillating chemical reactions and the extent to which the action of a pendulum might elucidate these phenomena. Identifying the limitations as well as the strengths of an analogy is an important consideration when an analogy is applied to a teaching and learning situation. While one is tempted to think that pendulum action is probably more pertinent to the study of physics, there are important applications in the field of chemistry.
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The whiteness!!

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I have a small reccomandation to the site. I noticed that when you click on a section (eg. advanced part 2) it turns white. Then when I want to go back to the link later I can barely find it. It’s not increably hard but it would be much less iritating if it were a color like red that I could actually read.

(JayVee) #2

That’s strange… I have the same problem on my laptop, but not my desktop. You’re talking about the text becoming white in the drop down menus, right?

Me too! It only happends on my desktop! Weird…

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(Thomas) #5

Me too I hate i like blue or red or something but white.


The New Network Leader
The New Network Leader

In The New Network Leader series, seven network entrepreneurs—leaders at the heart of some of today’s most sophisticated, large-scale solutions to the world’s social problems—have shared their accounts of catalyzing networks to create powerful social change. Although these networks take many forms, each has required consistent engagement with four network principles—trust, not control; humility, not brand; node, not hub; and mission, not organization—as well as the following fundamental process:

  • Clarify purpose.
  • Convene the right people.
  • Cultivate trust.
  • Coordinate actions.
  • Collaborate generously.

These steps don’t necessarily happen in order; leaders must reaffirm them throughout a network’s formation and evolution. Consistently engaging with this process helps ensure that the four principles get baked into impact networks as they emerge.

Here is a look at each step, with examples from the network entrepreneurs who contributed to the series.

Clarify purpose. Clarifying a network’s purpose—its reason for being—is an ongoing endeavor. It must be clear enough initially to identify the right partners and encourage them to meet. As these individuals and groups convene, the network should refine its purpose. Purpose must also be ambitious enough to require that early network members engage those they would rather ignore or compete with. That's one reason Dreams InDeed uses the word "dream" to drive its work rather than “good idea,” “mission,” or even “purpose.”

Clarifying purpose requires sense-making: mapping the system, examining the problem from diverse perspectives, finding shared values, and recognizing external forces. It also requires understanding the local context, including the history of the place or system, related efforts, political and power dynamics, and hardwired assumptions. By clarifying purpose and context, each network member becomes keenly aware that they are just one among many participants working across the system. And in the process, they begin to understand and embrace the network principle of acting as a node, not hub.

The Graustein Memorial Fund, for example, convened its network of collaboratives across 52 Connecticut cities and towns to help design an early-childhood system that would work for all. But before it could reach its goal, the network needed to figure out why Connecticut was achieving less-than-optimal results for young children. It embraced systems thinking, explored hard issues, held real conversations, and collectively identified racism and economic inequity as the primary drivers that contribute to poor education outcomes for children across the state.

Convene the right people. The “right people”: 1) collectively represent all parts of the system, 2) have the ability to get things done, and 3) are willing to cross boundaries and work with people who may have very different perspectives and priorities. This includes everyone impacted by the issue, even people you may not want to work with. Real progress on complex or “wicked” problems requires uncommon coordination and collaboration across divides.

Seattle’s “Grand Bargain” on affordable housing, for example, emerged only after the Mayor invited 28 community leaders—who collectively represented all parts of the housing system—to the table. This diverse group of stakeholders showed a “willingness to let go” and work together despite contrasting priorities.

Sustainable Conservation convened stakeholders from across the nursery and environmental system to drastically reduce the number of invasive plants in California. This “PlantRight” network developed a shared understanding of diverse perspectives, built trust, and began to collaborate. Ultimately, the network achieved effective and sustained results in large part because nursery business leaders offered a more-credible message and helped educate their peers on the value of the program. The prominent national ornamental plant grower Altman Plants, for example, introduced PlantRight to The Home Depot buyers and helped secure The Home Depot’s commitment to not sell invasive plants in California.

Cultivate trust. Sustained, authentic relationships are the foundation of all successful collaborative efforts. Cultivating trust intentionally, rather than passively, provides the basis for a culture in which network participants embrace the network principle of trust, not control. When a network runs on trust, its potential for scaling impact drastically increases. As Eric Heitz and Barbara Wagner from the Energy Foundation write, “The trust and fluid communication that can move ideas quickly comes through human relationships.”

Building trust doesn’t mean that people have to like each other or agree, but it does mean they have to be willing to engage in authentic and sometimes unpleasant conversations about the things that divide and challenge them, including gender, race, and power. The objective is to create trust for impact. This specific type of trust enables diverse actors to hold the tension through difficult conversations, find a slice of common ground, and work together, despite organizational differences and personal disagreements. Especially in volatile, emerging contexts, trust for impact must be rooted not just in shared purpose, but also in shared values and a shared understanding of how to behave and treat each other when disagreements inevitably arise.

The nonprofit Interise has embraced a relational approach to scale its mission of economic revitalization, growing a network of trust-based partnerships to rapidly scale and distribute its award winning StreetWise ‘MBA’ program to more than 60 low-income communities (and counting) across the United States. Interise CEO Jean Horstman says, “From program to network—it’s all about trust. Once established, trust is resilient. Unlike a transactional model, where money can come and go, trusted relationships stay put.”

Coordinate actions. By identifying and coordinating work that is already happening, participants can leverage organizational resources, collaborate around common goals, and avoid duplication of efforts. And because emergent collaborative solutions are so dynamic, the most effective networks assign and coordinate roles as well. Network roles may include a “core team” to handle certain governance decisions, a facilitator to design and lead the convenings, and a network manager to serve the network’s emergent needs.

Network entrepreneurs don’t insist that all participants across a network agree on any single issue or project. Wicked problems are constantly evolving; no single action or organization can solve them. Instead of looking for a silver bullet, it's critical to address the problem from many angles with a smart, coordinated effort.

For instance, to reach the goal of a “no-kill nation,” animal welfare organization Maddie’s Fund strengthens and coordinates existing efforts by supporting effective organizations large and small, rural and urban, and helping establish a shared measurement platform that allows organizations to compare what worked and what didn't in different communities across the United States. But Maddie’s Fund also works to address areas for leverage in the animal welfare system, promoting the veterinary specialty of shelter medicine education, building the capacity of local community shelters, and driving public awareness and culture change.

And to advance clean energy in the United States, the Energy Foundation is building both state and national networks, including a network of 12 state coalitions (Energy Efficiency for All) and a national network of more than 100 members (Network for Energy, Water and Health in Affordable Buildings).

Collaborate generously. A generous collaborator does not count transactions, giving only as much as they get in return. Instead, they assume positive intent, communicate frequently, and consistently look for opportunities to work with others in support of shared goals, not personal gain.

Generous collaborators are what organizational psychologist Adam Grant calls “successful givers” in his research on “Givers, Takers, and Matchers.” The Offre Joie (“Joy of Giving”) volunteer network is a great example; network members work together to rebuild bombed homes, churches, mosques, and public buildings across Lebanon, not asking for anything in return. As the Offre Joie slogan says, “Volunteers don’t seek recognition. Don’t thank them. Join them in the Joy of Giving.”

Generous collaboration results directly from practicing the network principles of humility, not brand, and mission, not organization. Network members are most likely to embrace a mindset of generous collaboration when they have developed a clear shared purpose, trust for impact, and just enough structure to focus the work.

Building a Resilient Network for the Long-Term

Cultivating an effective and sustainable impact network requires dedicated effort and a long time-horizon. Impact networks must remain adaptive to changing circumstances. Participants change jobs, organizations shift priorities, external forces change, and problems evolve. Therefore, impact networks must constantly reaffirm their shared purpose, convene the right people, and cultivate trust. As Eric Heitz and Barbara Wagner write, “You can’t expect to plant the seed of a network and walk away when it sprouts.”

Given the complexity and time-intensive nature of building a successful impact network, we have seen many instances where roles are divided between multiple people. For instance, it often makes sense for a respected individual or organization to take an initial leadership role in clarifying purpose and convening the right people, given their existing web of relationships and ability to pull together an initial meeting. The network can then bring in a more experienced network entrepreneur to facilitate convenings, cultivate trust, and serve the network’s emergent needs.

Just as there are teams of business and social entrepreneurs who launch a startup together, there can also be teams of network entrepreneurs who work together to catalyze and sustain networks. A team can be stronger and more resilient than any single person, if they too are connected through a shared purpose and trust for impact.

Growing the Movement of Network Entrepreneurs

We have shared seven real-life examples of how impact networks have achieved dramatic and sustained change, and we suspect that there are countless other such networks working in this way across the globe. We are committed to supporting and building a movement of network entrepreneurs who help boards, funders, and leaders to think and work in networked ways on behalf of a better planet.

In our view, a positive future requires that we build regional and global networks of people aligned around shared values and shared purpose, who engage authentically and with deep trust, and who collaborate generously for maximum positive impact. We must build networks of diverse stakeholders that see the largest possible context, seek to address root causes instead of just symptoms, and plan for the long-term.

Trust for impact, above all else, is the critical ingredient needed for successful collaboration—no matter the type of structure or level of resource. Investing in “return on relationships” makes all the difference.

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Space Saving Ice Cube Maker

Are you feeling that your ice cube trays consume most of your freezer's space? It's even harder to twist and turn to extract those ice cubes. Now there's a much easier way for that---Space Saving Ice Cube Maker!

  • Unique Design - What makes it special is its double chamber design. Outer chambers freeze the ice cubes while inner cylinders store them.
  • Space Saving - Unlike traditional ice cube trays, it can hold batches of ice cubes at the same time.
  • Quality Material - Made with quality silicone material
  • Summer Partner - Use it to keep bottles cold and even fill it with ice cream.

Ice Cube Maker can hold up to 3 batches of ice cubes or 120 cubes in total! Amazing!

How to Use:

Fill the outer chamber with warm water, lift up the inner cylinder and squeeze out the cubes into the bucket. Then, just refill and freeze again for another batch of ice cubes.

Package Includes:

1 x Ice Cube Maker

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Google today announced that it has begun to deploy a new type of cryptography in its Chrome Canary browser that’s designed to prevent decryption attacks by quantum computers.

Unlike classical computers that deal in bits, quantum computers work with quantum bits, or qubits, each of which can be zero or one or both. The superposition of qubits let machines run lots of computations simultaneously, making a quantum computer highly desirable for certain workloads. Presumably one of those workloads could be breaking encryption, and so some researchers have come up with ways to potentially combat such attacks. For instance, a few academics last year produced NewHope, an implementation of Peikert’s ring-learning-with-errors-based (Ring-LWE) key-exchange protocol that works with OpenSSL.

Google chose to experiment with this technology in addition to the existing elliptic-curve algorithm for some of its websites, Google software engineer Matt Braithwaite wrote in a blog post.

“The post-quantum algorithm might turn out to be breakable even with today’s computers, in which case the elliptic-curve algorithm will still provide the best security that today’s technology can offer,” Braithwaite wrote. “Alternatively, if the post-quantum algorithm turns out to be secure then it’ll protect the connection even against a future, quantum computer.”

The work is relevant considering that the U.S. Navy and defense contractor Lockheed Martin have both worked with independent company D-Wave on quantum computing. Meanwhile, Google has been pursuing development of quantum computing infrastructure, as have IBM and Microsoft, among others.

Google won’t leave this implementation in Chrome Canary for longer than two years; after that, the company could put something better in place.

“We explicitly do not wish to make our selected post-quantum algorithm a de-facto standard,” Braithwaite wrote.

If you use Chrome Canary, you can see if Google is testing the cryptography on a connection to a given page by opening the Inspect tool (command/control + shift + I) and going to the Security section. The telltale sign is the code CECPQ1 in the key exchange section, Braithwaite wrote.


Three–dimensional Geometry

In this program student will learn about Coordinate geometry in three dimension. Relation between  axes and coordinate planes in three dimensions. lines, planes, equation of plane, intersection of planes, perpendicular planes, parallel planes , Coordinates of a point distance between two points, section formula, distance between a point and a plane, equations of a plane, orthogonal plane. These are some of the main topics where we will focus on. Every topic mentioned is followed by various assignments and homework's.

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US military explores more anti-drone technology

The U.S. military has considered training with DroneDefender, a point-and-shoot, electromagnetic, rifle-shaped weapon that disrupts communications of a remote-controlled drone and its operator.

The system provides a safer and more accurate alternative than other methods, such as shooting drones with a rifle. "Pull the trigger and it falls out of the sky," said Capt. Michael Torre, an electronic warfare officer for the 29th Infantry Division.

"It reminds me of playing Duck Hunt. It's like using a video game controller with a real-world application," he added.

DroneDefender can target a drones' control signal. The drone controller can be a hand-held device operated by a person or a command module attached to the drone itself.

Staff Sgt. Richard Recupero, a cyberspace electromagnetic activities noncommissioned officer with the 29th Infantry Division, shared his expertise in disrupting drone operations when discussing enemy devices currently in the Middle East.

"Yes, it can affect drones used by ISIS," Recupero said.

Drones are classified by weight and range from light commercial-off-the-shelf to heavier, military grade varieties.

Counter-drone technologies can have a variety of effects besides dropping them from the sky.

Also read: This company can 'hack' enemy drones for the US military

"You know it's working because the system is no longer responding appropriately to the operator and doing something the operator doesn't expect it to do," Torre said, describing multiple visual disruption indicators.

"From the time I pulled the trigger, it was almost instantaneous," Torre added.

Operation Spartan Shield subordinate units such as the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, have also gone through the training as part of an effort to provide commanders with increased force protection options.


In the course of my eight years of meditation practice, I have tested various types of cushions to sit on, which all affect the mind in their specific way. The influence they assert becomes the critical factor that determinates whether the session will turn out to be successful or not.

The simplest thing you can do is to just sit on a sofa, and do a meditation that way. What I am speaking about in this article is the more sophisticated approaches of doing your meditation, which will enable you to experience it with more sharpness.

Before we take a look at the choices of the seating surfaces, I would like to point out the seating positions that I use. The first one is the setup, where you sit down and cross your shins, then ending up looking like the statue of the Buddha. It differs from the lotus and half-lotus position because you are leaving both of your ankles resting on the ground.

The second position is sitting with your feet in front of you, and having the knees raised to the height of your chest. To set yourself into a comfortable post you can interlock your fingers on the front side of the knees, and pull your torso slowly forward.

I also use in both sitting positions the clothes chest as a back support onto which I can rest my back against. All in all, this makes up four seating positions that I cycle between in a spontaneous manner. I have found these settings to be the best, which I get into while sitting on the floor.

Caution: do not sit with your back resting on a cold wall because it can give you back pain, and drain your adrenal strength that is sourced from the top of your kidneys.

The cushion choices

  1. During my meditation practice I have tried sitting on a soft sofa or a bed, while placing my feet in front of me, or holding them in a cross-legged position. What I discovered is that the soft settings distract your concentration because you are floating around slowly, and I believe that it keeps the balance center of the brain active, which leaches mental energy and keeps your mind from becoming energized and still.
  2. After this realization I tried the opposite take, which was sitting on a hard cushion – a thin rug or even on corrugated cardboard. Those worked well in order to shut down the balance center of the brain, and they enabled me to get catapulted into a state of locked-in concentration. That was great, but the harder surfaces had the downside of creating the sensation of discomfort more quickly, which forces you to shift your seating positions periodically, or else the buttocks will start to throw off sparks. This in turn weakens the concentration as you start to come to the point of pain. Another problem that arises, when you choose a seating cushion that is too thin, is that the ankles will also start to feel painful.
  3. The third surface I have tried is medium in terms of softness: it is a rug that is a half an inch or 1.5 centimeters thick. It works perfectly, as you can maintain any of your seating positions longer because the discomfort in the ankles and the buttocks happens only after an extended sitting period.

In this article, I do not mention meditating while sitting on a hard stool with or without the backrest because in my experience they are not that conductive to a successful meditation session. I also did not speak about the specialized little wooden bench, or the soft meditation seat that was in the Tron movie because I have not tested them.

Reaching deep meditation

Aside from the right choice of meditation positions and cushion, here follow the other key points that enable you to get into deep meditation:

  1. To recap – the first factor was the right setup – the kind of cushion you sit on.
  2. The second factor is about how your body is prepared. I have found that you can take out the internal noise of the body with a session of full body self-massage and stretching.
  3. The third factor concerns your skill level – the amount of practice time you have gotten under your belt, and if you have found a working technique for yourself that is able to tune your mind into a tranquil state.

In conclusion, out of the 3 cushions: the soft, hard and medium – the later works best because in either extreme, there are effects that disturb or break your concentration.


My Sinchew/ Opinion

Mahathir and taxi drivers

When every finger is pointed at taxi drivers, does anyone ever think who created all this, or who issued the taxi permits? Were the taxi drivers going too far by asking Mahathir's help?

Umno's demise almost a sure thing now

Mahathir is the ultimate terminator of Umno presidents, and has three in his hit list so far.

Abolition of death penalty and compensation

No one can tell nor prove that the measures will bring any good to the society but will instead exacerbate the government's financial burden.

Mahathir's Crooked Bridge

Given his obstinacy, it is very likely that Mahathir will press ahead with the project as in the case of the third national car project.

From PD to Parliament and Putrajaya

Not currently holding a government position, Anwar can play a pivotal role to bridge the gap between ordinary citizens and the administration.

Hasty decision

The government should have studied the issue more thoroughly before making a decision whether or not to abolish death penalty.

ANN calls for immediate release of three Eleven Media editors

A responsible media outlet must be allowed to do its job without the fetters imposed by a draconian law

Why fewer Chinese tourists are coming

Listing GLCs to rejuvenate national economy

The monetization of non-crucial and non-strategic government assets will create an inflow of new funds to help the government offset any existing revenue shortfall.

Quelling the rumors

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William Ewart Lockhart,   Un curandero en Sevilla

Óleo sobre lienzo, 45 x 35 cm.

William Ewart Lockhart (Dumfrieshire, Scotland 1846 – London, 1900)

A Quack Doctor in Seville, oil on canvas, 18.11 x 13.77 inches.

Lockhart began to study painting at the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) in 1860. The next year, at age 15, he first exhibited at the RSA’s annual exhibition.  He would present paintings in this exhibition each year for the rest of his life, except in 1889 and 1990, when he was engaged in a special commission for Queen Victoria: a huge painting to commemorate the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of her accession to the throne in Westminster Abbey. This painting, The Jubilee Celebration in Westminster Abbey, June 21, 1887, is still in the collections of the British royal family.

Lockhart settled in Edinburgh when his training was over.  He visited Spain for the first time in 1867 and many times thereafter; indeed, although he painted many landscapes of the British Isles, and portraits of important British personages, today his Spanish scenes are considered his most important works.

His Spanish paintings include some historic themes like The Cid and The Five Moorish Kings, two paintings in the Edinburgh Museum, as well as genre paintings of Spanish types and customs like The Swine-herd in the McManus gallery of Dundee.
Our oil is a smaller version of another of the same subject which must have been very successful at the time. It is signed and dated in 1871.  For Spanish art, this was very early to find such a modern technique based on quick and confident brush strokes. Lockhart catches the characters of the Spanish peasants of the period with real mastery and represents many small details in a very fine way. The complex composition is pervaded with life and movement and reflects very well the way that a fair would look at that time in Spain.

The central figure, a quack doctor, belongs to a set of Spanish characters which were very popular in 17th century painting and literature.  He is a version of the Pícaro, or swindler, a decadent character always trying to abscond with some food or make some money by cheating people. Pícaros are common in Spanish literature, often portrayed as ingenious rascals; they are thieves with good hearts but never bad criminals. The doctor in this painting is trying to sell some miraculous medicine and rides a mule adorned with typical mule trappings, providing a colorful detail at the center of the composition.

Although the scene takes place in 1871, there are several connections to the Spanish Baroque period: not just the quack doctor but the boy holding the mule, who is very close to some of Velasquez’ figures.

In the background is the Sevillian tower called the Torre del Oro and behind it, a church steeple, the large number of which always caught the attention of British artists visiting Spain.


Patience Through Silence

James 1:4

Do you get a charge of adrenaline through arguing?

When someone criticizes you, are you defending yourself for days on end, even if only in your own mind?  Do you spend inordinate amounts of energy attempting to prove critics wrong, saying, “I’ll show THEM!”

These thoughts and responses tend to consume a lot of mental, physical and spiritual energy.

It requires abundant patience fruit to step back from an argument or defending ourselves.  And sometimes we are left without a choice-certain issues and attacks can and should be met with a measured yet strong response.  However, as you are thinking about defending yourself or fighting back, make sure that you are not responding out of impatience-wanting to speed a matter to resolution or conclusion.

In other words, don’t be a hothead!

Showing your impatience or frustration weakens you in your relationship with the other person.  Impatience tends to build a wall between you and other people, whereas patience builds a bridge.

Think of the example of Christ before His accusers, which is foreshadowed for us in Isaiah 53:7

If you are cultivating the fruit of patience, evaluate whether saying nothing is better than responding out of anger or frustration.  If you can have this demeanor when someone else is upset, you have the power to diffuse an otherwise explosive encounter.  Pray for wisdom to choose the response that demonstrates the most patience for the weakness, turmoil or confusion of another.

A great lady I know has a “go to” response when someone is saying something disagreeable, difficult or critical.  She smiles and says softly, “I understand.”  There is an element of humor in this response because you are not telling the other person exactly what you understand (i.e….they are horribly misguided).  But this response allows you to verbalize that you have heard and processed what they have said.

If you find impatience welling up when dealing with another person or difficult situation, take a moment to pause, pray and reflect and seek to return to patience.

“Return into thy rest, O my soul: for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.”

Psalm 116:7

All the Best in 2013!

Peace Fruit

Patience With Promises

James 1:4

Maybe over the last few days, you have been concentrating on cultivating the fruit of “patience” in your spirit.   (I hope that you have!)

You’ve prayed, read scripture and been more conscious of your thoughts and responses.

But you are probably not at a point where you feel “perfect and entire” and want for “nothing.”

Will you continue to cultivate patience even if you can’t detect a difference in your feelings or thoughts?

You may be like me and experience impatience many times a day.  The cause of your impatience may be something as simple as an interruption during a workday or a traffic light that turns red too soon.

You have made spiritual progress if you have recognized your impatience, said a quick prayer asking for God’s help and then consciously decided to NOT verbalize your impatience to those around you.

The adage that “misery loves company” is true.  If we complain about having to wait, we most certainly will find people who will validate our complaints and commiserate with us. This doesn’t mean that Christians should accept poor-quality customer service or abuse of their time, but it does mean that we think carefully about our actions when we feel impatience welling up.  This is especially important when the source of our impatience is a loved-one or someone we must work with often.

How many times have you needed a lesson repeated until you “got it?”  How did it impact your learning process if the teacher snapped at you or made you feel dumb?

How patient has God been with you as He’s taught you?  So many times I have disappointed Him and knowingly done the opposite of what I knew He wanted.  Yet I was not struck down or banished from His presence or told to never come back.  He patiently repeats our lessons.

His teaching methods may intensify if we make the same mistakes over and over, but He never gives up on our ability to do better the next time or withholds the resources necessary for improvement.

Seek to demonstrate to others the patience which God has shown with you!

All the Best in 2013!

Present Patience

James 1:4

How does God want me to live?

All the Best in 2013!

The Release of Patience

James 1:4

So it is with patience.

We want “faster” everything.

So remember to ask, cultivate and appropriate patience!

All the Best in 2013!

Peace Fruit

Perfect Peace While Patiently Waiting

James 1:4

It’s hard to imagine a truly peaceful person and an impatient person existing in the same soul.  Peace and patience feel so inextricably knit.

But as we move to our second day of focus on patience and its work on us, as it takes root in us, we become conscious of how patience benefits us spiritually and personally. And while many of the fruits of the spirits cannot be easily thought of as disciplines, patience is a little easier to imagine in that way.  We can often “feel” ourselves becoming impatient.  We detect our “fuses” shortening.  We feel our heart race and our blood pressure sore.

If you’ve observed a child who is waiting for Santa or some other great anticipated event, they can find it almost impossible to wait and seem capable of almost perpetual motion during this time.

Trying to explain patience to a child is difficult.  It’s often helpful to simply move them to another activity to pass the time so that it seems to move faster.  The same concept can apply to ourselves.

If we find ourselves growing impatient with a long wait somewhere, for example, always have a book to read, a letter to write, an article to edit or something helpful to listen to downloaded on your phone or other device.  Turn waiting time into meditation time or prayer time.

Additionally, just as difficult encounters with others can sometimes damage our sense of peace if we don’t get some distance and space, similar encounters can try our patience as well and likewise benefit from distance and space. (Even just for a minute or two).

What things most try your patience today?

Is it a long-range goal you feel discouraged about meeting?

Is it a family member who is behaving destructively?

Is it a health issue that seems as if it will never resolve?

Is it debt?

Is it wanting to be married or to have a child?

If you can think of things right now that challenge your patience, take a moment now to offer them to God and ask Him to plant patience deep within your soul, so that you can enjoy peace while patiently waiting.

“…whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, shall be quiet from fear of evil.”  Proverbs 1:33.

Peace Fruit

From Peace to Patience

James 1:4

As we move out of our focus on the peace fruit of the spirit and onto the patience fruit, perhaps you can see that if we have the spirit’s peace, we should naturally be inclined towards more patience.

But do you struggle with impatience?

Do you want patience NOW?

It’s not a delivery pizza or a tweet away.

Patience is practiced and requires an ability to see God’s best at the end of a long and bumpy road.

Patience requires sleepless nights with a sick and restless child.

Patience requires forgiving someone one more time.

Patience requires teaching a lesson that you taught the day before, the week before or a year before until the student grasps it.

Patience involves not giving up on ourselves or God when we fail or fall.

The short verse in James which will anchor our thoughts during this first week or so of focusing on patience is so rich.

As a woman, I love that patience is pictured as a female-her perfect work.

I visualize patience as a gentle mother overseeing her child’s first steps-embracing, guiding and supporting.

I also love that there is such a rich promise attached to patience…that if we give ourselves to learning the lessons of patience, we will be perfected and entire and want for nothing.

I am always attentive when the bible gives us something concrete to do in our lives with a promise attached to it that relates to our present life on earth.  Something that says “if you do this, HERE is what you’ll get.”  And it’s not as crass as expecting material benefit or creature comfort if we are patient, it’s expecting that by being patient we will see that in every moment we already have all we need through GOD and relax into our circumstances as they unfold.

So dig into the fruit of patience for the next 40 days, and if you are presented with a dilemma, crisis or question to answer during this time, ask yourself (and God) if the answer has something to do with patience!

All the Best in 2013!

Peace Through Holding It

If you have I really want to hear from you.

We may be wrong or we might need to compromise.

Or maybe we need to hold fast.

But first we should hold our peace.

All the Best in 2013!

Peace Through Fighting Words

When was the last time someone “pushed your buttons?”

How did you respond?

Were you able to escape without saying things YOU regret?

Or did you let loose?

Or some variant in-between?

What are fighting words to your ears?

What do you do when you hear them?

(Yes I’ve done it-recently).

To not respond is a response in itself.

It is all disquieting but is necessary for our growth.

Ask God to help you with your weeding.

All the Best in 2013!

Peace Through Zero-To-Crazy in 60 Seconds

So it’s easy to simply put off more writing.

But then I looked at the counter on this blog.

I have over 20,000 hits on this blog.

I know it has helped some people.

So I am going to continue and re-commit.

There is power in consistency in working towards a goal.

Today my mind is fixed back on God’s peace.

All the Best in 2013,

Peace Fruit

Peace Through Dry Morsels

Proverbs 17:1


Ron Howard has been around 'Star Wars' since the ''beginning''.

The 'Inferno' filmmaker has stepped in to helm the Han Solo spin-off movie - which focuses on the origins of the Rebel Alliance leader, played by Alden Ehrenreich - after Phil Lord and Christopher Miller recently stepped away due to ''creative differences''.

Speaking at the Cannes Lions film event, Ron explained: ''I've been around the 'Star Wars' universe from the beginning.

''When I was being directed by George Lucas on 'American Graffiti in 1972, we were standing out in front of Mel's Drive-In in San Francisco where we were shooting and I said 'do you know what you think your next film might be?'

''And he said 'yeah, I want to do a science-fiction movie but a really fun one like 'Flash Gordon' with the effects of Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey'. I thought 'that sounds like a kind of crazy idea'.

''So many people involved with the 'Star Wars' franchise are friends, so it's gratifying to be able to lend my voice to the universe - coming in when it's already been in production and there is a great amount of work done.''

The 63-year-old actor-turned-director previously starred in 'Star Wars' creator Lucas' 1973 film 'American Graffiti' and directed 'Willow' for him in 1988.

Meanwhile, it was recently claimed the previous directors had been in conflict with Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, for months and didn't appreciate the tight control the producer took on set.

Lord and Miller were hired for their distinctive brand of filmmaking, but the insider claimed Kathleen didn't approve of their style.


Volunteer Mobilization in Bangladesh

Highly trained volunteers commit themselves to a new future, empowered as a group to build the social capital they need to fulfill their vision of equality and prosperity.

As the mindset of dependency and gender discrimination begins to transform, and women and men commit themselves to a new future, The Hunger Project-Bangladesh empowers them to build the social capital they need to fulfill their vision. We do this through establishing four units of highly trained volunteers called Animators.

Each Animator unit is trained in how to organize themselves, facilitate group action and reporting, communicate and handle decision-making. The Hunger Project has discovered that volunteers are often most motivated and inspired by working alongside others who share similar interests and characteristics. To date, more than 170,000 Animators have been trained in Bangladesh; 40% of them were women.

Volunteers are organized along the following lines:

Unit 1: Animators are grassroots volunteers, so named for their ability to move their fellow villagers to action. Their role is to continue mobilizing their communities independent of Hunger Project staff. The Hunger Project recruits these Animators from among the most committed and motivated people who attend the VCA Workshops. In each Union we train a critical mass of approximately 150 Animators. Our intensive four-day training grounds them deeply in the principles of rights-based, bottom-up development and gender equality. Animators meet monthly in their area, and more than 10,000 gather each year for a national conference. In 2013, 3,308 women and men received Animator Training in a 3-day workshop.

Unit 2: Women Leaders are women whom The Hunger Project trains intensively in legal and reproductive rights. They are held in high regard by their fellow villagers and play a key role in reaching the most subjugated women in their Unions – those who are not allowed to venture outside their household and therefore cannot be reached by other Hunger Project trainings and workshops. Women Leaders awaken these confined women to their legal and reproductive rights and engage them in improving their lives. Women Leaders also reach beyond their Unions through their membership in the national Enlightened Women’s Network, where they exert their influence on higher levels of government. During 2013, 462 new Women Leaders were trained in an intensive three-day residential course. To date, we have trained 5,795 Women Leaders.

Unit 3: Youth Leaders bring the creativity and leadership of the youth population to the forefront while stimulating a sense of social responsibility in more than 100,000 students nationwide. Together, they meet monthly in chapters across the country – planning activities to improve their communities with an emphasis on literacy and education. During 2013, 1,290 new Youth Leaders were trained. To date, over 20,000 Bangladeshi youth have been trained as Youth Leaders.

Unit 4: Participatory Action Researchers (PARs) are volunteers from the most impoverished segments of each Union. They gather together and gain self-empowerment by taking a census of conditions they face, identifying life obstacles, developing comprehensive strategies and implementing plans in order to build lives of self-reliance. To date, 2,140 PAR facilitators have received training in a 3-day workshop in Bangladesh, 50% of whom were women.

A primary activity of Animators is to mobilize and lead Ward Action Teams, which bring together all the volunteer units so they may work together to advocate for change at the Union Council level. Each Ward Action Team includes seven Animators, two Women Leaders, five Youth Leaders, one Participatory Action Researcher and one Union Council member. The Ward Action Team serves as a focal point where the motivation, energies and leadership of the people converge with the resources of local government and non-governmental organizations.


How To Make Furniture From Sliding Barn Door Hardware

Modern Sliding Barn Door Hardware

Sliding Barn Door Hardware – Barn doors hanging in the raceways to create a sliding door can be a, attractive to divide two rooms, but do not limit their enjoyment of this feature rustic rescued for its intended purpose modern solution. Do furniture with barn doors that capitalizes on its weathered appeal and high surface area. Headboards, farmhouse dining tables and coffee tables all look great style as a barn door is the star of design. These DIY projects only require basic knowledge of construction.

Make a header sliding barn door hardware. Use a barn door for a double bed; use two for a king-size bed. Hang them on the wall behind the bed, with secure mounting accessories that are appropriate for your wall material. Do not leave space between the bed and barn doors or they seem to float precariously. Monte wall sconces in the barn door to add lighting to the bedside. Build a dining table barn door.

Related  Guideline to Install Sliding Barn Doors Interior

Purchase two by four inch boards and boards four inches. Measure the wood to the top of the table to fit within the framework of the barn door. Coloring under the table to match the barn door, adding effects weathered paint if desired. Place the barn door on the frame of the table. Screw in place through the bottom of the frame, or allowing the upper and lower part remain separate; the door should be heavy enough to stay in place. Develop a coffee table sliding barn door hardware with other recycled objects if you have limited interest in developing their construction skills. Use resistant lobster traps, wine boxes or two anvils handsome vintage wood to support the table. Make a higher version of this issue for a bedroom drawer white metal hospital re-used to support the door and a large mirror above to create an unusual vanity.


Matchstick (Ch1, Ch2, & Jump)

Based on the Matchless™ DC30

No Presence, No Mid, Tone, Cut

Power: 30 Watts
Controls Ch.1: Volume, Bass, Treble
Controls Ch.2: Volume, Tone, Cut control, Bypassable master volume
Power Tubes: 4 x EL84
Preamp Tubes: 1 x EF86, 3 x 12AX7
Rectifier Tube: 1 x 5AR4
Features: Dual inputs for each channel, Effects loop
Speaker Configuration: Customized Celestion G12H30 and Celestion G12M Greenback

Thirty very conservatively rated watts from a quartet of EL-84’s, through two channels, each with unique voicing and tone control layouts, produce a world of tone choices. Pure “Class A” configuration gives rich, complex harmonics whether played clean, mildly overdriven, or with all out power tube saturation. This means you should sound great in any situation, in any music style. Similar to AC30 without breaking, Channel 2 similar to AC15.

A long list of musician designed features includes: highly interactive tone controls and circuitries unique to each channel, bypassable master volume, cut control for high frequency shaping.

What is jumping channels?:
On an amp with more than one input for each channel (eg Hi and Lo) you use a short lead to go from the unused input of the channel your guitar’s plugged into, over to one of the inputs for the other channel. Standard practice on a non top-boost AC-30. By combining the ‘normal’ and ‘bright’ channels you get a wider range of sounds.

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2Do you feel anxious, stressed, or overwhelmed when you think about your goals? Do you have that feeling of dread or fearfulness at the thought of actioning or implementing them?

Well, you’re not alone. And it doesn’t have to be that way. Goal-setting should be a fun, inspiring and motivating experience.

And it may just be the case that all you need to do is approach your goal-setting strategy a bit differently.

Here are a few suggestions on what you can do to take the stress out of your goal-setting experience.

Set A Meaningful Goal

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Identify Your Motivator

Identify your motivator for each goal.

Then drill down even further –

Make It Achievable

Ask yourself this –

  • Is there a more achievable target you are willing to work for?

If you believe it is achievable and will do what you need to reach your outcome, interesting things start to happen. You begin to figure out ways you can make them come true. You develop the attitudes, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them. You begin seeing previously overlooked opportunities to bring yourself closer to the achievement of your goals.

Chunk It Down

Once you have figured out what you need to do to realise your goal, break it down into manageable, bite-sized pieces. Set mini-milestones and celebrate the achievement of each. This will not only give the motivation to continue moving forwards, but it’s also fun!

Let Go Of The Past

We all have past experiences we are either not proud of or are disappointments. It’s part of being human. We make mistakes. But here’s the good news. Mistakes are an opportunity for learning. How else would we know to do something different?

The most successful entrepreneurs have probably made the biggest mistakes. However the difference is in how they have dealt with it moving forwards. They don’t let it define them or hold them back. They learn from it and apply it positively to the next situation.

It’s called the art of Letting Go. Once you let go, it frees up your energy to be channelled into something positive. Check out my article on Letting Go To Lighten The Load.

Identify The Stressor(s)

Write down what is holding you back from achieving your goal and causing you stress, anxiety or fear.

Is it the fact that the goal is not meaningful to you, and you may be doing it to fulfil someone else’s expectations? Then perhaps you may need to revise or even redo your goal and look at why you are doing this? What is your motivator?

Does the goal feel unrealistic or unachievable? Again it may be a case of revising the goal to make it more achievable.

Is the goal forcing you to step outside your comfort zone? Remember that stepping outside your comfort zone can also often represent an opportunity for growth, depending on the circumstances, and what feels right to you. Speaking from personal experience, some of the best and most defining moments in my life were when I stepped outside my comfort zone and overcame a particular fear. I not only gained a new skill, but I felt so proud of myself and it gave me the confidence to tackle other things I thought I couldn’t do.

Goal-setting and the experiences you have during your journey towards achieving your goals should not be something you dread or fill you with stress and anxiety.

It should be something that inspires and motivates you, gives you confidence and something to be celebrated!

If you found this helpful, I would love to hear from you below. As always if you need any help, I am only a phone call or email away.

All my best


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Once the download has completed, locate the album file on your computer (this will most likely go into your Downloads folder if you don't choose a different destination).

Note: albums are delivered as a Zip file that will need to be unzipped.  If you don't have the software for this we recommend WinZIP or 7-Zip

After unzipping the album file you should see a folder of all available songs - these can be added to, opened, or played with your preferred media player!

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  1. Add all the wet ingredients to a pan and stir on a low heat until mixed and melted
  2. In a separate bowl, add all the dry ingredients and mix with a large spoon
  3. When the wet ingredients have melted, add them to the dry ingredients and mix through
  4. You can always try the raw mix at this stage and see if you want to add more sugar (i don’t think they need it)
  5. Pre-heat the oven to 180 ℃ and line a baking sheet with parchment paper
  6. Take a large dessert spoon or ice-cream scoop and take out some of the dough mix and with a slightly damp palm shape them into balls and place on the baking sheet.
  7. Make them as biscuit shaped as you can, using your palm to flatten them out. Aim to have them no thicker than 1cm (thinner biscuits are crunchier, thicker are gooier)
  8. Place them with at least 2-3cm in between them as they flatten a bit when cooking
  9. Cook in the oven for 12-15 minutes. I do not flip them halfway as they are quite delicate
  10. When they have browned evenly, remove from the oven and let cool completely before decorating them as below
  11. Temper some chocolate; either use a double burner or a place an empty glass bowl over some simmering water, making sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water
  12. Break the chocolate into small chunks and place in the bowl, stirring every so often.
  13. When completely melted, the chocolate has been tempered and ready to use to decorate
  14. You can coat the surface of them either with a cooking paintbrush or do what I did and clumsily drop them into the chocolate. OR you can take a spoon and drizzle it all over the top
  15. Let cool some more, add even more sliced nuts of candied fruit to decorate if you wish.
  16. These will last for weeks in a cool airtight container.


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5 Alternative Therapies That Can Help You Heal From Emotional Trauma

1.Yoga and Meditation

Yoga and meditation are both centered around the breath. In yoga, physical movement is elevated by tuning into breath, with the goal being to flow between postures in tune with your breathing. Yoga can assist in body mindfulness, flexibility and openness, and helps soothe the nervous system.

In meditation, the aim is to quiet the chatter of the mind and arrive to stillness, using breath to slow the mind. Meditation can be done sitting in a comfortable position or walking in silence through nature. In fact, yoga is considered a moving meditation because of the breath work involved. In any given moment, our minds are flooded with information, and meditation can help us learn to focus and spend more time in the present moment. Having awareness of your breath also encourages you to be in the now, instead of living in negative past experiences and trauma.

2. Acupuncture

The needling process of acupuncture seeks to release these energetic blockages and alleviate physical pain, as well as the potential underlying emotional pain associated with a certain condition. Physical and psychological pain are interconnected, and often the pain signals we receive in the body have connections to our psyche’s well being. Acupuncture can be used to ease pain, stress and trauma, and increase energy and balance.

3. Art Therapy

Since art therapy relies on visual processing, many language based defense mechanisms are bypassed, allowing healing to occur in a different way than talk therapy. Art therapy can assist in treating deep seated emotional trauma, through a process of looking, exploring and discovering in the art making process.

Through art making, individuals may also experience cathartic release, relaxation and stress relief, self-expression and feelings of self-mastery. Art therapy fosters and supports ego growth and encourages the development of identity, which is important when healing from trauma.

4. Massage Therapy

Emotional warfare affects our physical bodies, and our psyches as well. Pain manifesting in the body can be the result of trapped emotions, and massage therapy aims to release negative emotions which become lodged in the tissues following traumatic experiences. Just as expression of our experiences allows emotional relief, massage therapy helps correct negative responses in our muscles and tissues and provides physical relief.

A massage therapist can safely assist in providing physical contact to soothe and release trauma from the body. By physically ridding our bodies of negative emotions— which are often held onto in our bodies for decades— we create more room for lightness, positivity and movement.

5. Ayurveda

In Ayurveda, the aim in all aspects of life – physical, emotional and spiritual – is balance and moderation. Suppression and avoidance are seen as contributors to disease and illness. In treatment, the goal is to release and eliminate toxins that have accumulated in the body, as well as restore balance and harmony. Forms of Ayurvedic treatment include meditation, herbal oil treatments, skin and lymphatic detoxification, relaxation therapy and massage.

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Differentiate various forms of graphical modeling methods used in health analytic s.

15 slides with at least 150 words of speaker notes per slide

You have been asked to provide training for the newly hired staff of the oncology department. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation that you will use in your training. The presentation must cover the following:

Section 1: Queries

Creating, appending, updating, and deleting table queries
How queries can be used as a data source
How to locate duplicate records
Using sub queries as a criteria
The use of selecting criteria (e.g., comparison operators, limiting row and pattern matching)

Section 2: The Need for Data Warehousing

Using the library and Internet, search for information about the need for data warehousing. Additionally, consider how different approaches toward collecting data warehouse requirements help organizations in their decision-making processes.

From your research, identify the needs, basic elements, and trends in data warehousing.
Discuss how approaches to collecting data warehouse requirements can help the chosen organization in the decision-making process.
Why would this collection of data warehouse requirements help the organization?

Describe characteristics of applications and technology infrastructures commonly used in healthcare (e.g., clinical, administrative, financial).

Employ comparative analysis strategies (e.g., indicators, benchmarks, budgets, systems, performance) using business intelligence tools.

Plan, design, build, and populate a successful Data Warehouse (DW).


Researchers in Klaipėda prepare to launch a search for sunken Lithuanian ships, including the Prezidentas Smetona, the first Lithuanian warship of the interwar period, at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
Ship „Prezidentas Smetona“

Klaipeda University's sailboat Brabander expects to set sail shortly, Vladas Zulkus, who heads the project, told BNS.

This is the second such expedition organized by the university.

"Our primary aim is to identify the Prezidentas Smetona and other ships. The coordinates of the ships seem to be known, but they differ slightly in different sources. Thus, our aim is to check two options," Zulkus said.

"We will use special equipment of the Lithuanian Navy -- we have two of their specialists on board -- to establish the details and identify (ships). There are several tens of vessels in that area and we expect to identify our ships based on their characteristic details," he said.

The Brabander will carry out the research in Estonian waters.

The expedition is aimed at identifying not only the Prezidentas Smetona, which sailed under the Soviet flag when it was sunk in 1945, but also smaller, merchant vessels of the interwar Republic of Lithuania.

There are no plans to raise the sunken ships to the surface.


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“He was a dynamic leader who got things done,” said those who worked with William D. Dolan, M.D. during his career at what is now called the Virginia Hospital Center. Dr. Dolan was a lifelong activist for the highest levels of professionalism in service to patients.

Interested donors and the medical community formed the Dolan Lecture Committee  to assure memory of Dr. Dolan would be carried on through a lecture series that provided the highest level of medical education for medical students and the clinical medical community.

Dr. Dolan spent several years at the beginning of his career working as a physician in France during WWII. He helped build the first hospitals on Omaha Beach to care for the wounded and also assisted in gathering pathological data for the Nuremberg war trials.

Upon his return to Arlington, Dr. Dolan learned that medical students still spent much of their training in school rather than in the field. He spearheaded a partnership between his alma mater, the Georgetown University School of Medicine, and Arlington Hospital, to provide medical students with rotations providing real world experience caring for patients. This partnership grew throughout Dr. Dolan’s career, offering educational opportunities to students, residents and community physicians for more than 40 years.

If Dr. Dolan believed something was needed to further the education and practice of medicine, he made it happen. He was deeply involved in the development of an emergency medical department to train EMTs when only a few other hospitals had one, the creation of the county’s cancer detection plan, and the launch of the American Blood Commission, a national system for producing an adequate and safe supply of blood for medical use. He served as the Commission’s President in the early 1980s.

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David R. Duhamel, M.D.
Lawrence Gaydos, M.D.
Robert P. Holman, M.D.
Andrew B. Joel, M.D.
Lisa S. Kelly, M.D.
Donald M. Knowlan, M.D.
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Data Management Plan (Horizon 2020)

describes the data management life cycle for the data which is to be collected, processed and/or generated in a Horizon 2020 project.

a collection of independent components (information, works, data or other materials) arranged in a methodical or systematic way and according to specific criteria, and made individually accessible by electronic or other means. Under EU law, the cumulative protection of databases is possible under copyright (if the arrangement of data meets the conditions of originality and creativity) and more broadly, under a sui generis right (provided that the arrangement of data has involved a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial investment).

are additional outputs (e.g. information, special report, a technical diagram, brochure, list, a software milestone or other building block of the action) that must be produced at a given moment during the action (normally not at the same time as the periodic/final reports).

Demonstration activities

are used to prove the viability of new technologies, which cannot be commercialised directly (e.g. testing, prototype, scale-up studies, design, piloting innovative processes, products and services, validation, performance verification, etc.).

Description of the action

in the context of Horizon 2020, refers to Annex 1 to the Grant Agreement, which is built on the proposal's “Technical Annex”.

Description of Work (DoW)

in the context of FP7, refers to Annex I to the Grant Agreement. It contains information on the work packages, deliverables, milestones, resources and costs of the beneficiaries, as well as a text with a detailed description of the work.

constitutes the outward appearance of a product or part thereof resulting, in particular, from the characteristics of its lines, contours, colours, shape, surface, structure and/or materials and/or its ornamentation.

Direct Actions

means the research and innovation activities undertaken by the Commission through the Joint Research Centre (JRC).

Direct utilisation (see Use)

in FP7, refers to the use made by the participant owning the foreground, for example through further research, commercial or industrial exploitation in its own activities.

The first public disclosure of details of an invention. If the disclosure is made before the patent application has been filed (in a deliberate form or otherwise), the invention will in most cases be unpatentable. In return for a patent granted (exclusive rights for a limited time period), the applicant must make a full disclosure of the invention for which protection has been solicited.

Dissemination (FP7)

in FP7, refers to the disclosure of foreground by participants through any appropriate means and including the publication in any form. The disclosure of foreground that results from formalities for protection (such as the patent application publication) is not considered as dissemination.

Dissemination (Horizon 2020)

means, in Horizon 2020, the public disclosure of the results by any appropriate means (other than resulting from protecting or exploiting the results), including by scientific publications via any medium.

Domain Names

A combination of typographical characters corresponding to one or several numeric IP addresses which is registered with an accredited Registrar, and used to identify a particular website on the internet. Each domain name consists of two parts: a top-level domain (TLD – .com, .net, .org, .eu) and a second level domain, which represents the entity that owns the domain name. Although a domain name is unique and may be a valuable commercial asset, a domain name registration is not an intellectual property right.

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- Buddha

What are you thinking while reading this article? Are you concentrating on lines or are you thinking of something else, about your past where you failed or about your future where you are imagining yourself shining? But what about the present moment, are you giving your 100 %  to create your dream life. THINK ABOUT IT.

Maybe you have many problems in life, many of us have, which has occupied our minds making it trapped in thoughts of future and past. But if you want to transform your life into an outstanding one then you have to walk through that difficulties concentrating at present. Sometimes we get so much engaged in our problems, we forget our goals. We remain trapped in this loop because problems, difficulties force us to stop dreaming bigger and we remain trapped in this loop forever. This can be solved by stopping your thoughts by focusing on your breath. Breathe deeply, calm your brain, stop all your thoughts and see what is happening to you. Now you are fully aware to focus completely on your goals.

Don't run from your problems or responsibilities, learn from these experiences of life because these things make your life wonderful. If you think without struggling and sacrificing you will be at the top, then you are sadly mistaken. The people who have acquired the topmost position have struggled a lot, they have sacrificed a lot, they fail but they again come up with the new idea and apply it. If you want to grow and keep growing till infinity then the struggle will never be over because you always have to fight with yourself to become ten times stronger than previous you.

You may be searching for tips to achieve anything, become world-class in fitness, to become wiser, to have good social life, earn more money, but the golden run is believing in abundance. If you think you don't have enough resources, rethink it. Nature is the answer. If you have clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, organic foods to eat, a shelter, some clothes then I consider you have plenty of resources for achieving your goals.

Suppose you are in a desert and you are very thirsty, what will be in your mind - your problems of life or water? Here your mind is doing a great job it is thinking about how to get water because it is needed for survival, this is the natural tendency of all organisms. But when you have resources, why are you trapped in your problems, why you keep on complaining about life, why not search and work for your goals as you searched for water. Now, you are becoming more aware. This awareness is required for survival as well as living a great life.
So, don't only think about it, but also take proper action and don't wait for right time to come, make your present count.


Woo hoo - got into the 8s

S: 11st3lb C: 8st2lb G: 8st8.0lb BMI: 23.8 Loss: 3st1lb(27.39%)
S: 13st13lb C: 12st9lb G: 9st13lb BMI: 30.4 Loss: 1st4lb(9.23%)
WOW! A massive well done xx

Never give up
S: 18st12lb C: 17st11lb G: 12st12lb BMI: 35.7 Loss: 1st1lb(5.68%)
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NBC's upcoming drama series gives getting lost in thought a whole new meaning.

The network released the trailer for "Reverie" Thursday, and the preview introduces hostage negotiator Mara Kint (Sarah Shahi), a woman who has to save people from technology and themselves. In the trailer, she learns of Reverie, a virtual reality program that allows users to visit the moments and memories they most treasure as if they're in a waking dream. The problem is that many of the people don't want to leave, so their minds get stuck there while their bodies waste away.

Mara's former boss (Dennis Haysbert) convinces her to help get them out, but that sets her up to face unexpected dangers. As we learn in the trailer, the program is designed for one person and they have "no idea what's going to happen" with a second person inside.

Watch the trailer below.

"Reverie" premieres May 30 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.