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Patents can be thought as a “bundle of rights.” An issued patent carries with it a number of exclusive rights, each of which can be divided up individually from the others – removed from the bundle like one of many pick-up sticks and given to another. A patent owner can therefore prevent anyone from making, using, or selling the invention in a way that contravenes their patent rights. And, reciprocally, the patent owner can grant a person an exception by giving them a license. Thus, a patent owner can license, say, the exclusive right to use an invention to Person A, the exclusive right to make an invention in the Southwest to Person B, and the exclusive right to sell an invention for 3 years to Person C. The license essentially says, “I won’t sue you for doing this….”
The bundle can be divided in an enormous number of ways. Generally, though, the license is limited in scope, geography, or time. A license that purports to transfer all the rights in a patent for the life of the patent is really an assignment.
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UN welcomes Afghanistan's progress in fight against corruption
KABUL - Afghanistan authorities have made headway in their fight against corruption while enormous challenges remain, finds a new United Nations report released today.
“For the sake of the country’s future, corruption in Afghanistan must be addressed and eliminated,” said Tadamichi Yamamoto, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan. “The United Nations welcomes the progress already made, and fully supports the government’s ongoing efforts to fight corruption in the interest of ending impunity, ensuring accountability and transparency, and restoring integrity to the management of public services, finances and natural resources.”
In the report, titled ‘Afghanistan’s Fight Against Corruption: The Other Battlefield,’ the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) highlights the progress the country has made in addressing corruption and draws on internationally recognized best practices to provide recommendations for how the government, with the continued support of the public and the international community, can build on those achievements.
“It is my sincere hope that the progress made so far in the fight against corruption and the recommendations contained in our report will serve as a platform to achieve greater policy coherence and coordination in Afghanistan,” said the UN envoy, who is also head of UNAMA.
The report, which was circulated to Afghan ministries and the judiciary for input and endorsement prior to release, points out that corruption has affected all aspects of life in Afghanistan, undermining public trust and confidence in government institutions, and hindering efforts to bring lasting peace and prosperity to the country.
A key component of Afghanistan’s fight against corruption is the dedicated Anti-Corruption Justice Centre (ACJC), with dedicated police and prosecution units, and a new national primary and appeals court, established by Presidential Decree to operate with jurisdiction over the broad range of corruption offences specified in the current penal code, as well as money laundering offences, destruction or selling of cultural and historical relics, crimes against internal and external security, illegal extraction of mines, and land usurpation.
In addition to outlining the advances made by the ACJC, which is actively investigating, prosecuting and adjudicating cases, the report indicates that Afghanistan is showing progress in restoring institutional control over the delivery of essential public services and management of public finances.
The report makes several recommendations, recognizing that the government’s ongoing anti-corruption efforts have yet to impact the lives of most Afghans, and concludes that, notwithstanding the many legal and policy reforms that have been undertaken, corruption remains a substantial obstacle to Afghanistan’s long-term peace and prosperity.
“The report serves as a stark reminder that the fight against corruption cannot be won in the short term, and that the battle requires the sustained commitment on the part of the government and the general public, and full support from the international community,” said Yamamoto.
The full report is available here: https://unama.unmissions.org/corruption.
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Freddy Krueger is the lastest new Mortal Kombat 2011 DLC character announced developer Netherrealm Studios at Comic-Con 2011! His DLC character pack will be released in August 2011.
Just in time for a very early Halloween, the haunt from the Nightmare On Elm Street slasher films makes a very fitting final cap for the currently scheduled downloadable characters which were to include four all together.
Two of the previous three were not NEW, as Kenshi hailed from Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance and Rain kicked much ass in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Mortal Kombat Trilogy. Skarlet on the other hand was taken from a glitch in Mortal Kombat 2, although turned into a fully fleshed out (and female) character.
However Freddy Kruegar? Now THAT is a surprise! Although you couldn’t find a more fitting character to join the ranks of Mortal Kombat, given his murderous bloodlust and quench for teenage souls delivered in gory fashion. Naturally, his Fatalities and moveset will stay true to the character and he will deliver some much needed freshness to the roster.
It is important to note that Kruegar’s character model looks closer to being based on the 2010 Michael Bay-produced Nightmare On Elm Street reboot, where Jack E. Haley (Watchmen‘s Rorschach) played him, instead of the classic Wes Craven 1984 original, played by Robert Englund. Although Ed Boon himself denies this and says it is their own version, and isn’t based on any exact film version. Hopefully a pack will be released alongside his DLC that includes a classic costume.
Here is the debut trailer for Freddy Kruegar in Mortal Kombat 2011!
In an Freddy Kruegar Mortal Kombat 2011 interview with Ed Boon, Boon also revealed that they have wanted to include a horror film villain in previous Mortal Kombat games, but we never able to figure out how to do it. This time they knew they could, and set out to make the initial line-up of four DLC characters include a guest character… one from a horror film. Other nominees included Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th), Leatherface (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and Michael Meyers (Halloween).
Why did they settle on Freddy?
“It’s kind of hard to choose a character who would fit well into the Mortal Kombat universe, with the blood and violence that’s so associated with it,” Ed Boon told the PlayStation Blog. “Kratos from God of War is a brutal, bloody character, so he makes sense. When we had the discussions about the DLC characters, we knew that we wanted to add a returning character, a new character, but also a guest character. That was one of the goals right from the beginning. A number of names were run by us: Jason, Michael Meyers and all those guys. Freddy Krueger, we felt, was the most instantly recognizable and he fits in with Mortal Kombat with his claws. It just seemed like the best fit.”
He also had this to say when asked about why they based Freddy off last year’s reboot: “We didn’t try to make him look like the actor Robert Englund, I don’t even know if we would be allowed to… Admittedly, I didn’t see the latest movie, the remake. But obviously the first few movies were huge — they left an undeniable mark on pop culture. When I look at him, I think of the original Freddy: he’s got the striped sweater and is instantly recognizable. He’s Freddy in general, we don’t really identify him as one version or another.”
It’s also fun to note that NetherRealm Studios, the Ed Boon development house behind Mortal Kombat, and the Mortal Kombat franchise in particular, are owned by the WB. Warner Bros. bought the Mortal Kombat rights when Midway went under. The WB also owns Freddy, so having him as a DLC character made even more sense given that fact.
What do you think about having Freddy in Mortal Kombat? I think its PERFECT. No complaints from me!
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Decisive Moments: Gilles Caron in Derry
A striking selection of photographs gifted to the city will go on display from October 28
French photojournalist Gilles Caron came to Derry~Londonderry in August 1969, during a series of intense riots that became known as the Battle of the Bogside, and his images still give an insight into the violence that once gripped the city.
The battle is remembered as one of the first confrontations in what was to become The Troubles.
The violence began after Orangemen from the Apprentice Boys of Derry held a parade in the city on 12 August 1969. Tensions in the city between unionists and nationalists flared into riots that lasted for three days.
Troops were eventually deployed to the city to restore order in the streets and support the police, but riots continued to rage in the Bogside area between police and nationalists.
Young people from the city, gathered in large crowds to throw stones, bottles and bricks at soldiers and police.
In a 36-hour period, 1,000 canisters of CS gas were fired into the Bogside by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), in an attempt to dispel the large crowds.
The pictures were on display at the City Factory Gallery in Derry~Londonderry last year as part of City of Culture 2013. Fifteen photos from the collection have now been gifted to the city by the Caron Foundation.
Nationalist demonstrators threw stones at police and used bin lids as shields.
The images will be on display as part of the Decisive Moments: Gilles Caron in Derry exhibit at both the Void Gallery and City Factory Gallery in Derry from 28 October until 20 December.
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How do you know when a turkey is done? How hot does a turkey need to get? How long before the turkey must be put away in the refrigerator?
These are among the most common, yet important questions asked when Thanksgiving Day (also informally named “Turkey Day”) comes around!
First, according to health professionals: don’t handle the turkey (or any type of fowl) without first thoroughly washing your hands; disinfecting the work surfaces; and using only well cleaned pots, pans, and utensils.
How can one be sure the turkey is done? Do not consider the color of cooked meat and poultry to accurately know a turkey is done. Only by using a food thermometer can you determine how "done" a turkey is. (For safe eating, it must have reach, and REMAINED at a temperature of 140 F).
140 F is also the temperature ALL cooked food must remain, to destroy harmful bacteria! Don’t let your food slowly cool down at the table.
And if you serve gravy, make sure it has been cooked to 165 F.
How about the “dressing” (usually a bread/spices/broth stuffing)? Remove it first; cleaning it from the inside of the bird, immediately. Be prepared to refrigerate it until right before serving. (Stuffing cannot be safely kept- even refrigerated- for more than a day).
Regarding the other hot foods of Thanksgiving, they all need to be refrigerated as soon after serving as possible. (Remember: hot foods will retain a temperature where bacteria can flourish, if not cooled quickly: Turkey can be cut into thin slices/ or small pieces; and other foods should be cooled in shallow baking pans).
While this may seem austere (especially if you’ve participated in Thanksgivings whereat the food sat on tables for hours!), it is vital to your and your loved ones’ safety.
Another tip: perishable foods should not be left out of the refrigerator for more than 2 hours! (this comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture).
Remember this folk-wisdom when considering what is safe to eat: “When in doubt, throw it out!”
Have a great, happy Thanksgiving! And work at remaining healthy for the next one!
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4시 20분부터 제1과학관 31214 e+강의실에서 간단한 다과를 제공합니다.
Title: Printed Electronics
Speaker: 장 선 희 박사님 (성균관대학교 물리학과, '92동문 )
Date & Time: May 17. (Wed.) 2017, 4:30 PM
Place: Natural Science 1, Room No. 31214
Abstract: Printed electronics (PE) is a platform technology that is based on organic conducting and semiconducting as well as printable inorganic materials. By the combination of electronics manufacturing and text/graphic printing, one can manufacture high-quality electronic products that are thin, flexible, wearable, lightweight, of varying sizes, ultra-cost-effective, and environmentally friendly.
A wide range of printing methods have already been applied to conventional electronics fabrication. They include screen printing, inkjet printing, gravure printing, flexo printing, and offset printing. They are also applicable to many advanced PE products. Depending on the nature of the PE products, one must make a suitable choice of ink, substrate, designed device structure, pattern geometry, manufacturing speed, yield, quality, and production cost.
PE opens up new possibilities for applications and products, which can be categorized into the following groups: (1) Lighting (OLED), (2) Organic/inorganic photovoltaics, (3) Displays (front planes such as, for example, OLED, e-paper, and electrochromic and their active matrix back plane), (4) Integrated smart systems (RFID, sports fitness/healthcare devices, smart cards, sensors, and smart textiles), and (5) Electronics and components (memories, antennas, batteries, wiring and interconnects, and other components)
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FROM ABCA RELEASE OMAHA, Neb. – The American Baseball Coaches Association announced the ABCA/Rawlings Sporting Goods All-American teams on Wednesday, June 17. Among the First Team honorees are six players participating in this year’s College World Series including Arizona State starting pitcher Mike Leake, LSU starting pitcher Louis Coleman, Arizona State catcher Carlos Ramirez, UNC […]
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FROM NCBWA RELEASE PITCHER OF THE YEAR – Gabriel Duran, Dowling PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Shannon Wilkerson, Augusta State COACH OF THE YEAR – Dan O’Brien, UC San Diego
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams and National Player of The Year were announced today by Collegiate Baseball newspaper. The 17-man first team, chosen by performances up to regional playoffs and picked by the staff of Collegiate Baseball newspaper, features 13 conference players or pitchers of the year, including:
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE ARLINGTON, Texas- UT Arlington center fielder Michael Choice was named to the Baseball America and rivals.com preseason All-Conference list as both publications previewed the Southland Conference. Choice was also named preseason first team All-SLC. Baseball America and rivals.com both had UT Arlington picked to finish eighth in the 12-team SLC.
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE TUCSON, Ariz. — The 2009 Louisville Slugger pre-season All-American baseball teams, selected by Collegiate Baseball newspaper, features a who’s who of NCAA Division I baseball players. The pre-season pick as National Player of The Year is RHP Stephen Strasburg of San Diego St. The 6-foot-5, 220-pounder is expected to be a […]
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Tillie Olsen (1912-2007) / Anthony Dawahare
<1> On January 1, 2007, Tillie Olsen, one of the most respected working-class American writers, died. In her 94 years, pulled in often-conflicting directions by parenting, writing, political activism, literary events, and wage labor, she managed to write three books and several poems, pieces of journalism, essays, and short stories. Her most revered literary works are an unfinished novel she wrote during the Great Depression,
Yonnondio: From the Thirties
(published in 1974), Tell Me a Riddle
(1978). Tillie is also greatly admired as a social activist who fought throughout her life for the working-class and, therefore, by necessity against sexism, racism, and capitalism.
Yonnondio, now recognized as a classic of proletarian literature, centers on an American migrant family, the Holbrooks, who move from city to farm in search of non-exploitative work and stable family life. Olsen's depiction registers the brutalizing effects of economic exploitation and its patriarchal ideology on this working-class family from the 1920s. Yet, it equally documents the irrepressible desire of working people to resist spontaneously their brutalization. In
Tell Me a Riddle, a collection of four stories, Olsen writes about mid-century working-class people in suburban locales ringed by Cold War fears and conformity. A number of her characters, and several who traverse the stories, have participated in revolutionary struggles either in pre-Soviet Russia or Depression-era America, and now find themselves living in contradiction with the present and feeling politically isolated. The stories movingly address both the loss of and desire for mass movements of progressive change, for
"that joyous certainty, that sense of mattering, of moving and being moved, of being one and indivisible with the great of the past, with all that freed, ennobled"
("Tell Me a Riddle" 113). Like Yonnondio,
Tell Me a Riddle
is particularly sensitive to the lives of working-class women and mothers who struggle with the weight of household labor, child-rearing, and sometimes wage-labor, and who want so much more of life, and not only for themselves.
Olsen's last major work,
Silences, helped to establish her as a foremost contemporary Marxist and feminist literary critic and theorist. In this work, Olsen is mainly concerned with the silences of writers and omissions of literary history due to unfavorable social circumstances that confront working-class, female, and black writers. It also includes one of the finest literary critical essays written on Rebecca Harding Davis, a nineteenth-century American writer who wrote a ground-breaking novella on unrecorded working-class lives entitled
Life in the Iron Mills
<3> There are numerous ways that we will remember Tillie's specific literary achievements and contributions, as so many studies and now obituaries have already demonstrated. However, it seems to me that we should not forget her life-long commitment to a dialectical materialist comprehension of capitalism and to the struggle for a truly socialist society. Simply put, Marxism, and the political and literary movements it fostered, remained the foundation of her life and work. This may seem obvious to some, but I would argue that her dialectical materialist understanding of the problems of our class society, as well as their resolutions, have yet to be sufficiently credited in studies that otherwise recognize components of her Marxism, such as her critique of class exploitation. Too often her Marxism has been subsumed by other concerns of her work, such as sexism. The Cold War may be over, but not the after-effects of U.S. anti-communism that Tillie combated throughout her life. Tillie was one of the most important writers of the last century who developed the literary means to fulfill the promise of a Marxist aesthetic formulated as far back as the 1920s and 30s.
<4> While there are many aspects to her dialectical representations, suffice it to note here that in her work, everyday life is revealed in all of its damaging but change-making contradictions and potentials. To be sure, the dramas of working-class life she represents are characterized by series of interrelated contradictions from which her characters cannot escape within the constraints of their material conditions. In
we discover lives torn by scarcity and need, wealth and poverty, and individualism and cooperation, at work and in the home. In
Tell Me a Riddle,
we find similar and new contradictions like the desire to attend to one's family needs and the needs of the entire working-class, as well as the desire to maintain interracial relationships within a segregated society. In Silences,
the contradictions between the desire to write and the lack of supportive circumstance (familial, cultural, social, and economic) come to the fore. And, in general, the interrelated poles of these contradictions are actuality and potentiality. Remarkably, Olsen reveals all of these contradictions as having a social basis in the political economy of capitalism - contrary to those who unlink the problems of women or of African Americans from the class structure and relations of capitalism, or who use an "intersectional" model of class, race, and gender.
<5> Moreover, Tillie portrays these antagonistic contradictions as what drive change and the growth of the new out of the old. She thus represents the ways in which working people–in spite of exploitation, of restrictive relations of production and its myriad forms of oppression like sexism and racism - dialectically transcend these circumstances, both conceptually (through critique and plans for a better life) as well as through their interpersonal, economic, and political struggles. Tillie's belief in the possibility of the working class creating an egalitarian and democratic classless society was based on her comprehension of dialectical contradictions and developments within our world - not simply on some abstract level or through a utopian moral judgment imposed on existing reality. "Human resistance to oppression is inevitable," Olsen declared at a lecture in 1984. "That has been human history.
Human will, courage, capacity to change what degrades, harms, limits, is inherent . . .
human qualities whereby we have faced, solved, and transcended so many horrors, agonizing problems . . . " ("The Word Made Flesh" 6-7). Her work needs to be read for many reasons but, from this perspective, also because it addresses the current theoretical impasse that abandons indispensable dialectical notions - totality, instance, mediation, transcendence, and determination - necessary for an adequate understanding of the world.
<6> Olsen's life and writing engages the primary historical and literary challenge of proletarian literature broadly conceived: namely, how to represent the singularity of working class lives while at the same time depicting the complex web of historical determinations that shape them. In this sense, Olsen's work successfully engaged major twentieth-century debates over whether or not literary and/or conceptual totalization of individual experience is possible or even desirable, given the forms of Hegelian and Marxist totalization that reduce difference to a common identity (whether conceived as World Spirit or class, respectively).
<7> "I Stand Here Ironing," the first story she wrote and published in the 1950s after a period of silence following her literary successes in the 1930s, is itself a meditation of sorts on the predicament of writing dialectically about the life of an individual from the working class. The story is a mother's response in the form of an interior monologue to a high school counselor's phone call about his wish to understand and help her daughter. While ironing clothes, this mother who birthed and raised her daughter cannot "total it all," even though she understands the broadly social and class conditions that shaped her family life and daughter's personality. She "will never come to say ... [s]he is a child of her age, of depression, of war, of fear" (13). Her daughter is not simply her child or a "child of history"; she is also a human being with a will to make of herself who she is within her historical limits. She is more complex than any representation that reduces her to past and present determinations can make out. Like all of Olsen's characters, this young woman is defined by necessity but also by freedom. Olsen gives life to Jean-Paul Sartre's comment on the relationship between freedom and necessity, namely, "that a man can always make something out of what is made of him. This is the limit I would today accord to freedom: the small movement which makes of a totally conditioned social being someone who does not render back completely what his social conditioning has given him" ("Itinerary" 7).
<8> Given the immense responsibility to represent accurately both individual working-class lives and their complex determinations - that is, not to misrepresent those who have so often been misrepresented and harmed - one may have the impulse of James Agee, a contemporary of Olsen, who, when given the assignment by
magazine to document the lives of Southern Sharecroppers, wished to "do no writing at all ..." (10). Instead, his record "would be photographs; the rest would be fragments of cloth, bits of cotton, lumps of earth, records of speech, pieces of wood and iron, phials of odors, plates of food and of excrement." We may even wonder whether the work involved in dialectical representation was too much for Olsen at times, accounting for "silences" when scarce time was available. But, like others of her generation (including Agee), Olsen had to write, to risk misrepresentation and betrayal of one's loyalties and affections because, as she quotes Walt Whitman on indigenous peoples' histories, with "[n]o picture, poem, statement, passing them to the future ... unlimn'd they disappear ... " Fortunately, for us, as a historical materialist, Tillie Olsen "limn'd" the working class enough "to retain that image of the past which unexpectedly appears to man singled out by history at a moment of danger" (Benjamin 255). As Walter Benjamin goes on to say, such dialectical images of life must be seized since they are under threat "of becoming a tool of the ruling classes." Our corporate ("popular") culture is expert at representing the constant dangers to working-class life (from unemployment, poverty, homelessness, fascism, and war) as their opposite - i.e. as not of its (the ruling classes') own making.
<9> In some ways, Olsen's dialectical perspective and literature are not hard to account for. She was raised by Russian immigrant parents who themselves were part of socialist movements of the twentieth century, namely those of the 1905 Russian Revolution and then, later, as members of the American Socialist Party. They were friends with important socialists such as Eugene Debs, whom Olsen recalls as a child. She was part, if only as a child, of the heady days when, for the second time (following the short lived Paris Commune of 1871) the working class declared its political presence and commanded the stage of world history in Russia in 1917. The great black intellectual and writer W.E.B. Du Bois, not yet a Communist himself, could write then that Bolshevism was "the one new Idea of the World War, the idea which may well stand in future years as the one thing that made the slaughter worthwhile ... is the vision of great dreamers that
only those who work shall vote and rule" ("Forward" 234-35). And, when the market crashed in 1929, and U.S. capitalism's own internal contradictions proved its worthlessness for working people, Tillie joined up with the Communist Party, which in those days was the place to be for U.S. workers and intellectuals interested in fighting against exploitation, oppression, and imperialist war - for being part of an international mass movement that aimed to realize the egalitarian and democratic principles of the Bolshevik Revolution on a world scale. In the post-war period and until the day she died, she was either in or close to the Party, and maintained friendships with old comrades and others on the left.
<10> Yet, as Malcolm Cowley noted in the 1930s, Marxism alone does not make one a great writer ("What the Revolutionary Movement Can Do for a Writer" 59). To be sure, as biographies of Olsen have made clear, so many other influences and experiences "compound" ("I Stand Here" 13) the life of Tillie and contributed to the writer she was. Often noted are her experiences as a woman and a mother that provided her with insights into the lives of working-class women, as well as her thorough knowledge and love of a tradition of great writers such as Walt Whitman, William Blake, Rebecca Harding Davis, Leo Tolstoy, Martin Andersen Nexo, and Maxim Gorky on (as she used to say) the side of life. Present and future readers of her work will have ever more to say what made Tillie and her work so honest, perceptive, and moving. It is clear that we can never be content to say "[s]he is a child of her age, of depression, of war, of fear" (13). Tillie Olsen was that but much more - one who dialectically transcended her time and was herself "strong with the not yet in the now" ("Tell Me" 109), with the sensibility of a world still struggling to emerge where human labor is not for sale but given freely to satisfy the needs of humanity.
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18.5 (Sept. 1919): 234-35.
New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1978.
Tell Me a Riddle.
New York: Delacorte Press, Seymour Lawrence 1961.
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Critical Thinking/Critical Writing:
Prize-winning High School and College Essays.
Cedar Falls, Iowa: University of Northern Iowa, 1984. 1-8.
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Sartre, Jean Paul. "Itinerary of a Thought."
Conversations with Jean-Paul Sartre. London: Seagull Books, 2006. 3-66.
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Christie Administration announces $81.6 million in Local Aid grants to help control property taxes
Municipal Aid grants among the 391 to be awarded
Trenton, NJ - The Christie Administration today announced 391 Local Aid grants totaling $81.6 million to help municipalities advance a variety of transportation projects without burdening local property taxpayers.
A total of 377 municipalities successfully competed for $78.6 million in Municipal Aid grants, while 14 other grants totaling $3 million were announced under the Transit Village, Local Bikeway, and Safe Streets to Transit programs. All of the grants are being funded through the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund.
“These grants promote motorist, pedestrian and bicyclist safety, mobility and quality-of-life projects,” said NJDOT Commissioner James Simpson. “Most of the Municipal Aid grants will support street paving or preservation projects, and will arrive in time for towns to make much needed repairs after a brutal winter.”
The competitive Municipal Aid grant program attracted 653 applications worth $255 million in work. A total of 6 percent of the 377 successful applicants were awarded grants for non-traditional projects involving pedestrian safety, bikeways and streetscape projects.
Under the Municipal Aid grant program, each county is apportioned a share of the total funding based on population and the number of local centerline miles. Municipalities compete for portions of their county’s share. Past performance in connection with timely award of projects and construction close-out factor into the evaluation of the Municipal Aid grant proposals.
When evaluating municipal aid grant applications, NJDOT gives an additional point to municipalities that have adopted Complete Streets policies. Sixty-seven municipalities had done so at the time municipal aid applications were due, and all but two submitted applications. Of them, 56 were recommended for grants totaling $15 million.
A total of 90 municipalities and six counties now have adopted Complete Streets policies, which establish guidelines that require consideration be given to pedestrians and bicyclists when local transportation projects are being planned, designed and built. NJDOT adopted its award-winning policy in December, 2009.
NJDOT provides 75 percent of a municipal aid grant when a town awards a contract and the remaining 25 percent upon completion of the project.
Of the 15 municipalities seeking grants for projects within their Transit Village zones, Transit Village grants worth a total of $1 million were awarded to Pleasantville (Atlantic County), Burlington City (Burlington County), Dunellen (Middlesex County), and Somerville (Somerset County).
Under this program, municipalities that have transit facilities within their borders can seek to be designated as a Transit Village by developing plans for dense, mixed-use redevelopment that includes housing near their transit facility.
Additionally, at the time Municipal Aid applications were due, there were 27 municipalities in the Transit Village program, and all 27 submitted Municipal Aid grant applications. Twenty-six were selected for grant awards totaling $7.1 million. Participation in the Transit Village program earns municipalities an extra point when their Municipal Aid applications are considered.
Today there are 28 municipalities in the Transit Village program.
The Department received 71 applications totaling $22.6 million for grants under the Bikeway program. Bikeway grants totaling $1 million are being awarded to Hammonton (Atlantic County), Middle Township (Cape May County), West Windsor (Mercer County), and Barnegat Township (Ocean County).
Safe Streets to Transit
Six grants worth $1 million are being awarded under the Safe Streets to Transit program to Camden and Voorhees (Camden County), Millville (Cumberland County), Jersey City (Hudson County), Metuchen (Middlesex County), and Lincoln Park (Morris County). The Department received 78 applications worth $20.8 million for grants under this program.
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Actors: Kelly Greyson, Natalie Racousin, Clay Walker Directors: Ray Bengston Format: PAL Number of discs: 1 Classification: 12 Studio: TICM Ltd DVD Release Date: 28 Mar. 2016 Run Time: 103 minutes
Seeking religious freedom in America, a devout Christian family from Germany settles in the peaceful Pennsylvania colony - only to find themselves caught in the crossfire of the savage French and Indian War. Following a merciless raid on their settlement, daughters Barbara and Regina Meininger are abducted, separated, and then raised by their Delaware captors in the harsh Ohio wilderness. Now, only their devotion to each other and faith in the Lord can lead them through their darkest hours and back to freedom in this inspirational true story.
These discs are Region 2 (PAL) format, and will work on all modern Australian & European DVD players. Your DVD player may need to be multi-region enabled in order to view this (most players in Australia are). Please check your player before purchasing
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Earrings - Naked 2 in Rose Quartz
The perfect everyday earrings available in a multitude of colours.
- 10 mm chequered Rose Quartz Gemstone.
- Sterling Silver Base. Available in gold plate and rhodium finish.
- Hook fastening for pierced ears.
- 0.75 inches in Length.
- Since all our gemstones are natural, we encourage you to embrace the subtle nuances of the variations that may occur.
- Typically ships out within 24 hours.
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Hi! Welcome to Beyond Boobs!, now one of two support services of Here for the Girls, Inc., dedicated to improving the lives of young women affected by breast cancer. In the near future, this website will reflect this exciting growth. So stay tuned, but meanwhile check out our new Here for the Girls website. We are so glad you came to visit!
Hugs, The BB! Team
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Stonecipher Fitness offers participants a variety of nutrition programs depending on your needs and budget.
Make an appointment today to discuss joining our nutrition programs and get your nutrition on track!
In this session, you’ll sit down with our Nutrition Coach for an hour and talk about your current eating habits, and learn about some of the basic changes you can make to reach your goals. You’ll leave this session with a focus on how to get started on your own healthy eating lifestyle.
Our online resource which also utilizes interaction with our nutrition coach. This online program will help keep you accountable, motivated, setting small attainable goals that will help you get to your overall health goals, track your food and so much more. You’ll also get plenty of feedback from our Nutrition Coach along the way to keep you moving in the right direction.
Custom Meal Plans
With our custom meals plans, we give you an exact guide of what to eat, how much to eat, and tailor it to YOUR exact needs. Our meal plans include:
- Meeting with our Nutrition Coach – if you sign up for a custom meal plan, you’ll first sit down with our Coach so we can learn about your goals, current habits, lifestyle, food preferences and more. Based on this information, your Coach will come up with a meal plan for you.
- Customization – don’t eat beef, allergic to eggs, gluten-free, you name it…. we’ve heard it, and we can help you work around it! That’s why this is a PERSONAL meal plan, it’s very personal and designed to work for you.
- 4 weeks’ worth of meal planning, each week includes a different menu
- Easy to follow recipes for all of your meals on the menu
Our Nutrition Program have varying costs.
- Single Session Nutrition Coaching – $75 (1 Hour)
- Pro Coach – $25/month
- Custom Meal Plans (includes a 1-hour and 4 week meal plan) – $175
WHAT CLIENT'S SAY
Jeremy Shaft / Chiropractor / Athlete
What an amazing place this is. I’m a chiropractor and athlete, and I am so thankful for the amazing work Jon and his team do. I’ve never felt stronger. Their attention to form is the reason I work out here. Do yourself a favor and go see them. You won’t be disappointed.
Colette Herten / Client
I have been seeing Adrienne for over 2 and a half years and seen great results! I have learned so much which I have been able to use at the gym on my own time as well. All the trainers: Jon, Adrienne, and Julie are great! I love this gym!
Pat Bilicki / Client
I’ve worked with a lot of trainers and John is one of the best. I’ve been training with him for over a year – I had to leave for awhile due to a heart condition but as soon as I got the go ahead from the cardiologist I contacted Jon again. He does a great job in pushing you to your limit but he listens and pays attention to what you need. I hope to continue training with him for years to come.
Michelle Kroll / Client
Are you at a loss for your fitness goals? This is the place to go! I do the group classes but its so nice there is no more than 6 people in class so it is like getting one on one training! Jon and Adrienne really care about your goals and needs and are very supportive to get you where you need or want to be! Not only do they help you with your workouts they give you nutrition advice and also offer massage therapy. I could go on and on about the good things from this place but instead I just advise you to check it out for yourself!
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Summer Food Service ProgramThe Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), formerly known as Summer Sack Lunch, is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and was established in 1968 to respond to growing research that correlated a child’s nutrition with academic success and concerns about the lack of nutrition resources for children during the summer months.
Nutritious free meals are available for children and teens 18 and younger at many locations throughout the summer while school is out of session.
Help spread the word.
Families can find their closest meal site when they:
- Call 211
- Call 1-866-3-HUNGRY (1-866-348-6479) (for English) or 1-877-8-HAMBRE (1-877-842-6273) (for Spanish)
- Text “MEALPA” to 877877 during the summer months
- Visit the website: www.fns.usda.gov/
- Use the site locator for smartphones - Rangeapp.org
The following 2023 Summer Meal sites are within six miles of Upper St. Clair:
- Acorns Summer Program - Special Site
- Nativity Church
- Baldwin High School ESL Camp
- Carnegie Boys and Girls Club
- Baldwin Borough Public Library
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/
sites/default/files/documents/ ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form (Form AD-3027) or letter must be submitted to USDA by mail, fax or email.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410
Fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
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Known for the trendy, colourful collections, although popular amongst music-listeners, Urbanears had yet to enter the professional DJ headphones market. Now with the release of their flagship Zinken cans they have added DJ friendly features alongside the usual rainbow of available colours, hoping to create an interest from aspiring and professional DJs.
Ear cups that move about (although not fully reversible housing) are a nice touch as is the 6.3mm(1/4 inch) and 3.5mm in reversible lead, allowing both sharing of a headphone signal and use of the headphones in both small MP3 player jacks and larger 1/4 inch jacks found on DJ mixers. The Zinken left ear cap features a 6.3mm (1/4 inch) socket, and the right, a 3.5mm socket - simply unplug the TurnCable and switch it around to always have a compatible connector for use with a phone or mp3 player, or for a mixer in a professional DJ environment. There's still the lifestyle touch of hands-free for operating phones and the usual Urbanears one colour matt-finish.
We've spent a little bit of time with them already and are definitely impressed at the quality here. They wont be everyone's cup of tea for actual DJ use, but they sound great and are comfortable for lengthy listening sessions. Worth checking out.Priced at £120 from urbanoutfitters.com
- Best studio headphones: top headphones for music production
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10 Holiday Party Don'ts
For a great festive soirée, avoid these pitfalls!
Yes, you’ll want the food and drinks prepared, but it’s better to do the last-minute assembling or baking when you are showered, dressed, and feeling like a calm, organized host.
Trying to make every kind of mixed drink for guests is futile. Pick one festive cocktail (like our Holiday Mojito!) and make all the ingredients available for guests to mix themselves, or assemble in pitchers for guests to pour.
Some guests will abandon a wineglass or plate but want to go back for seconds. Be sure to have extras for guests to use. If you don’t have enough china and crystal, buy festive but elegant disposables.
It will improve guest flow and make it easier for you to replenish platters if you place nibbles on several tables. Consider a second bar spot as well—one for wine and another for mixed drinks.
Save the experiments for family—you won’t want the stress of recipe failure right before guests arrive. Consider a signature dish, such as our Hot Crab and Shrimp Dip, which guests can’t wait to try each time they visit.
Candlelight is beautiful, but you don’t want loose sleeves around the fire. Keep any lit candles on a fireplace mantel or in glass lanterns. Don’t use scented candles, either—the smell will interfere with the aroma of your food.
It happens. Something will inevitably break or spill. Use washable linens and keep the heirloom crystal in the cabinet.
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A bit of dabbling
Going through https://vulkan-tutorial.com, learning a bit about 3D graphics, C, and who knows what else.
An attempt to make a load agent using github.com/chromedp/chromedp and use it to drive simulated web traffic on my infrastructure.
Prometheus exporter for Folding@Home.
Folding@Home Docker Image
Configuration management to support tunneling Thanos from my on-prem cluster to my cloud GKE cluster using OpenVPN: https://openvpn.net/
Support better utilization of GKE preemptible nodes by managing terminations
Fork of https://github.com/mvisonneau/gitlab-ci-pipelines-exporter.git
Export GCP Stackdriver metrics to Prometheus.
Configuration management for cronjobs that sync GCS to Dropbox.
Auto-devops for Transmission Web.
A pet project.
Manage integration between GKE and Google CloudSQL instances. Icon courtesy of Icons8 https://icons8.com/icons/set/database
Configuration management of NGINX ingress for GKE Kubernetes cluster.
Kubernetes dashboard deployments for https://kubernetes.palpant.us and https://kubernetes-admin.palpant.us. Logo courtesy of https://github.com/kubernetes/community/
A repository to manage configuring a private GitLab instance.
My personal website and blog, self-hosted Ghost and Gatsby.
Infrastructure-as-code. Icon courtesy of Kubernetes https://github.com/kubernetes/community
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MIUI 12.5 eligible devices list is out. The new MIUI 12.5 update will be released to 27 select devices via OTA update. MIUI 12.5 has been claimed to be a better version of MIUI. The MIUI 12.5 update offers a set of new features with better security and performance upgrades. The new operating system is said to be better than the previous MIUI versions.
MIUI 12.5 version will essentially be the base update before MIUI 13 releases.
Xiaomi is already developing MIUI 12.5, and Mi 11 series will be the first to run on the latest UI platform. The upcoming changes and optimizations will be the foundation for the next MIUI 13.
MIUI 12.5 Device List: MIUI 12.5 Update Download, Availability
Xiaomi initially announced a list of 21 devices which will support MIUI 12.5. But the company now announced the new MIUI 12.5 device list which will be released to these select devices via OTA update. MIUI 12.5 will first arrive on devices sold in China, then the ones in other countries including India.
MIUI 12.5 beta for global units will soon be rolled out as well. MIUI 12.5 device list (first phase) of eligible Xiaomi phones. Here it is:
Xiaomi Mi 11
Xiaomi Mi 10
Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra
Xiaomi Mi 10 Youth
Xiaomi Mi 9 SE
Xiaomi Mi 9
Xiaomi Mi 9 Explorer
Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro 5G
Xiaomi Mi CC9
Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi K30 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi K30 5G
Xiaomi Redmi K30S
Xiaomi Redmi K30 Racing
Xiaomi Redmi K30i 5G
Xiaomi Redmi K30
Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi K20
Xiaomi Redmi 10X 5G
Xiaomi Redmi 10X Pro
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8
Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi Note 7
MIUI 12.5 Release Date In India: MIUI 12.5 Update Dates India?
Coming to MIUI 12.5 release date in India, it’s yet to be confirmed. Already rolled out in China, the MIUI 12.5 India availability is soon to be confirmed. MIUI 12.5 release date in India could happen from February, though Xiaomi will officially confirm the dates in a few days.
Xiaomi has officially announced a list of 21 devices which will support the MIUI 12.5 update first, and the devices from the list available in India will get the update earlier.
MIUI 12.5 Features: Additions, Upgrades
MIUI 12.5 will offer optimized performance. The MIUI 12.5 is said to be more light, faster and efficient than previous versions of MIUI.
- Xiaomi has claimed it will be using 20 percent fewer cores than before with 35 percent less background memory and 25 percent less power consumption.
- Xiaomi is using ‘MIUI Light Cone Motion Effect Architecture’ compared to MIUI 12.
- The new MIUI 12.5 has a new set of Super Wallpapers: Snow Mountain from Mount Siguniang, Shipwreck Bay in Greece (Navagio Beach) and Blade’s Edge Mountain in Italy.
- With MIUI 12.5, the company is also focusing more on privacy. There’s Clipboard Protection, File Storage (Sandbox Mechanism), and Browser.
- Location (Fuzzy Positioning) now has special mentions.
- Xiaomi App Store from MIUI 12.5 has special instructions for privacy including risks, avoiding malicious contents and security tampering.
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Last month, on March 12th, a dismal and rainy Saturday morning, we released our very first tasting room exclusive product, a single barrel of Cask Strength Straight Rye Whiskey! We harvested and bottled it the very same morning of the release. The proof came out...
Come experience Spirit Works Distillery for yourself! We are a Northern California Distillery, based in Sonoma County, Sebastopol at The Barlow. We provide samples of our spirits while your host will explain how our female distillers produce our spirits from grain to glass. The Distillery Tasting Room also allows you grab some Spirit Works merchandise, bar ware, cocktail books and is the landing place for our distillery tours.
Bottle sales (up to 3 bottles per person) are now available in the
tasting room here!
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Last week, the Tax Foundation released a paper titled, “Reexamining the Tax Exemption of Municipal Bond Interest,” which argued that lawmakers should consider reforming the current tax treatment of municipal bond...
- The Tax Policy Blog
- PolitiFact's "Half True" Ruling on State B...
PolitiFact's "Half True" Ruling on State Beer Taxes
Earlier this month, when we published a map of state excise tax rates on beer, we received an unexpected response from PolitiFact Tennessee (a joint project of the Memphis Commercial Appeal and the Knoxville News Sentinel). They rated our listing of Tennessee’s state excise tax rate on beer as “False.” We’ve been working on state tax policy since 1937 and publishing data on beer taxes since 1950, so being called out like this was rather surprising – especially given that the figure (in this case $0.14 per gallon) was actually correct.
The PolitiFact team was motivated to write on the topic after representatives of the brewing industry complained on Twitter about Tennessee’s ranking. The state has the 39th highest beer excise tax in the country, but the aggrieved brewers pointed out that there are other taxes in Tennessee that increase the final price of beer as well, in particular a 17% wholesale sales tax.
Responding to the original article by PolitiFact Tennessee, we pointed out that while this is correct, it is irrelevant to the question of whether our map should be considered “True” or “False.” The map was titled “State Beer Excise Tax Rates (Dollars Per Gallon),” and it accurately lists the dollars-per-gallon state excise tax rate on beer in Tennessee and every other state. That makes it true.
The writers and editors at PolitiFact Tennessee responded quickly and politely to our pointing this out, and promised to review the story and its conclusion. After additional phone calls and email messages were exchanged, they issued a revised ruling, calling the data on our map “Half True.” Again, we take issue with this ruling.
Toward the end of the revised piece, the writers emphasize that beer company executives find it “infuriating” when anyone highlights the state excise rate without simultaneously acknowledging the wholesale sales tax that also adds to the cost of their product. With all due respect to both journalists and brewers from the Volunteer State, however, that does not change the definition of what is true. We published accurate excise rate data, and no amount of fury emanating from beer industry lobbyists in Tennessee is going to change that accurate data into being only “Half True.”
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building a house part 2
building a house part 2
What is Concrete Footing in the Construction of the House?
Here we talk about concrete footing foundation, and we cover matters and details of a strip foundation, types of footing, strip footing, a slab of concrete cost, isolated footing, strap footing, concrete piers, pad footing, raft footing, and column footing, etc.
New House Footings
Phase 1: What Are the Different Kinds of House Footings?
You should understand some important principles such as what are the different types of foundations. What is the strongest foundation for a house? What are the three types of foundations?
There are several types and sizes of footings to choose from and the one that you decide to use depends on the soil conditions, and how far down you need to go below the ground to protect from frost.
Note that you can protect against frost by also using good drainage around the foundation, which guides the water away from the building.
Selecting and placing the footings for your home is essential because the footings receive the house load through posts or foundation walls, which are then transmitted to the soil.
When we placed the footings, we made sure that the distance between the footing base and the finished grade was at least the depth of any anticipated frost penetration. See the diagram below for the minimum depths for different soil conditions.
Building code requirements for your region should be consulted when preparing to place footings. Before we started with our footings we talked to our local building official to discuss local soil conditions; that way we could plan what we needed more accurately.
Foundation Footings: Wall Footings
Here we talk about column footings in the home building process in detail. Do we answer some questions such as what are footings for walls?
How deep should a footing be for a wall? Where should wall footing be placed? How do you build a wall footing?
What Determines Wall Footing Size and Thickness?
Side forms should be used for footings unless the soil conditions and design allow for sharply cut trenches. When measuring the distance for wall footing placement, it is important to make sure that the footings project beyond each side of the wall by at least 4 in.
(100 mm), with a thickness of no less than the projection beyond the wall. Footings should never be less than 4 in. (100 mm) thick.
In cases where a preserved wood foundation is being used, continuous wood footings are usually more practical and economical.
Before going ahead with finalizing the footings, you should check to see if the excavation is even. If you find that it is not and that in some places the excavation is too deep, a compacted granular mat can be used to level it. Note that excavated material should never be used as a base.
In our case, the soil had a low load-bearing capacity and so we had to use wider reinforced footings. Using a key at the top of the footings was recommended by our builder.
Keys help the foundation wall resist lateral pressures from the earth pushing against it. Bring the idea up to your builders to see how it can work into the plan. Any pipe tranches that are directly under wall footings need to be backfilled with concrete.
New House Construction Column Footings
We must understand the fundamentals of building construction basics such as how do you make column footings? How deep do footings need to be for a column? What is the minimum size of column footing? And how do you find the column footing size?
We make it easy for you by providing column footing detail, footing size for columns, and reinforcement details. We explain all that with colfootingsting design examples such as detailed drawings and plans.
You should have a better idea at the end about all kinds of Column Footing such as simple footing, combined, rectangular, and isolated column footing.
These footings can vary in size depending on the allowable soil pressure and the load they support. Footings should be placed so that the members they support are centered. Common sized include:
- One-story house: 4.3 sq. ft. (0.4 m2) (about 25 x 24 in. (640 x 640 mm))
- Two-story house: 8 sq. ft. (0.75 m2)(34 x 34 in.)(870 x 870 mm)).
** A minimum thickness of 4 in. (100 mm).
Stepped Footings Foundation
So what is step footing in construction? And what is used for? How do you make a step up footing? What are the stepped footing building requirements and regulations? What is the maximum height of a stepped footing step?
Stepped Footing Detail
Stepped footings are needed when there is unstable soil, where there is a steeply sloping site, and in some cases, they are used with split-level houses.
The vertical part of the step should be placed at the same time as the footing. The bottom is always placed on undisturbed so or compacted granular fill.
Sometimes, where there is a very steep slope, more than one step is needed. The vertical connection between footings at the step should be of concrete at least 6 in. (150 mm) thick, and the same width as the footings.
The House Foundation 101:
What part of the house is the foundation? What are the foundation requirements? What is the strongest foundation for a house?
Phase 1: Foundations: How to Build the Foundation of a House?
Most often, materials such as concrete blocks, preserved wood, cast-in-place concrete, or steel foundations are used for foundation building. The foundation is the stronghold of the house; it carries the floor, wall, roof, and other building loads, which include weight from the occupants and other external weights such as snow.
It is wise to consult with local builders to see what practices they used since you should use proven methods when creating the foundation. At times, unstable soils that you come across can change the construction plan for your foundation.
What Are the Two Parts of the House Foundation?
Preparing the formwork for the walls is a very important step. It must be well-braced, tight, and tied in a way so that it can withstand the pressure of the concrete.
You can either build formwork from lumber or plywood with the appropriate framing members (built-in sections) or use reusable forms.
Reusable forms are made of plywood or steel. We used steel form ties to hold the two sides of the framework together, and once the concrete was set, we could break off the ties.
Steel ties and separators were also used to hold the forms together and to maintain the width needed. If you decide to use wood spacer blocks, you need to remove them from the concrete.
There are also new types of products being manufactured in the USA, and Canada that can ease the process of foundation building.
These new advances make it easy to work with formwork and insulation for concrete walls and can eliminate steps from the process when building your own house.
What is the Standard Size of Foundation?
The thickness we used for our foundation wall was 6 in. (150 mm) but the thickness can vary depending on the depth of the foundation below grade.
Typical thickness ranges from 6 to 12 in. (150 mm – 300 mm). When working with the formwork for drainage, it is best to use a coarse granular mat or crushed stone around the perimeter and under the basement slab.
Our builder spread the layer of stone around the footings in advance so that there was a dry, clean surface to work on.
Once the concrete has set and acquired enough strength to support the loads, you can remove the forms. Typically, this takes about 2 days but one week is ideal especially when it is cold outside.
When you remove the forms, all of the recesses and holes from the form ties have to be sealed with dampproofing material or cement mortar.
At times, uncontrolled cracking can occur in the concrete slabs and walls. To help prevent this, you can use steel reinforced rods or vertical control joints that are properly placed to help minimize the cracks.
When using control joints, put them in places where there is natural weakness (such as planes of windows, doors, etc.).
Preserved Wood Foundations
Wood foundations are best suited for low-rise dwellings or multiple dwellings. Make sure that the wood you use has been properly treated; look for a certification mark showing the material was treated according to local certifications.
The size, species, and grade of studs and thickness of plywood depend on stud spacing and backfill height, and the number of stories that the house will have.
Typically, when using a wood foundation to build your home, the construction follows the same methods used in house framing with some added bracing requirements.
The foundation uses pressure-treated wood footings with pressure-treated bottom and top plates. All of the wood used in the foundation must be pressure treated that use chemical preservatives by your national standards.
Using properly treated wood ensures that the wood is highly resistant to decay organisms and insects.
Basement Slab: How to Floor a Basement
Phase 1: Slabs
When creating a basement floor slab certain requirements need to be met and some steps need to be followed in order.
When we were preparing our plans for the slabs, we also made sure to ventilate the basement since this allows moisture (that is created when curing the concrete) to escape.
Concrete is typically used for basement floor slabs and should be put in after the roof construction is done, the basement floor drain is in place, water and sewer lines are installed and the building is enclosed.
The slab should be sloped towards the floor drain and made to be at least 3 in. (75 mm) thick.
We built our own home and constructed the basement slab, we first installed the sewer lines. Next, we placed about 4 in. (100 mm) of gravel or crushed rock under the slab to prevent moisture from getting to the slab from the ground.
Using a sheet of polyethylene sheet, create a layer of 6 mils (0.15 mm) below the slab to dampproof the floor.
At times, there can be slight movement of the slab due to shrinkage during the drying process. You can use apre-molded joint filler to correct this.
Once the slab concrete is in place, you need to check for proper elevation. Curing should happen for at least 5 days at an air temperature of 70°F (21°C). Slabs on the ground are prepared almost the same way as basement slabs
New Construction Foundation Waterproofing
How to Build House Waterproofing Foundations? What is the best way to waterproof concrete?
Phase 1: Waterproofing and Dampproofing
How do you seal the foundation of a house? While beginning to plan for waterproofing and dampproofing, foundation drainage needs to be planned as well.
Typically, you can use drain tile to accomplish this. You will need to provide drainage in most areas around the foundations but not where there is natural, free-draining soil. Any subsurface water needs to be drained away to prevent damp basements and wet floors.
Drain tile needs to be connected with a joint pipe to a storm sewer, or another outlet where the water can be drained properly.
If this is not done properly, you will be left with poor drainage, which will then lead to water leaking into the basement.
When laying the tile, place it on solid and undisturbed soil around the footings, and needs to be covered with a minimum of 6 in. (150 mm) of coarse, clean gravel and crushed rock.
Both waterproofing and dampproofing work to combat moistures of different kinds, and they both work in different ways for different parts of the house.
Waterproofing is done during the house-building phase to help deal with severe water problems and is only needed for foundations that will be exposed to hydrostatic pressures.
If you know your home will need to incorporate some waterproofing, we recommend going to an expert, since qualified professionals will know best how to work with different water pressures.
Dampproofing foundations are done to control moisture in the soil that can move into the foundation and are also done to control the movement of moisture from concrete into interior wood frames.
Common approaches to dampproofing include polyethylene, sheet material, or a heavy coat of bituminous material. Any foundations that are waterproofed don’t need to be dampproofed; this is a great money-saving tip since it can be easy to be over careful and do both.
Any concrete that is below grade needs to be damp proofed on the exterior surface starting from the footings, all the way to the finish grade line.
Also, it is wise to check and see if the soil around the foundation is poorly drained. If this is the case, waterproofing is needed. We decided to add some additional moisture protection by also using special dense glass-fiber insulation.
Framing and Ventilation: Wood Frame House Construction
What are the three types of frame construction? How do you make a wooden frame? What wood is used for framing? What are the basic components of a wood-frame structure?
What are the wood frame construction types, and what are wood frame construction materials? What are wood frame construction advantages and disadvantages?
Phase 1: House Framing and Ventilation
Wood frame wall construction details:
There are two methods you can use to construct a wood-frame house. We used the most common method, which is the Platform method.
It is important to note that the amount of time it will take for you to complete the framing for your home will depend greatly on the weather conditions.
Unpredictable weather conditions can delay your schedule for days and weeks, so be prepared to adjust your plans.
The structural shell of your home will need to be put up, and this shell consists of the foundation, floors, walls, and roof.
Once these are in place, you can start to think about the level of insulation you will use in the different parts of the structural shell, since framing dimensions will need to be adjusted depending on your needs. Below is some more information about the two methods used:
- Balloon Method: With this method, the studs used for the exterior and interior walls are, which means that site assembly is not easy.
- Platform Method: With this method, the floor is built separately from the walls, which means you can have a sturdy solid surface to work off of. This makes putting up the walls and partitions easier. Also, the studs are only one story high, which means that calls can be easily premade or put together on the subfloor, and erected one story at a time.
After we used the platform method for your shell framing, we then started our floor framing, which used headers, sills, joists, and beams.
We made sure to have seasoned lumber for this since we want to control moisture as much as possible. You should check with your building codes to see what moisture content is acceptable for the lumber you will use with your floor frames.
Wood Frame Construction Diagram
When constructing the wall frames, this will include creating the vertical and horizontal members for exterior walls and interior partitions, also known as studs.
These studs are the nailing base for all covering materials and support of the upper floors, ceiling, and roof. Roofs can either be flat or pitched, and the slope of the roof varies depending on the house design.
Pitched roofs will typically have more of a slope, whereas flat roofs will have less of a slope. A roof slope of 1:1 fits with our healthy housing principles.
No matter which roof type you will use, ventilation needs to be incorporated into the plan. Proper insulation needs to be provided in the roof space above the insulation.
If water or moisture builds up in spaces in the roof, it can lead to damage in areas where the moisture accumulates. This is especially during cold weather.
The size of the vent you will choose depends on the slope of your roof and the way the roof is constructed. In any case, the vents should be evenly distributed on all sides of the building.
Part 2: Home Construction Mid-Stage
- Constructing Your Dream House
- Building a Home Phase 3:
- Phase 2: Construction Mid-Stage
If you have reached this stage, congratulations!
When you are working to build your own home, the experience can become overwhelming at times. But to have the ability to custom design and choose your home layout and building structures makes it all worthwhile.
I know that once we reached this stage, we had already dealt with some delays, mainly because of unpredictable weather conditions. But the team we chose was very dedicated and adjusted well to the changes in plans.
This is why it was so important to make sure you chose a team that is hard-working, flexible, and dedicated to the job. It is worth it to spend the time to choose the best possible fit for your team when you decide to build your own house.
Let’s highlight all the things you have accomplished up until this point, so you can pat yourself on the back and see how far you have come. When we reached this phase, we had to pause and take everything in.
At this point, you should have completed the following important steps when building your home:
- Getting your finances and permits in order – During this phase, you should have developed your building plan and made sure you have your money plan as well. Approval and permits would have also been put in order before the building process can begin
- Create the building layout – Here, you establish the layout of the house, and look at the property line. You also discuss site planning with your team.
- Excavation and footings – At this stage, you should begin the excavation, and make sure you have the proper equipment to do so.
- Backfill and foundations – This is the base of your home and the heart of the construction process. Making sure that you have taken your time during this stage is essential.
- Framing – Here, during the last stage of phase 1, you would have completed your framing for the shell, floor, roof, and walls.
Alright, now we move on to the next exciting phase of your soon-to-be-completed dream home! Take a step back, enjoy what you have done so far, and continue your hard work.
Installing House Windows
Phase 2: Windows
Installing House Windows and Types of House Windows
As we planned the design of our home, we chose certain doors and windows that would fit with the design theme of our home, but we also thought about efficiency and practicality.
The architect we worked with was very good and helped us choose aesthetically pleasing designs, and that were also environmentally sound to use.
Remember, windows and doors are more than just openings into the outside world, they also play an important role in several systems in the home.
They need to fit nicely with the functionality of the home, there needs to be enough space for movement and use, and it needs to go with the decor.
When building a wood-frame house, you also need to select the appropriate types and make sure they are installed properly.
Any doors or windows that are of poor quality will decrease energy conservation, which will then leave you with high energy bills. This can also happen if a high-quality door or window is not installed properly.
You will also want to think about how durable the items are, as well as how high maintenance they will be for you as a homeowner.
Different styles have different advantages and disadvantages, all of which need to be considered when building your own home.
One of the most important things we thought about when we chose our windows and doors was how energy efficient they were.
We also thought about how they could contribute to the natural light and ventilation of the home. And, of course, we thought about security and safety.
We asked ourselves, how hard would it be for someone to break into the home and how accessible are the doors and windows from the outside?
Also, windows are seen as a means to escape in the case of danger, and so they need to be designed in a way that the occupants can leave when there is a disaster.
Depending on the room, you will need different window and door sizes and designs. Some rooms will need larger windows for increased natural light, and it is common practice to have at least 10 percent of the area in living rooms and dining rooms to be covered in windows.
For bedrooms and dens, it is usually 5 percent. Something interesting that we learned about windows is that they can be a fire hazard to surrounding properties.
We were told that fires can spread from window to window, which is why there are strict codes about how big the windows can be and what percent of the room they can occupy.
Window styles and Types:
- Fixed windows
- Casement and awning windows
- Horizontal and vertical slider windows
- Single or double-hung windows
- tilt-and-turn windows
- Egress window styles
- Awning type window
- Awning type steel casement windows
- Swing type steel casement windows
Styles of Windows:
- Old r classic window styles
- Victorian windows
- French type sliding window
- Modern window type
Installing Exterior Doors
Phase 2: Installing House Doors
Which Door is Best for the Exterior of the House?
One of the most important parts of occupant safety, which ties into the healthy housing principles, is related to home security for your house.
It is important to consider these when selecting your doors for purchase. Selecting a door and hardware for the door needs to have the appropriate amount of resistance to forced entry.
That being said, the doors, like the windows, add to the external aesthetics of the home and should also be selected to match your home design.
When selecting hardware for your door, it is better to go with the higher-end ones since they will last you longer and provide the best durability and resistance to forced entry.
There are standard codes that talk about the requirements for resistance under the National Building Code. The framing of the door also plays a role in resistance to forced entry.
Adding extra screws in the drywall around the door frame will add extra resistance, and blocks should be placed between and jamb of the door and the framing to increase resistance.
You can choose from 4 common materials for your door. Fiberglass, wood, steel, and plastic. Although the wood doors are naturally solid, the other materials often have inner and outer panels that are filled with insulation.
A common mistake that people is that they only consider the style and finish of the external doors, which we did not do.
You can have custom doors built, but it is more common to buy and use pre-hung manufactured units that are ready to be installed when they are delivered.
When you install a pre-manufactured door, follow the instructions as they are given, or else you can lose your warranty.
The most energy-efficient doors are the modern styles, whereas wooden doors are more traditional and have long-standing performance.
If you want a door with a window, it needs to be heat efficient and can also have tempered glass for added safety. The weather stripping around the door protects against air leakage, so be sure to check this out when you are selecting an exterior door.
Installing Decorative Trim and Fabric
Phase 2: Other Trims
Since these finishes will be on the exterior of your house, they need to be of good quality and should be able to resist weather and climate changes and harsh conditions.
Also, you should pick trim that allows for easy painting. The fasteners that you will use for the trim need to be corrosion-resistant and set in a coat so that they can last. Often, nails are puttied after a prime coat is used, which prevents rust.
Once the wall coverings are done, the team will begin to think about doing other exterior trims for your home. This includes exterior trims like window and door trims and soffits.
These trims are cut, fitted, and placed on-site and can be customized to the design of the building.
We already talked about windows, and here we will get into a little more about window finishing. Although windows are important for providing light and air in the home, windows are also part of the architectural home design.
So, when you choose the style, size, and design, also think about the kind of frames and trim you will use.
You can select a window frame and sash that is made of metal, fiberglass, wood, or plastic and can mix and match. This all plays into how the house will look and the exterior feel of the home.
We love to have a lot of natural light in our house, and because of this, we tried to have large areas of glazing.
But, there are rules and codes when you build your own house when it comes to window sizes, do check with your local codes before investing and designing.
One thing to remember is that more windows mean there is more heat loss, and if you have good trim this heat loss can be minimized but not eliminated.
Any kind of wood that is used for a window sash and frame needs to be treated so that decaying is decreased.
Any exterior trim for the window is typically attached to the window frame when the window is fabricated and is nailed to the studs. Any leftover space around the window frame is usually filled with insulation.
Exterior door frames will also need to be installed, and using hardwood increases durability. The door frame needs to be nailed well to the opening framework and the door sill needs to bear solidly on the floor framing.
Installing New House Indoor Stairs
Phase 2: Stairs & Wiring
Let’s learn about stairs and their types such as spiral stairways, circular stairways, wood stairways, steel stairways, and contemporary staircases.
Stairs are an important consideration when designing your home. There are two kinds of stairs, the main stairs, which are those stairs between finished areas, and those stairs that go to storage areas, laundry, and other smaller areas.
For our main stairs, we used more expensive materials and put more thought into the design and size; the other stairs to smaller areas of the house were not as fancy.
Stair guards are used to surrounding the openings to protect against falling over the edge and handrails are installed to help go up and down.
The recommended dimensions for the rise-to-run are a rise of 7 – 7.5 in. (180 to 190 mm) with a run of 9 ¾ to 10 ¼ in. (250 to 265 mm) with a minimum headroom of 6 ft. 6 in.
(1.95 m). There are special terms used in stair building, and below in the image are parts of the stairs:
Electrical wiring is done after the exterior wall sheathing and roof are done. At this stage, the wiring and boxes are installed for outlets, lights, and switches, all of which need to follow local codes and regulations. Insulation is typically put in after this.
The placement of outlets and boxes needs to be carefully planned before the house building begins. We spent countless hours with our architect thinking about what types of appliances and electronics we would use, and how we could implement an efficient and pleasing layout.
Any changes that are made after the house is built are VERY expensive.
One of the good things about using wood-frame housing is that you can find creative ways to hide a lot of the heating and plumbing systems.
When you are designing the framing for the house, especially the floor framing, be sure to consider the piping and ductwork that will need to be added later.
You will need to install the plumbing after the framing is done for it. There is a term called “roughing-in” which means that plumbing vents and drains, and hot and cold water piping is put in so that it can later be enclosed in the walls, ceilings, and floors.
There are many ways that the house can be heated, such as hot-water heating systems, electric systems, and single-space heaters, all of which can be easily installed in a wood-frame house.
We used an electric system in our house since it has a multi-control feature. Some of the most common ones used include forced warm-air, electric baseboards, and forced flow hot-water heating.
Each type has its own set of local regulations, which you need to check before purchasing and installing, and all need proper and controlled ventilation.
Phase 2: Insulation
What is the Best Way to Insulate a House?
We are going to show you the best way to insulate a new home.
Insulation is used to minimize heat loss from your house. When you build your home, materials used for other structures such as walls or ceilings have low heat resistance, which is why it is important to use insulation.
Heat resistance is measured by an R-value (thermal resistance). Since energy sources are expensive, good insulation is key to minimizing long-term costs. Also, this plays into the healthy housing principle of energy efficiency.
The amount of insulation you will use when building your house will depend on codes and also the climate zone you are living in. Degree-days are used to determine how much insulation to use as well.
This is a calculation that determines the mean temperature for every day in the year. All of the ceilings, floors, and walls that separate heated space from unheated space or the outside air need to be insulated.
There are various ways to install insulation, and your builder can determine which methods are best.
You can choose from 4 basic types of insulation; each of them is made from a variety of materials and come in many forms. The four types are described below:
- Rigid: made from wood fiber, expanded or extruded foamed plastic, and is purchased in sheets or boards.
- Loose Fill: made from glass, mineral wool fiber, and cellulose fiber and is placed by pouring or blowing into place.
- Foamed-in-place: made from under pressure materials such as polyurethane and isocyanurate that can be sprayed or injected in a foamed liquid state.
- Semi-rigid: made from glass and mineral wool fibers, and come in flexible insulation boards.
Manufacturers are becoming more and more environmentally conscious of energy efficiency. When you choose your insulation and are installing it in your house, remember that occupant health should also be taken into consideration.
Any that is exposed can cause health problems. Also, try to avoid products that are made from heavily processed chemicals.
All of the foundation walls that enclose heated spaces need to be insulated fully. Any insulation that is installed on the inner parts of the foundation’s walls, or below-grade, should be protected by a moisture barrier.
Floor insulation should be done for floors that are over unheated crawl spaces or unheated garages. Walls between dwelling units and garages need to be insulated the same way as the exterior walls.
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The consumption of smokeless tobacco products such as gutkha, mawa and pan masala has been identified as a cause of oral, pancreatic, and esophageal cancer in various studies. In India, the association of smokeless tobacco use with oral cancer is particularly striking.
Now a study has highlighted the total absence of regulatory standards for maximum allowable chemical constituents in smokeless tobacco products. These constituents make these products hazardous for consumers. The study conducted by Healis – Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health, Navi Mumbai and University of Minnesota, USA has found that the degree of nicotine in smokeless tobacco products varies highly in each product.
“The findings of the study show that it is possible for manufacturers to make smokeless tobacco products less hazardous. Despite this, the industry continues to market products which can lead to a high risk cancer and are highly addictive,” said Dr P. C. Gupta, Director, Healis – Sekhsaria Institute. He also stressed that these finding are particularly important for India as we are a home to over 80 per cent of all smokeless tobacco users worldwide which is a major concern.
The objective of this study was to understand the proportion of toxic and cancer causing (carcinogenic) constituents in smokeless tobacco products and then analyse how they vary in different products. This information is necessary to provide insights for the development of effective tobacco control policies.
“We have a huge spectrum of smokeless tobacco products in the market but we don’t have any idea about the degree of toxicity they contain. There is a huge difference between levels of carcinogenic substances in these products. To tackle the menace of increasing number of cancer patients, it is important to know what they are consuming,” said Dr P. C. Gupta. For the purpose of the study smokeless tobacco products were collected from Mumbai and were tested in the laboratories at the University of Minnesota, USA.
Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi, Professor and Surgeon, Tata Memorial Hospital, underlined the spread of oral cancer in India which is among the highest in the world. “Given this situation, it is important to have a systematic way to supervise tobacco products. It will lead us to have a better understanding of the risks associated with the use of specific tobacco products. With this knowledge we can combat oral cancer,” he said.
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Petunia's Self-Serve Bee Farm, owned by Petunia herself, is one of the few bee farms open late on Kwanzaa. Hermes, accompanied by the rest of the Planet Express crew, visited it on the last night of Kwanzaa 3010 while looking for beeswax to make Kwanzaa candles, as Kwanzaa-bot and LaBarbara had told him to (6ACV13). However, Petunia's Self-Serve Bee Farm, as well as the other farms on Earth, had none, since the bees were getting killed by bee parasites.
Petunia, the farm's owner.
- Petunia's Self-Serve Bee Farm only appeared in a non-canon segment, so it may not exist in the real universe.
Hermes: Finally! A bee farm that's open late on Kwanzaa. Madam, I need beeswax.
Petunia: Are you sure you don't need a little honey, handsome? Maybe a taste of sweet nectar straight from the hive? [Hermes and the others all feel disgusted.]
Hermes: I just need some beeswax to make Kwanzaa candles.
Petunia: Well, that's too darn bad. There ain't no beeswax in the whole world.
Amy: Oh, no! This could be the year without a Kwanzaa, like every year before 1966.
Petunia: The bees are acting all crazy, like they been drinking [[wikipedia:Tang [drink] |Tang]] and cough syrup, or, as I call it, my Friday night. [She laughs and coughs from the smoke.]
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The Healthy Immigrant Effect and Immigrant Selection: Evidence from Four Countries
The existence of a healthy immigrant effect – where immigrants are on average healthier than the native-born – is now a well accepted phenomenon. There are many competing explanations for this phenomenon including health screening by recipient countries, healthy behaviour prior to migration followed by the steady adoption of new country (less) healthy behaviours, and immigrant self-selection where healthier and wealthier people tend to be migrants. We explore the last two of these explanations for the healthy immigrant effect by examining the health outcomes, health behaviours, and socio-economic characteristics of immigrants from a range of source countries in the US, Canada, UK and Australia. We find evidence of strong positive selection effects for immigrants from all regions of origin in terms of education. However, we also find evidence that self-selection in terms of unobservable factors is an important determinant of the better health of recent immigrants.
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Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 43(2), pages 337-360, May.
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Hamburger Vegetable Casserole
|Beef chuck||2 Pound, ground|
|Instant minced onion||1 Tablespoon|
|Fine dry bread crumbs||1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)|
|Water||1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)|
|Ground marjoram||1⁄2 Teaspoon|
|Canned beef gravy||21 1⁄2 Ounce (2 Cans Of 10 3/4 Ounce Each)|
|White onions||8 Small|
|Fresh mushrooms||2 , sliced|
|Chopped parsley||2 Tablespoon|
Combine meat, egg, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and next 4 ingredients.
Shape into 12 large balls and brown on all sides in hot fat.
Place meatballs in a large casserole.
To drippings add marjoram and gravy.
Scrape carrots, peel onions and potatoes, and cook in a small amount of boiling salted water for about 15 minutes.
Add to casserole.
Bring gravy to boil and pour over top.
Cover and bake in preheated moderate oven (350°F.) for 1 hour.
Brown mushrooms in butter.
Garnish casserole with the mushrooms and parsley before serving.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
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We spent last weekend in Chicago and spent some time in the Art Institute on Saturday. We saw an exhibit of William Eggleston's photos. He is known for making dye-transfer prints and introducing color to fine art photography. One of his more famous photos is this shot of a tricycle in his hometown of Memphis.
Memphis 1969/70 by William Eggleston, on display at the Art Institute of Chicago
As I looked around at other prints that I hadn't seen before, I was reminded of a few pictures I have taken over the last few months. For what it's worth, below are pictures I took of Eggleston's prints followed by my own photos.
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Stranger than Paradise (1984)
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson
My Rating: 10/10
Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger than Paradise is as indie as they come. You don’t get films much more indie in both style, feel and the way they were made than this one. It’s a very simple, uncomplicated and straight film, that could very easily have been shot with little to no money at all. If I become a filmmaker, I would like to make films like this. For me, seeing a film as special as Stranger than Paradise, one that resonates as clearly and feels so perfect, is just incredibly rare. I only saw it two days ago, but since then I have fallen in love with it. It is one of the few movies that I see no faults in, and consider to be absolutely flawless.
It is split into three acts. It starts with a young man who is inconvenienced by the arrival of his Hungarian cousin for a short visit. She stays for a few days, then leaves. Then a year later, the young man and his friend meet the woman again, and the two drive to Florida with money won in a poker game, only to lose it. Then something unexpected happens that I will not spoil, and the film shortly ends.
The film’s actors aren’t brilliant, but they don’t have to be. There is very little said in this movie, and most of the actors faces remain expressionless. There’s nothing to laugh or cry about… there’s just life. And they communicate that perfectly. As they are pushed into situations that look strange but seem normal, they just act as they usually would. They are people, and nothing more.
Some might think this would be a problem, as it would make connecting with the characters harder, but au contraire: I felt a strong connection with all three of them, as they continue on their journey, letting life come to them rather than vice versa. They are humans content to just exist, and I admire that. There’s no pretention or artsy feel to the way they act; they aren’t nihilists or pessimists, they’re themselves. They are you and me, with perhaps a little less charisma or chattiness.
Jarmusch’s direction is typical of that of a first-time indie filmmaker, but yet, it does seem to resonate. He films each scene in one shot, and seperates all the shots by a period of dark black screen. This is an approach I’m familiar with, as Michael Haneke would do the exact same thing for his 2000 film Code Unknown, but in Stranger than Paradise it really sticks. It feels just right for the film. The pacing is slow, but that’s just because the characters are too. There are no big plot twists, and editing for Jarmusch consisted simply of putting the shots in the right order.
Stranger than Paradise is, make no mistake, a masterpiece. It is also a marvel of filmmaking. These days when so many directors are spending so much money to make their film’s look big and expensive, Jarmusch spends nothing. He just sets up his camera and lets it run. For a director to do nothing more than this is risky, but boy is it rewarding in this case. It absolutely works.
I was alone when I watched Stranger than Paradise, and when it cut to black for the final time, I did something I have only done once or twice, and never in anywhere but a theatre or crowded room: I applauded. I clapped loudly for Jarmusch, and proudly declared to an empty room that this is one of the greatest films I have ever seen. Ever. Stranger than Paradise gets a full, well-deserved ten out of ten from me, and I recommend it to everyone, of all ages. You might not love it as much as me, but this is the kind of film it is impossible to hate.
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Connecting Multiple PLCs to an HMI
Learn the basics of connecting multiple PLCs to an HMI using various data types.
Most entry-level training for control systems includes programmable logic controllers (PLCs)—ladder programming, wiring inputs and outputs, as well as tag databases and the various data types. Human-machine interface (HMI) programming is a level above this PLC knowledge, but understanding those tag databases in various PLCs can simplify the HMI design process.
One of my favorite “experimentation” projects in my own control system setups is to find a new device and figure out how to interface it into a larger system. Obviously, these devices come from a wide variety of vendors, and all must work together.
Most common touchscreen HMIs are designed for just this kind of application, allowing multiple systems to simultaneously operate and display data on a central operator screen.
Figure 1. Multiple PLCs networked with a single HMI
Programming an HMI involves two main components. First, and perhaps most critical, is understanding graphic objects such as buttons, number and text entry fields, graphical data displays, and others. It’s usually fairly simple to follow online tutorials for this step.
The other step is what we might call “behind the scenes,” where the objects on the screen actually read or manipulate tags inside the PLC. This may not be so simple, since every PLC has a different tag database structure.
HMI Data Types
Every PLC has access to the main “atomic” data types, but they can appear differently.
Begin with the boolean, or BOOL type. This is a single bit, often an internal status, perhaps a timer or counter termination bit, or an input/output tag.
A discrete data type is simply a bool, and needs no further addressing from the controller. If this bool is called “Temp_Alarm_Status”, it can only be ON or OFF. However, any integer can also describe a boolean data bit. In this case, we must specify not only the integer’s name (or memory location), but also which of those integer’s bits is required.
Although every integer can be broken down into its component bits, not all of them should be used in this manner. One way to consider this difference is whether the integer represents a value—like an analog temperature or pressure. If so, there is no reason to use this integer in its boolean components. However, if the integer is a string of discrete bits of information, such as data coming across a network connection, or an I/O module consisting of many bools, it would make sense to consider the importance of each discrete bit.
Figure 2. A 32-bit DINT named “Current_Temp” defined in the HMI software (Left) and similarly defined in the RSLogix Controller Tags (right)
Floating Point (Real) and Char (String) values cannot be expressed as individual bits. Although they are technically built out of 32 bits, or 8 bits for a char, they no longer use each bit as a separate binary place value, like in an integer. There would be no meaningful information extracted from the booleans of these data types.
Naturally, those integers, floats, and strings are used everywhere in HMI programs, contributing values.
PLC Communication Considerations
Within the scope of a single article, I cannot provide a tutorial for every HMI environment and every subject PLC. However, there are numerous similar considerations no matter which software you use.
First: the communication protocol. HMIs are designed with a wide variety of network interfaces—the standard being Ethernet, RS-232, or RS-485, but often with adapters for several others. You must be able to select your own PLC and be aware of its network connection protocol. Finally, most screens are limited in the number of simultaneous connections, but they usually allow more than just one.
Figure 3. Various HMI communication and programming ports
The target PLC will describe its tags with various methods. Tags (variables created in the PLC) are stored within a numbered register address and might be a single bit within that register. Some PLC varieties require you to know this specific address number.
Siemens is one example. To point to a single bool, you will need to specify an input, output, or memory, then a register address (perhaps 15), then a bit from that register (like 3). In this example, the bool would be M15.3. An integer would not include the bits themselves, so it might simply be M15.
Some PLCs may have an ordered method of assigning a numeric value to each newly created tag. They may each have a prefix to denote the data type. An example of a structure like this is from the Automation Direct Productivity PLC line, where the first created boolean would be C-000001 (C being the designator for a boolean value). A 32-bit integer may be S32-000001, etc.
In Allen Bradley Compact/ControlLogix architecture, the structure is by tag name. Each tag created by the user has a unique name, rather than a number. This can simplify the process, as long as the PLC designer assigned logical names to the tags. An example of this tag name method is illustrated in Fig 2.
Figure 4. The network switch allows multiple machines to connect to an HMI with only a single Ethernet port
To assign multiple PLCs to a single HMI, the biggest obstacle is understanding how different tag databases are organized within the respective PLCs. When adding those tags to the HMI database, select the correct PLC device, add proper tags, and the data transmission between the screen and the controller should be automatic.
With a solid understanding of this process, an HMI should be able to monitor and control some pretty impressive systems.
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When you move from one place to another and try to fit the furniture and gear from your old office into your new one, sometimes you run into problems. Today's featured workspace highlights an excellent before and after makeover.
Lifehacker reader Dave Bach made over his small study with some fresh paint, new window treatment, and an awesome custom built desk. He writes:
My study was a poorly laid out place - I'd simply transplanted the same design from my previous house into the new room - it didn't feel spacious, and although it had plenty of storage, it was always full and felt cluttered. The radiator was under the desk so I was always kicking it or getting hot feet. I got back pain from sitting at the low desk all day, and the PC sounded like a jet engine whenever you opened an app. As the monitor backed on to the window, I was always battling to see the screen as it would be silhouetted by any outside light coming in. So I bought a new PC and decided I needed a new desk to go along with it. After plenty of searching, but not finding anything that would fit the bill (good height, ability to conceal all wires and unused gadgets, etc), I decided to build my own.
It needed to make the room feel more spacious, while holding all the useful files, gadgets, wires, etc, that I need. I wanted to move my old PS3 to the study too, so that the quieter slim could takeover iPlayer and streaming duties in the lounge. Any extra space gained would be used to put a nice chair so I can play my guitar and PS3 in peace.
I've been itching to start a wood working course, but it's always cancelled at the last minute - so my wood working skills are pretty much what you see is what you get - no funky dove tails here - it's basic butt joints, pine, and MDF all the way!
The new setup looks fantastic and with enough design flair to belong in a magazine. Excellent work, Dave, and a great example of how a little DIY magic gets you exactly what you want and how you want it. Check out the before, in progress, and after pictures below:
If you have a workspace of your own to show off, throw the pictures on your Flickr account and add it to the Lifehacker Workspace Show and Tell Pool. Include some details about your setup and why it works for you, and you just might see it featured on the front page of Lifehacker.
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40 Patriots Point
Located on historic Charleston Harbor, Patriots Point is home to USS YORKTOWN (CV-10), the Fighting Lady. The first USS YORKTOWN (CV-5) sank at the battle of Midway on June 7, 1942. Onboard the decks of this famous World War II aircraft carrier, you can relive a momentous time in America's history. The Fighting Lady contains all the evidence of her past; one can see, touch, feel and smell the past, where young Americans fought and died to turn the fortunes of war in the Pacific.
Moored next to her is USS LAFFEY (DD-724), a World War II destroyer. LAFFEY survived the onslaught of Japanese kamikaze attacks while off Okinawa as Radar Picket Station #1 on April 16, 1945. She became known as "the ship that wouldn't die."
Also moored alongside are the United States Coast Guard cutter INGHAM (WHEC-35), which fought in the convoy battles of the North Atlantic and sank a German U-boat; and the diesel attack submarine USS CLAMAGORE (SS-343).
Onboard YORKTOWN are dozens of displays devoted to maritime and naval history, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society's museum and headquarters, and more than two dozen historic military aircraft are on exhibit. Ashore is a full-size Navy Advance Tactical Support Base from the Vietnam era, and our gift shop.
How to Visit Patriots Point
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MARTINSBURG - One person was found dead in a burning home on Oak Street late Thursday night.
According to the Martinsburg Fire Department, 13 crew members responded to the scene of a blaze at 316 Oak St. just before midnight. Upon arrival, they found the residence engulfed in flames. Small explosions which sounded like gunshots were heard coming from the residence, which were later determined to be caused by ammunition that was inside the residence exploding as a result of the fire.
While the blaze was being extinguished, the victim was discovered. The identity of the victim is unavailable at this time, but is believed to have been an occupant of the home. An autopsy will be conducted for positive identification.
Journal photo by Ron Agnir
Firemen work to extinguish a fully involved house fire at 316 Oak St. across from Oak Street Park in Martinsburg early Friday. The fire was called in at 11:58 p.m. Thursday, a Berkeley County dispatcher said. The dispatcher said she 'did not know' if anyone was inside the residence because firefighters were still in the process of putting the fire out.
The Martinsburg Police Department also responded to the scene Thursday night. The fire remains under investigation.
For more details, see the Saturday edition of The Journal.
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The Neighbors: Income
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a
neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood
may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand
the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the
federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with
a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than
another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the
conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Town Center neighborhood in Lexington are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood.
NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower
than 68.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, 9.1% of the children seventeen and under
living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which
is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 66.6%
of America's neighborhoods.
The Neighbors: Occupations
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel
rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if
most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is
the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits
your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Lexington Town Center neighborhood, 39.5% of the working population is employed in
sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is
executive, management, and professional occupations, with 34.8% of the residents employed.
Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations
(16.1%), and 16.1% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The Neighbors: Ethnicity / Ancestry
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents,
our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior - comes
from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting
and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or
more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives
each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same
city can have drastically different cultures.
In the Town Center neighborhood in Lexington, SC, residents
most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (14.5%).
There are also a number of people of German
ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report English roots
(9.1%), and some of the residents are also of Asian
ancestry (4.7%), along with some Romanian ancestry residents
(4.4%), among others.
The Neighbors: Languages
The most common language spoken in the Lexington Town Center
neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.4% of households. Some people also speak Korean (3.2%).
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Where will advertisers find the “most digitally savvy consumers,” those most ready to early-adopt, link up, throw all their personal information online, and then blog about it?
Not San Francisco or Silicon Valley, says Advertising Age. The winner is Austin. San Francisco comes in tenth — tenth — behind places like Sacramento, Phoenix and Las Vegas. WTF!
The story becomes really dubious when it starts talking about the web sites these “savvy” consumers visit. Not slashdot, blogher, twitter, BoingBoing or Huffington Post. Not even Salon, Google or icanhascheezburger. The web sites for “digitally savvy” consumers are supposedly ESPN.com, NFL.com, CNN.com, Ask.com and Amazon. Oh yeah, right!
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Dec 20, 2018
On today's episode I talk to singer, bass player, model and
actress Adeline Michèle. Born and raised in Paris to a French
mother and a father hailing from the Caribbean island of
Martinique, Adeline started singing at the ripe age of five and was
accepted in a professional choir and grew up performing live around
Europe and on T.V. In 2006, Adeline moved to New York City to more
actively pursue her music career. She joined legendary acid
jazz/hip-hop band Us3 and her self-written single, "Say You Belong
to Me", received rave reviews. Currently, Adeline performs as the
lead vocalist and bass player of the 17-piece nu-disco phenomenon,
Escort. Earlier this fall, her first eponymous solo album was
released, and it's wonderful!
This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow me on Twitter.
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Horitomo | Moegi
This is a color that has been used in Japan since the Heian Period (794-1192). In Kabuki Theatre, this is one of the three colors of the final closing curtain. It is a reserved and subtle green. I find it suitable for the base color of dragons, Fujin, oni, the kimono of samurai, as well as the leaves of kiku (chrysanthemum) and botan (peony).
All of our pigments are vegan and cruelty free. Made in the USA.
Ingredients: Aqua CAS #7732-18-5, Pigments, Glycerin CAS #56-81-5, Isopropyl Alcohol CAS #67-63-0 & Hamamelis CAS #84696-19-5
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An automatic sprinkler system significantly increases a persons chances of surviving a dormitory fire, according to a report issued recently by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Photo of a NIST experiment in a dorm day room without sprinklers 3 minutes and 47 seconds after a fire was ignited.
Three NIST experiments,* supported by a U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) initiative for fire safety in college housing, compared the hazards of fires in smoke detector-equipped dormitories with and without fire sprinklers in the room of fire origin. Researchers started fires in a day room or lounge area open to the corridor of a dormitory. They used the temperature of 120 degrees C (248 degrees F) as the cutoff mark for human survival. For comparison, the temperature of boiling water is 100 degrees C.
In two experiments without sprinklers, potentially fatal temperatures exceeding 120 degrees C as well as toxic gases reached a remote corridor 22.9 meters (75 feet) away within three minutes and completely spread throughout the corridor within another three minutes. In an experiment with sprinklers, temperatures at the 1.5 meter (five feet) level and below in the room where the fire began never exceeded 120 degrees C. No significant increase in heat was measured in the corridor during the experiment, allowing adequate time for residents to escape.
John Blair | EurekAlert!
Modular storage tank for tight spaces
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17.01.2017 | EML European Media Laboratory GmbH
The nearby, giant radio galaxy M87 hosts a supermassive black hole (BH) and is well-known for its bright jet dominating the spectrum over ten orders of magnitude in frequency. Due to its proximity, jet prominence, and the large black hole mass, M87 is the best laboratory for investigating the formation, acceleration, and collimation of relativistic jets. A research team led by Silke Britzen from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, has found strong indication for turbulent processes connecting the accretion disk and the jet of that galaxy providing insights into the longstanding problem of the origin of astrophysical jets.
Supermassive black holes form some of the most enigmatic phenomena in astrophysics. Their enormous energy output is supposed to be generated by the...
The probability to find a certain number of photons inside a laser pulse usually corresponds to a classical distribution of independent events, the so-called...
Microprocessors based on atomically thin materials hold the promise of the evolution of traditional processors as well as new applications in the field of flexible electronics. Now, a TU Wien research team led by Thomas Müller has made a breakthrough in this field as part of an ongoing research project.
Two-dimensional materials, or 2D materials for short, are extremely versatile, although – or often more precisely because – they are made up of just one or a...
Two researchers at Heidelberg University have developed a model system that enables a better understanding of the processes in a quantum-physical experiment...
Glaciers might seem rather inhospitable environments. However, they are home to a diverse and vibrant microbial community. It’s becoming increasingly clear that they play a bigger role in the carbon cycle than previously thought.
A new study, now published in the journal Nature Geoscience, shows how microbial communities in melting glaciers contribute to the Earth’s carbon cycle, a...
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a close-up view of the wall of the Rheasilvia impact basin on Vesta. Rheasilvia, which is 310 miles or 500 kilometers in diameter, dominates southern Vesta.
This image was obtained by the Dawn framing camera on Dec. 27, 2011, during the spacecraft's low-altitude mapping orbit (on average 130 miles or 210 kilometers above the surface). Framing camera images from this orbit provide the first look at the detailed geology of the basin, where rock or fractured rock is exposed within the basin wall. The scene covers approximately 170 square miles (430 square kilometers).
More information about the Dawn mission is online at http://www.nasa.gov/dawn and http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov.
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Our X-ray machines provide excellent quality images, they are used to detect a variety of problems including arthritis, tumors, lung abnormalities, fractures and bladder and kidney stones.
One of the most common and valuable medical diagnostic tools is radiography or x-rays. X-rays are highly useful for screening areas of the body that have contrasting tissue densities or when evaluating solid tissues. Our hospital is equipped to perform routine radiology services to identify many types of illness or injury when pets are sick or suffer a trauma. The x-rays are developed in a full automatic machine that makes sure they are always of good quality and can be developed immediately, giving us the results in a matter of minutes after taking the x-ray.
Digital Dental X-ray
For dental procedures we now have a digital dental x-ray unit. During dental procedures it may be necessary to take x-rays of teeth or molars. Problems regarding the roots and non-surface tooth disease can be detected this way, as well as any problems regarding retained roots.
Normal x-ray equipment does not give de details necessary to identify these problems. With the digital system now available to us we are able to diagnose all these problems.
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Sheelagh is a freelance journalist (print & broadcast) based in London. With a degree in Journalism and Media from University of London, she is fast building her career in the industry.
She currently works for a London based Marketing agency as a Projects & Events coordinator. With experience in event planning including corporate events and fashion shows she provides extensive services in many events.
Sheelagh is also skilled in brand management and her area of expertise is with emerging fashion brands and other small businesses within the creative industries. She is instrumental in helping brands increase their online and social media presence using SEO.
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TELNET (TELecommunication NETwork) is a network protocol used on the Internet or local area network (LAN) connections. It was developed in late 60s with RFC 15. Telnet is pretty old for login into remote system and it has serious security problem. Most admins will recommend using Open SSH (secure shell) for all remote activities. But you may find users who are still demanding telnet over ssh as they are comfortable with Telnet. Some users got scripts written in 90s and they don’t want to change it. So what do you do when users demands telnet?
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This page contains the F17 Artwork release schedule. Items highlighted in bold are upcoming, items shown in italics have been finished already.
Key milestones from general release schedule
- 2011-10-10 (Monday)—Release name announced. (Beefy Miracle)
- 2012-02-07 (Tuesday)—Feature freeze, branching point
- 2012-02-14 (Tuesday)—Alpha change deadline
- 2012-02-28 (Tuesday)—Alpha release
- 2012-03-20 (Tuesday)—Beta change deadline
- 2012-04-03 (Tuesday)—Beta release
- 2012-04-23 (Monday)—Final change deadline
- 2012-05-08 (Tuesday)—Fedora 17 Final release.
- 2011-12-27 (Tuesday)—Sketches submission deadline.
- Couple of winners get (any concept with enough votes gets promoted) selected and submitted for the next phase.
- 2012-01-17 (Tuesday)—Colorization submission deadline.
- Winning concept selected and submitted for Alpha polishing.
- 2012-01-31 (Tuesday)—Alpha wallpaper approved and submitted for packaging.
- 2012-01-07 (Tuesday)—Alpha wallpaper imported and built into rawhide.
- 2012-03-13 (Tuesday)—Beta wallpaper approved and submitted for packaging.
- 2012-03-20 (Tuesday)—Wallpaper package updated to beta wallpaper and pushed to F17 stable.
- 2012-04-17 (Tuesday)—Final wallpaper approved and submitted for packaging.
- 2012-04-23 (Monday)—Wallpaper package updated to final wallpaper and pushed to F17 stable.
- 2012-02-24 (Friday)—Alpha release banner deadline.
- 2012-03-30 (Friday)—Beta release banner deadline.
- 2012-04-03 (Tuesday)—Countdown banner deadline.
- 2012-05-04 (Friday)—Final release banner deadline.
Other Marketing Material
- 2012-03-27 (Tuesday)—CD/DVD sleeves deadline.
- 2012-04-24 (Tuesday)—Release posters deadline.
- 2012-05-04 (Friday)—Main web page banner deadline.
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The Elizabethans had high regard for the family in a community. It was shaped like an inverted triangle. After that date, either kirtles or petticoats might have attached or bodies that fastened with lacing or and most had sleeves that were pinned or laced in place. Each piece was carefully designed and styled to cover every part of a woman's body. During this time, the Protestant Exploration occurred and also expansion or exploration abroad. The woman in the foreground wears a gown with a contrasting lining tucked into her belt to display her kirtle. The linings would be pulled through the slash and puffed out to further emphasize the contrast of colors, fabrics and materials.
Linen, made from the flax plant is comfortable, cool, and easy to launder. Their clothing and items of apparel were dictated by the Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws which governed the style and materials worn. The brightest colors demanded a higher price tag and were only available to the upper class. Boys from wealthy families were taught at home by a private tutor. She wears a with a jewelled billiment and a black veil, 1582.
On top of this, a woman wore a bodice, several layers of petti-coats or skirts , and a cloak. Since the pirates wore mixed clothing they would be termed as Motley crew. Cloaks of various lengths were worn over one shoulder. She wears an open lace ruff and a sheer, wired veil frames her head and shoulders. In fact, various pieces together formed the entire outfit. The linings of the clothing would then be pulled out of the slashes.
They culminated in the astonishing structures worn by Elizabeth in her state portraits. Smocks were made of rectangular lengths of linen; in northern Europe the smock skimmed the body and was widened with triangular gores, while in Mediterranean countries smocks were cut fuller in the body and sleeves. A caul was an attractive hair net or snood, worn simply or festooned with decorations such as pearls or beads. Different tortures during Elizabethan age During the reign of Elizabeth I, the most common means of Elizabethan era torture included stretching, burning, beating, and drowning or at least suffocating the person with water. Elizabethan dress was gorgeous and elaborate, mirroring the prosperity and energy of the age. They believed that families were role models for the community. Who was allowed to wear what was supposed to be strictly controlled.
The first attempt at English settlement of the eastern seaboard of North America occurred in this era—the abortive colony at in 1587. The stockings were of yarn, silk, or wool. Second-hand clothing was also a successful market as it was in the Middle Ages. To be royal means to act in a high class manner, so only the most luxurious fabrics and embellished dress will do. Note the jeweled buttons on his doublet fasten to one side of the front opening, not down the center, 1577. Tudor law was harsh on the , i. It established trading posts, which in later centuries evolved into , on the coasts of what is now India and.
It was a highly decorated cloak. The following pieces were all underclothes a man would wear daily. Health See also: Although home to only a small part of the population the Tudor were overcrowded and unhygienic. Only earls could wear cloth of gold, or purple silk. Shoes Lower class men wore simple which were easy to make and get fixed by the local cobbler.
A chain is knotted at her neck. The daub was usually then painted with , making it white, and the wood was painted with black to prevent rotting, but not in Tudor times; the Victorians did this afterwards. These styles reflected a man's trade, that a hat was necessary for their outdoor work. As well as Spanish courtiers, it appealed to wealthy middle-class Protestants. Her blackwork sleeves have sheer linen oversleeves, and she wears wired veil with bands of gold lace, 1585—90. The longer lengths were more popular for travel and came with many variations. Royal Navy and defeat of the Armada The Spanish Armada fighting the English navy at the in 1588.
This image of the Virgin Queen was further enhanced by the work of Edmund Spenser 1552-1599 in his epic poem 'The Fairie Queene' which was dedicated to Queen Elizabeth. This era was highly fashion-conscious with elaborate and stylized clothing. The rules were comprehensive and very specific. For the more fashionable, the bodice was stiffened to lie flat across the bosom, and skirts were often divided in front to show an underskirt. But in a time when women were subservient to men, a woman ruled a great and powerful nation. It was also the end of the period when England was a separate realm before its royal union with Scotland. The people who belonged to the higher strata of society also wore clothing that were heavily ornamented with brocades, velvet, lace, and even gold and silver embroidery.
Religion was a state establishment so the fight was over which religion would be the state religion. Ruffs were worn throughout Europe, by men and women of all classes, and were made of rectangular lengths of linen as long as 19 yards. Thereafter, Spain provided some support for Irish Catholics in a debilitating rebellion against English rule, and Spanish naval and land forces inflicted a series of reversals against English offensives. Katherine of Aragon from Spain introduced the Spanish farthingale to England. These derived from the flat hat of the previous period, and over time the hat was stiffened and the crown became taller and far from flat. Some bodices drew into a narrow V shape at the waist as pictured on the right. Our costumes were simple: we were 'commoners.
. Young, unmarried women wore lower bodice necklines. Note the fashionable sway-backed posture that goes with the long bodice resting on the farthingale. Cards were not played only by the upper class. These laws were also known as the Statutes of Apparel. Often, a high necked smock, worn with a low necked bodice, created an interesting contrast between the heavy bodice fabric and the lighter muslin or linen of the smock.
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Over the course of 8 weeks we developed a data-visualization tool for cybersecurity competitions. The intent was to describe and present the events of a cybersecurity competition to an uninformed audience. The tool is meant to be deployed with a casting team over streaming services like YouTube or Twitch. Casters can update the data and modify the view being broadcasted live to help explain and clarify the events of the competition. We initially started building our tool for the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC). Our final product was built for and broadcast during the Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NECCDC).
Original timeline was 15 weeks.
Actual timeline was 8 weeks.
Developed in Unity version 2020.2.4f1
Streamed using Twitch
Developed by a team of three:
Robley Evans (Part time): Data pulling, AI for selecting what information to display, data formatting, programming
Justin Neft (Full time): Infrastructure-building, attacks, node state reading, programming, design
Kevin Laporte (Full time): Injects, videos, time simulation, random team generator, programming, design
We had good momentum and were able to generate good ideas and results with little outside direction.
We made good design decisions early on and stuck with them
We were able to easily shift directions when a major change in direction occurred
We were able to make quick decisions about what we needed to do next
We fixed bugs as they were discovered
Three people made it happen
The project was scoped well; no main features were cut, but some stretch goals were
Our tool was successful in reading in live data, interpreting it, and displaying it
The team was able to quickly adapt (tool and production) on the fly to keep the show going
We had an average viewership of 40 people throughout a 9.5 hour livestream
Throughout this project we found that several things went in our favor during both the development and broadcast. These helped us complete our project in time and put on an engaging show for NECCDC. The development process was roughly 8 weeks, starting from the beginning of the semester in January 2021 to the start of the 2021 NECCDC. The broadcasting portion was during NECCDC itself. The first three weeks of the development process were spent developing for the CPTC before we switched to building for NECCDC.
Within the first few days we were able to determine a short term goal and work towards it. This helped us produce results quickly. There were a few dips in productivity when we switched competitions, but we were able to quickly bounce back. Because of this momentum, we were always able to keep busy working on improvements, bug fixes, or new features for the visualizer. This was especially helpful during the later stages of development when waiting on things from other teams became commonplace. To help keep the momentum, we made sure to fix bugs when they were discovered rather than waiting to solve them later. This ensured that major bugs didn’t slow down development and minor bugs didn’t have time to become bigger problems.
Our agility was due in part to the resources provided by previous teams as well as the size of our team. Previous teams had produced a lot of reference and proof of concept material. This made it easy to get up to speed with the project and its goals. We started with 2 full time students (Justin Neft and Kevin Laporte) which aided in our ability to quickly get the whole team on the same page. Once we transitioned to designing for NECCDC, a part time student (Robley Evans) who had worked on the project previously also joined the team. Being able to integrate knowledge directly from previous teams was immensely helpful in making good design decisions early. Our small team was very agile, able to think quickly on our course of direction, and make changes faster than a larger team may have been able to.
The transition from CPTC to NECCDC also went fairly smoothly. CPTC and NECCDC require similar forms of visualization, such as networks and systems. Thus many features we had already developed were able to be ported or reused. This prevented a complete loss of three weeks of development time. With a definitive deadline, we were also able to plan out a timeline. We first broke down what features we had and what features we needed. We estimated how much time each feature would take, then doubled it. This doubled timeline was surprisingly accurate and allowed us to get all the core features implemented by the deadline. Stretch goals were the only elements explicitly cut during development.
The good aspects didn’t stop at just the development cycle. Despite the broadcast being a very spontaneous production, many things went in our favor. The first major point in the broadcast was that our visualizer successfully completed its main task: reading in real and live data from the competition and displaying it. This was something that previous teams were unable to test since they did not have access to real competition data. The competition proved that the concepts both previous teams and our own team had worked on were viable.
As with every product launch, there were plenty of issues. Without a proper dry run, many of those issues were discovered live. Fortunately our team had the skills necessary to quickly resolve these issues on the fly with minimal downtime. We were quick to go live and inform the audience when major problems arose. We made sure to stay open with the issues and the fact that this was all a very new and experimental product. Our team also made great use of the downtime during interviews to fix major bugs while the visualizer was off screen.
Many of the casted segments and interviews were planned mere hours beforehand. Despite the short notice, they were well received and helped bolster the livestream’s educational value. Our team had the benefit of being close friends and were able to naturally talk with each other during casted segments despite having little broadcast experience. Our stream consistently held an average of 40 viewers, with numbers rising upwards of 100 during interviews and casted segments. As a proof-of-concept for creating an interesting live stream out of a cyber security competition, we believe these numbers are proof of its potential.
Lack of clear direction with no clear and defined vision for the project.
Very little project management.
It was a big task for three people, especially one being part time.
We didn’t get real data until the day before the competition. We had to make lots of assumptions until then
Github caused some problems due to our lack of experience with the tool.
Shifting competitions caused some development time to be lost.
We had very few coding standards.
We didn’t do nearly as much research as we should have.
There was no full broadcast dry run
We had to cut a lot of features (injects and inject videos, attack visualization).
We had to change how data was read in mere hours before the competition went live.
Our main role was software developers. This gave us little time and experience to prepare as a broadcasting team.
We tried to schedule the project to avoid crunch time, but it still ended up occurring.
This was one of the first major products that our team members had shipped. As such, we encountered many issues that we did not initially anticipate.
One of our most prominent issues was finding clear direction and vision for the project. This is something that is inherent with working in an emerging field. When a topic is so new, it's hard to find inspiration or reference material. This sometimes made it very difficult to decide what our visualizer needed to be and what features it needed to have. Properly researching cybersecurity concepts and the competitions in question would have also majorly helped here.
Having a hard to define direction made it difficult for our small team to have clear project management. Although we were agile and able to make quick decisions, we found a bit too much safety in that methodology. There were often moments where we would ask “what do we do next?” Having a designated project manager would have helped a lot. Unfortunately, with a team of 2 full time developers and 1 part time, we didn’t see a need for one at first. We were able to plan out what was needed for the visualizer once we had a deadline.
Part of our development and planning was stunted by a lack of real data. We weren’t able to get real and properly formatted data from the scoring system until a day before the competition. We only learned how the data was formated a day earlier. This meant that a lot of development time was spent making systems based on assumptions. For example, each node in the visualizer corresponded to an IP address. In reality, the scoring system passed us service check names rather than IP addresses. Having to quickly reformat the code to work with the real data contributed to the crunch time as well as a loss in visualized data.
Early on in the project, we decided to use tools that we knew rather than learn new tools. This allowed us to hit the ground running and produce results as early as week two. One of the tools we used was GitHub. Unfortunately, we did not know GitHub as well as we thought. GitHub’s .gitignore file is an extremely useful resource for preventing files from being tracked. However, we learned far too late that the file is a preventative measure, not an active protection. After only a week of the .gitignore file being in the wrong folder, GitHub had started tracking thousands of junk Unity files. This in turn started to create hundreds of merge conflicts. Eventually we realized the issue and had to spend an entire day learning GitBash to solve it.
Some development time was lost early on due to a change in what competition we were building for. Originally the tool was being designed for CPTC. This competition mainly focuses on student teams attempting to attack a network and report their findings. A few weeks in, the project pivoted towards building for NECCDC. Although both competitions visualize similar information, NECCDC is focused on student teams defending a network. The way information is gathered between each competition is different, as well as the way we needed to visualize it. This caused multiple already developed features to be shelved since they were no longer relevant for NECCDC. Fortunately the plan was to return to developing for CPTC after NECCDC had completed, so shelved features may be used in the future. In terms of building for NECCDC however, those features were lost time.
One major issue that became apparent late in the development cycle was a lack of a consistent coding standard throughout the team. Although we all have decent methods of commenting and writing clear code, they are distinctly different. This made it difficult to try and quickly understand another’s code when they weren’t around. This caused a few issues in the final days before the competition. Having a consistent standard we all followed or regularly reviewing code with each other could have helped alleviate these issues.
We didn’t spend nearly as much time as we should have doing research on cyber security topics, the competitions we were building for, or even on how to commentate a live stream. Having a better understanding of cyber security would have helped us work more closely with the Cyber Security Capstone team we’ve been working with. Knowing the competition we were building for would have helped us determine what we needed and how to get it early on. With our visualizer being in the early stages, it was only able to visualize if a service was on or off. We didn’t learn until during the competition that teams were actually being locked out of their systems, not having their systems turned off. As for the live stream, we learned a lot about what a commentator would need from our visualizer by being the commentators ourselves. It was less than desirable to learn what we needed from the tool when we needed it rather than beforehand.
In terms of the broadcast, the first major issue that arose was the lack of a comprehensive test run. This was due in part to not having real data until the competition. We had done plenty of feature testing throughout development. However, small feature tests don’t always replicate practical applications. Multiple problems arose during the live show that could have been discovered during a full test run. These include things such as videos playing at the wrong times, data being pulled from the wrong date, and many audio issues. We also decided not to visualize attacks using features we had built because of a lack of visualization content. Due to some of these issues, multiple features were cut from the visualizer during the live stream. This was not ideal, but we were able to keep the show running despite these hiccups.
Crunch time was also a very real part of the project. Although we had planned out a lot of requirements beforehand and even doubled our expected timeline, we had not anticipated room for error or need for unexpected features. One of those errors was the fact that we did not get real data until shortly before the competition. Since the format of the data we were receiving was different from what we expected, we had to make quick decisions shortly before we went live. These decisions influenced what systems we were tracking in the competition, and thus what data was being visualized. The decisions were mostly uninformed and wildly based on “what sounds more important to you?” Another unfortunate side effect of crunch time was the shift from making code clean and efficient to making code that just worked.
The final major issue that arose was the lack of a full broadcasting team. Our team’s original job description was to be software developers for the visualizer. As the competition loomed closer, we quickly filled the roles of commentators and broadcasting team. Although we are far from experienced broadcasters, we were able to fill both the role of developer by maintaining and fixing the tool live while also being broadcasters and producing an interesting and engaging live stream. However, if we were able to solely focus on development, we would have had more time to better finalize the visualizer for its debut.
Development was played fairly-safe with decent time management and low amounts of risk taking. The production side, however, was completely unplanned. As such, we took many risks to try and make the broadcast good. Overall these production risks paid-off in a major way and really helped our tool shine. The production also gave us great insights into how to further develop our tool and what it really needs to be complete.
Our first major change was having to pivot from developing our tool for CPTC to developing our tool for NECCDC. The pains of this change were mitigated mainly because the tools we had developed to that point were easily-ported to the new competition format. This meant minimal code refactoring was required during the shirt. The real work for this shift came from changing our plans and designing new interfaces. We handled this by planning out what exactly we would need to do for NECCDC. We then broke down what features we already had from CPTC and what we would still need. Once that was done, we calculated how long it would take to implement all of these features and doubled that time to high-ball an estimated time to complete the tool. The estimation was vital in our determination of what was necessary and what was a stretch goal.
Our second major change came when we decided to handle production for the broadcasting while also running our tool at the same time. This change meant we had to quickly create content for the live streams while maintaining our tool and fixing any unforeseen issues that arose throughout the competition. Unfortunately, we did not have much time to prepare for this change. We had to move quickly to make the stream work while finding our footing throughout the production.
In review, we think that our team really suffered from a lack of strong project management and direction. We didn’t have great ways to keep track of what tasks needed to get done and we were quite informal with our processes for completing new tasks. Stronger project management and review processes would’ve likely allowed us to keep the correct direction throughout development.
A lot of this development cycle was us figuring out what needed to get done, who we were developing for, and what exactly we were even making. While the lack of answers gave us a good deal of flexibility and autonomy, we think it led to inefficiencies throughout the entire process and greater confusion. However, we also learned a lot through this process allowing us to structure our future work better. These lessons also leave us better positioned to set-up the project for future teams.This will allow them to have an easier time learning the project and improving and modifying it in the future.
With this knowledge in mind, we’re using project management tools and methods to help keep the team on track and focused. We are also contacting experts in software engineering, cybersecurity, and project management to help guide us in setting-up these workflows to be efficient and effective. Finally, we’re getting in contact with the CPTC staff now so everyone has more time to prepare the competition with integrating the tool in mind. This will also help give persistent connections with CPTC to future co-op teams working on the project.
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Use these activities suggested by Dawn Lim, curriculum advisor at Star Learners, to prepare your preschooler for reading and writing in Primary 1.
Use two identical sets of word cards. Your child looks for the matching “lost” word card that you have hidden around the house. In this way the child will have to practise reading the words to match them.
The who-what-when-where-why game
Choose your child’s favourite book. Create a “who”, “what”, “when”, “where” and “why” dice. After reading, have your child throw the dice. When it lands on “who”, for example, ask questions related to it, such as “Who are the characters in the story?”
Picture walk writing
Take pictures of events of an outing from the start to the end of the day. Print and paste the pictures in a scrapbook. Encourage your child to share and write about his day.
Introduce your child to various media such as books, newspapers, magazines, brochures and even signs. This helps him recognise that print exists everywhere.
(Also read: Why music lessons help your child learn better)
Language experiential writing
Take your child out for an experience and later, invite him to talk about and record it like a short story being retold.
Another fun idea: collate these experiential writings and convert them into an adventure booklet for your child so he can look back and reflect on what he has gone through.
(Also read: 4 skills your kid needs to ace Primary 1 Chinese)
Add or substitute an element in a story your child has read. For example, substitute bears in Goldilocks and the Three Bears with mice.
Play with alliteration
Invite your child to create short sentences or stories with alliteration, using the same letters throughout a sentence, such as Larry’s lizard likes leaping leopards.
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Alta Cocina : The Pop Up Feast
After a year in the planning, my dear friends, Erin-Lee and Darren Skilton, have finally pulled off their first pop up dinner, Alta Cocina! Erin, a successful casting agent/producer and Darren, a well-known off-road racer (think Dakar), together they are the talent behind Aventura! a concept travel company providing international off road adventure and cuisine tours.
Their love of Mexico has allowed them to befriend many of the culinary talent the Valle de Guadalupe has to offer. The biggest wine growing region in Mexico is home to many organic farm to table restaurants, dairies and craft breweries. One of the most notable is Chef Roberto Alcocer’s restaurant Malva, nominated 2014 Best New Restaurant in Mexico by Travel and Leisure Magazine.
Hosted in Long Beach for two nights only, Chef Alcocer provided a seven course tasting menu paired with Valle de Guadalupe wines set in the intimate backyard of a beautifully restored Carroll Park craftsman bungalow.
Alta Cocina’s Darren and Erin-Lee Skilton with Chef Alcocer.
Given the success of the evening, there are already follow up evenings planned for the holidays with new chefs and culinary delights. Special thanks to Alta Cocina and Sandoval Photography for additional photos.
All photos ©JaneneDunbar except where noted.
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Text boxes may not be in the location that you like for all your slides. Moving the text boxes on the Slide Master makes the process a one time event.
To Move a Text Box on the Slide Master
- Place your mouse over the border of the text area you want to move. The mouse pointer becomes a four-pointed arrow.
- Hold down the mouse button and drag the text area to its new location.
To Resize a Text Box on the Slide Master
- Click on the border of the text box you want to resize and it will change to have a dotted border with resizing handles (white dots) on the corners and mid points of each side.
- Place your mouse pointer over one of the resizing handles. The mouse pointer becomes a two-pointed arrow.
- Hold down the mouse button and drag to make the text box larger or smaller.
Above is an animated clip of how to move and resize the text boxes on the Slide Master.
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To say “All” implies Unity. Thus “All” diversity in the sensible realm if it is to possess unity; how does it display or present that unity? A unity that is not of its own. As beauty of a particular form is not the forms’ full possession. Beauty being bestowed. Unity in diversity is equally bestowed. The unity of the body for example. All organs operating in harmony, unaware so to speak, of each others’ particular function and purpose; yet inter-dependent. To interpret the inter-dependence proving hazardous for the body. It is perhaps inter-dependence which implies a unity making order.
Inter-dependence thus being the agent of a Unity above it. Unity working through inter-dependence to bestow on body “health”. Inter-dependence between bodily organs implies also a limit, a term, a period of time. For the material world is prone to wearing. A cliff face today is not the same cliff face in exact from decades ago having been weathered over time. Inter-dependence relating to the life of the body has a limited term. It cannot go on eternally.
Inter-dependence with body requires each organ working to its potential and purpose. Should one organ fail or weaken the consequences of that failure are not limited to only that organ leading to other “weakenings”. Lungs may fail, circulation may be affected and so too the heart. Therefore, inter-dependence within the body is more than co-operation to sustain bodily life. Inter-dependence perhaps has its roots in a metaphysical origin. It is an image of something else. It exists so long as soul is conjoined with body one could postulate. Returning to a potentiality or latent phase within the soul when soul is free from association with body which is an image itself.
Are there any such other interdependencies pointing to a Unity in diversity within humanity? Thought for example. The power of an Idea. Love, Kindness, Generosity, mutual regard and other loftier Values. Diversity does not have to imply competition and exclusivity of claim; one-sidedness. That we know in its worst form as totalitarian and oppressively forcing conformity. Unity as stated in brief here is not conformity. When we say “All” we truly mean “All-Diversity” universally as The Unity and not our own collective lesser “all” of race, ethnicity, creed, language, culture and religion divisively expressed. Unity has no requirement to mean uniformity – like for like in other words. If unity does fall to mean as such to conform and be uniform not only in outward social customs (secular or sacred) but also in control of our thought then it is not strictly a unity but instead a force for dis-unity as it will be in competition with other groups (secular or sacred) who equally claim unity as their sole possession. On the other hand when Unity is understood to be present in like AND un-like; Unity seen in such a way can help one to overcome conflict and opposition.
By Musa Askari
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Few weeks to the November 2016 Governorship elections in Ondo State, a group of stakeholders in Akure met on the sidelines of the Advancement (an event organised by Olusola Amusan around charting a better course for Nigeria) to discuss the city’s tech ecosystem. The list of people included already existing players like Kitan David ( then PlanetNest), Joel Ogunsola (Prunedge & Tech4Dev), Olusola Amusan (Microsoft Nigeria), Segun Omojola and Sola Illesanmi (media), Adedeji Adejuyigbe (SA to the Mimiko Government on ICT) , Babajide Akeredolu (a representative from the major opposition party at the time, the APC) and a host of others.
The conversation took several turns as stakeholders discussed the opportunities in the state and included a fireside chat where representatives of the two major parties discussed their plans for the tech ecosystem if they come into power. In the end, the AkureTechUp was born to help galvanize talents and resources towards making Akure a reliable tech hub in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2025.
With this rejuvenation, a lot more events opened up in the ecosystem and businesses came in to set up. From a Leadership workshop with the theme Achieving my Dream Nigeria through Technology (that brought tech enthusiasts from across South West Nigeria) to the setting up of hubs like Curators University and Premier Hub to business advisory via different Kitan David Initiatives; the city got the needed boost to announce itself as a destination of choice for talents.
In time, the AkureTechUp launched several activities including the launch of the AkureTechHub (A tripartite arrangement with the Government and the Federal University of Technology, Akure). In terms of mentors, Joel Ogunsola and Kitan David held the ropes for tech startup founders and the not-for-profit sector; FourthCanvas mentored a generation of design and brand enthusiasts, CSI championed excellence in the events space while partnerships with Segun, Mark Afolabi of Whitespaces hosted meetups and supported initiatives, Zumalo and Sola Ilesanmi ensured that the interaction with the media blossomed.
Between 2016 and now, the city has had a wide array of startup founders and enterprises across different sectors which includes but not limited to Studio Neptunn, Flair Underwear, LifePro, TREP Labs, Wii Technologies, 115Garage, Curators University and its data science products, Bimmy Brown, Tab Digitals, Devs District, Qui Chinese, HTML foods with a lot of awards and grants to show for their growth.
However, the train speed looks like it would be needing some oiling to get back to full steam. The city of Akure combines the calmness of a good environment to think and create with the attractive edge of relative lower operating cost for startups in the country.
Technology ecosystems are built by people who are intentional about maximising or creating opportunities that allow for a consistent flow of value. At the simplest core, a startup ecosystem is formed by people, startups at different stages and various organisations (virtual/physical) interacting to create new startup companies.
Without doubt, by facilitating the exchange of ideas, skills, and experience, you are planting the seeds for a thriving, interconnected network of talented individuals who are working to solve different problems.
Zumalo.com had a chat with a few startup founders in the city on the way forward in achieving a buzzing ecosystem in the city:
- A tightly-knit community working together as a team to leverage accretive transactions and attract opportunities as a bloc.
- Especially for technology-enabled businesses, good internet is still a big issue, as the city only has mobile data which is sometimes not reliable. Building an active hub without good internet would be difficult.
- Opportunities for talents in the city to aggregate and develop (this is something the community would solve too).
- Infrastructure and stakeholders to help people scale e.g for those in food processing, the limited number of support opportunities for production, storage and even sales(exhibitions and all).
- Adequate power supply is still a hurdle that needs to be crossed.
- Access to market which includes transportation links to and fro the city.
It is easy to say that these issues are experienced by other tech clusters across the nation, but if the city wants to edge-on with its already existing privileges like geographical location, talent pool, weather, serenity and lower operating cost; stakeholders in the city should be more intentional about solving the problems listed above.
Michael Libes identifies these 6 components as very important parts of building a thriving startup ecosystem and the city of Akure is uniquely poised to experience more startup wins if they get the necessary attention.
This pool of talent needs to extend well beyond the entrepreneurs starting the companies, including others with a variety of talent and experience in product, design, marketing, sales, etc. who are willing to join new startups and help them grow and thrive.
This talent pool is ideally created and augmented locally, at universities and other learning institutions. Better still if these institutions themselves draw in talent, to seed the ecosystem with the latest knowledge.
3. Locations and Events
Ecosystem flourish when ideas are shared. Ideas are more readily shared when startups and their staff are co-located in a single neighbourhood when startups physically meet up at events when there are common physical locations where people often gather.
When these shared ideas include lessons from experienced mentors, fewer mistakes are made by the new entrepreneurs, leading to more successes. This sharing from generation to generation can kick off a virtuous cycle turning a community into a true ecosystem.
5. Incubators and Accelerators
A tool which combines talent, education, location, and mentorship is a business incubator/accelerator. These institutions provide a centralized program to draw in talent, to bring the talent together in a single location, and to provide the necessary education and mentorship to help first-time entrepreneurs speed their way into the market.
Most new ventures require funding to reach profitability. While it is possible to import the necessary funding from elsewhere, the final component of a thriving startup ecosystem is local funding, ideally recycled from the successes of the previous generations of entrepreneurs, who truly understand the complexity and difficulty of creating successful startups.
2025 is just about 5 years from now, no doubt, building Akure into a thriving startup hub would require all hands to be on deck—Government and private sector investments, mentors, skilled talents etc. Only time will tell if the city can maximize its uniqueness to lit a beacon of hope…
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Before heading out onto the slopes it is important to understand that light levels and visibility can quickly change in a snowboarding environment. Snowboarding can become very dangerous and disorienting with bad visibility. Choosing the right goggle lens for the conditions can dramatically improve your safety, vision, and comfort on the slopes.
By following some simple tips you can improve the success of your snowboard lessons and have an awesome time with your instructor on the mountain. These guidelines will set the tone for having a fun and positive learning experience.
The slopes can be a dangerous place. Common sense and simple guidelines can help to keep you safe and give you the best experience on the mountain. Snowboard safety is often the last thing on people's minds when trying to enjoy their day on the slopes or charging with friends.
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I want my fucking money back.
In my last post, I mentioned that I was buying the February 2010 issue of WND.com magazine WhistleBlower, “HIJACKING SCIENCE”. What a waste. The same old shit that the anti-intellectual right has been wheeling out for the last decade or so. In fact certain articles look cut and pasted straight from the internet.
WND lists the “highlighted” articles as:
- “What do scientists know?” by Joseph Farah, on the difference between a scientific consensus and a political one
- “History of climate gets ‘erased’ online” by Chelsea Schilling, exposing the scientist who has altered more than 5,000 Wikipedia entries to hype the global-warming agenda
- “Politicizing science” by Thomas Sowell, who warns that when government gets involved, “do not expect the disinterested search for truth”
- “Science bulletin: ‘Sun heats Earth!'” by Jerome R. Corsi, who profiles the Russian scientist whose research forecasts global cooling
- “We’ve been had!” by Walter Williams, who says climatologists “fed us lies, engaged in scientific and academic fraud, committed criminal acts”
- “How government corrupts science” by Art Robinson, in which the veteran scientific researcher exposes the pervasive and powerfully destructive consequences of federal “help”
- “‘Gun ownership as disease’ reaches fever pitch” by Wayne LaPierre, who shows why a study claiming firearms possession increases people’s risk of death is “goofy”
- “OSHA head ‘could outlaw firearms in workplaces, parking lots across America'” by Bob Unruh
- “Why psychologist group embraces same-sex marriage” by David Kupelian, who asks why the American Psychological Association promoted adult-child sex as harmless in its peer-reviewed journal
- “Clueless doctor syndrome” by David Kupelian, who explains why today’s psychiatrists and psychologists may be hazardous to your health
- “Top scientist finally admits abortion-breast cancer link” by Jill Stanek, who reports that after seven years of denial, a National Cancer Institute honcho published the politically incorrect truth
- “Obama science chief: Abortion can save planet” by Jerome R. Corsi, who documents how science czar John Holdren wrote a textbook saying forced sterilization may become necessary
- “Want to save the planet? Ban babies”
- “The latest ‘amazing’ fossil find,” by Joseph Farah, who wonders why scientists claim their discovery that the octopus hasn’t evolved in 95 million years somehow proves evolution – instead of the opposite
- “Politics rules bioscience, too” by Jack Cashill, who exposes blatant anti-religion bias at the Smithsonian
- “Why academics embrace evolution” by Marylou Barry, who quotes top scientists and intellectuals admitting the truth: “I do not want to believe in God”
- “The evolutionist’s comical dogma” by Alan Keyes, who asks why “dogmatic emotionalism” dominates the supposedly scientific inquiry into the origins of life
- “On scientists and God” by David Kupelian
In fact this is the entire contents of the magazine. It is a mess of half-truth, misrepresentation, ignorance and straight-out bullshit. The irony burns through out as each article details how politics and bias is suppose to have taken over scientific discovery, all the while wanting science to be subservient to “Judeo-Christian” beliefs. [On a side note, I love the term Judeo-Christian ethics or Judeo-Christian beliefs given that before World War 2 anti-Semitism was a particularly prevalent Christian ethic.] The crank magnet is in full throttle, global warming denialism, creationism, international conspiracies, never once stopping to question the articles writers’ own beliefs, that maybe the reason all these people disagree with them is because they are holding onto the wrong end of the stick.
I posted this years ago on Conservapedia, but it applies equally to WND:
Has any of the major contributors here ever stopped and asked themselves, without resorting to conspiracy theories, why it is that some of the most intelligent and educated people in Western world don’t agree with me? Why is it that people who spend all day doing critical analysis do not agree with my political views? Why is it that people who study geology, rocks and rock strata, come to the conclusion that the world is billions of years old? Why do you think people who spend all day looking at plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria come to the conclusion that they all descended from a common ancestor? You can claim bias and censorship all you want but we are dealing with over 1 million people here (a very conservative estimate I have learnt years later), they can’t all be colluding against you. It’s hard to get that many people to agree on one thing, especially if as you claim they hold petty jealousies. It seems to me Labdoor is right, you are covering for your own failed academic aspirations, you failed academically because you could not even critically analyses yourselves and what you believe. You instead remained steadfast in your opinions and looked for evidence to support them, rather than looking at evidence and forming your opinions. This is the opposite of intellectual pursuit.
Bookmark this post. Over the next few weeks I am going to write a post on each article, or at least each topic covered.
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I was playing AVP right at the start where you had to shoot the explosive canister. To my surprise it came up with a disc read error and it told me to use a soft cloth, I wiped it but there were no positive results.
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Library Home || Full Table of Contents || Library Help
|Over 70 interactive Windows programs that target specific concepts in secondary mathematics, written by a classroom teacher/programmer. Many free sample downloads are available. The programs are written in Microsoft Visual Basic. Site includes HTML generators, quiz makers, and graphic resources for teachers.|
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How Were Keystone View Company's Stereographic Photos Produced?
A special camera with two lenses spaced two-and-a-half inches apart (the distance between the pupils of a person's eyes) took two nearly identical photographs. When the photos are mounted on a backing and viewed through a stereoscope the viewer's brain is tricked into seeing the two images as one three-dimensional image.
During the Keystone View Company's early years wooden cameras with glass negatives were used. One of Johnson-Shaw Stereographic Museum's many treasures is an antique stereoscopic camera.
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eDeaf offers several training courses and learnership programs to “Empower Deaf communities for business”.
You as a business owner can greatly benefit from a number of Government incentives when employing a Deaf person through eDeaf.
eDeaf is a Deaf owned BBBEE Level 2 company, established in 2007 to provide a holistic service to the employer and the Deaf employee. Our state of the art training facilities in Johannesburg, Centurion, Durban and Cape Town offer the ideal learning environments for Deaf individuals.
Several local companies have taken the brave step of employing Deaf persons with great success, proving that in some career fields the Deaf can be just as good or even better than hearing employees.
The Deaf community is one of the most marginalized groups in South Africa. Because of the fact that they cannot communicate freely with the hearing world, they are often regarded as incompetent or not intelligent, and not fit to be employed. This is far from the truth!
eDeaf unleashes the social and economic empowerment of the Deaf community, through a diversity of talents and skills, thereby adding value to the economy.
We are a proudly Deaf led organization. Being Deaf myself, has given me greater insight into the needs of the Deaf community. I am a tenacious person, and un-relenting in my quest for young Deaf people to Empower themselves through training and education. Seeing people thrive has always been my passion.
Various companies have taken the brave step in employing our young people, with tremendous success, and that is very satisfying.
eDeaf will soon celebrate 10 years growth, but in many ways, this is just the beginning for us. Our national footprint is extending and we continue to find fulfilment in seeing Deaf people realize their dreams.
I was raised in of one South Africa’s largest Deaf families. My parents were both Deaf, and my mom was the first person to matriculate from De La Bat School for the Deaf in Worcester.
Access to services, coupled with incidental learning has often prevented Deaf people from being fully integrated in society.
By Employing and Empowering the Deaf community Naz and I knew we could in some way permeate the chasm between the poor academic achievement of Deaf School leavers, and standard entry level requirements for positions in mainstream society which were not being met.
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Arsenic water bottles recall — After high arsenic levels were found in the water bottles, Keurig Dr Pepper has recalled the bottled water it sells at Target and Walmart.
Many people buy bottled water at a higher price, assuming it is healthier, cleaner and safer than tap water, but new consumer reports reveal that water in a Bottle is not really a better choice.
The California Center for Environmental Health on Tuesday released an independent finding of high levels of arsenic — a toxic metal that can harm reproduction, cancer, and cause birth defects — in two well-known brands of bottled water.
The CEH sent legal opinions to manufacturers and retailers of Starkey Water, owned by Whole Foods, and Peñafiel, owned by Keurig Dr. Pepper, bottled in Mexico and sold at Target and Walmart.
In California, under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Substances Act, these two brands of bottled water contain enough arsenic to be required to carry a warning label, which neither of the two brands have.
“There is no room for arsenic in bottled water,” said Caroline Cox, senior scientist at CEH. “Bottled water companies must take the necessary steps to eliminate this toxic metal from their products, and retailers should stop selling them now. Until these conditions are met, we recommend that consumers avoid buying Starkey and Dr Pepper’s Penafiel products from Whole Foods.”
Just two months ago, similar research was published that revealed high levels of arsenic in the same two brands of bottled water.
This is not the first time that Starkey and Peñafiel have had problems with the arsenic content of their water bottles.
Starkey Water needed more than 2,000 cases of bottled water between 2016 and 2017, as its arsenic content exceeded the level acceptable by the federal government, 10 parts per billion. Whole Foods conducted its own internal tests a year later and found that arsenic levels were barely below the federal limit, but this level of arsenic can still be extremely harmful if ingested regularly.
Peñafiel and the Food and Drug Administration reported that the brand of bottled water contained dangerous levels of arsenic, but none of them were ever recalled. Recent Consumer Reports tests have shown that arsenic levels were about double the federal legal limit.
Arsenic is a heavy metal that acts as a carcinogen, which can wreak havoc on the human body. Even small amounts of arsenic ingestion can cause big problems; a small dose of arsenic greatly disrupts the body’s endocrine system, which regulates hormone production and secretion.
Prolonged ingestion of arsenic via contaminated water can cause bodily injury as arsenic inactivates up to 200 enzymes responsible for things like DNA synthesis and repair.
Initial symptoms of acute arsenic poisoning include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea; they can in some cases cause nerve damage or brain damage, such as memory loss, dementia or seizure.
With arsenic, heavy metal accumulates in the liver, kidneys, heart, lungs, muscles, nervous system, gastrointestinal system and spleen, causing multisystemic disease. In the worst stages, chronic arsenic toxicity leads to malignant cancer of the skin, lungs, liver, kidneys and bladder.
Children are much more susceptible to the toxicity of arsenic, which can affect mental and physical development as they grow older. This can lead to lower IQ and poor performance at school.
“It makes no sense that consumers can buy bottled water that is less safe than tap water,” said James Dickerson, Ph.D., Scientific Director of Consumer Reports. “In any case, bottled water — a product for which people pay extra, often because they think it is safer — should be regulated at least as strictly as tap water.”
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Now you can watch what cells do, as they do itAugust 29th, 2008 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 29 (IANS) Researchers have developed a new laser tool to to peer into the microscopic activity within single cells in real time. The cutting edge technology could help contribute to the creation of new drugs to treat diseases like asthma and arthritis with fewer side effects.The researchers from Nottingham University Schools of Biomedical Science (Steve Hill and Steve Briddon) and Pharmacy (Barrie Kellam) are concentrating on a type of specialised cell receptor that recognises and responds to a chemical within the body called adenosine.
These A3-adenosine receptors work within the body by binding with proteins to cause a response within cells and are found in very tiny and highly specialised area of a cell membrane called microdomains. They comprise different molecules that are involved in telling the cell how to respond to drugs or hormones.
It is believed that these receptors play an important role in inflammation within the body and knowing more about how they operate could spur the future development of anti-inflammatory drugs that only target just those receptors in the relevant microdomain of the cell.
“These microdomains are so tiny you could fit five million of them on a full stop. There are 10,000 receptors on each cell, and we are able to follow how single drug molecules bind to individual receptors in these specialised microdomains,” said Hill.
“What makes this single molecule laser technique unique is that we are looking at them in real time on a living cell. Other techniques that investigate how drugs bind to their receptors require many millions of cells to get a big enough signal and this normally involves destroying the cells in the process,” he added.
Scientists have never before been able to look in detail at their activity within these tiny microscopic regions of a living cell.
Nottingham researchers have solved this problem by using a cutting edge laser technology called fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. The fluorescent drug molecules can be detected as they glow under the laser beam of a highly sensitive microscope.
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Bacteria of the family Rickettsiaceae (order Rickettsiales, a-Proteobacteria) are mainly known to be endosymbionts of arthropods with the capability to infect also vertebrate cells. Recently, they have also been found as leech endocytobionts. In the present paper, we report the first finding of a bacterium belonging to the family Rickettsiaceae in a natural population of a marine ciliate protozoan, namely Diophrys appendiculata, collected in the Baltic Sea. Bacteria were unambiguously identified through morphological characterization and the ‘‘fullcycle rRNA approach’’ (i.e., 16S rRNA gene characterization and use of specifically designed oligonucleotide probes for in situ detection). Symbionts are rod-shaped bacteria that grow freely in the cytoplasm of the host cell. They present two different morphotypes, similar in size, but different in cytoplasmic density. These are typical morphological features of members of the family Rickettsiaceae. 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that Diophrys symbionts share a high similarity value (>92%) with bacteria belonging to the genus Rickettsia. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that these new endosymbionts are clearly included in the clade of the family Rickettsiaceae, but they occupy an independent phylogenetic position with respect to members of the genus Rickettsia. This is the first report of a member of this family from a host protozoan and from a marine habitat. This result shows that this bacterial group is more diversified and widespread than supposed so far, and that its ecological relevance could until now have been underestimated. In light of these considerations, the two 16S rRNA oligonucleotide probes here presented, specific for members of the Rickettsiaceae, can represent useful tools for further researches on the presence and the spread of these microorganisms in the natural environment.
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|Titolo:||A bacterium belonging to the Rickettsiaceae family inhabits the cytoplasm of the marine ciliate Diophrys appendiculata (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)|
|Anno del prodotto:||2005|
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BOSTON — The situation was so bad for the Boston Red Sox that manager John Farrell had outfielder Mike Carp pitch the ninth inning.
By that time they had made five errors and trailed by eight runs in their 14-5 loss to the New York Yankees on Thursday night.
“Any time you end up with a position player on the mound, it’s not been a good night,” Farrell said.
Carp walked five and allowed one run in his major league pitching debut, relying largely on a knuckleball.
“Kind of every little kid’s dream,” he said, “but, at the same time, (it’s) a tough ballgame to have to go in, but it was good to save our bullpen.”
Boston’s pitching problems began early as Felix Doubront (1-3) gave up seven runs in 2 2-3 innings. But four of those were unearned because of four errors.
“We’re definitely going to get better,” Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts said. “That’s not the kind of team that we are.”
For the Yankees, CC Sabathia (3-2) provided a lift for the depleted rotation.
First, Ivan Nova decided to have season-ending Tommy John elbow surgery. Then Michael Pineda was suspended for 10 games for using pine tar.
After those developments were announced Thursday, Sabathia went out and threw six solid innings in his second straight strong start.
“He’s taken the mindset since spring training he needs to be the ace of this staff,” Yankees catcher Brian McCann said. “He gave us a great outing.”
He had plenty of help from both teams.
Yangervis Solarte drove in four runs, Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits and three RBIs and Mark Teixeira hit his first homer of the season. Boston’s contributions included five errors, 12 walks, three wild pitches and a passed ball. The Red Sox also allowed three stolen bases, all in the third inning.
“The sooner we move past this one the better,” Farrell said.
Sabathia struck out eight while allowing two runs on three hits in six innings as the Yankees rebounded from a 5-1 loss Wednesday night in which Pineda was ejected in the second inning for having pine tar on his neck.
“It felt good to get a win. I just wanted to have a good outing,” Sabathia said.
After allowing at least four runs in each of his first starts, he rebounded with a one-run, seven-inning performance at Tampa Bay a week before facing Boston.
“CC can be a guy to get on some rolls,” New York manager Joe Girardi said.
The costliest stretch for the Red Sox was the first three innings, when they fell behind 7-0. They made four errors, allowed three stolen bases and had a wild pitch and passed ball.
Doubront retired the first two batters of the game before Carlos Beltran reached on an error by Bogaerts and scored on a double by Alfonso Soriano.
The Yankees added three runs in the second. Brett Gardner led off with a walk before second baseman Dustin Pedroia dropped third baseman Brock Holt’s throw for an error, allowing Brian Roberts to reach first. Solarte then doubled in two runs, took third on a groundout and scored on a wild pitch.
Teixeira started the three-run third with his homer before Gardner reached on Doubront’s error. Gardner stole second and third and scored on Brian Roberts’ single. Roberts stole second then made it 7-0 when Ellsbury’s single drove him in.
Boston cut the lead to 7-2 in the third on a sacrifice fly by David Ortiz and an RBI double by Johnny Gomes.
New York added five runs in the seventh when all nine batters against Craig Breslow reached base, including Beltran on a forceout at second. Solarte and Derek Jeter had two-run singles and Ellsbury doubled in a run.
Boston cut the lead to 12-5 in the bottom of the seventh, scoring on a double by Bogaerts, a sacrifice fly and a passed ball by McCann.
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JoAnn Williams Daniel, 73, of Villa Rica, died August 14, 2014. JoAnn is survived by her loving husband of 37 years, Victor Daniel, sons, Jeff Jerkins of Powder Springs, Monty Jenkins of Marietta, Grant Jerkins of Kennesaw, daughter Amanda Beam of Villa Rica, brother, Roger Williams of Villa Rica, grandchildren, Laura Jerkins, Blake Jerkins, Zachary Jerkins, Ashley Grogan and Connor Peace, great-grandchild, Ashton Grogan. JoAnn enjoyed cooking, gardening and crocheting. She was active in the church working as church secretary and taught deaf children. Family will be receiving friends on Friday from 5 to 8 at the funeral home. Graveside services will be held 1pm on Saturday at Sunrise Memorial Gardens. Roy Davis Funeral Home in care of arrangements.
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Sccutler From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 5242 posts, RR: 27 Reply 1, posted (10 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 919 times:
I believe that the last Caravelle in active pasenger service was with Gabon Express, but my limited investigation suggests that service is no more- the carrier may not be around, either. They used to advertise Caravelle flights to aviation enthusiasts on their website, but the website is gonesville.
See the archived website (with a great photo of the Caravelle) at:
MEA-707 From Netherlands, joined Nov 1999, 4210 posts, RR: 36 Reply 4, posted (10 years 11 months 2 weeks 5 days ago) and read 855 times:
The last Colombian Caravelles (in cargo service with L.A. Suramericanas and Aerosucre) have been scrapped last year after a crash of their sibling in January 2001.
In Africa, Waltair of Congo (Kinshasa) still operates one Caravelle. It is able to carry passengers (sort of combi configuration) but passenger tickets or schedules are not known of, I presume its mainly used to carry staff and cargo for mines, businesses or military or so.
The former Gabon Express Caravelle is not seen for a year but reported flying cargo around the Congo and Angola area.
So these two are the only Caravelles which have been flying in the last months.
In Sweden Le Caravelle Club tries to restore an ex SAS/Sweden Air Force Caravelle and offer pleasure flights but I must admit I don't believe it till I see it fly.
nobody has ever died from hard work, but why take the risk?
BeechStarship From United States of America, joined Oct 2002, 72 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (10 years 11 months 2 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 708 times:
That is an amazing picture at the link Sccutler gave us. The nose on that plane is incredibly sleek and the triangular widows very unique. Did anyone find out who is flying the former Gabon Express Caravelle?
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Thousands of people in 16 U.S. states and in the District of Columbia take a prescribed drug that has no "currently accepted medical use," according to a recent government ruling.
If the medication involved were a typical blood pressure pill or arthritis treatment, this sort of pronouncement would come from the Food and Drug Administration, which is charged with determining whether medications are safe and effective. But the drug is cannabis, and the ruling came from the Drug Enforcement Agency.
When Congress passed the Controlled Substances Act in 1970, it listed marijuana as a Schedule I drug, a category that includes substances with a high potential for abuse and no medical applications. Since then, marijuana's Schedule I status has been regularly contested by groups and by individuals. The recent DEA decision was in response to a petition originally filed around nine years ago. (Explaining the delay, Barbara Carreno, a spokeswoman for the DEA, told the Los Angeles Times, "The regulatory process is just a time-consuming one that usually takes years to go through.") The classification is significant because Schedule I drugs, such as heroin, are illegal for all use.
The DEA defended marijuana's current classification by citing a lack of scientific studies proving its medical utility. But, as critics of the decision have been quick to point out, one of the major reasons marijuana has not been studied more extensively is because of its Schedule I classification. For the medical community to establish "accepted" uses for a drug, doctors and scientists must be free to study it. Sometimes accepted uses arise out of doctors' legal "off-label" prescription of various medications to treat conditions for which they have not been formally approved. Though some studies of marijuana's medical benefits have been conducted - and most of them have shown promising results - the process remains tangled in red tape.
Of course, no one really expected the DEA to come down on the side of medicinal marijuana. As its name suggests, the Drug Enforcement Agency is in the business of enforcing laws, not investigating novel treatment options.
The DEA's website contains plenty of pages explaining why marijuana is so bad. On one, it claims that marijuana is harmful because it "contains more than 400 chemicals, including most of the harmful substances found in tobacco smoke." If harmful side effects disqualified pharmaceuticals from medical use, we would not see many of the warning-laden advertisements that populate prime-time network television.
On another page, the DEA says marijuana actually does have a medical use, but that the smoked form of the drug does not need to be legal because the active ingredient, THC, has already been isolated and replicated in the synthetic prescription drug Marinol. So, according to the DEA, marijuana needs to be kept away from people because it is harmful in the same ways as cigarettes - which are excluded from the Controlled Substances Act - but marijuana is also different because it is medically useful, while cigarettes are not.
Screwy logic, but that is not the DEA's fault. It is not in the business of writing laws; it is in the business of enforcing them. Why ask cops to play doctor?
Now that DEA has issued its final ruling, proponents of medical marijuana can challenge the agency's position in court. Previous challenges have failed, but they came before the widespread movement among states to authorize medical marijuana in spite of the federal law to the contrary.
There is reason to hope that the courts will rule differently this time. With all those doctors prescribing marijuana and all those people taking it, judges may finally be ready to throw out the government's position: "Cannabis has no medical use because we say so."
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Skip to comments.Baltimore County Admits It Hasn't Been Recycling Glass for 7 Years. It Still Encourages Residents to Recycle Glass. When ritual is more important than reuse
Posted on 02/04/2020 8:29:21 AM PST by karpov
Baltimore County residents' have had their perceptions about where their glass ends up shattered.
Over the weekend, news broke that the countywhich does not include the City of Baltimorehas not been recycling the glass it's been collecting as part of its recycling program. For the past seven years, the jars and bottles that residents dutifully placed in their blue bins have been being junked instead.
"There are numerous issues with glass recycling, including increased presence of shredded paper in recycling streams which contaminates materials and is difficult to separate from broken glass fragments, in addition to other limitations on providing quality material," county spokesperson Sean Naron told The Baltimore Sun.
Glass recycling reportedly stopped in 2013, the same year the county opened a $23 million single-stream recycling facility, according to the Sun article.
Single-stream recycling refers to the practice of letting people put all their recyclables into one bin, then sorting it at material processing facilities, rather than have people sort their papers, plastics, and glass into separate containers at the curb.
Baltimore County had adopted single-streaming for all homes by October 2010, part of a growing trend among municipalities trying to boost recycling rates. The thinking was that if you make recycling easier, more people will do it.
A study from the American Forest & Paper Association found the percent of the population covered by a single-stream recycling service that included glass grew from 22 percent in 2005 to 73 percent in 2014.
The trouble with single-streaming is that placing everything in the same bin increases the chances of contamination. Non-compatible materials get mixed together or coated with food waste. So a good deal of the glass isn't pure enough to ground down and be shipped to glass manufacturers.
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
‘When ritual is more important than reuse’
Nice turn of phrase there.
Same in Pittsburgh. Residents still required to recycle all kinds of stuff. So near as anyone knows they lose money on everything but aluminum cans. Yet the program rolls on just as it always has. Virtue signal uber alles.
In the building where I worked (pre retirement) some snoopy workers followed the recycling company after hours and caught them dumping all the “recycle” stuff into the regular trash.
I suspect this happens very often—a windfall for the recycling company and nobody is the wiser.
Loads the trash from one dumpster and the “recycle” dumpster into the same garbage truck.
Like rapist-detection kits, it all just sits on the shelf
to serve the Democrats/terrorists.
Seven years and no one leaked out the news?
Some years ago a sanitation worker friend told me everything goes to the dump 90 percent of the time.
I guess that’s changed.
“For the past seven years, the jars and bottles that residents dutifully placed in their blue bins have been being junked instead.”
Does it really matter? What counts is that Leftists can have a smug look on their faces as they walk away from the ‘recycle bin’, having done their part.
I remember seeing a news segment back in the late 1980s. A bimbo reporter followed a trash truck to the dump in South Jersey and did a gotcha interview when he was filmed dumping old newspapers and phone books. The truck driver said “lady if you find somebody that will buy this stuff Ill bring it there.” This has been going on for decades.
Walmart won’t recycle glass either. Just plastic and aluminum.
Today my daughter is a land use and environmental attorney.
Pensacola’s curbside recycling has gone to landfill for at least two months:
All they did was recycle money from their hand to gubmint!
Cost of transporting the glass to be recycled costs more in resources and cash than to just make glass from all new material.
A lot of the recycling companies around here have stopped taking glass.
The Soylent Green Processing Centers have the same issue.
All those pesky Dentures, Dental Veneers, Mechanical Heart Valves and Hip and Knee Replacement Parts really gum up the works.
This was happening 48 years ago in other places. separate colored and clear glass, truck comes and takes both to the landfill.
But it makes people feel so good about themselves!
“including increased presence of shredded paper in recycling streams which contaminates materials and is difficult to separate from broken glass fragments”
That’s the essence of the recycling dilemma: tons of pure steel, glass, silicon, paper, plastics are mixed together in our manufactured products.
Steel is in our trash but it’s cheaper to mine ore and smelt it into huge pure ingots which are then divided into relatively small pieces and scattered within our manufactured products.
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Alfred Binet is quite famous in the field of psychology, particularly in the sub-field of psychometrics, which is an area of study that attempts to quantify every psychological behavior, and correlate them to a cognitive area.
We still have psychometric testing done today, mainly in Educational Psychology settings, where children are tested on what they know and in areas where they have either giftedness or need.
Binet was the first person to ever create an intelligence test. He was tasked to do so by the French government so that the main areas of need in slower learners could be identified.
He is still considered one of the most influential scientists in the field, and his name is synonymous with every intelligence scale that we know. These scales are either attributed primarily to him, or are said to have been inspired by the work that he started. The first intelligence scale was named the Binet-Simon (also named after the scientist who developed it with Alfred), Theodore Simon. This first scale was created in 1908. He died three years later as the third version of the scale was published.
More than one hundred years later, the Binet-Simon has been changed, and contoured to reflect the current needs of students. Nowadays, teachers use the Stanford-Binet scale. This scale is currently on its 5th edition, is still used as individualized intelligence testing, and is still based on what could be easily described as early, rudimentary studies in psychology and behavior. This is how concise and clean the test is, and how effectively it can be molded throughout time.
Another interesting fact about Alfred Binet is that he is a self-taught psychologist; he never attended formal colleges. He was essentially mentored and he stood out by his works more than by his intellect. He is regarded, however, as one of the most influential men in the field and he is extremely important to the field of education.
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Zora Janžekovič is a great star of medical science. Her innovative method of treating severe burns has saved many lives by dramatically reducing infections and hospitalization times. Because her method has become the standard for treating deep third-degree burns, Medscape has listed her among the “25 most influential doctors of the 20th century”. But despite her great accomplishments, which in Slovenia are hard to find parallels in any other scientific discipline, she died at the age of 96 almost unknown to her fellow compatriots.
From 1968 to 1984, Zora Janžekovič hosted more than 200 leading surgeons from all over the world at the Burns Department of Maribor Hospital, who came to learn her highly successful new method of treating severe burns. Through hard work, courage and perseverance, she has shown that it is possible to achieve cutting-edge scientific achievements even in ill-equipped facilities, with almost no resources or support. Although she made groundbreaking medical discoveries while working at a hospital in Slovenia, she is still virtually unknown to the local public.
Getting to medical school by selling apples
Zora Janžekovič was born on 30 September 1918, a few weeks before the end of the First World War, in Slovenska Bistrica, where her father was a teacher. The family of three sisters and one brother first lived in the town and then moved to a farm in the nearby village of Ritoznoj. Although the period between the two world wars was difficult, she had fond memories of her youth.
As a child, she wanted to be a singer, but after watching a local doctor at work, she was so impressed by him that she decided to study medicine, a rather unusual choice for a girl at that time. Medicine was male-dominated, and the few female doctors were treated very patronizingly.
As there was no full medical studies in Ljubljana, she decided to go to Zagreb. In addition to the appropriate prior education, there was also a relatively high enrolment fee, which the family could not afford at the time. Since Zora was firmly convinced that she wanted to become a doctor, she planned to earn money by selling apples from the farm.
She lined the cart with straw, loaded it with 200 kilos of the most beautiful apples, covered them with a blanket, harnessed a mare and drove to the neighboring village where the fruit was being bought. Unfortunately, the shop owner told her that due to the abundant apple harvest, they were no longer buying apples. But the young girl, in tears, began to explain that she needed money to study medicine. Because she persisted and refused to be pushed away, the shop owner bought the apples anyway, thus enabling her to go to medical school.
Studying medicine in Zagreb just before World War II
When she arrived at university, she was impressed by Zagreb as a city and by the professors who lectured her. For the next few years, her studies went well, but were interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War. At the beginning of the war, she returned home to her farm, which was under German occupation.
Many Slovenes were displaced by the occupiers to Croatia and Serbia, and some were sent to concentration camps. Her brother Boris was arrested by the Germans, who suspected him of being a communist. Unable to prove anything, he was released, but then mobilized in the German army and sent to the Russian front, where he was wounded.
Zora was warned by a friend, a medical student, that it was very likely that her name would also be on the deportation list. She then decided to leave the farm and go to Croatia under the pretext that she had to drop out of her studies. She than started working in a hospital in Varaždin, where she gained a lot of experience and, among other things, developed a passion for surgery.
While she was studying before the war, she fell in love with Basil Baricy, a young doctor from Ukraine who had studied medicine in Vienna and Zagreb. They worked together in Varaždin during the war, and he often accompanied her when she met secretly with her family near the border. Unfortunately, Basil, her great student love, was shot dead without trial by the new Yugoslav authorities immediately after the war.
Her brother Boris, who was forcibly mobilized, also never returned home after the end of the war. Later, with the help of acquaintances who gave her access to Yugoslav archives, Zora found out that her brother had returned to Trogir with other forced mobilisers after the liberation from France, but that he too had probably been shot in the nearby forests. It was reportedly fatal for him to serve as a German soldier in Yugoslavia for two months. By a strange twist of circumstances, many years later his name found its way onto the memorial to the fallen partisans in Slovenska Bistrica.
The difficult path to specialisation in surgery
After the war, Zora’s family lost most of their farmland due to agrarian reform. Her father contracted pneumonia shortly afterwards and died of complications at the age of 50. Despite the sequence of tragic events, Zora finished her medical studies and became a doctor. She first worked in youth work campaigns around Yugoslavia and then in a hospital in Maribor.
Shortly after she arrived at the hospital, two patients died during a relatively simple tonsillectomy. A subsequent investigation revealed that one of the nurses had mistakenly prepared the wrong anesthetic and then, in the general confusion, covered up the evidence of the mistake. The incident shocked the young doctor and had a significant impact on her attitude towards her patients. Later, she demanded the highest standards of safety and accountability from her staff and colleagues, and she did not back down.
As a young doctor, she waited several years to be allowed to specialise in surgery. As the leading surgeons in Ljubljana at the time were convinced that this work was not suitable for women, she almost gave up, but finally got an invitation to specialize in the then very busy field of plastic surgery. Despite her dedication, she was initially ignored by her mentors, but eventually gained their trust and received a special commendation at the end of her specialization.
Inventing a new method of treating severe burns
When she returned to Maribor, she opened a new department for burns, which had previously been treated in dermatology. Using the minimal equipment, she had collected from the hospital, she set up an operating theatre in a former bathroom and started treating patients. The doctrine at the time was to minimize surgical intervention on burns and, above all, to wait for the wounds to heal on their own. But infections and prolonged healing led to high mortality rates and severe suffering for patients.
Zora Janžekovič came up with the idea that she could speed up the healing of burns and prevent infections by surgically removing dead tissue and covering the wound with skin taken from other parts of the body or from donors. This procedure was contrary to the accepted doctrine at the time, but given the situation at the hospital, she felt that the idea should be put into practice.
At first, she was scared of removing dead tissue from burns, as she had no sense of how much tissue she could cut without causing further damage. But it quickly became clear that surgically treated wounds heal much faster and are less prone to infection. With further research, she was able to develop a method of removing dead tissue and transplanting healthy skin, so that severely burned patients had a much better chance of survival and rehabilitation.
She also quickly realized that she would not be able to convince colleagues around the world of the success of her new treatment method unless she had all her interventions carefully documented. Convincing the medical community that she was right, even though she came from a small unknown hospital and not from one of the most famous hospitals in the world, was no easy task. She had to present very good arguments and defend them successfully.
A new method has impressed surgeons worldwide
The news of her success in treating severe burns was first spread around the world by fellow plastic surgeons in Ljubljana. As early as 1962, she was visited in Maribor by a burn surgeon from the USA, and later by the Secretary General of the World Burn Association. But surgeons around the world were skeptical about the supposedly revolutionary approach of an unknown doctor working alone in a small town behind the Iron Curtain.
The breakthrough into the international arena came in May 1968, when the International Congress of the Society of Plastic Surgery was organized in Slovenia. Zora Janžekovič gave a well-received lecture, presenting her carefully documented treatment of 1330 patients with burns of various degrees, accompanied by photographs. She also showed a film in which she presented her surgical approaches. Her thesis was that infections are usually the result of inadequate treatment of burns, rather than contamination of the wound from the surrounding area.
In the following years, surgeons from all over the world came to Maribor and Zora was invited to lecture at many surgical congresses around the globe. Her innovative treatments have saved many lives by dramatically reducing infections, hospitalization times and mortality. Towards the end of the 20th century, her method became the standard in the treatment of deep third-degree burns.
One of the world’s most influential doctors is almost unknown at home
Zora Janžekovič was very demanding of her staff and colleagues, which led to criticism from younger doctors that she was too strict. Some colleagues avoided working in her ward, probably because treating severely burned patients was extremely stressful. Eventually, her critics got to the point where the hospital started to take away her powers. When she returned from a congress in 1984, she learned that a new burns ward had been opened at the hospital while she was away. This was too much for her, so she retired.
She spent most of the following years in her country house, which she built in Pohorje with the help of her architect sister. She lived to a very old age, passing away on 17 March 2015 at the age of 96. Before her death, she received several awards, but she did not receive the recognition she wanted from the professional and lay public at home.
This is how she summarized her work in December 2009 in the conclusion of her book How It Was:
“Faced with the high number of burns and the suffering of patients, not knowing what was happening internationally in the field of burn care, I had to decide what to do. But what? … So, in 1959, we started experimenting. The very first experiment was a success. In 1961, we started routinely operating on all deep burns. With the dedication of the whole team, we operated on 1,300 patients by the time of the congress in Maribor in 1968, proving that early surgical therapy was possible and successful, and that my claim that the infection was the result of improper treatment was justified. In the world’s major medical centres, with the help of high-performance laboratories, our achievements can only be confirmed. Today, early surgical therapy is the standard for treating burns all over the planet. …
But what was the price?
I was a monster that was impossible to work with;
I was the first swallow, which does not mean spring yet;
I was a phenomenon who tackled the problem of burns with my bare hands in impossible working conditions;
I was a crazy woman from Yugoslavia who dared to operate on burns;
I was a genius because I did it all;
I was a burn icon, because no burn paper starts without mentioning my name in the introduction;
… But really I just wanted to help patients.”
Today, Zora Janžekovič may appear on the list of the 50 most influential doctors of all time compiled by an American physician, but in Slovenia, hardly anyone knows about this outstanding surgeon and scientist.
- Marija Trop, Clemens Schiestl: Zora Janžekovič. Z britvijo na sam vrh opeklinske kirurgije. Celovec: Mohorjeva družba, 2009.
- Zora Janžekovič, Irena Majcen. Kako je bilo. Slovenska Bistrica: Zavod za kulturo Slovenska Bistrica, 2010.
- Zora Janžekovič. 2008. „Once upon a Time … How West Discovered East“. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery 61 (3): 240–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2008.01.001.
- Veljko Vlaisavljević. “Zora Janžekovič”. chapter in a book Osebnosti slovenske medicine (ed. Mateja Ratej). Založba ZRC, 2020.
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This year I’ve read a bunch of books. Not as many as when I was researching for my own book in 2014/15, or in previous years when I was enrolled as a student somewhere or other, but still a fair few. Some were older and others were brand new. Here are five of my favorites:
Best Fiction Book: The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (2005)
In a year when Western politics took an eerily 1930s turn into xenophobic and isolationist nationalism, Philip Roth’s book is even more relevant now than it was when first published. It tells the story of a Jewish family living in Newark during an alternate version of US history where Nazi-sympathizer Charles Lindbergh – rather than Franklin Roosevelt – wins the 1940 Presidential Election. Roth’s narrative never feels anything other than plausible and grabs you from the first page. The first few chapters are especially haunting as they feel like a foretelling of the rise of Donald Trump. A great choice if you want a book which pulls you into another world and also makes you think about current and historical events in a new light.
Best Book on Contemporary Issues: Flourishing by Miroslav Volf (2016)
Miroslav Volf is a Croatian intellectual who witnessed genocide and experienced persecution in his home nation. He has since become a globally-recognized voice on questions about religion, violence, the relevance of the Christian faith for today. Long-admired for his academic works of theology, Volf gained wider recognition after co-teaching a class with Tony Blair at Yale University (where Volf is a professor) and he has now assumed the role of a “public theologian” – someone who writes for a thinking popular audience of both skeptics and believers (and those in-between) and invites everyone to reconsider their presuppositions about the world. Flourishing is by far my favorite Volf book to date. It argues that religion is – contrary to popular assumptions – integral to the flourishing of humanity. I would suggest that all my friends – whatever their religious or non-religious convictions – take look at this one and see what thoughts it provokes.
Best Book on Communication: TED Talks by Chris Anderson (2016)
This is a book full of practical advice on preparing great public presentations. The author, Chris Anderson, founded the TED Talks and draws on his vast experience to offer tips on everything from structure and content through to visuals and wardrobe choices. I liked the book so much I was reading a chapter a day (so as to absorb it slowly) and then sending WhatsApp messages to younger communicators I am mentoring with screenshots of the best quotes and passages, along with my summaries and thoughts on that days reading. TED Talks can be a bit sterile and samey after you’ve seen a number of them. But – to quote a friend – if you want to think outside the box, then you first need a box, and this book is a pretty good box for communicators to slide into for inspiration and direction.
Best Theology Book: The Crucifixion by Fleming Rutledge
Just a brilliant book for those seeking a fresh understanding of Jesus’ death and its relevance for today. Escapes all the cliches and vividly brings home both the horror and shame of the crucifixion (early Christians were mocked for following a crucified man) and also explores contemporary issues like injustice and genocide – as well as more personal everyday realities – to give the reader a sense of why Jesus died and what might be the significance of his death for the realities of our world today. Rutledge, a parish priest as well as an academic, constantly asks “can it preach?” and wants the cross to grab people’s imaginations and reorient their lives. Best for those with a bit of theological reading under their belts already, but I wouldn’t necessarily dissuade others from giving it a go.
Best Comic Book: The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Volume 1 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko (2007)
This is a masonry slab of a book. Over one-thousand pages of beautiful glossy color pages covering the first three years of Spider-Man’s comic book career. Most of the major villains are introduced and reintroduced. The stories are more linear and less overwhelmingly gritty than superhero comics later became. Peter Parker’s early adventures are just fun and it will take some time for you to get through the whole volume. If you can afford it (I received it as a gift; it can cost up to £75) then you’ll get your money’s worth from your investment.
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The Address | Benghazi – Libya
TRIPOLI – A military field parade, performed by militia forces aligned with Tripoli’s Government of National Accord (GNA), has exacerbated tensions already existing with Fathi Bashagha, Turkey and the Muslim Brotherhood’s strongman in Tripoli and Misrata who reigns over the Interior Ministry in Fayez al-Sarraj’s GNA.
According to sources in Libya, tensions that have been brewing since Bashagha’s orders of disbanding rival militias and his ban on ministers in Sarraj’s cabinet from leaving Libya without his permission, are likely to explode in the face of the pro-Turkey political and military apparatus controlling western Libya. The Ankara-aligned apparatus is now facing a serious crisis, made worse by the Libyan National Army’s (LNA’s) decision to shut down oil terminals and oil fields.
Libyan sources revealed to The Arab Weekly that, despite the gravity of the situation, Bashagha is continuing his unprecedented power grab. He recently ordered his GNA colleague, Transportation Minister Miled Maatoug to stop approving take-offs, landings and passage of private aircrafts, as well as those of regularly scheduled commercial flights, without his prior permission.
In his official memo on July 8 to the transport minister, Bashagha stressed the “necessity of submitting a nominal flight manifest as well as the airports of departure and arrival in order for permission to be granted.”
Bashagha’s unprecedented move is producing a tense climate inside Libya that may impose a new reality on the GNA and its militias, one that is re-calibrated by the Brotherhood’s agenda as dictated by Turkish interests.
Bashagha’s instructions have induced silent panic within the GNA government as well as the Tripoli militia leaders who no longer hide their anger at the hegemony of Misrata militias. He, however, justified his orders by claiming that he had received “intelligence provided by the security services indicating that some terrorist elements intend to leave Libya through private aircraft and flights.”
Bashagha, who is now the de facto air traffic controller of western Libya’s skies, excluded from the new measures flights carrying GNA Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj or his deputies Ahmed Maiteeg, Abdulsalam Kajman, Muhammad Ammari Zayed and Ahmed Hamza al-Mahdi.
Observers warn that the danger posed by these measures is that Bashagha now keeps a tight grip on every minister and official in the GNA’s institutions and military leadership, including militia leaders.
Meanwhile, the Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade paraded its personnel and hardware in a show of force in downtown Tipoli, a move observers have described as a clear message to Bashagha in reaction to the controversial project to integrate the militias into a National Guard force that the GNA is intent on forming to bypass international and regional calls for the dissolution and dismantling of the militias.
Bashagha sought to placate some militia leaders by granting them new appointments and privileges. Abdal-Ghani al-Kakli, known as “Ghniwa,” was reportedly appointed Tripoli’s consul in a Maghrebi country as a reward for his willingness to disband the the so-called Central Security Battalion, a pro-Sarraj government militia he used to lead.
This decision was condemned in some Libyan circles which deplored al-Kakli’s transformation from “a militiaman to consul general.”
Muhammad Saeed al-Darsi, a militia leader of the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council, attacked Bashagha and the militias loyal to him, accusing him of seeking to “dismantle the structure of the revolution.”
Darsi warned of a new wave of arrests that would target those he described as “revolutionaries,” while some Libyan forces expressed fear that these developments were a prelude to a second wave of armed clashes between the militias in Tripoli, similar to those witnessed last Thursday in the Janzour area, and last Saturday in the zone of the Nawras Resort in Misrata, resulting in three deaths.
In a measure that might exacerbate the quagmire bogging down the GNA and its militias, the LNA, led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, announced its decision to close and shut down once again all oil terminals and oil fields under its control. The army has set three demands to be met before reopening them. The first concerns the “opening of a special bank account in a foreign country where all oil revenues would be deposited, and setting up a clear mechanism with international guarantees for their equitable distribution to all the Libyan people in every city and region of Libya.”
The second demand concerns “setting transparent mechanisms, with international guarantees, to ensure that these revenues are not diverted to finance terrorism and mercenaries and that they are instead reserved only for the benefit of the Libyan people who are the rightful owners of their country’s riches.”
The third demand has to do with the “necessity to audit the accounts of Libya’s Central Bank in Tripoli to investigate how oil revenues from the past years were spent.”
(The Arab Weekly)
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Alfonso never called when I returned from Vegas, but Alejandro did. With my shattered dreams of 82nd Street happiness with The Fonz so quickly flushed down a York Avenue sewer, Alejandro’s phone call had come at an opportune time for him, when I was vulnerable, dateless, and desperately seeking someone to rip my clothes off. I knew women who had gone six months or more without sex—for me, that was not an option.
One night couldn’t hurt, right? Everyone needs a slump-breaker, right? A little meaningless sex never hurt before, with say, someone like The Realtor, so I would just slap a “meaningless” label right on Alejandro this time around and call it a f*ck.
We scheduled a day and a time to meet for dinner, but when that day finally rolled around, the hunger I had was not for a strip steak with a glass of Cabernet. So I texted Alejandro that we’d be skipping dinner and I’d see him at his apartment by 6:30pm.
I let myself into his apartment (since I still had his goddamn key) to find him standing there in the very same suit I had met him in, going through his mail. I walked over to him, not even bothering to say hello, pulled him to me, and the rest was history. I came to tangled in his bed sheets, my stockings still on my right leg. I had to get out of there before any talks of feelings, emotions, and where we went wrong this past time (as well as the thirty-three other attempts) in sustaining a somewhat normal, working relationship.
I quickly gathered my clothes that were strewn about Alejandro’s apartment while he took his usual post-coital shower. When he emerged from the bathroom, I was fully clothed, coat buttoned, ready to make my exit.
“You can’t stay? Do you want to order dinner?” he asked as I reached for my handbag and checked my BlackBerry.
“You know how I roll, Alejandro. The old bump-and-run!” I smiled as I kissed him goodbye and headed for his front door.
“You know, we should probably go to dinner and actually talk about everything,” he called after me.
I laughed to myself and rolled my eyes as I opened the door to leave. “Yeah, ok, sounds good,” I obligingly replied. We both knew our “talks” never got us anywhere—they either led us to his bed or with me storming out of his apartment and defriending him on Facebook on my cab ride home as I fled back to the Upper East Side in a rage.
We eventually fell back into our old routines, and suddenly I was being introduced and referred to as his girlfriend once again. But old habits die hard, and when Vladimir came into town for a fifteen day visit (most likely to attend some sniper convention or check in on his enriched uranium that was stashed somewhere in Alejandro’s apartment), as usual, I was sent to the back burner.
For the first five days of Vladimir’s visit, I didn’t even receive a phone call. I would get an occasional one line email or text every so often assuring me that they were still alive after yet another night of binge drinking, chain smoking, and pool playing in their leather jackets from bar to bar in Murray Hill.
By Day Six, I was fed up. I too had a leather jacket and loved vodka and AK-47’s. So when I expressed my distaste for being ignored by way of a snarky text message to Alejandro, it was not well received by its intended audience. Our textual conversation led to a phone call where I was scolded in a tone that my own father would never even use with me, not even after I was caught smoking a “doobie” my sophomore year of high school.
“Bacchus, I really don’t have time text you back and forth for twenty minutes. We’re late leaving for the bar and I had a long day at work,” he snidely retorted with irritation and infuriation dripping from his voice.
F*cking wanker! I thought to myself as my jaw dropped in shock at both the hurtful tone and beyond rude words he had just had the cajones to say to someone he allegedly cared about. And then the bastard hung up on me. I stared at the phone in disbelief. It was time for me to grow some cajones myself so I hit redial and waited for him to pick up, which only took seven and a half rings.
“Listen Alejandro, the way you just spoke to me was really hurtful. I’m upset,” I said, trying not to let my voice crack and/or throw my phone across the room.
“And I just told you I don’t have time for this. We’re walking out the door right now. I have to go,” and again he hung up. I didn’t know whether to laugh, cry, or make copies of his apartment keys for every homeless person from here to 35th Street.
The old idiom “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me,” sprung to mind—but who exactly did the shame go to for times three through forty-three? It was pretty clear that I had to kick my Alejandro habit once and for all, but at this point he probably wouldn’t even notice if I broke free. Could you volunteer for that Intervention show? Or did meth or the big H have to be incorporated into your foolish, foolish life to qualify for air time?
If only Jimmy Bats didn’t have a damn girlfriend, I would never have needed this pitiful habit…
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Imagine that you
have a computerized home business that tracks truck routes and auctions
off truck space to various companies that need help delivering their
products all over the nation. You feel good about your business because
it increases transportation efficiency. It puts on the road a larger
number of fully loaded trucks and fewer half-empty ones. You also feel
good because you do your banking online and download most of the books,
videos, and music that you want from the Internet. That means you are
not driving to your bank and several stores; instead you're saving fuel
and reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants. Nevertheless,
you are ordering groceries, clothes, and household items online, so
you're partly responsible for the increase in delivery truck traffic
in what used to be a quiet neighborhood.
yourself many times over and you can see why ORNL's Center for Transportation
Analysis (CTA) and the Transportation Research Board co-sponsored a
workshop on the "Impacts of the New Digital Economy on Transportation:
Developing Research and Data Needs." As a result of the workshop held
September 14 and 15, 2000, in Washington, D.C., Pat Hu, director of
CTA, is developing a research agenda and identifying the data needed
to allow accurate predictions of the effects of the digital economy
on transportation with respect to planning, land use, safety, the environment,
and energy use.
Frank Southworth, Rekha Pillai, and David Middendorf, all of the CTA
in ORNL's Energy Division, recently published a white paper entitled
Potential Effects of the Digital Economy on Transportation, which
was distributed at the workshop. They evaluated business-to-business,
business-to-consumer, and consumer-to-consumer electronic commerce,
as well as telecommuting.
"We tried to identify
how e-commerce will change the demand for transportation," Hilliard
says. "Because information can be transmitted electronically, it may
be unnecessary in the future to ship as many books, videotapes, and
music CDs by Federal Express, United Parcel Service, or the U.S. Post
Office. Banking can be done online so people won't have to drive to
the bank so often. So the effect of e-commerce could be a reduction
in the driving of cars."
information, entertainment products, and money can be transmitted
electronically and shopping can be done online, electronic commerce
is expected to affect transportation needs. Photo collage by Gail
On the other hand,
Hilliard notes, if an increasing number of people do online shopping
and order groceries and other items from large discount stores online,
there will be increased demand for deliveries by truck and increased
truck traffic in residential neighborhoods, threatening the safety of
pedestrians and pets. An increase in telecommuting could create its
share of altered traffic patterns, as well. "If more people telecommute,
they may move farther from their workplace in the city," Hilliard says.
"But when they do commute to their business for occasional meetings,
they will drive farther."
needs could be reduced if community work centers networked to multiple
employers were established for telecommuters throughout the nation.
"You drive a short distance to a center that has up-to-date computer
equipment leased by your company," Hilliard says. "You do your work
at the center for your company whose headquarters are far away."
that the digital economy could impact land use. "How will the digital
economy change our cities 20 years from now?" he asks. "Will the large,
multi-purpose shopping malls of today remain popular in 20 years, or
will e-commerce make them as uncommon as they were only 40 years ago?"
to meet future transportation needs is complicated by our inability
to predict the effects of e-commerce on those needs. According to ORNL's
white paper: "With the competing forces at work in this system, it will
be challenging to determine the net effect of the changes, particularly
as the digital economy continues to grow at an exponential rate."
Center for Transportation Analysis (CTA)
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Expect a cool breeze off Lake Ontario and beautiful foliage
An amazing NYS Park with trolley service on-sitewhich includes 1,000+ person pool, dog-friendly, boat launches, picnic pavilions and more. Use this link for on-site planning purposes: https://parks.ny.gov/parks/175/details.aspx
Come prepared and early. Prior the first game of the day, there can be traffic to enter the park. It is recommended you use the north entrance off the Robert Moses Parkway. There is a $8 parking entrance fee.
Long-distance travelers: The Buffalo-Niagara Falls region is incredibly accessible.
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Dr. Inabnet describes the effects of Radiation on the Thyroid Gland in the wake of Japan's 2011 Earthquake.
An Overview of Pancreatic Cancer and Surgical Treatment
April 22, 2014
Daniel Labow, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief of Surgical Oncology, discusses surgical options for pancreatic cancer.
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All day the rain teased and taunted while the forecasts promised great streaming inches of it. We were supposed to go to a T-ball game for Owen and wondered up until the last second if it would be called but it was not and since Lily had to work I went to take care of Magnolia and Gibson while Jason coached. Boppy came too and Jason's mom was there and so was Jessie and all was fine and easy, especially Magnolia who wanted me to hold her standing up so that she could wobble and balance and smile and give me kisses. She finally went to sleep in my arms, just before the game ended and Gibson came up and kissed her so sweetly and said, "Night-night, Magnolia."
And then ran off to make mischief of one kind or another. He gave Jessie and his other grandmother and me all clover flowers to put behind our ears and then announced that we were all engaged to him. When I kissed him goodbye in the van, he said that we would now be married, announced us man and wife and said, "I will kiss the bride in fourteen hours."
I am not making this up.
Maurice has been in another fight. Mabel has not been seen in over 24 hours.
It is finally raining.
I feel as if I could sleep for weeks and weeks and then some more weeks but that only works in fairy-tales, doesn't it?
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48''W POLYESTER BLUE ROPE HAMMOCK - SINGLE XL
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Bleeding gums are often a sign of gum disease. Healthy gums generally don't bleed. If you are not regularly cleaning in between your teeth, begin doing this on a daily basis. If you have avoided this because flossing is too difficult, you can try using a floss holder, interdental brush or Water Flosser. All have been shown to work as well as floss and are often easier to use. Once you begin using one of these products, the bleeding should clear up within two weeks. If not, make an appointment for a dental exam and cleaning.
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Carol Jahn, Dentistry, answered
William M. Litaker, Dentistry, answered
Healthy gums do not bleed. Bleeding gums are a symptom of gingivitis and periodontal disease. Gingivitis is an infection of the gums, and periodontal disease is an infection of the gums and surrounding bone. You should see your dentist if you have bleeding gums. Sometimes gums can bleed from medical conditions. Your dentist can best advise you as to why your gums are bleeding and treatments to help your gums.
Todd Welch, Periodontics, answeredIf you got up from the computer right now and went over to the sink to wash your hands, would you expect them to bleed as you wash them?
If your hands did start bleeding all over while you were washing them, you'd probably be quite worried. However, many people simply think it's alright to get bleeding gums while they brush and floss.
The most common reason that people get bleeding gums when brushing and flossing is because they have plaque that has gotten down between their gums and their teeth that irritates their gums.
It is not healthy to have bleeding gums when brushing and flossing. By brushing and flossing, you can remove the plaque that accumulates between your gums and your teeth, and cause your gums to return to their healthy, pink, non-bleeding state. It's a good idea to consult your dentist/dental hygienist to see if you are in need of a deeper gum cleaning (scaling and root planing) to help remove the plaque that has accumulated underneath your gum-line.
Jonathan B. Levine, DMD, Dentistry, answeredOccasional bleeding is common in gums, especially if you're just starting out on a disciplined flossing regime. But the bleeding should dissipate within a week. If it doesn't, and you've already had any plaque properly removed by your dental hygienist, it is urgent that you see a dentist. Sometimes bleeding gums are signals of something much more serious, such as a blood disorder or even leukemia. When the puffiness isn't related to a plaque issue, a blood test should be done to see what else -- if anything else -- it is.
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Dante Gonzales, DMD, Dentistry, answeredBleeding gums usually indicate inflammation of the gums. This is usually due to plaque buildup on the teeth and gums due to poor brushing and flossing. If the gums are bleeding when brushing or flossing it usually indicates that there needs to be more frequent and improved oral hygiene. When women are pregnant, their gums can become more sensitive to plaque and can become inflamed and bleed more. In these cases, increased home care and possibly more frequent cleanings by the dentist may be needed.Helpful? 1 person found this helpful.
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Two giants of children’s publishing – Dr. Seuss and Quentin Blake – come together for this joyous celebration of life.
Part of the stylish and collectable Essential Picture Book Classics range, this book is full of Dr. Seuss’s trademark humour, illustrated beautifully by Quentin Blake.
The book celebrates the vitality of life - with everyone getting UP to enjoy life, from whales to waiters, girls, boys and alligators! Except for one character, who in the charming ending, is resolutely not getting UP!
Every day is a great day to read ‘Great Day for UP’!
- Praise for Dr. Seuss:“[Dr. Seuss] has…instilled a lifelong love of books, learning and reading [in children]” The Telegraph
- “Dr. Seuss ignites a child’s imagination with his mischievous characters and zany verses” The Express
- “The magic of Dr. Seuss, with his hilarious rhymes, belongs on the family bookshelf” Sunday Times Magazine
- “The author… has filled many a childhood with unforgettable characters, stunning illustrations, and of course, glorious rhyme” The Guardian
- Praise for And To Think That I Saw it On Mulberry Street:“The cleverest book I have met with for many years. The swing and merriment of the pictures and the natural truthful simplicity of the untruthfulness.”Beatrix Potter, author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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A rapid review of quarantine and/or other public health measures to control COVID-19
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Determining the effectiveness of quarantine on coronavirus outbreaks to support the WHO quarantine recommendation.
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Microsoft follows the Sony business model…Posted on October 11th, 2005 2 comments
Of ripping off consumers on accessories.
The wi-fi adapter from MS is retailing for $100. The Sony Network Adapter is currently retailing for $40. (I think it debuted at $50.)
The best part about the PS2, is that it uses normal USB ports. Yes, there is a whole list of standard wi-fi ethernet adapters that work flawlessly for the PS2, none of which are sold by Sony. If the Xbox 360 is the same, then expect a similar list to materialize for it. Nice thing about that is, USB wi-fi and ethernet adapters are about $10 on ebay.
So, unless MS includes some kind of bizarre encryption into the wireless adapter (which I doubt, because the Xbox 360 wi-fi adapter is more likely just re-branded MS broadband hardware), I’m going to slap anyone silly that forks out a C-note for this crap.
$100 for wi-fi?! That’s ridiculous.
Indeed it is. I also read today the the 360 will support just about any USB keyboard plugged into it (similar to what happens when you plug in a USB keyboard for for Windows.) So, that is encouraging.
Also, this crap coming from MS about how they had to cut features to make an affordable console is sickening. $100 for a 20GB HDD? Please. $100 for a wifi adapter? Stop it, you’re just insulting us.
No, no. What’s going on here is that they’re still producing the core system at a loss, so they MUST charge exorbitant prices for these accessories so they can start thinking about making a profit on this thing.
I also think $50 for a wireless controller is lame, but whatever.
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Relying on a gyroscope, an attitude indicator is able to show the plane’s orientation with respect to both the longitudinal and lateral axes. Rotating the gyroscope around the longitudinal axis indicates the degree of bank or roll which is the degree to which the wings are level with each other. If one wing is angled further down than the other, it indicates a rolling motion of the plane to that side. Conversely, the lateral axis determines pitch which indicates whether the nose is angled up, down, or level. It is highly important for pilots to know the orientation of the plane as it affects their direction in the sky. However, when flying 30,000 feet above the ground, it is very hard to discern how the aircraft is oriented simply by eye. For this reason, pilots refer to the attitude indicator which is, in essence, a gyroscope.
For aircraft platforms that are designed and developed by an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) like Lockheed Martin or Boeing, there are many manufacturing specifications for their aircraft. For example, popular aircraft designations like F-15, F-16, F-35, KC-46, P-8, 787, and many others require specifications for their landing gear, fuel, and lighting systems. Even the EWIS (Electrical Wiring Interconnect System) which is composed of wires, connectors, backshells, wire splices, and electrical wiring harnesses must be specified.
Honeywell has an installed base of over 50,000 starters for turbine propulsion engines. On many flights, you will notice the roaring startup sound of the ATSS bringing the engine to life, and due to their popularity, this blog will offer an overview of information you should know about such vital aviation components.
While many computer systems and electronic devices now offer wireless solutions for internet and network connectivity, there are still many reasons why hardwire connections may be required and/or desired. When a hardwire connection is needed for a system, one will utilize connectivity solutions known as Ethernet cables, those of which are the standard for creating a healthy and efficient network.
The aviation industry often takes advantage of welding for joining materials, utilizing such practices as alternatives to fastening to ensure structurally sound assemblies that remain lightweight for the benefit of aerodynamics. In general, the aviation industry utilizes diffusion, laser, and electron-beam welding the most, though other methods may be carried out as well based on the application. In this blog, we will discuss some of the main reasons as to why welding is so prevalent in the aerospace industry, allowing you to better understand its versatility and importance.
The air supply in the cabin is sourced from the surrounding atmosphere, first entering the aircraft through the engine where it is compressed and temperature controlled. As there is a limited supply of breathable air in the cabin at one time and some of it may be recycled, it is crucial that there are filters in place to maintain cleanliness. Cabin air filters are a common element of private and commercial aircraft alike, and they are filtration devices tasked with contaminate removal as air passes through systems and the fuselage.
The power unit is separate from the main engines and allows additional systems to run while the engines are off. Although aircraft can function without APUs, they offer many benefits in flight, and pilots should consider all of the functions that an APU can provide for their aircraft. This blog will cover the many systems that can rely on electric power and the ways this assists the engines in flight.
For instance, an air starter supplies the necessary power to engines to start the initial rotation. Two types of motors dominate the industry, those of which are vane motors and turbine motors. Each type operates on similar principles, but utilize air very differently. With this in mind, we will discuss how vane and turbine rotors take advantage of air starters.
Speed may seem like a simple value that is consistently based on forward velocity, there is a difference between ground speed and airspeed, that of which pilots must know to obtain accurate readings and measurements for flight planning and operations. While ground speed concerns the speed of an aircraft in relation to the ground beneath it, a value like true airspeed is the speed of an aircraft in relation to the atmosphere it is traversing through. To help you better understand the differences between these values, and why they are separated, we will explain each in more detail.
While aircraft parts may fail at any time due to unforeseen circumstances, predictive maintenance technology can help one predict the failure of life-limited parts to mitigate the chance of lengthy and costly repairs. In recent years, aviation manufacturer Rolls Royce has been making continuous strides to implement data science into their products, and they have teamed with IFS Maintenix to establish predictive maintenance for all life-limited components installed in Rolls-Royce engines.
Due to the overwhelming commonality of such storms, most aircraft will find themselves struck by a bolt of lightning one to four times a year on average. Despite this, lightning rarely does any damage to most modern aircraft, and passengers are typically unaware of when such incidents happen. This is due to the fact that modern aircraft are designed to have ample protection from lightning strikes, ensuring that they avoid hazardous conditions and costly delays.
Data centers are important for countless applications, often being the backbone of email communication, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and much more. In order for power and data to be optimally transferred between computer systems and networking devices, high power connectors are relied on. In this blog, we will discuss the common requirements of the types of electrical connectors that are used for data centers, allowing you to efficiently procure parts for your needs.
AN (Army-Navy) connectors, commonly referred to as plugs or receptacles, are necessary for the easy dismantling of Military Standard (MIL-STD) cabling where frequent disconnection of parts is common during maintenance. As connectors are vulnerable to corrosion when exposed to condensation periodically present in an aircraft's shell, it is imperative that waterproof alternatives are applied wherever moisture may be an issue. Manufactured with various joining methods and materials to fit one’s specifications, AN connectors are available in five different classes: A, B, C, D, and K. With each class having their own unique construction characteristics, we will briefly go over the different types of AN connectors so that way you may best determine which component best suits your application needs.
Pilots must be well aware of the rate during the approach and threshold crossing at which they are moving when executing such maneuvers. In this blog, we will discuss approach speed and threshold crossing speed, allowing you to better understand their differences and how each procedure should be undertaken.
There are many ways in which fuel efficiency may be increased, and aircraft owners can implement various systems and devices to optimize their operations. Digital fuel quantity management is one major way in which efficiency may be improved, presenting cost and time savings over time with use.
While the performance of a particular equipment piece or system can depend upon numerous factors, the quality of fuel present within an apparatus can also have a major effect. In order to determine whether or not present fuel is good for a particular application, it is useful to have an understanding of fuel quality testing and how it is carried out.
When implementing wire or cable assemblies within an aircraft or general space, it is important that they are well organized for the ease of installation, inspections, and maintenance. One of the most simplistic, yet reliable, methods of wire and cable management is to use lacing and tying. Cotton or nylon cord serves as the most common materials for such procedures, each providing their own resistances for protection. As wires and cables may be tied or laced in various ways, it is best to have an understanding of each method and how they may be implemented.
Resistors are a common component regularly found in electrical circuits, capable of reducing current flow, adjusting signal levels, dividing voltages, terminating transmission lines, and much more. With their many abilities, resistors are essential for the proper and safe operation of countless electronic devices and applications.
A Dual In-Line Package (DIP) switch is a set of electrical switches packaged in a small box or housing. They are designed to be mounted on printed circuit boards to provide a range of electrical inputs to an electronic device based on the position of the individual switches. They are typically arranged in a line or, in the case of a rotary DIP, a circle. DIP switches serve as an alternative to jumper blocks. Their main advantages are their ability to quickly change positions and the fact that there are no parts to lose. However, the popularity of DIP switches has waned in recent times thanks to the rise of customizable software configurations.
In general, gas turbine aircraft use one of two types of electric starting systems: direct cranking electrical systems or starter generators. Direct cranking electric starting systems are mainly used on small turbine engines, such as auxiliary power units, and some small turboshaft engines. Adversely, starter generator systems are found on gas turbine engines. The two systems are similar, except that after functioning as a starter, starter generators feature a second series of windings that allow it to operate as a generator once the engine has reached the appropriate speed. This saves weight and space within the engine.
In an air compressor, the head gasket serves to form a seal between the cylinder head and the valve plate assembly. After prolonged use, the inner portion of the gasket will likely begin to deteriorate, causing a leak within the compressor pump. The head gasket is also susceptible to damage and should be inspected whenever the pump is serviced. If your compressor isn’t working up to standard, replacing the gasket head may be the solution. In this blog, we will cover the twelve steps to replacing the head gasket on an air compressor.
An aircraft flap is a high-lift device mounted on the wing-trailing edges of an aircraft where they increase an aircraft wing’s lift. Flaps also produce extra lift when an aircraft is taking off and, when they are extended, increase the curvature of the wing to help the aircraft generate lift even at low speeds. Essentially, aircraft flaps adapt to aid in whatever phase of flight your aircraft is in. Despite them all carrying out relatively similar functions, there are multiple types of aircraft flaps. In this blog, we will discuss the six most common types and explain their unique characteristics.
Ground power units, a crucial part of any hangar, are vehicles used to supply power to an aircraft parked on a runway or in a hangar. Every ground power unit, or GPU, provides a specified power through the use of an electrical system, a battery pack, and a gasoline, diesel, or small turbine engine. Since their inception, GPUs have allowed for ground support equipment to both become smaller and increase in efficiency. But what exactly does a GPU do, and what are the different types? This blog will explain the types of GPUs, their function, and mistakes to avoid when buying one.
When establishing or replacing parts for piping, tubing, and other similar systems that feature many interconnected components, it can oftentimes be difficult to find exact fits for connecting installations. For fluid applications in particular, or for those where fluids must not enter a system, having imperfect fits can lead to leaking, damage, and more. As such, parts often require a middle component to act as a compressed seal to close off the assembly. An O-ring, or packing, is a torus-shaped mechanical gasket that is used in such instances, providing countless assemblies with sealing action through its simplistic design. As O-rings are widely used across many applications as one of the most common sealing components, understanding their construction and functionality can be highly beneficial.
In regards to electronics and electrical systems, potentiometers are a type of three-terminal resistor that allows for the manual adjustment of resistance to govern current flow. With their various types, potentiometers serve many applications such as audio, television, motion control, transducers, and computations as a variable resistor or rheostat. To best understand how potentiometers can be used for a particular system, it is best to be aware of their functionality and common types.
Within the world of computers and electronic devices, a number of components have greatly revolutionized our electronic capabilities and their power. The metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor, or MOSFET, is an insulated-gate field-effect transistor and semiconductor device that is implemented within electronics for the means of switching and amplifying electronic signals. With its capabilities, the MOSFET serves as the basic building block of all modern electronics and has become the most manufactured device in all of history. In this blog, we will discuss what MOSFETS are, how they function, and their common applications.
Within a process plant, upwards of 1,000 mechanical switches may be used in order to govern hard alarms, fans, emergency shutdowns, and more. While these mechanical switches have served their purpose well since their implementation, they can often take up a great amount of space, may be nearing the end of their service lives, and present various downsides in their operation. Additionally, such mechanical switches can also be replaced with more efficient and productive alternatives that continue to be developed with high capabilities. In this blog, we will discuss the main alternatives to mechanical switches, offering considerations that should be made to decide whether it is time to make the switch.
The hairspring is a flat, spiral spring that consists of 12 to 15 turns, weighs around 1 milligram, and is approximately 0.03 millimeters thick. Hairsprings serve a single purpose: when they coil and uncoil, hairsprings propel a balance wheel that spins around its axis. This balance is a flywheel and is meant to accumulate the energy provided by the hairspring. Both are made so this oscillation is as regular and repeatable as possible in order to become a stably recurring phenomenon. Because of the reliability of hairsprings, they are frequently used in watches and master clocks, which are used to measure time in very small increments. Wheels and pinions convert the oscillation into seconds, minutes, hours, and so on. Because hairsprings transform the energy they receive into information, it is considered a mechanical processor.
Heat sinks are utilized in electronic gadgets and gatherings to give supplemental cooling that is required to forestall overheating of segments. These components are planned and upgraded to guarantee that electronic gadgets work inside the temperature ranges given by producers. Basically a heat sink is for preventing overheating on machines and mechanisms. Below you can find some important things to take in account before using a heat sink for such purposes.
While electricity has changed the way we interact with the world forever with advanced technologies and capabilities, it still remains a volatile force that must be controlled to avoid damages and dangers. Wirewound resistors are electrical components that are placed within a circuit to limit or restrict the flow of current. Wirewound resistors are typically constructed by winding a metal wire around a core, and coatings of enamel or molded plastic form a barrier around the resistor. The typical wirewound resistor is engineered to withstand temperatures of up to 450 degrees Celsius, and they are present in many high power and industrial applications. In this blog, we will discuss some of the primary types of wirewound resistors that are commonly used for electric applications, as well as their individual properties and uses.
An aircraft fastener is an important part type which is used to secure two or more components together. Fasteners are what allow for the assembly of the aircraft, ranging from structural components to the installation of flight instruments. Fasteners are so critical to the construction of an aircraft that a single Boeing 747-800 is composed of around 3,000,000 fasteners, accounting for half of the total number of parts. Due to their importance, it can be very beneficial to understand the various fasteners that make up assemblies, as well as their differences. In this blog, we will discuss a few of the common fastener types such as nuts, bolts, and washers.
High speed fiber optic networks allows for faster internet to homes, nonprofit organizations and entities, and businesses and further enables for more productivity in the day-to-day task load, whether it’s sending emails, booking tickets to concerts, or streaming your favorite episode of The Office (aka The Dinner Party). There are a multitude of benefits to having fiber optic connectivity, some of which you can read more about in the article below.
Flight recorders, otherwise known as a “black box”, are flight instruments that record and store the state and performance of an aircraft during operation. Two components, the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder, are the standard parts that make up each flight recorder. Together, the flight recorder is able to record pertinent information from the aircraft flight instruments and cockpit such as altitude, speed, vertical acceleration, pitch, pilot cockpit communication, radio transmissions, and much more.
While the average flyer might not be as familiar with aircraft powered by turboprop engines and propellers, they are found in many single, twin and commuter aircraft. Single and twin engine aircraft use the Pratt & Whitney PT-6 turboprop engine, a popular option with power spanning from 500 to 2,000 shaft horsepower.
The attitude indicator, sometimes known as the artificial horizon, is a flight instrument that denotes an aircraft's orientation relative to the earth's horizon and provides immediate indication of any orientation changes. It shows rotation about the longitudinal axis to indicate the degree of bank, and the lateral axis to display pitch.
Like automobiles, aircraft mount batteries that are used in the ignition sequence for the engines and auxiliary power unit (APU). Unlike car batteries however, aircraft batteries are responsible for much more. If there is an electrical generation failure during a flight, the batteries will be required to provide power until the aircraft can land, and can also be used to restart the engines if a flame-out occurs.
Part of a pilot’s qualification is that they are able to fly purely off of the information provided by their instruments. Just as important as this, if not more important, is the ability to recognize errors and malfunctions of those same instruments. Only once a pilot has complete knowledge of their aircraft’s instruments can they safely take flight. Many aircraft flight instruments operate through a pitot-static system. Instruments of this type are usually used to determine factors such as airspeed, mach number, and altitude.
Control surface failures are thankfully rare, but easily some of the most stressful malfunctions a pilot can face. Occurring mostly during takeoff, a control surface failure compounds an already tense moment, adding to the issues and factors a pilot already faces in such a situation. Thankfully, by keeping a clear head and taking prompt action, the pilot can prevent an accident from occurring.
An aircraft adheres to similar principles of flight that birds do — it must overcome gravitational forces to achieve lift. In its simplest definition, the wings of an airplane curve the flow of air around them in order to generate lift. The fuselage, or body of the airplane, is a long hollow tube which holds all the pieces of an airplane together. The fuselage is hollow to reduce weight. As with most other parts of the airplane, the shape of the fuselage is normally determined by the mission of the aircraft.
As you prepare to go on a long car journey, you will likely need to check the fuel levels of your car. Luckily for you, there is a handy dial in the dashboard of your car which indicates your fuel supply. A pilot has a similar routine inside the cockpit, however, the miles covered are significantly more and the implications far more costly. Additionally, the fuel system of an aircraft is far more complex than in a car. Luckily for the pilot, a variety of fuel system indicators provide a comprehensive view of the system’s health.
On an aircraft, there are multiple electrical systems that play their part in ensuring the proper functioning and sustaining flight. Just like your house needs an electricity source, an aircraft needs a reliable source of power that will not only start up the aircraft but keep it running with all the various aircraft lights and indicators.
There a few key components of an electrical system that are found in all aircraft. While they may be more advanced in some aircraft, the underlying principles and features of an electrical system are the same throughout the various makes and models. There are switches, backup batteries, alternators, and voltage regulators. Like a typical electric system, electrical energy needs to be diverted and stored to prevent system outages.
A pneumatic system can power a variety of important aircraft operations including aircraft landing gear, air conditioning systems, flight control systems, and more. Whether a high-pressure system of 3000 psi, or a low-pressure system of 1000 psi, pneumatic systems are an integral part of today’s aircraft technology. A wonderful example of the uses of a pneumatic system is in its application on a twin-engine commercial airplane.
The concept of the o-ring is very similar to that of a gasket. Both are specially designed seals that fill space between two surfaces in order to prevent leakage when a mechanism is static or compressed. An O-ring is designed to act as a seal to prevent fluid leakage in a variety of practicalities, including aircraft pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
Aircraft material failures are one of the leading causes of aircraft engine failure. One of the most prevalent failures involves aircraft metal fatigue. The term refers to the exposure of metal aircraft components to continuous load stress, which leads to the accumulation of microcracks, and thus the weakening of said components. Determining whether aircraft metal fatigue will occur is not a matter of if, but when. Let’s examine how metal fatigue is caused over the life cycle of an aircraft, and how manufacturers determine fatigue limits and inspection.
Aircraft was originally designed without brake systems and were able to slow down with the use of slower airspeeds, softer airfield surfaces, and friction developed by the tail skid. Brake systems started becoming more common when aircraft became faster and more complex and are now an integral aspect of an aircraft’s design. There are many different types of brakes and supportive technology used to slow down an aircraft.
Jet engines are the heart and soul of modern aircraft, making the act of flying at incredible speeds possible. But in order to be sure that they work and it's safe to fly, jet engines need to adhere to strict standards and be rigorously tested for compliance. These standards are primarily for safety, but they're also for efficiency.
Believe it or not, but traveling by plane is significantly safer than by car. The many protocols, regulations, and safety nets commonly used in aviation simply outclass those implemented in standard vehicles. So, when a plane crashes, it comes instantaneous news and investigators work tirelessly to find out what happened. And their first clue is the aircraft black box.
Planes can range anywhere from the size of a sedan to the size of the Titanic. And the number of parts they have can range from a couple thousand to the 6,000,000 that the Boeing 747 boasts. To someone who isn't in the business of working with planes, understanding what parts make up a plane can seem daunting and impossible. Fortunately, it's not, because most planes have the same 5 major components that are then broken down into hundreds and thousands of aircraft parts.
Those who work in the aerospace and aviation industries know better than anyone how important it is to have everything, every piece from the enormous fuselage to the smallest nuts and bolts, be perfect. When it comes to getting massive hunks of metal weighing in the tons to be airborne and fly, every little detail needs to be calculated and accounted for. So, even aviation industrial fasteners, like other metal items and components, are often heat-treated in order to achieve the “perfect” level of rigidity, smoothness, malleability, or strength.
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One year it was so tall and round we had to keep whittling away at the base so we could stand it up in our entrance. The living room didn’t stand a chance to host it that year.
Big or small, live or fake, there is something about that tree, with its snowflakes and bulbs and elementary crafts, that draws out the oohs and the aahs and fills us with Christmas cheer. It draws our whole family into the living room at night to (pretend to) read in its glow.
Ahh. Christmas time.
White lights on the banister.
Pine from the tree in our yard.
Ugly Christmas sweaters.
White elephant gifts.
I love the Christmas season. Love.
And I have struggled with the Christmas season.
I think most of us have questioned the way we celebrate Christmas at one time or another.
What should it look like?
What do we want out of Christmas for our family?
Are we too busy? What needs to go? What makes it meaningful?
We know that Christmas is not the sum of what waits for us under the tree. I know this; you know this. Even as a kid I was aware. The highlights of the holiday were playing with cousins and sprinkling cookies and chewing on my aunt’s homemade caramels. Games and sledding and food and family. THAT was Christmas.
But was it really?
One year my hubby and I packed up and headed to a far off country where there were no cousins and no caramels and not enough snow to sled. Christmas was about family and we were without. We didn’t have the ingredients to make our favorite holiday treats and there were no parties to attend. Almost everything we always associated with Christmas had evaporated.
That was the year it finally sunk in that Christmas was actually all about Jesus.
When all the fluff settles, it is Jesus, just Jesus.
We can celebrate him in the snow or the tropics,
with caramels or with lychee candy,
with family or alone,
with new gifts or counting the hundreds we already possess.
That sounds lovely and simple, doesn’t it?
Then our kids grew older and developed vocabularies. They started asking for gifts wherever they went that magical month and I was horrified and squeezed their little shoulders and whispered words in their darling ears. It became apparent that year:
An intentional Christmas might be simple but it’s not easy.
What would it look like to actually celebrate Jesus’ birthday?
We have some great birthday traditions in our house and I’ll bet you do too. Our birthday kid invites two favorite friends over for a sleep over. They choose the dinner menu. We decorate with streamers, we tie a birthday balloon to their chair, we shop for gifts and stuff them into (aggressively-used) gift bags and sing the birthday song very loudly.
They key to a great birthday is how well the birthday kid is KNOWN and CATERED to. To give our teenagers a pack of matchbox cars would be an insult and decorating with pink princesses might hurt our sons’ feelings.
So why not Jesus?
If Jesus sat down at your desk to scratch out his birthday wish list, what would be on it?
Isn’t that the question?
Jesus, what do you really love?
Maybe a few things come to mind:
Jesus loves the little children. All the children of the world.
And God loved the world.
After combing through the Gospels, our family came up with a lot of things Jesus is crazy about and turned it into a celebration.
So here is our families way of celebrating Jesus at Christmas time:
We read a Scripture verse every day in the month of December and discover that Jesus loves Faith, Sacrifice, His Friends and Feeding People. (Download the printable ReThinking Christmas Scripture list for free!)
We hang those gift ideas up where we will see them often.
Towards the end of December, our family has a big birthday party for the Birthday Boy. We all take a gift idea or two and the whole family delivers it together.
Jesus loves The Lost, so we get our cookies ready and ask Jesus to show us which person in our town needed to know he loves them.
Jesus loves Serving, so we stomp our cold feet and ring the red bell for Salvation Army.
Jesus loves The World, so we rummage around the house for any ethnic clothes and pray over the world.
One of our favorite Christmas gifts over the years has been Generous Giving. We do our giving online through a few of our favorite organizations. All of the kids page through magazines strewn around our living room and chose a project. They have given clean water, baby formula, chickens, hospitals, wheelchairs, Bibles, warm clothes, education and honey bees.
What better way to celebrate Jesus than to give gifts?
My hope for my family is that we don’t lose Jesus in the wrapping of the presents or baking of the cookies or practicing of the Santa plays. But that we give him the spotlight this season.
And it’s my hope for your family too.
Yes, it does take some intentionality. But we have found that Jesus is worth it.
The way you and yours honor Jesus and observe his birth is likely different than the way me and mine do. But maybe we can stir up creativity in each other as we discover what works well for our kids at the stages they are currently in.
We parents need each other.
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My entry for the MOC-Off between Michelle N and I in the Second Annual Sci Fi Contest! This MOC-Off is to decide who will face off against Reaper The Ultimate. I chose the category of Microscale. Enjoy the MOC!!
About this creation
Yeah, this is supposed to be a factory to make ships, amd it is a different planet, not Earth.
I really like those rocks around the lava.
Some miscelleneous buildings.
The big building n the mountain is where all operations are headed. The platform on top of the spire is supposed to be where ships can land so that they don't have to risk hitting any buildings lr anything.
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If you wear glasses (or sunglasses), you probably have more than a few unused cases sitting around. Home-centric weblog Apartment Therapy recommends using them as compact cable storage.
One of the reasons cables come untangled so easily is that they're moving around, rubbing against other things in your bag. Sticking them in a glasses case keeps them from getting tangled up with everything else (or getting lost in the mess that is your backpack). It isn't as complete a solution as, say, the Grid-It, but if you have an extra case lying around it's probably the perfect way to transport your chargers.
Avoid Tangles: Use a Sunglasses Case to Store Cords & Cables in Your Bag | Apartment Therapy
Photo by Taryn Fiol.
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The Professional Studies Department of P.A. College is well-known for its high quality work and its consistent excellent results.
PA College began operating the department of Professional Studies since January 2008. The Professional Studies department employs experienced and reputable lecturers which prepare students for all external examinations of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
Our Professional Studies department is now considered one of the best educational institutions of accounting in Cyprus. The hard work and professionalism offer the highest quality in education, having in mind our students’ success.
After 10 years of experience and expertise in preparing students for success in their exams, results demonstrate that our objectives have been achieved. This is designated from the increasing number of students as well as the trust accounting / audit firms display towards our department for training their students.
Special thanks to our students for the confidence they have shown so far. The department of Professional Studies promises to surpass itself and become even better. This makes its responsibilities towards all students and the wider community even greater.
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Campbell Soup Co. is rolling out what it calls the most comprehensive set of enhancements in its Chunky soup line’s 40-year history. The Camden, N.J.-based manufacturer is now offering 23 Chunky soups with both a full serving of vegetables and 100 percent lean meat.
“Extensive research revealed men today are facing what we call a ‘male meal dilemma’ — they’re having trouble finding convenient, satisfying foods that taste good and that they feel good about eating,” said Michael J. Barkley, vp of ready-to-serve soup. “We saw an opportunity for Chunky to help solve that dilemma. We took what people love about Chunky and made it even better, with more high-quality, nutritious ingredients that taste great and fill you up.”
To highlight the changes, a new label design calls out Chunky’s nutritional benefits and features color-coding to help guide customers to similar soup varieties. Additionally, a new television campaign, “This Is Why,” takes a more gut-level approach than earlier TV ads, showing real fathers working hard before returning home to their children and eating a bowl of Chunky soup to demonstrate how the brand fits into their lifestyle. The improved product will also star in print and radio ads.
In addition to reaching out to its core male consumer, Campbell is running Chunky soup print advertising for the first time in women’s magazines, such as Cosmopolitan and Woman’s Day, and featuring the product in ads that will air as part of female-oriented television and radio programming.
“Women not only make the majority of purchase and meal decisions for the household, but they actually consume about half of the Chunky soup that is brought into the home,” said senior brand manager Douglas Brand. “We took a fresh new approach with our media plan to speak to both men and women. People can expect to see Chunky ads during NFL games and in many other surprising places.”
Although for the first time in over a decade the brand’s TV ads aren’t featuring NFL players, Campbell is continuing to employ the NFL in its in-store, promotional and online activities to promote the Chunky line. Additionally, the company has recruited Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman as a spokesman to embody “male meal dilemma” from an active dad’s perspective. Aikman will appear in three issues of Men’s Health under a new partnership the Chunky brand has with the publication.
Also as part of this collaboration, Men’s Health is debuting a microsite, www.ChunkySoupGamePlan.com, which goes live Sept. 8. The site will feature interactive tips, tools and videos to help men improve their quality of life by such simple changes as making good food choices and staying active. Visitors also can enter a sweepstakes to win a trip to Super Bowl XLIV in Florida in February 2010.
Further, the “Click for Cans” contest is still a major plank in the Campbell’s Chunky/NFL Tackling Hunger program, an initiative with the goal of fighting hunger in the U.S. by generating food donations to Feeding America food banks and raising awareness about anti-hunger efforts.
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Unlike in the US market, where HP and Dell are neck and neck for first place in PC sales, HP is far ahead in Europe.
Dell's sales for the first quarter of 2003 are around 1.3 million, although aggressive pricing has seen shipments grow fast, while HP dropped back slightly.
Following HP and Dell are Fujitsu Siemens and IBM.
PC shipments in EMEA grew by 4.5% in the quarter, stronger growth than either the US (1.5%) or the rest of the world (0.9%), said Karine Paoli, research director of IDC EMEA Personal Computing.
Western Europe remains soft, with poor corporate investment and difficult market conditions, but Eastern European markets saw 21% growth.
"That growth is in all form factors and across all markets, small and medium businesses (SMBs), government and the enterprise market," Paoli said.
The Middle East and Africa have been less affected by the Iraq war than IDC expected, with 2% growth, although Israel has been worst hit, with a drop of 8%.
Most of the growth in Europe is in the notebook market, with sales driven by aggressive pricing by all manufacturers. Notebook sales grew by 21% year on year.
Most of the notebook sales have been to consumers and the SMB market, but there are some signs of corporate renewals beginning in the UK, said Andy Brown, research manager of European Mobile Computing.
These sales have been driven by competitive pricing, with HP and Acer in particular making gains through pricing and strong SMB channel strategies, Brown said.
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Data logging for 3D visualisation, for 3D rendering and computer-generated imagery (CGI)
For the creation of 3D visualisations, the use of UAVs is perfectly suited for generating the required (raw) data material, such as textured point clouds, or 3D meshes derived from them, or high-resolution textures. Large 3D raw data quantities of inaccessible or large-scale areas can be captured from the air within the shortest possible time and be subjected to further digital processing. We currently use cameras in the air (photogrammetry) and LiDAR scanners in the air and on the ground for logging and capturing 3D point clouds.
Service overview for 3D visualisation, 3D rendering and computer-generated imagery (CGI):
- Raw data gathering from the air for 3D visualisation, 3D renderings and CGI
- Textured (colour) point clouds as a three-dimensional basis for reconstruction
- 3D mesh models – polygon mesh (wireframe) in a desired grid
- Textured 3D mesh models – realistic depiction of objects, cities or landscapes
- Creating large/high-resolution textures or their raw data for further processing
- Evaluating 3D point clouds: 3D modelling
- Photorealistic 3D renderings
3D visualisation has firmly established itself in landscape architecture, in urban and road construction, as well as in other fields. By means of 3D visualisation, well-chosen materials (textures) and light conditions, an atmosphere can be created in a highly strategic way to convey the desired mood. Furthermore, spatial qualities, proportions and visual references can be depicted realistically. We offer 3D visualisations for different applications, such as architectural visualisations, visualisations of existing conditions and bird’s-eye-view visualisations in order to make terrain, distances and references visible in an easy-to-understand manner.
We offer photorealistic 3D renderings for use in the fields of design, planning and sales/marketing based on point clouds, 3D models and textures. We use the latest technology, software and rendering techniques to inject life into your plans. In addition to 3D renderings, we also offer photomontages, 360° panoramas, virtual tours and animations.
CGI (computer-generated imagery) in detail
The use of UAVs is opening up whole new opportunities for gathering large data quantities within the shortest possible time to the constantly growing computer-generated imagery (CGI) sector. Wide-ranging and inaccessible areas can be flown over quickly and precisely to gather and secure the required data. Aside from large projects, drone deployment in the field of CGI also brings benefits with it as point clouds, large textures, plates, terrain scans or 360° SkyBoxes can be recorded quickly, precisely and cost-effectively. These can be used for the reconstruction of real geometric shapes in 3D or CAD software.
VFX – Visual effects
The field of VFX (visual effects) is increasingly gaining in significance in film and advertising productions. Drones can be used here effectively for capturing plates, terrain scans, 360° SkyBoxes and point clouds, for example. We are highly mobile and flexible with our drones when it comes to sensors (camera/laser) and are able to record large areas in the shortest possible time without having to step foot on them (contact-free logging). A combination of point clouds from air and ground recordings (e.g. terrestrial LiDAR laser scans) is also possible due to a high points density of the drone data.
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Help With Your Appeal
We are the second level of appeal for property assessments in BC.
We will first help you try and settle your concerns with BC Assessment. If agreement is not reached, we will decide if your assessment is correct or should change.
This website will help you understand and prepare for the steps in your appeal.
The Board is pleased to announce that it has endorsed the Access to Justice Triple Aim initiative, which requires consideration of improving population access to justice, improving the user experience of access to justice, and improving costs as they relate to access to justice. Please see the endorsement.
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Derived from the Italian primaverola, the name of this genus pays homage to the way its often early blossoms welcome spring. Many of the more than 400 species are at home in the moist climates of England, New Zealand and the Pacific Coast. The selections we offer are cold-hardy, yet will need ample water in warmer locales. Lovely planted en masse, Primroses are ideal for woodland gardens, damp borders, by a pond or streamside.
A denizen of northwest China, this delightful long-lived perennial debuts whorled rosy red blooms, each with 5 notched petals clutched by a striking orange eye and variable pink to burgundy overtones. The adorable blooms linger on tall slender stems above an attractive, cold-hardy fuzzy-backed mound of palmate scallop-edged green foliage. Though P. polyneura’s robust clump-forming habit is easily cultivated, it does prefer cool shade, plentiful humus and moist well-drained soil.
Size: 15" high x 12" wide.
Hardy to zone 4.
Please fill out our Registration Form to receive news of updates to the web site, availability of new plants, give us your feedback, and to be on the mailing list to receive future printed catalogs.
Other selections in this genus:
- Primula elatior ‘Victorian Gold Lace Black’
- Primula beesiana
- Primula x bulleesiana
- Primula bulleyana
- Primula capitata ssp. mooreana
- Primula capitata ‘Salvana’
- Primula cockburniana
- Primula denticulata var. Alba
- Primula denticulata ‘Blue Selection’
- Primula ‘Dunbeg’
- Primula elatior x ‘Silver Lace Purple’
- Primula elatior ‘Victoriana Gold Lace Red’
- Primula ‘Elizabeth Killelay’
- Primula florindae
- Primula marginata ‘Mauve Mist’
- Primula x polyantha ‘Dawn Ansell’
- Primula polyanthus ‘Francesca’
- Primula rosea ‘Gigas’
- Primula vialii
- Primula vulgaris ssp. sibthorpii
- Primula vulgaris ‘Double Lilac’
- Primula vulgaris ‘Sunshine Susie’
- Primula waltonii
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November 16, 2024 10:00 AM until December 21, 2024 08:00 PM
Join us every Saturday beginning November 16th - December 21st at 19 North by FROEHLICH’S for our first annual Kindlemart!
Beginning in the 16th century Christkindlmarkt was a pre-christmas celebration in Nuremberg Germany, it is now also a century old tradition in Chicago. Christkindlmarket has been enjoyed by many families and artisans alike!
FROEHLICH’S is excited to bring such a rich tradition to our village in Three Oaks to begin anew. Join us in creating new memories that will last for generations
Vendors interested in having a booth at our market should reach out to our marketing department at Marketing@shopfroehlichs.com for more details.
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Explain how the reactions of “the bloodless ghouls” to Orpheus’s song in paragraph 3 are important to the overall theme of the story. Cite evidence from the story in your response.
Answer: This question is from the story ”Orpheus and Eurydice”. The third paragraph represents the whole idea of the story. It is about the analysis of the personality of a person, who got motivated by their own goods and bads. It says that if one can find true love, then the suffering is worth it.
We can even sacrifice ourselves for true love and that won’t be a waste. This story shows the importance of trust and how it can change once life.
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Dundalk Hoodies are an Idakoos specialtiy! Idakoos has many things to offer. Whether you want to get a Dundalk Hoodie for a special occasion, give a Dundalk Sweatshirt as a present or need to represent with a funny Dundalk Hoody during Holidays or Family and Friends get-togethers, Idakoos is sure to have the right Dundalk Hoodie for you! Even if it turns out you can't find the right Dundalk Hooded Sweatshirt with the perfect design for your mother, father or children (or friends!); Idakoos offers all of its men's women's and children's Dundalk Hoodies as Dundalk Hoodies. Personalize any Dundalk Hooded Sweater the way you want to ensure the perfect gift.
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Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida on dropping PS3 to £199, Media Molecule’s “totally new” project, The Last Guardian, Gran Turismo and the future of Move.
President of SCE Worldwide Studios.
Took the role over on May 16, 2008, replacing Kaz Hirai, who was caretaking after Phil Harrison left the post in early 2008.
Responsible for PlayStation’s first-party development.
Shuhei Yoshida, the Sony executive in charge of creating of managing PlayStation’s first-party software portfolio, is, by default, one of the most powerful men in video games. It’s pleasant to find that he’s also one of the most pleasant, and always adds a splash of honesty sometimes lacking in the the global games interview merry go round.
Yoshida-san spoke to Johnny and I at gamescom today on the back of the global PS3 price cut announced in Cologne last night, giving us insight into the decision to move the console into the £199 sweet-spot, filling us in on PlayStation’s upcoming games, and much more.
VG247: The big story from the press conference yesterday was the PS3 price cut. As Sony’s games man you must be incredibly excited about that.
Shuhei Yoshida: Absolutely.
Why’s now the right time to being the price down to £199?
We had a great year last year. Last year was the biggest year for PS3, and we’re very happy with the momentum we continue to have. We have huge titles coming out this Christmas and we’re creating new experiences using PS Move, so in terms of both content and price-point, by making it slightly more accessible to people, we believe that this is the time we can reach and grow the audience with PS3. PS3’s going to be great value for people who have maybe waiting for the right time to jump on. We wanted to capture this moment.
As PS3 becomes more popular with you bringing the price down, how are you matching that with your software output?
This year we’re releasing Ratchet & Clank and Resistance, we just announced the new experience for infamous 2, and, of course, we have Uncharted 3. We’re also launching many casual, fun experiences for families using PS Move. I think we have a great line-up of games on PS3 this Christmas.
“Developers are still finding new ways to take advantage of the power of PS3. As long as developers are saying they can do more, I don’t see any need for us to move onto something different.”
Let’s talk about Vita. It’s an incredibly important launch for you. I found it interesting that the first thing you talked about in the conference yesterday were the social aspects of Vita, and not the games. Can you explain the reasoning behind that, and talk about how important social connectivity is to Vita as a handheld platform?
Connectivity has always been a core of Vita’s concept. For Vita, we really wanted to bring the best portable gaming experience you can get anywhere. It’s an always-on, connected device, and the integration of PSN functionality and social connectivity creates new types of experiences using touch, or gyroscopes or cameras.
We’re been able to demonstrate these new games and UI since the very beginning of PS Vita’s unveiling in January. But for the connectivity side, it’s really hard to demonstrate the network functionalities before the hardware is completed. We haven’t been able to show too much of that aspect until this time around, so we put a little bit more focus on it this time as people have a lot of questions and lots of interest in the feature-set with Vita and social connectivity.
How difficult a launch is Vita for you? When PSP and DS launched the idea of handheld gaming was clear; now it’s much more diffuse as we have mobile phones, iPad and all the rest of it. How difficult are you finding it to carve a niche with Vita?
The difficulty comes in terms of how we communicate the value and the unique proposition of Vita compared to other devices available in the market. The only way we can do it, really, is to show the games in action. Because it’s a portable device, people have to put their hands on it: the device is designed so it shines in your palm. That’s the challenge we have. A consumer event like gamescom is a perfect opportunity for us to get lots of people to try Vita for themselves and see how the game experience compares to other types of portable devices.
What are your opinions on 3DS? Nintendo’s been very quick to bring the price down and they’ve been under a lot of pressure on a corporate level. How do you feel about this, considering you’re about to enter the market with a next generation handheld?
I own a 3DS, and I’ve been using it. We didn’t price Vita relative to 3DS or anything; we always planned to price Vita as the price we have announced. I think Nintendo’s move was trying to match expectations. I don’t know. I think each device has to be priced to the value it creates. We are totally confident that the price we’ve put on PS Vita is the right one. We can wait for the launch to see how people react to the games we’re releasing.
Yesterday we were expecting maybe price points and release dates for Vita. Is this coming at Tokyo, maybe?
In terms of release date, we’ve been saying Japan this year and early next year for the rest of the world. Hopefully we’ll be able to be a bit more specific at TGS, at least for the Japanese launch because that comes first.
Going back to PS3. You appear to be moving into the back half of its life-cycle. Are you looking ahead, or beyond it? Are you still firmly entrenched in PlayStation 3 development?
When you look at the content that our teams and third-parties are releasing this Christmas on PS3, it’s amazing stuff. Developers are still finding new ways to take advantage of the power of PS3. As long as developers are saying they can do more, I don’t see any need for us to move onto something different.
How important is Move to you now? It played quite a large part of that presentation yesterday. Is Move and motion control in general something you’re still serious about building into your software portfolio going forwards?
Absolutely. PS Move has been a development of our R&D activities, even since the beginning of the PS2 days. We had EyeToy on PS2, the controller-less experience with augmented reality, and that was improved with the launch of PS3 and the PlayStation Eye. PS Move was a much bigger step for us in terms of creating the experience that puts you in the game.
“As far as the Gran Turismo team’s concerned, they are still working on updating the games, so they’re just shifting to the designing and concepting phase of the next project. It’s going to take a few years.”
We are totally excited that the experience you can create with PS Move can’t be replicated using traditional controllers. To answer your question, there’s a lot more we can do using the PS Move technology, its robustness, its preciseness and the fact it’s easy to get into. We’ll continue to create dedicated experiences using PS Move, as well as to adapt PS Move functionality into other types of games, as we’ve been doing with some FPS titles. With LittleBigPlanet we’re adding functionality so that you can create PS Move content and PS Move games. We continue to do both.
I ask because Microsoft is very keen on telling developers to incorporate Kinect functionality into their games. Is this something you push on developers, or do you say, “If you want to incorporate it, incorporate it”?
We ask teams to look at what they can do, to see if it makes sense. Some developers are skeptical even before trying Move, but many teams have found they can use PS Move because it’s designed as a game controller, with low latency and preciseness, and it doesn’t take up too much resource from the hardware. That’s what I ask. And if it makes sense and the team believes they can add value to the games then they do it, and if they don’t they don’t.
I just want to ask you a few questions about the studios. Media Molecule said recently that it’s starting to move away from LittleBigPlanet. Are they still continuing to make…
Yeah. They’re totally involved in evolving and advancing LittleBigPlanet. What they’re talking about is that they’re not actually developing new content for LittleBigPlanet. They have a group of developers working with them to create the new chapter of LittleBigPlanet, like LBP Vita or additional Move content. That means that the core team of Media Molecule – and it’s still a small team – is able to work on something totally new. They’re continuing to do both.
“The Last Guardian team has been making progress. It’s been very difficult in terms of seeing the progress: not as fast as we’d been hoping for, and the team has been under big pressure. But we’re still making progress, so I’d like to continue to support and keep waiting for great news sometime in the future.”
There are a couple of significant holes in the software line-up you’ve been talking about this year. There’s been no mention of any more Gran Turismo and we’re still waiting on a date for The Last Guardian. Is Tokyo going to shed more light on this, or are we going to wait a little bit longer?
I’d say it could be a little bit longer. As far as the Gran Turismo team’s concerned, they are still working on updating the games, so they’re just shifting to the designing and concepting phase of the next project. It’s going to take a few years.
The Last Guardian team has been making progress. It’s been very difficult in terms of seeing the progress: not as fast as we’d been hoping for, and the team has been under big pressure. But we’re still making progress, so I’d like to continue to support and keep waiting for great news sometime in the future.
Johnny: How does the inclusion of Sucker Punch fit into your future plans?
Thank you for asking. It’s incredibly exciting to shift into this new relationship, but when you look at you history of acquiring developers – Naughty Dog, Evolution, Media Molecule – we always worked together as a publisher and a developer for a few years and had the experience of creating great IPs together. We have a strong relationship and IPs that we want to continue to evolve. It’s only at that stage that we sit down, and because of these trusting relationships and IPs we’ve worked on together, it makes sense to make it a bit more official and remove ourselves from negotiating the contract and the deal every time a new product finishes.
In terms of Sucker Punch, they’ve been making games for us and with us for the past 10 years, and they’re continuing to make games with us in the future. From that standpoint there’ll be no change. But because they’re now part of our family, it’s very exciting to get them a little bit deeper into the SCE group, and not just making games: we can involve them in some of the R&D activities that we’ve been working on. That’s extremely exciting for us and, hopefully, for them as well.
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Here are some pictures of what I worked on today, so you can see what this program offers:
The first thing you're asked to do is choose which standards you need to apply to your course... this site has all the Common Core standards and they're adding more every day. When I spoke to the developer, he said his goal tonight was the add the Next-Gen Science Standards. The picture above is from RL 9-10.
Next is to input your units and figure out what time frame you're working with. It's pretty nice to pace everything so you don't run out of time or spend an extra week or so on something you don't need to.
Assign the standards to the unit you've chosen. I think it's much, much easier to work in everything when it's in small doses, as opposed to 70+ standards, looking at them, thinking "HO-LY crap. What am I going to do?"
Once all that is done... and it takes time, you can start creating assessments, like good backwards planners. If you use this program, it forces you to really work with the standards first, instead of trying to twist the standards to fit what you already teach... you can start designing the different units.
Assessments first... you lay them out on what days you think they are going to take place. They can be changed (nothing is set in stone, especially since nothing works that way in education, anyway).
Assign your standards to the units...
And then the MAGIC! This site already breaks the standards down for you! No more having to bend over backwards trying to figure out what exactly they're asking you to do. You could even use the "I can" statements from my previous post and make it even easier!
It prompts you to put in essential questions and big ideas...
And finally, you can see your unit (broken down into weeks), as well as where the assessments are supposed to happen. They're expanding this every day. Some teachers focused on one unit today and uploaded PowerPoints, YouTube videos, and day-by-day plans. They're ENTIRE unit, from start to finish, is uploaded here in one place.
I didn't do that - hence my units look pretty bare. I focused on getting assessments uploaded. I can plan the day-to-day stuff later and during the year. It's not like pep rallies or mock ACTs are scheduled that far in advance anyway.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the "Act") provides that employers who employ more than 50 full-time employees must offer full-time employees and their dependents coverage that is "affordable" and provides "minimum value" (as defined in the Act) or pay a penalty. The number of fulltime employees determines the amount of the penalty an employer who does not offer such coverage must pay. If an employer fails to offer all of its full-time employees any coverage and one such employee receives a premium tax credit or cost-sharing reduction for health insurance purchased through a health insurance exchange, the employer is subject to a penalty of $2,000 per year for each full-time employee in the employer's workforce over the first 30. If an employer offers coverage that is either "unaffordable" or fails to provide "minimum value" the employer is subject to a penalty of $3,000 per year for each full-time employee who receives a premium tax credit or cost-sharing reduction from a health insurance exchange (or if less $2,000 for each full-time employee in the employer's workforce over the first 30). This "play-or-pay" penalty goes into effect in 2014.
Identifying full-time employees will be critical as employers determine which employees must be offered coverage to avoid a penalty. Under the Act, an employee who works an average of at least 30 hours per week is full-time. Recently released IRS Notice 2012-58 provides guidance and voluntary safe harbors that employers can use to determine whether employees who work variable hours or seasonally are full-time for purposes of the "play-or-pay" penalty. Keep in mind that employees who are reasonably expected to work fulltime must be treated as such, even if the employer follows the voluntary safe harbors.
Generally, Notice 2012-58 permits an employer to establish a look-back period for measuring average hours for variable hour and seasonal employees for whom the employer is unable to determine full-time status. If an employee averages at least 30 hours per week during the measurement period, the employee is treated as full-time for a specified period (called a "Stability Period") after the measurement period ends.
You may also recall that the Act also prohibits employer plans from imposing a waiting period of longer than 90 days. Employers are subject to a $100 peraffected- employee per day penalty for violating the waiting period restriction. A waiting period for this purpose is a period of time that must pass before coverage for an otherwise eligible employee can become effective. Employers may need time to determine if variable hour and seasonal employees are eligible for coverage, when eligibility is based on hours worked. The safe harbors in the Notice allow employers to avoid waiting period penalties in addition to "play-orpay" penalties.
Safe Harbor for Ongoing Employees
For ongoing employees, the Notice permits an employer to select a standard measurement period of at least three and not more than 12 consecutive calendar months. If an employee averages at least 30 hours per week during this period, the employee must be treated as a full-time employee during the following Stability Period. To allow for administrative issues and coordinate with the waiting period restriction, the Stability Period may begin up to 90 days after the standard measurement period ends. If the employee is determined to be fulltime the Stability Period must be at least 6 months long and no shorter than the standard measurement period. If the employee is determined not to be full-time, the Stability Period must be no longer than the standard measurement period.
The Notice permits employers to establish measurement and stability periods that differ in length or provide different starting and ending dates for collectively bargained employees, hourly vs. salaried employees, employees of different entities and employees located in different states. Most employers who wish to take advantage of the safe harbor will likely find it administratively most convenient to establish a 12-month measurement period and a 12-month Stability Period for all employees. Note that employers who wish to have a 12- month Stability Period in effect beginning January 1, 2014â€"when the play-orpay penalty becomes applicableâ€"may establish a measurement period that begins as early as October 2012. Employers will want to be sure they have systems in place soon to measure hours for part-time and seasonal employees so that they can identify full-time employees beginning in 2014.
Safe Harbor for New Hires
The Notice provides a slightly different voluntary safe harbor for newly hired employees if it cannot be determined on the employee's start date whether the employee is reasonably expected to work on average at least 30 hours per week. The rules also apply to seasonal employees who may work more than 30 hours per week for a seasonal period and less thereafter. The safe harbor for new employees provides for an initial measurement period of between 3 and 12 months to determine if the employee averages 30 hours of work per week. The Stability Period may begin 90 days after the initial measurement period ends.
But the initial measurement period and the administrative period cannot extend beyond the last day of the first calendar month beginning on or after the first anniversary of the employee's start date. For example, for an employee hired on March 2, 2013, the initial measurement period and any administrative period cannot extend beyond April 30, 2014. An employer who fails to comply with this rule could be assessed a penalty for the failure to comply with the waiting period rules. Additionally, if an employee is determined not to be full-time, the Stability Period cannot be more than one month longer than the initial measurement period and cannot exceed the remainder of the standard measurement period in which the initial measurement period ends.
What Should Employers Do?
Employers with employees who work variable hours or seasonally should determine whether they want to take advantage of the voluntary safe harbors described in the Notice. If so, they should:
- Identify measurement periods and Stability Periods
- Ensure that they have systems in place to measure the hours their parttime and seasonal employees work on a weekly basis
- Amend the eligibility provisions of their plan documents to reflect the adoption of the measurement and Stability Periods.
Employers may rely on the safe harbors described in the Notice at least through 2014.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.
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Neilson, J. Crawford (1816-1900)
J. Crawford Neilson (1816-1900), a Baltimore architect, designed many buildings in Maryland and Virginia during a long career. From 1848 to 1856, and from 1865 to 1875 Neilson was associated with John R. Niernsee, an architect who went to South Carolina in 1856 as architect of the state capitol there and was the father of architect Frank Niernsee.
Neilson’s only known North Carolina project was Christ Episcopal Church in Elizabeth City, which was built by Thomas Coates, a builder from Virginia, who also constructed some buildings designed by architect William Percival. The parish register (1856) of Christ Church in Elizabeth City notes that J. Crawford “Nelson” drew the plan for the church and the contractor was a Mr. Coates of Petersburg. The bricklayer was identified as F. Haskins, while one “Blanchard” did the woodwork. An important landmark in downtown Elizabeth City, the powerfully composed brick church features an asymmetrical façade dominated by a massive corner tower and enriched with bold corbelling, creating a forceful rendition of the Gothic Revival style not seen elsewhere in the state’s antebellum architecture.
- Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina (1996).
- Thomas R. Butchko, On the Shores of the Pasquotank: The Architectural Heritage of Elizabeth City and Pasquotank County, North Carolina (1989).
- Randolph W. Chalfant, Catherine E. Black, and James W. Foster, “J. Crawford Neilson,” Baltimore Architecture Foundation, http://baltimorearchitecture.org/resources/biographies/j-crawford-neilson/.
- George F. Hill, A Brief History of Christ Episcopal Parish (1948).
1856-1857Location:Elizabeth City, Pasquotank CountyStreet Address:
200 S. Morrine St., Elizabeth City, NCStatus:
ReligiousImages Published In:
Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina (1996).
Thomas R. Butchko, On the Shores of the Pasquotank: The Architectural Heritage of Elizabeth City and Pasquotank County, North Carolina (1989).
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33 advised to quarantine after person tests positive with COVID-19 at Lake Brantley High
People are being asked to quarantine after someone who tested positive for COVID-19 had been on a Seminole County school campus.
Officials said 33 individuals were asked to self-quarantine after a person infected with COVID-19 had been on Lake Brantley High School’s campus.
Everyone involved has been notified. Those who were asked to quarantine have been switched to Seminole Connect, the school’s remote learning platform.
"Our first positive case they got on it and now all those kids are home and as we move forward, I'm confident they'll do the right thing," Melanie Confusione said. Confusion has a senior at Lake Brantley.
This issue at Lake Brantley is the latest in Seminole County during the first week of classes, requiring a quarantine because of a COVID-19, positive case.
A message from the school district reminds families that self-quarantining helps contain and eliminate any potential spread on campuses.
The message encourages to keep kids home if there's any question about their health.
Earlier in the week, 18 people were told to self quarantine after a positive case was reported on the Lake Mary Elementary School campus.
At Altamonte Springs Elementary, two teachers quarantined themselves before classes even started on Monday.
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