text
stringlengths 102
457k
|
|---|
I have a delphi app that logs data from various places and writes the data to a file. The app has quite an extensive GUI to allow display of the data, configuration of the options, etc.
One user has requested that the app be changed to that it can be run as a service. His reasoning is that the app could then be started at boot time and run without any user being logged in and would be available regardless of who was logged in.
My question is this: Is there any other solution that would enable me to install the app as it now exists so that it would still run with no user logged in and still be available to all users?
My gut feeling is that converting the app to run as a service is not trivial. I assume you would need 2 apps - the "headless" service application, and a GUI that was run by users on demand that could interact with the service (comments welcome here also).
• Only services can be run without starting a session. Fortunally Delphi has TService, which seems to simplify the task of making a service (although I still having found time to play with it). – Alberto Martinez Nov 5 '10 at 1:54
• See also: A standalone Delphi application that can also be installed as windows service [stackoverflow.com/questions/2387383/… – gabr Nov 5 '10 at 8:01
There are commercial (and free) solutions like Firedaemon, which will run (almost) any application as a service.
On a sidenote, it shouldn't really be hard to separate logic and user interface - you should've done that already when you developed the application. Just because Delphi makes it easy to write business logic in the code behind associated with the user interface, that doesn't mean you should really do it. Have a look at the presentation pattern's at Martin Fowler's site.
• FireDaemon seems like it will do what I want with no mods to the app, though I'm still getting to grips with it. Thanks for your input. – rossmcm Nov 5 '10 at 3:23
I usually create my application in such a way that it can be started as a service or as a GUI, via a commandline switch /GUI.
When the application runs with a GUI, I instantiate and start the service class "manually".
• It'll run the same code, making it very easy to debug the service. You can just put breakpoints and step through your code without having to "attach" to a running application.
• Because of the GUI, you can see what your service would be doing, and interact with it, via listviews and buttons, even on remote servers where you don't have a debugger. Having to interact with your service via logs and configurations is crappy and slow.
Example dpr, from a project that works like this:
program xxxx;
{$R *.res}
GlobalAppId := 1;
MapMatcherController := TMapMatcherController.Create(nil);
if FindCmdLineSwitch('GUI',['/','-'],True) then
Forms.Application.MainFormOnTaskbar := True;
Forms.Application.CreateForm(TfrmMain, frmMain);
SvcMgr.Application.CreateForm(TsrvMapMatcher2, srvMapMatcher2);
Oh, another thing to keep in mind is that services usually run as a "system" user, which means you'll have different privileges and settings (for example drive letter mappings).
In general is possible to have a mixed single exe which in turn runs as a service or runs as a full GUI standard application.
How much effort your application needs to fit this category is matter of how is it designed, specially in the kind of coupling it have between business logic and user interface logic.
One great example of this kind of application comes with Delphi itself: scktsrvr.exe in your $DELPHI\bin directory runs as a GUI application or as a service (run scktsrvr.exe /install to auto-register the service and use management console to start/stop it.
in folder $DELPHI\source\db you will find the project files (scktsrvr.dpr/res, ScktCnst.pas, ScktMain.pas/dfm). Take your time to inspect how is it done and, who knows... maybe this is what you're looking for your application.
Take in account since Windows Vista interactive services are not allowed to interact with the user at his/her desktop. An administrator have to enable the interactive services detection and the user have to change to session 0 desktop in order to interact with your service (by interact it means to see and interact with your service forms)
You can try to use svrany, a tools to run an application as service. It's parts of Server Resource Kit Tools. try this link for 2003 server resource kit download.
It depends a little on your application, but generally it is achievable. Try this: http://iain.cx/src/nssm. Don't forget to start all services that you application depends on BEFORE you start your application as a service. Google around for info on how to do that.
You could write a simple service that starts your application. But if you care about your app future, I would go the service way. Yes, you would have to split the application in two pieces, the client/GUI part and the service itself, especially since Vista and 7 made much more difficult for a service to display a user interface for security reasons. Services have several advantages, they run in their separate session, they can be set to run with a given user that could be different from the logged-on one, only user with proper privileges can control them, Windows can automatically restart them (or perfom other actions) when they fail.
Your Answer
|
Positioning & Branding
Positioning as the Foundation for Branding
Rosemary Remacle spoke about positioning, and Frank Priscaro regarding branding at the August 10, 1998 Software Forum Marketing SIG.
It is often very hard to sort out and articulate the aspects of technology, product and company that differentiate a product or service from its competition. While a positioning strategy may initially be technology-centric, over time it needs to move to a product and company focus.
As a product is positioned in a particular customer segment, over time you will start to build brand awareness and acceptance, first leading to establishing the brand, and subsequently to the company behind the brand.
There are similarities between positioning and branding. But fundamentally, branding is an emotional feeling.
(customer perspective)
• Explain
• Experience
• Analytic
• Creative
• Explicit
• Implicit
• Words
• Music
• Company
• Customer
• Logical
• Creative / Experience
The test of an established brand is its ability to carry more than one product.
In evaluating a positioning, you need to consider:
• Who is the customer? (It’s always a person)
• What problem captures their need?
• What solution type, best solves their problem?
• What specific product solves their problem?
• What are the USPs (unique selling proposition) that address this unique need?
• Who are the key competing customers?
To determine the value of your positioning, ask yourself, “If your competitor were to use your positioning, would it scare you?” If it does, you’ve done a good job of positioning!
Everything you do should tie into the positioning, including slogans, tag lines, logos, price, affiliations, ownership, corporate ads, company and product lines, distribution, promotions, sponsors and the buying experience. Remember, if your positioning isn’t clear, neither will your brand. Fundamentally, positioning drives your strategy.
Branding is when the evidence of the positioning comes into contact with the customer, and they agree. Branding is the summation of the total experience the customer has of the product and company. As such, it encompasses the promise of the product, the purchase of the product, the product itself, and the people around the product.
Why build a brand? A good brand provides a company with protection, the ability to maintain higher prices, a pre-emptive image, and pride. Startups often suffer from the danger of building a brand before properly positioning their product or service. (Echelon and General Magic comes to mind.) Above all, branding is about managing the customer’s experience.
Building the equity and value of a brand occurs over a long time. Establishing a strong brand enables having a lasting market position in short-lived markets.
The keys to establishing a strong brand are to promise big and deliver bigger, do only things that build the brand, surround the brand with acceptance, live the brand, and extend it. And you think this is easy? Ha!
How do you measure the value of a brand? People will do benchmarks and focus groups. You’ll hear word of mouth, anecdotes, and the “buzz.” But the tangible value of a brand comes from being able to command a price premium, obtain customer preference, have a higher replacement value and stock price, as well as greater earning power.
Branding enables market leadership that in turn provides longer product life cycles. It forms the entrée for new customers and evaluation lists. By creating trust in the customer, it provides a certain amount of market forgiveness for instances where products have problems, for example, the first release of various Microsoft products.
Return to askmar home page
|
Nepal Idol Season 2 | Voting Procedures | How To Vote | Vote Nepal Idol
The universal establishment for the singing icon in Nepal comes here once more. Nepal Idol 2 is running with substantially more engaging and energizing artists. The artists were chosen from various urban areas and experienced diverse round like two-part harmony round, theater round, Piano round. Presently the time has desired the general population to vote in favor of their most loved artists in Nepal Idol 2. Here are the means by which individuals can cast a ballot in Nepal Idol Season 2, beginning from Top 12 members.
Nepal Idol Season 2nepal idol season 2
This time likewise, Nepal Idol season 2 is the most mainstream singing TV program in Nepal. Another establishment music TV program called The voice of Nepal has likewise turned out to be mainstream now. Yet, the fame of this Idol demonstrate stays unabated. There were 111 members who won Golden tickets to take an interest ahead from the Audition round. Since there are 12 members remaining, individuals can cast a ballot to spare their most loved vocalist.
How to Vote the Nepal Idol 2?
The casting a ballot line for Nepal Idol 2 opens from Thursday night 8:30 pm to Friday 12:00 pm. The casting a ballot procedure is from an application and SMS. This time, the casting a ballot means 50 percent of the judgment though 50 percent is in Judges’ grasp.
Utilizing SMS, you can vote in favor of your most loved Nepal Idol candidates from the neighborhood SIM.
by sending an SMS with the code number of every member to 31009.
Assume you need to vote in favor of Sumit Pathak, you have to communicate something specific 12 to 31009. The expense of every sm casting a ballot is Rs 6.37 per SMS (comprehensive of assessment).
You can do the casting a ballot from Respect and Rise application. National and International voters can both do the casting a ballot with this application. On the off chance that you as of now have the application, there is another refresh to incorporate the casting a ballot.
From the application, you can cast a ballot two times for nothing and from that point forward, you have to pay to utilize Prabhu Pay. You need Prabhu to pay application too, download it from here. There are a few packs at the casting a ballot whose cost is as made reference to underneath.
5 Premium votes: NRs 10
25 Premium votes: NRs 50
50 Premium votes: NRs 100
100 Premium votes: NRs 200
500 Premium votes: NRs 1000
Contrasting with the expense of casting a ballot from SMS and application, it will cost you less in application however you have to download those two applications (discover connect beneath).
nepal idol winner, Nepal idol official website, Nepal idol season 2 judges, Nepal idol season 2 live, Nepal idol schedule, Nepal idol season 2 form, Nepal idol 2018, Nepal idol season 2 schedule
|
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Avoidant Personality Disorder – Luvleela
What Is Avoidant Personality Disorder?
A person suffering from the avoidant personality disorder is extremely sensitive to what other people think about them. They fear rejections and are overly shy.
Such people are very reluctant in mixing and interacting with other people because of their shyness and fear. They let many big opportunities slip which make them feel guilty.
Extremely volatile and nasty emotions like guilt, fear, shyness etc are perpetually experienced by a person suffering from avoidant personality disorder.
When such a person try to mix with people then they experience a tremendous amount of anxiety because of their shyness. On the other hand, when they let the big opportunities go by not doing anything then they experience guilt. They feel helpless and discontent. This sows the seed of depression within that person.
What Are The Causes Of Avoidant Personality Disorder?
#Childhood’s Suppressed Emotions
Unfortunately, A lot of people in this contemporary world had a rocky childhood. A lot of people grew up with a single parent and that parent may have to work to get things going.
This may create a feeling of abandonment in a child. The child may not have anyone to share his/her emotions or thoughts. He/she may be suppressing their emotions.
In my article, how does Karma work in relationships I have said that whenever we fail to express ourselves then we experience smothering like feeling. We feel like we are not able to breathe or live properly. This happens because our thoughts and emotions don’t find any way to express itself.
In Indian culture, mothers are supposed to stay with the child till he/she becomes five or six years of age. She is advised not to leave her child even for a moment.
It is not because Indians don’t want a woman to get empowered. In fact, we are the only culture left on this planet to worship goddesses. And those deities are not simple household women. Some deities like Kali or Durga are the epitome of fierceness and anger.
Unfortunately, India is losing her culture very rapidly. It is because of so many reasons. In my eyes giving time to a child when he/she is very young is of paramount importance. I know there are many people who would say that if they will give time their kids then who will bring the money home?
I understand all these dynamics but I want you all to understand that the foundation of any building is its most important part. If the foundation remains weak then it doesn’t matter how much care or money we spend on it. It will always remain weak.
A person who has faced the scarcity of love, compassion or empathy in childhood will develop a mental instability.
The psychologist will give their instability exotic names like an avoidant personality disorder, ADHD, bipolar behavior etc. People are labeled with such names because of the scarcity of attention and love in their childhood. This is not the only reason but certainly, it is one of the major reason.
#Social Conditioning
Social conditioning has an important role in the increase of psychological disorders like an avoidant personality disorder.
A person who is bullied or surrounded by dominant adults may be forced to not interact with the people around them gracefully. This may build reluctance in their personality.
Lack of empathy and increasing levels of indifference is the unfortunate realities of today’s society..
People who are familiar with the Indian culture might know that Indians have very strong family values. There is a lot of empathy and connection among the family.
This connection works like insurance. It assures a person that whenever something shall go down or wrong, there are people to support him/her. As I told unfortunately for a variety of reasons India is losing her culture which is really saddening.
There is a mental health problem which is known as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
A person suffering from PTSD becomes incompetent of recovering after encountering a highly distressful situation.
Instead of giving you an extreme example. Let me give you a mild example.
There are a lot of people who fear to come in a relationship because of the bitter experiences from their past relationships. They have become incapable of giving a commitment to their partners. Within themselves, they have made a conclusion that relationships and pain are synonymous.
#Compulsive Habits
In one of my article, alcohol and relationship; what about this cocktail…? I have said that I don’t have any problem with people’s compulsive habits like drinking, smoking, drug abuse etc.
Who am I to tell a person to start or stop doing something? We all are educated enough to know the consequences of it.
I am not against alcohol or anything else. But I am certainly against, cowardice. As a true friend, I don’t want you to be called a coward.
Majority of people uses alcohol or drugs to run away from their problems instead of facing it.
I want you to become brave and face your life’s problem. Stop seeking solace or temporary fix. Strive to seek a solution.
This attitude of seeking solace instead of a solution numbs our intelligence. Compulsive habits also contribute significantly to the growth of mental health problems like an avoidant personality disorder.
#Lack of Competence
Lack of competence may also be the impetus behind avoidant personality disorder.
In my article, I am bored… What to do when you’re bored? I have said that one person may go through a certain situation very gracefully. On the other hand, some other person may encounter an enormous amount of stress while going through the same situation.
So as we all can see and conceive that it is not the situation or circumstances which cause burnouts. It is about competence and capability which decides the quality of our life.
Say, for instance, a person may be reluctant to interact with the people around him/her because of his/her poor communication skills
Such a person must strive to improve their skills. There are many successful people like Richard Branson, Ratan Tata etc who were very shy in the starting of their career. But they successfully get over their shyness. If they can do it then you can also do it.
Cure and Treatment Of Avoidant Personality Disorder
In India there is a very famous saying which is translated as – No one can teach a person who doesn’t want to learn and no one can stop a person from learning who has a willingness to learn.
Similarly, no great doctor or psychotherapist can cure a person who doesn’t have a will to get over his/her limitation or illness.
#Right Ambiance
Have you ever noticed that if you spend time with a jolly and hilarious person then after some time your mood is improved drastically?
On the other hand, being in the company of melancholic percent kills our good vibes and makes us sad.
It is not just about human beings each and every object emits a certain type of energy. And this energy impacts our system. No one can deny this fact.
In India Tulsi plant, peepal tree, vilva plant etc are considered sacred. This is because they emit energy which is highly conducive for our growth and wellness (both physical and mental).
In my book Goodbye! DEPRESSION I have said that in India before starting any task or endeavor people light a diya (oil or ghee lamp).
Diya creates a right kind of ambiance around it. You can do this simple ritual daily:
• Wash your diya properly with soap.
• Make it dry using a clean paper or cloth.
• Pour oil (vegetable oil) in it.
• Using a cotton wick light the lamp.
• Sit close to it for two minutes (keep your eyes open during that time).
• Turn around and sit (exposing your spine) for two minutes.
• After doing this go out under the open sky and look at the sky for few seconds.
• The Important Point to Remember:
• Before using the lamp again make sure you wash it properly. Cleanliness is very important.
• Before practicing this ritual please take a bath.
After doing this ritual you will experience a tremendous sense of stability and peace within you.
In this book (Goodbye! DEPRESSION)I have given a lot of feasible and easy methods which will burn all the negative energies from your surroundings and within yourself.
#Bringing Stability
In my article, infatuation vs love… Who is the loser? I have said that there are many people who go through a turmoil within themselves whilst distinguishing between real love and infatuation.
This happens because they don’t have clarity in their life and they do things which don’t mean anything to them.
In this article, I have said that to bring clarity in our life we must only invest our time and energy in things which mean a lot to us.
If you really want to live the life which is fulfilling and enriching then you must master the art of planning.
Without having an actionable plan you will simply wander without making any progress.
Make actionable plans to fulfill your short-term, Middle-term, and long-term goals.
We can have all the resources in the world and a brilliant plan. But if you will not take actions then everything will go in vain.
While working on an idea or executing a plan make sure you are flexible in your approach. This is because life is unpredictable. Anything unexpected can happen anytime.
A lot of people simply beat their heads on the wall and blame others when something unexpected happens. Don’t be like them. Never make very rigid plans. Your plans must be flexible.
How To Help A Person Who Is Suffering From An Avoidant Personality Disorder?
No one has to give instructions to a tree about how much it should grow, how many branches it must have or when it should shed leaves.
If you want a tree to reach its full growth and might then only in the beginning you must protect and provide a conducive environment to it.
If the right type of ambiance is present then the tree will grow. Only in the beginning we have to water it, protected it, and allow sufficient sunlight to fall on it.
Same is true for human beings. We don’t need to give them instructions. If you really want to help them then just provide them conducive environment and little protection.
The cover photo was originally uploaded by: Fan D on Flickr
How Long Does Lust Last? Let Us Find The Truth
How Does ADHD Affect Relationships
How Do Bipolar People Act In Relationships
Stress in Relationships
What Is Wrong With The New Generation
Leave a comment
|
What's A Back Burner Relationship? Here's Why Having A Potential Partner As A Backup Is Harmful
Ashley Batz/Bustle
Is there anything worse than being interested in someone, only to eventually realize they're just *barely* maintaining contact so they can keep you around as a backup? If you ask me, it should be kind of a no-brainer that keeping someone on the back burner is a crappy thing to do — after all, no one deserves to be strung along by someone they have a potential romantic interest in. But unfortunately, it still happens, and new research reveals that it might be an even more prevalent behavior than we realized.
According to a new survey of 658 college students from researchers at Hope College, most young adults have at least one person who they consider a "back burner" relationship. Of those surveyed about their technological communication and relationship status, almost 73 percent said they have someone on the back burner — and that's not even the worst of it. Even among those in committed relationships, more than half (almost 56 percent) admitted to keeping at least one person on the back burner. But why is this bad dating behavior so common?
"I think the back burner phenomenon largely stems from social media and the unprecedented access people have into the lives of friends, exes, and crushes," Jonathan Bennett, Dating/Relationship Expert and Owner of The Popular Man, tells Bustle. "Maintaining a back burner relationship is as easy as typing a quick message and hitting send. With such ease of access to countless people, it’s not surprising that many men and women, even in relationships, keep those lines of communication open."
"Keeping the second best person as a backup probably comes from fear of being alone."
But aside from ease of access, people might also be inclined to have back burner relationships because they fear being alone, Bennett says. "Keeping back burners is probably a method of dealing with the risk that comes with having a lot of dating options," he says. "Once you commit, you eliminate all other options. However, if option number one doesn't pan out, you have to start over, which is a scary thought for some people. So, keeping the second best person as a backup probably comes from fear of being alone."
Here's Why Having Back Burners Is Harmful
It might be easier than ever to stay connected to our romantic interests, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's healthy to stay in contact with everyone you might have even a slight interest in. Regardless of your relationship status, keeping people on the back burner can be really detrimental to your dating life.
"Keeping back burner relationships can stop single people from actively pursuing meaningful connections in the present," Bennett says. "Having someone as a potential fall back option can stop you from actively trying to meet quality people and then fully committing to them. For those in relationships, it has the same result. By having a perpetual backup option, you’ll never be able to fully commit to your current partner."
It might seem like NBD to casually, occasionally text someone you're kinda-sorta into, but if your ultimate goal is to find (or, if you're taken, keep) a meaningful relationship, keeping people on the back burner won't help you reach that goal. You can't form or nurture a genuine connection with someone if someone else partially has your attention and interest — plus it's not fair to anyone involved to be in a half-in, half-out relationship.
"Back burner relationships are unfair, both to your current partner and the person you keep as a back burner," Bennett says. "First, your current partner doesn’t deserve for you to 'hedge your bets' on the success of the relationship by keeping a backup around. You should either commit to him or her or let go. Second, if you keep your back burner around, it also makes him or her think he or she has a chance at dating you. This is really a form of 'benching' and it’s unfair to give your back burner this hope. Keeping someone around who has feelings for you 'just in case' is ultimately cruel."
So even though it might be nice in theory to have someone (or someones) that you occasionally chat up for an ego boost or an extra bit of romantic attention, it's important to ask yourself whether that's worth potentially ruining your chances of having a real, all-in relationship with someone else. Ultimately, though, no one can tell you how to live your romantic life — so as long as you're aware of the potential damage back burner relationships can do to your dating life, who you choose to text (or not to text) is totally up to you.
|
Korean five drums performance wows during Fantasia.
Of all the ways to kick off a film screening, I’ve never thought that a display of Korean drum dancing would be one way that I’d witness.
Performed by the Montreal Korean Folk Dance Association, I was captivated throughout as the three performers drummed in unison, but not just in your standard way. Five drums positioned in each performer’s area were pounded from any angle – upside-down, jumping, kneeling, you name it – and it was awe-inspiring to behold. Perhaps you wouldn’t be saying the same with a hangover though…
It was all in aid of the Canadian premiere of Lee Joon-ik’s latest, Battlefield Heroes (the sequel to Once Upon A Time In The Battlefield), and the director was on hand to introduce it, immediately ingratiating himself with the crowd thanks to his self-deprecating humour.
“I’m worried because this movie is a historical epic of the Korean history of 1,300 years ago so I’m worried that if you do not know the history of Korea, you might not find it interesting and just leave during the movie.”
He needn’t have worried; no one was leaving once his genius meld of a war epic with slapstick comedy, including some scatological humour for good measure, kicked off. If I wasn’t won over already, the nod to Monty Python and the Holy Grail as one army resorts to catapulting animals, including cows, at the enemy would have sealed the deal anyway.
Maintaining that mix of comedy and historical fact was stated as the most difficult thing for the director when asked in the post-film Q&A, but also creating the Korean world of 1,300 years ago.
“In Korea, we had so many wars so our historical locations and objects all disappeared so it was very hard to shoot. We had to create a location with our imagination.”
He still managed it on a budget of just $5.5m with three months of shooting and received the warmest reaction for his response to just how he managed to create an epic with a relatively limited budget, mainly in comparison to American blockbusters.
“In America, they make the movie with the money and we make it with our heart and body.”
Take that, Hollywood.
|
Brazil is the fourth largest producer of plastic waste in the world, with around 11.3 million tons. The country is only behind China, India, and the United States. This data comes from WWF Brasil and has been collected in more than 200 countries. The data is alarming, and Surfin Sem Fim and friends decided they could not stand by idly, witnessing the deaths of thousands of marine species.
Athletes, sports enthusiasts, and organizers of Surfin Sem Fim rolled up their sleeves for a joint effort with some people engaged in the environmental cause for a weekend of beach cleaning.
Praia do Preá was the chosen beach, also referred to as the mecca of kitesurf, near Jericoacoara in Ceará. The starting point was in front of the Pousada Rancho do Peixe, a place known for hosting kitesurfers from all over the world. The crew spent a few hours walking along the beach identifying various types of litter scattered around the sand. From plastic straws to tires and fishing nets, they recovered objects that take hundreds of years to decompose in nature, and while they remain polluting the beaches, they’re also responsible for the death of dozens of marine species.
The event was attended by journalist and press officer of Surfin Sem Fim, Patrícia Calderón, André Penna, kiter and captain of Surfin Sem Fim, as well as athletes Erick Anderson, João Paulo, João Lucas and Estefânia Rosa.
For junior athletes, João Paulo and João Lucas, both 14, participating in such an initiative in defense of marine life was very gratifying. “I am happy and excited to collaborate in the preservation of the oceans,” says Lucas. “I want to take care of the extension of my house, which is the sea,” says João Pedro.
“For Surfin Sem Fim, involving children in environmental awareness is very fulfilling,” says journalist Patricia Calderón.
Surfin Sem Fim was born from a passion for kitesurfing as a way to explore the world and discover unique experiences. They offer the complete package for a unique and unforgettable journey in the Northeast of Brazil, allowing you to focus 100% on kitesurfing and exploring this incredible place. The Surfin Sem Fim Tribe is inspired by nature, challenge, and passion for the wind and water. Learn more about Surfin Sem Fim from our summer 2018 issue here:
Get More From Tkb
The lucky winner will be chosen November 15th, 2019!
|
The third tip for how to keep an erection longer is to frequently switch positions during sex. You’ll like some positions, but hate others. Keep mixing it up. Return to the ones you like every so often, but spend just as much or even more time in the positions you don’t like. As long as the positions aren’t painful for either you or your partner, doing this will lengthen your erection.
Does Cialis keep you hard after coming?
Condoms: It may sound like an excuse to get out of wearing a condom, but many guys have problems maintaining an erection when putting one on. The interruption of sex play is often distracting, as is the stress of putting on a condom. Other times, deeper concerns, like guilt or performance anxiety, manage to seep into a guy's consciousness when there's a pause in sexual activity.
Is it OK to take viagra everyday?
When it happened a second time, she brought it up to some friends, who reassured her they’ve been there too. And according to our survey, more than 75 percent of women have had a male partner struggle with ED at least once—which is shockingly high. The most common word these women used to describe how ED makes them feel is “embarrassed.” “It’s like, ‘Oh, I’m obviously doing something wrong if I can’t even keep him aroused long enough for us to have sex,’” says Leigh*, 24, whose casual hookup Chris* started losing his erections a few months into their situationship.
Can testosterone increase size?
At what age does a man get erectile dysfunction?
However, one can learn how to keep an erection, how to maintain an erection and even how to prevent erectile dysfunction and more. Similarly, there is one downloadable guide called the Ejaculation Guru online. It is the one which includes all clear instructions and even stepwise instructions as to how one can be sure their premature ejaculation is resolved.
"On the physical side of things, we most prominently have physical fitness as the No. 1 factor in erection achievement and sustainability," he continues "If a body isn't healthy, it's going to labor to send blood flowing properly and to function in many respects. Much like a car in need of a tune-up, a body which is out of shape or overweight is going to labor to perform functions — like causing an erection."
How can I fix ed naturally?
There are different reasons which cause erections and even some factors that make a person lose their erection. It can be troubling for some as it occurs during sexual activity with a partner. Self-consciousness, fatigue, distractions and more can cause the temporary loss of erection. If such things happen, don’t sweat it too much as it is a common and natural occurrence.
What is the best vitamin for erectile dysfunction?
How can I treat ED at home?
"Surprisingly, up until the 1980's, most sex experts held the Freudian view that weak erections were caused by deep-seated, unconscious neuroses or psychological problems," she explains. "This view has now widely been rejected by professionals in the field of sexuality and it's now understood that erection problems that stem from deep psychological problems are the exception, not the rule. A majority of weak erections are caused by a combination of sexual misinformation, relationship problems, depression and other life stresses."
...the root of the ground cover, Panax ginseng, which is the Asian species, and Panax quinquefolius, the American plant (grown mostly in Wisconsin). Ginseng is an "adaptogen," a medicinal herb that helps build and maintain body vitality, allowing users to better adapt to the stresses they face in life. Ginseng is available where herbal medicines are sold.
How many times does a man get erect in a day?
When these mental hang-ups happen in the moment (aka in bed), they can trigger his brain’s fight-or-flight response, which sends a message to his penis to shut things down. In this way, performance anxiety–induced ED is actually pretty similar to what women experience when our thoughts during sex make it hard to stay turned on and/or orgasm—we just don’t have an appendage that shows the evidence.
How do you please a man with ED?
Eat well: if you are willing to know how to maintain an erection, then you must understand that the key to a healthy erection is a healthy diet. One must not load themselves on fatty junk food or eat ready-made meals. Look out for something which is good for your heart, includes healthy fats, eating low cholesterol that is good for your diet. Erectile dysfunction is common for men of the age, and it is necessary the part of aging. One can avoid ED in simple ways.
Despite some very recent legislative changes, opioids—ultra-strong narcotic painkillers—have never been more popular. According to the newest stats from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), enough opioid prescriptions are written each year to stock the medicine cabinets of every single adult in America (with plenty left over for teens, too). “These types of narcotics suppress testosterone levels,” says Dr. Köhler. That means they also mess with your hard-on. So does smoking, drinking a lot of booze, and any other bad habits that hurt your heart and/or vascular function.
Is erectile dysfunction gradual?
How many times should a man release sperm in a week?
|
Rejoice When the Children Come In
Gentle Reader,
We’re halfway through 2019, and so I remind myself that the Holy Spirit directed me to focus on truth this year. I close my eyes, take a deep breath, and feel my heart slow within my chest. God is good and pure and wonderful.
As I think on what is true, what God has revealed about Himself and about the world, I make a resolution to stop asking people about children. As in, “Do you have children?” or “Are you going to have another child?” And why not ask? First, it’s intrusive and unneeded; the answer will be revealed organically, one way or the other. Second, the asking can at least cause irritation for the one being asked, and can definitely cause pain if there are issues of infertility or if there has been death in the family. There are times when I want to go through life as the proverbial bull in the china shop, but I’m learning the importance of sensitivity. I don’t want to knowingly cause unnecessary discomfort in others just because I’m feeling nosy.
Desiring to be sensitive means I begin to notice when I am not sensitive myself, and when others choose not to be. Thus my jaw nearly hit the floor after overhearing a conversation, during which someone commented that they don’t approve of anyone pursuing a child from another country, because there are so many American children waiting to be adopted. Why spend thousands of dollars when you can “get a kid for free?”
Up front: Yes, there are a lot of children in the foster care system. I get that. I wish there wasn’t such familial dysfunction in our country that results in so many without stable homes. Almost nothing makes me angrier than children having to suffer because of the selfish, stupid decisions of adults.
I also get that the foster care system is primarily set up for reunification with biological family, not automatic adoption. Sometimes that’s a great thing, and sometimes that’s an awful thing, but either way, it’s nowhere near as simple as, “Find a kid born in the USA! They’ll be yours in no time!”
Further, domestic adoption is not free. Sure, maybe there’s not the initial, up-front fees, but there’s going to be a good chunk of change spent on counseling and other services, because it’s rare for a child in foster care to not have experienced trauma or to not be behind in development, whether academically, physically, or socially. And any parent worth his or her salt is going to be willing to spend that money, to do what’s best for the child. Besides, adoption, done with the right motives, is never focused on saving (or gaining) a buck or two.
The naivety of this comment is not what got me, however. All of us are naive, even outright ignorant, from time to time. That’s fine. We learn, we grow.
What’s not fine: The judgment behind the comment.
Why is it odd or wrong that a couple would sacrifice, would scrimp and save, to bring a child into their home? That they would go to the ends of the earth to find the little one whose picture they cannot erase from their minds, who is meant to be theirs?
Such disdain for those who dare to do something differently than another would do it.
Again, I understand that there are children who are shuffled around and want a family to call their own. I also understand that there are foster parents who have sought to adopt these children, and have been denied by the courts, because one or more biological family members refuse to sign their rights away. Yes, that’s right. It’s not as easy as, “Oh, this child is in foster care, so their bio family is done.”
This comment diminishes the heartache, the suffering, and the waiting, for both adopters and adoptees. This comment assumes that those who adopt internationally never considered the domestic option because they want an “exotic” child. This comment doesn’t take the direction of the Holy Spirit into account.
I know families who have done domestic adoption. I know families who have done international adoption. I know families who have done both. I know families who waited for years for a mother to choose them, only to have the adoption fall through at the last moment. In each case, a whole lot of agonized prayer went into the decision.
Adoption is just as individualized and personal as having a biological child. There are thousands of thoughts and reasons that go into the choice, thoughts and reasons that only the parents and God fully understand. Those on the outside have no business wondering “why” this or “why” that, for they have no way of truly knowing. And, bluntly, they should not offer their opinions on the matter, unless asked, and even then should tread carefully. Additionally, if the outsider has difficulty rejoicing that a child, from anywhere and of any age, has found a loving home, then that outsider should take some time and examine themselves, for why would any adoption be bad?
God never says that one family has to take the same shape as another, and so on and so forth. In fact, this side of the Cross, the emphasis is less on the nuclear family (though by no means is it unimportant) and more on the Church family. We are sisters and brothers and aunties and uncles and cousins and grandparents and extra moms and bonus dads. And God went very far, the farthest anyone could ever go, to adopt each of us.
If you have a passion to be a foster parent, do that. If you feel a burning desire to save up money and bring home a kid from Ethiopia, do that. If you don’t want kids of your own at all, but instead want to pour out your energy and love into the kids around you, do that. There is no law in Scripture to burden or condemn you on this matter (and the commands of God are designed to bring us freedom, anyway), so don’t let the opinions of mere mortals bring you down.
Listen to the Holy Spirit. Heed His voice. Others might think you’re going wrong when you do, but you aren’t. His way is the best way. He has called each of us to love children, and to see them as blessings, but there are so many different ways to do that. Your role is your role. You don’t have to do what everyone else does.
You are commenting using your account. Log Out / Change )
Google photo
Twitter picture
Facebook photo
Connecting to %s
|
pic1714173_t[1]By Michael Chamberlain
Sigismundus Augustus: Dei gratia rex Poloniae, released in 2012 by Fabryka Gier Historycznych, is the game of Polish politics in the sixteenth century. Not a subject I’ll admit I have given attention or curiosity to prior to playing this game, but it is history so for me is always an appealing theme. The game is won by being the family (player) with the most importance (victory points) at the end of 8 rounds. I have had to accept with this game that I will not be able to offer my usual choice-by-choice break down of how this game plays. In order to make this a helpful review I have elected to instead discuss how the mechanics interact to describe game play in order to help give you an idea of how it plays before giving my opinion. First though contents.
When you open the box, which couldn’t shout euro game more if it tried, you’ll find a game board (quite large with only a single fold which necessitates the games longer than usual box), a couple of sheets of tokens, the decks of cards, a couple of dice, player tokens and the multilingual rule book. The graphic design is all very much in the colour scheme that we know to expect from a historical game (if you’re looking for bright and flamboyant art work this game just doesn’t have it). That said the board art, card art and tokens are all very cohesive. There is sadly an exception to this. The worker pawns for this game look like they were from a totally different game. If someone told me that they were pawns lifted from their copy of Ludo for a prototype I wouldn’t have been surprised. Had the rest of the art work been less well balanced to each other this would be less glaring, but sadly these pieces are just ghastly. The cards are very heavy on the iconography as is the board (the multilingual nature of this board demands it) but it is of a reasonable quality, heavy play will probably need sleeving if this game really hits it with your crowd.
Following the rule book for setting up this game comes across as a very long process of many steps, but in reality it’s as simple as each player takes their worker pawns and tokens, places those relating to the influence tracks in the places that their play card tells them to. Then the cards are laid out into decks for use, the tokens are placed within reach and each player takes their starting army of one infantry and one cavalry unit. First time it will feel a hassle working through the steps but after that it is easy enough.
The start of each turn involves the reveal at random of which resource you will need to carry favour with the king (either military, money or votes) and which law the Sejim (government) will try to pass this turn (These are the same eight in the same order for each and every game). This lets you know what you’re playing towards having available at the end of the turn. The advantages of being able to support the king most gives you control on that track (which, like all three of the major tracks, dictates how many votes you get each turn). In turn, this allows you to select a foreign country for scoring each turn, which is one of the major ways to score points in the game. Players then get to take money for the turn based on their office cards (you start with one which grants you an ability to take advantage of) and draw a card from one of the three policy decks; internal, foreign and military. Each deck has four different cards in it, leading you in a particular direction (some gaining you coins directly or allowing you to gain another worker pawn for a turn, while others allow you to war with another player to take their money or cards). As well as being able to play one a turn for its text ability, you can discard it to allow you to gain advantage in a different area of the game. Then you move on to influencing neighbouring countries. At this point whoever has the most influence on the royal track picks a country to score. Not every country will score every turn, but having the most influence with a country at the end of the round will give you a bonus for the following one. These range from more cards or money, to not having to pay for more of your military units. Each player gets to play one influence for free on one of the six neighbouring countries; players can play further influence by discarding foreign policy cards from their hand. Any country that has had influence placed on it moves one space to the left on the tracker, meaning that if it does get scored it is worth more points. The middle section of each round, and to my mind the real meat of the game, is a worker placement mechanic with a twist. There are eight actions you can take with your workers and you can take these actions even if other player has already got workers on them. The twist is that you do have to pay for each other worker that has already taken that action. These actions allow you to gain friend cards that give you advantages either in game or at end of game scoring, and these you can take from either three face up from the deck or bribe away from another player (costing varying amounts of coins to do so). Other actions you take can push you further up the influence tracks, gain you more money or influence with a foreign country, draw another card or put new offices up for auction (and allowing you a bonus when they do). Players in this phase get to take three actions unless they are in front on the nobility track, in which case they have a fourth worker. Once all action have been resolved the game moves to its Sejim phase. In this phase each player gets a number of votes as shown by their position on the three influence trackers (the higher you are, the more votes you get) players may discard internal policy cards to gain additional votes. Next comes a double auction to sell and buy shares. First, players secretly hold out how many votes they are prepared to sell, then once those are revealed (simultaneously) each player holds out how many coins they are prepared to pay for those votes. The player with the highest amount gives the coins to the player who offered the most votes and takes those vote for his own and so on until there are no votes or no money paid (any votes that are not bought are simply lost). Then the offices are auctioned with players blind bidding votes to gain new office cards worth money at the start of the new round and abilities. This is followed by another blind bidding round to gain influence with the crown using whichever “currency” was selected at the beginning of the round. Then players vote with thumbs up or down and a number of votes for the law that the Sejim is trying to pass this turn. Finally players have to pay for their armies. Play continues in this fashion for eight rounds and then players scores are worked out based on the points they gain during play, bonuses for offices held and friend cards they may have.
There are things I really liked and things that really missed for me in this game. I really enjoyed the way that the worker placement mechanism in this game functioned, and the way that you could sell your votes was a fun twist too. For me though the fact that you only gain income for one of your offices and never gained more than actions as the game went on, as well as the limited nature of the decks (caused by their only being four cards types in each of the policy decks) made it feel like the game had the same pace from start to finish and I confess that I enjoy more of a story arch to my gaming than this experience offered me. Equally though if you enjoy your heavier euro game and like perfect information abstract game I can see how this would be an asset. The military in this game also bugged me as it felt almost separate to the rest of what you were doing making me wonder if it was part of the initial design for this game. I have been assured it was and that is the way the history for this time period played out, but to me it just doesn’t feel like it fits in play. The player pawns in this were a constant bug bear when playing it, but if you loved the rest of the game they would be easy enough to replace.
A word of warning to anyone thinking of buying this game, the rules are very hard to penetrate. It makes reference to the different types of policy cards without ever telling you which cards are which colour. The set up has real depth in places, whilst not telling you what to do with remaining cards in the case of the offices cards. This combined with the fact that the game does try to do some different things with its mechanics makes it a real headache to learn from the rules. Armed with BGG and the FAQ’s I was able to learn it, but this is most certainly a game best learnt from someone who already knows how to play. This could be a translation issue and perhaps in other languages it is much clearer, but it is a very real buyer-beware for me.
There are some truly great and entertaining blends of mechanisms in this game which I did enjoy. Ultimately, it lost me due to the lack of change in the way it plays from turn to turn, and the horror that was learning to play it from the rules. That said if someone really loved it I would play it again for their sake, it’s just not there for me, but I am glad to have played it.
If you have enjoyed this board game review, please consider donating a small amount of money to help support this website.
Remember you can follow us on Twitter and Google+!
Thank you for your support!
|
Basic Income: Helicopter money
Thursday, 26 May 2016 20:04 Eric Walberg, Эрик Вальберг/ Уолберг إيريك ولبر
About 10% of Canadians live in poverty. That figure is even higher in major cities, such as Toronto where the number of children living below the line is nearly 25%. In India, 22% of the people live in poverty. A "guaranteed annual income" (GAI) could wipe out this poverty at a stroke.
GAI (also BIG -- basic income guarantee) has been quietly mooted by both left and right since the 1960s. Economist Milton Friedman called it (approvingly) "helicopter money". What could be easier to administer, to end the most obvious source of social injustice, and which is welcomed even by most Canadians?
Leading politicians around the world have endorsed the idea. In India, several projects and modest universal Cash Transfers (CTs) have been implemented. All Green Parties from Europe to North America, the Scottish National Party, the French Socialists, all endorse it. Switzerland will hold a referendum in June. Finland will launch a trial in 2017, and is committed to implementation, as are several Dutch cities. Brazil implemented a Citizens Basic Income for all of its citizens in 2004, with positive results in terms of health and economic stimulation (and ensuring the reelection of President Lula da Silva).
Rising star of the European left, economist Yanis Varoufakis, founder of Democracy in Europe Movement 2025: In the 50s and 60s the dream of shared prosperity was that which gave hope. The basic income approach is capable of doing this as long as you can explain to them where the money will come from, that it will not be simply debt, that we are going to generate a lot more income and a chunk of it is going to fund this.
US presidential candidate futurist Zoltan Istvan, founder of the Transhumanist Party: Robots are going to take many if not nearly all jobs in the next 10 to 35 years. So we need a way to transition society to being able to happily live in an age where there are no jobs. UBI (universal basic income) is the perfect vehicle.
Why the sudden shift to support GAI?
While the logic of GAI is obvious to India's poor, the idea has become more urgent in the developed countries, as, due to continued technological advance combined with offshoring of manufacturing jobs, particularly to China, full time employment is giving way to part time, temporary jobs and even lifetime unemployment. 40% of Spanish are now part of the "precariat", term coined by London University Professor Guy Standing, in A Precariat Charter: From Denizens to Citizens (a conflation of 'precarious' and 'proletariat').
The policy gains a majority around the world, even in Canada, as revealed in an Environics poll commissioned for the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation in 2013.
Though social welfare reforms from the 1930s reduced inequality from the highs of the "Gilded Age" in the 1890s, the share of national income going to the richest 1% has doubled since 1980 from 10% to 20%, the level it was in the first Gilded Age. The share going to the richest 0.01% quadrupled from 1% to almost 5%, which is larger than it was in the 1880s. (It's almost as bad in Canada, also increasing sharply from the 1990s.)
Except for outright starvation, poverty is a relative concept: you feel poor when your neighbour has a new car and you are stuck with your old bicycle, or when he buys a goat and you are without milk. This was confirmed internationally by a recent OECD poll.
2008 was the turning point. That the people's president Obama's hands were tied by the banksters, who made him hand out trillions to them as "quantitative easing" (QE), even as they rewarded themselves with million-dollar bonuses, shocked Americans. (Canada handed out proportionately the same billions to ours.)
Even neoliberals and bankers themselves admit that more equality is a good thing for capitalism, according to the IMF, "an important ingredient in promoting and sustaining growth". More equality will "improve efficiency, understood as more sustainable long-run growth." More concretely: it is in the interests of these super-rich to throw more crumbs from their table if they want to keep power.
How to finance GAI?
Canadian expert Forget proposes a GAI of $18,000 a year for every Canadian. If people have no income from any other source, that's their total income, which will increase if they work, with a hefty tax, say 50%, till their 'real' income goes up to, say, $30,000 and their GAI effectively goes back to the source. Forget said the challenge is finding the right dollar figure that will raise people out of extreme poverty while maintaining a financial incentive to work.
Who would qualify for the guaranteed annual income? Unlike provincial welfare programs a GAI model would be available to both the working poor as well as people on assistance. "If you're working a minimum wage at $11 an hour or whatever it is in your province you would qualify," Forget said. It creates a work incentive to ensure that people who work are always better off than if they didn't work.
The current Liberal platform to help average Canadians targets mostly the middle class, with a tax increase on the top 1% (above $200,000) and some tax cuts for the middle class.
The bankers haven't raised much interest here but they are the elephant in the room. One which British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn recognized with his proposal of a "People's Quantitative Easing" in which the Bank of England would channel new money directly to citizens, not leave it up to the banks to do with as they please.
In other words: take the control of money away from the banks, and in doing so, alleviate poverty and create a multiplier effect on job creation. Not only 'jobs', but more generally--work, paid or unpaid. A volunteer's heaven. People who want to do good things, whether or not they produce profit, will no longer have navigate the shark-filled waters of government grants, juggle part time jobs, squeezing in time for their real passions.
Canada's National Welfare Council's report showed that it would cost Canada far less than what we pay now as a result of inequality. Poverty is costing us all--as much as $30 billion a year by one estimate--by slowing the economy, forcing up our tax bills, increasing health care costs and crime. On the other hand, the now closed National Council of Welfare put the overall cost of GAI in Canada at $12 billion in 2011.
Basic Income Part II - International experience - BIEN, Brazil, Namibia, US, Manitoba
|
U.S. Markets closed
Does The Ozner Water International Holding Limited (HKG:2014) Share Price Fall With The Market?
Simply Wall St
View our latest analysis for Ozner Water International Holding
What we can learn from 2014's beta value
Zooming in on Ozner Water International Holding, we see it has a five year beta of 0.85. This is below 1, so historically its share price has been rather independent from the market. This means that -- if history is a guide -- buying the stock would reduce the impact of overall market volatility in many portfolios (depending on the beta of the portfolio, of course). Share price volatility is well worth considering, but most long term investors consider the history of revenue and earnings growth to be more important. Take a look at how Ozner Water International Holding fares in that regard, below.
SEHK:2014 Income Statement, November 7th 2019
How does 2014's size impact its beta?
Ozner Water International Holding is a noticeably small company, with a market capitalisation of HK$2.7b. Most companies this size are not always actively traded. Companies with market capitalisations around this size often show poor correlation with the broader market because market volatility is overshadowed by company specific events, or other factors. It's worth checking to see how often shares are traded, because very small companies with very low beta values are often only thinly traded.
What this means for you:
The Ozner Water International Holding doesn't usually show much sensitivity to the broader market. This could be for a variety of reasons. Typically, smaller companies have a low beta if their share price tends to move a lot due to company specific developments. Alternatively, an strong dividend payer might move less than the market because investors are valuing it for its income stream. This article aims to educate investors about beta values, but it's well worth looking at important company-specific fundamentals such as Ozner Water International Holding’s financial health and performance track record. I highly recommend you dive deeper by considering the following:
1. Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for 2014’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for 2014’s outlook.
2. Past Track Record: Has 2014 been consistently performing well irrespective of the ups and downs in the market? Go into more detail in the past performance analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of 2014's historicals for more clarity.
3. Other Interesting Stocks: It's worth checking to see how 2014 measures up against other companies on valuation. You could start with this free list of prospective options.
|
Your malignity of our identity is quivering/ We witness the complexity regularly/ diminishing our involvement/ our citizenry/ United States is China’s queen/ the government left hanging ever so strangely/ Obama v Romney for the campaign of the century/ for the acme they were battling/ Obama’s win an uncertainty/ yet as Romney deemed unequivocally untrustworthy/ Changes proposed/ yet promises disposed/ got in office and became a global joke/ like the American people in its entirety/ believing everything so gullibly/ wake up and smell the coffee/ stop subscribing to their stupidity… /believing everything so gullibly/ the American people in its entirety
|
Saturday, 30 August 2014
Another UPS
The second set of batteries arrived, and I've put them into another 3000AV UPS. So now I have five of these large UPSes working. The biggest problem, is their weight. They must weigh around 50 kilos; I can barely raise one off the ground.
I'm putting a server together for running Wordpress on. The biggest challenge is going to be making it secure - PHP and wordpress have a long history of insecurity. I'm thnking a firewall will help.
Friday, 29 August 2014
Lunch at The Grove
Ladysolly and I had lunch today with daughter.1 and daughter.1.husband at The Grove, one of my favourite places. I had smoked salmon for starter (and chicken wings, and onions, and quiche) followed by sweet potato soup. Main course was duck (yum) and sweet potato chips, plus a yorkshire pud. Dessert - I had some Brie and black grapes, the Brie was great but the grapes were terrible. And then I was going to have cheesecake, my favourite, but by then it had all gone, so I had some cherry cake instead. Then they brought out another cheesecake, but on close inspection I discovered that it was the Wrong Sort of Cheesecake.
There's lots of kinds of cheesecake, but as far as I'm concerned, the divide is whether it is baked or not. Non-baked cheesecake is squidgy and slimy, and I really don't like it. Baked cheesecake (otherwise known a New York cheesecake), on the other hand, is Ambrosia.
So, on the way out, I explained my disappointment to the head waiter. Maybe next time we go there, the cheesecake will be baked.
A very nice day out.
New driving licence
The replacement arrived today. Good news! The three points that I had on it from a while back, are gone; they fade after a few years. But my recent bout of not obeying the variable speed limit on the M1 (I was doing 58, because what I read as 60 was actually 40) has cost me another three points.
Plantar fasciitis is back :-(
I've had plantar fasciitis before. What it feels like, is a pain in the heel when you put your weight on it. It's caused by overuse, weight or age.
I haven't overused my foot. I do nearly all my caching on the bike, so the feet aren't weight-bearing while I'm moving from cache to cache. I've lost weight (I'm down to 15 stone, 5 pounds on last weighing). But I have to admit, I'm older than I was yesterday.
I've had it before, in my right foot. I can move around the house, but going for a long (more than a mile) walk is definitely contra-indicated right now. But I know how to fix it. I have a method that's worked twice before, and here's the theory.
According to Wiki, "Individuals with plantar fasciitis often report their symptoms are most intense during their first steps after getting out of bed or after prolonged periods of sitting." and that's exactly what I get. Further internet research told me more about what's going on here. When you rest, healing starts. While you're asleep, things mend themselves. But while you're asleep, your foot is in the relaxed pointed-down position, so the healing happens in that way. When you stand on the foot, it's now at the 90-degree position, and all that fine healing-up is undone.
The answer is a night splint. Weight reduction is also a good idea, but I'm already trying to do that. There's other treatments including surgery (I don't fancy that) and Botulinum Toxin (no chance). I tried stretching exercises, but they didn't seem to help. But in the past, when I've had this problem, the night splint fixed it. And it's the sort of treatment that doesn't sound like it could be excessively unpleasant.
I have a night splint, it looks like this:
It holds my foot in the "standing up" position while I'm asleep. It's fairly easy to put on, the straps adjust with velcro. It holds my foot in the right-angle position overnight, and the only downside is that if I need to get up in the middle of the night to use the loo, it's a bit of a hobble to get there, or else I take it off and then have to put it on again, all while I'm half-asleep. So, no big downside, and in the past, it's fixed the problem.
Fingers crossed!
Thursday, 28 August 2014
Alconbury again
I like going to Alconbury. There's a great place to park, I can leave the car there all day. And what stiles they have, tend to be the very large kissing gates, no problem getting a bike through.
So I went to Alconbury again today. Before I went, I gave a puzzle to ladysolly to solve, she likes that kind of thing. But it did make it important that I find that one!
Heaving those heavy UPSes around yesterday has made my back hurt slightly. I wouldn't go so far as to say "strained back", but I was very glad I didn't have to lift the bike over any obstacles today.
And Freda the Freelander is going for service, she's developed a bit of a whine when I turn the wheel, and I *don't* want to suddenly lose steering at an inopportune moment. Also the handbrake could do with a bit of improvement. So today I took out Victor the Volvo, a big heavy car with a poor turning circle, but room in the back for the bike.
I did 52 caches; as well as Alconbury, I went south a bit to pick up a few extras, includinmg a couple of solved puzzles I've had for a while. That meant that I had to cycle back to Alconbury along the main roads. The A14 was hairy - huge articulated lorries were passing me a few feet away, and the benefit of the rush of air whooshing me along wasn't enough to compensate for the fear of ending up splatted.
But the A14 was not as bad as the A1, which I also had to go on. I was *very* glad when I could turn off it.
Bike.2 performed beautifully. I was in low gear almost the whole day; 12 mph is more than enough over rough ground - 8mph is more like it.
The cache of the day was "Troll lol lol lol", a cache that I tried before when this was the "Alconbury Amble" and failed. I failed again today, but I Phoned a Friend, and she gave me enough information for me to have another go and I found it!
52 caches done today, no DNFs.
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Down in the Data Shed, all those computers are consuming power. And, of course, I use UPSes on them, so that if there's a power glitch, I don't get a load of reboots.
One of my three big UPSes (made by APC) has had a red light for some time now, and I don't know what it means. Also, it's been beeping plaintively, but only occasionally. Another one is running at 50 degrees C, which is hotter than I think it should be. So today, I spent some time sorting out power problems.
I ordered eight 12 volt batteries, and I used those to replace the dead batteries in an old 3000 watt UPS that's just been sitting doing nothing for a while. I connected it all up, and there was a flash and a bang, and I knew that this wasn't good.
So I got another old 3000 watt UPS, and put the batteries in that, and ther was no flash, and there was no bang, and it was good, and I saw it was good. Good it was.
Then I had a bit of a think, and there's some computers that don't really need to be on all the time. I mean, if there's a power cut and they go down, nothing terrible happens. So I put them directly onto the main power.
And now I have four big UPSes, and I redistributed the load so that they're only passing two or three amps (they're rated for 13). The red light has gone, it's looking good.
Encouraged by this, I dismantled two more UPSes, made by BPC (I have six of these). I can see what sort of battery they need, 12 volts 12 ah, and I can get a set of four new batteries for £70. But then I thought some more, and I decided to get another set of eight batteries for the APC that didn't go bang.
I also have a small (650 va) UPS that's been sitting in a rack for ages. I took that apart, and that also uses a 12-12 battery. So I bought one of these (they use them for mobility scooters and the like) for £17, and I'll rescuscitate that UPS.
By golly, those lead-acid batteries are heavy!
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
I lost my driving licence
Fedora core 20 on an old motherboard
- googling Anaconda pane is dead
- Core 19
- more memory
- less memory
- basic graphics mode
- swearing
What does work:
Sunday, 24 August 2014
More memory
Ladysolly will be playing bridge in Cheltenham, next November. And that's where my colocation is, so I'll use that time to do some computer maintainance.
The way I work, is I have frontline computers, backup computers, and computers that are powered-off, ready to be brought into service when a frontline computer goes down. Right now, I have three dead computers, and three giving problems.
The dead ones are easy - I'll just build three more to replace them. I have everything I need for that except the hard drives, so I'll need six 4tb drives.
The dodgy ones are a bit harder.
One of them is dodgy because it has two drives each with 20,000-odd bad sectors. That's fairly straightforward, I'll just replace those drives with a 6tb and a 4tb
One of them keeps crashing, every few days. The usual reason for that is faulty memory, so I'll replace the memory (and one of the drives) and hope that fixes it.
And one of them crashes every week or so. Again, a memory transplant. That also has a drive with 3000 bad sectors, that will be replaced.
So, overall, not too much work. I'm holding off buying the drives as long as I can, because the tendency in drive prices is downwards. Right now, 4tb drives cost £104 and 6tb £190. I need eight of the 4tb and three of the 6tb.
For the memory, I'll need 4 1gb sticks, and I want to give the memory a long, long test before I install it. So I had a look at my usual memory sources, and there's a bit of a problem.
The motherboards I'm using are old, very old. I bought them several years ago, they work fine, I still have a dozen in stock, and I don't want to use something more modern until I absolutely have to. But they use DDR memory, and these days, it's all about DDR2, DDR3 and DDR4. So much so, that one of my suppliers (Aria) doesn't seem to do DDR. My other frequent supplier, Bluepoint, does, at a mere £10.20 per stick. But then they hit me for (probably) £10 for carriage, based on past experience. So I thought I'd have a look on Ebay.
Buying memory can be a nightmare, if you don't know your onions. There's ECC and non-ECC, there's PC2100, PC2700 and PC3200, and it turns out (I hadn't known this until today) that there's two kinds of density, low and high. High density comes with a huge compatibility problem; low seems OK. So I want non-ECC, PC3200, low density, and I can get that on Ebay, from China, for £6.50, including postage, per gigabyte.
I remember, 25 years ago, buying 64kb ram chips for £80. 1024 kb make a mb, and 1024 mb make a gb. And a 10 mb hard drive cost £1000. Those were the days!
So I've ordered 4gb of memory; based on experience, it'll arrive within 10 days. It might be rubbish, but I've bought 1gb memory sticks from a reputable UK supplier, with the brand "Rendition" that I'll never buy again. If when I test them, they fail while being tested, I'm out £26, and I'll order more from one of my UK suppliers.
Saturday, 23 August 2014
Hail August!
Yes. Hail in August. And a driving wind. While I was out on the bike. It was so bad, it was quite painful, so I lurked under a tree until it was over.
Today I took the bike to Moulton Chapel, near Spalding in Lincolnshire. It was at the extreme of my range for caching, 130 kilometers away, but how could I resist 40 caches, all on a network of small roads?
The bike performed well, but I got soaked. However, I need to do a couple of small repairs.
One of the bolts on my rear carrier came undone AGAIN! That leaves my rear carrier not fully supported, and with the weight of batteries I'm carrying, that's bad. I've replaced the bolt, and I'm trying a different way of locking it in place.
The PDA holder came apart when the bike fell over (I left it on it's prop stand, and the wind was just too much for it). So that needs fixing. And the LCD clocks that I ordered have arrived, so I've taped one of those to the handlebar.
An interesting thing that I discovered about the two-speed motor. If I'm doing 12 mph, then in low gear, it's pulling 250 watts, but in high gear, the same speed is pulling 500 wats. According to the wattmeter on the display, that is. I know that electric motors are more efficient if they run faster, so maybe that's the reason.
They grow gladioli here, they made a fine picture. Then the hail came down.
40 caches done today, and a few DNFs.
Thursday, 21 August 2014
I don't get punctures. Or at least, that's what I used to say. But I'm going to have to say "I rarely get punctures".
I got one yesterday. I didn't find out about it until today; it was a very slow puncture, which is good, because it didn't affect my day out. I looked at the inner tube; a thorn had got past all my defences and gone deep enough into the inner tube to cause a slow leak.
Yesterday, I went down some *very* rough tracks, overgrown with brambles and other spiky plants. I'm guessing that's how the puncture happened. I've replace the inner tube, pumped it up again, and it seems fine.
Replaced rather than patched ... these inner tubes cost about £1.50, and it's more cost-effective for me to replace rather than patch, because I'm not very good at patching, and previous attempts have usually failed.
I also got a puncture in my telecoms. I have a leased-line, with a 2 mbit capacity, because you can't get fibre where I am, and I need upstream as well as downstream capacity. I noticed it at about noon, just a few minutes after it started. I quickly narrowed the issue down to a telecoms problem, and phoned Daisy, my supplier.
The tech there suggested that I switch off my router, wait ten minutes, then switch it on again. I cannot imagine any problem that this would fix, but I did it anyway, and guess what? It didn't fix it. And then Daisy discovered that it's a line problem, and Vodafone are working hard on it because it's affecting lots of people.
So here I am, seven hours later, still without my main line, using one of my DSL lines as a temporary measure. I think that's more than my SLA (service level agreement) allows, so when this is all fixed, I'm going to ask for compensation. I expect they'll do something like a one month discount.
By coincidence, BT phoned me, to upsell something to me. I told the salesman that I might be interested in fiber broadband. I told him what I currently have; that 2 mbit leased line and three ADSLs (I use those for backup).
He suggested something interesting. I think my 2 mbit is actually over a 10 mbit line; that would allow me to upgrade from 2 to 10 without anything needing to be installed, they'd just flick a switch. So it boils dow to the cost of bandwidth, and that's a lot less than it used to be. I know this, because so many ISPs are now offering "Really Truly Honestly unlimited broadband", which is different from the old "unlimited broadband up to a limit that we're not going to tell you until you reach it". So if they can offer that on consumer-grade ADSLs, the bandwidth must be really cheap. And maybe they can do me a really good deal on my leased line. That would mean that I could dispense with two of my DSLs, saving me a bit. Even better, of course, would be if they could undercut Daisy's price for 2 mbit. But I told him that, because of the hassle of changing, it would have to be a *much* better deal, not a slightly better deal.
He tried the old salesman's trick of asking me for a target price, but I told him, go as low as you can, and then I'll decide. And what I'll probably do with his "as low as possible" quote, is haggle him down a bit.
And then decide.
Update: 19:45, I have connectivity!
Wednesday, 20 August 2014
To Brigstock
Today, I took bike.2 (with the dual-speed Xiongda motor) to Brigstock. I did two circuits, first "Another Brigstock and back" and "Brigstock to Stanion".
The bike performed perfectly. I was in low gear the whole time, except when I was on tarmac. In low gear, I can get up to 12 mph, which is plenty when going over a rough track. Then I tried low gear for starting off, and switching to high when at about 12 mph. I also tried the automatic gear change, which worked fine.
The thermometer was good; it told me that the motor temperature got up to 32 degrees, but because I'm stopping frequently for cache-hunting, it was able to cool down. And I don't think I'd be worried until it got to at least 50.
The front brake failed at one point (but not at a critical moment); it only took a few seconds to fix it, but I need to work out why it happened. I also need to tidy up the wiring.
And I've discovered that having the PDA on the left instead of on the right is good, because it means I can see the indicator that tells me which gear the bike is in.
48 caches done today, no DNFs, but I did quite a lot of replacements of missing caches.
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
Bike stuff
I bought ten reed switches on Ebay for 99p. They arrived yesterday, and I had a little play with one today. It's neat. It's a switch, which turns on when you put a magnet near it. I'm planning to use it to control the bike motor with the brake cable. The idea is that when I put the brake on, the cable moves, that moves a magnet stuck to it, and the magnet gets close to the reed switch, which closes. And that tells the bike controller to switch off current to the motor. So if I forget to cut the motor when I put the brakes on, this will do it for me. Not that I've ever done that.
I also tested a nice switch that I got (also Ebay, also about £1). It's actually three switches in one. It's sold as useful for horn/headlight/turn-switch, but that's not what I have in mind.
I have a three-way switch for the Infineon controller, that switches the amount of power between 30%, 60% and 100% (those percentages are programmable, and that's what I chose). 30% is really feeble, it's a "granny mode". 60% is what I usually use, and 100% is for when I'm going as fast as I can along a long straight length of tarmac, I hardly ever use it. I can use the turn-switch for that function, it has left-middle-right.
The Xiongda motor has two gears, and you access them by running the motor either forward or reverse. I can use the "headlight" switch to tell the controller to run in reverse. And the horn switch? I have a horn; not as loud as a car horn, but it makes a nice noise and I can use it to tell pheasants, cows or pedestrians that there's a bike comping towards them, so they don't get startled as I pass.
My tests with the motor so far, gives me 11 or 12 mph in low gear on the level, several mph more in high.
One problem I see; according to the documentation I've seen, the fastest you can go in reverse is 70% of full speed. That makes some sense because reverse is usually so that you can back the bike (for example, a heavy cargo trike). I'm not sure if that 70% limit really is true; experimentation will tell me. What I really want, is 100% in low gear, and 30/60/100 in high gear. When I run the xpd software (that's what you use to program the Infineon), that seems to allow up to 100% in reverse.
But first, I'm going to use the bike as it is, with just the options of low or high gear. Actually using it for caching is going to tell me what modifications I want.
Another jaunt to London
A nice day out.
New wine in old computers
I use wine. That's either "Windows Emulator" or "Wine is not an emulator", depending on how you feel. The idea is to make it possible to run Windows problems on a linux computer.
Why would I want to do that? Well, I need to run GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife); I use that to update my database of found and unfound caches, to create the files that I use to make the files for my PDA, and for all sorts of other things. I really need to be able to run GSAK, and I have an entire Windows computer just so that I can.
So I installed Wine on my Fedora version 19 linux computer, and then installed GSAK. To my great surprise, it worked. Maybe I'm a pessimist when it comes to comupter compatibility. Everything worked except for some features to do with accessing the web site, and even there it mostly worked. Hurrah! So I set up cron jobs and macros, so that my updates could be done automatically.
Then, a few days later, my linux box nagged me about updates. It's so easy to update all your software on Linux, I just run "yum update", and everything gets updated.
And then GSAK worked, but a lot less than it did before. For example, I couldn't tell it to output a GPX file, which is crucial. Grrr.
My guess was that this was because Wine had been updated. The wine was version 1.7.22, so I decided to change to 1.6.2, the previous version.
That turned out to be difficult. "yum downgrade wine" looked like the right command, but it dodn't work. I'd have to install the older version 1.6.2 without yum. First I had to remove the existing version of wine. I tried "yum remove wine" but it wouldn't do it. Eventually, by doing "yum remove wine*" I got rid of the new wine.
To install the older version of wine, I couldn't just do "yum install wine" because that would have put 1.7.22 back on. So I had to download the source code of 1.6.2, compile it and install that.
yum -y groupinstall 'Development Tools'
yum -y install libX11-devel freetype-devel
tar -xvjf wine-1.6.2.tar.bz2
cd wine-1.6.2/
That worked, although the compile took a very long time. Then I ran GSAK, and now it works as well as it did before.
Computers are such fun!
Sunday, 17 August 2014
To Bishop's Stortford with ladysolly
We went to Hatfield Forest country park, where there's a whole bunch of caches. We did 14 of them, and got a couple of DNFs. But the caches were mostly very good ones!
Saturday, 16 August 2014
Testing bike.2
Friday, 15 August 2014
Biking in Bedford
I went just north of Bedford, to finish off two series that I've partly done; the "Cartoon Cats" and "Two birthdays one bash". I had a great bike ride around the area, then down to Bedford for the MVT series, which was all on tarmac. So a good day out, and 58 caches done, including one in a very clever hide that I've not seen before, and it isn't often that I can say that!
I was on bike.3. A couple of problems developed. One minor, something broke the horn wire, I'll have armour it a bit. The other possibly more serious; the back wheel does a little bump, once per revolution. I'll have to look into the cause of that.
Deliveries from my Ebay purchases; another kickstand like the one I'm using on bike.3, which has proved to be a *lot* better than the one it came with, I think because it's adjustable. Two thermometers, that I can use to monitor motor temperature. And one roll of camo tape.
Also, I've had an idea. I have a handlebar switch that combines horn, power on/off and a three way switch intended for turn indicators, but I have no need to those. I'm thinking that I can use this, maybe, for the three speed control on the bike, which right now, has a separate switch. I'll have to test to see if my multiswitch turn indicator can give the same signals as the three-way.
Thursday, 14 August 2014
Finishing off bike.2
Today I finished off. Installed the LCD meter/control panel, installed the controller and a throttle and tidied up the wires. Some comments.
First of all, let me say it's very nice, it's really all I hoped.
It is quiet, except at high speed there's a sort of buzz, nothing that sounds bad.
I'm running it from 12s Lipo. At low speed, I get 12mph, and it climbs the very gentle hill I tested it on like it wasn't there. At high speed, with a very slight downhill, it can get to 20 mph. I'm happy with that; this is a 250 watt motor. Most of my biking is done at less than 10mph.
The autochange doesn't work very well; I'm not bothered, I wasn't planning to use it anyway. It has trouble deciding to change gear, I think.
When you change gear, there's a delay of maybe a second before you get power again. Since the motor is reversing it's direction of motion, that's not too surprising.
The LCD thing is a bit complicated to learn how to use, but I guess you'd get used to it. It tells you that it's going to give you motor temperature, but it doesn't - as far as I can tell, all it gives you is the outside temperature. I don't really understand that; there's six control wires going into the motor, surely one of those is the temperature sensor? Maybe I haven't understood the LCD thing. It does give you battery voltage, and speed, which are the main two things I want. The voltage is in volts, hurrah, not some arbitrary number of blobs on a blobmeter. You also get an odometer. I plan to add a clock, because I like knowing the time.
Something to watch out for; there's a "walk the bike" mode, which is nice (2.5 mph in low speed, 4mph in high) but if you invoke it while you've got the bike in your garage, you'd better be ready for the bike to start going forward! But as soon as you take your finger off the LCD's control, the bike stops, which is very good.
The wheel does freewheel forward, but there's more resistance than in an unmotored wheel. Not so much that you couldn't pedal the bike, though. There's a lot more resistance if you try to go backwards, but I doubt if that would matter much to most people. You can wheel the bike backwards, it's just not as easy as forward.
Rebuilding bike.2
Bike.2 has a motor I got from Ebay from a company called "Germanladen". The motor and bike work fine, but I wanted to use the new two-speed wheel, and of all the bikes I could work on, I decided that this was my least favourite.
The spokes arrived today. So I read the expert view on building a wheel. You can see how complicated it is. But my view is, if someone else can do a task, then I can too.
I installed the key spoke, using a spoke washer. Then the next, and the next, until I'd installed all 9 of the first run. Then I took them out again, because I decided that the spoke washer was causing a problem. And installed them again.
Then I did the second run of nine, then the third and the fourth.
To install a spoke, you have to thread it through the hub hole, then bring it to the correct rim hole, and screw in a nipple; that attaches the spoke to the hub, and you can tighten the nipple to get the necessary tension. I managed to get one of the nipples inside the rim. The first time I did this, I took all the spokes out to get the nipple out. The second time I did it, I had nearly all the spokes installed. So I left it there. As a result, I'll have a slight rattle in the wheel. It adds character.
Then I put the wheel on the bike, and discovered that, although the forks are wide enough to take the hub, the forks get narrower after a couple of inches, and that fouls the hub, which means the wheel won't turn, which is a bit of a disadvantage in a bike. Ladysolly called dinner at that point, so I had a think while I ate.
After dinner, I went out to the Volvo, and got the jack out. It's a screw jack, used for lifting the car when you want to change a wheel. So, as you can imagine, it can exert a lot of force when you turn the handle. I put the jack between the forks (which I measured at 10 cm separation), and turned the handle, spreading the forks. You can do this with steel forks, which I have, but *NOT* with aluminium. I spread the forks about an inch, which reduced to half an inch when I took the jack out. I tried the wheel, that wasn't enough. So I repeated the process, spreading the forks even more. When I'd finished, I had forks that were 1 cm wider than before, and they weren't fouling the hub.
Next, I had to true the wheel; that means, making sure it doesn't have a wobble. To my great surprise, it was already true! So I went round the wheel tightening up each spoke by one turn, which left them nice and tight, and the wheel was still true.
So now bike.2 has a new motor and wheel. It weighs 12 pounds, which is 6 1/2 pounds less than the Germanladen wheel, and that's worth having, because I'm lifting this bike several times each day.
Tomorrow, I'll install the controller, throttle and other electronics. And then see how well it works.
Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Signing for a delivery
A lot of the deliveries I get, I sign for. That assures the seller that the parcel arrived, and that I have the goods. So if some bad person were to try to claim that they hadn't received the goods when actually they had, and demanded a refund, they'd have proof of delivery.
But it doesn't work.
I bought a rear carrier for the bike, cost about £12. Not a high value item, not really worth stealing, because what would you do with it?
It was sent by the vendor, with Yodel as the carrier. I bought it at the end of July. On August 8, I checked Yodel's web site, they had the item, but it was still in transit. I checked it again two days later; now it was saying that the parcel had been delivered on August 1st. Strange.
I contacted the seller. They asked me to contact Yodel (really, it's them that should do this, because it's them that are paying Yodel, not me). But I did as they asked.
Yodel said that the parcel had been signed for, signature "Alan". And the whole point of this system is that there's proof of delivery.
No-one here would sign for a parcel using my name. And when I sign for a parcel, I don't use my first name. It wasn't me that signed for this, and it wasn't ladysolly, or anyone else here.
So how come there's a signature that says "Alan"?
This is where the system breaks down. The parcel is addressed to me by name, so if someone wanted to pretend to be me, my name is right there in front of them, written on the parcel.
So, for example, someone could be waiting by my front gate, intercept the parcel, sign it "Alan", and waltz off with the proceeds of their crime. Which I could understand if it were a packet of diamonds, or a wodge of cash. But it's a rear bike rack, only useful to you if you have a bike without a rack, and often not even then.
OK, the miscreant wouldn't know ahead of time that he was stealing something pretty useless. But I'd guess that most such parcels are pretty valueless. A pair of size 11 boots, three XL t-shirts, a second hand pannier - that's the sort of thing I buy.
So what happened here? Yodel are investigating, and the driver came round here today, and we had a discussion. He has no idea what happened, and why would he remember the details of what happened during a delivery that happened two weeks ago, one of hundreds?
It's a mystery. The Mystery of the Missing Carrier.
Weight report 84
15 stone, 4 pounds. Hurrah!
St Mary Bourne
I went South today, because I wanted to attend the "Cunning Cachers" event, one I've been to a few times before, and it's always well attended.
First, I went caching, and did a bunch of the "World cup" series. I did 32 caches, including visiting this church to get the info for a multi.
I'm guessing that the building is also used as a synagogue. Good idea, economical and ecumenical.
So after circling the large curchyard a couple of times, I got most of the data, guessed two of the numbers, and worked out a location ... a couple of kilometers away! So I decided to do it later, when I'd be a bit nearer the place.
I also saw this near a stile.
And indeed this is true - the stiles were simple gates, so easy to get a bike through!
Then I got back to the car, at about 14:30, for lunch and a rest. But then, batteries changed, I went out and did another 30 caches. And it rained a bit, so I got a bit wet - not a problem in summer.
Then on to the Cunning Cachers event, where I met a lot of people I've never met before. And I suggested to Keith that he organise a Kilo. What's a Kilo? Well, if a Mega is an event with 500 or more people, a Kilo must be an event with half a person or more.
Tomorrow, it's bike maintenance. The horn button on the bike fell apart, and I do actually use that horn occasionally, to let a walker know that I'm coming up behind them. What I *don't* want, is for me to pass the walker, the walker to suddenly notice me, and jump to one side ... the side I'm passing on. That wouldn't do much damage, I'm always going very slowly as I pass people. But if it causes me to fall off the bike, I'd be unhappy. It's best if they know I'm there.
Also, the gears need adjusting, and the rear brake. And if the spokes arrive, I can build the wheel using the two-speed motor!
64 caches done today, no DNFs.
Monday, 11 August 2014
Technical support scam part 7
I'm astounded. And I think it was the same people. Because she also called herself "Flora".
Sadly, I was too busy today to play with them. So I told them "My phone is downstairs, my computer is upstairs."
Did that stop them? It did not. Flora got me to write down a long list of things that I was supposed to do, and she was willing to hang on while I went upstairs to do them. Or, she said, she could call me back in ten minutes.
But, as I said, I was too busy to play with them. So as soon as she'd finished talking, I said "OK, I'll go and do that now" and hung up.
She hasn't called back.
Stuff arrives ...
Saturday, 9 August 2014
Today, ladysolly and I went out to Dunstable. Ladysolly made the sandwiches, and I did the driving. We did 26 caches, and had one DNF, no rain and we're both cream crackered.
The grease for my new motor arrived today, and a "while you were out" card from the post office; I wonder what that is? I'll find out on Monday.
Thursday, 7 August 2014
On the bike
Today, I went up to Hatley, near Bigglewade. The first circuit was 44 caches, the second was another 20. There were no stiles! Not a single lift was required, which is nice. I found 67 caches, and one DNF
I saw a couple of trig points. Trig points are what we used to use before GPS was discovered. As you can see, they were pretty heavy to hump around. Leaning casually on it you can see bike.3.
I came into a field and I saw these - they're dwarf humpless camels. Very cute.
And here's an important lesson in security. If your security chain isn't long enough, use a bit of wire to make it longer.
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
A day in
The weather forecast for today was for rain all day long, so I decided not to go out. Mistake! The weather was fine all day long. Bah.
I did manage a bit of an outing - I cycled to the doctor's to pick up some eye drops. THat's several kilometers and back.
I also managed to find the time to have a look at the new dual-speed motor, and with help from an expert on a pedelec forum, I took it apart (I want to put in better grease). It's a very interesting idea; if you rotate the motor coils one way, the axle turns, if you rotate it backwards, the axle turns the same way, but more slowly! Very clever; it means that by running the motor in reverse, you have a lower gear, just what you need for getting up a steep hill.
One of my battery chargers packed up completely; I've only had it for a couple of weeks. I did an RMA with Hobbyking, and they're going to replace it. I find Hobbyking's customer service very good, this isn't the first time they've done a replacement on faulty goods.
So today's outing will take place tomorrow.
Someone is trying to use one of my DNS servers for nefarious purposes; using it as a reflector/amplifier against a third party to do a DDOS attack. So I've tightened it up; now it won't do DNS service for anyone except me, It was trying to resolve names like and It's still trying, but my DNS server isn't answering.
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
Annoyance number 437
It isn't very high on my list of annoyances, but I was reading an article by somoene who doesn't know the difference between loath and loathe.
They look similar. They sound similar. But the meaning is as different as disinterested is from uninterested.
Loathe is a verb, a bit stronger than hate. I loathe boiled carrots.
Loath is an adjective, meaning "unwilling". I am loath to go out in the rain.
Loth is an alternative spelling of loath.
So now you know why, at that point in the article, I was loath to read on.
You can see the same thing with:
bath and bathe
breath and breathe
cloth and clothe
Bought on Ebay
Monday, 4 August 2014
First, I did "Little Addington and back", a ring of 32 caches (and I did an extra one). While I was doing this, I met a group of three lady cachers at a cache, and then I caught up with another pair of cachers.
At one cache, I was just writing in the log, when a muggle drove up. "What are you doing?" he asked. "I'm cycling down this bridleway," I replied. My usual policy is to answer this sort of question with an answer that adds nothing to what the questioner can already see for himself. It's surprising (to me) how often this finished the conversation. In this case, the young lad sat in his 4x4, obviously wondering how to continue this conversation, so I said "Nice dog," referring to his dog. And he said "yes" and zoomed off.
A couple of caches later, I was talking to the cachers that I'd caught up with on the trail, and the young lad joined us, looking a bit like he wanted to say something, but couldn't think what. So I asked him what he was up to, and he gave me a detailed answer.
Then I did "Thorpe Waterville and back" plus a few extras nearby for another couple of dozen caches. That took me up to 5:30, so I set off home, but I stopped off for a couple of caches that are just off the A1; one of them I had a go at several months ago without success, but this time I found it.
A good day out; there was a light shower, but not enough to get wet. 62 caches found.
Sunday, 3 August 2014
Monitor maintenance
The monitor for my multiple-terminal server stopped working, so as a stopgap, I swapped in an old CRT display. Very old! You can't actually buy CRT displays any more. But this one, an Iiyama Vision Master 17, seems to be able to display 1600 by 1200, although the text font is rather small. Very small. I have a few of these left over from when CRT was the only kind of monitor.
Today, I tested the old monitor, and it wouldn't power on. And there's no obvious way to open it up to see if a fuse has gone, or something simple like that. So, new monitor.
I had a look on Bluepoint, my go-to site for bits and bobs, and I could get a 1920 by 1080 21.5 inch monitor for £75. But I really want 1920 by 1200 or better. So I had a look on Ebay. And I bought a second hand 1920 by 1200 24 inch monitor for £61. It says it's scratched, but the scratch is small, and I don't think it'll bother me.
I'm also bidding on another 24 inch, 1920 by 1200 monitor, no scratches, but I didn't put a high limit on the bid, so I doubt if I'll get it. I bid the amount such that, I'll be happy if I get it, and I won't be unhappy if I don't.
Tomorrow I'm planning to go caching near Kettering. I like Kettering.
To the zoo
Yesterday, ladysolly and I went to London, and with daughter.1 and grandson.1, we all went to the zoo in Regent's Park.
It's quite a long time since I've been to the zoo, especially this one. When the girls were young, we'd take the to Whipsnade (which is also part of the ZSL). It's changed a lot since I was last here.
The biggest change is that there's fewer species, and larger habitats, which must be good for the animals. And no elephants, which is sad for us, but probably better for the elephants. Another change was in the number of foreigners. But I suppose in a place like London Zoo, in August, you've got to expect a lot of tourists.
The blue ball in with the camel isn't an accident from a visitor; the camels had two of these balls, and I suppose they play football with them?
The penguins weregood, and grandson.1 also visited the petting zoo, where he fondled a goat.
Friday, 1 August 2014
ADSL maintenance
I have three ADSL lines, used mostly for doing backups. Yesterday, one of them died, so I called TalkTalk on 0800 298 6725 -2 -2 and spoke to Ryan. He did some tests, agreed that the line was faulty, gave me a fault report nuber, and I left it with him.
Today, 20 hours later, the fault was still there, so I called TalkTalk again and spoke to Tommy. Tommy told me that nothing had been done in the last 20 hours. "Nothing?" I asked. So I explained to him that, as I was paying business rates for this line, I expected rather better service than "cross your fingers and hope that it fixes itself."
Tommy was suitably apologetic, but even better, he seemed to know a bit about supporting ADSL. First he suggested that maybe my router was the problem, and he'd send me a new one. I doubt that this is the problem, but I'm willing to try it. Then he told me that this would most likely fix the problem of not being able to sync.
"Sync" means that the router contacts the exchange and is able to handshake, authenticate and log on. And a little light comes on at the router to tell you that this has happened. I also have remote diagnostics for this router. So I knew that I was, in fact, getting sync. So I told Tommy this.
Ryan had written on the fault report that it wasn't syncing, even though I told him that it was. And Tommy just accepted this. So then Tommy looked at his remote diagnostics, and saw that it was, indeed, syncing. And that completely changed things.
On that line, it was set up for 6db of signal-to-noise ratio, which is the default. But on a noisy line, that's assuming too much, and so Tommy set it to 9db. That immediately fixed the problem! He told me that I'd get about 1 mbit less bandwidth (which would reduce me to 6mbit, and I guess I have to live with that).
Then I told him that I have two other lines. He looked at one that has been giving me problems, and that was also on 6db; he set that to 9db. The third one, which hasn't been giving me problems, was already on 9db.
So I learned something new about ADSL today.
Bike maintenance
After spending the day on bike.3, it needed a bit of maintenance. That's part of the fun of a bike.
While I was doing a cache, I spotted a piece of aluminium tubing, just discarded rubbish. And I thought, "If I flattened that, and drilled a couple of holes, and attached it to my rear carrier, it would keep the pannier away from the back wheel". So I grabbed the tubing, and installed it on the bike, and I think it's going to work just fine. So maybe I didn't need the dogleg carrier that I bought.
I also fixed the speedometer, although I still don't know why it wasn't working.
I usually run the bike with a wattmeter on the battery, so I can see how many amp-hours I've used. But the answer tends to be fairly boring - I'm getting about 90% of rated capacity, pretty consistently (although yesterday, one battery gave me a tidge over 100%, so don't tell me "it's impossible to give more than 100%"). And yesterday, I noticed that the wattmeter was a bit warm, maybe even a bit hot. That means that it's consuming power, which is power that isn't going to the motor. So I'm going to run without it; I have an assembly that's just a switch (with charging resistor) and fuse, and I'll use that.
The purpose of the switch is this. If I just plug the battery straight into the controller, there's a big blue spark as the controller's capacitors charge up. That spark is definitely bad for the contacts, and maybe not too good for the capacitors. I can avoid the spark, by putting a power resistor between the battery and the controller, so that the capacitors charge up slowly and there's no spark, but then, of course, the rsistor stops the controller from getting full power from the battery. So the switch is there to short-circuit the resistor. I have the switch off, plug in the battery, plug in the battery monitors, and by the time I swith the switch on, the capacitors have charged. Occasionally, I forget to plug in with the switch off, and I get that big spark, so I know it's a good idea to use this arrangement.
The LCD voltmeter is perfect. I can see it in full sunshine, and in the shade, and I'll be able to read it at night. I've found that I don't really need an ammeter on the handlebars.
The inner tube on the back wheel moves. Well, it's meant to move, of course, but I mean it moves relative to the rim, which means that the valve starts to stick out at an angle instead of at 90 degrees, and if that gets bad enough, it can shear off the valve (that happened to me once). I deflated the tube and moved it back to where it's supposed to be, at 90 degres, but it keeps working its way round, and I'm not sure why.
And I got a phone call from DHL, they want me to pay £14 before they'll send me a delivery. That must be my two-speed motor from China!
|
Blog post
Deploy React web application to shared hosting
Posted: Jun 22, 2019
Create React App is an officially supported way to create single-page React applications. It offers a modern build setup with no configuration
Quick Start
npx create-react-app my-app
cd my-app
npm start
(npx comes with npm 5.2+ and higher)
By default, Create React App produces a build assuming your app is hosted at the server root.To override this, specify the homepage in your package.json, for example:
"homepage": ""
npm run build or yarn build
Builds the app for production to the build folder. It correctly bundles React in production mode and optimizes the build for the best performance. The build is minified and the filenames include the hashes. Your app is ready to be deployed.
If you use routers that use the HTML5 pushState history API under the hood (for example, React Router with browserHistory), many static file servers will fail. For example, if you used React Router with a route for /news/42, the development server will respond to localhost:3000/news/42 properly, but an Express serving a production build as above will not.
This is because when there is a fresh page load for a /news/42, the server looks for the file build/news/42 and does not find it. The server needs to be configured to respond to a request to /news/42 by serving index.html
Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.html [QSA,L]
That is all...
|
How can regular reflexology help me to stay healthy as I age?
As we age our bodies change, our reflexes can slow down, our muscles can tighten and we are not as flexible as we used to be. We have more aches and pains and sometimes less feeling in our hands and feet. When this happens, we may quit exercising and doing the things we use to enjoy because they cause pain or are just getting harder to do. When we stop, quality of life decreases and we age faster. This can lead to depression as well as a whole host of physical ailments. By stimulating the nerve endings on the hands and feet, you are positively affecting the whole body.
Regular reflexologies (1-2 times a month) can really help you improve your quality of life and your health. Reflexology does 4 very important things for the whole body.
#1 Improves Nerve Function – As we age we may notice that we have different sensations over our whole body and sometimes we have less feeling in our hands/feet or over other areas of the body. By regularly receiving reflexology nerve function can be improved. This can improve your reaction time, as well as your ability to grasp objects with your hand. It can also help your feet with balance and walking and even help with pain. If you have overly sensitive nerve function, reflexology can, in some people, help to desensitize those body parts which will allow you to have less pain and move more easily. Staying as mobile and active as possible will definitely help you age better. We can be more physically fit, weigh less and have a happier more productive life.
#2 Improves Circulation - Reflexology can help improve circulation. Good circulation is vital to a healthy life. By having good blood flow throughout the body, your heart, lungs and muscles will function better and more efficiently, giving you more energy. Good circulation of white blood cells in our bodies will keep our immune system functioning properly, which helps fight off illness and disease.
#3 Removes Toxins – Reflexology helps remove toxins from your body. By releasing toxins that have built up, you help the body work better and feel better. This also helps improve the functioning of the lymphatic system, which is directly linked to the immune system. It’s always important to drink plenty of water after a reflexology to flush the newly released toxins out of your body.
#4 Relaxing – Reflexology relaxes the body and mind. The body functions and heals better in a relaxed state. Reflexology promotes mental health and can help anyone get better sleep.
All this put together is why reflexology can help anyone improve their health and live a better life.
~Kris Anderegg, Reflexologist
Let's Connect
Phone: 563-207-8932
3375 Lake Ridge Drive
Dubuque, IA. 52003
|
Global BMI
senior scaleHere is a fun factoid: The global adult human population has a combined weight of 287,000,000 tons!
I have spent an inordinate amount of time in my life trying to decide how my body measures up. Finally, I have a tool that gives me a straight answer. It is called the global fat scale.
One measure of healthy weight is a the BMI – body mass index. Based on weight and height, BMI is considered an indicator of healthy body weight. The researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine gathered data from 177 countries. The BBC then took that data and used it to create an online calculator that shows you how you measure up against the rest of the world.
The researchers undertook this study because they were concerned about global weight gain. At the end of the study they concluded that global weight gain is a bigger threat to humanity than population growth. The threats are twofold: the implications for health care as people age and the environmental impact of producing so much food.
The way it works is simple. Put in your age, gender, height, weight and nationality. Push the button. The calculator figures out your stats.
I immediately accessed it and am feeling very good about myself, thank you very much! Here is how I measured up:
Obesity Index 21 BMI
National You have a lower BMI than 92% of females your age in your country
Global You have a lower BMI than 77% of females your age in the world
World Weight Impact If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 31,173,398 tonnes from the total weight of the world’s population
Most like someone from: Papua New Guinea
Run your own numbers through the global fat scale calculator here.
About Genene Cote
This entry was posted in global warming, weigh loss, Whole Food Plant-Based nutrition and tagged , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.
Leave a Reply
|
eBay: absolutely horrible... Not an American call cen...
A eBay customer review by GetHuman user ~arkain04 from November 26th, 2017
Background on ~arkain04's case
GetHuman: ~arkain04 - can you tell our other eBay customers when your case took place?
~arkain04: Sure. It was evening, on November 17th.
GetHuman: Did you reach out to eBay, and if so, how?
~arkain04: I used the 866-540-3229 number I found for on the GetHuman eBay customer phone number page I was on: eBay Customer Service Phone Number
GetHuman: And which of these common eBay customer issues best describes the reason you wanted to talk to them?
(Shows ~arkain04 a list of common eBay problems)
~arkain04: "Overcharge/Strange charge" was why I was trying to call.
~arkain04's review of eBay customer service
GetHuman: So how would you sum up your experience for GetHuman's eBay customer community? We'll censor any IDs, numbers, or codes and any inappropriate words here out of respect to the millions of other customers using this resource.
~arkain04: absolutely horrible... Not an American call center. Not cooperative, waited over ** minutes for a supervisor. It was like they were hoping I would hang up. After this conversation I will never use ebay again!!!!
GetHuman: Let's quantify your experience contacting eBay. On a scale of 1 to 5, how easy is it go get help on a eBay problem?
~arkain04: I'd give them a three out of five for ease of finding your way to help.
~arkain04: I'd give them a five out of five on communication.
GetHuman: And what about eBay's ability to quickly and effectively address your problem?
~arkain04: For that I would say five out of five.
GetHuman: And finally- any advice for other eBay customers?
~arkain04: Call them early in the day or late. Don't forget any personal or account information you might need for eBay to know who you are.
GetHuman: Well there you have it. Some useful feedback and words from ~arkain04 taken from his eBay customer service problem that occurred on November 17th, 2017.
3.30 of 5 stars | 877 reviews
~arkain04's eBay Review
Difficulty of finding help
3 out of 5 stars
Quality of communication
5 out of 5 stars
Timeliness and professionalism
5 out of 5 stars
Overall customer service rating
4 out of 5 stars
GetHuman collects and distributes reviews, how-to-guides, tips, hacks and secret contact information for companies like eBay, sourced by customers like you, to help us all get customer service better, faster and easier. GetHuman is not affiliated with eBay in any way.
Was this page helpful? If so, please share!
|
Thursday, March 25, 2010
A new author for you: William Landay
I want to introduce you to a thriller writer recommended to me, as a nice guy and a talented writer, by my agent. And I have to agree with her assessment. I linked to his blog last week and today present an interview with William Landay, author of MISSION FLATS and THE STRANGLER.
In his own words, here he is:
1. Did you always want to be a writer growing up?
Growing up, I didn't imagine anyone could really "be a writer," meaning that you could do it as a full-time job. I was always a writer, though, in the sense that I wrote a lot. I've just always felt it was a natural way to express myself and I've always been a fluent writer, no matter how clumsy and inarticulate I was (and still am) in other ways. I always expected to go into the shoe business, though, which was what my dad did for work.
I wound up as a lawyer, like you an assistant D.A., in the Boston area for most of the 1990's. When I hit my thirtieth birthday, I decided that, if I was ever going to try writing, I ought to do it while I was young and single, with no kids or mortgage to hold me back. Mind you, the goal was not to become a full-time writer; just to write and maybe even publish one novel. One decent novel that I could be proud of.
Unfortunately, I'm a stubborn bastard and I just couldn't give up on that goal, even as I struggled for year to produce a few fragments of awful novels. When I finally did finish a presentable book, I still had not decided to "become a writer." I hoped to, I suppose, but I was not sure I could pay the bills just by writing. So my plan (if you can call it that) was just to submit my one manuscript to publishers and see what happened.
By that time I was married and expecting my first child, my son Ted. While my wife and I were in the obstetrician's office one day, anxious to listen to my baby's heartbeat on one of those amplifiers that attach to pregnant women's bellies, I got a call from my agent that the book had sold and I had been offered a two-book contract. So that was how I "decided" to keep writing: I signed a contract that obliged me two produce a second book.
That's probably how it goes for a lot of artists, I imagine. You go from project to project, hoping to complete each one and sell it. It's only in hindsight, when you string all these projects together, that it looks like a career. Really, it's just a series of haphazard, one-off projects. I'm not sure artists can have a proper career.
2. What is your writing schedule?
I write all day, 9 to 5. Which is to say, I sit there all day, or mope around all day pretending to write, or drink coffee and stare off into space all day pretending to write. But I show up for work every day like a banker and I try to get into that zone of complete focus where real writing happens. That "flow" state only lasts a few hours in any given day, but I never when those hours will be, in the morning or afternoon or what. Someone (can't remember who) once said, "I never know when inspiration will come, but when it does come, it usually finds me at my desk." If you're not working, trying, then you have no chance. Working hard is no guarantee that you'll write anything worth a damn --- but not showing up is a guarantee that you won't.
For the rest, I try to get out of the house, where I have an office. There are just too many distractions at home. I go to libraries and coffee shops. My favorite spot is the main reading room of the Boston Public Library, which is a gorgeous, soaring space. But anyplace will do --- it's best not to be too finicky about the precise conditions under which you can write.
With one qualification: no internet access. I usually don't bring my laptop with me. I just waste too much time on the web. So, when there's serious writing to be done, I usually do it on a gadget called an AlphaSmart Neo, which is just a glorified keyboard with a little LCD screen. There's not a damn thing you can do with it except type. Even dedicated procrastinators --- of whom I am the heavyweight champion --- can get down to work on the AlphaSmart. There is simply nothing to distract you. I highly recommend it.
3. You indicate a preference for anonymity - how do you square that with the marketing authors have to do these days? Do you enjoy the sales and marketing aspect of being a writer?
I can't square the two. Unfortunately. I'd rather remain anonymous. Just write my books in peace, send them out into the world like orphans, and never run around doing readings and all that to support them. Obviously that sort of privileged, private writing life is not realistic anymore, unless you are Thomas Pynchon. (Even Cormac McCarthy went on "Oprah" to support "The Road.")
I did not do much publicity for my first two books. The advice I got from my publisher was that my time was better spent writing (which I did not do very productively, actually). That was before the collapse of publishing last fall and the rise of social media.
Now, it's a new landscape and you have to do all you can do, for the simple reason that your competitors are going to do it and you can't concede any advantage. That's why I launched my blog, a Facebook fan page, and Twitter feed. I don't know how many books these things will actually sell, but I do them anyway, on blind faith. Anyway, you can't leave it up to your publisher to publicize your books for you. They won't, they don't know how, and they don't have the resources to. So it's up to you.
I intend to get out there in person, too, and do a lot more touring and speaking for my next book in summer 2011. Again, that is a very expensive and inefficient way to sell books, since you can only read to a couple dozen people at a time. But publishing is in such dire straits that you have to do everything you possibly can to make your numbers.
I never consciously look for story ideas, but they do tend to come out of my reading in newspapers and magazines and so forth. Nothing ever "just comes to me." At least it doesn't feel that way to me. I am actually not all that creative. I am more of a craftsman. A builder and problem solver, not a visionary artist. A bricklayer.
5. Have you ever thought about writing in a different genre?
I don't really think about writing in a genre at all. I write about crime because it interests me and I find it an incredibly rich source of dramatic material --- of stories. I don't actually read crime novels, either, though I read plenty of novels that happen to be about crime.
6. Who are your favorite authors?
Too many to name. I love F. Scott Fitzgerald. I am on a Charles Dickens kick at the moment. Ian McEwan is brilliant, though I haven't loved all his books. Philip Roth. I am reading Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" right now and it's incredibly good.
7. If you could offer just one piece of advice to aspiring novelists, what would it be?
Oh, I wouldn't dare offer advice. Everybody has to just write and write and find their own way, I think. Just keep writing, ignore everyone who doubts you and everyone who pretends to have the secret to writing. The secret to writing is that there is no secret. "There are no Mozarts in writing." The only way to improve is to keep writing. Wish there were an easier way, but there isn't. Sorry. (Hey, if it was easy, everyone would do it.)
8. Do you outline your novels?
Yes. You have to if you're writing mystery/suspense because the plots are so complex and the pieces have to fit precisely. But I don't outline the whole thing. I try to outline the first act (100 pages or so) in detail, then write it. Then outline the second act, then write that, and so on. I find it is impossible to outline any more than that because the story morphs as you write it, so your outline of act 2 will be moot by the time you finish writing act 1. I always know roughly where I'm headed, though, whether I've actually outlined it or not.
9. How much energy do you put into the language aspect of your novels?
Every ounce of energy I have. I don't understand writers who say "the language does not matter, only the story." To me, the joy of the language is one of the great pleasures of reading, and writing. I know a lot of readers feel differently, but I can't read a book that is badly or even blandly written, no matter how good the story. Books that endure, I think, are always beautifully written, even if the beauty of the writing is in a stripped, plain style.
10. Do you recommend any specific "how-to" writing books for mystery/thriller writers?
No, I've never found one that was much help. I have nothing against how-to books. Whatever works. If they help you, why not? The only danger is that if you rely on the formulas in books, your own books will be formulaic. Worse, every aspiring writer is reading those same recipe books, so it will be hard to differentiate yourself from the herd. So read them, if you like, take from them whatever helps you. But then go do your own thing. Break as many rules as you like. You're a writer, not a baker.
One thing that has helped me a lot, actually, is books on screenwriting. Screenplays are so stripped down to plot, and Hollywood is so mercenary about defining story ingredients, that screenwriting guides are generally very explicit and precise about traditional plot formulas. They have helped me think about plotting. (After that, you're on your own, alas.)
11. Is there any part of being a professional, full-time writer that you don't like?
Of course! Every unpublished writer gets the raised eyebrow! Because when you think about it, every shiftless fool is an "unpublished writer." How can people be expected to tell the difference?
My wife always supported me, though, even when there was not much reason to. When we started dating, I was living in my mother's basement at age 30-something, calling myself an "unpublished writer" --- every girl's dream. And when we got married I was still unpublished. My wedding turned into a roast. So everybody goes through that.
As for what kept me motivated, I'm not sure. I think I'm just too stubborn to quit. Is that the same as "motivation"? Close enough, I guess.
Thanks, Mark. Regards to everyone in Texas and beyond.
1 comment:
|
Spaghetti Squash Prep
What do you do with a spaghetti squash?
Start by cutting it in half, scraping out the seeds with a fork and placing, cut side down in a glass pan with water. Bake at 425 for about 40 minutes, until skin is easily pierced with a fork.
Remove from oven and then use a fork to scrape out the strands:
Then, the sky is the Paleo Limit! Use where you used to use regular pasta: with a Paleo marinara, under a good curry or simply tossed with fresh basil, garlic and olive oil.
So versatile, it will go with nearly any type of regional cuisine!
|
Red Disco Ball
1. Ask your favorite merchant / etsy seller / trainer / coach for a holiday discount. Everyone’s offering steep discounts, so why shouldn’t they? I asked for a Black Friday discount from my fitness trainer and secured a sweet deal to keep me toned and energized into 2015.
2. Ask yourself where you want to be (both metaphorically and physically) a year from now and 30 years from now. The point is to dig deep into your core values, so that you can align your big asks with what is most important to you. What would you have to achieve to say that you lived a life of no regrets? What would you need to ask for to achieve it?
3. Write / rewrite your job description. Update your resume. Quantify your contributions and take stock of how your client / employer benefitted from your work in the past year. By the way, does your title and salary still fit your current role? If not, it might be a good time to start researching into a new title and salary that best suit your value contributions. Or a new job.
4. Ask for goodwill in the form of donations to your favorite charity / referrals / LinkedIn recommendations. ‘Tis the season to be jolly, gregarious, and generous. So take advantage of it, for the betterment of what you love and your future potential. Have a favorite charity or crowdfunding project you’d love to see funded? Looking to improve your LinkedIn profile or grow your business? Ask and ye shall receive.
5. Happy December!
photo by the talented Melissa Maples
|
View Header
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release September 5, 1995
Monterey, California
12:02 P.M. PDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. It's a gorgeous day. It's a wonderful reception. I thank you. I can't imagine anybody in America who's having a better time on Labor Day than I am right now. And I thank you. (Applause.)
Senator Boxer and Lieutenant Governor Davis, Congressman Mineta, Secretary West, Chancellor Munitz, President Peter Smith --my longtime friend from the time he was the Lieutenant Governor of Vermont and I was the Governor of Arkansas; we worked on education together. You've got a good person here. You're very lucky to have him. (Applause.)
To my good friend, Congressman Sam Farr, who has worked like a demon for this project, and talks to me about it incessantly. (Applause.) You think I came out here because of Leon, but the truth is I showed up today because I couldn't bear to watch Sam Farr cry if I hadn't come. (Laughter and applause.)
And let me say to Beatrice, I'm glad your daddy is here. If you were my daughter, I'd have been very proud of you here today. You were great. You were terrific. (Applause.) Thank you. (Applause.) Stand up there. (Applause.) Give him a hand. (Applause.) Give him a hand. (Applause.) Thank you, sir. (Applause.) Thank you. (Applause.)
I want to thank all the others who made this possible, the other distinguished platform guests. And to Melrose Basco (phonetic) -- thank you for singing the National Anthem. You were terrific. (Applause.) I thank the Watsonville (phonetic) Community Band, and the Bethel Missionary Church Choir, the Western Stage of Hartinel College (phonetic.) El Tiatro Composino (phonetic) -- everyone who kept you occupied and entertained in the beginning. I thank the members of the General Assembly who worked hard to make this possible.
You know, I was listening to Leon talk about the time he introduced me in Rome. That's really true. He translated my remarks in Rome. We were in the town square there -- thousands and thousands of those handsome, robust Romans were around --(laughter) -- Leon and I standing before the cheering crowd. They were chattering away in Italian. The attractive, young mayor of Rome was to my left. I leaned over and I said, "What are they saying, Mayor?" He said, "Do you really want to know?" (Laughter.) I said, "Yes." He said, "They're saying, who's that guy up there with Leon Panetta?" (Laughter and applause.) This fall I'm going to take him to Ireland and give him a dose of his own medicine. (Laughter.)
We were in there a few moments ago, and I was meeting some of the folks that helped to make this project possible. And one lady went through the line and shook my hand, and she said, "Mr. President, follow your heart -- and do what Leon tells you to." (Laughter.) I want to say if she had told me to do what Sylvia tells me to, I'd come nearer to doing it. (Laughter.)
One of the reasons that I felt so strongly -- the first time I had a talk with Leon Panetta and I asked him to become head of the Office of Management and Budget, which, in many ways, in a time when we're downsizing the government and when we have to cut so much and still try to save enough money to invest in things like education, it was really important for me to have someone who not only understood the value of a dollar and how the budget worked, but someone I thought had good, basic American values and knew what it would take to build the community of America for the 21st century. That's why I asked Leon Panetta to do that job. (Applause.)
And I have to tell you, when you pick somebody you don't know for a position, you don't know real well, it's very difficult to know whether you're making the right decision. You always kind of look for clues, you know. And I'm now old enough and been in enough jobs that I've hired thousands of people to do different things. And I have to tell you, one of the things that made the biggest impression on me, probably because of my own experience, was the partnership that Leon and Sylvia had working for this congressional district over so many years. That's the kind of thing we need more of in our country today, and it made a big impression. And I thank you. (Applause.)
I've got a lot to say today, and you may not remember much of it. If you don't remember anything else, remember this: This country will be the greatest country in the world in the 21st century, just as it has been in the 20th century, if, but only if, we take all the challenges that are before us and approach them in the same way that you approached the challenge that you face when Fort Ord closed and you made this the 21st campus for the 21st century in California. (Applause.)
We are at a period of historic change -- the way we work; the way we live; the way we relate to each other; the way we relate to others beyond our borders; the way we think about our lives; the way we think about the relationship of the economy to the environment; the way we think about the relationship of managers to workers; the way we think about our respective obligations to raise our children well and to succeed in the workplace at the same time. These things are undergoing a profound change, greater than anything we have seen in our country since the beginning of the 20th century when we moved from being primarily an agricultural and rural country into being an industrial and more urban country.
We are out of the Cold War. We have moved into a global economy. We are transforming our economy, even manufacturing and agriculture, into a more information-based, technology-based economy. Things are changing rapidly. And what we know and what we can learn more than ever before will determine what we can earn, and in some cases, whether we can earn.
This is a period of very, very profound change. And when you face these kind of challenges, it matters not only what particular decisions you make, but how you do it. And what has always made America great is when the chips were down and when we have a lot of challenges, we overlook our differences, we embrace what we have in common, we work together and we work for tomorrow. That is what I have been trying to say to the American people since the day I announced for President in October '91. This is a new and different time. We've got to work together and we've got to work for tomorrow. (Applause.)
You know, I just had the profound honor of representing all of you as the President to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. It was moving to me in many ways. But I would ask you to remember what happened to this country. If you look back in history now, you think, well, we couldn't have lost. But in the war in the Pacific, we lost all our early battles, and we had to come back. In the war in Europe before we got in, Great Britain hardly won a battle for two years and they had to come back. When we began, there were 17 countries in the world with bigger armies than the United States had. And we had to put it all together. It looked so inevitable in the light of history, but it wasn't. It happened because free people beat dictators. People who chose to live together beat empires. People who willfully found common ground and bridged their differences joined hands and moved forward. That's how we did that. And don't you ever forget it. And that's what we have to do now if we want this country to be what we expect it to be in the 21st century. (Applause.)
It's amazing how long it took us after the war to learn the lessons of the war in the peace. We honored our veterans. We gave them the G.I. Bill. They had a chance to go to college. They had a chance to buy a home because we recognized our obligations to each other and to the future. We built the greatest economy the world had ever know in the aftermath of the second world war. We rebuilt our former enemies -- Germany and Japan. We rebuilt our allies in Europe who were devastated. We expanded the benefits of global commerce to Latin America, to Asia and to other places. We did a good job in that because we worked together and we worked for tomorrow. We won the Cold War because we were strong and resolute and because, eventually, people's hunger for freedom brought down the Iron Curtain because we worked together and we worked for tomorrow.
Now, if you look at what we have to do today in this period of profound change -- I will say again, a period of change as great as we have faced in 100 years -- we have to change the whole way our national government works. It has to be smaller, it has to be less bureaucratic. It has to be more oriented toward results and releasing the energies of people and establishing these kinds of partnerships, and less oriented just telling people exactly what they have to do. (Applause.)
We have got to balance the federal budget. You know, I say this to all the people who like government programs that can promote education, as I do. This country never had a permanent deficit in all of our history until 1981. We had deficits when we needed them. When the economy was slow, we'd spend a little more money and juice it up. Then when the economy got good, we'd balance the budget and clear our debts and go on.
Or we'd borrow money when we wanted to invest in something, just the way you borrow money if you start a business or build a home or buy an automobile. But we didn't borrow money just to go out to dinner at night. We weren't borrowing money all the time until 1981. And after having been a country now for 217 -- 19 years now, almost 219 years, we quadrupled our debt in only 12 years.
That's bad for you and me. Our budget would be balanced today if it weren't for the interest run up in the 12 years before I became president. (Applause.) And -- that we have to pay on that debt. It would be balanced today. And next year -- unless we have real luck with the interest rates -- next year interest on the debt will exceed the defense budget.
Now, that's not good. That's not a good thing. Nobody in this audience -- I don't care if you're a Democrat or a Republican or an independent or whatever your politics are -- you don't want that little baby that was held up to me in the audience a few moments ago to grow up into a world where everybody pays taxes just to pay interest on the debt. Nobody's got any money to invest in this kind of project a generation from now. So we have to do that.
We have to reassert the values that made this country great, that helped us in the war and afterward. We have to have policies and practices that strengthen our families and our communities and that reward personal responsibility. And above all, we have got to equip our people to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Our parents built America and passed it on to my generation. And we dare not let this time pass without making sure that we have given the next generation a chance to live the American Dream. (Applause.)
I will say again: There is nothing we have to do at the national level as a people that we cannot do if we follow the directions that you have laid out here -- common sense, common ground, higher ground. Think about what we've got in common. Think about possibilities, not problems. Believe in the future.
Colonel Hendrickson, who was once Fort Ord's commander and is now the Vice President of Administration for this fine institution, says -- and I quote -- "On the same ground where we once taught 18-year-old soldiers to fight and survive in a war environment, we are now teaching 18-year-old students to compete and flourish in the global economy." That's what you have done together, and that's what America must do together. (Applause.)
I am proud of the contribution that your national government could make. I think we owed it to you, with the economic development grants, the environmental clean-up, the help for the displaced workers, the young AmeriCorps volunteers who were working to help people here. I am proud of all that. (Applause.) But that $240 million was an investment in your future and you earned it. You contributed to our victory in the Cold War. Your nation could not leave you out in the cold. It was the right thing to do. But you made it possible by all the things that you did here.
So I ask everybody who is cynical about America's future to just look around. You want to know what to do. You want to know how we ought to do our business in Washington, how should we decide how to balance the budget. Look around. We ought to behave the way you did. You couldn't run a family, a business, a university, a church, a civic organization, you couldn't run anything in this country the way people try to run politics in Washington -- (laughter and applause) -- where talking is more important than doing; the night's sound bite on the evening news, if you want to be on it, you know you have to have conflict, not cooperation. If you have cooperation, people will go to sleep, and you won't get on the news. (Applause.) You have to exaggerate every difference and make it 10 times bigger than it is. And you have to be willing to sacrifice every good in the moment for the next election. No one could run anything that way.
So we have an obligation now to do what you do, to do what you did here. The large buildings to my left and right were battery headquarters for artillery units. One is the library, the other is a multimedia center. I don't know whether a Republican or a Democrat turned them into that. I just know it's good for the country because you're going to be better educated. That's the way we ought to run the country. (Applause.)
The old airfield will become an airport for business planes. And when people land and give their numbers, they won't have to talk about politics, they'll just be permitted to land and do their business. Not only that, the golf courses are going to be operated for the public. (Applause.)
This is happening throughout California, you know. And Alameda County, where I'm going later, machinists who once welded Bradley fighting vehicles together are now going to be building electric cars for the 21st century. (Applause.)
Up in Sacramento, Packard Bell has already hired almost 5,000 people, including 500 jobs they brought back from overseas to assemble personal computers at a former Army depot. We can do this, folks. (Applause.) It's not complicated, it's just hard. (Applause.) It's hard. It requires a lot of effort, but it's not complicated.
All across America on this Labor Day, our people are beginning to convert from the Cold War economy to the new economy of the 21st century. And we are trying to do what we can to help. We brought the deficit down from $290 billion a year when I took office to $160 billion this year. Interest rates are down. (Applause.) Trade and exports are up. (Applause.) Investment in education and technology and research are all up. We've got 7 million new jobs, 2.5 million new homeowners, 1.5 million new small businesses -- a record in this time period. (Applause.)
California lagged behind because California rose so much on the economy of the Cold War. So when the Cold War was over, you got hurt worse than other states. Then you had to deal with earthquakes and fires and, you know, God just wanted to test you and see how strong you were. (Applause.) Leon's a Catholic -- he tells me it's a character-builder. (Laughter.) He's advising me on this every day.
But California is coming back. The unemployment rate is down, but much more importantly, people here are building for the long run. That's what this is. This is a decision. This thing we celebrate today is a decision that you made for yourselves, your children and your grandchildren. It's a decision you made for the 21st century. It's a decision you made by working together to prepare for tomorrow. It's not very complicated. That's what your country needs to do. And that's what I'm determined that we will do. (Applause.)
Now, I want to emphasize one of our greatest challenges on this Labor Day when we reward work. One of our greatest challenges is that the global economy works so differently from the economy we've lived in, that everybody's work is no longer being rewarded.
If you had told me -- I thought I understood this economy. I was a governor for a dozen years. I worked on base closings and defense conversion, everything like that, with committees like the one that made this possible. I thought I really understood this economy. But if you had told me on the day I became President that in 30 months we'd have over seven million jobs, the stock market would be at 4,700, corporate profits would be at a record high, we'd have 2.5 million new homeowners, we'd have the largest number of new small businesses recorded in any two-year period since the end of World War II, but the median wage would go down one percent, I wouldn't have believed it. And most of you wouldn't either.
But technology is changing so fast -- so many jobs are in competition in the global economy, and money can move across national borders like that. And nothing any person in public life can do will stop that -- that the working people of this country that are bringing our economy back have not gotten their fair share of our prosperity. And that is our biggest challenge on this Labor Day. (Applause.)
What is the answer? The answer, first of all, is not to close our borders, it's to continue to expand trade because trade-related jobs pay about 20 percent more than jobs that have nothing to do with the global economy. We can't turn away from that. (Applause.) But we have to for fair as well as free trade. And that's why I'm so proud of the agreement we negotiated with the Japanese over automobiles and auto parts. We want more trade, but on terms that are fair to all Americans.
The other thing we have to do is to do more of what you're doing. We must see that all of our young people finish high school and that everybody -- everybody -- has access to education after high school. We've got to open the doors of college education to all Americans. (Applause.)
Our administration has worked hard to make more affordable college loans available to all the young people in this country. Millions of people now can borrow money to go to college at lower cost on better repayment terms. We have worked hard to try to increase our investment in education from Head Start through college.
I have two proposals now before the Congress in our balanced budget plan that I pray will pass. One would give American middle class people a tax deduction for the cost of all education after high school -- (applause) -- without regard to the age of the people who get it. (Applause.) The other would collapse about 70 different government training programs into a big pot of money. And whenever anybody is unemployed or underemployed or on welfare, they could get a voucher worth $2,600 a year to take to the nearest community education institution like this one. (Applause.) Don't go through a program -- go to your local institution. (Applause.) That's something we could do to provide a G.I. Bill in our time for America's working people. (Applause.) Those two things would lift the incomes of the American people.
I also think we ought to raise the minimum wage. (Applause.) Let me tell you, if we don't raise the minimum wage this year, on January the 1st of next year, our minimum wage in terms of what the money will buy will be at a 40-year low. I want a high-wage, high-growth, high-opportunity, not a hard-work, low-wage 21st century. And I think you do, too. (Applause.) And that's what we ought to do. (Applause.)
Now, I believe that the reason wages are stagnant for so many people is that we haven't done enough to educate our people. We haven't done enough to try to raise the incomes of our people. The government can't do all that, however. The people in the private sector have a responsibility, too. The best American companies are out there today sharing their profits with their workers and making sure that they're well-treated. And all American companies on this Labor Day should be challenged to follow the example of the best American companies. The people of this country are our most important resource. (Applause.)
In the next year or so, all of you are going to have to decide what you think the answer to this wage problem is. There are people who will tell you that the answer to the -- the real reason middle class wages are stagnant is that welfare people are taking all your tax money away, or that we have too many immigrants, or that affirmative action is destroying opportunities for the middle class.
Well, let me tell you, in each of those areas, we have problems. But that's not the real reason for the middle class economic anxieties. We ought to move more people from welfare to work because they'd be better off and their kids would be better off and our country would be stronger. But the welfare rolls are going down as the job rolls go up. It's only five percent of our budget. I want desperately to have more welfare reform. I've done more in the last two years than was done in the previous 12 years to have more welfare reform. I have done more in the last two years than was done in the previous 12 years to move people from welfare to work. And I will continue to do that. But if we want to raise wages of middle-class people, we have to have good jobs, good educations, and a competitive economic policy.
If you look at the immigration issue, there are problems. We have too many illegal immigrants in the country. We've done what we could to close the borders and to send people back. But you know what? This is a nation of immigrants. Most of us do not have ancestors who were born here. (Applause.)
So I've tried to deal with this issue in a responsible way. Former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, a great American, headed a commission for us and said, here's how you can relieve the problems of immigration in America and still make us a nation of immigrants.
When I was in Hawaii -- let me just tell you one story. When I was in Hawaii for the 50th anniversary of World War II, the commission asked me if I would spend the afternoon playing golf with six veterans of World War II. And I did, and we just sort of lolled around. We didn't even finish the round. We had the best time in the world talking.
Let me tell you, one of those men was a Japanese American who came to this country on his own as a boy because he dreamed of coming to America. When the war broke out, they put him in an internment camp. He still volunteered to serve his country. By the grace of God, the war ended about three days before he would have been on an island fighting against two of his own brothers who were in uniform for Japan. When the bomb was dropped in Japan, it injured his house, and his mother and his youngest brother subsequently died of radiation poisoning.
There's not another country in the world that could tell that story. Why? Because people from all over the world wanted to be part of what is America. And we should never forget that. We'll have times when we can have higher immigration quotas and times when we should have smaller ones because of the economy and how much it takes to absorb people. But we should never, ever, ever permit ourselves to get into a position where we forget that almost everybody here came from somewhere else, and that America is a set of ideas and values and convictions that make us strong. (Applause.)
I feel the same way about this affirmative action issue. I have lived with this for 20 years now. And let me tell you, there are problems with the affirmative action programs of the federal government. I've already abolished one that I thought was excessive. And I was glad to do it. And we're reforming a lot of them. But let me tell you that we are a better, stronger country because we have made a conscious effort to give people without regard to their race or gender an opportunity to live up to their God-given capacities. (Applause.) We are a better, stronger country. (Applause.)
I'm against quotas. I'm against reverse discrimination. I'm against giving anybody unqualified anything they're not qualified for. But I am for making a conscious effort to bring the American people together.
If you doubt it, look at our military. We have the best military in the world. Nobody doubts it. (Applause.) It's the most successfully integrated institution in the United States of America and nobody unqualified gets anything. But there was a conscious effort made to do that. Last year, a quarter of a million new roles were open to American women in military services and they're doing every one of them very well. And that's just one example. (Applause.)
So I say to you, let's look at this -- let's fix the problems in America, but let's do it with common sense. Let's look for common ground. Let's do it the way you built this great institution. Let's do it in a way that will grow our economy.
So when we come back to Washington, we've got some tough decisions to make. I've got a plan to balance the budget. The Congress has two different plans in the House and Senate. We have to cut government spending. I'm all for that. But we ought not to cut education. We ought to increase our investment in education as we balance the budget. (Applause.)
We ought to cut taxes, but we shouldn't cut taxes so much and give such tax cuts to people who don't need them that we have to cut Medicare and Medicaid and hurt our obligations to the elderly people in this country -- (applause) -- who depend upon them for health care. (Applause.)
We ought to cut the size of government and we ought to cut regulation. Let me tell you, we have already reduced the size of your federal government by 150,000 people. It will be reduced by 270,000 people if not another law is passed by what's already been done. We have reduced thousands of regulations. We ought to do more of that. But we should not cripple the ability of the American people through their government to assure safe food, clean air, clean water and a decent environment. Because we all have a stake in that. (Applause.)
I want all of you to follow this very closely. When I go back to Washington and the Congress takes up its business, this will be no ordinary time. For the first time, both parties are committed to balancing the federal budget. The question is, how will we do it and what will the priorities be. And that will determine what kind of country we're going to be.
I believe we've got to work together and work for tomorrow. I do not want any more of the politics of partisan polarization. I believe the American people are pretty much like all of you sitting around here today. You are celebrating an incredible achievement that you know is a good, right, decent thing. And you are here as Americans.
Now, there will be plenty of things for us to disagree on, but at this moment our national security in the 21st century depends upon our agreeing to invest in our people, and to grow our economy, and to pull our country together as we balance this budget. So the decisions made in the next 60 to 90 days will determine what kind of country we're going to be into the 21st century. And I ask every one of you, without regard to your party or your philosophy, to implore your representatives to reach for that common higher ground, to work together and to work for tomorrow.
Just think about it. By Christmas, if we do our job right, we could have passed a balanced budget, provided for that tax deduction for education expenses, overhauled welfare, expanded educational opportunities, strengthened instead of undermined health care security and put our people on the road to raising their incomes as they work harder.
We can do that. But we've got to do what you did here. We have got to work together and we've got to work for tomorrow. Wish us well. Insist on it and help us get it done.
Thank you and God bless you all. (Applause.)
END 12:36 P.M. PDT
|
Lizards Found in Caves
By Lee Parker
Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
Animals that live primarily in caves are known as troglobites. While there are no known true troglobite lizards, the misconception can occur due to the colloquial names of several species of troglobite salamanders: cave lizards and ghost lizards. Most troglobites such as cave salamanders have evolved with an absence of underused senses, such as eyesight, which would be useless in a subterranean setting.
Cave Salamander History
The first true scientific study of a troglobite was that of a cave salamander. This particular cave salamander was Proteus anguinus, initially identified as "dragon's larva" in 1689. About 80 years later, in 1768, Proteus anguinus was scientifically identified and studied by Joseph Nicolaus Lorenz, an Austrian naturalist. In 1822, the many different species of cave salamanders were brought to light when a professor of botany discovered and identified Eurycea lucifuga, the spotted-tail salamander.
Proteus Anguinus
Proteus anguinus, also known as an olm, was the first cave salamander to be discovered. A blind amphibian, the olm lives in the waters that flow underground southeastern Europe. The olm has many nicknames: dragon's larva, white salamander and human fish. Weighing only half an ounce, Proteus anguinus is perhaps most remarkable for its lifespan: the predicted maximum olm lifespan is over 100 years. No one factor can determine why Proteus anguinus lives so long; the olm metabolism is normal for salamanders.
Eurycea Lucifuga
Eurycea lucifuga, also known as a cave puppet and spotted-tail salamander, is a lungless amphibian with reddish-orange coloring and black spots. The spotted-tail salamander is large for its species; it can range up to nearly eight inches in length, although this is mostly tail, which accounts for more than half its size. Eurycea lucifuga was discovered in 1822 and can be found in moist, humid limestone caves throughout the southeastern United States. The spotted-tail salamander is a predator, feeding on snails, flies and fly larvae.
Eurycea Rathbuni
One of the rarest cave salamanders is the endangered Eurycea rathbuni, known also as the ghost lizard and Texas blind salamander. This troglobite resides only in the San Marcos pool of the Edwards Plateau in San Marcos, Texas. Eurycea rathbuni's bright red external gills absorb oxygen from the water, and it's assumed to feed primarily on snails and freshwater shrimp. Although Eurycea rathbuni is neither a reptile nor a lizard, the nickname "ghost lizard" refers to its lizard-like body type and pale, white skin color.
Photo Credits
• Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
|
BreathEZR™ C60Complete Oil is a unique, patent-pending combination of 99.99% Carbon C60 and Curcumin bonded to Black Seed Oil Natures best Antioxidants we all need a little extra boost on are immune systems to help fight off any of the new viruses and the air pollutants we deal with every day and allow our bodies to help heal themselves as they were designed to do.
Carbon 60, Curcumin and Black Seed Oil by themselves are superstars in the wellness industry. Bonded together, they provide effective benefits against free radicals and oxidative stress.
Why is BreathEZR™ Oil so effective?
Combined with the C60Complete Diffuser, the diffuser atomizes a micro-fine essential oil vapor of approximately 1-3 microns to cross the blood-brain barrier.
Organic Oils
Made with 100% certified organic Black Seed Oil and Curcumin
99.99% pure C60 with maximum concentration
Quality & Safety
Produced in an FDA compliant, GMP certified facility
3rd Party Tested
Certified for purity, quality, and concentration
Pet safe
|
Joint Public Issues Team Blog
Joint Public Issues Team Blog
Is there a Brexit we can all live with?
Posted: 15 Sep 2019 08:02 AM PDT
Our constitution should enable us to make controversial decisions that we don’t all agree on but are generally regarded as legitimate. For example, I passionately hate the Welfare Reform Act that brought in huge benefit cuts and the disastrous Universal Credit, but I accept that legislation’s legitimacy and that the Government had the right to implement it.
We have come to the point in the Brexit debate that, no matter what the outcome, a large number of people will believe they have been cheated and that the outcome is illegitimate. That is a profoundly dangerous situation to be in – especially when the decision in question has such enormous long-term and irrevocable implications.
The horror is that both sides of this debate will have a legitimate case to say they have been treated extraordinarily unfairly.
How did we get here?
A key problem is that we had a referendum vote, but we have never realistically resolved what the power of that vote should be. Perhaps more importantly, what power does that vote, and those who campaigned for it, have in deciding how to interpret a 16-word referendum question and convert it into the multitude of laws and treaties that are needed to create the largest UK constitutional change for a century?
There are two extreme answers to the question.
The first view is legally correct but does not reflect reality. The Referendum merely provided advice to Parliament, which takes decisions and is accountable to the electorate for its decisions. Individual MPs and Parliament as a whole can change its mind at any time fro any reason, even if that means completely ignoring the result of the referendum.
The second view asserts that the Referendum result was and remains “the will of the people”, which has a higher authority than Parliament (and perhaps even the law and the courts). Flowing from this is the idea that the Brexit Referendum result must be interpreted and implemented by people who campaigned for Brexit. Anything less would be to ignore the referendum an the 17.4 million who voted leave.
A sharpening divide
The divide has sharpened because, under the Theresa May’s administration, there was a nod to both positions (although people have strongly divided opinions as to which she gave most weight). However, under Boris Johnson the Government has come down firmly in favour of the second view. “The will of the people” is to implement the Referendum and only a Government led by a Brexit campaigner should interpret what it means.
The conflict between Parliament and the Government has involved shutting down Parliament against its will, changing the rules of the Parliament to remove the Government’s normal right to set the agenda and many other constitutionally dubious manoeuvres which would simply not be acceptable in normal times. Each manoeuvre is decried by the other side as an outrage and even a “coup”.
What now?
Our constitution is creaking, and the political process looks to be ridiculous and ineffectual. Each side draws their power from a real and legitimate democratic mandate. Each side believes its extraordinary measures are justified because their democratic mandate must be respected. The space to recognise that both mandates are important, and that result of the referendum requires interpretation by more than just the victors, is rapidly disappearing.
We find ourselves in the positon that, should we leave, delay or remain, a large block of the public will not only vigorously disagree, they may also feel that they have been cheated. They will also be able to demonstrate that cheating with some fairly compelling evidence. This is the very situation from which our slowly and painfully constructed constitution is supposed to protect us.
There are many questions that flow from this but perhaps the most pressing demand is “what now”? The current trajectory appears to be that politicians will double down and deploy more ingenuity (or constitutional outrages depending on your point of view) to attempt to impose their side’s will. It may work, but I can think of no better way of amplifying divisions and leaving our nation weakened and full of recrimination.
In praise of Justin Welby×300.jpg 228w” sizes=”(max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px” />
Justin Welby
I fear there is no good way out of this situation, but there may be better ways than our current default. The Archbishop of Canterbury has said he is willing to chair a “People’s Assembly” on Brexit in Coventry Cathedral. People’s Assemblies gather about one hundred ordinary people representative of the British public and seeks to find out what they think.
The Assembly does not hold a view on Brexit and it certainly does not picked a side. It seeks to understand and see if there are ways of drawing people together. Like all the best ideas, I wish it had come several years ago[1], but it is a genuine effort to find a way out that respects people who voted for both sides, and whose ideas and feelings do not easily fit into either of the polarised camps.
It is not a solution – but it could point the way towards one.
[1] A people’s assembly was held in 2017 overseen by Electoral Reform Society. It recommended what was then a soft Brexit remaining in the Customs Union and keeping close ties with the EU. It didn’t gain the political or public attention it deserved which was focussed on the ongoing political story which was increasingly polarising.
The post Is there a Brexit we can all live with? appeared first on Joint Public Issues Team.
|
Can I donate blood/organs?
I want to know darn it! I'm not getting anywhere online and as I am in the BC registry ( registered before I knew I had Crohns) I think this is a need to know thing. I haven't gotten a call back, and I am impatient. A anyone have any idea? I have been on Humira for 1 1/2 years, not flaring, no fistulas, no infections.
if its anything like Uk then no for blood, but maybe ok for parts. Its a bugger but paperwork wins unfortunately .. as long as youve tried your best
I tried to donate blood once, but they told me I couldn't because of my crohns disease! I don't see why not.. It's not contagious!
Sorry I don't know about humira but I'm guessing if you have crohns you won't be allowed to anyway
i got told in the UK that they wouldnt take anything from me because of my crohns :(
i was devastated as it was something i have wanted to do ever since i was small. Im not sure the reasons why but it sucks x
the registry called back and told me that all the processes of donation will take place and that the recipient will be the one to decide if the risk is allowable. Good to know.
blood services in british columbia said no. they don't know enough about how the autoimmune diseases will manifest later down the road so until that happens no donation.
They also have to look after your health as well. Im guessing due to our health they would rather you didnt than give blood, become ill and end up using more blood than you gave / end up in hospital.
I know that I should give blood due to skydiving either as it can take over 2 weeks to get your blood back to normal and being so high up there you are more likely to become hypoxic
Can you store you're own blood? You may not be able to donate to others but you could certainly use your own in case of injury. and it may reduce your insurance by having it on hand, especially if you partake in high risk activities such as skydiving. Good on you by the way, I am a coward, no letting go of a perfectly good aircraft for me : )
You might be able to donate platelets. That's not the same as them using the whole blood. I used to donate, before I got sick. I have a bunch of gallon pins. I could send you one. :D You're not missing anything, really. Free cookies and juice.
Humira... you can't donate blood until you are off of it for six months. It says this somewhere in the information packet that it comes with it. I don't know if that affects organs or not.
Guess I should read the fine print sometime. I will look into the humira angle and get info on platelets. thanks
Here in the U.S you can donate blood with Crohn's. You just have to watch out which meds they allow you to donate with. I'm on 6MP and Lialda mainly and I was told I could as long as the GI okayed it. I.m up to 3 pints! :D
|
Persecution in the Land of the Free – 2
An unbelievable account of a group of peace loving Christians!hutterite
Find below the conclusion of a story that surprised me so much, that I felt I had to post it for your reading pleasure.
Excerpted from “Hell, Healing, and Resistance”
Daniel Hallock
Jacob Wipf managed to send a telegram to their wives, and they traveled immediately to Leavenworth. They started out from their homes at night, leaving their small children behind them. But a railroad agent mistakenly gave them tickets to the wrong station, causing a delay of an entire day, so that when the women finally arrived at Leavenworth around 11:00 p.m., they found their husbands close to death and barely able to speak. By the following morning, Joseph Hofer was dead.
His wife Maria was told his body had already been placed in the coffin and could no longer be viewed, but she was persistent and pushed past the guards to the commanding officer, pleading for permission to see her husband once more. Her request was granted, but she was not prepared for what she found: through her tears, she suddenly realized that the lifeless body of her beloved husband had been dressed in military uniform. Joseph had been faithful to the last, and now he was mocked in death.
Michael Hofer died only days later; at the insistence of his father he was allowed to lie in his own clothes. Immediately following Michael’s death, David Hofer was brought back to his cell and chained to the bars, unable to wipe away the tears that streamed down his face for the whole day. The next morning, with the help of a willing guard, David relayed a message to the commanding officer, requesting that he might be placed in a cell closer to Jacob Wipf. The guard returned an hour later and told David to pack up his things for immediate release.
David was at first incredulous, but left a brief message for Jacob and prepared to go. It is not clear what prompted this unexpected and sudden release, but it is probable that rumors of his brothers’ deaths were beginning to leak out, and the prison was worried that they would become martyrs in the public eye. Soon after, on December 6, 1918, the Secretary of War issued an order prohibiting handcuffing, chaining, and the otherwise brutal punishment of military prisoners – a token political gesture to counteract the case’s growing negative publicity. In reality, Jacob’s battle continued.
When two Hutterites visited him at Leavenworth five days later, they found him in solitary confinement, his hands still chained to the iron bars for nine hours a day. He was still receiving a diet of bread and water and sleeping on a concrete floor, although he had been given several blankets. In a message sent home to his family, he wrote:
Sometimes I envy the three who have already been delivered from their pain. Then I think: why is the hand of the Lord so heavy upon me? I have always tried to be faithful and hardworking and hardly ever made any trouble for the brotherhood. Why must only I continue to suffer? But then there is joy, too, so that I could weep for joy when I think that the Lord considers me worthy to suffer a little for his sake. And I have to confess that, compared with our previous experiences, the life here is like in a palace.
Considering that the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, it is hard to believe that the chaining of military prisoners was only stopped on December 12. The prisoners were given planks on which to sleep, and conditions gradually improved as the War Department continued to receive petitions on the men’s behalf. Jacob Wipf remained behind bars for four more months and was finally released on April 13, 1919, after being hospitalized for a brief illness.
But the deaths of the two Hofer brothers could not be so easily forgotten, and by the end of the year, the great majority of Hutterite colonies had emigrated to Canada to escape further persecution – including vandalism by their neighbors because of their refusal to buy war bonds.
So ended one of the most shameful episodes in American military history.
Follow Considering the Bible on
5 thoughts on “Persecution in the Land of the Free – 2
Leave a Reply
You are commenting using your account. Log Out / Change )
Google photo
Twitter picture
Facebook photo
Connecting to %s
|
Skip to main content
Interana Docs
Query API reference
This applies tov2.25
Interana’s API gives you a way to extract summarized and aggregated data for use in downstream processes, data warehouses, dashboards, or reports. For some customers, Interana is one of several analytics processes they run and consolidation of these various analyses in a single report or dashboard is important. Other customers need aggregated data from Interana to feed into separate processes. With the advent of the API, users can now run queries outside of the Interana front end.
The Interana external API is a REST API that allows integration with Interana outside of the standard interface. The API is deployed automatically as part of an Interana cluster installation. The first version of the API provides basic functionality for single measurement and time series queries.
Single Measurement Queries
Single measurement queries are queries that return a single result set. An example of a single measurement query is a Table view query that extracts a site’s top users based on the count of user events. Only one table of results is returned for the given time range.
Time series queries are queries that return a result set for every data point in the query’s time range. In Interana Explorer, time series queries are rendered using the Time view.
The API currently supports one endpoint: query. The query endpoint allows the user to make queries against Interana. The URL path to the query endpoint is:
https://<cluster hostname>/api/v1/query
The query endpoint must be accessed with the GET http method.
Authentication and authorization
All requests to the API must be over SSL (https protocol).
The API uses a token based authentication model. Tokens can be created or revoked by Interana support, or you can generate your own API tokens. Tokens must be passed in the Authorization header of each request to the API in the following format:
Authorization: Token <token>
Every user account is authorized to make requests to the API, as long as they use a valid request token.
Requests to the query endpoint must be sent with the GET HTTP method. The required query parameter defines the query to be executed on Interana. It is a JSON object that is URL-encoded and passed as a parameter to the request.
Object format
The query object has the following format:
Name Type Required Description
dataset string yes The name of the dataset that you want to use.
start int yes The start time for the query. Represented as milliseconds since UNIX Epoch time.
end int yes The end time for the query. Represented as milliseconds since UNIX Epoch time.
timezone_offset int no Milliseconds offset from UTC, used for day alignment. This defaults to the configuration of your Interana instance, or Pacific daylight time if the instance is not configured (PDT = -7hr\*60m / hr\*60s / m\*1000ms / s = -25200000 ms).
queries array yes A list of objects containing details about the query. For most basic queries, this list will only contain one element (see queries).
group_by array no
An array of strings listing the columns to group by. Applies to all query objects.
The response will return the columns in the same order that you specify in the group_by.
max_groups int no The number of groups to return if group_by is specified. Defaults to 10.
order_by string no Specify the order in which results are returned. See order_by for more information.
sampled boolean no Whether to run a sampled query. The default is true.
compute_all_others boolean no When group_by is specified, whether to compute the "All others" group. Defaults to false.
"Type" refers to the JSON type of the property. See for more information.
Name Type Required Description
type string no The type of query to run. Select single_measurement (the default value) or time_series.
measure object yes An object defining an aggregation to measure (see measure).
filter string no Filters to apply to the query. This uses the Advanced filter syntax.
You can use the advanced filter syntax with the API to reference per-actor metrics in queries. The API does not support ratio metrics.
Name Type Required Description
aggregator string yes
The aggregation to measure.
One of: “count_star”, “unique_count”, “sum”, “avg”, “min”, “max”, “P1”, “P5”, “P10”, “P25”, “P50”, “P75”, “P90”, “P95”, “P99”
column string yes The column that you want to measure.
Name Type Required Description
type string No Specify what you want to order by. Select measure to order by the query measure, or select count_star to order by the count of events.
direction string No Specify the sort order, either asc (ascending) or desc (descending).
The API will return the http status code 200 for successful requests to the query endpoint, along with a JSON object containing the results of the query.
Object format
The query result object format is:
Name Type Description
columns array An array of column objects
rows array An array of row objects
Name Type Description
label array or string A description of the column
type string
The type of the data in the column. Specify "array", 'number'', or ''time_series''
See Data types for more information.
Name Type Description
values array The data corresponding to the defined columns. The order of elements in this array corresponds to the order of elements in the columns array. The length of this array will always equal the length of the columns array. The type of data will match the type defined in the corresponding column object (see Data types).
properties object A map of properties for the result. For time_series queries, this includes information about the time bucketing used to calculate the result. If no properties are applicable, this field will be omitted. See row properties, below.
row properties
Name Type Description
rate string Select ''day'', ''week'', or ''month''
resolution int The time between data points, in milliseconds
window int The length of the time window, in milliseconds. The window must be greater than or equal to the resolution setting.
Data types
The type property of column objects describes the type of data that will appear in each row. The following table describes the JSON format of the possible type values.
Name Type Description
number number
array array
time_series array An array of time_series objects
Name Type Description
timestamp int The timestamp of the data point in milliseconds since UNIX Epoch time
value number The value of the data point
properties array See time_series properties
time_series properties
Name Type Description
event_count int
The number of events used to compute the value. This is the number of events scanned in the time window (window).
For unsampled queries, this should equal the number of events that exist in that particular time window.
object_count int
The number of unique objects used to compute the value.
For unsampled queries, object_count will equal value. For example, if you run an unsampled Count Unique of user_id that scans 500 events in the time window (the event_count), and count 20 unique users, the object_count and value will be 20.
If you run a sampled Count Unique of user_id that scans 24 events in the time window (event_count), and counts 10 unique user_ids (object_count), the value returned is scaled accordingly (because of sampling) and returns 120 as the estimated unique user count for that time window.
Examples: single measurement and time series
Single measurement queries
In this single measurement example, the query is looking for the number of unique userids, grouped by artist, from April 25, 2016 to April 30, 2016.
The same query can be executed in the API with the following request and response calls. Note that start and end times are specified as milliseconds since epoch and timezone_offset is relative to GMT.
Request: single measurement
"dataset": "Music",
"start": 1461567600000,
"end": 1461999600000,
"timezone_offset": -25200000,
"queries": [ {
"type": "single_measurement",
"measure": {
"aggregator": "unique_count",
"column": "userId"
"filter": "(`artist` != \"*null*\")"
} ],
"sampled": true,
"group_by": ["artist"],
"max_groups": 5,
"compute_all_others": false
Response: single measurement
"rows": [
{"values": [ [ "3 Doors Down"], 31456] },
{"values": [ [ "Justin Bieber"], 31336] },
{"values": [ [ "OneRepublic"], 31772] },
{"values": [ [ "Taylor Swift"], 30136] },
{"values": [ [ "The White Stripes"], 27036] }
"columns": [
{"type": "array", "label": ["artist"] },
{"type": "number", "label": "measure_value"}
Time series queries
If the single measurement query example used above is issued as a time series query, each x-axis point in the query time range returns a count of each user’s events for that given time window. In other words, the query returns a separate result set for each point in the x-axis.
The time series query in the example below looks for the number of events between April 29, 2016 12:00 am and April 29, 2016 12:00 pm.
The same query can be executed using the API with the request call below. You can also view the corresponding response. Note that the response has been abbreviated given the large number of results.
In the request call, the query start and end times are specified in milliseconds since epoch, and timezone_offset, also specified in milliseconds, is relative to GMT. Finally, the sampled flag indicates whether to use sampling when running the query.
Request: time series
“dataset”: “Music”,
"start": 1461913200000,
"end": 1461956400000,
"timezone_offset": -25200000,
"queries": [ {
"type": "time_series",
"measure": {"aggregator": "count_star"},
} ],
"sampled": true,
Response: time series
"rows": [
{"values": [ [ "All"], [
{“timestamp”: 1461913200000, “properties”: {“object_count”: 25243, "event_count": 25243},
"value": 8414.333333333332},
{"timestamp": 1461934800000, "properties": {"object_count": 20977, "event_count": 20977},
"value": 6992.333333333333},
{"timestamp": 1461956400000, "properties": {"object_count": 27581, "event_count": 27581},
"value": 9193.666666666666}
] ],
"properties": {"window": 43200000, "resolution": 21600000, "rate": "minute"}
} ],
"columns": [
{"type": "array", "label": ["result"] },
{"type": "time_series", "label": "measure_value"}
Errors and retry
The API returns appropriate HTTP status codes for error cases and JSON objects containing error information.
Status Codes
The possible error status codes for the query endpoint are:
Code Error type
400 Malformed query parameter
401 Invalid authentication token
500 Unexpected server error
504 The request timed out before the query could complete. The server-side timeout is 180 seconds.
Object format
The JSON error object format is:
Name Type Description
error string The class of the error: “Invalid parameter”, “Invalid token”, “Server error”, or “Request timed out”
message string A description of the error
400 status
"error": "Invalid parameter",
"message": "End time must be after start time",
429 status
"error": "Request limit exceeded",
"message": "The request limit of 1000 queries has been reached. This token can be used for requests on 2016-03-18 00:00:00"
Some queries that time out in the API may be cached on the server. Retrying the API request can sometimes result in retrieving results successfully. We recommend limiting retry policies to a small number of retries to avoid excessive load on the server.
Request limits and throttling
By default, tokens are authorized to make 1 query per second and 1000 requests per day. Once that limit has been exceeded, requests using that token will be rejected with HTTP error 429 until the next day. Contact Interana customer support to request a limit increase.
This is version 1 of the External API, indicated by the string “v1” in the URL path. This API may be expanded in future releases.
For more information
|
Sunday, July 05, 2015
School year end performance : The Little Prince
The last Saturday of Jun, we went for Aelig's school year-end festival. I learnt that if it is a private catholic school, it is called "Kermesse", and if it is a public school, it is called "la fête de l'école", meaning the school festival. These year-end festivals are meant to mark the end of school year while raising some money to finance the school activities including field trips.
Around March, the kids started having rehearsal for their stage performance. This year, the dances were designed around the theme "The Little Prince". It is such a clever idea, as the film will be released this summer, now parents could tell their kids that the film is related to their stage performance.
The woman raising her right arm was the dance teacher. She designed all the dances and the costumes. Not very school has the budget to hire a dance teacher, some schools have their teachers handling the performance. In the photo, the kids dressed as The Little Prince, with green shirt and orange scarf (in our book at home The Little Prince is more wearing a yellow scarf than an orange one, maybe every book is different?).
Then come the pilot.
This is the scene where The Little Prince asks the pilot "Please draw me a sheep?"
His rose. While these roses were beautiful, it was painful for the kids who had them around their head.
The Little Prince ventured outside of his planet, he met the king.
Aelig's class was splitted into two groups: one as snake and one as fox. She was in the snake group. She already showed us her dance at home. I almost told her The Little Prince died due to the poisionous snake, but I figured it would be better for her to figure it out herself.
Afterall, the film is coming out on 29 July, she could have chance to watch it. I told her about this film, she has been waiting for it. We brought her to cinema yesterday, she thought she was going to watch it, but instead if was another movie. Since then, she has been asking, when are we going to watch The Little Prince?
Jun was the month where most of the schools have their year-end festival. We went to tour around town one Saturday and attending two of them. One school had Disney characters dance this year.
Those in green dress must be Thinker Bell? I was not sure.
This one was from a public school, their performances were simpler, but they had more interesting games.
Back to Aelig's school. Beside the stage performance, the school also prepared some stands (at the far edge in this photo).
Schools sell coupons to parents, they can then use them to play games or buy food (sponsored by parents). Some games are simple yet creative, for example on the photo, Aelig was using a broom to push a round shape thing into holes at the other edge. They would win something if they succeed.
Overall a fun day for the kids. It is also a good way to raise money. I think Malaysian schools could use this model. Instead of asking parents to directly donate money to the school, they could raise money through students / school / parents participation.
PS : The stage performance continued on The Little Prince theme, but we went for games (hubby was holding a game stand), so didn't have photos for the performance after Aelig's.
1 comment:
1. Here schools also have funfair to raise money by selling coupons which can be used to buy food and drinks.
|
How do you measure the “biggest” flood?
The United States has been dealing with enormous floods on our biggest river systems like the Mississippi and Missouri for centuries. In 1927 the Mississippi’s levees could not hold back the water from record precipitation and 27,000 square miles flooded over seven states resulting in a death toll of 246. In 1993, Midwest flooding cost $30.2 Billion and 48 lives.
2011 was an epic flooding year with above-average snow pack followed by above-average precipitation. In the Missouri River basin flooding brought over $2 billion in estimated losses and flooded over 4,000 homes and resulted in 5 deaths. Historic levels of flooding along the Mississippi River resulted in estimated economic losses of $3-$4 billion and at least 7 deaths.
These types of major riverine floods will continue to occur as long as snow and rain fall from the sky and yet many people will be surprised every time a flood occurs. Fortunately, one area we’ve improved is in the ability to monitor rainfall and river conditions and alert people so they can evacuate when floods are imminent, which is probably one reason the death tolls from recent major floods has dropped.
Unfortunately, the most costly floods in terms of lives lost continue to be those that result when the infrastructure we build fails.
In 1889, the South Fork Dam north of Johnstown, Pennsylvania collapsed killing 2,200 people. It may seem easy to brush that off and say we know how to build better now, but in 2005 during Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans’ levees failed and the impact of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet contributed to $133.8 billion in damages and 1833 lives lost.
In spite of all these facts and figures, the most costly flood to each individual is the one that affects you and your family. The loss of loved ones, homes and businesses makes that flood the most important to you, no matter what the size.
Flooding can happen to anyone, whether you’re in the “100-year floodplain” or not.
The best way to protect your family and home is to live on high ground in the first place. Dams and levees can fail so they should be a last line of defense, not the first. Be aware of where you live, make a plan and buy flood insurance in order to stay safe and recover quickly after a flood.
|
This week has been yet another highlight of Theresa May's lack of leadership in government. Michael Gove has been accused of sitting on a report on food price rises, Vince Cable proves he is a relic from the 19th century, the first woman to have a statue was announced to be suffragist leading campaigner, Millicent Garrett Fawcett and Uber lost its license to operate in London, after TfL said they would not renew it with backing from Mayor Sadiq Khan.
Donald Trump has of course made headlines after he called Kim Jong-Un, 'Rocket Man' and threatened them with annihilation. Palestine could see its first elections since 2006, Silvio Berlusconi made his political comeback and natural disasters continue to wreak havoc around the world.
UK news
Theresa May has all but lost all power over her cabinet after Boris Johnson wrote an article for The Times outlining his vision for Brexit. Mr Johnson has been accused of 'back seat' driving the Brexit negotiations and continued to peddle the disproved £350 million a week lie. Mrs May proved further her lack of power and leadership as Mr Johnson remains in the position of Foreign Secretary. Whilst Mr Johnson completely undermined the prime minister, at least he has a plan for Brexit.
Theresa May gave a speech in Florence on Friday that was meant to clarify the position of the UK and the government's plan for Brexit, but she failed to clarify anything new. She repeated the rhetoric of working closely with Europe and confirmed that there will be a transition period after 2019, this was a climb down from previous statements where she had said that there wouldn't be a transition period.
Meanwhile at the Liberal Democrat's party conference in Bournemouth, Vince Cable tried out a new stand-up routine declaring he could be the next prime minister.
Michael Gove has been accused of suppressing a report into the rise of food prices before and after Brexit. Unite the Union, the largest union to represent food, drink and agricultural workers, submitted a freedom of information request but the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) replied "The information requested is being withheld as it falls under the exemption in section 35 of the FOIA, which relates to the formulation and development in government policy." The refusal to publish the report increases concerns over a sharp increase of food prices and possible food shortages.
Transport for London (TfL) have made a bold step into clamping down on unethical tech employment, after it decided to not renew Uber's license to operate in London. Mayor, Sadiq Khan backed the decision. This isn't the first time Uber have been banned, in Austin, Texas, Uber were banned for failing to comply with local regulations, paving the way for a more diverse ride-sharing market.
Earlier this year, they shut their operations down in Denmark after prosecutors accused them of operating an illegal taxi business, and there have been bans in Taiwan, Hungary, Bulgaria and parts of Australia.
World News
Donald Trump used his first speech to ironically accuse Iran and North Korea of threatening 'world peace' he called the North Korean despot 'Rocket Man' and promised to 'totally destroy' them should they attack America's allies. Meanwhile in the peace-laden middle-east, Hamas have said they are ready to dissolve the shadow government set up in the Gaza Strip and are keen for the first elections in the Palestine since 2006, Fatah, who run the West Bank, are pleased but more talks are needed to end the decade old dispute.
Natural disasters continued to wreak havoc across the world after hurricane Maria hit the Caribbean, this was the second category-5 hurricane to hit the region in less than a month.
In Dominica, 90% of the buildings were damaged, the Virgin Islands were badly flooded and Puerto Rico lost all power across the entire island. In Mexico, an earthquake that measured a magnitude of 7.1 struck the country on the anniversary of the devastating earthquake in 1985. The death toll continues to rise but is at least 230 people who have been confirmed, this included dozens that were buried beneath a school in Mexico City.
Follow the page Donald Trump
Don't miss our page on Facebook!
|
Book Corner
Book Review: The Price of Paradise by Susana López Rubio
The Price of Paradise by Susan López Rubio
Blurb: In a city as corrupt as it was luxurious, those who dared to dream were bound to pay the price.
Havana, Cuba, 1947. Young Patricio flees impoverished Spain and steps into the sultry island paradise of Havana with only the clothes on his back and half-baked dreams of a better life. Blessed with good looks and natural charm, he lands a job as a runner at El Encanto—one of the most luxurious department stores in the world.
Famous for its exquisite offerings from French haute couture to Arabian silks, El Encanto indulges the senses in opulent extravagance. It caters to visiting Hollywood stars, rising politicos, and prerevolutionary Cuba’s wealthiest power players, including the notorious mobster César Valdés.
Falling in love with the mobster’s young wife, Gloria, is suicide. But Patricio is irresistibly drawn to the beautiful girl with sad eyes, a razor-sharp intellect, and a penchant for both Christian Dior’s clothes and Einstein’s theories. Within the walls of El Encanto, anything seems possible, even a love that promises to heal them and a desire that thrums with the mambo beat of the city itself.
In a reckless love affair that spans half a century, Patricio’s and Gloria’s lives entwine time and again, challenged by every twist of fate—for in a world of murder, betrayal, and revolution, those who dare to reach for paradise seldom survive unscathed.
After reading this story, I did a little research. The department store, a central venue in the story, was actually a real-life place. El Enchanto, a landmark department store in Cuba pre-Castro era, was a real place and I was intrigued that the author picked a real place to set her story. I have no idea if the reason for the fire matches what Rubio wrote but it inspires me to use a real-life event and weave a story around it. I liked the story that much more after discovering El Enchanto was a real place and that secured the five-star rating for me.
The story begins with Patricio getting off the boat and stepping foot in Havana, Cuba. He traveled from Spain where things were dire and he wanted a chance at a better life. Penniless and with the clothes on his back, he spent the first night in Havana on the beach. He walked to a store that was rumored to help refugees. There he meets a monster of a man that happens to be from the same part of Spain as himself and lo and behold, he used to date his sister. He makes the mistake of calling her a whore, not realizing until too late that was his sister and he nearly gets he gets a small beating. But after the man discovers Patricio is from his homeland he relents and they end up being best friends. Patricio then moves into the “bedbug” motel with his new best friend and his roommate and soon, the three are inseparable and are known as the three musketeers.
Patricio is a likeable character. He’s a smooth talker and can sell water to a duck. He has a talent for making people believe they need the product he’s selling and he soon proves his worthy and catches the attention of the owner of El Encanto. After proving to the owner that he can sell anything to anybody, he gets a job as a “cannonball”, or a runner, for the store. There he meets a pretty elevator operator who flirts with him and he is happy and content in his new life.
Until he meets Gloria. It’s love at first sight and he feels like he won the lottery.
And then he finds out Gloria is married. But not just married, but married to an infamous mobster. The very mobster who very nearly shot him in the head for very nearly ruining his shoes.
The story progresses and soon Gloria realizes she’s in love with Patricio and they gradually begin to find ways to be together without anyone finding out. Because if her mobster husband, César Valdés, finds out about them, he will surely kill them both.
Gloria has a very unfortunate story. She was coerced into marrying César Valdés and she found out too late how ruthless he was. Her marriage caused her father to have a heart attack and die which caused her mother to become so overwhelmed with grief she slipped into a zombie-like state to escape her inner hell. Gloria despised her husband but she didn’t dare leave. She is on the verge of killing herself when she finds out she’s pregnant and that seals her fate, she will never leave her daughter in the hands of her ruthless husband.
The story is rich and sweeps you into the late 40’s, early 50’s era. It’s a story of abuse and two people desperate to find happiness any way they can get it, even at the risk of their own lives. Just as the two loves birds agree to run away together, César Valdés’ sister finds out about Gloria’s lover and their plans and threatens to go to César Valdés who will surely hunt Patricio down and kill him. Gloria loves him too much for that to happen and she doesn’t show up at the rendezvous.
Patricio, heartbroken and thinking Gloria has played him and really loves César Valdés leaves Cuba and goes to Florida taking Nell, the elevator operator with him and they marry. The story continues, with Gloria and Patricio living separately but longing to be together.
It’s a story of bad timing – our two main characters are constantly being thwarted and not allowed to be together. And given the circumstance, it had to happen the way the author wrote it. I felt sorry for both Patricio and Gloria and I understood their reasoning for the things they did. It didn’t make any less frustrating, but I understood it. The author did a really good job of teasing the reader – giving the characters just enough rope to pull them out of the pit of despair before knocking them back over the edge again.
I definitely recommend.
Goodreads comments:
I thought I was going to read a good historical novel. It ended up being a dime store romance devoid of any substance. Great for 14 year old girls.
Wait, what?? “Devoid of substance?” How can you say this book, where it follows two characters who should be together but can not be because of circumstances beyond their control set in pre-Castro Cuba at a real-life department store that actually burned down “devoid of substance?” This story is about abusive relationships and finding love where you least expect it. It’s a story about respecting the one you love so much that you’re willing to sacrifice your own happiness so that the other one will continue to live and be free. I’m quite confident that a 14-year old girl would not fully appreciate the myriad of emotions this story exudes as these characters come up with ways to survive their crappy lives and the decisions made on their behalf by rich, powerful people. This story is about survival and cultivating a love so powerful few people actually experience it. And other than referencing the political climate at the time and a large part of the setting taking place at El Encanto, I’m not sure I would classify it as a historical novel. The author takes real-life aspects and weaves a beautiful, sad, powerful story of two people desperate to find a way to freely express their love for one another.
Goodreads comment:
This book was kind of annoying for me. The writing style was lush and descriptive, and I did enjoy the early parts. I just got so continually frustrated with Patricio though, that it really ruined my enjoyment of the story. All my sympathies went with Gloria, and frankly I thought she deserved way better than anything she got, including Patricio.
In particular, Patricio’s treatment of Nely, or really any woman that wasn’t Gloria was fairly appalling. And the fact that he KNEW it, really just made it worse, not better. Acting in ignorance is unfortunate but somewhat understandable, but when you know you’re hurting someone and you do it anyhow is inexcusable. Also it was really rash. Gloria had agreed to go away with him, shouldn’t the note have triggered something in his head? that maybe something had happened? Even seeing her kiss Ceasar is no excuse for running off to go be with Nely. How is that fair to her? “oh I couldn’t have my first choice so I guess you’ll do. Also I’m going to pull you out of your country and even knowing your’e a communist, take you to a dictatorship country and know terrible things could happen to you if you’re caught doing activist work” And then the second he finds out about Gabriel, brings her back, and knowingly involves himself back in Gloria’s life, even though he has a new life. And then tried to uproot her again, to go on the run as a fugitive? Frankly he deserved Nely calling the police on him and removing themselves from his life. And then while he might not have gotten married again, he still continued to have relationships with other women, while making no attempt to get over Gloria. How is that fair to any of them? Maybe if he kept it all to one night stands, but he admitted he lived with several for years. If you’re not actually ready to move on, stop getting involved with people who will think you are. I didn’t even care about the happy ending by the end, because I was fed up with all of his behavior
I agree, sort of. Though it wasn’t great the way Patricio treated Nely, it was also realistic, unfortunately. There are many people out there that choose their “second choice” in life. It doesn’t make it right, and it can be wrong on so many levels, but it’s also what happens to millions of people every day. If the love of our lives is unattainable, for whatever reason, do you really expect people to go through life without any love, affection or sex of any kind? To imply that Patricio was less of a human being because he moved on with his life when he realized the love of his life wasn’t going to be his is fundamentally human. It’s sad, but human. To me, it almost seems like the author of this comment is projecting and not really looking at Patricio’s character arc. To me, if the author had decided that Patricio needed to be a love sick hermit for the rest of his life, that would have disappointed me. It’s possible to settle in life and experience different types of loves in one’s life. Just because it’s not the “love of their life” doesn’t mean it’s any less impactful – life must go on. To stop one’s life and not live it because of one person is a truly sad and disappointing choice.
The ending was a bit of a surprise though I was secretly rooting for something like it to happen. It’s never too late to love truly and fully. And I’ll leave it at that.
|
Can Poultry Probiotics Withstand Heat Treatment? Pelleting? Extrusion?
Photo: istockphoto_springtime78
One question that we often receive from customers is whether probiotics can withstand the heat treatments being used in normal feed production practices.
Some probiotic companies claim that sporulated bacteria such as Bacillus spp. and Clostridium spp. are less heat sensitive than non-sporulated bacteria such as lactic acid producing bacteria and Bifidiobacterium spp. This in itself is true, but it is not a complete answer.
Protection from oxygen sometimes required
Bifidiobacterium spp. are obligate anaerobes, meaning they cannot grow in the presence of oxygen, and therefore need to be protected from air in order for them to survive. Certain coating technologies offer protection against the normal heat and steam treatments currently used in feed manufacture, which can have additional stabilizing effects for survivability of obligate anaerobic bacteria. However, these protective coatings need to be adapted to the species, and even the specific strain’s needs, in order to warrant proper protection during the pelleting process.
Extreme processing and application options
Some feed mills and farmers use exceptional heat treatments such as high temperatures and time conditioning, expansion and even extrusion. Extrusion is being utilized more and more due to increasing awareness and requirements in food safety. Under these circumstances, the viability of any probiotic, sporulated, encapsulated or not protected, is severely challenged, but the microorganism is usually not completely destroyed.
In this case, the use of water-soluble probiotics in the hatchery or on arrival at the rearing farm, can be an effective way to deliver beneficial bacteria to birds’ gastrointestinal tracts. An alternative for the future is the development of post-pellet probiotic application, similar to technology already being used for enzyme coatings at feed mills. These represent the most sophisticated methods for delivering live probiotic microorganisms in modern poultry production systems; further investigation and development in these methods is likely to continue to ensure the benefits of probiotics are reaching the birds.
The easier-yet-less-advanced direction is to move to non-viable probiotic microbe containing additive products. Here, pelleting stability is the big advantage. However, not all beneficial characteristics of the live probiotic, for example competitive exclusion through colonization, can be achieved with a non-viable probiotic organism in poultry feed.
Looking for a heat stable in feed or water application poultry probiotic?
PoultryStar® is a well-defined, poultry-specific, multi-species synbiotic product with EU authorization that promotes a beneficial gut microflora, and is available in both water application and a microencapsulated form for feed application which allows the product to withstand high temperatures used in pelleted feed.
|
Vladimir Putin
Rock, His Excellency Mr. Allan
Some personal reminiscences. Speaking today as Canada's ambassador to the United Nations. Anecdotes about the speaker's experience at the UN. The UN's shortcomings and how it happened - an explication. Why all of us can and must help the United Nations win the fight to save itself. Ways in which the UN is indispensible. Some successful UN efforts. The speaker's recent experiences in Africa. Canada's efforts on several key objectives. Becoming more involved..
The Empire Club © 2020 | All Rights Reserved
|
Toll Free 1-800-848-6288
Workers’ Compensation for Amputation Injuries
An amputation is one of the most catastrophic injuries that can occur in the workplace. Victims are left permanently disabled and will probably never be able to work in the same capacity as they did before.
Workers’ compensation benefits for these injuries are governed by complex rules involving disability ratings and other factors.
If you suffered an amputation, we recommend contacting our firm. In a free consultation, our experienced Bakersfield workers’ compensation attorneys can discuss how your claim may be evaluated and how much compensation may be available.
Effects of an Amputation Injury
Amputations can have a significant impact on a person’s life. Surgery is the first stage in the treatment process, which is followed by a long recovery period. Many individuals who suffer an amputation require long-term medical care. They may require rehabilitation and physical therapy to relearn basic skills, such as how to walk, eat, write or perform other basic functions after losing a hand, foot, leg or arm.
Many amputation victims suffer pain well after the injury is treated. They may also experience phantom pain from their missing limb. It is not uncommon for victims to experience depression and other mental health issues after such a catastrophic injury.
Often, amputation victims are unable to return to their previous work. Losing their job is often coupled with other financial strain such as mounting and ongoing medical bills.
How an Amputation is Assessed
Once an injury victim’s condition has become permanent and stationary, the injury can be assessed. Permanent and stationary refers to the point when the patient has reached maximum medical improvement, which means that the condition has stabilized and is unlikely to change substantially within the next year. At this point, a disability rating can be assigned to the victim.
The initial disability rating is based on an evaluating physician’s impairment rating based on medical protocols in the American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.
The impairment rating is based on the body part and then converted to a whole person impairment rating. This impairment is then adjusted for factors such as:
• Occupation
• Age
• Diminished future earning capacity
This makes the final disability rating. This ranges from zero to 100 percent. The higher the number, the more impaired a person is considered.
There are specific percentages that are assigned to amputations based on the body part and where the amputation occurred. For examples, the loss of an arm above the elbow may have a higher rating than if the amputation occurred closer to the hand.
In some situations, there may be more than one injury that the victim suffers, such as suffering an amputation and nerve injury. When this occurs, the ratings are added together to establish a composite rating.
Each disability rating corresponds to a set number of weeks of compensation. Compensation is paid based on the number of weeks listed and the weekly compensation rate.
When Do Permanent Disability Benefits Begin?
Permanent disability benefits for workers’ compensation typically begin within two weeks after your temporary disability payments cease. The insurance company is required to make payments at least every two weeks.
Call an Attorney to Discuss Your Amputation Injury
If you suffered an amputation at work, you may be eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits for a long period of time, as your life will never be the same.
The licensed attorneys at Berry, Smith & Bartell can guide you through the claims process, if you have a valid claim. We can handle each step of the process, including helping you file your claim, communicating with the insurance company and appealing if your claim is denied. Our goal is to obtain the maximum compensation allowable.
logo Berry, Smith and Bartell
Berry, Smith and Bartell logo
Decades of Workers' Compensation Experience in the Central Valley
Types of workers
|
Edit Story
Leaders Are Made, Not Born -- Here's How To Make Them (Like Fine Wine!)
Forbes Leadership Forum
This article is by Nathan Bennett, the associate dean for faculty and research at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.
We have an expensive misunderstanding when it comes to developing leaders. The easiest way to describe our error is with a metaphor. Our approach to developing leadership too closely mimics the way rare gems, like diamonds, get to market. Diamonds are precious because they are in finite supply, can be found only in certain places, are difficult and expensive to mine, and after processing can be graded using objective measures of quality. That process serves as an apt description of how companies search for a leader, but it is a flawed approach. We can improve leadership by adopting a better metaphor for understanding leadership development. The metaphor should recognize leadership ability is not so rare. Leaders can be found in many places. They need not be expensive to develop. And we are fooling ourselves if we think that there are objective measures that can predict leader quality. The better metaphor comes from understanding the way a bottle of wine makes it to your table.
Developing leaders is like making wine. First, the raw material, the grapes, matters. Sauvignon Blanc grapes produce a different wine from Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, and it is impossible to make one take on characteristics of the other. So, too, does the raw material of leaders have an unmistakable effect on the final result. However, just as with wine, the final product in leadership is a function of both the grape and the way it has been treated.
Given the grape, the next factor winemakers consider is the terroir, the environmental characteristics that influenced the fruit’s growth. Winemakers view this nuanced challenge as part art and part science. Soil, sun, temperatures, and moisture all play a role in shaping the potential of the grape. Interestingly, stress to the vine is critical in creating robust fruit. And while vines are pruned to focus energy on the production of a smaller, more intense crop, the amount of fruit that is eliminated is generally a small fraction of the total. The final critical decision about the fruit is the timing of the harvest. For example, more time on the vine produces more sugar in the grape. More sugar isn’t always what’s desired.
After the grapes have been harvested and pressed, the winemaker’s efforts continue. How much alcohol should the wine carry? What storage does the wine need to reach its potential? French oak? New oak? Neutral oak? Stainless steel? How long will it take until it is ready? A plan evolves, and the barrel is regularly sampled so that adjustments can be made along the way to help shape the final result. And when the wine matures to that desired result, it is ready for the bottle.
The description above conveys the sorts of considerations, efforts, and decisions it takes to ready a leader. But the leader's being ready is not yet the end of the effort. The next step, pairing, is just as critical. Pairing requires a deep understanding of the characteristics of both the wine and the meal; so too does leadership selection. Current practice involves a great deal of emphasis on studying the leader, and not enough attention is paid to diagnosing the situation. Just as gems are rated with precision on factors unseen by an unaided eye, such as cut, color, and clarity, leadership candidates are subjected to a barrage of assessments designed to quantify the differences between them in ways that support selection decisions. The operating assumption seems to be that the highest score will yield the best results. That doesn’t work for wine, and it doesn’t work for leaders. Oenophiles know that though a high score reflects something about the quality of a wine, it remains one person’s opinion. Further, there are many instances where an admittedly modest wine is perfect for the occasion.
Although a better metaphor can guide us in ways that improve leadership development and selection, it doesn’t guarantee there won’t be bad leaders. Some, in spite of great care taken, will turn out to be spoiled, just as the occasional bottle of wine is corked. However, the parallels between winemaking and leadership development are not difficult to see. Considering leadership this way leads to different ways of developing and managing leadership talent. For example,
• Trim very few individuals from those eligible for development; prune just enough to strengthen the focus on and the resolve of those who remain.
• Understand and engineer the terroir in which each individual’s career grows; events that test the leader produce great depth and character.
• Spending to create experiences for many is a wiser investment than dumping money into a retention package for one.
• Patience is incredibly important; tinkering during the process is critical for getting a great outcome.
• Companies must develop the ability to understand how to pair the result of intentional leadership development with the expert understanding of the context of the leadership challenge; sommeliers understand a wine must neither overpower nor be overpowered by the meal.
It has been said diamonds are forever, but we know leaders are not, no matter what size their retention bonus. That is just one final way to show how the diamond metaphor breaks down. Feel free to reminisce about a depleted favorite vintage, but do what it takes to be sure the next one will present its own version of greatness. Make the patient investments necessary to stock your leadership cellar.
|
Predictors of survival after in vivo split liver transplantation: Analysis of 110 consecutive patients
Rafik M. Ghobrial, Hasan Yersiz, Douglas G. Farmer, Farin Amersi, John Goss, Pauline Chen, Sherfield Dawson, Susan Lerner, Nicholas Nissen, David Imagawa, Steven D Colquhoun, Walid Arnout, Sue V. McDiarmid, Ronald W. Busuttil
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review
105 Scopus citations
Objective. To determine the factors that influence patient survival after in vivo split liver transplantation (SLT). Summary Background Data. Split liver transplantation is effective in expanding the donor pool, and its use reduces the number of deaths in patients awaiting orthotopic liver transplantation. Early SLTs were associated with poor outcomes, and acceptance of the technique has been slow. A better understanding of the factors that influence patient and graft survival would be useful in widening the application of SLT. Methods. During a 3.5-year period, 55 right and 55 left lateral in vivo split grafts were transplanted in 102 pediatric and adult recipients. The authors' in vivo split technique has been previously described. Median follow-up was 14.5 months. Recipient, donor, and surgical variables were analyzed for their effect on patient survival after SLT. Results. Overall survival rates of patients who received an SLT were not significantly different from those of patients who received whole organ transplants. Survival of left lateral segment recipients, at median follow-up time, was 76% versus 80% in patients receiving a trisegment. Fifty of 102 patients (49%) were high-risk urgent recipients (United Network for Organ Sharing [UNOS] status 1 and 2A) and 52 (51%) were nonurgent recipients (UNOS status 2B, 3). High-risk recipients had a survival rate significantly lower than that of nonurgent recipients. By univariate comparison, two variables - UNOS status and number of transplants per patient - were significantly associated with an increased risk of death. Preoperative recipient mechanical ventilation, preoperative prothrombin time, donor sodium level, donor length of hospital stay, and warm ischemia time approached significance. The type of graft (right vs. left) did not reduce the survival rate after transplantation. Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified UNOS status and length of donor hospital stay as independent predictors of survival. Conclusions. Patient survival of in vivo SLT is not significantly different from that of whole-organ orthotopic liver transplantation. The variables affecting outcome of in vivo SLT are similar to those in whole-organ transplantation, in vivo SLT should be widely applied to expand a severely depleted donor pool.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)312-323
Number of pages12
JournalAnnals of Surgery
Issue number3
StatePublished - Sep 18 2000
Externally publishedYes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
• Surgery
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Predictors of survival after in vivo split liver transplantation: Analysis of 110 consecutive patients'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Cite this
|
Monday, May 2, 2016
STEM Studies: The Future of Engineering
Lauren Wilson, Director of Admissions at Florida Polytechnic University offered the following as a guest post. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks Lauren!
New developments in the field of engineering owe a large debt to engineers with degrees from the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). These developments are making huge strides for organizations across the board, but the environmental, medical and manufacturing industries in particular. Here are four examples.
3D Printing
Prototypes are a key part of turning a concept into a final product, but creating one was labor-intensive before the advent of 3D printing. 3D printing allows mechanical engineers to put their imaginations to the test and build 3D visual representations much faster than physical prototypes. In addition to speed, 3D printing is also more cost-efficient and easier to use than physical prototyping.
Nanotechnology is changing the way mechanical engineers work by opening up the possibility of manufacturing devices on the molecular and atomic level for custom applications. These devices, which are designed to reduce weight, volume and power demands, carry the added benefit of greater sustainability.
For example, a nanotechnology engineer may work in the environmental industry testing different pollutants in the world’s food supply on the cellular level. Successful research would reduce these pollutants on a nanoscale and lay the groundwork for a more sustainable future.
STEM-focused curriculums provide an advantage in nanotechnology, because students work with cutting-edge technology to find solutions for real-world challenges. STEM universities also quickly adapt to industry changes to ensure best practices are taught for creating these materials.
Grid Decentralization
Electrical engineers focus primarily on up-and-coming fields in the engineering industry, including grid decentralization. Grid decentralization is gaining popularity from Colorado to Denmark as a way to reduce the environmental impact created by its communities. Unlike conventional power stations, grid decentralization technology uses renewable energy sources like solar and wind to create power. STEM studies have helped cities and countries transform the way they collect power by thoroughly covering topics ranging from micro-grids to “smart” grids. More importantly, these studies put creative power directly into the hands of students with hands-on projects, internships and real-world challenges.
Lean Manufacturing
Lean manufacturing has dramatically reshaped the roles of industrial engineers over the past decade. Driven by STEM studies, lean manufacturing is focuses on eliminating waste from production processes to create a more agile system. With a primary focus on making systems more sustainable, faster and cost-effective, industrial engineers developed this principle based on studies in STEM subjects including: multifunctional materials, nanotechnology, supply chain logistics, Six Sigma and system analysis.
Universities offering industrial engineering degree programs take a pragmatic approach to learning in the classroom. Students can expect to concentrate on applying the principles of design, analysis and manufacturing to real-world challenges to improve mechanical systems.
Artificial Organs
Biomedical engineering fuses engineering principles with biology to build life-saving medical technologies such as artificial organs. Although biomedical engineering has had a long history, the most recent groundbreaking technologies are a result of advanced education in STEM subjects. Artificial hearts and iPills, for example, are two biomedical engineering breakthroughs that have restored hope for critically ill patients. Biomedical engineering students in STEM learn how to develop and maintain improved medical systems, and perform research on artificial organs, implanted devices, prosthetics and radiation therapy.
STEM focuses solely on the four subjects used most frequently by engineers, and it essentially guarantees that more breakthroughs and improvements are to come. With the help of a STEM education, engineers can apply best practices for reducing energy consumption, minimizing environmental impact and increasing efficiency. From 3D printing to nanotechnology, there’s no denying the future of engineering is bright and full of potential.
Lauren Willison
As the Director of Admissions at Florida Polytechnic University, Lauren Willison is responsible for supporting the Vice Provost of Enrollment in managing recruitment efforts. She develops and coordinates on- and off-campus events, as well as manages the campus visit experience.
|
Answers to Medical Malpractice, Workers Comp, Long Term Disability Insurance, and Car Accident Questions
The Best Way To Reach Us Is Call 202-393-3320. You Can Also Send Us An Email Through This Form
Don't Leave Your Future In the Hands of Just Anyone. Find Out Why We're Different.
At Donahoe Kearney, we believe it's important to empower through education. Here are some of the questions people have when they first contact us about D.C., Maryland and Virginia medical malpractice, serious car accidents, long term disability insurance claims, or workers compensation. We try to provide as much information as we can based on our experience as medical malpractice lawyers in D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
Since every person is unique, if you have questions or need information about an injury or death in your family, please contact us to talk it through.We'll talk to you, schedule a free initial meeting and give you all the information we can. Call us today at 202-393-3320.
• Page 6
• Can you get workers comp in DC if you were exposed to coronavirus at work?
Workers compensation and the Coronavirus
Healthcare workers who are coming into contact with Coronavirus at work should definitely get the best information they can on workers compensation. If you caught the Coronavirus as a result of being exposed while on duty, you could be off of work, need medical care and you will need to file for benefits.
If you're like most healthcare workers, you never planned for an injury or illness caused by helping patients. We see this a lot, a nurse or other healthcare worker, who injures her back lifting and turning a patient, a torn rotator cuff from restraining a patient suffering from addiction, a concussion caused by a violent psychiatric patient.
And now, Covid-19.
Don't wait too long to get started on your claim. Contact us at 202-393-3320.
If you have had exposure at work, you still need to prove that the illness was caused by work, but for healthcare workers, there should be enough of a link for you to go ahead and file for workers compensation. And obviously, if you've been exposed at work get tested now so you can take care of yourself and your family if you are sick, quarantined, or both.
If you call us today we will send you what you need from our DC Workers' Compensation Library - You will get our signature book, along with the DC forms you need to file your claim (we can email these to you - the book is a real book so has to be mailed).
You can use these forms to file with the DC Office of Workers Compensation to get your claim started, but don't do it without speaking to us first. There are certain mistakes that you can make when filing for workers' compensation that we want to help you avoid.
We are available to take calls and answer questions about work injuries in DC, MD and Virginia, so if you need anything, please reach out to us - we're here for you.
Call 202-393-3320.
• Can You Get DC Workers Compensation and Social Security Benefits At The Same Time?
Workers Compensation Benefits And Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits Can Be Drawn At The Same DC Workers Compensation and Social Security Benefits OffsetsTime With An Offset
With a serious work injury that prevents you from working for more than 1 year, you may be eligible for both workers compensation benefits and social security disability. Workers who have a permanent injury that will prevent them from working for many years are often awarded social security disability as well.
In order to receive workers compensation benefits, you have to prove your work injury prevents you from working. Social security looks at the whole person - all of the person's medical conditions or injuries.
There is an offset, however. That means that social security benefits will be reduced to take into account the workers compensation benefits you are getting after an on the job injury. Currently, the Social Security Administration uses a formula to determine the offset, or reduction, in the amount they pay. Click on this Fact Sheet for the specifics.
It's important to know that the workers comp benefits are not reduced. Also, once the workers compensation case settles, you have the ability to reduce the amount of the social security offset, so your social security benefits should go up.
Also, a lot of our clients tell us they applied for social security, got denied and had to appeal. It seems most people are awarded social security after an appeal and hearing.
If you're trying to figure this out - its complicated - call us and see if we can answer your questions. We handle every kind of workers compensation issue for private sector workers (people who don't work for the federal or D.C. government).
Contact us today at 202-393-3320
• What is the difference between medical malpractice and negligence?
Malpractice vs. Negligence
Someone called me yesterday about a wrongful death case in D.C. after a relative died from what sounded like inadequate medical care by an HMO here in the District.
I explained some of the elements of a medical malpractice case in D.C. - the standard of care, proving the malpractice caused the person's injury or conditions, the damages allowed in wrongful death cases, etc.
After we finished, she asked a great question - what's the difference between negligence and medical malpractice?
Usually there is no difference. Medical malpractice lawyers tend to use the terms interchangeably - I know I do.
Medical malpractice is negligence by a doctor, nurse, hospital, HMO (any healthcare provider providing medical care to a patient) where they fail to do what a reasonable and prudent doctor, nurse, etc. would do in the same situation. The harm is to a patient. Many times this is also called medical negligence.
Negligence is anyone failing to do what a reasonable person would do in the same situation - it can be a driver, store owner, landlord, anyone who does something (not intentionally) that hurts someone else, usually because they weren't being careful.
So if an anesthesiologist doesn't monitor a patient during surgery and she is injured due to lack of oxygen, that is medical malpractice. If the same anesthesiologist runs over someone in the hospital parking lot, that's negligence.
Order a free copy of one of our books, consumer guides and/or reports for more information on this and a number of other topics.
• I’m on workers’ comp: can the insurance company just stop my benefits?
Unfortunately, yes. In Washington DC, the insurance adjuster can (and often does) stop your benefits for no reason.
In D.C. workers compensation, insurance companies can stop your benefits for any reason - or no reason at all. All they have to do is file a notice of controversion, a simple forming stating a reason.
What are some of the reasons for an insurance company to stop your benefits?
They can have you examined by one of their doctors (an IME - insurance medical exam), say they are still investigating the claim, or that they don't have evidence of any current disability, or you didn't "cooperate" with a vocational counselor. They could also claim you're not cooperating by giving them all of the medical records they ask for (basically they want all the records from the day you were born). They can even make up a reason.
Then its up to you to win your case and get the benefits reinstated - but that could take many, many months by the time you go to a hearing and an Administrative Law Judge issues a decision.
That's why we take steps so our clients don't benefits cut off in the first place and act immediately when they do. We cover a lot of this in the book Protect Your Rights: The Ultimate Guide to D.C. Workers Compensation or you can call us at (202) 393 - 3320 and speak to a live person who will help you and can tell you what we do in this situation.
• Should I Use My Health Insurance To Pay Medical Bills ?
You Have To Use Your Personal Insurance To Get Medical Treatment After An Accident
If you are injured in a car accident in Maryland, Virginia or D.C. you can use your health insurance to pay for medical treatment from the accident. Its really a question of whether your health insurance company has a lien or right to be paid back from a settlement with the other driver's insurance company. In D.C. and Maryland, most health plans require repayment of what they have paid for medical treatment if someone gets a settlement or verdict from the other driver's insurance company. In Virginia, most health plans cannot recover their payments from a settlement (this is also called subrogation) because of Virginia's anti-subrogation statute.
It's Crucial To Understand How Insurance Actually Plays A Part In Your Case
Typically, most health insurance plans pay less than the actual charges, so it is usually better for someone injured in an automobile accident to use their health insurance rather than agree with the doctor or hospital to pay the medical bills out of any settlement because the health care providers will be entitled to the full amount from the settlement and if the case doesn't settle, is lost or not pursued, you are still on the hook for the medical bills. The analysis also depends on whether you were injured in an accident in D.C. Maryland and Virginia, where you live, where you work (if that's where you get your health insurance), other car insurance you may have, etc.
Contact Our Lawyers Today To Recieve The Help You Need
If you have questions about what to do after a D.C., Maryland, or Virginia accident, just call us at (202) 393-3320 and we'll talk it through.
• Can My Husband Get Workers' Comp Benefits for Two Different Jobs?
Getting Benefits for Both Jobs is Called Wage Stacking and You Can Do It In DC
Your husband's average weekly wage and workers compensation benefit rate (also called temporary total disability or TTD) should include his wages or salary from both jobs.
Here's how it works:
Say he worked construction in D.C. and fractured his ankle on the job. He can't go back to work as a construction worker because he can't lift or carry much and can't walk around the jobsite, but he was also working every weekend at a garage fixing cars and he can't do that job either because of his fractured ankle.
If he's making $900.00 per week as a construction worker and $300.00 as a mechanic, his average weekly wage should be $1,200.00, so his workers comp benefits would be $800.00.
Maryland and Virginia are different - Maryland workers compensation doesn't generally allow wages to be stacked and Virginia requires the second job be in the same "trade, business or occupation" as the first.
But in Washington, DC there are not the same limits to what they call "wage stacking" -- so don't forget to include your wages from both jobs when you file your husband's claim.
Do you have more questions about DC Workers' Comp? Give us a call today at 202-393-33200 and order our free comprehensive book all about DC workers' compensation.
But now that you know this, here's the most important tip
• What If I Am on Workman's Comp, but I Get Another Work Offer?
What Are the Rules About Working When I'm on Workers Compensation in DC?
We always advise people to be careful about working while you are on workers compensation. You may be able to get some partial benefits if you go back to work at a lesser role or less pay. Or, if you are on light duty at the same position.
But, if you are totally disabled and collecting workers compensation (usually called temporary total disability or TTD), you cannot work at a different job and get paid for that. Anyone working and concealing it from the insurance company is committing fraud - remember, the system exists to pay legitimate injured workers, not people who claim they can't work when they are working. And if you do decide to commit fraud you will be found out because the insurance company will most likely put surveillance on you if they suspect something. It's never pays to commit fraud against the workers compensation carrier.
If you can work light duty work or in some reduced capacity, you should. You will still get workman's comp benefits but these will be based on partial disability, and the calculation goes like this: If your normal weekly paycheck (weekly wage) was $1,000.00 and your light duty wages are $700, you would get $200 in temporary partial disability benefits ($1000 - $700 = $300 x 2/3 = $200). Many times, the light duty wages will vary so these benefits have to be adjusted every week. Our staff collects the data, calculates the benefits and follows up with the insurance company to make sure you get all of the benefits you should.
Most people who have been seriously injured at work are very anxious to get back to work, but don't go back before your doctor releases you to go back. Going back on light duty or at a different role is one way to make sure you are healthy before returning to heavy duty. We have found that our clients who have been able to do light duty or a modified role will continued to get paid by the insurance company to help make up the difference in their earning power, and often times they get to maintain that positive relationship with their employer that many workers worry about when they are not working.
Are You Unsure About What to Do Next After a Serious Injury? Get the Help You Need Now
If you were seriously injured at work, especially if you need surgery, you probably need an attorney to help you take care of your family and protect yourself from the insurance company. Give us a call today at 203-393-3320 and we will get your started on your road to success in workman's comp.
• I Was in an Accident That Wasn't My Fault. Will The Other Driver's Insurance Company Pay My Hospital Bills?
After a Serious Accident in the DMV, the Other Driver's Insurance Doesn't Pay Your Medical Bills As You Go - Here's What to do About That.
We get this question a lot. A lot of people think the other driver's insurance company will take care of their medical bills - the hospitalization, surgery, rehab, specialists you need after getting hurt in a big accident in DC, Maryland or Virginia. But it doesn't work this way. The other driver's insurance won't pay those medical bills directly.
Instead - here's what you need to do.
First, if you have health insurance, use it.
Depending on where you live and what health insurance you have, you may have to pay back what your health insurance paid out of any settlement - that's ok for a couple of important reasons. First, your health insurance doesn't pay the full amount of the charges, so you only have to pay back what the health insurance paid, not what the hospital or doctor actually charged. Second, you only have to pay it back if you win or settle your case against the other driver's insurance company - they are not entitled to anything if you lose the case or never receive a settlement.
Second, understand how the system works.
Educate yourself on the insurance claims process - what kind of damages are allowed and how will you prove things like medical expenses, future medical needs and expenses, pain, future lost income and the other types of damages you may be entitled to as a result of the accident.
Third, keep records of everything.
In any case against the other driver's insurance company, if you can prove the other driver was at fault and that you were injured, you may be able to get a settlement, but this comes at the end of the process, usually after your injuries have healed or you don't need any more medical treatment from the accident. You need to have everything ready so you can make your best case to the insurance company.
If you don't have health insurance, part of your settlement will go to pay your medical expenses.
Contact Our Experienced Car Accident Lawyers Today.
We help people with serious injuries every day in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Call us at (202) 393 - 3320 to order one of our free consumer guides, books or reports and tell us your story to see if we can help you and your family.
• My child has shoulder dystocia from birth. Could his condition have been caused by medical malpractice?
Shoulder Dystocia and Medical Malpractice at a DC Hospital
Shoulder dystocia can sometimes occur at birth when the obstetrician or other hospital providers do not follow the rules of good patient care, or the hospital doctor, interns or residents do not recognize this complication and treat it as an obstetrical emergency. There are also certain risk factors, such as maternal diabetes or a fetus suspected of weighing more than 4,000 grams that make a baby more susceptible to shoulder dystocia during delivery. The hospital staff should test and be looking for these well known risk factors.
Umbilical cord compression due to the baby getting "stuck" during delivery can also lead to a lack of oxygen for the baby, increased acidosis and ultimately brain damage for the baby if the lack of oxygen to the brain is prolonged. That's why the condition needs to be recognized and evaluated by experience hospital staff, so that actions can be taken to prevent or limit harm to the baby or mother.
Shoulder dystocia usually refers to when one of the baby's shoulders is caught behind the mother's pelvic bone after the baby's head is delivered. This can lead to brachial plexis palsy, a permanent nerve injury that leaves the child unable to use that arm, or with extensive damage that prevents him from doing things normal kids do.
If your child has a permanent injury after birth or during his time in the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, call us today for a confidential, free consultation. We may be able to help your family get him the resources you need to provide for your child's future medical care, therapy, rehab, occupational therapy, vocational training and other things that can help him manage and cope with the effects of the injury.
The sooner you get started, the better - all parents want to help their child if they can, and so do we!
Just call us today at (202) 393 - 3320 or click here to order a copy of our free guide to medical malpractice so we can help get you answers today.
|
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
EVE Echoes Fleet Operations
1. Creating a Fleet
2. Adding players
1. Inviting Others
2. Join a Fleet
3. Select a Commander
4. Deputies
3. Encounters and Bounties
4. Assigning Commands
5. Setting Fleet Actions
1. Create a Fleet
From the Main Menu, tap the Fleet icon at the bottom. Tap Create Fleet. Invite seems to only work Locally or Regionally. Friends and Corporate filters do nothing (for me, at the time of this writing).
Alternatively, create a fleet in an ad-hoc basis by tapping on another player and getting into their Contact Card. Select Team Up option to instantly create a fleet with someone.
2. Adding Players
Inviting others:
I think the best way is to tap on a player from chat or contacts, and Team Up with them. If they're already in another Fleet, this will fail and give you a message. If not, they will receive a fleet invite notification on-screen.
Join a Fleet:
From the Fleet screen, there is a Find feature. Go find some randos.
Select a Commander:
If you haven't gained familiarity with Fleet Operations, then you can assign another member as Commander and make them do all the work.
I don't have a firm handle on what roles and permissions come with being a Deputy. Needs more info and testing. I think they can set Commands but not Fleet Actions.
3. Encounters and Bounties:
Encounters are a good way to get specific tier missions with dedicated Cosmic Anomalies (not publicly accessible). As long as the bounties are shared by all fleet members (seems this is currently bugged), decent profits are to be had by all. Regular Cosmic Anomalies in systems are also good to attack as a group (and definitely keep an eye out for Scout and Inquisitor Anomalies!).
4.Assigning Commands:
Commands are available in the left-hand menu that appears when you are in a Fleet, regardless of your position within the fleet.
Fleet Commands (left)
Two Locate Commands:
Located Here - Sends a ping to members. If they accept, they will travel to the location broadcast.
Stand by - I dunno. Haven't used it yet.
Two Help Commands:
Repair Required
Capacitor Required
5.Setting Fleet Actions:
A Fleet Commander gets extra Fleet Command actions when tapping on locations in the Navigation menu (the right-side menu where you toggle between Ships/Mining/Stations, etc.) This is the good stuff. This is what makes a fleet a cohesive group.
DO: Use Fleet Commands to move as a group.
DON'T: Spam Locate Here commands to get people to try to catch up.
Movement Between Systems
For a multi-jump route, Fleet Commander should plot it out on Autopilot, but do not engage. With the course plotted, Stargates turn yellow as they are on the route.
Route Set - Gate Highlighted
Move to systems in a route:
Find the next Stargate on your route. Tap it.
Tap Fleet Command.
Tap Jump Fleet.
Your Fleet will now perform a coordinated jump to the next system. Repeat this for a multi-hop route.
Coordinating Movements In-System
Now that we can get across systems, what do we do when we get there?
Similar to Jump Fleet, you can Warp Fleet to points of interest in the Navigation Menu. This will very helpfully drop fleet members into an Anomaly or Mining instance at the same time.
Warp Fleet
No comments:
Post a Comment
|
Gala Fener
Review of: Gala Fener
Reviewed by:
On 15.11.2020
Last modified:15.11.2020
Spieler franzГsisches Roulette, aus dem Zentrum herausragenden Stempel.
Gala Fener
Diese Statistik zeigt in der Übersicht alle Aufeinandertreffen zwischen Fenerbahce Istanbul und Galatasaray Istanbul. Fenerbahçe» Bilanz gegen Galatasaray. Daten | Galatasaray - Fenerbahce | – Holen Sie sich die neuesten Nachrichten, Ergebnisse, Spielpläne, Video-Highlights und mehr von Sky Sport.
Fenerbahçe » Bilanz gegen Galatasaray
Fenerbahçe: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadı (seit ). Galatasaray: Ali Sami Yen Stadyumu (–), Türk Telekom Stadyumu (seit ). Derby. Während außer Basaksehir alle Titelanwärter gegeneinander spielen, sticht das Interkontinental-Derby zwischen Fenerbahce und Galatasaray. Im Istanbuler Stadtderby empfängt Galatasaray am Sonntag Fenerbahce. Goal verrät Euch, wie Ihr die Süper Lig im TV und im LIVE-STREAM.
Gala Fener Key Events Video
Galatasaray 2 - 1 Fenerbahçe Maç Özeti 18 Ekim 2014
Spiel-Bilanz aller Duelle zwischen Fenerbahce Istanbul und Galatasaray Istanbul sowie die letzten Spiele untereinander. Darstellung der Heimbilanz von. Diese Statistik zeigt in der Übersicht alle Aufeinandertreffen zwischen Fenerbahce Istanbul und Galatasaray Istanbul. Fenerbahçe» Bilanz gegen Galatasaray. Fenerbahçe: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadı (seit ). Galatasaray: Ali Sami Yen Stadyumu (–), Türk Telekom Stadyumu (seit ). Derby. haydi fener haydi haydi fener haydi tam zamanı tam zamanı şrailsbookbundle.comın fenerbahce türk halk cumhuriyeti lütfen yorumumu yayınlayın tesekkurler suratınızı asmayın fenerbahce bu macı alacak. Fenerbahçe, Süper Lig'in hafta derbi maçında sahasında Galatasaray'ı konuk ediyor. Galatasaray Kadıköy deplasmanında öne geçti. Galatasaray vs Fenerbahce: Live stream, TV channel, team news and kick-off time for Istanbul derby The Intercontinental Derby returns to Turkey as the country's two most successful clubs go head. Tahinicoğlu Basketbol Süper Ligi'nde Galatasaray baştan sona önde götürdüğü maçta Fenerbahçe Beko'yu on farkla mağlup etti. Tivibu Spor Türkiyenin en iyi hd canlı maç izleme sitesi olan canlımaçlar tüm dünyadan futbol basketbol tenis maçlarını hd canlı olarak izleme seçeneği sunar.
Gala Fener Ergin Gala have won the Turkiye Kupasi! The first game played between the Astralbet sides was a friendly game on Sunday, 17 January Things appear to have settled back Sunmaer after a fiery period a few minutes ago. Retrieved 18 March Nightout
Markovic picks up the ball on the right and attempts to dribble his way into the box. He manages to get past a couple of Gala shirts before running into a dead end and losing possession.
There's another yellow card for Gala, and this time it goes to Yasin. The quick feet of Nani prove too much for him, and the winger sends the Portuguese tumbling by the touchline.
That's another disappointing set-piece from Nani, this time after a foul that resulted in Hakan Balta going into the book.
The Portuguese fails to beat the first man, handing Gala a simple route to relieve the pressure on their defence. On comes Markovic for his first appearance since February, with Alper the man sacrificed.
The Serbian was frequently used in a wing-back role at Anfield, but he should be deployed higher up the pitch this evening as Fener search for an elusive equaliser.
Pereira has Markovic prepped on the sidelines. Will the on-loan Liverpool winger be able to make a telling impact for Fener?
After Sabri replaces Sinan, Gala create an opportunity to move two goals up. The substitute makes an instant impact by lofting the ball into the box for the well-timed run of Denayer.
The on-loan centre-back powers a header on target that Fabiano acrobativally tips over! That was a big chance for Fener.
It can either propel them towards an equaliser, or motivate Gala to push harder and extend their lead! Either way, it should help to keep things interesting.
It's been positive stuff from Pereira's team. Sener drives forward on the right and earns a corner for Fener.
Nani's delivery finds the head of Denayer at the near post but he can only flick it into the centre of the box. Fortunately for him, the next touch is from a Gala shirt, and the ball is hooked to safety.
The searing effort is always heading away from goal, arrowing far high and wide of the target with Muslera unconcerned. An excellent cross from the right courtesy of Sener sets Fernandao up for his first attempt at goal.
He puts too much on his delivery, though, and the ball bounces out of play for a goal kick. Yasin chases a long ball into the Fener box but is unable to get around Kjaer before Fabiano comes to claim.
He tries to curl the ball inside the far post but a deflection off the diving Denayer sends it behind. Muslihiddin 25, 37 , Nihat 40p.
Mehmet Nazif 43 , Vedat 60 , Nihat Mehmet 15 , Ercüment 35, 48 , Rebii 41, Sedat 80p. Kemal 25 , Muslihiddin 73 , Mehmet Nihat 25 , Latif Latif 20 , Kadri 38og.
Turan Ayhan 18, Ergün Ergin Ayhan 13, Salim Ergün 20 , Metin Ergün 69p. Suphi Soylu Fuat Saner Gökmen Özdenak 8.
Tuncay Temeller Cemil Turan 19 , Fuat Saner Gökmen Özdenak Mustafa Kaplakaslan Mehmet Özgül Gökmen 10 , Tuncay Temeller 43p , Mustafa Ergücü Arif 65 , Cemil Turan Faruk Osman 21, 84 , Yenal 57p , Ender Cemil Turan 27, 43, 44p , Engin 58 , Ömer 68, Osman 14 , Önder Yenal 63p , Bahri Cemil Turan 9 , Tuna Tuna Bülent 3 , Orhan 10 , İbrahim İbrahim Ali Kemal 42 , Mustafa 53 , Hasan Metin 40 , Fatih Turgay Suat Ali Osman 39 , Güngör Osman 52 , Alpaslan 64p.
Mehmet Özcan 14, 67 , Onur 59 , Mehmet Adnan Cüneyt 7 , Yusuf Hüseyin Bülent 18 , Hakan İlyas Erdi Aykut 47 , Hasan 53, 71, Bülent 13 , İlyas Nezihi 26og.
Mustafa 50, Kosecki 42 , Tanju 53, 74 , Keser Kosecki 53 , Keser
6 Gala Fener, ist? - Fenerbahçe
Fenerbahce hat ein dummen Trainer, Bestes Glücksspiel haben den Abwehrchef weggeschickt, einen Bankdrücker von Frankfurt geholt der nicht spielt und verlieren gefühlt jedes Spiel.
Gala Fener Selahattin Almay 27Salim 50Sarafim Aykut 47Hasan 53, 71, Fernandao has scored three goals in two cup appearances against Galatasaray, but Vitor Pereira has opted for Robin van Persie in attack. Both clubs compete with each other for the title of the most successful football club in Turkey, as well as the greatest Turkish sports club overall. Cemil Turan 9Tuna Gökmen Özdenak 8. Ogün 23Serhat 29Johnson 37Revivo Nani's delivery finds the head of Denayer at the near post but he can only flick it into the centre of the box. Celal Ibrahim. Additionally they also Twitch Passwort Zurücksetzen Geht Nicht to set up a museum. The Serbian Suche Millionärin frequently used in a wing-back role at Anfield, but he should be deployed higher up the pitch this evening as Fener search for an Csgo-Exchange equaliser. Qwixx Würfelspiel 5Sadi
1 Kommentare
1. Voodoogar
Hat nicht ganz gut verstanden.
Schreibe einen Kommentar
|
Guardia Civil Palma Airport
Guardia Civil at Palma Son Sant Joan Airport. (Archive image.)
The Guardia Civil arrested a 29-year-old Briton on Thursday night, following an incident after a flight from Birmingham to Palma had landed.
Officers were called because a passenger had been causing trouble during the flight. The crew denied him alcoholic drinks as he was apparently already drunk. He attempted to open the plane's drinks compartment and at one point snatched a drink away from another passenger.
While officers were being informed what had happened, a fight broke out on the plane. The 29-year-old was attacking another passenger - his travel companion - and bit off part of his right ear. The officers restrained and arrested him. His companion was taken to a clinic for treatment.
* Mandatory fields
Steve Kane / Hace 4 months
Why was this person allowed on the aircraft in the first place if he WAS drunk the crew of the aircraft should be also held to account for allowing him to be on the aircraft
ella / Hace 4 months
Great, more riff raff coming here. What a pity they couldn't put him on the next flight back.
Andy / Hace 4 months
Makes you proud to be British!
Thomas Braun / Hace 4 months
The incident was at Palma Airport
Thomas Braun / Hace 4 months
The wounded individual was actually with his wife not any companion what so ever of the individual that did this.
|
5 Nagging Questions Christians Have About Spiritual Gifts Today
5 Nagging Questions Christians Have About Spiritual Gifts Today August 13, 2019
Thiago Barletta
There is a lingering fascination with spiritual gifts in the modern church, but that doesn’t mean there is anything close to a unity concerning spiritual gifts and how they are to be practiced today. Churches run the gamut from a full rejection to a full embrace (some would argue an unhealthy embrace) of spiritual gifts. The truth may lie somewhere in between. Any serious study and pursuit of a biblical practice of spiritual gifts has to deal with these five nagging questions:
1. How many spiritual gifts are there? Are there eight? Fifteen? Twenty-four? There isn’t a uniform answer to this because the New Testament authors never give us a clear answer. We see lists given in Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4, but the word for “gift” is used elsewhere, prompting some to expand the list. Others go with Romans 12 as the only legitimate list for today, rapidly narrowing the field of available spiritual gifts. How many spiritual gifts does the Bible actually list?
2. Are all the spiritual gifts still valid today? This is the big one that continues to divide Christians today. Many are uncomfortable with the idea of the ‘miraculous’ gifts (like healing and tongues) and exclude them from validity today. Others embrace the ‘miraculous’ gifts and build entire Christian ministries off of those gifts. Are all the spiritual gifts still valid today?
3. Does the Bible exhaustively list the only spiritual gifts available to Christians? This is a good question with (again) no definitive answer. Does the Spirit give other gifts not listed in the Bible, and if so, what are the criteria to recognize those as spiritual gifts? Music and song leading is a gift that many people recognize today as important to the modern church, but singing or leading worship is never listed in the New Testament as a spiritual gift.
4. Why do many of the spiritual gifts seem impractical or irrelevant today? This unspoken question naturally rises when a deep study of spiritual gifts is done. How do words of wisdom practically benefit the church today? What about discernment or discerning between spirits? Several of the gifts listed in the New Testament seem foreign or even irrelevant to today’s church. Most modern church ministries (i.e. kids ministries, worship ministry, outreach ministry) are built and staffed with little to no regard for spiritual gifts. Why is that?
5. What does it look like for a modern church to biblically leverage all of the spiritual gifts given to her? This is the question that is continuing to drive me as a pastor to explore spiritual gifts. I believe the answer to our effectiveness in today’s culture is tied to the exercise of spiritual gifts. Namely, we need a mighty move of the Spirit to effect change in hearts and lives today. When we leverage our spiritual gifts we are manifesting the Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:7). I would argue that a modern church that biblically leverages all of the spiritual gifts given to her is a modern church that will change the world.
QUESTION: What other nagging questions about spiritual gifts do you still have?
If you’d like to connect and engage with more of the content I’m working on, be sure to like my church Facebook page. You can also find me on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
"Did God/Jesus plan on us being separate in our teachings of His word to the ..."
5 Things I’ve (re)Learned Recently as ..."
"Not one person is righteous, not even one!"
Why Do Bad Things Happen to ..."
"Many years ago I read a book by Rabbi Harold Kushner, "Why Bad Things Happen ..."
Why Do Bad Things Happen to ..."
"For Determinists this is one of their mysteries. If God is good and God determines ..."
Why Do Bad Things Happen to ..."
Browse Our Archives
|
Journalists vs robots - writing with AI
Think:Act Magazine Artificial Intelligence
Journalists vs robots - writing with AI
March 29, 2018
by Wolfgang Zehrt
Illustrations by Mungang Kim
If you think disruption of the media business is old news, think again. It's only just getting started, and the largest threat – or opportunity, depending on how you look at it – is looming within sight: robot writers.
Top journalists still in demand
Ask Anybody to describe a journalist to you and you'll get as many answers as the people you question. The stereotype fits a number of images and descriptions: There's the US cliché of a trench coat-wearing scribbler in a trilby hat with a press ticket in the band; then there's the hard-playing, hard-drinking hack of London's Fleet Street; and what about the fearless seekers of truth all over the world who are prepared to die – and sometimes do – to get their stories out? However tenacious they are, though, we all think of journalists as human beings, and that the role they play is a vital component in a functioning democracy: speaking truth to power and promoting freedom of thought as well as speech.
According to a recent BBC news report, some 90% of all news content will be written by "robots" by 2022.
In recent years, however, there seems to be an ever-growing set of conditions that threaten to damage the fourth estate, the way journalism works and those sweating over their keyboards. The disruption of the business model with the advent of the internet and digital publishing was one such threat. The specter and accusation of "fake news" striking at the integrity and trustworthiness of the media was another. But added to these is a new and possibly much more mortal threat. It isn't so much about business or about how the news is delivered – online, print, mobile – but more about how the news is written. How it is produced. How it is generated.
Pens and data-flows: disruption is far from old news - for journalists, it's just begun.
According to a recent BBC news report, by 2022 some 90% of all news content will be written by "robots." Digitization and the rapidly increasing amount of data it has made readily available is enabling large parts of today's reporting to be created by a computer: the weather, football and stock markets have been the first areas in which "natural language generation" programs have been able to deliver good, readable stories.
Today, a computer at the Norwegian NTB news agency even writes a large proportion of its election reporting. That said, editor-in-chief Mads Yngve Storvik stresses that he can't see a robot being able to conduct an interview any time soon. At the US news agency The Associated Press, a computer already produces 10,000 economic and baseball reports every month. And under new owner Jeff Bezos, billionaire founder of Amazon, The Washington Post is rapidly developing a new content management system (CMS) that has put automated content generation at its heart right from the get-go.
Ten thousand economic and baseball reports are produced by a computer at US news agency The Associate Press each month.
Robot journalism will likely lead to thousands of media job losses around the world. However, it might not mean that all is lost for the journalists who can find the right way through. Investigative stories such as The Panama Papers-style reports, or outstanding portraits and profiles – the kind of content that differentiates a publication from its competitors – could thrive in this new media age. No matter how good, a stock market report will never win any journalism prizes, whether it was written by a robot or a human. Leaving aside such specialist reporting, though, can the news media become fully automated? The dream might be for day-to-day, high-frequency and personalized news business to be handled by computers that never need to stop for breaks, but will it always need that special human touch? What about the questions of judgment and tone?
While machine learning already works well when it comes to replicating the style and voice of very specific media (tabloid, serious, B2B), artificial intelligence still finds it difficult to summarize the most relevant messages from documents and data if a human has not previously provided examples to explain what the key findings might be. Software has so far not had the world knowledge to realize, for example, that a rate drop of more than 3% in a day would normally be unusual for a stock market heavyweight such as a major auto manufacturer, but that it may well occur in conjunction with new revelations such as a diesel scandal. However, software can now look for a suitable quote from analysts on precisely this rate trend and can incorporate it perfectly, both in terms of content and language. This is something that would have been unthinkable just a year ago.
The robot journalist is getting ready for the next step in its evolution, but its human colleagues still have to tell it which subjects are worth writing about and what data should be used. That could soon change. It is already employing relatively simple-to-use algorithms to automatically work out topics that take into account the frequency of keywords in internet searches while cross-checking the potential theme against the intensity of discussion of the event on social media. Current topics that are shaping opinions can thus be identified with a great degree of reliability: The robot simply has to track down images from databases using the right keywords. Fully automated video content could also be created in this way.
Unexpected: Young adults unsettled in parts of economically strong Bavaria (robot-generated-article)
While youth unemployment throughout Bavaria is on an historically low level, it remains unchanged at a high 16% (August 2017) in Lower Bavaria (Munich: 2,9%). This is particularly noteworthy because Lower Bavaria is on a good second place regarding to employment rates in the state of Bavaria in general.
Although the start of the new training year in September will decrease the rate, the Lower Bavarians will still be in last place in youth unemployment. This, obviously, also affects the consumption of young adults.
While the research institute GfK expects a further increase in consumption expenditures for all of Germany, there are other signals from the young adults in Lower Bavaria. For example, cars defined as typical "beginner cars" remain an average of 9 weeks longer than the previous year at the used car dealer. The explanation cannot be that younger adults buy more new cars, because in the starter price class up to 16,000 Euros, the approval numbers in August have fallen by almost 20%.
A similar picture emerges in the demand for low-priced single-apartments: while comparable apartments have been offered on the market for an average of only 7 weeks in the last 5 years, now it is already 11 weeks. According to the latest official survey for 2014, the Lower Bavarians came to an annual income of just under 21,000 euros. In neighboring Oberbayern, household net income is significantly higher, at around EUR 25,000.
This part of Bavaria is particularly dependent on the automobile industry. At the Dingolfing-based BMW factory, some 18,000 employees produce up to 1,400 vehicles per day. With around 6,500 employees, the automotive supplier ZF Passau produces systems for the automotive industry, while the automotive supplier Dräxelmeier has 6,000 employees. At these factories, for example, job openings for job applicants have fallen by almost 30% in the past 12 months.
Lower Bavaria is losing an above-average number of young residents from some parts of the state, even though the population will remain stable overall. In the 19-25 age group, which is particularly important for employers, there is a clear warning sign: from today's 89.1 the proportion of these entrants will reduce to 72.7 out of 1,000 persons within next 10 years (Statistisches Landesamt). Only a few bigger towns in this part of Bavaria will remain unaffected by this development.
THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN ENTIRELY BY AI AUTOMATION , without any human intervention or correction during or after the writing process. Human input involved finding data sources and instructing the machine how to analyze them. An analytical piece like this can now be written without supervision – additional data sources can be added simply to expand the scope of the article.
Content automation comprises powerful analysis and language diversification
There is another significant reason for developing fast new media content that is rapidly updated. Thomas Scialom, a researcher at the French natural language generating startup Recital, put his finger on it: "Mobile media use means that there are ever fewer visual aids to help readers understand content, and the amount of information is also limited by the size of the screen. At the same time, the time spent reading content on a mobile is also falling." Shorter information, written specifically in the tone of the target audience and with personalized, targeted content – that's not something a human writer can produce, but an AI journalist can. For example, why should someone read a report about all of the Nasdaq rates if you only need a report on trends for Apple shares? Could a graphic provide that information? Automated text generation can do far more: The report on Apple shares can not only summarize historic trends, but also provide rankings – is it only Apple shares that are under pressure today, or is the trend also affecting China's Tencent? Is Amazon on the up and Alibaba plummeting? Does it have something to do with the start of the vacation in the US or China? Has disappointing economic data been released? The more sources that are used, the better an article will be than a graphic.
Anglo-German business news agency dpa-AFX was one of the first to develop a template solution: It was simply a case of filling in the gaps in pre-written sentences with new data. The sentences provided today are much more varied and sophisticated, but this basic principle is only slowly being replaced. Hamburg-based computer linguist Patrick McCrae explains, "The perfect solution for content automation must consequently not only have extensive opportunities for language diversification, but also have the ability to incorporate powerful analysis. Text generation will not progress far beyond the dynamic filling-in of gaps in the texts unless artificial intelligence is involved. Truly interesting texts with diverse content will be created if surprising, non-trivial findings can be extracted from the relevant data sources. That's exactly why we need artificial intelligence." Here's a powerful example: One German digital publisher can generate a view of the monthly employment and training markets at the touch of a button for 411 regions across Germany, focusing on different professional groups or levels of education, if desired. The software makes discoveries in the mountain of data with each analytical pass that a human editor would have only spotted by chance, if at all.
Future scenario of texts in ongoing update processes
But biggest challenge in this relatively new world of automated writing, and one that is causing even the likes of Google and IBM's Watson to thrash their disks, is free text creation written from flowing text sources, and not just from data stored or handled in a particular way. McCrae frames the problem clearly: "Automated text comprehension without any limitations in terms of the subject is a problem that computer science has yet to solve."
Yet if the problem were to be solved, it would deliver a great prize: a kind of perpetual media motion where new texts could be created with a seemingly endless output of flowing text. It could be the salvation for news agencies, which could start with one single text created by software and then turn it into 120 different versions for 120 newspaper customers. But will software be capable of understanding flowing text, including irony, sarcasm or annotations? Scialom sums up the problem quite simply: "The biggest challenge is currently getting machines to understand unstructured data." Once this challenge has been met, only a small band of journalists will be relevant,likely writing highly specialized and unique contributions for which readers around the world will be willing to pay a decent price. We will just have to wait to see what publications will have survived for them to be writing them for.
Further reading
Our Think:Act magazine
blue background
Think:Act Edition
Think:Act magazine about artificial intelligence
Published February 2018. Available in
Subscribe now!
Portrait of Think:Act Magazine
Think:Act Magazine
Central Europe
|
How to Love
All Rights Reserved ©
album one, track one -- early mornin'
Corrina's house
October 5th, 1977
7:34 am
Mornings never were a grand moment in Corrina's life. Too early. Too bright. Too. . . cheery. Overall too morning-ish. There doesn't have to be a clear reason why in her book, they just suck.
And it doesn't help that Mother Nature decided today was the day for a rainstorm. A mega fucking rainstorm at that. Guess someone heard The Beatles broke up, despite the fact it occured a good many years prior. Lord knows how long it takes information to reach someone so far up.
With a yawn, Corrina swapped her leather jacket with a soft, black sweater. Not destroying her favorite jacket trumped a sexier outfit anyday in her book. She smoothed her straight hair down, plastering it down across her boobs in violet tendrils, knowing all too well the minute she steps outside, she can kiss any thought of having even a tamed hair day goodbye.
"Why do I even need to go to school?" She mumbled to herself, swinging her shoulder bag around. The straps tangled in her right fist. The edge of the bag clipped the wall, leaving a loud bang in its wake. Her breath hitched in her throat, allowing the silence to coat the room momentarily, enough for the teen to survey any damage. More importantly, survey the possibility of Chicago-
"Don't even finish that thought, Corey." Chicago boomed down the hall, stopping in the doorway with a look so stern it could be charged with murder two. She managed to balance little Felicity on her hip. The baby sat, too enthralled with a dish rag to even notice Corrina. Sighing, Chicago began pushing the younger girl out the door, somehow strong enough to withstand the power of Corrina digging the heels of her boots into the hardwood floor of the living room doorway.
Too late.
"Because a good education is the only way to get out of this hellhole," Corrina mocked in imitation of Chicago's high voice. Rolling her eyes, she caught herself before she fell into the door, reluctantly walking out onto her porch. One step closer to doomsday.
Chicago shook her head, frustration more than evident with a furry of her neat, half plucked brows. "You know I'm right. Just try and have a good day." When she didn't respond, the brunette continued, stepping towards the tall girl. "This is your old stomping grounds, you're bound to meet up with someone you used to know and raise hell."
A cheeky grin broke out on Corrina's face. She couldn't deny the prospect of that enticed and excited her, but it's still school. It sucks. Useless. Just a way for the government to see who's easy enough to control and who isn't.
Chicago beamed at her younger sister and best friend, bouncing her baby daughter on her hip. Finally, she found a way to get Corrina to listen, about time she would have. Push comes to shove, the woman managed to find a way to bring Corrina back to earth most of the time. The one time she doesn't, fear would strike. Chicago feared that one time possibly could be her last. Pushing any doubts about it to the back of her mind, Chicago wrapped her fingers around her daughter's tiny wrist, waving goodbye at her sister as she began the decent walk to school.
"She won't make it past first period." She told her daughter through clenched teeth, a tight grin holding back her bitter frown, knowing she won't be able to fall back asleep. Felicity giggled, covering her gleeful face with her already sticky hands.
Corrina, despite all her doubts and fears, continued the beaten path towards her hell. Damn, she was actually following Chicago's instructions for once. It shocked her to her core. But, her mind held on to her sister's statement with an ironclad grip.
Raising hell was the only thing she did best.
School Yard
October 5, 1977
7:58 am
School began in a millisecond, and there still remained one noticable absentee. Scott Thomas.
Trudging along, slow as usual, he gave zero shits. Correction, he gave less than zero shits because the former implied he even cared enough for the zero to rise. He gave negative shits.
High as hell already. The best way to begin a day. He lit up before he even left the house. It paid to live with someone who doesn't even care enough to come home on a daily basis.
Now, with his aviators on, band t-shirt on full display, and an 'I don't give a fuck' attitude; he's ready to begin the day. Even if he will dip out sometime after first period.
"You're late," Serena Reynolds, the newest member of Scott's friend group, chimed in a sing-song-y voice with a wide, pearly smile to match. Always so chipper. On days like this, it annoyed the shit out of Scott.
"Get bent," Scott mumbled low enough, doubting anyone actually heard him. Still tired from his late night at the concert yesterday. Him and the rest of the gang enjoyed the music, but Heather Swanson and Matthew Burroughs spent most of it cozied up in the Vista Cruiser, Julian's father's car. The lanky boy managed to blackmail his father into doing his bidding somehow someway. Scott didn't press. Free concert and free ride, why would he complain?
"Nah, Serena," Julian Ray, Scott's longtime friend, interjected in a dry tone, "on time is when Scott decides to actually show up." Julian rubbed his eyes, yawning loud enough others around caught notice. Some whispered. Some laughed. Some shrugged it off. Scott cursed under his breath, cupping his lips around his still lit cigarette. Fog errupted in front of Scott's eyes, steaming up the lens to his aviators. Claire scooted away from the smoke, sticking her nose up in the air the other way. Serena sniffed, nose scrunching up as the toxic smoke entered her lungs. A loud gravely cough left her lips, leading her to swat it away with a chorus of Julian's chuckles.
"At least someone finally understands." Scott chuckled a little longer and louder than usual, smile a little more genuine than sarcastic. Thank weed. It's always thanks to weed. His only true love in this world, besides his love for Led Zeppelin and rock music. A strand of his sandy, curly hair fell in his eyes thanks to the blustering wind engulfing their small town. A storm brewed on the horizon. Scott prepared himself, a single curl in his eyes was the least of his concerns.
Taking another puff, he lowered his cigarette and arm to his side, not so subtly hiding it as he released the spray of smoke towards one of the bitchy rich girls strutting their shit on by him. Their squeals hit his ears, sending sparks through his other frigid body. One winked over their shoulder, giggling as she scurried on away with her friends. He pressed his back up against the brick wall, stepping with his left foot against it, a satisfied grin twinging at the ends of his lips.
"Guys, guys!" Matthew bolted down the hall, screaming each of their names; a look of sheer joy took over the usually (semi) calm in the morning Matthew Burroughs. He hit his peak, in Scott's words, stupidity more towards the late morning/early afternoon when he had a chance to wake up, only getting more ditzy as the day went on. While Matthew had been one of Scott's friends since Matt moved up to town in second grade, it didn't give the taller boy a pass in his studipity book. Still annoyed Scott all the same. "Guess what?"
"There's a naked woman at school?" Serena asked, still with a wide grin that refused to falter, earning a high-five from Scott and a scold from Claire Anthony. Serena, despite being anxious for the possibility of catching a glimpse, knew it must be true by Matthew's actions. Fear soon spread, remembering where they were, and retreated into her shell. Scott shot her a confused stare, but she dismissed it, causing him to drop it before anyone caught on.
"We get to skip school and watch Star Wars?" asked Julian, eyes twinkling in delight at the possibility with a smile longer than the interstate.
"School's cancelled?" asked Claire, voice cracking from joy. Hands clenched her textbooks over her chest, something that striked Scott the wrong way. Nobody noticed, too absorbed in the discourse surrounding Matt and his news.
Burroughs shook his head. "Corrina's back!" Nobody responded. Sharing mirroring expressions of confusion and defeat. Matt's childish grin refused to waver despite it. "Remember the chick who always kicked Ray's ass when he was stupid? In elementary school?"
"Is she hot?" Julian deadpanned, no sense of care whether Claire or Serena noticed. The rebel rolled his eyes, puffing out one final drag before throwing his cigarette butt on the ground, putting it out with the bottom of his worn boot. A mischevious smirk found itself across Scott's rugged features, the entire thing amusing him. Matthew and Serena - even Julian - worked themselves up everytime a new person transfered to their rundown school. And everytime they got crushed when the person they admired fell into the arms of another, or on Serena's behalf, were a crazy psycho. Scott Thomas learned long ago not to fall for anyone in this antiquated town. All they brought was boredom and pain.
Matthew nodded his head, mouth agape and smiling like a goof. "Fuck yeah! I just saw her when I left the office."
"And why were you in the office?" Julian inquired despite everyone knowing it was probably for some prank he was foolish enough to get caught for. Always the prankster, Matthew and Scott teamed up for the most elaborate plots, many successful. From running the principal's car into the school pool to rigging the school's speakers with music many couldn't believe existed. Scott even streaked in front of the president hopeful during a campaign stop at the high school.
No one ever forgot how much Scott and Matthew hate the fuz on their asses.
"I snuck out of class to make out with Heather, and the janitor caught me with my pants down in the girls bathroom." Burroughs appeared remorseful for a second, but that didn't last long. Long enough for him to forget about Corrina for Heather, then hop back on the C-Train. "But damn, she's hot. Like hot hot. Like-"
"We get it, Burroughs. She's hot." Scott sighed, already done with the whole 'school' thing. He'd much rather be chilling at Lunch In, the hottest local eatery for local teens, or back at his loft listening to his records with a fresh blunt rolled and lit. Pressed between his lips right where it should be.
And that's when a tall girl with violet hair and boots walked down the hall with a smirk. It was like time stopped, everything going in slow motion. Hair blowing behind her like a huge, unknown fan blew wind her way. No makeup yet still sexy. In a see through sweater and her black lace bra on full display, yet walked like she doesn't care if anyone saw. Like she currently strutted down a catwalk instead of a bleak, school hall. Tight jeans accentuated her hips, ass and her thighs, matching with a set of black platforms. Glasses sat loosely atop the bridge of her nose, small circle rims plus a black accent. The lenses add a certain sparkle to her already radiant jade green eyes. Her being radiated this aura of confidence and raw, sexual energy, dragging Scott in with this undeniable magnetism until heat encompassed his everything, images dancing in his brain.
Where has this girl been all my life? Scott thought, peeking through his illicit thoughts. So scandalous he hoped no government worker chose this moment to spy in his thoughts. Yet another conspiracy theory he found himself indulging in the possibility of. He tilted his aviators down enough so he managed to get a better view of the mysterious punk vixen, leaving himself wide open for the gang to tease him later on. Scott would gladly take any amount of ridicule for even a mynute of a second to stare at this girl, to feel the sensation of her hands gliding themselves across his chest.
"Corrina Jackson?" A girl's voice shouted. Clare's voice.
That's Corrina? He wondered in amazement. Unable to hide his adornment and shock any longer. Soon, his hallmark aviators would no longer be enough to shield his attraction. She looks a little familiar.
The girl broke through a daze, and ran over to Claire. Her chunky platforms clash with the tile floor below, leaving thunderous echos in its wake. The red head pulled her in a big bear hug, then passing her around to Burroughs and Ray like a joint. Serena tried to get in on the action, arms out and waiting for her turn, but she didn't notice her, too absorbed with her old friends.
"Doesn't Serena get a turn to hug the pretty girl?" She sighed, deciding to just go ahead and hug her while she caught up with Claire. The overwhelming scent of Serena's perfume infiltrating Corrina's nose, pulling her out of the reunion euphoria.
"Um, who are you?" Corrina asked, arms up high, voice slightly irritated. She tried to break the hug to no avail. It freaked her to the core. Corrina panicked, eyes darting from Claire around to the boys for any kind of help. Matthew gawked at it like your typical schoolboy watching porn for the first time. Eyes wide and mouth agape, jaw floored.
"I am Serena. And I have needs. One of them is a hug from a pretty girl like you." With a huge grin on her face, she contiued to hug her much to Corrina's despair
Matthew picked Serena up at her waist and slung her over his shoulder. "That's enough hugging for now. Don't need you scaring off Corrina before she even gets to meet me. I'll help you fill your 'needs' later."
She's even wearing a guitar pick necklace with a pot leaf on it, Scott grinned internally, twitching his dogtag between his index finger and thumb. Can she get anymore perfect?
"Close your mouth before you catch flies, Thomas." Claire laughed at the bewildered stare he gave her. He then noticed the mirrored look splattered Corrina's face too. But he could have sworn that smile hid a devious undertone. It had to of. He wanted it to.
A hand covered Corrina's mouth as she tried not to laugh. Her jade eyes lit up suddenly like a light flickered on inside them. "Scott Thomas?" He nodded. "Oh my gosh, I haven't seen you in forever. You used to call me CoCo because-"
"Coke is made with cocaine. That's why it's so addictive. The government does that because they're trying to make it easier to control us," they said in unison, both smiling at each other. Scott couldn't believe it, the same girl he hung out with all then. The girl who loved Coke and the Beatles.
Scott's whole demeanor softened, relaxing back in his mind. They were only in first grade when they first met at the Rays' home. She chugged a Coke faster than anyone he knew while he sipped on a beer he unknowingly stole from Julian's hardass father, Viper. He called her CoCo everyday after that. Until she moved away the following year. No word. No nothing.
That's when the bell rang.
Within a split second, Julian and Claire ran off to the left. The girl yelling at Corrina that they would catch up later, after school. Matthew lingered a little while longer, still unable to take his eyes off of her - most likely due to her see through sweater and exposed bra - and then sprinted towards his first class the moment he realized it was gym. Serena tagged along with him, still slung over Burrough's shoulder. The jocks always enjoyed Serena dropping in on their classes, especially when she unapologetically begins to flirt with them.
That left Scott with Corrina.
"Do you really want to be here?" She asked, arms crossed over her chest. Her once doe, innocent eyes, now held a taunting gleam, like her smile seemed to hold in disguise earlier. Her laid back demeanor shifted into one dripping in taunting badassery. And boy did it devour him in one delectable bite.
Now on to dessert.
"Huh?" He shook his head, missing every word she said. Too caught up with her and the memories. And the dirty, sensual thoughts dancing about. All he wanted now was a blunt, a nice shower, and Corrina all wrapped up in one.
She glided across the tile floor seductively, closing the gap between them. Her hand held out for him. "The Scott Thomas I remember hated the system, namely the school system. So, let's get out of here." Delicate fingers danced across his chest in a straight line from the middle of his chest up to the top, parallel to his collarbone. Then, she ran her fingers down to his biceps where a fresh hidden tattoo resided, resting her hand there, on and off rubbing it with a sly smirk. Scott gulped, fireworks scorching his skin whenever her fingers make contact.
He laughed, dry yet still true. But he didn't utter a word. Eyes trained on her. Studying her every move. It reminded him of a more recent time, of a familiar girl. But the lighting in the woods that night was too dim for him to have gotten a good look at the girl. Starting by the bar, turning it up to a thousand in the backseat of her pickup soon after.
Since he hadn't moved an inch, Corrina took the initiative, taking his hand in hers, interlocking their fingers. "And after the night you had last night, I highly doubt you really want to be stuck in a classroom for eight hours."
Shit. He shook his head internally. It couldn't have been her last night. At the concert. By the bar. In the pickup. Could it? It can't be. Mind rattled, everything but last night's events wiped from his memory bank. He searched and searched for something, anything familar to tie her to it all.
Light bulb.
"It was you?"
Her devious grin said it all. "Me." She tapped his chest.
"Me." Again, only lower.
"Me." And lower.
Leaning in, she whispered, voice so low and confident. It sent shockwaves through his skin, sending shivers up and down his spine. He sharply inhaled through his teeth, now painfully aware of the officers spying on their every move. It only turned him on. "What are you waiting for?"
After that, Corrina pulled herself away from him. They walked, hand in hand, out the front door, ready to raise hell.
And Scott couldn't wait to spend the whole day with her. Alone.
Continue Reading Next Chapter
About Us
|
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★reward n. 报偿
give ab.a reward n.
reward sb.with sth. v. 用...来奖赏某人
reward sb.for sth.
...reward him for the first prize.
★virtue n. 美德
strongpoints merit 长处,优点
shortpoints weak points 短处,缺点
★diet n. 节食
go on a diet
★forbid v. 禁止
forbid sb. to do sth.:禁止某人做某事
allow sb.to do
forbad :
forbidden :Forbidden City 紫禁城 forbidden fruit 禁果
broken glass
★hurriedly adv. 匆忙地
★embarrass v. 使尴尬
embarrassing :令人尴尬
embarrassed :感到尴尬
sth embarrassed me.
You embarrassed me.
to my embarrassment 让我感到尴尬
★guiltily adv. 内疚地
guilty consicience 问心有愧
clear conscience 问心无愧
★strict adj. 严格的
be strict with sb.
be strict in sth
★reward v. 给奖赏
★occasionally adv. 偶尔地
on the occasion
at times
How often do you visit your parents?
off and on 偶尔
now and again
First listen and then answer the question.
Why did Hugh's diet not work?
My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate; and sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was obvious that he was very embarrassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!
|
(503) 280-0888 [email protected]
Average Car Accident Settlement Amounts: Back Injuries
People often ask me what is an average car accident settlement amount and specifically for back injuries. I’m Todd Peterson and I have been handling back injury and car accident injury cases from our Portland offices for many years now. I’ve settled or argued thousands of personal injury cases, achieving millions of dollars for our clients.
How Much Have I Gotten For Back Injury Settlements?car accident in intersection
At Peterson Law Offices, we have had back injury settlements for pain and suffering between ranging from $900 to $115,000 as of 2017 when this was written. These amounts are tied to the various factors and their interplay and are for the states of Oregon and Washington, which may be higher or lower than your state. Of course all cases are different and there is no guarantee of these amounts. I negotiated much higher settlements for my clients for other types of injuries, but because of client confidentiality and other ethical reasons, I prefer not to list them here.
The highest injury jury verdict I have ever heard of was for $23.8 million for an accident involving a victim who was paralyzed. At the upper limits of monetary compensation for injuries, awards are tied to the insurance available on the claim.pinched nerve diagram back injury
The average car accident settlement amount is around $16,500. That’s the mean from high to low. This in no way is saying that is what your claim is worth. The amount the claim is worth is based on many factors
How are average car accident settlement amounts determined?
I can tell you that there is no one amount you can get for a certain type of case and that you can not use a simple formula to find out how much your claim is worth, as some sites will tell you.
How much the case is worth is most often determined when the insurance company adjuster and the attorney try to predict what an imaginary jury would award the client. The attorney and the adjuster do this after all the evidence is in and they have determined what kind of witness the client might make in court.
The two then come to some agreement, with the permission of the client, as to what the settlement amount will be. Without an attorney, the insurance company will try to convince the accident victim that their claim isn’t worth much and will often give a “take it or leave it” offer. A personal injury attorney knows from a lot of experience how much a case is worth.
How can an attorney maximize claim amounts?
An attorney also has negotiating skills and the threat of a lawsuit. The lawyer has it in their interest to get the highest amount since they will earn more if they get more for you.
For example, we have had many people call us after settling a case with the insurance company on their own for a low amount of $500 for pain and suffering. This amount is a common initial low ball amount offered by the insurance companies.cartoon of scales of justice with injured person
Even though I charge a one third contingency fee I still would most likely get that person more. Say, for example, I estimated that I would have gotten a low total settlement of $5,000 for pain and suffering for the same claim.
I would have gotten a third for fees or $1666 and an amount for costs, but the client would have gotten $3209 or $2709 more than what they got handling the case themselves for that low $500 offer.
What factors affect accident injury settlement amounts?
How much a client will receive for a back injury settlement depends upon many factors such as the
• severity of the injury
• how bad the impact of the car crash was
• the length of treatment for the injury
• the amount of permanent tissue damage done
• how much work was missed
• how much pay was lost
• how it affected the lifestyle and the ability to work of the individual
• and what kind of job they had if it was permanently lost due to the injuries.
What Else Matters In Determining Monetary Awards?
Other factors such as who was at fault in the accident can be important in determining the settlement amount sometimes. For example: a person who was not wearing a seat belt is considered partly negligent in some states even if they get rear ended by another car.
Other kinds of settlements can be much larger, and I have had car accident insurance and homeowners insurance injury settlements overall that settled for much higher than the back injury settlements mentioned above, including a number of wrongful death cases. Due to the confidential nature of these settlements, I will not write about them.
Other kinds of car accident insurance settlements depend on the same factors that apply to back injury settlements, but other things may be considered. Sometimes issues such as how a person’s appearance is affected, if there is scarring or disfigurement, can affect the final pain and suffering settlement or judgment received. These settlement amounts may also be reliant on whether or not future surgery is recommended by the victim’s doctor.
What else can I help you with?
Todd Peterson, Oregon accident attorney on the telephoneWant to talk to me about your case?
Sitemap - Privacy
ADVERTISEMENT | © 2021 Peterson Law Offices
|
Utilizing reliable yeast is crucial for successful ethanol distillation
Tough alcohols and spirits must come out firmly by using the distillation procedure and working with high quality yeast is required for environment friendly ethanol distillation. Ethanol or alcohol since it is more frequently labeled is attainable in the form of plenty of alcoholic beverages and is at the same time accessible as biofuel in the type of bioethanol, which actually is needed to power vehicles.
Despite the fact that nearly all mild beers and wines commonly work with the brewing progression to produce alcoholic drinks with low strength levels, more robust alcohols and spirits which include whiskey, brandy, vodka, etc are neccessary to successfully pass by the distillation process http://destillation.com to empower them with remarkably high proof levels. Once more, when milder alcohols make use of milder variations of the saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast, heavier alcohols require heavier variants that can hold up to in tough alcohols without dying, which in return could lead in jammed fermentation.
There are specific sorts of fermenting yeasts available for purchase together with wine yeast, whisky yeast, vodka yeast, etc that help in unique ethanol production. Nevertheless, these yeasts at the same time are accessible in unique qualities along with inferior yeasts would possibly consist of high quantities of wild yeast or other unhealthy bacteria that could result in an inferior and harmful product. Impressive distillers just like home-distillers have a form of super yeast that is fortified with significant micro nutrients that can supply tougher alcohol strength even at higher temperatures.
Average yeast can only work in sugar fermentation at temperatures between 15 as well as the 27 degrees Celsius. They either become too sluggish or die whenever the temperature crosses these limits. Having said that, supercharged turbo variants of ordinary yeast that have been fortified with micro nutrients are ready in the form of turbo yeast. This turboyeast can promise great ethanol fermentation that can yield a good base for ethanol distillation. The alcohol or ethanol extracted after making use of turbo yeast is not merely more robust and also purer but is also higher in yield as compared to alcohol taken from normal yeasts.
The distillation progression generally heats up the ethanol mixture to boiling point where unique ingredients which include water and as well as ethanol that have various boiling points are evaporated at distinct temperatures. The resultant vapors move through the process of a condensing unit in which they are cooled back into liquid form. Yet, the resultant powerful alcohol or spirit will be {great|useful providing the fermentation course of action has been carried out producing heavy distillers yeast that generates more robust alcohols in the first place.
Regardless it is a vodka distillery, a whiskey distiller, a brandy distillery or even a bio enthanol plant, the fact is that many of these units will need hardy yeast to guarantee that the fermentation process produces a high yield even against weak mashes. This will lessen the value of ethanol production and even contain alcohol with better color, acidity and even strength. Good quality yeast will also guarantee persistence in production, which actually can raise the brand name of the product as well as the the manufacturer.
It is very important that the mixture that ultimately ends up at the distillation plant alone is strong and even pure by nature with a view to derive stronger ethanol from it. Professional distillers and home-distillers have to opt for top quality yeast just like turbo yeast to assure that the ethanol distillation progression results implementing ethanol which meets their presumptions in terms of quality and even quantity.
|
Northrend Bestiary
World of Warcraft’s Wrath of the Lich King has a new Bestiary that many players are quite excited about. In this informative guide, you will be introduced to the new creatures that will be released with this new game expansion that are considered to be “known” and some information on the three types of beasts that not so much is known about. If you want to have the advantage of what you will come up against in WotLK, this is guide for you!
Nerubian Vizier
This is a particularly interesting beast that is considered to be a half-humanoid and half-spider. These characters are said to be the main rulers in the underground kingdom of the Nerubians. Those that are considered to be Nerubians are part of a race that is considered to be not only ancient, but highly intelligent. Their native land is that of the ever-popular “Northrend”, a piece of land that drifted to the far north after the great Cataclysm. This rests underneath the popular kingdom that is known as “Azjol-Nerub”. This race once served under the control of the spiderlords that were Nerubian based. However, a great war occurred that is widely known as the “War of the Spider”, and they rose to power.
Due to the high level of intelligence that this particular race has, it is believed that they have a “secret” leader that instructs their moves, their laws, and other activities. It is believed that they keep this leader in the shadows to avoid bringing his existence into knowledge so that he cannot be overthrown or out witted by the Scourge. These creatures are planning to achieve victory over the Scourge.
Plague Eruptor
The Plague Eruptor is a type of walking corpse that works to spread devastation in the areas in which they visit. These terrifying characters are all part of the dreaded Scourge army that is working to destroy anything and everything in their path. While this type of character is incredibly violent, super fast, and has an unbelievable amount of strength, these characteristics are far from the most frightening ability that they have. These monstrous characters have nodules that contain the plague. When the nodules burst, it rapidly spreads the ominous sickness.
Shovel Tusks
The Shovel Tusks resemble what we know as the common moose, the only difference is that the antlers that they have on top of their head is curved back and they have tusks that they use to dig for food, and even protect themselves. These beasts have been said to be extremely territorial over their space, and will stop at absolutely nothing to protect their area from invaders.
These beasts are actually humanoid creatures. It is a tall creature that is relatively dense in size and works to protect the area that it resides in. In addition to this, there are two dangerous horns that actually emerge from the head of this ferocious beast. While it does reflect that of the standard orc, it is covered in fur to protect itself from the immensely cold temperatures and stands an average of about ten feet tall. While they are good at masking their location, and often reside in caves, they seem to lack basic intelligence, but have a violent temper.
Flesh Giant
The Flesh Giant is an immense creature that is literally created from an assortment of flesh pieces. In some instances, it is not uncommon to see that part of the overall composition of the beast is mechanical based. The pieces that make up the composition of this creature have been obtained from many different corpses. These beasts are enslaved to the individual that they serve, and exhibit a massive amount of strength.
In World of Warcraft’s Wrath of the Lich King, is a type of tauren that has adjusted to the cold climates that it lives in. Their home rests in the frozen wasteland to the North known as “Northrend”. While it is believed that their demeanor is largely due to the fact that they have learned to survive in the harshest conditions, it is important to know and understand that this type of creature has recently allied with the faction of the Horde.
The Jormungar is a very interesting beast that will be in the Wrath of the Lich King by World of Warcraft. This particular beast is especially aggressive. In times past, it is believed that these creatures served the Nerubians in the way of heavy labor and slave like work. However, when the empire of this people collapsed, these creatures made their escape to freedom. They are strong, and can adapt quickly to their environment.
These creatures are quite massive in size. The upper part of their body reflects a giant, while the lower part is that of a mammoth. These creatures are relatively strong, can adapt easily, and have been known to eat their own if the case calls for it. Often described as plain out “mean” this is a misunderstood beast that has had to work diligently to survive in the toughest of times.
Iron Dwarf
The ever-popular Iron Dwarf is a Dwarf that is composed of metal. It is common to see the cities and items that they create crafted of metal as well. It is believed that they are both dwarf and titan.
Unknown Beasts
The “Unknown” Beasts are that of the:
o Darkfallen
o Proto-Dragon
o Ice Troll
Until the actual release of Wrath of the Lich King, little is known about the characters. Here, you have been introduced to the Wrath of the Lich King Bestiary by World of Warcraft. It is important to know and understand these beasts so that you may engage in productive game play once you experience this expansion for yourself.
|
Mitsubishi Forums banner
1. Performance
Hey everyone, I've got a 2013 Lancer SE 4WD with the CVT transmission. It's been a great car for me but I've always had a problem with how terribly slow it is to pick up speed from a stop. It's gotten me in a few close calls to say the truth because I'd go to shoot a gap and the car just kinda...
2. Performance
Just wondering if The 2.4L intakes will fit in a 2.0L cause I want one with an airbox like this one but their isn’t one available for the 2.0L so just wondering if this one will fit
3. 3G (2000-2005) Eclipse
I have a 01 3G eclipse 2.4l GS and looking to upgrade the exhaust to something with a deeper or aggressive sound but not trying to rice out. Any suggestions on how to achieve this? What have y’all gotten?
|
May 21, 2020
Create a 30 second commercial about a product that already exists (Airpods for example) or one that you make up (nose protector).
• 25% showing people what the problem is
• 50% Benefits (good parts) of the product. How will people enjoy it?
• 25% telling them to buy your product and how much it costs
Airpods (Real Product) Nose Protector (Made up Product)
Problem: Wires, poor sound, hassle Problem: When you bump into a wall with your nose, it really hurts!
Benefits: Better sound, looks great, no wires, easy to charge, saves lives! Benefits: People can no longer hurt you. Your nose can hit walls
Buy: Two for one sale price. Website address Buy: Price and website address
As part of your film, consider the following
• What music and sound effects will you use?
• What camera angles will you use?
• What camera movement will you use?
Getting Started
1. Brainstorm some product or service ideas here
2. Decide on your product and share it on this form
3. Goto and build a storyboard for the commercial assignment
1. You may have to import a picture of your product
4. Begin shooting your film
1. Use lots of camera movement and different cuts
5. Edit your film
1. Add sound design including music (for emotions) and sound effects
6. Add your brand Canva image at the end.
7. Share you film on Flipboard
Always feel free to contact me:
|
To the leader. Of David, the servant of the Lord. 1
Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in their hearts; there is no fear of God before their eyes. 2 For they flatter themselves in their own eyes that their iniquity cannot be found out and hated. 3 The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit; they have ceased to act wisely and do good. 4 They plot mischief while on their beds; they are set on a way that is not good; they do not reject evil.
Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. 6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your judgments are like the great deep; you save humans and animals alike, O LORD.
O continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your salvation to the upright of heart! 11 Do not let the foot of the arrogant tread on me, or the hand of the wicked drive me away. 12 There the evildoers lie prostrate; they are thrust down, unable to rise.
|
50 cases advanced by Austrian hits in INTERPOL DNA database
15 December 2005
LYON, France – Comparison of records submitted by Austria to INTERPOL's automated database of DNA profiles has yielded 50 matches involving ongoing police investigations in four European countries.
Austria was the first INTERPOL member country to adopt the charter governing the use of the automated database, called the DNA Gateway, in April 2005. All of the countries affected by the Austrian 'hits', person-to-scene, scene-to-scene or person-to-person matches with no previous connections, have been notified.
'Fifty international investigations have been advanced in seconds thanks to the DNA Gateway,' said INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble. 'INTERPOL and its member countries have developed the perfect product that satisfies member countries' privacy concerns while remaining an effective investigative tool for linking and exposing international criminals.'
Dr. Herwig Haidinger, Director of Austria's Bundeskriminalamt, said: 'This success demonstrates the importance of international criminal police co-operation, and this has to be intensified and extended in the future.'
Forty-one INTERPOL member countries operate national criminal DNA profile databases, and 33 have submitted more than 55,000 selected records to INTERPOL so far.
The United Kingdom, with the world's largest database of DNA profiles, in November 2005 became the second country to adopt the charter. The UK's DNA profile database contains more than 3.3 million records and has had more than 685,000 hits. At the national level, the UK is expected to start submitting records to the DNA Gateway in early 2006.
INTERPOL member countries can submit a search request to the DNA Gateway directly via INTERPOL's I-24/7 global police communications system. It functions as an autonomous database, meaning it is not linked to INTERPOL's other databases, and submitted profiles do not contain any nominal data on individuals.
Member countries must agree to the charter to access the DNA Gateway, because its automated nature requires more stringent privacy and security safeguards than the previous method of manual comparison.
The charter stipulates that, among other things, member countries retain ownership of their data and control its use and access in accordance with their national laws.
At last month's INTERPOL International DNA Users' Conference for Investigative Officers held at the INTERPOL General Secretariat in Lyon, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agreed to create a conversion feature within its Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) software. The FBI will design this feature to meet INTERPOL's requirements as a step toward fostering and increasing the sharing of DNA profiles among international law enforcement bodies.
This means that the 24 countries currently using CODIS software will be able to submit data to the DNA Gateway more easily in the future.
|
Sometimes, living is a gas station at 2am.
Men with their elbows on the tooth-gaps
of rolled down windows.
A losing scratch ticket abandoned in a gutter.
It is fifteen-cent bananas in a tall wire basket
and the cashier, with his hair
tugged slick into a ponytail like an oiled fish.
Some nights, being-a-person means
cooling into the dark as your car heaves
heavier with each gallon of gasoline
you feed it. In the breeze, your skirt
slips along the bare of your thighs
and you wonder if the men with their elbows
on sills are watching. You hope
they are, though you feel you shouldn’t
hope these things. You weave your hips
as you move, like you are a shuttle on a loom
and every man is a strand of yarn to be snared.
The nozzle clicks off twice:
once when the tank is full, and once
when you overfill it. The nozzle
is a pistol you want to pocket.
You want to hold up the convenient store
with it. You want it cold against your skin
like an extra rib.
Sometimes life is a gas station
in the void between night and morning.
You let gasoline pool in your hand
without anyone seeing. You love
the vapor of it. The swell in your lungs.
Whenever you arrive at these places,
you hope the air will be sharp with that scent
to wind around your tongue—
another hope you feel you should not have.
|
German (Austrian) Submitted Surnames
These names are a subset of German names used more often in Austria. See also about German names.
ABER German (Austrian)
Not much is known about this last name... [more]
ALBAUGH German (Austrian)
Albaugh is a surname of Austrian origin. It is an anglicized variation of the German language surname Albach.
ALTBAUER German (Austrian)
“Old farmer” from the root Bauer meaning “farmer” in German
AMSTUTZ German (Swiss), German (Austrian)
AU Upper German, Swiss, German (Swiss), German (Austrian)
South German, Swiss, and Austrian topographic name from dialect Au ‘water meadow’, ‘stream’ (see AUE).
BAEDER German (Austrian)
Means something like "bath house" which historically was associated with health or medicine.
BALSANO German (Austrian), Italian
The roots of the distinguished surname Balzano lie in Austria. The name derives itself from "Balthasar," the name of one of the three Magi who followed the star to Bethlehem, and was popular as both a first name and a family name during the 18th century.... [more]
BALTHAZOR German, German (Austrian)
A Germanic Austrian form of Balthazar
BISCHOFFSHAUSEN German, German (Austrian), German (Swiss)
Means "bishop's house" in German
BORSOK Russian, Jewish, German (Austrian)
Pronouced "Boar-sook"... [more]
BREUNIG German, German (Austrian), American
Origin probably in Frankfurt am Main... [more]
BRUNNER German (Austrian)
Brunner came from Tyrolean and Bavarian place names, or Brno.... [more]
DORN German, German (Austrian), Dutch, Flemish, English
Means "thorn" in German.
DOSS German, German (Austrian), German (Swiss)
German: Habitational name for someone from Dosse in Altmark. Variant of Dose ... [more]
EBERLING German (Austrian)
The surname Eberling was first found in Austria, where this family name became a prominent contributor to the development of the district from ancient times. Always prominent in social affairs, the name became an integral part of that turbulent region as it emerged to form alliances with other families within the Feudal System and the nation... [more]
FEIST German (Austrian)
taken from St. Veit (Vitus in Latin), Protector against fire and lightning
FICHTER German (Austrian)
Habitational name deriving from places named with this word in Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony, or Austria.
FLEISCHMAN German (Austrian)
Fleischman translates in English to Meat Man, or Butcher It is most often used with a single "n" for those who were persecuted as Jews. Other Germanic spellings for Christians and others not deemed Jewish are Fleischmann, or Fleishmann... [more]
GALISHOFF Upper German, German (Austrian)
Derived from the ancient Roman name "Gallus", meaning "rooster" in Latin. "Hoff" meaning house combines the growing or tending to poultry on a farm house, hence the name "Galishoff" which has been modified over the millennia... [more]
GSCHWENDTNER German (Austrian)
From the German word "schwenden", which means "swidden agriculture" in English
HAUSLE German (Austrian)
Topographical name for someone who's House was near the Woods, from German "Häus" House "le" Woods
HOFERLE German (Austrian)
Means "Yard Clearing" from a Combination of the Austrian word Höfer meaning "yard" or "court" with the ancient suffix "le" meaning woodland or clearing.
HOORN German (Austrian)
HOSP German (Austrian)
Means "odd bird" or "strange man"
HRACH German (Austrian, Rare), Czech (Rare)
Originated in the Czech-speaking region of Bohemia in Austria, pre-1900. From Czech hrách, meaning "pea." Given either to a very short man or to a gardener.
JAUK German (Austrian)
The meaning of the name Jauk is similar to the word "acre" in English. It is a measure word for how much land an ox can plough in one day. People with the surname Jauk are likely to have descended from farmers... [more]
KARI Finnish, German (Austrian), Slovene (?), Hungarian, Indian, Marathi
As a Finnish name, it is a topographic and ornamental name from kari "small island", "stony rapids", "sandbar", or "rocky place in a field". This name is found throughout Finland.... [more]
KLIMT German (Austrian)
Derived from the given name KLIMENT.... [more]
KLOR German (Austrian)
KLUG German (Austrian)
First recorded in the early 14th century in present-day Austria (southeastern region of the Holy Roman Empire at that time). The surname was derived from the ancient Germanic word kluoc meaning "noble" or "refined".... [more]
KOLESAR Czech (Modern, Rare), German (Modern, Rare), German (Austrian, Modern, Rare)
Means either 'wheelwright' or 'coleminer' depending on the region.
KRONECKER Jewish, German (Austrian)
Derived from the place name Kroneck in Austria. A famous bearer of this surname was Leopold Kronecker(1823~1891),the German mathematician who worked on number theory.
KÜNZI German, Swiss, German (Austrian)
From a pet form of the personal name Kuntz.
MEUSBURGER German (Austrian)
The history of this last name is that it means "Mountain Dweller." Being as part of the Austrian surnames, it's a widely used one in it's home country. A few brothers had gone to various countries, as of now there is Meusburgers in Columbia, as well as the United States and throughout Europe... [more]
MITTERMEIER German (Austrian)
Literal meaning "middle farmer" its thought to have been given to farmers living between two there farms in the mountains.
MOSELE Italian, German (Austrian)
This surname is to be found in north-eastern Italy, more specifically in the Vicenza and Verona provinces. Families with this name are certain to be originally from the mountain town of Asiago, situated on a plateau north of Vicenza and now a well-known skiing resort... [more]
MOUSEL German (Austrian, Anglicized), English
Anglicisation of the German Mäusl, from the German word maus - "mouse" combined with a diminutive suffix, literally meaning "little mouse"... [more]
NEUHAUSER German, German (Austrian)
Means "new house" in German.
NIEDERMEIER German, German (Austrian)
Initially used as a distinguishing name for a farmer who had a farm lower than the neighboring one(s). This surname and its variant spellings are common to Austria and the Free State of Bavaria in Germany.
OESTERREICH German (Austrian)
Variant transcription of ÖSTERREICH.
ÖSTERREICH German (Austrian)
The German name for Austria, meaning "eastern kingdom".
ÖSTERREICHER German, German (Austrian)
Means "One from Austria", "the Austrian".
PEIPER German (Austrian)
Occupational name for a piper, from Middle High German piper. In some cases it may be derived from Sorbian pipar "pepper", thus being an occupational name for a spicer or a nickname for one with a fiery temper.
PLAHNA German (Austrian)
It is a name from the Gratkorn, Graz, Styria area of Austria
PRADL Hungarian, German (Austrian)
Meaning unknown. Possibly originating somewhere in Hungary.
REICHER German, German (Austrian), Jewish
Derived from various placenames called Reich, Reichau, Reichen.
RIEHL German (Austrian), German
Either from the given name Rühle or a from the location of Rühle or Riehl.
SANDMEIER German, German (Swiss), German (Austrian)
From Middle High German sand combined with Meier, referring to a tenant farmer whose farm was on sandy soil.
SCHERZER German (Austrian)
Habitational name for someone from a place called Scherz in Switzerland
SCHICKLGRUBER German (Austrian)
This was the surname of Maria Schicklgruber (April 15, 1795 - January 7, 1847), the mother of Adolf Hitler.
SCHMALTZ German (Rare), German (Austrian, Rare)
Schmaltz is a German and Austrian surname. It was used as an occupational surname for chandlers.
SCHMUCK German, German (Austrian)
From Middle High German smuc meaning "jewel", "finery", hence a metonymic occupational name for a jeweler, or a nickname for someone who wore a prominent jewel or ornament.North German: nickname from Middle Low German smuck meaning "neat", "dainty".
SCHORGL German (Austrian)
Austrian meaning, “Lover of the land”, used by farmers.
SCHWERTFUEHRER German (Austrian)
Sword leader; military general or other leadership position
SMOKE English, German, German (Austrian)
Possibly a variant of English SMOCK or an altered form of German SCHMUCK.
STUHR German, Danish, German (Austrian)
A nickname for an inflexible, obstinate person.
UNTERBERGER German (Austrian)
Denoted someone from Unterberg, the name of many places in Austria.
VOGL German (Austrian)
Southern German variant of VOGEL.
WEIDEMANN Medieval German, German (Austrian), Norwegian
WEISMAN German, German (Austrian), Jewish
A German surname meaning "white man"
ZAMLOCH German (Austrian)
Altered, likely Americanized or Germanized, version of the Czech surname Zemlicka. Zemlicka derives from žemle, meaning "bread roll," and was a name given to bakers.... [more]
Apply this search to the main name collection
|
336.255.4813 [email protected]
Simply showing up on Tuesday was critical for Cook, regardless of what his feelings might be about how the front office is approaching his status and value. Wilson remains the one member of their six man draft class who hasn agreed to a contract. Linebacker Jayon Brown will start training camp on the physically unable to perform list..
Don resort to alcohol to console it. Don resort to too much smoking too much alcohol, etc. My wife and I, she got the things that she does. All of that is for driving lessons that put an instructor and a student in the same vehicle. For the the portions that take place beforehand learning traffic laws and driving basics in a classroom Paff has reduced her class sizes to accommodate social distancing. Everyone who attends is required to wear a mask..
You will feel the difference in very first hour. The best part is that this tape is not uncolored but you can find multiple colors in the market. It is available in almost all the colors ranging from shocking cheap jerseys nba pink nba cheap jerseys to sophisticated black or brown color.
Another downside of jealousy is that wholesale nba jerseys from china it has often been seen as game playing. This is very obvious to cheap nba Jerseys from china your ex and everybody around you when implemented incorrectly. You do not want to be seen as a game player by your ex or anybody else for that matter.
Cardinals: OF Harrison Bader was out of the starting lineup after being hit by two pitches Saturday. Manager Mike Shildt said it felt like cheap nba Jerseys china the right time just to give Bader a break. Fine. A month of online therapy often costs less than a single traditional face to face session.Gabe Howard: We’re back discussing the COVID 19 pandemic and managing our mental health with Dr. David Batman. We talked a lot about the uncertainty, we talked a lot about the things that we lost.
We wholesale nba jerseys had characters like Dan, who you would argue would push his grandparents in front of a train if he thought it would get him somewhere. We had Mike, who didn’t know which end was up. And Jonah. Multiple obstacles remain, including an impasse on extending the $600 per week pandemic jobless benefit aid to the renters facing eviction. The benefit has helped sustain consumer demand over recent months as the coronavirus has wrought havoc. Pelosi, D Calif., wants to extend it through January at a $400 billion plus cost, while Republicans are proposing an immediate cut to $200 and then replacing the benefit with a cumbersome system that would attempt to provide 70% of a worker wage.. cheap nba Jerseys free shipping
cheap nba Jerseys from china On the other hand, same stadium and temperature. The ball is spotted on the offensive team’s own four yard line. The quarterback receives the snap from the center. You use this tool to make perfect dots on your nails with polish. Simple. Estimated price: $5 or less Salon grade decorations Now this one can be as cheap or expensive as you make it.
cheap nba Jerseys china It was great energy. We have so much to correct. Even though we played well, there’s a lot we can improve on. Striving for an original approach is on many performers’ minds. A Weirdo From Memphis, aka AWFM, says his plans for live events have been steadily evolving. “I decided to fall back until I can make it special.
Cognitive decline related to stroke is usually called vascular dementia or vascular cognitive impairment to distinguish it from other types of dementia. In the United States, it is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease. Vascular dementia may be cheap nba basketball jerseys preventable, but only if the underlying vascular disease (such as hypertension) is recognized and treated early..
The temple campaign in the 1990s, headlined by LK Advani’s Rath Yatra, marked the BJP’s rise as a national force. On December 6, 1992, the Babri cheap nba jerseys mosque was razed by activists who believed it was built on the ruins of an ancient temple that marked Ram Janmabhoomi or Lord Ram’s birthplace. The incident changed India’s politics forever and more than 2,000 people died in the riots that followed..
Trust fund seitan letterpress, keytar raw denim keffiyeh etsy art party before they sold out master cleanse gluten free squid scenester freegan cosby sweater. Fanny pack portland seitan DIY, art party locavore wolf cliche high life echo park Austin. Cred vinyl keffiyeh DIY salvia PBR, banh mi before they sold out farm to table VHS viral locavore cosby sweater.
Chiu of Los Gatos, will renovate the rooms and decorate them in an east west style similar to the hotel it operates wholesale nba basketball in Bali in Indonesia. The hotel group also operates the Residence Inn by Marriott in Livermore. It just sold three hotels in Portland, OR, and is building another hotel in Indonesia, said Banks.
|
Search Site
A New House Can Be Tough
A New House Can Be Tough
By Ryan Kruser
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Goodbyes are always tough, whether it is to a loved one, a pet, or even your childhood home. In November 2019, Senior Ty Dressler moved out of his childhood home, and into his new exquisite estate. Moving into a new home is exciting, but Ty still questions whether the new, luxurious house was worth leaving the old sentimental place that he had called “home” for so long.
It all started when Ty overheard his parents talking about potential blueprints for a new house. The idea of a new house came as a bolt from the blue for Ty. “I felt like a kid in a candy store. I couldn’t sleep that night; all I could think about was having a nice big room that I could do so many activities in.” A new house was the only thing on Ty’s mind. During the finals weeks of Ty’s junior year, he spent most of his time googling bedroom designs and watching HGTV for more ideas.
Many moons went by before the Dresslers finally found the house they wanted to build and who they wanted to build it. In the summer of 2019, the long process of building a house finally took its course. Dirt was moved, cement was poured, frames were put up, and excitement was in the air. Something was missing for Ty though. Something left Ty feeling uneasy about this new house, and he couldn’t really put his finger on it. On a hot and humid July day, Ty was running around outside with his neighborhood friends when he caught a glimpse of his house from an above angle and he realized how much he loved this house. “It hit me like a train. This was my home, this was where I have cherished so many memories with my family and friends.” Later that night at the dinner table, Ty described his emotions to his family. The rest of the family understood what Ty was saying and they comforted him with their words.
As the summer came to an end, the house was reaching its halfway point of being complete, and Ty was still unsure about this new house. The new house was completely enclosed and all that had to be finished was the inside. Ty visited this new house weekly to see how much progress was made since he had last seen it. Reflecting back on it, Ty had to say “Don’t get me wrong, I was excited to see our new house develop from pieces of wood put up to a completely enclosed house with enclosed rooms, but I was happy there was some time left so I could stay in my old house for a while.”
On November 2nd, 2019, the Dressler officially moved out of their lifelong home. “It was a sad day, full of different emotions.” The Dressler’s had everything moved out beside a table or two that they had no need for in their new house. The night before, Ty and his sister Brooke had a couple of neighborhood friends over to reminisce about all of the good times they had shared at this location. Now it was time for Ty and Brooke to reminisce with their parents about all of the good times they had shared. “A tear or two might have been shed, but they weren’t tears of sorrow; they were tears of joy.” The Dresslers grabbed the final things they wanted to keep and each stepped outside, never to come back and sleep again.
Time passed after the new house was finished and the Dressler family had been sleeping there regularly. Ty still hadn’t made the complete switch. “It felt like I was sleeping at a hotel for a while, but eventually I grew into it and now I consider this house my home.” The Dresslers will definitely miss their old home, but they are ready to create new memories in this one.
|
Tuesday, 1 January 2019
Accordion card tutorial ☆ C.C. Designs
Today I'm sharing with you a tutorial made for C. C. Designs design team. This is an easy card to make and you can use it for different opportunities.
What you need:
white cardstock
design paper
distress ink pads
double sided tape
liquid glue
C.C. Designs items you need:
Make a tag
Make a card #3
Step 1:
Cut two pieces of heavy white cardstock (300g) measuring 4" x 5".
Step 2:
Cut one long white rectangle measuring 13,5". You can asemble this one together from two smaller pieces. Then take your scoring board and make score lines at: 3 1/8" - 6 3/4" - 10 3/8". As you can see on the picture the first square and the last one are cut. I cut them diagonally at 2 3/8" on each side. This is the center piece of your accordion card.
Take chosen design paper and cut 4 rectangles:
2x 3" x 4"
2x 3,5" x 4"
On the smaller ones and cut out the triangles like we did with the center piece. Line them all together.
Step 3:
Cut another 4 rectangles from white cardstock (the same sizes as the ones cut from design paper) and use one of the stitched borders to make landscape.
Fold the center piece.
Step 4:
You already have 2 white cardstock rectangles from step 1, now you have to cut 3 rectangles from design paper. Two for the inside and one for the front of the card. Rectangles measure 3 7/8" x 4 7/8".
Step 5:
Apply double sided tape on the center piece as shown.
Step 6:
Adhere the center piece on the sides. Be careful that you adhere it close to the right edge, because when it's closed the center piece mustn't look out of the closed card.
Step 7:
Add two tags on each side of the center piece.
Step 8:
Colour in the chosen images. I decided to make a coffee and cookies forest party. heheh ... Cut out images using outline dies.
Step 9:
To make the front you cut one 12" stripe of paper, 1" wide. Then simply wrap it around the closed card and glue together. Make sure you leave enough space on each side so that can be easily pushed up or down to open the card.
Decorate the front as you desire.
Step 10:
Adhere the animals, add trees and other accessories stamps.
That's it. I hope you like my tutorial and it encouraged you to try it yourself.
Hugs, t.
1. OMG! This is so adorable! Your fabulous coloring, oh my!!!
Hugs, Dena
2. Omg Tamara, it’s absolutely amazing as usual. Love the colors and the card layout. Well I love everything :)) Happy New Year my friend
3. OH MY. . . This is absolutely precious! Amazing layout, colors and coloring. Whomever gets this card will feel over the moon in happiness!!!
4. Čudovit tutorial in lepa celota
vse dobro v 2019
|
Kia Niro: Clutch System / Reservoir Repair procedures
Turn the ignition switch OFF and disconnect the battery (-) terminal.
Drain the hydraulic oil from the reservoir using a syringe.
Loosen the reservoir hose (A) and bolts (B) and then remove the reservoir.
Tightening torque :
3.9 - 5.9 N.m (0.4 - 0.6 kgf.m, 2.9 - 4.3 lb-ft)
Install in the reverse order of removal.
Refill the specified lubricants in the reservoir and then perform the air bleeding using the GDS / KDS.
Specified lubricants : Brake fluid DOT 3
Quantity : Remove air from the hydraulic line and theninject hydraulic fluid to the reservoir so that it comes between the MAX and MIN levels of the reservoir.
After replacing the clutch disc , operate the followings in order using GDS / KDS equipment.
Removal of air from engine clutch hydraulic pressure line
When using vacuum pressurized hydraulic fluid injection device, change maximum vacuum pressure to 2.5 torr and injection pressure to 2.3-2.5 bar.
If it is impossible to inject hydraulic fluid using the above condition, be sure to remove air from the hydraulic line of the engine clutch at a temperature between 0 - 40°C.
Reservoir Components and components location
Components 1. Clutch disc 2. Clutch cover 3. Concentric slave cylinder 4. Hybrid motor assembly 5. Engine clutch actuator 6. Reservoir ...
DCT(Dual Clutch Transmission) System
Other information:
Kia Niro (DE HEV) Owners Manual: Checking the amount of air conditioner refrigerant and compressor lubricant
When the amount of refrigerant is low, the performance of the air conditioning is reduced. Overfilling also has a bad influence on the air conditioning system. Therefore, if abnormal operation is found, we recommend that the system be inspected by an authorized Kia dealer. WARNING - Vehicles e ...
Kia Niro 2017 (DE HEV) Service Manual: Clutch Actuator Assembly Components and components location
Components 1. Fork cover 2. Clutch actuator assembly 3. Extension connector 4. Motor 1 (Odd) 5. Motor 2 (Even) ...
© 2016-2021
|
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Sunday Blues...
Thanks for all the nice notes after yesterday's post. In hindsight, I shouldn't have let anything overshadow what I wrote about our trip to the shore. I regret that. I was so proud of both Gavin and Brian for so many reasons while we were on vacation. How they bravely tried new things: Gavin was MUCH more daring in the water and Brian took on some new rides ALL. BY. HIMSELF. which were both HUGE feats!! How good they both were: Gavin was so patient and slept so well even though we stuck him in a crib WITH a crib tent! And Brian was such a good listener and kept us laughing all week. And how well they slept being that we kept them out partying on the boardwalk until the stars were out!!
But that recent incident of rudeness was heavily on my mind. As are many things these days. Not to beat a dead horse, but I want to make a plea to all of you. Please don't joke about paternity - or even question it in any way, shape or form. I'm going out on a limb and speaking for many people. This isn't a new thing for me - I've been getting rude comments and "winky" looks and jokes since Gavin was an infant when we were surprised to see him with strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes. I've never appreciated it...not one time. And I'm ashamed for feeling a need to defend myself (when there's nothing to defend). I'm done. And I hope everyone else is, too. Soon (maybe even now!) my children will be aware of what you are saying. If they overhear something and misunderstand, it could leave them confused and hurt. Your "joke" could have lasting repercussions. It has affected both of us so much over the years that it prompted me to ask our geneticist for her thoughts. She not only said to not be ridiculous - going on to point out obvious features that Gavin has that are 100% from Ed... but she said that Gavin's obvious genetic syndrome (yet to be named!) could be to blame for his light hair - his light skin - and many other of his features that, frankly, neither of us have. Whatever - I don't need to explain this to anyone. But this is not only my problem. I've heard from many of you that have been victim to this type of "insinuation" and "nosiness". What if you make what you think is an "innocent joke" - and the child you're talking about was adopted? Or the product of an egg donor? And what if, for whatever good reason, the parents haven't told that child? It's always best to keep your mouth closed - you just never know what your words can stir up. And once you say something - you just walk away and live your life. You never look back to see the shambles behind you.
I could write so much more, but I don't want to overwhelm you with negativity in one sitting. I do have a lot on my mind, though. Tomorrow I'll write about Gavin and Brian's changing relationship and how it may land me in therapy. Sounds like fun, right??
1. I am always so amazed at the absolute rudeness and audacity of people. From comments made to you, which are hurtful, uncalled for, and CLEARLY untrue to comments I hear myself like well you have twins so you must be done, or oh you have twins are they natural, etc. I wish we still lived in a time when people had better manners and I can tell you I am doing my best to raise my boys the way I was raised!
I can't believe people would even question their parentage! To me both Gavin and Brian look like such a lovely mix of you and Ed (with Gavin's Irish coming out just a little bit more!) so as to make it obvious who their mommy and daddy are!
I am so very sorry that people have made such rude comments particularly during this difficult time. I have found that having some "canned" responses to such ridiculous comments helps a bit and makes the rude commenter (works for in person, not so sure about online) feel as stupid and rude for making the comment as they should. (Ex. when asked "Were they natural" I might respond "And what sexual position did you use to make your children?") The look of shock on the persons face makes it worth it!
2. I don't find what you're writing negative at all Kate, I find it assertive & educational. I think you're probably preaching to the choir here for the most part, but hopefully it will educate someone!
I was 41 when I had my son, and have a lot of gray/white in my hair. When he was an infant, people sometimes assumed I was his grandmother, I'd have these peculiar conversations that didn't make sense, and only later realize, OH, that was a grandma thing! One time someone asked me, oh what does he call you, I said, "Mama" (wondering what the heck?) and put him on my breast to nurse. My husband saw the shocked look on the person's face and we finally figured out what they were talking about (as in what's his special grandma name.) This isn't the same, but it hurt me that my hair color blinded people to my relationship with my son.
I like N & Z Mom's mention of having a standard response ready for invasive, nosy, rude comments. I read somewhere to use "Why do you ask?" to turn such questions around on the asker. Truly, those types of questions say so much more about THEM.
3. Hi Kate,
I just read this and it totally reminded me of you. Unfortunately a lot of people don't think before they speak or just plain don't have any common sense.
Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...
|
Deprivation of assets
If a client needs care, they will be subject to a financial assessment. This will determine if they've sufficient assets or income to pay for their care, or whether they qualify for local authority funding.
Deprivation of assets occurs when someone intentionally reduces their assets to make the financial assessment more favourable. When a local authority considers whether there is a deliberate deprivation of assets, they'll address two questions:
• Would the person have known at the time they reduced their assets they needed care?
• Was the need for care a key motivation behind the decision to reduce their assets?
Examples that might be viewed with concern include:
• giving away a significant amount of money
• the title deeds of a property being transferred to someone else
• spending significant amounts in a way which is contrary to normal expenditure (such as expensive holidays)
• using savings to buy goods that are excluded from the means test (jewellery, for example)
If a local authority is concerned that assets have been reduced intentionally to avoid care fees, they may still include the value of the assets in the means test.
Examples of deprivation
Where deprivation may not have occurred
Max has moved into a care home and has a 50% interest in a property that continues to be occupied by his civil partner, David.
The value of the property is disregarded while David lives there, but he decides to move to a smaller property that he can better manage and sells their shared home to fund this.
When the property is sold, Max’s 50% share of the proceeds could be taken into account in the financial assessment. But to ensure that David can buy the smaller property, Max makes part of his share of the sale’s proceeds available.
In such circumstances, it may not be reasonable to treat Max as having deprived himself of capital to reduce his care home charges.
Information researched and accurate as of February 2020. Not to be relied upon by advisers or their clients.
|
He gave the solid rail a hateful kick.
From far away there came an answering tick
And then another tick. He knew the code:
His hate had roused an engine up the road.
He wished when he had had the track alone
He had attacked it with a club or stone
And bent some rail wide open like switch
So as to wreck the engine in the ditch.
Too late though, now, he had himself to thank.
Its click was rising to a nearer clank.
Here it came breasting like a horse in skirts.
(He stood well back for fear of scalding squirts.)
Then for a moment all there was was size
Confusion and a roar that drowned the cries
He raised against the gods in the machine.
Then once again the sandbank lay serene.
The traveler’s eye picked up a turtle train,
between the dotted feet a streak of tail,
And followed it to where he made out vague
But certain signs of buried turtle’s egg;
And probing with one finger not too rough,
He found suspicious sand, and sure enough,
The pocket of a little turtle mine.
If there was one egg in it there were nine,
Torpedo-like, with shell of gritty leather
All packed in sand to wait the trump together.
'You’d better not disturb any more,'
He told the distance, ‘I am armed for war.
The next machine that has the power to pass
Will get this plasm in it goggle glass.’
• 0
• 0
Entrar para comentar...
Otras obras de Robert Frost...
Algunos poetas que siguen a Robert Frost...
My New Life John Troy Mars Obeng-Bilters Lina Vasquez RaeAnn Ballantyne Don Emilio
|
Photo Credit: Shutterstock
Local Empowerment: A Q&A with Suzanne Bohan
In Twenty Years of Life, award-winning health journalist Suzanne Bohan shows that it’s not a lack of medical care or poor lifestyle choices behind much of the ill health and shortened lives in impoverished communities, but a dearth of political power. She illustrates why the most effective solution for improving health actually hinges on preventing disease in the first place. To help create equitable places that support longer lives, poor communities can get politically organized to demand the same health-supporting resources and policies that wealthier areas take for granted, including well-maintained parks, safe streets, quality schools, and grocery stores.
Drawing from years of on-the-ground reporting, Bohan brings the impact of this new activism to life. With dozens of profiles of courageous and determined community residents and leaders tackling a wide array of topics, she details success stories with lessons for communities across the nation. As one public health expert wrote, "This book is filled with superheroes! Daring people who refused to watch their neighborhoods be plagued by avoidable and unjust inequities." Read our conversation with Bohan below, and share your questions in the comments.
Seven years into the 10-year campaign covered in the book, California has seen the passage of more than 500 new policies in 14 communities, and some statewide. How are the impacts of these policies measured? In other words, have these communities seen actual change?
The changes you’d ultimately want to see in these distressed communities include lower rates of diabetes, heart disease, obesity, cancer, hypertension, depression, and other common chronic diseases, along with increased life expectancies. However, as you can imagine, that takes time, as the youngest generation enters adolescence and transitions to adulthood. These diseases are hard to reverse, and prevention through better living conditions yields the most powerful results. The leaders of this California campaign don’t expect to see communitywide reductions in disease and early mortality for perhaps another decade, although possibly a few years earlier.
They liken it to the campaign to reduce lung cancer rates by reducing tobacco use, through laws limiting smoking in workplaces and public venues, taxation on tobacco products, public education campaigns and so on. No one expected an immediate decline in lung cancer rates, but in the years after these campaigns began, they did start dropping.
To keep an eye on changes in disease rates and longevity in these 14 communities, the campaign leaders are working with the University of California, Los Angeles, which conducts the “California Health interview Survey” (the largest state health survey in the nation), to include a few questions to monitor community-wide changes in the coming years. And there are already changes underway in these communities that are visible to many of those living there, creating a sense of positive momentum.
Is there a particular story in the book that stands out to you?
There are many, so it’s hard to choose. I met with many heroic individuals determined to challenge inequitable systems. This campaign actually bolstered my faith in the prospects of some degree of increased citizen engagement in the country—and every increase helps. I was also deeply impressed by the strength of the people living in these distressed communities, who persevere through challenges others in more comfortable neighborhoods scarcely, if ever, encounter.
That said, the story of Pogo Park, led by Toody Maher, is extraordinary. She was utterly committed to turning a small city park in a notoriously dangerous neighborhood—a park few used because of illegal drug activity, loose dogs that terrorized kids, and vandalism and litter— into an oasis of peace, beauty, and enjoyment. Against all odds she succeeded, and her revolutionary vision of harnessing the skills and commitment of residents living around the park to make it happen—because they’re deeply invested in its success, and compensated for their work—transformed that neighborhood. It’s truly a national model.
The last chapter in the book describes striking and consistent differences between how Democrats and Republicans relate to issues of health disparities. How can community groups use this information to effectively lobby their representatives—federal, state, or local—for meaningful policy change?
Very few are aware of this one-of-a-kind study I reported on regarding the different perspectives Democrats and Republicans hold on the reasons for wide gaps in health and longevity between US communities. To my knowledge these ideas have been tested in only limited ways in the policy arena, so one reason I covered this report is to better inform this dimension of the debate going forward.
As described in the chapter, however, one of the report authors advised those leading campaigns to reduce health disparities to use the same message with both conservative and progressive audiences, rather than two separate messages. He advised appealing to Americans’ fundamental sense of fairness, and how most people understand that “where you live, learn, work, and play” will have an influence on your health. He suggested using stories and “colloquial, kitchen-table” language, and to avoid stuffy academic terms like “social determinants of health” (which people especially disliked) or even “health disparities.” And to include a message of personal responsibility for health, but woven in with the notion that people should have the same opportunity to make healthy choices.
Furthermore, the message of citizens organizing to advocate for their own communities’ interests generally resonates across the political spectrum, as that’s the essence of democracy. It’s the same kind of collective action behind the revered American tradition of “barn raising.”
The communities you profile in the book have received millions of dollars in funding since the Building Healthy Communities campaign launched in 2010. What is the importance of this type of intensive, long-term investment?
It makes all the difference, as the outcomes of these investments typically last decades and benefit generations. In City Heights, a low-income San Diego neighborhood, teen advocacy under this campaign created two new skate parks in an area which previously had none, funded with a few million dollars in grants. Remarkably, in Fresno, community organizing under the campaign ushered in a $75 million community revitalization plan, which is expected to transform a distressed neighborhood with a high disease burden and uplift living conditions far into the future.
Sustained advocacy by community activists, parents, and students has funneled many millions of dollars into the state’s schools to fund practices to promote peaceful, productive school climates and parental engagement, along with accountability to ensure these practices are actually implemented. These critical changes help students learn and graduate, and ultimately head into successful careers and healthier lives. And these health-supporting policies are expected to become entrenched in school systems going forward, again benefiting future generations.
What lessons can other communities learn from the success stories in the book? Can residents expect to affect real change in their neighborhoods without substantial financial support? Why or why not?
They can, and there are examples such as the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, which began more than three decades ago and has made extraordinary changes in its Massachusetts community. However “substantial financial support” is relative: according to the most recent annual report on its website, Dudley Street brought in nearly $4 million in 2015, so it was hardly insubstantial. But that compares to $1 billion over 10 years for the California campaign—an unprecedented commitment by a foundation to this type of work. So some funding is critical for a sustained endeavor, and one of the messages of this book for the world of philanthropy is that this model is showing major success in “funding change, not charity.” An outside funder brings numerous benefits as well, such as providing a “neutral convener” to aid numerous community groups in developing a unifying vision for action, and of course the resources to run a sustained campaign, with staffing, office space, and funds for supplies, media campaigns, research, etc.
However, there are innumerable examples of campaigns with no budget—typically shorter-term but not always—that have led to lasting change. So if citizens recognize a pressing issue facing their community, they can take some of the examples in this book (or one specifically on community organizing) on how to run a campaign—which includes thorough, accurate research, reaching out to those in a bona fide position to influence, holding tightly-run public meetings to build credibility and support, etc.—to create change with few or no expenditures. And people commonly describe attaining a new sense of power and optimism by participating in these efforts, along with better community or school conditions and a greater sense of connection to neighbors.
Did you find anything in the course of researching and writing this book that surprised you?
Many things, actually. One strategy that struck me as surprisingly powerful and yet simple is the advice to keep community organizing events to a precise time frame—such as one hour and to start and end precisely on time. That’s especially true for “actions,” in which a demand is made of those in power. Most people expect community volunteers to run things a little more casually, and are surprised to see that kind of discipline on display. It respects the time of those attending, and people are more likely to stay involved if they’re confident meetings will end at a predictable time. That strategy is especially powerful in youth groups. While of course the quality of content matters enormously, those small but critical steps leave a lasting impression, and those in positions of power are often taken aback by this control of the meeting. As community organizers often say, “Power respects power.”
And building power is in fact what these endeavors must achieve, as that’s ultimately what causes those in positions of influence to shift their position—be it releasing resources, enacting a new policy or law, etc.
What do you hope readers take away from Twenty Years of Life?
That within these distressed communities around the nation—the ones often labeled as “bad neighborhoods”—there’s a deep reservoir of talent, goodness and latent power. That’s commonly overlooked, and those living in these neighborhoods often bear the extra burden of unwarranted, offensive stereotypes.
And that rather than concentrating on charitable programs to help these communities, a smart investment is in building up their political power, so residents can advance their visions for a healthier community and drive sustainable change by cultivating long-term local empowerment. And that in fact the entire nation benefits, as when these horrific disparities between communities in something as fundamental lifespan and disease burdens begin to shrink, it’s likely to lead to a more peaceful, less stressful society for all.
|
Mantis - Squeak
Viewing Issue Advanced Details
4624 ToDo minor always 08-23-06 09:48 10-03-09 19:34
assigned 3.10
0004624: lot of class extensions for MC are broken
| set |
set := Set new.
Smalltalk allClasses do: [:each |
set addAll: each organization categories.].
^ set select: [:each | each first = $*].
ExtCatagoriesForSq7159.text [^] (6,579 bytes) 08-31-08 18:25
08-30-08 00:58
I have no idea what this report is trying to say. I expect/hope that this is resolved/closable.
08-31-08 18:44
Hi Keith,
My guess is that Stef meant the extention catagories in the image no longer strictly correspond to MC saved methods.
I've uploaded a list from squeak 3.10.2 (sq7159) created from Stef's code snippet.
So my take is this is a complaint about the internal packaging of the methods.
The resolution comes with deciding how squeak is organized/stored/maintained. Which you and matthew (packages) and Colin (MC2) are redoing.
IMHO the problem comes from the overloading of the catagories function with the packaging responsabilities. I think many were more comfortable when catagories were an informal organizing of methods. Now that they are formal packaging tools it is a lot more difficult to use them.
o They MUST be kept in sync with the packages when used as extentions.
o If the name is hypenated does it refer to a sepate file or is it part of the the root name.
o If the name is multi-hypenated, the above question applies at each hypen boundry.
If code is extention catagoried does that imply that it is maintained in a package on squeaksource somewhere? Or has it been put into the image with a change set.
Stef's 3.9 insisted on mostly everything being in a mcz package. The 3.10 team I think relaxed this requirement. And 3.10 has been release with "dirty" MC packages. And probably some that are not in packages.
As for the disposition of this report, I agree it is not specific enough to have a clear fix. And I suspect even if it were clear the fix would prove elusive. So resolving the report as cannot/will not fix is probably appropriate.
Yours in curiosity and service, --Jerome Peace
|
22 Jun 2018
One Quick Question for 22 June 2018
From The Panel, 3:50 pm on 22 June 2018
Just how many kilometres of fencing wire is there in New Zealand?
How can we tell if a cat is bored?
Why is it more painful if we hurt our toes when they're cold?
|
When we look at a person’s face, we can tell a lot about them. Our brain makes snap decisions as to whether the person is male or female, attractive or not, or young or old. Dr. Richard Russell, a psychology professor at Gettysburg College, studies the cues to health, age and beauty hidden in our faces. “I’m trying to understand how we recognize other people and make judgments about them based on their facial appearance,” he explains.His previous research found that increased contrast between our eyes and lips and the skin surrounding them was perceived as more feminine. (Read all about those fascinating findings here.) His latest results, published in PLoS ONE, found that this contrast is also an indicator of age.MORE: What Makes Makeup So Effective?Russell and his team first analyzed 289 faces ranging in age from 20 to 70 years old. As people got older, they noticed, the color of the lips, eyes and eyebrows lightened while the skin of the face generally darkened. This leads to less contrast between the features and the skin. Which got Russell thinking—could people be using contrast as a cue for age?So, Russell and his team asked over 100 volunteers to estimate the ages of facial images, but this time, he artificially increased or decreased the contrast. When facial contrast was increased, the participants thought the faces were younger, while when it was decreased, they thought the faces were older.The left image shows a face with facial contrast increased and the right image shows the same face with facial contrast decreased.
Contrast manipulated versions of a face.The left image shows a face with facial contrast increased and the right image shows the same face with facial contrast decreased.
face contrast
MORE: Why Makeup Ups Your Likeability“Unlike with wrinkles, none of us are consciously aware that we’re using this cue, even though it stares us in the face every day,” said Russell.Russell has also previously found that makeup tends to increase the contrast between features and the skin. Not only do darkened eyes and redder lips make faces appear more feminine, Russell’s discovery now suggests makeup makes women appear younger, too.“Many people are concerned with reducing the visual signs of aging, and this supports the existence of the multi-billion dollar cosmetic and cosmetic surgery industries,” write the authors. “How cosmetics make the face more attractive is one of the key questions for understanding cosmetics,” explains Russell. By artificially creating a more youthful appearance, makeup enhances signals of health and vitality. But it’s just a piece of the aging puzzle: While the team found contrast was a factor, they also found that other cues, like wrinkles and sagging, played a much larger role in age estimation.MORE: How Makeup Makes You Look More Professional
|
Enjoying the California sun could be very good especially when its summer. The heat, the tan lines and the refreshment you get when you dive yourself into the swimming pool is incomparable to nay feeling in the world especially when you are under the sun. However, there are a lot of consequences try to go and move about under the heat of the sun. Heat stroke, sun burn and other conditions may be suffered if you go out and enjoy uncontrollably.
There are a lot of things you could do to help avoid these circumstances without compromising your enjoyment while divulging in the depths of your swimming pool. You could improve your home through covering your patio. More to this, there are other benefits you could enjoy with a covered patio.
Written below are the other benefits of covered patio. Read on!
1. Make other Home Furnishings Last Longer
Regardless if patios are strategically built and placed outside your house, it is not necessarily safe away from the exposure to the sun, rain and even snow which could necessarily wear them out continuously. This is precisely the reason why you have to cover them as much as possible in order to save your maintenance cost in the future as well as save you from any other unnecessary costs at the end of the day.
2. Increase the Value of Your Property
According to a research by most realtors, patios that are covered is one of the many things that a homebuyer is looking for especially when looking for the next house to buy. Investing in covered patio is going to strategically increase the value of your house and this is precisely beneficial especially if there will come a point in time where you want to sell your house in the future should you desire it.
3. It Provides More Spacious Living Area
One of the things that you pay for when purchasing a new house is the entirety of its space. Thus, why won’t you maximize the space that every dollar you spend with? When you try to cover your patio, you could extend the area of your house wherein you can play, work or just enjoy the outdoor life. This is very good especially when you have a big family where kids almost always demand to play outdoor.
4. Energy Efficiency
One of the solutions you could do to avoid overpriced electric bills is to necessarily cover your patio. The logic is simple: you will use only a little amount of energy in order to maintain a cool temperature inside your home because covered patios necessarily helps in covering your house when the harmful rays as well as the heat of the sun. Thatt’s a bog cut-off from air-conditioning units!
5. Enjoy Outdoor in Any Weather
When you cover your patio, you could enjoy play and move about outside your house without necessarily putting in mind the kind of weather any day has. Rain or shine, you can be shielded and continue to do your thing outdoor because you are protected by the coverings in the patio.
Patio covers Moreno Valley are an essential part of your house. Have it done as early as possible to enjoy its benefits in the long run.
|
[Editor's Note: This is part 2 in our real estate private placements series. This particular post is a continuation of part 1, also written by Mark Reynolds, a real estate investor who offers privately placed investments. We have no financial relationship.]
Private Placements and Fraud
The original impetus for this articles was in an e-mail correspondence with The White Coat Investor. After a series of e-mails in which we discussed some private-placement mortgages I'm offering, I commented “not all Private Placements are scams.” To which WCI replied “non-publicly traded investments aren't necessarily scams….but enough of them are that people are wary of them for a reason. Once you add in the cost of due diligence (like background checks) they're often not worth it for smallish investment amounts.”
So that got me thinking about how to do due diligence “on the cheap”, so to speak and that, in turn lead me to this article. Of course, even a lack of expenses for Lawyers to combat or comply with the SEC will not necessarily guarantee that a business will succeed and a fair number of Private Placements fail. Sometimes that's because they are put together by folks who are not well funded otherwise. Sometimes it's because the basic business model is flawed. Sometimes it's because market conditions change in one way or another after the plan is initiated. Sometimes it's because the competition is better, or better funded, and sometimes it's because the organizer is a thief.
I should point out that although Private Placements are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, they are not exempt from the Fraud provisions and that the penalties for the violations of the Fraud provisions are serious up to and including Federal Prison time. So merely because an investment is a Private offering does not mean that it is more likely to be fraudulent or that the issuers will be punished less severely if the fraud is discovered.
The assumption of those who lose money in a Private Placement is that “somebody” is to blame. “Somebody” invariably turns out to be the organizer. Since the failure must be his fault our status as victim requires that this organizer be a Bad Guy. Hence most Private Placements that fail are believed by the investors to have been scams that they fell for. So, a lot of ink gets spilled about Private Placements and fraud but given Wall street's history of Bernie Madoff, Lehman brothers, Enron, World Com, etc, it would be difficult to determine whether fraud is actually any more prevalent in Private Placements than it is in the Public marketplace.
The picture is further complicated by the tendency of the SEC to charge fraud in every regulatory action. The fraud penalties of the Securities Act are the toughest penalties available to the SEC. Therefore, whatever the issuer may or may not have done, the SEC is almost certain to allege fraud among the violations. For example, selling a private placement to too many unaccredited investors is considered fraudulent, not just a violation of the regulations. This strategic tilt toward fraud counts gives the impression that fraud is more common than it actually is. Still, as WCI pointed out, there is certainly real fraud out there and the wise investor would be advised to learn how to recognize it when it rears its head.
Critical thinking about Private Placements
First, I think, there needs to be a certain amount of critical thinking about an assumption which often underlies this discussion and which may or may not be correct. “Greater return means substantially more risk.” The conventional wisdom is that risk and reward are perfectly related in the financial world. If a product is paying a higher rate of return then it must be riskier. I'd like to question this conventional wisdom and suggest that there are ways to increase return on investment without substantially increasing risk.
Why the Private Placement Market is the key to higher returns.
The Public marketplace is a very “open and efficient” market– everybody has access to pretty much the same information (and those who have “insider” information are, for the most part, prohibited from using it), the products trade easily and quickly and with minimal “friction” from trading costs, and there is enough volume that buyers and sellers are generally available. While that all sounds lovely, in such a market its pretty hard to find a “bargain”. In an efficient marketplace it is, over the long run, nearly impossible to “beat the market” and the investor is better off to simply “buy the market” and attempt to ride the average.
The same cannot be said in the Private money marketplace. Here there are lots of inefficiencies, and lots of “asymmetric access to information” situationsand bargains abound. The problem is to sort out which of these offerings is actually a bargain and which is an alligator– ready to eat you and your hard-earned savings alive.
My wife has a business that is a perfect example. She buys consumer products in a variety of inefficient markets and sells them on E-bay (a larger, more efficient marketplace with a greater variety of buyers). If these were financial products we would call that kind of trading arbitrage. Now this business model works for her because she works in a marketplace of unequal information. She can buy women's handbags, for example, at second hand shops and sell them at 10 times or more than her purchase price because she knows a lot about handbags and the people that run Goodwill do not. So our local Goodwill store will price a $100 Coach® brand bag at $8.00 because they have inferior knowledge– they simply cannot tell the difference.
Now the motto of public markets since the crash in 1929 has been complete disclosure, everybody has access to all the same information at exactly the same time. In such an environment it is difficult to get a competitive advantage over the other bidders and everything becomes “fully priced” very quickly after new information is made public.
In such a market “cheating” is extremely attractive. Obviously, some people do, in fact, have access to the information earlier than everybody else and the temptation for those insiders to profit on that information is immense. While the SEC tries to police such matters it would be foolish to believe that their success rate is high enough that the unscrupulous are entirely deterred from profiting on their insider status. Perhaps they could be best described as deterred from scaling up their trades to the point where they would appear on the radar of those at the SEC tracking such things.
In contrast the private placement marketplace is a lot like my wife's handbag business. Private placements tend to be niche financial products– real estate transactions, business startups and expansions, “specialty” financing — that cannot get access to the “cheap” money of the financial markets for one reason or another (often because they are too small or because their business plan is unusual or their own creditworthiness is impaired). For these opportunities the cost of capital is less important than access to capital. Hence the borrowers are willing to pay rates of return that in the public market place would imply huge risks on transactions that are not, in fact, all that risky because they do not have access to cheaper forms of capital.
Obviously the risk here is the same “asymmetric access to information” that the Goodwill store operator has– how do you know that you are getting value for your money without access to the information that the organizer of the private placement has? More on this later.
Why Rate of Return Matters.
In today's extremely low-rate environment it shouldn't be too hard to explain why rate of return is important. If you have your funds in a “risk free” five year Certificate of Deposit these days it is likely that your rate of return is around 1.5% per year. After inflation and taxes it is likely that your “risk free” investment is actually losing money– that the $50,000 that you put into the 5 year CD will actually purchase LESS after you have foregone the use of the money for 5 years than it will right now.
Obviously this situation only gets worse if you extend those numbers out to a 20 year retirement horizon. At the end of 20 such years your $50,000 CD will be worth about $66,000. However, if we assume a 3% per year inflation rate and NO taxes then the $66,000 will have about $36,000 in adjusted purchasing power. This is not a formula for a luxurious retirement lifestyle.
On the other hand it may be unlikely that 1.5% will be the norm for all 20 years and you might assume that things will get better before then. Unfortunately it looks like the most likely thing to “improve” interest rates would be inflation and that will hurt your retirement purchasing power even more. If we instead managed to get a 10% return on that same $50,000 for that same 20 years then it would grow to about $300,000 ($170,000 after inflation) The point is that the “risk-free” investment is NOT risk-free. Inflation is the other alligator in your retirement plan– slowly eating away at principal. So all of us need to be “chasing returns,” whether we admit it or not.
Private Placements in a Balanced Portfolio
It is clear that private placements have an impressive track record of both performance and of loss. I meet a fair number of investors who have put a great deal of thought into their asset allocation model without considering that all of the assets they have in their portfolio are essentially financial market products. Private placements should be considered an asset class also– they are, in fact, about the only class not tied to the performance of the stock market in general. Therefore the prospective investor will need to develop a group of skills to attempt to weed out both the fraudulent and the likely-to-fail. [Editor's Note- I find these two statements overly broad. I don't see private placements as a separate asset class, more as the ability to invest in similar assets that aren't available publicly and thus may have a higher return. Stock is still buying shares of a business, bonds are still loans, real estate is still real estate, whether bought over an exchange or in a private transaction. Nor do I see private placement investing as mandatory to a successful retirement plan. See Friday's post for more discussion.]
The good news is that you already have the skills necessary to perform this due diligence. These are the same critical thinking and examination skills that you use everyday in your practice. When a patient comes in complaining of some symptom you ask questions, you do tests from simple and cheap (listening to the heart with a stethoscope, palpating the abdomen,) to the expensive (a full-body MRI). You look at all results with a critical eye (what if this patient is lying about the pain in order to get access to controlled substances? What if the equipment has not been calibrated correctly?). You make hypotheses. You test the hypotheses. Eventually you have a pretty good diagnosis and begin a course of treatment. You check back to make sure that the treatment is producing good outcomes and if not you either modify the treatment regimen or you go back and reconsider the diagnosis. In short you follow the Scientific Method: Observe, hypothesize, test, observe. The good news is that the Scientific Method works for investments as well, its just a different set of criteria. Like in medicine, you try to hold off on the expensive tests until the cheap ones indicate that they are necessary.
In part 3, Mark will give some tips on avoiding outright scams, and more importantly, losing business propositions. Feel free to comment as we go along, or save your comments on private placements for Friday.
|
Find Online Tutors for Homework Help
Human Rights Cost of Implementation
Looking into the history of cultures and civilizations at large, it becomes evident that humans have always been the lovers of freedom of thought and action since their arrival on the Earth. All the wars, battles, and conflicts are mere the outcome of the suppression and oppression committed on the poor, weak, and helpless strata by the influential minority of a social establishment since ever. It is, therefore, the religious leaders, philosophers, and intellectuals devoted their lives to the elimination of tyranny and observance of social justice for all human beings without discrimination.Human Rights Cost of Implementation: Human rights activists have to tolerate lots of opposition and sufferings while combating with the violation of human rights. One of the most startling hurdles on the way of implementing human rights is the division of society into groups and communities, where every group not only tries to prove itself as the superior one, but also it aims to implement its policies over others, putting their freedom and survival in grave jeopardy. Social groups are not only divided into divergent religious, ethnic, cultural, and racial groups, but also the distribution of a society is based on age, gender, and socioeconomic status too. When we think of castes and classes, Davis notes, and of social stratification in general, we have in mind the groups which occupy different positions in the social order and enjoy different amounts of prestige. Hence, positions based on sex, age and kinship do not form part of the system of stratification. On the other hand, the positions that are socially prohibited from being combined in the same legal family viz. different caste and class positions constitute what we call stratification. (1969: 364)Social inequalities are found in all fields of life and all the institutions prevailing in asociety.
|
Day 94: The Resurrector
This is the primary sign of the authority of Jesus. He raises the dead. I think that a believing Jew would not have any questions about Jesus after witnessing this event. In the Old Testament, the dead were raised by God’s true prophets. Here’s what the Bible says about Elijah, a great prophet from long before Jesus time:
The resurrection of the child was evidence that Elijah was from God. Jesus was also making it clear that that He was from God. Over and over, Jesus is saying in many different ways that He is truly from God and is God. What else can Jesus do to get our attention? Could raising the dead be insufficient? Some atheists claim that God has not done enough to reveal Himself. I think He has given us more than enough evidence.
Jesus raised the dead on other occasions as well. In Luke 8:50-55, He is recorded as having raised a girl from the dead. Again, he spoke of death as sleep.
Another interesting thing that Jesus does on both occasions is to remind people to start taking care of the resurrected one. In Lazarus’ case, Jesus says to get Him out of the cloth he was wrapped up in. I am thinking that the people were so amazed that they forgot that Lazarus was a real person and needed to get out! In the case where He raised the girl from the dead, He told them to give her food. I think that God loves the physical things and the spiritual things and He wants to see them both functioning well. He is not in opposition to the physical world, or one who thinks that all physical things are evil. He made the physical world and still cares about it. He cares enough about it to raise the dead.
|
Windows Won't Eat Where Linux Has Walked?
If it's the 21st century, why is the tech industry acting like it's stuck in a "Deadwood" rerun when it comes to Linux support?
By Carla Schroder
Page of | Back to Page 1
Print Article
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Just a few years ago I was looking forward to a happier Linux future; one where as Linux uptake increased, so did supported hardware. Hardware support has improved a lot, but events have taken some interesting twists and turns, and finding certain types of supported hardware, such as wireless networking devices, printers, and video adapters is still ridiculously difficult. Yes, I know that NVidia and ATI supply Linux drivers, which is better than nothing, but what about some open, unencumbered video adapters that do not bork system files like ATI and NVdia do?
It is silly for such basic necessities to still be such a pain. Are the people who run Linux-unfriendly businesses stupid? Is it pressure from our favorite Evil Empire that keeps them in line? Is it true that the managers who make these decisions can be bought with a couple of trips to the local nekked nightclub? Or are there sound, well-reasoned business decisions at work?
A Cow Won't Eat Where a Sheep Has Walked
How did this bizarre philosophy come to dominate computing? I don't see it in other industries. It's like the olden days of the wild wild West, when cattle ranchers were dead certain that cows and sheep could not graze on the same ground, so sheep had to be driven off, or even better, killed. I look out my front window and see sheep and cows grazing in the same pasture. And I can take a short walk and find folks who still insist that a cow won't eat where a sheep has walked.
In any other industry we have innumerable choices, whether it's tools, vehicles, houses, clothing, building materials, furniture, knick knacks, you name it. When you purchase a pen it will write on any paper. When you buy a Bosch cordless drill, you know it will take bits made by Ryobi, Black and Decker, DeWalt–anyone you want. When you buy a car, you know you will have abundance choices in third-party replacement parts and customizations. You can drive on any road, and fill up at any fuel station. Have you looked in the junk-food aisles of the food store lately? How many different brands of tortilla chips and salsa do we need? How many different brands of fizzy brown soda water? The people making these products are all doing fine. Their kids are not going hungry, and you don't see their senior executives in line at the food bank. This tells us that having a large number of competing brands and companies works fine.
And no matter how you mix and match, they all interoperate. Just imagine driving a car that accepted only a specific brand of gasoline, or salsa that declared it was illegal to use on any but approved chips. Of course it's absurd, but the computing industry does this every day.
We Must Protect Our Eye Pee
For years, Linux-unfriendly vendors fobbed us off with the excuse that "there is not enough demand to support Linux. We target the 93 percent Windows market, not the 3 percent Linux market or the 4 percent Apple market," or whatever fictional numbers they have handy. Hogwash, and they know it. Linux/Unix users have been buying their products all along and making them work, often in the face of vendor opposition. There is a huge pool of Linux coders who already write drivers for free, and ask only for specs and test units. The response these fine folks often get is "we have to protect our intellectual property." Piffle. What are they afraid of, unless that is codespeak for "misappropriated code and patent violations" ?
Suppose those numbers are true, which I do not believe they are. I think the total Linux market share is much larger, over 10 percent, and Apple is close behind. But just suppose. You don't have to be a business school PhD to understand that no one owns that 93 percent; rather, it is chopped up among a sizable number of companies with very little to differentiate them. I won't bore you with listing all the dozens of hardware manufacturers that play shuffle-the-same-three-networking-or-video-chipsets amongst hundred of different brands and models. Suffice it to say that all they need to support are a small set of drivers that work across hundreds of devices.
Printers work in much the same fashion. Every printer manufacturer has lines of printers that operate from common drivers, so even if they have fifty printers, a few basic drivers support the lot. This is no secret– you see it on their download sites. So that takes care of the "it's too hard to support Linux" argument. Actually it's easier than supporting Windows–just let the devs and distribution packagers do the work.
So let's say Vendor A, a giant in its field, holds a 10 percent Windows market share. Vendor A has Windows 9x, ME, NT4, 2000, 2003, and XP to support. But Vendor A claims Linux is not worth it, even with a free and willing labor pool to write drivers, and even with a common driver code base with Mac OS X and every Unix on the planet. Again my head hurts to even try to follow this line of "reasoning." How can it be smart to ignore this huge, under-served market? Especially when Linux is growing far faster than Windows, and OS X is healthy and prospering?
Phenomenal Linux Growth
While we're discussing numbers, keep in mind that the numbers trotted out by various analysts, which show 22-percent-plus annual growth and sales in the billions for Linux, don't account for the probably larger number of re-purposed and new boxes using free-of-cost Linuxes. The software is free, but the hardware still costs money, and any hardware vendor who is not aware of this market segment is too stupid to stay in business.
The Real World Is Mixed
It's short-sighted to not serve users' real needs, which is mixed environments. Hardly anyone is a 100 percent Linux or Unix or Apple or Windows shop. Nobody likes being locked in, and why restrict your own potential market share anyway? Why make products that only work, or only work well, with your own stuff, or on a single platform? When your widgets work with everybody's, you've just increased your potential market share manyfold.
Interestingly, in my conversations with companies that do not want to support Linux, I have yet to hear any of them mention customer's needs, just their own. It's nice to be so valued.
Invitation To Vendors
I am bored to the gills with wading through jargon-laden, uninformative Websites trying to find basic product information, like, you know, will it work on Linux? I love how they can lard up product specs with junk like operating temperatures and physical dimensions, and never quite reveal the secret information about which operating systems it runs on- "Turns any PC into a networking powerhouse!" Well no, it doesn't, only Windows PCs, so that would technically be a lie.
So here is your big chance: I formally invite you to send me information on your Linux-supported products, and I will share it with my legions of readers. Send it to [email protected]. Anything and everything is welcome, but especially printers, wireless networking hardware, and video cards. It's time to join the 21st century, friends!
This article was originally published on Mar 7, 2006
Get the Latest Scoop with Networking Update Newsletter
|
jury trial
Arbitration or Jury Trial: Which is Best?
2020-02-20T16:25:00-08:00April 16th, 2019|
Any person who signs a contract must first decide which path to take: "arbitration or a jury trial which is best?" Up until about fifteen years ago this was a usually an automatic decision. People wanted their day in court, they wanted a judge to oversee the procedures, and they wanted a jury to hear their case. Then arbitration organizations grew and developed rules that were incorporated into the California and Federal statutes which gave people the same rights in arbitration that they would get in court with the exception of a jury. Additionally, arbitration is a much quicker process, most of the arbitrators are retired judges that know the law, and in days when court proceedings last two years or more, hearings take months to schedule, and jury trials are a gamble there is much to be said for a quick and more efficient arbitration. When drafting contracts or agreements for my clients I always discuss the pros and cons of arbitration versus court. There are many attorneys that, no matter what you say, are consummate believers in court and jury trials. Some, because they can charge more for their work and time spent; some because they believe juries will give larger awards. Those attorneys (myself included) who have actually gone to trial in front of a jury or sat on a jury know that you NEVER know what a jury is going to do; what small fact they will latch onto and what will be the deciding factor for them.
|
Miklos Jancso plans historical epic on King Mathias
Iconic director Miklos Jancso (www.jancso.film.hu), Hungary's internationally acclaimed filmmaker, is preparing his next feature film, The Justice is Gone!, a large-scale epic about the 15th Century Hungarian King Mathias that will be shot next summer.
Jancso, 86, who pioneered the use of long shots in the 1960s, set the preliminary budget at €2 million to €4 million.
Currently in development with a finished script, the movie is produced by Jozsef Berger of Mythberg Films (www.mythbergfilms.hu) whose credits include Peter Gothar's Passport and Hungarian Beauty. Co-producer credit goes to former TV executive Endre Florian (Wagner, The Simon Wiesenthal Story).
The producers are aiming for a Hungarian-Italian-Austrian (and possibly German) co-production setup, with Hungary putting up about 60% of the budget.
Once the agreement is sealed, Berger also intends to apply for support at Eurimages (www.coe.int/eurimages), the European Commission's film funding body. Negotiations are under way and "The reactions to the project were definitely positive," Berger told FNE.
The film will boast set pieces of the royal court, large battle scenes with hundreds of extras and horses, and some computer-generated special effects, although not on a Hollywood scale. The screenplay calls for a 55-day shooting schedule.
The scriptwriting process was financed by a 1 million forint (€400,000) grant from the National Cultural Fund of Hungary (www.nka.hu), while development is furnished by a Motion Picture Fund grant (www.mmk.hu) of 7 million forint (€2.8 million).
After a hiatus in the 1990s spent teaching in the United States, Janeso returned to the screen in 1999 and has been active ever since, directing five low-budget movies featuring his Oliver and Hardy-type duo named Kapa and Pepe. By contrast, the King Mathias film will have a Shakespearean atmosphere, a major departure from the satirical, often grotesque tone of Jancso's recent films, which did not travel well internationally.
|
Nationalism should form the bonds of social contract in any great power, and should not just be an idea that is despised by the far-left and usurped by the far-right.
After my first time in Washington, DC, I thought before leaving for London I’d visit the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery. Everyone has their peculiar sense of style and choice in art, and I always wanted to see the Capture of HBM Frigate Macedonian by US Frigate United States, October 25, 1812, painted by Englishman Thomas Chambers, on the 40th anniversary of Stephen Decatur’s triumph over the then naval hegemon, the British Empire. The painting is strange, given the marine art standards of the day (Ivan Aivazovsky, George Chambers, etc.). The subject is the War of 1812, often considered in Britain as a small theatre in the struggle for global hegemony with near-peer rival Napoleonic France. But for a rising power like the United States, the disarming and capture of a British warship was a defining triumph over British sea power. It was a national story. It was history.
The War of 1812 defined America as a nation and exacerbated a sense of Hamiltonian realism in a country. It highlighted that, while Jeffersonian agrarian republicanism is an overall good governing principle, a new nation in an anarchic world beset by great-power rivalry needs to be a part of a world order as a great power first. Europeans still looked at the American nation as a curious aberration with pretentious ideas that had failed throughout history, from the Roman republic’s collapse and transformation to an empire, to republican France, which was far more imperial in nature than monarchist France. But the War of 1812 was the war that led Theodore Roosevelt to write The Naval War of 1812, which led to Alfred Thayer Mahan’s classic The Influence of Sea Power upon History, which in turn led to Roosevelt starting a great naval, infrastructure, and industrial buildup. In short, the War of 1812 gave the United States a national story, and within 25 years of Teddy Roosevelt’s great national awakening, turned a small republic into a superpower.
In that light, the most interesting speech of the conference I attended while in Washington came from an unexpected source. It was unexpected because Rich Lowry is the editor of National Review, which published the “Against Trump” issue that gave rise to the entire Never Trump movement. During his speech, he said, “It is a time-honored cliché, manifestly absurd to claim the United States is an idea, and not a nation with defined borders. No one lives in abstraction.” The US expansion across the continent and military bases abroad are not simply ideas, but hard quantifiable power. Lowry’s speech was also the only one that had a shadow of a policy proposal: “Insist on assimilation of migrants, and resist every attempt toward bilingualism.” A nation cannot survive without shared culture, and shared culture needs “heritage, history, language, heroes, national rights, and symbols.” True. The speech was also important because, even though National Review had been critical of Trumpian American-First sentiments, at a time when conservative nationalism was only associated with Trumpism, Lowry painted a picture that was still distinctly conservative, but still liberal in nature. In that light, his new book The Case for Nationalism: How It Made Us Powerful, United, and Free is a handsome addition.
Lowry contends that nationalism has gotten a dirty rap that is wholly unjustified. In fact, nationalism can be unifying, emancipatory, egalitarian, and even liberal. And it should be completely bipartisan. His second contention is that America is, in a way, a betterment of a classical English tradition, one which is lost in England itself. American nationalism is a much purer and authentic form, one that, despite a few mishaps, is a broadly benevolent force. Third, he argues there are insidious forces within the United States that are not just against any form of nationalism, whether liberal or conservative, but against nation-states existing.
“Nationalism is flexible enough that either party can appeal to it. I think it was a mistake for many Republicans to lose touch with nationalism,” Lowry writes, adding, “It has been even more of a mistake for Democrats to throw in almost entirely with identity politics and a cosmopolitanism that is hostile to the prerogatives of the nation-state and emotionally detached from routine expressions of patriotism.”America has a tradition of nationalism that is wholly liberal and emancipatory, and traces its roots from Alexander Hamilton to Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan. “American nationalism, in particular, is not to be feared,” Lowry writes, as America is the true inheritors of an Anglo-American tradition, one “that has profound respect for the individual and the rule of law and is woven into the fabric of our country and a fundamental part of our national identity.” Lowry argues convincingly that nationalism across the world has been an emancipatory force against broadly transnational and imperial ideas, like colonialism, Marxism, and fascism. From George Washington to Lech Wałęsa, Giuseppe Garibaldi to Mahatma Gandhi, nationalism overall has been a benevolent and liberal force.
Nationalism is also a classic Anglo-Protestant gift. “Would America be the same if its people spoke Russian, the language of a country that has never effectively supported property rights, the rule of law, or limited government, rather than English? Would our political culture as we know it have emerged if practically every home in America a couple of hundred years ago had had a Koran on the bedstand rather than a King James Bible? Of course not.” Lowry argues English freedom “defined the American experience from the outset.” He builds upon Tocqueville’s observation that an American is an “Englishman left alone” and suggests that if “the eastern seaboard had been settled by Spaniards, you could have ‘left them alone’ for a very long time and marinated them in all the Enlightenment philosophers, and they still never would have come up with the American founding.” Interestingly, this puts his idea of nationalism at odds with Sohrab Ahmari’s idea of an original “Hispano-Catholic” American founding.
Lowry is at his best on the second point. Citing Hamilton, Roosevelt, Lincoln, and Reagan, Lowry argues American nationalism, with all its occasional flaws, is a deeply successful experiment. “Alexander Hamilton understood the cultural roots of national loyalty,” Lowry writes, citing Hamilton himself:
The same sentiment is found in Lincoln, who made the Union more perfect by making sure the aberration of Confederacy, based on an ethno-racist ideation, was nipped at the bud. But perhaps the most important argument was one by Roosevelt: without assimilation, there can be no nation. Lowry stands squarely against some on the libertarian right when he calls for a return to a Teddy Rooseveltian conservatism and an Americanization program. German, Italian, Irish, and Scandinavian migrants made sure they made an effort to assimilate into the United States by anglicizing names and adopting local customs, instead of carrying on with their own, something that Lowry argues is lost with current migrants. The idea of America as a melting pot is looked down upon by ideologues who are more interested in intersectionality and divisiveness.
As Roosevelt is quoted by Lowry, “We welcome the German or the Irishman who becomes an American. We have no use for the German or Irishman who remains such.” Lowry also argues the recent dilution of unifying totems needs to be reversed, and he again cites Roosevelt on respecting flags and a common English tongue. For example, Roosevelt wrote, “We believe that English, and no other language, is that in which all the school exercises should be conducted… He must revere only our flag; not only must it come first, but no other flag should even come second.” Roosevelt’s influence is prominent on Lowry’s policy suggestions. “He was adamant, nonetheless, that we, not the immigrants, set the terms of entry and life in this country. He called for ‘Americans, pure and simple,’ and advocated an ‘intense and fervid Americanism’ as the ‘one quality which we must bring to the solution of every problem.’”
Lowry argues historians, under the influence of Marxism and other leftist ideology, have failed to construct and write a unifying history. Media, academia, and other institutions are captured, by a cabal of people, to whom the very idea of the West is evil. “By 1980, the journal Marxist Perspectives listed 125 editors and organizational secretaries in academic institutions around the country,” and “the boundary separating Marxism from the history profession had disappeared.” Lowry is rightly dismayed that nationalism gets a bad rap, when even the excesses of nationalism, at its most corrupt form, cannot compare with the straightforward destructive record of Marxism, which enjoys a sort of theoretical hegemony in the social sciences. He cites Reagan, who feared “an eradication of the American memory that could result, ultimately, in an erosion of the American spirit.” In short, there needs to be a common story of shared glory “with some basics: more attention to American history and a greater emphasis on civic ritual.” If the conservatives and even liberals give up on nationalism, and loses the propaganda war to the left, there won’t be a nation in the future.
In that regard, Lowry’s book is an important milestone. Nationalism shouldn’t be a dirty word, despised by the far-left, or usurped by the far-right. It should be a basis for a common social contract. As Lowry rightly argues, for statist arch-conservatives like Alexander Hamilton, Teddy Roosevelt, to small-r Republican Ronald Reagan, to anti-imperial, arch-republicans like Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, to arch-liberals like John F. Kennedy, the national symbols needed to be grand, reflecting the shared stories, sacrifices, and glory.
The Pluribus is only as good as long as the Unum remains strong.
|
The adventure of capturing the annual whitetail ritual
• It's rutting season through early December for whitetail deer, and Mike Jackson looks back on what he went through to capture the moment.
Updated 12/1/2019 5:50 PM
I spotted him as he made his way through the pines and spruce.
"Better come down from there," he instructed.
It was an order not a request.
And it came from a game warden who stood his ground at the base of the tree where I was perched. Who would have thought there would be a confrontation with game warden in the middle of a thick wooded area?
My feat of strength was a true test of my atrophied muscles rudely awakened by my stubbornness and a need to get into the woods.
My friend Hank left his sturdy ladder secured to this tree. It was the perfect tool allowing me to slowly climb the 20 or so feet to his makeshift tree stand.
My mission was to sit and inhale everything woodsy, without a bow and arrow of course. And to record everything I felt that deserved a digital memory.
And the arrival of the game warden shocked me back to reality.
No need to share with you the location of the tree stand and ladder. Nor would it be wise to pinpoint the exact location in the Wisconsin woods because I feared it would be overrun by curious hunters and other souls.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service
The lawman wanted to know what I was doing in the tree. For a brief minute or three he peppered me with questions, ranging from where was my bow or gun? Did I have a hunting license?
I answered everything to his liking, and almost got him to pose for the camera in front of the ladder. No sale there. He went his way, and I was ready for my adventure.
I climbed back into the tree stand with two digital cameras, long lenses, and a thermos of hot coffee. I had close to six hours to check everything out. But the real task was to listen to the sounds of the forest while hoping I'd get to see a whitetail deer peruse the grounds in search of a potential female. After all it is that time of the year when the rut (mating season) goes into high gear.
A very long hospital stay sapped me of most of my strength and leg energy. So the climb up the side of the tree could very well qualify me for some kind of lumberjack rodeo.
The event was staged before the super cold and bouts of snow and ice arrived. But it was just cold enough to signal to the wildlife that it was time to search for food.
A pair of red-tailed foxes scampered by the tree, stopping every couple feet to sniff the air and ground.
There was a never-ending parade of gray and black squirrels searching under piles of branches and leaves.
A half dozen coyotes cruised through the trees and then stopped for a quick drink of creek water from the nearby stream.
Finally, a well-appointed buck made his way through the bramble and tall grasses. Off to the buck's side was a doe just standing there, head up and sniffing for her counterpart's approach. Thank goodness the camera's motor drive was relatively quiet as it raced through the clicks and exposures. I think my heartbeat was louder than the drive.
And then it was over.
Mr. and Ms. Whitetail sauntered off to their resting place and I was left with exhaustion, cold fingers and toes.
• Catch Mike Jackson Outdoors 8 to 9 a.m. Sundays on WCGO AM-1590 or stream live at 1590WCGO.com. Reach him at [email protected].
Article Comments ()
|
I Fought the Lawn and the Lawn Won.
Yesterday, I took the bush hook out and hacked and hacked and hacked some more, and finally got to where there was a tree that needed to be removed from the fence. I woke up stiff as hell and sore, but I also needed to finish mowing, from two days ago, and get the weed eater out. I need to rewire the fence’s electric wire, but there is no point in doing that until I can get some work done is getting the fenceline clear. But first I have to finish mowing.
Many year ago I had a dream where I was sitting in a house, smoking pot with some friends, and this guy just walks in with a shotgun and blows this other guy’s head off with it, and walks about again. There was smoke, blood, screaming, and everyone ran like hell out of the back door. Of course, once we were outside we realize the only phone was a landline inside, cell phones had not permeated by dream world at that point, and so we went back in. Well, the dead guy was not only not dead but he was standing up and even though most of his face was missing, he seemed pretty lively for someone who took a direct hit from a shotgun. We’re still thinking, okay, the dead dude isn’t dead, but he’s got to be injured severely, but no, he isn’t. We watch as his face slowly reforms and he tells us, “Stupid bugs, you’ve seen things you shouldn’t have.” And we run. And that’s more or less how the dream ended and the story died.
The mower doesn’t crank right off the bat and I feel that odd sense of dread that comes with dead lawn equipment and the relief of not having to mow today. But I would have to get the damn thing fixed today, which might be as bad as mowing. The mower roars to life and the debate ends. I have about thirty minutes in the front and all of the backyard to mow. It occurs to me that the story died a long time ago and I ought to try to bring it back. But how? First, aliens, supernatural creatures, or… something different. I’ve never had a story with…what?
The front yard is a curious mix of jungle envied Bahia grass and weeds from the woods. It’s a tough mow if I let it go, so I have to mow every five days or so. That last sentence could have been a poem, you know. It’s a yard that wants to be a jungle, not a jungle I’ve turned into a lawn. Back and forth, back and forth, and the area I have to mow shrinks. So, what if the dead guy who isn’t dead was a creature that comes from a race of beings that live exclusively in and around Black Holes? They’re intelligent enough to build bodies that mimic humans, but they are also creatures who spend their existences traveling through space in the blink of an eye, literally. Mostly, they are seekers of truth through science, but there’s a very small number of them who like to play with lesser beings, the way some humans use animals for entertainment.
I like this, I think, but it needs some work, and I have to get the weed eater out to cut the weeds in the Holey Land, that part of the yard marred by the diggings of two Giant Labs. My safety glasses are so fogged with humidity I cannot tell what I’m cutting so I have to stop. I can still clear around the fence, I just need a general idea of where to point the weed eater, so off I go, to clear around the inside of the fence.
So the Black Hole creatures here on Earth are renegades. They’re outcast from their own people. They have no physical form, so they create human bodies to live in. They have an innate ability to travel within certain forms of energy, so they travel instantly from one place to another, often leaving a dead body behind. The bodies appear to be human and only an inspection at the molecular level would indicate they are not.
Why are they here and what are they doing? I ponder that as I mow as closely to the Holey Land as I can. Boredom? Spite? You’d think an advanced civilization would be beyond that. But what if they’re not?
Weed eating goes well. Children at the beach don’t think about the animals they kill collecting shells and sand dollars, so perhaps the Black Hole People just have no way to consider us as important enough to have empathy for at all. The two that are in the story use people in their own game of tag and if humans die then that’s part of the vacation.
I clear an area that is fairly large, and it’s now a place the dogs can run in the grass by the fence and see their feet. Hawks and Owls like short grass because it makes prey animals easy to see. And suddenly, I think, what would make one of these creatures more visible to another?
The story begins. There is a narrator, a man who is in terrible heath. He is only twenty-one but has heart problems and has had them since birth. He’s a very pale and very weak person, but brilliant. His friend is a very pretty but very unmotivated woman who he’s helped through High School and college. He has a crush on her, but he’s realistic about his chances with her. She likes guys with good drugs and money.
They’re at the narrator’s house an hour after the shooting. She’s explain how the man who got shot hired her to pose for photos, for really good money, but them started asking her to go to different countries, and for no good reason, asked her to leave a cell phone in various places. This frightens her, but at the same time, the pot is really good, the sex with the guy is great, and the money is more than she can get anywhere else.
The weed eater hits the fence and the hotwire wraps around the head of the weed eater and I get shocked. Oddly, the fence I still working so I have to go unplug it. The reason the alien has the woman drop off cell phones is they’re his conduit to difference locations. His opponent, with whom he’s sharing this friendly game, is doing the same thing. Both agree that the humans are as expendable as water bugs.
So, the woman theorizes that the alien has never intended for her to remain alive, knowing what she knows, and now the narrator realizes that he too is in danger. He asks her if she wants some hot chocolate and after he makes it, he hands it to her and tells her that he has always loved her, and that he has an idea how to get them out of all of this. As she stares at him, rapt in attention because he has always gotten her out of so much trouble before, he pulls a knife out and stabs her in the eye, killing her instantly.
The alien may just quit once she is dead, and he’s willing to take that chance
Take Care,
I Fought The Lawn, and a New Idea for a Story Popped Up.
Yesterday, I set out to mow my grass at about one in the afternoon. The Heat Index was triple digits and the humidity was worse. I haven’t challenged the heat lately, okay, not at all this Summer. I use a push mower with close to an acre to cut. The mower roars to life on the first pull and the tank is full. There are very few activities that I do that can be called totally mindless, and even perhaps senseless, but mowing is both. Yet the one year I decided not to mow the first yard my neighbors, who think highly of me, I think, came over and mowed my yard for me. So, I’m thinking now about turning it into a large garden.
The one thing I really want to do, but I know it’s a serious liability is have some sort of holding pond in the yard. It would be nice to have a little waterfall to listen to in the late hours of the day, but the energy it would take to create and maintain it, the electricity it would take to run it, and the problems inherent in having a water source near the woods, makes me hesitate. The first deer that stood in it to drink would puncture the lining and that would be that.
So far, I’ve had deer, horses, a mule and a donkey, a herd of cows, a pair of emus, a peacock, and a lost soul or two show up unexpectedly in my yard. This isn’t counting a few dozen snakes, amphibians, turtles, and an appearance by an eagle, twice. Get a Koi pond in the country they said, it will be relaxing they said. It would be a buffet within a week. Still, I have to admit there’s a certain draw to see exactly who and what would show up.
Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth; I realize that thoughts of a Cottonmouth Pond in the yard has caused me to lose track of the time. I’m almost half way done with the front yard. The heat and the humidity is causing my safety glass to fill with sweat, and I wouldn’t wear them except I got popped by a piece of a stick that had ricocheted out from under the mower years ago. I lost vision in my right eye for nearly a week and even though an eye doctor assured me I would be okay, it was freaky to be half blind.
I have a lot to do, past this chore, and as I mow I realize that I’m not going to get done mowing today, and Monday ought to be interesting. There’s plenty of vines out there to be cut away from the fence and the young trees. There’s a lot of bushy stuff too near the fence. There’s several dead trees on the trail that has to be moved. It was a busy storm season last year and I’ve not been diligent.
There’s a fire that has to be built, and yeah, I know, triple digit heat with heat indices that stagger the imagination aren’t exactly conducive to great fire weather, but I have a yearn, a yearn to burn. I have to buy a rake today, also. There’s a lot that has to be done, and even though I have some time off, there is always the very present danger of procrastination.
The front yard is mowed and I have to push the mower under the hot wire once I raise it. Budlore Amadeus is intensely interested in this process, but all he really knows is there is a lot of hurt running along inside that wire. He would like to know more, perhaps he will Goggle it, but he isn’t getting any closer than he has to and he doesn’t have to at all. The other dogs have all seen mowers many times in their lives, but this seems to be Bud’s first experience with lawn care, or at least the mitigation of lawn neglect.
There’s a story drifting inside my mind somewhere, vague and lifeless at this point, like an pair of cells that might become an embryo. I think about what it would be like to live in a world where failure at even some of the most mundane things meant death. Really want a promotion at work? Ask for a raise and get it or get shot for asking. Or maybe there’s a small group of people interviewing for a job. There are three chairs in a waiting room where there are cameras. As one person is called into the interview the next is called into wait. The three waiting know there’s only one position open and the losers all get shot. Will those waiting try to influence the person behind them or in front of them or remain silent?
Can the person who just left the waiting room teach you anything to use against the next person? Are the cameras in the room part of the interview process? Suppose you could quit the interview and choose to spend a year at hard labor, plus losing your current job and social status? If the person ahead of you, or behind you, seemed stunningly good, would you bail out? And suppose if you interviewed poorly, the end came swiftly. You’re in the middle chair, and ten minutes into the current interview there is a scream and then a gunshot. The person in the first chair when you came in has just been executed and you thought she was a damn good candidate. Was it something she said in here?
The person next to you, but closest to the door breaks down and begins sobbing, he bails out, and they drag him away. The person ahead of you is called in and now you’re next. You have a half an hour to decide, unless there is another gunshot. The clock is ticking as the next person is led in, and you two nod at one another.
Take Care,
I Fought the Lawn and the Lawn Won.
In my defense, I did try to pull the old tree down a couple of times but it refused to yield. Chainsawing a derelict tree is iffy, even to professionals, because rotted trees fall in odd ways and in odd places. Yet, still, when it crashed into the front part of my shed I wished I had done more and even as I had the thought I should have done more, I went into full procrastination mode, and did nothing about the stuff in the shed. My reasoning was sound; the front end of the shed was wrecked, but the roof was still relatively intact, and the stuff inside was still dry. It was cold at the time, and I didn’t need the mower or the hand tools, or for that matter, the chainsaw at that point in time, so I just left it. Until I got another shed I would just leave it like it was.
Then I started night work, and that drained my energy down to nothing, and I knew I would have to mow, one day, and I knew the longer I let it go the worse it was going to get, but night work, exhaustion, and dread got the best of me. I decided to go into the shed today, and get the stuff out I could, put it on the porch if I had to, and mow the grass. It was time. I was looking to see where Lilith was earlier in the day and lost her in the backyard.
Yeah, I know, I know, don’t say anything, I know.
First, there was still part of the tree on the shed. I got the axe out and started chopping and Budlore Amadeus began barking at me. Every time I hit the tree with the axe, it made a deep resounding boom from inside the shed, like Grond was hammering away at it. This made for interesting tree removal, true, but it was a little funny. Once the tree was removed, I hard to unbend the shed as best I could, and say what you will about cheap metal sheds, but cheap metal is easy to bend. I got lucky; my metal rake was wrecked and the handle on the mower was a little misshaped, but all in all, most of the stuff was okay. Now, would the mower run? Yes, indeed, it would and it did. I was in business, except the grass was forest tall, and it was hot as hell. And I had been using an axe for the better part of an hour.
It was already one in the afternoon when I wrestled the mower into the front yard. I’m a push mower guy, yeah, really, because I don’t like the idea of being as out of shape as I am and paying five hundred bucks, or three times that much, or more, to sit and mow. Sure, this thing has gotten out of hand, certainly it’s going to be a bitch, but it’s going to be one hell of a workout. I decide to push, pull, and finesse this thing until I run out of gas, in the mower, and then take a thirty minute break. Usually, a tank of gas will nearly do the front and back yard, and I can get both done in two hours if I hurry, three if I do all the detail spots.
One hour later, I have an area mowed the size of my first apartment, minus the living room and kitchen. True enough, it’s the thickest and hardest part of the front yard, but I’m making zero progress at this point. Push, pull back, lift up, push, lift up quick as the mower nearly stalls, and the gnats are just about to carry me off like the Flying Monkeys in the Wizard of Oz. The tank runs dry shortly afterwards, and damn, this is going very slowly.
The first break I feel okay, but I can tell that my legs and back are getting a workout. I’ve got a good strategy in going slow, sectioning off the yard, cutting less than half the width of the mower, moving back and forth through the roughest part, and truly, I haven’t had to mower quit but once or twice. It’s slow, damnably slow, but I knew it would be.
Two hours later and I’ve got about half of the front yard done, with a patch that I’m going to have to attack with a weed eater to start it. There’s a pine tree there and there’s a billion cones, broken branches and a lot of debris. Fine. I expected that also. What I didn’t expect is to be two hours deep into this thing with just this to show for it. True, the thickest and hardest is done, but barely, and my body is beginning to protest. Still, after two hours, I still feel okay. During my break I take two aspirins and drink a lot of water. I may very well have two more hours to go just in the front yard. It’s not impossible, and I am running out of hours in the day.
Push, pull, lift, wait, and the grass is being cut and the hours are going by. My first real job was in the fields so there’s really nothing I will ever do that compares to that at all. This is bad, but it’s on my own terms. My back and legs are beginning to ache, however, and I can feel over half a decade of life hanging off of me. My making progress and can tell it down, driving deeply into the yard, narrowing the uncut area, and I wonder when we Americas lost the ability to appreciate hard work. There was a time everyone worked hard at something and now it seems nearly no one does. People don’t force their kids to take Summer job in the fields anymore, and you never see a kid pushing a mower. I’m sweating and it’s pouring off of my body, but it does feel good, this does. I can feel my body’s strength out here in the heat and the dust, and the tall grass, and it is a good thing. Do kids understand this feeling these days? Have they ever been pushed to the point where the work seemed endless, the days never-ending, and pay laughably low?
Three hours, and there’s a thin strip left. I have to refuel and take a break. It’s after five and I think I can knock this out before sunset. About ten minutes into the break the thunder kicks in and I go outside to make sure I can get the mower on the porch in case of rain. As I am pushing it the rain begins, hard, unrelenting, and incredibly cool. I’ve had more than my share of outside jobs where a rain like this was a benison. It feels good to be drenched to the bone, all the clothing wet, all the sweat swept away, and now, the day is done because of the rain. Put the tools away, go inside, and strip down in front of the washer, and then take a shower.
The day is done, even if there is still grass to mow. It doesn’t matter because I knew this would happen and it would be this way. I will likely sleep better much later on in the night, and feel good when I awake.
Take Care,
|
dātavyam iti yad dānaṁ
dīyate 'nupakāriṇe
deśe kāle ca pātre ca
tad dānaṁ sāttvikaṁ smṛtam
dātavyamworth giving; itithus; yatthat which; dānamcharity; dīyategiven; anupakāriṇeto any person irrespective of doing good; desein place; kālein time; caalso; pātresuitable person; caand; tatthat; dānamcharity; sāttvikamin the mode of goodness; smṛtamconsider.
That gift which is given out of duty, at the proper time and place, to a worthy person, and without expectation of return, is considered to be charity in the mode of goodness.
In the Vedic literature, charity given to a person engaged in spiritual activities is recommended. There is no recommendation for giving charity indiscriminately. Spiritual perfection is always a consideration. Therefore charity is recommended to be given at a place of pilgrimage and at lunar or solar eclipses or at the end of the month or to a qualified brāhmaṇa or a Vaiṣṇava (devotee) or in temples. Such charities should be given without any consideration of return. Charity to the poor is sometimes given out of compassion, but if a poor man is not worth giving charity to, then there is no spiritual advancement. In other words, indiscriminate charity is not recommended in the Vedic literature.
Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/bg/17/20
Previous: Bg 17.19 Next: Bg 17.21
If you Love Me Distribute My Books -- Srila Prabhupada
|
Iran Protests: Civil Rights Movement Or Revolution?
As things currently stand, these protests more closely resemble a continuation of Iran’s long-standing civil rights movement rather than an attempt to overthrow the government.
Revolution or civil rights movement? That’s the question I’ve been asked repeatedly as the latest round of protests in Iran commenced. But it’s not the first time I’ve tried to explain what even many inside Iran had trouble explaining. In 2009, I served in the Office of Iranian Affairs at the State Department and was one of a small handful of people who covered the post-election protests from start to finish. Days in, we were asked to clarify how things would end – an impossible question to answer. However, after taking a step back and examining the situation dispassionately, we gave our superiors an assessment that proved correct. Broadly conceived, the core elements of our advice eight years ago remain true today. A few key points illustrate why.
First, we highlighted that there are essentially four pillars of stability for the ruling system in Iran: legitimacy in the eyes of the population; efficiency in managing the affairs of the state; unity amongst political elites; and the government’s monopoly on violence. In 2009, the first two pillars were damaged and exacerbated by cracking down on protestors. Political elites remained at odds to varying degrees until most factions coalesced around Hassan Rouhani four years later in the 2013 presidential election. However, the government’s coercive capacity remained intact – and eventually was on full display.
Fast-forward to the present, and the status quo is arguably a more challenging scenario for protestors. Government legitimacy and efficient management remain damaged, but political elites are thus far not at each other’s throats like they were in 2009. Perhaps more importantly, few would dispute the notion that Iran’s government will once again use force against protestors if survival of the system is thought to be at stake. What’s past is prologue.
On the opposite side of the spectrum, we highlighted four pillars necessary for protestors to create a “revolutionary” situation: mass discontent amongst the population; an organizational network of protestors that coalesces; a shared, cohesive ideology amongst protestors; and clear, widely accepted leadership within the protest movement. In 2009, mass discontent and leadership emerged, but state monopoly on violence played a key role in preventing the other pillars from taking root in a sustainable fashion – by way of cracking down on protestors, and imprisoning opposition leaders.
As things stand in Iran today, mass discontent remains clear, but protestors have been less coordinated. They currently lack a discernible organizational network. No shared ideology has emerged beyond general disdain for the government. And the protests have thus far been devoid of any leadership. Moreover, the government’s monopoly on violence makes it increasingly difficult for these key pillars to emerge if protestors begin attempts at constructing them.
Eight years ago, we told the higher ups at the State Department that all four pillars on the government side and the protestor side must be established to create a “revolutionary” situation in Iran. So, for days… and then weeks… and then months, we watched. The more time passed, the more our assessment solidified: Anything short of the aforementioned pillars fully aligning was a civil rights movement, not a revolution.
Today, the same assessment holds true. As things currently stand, these protests more closely resemble a continuation of Iran’s long-standing civil rights movement rather than an attempt to overthrow the government. This can certainly change if each of the aforementioned pillars aligns. If the status quo holds, that will reflect no such alignment.
With that in mind, the bottom line in 2009 remains true eight years later: Political, economic, and social aspirations of the Iranian people have long been unmet – by the Islamic Republic, as well as its predecessors. Until these issues are addressed in a sustainable, comprehensive fashion, the gap between state and society will not fully heal.
All of this begs the question – what should the U.S. government do? In 2009, we advised our superiors to express concern about the violence against protestors, and highlight the importance of respecting free speech, democratic process, and peaceful dissent. We also emphasized a need for the U.S. government to publicly express its respect for Iranian sovereignty, its desire avoid making America the issue during a domestic Iranian protest, and its belief that it is up to Iranians to determine who Iran’s leaders will be. This approach went through the inter-agency process and was eventually agreed upon. The vast majority of Iran analysts outside of government that we consulted also supported our decision.
The small minority of voices who disagreed with our inter-agency assessment and called on America to “do more” offered no viable, coherent alternative. Some told us that Iran was ripe for American invasion. Others said that the Iranian government was teetering, and sanctions would push them over the edge. Neither was true according to any internal U.S. government assessment at the time. A Republican congressman ended his diatribe against our approach by saying that we should send “duplication machines” to protestors in Iran. When pressed, he could not explain what these machines were or how they would aid Iranian protestors.
Today, the U.S. government does not possess any greater ability to affect the outcome of internal Iranian matters. Thus, it is hard to grasp any approach that deviates from the blueprint established eight years ago. Moreover, Iranian protestors have not asked for America’s help beyond moral support. It is patronizing to suggest that such Iranians are incapable of successfully pursuing their political, economic, and social aspirations without American assistance. From the election of President Mohammad Khatami in 1997 until now, Iranians have demonstrated their indigenous ability to sustain a civil rights movement – independent of American influence – that pressures their government for change.
After a few days of protests in Iran, the situation remains fluid. However, it is possible to see through the fog if proper metrics are utilized. Popular legitimacy, efficiency, political elite cohesion, and coercive capacity can serve as a barometer for measuring government stability. Similarly, taking stock of popular discontent, organization, ideology, and leadership within the protest movement can assess its long-term viability. When combined, it’s possible to determine whether upheaval looks more like revolution or a civil rights movement. In addition to utilizing this framework and providing moral support to protestors, Washington would be wise to acknowledge the limits of its power inside Iran. Policymakers and pundits cannot change this simple truth: The problems are Iranian, the protestors are Iranian, and the solution will be Iranian.
|
Find your cleaning solution below
Keeping Plastic Showers Clean
What you need:
• Car Wax
• Soft cloth
How to:
1. To keep plastic showers clean longer:
2. On a clean shower, apply a coat of good quality car wax
3. Let it dry to a haze
4. Buff with a soft cloth
5. When the water quits beading up reapply
Warnings & Cautions:
DO NOT put on floor of showers or tubs. It will make it extremely slippery.
Linda Says:
I like using a good paste car wax like Turtle Wax(TM)
Why It Works:
It puts a protective coating on the shower just like it does on your car to resist mineral deposits, soap scum and water spotting.
|
LWS #77 - Good One
Line Top
LWS Facebook Page LWS Twitter LSW Tumblr
RSS Follow Us
Flipside University NFU Comic
height high place phenomenon comics lol
Living With Stacy #77 Good One Ryan and Stacy
shareme bottom
Happy Friday everyone! What's so special about Friday? Well, besides the weekend, it's the day when a new LWS comic comes out! Today's strip is called "Good One."
Haha, good one hunny. Now that we know the punch line, let's talk about heights. More specifically, high place phenomenon. That is when you or a person in general gets that sudden urge to leap off the edge when looking down from high places. It's very common and completely normal but that doesn't stop the plethora of questions exploding online asking, "Am I normal!? Do I have a death wish!? Why do I feel like jumping off from high places!?" The answer is high place phenomenon. Apparently it's a way for your brain to relieve urges without actually committing them in real life. So it can be seen as a healthy fantasy. Fantasizing is good for you people! If you have bad thoughts, it's probably best not over fantasize but even those are considered normal from time to time. So now you know! "AND KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE!"
Well, that's it for this update. Check back Monday for a new cartoon! Also, please share my stuff, really get on that sharing train and chugga chugga it all over the internet! Thanks!
Banner
|
4.2 Error Sources Associated with Pipeline Processing Steps
In this section, we discuss sources of error that are associated with major steps in the COS calibration pipeline (calcos). Note that these steps themselves were already described in Chapter 3 and will not be repeated here; this section will only describe specific issues related to the error budget of the resulting data which were not described before.
4.2.1 FUV Dark Count Rate
Dark counts arise from a combination of detector effects and external sources. Calcos will remove the effects of detector background (which includes dark, scattered light, etc.) in the BACKCORR module. This is done after the X1DCORR converts the detector image to a 1D extracted spectrum. Here, we discuss the instrumental contribution, since it can be the limiting factor in the error budget for very faint sources.
FUV-XDL Dark Count Rate
The FUV detector dark rates measured on the ground were very low, of order 0.4 counts cm–2 s–1. Typical dark rates on-orbit away from the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) are several times higher. The dark rates based on the 95th percentile of dark values obtained in 2017 are 1.67 × 10–6 counts pixel–1 s–1 for FUVA (corresponding to 1.16 counts cm–2 s–1) and 1.59 × 10–6 counts pixel–1 s–1 for FUVB (1.10 counts cm–2 s–1). This is equivalent to 1.0 × 10–4 counts s–1 per resolution element (FUVA) and 9.54 × 10–5 counts s–1 per resolution element (FUVB). These rates have remained relatively stable since SM4, although there are sometimes large variations seen on short timescales. The behavior of the dark rates versus time can be seen on these monitoring pages for FUVA and FUVB. For the most up to date numbers, please refer to the current version of the COS Instrument Handbook, Section 7.4.1.
Figure 4.1: Dark Rates.
FUV Segment A count rate as a function of time during an orbit which skims the SAA (top), and during one which is further from the SAA (bottom).
When HST passes though the SAA, observations stop and the detector high voltage is lowered in order to prevent damage to the detector. Elevated dark rates of up to 30 times higher than normal (Figure 4.1) have been observed during exposures made when skimming the edge of the SAA. To minimize the observing time with higher background, the SAA model was shifted 6 degrees to the west in May 2010.
The spatial distribution of background counts on Segment A is fairly uniform, independent of pulse height thresholding or proximity to the SAA (Figure 4.2). For segment B, however, there are a number of features in the region where the spectra fall when all pulse heights are included. Most of these features disappear when the appropriate pulse height thresholding (used by default in the calcos pipeline for TIME-TAG data) is applied, as shown in Figure 4.3.
There is an additional complication to the FUV dark correction. As the FUV detectors have been exposed to more light, the portion of the detectors where the spectrum falls has become less sensitive due to gain sag. This sensitivity loss even affects the dark count rate. As a result, the background, which is estimated from rarely illuminated regions on either side of the science spectrum, tends to overestimate the dark rate at the location of the spectrum and, therefore, to overcorrect the spectrum. This effect is small, and only affects very faint objects. Nevertheless, one should be aware of it. We note that the darks are time and LP dependent.
Figure 4.2: FUVA Dark.
Dark rate for FUV Segment A with no pulse height thresholding (top), and with the default thresholding used by calcos (bottom). The background is spatially uniform at all pulse heights. The dashed blue lines show the LP1 extraction box and the red lines show the dark rate summed over the region between the blue lines.
Figure 4.3: FUVB Dark.
Dark rate for FUV Segment B with no pulse height thresholding (top), and with the more aggressive thresholding used by calcos (bottom). Using the appropriate thresholding minimizes the effects of the extra features near the middle of the segment. The dashed blue lines show the LP1 extraction box and the red lines show the dark rate summed over the region between the blue lines.
4.2.2 Flat Fields
NUV-MAMA Flat Fields
The STIS MAMA flat fields are dominated by a fixed pattern that is a combination of several effects including "beating" between the micro-channel plates and the anode pixel array and variations in the charge cloud structure at the anode. Similar effects are present in the COS MAMA. Intrinsic pixel-to-pixel variations measured on the ground for the COS NUV-MAMA were 5.2% rms. Analysis of the COS NUV flat-field taken during servicing mission orbital verification (SMOVs) by Ake et al. (COS ISR 2010-03) found that it aligned to within one pixel of the flat field created during ground testing. Consequently, all SMOV and ground data were combined to produce a single flat field reference file for pipeline processing.
The reference file does not correct vignetting, which affects X pixels with values between 0 and 200. The vignetting can eliminate as much as 20% of the flux from X = 0 to 100, and then the fraction of flux vignetted slowly decreases to 0 between X = 100 and 200. Since the amount of vignetting depends on the angle of illumination, and because the OSM positions are not perfectly repeatable, simple corrections are inadequate. Due to the low usage of the NUV channel, a more complex solution has not been pursued.
Studies of the on-orbit S/N achievable indicate that the Poisson limit can be reached for S/N < 70 and that an S/N > 150 can be achieved by combining high S/N exposures obtained at different FP-POS settings over most of the detector. However, the variable vignetting can introduce large, spatially coherent errors over the first 200 pixels of each stripe of the NUV spectra.
FUV-XDL Flat Fields
The FUV XDL detector has considerable fixed-pattern noise. These include dead spots, variable hot spots, a honeycomb pattern due to the manufacturing process used to produce the MCP, and shadows from the repeller grid wires. A full, two-dimensional flat field obtained during internal ground tests did not produce the signal-to-noise needed for a useful flat, and it has been deemed too costly in terms of exposure time and impact on detector lifetime to fully characterize the COS flat field using on-orbit observations.
Nevertheless, some progress has been made. The FUV flat field corrects for the grid wire shadows, which are the largest single source of fixed-pattern noise, some features near the edges of segment B (the so-called "imposter" grid wires), and low-order variations in the detector response.
Note that even with the correction of the grid wire shadows, other large amplitude (up to 10%) fixed-pattern features remain in the spectra. At present, the best approach to mitigate these is to combine observations obtained at different FP-POS settings. A complete description of the G130M and G160M grid wire flats, and estimates for the achievable S/N for these gratings from normally processed data, are given in COS ISR 2011-03.
4.2.3 Gain Sag
As described in Chapter 1, the pulse height for photons incident on the COS XDL FUV detector varies with position on the detector and changes with time. The typical pulse height (modal gain) decreases as the total exposure at that location increases; this effect is known as gain sag (see COS ISR 2011-05). The regions of the detector which have collected the most photons are the parts of Segment B that are exposed to the bright Lyα airglow line while using the G130M grating. In particular, regions near pixels 7150 and 9100 are most strongly affected. When the sag is large, PHA values can fall below the calcos thresholds and are discarded by the pipeline. Figure 4.4 shows the effect of changing the lower PHA cutoff from 4 to 2 on these features. With a PHA cutoff of 4, the total number of counts in the most heavily sagged regions is depressed by nearly 50%. In contrast, with a PHA cutoff of 2, the gain sag regions are depressed by approximately 10%.
The MCP gain can be increased by raising the high voltage on the affected detector segment. This is done at regular time intervals in order to keep the loss of flux due to gain sag to within data quality requirements. Nominal values of detector high voltage used on orbit are listed in Appendix B.
The gain in the spectral region can also be increased by moving the spectra to a part of the detector which has seen fewer counts. These Lifetime moves have been made several times since SMOV. In addition, the COS2025 policy limits the cenwave and FP-POS selections for G130M segment B observations. See Appendix A for details.
In order to address the effects of gain sag, the COS FUV detector high voltage has been raised numerous times since the instrument was installed, and the spectra have been shifted to new lifetime positions. For details on these adjustments consult Appendix A and Appendix B.
Figure 4.4: Gain Sag Effects.
This figure shows two versions of the same NET spectrum. The data displayed were taken in December 2010 at LP1 with the G160M grating. Red eliminates events with PHAs less than 4 and blue eliminates events with PHAs less than 2.
4.2.4 FUV XDL Thermal Drifts
The XDL centroiding electronics are sensitive to thermal effects. The TEMPCORR module of calcos measures the location of the stim pulses in order to determine the shift and stretch of the detector format and correct for any changes; TEMPCORR applies a linear correction based on the position of these stim pulses. The accuracy of this correction will influence the ability to properly register the flat field corrections and may influence the final error budget.
|
Esoteric Festival Lineup, Arvida Share Price Nzx, Plant Allergies Rash, Greenes Fence Home Depot, Shelf With Hooks - Ikea, Best Potato Skins, Jsl Ancient Font, Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8tb Rpm, Smooth Operator Sheet Music, Metropolitan Nash For Sale, " />
Eastar Trombone Tenor Trombone Bb Slide Trombone Brass Musical Instrument with Hard Case Mouthpiece Cleaning Kit & Care Kit Standard Student Beginner Trombone Kid ETB-330. The trombone was a bit of a problem for cavalries... A trombone that would scare even a snake! En d’autres termes, trombone veut dire grande trompette. Because the bore of the instrument is straight and cylindrical for much of the length, the trombone has the brightest sound of any of the usual brass band instruments. Everything from playing your first trombone notes through to trombone slide positions and finger charts in a series of easy to follow video lessons. Size: Trumpet is one of the smallest instruments in the brass family. Téléchargez la partition Trombone How Long (niveau intermédiaire) de Carrack Paul. 333 € Kühnl & Hoyer Bart van Lier .512 F B-Stock. 2.990 € Michael Rath R400 Bb-/F- Tenor Trom B-Stock. FREE Shipping by Amazon. The Bb tenor trombone (or "big trumpet") is pitched one octave below the Bb trumpet, and its tubing length, at 108 inches, is twice as long as the tubing in a Bb trumpet. Trombone maintenance is a practice which should be a part of every trombonist’s daily playing routine. The Structure of the Trombone:[Experiment]I can only extend my right arm so far. The gap between the outer slide and inner slide has a radius of only around 0.1 mm. Learn how to play trombone with Liam Kirkman, the former president of the British Trombone Society. Copyright © 2021 Multiply Media, LLC. 5.555 € 7.322 € Thomann proBONE 1 Bb-Tenor Tro B-Stock. The reason you extend your arm, in the end, is to extend the length of the tube. 5.899 € 8.752,45 € B&S MS27K-L Bb/F/Gb/D-Bass B-Stock. Trumpet vs Trombone: Trumpet is a valved brass instrument having a cylindrical tube with two turns. For a tenor trombone this is around 60 cm. What does contingent mean in real estate? How old was Ralph macchio in the first Karate Kid? Partition pour Trombone avec accomp. 1 Take the three parts of your pBone out of the case. The slide is moved to make the tubing longer or shorter, changing the pitch of the instrument. Trombone is a brass instrument containing a long cylindrical metal tube with two turns and a movable slide. Sa forme rappelle le trombone, d'où elle tire son nom. when it is assembled. The smallest sizes are found in small jazz trombones and … The slide must be straight-no exceptions! Enregistrer la recherche. 4.5 out of 5 stars 323. 4 annonces neufs et occasions trouvées dans Carabines 22LR Browning Trombone. In order to take care of the reside, trombones should be given a bath about twice a year. The parts of a trombone: The player uses the mouthpiece to create the sound. pBone Stripe 1. pBone stripes Liam Kirkman – How to assemble the pBone trombone The trombone comes with a carry-case. Models manufactured post 1969 had a product code W. Stirling 1500 Rifle. All Rights Reserved. The material on this site can not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with prior written permission of Multiply. T-shirts Trombone sur Spreadshirt Designs originaux Échange sous 30 jours Commander maintenant en ligne des T-shirts Trombone! Trier par . How to play trombone. For trombones, why does sheet music notation differ from the fundamental tone of the instrument? The water key (also called the spit valve) is used to let excess moisture out of your instrument. From the 19th century, some trombones have carabine Browning Trombone 22 long rifle a pompe . By combining this with the position of the mouth, the player can produce a wide range of different notes. Why don't libraries smell like bookstores? Partition pour Trombone avec accomp. By doing so, the player increases and decreases the size of the air column inside the instrument, lowering and raising the pitch of the sound coming from it. Browning --Modèle. Trombone valves were first invented in the 19th century. For a tenor trombone this is around 60 cm. It is very accurate 22 Mag in … The valve makes it easier to play low notes without having to extend your arm as much, and can even be switched out to change the sound completely. Doing so would allow the player's breath to pass through this new piece only when needed. A trombone that hasn't been cleaned for a while may have a build up of residue, especially near the spit valve, that can block and reduce good sound. FN-Browning-Trombone-Pump-22LR-Very-Good-In-Box10094D309102219DF498.jpg The FN Browning Trombone is a pump-action long takedown rifle designed by John M. Browning in 1919, patented on 1 August 1922 and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal Belgium from 1922 to 1974. Why not attach another piece of tubing somewhere on the instrument? This is right around the maximum distance that the average Japanese adult male can extend his arm. Where is Jesse De-Wilde son of Brandon deWilde? The tuning slide can be pulled out or pushed in so that the trombone is in tune with the rest of the group. A valve must also be installed to use this additional tubing. A priori, on l’utilisait pour la première fois dans le buccin. Is there a way to search all eBay sites for different countries at once? 3-Valve Bb Tenor Trombone for Trumpet Crossover Players with Designer Hardcase . It consists of two long... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples C’est un nom provenant du mot italien « tromba » qui signifie trompette et de « one ». C'est pour cette raison que nous avons créé le 350C. $159.00 $ … 1.975 € Miraphone 670 Contra Bass Trombo B-Stock. The trombone is the middle instrument in the brass family, functioning one octave below the trumpet and one octave above the tuba. Sad Trombone... when a rim shot just isn't appropriate. Marque. It is possible to increase the pitch even as you extend the slide, Orchestra pieces in which the trombone plays an important role. Bass Trombones come in a variety of configurations which determine the range of keys the instrument can be played in – and consequently the notes which can be played and slide positional computations. Téléchargez la partition Trombone How Long (niveau très facile) de Carrack Paul. This video demonstrates the most common grip for trombonists, and also shows my take on it. Trombone manufacturers then came up with an idea. In most bands this will take the form of two tenors and a bass trombone and in a jazz genre... Types of Trombones. C'es… Therefore, in order for the tubing to slide smoothly, all four pipes (two for the outer slide and two for the inner slide) must be perfectly straight and parallel. Kühnl & Hoyer 560 Valve Trombone B-Stock. There is a lower relative to the tenor trombone called the bass trombone. The Trombone section Trombones and their players are known for their gregarious nature and are usually found in sections! Le trombone est constitué d'une tige en métal (ou en matière plastique) repliée plusieurs fois afin de former plusieurs boucles. 99. Mais contrairement à la plupart des autres instruments, le trombone ne peut pas être joué par un enfant. Featuring a total weight of about 21.7 pounds and a product dimension of 16.1 by 38.6 by 17.5 inches, the clear and precise sound of YBL-822G resonates on so many notes. However, what if your arms are simply not long enough? This is right around the maximum distance that the average Japanese adult male can extend his arm. the Trombone is 8 feet in tubing, how ever it is around 150cm When did organ music become associated with baseball? Each trombone has a maximum slide position it can be played at. A bass trombone-with an F attachment only. Who is the longest reigning WWE Champion of all time? orchestre Selon l’histoire, les deux tubes coulissants qui forment la trompette basse ont été inventés au 18e siècle. How rizal overcome frustrations in his romances? In a slide trombone, the player moves a long metal slide back and forth, lengthening and shortening it. carabine Browning Trombone 22 long rifle a pompe - Carabines 22LR (5846127) - Achat et vente de matériel et d'objets neufs ou d'occasion de chasse et de pêche - This additional tubing also plays a role in extending the bass range of the trombone. Les trombones modernes ont été conçus pour être maniés par des adultes, et beaucoup de jeunes débutants n'ont pas le bras assez long pour jouer sur toutes les positions de la coulisse. Tenor trombone bells are usually between 7 and 9 in (18–23 cm) in diameter, the most common being sizes from 7 ⁄2 to 8 ⁄2 in (19–22 cm). Keeping a clean instrument not only serves to maintain the value of your investment, but it also helps keep your slide and valve movements easy and smooth, allowing for more maneuverability with the instrument and better sound quality. Some manufacturers offer interchangeable bells. Il a été nommé trombone pour la première au XVIIe siècle. Who was the lady with the trophy in roll bounce movie? L’instrument en question était une sorte de tuba jouée par les Romains et il était déjà disponible en forme de « S ». Definition of trombone : a brass instrument consisting of a long cylindrical metal tube with two turns and having a movable slide or valves for varying the tone and a … Recherche sauvegardée. Trombone, brass wind musical instrument sounded by lip vibration against a cup mouthpiece. Why did clay walker and Lori lampson get divorced? Trombone definition: A trombone is a large musical instrument of the brass family. The trombone has an extra bend for conversion from B flat to an F. How long will the footprints on the moon last? This is a fun and humorous tool to use on those tools in your office. Over 100,000 French translations of English words and phrases. The coil-like tubing on the inside is the F attachment.The round silver object is the valve. orchestre Like any other instrument, the first step in learning to play the trombone is understanding how to hold it. Turning on and off the two valves gives a total of four combinations, for four different sounds. Like the slide trombone, … 2 Insert the bell section into the slide section, ensure a tight fit. However, what if your arms are simply not long enough? How to Hold a Trombone. In which Year did physics education came to Liberia? Bass Trombone Configurations. The most common material is yellow brass (70% copper, 30% zinc), but other materials include rose brass (85% copper, 15% zinc) and red brass (90% copper, 10% zinc). Trombone--Type de carabine--Etat de l'objet--Type de canon--Effacer les critères. $149.99 $ 149. Trombone bells (and sometimes slides) may be constructed of different brassmixtures. Quelle est l’origine du trombone ? Two instruments, both tenor, but quite different! Until then, it was extremely difficult to play continuously from, say, Bâ to C. Valves now make this easy. Trombone is bulkier than a trumpet. For a 70 cm tube, an end-to-end curve of even 0.2 mm would … The range is identical to that of the baritone horn. It has an extendable slide that can increase the length of the instrument’s tubing. What date do new members of congress take office? It has the same length of tubing as the tenor trombone (9 feet (2.7 m)) but has a wider bore and a larger bell, and uses a larger mouthpiece, making it more suited to playing in the low register. Young students begin on a basic B-flat tenor trombone, the instrument most often found in bands and orchestras. the trombone is 8 feet in tubing, how ever it is around 150cm when it is assembled. How old was queen elizabeth 2 when she became queen? The slide of a trombone is a straight piece of tubing that is roughly 70 cm long and quite thin (0.25 mm thick). One clever way of overcoming this is to attach a string to the slide, allowing you to … There are even bass trombones with two valves. The slide thus performs the function of the valves on other brass instruments. For tenor trombones, this extends the range from Bâ (their fundamental pitch) to A, G, and F. The additional tubing is thus called an "F attachment." French Translation of “trombone” | The official Collins English-French Dictionary online. One clever way of overcoming this is to attach a string to the slide, allowing you to reach the farthest slide position. This has made it possible for even smaller people to play the trombone. Mis en vente le 08/01/2021. Example of a bass trombone with two valves being played, The trombone: The instrument that extends and retracts, [Experiment] Let's make a straight trombone, Playing a tenorbass trombone or bass trombone. The tenor trombone is pitched in B-flat, with a nominal fundamental tube length of nine feet. Occasion (7) 690,00 € Achat immédiat. 429 € Thomann Blacky Bb-Tenor Trombo B-Stock. Trombones also have their own family and come in a variety of sizes. Get it as soon as Mon, Jan 11. What is the WPS button on a wireless router? 3.2 out of 5 stars 7.
|
Åk till Strasbourg i juni för att fylla på med ny kunskap och inspiration kring EMDR!
För att anmäla dig, klicka på följande länk:
Good reasons to come visit Strasbourg ?.
Strasbourg is wellknown for being the seat of many European Institutions, such as the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, and the European Court of Human Rights.
But Strasbourg is also a fairy-tale town to walk through, surrounded by the main channel of the Ill River, which passes through a series of locks and channels in the picturesque old town The Petite France, the most iconic and picturesque sector of Strasbourg with its ”Maison à Colombages”. The most ornate is Maison Kammerzell, in Place de la Cathédrale, with 75 old glass windows presenting lovely intricate carvings and paintings.
The name Strasbourg is of Germanic origin and means ”town (at the crossing) of roads”. It is a very manageable size, and most of what you’ll want to see can be accessed on foot. For those of you like walking, you will be able to enjoy the beauty of Strasbourg’s historical center, known as Grande Île (the great island), and which was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
One of its main attractions is the gothic cathedral of Our Lady, which has been defined as ”the biggest open book under the sky of the Middle Ages”. Inside it houses an 18-metre astronomical clock of the 16th century, The clock was also decorated in all manner of elaborate finery from paintings to small sculptures, automata, and a system of musical bells. The current astronomical clock was built in 1843 and shares many of the features of its predecessors such as an orrery, a rotating display of the current positions of the sun and moon, a planetary calendar, and even a mechanical rooster. At noon, the large door under the clock springs open, and a procession of iron figures representing the Twelve Apostles emerge, rotate, and reentere the opposite chamber.
Also, you can’t miss the white timber-framed buildings, particularly in the Petite France district, encircled by canals. One of the best ways to get an overview of the city is out on the water on a boat trip (?12,50 for adults, runs up to 35 times a day and takes 70 mins). Boats are open-top on a sunny day and have commentary in 12 languages.
For a little journey outside
Launched in 1953, the Alsace Wine Route is one of the oldest wine routes in France. The Alsatian Wine Route weaves its way through Alsace’s thousand-year-old wine producing area for a distance of some 170 km. Called Route des Vins, from Thann to Marlenheim, the Alsatian Wine Route passes through a string of picturesque villages such as Colmar, Riebauvillé e Riquewihr, and offers breathtaking views illustrating the richness and diversity of the Alsatian landscape. An itinerary that will lead to you to discover the most authentic part of this region.
If you are on a short stay, we can recommend you to visit at least one of the enchanting villages such as Colmar, the capital of Alsace wines, nestled at the foot of the vineyard next to many idyllic villages, only 30-minute trainride from Strasbourg.
|
Here's how we help you
Rural leaders
We’re often back and forth from the airport and it’s rare that we’re late or miss a pickup, but we can’t control planes or traffic (as much as we’d like to!).
Here are some helpful tips for ensuring you depart on time.
Your driver will arrive at least 5 minutes before your scheduled pickup time.
They will wait on Calder Avenue, near the driveway that leads up the the Recreation Centre.
If you can’t find your driver, send a text to Heather advising where you are waiting. Phone: +64278877701
where we'll drop you
We’ll drop you to the regional end of Christchurch Airport, closest to Door 1 and Door 2.
Just inside, you’ll find check-in for Domestic and International flights.
tell us when things change
If your flight is delayed or cancelled, send a quick text and we can reschedule your pickup. Phone: +64278877701
got a question? we're all ears
|
Pros and cons of living on campus
Staying on campus in first year is almost always a good idea because it’s a great way to make friends straight away. However, once those initial four terms are over, you have to decide whether you really want to live with a whole bunch of people on campus for another year.
Living on campus has its pros and cons and you’ve got to weigh them up before you decide where to live for the next 12 months. So here they are, the positives and the negatives.
You save cash
Living in digs is expensive and living on campus is cheaper. It’s that simple. You eat at the dining hall and your toilet paper is paid for. The only time you need to go grocery shopping is to stock up on snacks and caffeine for those all-nighters. And, with all the money you save on transport, you may finally be able to afford one of those pre-owned BMWs you’ve been eyeing out.
You save time
As you student you naturally value your sleep and when you live on campus you get to sleep a little later because, well, class is down the road. You can also go home between classes and even fit in a little socialising. You don’t have to worry about getting to your digs and back for a nap. After all, sleep is incredibly important for students.
It’s more social
There are always people around when you need a chat or someone to have late night study dates with. You’re never far from your friends (unless they live in digs) and you can walk around at night pretty safely.
There are people everywhere
You cannot go a day without dealing with people. Even if you lock yourself in your room, you still have to leave it to use the communal bathroom. There is no escaping your fellow students and getting out of unwanted conversations can become difficult when you have to live with these people.
You can’t escape the academics
You can never go for a walk and just forget that you’re a university student. When you live on campus you’re constantly surrounded by reminders that you should probably (right at this moment, in fact) be studying.
You have zero privacy
There is no peace when you live on campus. There are people always in your space. ALWAYS. You can’t even go take a shower without five other people being in the room with you. And then there’s always the problem of actually sharing a bedroom with another human being (one you’re not even romantically involved with).
There are multiple pros and cons when it comes to living on campus and you have to think carefully about what you want to do. Once you make that decision you’re committed for a year.
|
Ark beer: how I founded Survival Evolved’s least successful brewery
What can you do with copious amounts of alcohol in the land of flesh eating dinosaurs?
“Hey, do you want a drink?” I ask over voice chat, spotting a potential customer lurking outside my base. They react at first with an air of suspicion. I drop an item on the beach and they walk back and forth, mousing over it cautiously. “No thanks,” they eventually reply. Then, before I can say another word, they’re off again, mounting a nearby Quetz and escaping over the jagged cliffs. Not exactly the reaction I would have hoped for.
I’ve become caught up in somewhat of a predicament of late. Gazing at the contents of my base, any experienced Ark: Survival Evolved player will immediately spot where I’ve gone wrong.
All across the separate floors of my house, there is beer barrel after beer barrel, making my base look less like a cosy homestead and more like the basement of your average pub on matchday. Accidentally, I’ve become the owner of my very own micro-brewery, and worse yet, getting rid of the stuff is like asking someone if my pet can take a dino-sized dump on their lawn. Let’s just say they aren’t exactly biting my hands off for the opportunity.
So, how did I end up in this situation? Well, it all started with my dream of taming the Chalicotherium – a large herbivore that looks like an odd mixture between a gorilla, a dog, and a horse. The creature packs a ferocious punch, throws faeces at its enemies, can gather berries quickly, and can even be taught to sit to impress your neighbours.
The only way to tame the creature is passively with the aid of alcohol, which means you have to invest a lot of time and resources into crafting a beer barrel (500 wood, 80 metal ingots, and 100 cementing paste), a glass jar (seven cementing paste, five hide, two crystal each), and collecting enough berries, thatch, and water to ferment.
Then you need to wait up to a further six hours for a single unit of beer to be created on official servers. In order to speed things up, I made several casks.
Bottoms up
Bottoms up
Primitive Plus is a total conversion DLC for Ark: Survival Evolved that expands the food and drink options, alongside refocusing the game on the more primitive elements. Here you can craft mead, in addition to wheat beer and wine, letting you experiment more with the fermentation process and create your favourite tipple.
And now having finally tamed the creature – albeit getting my ass kicked several times in the process – I’m equipped with enough alcohol to cater for a significant area of Greater Manchester, but with none of the interest.
I’ve tried palming it off on neighbours, giving it to new players on the server, and offering it to those who want their own weird prehistoric dog to ride about on. But, so far, I’ve had no luck.
The problem is that there isn’t that much you can do with alcohol in the game, besides taming the Chalicotherium. Drinking it produces a bunch of different buffs, such as increasing your resistance to cold and resilience to damage, but it also rapidly drains your stamina and reduces your vision. Which means players will usually stay away if you offer them a pint as a symbol of good will.
Whereas, elsewhere, in PvP, where the item might actually be of some use, there are other more cost-effective and time-saving ways to incapacitate a player. Ones that don’t involve going through the trouble of transforming your base into a still and forcing a drink down people’s throats.
In a way, beer in Ark highlights a much wider design fault you see across a lot of survival games, where unnecessary mechanics are introduced into the progression system and then abandoned prematurely.
You may think that beer would become an important component of a recipe further down the line – warranting keeping a barrel or two around at the very least to continue production – but you’d be wrong. Once it has served its purpose, it just becomes another piece of worthless furniture, which players will have to demolish when it comes time to make room for more important machinery.
Read more: Check our our list of the best survival games on PC
Now surrounded by cask after cask, I’m left wondering about its potential applications and some of the wasted opportunities. It seems like beer could have made a great alternative fuel source for machinery somewhere down the line, or an excellent ingredient for more involved recipes – which do exist elsewhere in the total conversion DLC Primitive Plus.
As it stands, there isn’t much I can do at the moment, besides get blackout drunk, try to drum up business for my ailing venture, or demolish the lot.
Best hardware deals
Product Image 1
Product Image 2
Product Image 3
|
5 Steps to Writing a Synopsis for your Book with as Little Pain as Possible
May 15, 2012
I'm wrapping up what I hope will be my final major rewrite this week before querying. Since I'm prepping to query, I'm also putting together my "query package." This includes the hateful synopsis. I mean, writing the query is painful enough, right? But in a synopsis, you have to boil down all the details of the ENTIRE BOOK into just a single-spaced page or two. Preferably without being overly boring.
Okay, let's face it. It's probably going to be sorta boring.
And really, that's okay. Agents get how hard it is to write a synopsis, and the point of one is for them to see that your story itself doesn't fall apart after the first spectacular chapter. Which means the synopsis IS important, so you should give it the time it needs to shine. And fortunately, there are ways to make the synopsis-writing a little less painful.
1. Whether or not you plotted out your story, you can start with 7 simple sentences that hit the 7 key points of your book.
You may not have planned this out ahead of time, or even known about it, but odds are basic story structure is so embedded in you after seeing many movies and reading many books, that you have these points in your story. I HIGHLY recommend you watch Dan Wells' 7 Point Story Structure presentation on YouTube. But here are the basic points you want to hit in your synopsis.
Hook: what draws the reader in; sets your character in a position opposite of where they'll be at the end.
Plot Turn 1: the call to adventure-- the story really beings and there's no turning back for the character
Pinch 1: stakes heat up; more danger/pressure introduced
Midpoint: character discovers something new that allows them to move from reaction to action against the antagonist.
Pinch 2: stakes heat up again; often, something big is lost
Plot Turn 2: character learns the final information to destroy antagonist, often at great personal cost
Resolution: protag saves the day
Just a simple sentence that captures the essence of these points gives you a (probably way too short) synopsis!
2. Fill in the blanks
You want to make sure that you connect those seven points. Things happen between them, and if you don't give some explanation, it will make your story feel disjointed. So find those connecting elements that make the story make sense, and fill in the blanks. This is where you'll likely make your synopsis way too long. Don't sweat that.
3. Cut the extra characters and subplots you added in step 2.
This is a tough one. Sometimes, I'm adamant that a certain character or big subplot is essential to the synopsis. I hate to tell you-- it's not. Focus on THE MAIN STORY LINE. Obviously, all of your subplots and characters tie together with the main story line, but there is simply not room for them in a 1-2 page synopsis. Chop. Even if you have to fill them in to make yourself feel better, go back in and see what you can cut while still having the synopsis make sense.
4. Read it out loud.
Odds are, you're still might need to trim the synopsis down a bit, especially if you're doing a one-pager. And even if you don't, you always want to make sure you show your top writing skills. So read it out loud. Find those awkward spots, the places you can reword and tighten. Chop out the weak writing. Chop, chop, chop.
5. Send it to crit partners.
Yup, just like anything else. They can help you fine-tune what you've already done, and give you that outside opinion that will help you capture your story in as non-boring a way as possible.
And here's a bonus tip for the next time around. When I write my books, starting with my very first draft, I give every chapter/scene a heading that briefly describes what happens in that chapter. Not only does this help me stay organized while I write, but when I do my synopsis, I can pull my seven key plot points and pretty much every other point straight from those headings. It makes the synopsis first draft a cut-and-paste, piece of cake kinda deal.
So, my friends, have you written a synopsis before? Do you hate them? Do you have tips to share?
image source
Jenilyn Collings said...
As weird as it is, I don't mind writing synopses. It's the queries that get me--I would much, much rather write a synopsis than write a query. For me, I think it's a matter of focusing on the character, what they want, and what they do because of what they want.
I've been meaning to watch that presentation forever. Maybe today is the day for that. :)
Good luck querying!
Jennie Bennett said...
This help is awesome! I'm going to be writing a synop soon so I really need this. I'm totally bookmarking!
Randy said...
Good post. I have a difficult time writing a snynopsis so this should help.
Lauren said...
I've just started working on writing synopses and I was having trouble, so this is really great advice! I love the idea of having scene/chapter headings. I'll have to try that.
Ruth Josse said...
Perfect timing! I'm getting close to querying too, so I know I'm going to have to do this. I've been putting it off. :)
Jessie Humphries said...
I had to write one last night! I think it was one of the worst evenings I've had in recent memory. And I am pretty sure it sucketh, but an agent asked for it, and what was I going to say, "Isn't the query good enough?" :0.
Angela Cothran said...
Great info. You know what I found really helpful was to get a few people who hadn't read my book to read my synopsis. That way I could find out if someone who didn't know the story could follow the synopsis.
David P. King said...
Excellent rundown. I'll have to give these tips a shot next time I draft a synopsis (heck - I'll try them out on the ones I have). Thanks for the suggestion! :)
A.L. Sonnichsen said...
I hate synopses!! :)
These are great tips, Shallee.
It seems like pitches and synopses never go away, even when you have an agent. I still have to write them for the subsequent books I've written (since the one I signed with) ... but it does get easier with practice.
A.L. Sonnichsen said...
Oh, and good luck with your querying! How exciting!!!
Kittie Howard said...
This is a fantastic post, Shallee, that every writer should read. (Also, great video.) Thank you for sharing. It hit at just the right time, when I was editing my WIP.
Ghenet Myrthil said...
Great tips! I wrote my first ever synopsis for an editor critique at a conference and it was hard! I loved Dan Well's videos and used it to plot my book. Going back to it to write my synopsis was helpful.
I'll be querying pretty soon too. Good luck! :)
Emily R. King said...
I'm weird because I like writing synopses. I'd rather write a synopsis over a query letter any day.
At Storymakers the pitch class gave an overview of how to simplify the plot for a great synopsis. Did you get a chance to take that class?
Good luck with querying!
Shallee said...
Ooh, I missed that one, Emily! Darn! Simplifying the plot for both query and synopsis writing is definitely a hard thing to do, and something I could keep learning more about.
AVDutson said...
Thanks for the tips! I'm almost to the submission stage and I'm worried about all the new experiences. But with this great advice, maybe it won't be too bad. ;)
Adrienne said...
These are great! I recently wrote a synopsis, and one tip that helped me was to only use the names of three characters: the protagonist, the love interest (if there is one) or best friend, and the antagonist. This helped me narrow the focus since it's difficult to cut the sub-plots.
Daisy Carter said...
I love the 7 points - they remind me of Blake Snyder's "Beat Sheet" in a lot of ways. I don't like writing synopsis. But I have a chapter heading/summary for each chapter while I'm drafting, too! I never thought to use that to draft a synopsis - thanks!
Tara Tyler said...
this is awesome! printing it!
Elizabeth Varadan, Author said...
Good luck with your query and synopsis. I think both are more frightening ahead of time. Once you get into it, writing is writing. Fingers crossed that you get an agent or publisher.
Rachna Chhabria said...
I found synopsis a huge torture and it showed when my CP pointed out what I had done. She then sent me a dozen links to great synopsis writing and I managed to write one with a lot of effort.
Good luck with your synopsis and querying. Saying a small prayer for your success, Shallee.
Meredith said...
Thank you so much, Shallee! I'm going to need to write a synopsis soon, and this advice is exactly what I needed. Good luck with querying!
Emy Shin said...
I haven't written a synopsis before, but am bookmarking this for when I inevitably have to. So, so helpful. Thanks, Shallee! :)
Carrie-Anne said...
Last year I wrote three synopses for my first Russian historical novel—a very long one, a medium-sized one, and a short one. The longest one included all the characters and subplots, while the shortest one only included the most essential characters and events. Given that the book is just a tad bit shorter than Anna Karenina, I think it was a pretty good feat to be able to boil it all down to only 7 pages. I think the synopsis for my contemporary historical Bildungsroman, which is roughly the same length of The Brothers Karamazov, is about the same length.
KM Nalle said...
You always have such helpful posts! This is bookmarked for future reference!
Lara Schiffbauer said...
I'm coming back next week to have this post by my side while I write my three paragraph synopsis to submit my novel! So, so helpful - thanks!
Peaches Ledwidge said...
Great tips.
MC Phedran Mybadside said...
I like your writing style really loving this website .
|
Portland Asphalt Repair
Removal and Replacement
Asphalt removal and replacement is often the most effective form of asphalt repair. It consists of several important steps to assure that the repair is performed properly. The perimeter(s) of the area(s) to be repaired are sawcut to enhance both appearance and compaction. Once the decayed asphalt is removed and deposited at an authorized dump site, the stone base is compacted to ensure a solid foundation for the repair. A tack primer is then applied to the edges of the perimeters to ensure proper bonding of the bituminous asphalt mix. The next step is to install the hot asphalt and compact using a double drum vibratory roller.
Overlay & Resurfacing
Asphalt overlayment and resurfacing is another repair option. Once again, there are several steps to ensure a proper repair is achieved. The areas to be paved are swept clean of dirt and debris, and in some cases a material called Petromat is needed to help repair the area properly. Petromat is a brand of geotextile, or road fabric, and a single layer of Petromat provides the strength of an entire inch of asphalt. In those cases requiring Petromat, hot liquid asphalt is sprayed down on the pavement, and the fabric is then rolled out over it, creating a moisture barrier. If Petromat is not required, a tack primer is sprayed out in much the same fashion. In either case, the asphalt mix is then put down in the proper thickness and compacted with a double drum vibratory roller.
|
Niš Airport figures continue to decline
Niš Constantine the Great Airport has recorded its fifth consecutive month of declining passenger numbers. In February, it handled 23.651 travellers, representing a decrease of 15.6% on 2018. Overall, during the first two months of the year, the airport welcomed 48.872 passengers, down 12.4%. This January, Wizz Air discontinued its service from Malmo to the south-east Serbian city, although the route will be resumed in April. On March 31, Ryanair will discontinue its flights from Weeze. The Serbian government recently approved five million euros to subsidise the launch of ten new routes from Niš. City authorities must now identify the ten destinations which they deem are of public interest, after which an international tender will be launched to seek out potential operators.
MonthPAXChange (%)
JAN25.221 11.4
FEB23.651 15.6
1. Anonymous10:38
What is the deadline for identification of new ten destinations?
2. Anonymous10:48
New York and Chicago are of public interest.
1. Anonymous11:06
Let's be serious
My guess is
2. Anonymous11:14
Haha, seriously.? Why is it more important for the PUBLIC to fly to any of the above instead of going to BEG and use the already available?
It would be of public interest, if BEG and INI where connected, because there is noother means of reaching the capital etc. If you quote the above I do not see why any other route would match that crieria too.
3. Anonymous11:21
INI must be treated independently rather than linking it to the capital.
People in TSR make fewer stops in OTP
People in SKG make fewer stops in ATH
People in INI need to have more non-stop routes and avoid the hassle of travelling and wasting so much time on the road. Simple.
4. Anonymous11:27
@anon 11:14
The same question you can ask LX...Why do they fly to INI if they already have many weekly flights to BEG?
I agree that connecting BEG and INI is the first task, but also people from Nis region should be offered direct connections as they have them now with LCC and LX.
The cities I quote are based on Serbian diaspora, business and leisure activities
3. Anonymous11:05
Luckily Wizz Air is bringing MMX back. It never made sense to cut it.
4. Anonymous11:11
The good thing is that NO routes will be discontinued in winter 2019 by both W6 and FR.
However, if KVO ever receives any flights then both BEG and INI will be affected.
This will be a problem.
On the other hand, INI has no chances to reach SKP as initially planned, but lets wait and see what happens. This might change in the future when the 10 new routes are launched.
1. Nemjee11:15
KVO has a good location as road infrastructure in that area is quite bad. Also, if anyone will be affected then it's the bus companies which are printing money especially on rides to northern Germany.
2. Anonymous11:24
I think the bus companies will not be affected as you will have even more choices to travel.
People taking the bus usually have a lot of luggage which is expensive by plane.
As you probably know, most gastos have a lot of stuff when they travel or visit the country for a short period to see their families.
3. Anonymous11:29
BEG will have more than 70 new weekly routes this summer and few possible flights from KVO would not affect BEG at all
4. Nemjee12:08
Yes but then again there is probably a portion of those passengers who have to take the bus because there are no flights from anywhere nearby. Then again low fares should stimulate demand.
5. Anonymous14:19
"... to reach SKP as initially planned."
Brilliant! :)))))))
6. Anonymous15:06
What's so funny Anon 14:19?
INI started from zero a couple of years ago, may I remind you.
100% of the routes served are identical to SKP.
7. Anonymous15:19
The fact you're actually this question is even funnier :))))
It's like you guys live in a parallel universe ..
8. Anonymous15:21
^ *asking this question obv. I find it so funny I started dropping words :)
9. Anonymous15:23
Please don't generalise. 99% of people don't think like him.
10. Anonymous15:58
Well, I proudly represent myself of the 1%. A figure that was invented by you and you know that the percentage is much higher.
And yet again, why so much envy when it comes to the growth of the airport?
Competition is good!
11. Anonymous17:54
If INI would pour all the subsidies SKP has paid to W6, numbers would be identical if not better. Let me just remind you that population-wise Serbia is 4x larget than NM and INI is the only airport in the south. Do the math...
12. Anonymous18:14
SKP is all about pouring money.
The organic traffic is around 700k. Just like TZL for example.
INI current traffic is purely organic and based on the lower apt taxes.
5. Anonymous11:37
Is it Kraljevo airport a competition for Nis airport?
6. Anonymous13:25
Vinci contract applied. Nothing to see here, move along.
1. Anonymous16:44
Please explain in detail how Serbia has sabotaged INI in any way, I'm dying to know.
2. Anonymous02:02
Its easy to sabotage. Just do what Gov did. Take over the airport and put idiots on power.
Post a comment
|
The Economy of Cultural Paranorms
Why the horror industry is a self-fulfilling prophecy
At some point in our childhood, we were probably exposed to some form of spook story or legendary folklore. For reasons I am going to explore in this article, they are embedded into the construct of virtually every culture in existence. Think Arabian ghouls, the Puerto Rican El Chupacabra, European vampires, and let’s not venture into the endless list of Asian urban legends.
I remembered my first experience with a horror fable. I was four at that time, about to get into bed for school the next day, and in an unfortunate head-turning incident, I witnessed a horror film playing on TV right at the jump-scare. I could vividly recall the Chucky-esque figure that came to life, fuelling my childhood fear of dolls and contributed to accompanied bathroom visits for the most part of my primary school years.
You probably have had this experience yourself. And perhaps so did your great grandmother. Everyone maintains their own unique spiritual experience with unearthly beings, the form of which may differ from culture to culture, but we all share a common recognition towards ghosts — the spectral archetype — ubiquitous to all cultures owing to its vivid rendering through centuries of popular culture.
It’s hard to exactly pinpoint the birth of such beliefs, but the first recorded sighting of a ghost, according to this article by the American TV Network History, is through the letters of the great Roman author and statesman Pliny the Younger, during the first century C.E.. The letters became famous for their vivid account of life during the peak of the Roman Empire. Pliny reported a haunting incident in his Athenian house, which involved the ghost of an old man with a long beard.
Granted, the origin of folklore probably dates back to more ancient times, but the appeal of it is apparent in its swift rise to fame. The spiritual underworld has gained such popularity that it is now a staple in every culture in every country. We now classify these stories under a collective ‘Horror’ genre, having haunted many domains of pop culture — from books, comics, films, shows, dramas, video games, even board games that our kids can play with at home.
For a long time, people have been arguing the reasons for this ghostly phenomenon. While stories clearly run amok in our culture, the evidence department suggests a more blurry and controversial explanation. Research within this area of science has been scant, but one performed in 1997 hypothesised the “suggestion” theory, postulating that ghost sightings are more common when people are told the place they are in is haunted.
One other theory involves electromagnetic fields and infra-sounds, as stipulated by Canadian neuroscientist Michael Persinger, when his paper demonstrated that the application of varying electromagnetic fields to specific lobes of the brain could produce haunting sensations. Classically haunted sites such as Hampton Court has been noted to possess erratic magnetic fields.
But why is horror such a fun thing to participate in?
One theorist suggests that humans have evolved to find pleasure in situations that allow them to experience negative emotions in a safe context, the elements of which is apparent in children’s games. “Take hide-and-seek for example, which is a simulation of a predator-prey interaction”, says Mathias Clasen, who did a TED Talk about the seductive nature of horror films. “The kid hides and the adult pretends to be a troll or a predator, searching for the child while growling like a dangerous beast.”
Clasen says that horror provides us with insights into ourselves and into the dark corners of the world, and it lets us develop and refine coping skills that may be critical later in life. But isn’t the same true for thrillers? They emulate the narrative and fear elements of a horror films, except that a viable explanation is often offered at resolution. If anything, Clasen’s theory seems like a better fit to the thriller framework, as they are often created in ways that are more realistic and representable in society.
The bulk of why folklore and horror tales are so deeply-seeded in popular culture and history, despite the obvious lack in the evidence department, is ultimately down to behaviour. It is woven into the fabrics of human nature. Some fanatics claim that the reason ghosts haven’t been proven to exist is that the technology simply hasn’t arrived yet, and that we’ve just been incredibly unlucky.
This fuels deeper investigations, wider exploration, and an aggrandised public response to even the slightest hint of evidence. This usually leads to a slew of expert reports dismissing the shallow proof, providing a far more reasonable explanation for said occurrence. The search for the elusive evidence therefore goes on, but this hopeful ending will probably never transpire. And that’s exactly why the idea is so lucrative for show biz.
Horror is endlessly popular because it’s based on stories that are not (yet) proven to be true, and probably never will. It’s like that girl you can’t seem to make like you back or the whole wrongness of love affairs that makes their appeal so seductive. Something, or someone who is unattainable are leagues more captivating and intriguing than something that’s easy and explainable. Explanations are rarely entertaining (think astrophysics), but the collaborative search for evidence that in all likelihood will never surface is. Eternally.
It’s like trying to solve a highly convoluted murder case that’s been unsolved for the past 100 years, or unraveling secrets of Atlantis, or inter-dimensional communication, or extraterrestrial presence, or even conspiracies about the 9/11 attacks. It’s not about the destination. It’s the journey. Even better if the destination does not exist.
The loop does not end there, however. There is a huge incentive awarded to filmmakers and authors for producing work in this genre, which in turn drives the wheel of intrigue and interest, again fuelling the subsequent incentive for creators to make more. This conjures images of some creaky, rusty old flywheel from an abandoned theme park that revolves perpetually in the absence of a working engine.
And so horror operates in society as a self-fulfilling prophecy. As long as solid hard evidence proving the existence of ghosts do not surface, which it probably never will, humans shall continue their pursuit for proof. And the entertainment industry will keep on taking advantage of this behavioural loop by distributing horror to the mass market. This preserves the horrifying tales of Hanako-san, Slender Man, and the Poltergeist into the chasms of eternity.
Written by
Junior doctor, writer, photographer, and part-time social media strategist. Receive weekly updates from me ⤵
Get the Medium app
|
Contact Us
Whether you have question about features, trials, pricing, need a demo, or anything else, our team is ready to get in touch with you.
Contact Info
Our Office
10-4-6/F, 1st floor, Humayun Nagar,
Masab Tank, Hyderabad – 500028
Open Office Hours
M-F: 8am – 6pm
S-S: 10am – 4pm
Get in Touch
+91-891 991 7153
+91-891 991 5498
We Can’t Wait to Make Your Ideas a Reality
Get In Touch
Does solar work when the grid supply is off in on grid system?
Grid connect systems, often located in built up areas, supply solar electricity through an inverter directly to the household and to the electricity grid if the system is providing more energy than the house needs. When power is supplied to the mains grid, the home owner usually receives a credit. At the time of black out or when the electricity supply from the grid (i.e Electricity Board) is off the on-grid inverter will automatically shut itself off within a few milliseconds of a blackout, to avoid the potential of a dangerous “brown-out” in your home and to prevent back feeding into the grid. Therefore even though you have a solar system during a blackout you will not have power available. If you want to keep on having electricity available during a blackout then you would need to have back up batteries installed as well, which will add to the cost of the system.
How does net meter work?
Net metering is a billing mechanism that credits solar energy system owners for the electricity they add to the grid. For example, if a residential customer has a PV system on the home’s rooftop, it may generate more electricity than the home uses during daylight hours. The energy produced by your solar system interacts with the main power grid and the loads in your house. Without an appropriate mains meter, any energy you sell to the power grid can be inaccurately measured, or even completely disregarded, greatly reducing the system’s effectiveness in reducing your energy bill. A ‘bi-directional’ meter is installed in place of the existing Uni-Directional’ meter, allowing the reading of energy in both directions. If the home is net-metered, the electricity meter will run backwards to provide a credit against what electricity is consumed at night or other periods where the home’s electricity use exceeds the system’s output. Customers are only billed for their “net” energy use. On average, only 20-40% of a solar energy system’s output ever goes into the grid. Exported solar electricity serves nearby customers’ loads. Net metering allows residential and commercial customers who generate their own electricity from solar power to feed electricity they do not use back into the grid. Many states have passed net metering laws. In other states, utilities may offer net metering programs voluntarily or as a result of regulatory decisions. Differences between states’ legislation and implementation mean that the benefits of net metering can vary widely for solar customers in different areas of the country
How many units does 1kw produce in a day?
It varies form place to place and also depends on the climatic conditions. The generation depends on the amount of solar radiations received at a particular place.Depending on the region and its DNI ( a measure of amount of sunlight available), the solar panel output for a 1 kW PV plant can be between 3-4.5 kWh of electricity a day on average, or 1100-1600 kWh of electricity a year. We say average because these daily generation numbers are different throughout the year even for the same location. Thus, the same 1 kW solar PV power plant could generate even beyond 5 kWh during some days in summer and less than 4 kWh during some days in winter. Averaged over the year, the estimated solar panel output could be about 4.5 kWh. If the solar panel is working under standard conditions i.e. temperature of the cell is at 25* Celsius, solar irradiance is 1000 watt/m2 and mass of the air is 1.5 then it should produce a unit of electricity per hour.
Will solar work in winter and rainy seasons?
Many people think that a hot sunny day will produce more electricity than a colder sunny day. This just isn’t the case. Solar PV relies on the light of the sun, but higher temperatures actually reduce the effectiveness of the panels. So cold and bright are actually ideal conditions. Having said that, the lower the sun is in the sky, the less energy will reach the panels. In winter or rainy season, the sun will be lower in the sky, and therefore will produce that bit less energy. Couple that with the fact that winter days are shorter and unfortunately you can say panels will not be as effective in winter or on a rainy day but considering the Indian Whether we have nearly 300-320 clear sunny days which will not be a major problem to your annual generation. On an average standard 3kW system facing due south, producing around 350-375 kWh during May or June, will produce around 250 kWh in a winter or rainy months like December or January.
How much does a grid connect solar power setup cost?
Prices vary according to size and location – Please use our quick solar quote provided in the website to know the cost.
× How can i help you?
|
Fr Jim Cogley
During my 28 years in Kilmore Quay I constantly observed sailing boats set out from the harbor. A breeze was necessary to do so, as it was their source of power. While the wind was blowing from just one corner, some sailed East while others went West. It wasn’t the direction of the wind that determined their course but rather the set of the sails. Life is only a small fraction of what happens to us, what really matters is the remainder; what we do with what happens. Again and again we see individuals who are confronted with similar intolerable and inescapable situations. Viewed from a long-term perspective we find that they reacted or responded in very different ways. Some deeply resented what had befallen them and became bitter and negative. Years later they remained stuck in the past never having emerged from the tragedy. Others with a similar story had blossomed. They had not just emerged intact but much stronger as a result of the experience. It was obvious that the set of their sails must have been very different. Why exactly responses can be so different is a complex matter for consideration and not a reason for anyone to feel guilty.
©2017 by Proudly created with
|
Home >> Alabama >> Forestdale >> Vet Tech Schools
Receive Free Information on Vet Tech Programs Forestdale AL 35005
How to Find the Best Vet Tech Training Near Forestdale Alabama
Forestdale Alabama veterinary tech calming anxious dogAchieving your lifelong dream of working with and caring for animals by enrolling in a vet tech college near Forestdale AL might initially feel like a daunting undertaking. After all, you need to find and enroll in a school that will provide the necessary training so that you can be successful as a vet tech. But just how do you approach evaluating and contrasting schools so that you can make the correct choice? Many potential students begin their due diligence process by looking for campuses that are close to their homes. After they have identified some area colleges, they ascertain which ones have the cheapest tuition and hone in on those. Although cost and location are significant considerations when comparing vet technician schools, they are not the only significant ones when making your assessments. Qualifications such as accreditation and internship programs need to be looked into as well. The main idea is that there are questions you need to be asking the veterinary technician schools you are evaluating before you make a final choice. We have presented several within this article to help get you started, but before we review them we'll explore the varied duties of vet techs and the training options available.
Vet Assistants, Technicians and Technologists
Forestdale Alabama veterinary tech checking kittens
Among the first decisions that you will need to make is whether you wish to train as a vet technician, assistant or technologist. Part of your determination may be predicated on the amount of time and money that you have to commit to your education, but the principal determiner will probably be which specialization interests you the most. What technicians and assistants share in common is that they each work under the direct direction of a practicing and licensed veterinarian. And although there are many functions that they can perform within the Forestdale AL veterinary clinic or hospital, they can't prescribe drugs, diagnose ailments, or conduct surgical procedures. In those areas they may only furnish assistance to a licensed vet. There are technicians and technologists that work away from the standard veterinarian practice, for example for animal shelters, zoos or law enforcement. Let's take a look at the job functions and training requirements for each specialty.
• Vet Technicians receive more advanced training compared to assistants and generally earn a two year Associate Degree, preferably from an American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) accredited program. They are in a fashion the vet equivalent of medical nurses, since their fundamental job duty is to assist vets with diagnosing and treating animal patients. Where they vary from veterinary assistants is that they are included in more complex functions, such as assisting with surgeries or providing medication. All states currently mandate that vet technicians pass a credentialing examination for either licensing, registration or certification.
• Vet Technologists are comparable to veterinary techs and basically perform the same work functions. They are mandated to obtain a Bachelor's Degree in veterinary technology, which typically requires four years to complete. So the only real difference between a vet technician and a technologist is the technologist's more advanced level of education. But with an advanced degree comes more career options, increased salaries and potential management positions. They are also required to pass a credentialing examination for either registration, certification or licensing.
Vet techs and technologists may specialize in areas such as internal medicine, anesthesia or emergency care. A number may receive certification from the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) to work in Forestdale AL labs or research facilities as well.
Vet Tech Online Programs Offered
Forestdale Alabama dog wearing surgical coneAn alternative that may be a solution for those with a busy lifestyle or who are working full time while attending veterinarian college is to enroll in an online program. Since the classes are offered over the internet, students can attend on their own timetable wherever a computer is available. The syllabus is taught using multiple methods, including videos, slide shows and live streaming webinars. And since the majority of veterinary technician and technologist degrees require practical training, that part can typically be carried out as an internship or work study program at a local Forestdale AL veterinary practice or hospital. Distance learning, as it is also called, can in many instances lower the cost of your education. Tuition and secondary costs, for instance for travel and study supplies, may be more affordable compared to more conventional classroom programs. Just make sure that the program that you enroll in is accredited, either by the AVMA or another nationally certified accrediting agency. With the online courses and the clinical training, everything is included for a comprehensive education. So if you are dedicated enough to learn in this more self-reliant fashion, an online veterinary technician program may be the right choice for you.
Questions to Ask Veterinary Technician Colleges
At this point you should have determined which veterinary degree that you would like to obtain, and if you want to study online or attend a school on campus. Since there are a large number of vet community colleges, vocational and trade schools in the Forestdale AL area and across the United States, you should ask some important questions in order to narrow down your list of alternatives. As we discussed in our opening, many potential students start by concentrating on location and the cost of tuition. But we have already pointed out other significant qualifiers, such as internship programs and accreditation. And obviously you want to choose a college that offers the specialty and degree that you would like to earn. These and other qualifications are addressed in the list of questions that you need to ask the veterinary technician colleges that you are reviewing.
Is the Veterinary Program Accredited? It's imperative that you confirm that the vet tech program you select is accredited by a regional or national accrediting organization. As earlier mentioned, one of the most highly respected is the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). Trade schools and colleges that are accredited by the AVMA have gone through an extensive screening process that confirms you will get a superior education. Also, accreditation is essential if you are requesting a student loan or financial assistance, since numerous programs are not obtainable for non-accredited colleges. Last, having a certificate or degree from an accredited college is frequently a precondition for employment for a number of Forestdale AL area vet practices and hospitals.
What is the School's Reputation? The vet trade school or college and program you select must have an outstanding reputation within the veterinarian field. You can initiate your due diligence by asking the schools you are looking at for testimonials from the employers in their job assistance network. Other suggestions include checking with internet school rating websites and speaking with the school's accrediting organizations as well. You can ask the Alabama school licensing department if there have been any grievances or infractions involving your targeted schools. As a final suggestion, call some Forestdale AL veterinarians that you might wish to work for after you receive your training. Ask what they think about your school choices. They might even recommend some schools not on your list.
Are there Internship Programs? The best means to obtain practical hands on training as a vet tech is to work in a clinical environment. Find out if the schools you are reviewing have internship programs set up with Forestdale AL veterinarians, vet hospitals or practices. Almost all veterinary medicine programs mandate practical training and a large number furnish it by means of internships. Not only will the experience be beneficial relative to the clinical training, but an internship can also help build connections in the local veterinarian community and assist in the search for employment after graduation.
Is there a Job Assistance Program? Getting a job after graduating from a vet tech program can be difficult without the assistance of a job placement program. First, ask what the graduation rates are for the colleges you are considering. A lower rate could indicate that the teachers were ineffective at teaching the curriculum or that a number of students were disappointed with the program and dropped out. Next, verify that the schools have a job placement program and find out what their placement rates are. A higher placement rate may mean that the college has an exceptional reputation within the Forestdale AL veterinarian community and has a significant network of contacts for student placements. A lower rate might indicate that the training is not highly regarded by employers or that the job placement program is ineffective at placing students.
Where is the College Located? Okay, we previously talked about location, but there are several more points to consider on the subject. If you are going to drive to your veterinary technician classes from your Forestdale AL home, you must make sure that the driving time is compatible with your schedule. For example, driving during the weekend to check out the route won't be the same as the commute during rush hour traffic, particularly if the campus is located in or close by a larger city. In addition, if you do decide to attend a college in another state or even outside of your County of residence, there may be increased tuition charges especially for community and state colleges. Of course taking classes online may be an option that will give you more flexibility and decrease the need for travel.
Do the Classes Fit Your Schedule? And last, it's imperative that you determine if the veterinarian programs you are evaluating offer class times flexible enough to fit your schedule. For example, a number of students continue working full time and can only attend classes on the weekends or at night near Forestdale AL. Others might only be able to attend classes in the morning or later in the afternoon. Make sure that the class times you need are available prior to enrolling. Also, find out if you can make-up classes that you may miss due to work, sickness or family responsibilities. You may find that an online program is the ideal way to fit your vet education into your active life.
Find Out More About Forestdale Vet Tech Colleges
Choose the Right Forestdale Veterinary Technologist School
Picking the right veterinary technician school is an important first step to starting a rewarding career delivering treatment and care for animals. Students considering vet tech schools need to make their decision based on multiple key factors. Veterinary technicians and technologists work in animal hospitals, veterinary clinics and animal shelters. They commonly handle administrative tasks and assist the veterinarian with the animal patients when needed. As we have covered, it's imperative that you enroll in a veterinary medicine program that is both accredited and has an excellent reputation within the profession. This goes for vet tech online schools as well. By asking the questions included in our checklist for reviewing schools, you will be able to reduce your choices so that you can make your final selection. And by picking the best program, you can accomplish your goal of becoming a veterinary technician in Forestdale Alabama.
Forestdale How To Become A Vet Tech | Main | Forestdale Vet Tech Programs
|
abril 29, 2020
Secure Dating Plans
Safety dating is growing rapidly a online dating arrangement in which both members of a seeing relationship set up a clear, non-specialistic level of connection. The research uncovers that those aged 25 and above, or those with no college degrees and diplomas, are more likely his explanation to utilize secure dating software. About a third of review participants said that they are simply searching for everyday dates without any special things to consider, while simply 13% mentioned the same thing relating to more conventional dating. This research is significant because it helps real love identify their particular possible seeing partners in a more clear and efficient method. Furthermore, it can help singles develop the ‘know how’ important to assess the essential safety of a recommended dating marriage.
Public, it seems, will be smart to stay with a safe internet dating arrangement instead of experiment with flirting techniques or ‘getting in touch’ in public. The ones seeking to discover love should definitely do so by using a dating iphone app that offers a neutral system where both parties get to know one another first. Safe dating permits singles to settle under the radar, to avoid blatant or noticeable displays of affection, and to successfully play it safe. Simply being proactive can be risky, but using a online dating app that gives a safe environment is undoubtedly superior to going for it sightless.
Therefore , how does a person go about creating a safe internet dating arrangement? There are several ways to go about it. One of the best ways should be to start out as good friends. If you both equally like the person, you can casually create a safe dating concept and stay in this by interacting through text or through frequent email.
Alternatively, you might opt for a even more formal safe dating layout. In this case, you may casually ask about each other’s hobbies and interests, likes, disapprovals, etc . When ever one of you takes concern in the other peoples preferences, there is a greater chance of expanding the partnership into a more substantial one. Even if the fascination merely fully reciprocated, you have created a solid bond throughout the shared fascination.
Another way of creating a safe dating space online is definitely through careful consideration of your skills. It would assist to determine what sort of dating interests you own. For example , in case you both have strong opinions regarding religion, appreciate ethnic food, and so forth, you may want to stay away from online dating just where these kinds of subject areas are more likely to ignite conflict. Minus strong thoughts about the aforementioned subjects, however , you may well be able to work through your first hesitancy about online dating.
However , prior to you start the voyage, it would be smart to ensure that you are certainly not falling in the hands of an scammer. End up being very wary of anyone who informs you that they can support you in finding Mr. or perhaps Ms. Correct. While there are legitimate solutions that exist web based, their costs and offerings are drastically more than their off-line (or traditional) equivalents. The sole safe seeing arrangement is one out of which you maintain the cost of becoming a member of the online going out with site as low as possible. This will keep your money is needed to pay for not more than that and to maintain your safety of your own identity. This could sound most suitable, but if the person turns out to be simply a que contiene specialist, then your effort may have been really worth nothing.
Deja una respuesta
Abrir chat
Hola, en que podemos ayudarte?
|
Sage advice
Okay so if you are waiting for great suggestions on how to be the best you, I’d suggest asking the person in the mirror. If you want to know more about the amazing plant Salvia, commonly known as sage, here are a few facts. They like sun, and fairly dry soils. They make great garden plants since they bloom in midsummer and attract many different pollinators. But it’s hard to offer specific gardening advice since according to current estimates there are as many as 1000 species, including not only the popular perennial garden varieties but also annuals, biennials, and some that grow so large they are actually shrubs. So my advice is just enjoy their amazing variety and beauty. This blue species blends well with other garden flowers, and from this angle looks like a rather strange set of talking puppets.
|
Ashish Singh
My pictureAn IT Professional specialized in: Requirements gathering, Interface prototyping, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) design, Usability testing, Software testing, Statistical analysis, Experimental evalution, Human factors and ergonomics.
A Dog Tail for Robots
My pictureMy picture
In this project, we designed a robotic dog tail prototype to leverage people's general understanding of dogs and their tails (e.g., tail wagging means happy) for investigating how different tail behaviours can be used to convey abstract affective states of a robot. Further, we developed a set of tested design guidelines which can be leveraged by Human-Robot Interaction designers to convey affective states of their robots in an easy to understand way, to help people decide when and how to interact with a robot.
A Touchscreen Interface for Controlling a Robotic Arm
My pictureMy picture
In this project, we designed a touchscreen interface for the remote control of a multi-degree of freedom robot arm to reduce task load and fatigue. We conducted a controlled user study to compare our interface to an existing commercial keypad interface. Results of this study suggested that our interafce was easier to use, required less cognitive task load, and enabled people to complete tasks more quickly.
|
Home - Disputed Handwriting - Science of Fingerprints
Articles from Disputed Handwriting
How To Detect Forged Handwriting
Characteristic Writing Of Some Of The Best Known Men In The Banking World Of The United States
How To Determine Age Of Any Writing
Methods Of Forgers, Check And Draft Raisers
Three Of America's Best-known Men
Greatest Danger To Banks
Guided Handwriting And Method Used
Detecting Forgery With The Microscope
Four Ordinary Signatures With Descriptions
How To Write A Check To Prevent Forging
Greatest Danger To Banks
Raising checks has become the greatest danger to the banks. There is
no comparison between raising checks with a genuine signature and
forging the signature itself, so far as ease of execution is
concerned. After many years of arduous work and after great
expenditures of money the banks have to admit sorrowfully that if a
man wants to raise a check he can do it; and the detection, while, of
course, inevitable when the paid check returns to the depositor, is
not immediate enough to prevent the swindler from getting away with
the money.
That is why the most implacable enemy of the men who dare raise or
falsify a check is the American Bankers' Association. This great
concern in reality is a protective association, and it relentlessly
hunts down all forgers first, last, and all the time. It never lets
up, absolutely never, no matter time, money, or trouble. It bitterly
pursues defaulters for the sake of justice, but it has still another
object in its deadly trailing of forgers and check tampereus. That is
because the whole banking structure hangs on signed paper. When it can
be altered with impunity, away goes the financial system of to-day.
Hence the unrelenting hunting-down of forgers who trifle with men's
names. On the books of more than one large detective agency of the
country are cases more than ten years old. The forgers never have been
found, but the hunt still goes on. Reports of the chase come in
regularly and the books will not be closed until the hunt stops at
prison doors or beside a grave.
Yet with all this remorseless hunting, check-raising flourishes so
well all over the United States that the banks fear to give even a
hint as to the sums of which they or their depositors are robbed each
year. The magnitude of the amount would frighten too many persons.
For a time it was thought that the use of chemically prepared paper
would prove a safeguard, because any erasure or alteration would show
immediately. The chemicals used in its composition would make the ink
run if acids were used to change the figures. But among the
check-raisers there were chemists just as clever as the chemists who
devised the prepared paper.
Then paper with watermarks woven through it was used. But it, too,
became an easy mark for the chemists who had gone wrong.
Finally, and until recently, the banking world thought that it had
struck the absolute safeguard by using a machine to stamp on the check
the exact amount for which it was drawn, the machine perforating the
paper as it stamped it. Certainly it does seem that when the paper is
cut right out of the check, leaving nothing but holes, no change is
humanly possible. But the completeness of this supposed safeguard has
offered a tempting field for the check-raiser.
A special detective in the employ of the American Bankers'
Association, who has spent half the years of his mature life in
running down forgers and check-raisers, said that it was "too easy" to
raise checks, and that a good many more men than try it now would do
it were it not for the well-known relentlessness of the association in
running down offenders against any single one of its constituent
"Write me a check for any sum you want," said the sleuth, "and I'll
show you."
A check for $200 was written and passed over to him. In less than two
minutes, without an erasure of any kind, the check called for $500,
and the work was done so well even in that short time that the writer
would have been tempted to believe that he had made an error and
really drawn the check for that amount had he not been sure to the
"That kind of raising is easy," said the expert. "You see it demands
no interlining or extending of words. The check-raiser simply knows
how well certain characters lend themselves to changes that cannot be
detected. The capital _T_ in almost every man's handwriting can be
changed to a capital _F_ without any trouble by even an unskilled
A check for $2,000 was raised to $50,000 almost in the wink of an eye.
"This is the easy and safer part of the business," said he. "But when
a check is to be raised from a sum like $10 to, say, $10,000, and the
drawer has written it so that there is no room between the word 'ten'
and 'dollars,' chemicals must be used. There is always more danger of
detection in that. In the mere alteration of a check there is little.
Look here. I'll change your checks as fast as you can write them, and
I bet a lot of my alterations will pass muster."
A pad was hauled out and the writer filled the sheets out with
carefully written amounts. The expert was as good as his word. He
altered them almost as fast as they were written. Some, to be sure,
were crude and would have betrayed the fact of alteration to the eye
of any careful banker. But many were almost perfect, and all were
wonderfully deceptive and showed what could be done by a crook who had
plenty of time.
"But how about the perforations?" he was asked. "How could a crook
change them?"
"Nothing easier," was the reply. "The fact that checks stamped with
the amount in perforated characters are considered safe aids the
swindler. Really, to beat the perforations is so easy that it will
make you smile. All the outfit that is needed is a common little punch
with assorted small cutting tubes and a bottle of an invisible glue
that every crook can make or that he can buy in certain places that
every crook knows. Now, here is a check stamped in perforated
characters $300$. I take my little punch and fit into it a cutter that
will punch holes of the same size as the holes in the perforations.
"Now I punch out of the edge of the check a few tiny disks. I moisten
the tip of a needle and press them carefully into the holes that make
the upper part of the figure 3. See, even in my haste and without
glue, they fill the perforations completely and I can shake and pull
the check without disturbing them."
It was true. The little plugs fitted perfectly, and even with the
knowledge that they were there it was almost impossible to see where
they had been inserted.
"Now," continued the expert, "I merely take my punch and carefully
punch enough holes to the right of the upper part of the figure 3 to
make it a 5. And there you are. If I wanted to pass this check through
the bank I would only have to complete the job by smearing a drop of
the invisible glue over the back where I have plugged the original
holes. This glue is wonderfully tenacious and will actually hold the
edges of paper together. It needs only the smallest surface in order
to get hold. After it is on not even the microscope could detect it
readily. And no amount of pulling or shaking of the check will disturb
"You may suppose that a check that is stamped this way, for
instance--$600$--would be hard to change into one of four figures. But
it is almost equally easy. The crook simply punches out enough disks
from the edge to fill up the last dollar mark completely, and after he
has plugged it and the glue is dry he punches a cipher into the place
and then punches a dollar mark after it. Of course, after punching the
little disks out of the edge of the check it is necessary to trim that
part of the paper, but that is done readily, for checks always have
ample margin.
"The check-raiser does not depend on the fact that the scrutiny of
checks in a large bank is bound to be hasty, but he knows that he need
not fear if his work is at all well done, for the paying teller simply
cannot spend much time in examining the many checks that are passed
"One New York City bank sends through the clearing-house daily an
average of 3,100 checks, and as there are about sixty-five such banks
in the clearinghouse the total number of checks handled in the few
hours of business in a day is something enormous.
"It is this haste--which, by the way, is absolutely necessary in order
to keep the books posted to date--that is responsible for the passing
of one of the most peculiar checks that ever came under the notice of
the detectives of America. In this case the check was neither
falsified nor was the signature forged, but it was bogus just the
"It was a check made up of the parts of two checks, and all the
implements necessary for falsification were a pair of scissors and
that invisible glue. The clever swindler had got hold of two genuine
checks from the same bank. One was for $1,000 and the other for $70.
Placing these two checks together, one on top of the other, he cut
them through neatly with the scissors. Then he pasted that portion
bearing the word 'seventy' on the one check to that part bearing the
word 'thousand' on the other. So the composite check read to pay to
the holder 'seventy thousand' dollars. As the cutting was made through
both checks in exactly the same place, the edges fitted perfectly.
They were glued together and the check readily passed the bank
cashier. The man was caught and made restitution without publicity,
but the case gave bankers a shock. Other somewhat similar cases are
known, but none involving such a large amount.
"A famous case was the celebrated Seaver fraud. He bought a draft for
$12 from the Bank of Woodland (Cal.), and, although it was written on
chemical 'safety' paper and perforated in two places with a check
punch, he raised it to $12,000, and it was passed successfully and
"But however successful they may be for a time, it is the fatal hoodoo
of this 'most gentlemanly' way of making a living without earning it
that a forgery is always discovered and the forger generally caught.
That is because the forged check remains in existence and must be paid
by some one, and sooner or later there will be an outcry. The best the
raiser can hope for is to escape before the crime is discovered.
"Once the false check is passed and he has the money, his first idea
is as to where he shall hide. Another fatality attaching to his
peculiar business is that the same place that he thinks of flying to
is the place that suggests itself to the mind of the thief-chaser. In
other words, knowing their man, the man-hunters can guess well where
to find him.
"If a forger wants to bury himself, he thinks of South America,
because it is easy to get there, and apparently out of the world.
Then, of South America, he probably only thinks of Venezuela, or
closer home--of Guatemala or Panama. So the South American hunt is
simplicity itself, as there are not so many large ports that strange
Americans can pass through unnoticed.
"If a forger wants to continue in his crooked business he thinks of
London, Paris, Berlin, and maybe Vienna. We guess at his calibre and
whether he wants more money, and know where he probably will go to get
it, for the professional crook has an international acquaintance, and
he only goes among friends. So we follow him.
"If a forger is an adventurous spirit and committed the crime on
impulse, and we could learn absolutely nothing more about him, we
would look in that Mecca of adventurers, South Africa, for him. In
fact, our first business is to learn what kind of a man he is, then
shut our eyes and guess which one of a few places he will fly to. The
guess often is so good that our men await him when the steamer lands
there. If not, we don't forget the sailing vessels."
Add to Informational Site Network
Viewed 5755
|
The One Direction boys have had an interesting past several days, to say the least. This time, though, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik aren't the ones caught with their pants down—it's Harry Styles! The 20-year-old cutie's cousin Matty Selley tweeted—and quickly deleted—a picture of what appears to be Harry sitting naked on a recliner, watching a boxing match with his buds. The man in the steamy snap (whose tattoos correlate with Harry's) doesn't have all the goods on display, thankfully: His, um, manhood, is shielded from the camera by his hand (which appears to be holding an iPhone).
|
Today is Em's Last Day of Preschool
It's hard to believe that today we're closing the door on Em's first year of the developmental preschool. She is officially on summer break, and Jay will soon be joining her in four more days. I didn't have high expectations going into the school year since we had our awful experience with being lied to several times when trying to get her enrolled in Georgia, but this experience has turned out to be above and beyond everything I could have ever expected.
Em started off the school year pretty rough and cried hard every time I left, and would basically cry off and on the entire time until I came back two hours later. It was hard on her, and on me to be honest. There is nothing worse than leaving your kid somewhere, knowing that they're upset. It's heartbreaking on both ends really.
After two weeks though, Em became obsessed with preschool and was excited to go back every chance she got. The weekends became dreaded days in our home because Em would beg and beg to go to school, and we would have to tell her over and over that she would have to wait until Monday.
I was convinced that Em wouldn't learn that much just from going to preschool for two hours a day, but she has excelled so much in the last eight months. She can count to 10 easily, and I think if we worked on it over the summer, she would easily get to 20 (she knows all the numbers to 20, just mixes a couple up every so often). Thanks to school and Youtube Kids, she knows her colors extremely well. Over the last few weeks she has really mastered knowing all of her shapes, and the alphabet is the next thing she's really working on. She can also tell you what every animal is and what sound it makes. She's such a little champ.
She is also talking so much more. At her IEP meeting in January they told me from what they noticed she was only putting about 2-3 words together at a time, and at home over the last several weeks we've noticed that she's attempting bigger groupings of 4-5. She's even using big words like, "delicious", which I happen to think is the cutest thing ever.
The physical changes that have taken place though are huge. She went into the school year barely sitting and now she crawls, pulls to stand, can go up and down stairs, walk in a gait trainer, push herself in a wheelchair, and most recently, she has learned to pedal a bike (although that wasn't really learned in preschool but still happened this year!) It's been amazing to see her going from relying on us for everything, to really becoming very independent.
From a fine motor standpoint, Em can hold a pencil in a tripod grip, and has learned to feed herself with utensils very well. I remember in Georgia they were unwilling to teach eating with utensils to Em unless we sent her to school in the mornings for breakfast and were super condescending to us about the task, and here they naturally just taught her how to use them... I've mentioned how I have zero respect for the teacher in Georgia we were assigned to right?
Overall, Em's first year of preschool was amazing. I feel like we were truly blessed to be able to find such a kind group of teachers and aids who really made Em feel like a million bucks in school each day, and they really helped to make the school year amazing for her. I have so much respect for special education teachers, and how they willingly dedicate their life to the upbringing of those with disabilities. It is such a hard job for me as a parent, and they go out and serve and love an entire classroom each day. Her teachers truly are angels, and I couldn't be more grateful for them.
1 comment
1. I was a special education teacher and I appreciate your thoughtfulness.
|
Long make minute animation trabalhos
Minhas pesquisas recentes
Filtrar por:
Estado do Trabalho
6,241 long make minute animation trabalhos encontrados, preços em USD
Eu sou terapeuta holística e mestre de Reiki. Meu foco é Cura Energética e Autoconhecimento Eu gostaria de atrair mais clientes para sessões on-line. As sessões seriam Therapy + Distance Reiki. Eu não sei o que fazer, mas não sei como fazer. Meu instagram e página são @naytherapies Meu canal do youtube é Nayara Borges Eu go...
$100 (Avg Bid)
6 inscrições
$75 Média
1 ofertas
1-2 minute video that talks about customer needs/ pain points, and then present our program solutions. In Mandarin Chinese.
$548 (Avg Bid)
$548 Média
23 ofertas
Transcribe audio file to text - MSWord doc. 45 minutes English 1 speaker
$41 (Avg Bid)
$41 Média
48 ofertas
...years ago. I am looking for someone who can organize the footage and edit the interviews down to about 8 2-minute shows. These will be posted on Amazon Prime and must follow the specific technical specifications, see link below. The 2-minute clips are supposed to be fast moving and focus on the host and the "makers". Please send me some of your work
$1053 (Avg Bid)
$1053 Média
53 ofertas
Trophy icon Edit a 1 Minute Video for an Event 3 dias left
Video editing for a 1-minute video for an event. Here is a video of an event that I like: [fazer login para ver a URL] . Project requirements: -Title effects (After Effects) -Logo effects (After Effects) -Smooth transitions -Knowledge of copyrighted music . The video is for an event that I hosted. If some of the footage is too shaky, please don't
$25 (Avg Bid)
4 inscrições
...platform the can manage product sales as well as recurring subscription product sales. Please take a look at [fazer login para ver a URL] and submit a proposal to build a similar site for 30 Minute White. The business model includes product sales as well as membership subscription. Client who sign up for membership will received products they chose and on frequency
$591 (Avg Bid)
$591 Média
54 ofertas
I'm an ESL teacher looking for a fellow ESL teacher who can assist me with the task of providing a 30 minute online demo class presentation - roughly 25 minutes in length. The test is geared toward students between the ages of 5-10 years old. you’re expected to demonstrate your teaching skills and strategies using the teaching materials already provided
$105 (Avg Bid)
$105 Média
4 ofertas
Our company is launching a crowdfunding campaign. I'm looking for someone that can help me put video, voice over and background music to a 2 minute script that will promote our new product line on superfood infused coffee and teas. Most of the video will be stock video or product video intermixed that we will provide. We have the script completed
$512 (Avg Bid)
$512 Média
28 ofertas
Hi I need someone to write a summary of my podcast series. Podcasts have 10 minutes of content and this will be ongoing contract work....to write a summary of my podcast series. Podcasts have 10 minutes of content and this will be ongoing contract work. 1 podcast every 2 weeks. Summary needs to be 300 words long and include references. Regards Kyle
$22 (Avg Bid)
$22 Média
14 ofertas
I need a 1-2 minute an online explainer advertisement created for a program for our company. This can be done through animation or images w voice over, I am open to best practices for this. I will provide all details of the program upon award. Bid should include accurate amount of hours required to complete.
$12 / hr (Avg Bid)
$12 / hr Média
27 ofertas
...highlighting some of the special features & how to feed the strap without the mechanism into the ratchet mechanism and then how to tighten it correctly.). I estimate about a minute to 2 minutes. Please include an example of your work. We would like a LIVE Person to briefly explain the product in clear, easy to understand English. This would be a spokesperson
$229 (Avg Bid)
$229 Média
38 ofertas
2-3 minute line art animation 1 dia left
We need a 2-3 minute line art animation. Please show us samples of line art work done in the past.
$448 (Avg Bid)
$448 Média
46 ofertas
We are currently looking for a female model to do a shoot on promoting our product. Models need to just promote and explain the product. Content and voice over will be provided. Payment is flexible.
$458 (Avg Bid)
$458 Média
29 ofertas
We're looking to produce a 2-minute healthcare video combining animation, voice over, soundtrack, and video clips to promote a brand/product for the consideration of a prestigious award. A manuscript and reference materials will be provided. The selected party will need to lay out the storyboards and produce the video.
$3497 (Avg Bid)
$3497 Média
83 ofertas
2-3 Minute Speech 7 horas left
See the discription attached. Sons name is Rosario and he needs a 2-3 minute speech. He is currently in 9th grade attending an all boys school Malvern Prep in Pennsylvania.
$109 (Avg Bid)
$109 Média
22 ofertas
I need a female voice over (American accent please) for a video script that's about 3 minutes long. Please send me a sample if you are interested. I'm after clean sounding audio. I'm also looking for someone who's happy to do 1 or 2 retakes if necessary as there's possibility of further edits. My budget is $10 only for your effort but $25 in total if
$30 (Avg Bid)
$30 Média
16 ofertas
I'm an ESL teacher looking for a fellow ESL teacher who can assist me with the task of providing an online demo class presentation - roughly 25 minutes in length. The test is geared toward students between the ages of 5-10 years old. The demo will be based on materials I will provide you ahead of time. So no surprises. The demo will be held in front of a test subject for feedback.
$132 (Avg Bid)
$132 Média
12 ofertas
1 minute animation Encerrado left
I need a 1 minute animation for Promotion for a song called “Rising” must include me in the animation
$179 (Avg Bid)
$179 Média
34 ofertas
We need a Beautiful Promo Video. 1.08 mins Using Logo Linkedin Comments 2 product images
$129 (Avg Bid)
$129 Média
30 ofertas
Need animation done to a photo a song. Let's chat and discuss further details.
$125 (Avg Bid)
$125 Média
29 ofertas
Anime Artist N..."player two" he pulls out his sword and throws it at the dragon. Then the dragon screams it's a very loose idea i have so i need a creative artist who can take the idea and make it very unique yet amazing and fun to watch, but it's also a music video so it has to appeal as a music video and not just an anime visual with a song playing
$642 (Avg Bid)
$642 Média
22 ofertas
It's us again! We need an EXPLAINER VIDEO made with the audio track and logo enclosed. It is less than one minute. The video will appear on the homepage for [fazer login para ver a URL] in the area where there is just a placeholder video now. The explainer video is about how to use the website 5rand5 of course! UPDATE: Some people don't like the audio track
$25 (Avg Bid)
14 inscrições
$19 / hr (Avg Bid)
$19 / hr Média
19 ofertas
I am after approx 2 minute cartoon introduction for our business.
$832 (Avg Bid)
$832 Média
72 ofertas
I have a bunch of video’s and photo’s that I am looking to be pulled together to create a 3-4 minute video.
$7 / hr (Avg Bid)
$7 / hr Média
55 ofertas
We are looking for someone to create a 1-minute video with the title "Is Social Media Real?" Creativity is welcomed.
$11 / hr (Avg Bid)
$11 / hr Média
38 ofertas
Require Voice-over for 2-minute Video Language - English (US) Gender – Male Accent – US Audio Format - Uncompressed/Lossless (FLAC, WAV, AIFF)
$24 / hr (Avg Bid)
$24 / hr Média
9 ofertas
Require Voice-over for Video Language - English (US) Gender – Male Accent – US, Canada, West Europe Audio Format - Uncompressed/Lossless (FLAC, WAV, AIFF)
$294 (Avg Bid)
$294 Média
18 ofertas
I would like to make short how to videos for customers. I need someone to finalize and edit these.
$54 / hr (Avg Bid)
$54 / hr Média
5 ofertas
Hi, we're a small Youtube channel currently focused on children's entertainment. We would like a 3D animated "Itsy, Bitsy Spider" video set to our own version of the song, which we will provide. The video would include 3 characters + the spider. The three characters--one adult sized and the other two child sized--are already fully modeled and made in the program Modo. The mode...
$702 (Avg Bid)
$702 Média
27 ofertas
Create 1 minute workout video from 7 small clips. You must choose the best part of each clip and combine for a nice 1 minute video.
$32 (Avg Bid)
$32 Média
25 ofertas
We're an eLearni...explaining compensation and benefits using animated characters, informative and slightly humorous voice-over dialogue. Based on the current script, the video is about 10 minutes long. Characters have mostly been developed and rigged. Tools to be used would be Character Animate, After Effects, Premiere, and Photoshop/Illustrator.
$24 / hr (Avg Bid)
$24 / hr Média
24 ofertas
Hi I am looking for a php developer to fix a few issues on the website [fazer login para ver a URL] a payment gateway 2. twitch the registration form 3. Blog page Pleasebe aware that the website has an admin panel too
$17 (Avg Bid)
$17 Média
6 ofertas
Need Luxembourgish Voice Over Artist/Translator. Its for a 10 minute video Video The Voice Over Artiste has to translate the voice over in their respective languages, record and deliver the audio files. The process - First :- Translation Approval Second - Record voice over after translation is approved PLEASE SHARE YOUR VOICE OVER SAMPLES The
$21 / hr (Avg Bid)
$21 / hr Média
5 ofertas
I need a 3 minute video of my dog. I will provide tons of images as well as videos. I need someone who is creative and can put something really nice together for a dog who has just passed away. I need music added as well. Please send me any work you have previously done as samples.
$145 (Avg Bid)
$145 Média
71 ofertas
The video is about my meal kit [fazer login para ver a URL] should be with Voice.
$47 (Avg Bid)
$47 Média
2 ofertas
I need to make a short 1 minute marketing clips in animations with English voice ... best regards.
$175 (Avg Bid)
$175 Média
16 ofertas
I am a writer. I need a 2 minute animation teaser for promotion of an up-coming book based on comedy adventure. The animation should extremely funny and create an interest in the audience wanting to know more.
$155 (Avg Bid)
$155 Média
26 ofertas
I need a VO re-recording, preferred american lady voice for existing 1 minute clip with ready script.
$26 (Avg Bid)
$26 Média
9 ofertas
Long term project. Posted this before but the person didnt deliver. I need an animation maker to make 3D youtube videos. For this first project i would be needing a three minute video. Based on this then we can go on to discuss the long term plans. The 90second video would be a kid song video, of popular nursery rhymes. Characters would include
$616 (Avg Bid)
$616 Média
32 ofertas
Hi there I would like you to do a small data entry work This will takes 5 minutes, Please Bid accordingly. (Low bid considered) Thanks
$4 / hr (Avg Bid)
$4 / hr Média
333 ofertas
1 minute video Encerrado left
Looking for someone to edit a 5 minute video and use the best clips for a 1 minute video.
$71 (Avg Bid)
$71 Média
20 ofertas
Hi there I would like you to do a small data entry work This will takes 2 minutes, Please Bid accordingly. (Low bid considered) Thanks
$2 / hr (Avg Bid)
$2 / hr Média
34 ofertas
I need an up to date resume and a 15 minute video of myself telling why i love the company, a little of my work, and my favorite product for an application to become an educator for Keune. I will record the video but will need editing done.
$329 (Avg Bid)
$329 Média
29 ofertas
Requirement Need a YouTube trailer for my newly published book in amazon Kindle. Link to Book : [fazer login para ver a URL] Total Length of Video should be less than 1 minute I have attached the main characters as attachment that should come to life There is no voice over only background music
$77 (Avg Bid)
$77 Média
20 ofertas
Need changes done to my site finished in one day !!
$88 (Avg Bid)
$88 Média
71 ofertas
I need a VO re-recording, preferred american lady voice, and require some video editing to mix the VO + Background Music + Sound Effect to the current footage.
$153 (Avg Bid)
$153 Média
8 ofertas
I have full source code for ios app that is done and complete. I also have apple developer account. I need you do do what it takes to get it on the app store. So signing, uploading, etc. I dont know anything about this stuff, all i know is i need the app uploaded NOW, not later. So if you cant finish it now, then no need to inquire. I will connect to you mac machine via team viewer so i can ente...
$36 (Avg Bid)
$36 Média
22 ofertas
Create a 3-5 minute film about my daughter's first year of life using pictures and/or video clips I shot on my iPhone by weaving them together (ideally set to music).
$125 (Avg Bid)
$125 Média
63 ofertas
|
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.