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The footbridge on Matapihi railway bridge, used by 500 people each day, will remain open to the public despite being declared unsafe by an expert.
Mayor Stuart Crosby and three city councillors tried to have the footbridge closed immediately but were outvoted by the rest of the councillors who believed a closure would prompt people to take an even more dangerous option - walking across between the rail tracks.
A shock report showed it would cost nearly $800,000 to bring the structure back to a safe state of repair for the 500 cyclists and pedestrians using it every day.
The footbridge, bolted on the southern side of the rail bridge, already carried warning signs telling cyclists to walk their bikes, for pedestrians to walk in single file and not gather in groups because of the poor condition of some of the timber beams and steelwork.
The city council reacted with dismay yesterday at the report from consultant engineer Bryan Hudson, both because of the risks facing users and at the cost to make it safe - $720,000 more than the cash-strapped council had allowed in its budgets.
Mr Hudson was asked how much more the footbridge could deteriorate before it became unsafe.
"The report is telling you it is unsafe now," he replied.
It sparked Mayor Stuart Crosby to call for an immediate closure, saying he was not prepared to take the risk and rely on signs that might be misunderstood by foreigners.
He said it would be irresponsible to keep it open until it was fixed. There was enough evidence to say the footbridge was dangerous and he was not prepared to risk a tragedy.
"Safety is my priority," he said.
Mr Crosby was supported by councillors Larry Baldock, Tony Christiansen and Wayne Moultrie. Mr Moultrie said the last time he used the footbridge he thought it was dangerous and now there was a report to say it was dangerous.
"If we don't fix it, we are liable. It is a risk I am not prepared to take."
But most of the council opposed the move because of concerns it would lead to an even more unsafe situation.
They feared Matapihi residents would resume doing what they used to do before the footbridge was built 53 years ago - walking across between the railway tracks.
Councillor Bill Faulkner said closure risked going back to the situation that caused the footbridge to be built in the first place - people falling off the bridge and drowning.
Mr Crosby responded: "There is a thing called personal responsibility."
Councillor Rick Curach said that in the real world there was a high probability people would use the rail bridge and a tragedy could happen far sooner than if the footbridge was left open.
Councillor David Stewart said engineers were conservative and there was nothing in the report recommending closure.
The council agreed to get the repairs done urgently this year.


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Federal Funding Cuts
President Trump has proposed a new $ 1.1 trillion White House budget, which included a proposed $6 billion reduction in funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
If enacted, this $6 billion reduction in HUD funding would impact millions nation-wide, including families here in South Hampton Roads. Under this proposed budget, it would be nearly impossible for families to obtain affordable housing; meaning families could be forced to spend more on housing at the expense of food, healthcare, and other basic necessities.
HUD-funded programs including Home Investment Partnership (HOME), and Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP), and Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) funds 75% of all Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads home building costs.
Millions of dollars have come in over the last few years that will be lost if this proposed budget is ratified!
Since our founding in 1988, Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads has afforded more than 200 families the opportunity to become homeowners, has provided critical home repairs to low-income homeowners with the Repair Corps and A Brush with Kindness programs, and given financial training to thousands of people in the South Hampton Roads community.
We need your help to continue our mission of building affordable homes that strengthen families and communities in the South Hampton Roads area.
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Busan Opera House
WAHAG STUDIO's submission for the international ideas competition to establish a design for the Busan Opera House for construction beginning in 2014, is a harmonic gesture unifying the interactions between people, culture and nature. The opera house will include a variety of facilities that will foster a wide range of artistic activities all the while being accessible to the city's citizens and suitable to establishing Busan's status as an international city.
This new cultural center for Busan, South Korea will feature an oscillating roof line consisting of three 'peaks', the opera house, multipurpose hall, cafe & library zone, connected by a form that references the surrounding mountain landscape.
Drawing from the concept of three dancing birds, the building forms a ring around an outdoor plaza that provides and open and public domain for socializing and idea exchange. The heights of the peaks are determined by the principal program housed within. The interior circulation is provided by ramps, establishing a naturally flowing route throughout the complex. The main entrance is on axis with a pedestrian bridge aligned with the center of the project inside the plaza.
Situated on the sea front of Busan, the curved form aims to establish a visually-arresting identity on the site. The skin of the exterior changes hues and colors to amplify the curvature of the architecture while maintaing a dynamic aesthetic with the sea as it backdrop.
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Today, The Associated Press shared excerpts of emails from late 2012 between leaders of The Global Energy Balance Network (GEBN) and Coca-Cola executives, "when the network was still just an idea."
If GEBN rings a bell, it should. It is the nonprofit ("founded to combat obesity") that Coca-Cola poured $1.5 million dollars into, and was the focus of a New York Times front page story this past August on food industry conflicts of interest in academia.
Although GEBN "says the $1.5 million it received from Coke doesn't influence its work, emails obtained by The Associated Press show the company was instrumental in shaping the group."
- "In an October 16, 2012 email whose subject line is "Ready for a stimulus pkg?" Rhona Applebaum [Coca-Cola's Chief Health & Science Officer] tells James Hill [GEBN President and Professor of the University of Colorado School of Medicine] she has "sold the concept" of what would become the Global Energy Balance Network. She later informs him those involved will need to be open about collaboration with private industry. "That is non-negotiable," she says."
- "On November 8, 2012 Applebaum emails Hill and John Peters [another GEBN leader] about media questions over a Coke-funded study they are working on. Attached is an internal company document with talking points to address such matters. "Also — if you would like media training let me know. All our folks receive it," she writes."
- "On July 9, 2014, Applebaum emails the group with a "tweaked" proposal for the establishment of the network. The proposal says the group will "inject sanity and reason" into the debate about obesity and become the go-to resource for media. "Akin to a political campaign, we will develop, deploy and evolve a powerful and multi-faceted strategy to counter radical organizations and their proponents," it says."
- "On October 14, 2014, in emails about GEBN potentially partnering with others on a project, Applebaum writes: "There you go! Than (sic) the # of experts and reputable orgs is too large for any naysayers to cull the pack and attack."
- "When contacted by the AP about the emails, Coca-Cola Co. CEO Muhtar Kent said in a statement that "it has become clear to us that there was not a sufficient level of transparency with regard to the company's involvement with the Global Energy Balance Network." "Clearly, we have more work to do to reflect the values of this great company in all that we do," Kent said."
- "It seems like another one of these classic cases of money coming from industry with no strings attached — that's the official message. But it's a very different kind of story taking place," said Leigh Turner, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota's Center for Bioethics, who studies academic integrity and conflicts of interest."
The Associated Press also reports that Rhona Applebaum has stepped down from her role.


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Hello everyone,
Last year in November I was invited to the press event of the German company Räder, for the presentation of their new home collection, with among others some new vases that I am very found of. I will be styling some flowers in those vases this spring, but now that the presentation has been shown to the public (It was shown today at the Nordstil Fair in Hamburg) I can show you some images of those pretty vases. I am so happy to see some more creative vases on the market this days. The mini vases collection is great and I am a big fan of the lady looking at the fishes. The size is really good for bigger branches and bouquets.
The presentation took place in one of my favourite cafés in Hamburg called Herr Max. A very stylish and nostalgic café with a lot of flair. I will show some pictures of Herr Max later this week.
I wish you a great week!
Talk to you soon,
New vases collection by Räder
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I am not a connoisseur of 1920s comics. The ones I know about are the big American strips, such as Herriman's Krazy Kat and McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland. When I read in comics histories about the great exponents of the adventure strip – cartoonists like Hal Foster and Milton Caniff – those histories invariably point to Roy Crane's Wash Tubbs as the first adventure comic strip. Begun in the USA in 1924 as a daily gag strip about a shop assistant, Wash Tubbs soon broke its boundaries when Tubbs ran off to join the circus, and went on to have adventures in exotic locations. However, a visitor to the Cartoon Museum brought to our attention a different contender for the title of first adventure comic strip – and it's British. Asger Pedersen is from Denmark, and he dropped into the Museum one recent Saturday with a tale to tell about Britain's first adventure serial comic strip, Rob the Rover, which predated Wash Tubbs by some four years.
Rob the Rover was created by Walter Henry Booth and first appeared in Puck, the weekly comic published by Amalgamated Press, on 15 May 1920. It continued until 1940, with Booth assisted on the strip at times by Hugh Stanley White (who was later credited with creating Britain's first science fiction strip Ian on Mu in Mickey Mouse Weekly), and Vincent Daniel. Billed as 'The picture story of a brave boy who was all alone in the world', Rob the Rover starts with Rob being found, amnesiac and adrift at sea, by a passing fisherman called Dan, who takes him in. They go on to travel all over the world together having thrilling, often aviation-based, adventures.
Rob the Rover by Walter Booth. Taken from Fanadventuras Special : Rob the Rover Volume 1.
Mr Pedersen kindly donated to the Museum two volumes of a series of collected Rob the Rover strips in English, produced by Portugese fanzine Fanadventuras Special, featuring parts 1 and 2 of 'The Flying Fish Saga' from 1937. In the story, Rob and Dan meet Professor Seymour and his daughter Joan and help save the Professor's wonder invention from spies. The invention glories in the name of 'the submarplane' – an aeroplane that can also travel underwater. This leads, with barely a pause for rest, to jungle action, desert adventure, sunken treasure galleons and a narrow escape from a forest fire, amongst other escapades.
The 'submarplane', from Rob the Rover by Walter Booth. Taken from Fanadventuras Special : Rob the Rover Volume 1.
The reproduction quality is variable but often surprisingly good, revealing Booth to be a fine draughtsman with a densely-hatched style and a clear storytelling technique. As was usual with Amalgamated Press titles, there is text underneath each panel, but only infrequent speech balloons, as the suspicion was that balloons led to illiteracy. Booth was a versatile artist who carried out thorough research to ensure the settings in Rob the Rover were accurate. He was as comfortable drawing humour strips as adventure work, his other strips including Professor Potash in Big Comic and Jingle's Jolly Circus on the cover of Puck.
Jingle's Jolly Circus by Walter Booth, from Puck, 8 July 1933.
Rob the Rover was very popular, but in 1940 the wartime paper shortage forced Amalgamated to absorb Puck into Sunbeam. The strip continued in Sunbeam for only another two weeks before that title also succumbed to the paper shortage. But that wasn't the end of the story. Rob was also popular overseas, having been reprinted in Portugal, Italy and as far away as Uruguay. As Mr Pedersen advised when he visited the Museum, it was especially popular in Scandinavia, where it was called (in Danish) Willy på eventyr – The Adventures of Willy. When the British material ended, it was continued in Denmark in the publication Familie Journalen until 1977. The first artist was Harry Nielsen, who drew the strip from 1941 until 1947. There was then a break in publication until 1956, when it began again, now drawn by Tage Andersen and written by Aage Grauballe.
Mr Pedersen also kindly donated to the Museum a volume of the reprinted Willy på eventyr as drawn by Andersen. This book is a good looking, professional affair, published in colour on good paper by Forlaget Fabel. It features strips from 1975 and 1976, where the stories have taken a more fantastic, science fiction direction, with Willy investigating the Bermuda triangle. It still eschews speech balloons in favour of captions, but the layout is more varied and dynamic and the art has a slick, American look, reminding me of the EC artist Al Williamson.
Taken from Willy på eventyr: Onkel Hans forsvundet i Bermuda-trekanten, drawn by Tage Andersen and written by Aage Grauballe. Forlaget Fabel 2011.
Mr Pedersen is chairman of Willy-Centret, a Willy fan-club that worked with Forlaget Fabel on their reprint books. He is planning a centenary exhibition in Copenhagen for 2020, focussing on the two Danish artists Nielsen and Andersen, but also showcasing Booth's original strip. We are grateful to him for bringing Rob the Rover to the Cartoon Museum's attention, and wish him every success with the exhibition.
Cover of Willy på eventyr: Onkel Hans forsvundet i Bermuda-trekanten, Forlaget Fabel 2011.
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Useful links/sources:
A member of Walter Booth's family maintains a website about him, containing much interesting biographical information: http://walter-booth.webs.com/
Mr Pedersen's website: http://www.willy-centret.dk


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The Time of Our Lives
June is wrapping up and thus the end of Prom season. I really enjoyed helping capture moments that will be remembered years down the line.
Last weekend was my last prom shoot with Aoife and her friends in L.I.C. They were a funny bunch, and I think their photos came out great. Their fun young spirit showed in a lot of their portraits. Here are a few to check out. I hope they enjoyed their night and made it home in time for curfew lol.


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How to monitor a file on a remote machine?
Created on 2003-08-07 by Michael Meckelein.
By default, MonitorWare Agent service uses the local system account. This account has no permission on remote machines. If you want to monitor a file on a remote system, the MonitorWare Agent service must log on as a user with administrator rights. This user must be exist on both system, local and remote. Also be sure, that the password is equal on all machines or – preferrably – use a domain account.
Here are the steps for monitoring a file on a remote machine:
- Add a File Monitor service
- Use an UNC name for 'File and path name', e.g. \\remotemachine\share\filename.log
- Go to administrative tools -> Services
- Right click on AdisconMonitorWareAgent and select properties
- Select the 'Log On' tab and check Log on as: 'This account'
- Enter a user with admin rights, this user must still exit on the remote machine!


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We are excited to share with you that our Photodex Support Team was awarded with 3 Stevie Awards in the category for Sales & Customer Service at the Annual Stevie Awards show. The Stevie Awards program recognizes achievements and positive contributions of organizations worldwide.
Our team took home the Gold for Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year – Technology Industries – Computer Software, Silver for Contact Center of the Year – Technology Industries, and Silver for Customer Service Department of the Year – Computer Software.
More than 2,100 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were evaluated in this year's competition. The awards were presented to honorees during a gala banquet on Friday, March 4 at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. More than 500 executives from the USA and several other nations attended.
The Photodex Support Team works directly with customers, no automated responses, but a personal engagement between a Photodex team member and customer. They handle tech support, orders, general information, and more.
You can reach us by phone, email and social media (Mon-Fri 8:30am – 5:30pm CST). We're always here to help!


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People for the American Way (PFAW)
Website: http://pfaw.org
Organizational Description:
People For the American Way is a nonprofit citizens' organization established to promote and protect civil and constitutional rights. Founded in 1980 by a group of civic, religious, and educational leaders devoted to our nation's heritage of tolerance, pluralism, and liberty, People For now has more than 1,000,000 members and other supporters nationwide. One of People For's primary missions is to educate the public on the vital importance of our tradition of liberty and freedom, and to defend that tradition, through litigation and other means, against efforts to limit fundamental rights and freedoms, including freedom of expression.
Services Provided:
Inform, assist and stimulate Participating Organizations
Provide extensive grassroots organizing on the state and local level
Alert membership and other supporters about current censorship efforts around the country through letters, press releases, letters to the editor, and original articles
Monitor and expose efforts by right-wing groups to restrict First Amendment rights via online blog called Right Wing Watch
Monitor legislation and join litigation with First Amendment implications on the national and state levels
Primary Issues of Focus:
- Civil Liberties
- Civil Rights
- Separation of Church and State
- LGBT Equality
- Voting Rights
- Independent Judiciary


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You know what it's like to sit through a bad presentation – slides packed with dense text and cheesy transitions leaving you confused, bored, or both.
But it doesn't have to be that way. A presentation made using software that offers engaging visuals and animations can really grab an audience's attention, get them engaged, and make sure they actually remember the information.
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Although Microsoft Powerpoint has become almost synonymous with presentations, it isn't the only way to get your slides on screen. If you don't fancy paying for a Microsoft Office subscription, there are lots of free tools that will help you create attention-grabbing slideshows, and are quick and easy to use.
1. WPS Office Free
Powerful free software for making engaging presentations
Once known as Kingsoft Office, WPS Office Free is, in interface terms, about as close to Microsoft's office software as you're likely to find. WPS Presentation (its PowerPoint-alike) has enough muscle to perform just about every task you'd expect of a slideshow app.
WPS Presentation is fully compatible with PPT and PPTX files, and incredibly stable – as you might expect from commercial software that's been around for this long. The range of templates on offer is particularly impressive, and there's also a stack of animations, transitions and effects to choose from. There's even support for embedding numerous different file types including Flash SWF files and most video formats.
This flexibility makes WPS Office Free the best free presentation software. Read on for four more of the best tools for bringing your slideshows to life.
2. LibreOffice
Very capable, though lacking a dab of professional polish
LibreOffice's free presentation software, Impress, has an, er, impressive pedigree. It also has a raft of features and templates at its disposal, but don't make the mistake of thinking it's an exact PowerPoint analog.
Certain features of more modern PowerPoint versions aren't included (internet broadcast, collaboration, animated diagrams) though LibreOffice Impress adds some pretty cool features of its own, like various export formats including SWF, import compatibility with Keynote files, and full support for embedding fonts in your presentations. Plus, of course, it's completely free open source software.
There's another benefit, too: you'll need to do some heavy work to get Office 365 running on anything earlier than Windows 7, but LibreOffice Impress maintains compatibility right back to Windows XP.
3. Canva
Create smart, stylish presentations in your browser
You might be familiar with its superb photo editor, but Canva also offers an excellent browser-based presentation tool.
Canva is extremely simple to use – just sign up for a free account (or log in with your Google or Facebook account), then pick a template to get started. Some designs are exclusive to premium account holders, but there's a huge choice of free options to choose from.
Once you've picked a template, you'll be given a choice of page templates so you can make a smart, cohesive presentation. Select one, then double-click an element in the editing window to begin customizing it.
You can't import and edit Microsoft PowerPoint documents in Canva, but you can invite others to collaborate, share the completed presentation online, or export it as a PDF, JPG or PNG file.
There are no flashy transitions for animations, but that's no loss; Canva focuses on what's important: presenting information in a way that's attractive and, most importantly, easy to read and interpret.
4. iCloud Keynote
The finesse you'd expect from Apple in an online presentation app
Apple's flagship presentation software is, in our opinion, the best part of the suite formerly known as iWork, and it's free to anyone who owns a post-2013 Mac. However, we think Keynote's best incarnation is the one that comes as part of its iCloud online app suite, mainly because anyone with an Apple ID – whether they're using macOS, Windows or Linux – gets free access through a web browser.
iCloud Keynote a pretty good translation of the package, though it's a little closer to the iOS version than the desktop one. This means there are a few caveats you'll have to live with. Documents created with the full version sometimes include elements which aren't supported by the online version, and while you'll have no problem creating some very flashy presentations with the numerous 4:3 and 16:9 templates, the simplistic tools mean they won't match the complexity of those created by its desktop counterpart.
Anything you do create can be shared online by sending simple link to any recipient, or you can take your pick of Keynote, PDF or Powerpoint downloads.
5. Prezi
Make slick, dynamic presentations without traditional slides
Prezi's take on presentations is very different, since it does away with slide decks altogether in favour of a massive canvas. Cram it full of all your pertinent info, lock off views representing the most important areas, then zoom, twist, reveal and jump between them for a truly dynamic presentation.
It's all very special and next-generation, and it's certainly easy enough to get some brilliant looks out of Prezi's online presentation tools, but there are some big downsides too. Primarily, the free edition makes all of your presentations public by default, presumably to discourage business users from exploiting the tool without paying for it.
There's a secondary negative too: many people, faced with Prezi's sometimes unpredictable movements, find themselves becoming somewhat seasick when watching particularly active presentations. Be careful with your movements, and watch a few of the advice videos on Prezi's site so you're sure you're doing it right.
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This article describes the installation process for the Datto Mac Agent.
- Datto Mac Agent
This article assumes that you have reviewed both the SIRIS, ALTO And DNAS Networking & Bandwidth Requirements article and the Getting Started with the Datto Mac Agent article, and that your production environment meets the configurations described in both resources.
1. Navigate to download.datto.com and click the macOS icon in the Backup Agent Download category.
Figure 1: Backup Agent Download (click for larger image)
2. Open the downloaded file. You will see the window shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2: Datto Mac Agent Installer
3. You will see a prompt asking you to confirm the install. Click any Continue buttons presented.
Figure 3: Install Checker
4. On the Installation Type screen, you can change the destination volume that the Datto Mac Agent will be installed to by clicking Change Install Location. When you are finished making changes, click Install to continue.
Figure 4: Installation Type
5. When your production machine prompts you, enter the username and password of a local administrator to confirm the installation. Then, click Install Software, followed by Install.
Figure 5: Username and Password
6. Next, you will see a notice that you must restart your computer after the installation. To continue, click Continue Installation, followed by Install.
Figure 6: Continue Installation
7. When the installation is complete, click the Restart button to restart your Mac.
Figure 7: Summary
8. When the production machine restarts, you will see the Datto Mac Agent icon in your toolbar. From here, you can view the About information, Check for Updates, toggle Prevent Sleep, or Quit Datto Mac Agent.
9. After you reboot the production machine, pair the protected machine with your Datto appliance to begin taking backups.
Figure 8: Mac Agent Toolbar Menu
The color of the Datto Mac Agent icon changes depending on its status:
- Black means that the app is idle.
- Blue means that the Datto Mac Agent is backing up your data to the Datto appliance.
- Red means that there is a problem with Datto Mac Agent.
Figure 9: Backup in progress


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A few things I've been doing while not posting much:
- More IPSC shooting, using the P220 and the Glock 30. Still not placing last. My new goal is to finish in the top 50% of Production class. Last night was a relatively boring classifier match, just three targets on each side of a barrier with a mandatory reload before switching sides, with no-shoots between each target and the next. But it was a big night for the boys, since they both got to go. Last week, Donovan made it, but Kane's behavior just wasn't up to par. Last night, we stayed until the end as Kane picked up brass and pasted targets and generally charmed everybody.
- Refinished the old P220 using Lauer's DuraCoat in "HK Black." Years ago, pre-child, the gun was between the mattress and frame of a waterbed when my dog punctured the mattress and flooded the frame (and then the bedroom.) My SIG was built in 1989 and has that awesome SIG-Sauer bluing that was essentially surface prep for rust. I stripped all that rust but then left the thing in the white for the longest time.
This week I fixed that. The HK Black DuraCoat worked really well, although the airbrush didn't really start working until I ditched the CO2 canister and hooked up the air compressor. It turns out that it matched the coating on the aluminum frame perfectly. So far, it's been impervious to everything I've done to it. I'm still experimenting with colors for the bar and dot in the sights. I'll probably go back to white, but I'm using metallic gold in the front right now and it's kind of neat--like shooting an old revolver with a gold bead.
- I went nuts on laundry the other day and actually got all of our laundry done. There was no dirty laundry anywhere in the house. It lasted almost an hour.
- I'm working on finding out what I have to do to get my Master's finished this year. I believe my certification requirements have been met, but I would only need one more class to get the Master's. Might as well.
- Still working on that upstairs bathroom I started so long ago. It's been a great summer, but it's been busy. I offered to make a bet with My Bride that the bathroom would be done by Christmas, but she declined. Maybe she's learning not to underestimate me. That would be nice.
- Today I cleaned our bedroom. This sounds like a small thing, but the clutter in there was unbelievable.
- Tomorrow the Camaro goes to the Chevy dealership. I've managed to convince myself that the heater core and its connections are fine, and the intake manifold doesn't seem to be leaking, but I finally noticed that when I pour water into the radiator, it actually runs out from somewhere on the passenger side of the block, apparently below the exhaust manifold. I can't see it, but it's a steady stream until the water runs out. I'm worried that they're going to tell me that the block has actually cracked and there's water pouring out of the water passage in the block itself. That would probably cost more to fix than the car is worth. Then the question becomes this:
Do I go full-on redneck and part out a Camaro in my backyard? Or do I try to sell it to some kid who wants to throw a 350 in there?


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Christmas is just around the corner and time is running out to pick up a gift for that special someone! Lucky for you, I compiled a few ideas for that special person who loves to read or write.
For the Writer:
Scrivener ($50): Scrivener is the best writing software out there for Mac or PC. The capabilities are endless for scrivener and I now use Scrivener for almost all my writing. There are templates to use for novels, screenplays, nonfiction and more. The organization is fabulous. Writers can break down their work into scenes and chapters. Plus, scrivener compiles your documents into many different formats so you can print, email, or even put into e-book format. There is a bit of learning curve, but it's worth the time and money.
Moleskine Notebooks ($10-$20): Even if with the digital age, I still carry notebooks with me to jot down notes and ideas throughout the day. You pay a little more for the Moleskines due to their higher quality paper and binding, but they feel great to hold and the paper is great for note taking. There are a variety of sizes and options in the Moleskine Catalog.
Mind/Word Mapping Software: When I'm outlining a concept for a story, I love using mind maps to plot my ideas. I use Ithoughts HD on my iPad for mind maps, but there are a variety of apps out there depending on your gadget or computer of choice.
For the Reader:
Kindle Paperwhite ($139): I love my kindle even though it's a few years old. I love taking my kindle outside and reading in the sunlight (something you can't do with a tablet). The latest kindle, the Kindle Paperwhite, is the best eReader available. Amazon updated the contrast and the font options, making the kindle reading experience even more like reading a paperback book.
Library Card & the Overdrive App: The e-book revolution is growing and libraries are catching on. If you have a library card for your locality, chances are the library is now checking out ebooks. Overdrive is an app to manage the e-book and audiobook checkout process. The Overdrive App is available on all major mobile devices including Android and iOS, along with PC and Mac.
Books: You can't go wrong with buying books. Check out my book review posts the past few months or stay tuned early next week when I post my favorite books of 2012.
I hope everyone is having a joyful December!
Peace & Love,


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Statement Coverage Metric DefinitionStatement coverage tracks the executed program statements. The metric value of a program is the number of executed statements in it, divided by the total number of statements.
Statement BlocksA block groups a sequence of statements and treats them like a single statement. In the C-family of languages curly braces (
{ and
}) are used for grouping.
A basic block is a statement block with no jump instructions in it. Given a single entry and a single exit point only Statement Coverage can be simplified by basing calculations on complete blocks.
AdvantageUnlike Line Coverage this metric is robust against plain code formatting changes. After all, many programming languages allow for multiple statements in a single line. Splitting of lines should not influence the coverage value.
Relation to other metrics100% Statement Coverage implies 100% Line Coverage. But the opposite is not true: a line may contain multiple statements whereas a test may not succeed in executing all of them. The following example shows a line with two statements where the latter one is skipped if the variable
done is false from the start.
while (!done) { readMoreData(); }
ShortcomingsA plain count of executed statements does not take possible branching points and input conditions for branching decisions into consideration.
if (config->loggingEnabled()) log("Will start to process data"); startProcessing();A single test will be able to execute all of the above three statements. Thus resulting in 100% coverage at this level. But is it complete? The case of
loggingEnabled() returning a false boolean value requires a second test. To exercise the
else branch that would become visible when transforming this code into a flow diagram.


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Understanding Dedicated Service Jargon
Dedicated service is telecom service provided through a dedicated circuit that only you have access to, spanning from your physical location to your carrier's network. this option used to be relatively rare, but it's becoming more common as hardware prices continue to drop and per-minute costs decline. If you're thinking about making the change to dedicated service, you should do a little research. Dedicated service requires you to take on a new series of responsibilities. For one thing, you'll be dealing with a whole new set of hardware. That means (ka-ching) buying the right equipment and making sure that you maintain it, as well.
Before you can have a conversation about dedicated service, you have to understand the language. When you have the lingo down, the rest all falls into place. Here's the lowdown on the basic terminology:
- Local loop: The copper wire or fiberoptic cable that spans from your carrier to your office. Your carrier charges you a rental fee for the local loop every month and a one-time fee when it's installed.
- Central Office or CO: The building where your local carrier houses a large piece of hardware called a Class 5 (local services) switch, which routes calls, provides dial tone, and all the other telecom services you know and love. Also in this building are several tons of batteries to sustain the Class 5 switch in the case of a large-scale power outage.
- Point of Presence or POP: The building where your long-distance carrier houses a large piece of hardware called a Class 4 (long-distance) switch, which routes calls and provides all the long-distance services you know and love.
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- OC-3: A dedicated circuit that holds three DS-3s. This is an even bigger big cable. It's a fiberoptic circuit and requires an optical multiplexer (or optical MUX) to receive it. An optical multiplexer is a device that puts the electrical DS-3 circuits into a fiberoptic cable. Optical multiplexers use light rather than electricity for signaling.
- DS-0: The atomic unit of telecommunications. A DS-0 represents the single channel necessary to carry one phone conversation. You need 24 DS-0 circuits to make up a T-1 or DS-1. That makes DS-0 the primary unit of measure for dedicated circuits in the United States.
- E-1: Outside the U.S., the basic unit for dedicated services. E-1 circuits carry 32 DS-0 circuits, 30 call channels, plus one channel for timing and one channel for signaling. The European standard was developed after the American DS-1 standard was set up.


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Volume 2014, Article ID 620607, 8 pages
Synchronous Current Compensator for a Self-Balanced Three-Level Neutral Point Clamped Inverter
1Division of Electricity, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 534, 751 21 Uppsala, Sweden
2Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Coimbatore 641 112 Tamil Nadu, India
Received 29 November 2013; Revised 9 February 2014; Accepted 23 February 2014; Published 29 April 2014
Academic Editor: C. M. Liaw
Copyright © 2014 Remya Krishna et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This paper presents a synchronous current control method for a three-level neutral point clamped inverter. Synchronous reference frame control based on two decoupled proportional-integral (PI) controllers is used to control the current in direct and quadrature axes. A phase disposition pulse width modulation (PDPWM) method in regular symmetrical sampling is used for generating the inverter switching signals. To eliminate the harmonic content with no phase errors, two first-order low pass filters (LPFs) are used for the currents. The simulation of closed-loop control is done in Matlab/Simulink. The Vertex-5 field programmable gate array (FPGA) in Labview/CompactRio is used for the implementation of the control algorithm. The control and switch pulse generation are done in independent parallel loops. The synchronization of both loops is achieved by controlling the length of waiting time for each loop. The simulation results are validated with experiments. The results show that the control action is reliable and efficient for the load current control.
1. Introduction
The efficient conversion of renewable energy to electrical energy is still a key area of research. All renewable energy projects require power electronics converters for interfacing with the grid and controlling the energy exchange. Most of the basic conversion strategy of renewable energy follows a two-step procedure. First step is to convert the variable AC to constant DC. Active rectifiers or passive rectifiers with DC/DC converters are the generally used methods to date. However, the main part of the conversion unit is an inverter. It is used not only for connecting to different loads, but also for providing the necessary control actions required for the load. To meet the high energy demand, conversion and integration of renewable energy sources are suggested universally. The majority of the renewable energy plants are geographically far from the load centers. The integration of this power needs a very long transmission cable to reach the point of common connection. High voltage power transmission meets better efficiency by reducing cable losses. Thereby, the use of multilevel converters is also gone up [1]. Different conventional topologies of multilevel inverter structures are proposed in [2]. Neutral point clamped (NPC) inverter is a widely accepted topology amongst these [3–6].
In most of the applications, the performance of the voltage source inverter (VSI) depends on the quality of the applied current control strategy. It enhances the control accuracy of the instantaneous current waveform by providing the peak current protection and overload rejection and by compensating the load variation. The inverter control forces the load current to follow the reference signals. The inverter switching states are generated by comparing the reference and measured instantaneous values of phase currents. Different current control strategies are explained in [7, 8]. The linear current controllers are more attractive compared to other methods for application in low switching frequency.
The most widely used current control method uses proportional-integral (PI) controllers [9–12]. A robust synchronous reference frame (SRF) control algorithm to regulate the grid current from a three-phase two-level VSI with an LCL input filter is presented in [13]. An NPC inverter model that allows the implementation of a simple linear feedback-control technique to keep zero-NP potential and enables decoupled control of direct and quadrature motor currents based on the relative gain-array approach is presented in [14]. Applying neutral voltage imbalance property of NPC inverter, the majority of the current control techniques are proposed for active filtering [15]. Circular hysteresis current control based on space vector modulation for three-phase NPC inverter is presented in [16]. Complete automated current control using this algorithm is computationally very complex. Additionally, the switching frequency of the VSI in hysteresis control is strongly depending on the operating conditions and load parameters. The recent prevalent predictive current control strategy is presented in [17, 18]. However, current prediction prefers a high switching frequency to reduce the prediction error. The intricacy of SRF-PI controller is the tuning of PI parameters. However, a systematic modeling of the system with software platforms for autotuning of PI controllers enables the identification of the controller parameters. The steady state and transient responses of the controller must be considered to evaluate its effectiveness. This paper presents a current controller design, simulation, and testing for a three-level neutral point clamped inverter when driving R-L load. Synchronous sampling with symmetrical pulse width modulation (PWM) method is used, which increases the bandwidth of the current controller [19]. The time synchronization of different loops and dead time of inverter switches are considered in the controller design. The comparison results validate the performance of the proposed controller.
2. Neutral Point Clamped Inverter
The neutral point clamped (NPC) inverter is the most widely used multilevel topology. The schematic circuit of a three-phase NPC with R-L load is shown in Figure 1(a). Each leg has four switches and two clamping diodes. These diodes are connected to the capacitor neutral point (NP) for voltage clamping. Two of the four switches are always ON to provide three levels in the phase voltage waveform. When two upper switches are ON, the phase voltage is half of the DC voltage. If two middle switches are ON, the phase voltage is zero. The phase voltage is negative half of DC link voltage when two lower switches are ON. The main modulation techniques for NPC inverter can be classified as carrier pulse width modulation (CPWM) and space vector PWM (SVPWM). The different CPWM techniques for NPC converters are presented in [20]. The three main techniques are phase disposition PWM (PDPWM), alternative phase opposition disposition (APOD), and phase opposition disposition (POD) PWM. The switching state relation to NP voltage imbalance can be clearly explained with space vector PWM (SVPWM). At the same time, it increases the computational complexity. CPWM method is simpler for implementation. PDPWM method is considered in this paper.
The PDPWM technique needs two carrier signals to specify the boundaries between the voltage levels. When the reference is greater than both carriers, the inverter is switched to . The inverter is switched to zero voltage level when the reference is lower than the upper carrier and higher than the lower carrier signal. The inverter voltage is when the reference goes lower than both carriers. The inverter voltage levels with PDPWM strategy are given in Table 1. This modulation strategy retains lower harmonic energy in the line-line inverter output voltage compared to other CPWM methods such as APOD/POD [21]. The switching diagram for PDPWM is given in Figure 1(b).
3. System Modeling
The state space model for a three-level NPC converter with the dead time effect is given in [22]. The inverter is modeled as a saturated voltage gain in per unit with DC voltage as base value. Therefore it does not include any state variables. Since it is assumed that the two capacitor voltages in the NPC converter are self-balanced, the voltages and can be excluded from the state variables. Therefore, the only time varying quantities are the inductor current and the inverter output voltage. Constant frequency operation does not have any state variables. The inverter with R-L load can be modeled ideally as
4. Synchronous Reference Frame (SRF) Control
The stationary PI controller for voltage source inverters is conventionally regarded as unsatisfactory due to the incapability to eliminate the steady state errors [23]. This tracking error pushes the system towards its stability limit. In contrast, the SRF controller acts on dc signals and can achieve zero steady state error [24]. Additionally it gives better transient response for the inverter. The current regulator uses the reference frame to convert the signals from stationary frame to synchronously rotating frame and to perform the frequency shift on the system signals [25, 26]. The first step is to transform the signal in frame to coordinates using Clark's transformation method given by (2). The zero sequence current can be excluded in a three-phase balanced system. To achieve zero steady state error, the stationary reference frame signals are converted to frame using Park's transformation matrix given by (2). The SRF-PI controller block diagram is shown in Figure 2. Consider
The fundamental component of any variable can be precisely controlled in rotating frame which modifies the dynamic equations of the system. The -axis currents are compared to the corresponding references and fed to the PI controller. Two decoupled PI controllers are used to control the active and reactive currents. The reference input for -axis current determines the load power factor. The normalized output of the PI controller is subjected to the inverse Clark and Park transformation to generate the reference signals for the PWM controller using the transformation matrices given by
The effect of LPF in current sampling and method for delay compensation is presented in [27]. However, in frame, the fundamental frequency component is transformed to dc quantity and all the harmonics are transformed to non-dc quantities. The effects of LPF time constant () in ac and dc signals are shown in Figures 3(a) and 3(b). Two first-order low pass filters are used to eliminate the harmonics from the currents. It is insensitive to phase errors [28]. Therefore, it does not have any role in the frequency response characteristics of the closed-loop transfer function. Additionally, the resource requirement is reduced while using LPF for the currents rather than in the abc frame.
5. Closed-Loop Controller
The transfer function of a PI controller in continuous time domain can be expressed as
Using the Laplace transform, the system transfer function can be written as
The high sampling frequency increases the achievable current controller bandwidth, but at the same time it increases the noise content in the input waveform. To avoid aliasing without employing a very high sampling frequency, the sampling and switching frequency must be synchronized. The sampling and PWM updates are generated as shown in Figure 4(a). The additional small time constants such as processing time of the algorithm (), dead time of the inverter (), and time delay of feedback filter and sampling () are together approximated by a first-order inertia element: where .
The synchronization of control and switching actions is achieved by controlling the waiting length of both loops. In the proposed control scheme, synchronous sampling with symmetrical PWM method is used, which considers only one sampling point in a switching period. That is, the controller has a delay of one switching period (). The controller waiting loop length is set to which is equal to the switching period if there is no additional delay. However, as the internal logic in the control loop takes an additional delay , the effective controller processing time is equal to . Since the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) delay is smaller than the sampling time, this delay is excluded. The pulse generation loop runs faster than the control loop. The maximum speed of the pulse generation loop is equal to the dead time (), which in turn is equal to the minimum width of the control pulse. Currents sampled at nth instant are available for use in the following interval, practically without any delay. The results of processing of control algorithms are written into the PWM at . Therefore, . The closed-loop diagram for a current controlled inverter is shown in Figure 4(b). The closed-loop transfer function is where , , , and .
6. Simulation Results
In this paper, three-level NPC inverter connected to a three-phase balanced load is considered. Therefore, the zero sequence terms are ignored. To achieve independent control over the direct and quadrature axes currents, decoupling terms are included. For grid connected systems, the frequency can be extracted from the grid voltages. For standalone converters, frequency is the desired speed at which the inverter feeds power to the load. In most cases, this speed is constant. Therefore, the frequency values can be stored as LUT. The complete system simulation is done in Matlab/Simulink as shown in Figure 5.
The system parameters considered for simulation and experiment are given in Table 2. The feasibility of the controller is examined through simulation. The PI regulator follows the reference for and . The initial values of and are set at 1 A and zero, respectively. It is a common practice for a grid connected system to achieve current injection at unity power factor. The step response of the controller is analyzed by changing the to 2 A at 2.25 sec. The controller takes 0.3 sec for settling the new value. The PI controller response is given in Figure 6(a). The inverter line-line voltage, phase voltage, and load currents are given in Figure 6(b) showing the step change. For the initial value , the inverter modulation index is less than 0.5. During this time, the inverter output is in two voltage levels. When a step change occurs in the current reference, the controller increases the modulation index above 0.5. Thereby, the inverter output voltage has three levels.
7. Experimental Results
Three modules of SKM300MLI066TAT IGBT (insulated gate bipolar transistor) modules are used for building the three-level inverter. A dual channel concept 2SC0105T2AA0-17 driver with 2BB0108T2A0-17 evaluation board is used for driving each complementary IGBT switch. The turn-off snubber is used for protecting the device from overvoltages. Varistors are used for the overvoltage protection on the DC link. Figure 7 shows the experimental system developed in the laboratory. The current control technique is implemented on FPGA (field programmable gate array) using a Labview/CompactRio real-time module, which is plugged into a PC. Three-phase load with 2 mH inductance and 10 resistance is used. The three-phase currents are measured using hall-effect sensors and the sensor outputs are connected to a 16-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module of Labview/CompactRio. The ADC has a delay of 6.5 .
The complete control algorithm is implemented in two independent parallel loops as shown in Figure 8, where Figure 8(a) is the SRF control schematic and Figure 8(b) is the pulse generation loop in Labview user interface. The two loops are synchronized to provide a single value of sampled reference signal to obtain symmetrical PWM. It is achieved by setting a waiting length of the control loop such that the sum of the control loop waiting length and the additional delay in internal logic is equal to the switching time. The same values of and as obtained from the simulation are used for the implementation. Figure 9(a) shows the step response of the PI controller implemented in Labview. The controller takes 0.5 s for settling the new value. Figure 9(b) shows the inverter line-line voltage, phase voltage, and load currents from the experiments. The implemented controller works exactly as in the simulation.
8. Conclusion
The load current control for a three-level NPC inverter connected to three-phase balanced load is examined. The current controllers using PI compensators in synchronous reference frame are implemented. The delays associated with dead time, low pass filter, and sampling are included in the calculation of the controller parameters. The loop synchronization is done by adjusting the software loop waiting length. The simulation is validated with experimental results. The control algorithm is implemented in Labview/FPGA. It is seen from the experimental results that the controller is capable of feeding the load current corresponding to the reference value with zero steady state error.
Conflict of Interests
The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- British actress Natasha Richardson says she is taking a brief break from playing troubled women to spend some quality time with her family.
Richardson just finished a successful run in the Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" and can now be seen in the erotic thriller, "Asylum," playing a 1950s woman who has an affair with a patient (Marton Csokas) at the mental institution where her husband (Hugh Bonneville) works.
"Having played Blanche Dubois on Broadway for five months and prior to that being in Shanghai shooting ('The White Countess') for three months, I just feel, artistically, I need to recharge the batteries," Richardson told reporters in New York.
"I feel I need to let my family take priority for the next few months, so I don't think I'm going to work for the rest of the year. I think I'm going to have to take a rest from sex-addicted, chain-smoking, alcoholic, crazy ladies for a while," she added with a laugh.


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There is a widespread practice of adopting unreasonable, ineffective regulatory decisions ( at central and local levels ) hindering the development of small and medium business in Ukraine .
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On October 3-4 USAID LEV experts presented their proposals on improving business climate in Lviv city to the first Deputy Mayor Hennadiy Vaskiv and the Director of the "City Institute" Oleksandr Kobzarev.
On September 17, USAID "Leadership in Economic Governance" Program participated in Mistechko USAID along with other USAID projects active in the region.
On September 13, the USAID LEV Program held its second specialized training on advocacy in Vinnytsia. The focus of the training was how to conduct advocacy campaign on regulatory changes in external advertising.


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Texas Bluegrass Dance Music, maybe that is what it is...? Genres are so hard these days, but regardless the Greenneck Daredevils thrive by having a great time playing music that we love for people. The band is based in the NW in the Columbia River Gorge, which separates Oregon and Washington state. The Columbia River runs right through the cascade mountain range, creating a beautiful outdoor wonderland. The whole band shares the common love for recreating in the outdoors and performing music, so there is no wonder we get such a natural, fluid, original sound.
The Greennecks have a somewhat traditional bluegrass instrumentation: guitar, bass, mandolin, dobro, and banjo. But with the addition of drums, electric keyboards, and a diverse and unique songwriting base, we create a more danceable, texas "bluesy", americana sound. We have developed our sound over the years, and we truly feel the true Greenneck sound is just starting to surface. Please check out our video page, and come see us at one of our shows!


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Chicago-based Guaranteed Rate is planning its expansion into Connecticut, adding to its two offices already in the state.
The mortgage lender said that it has additional locations planned in the states and 16 locations throughout New England.
In light of the expansion, Guaranteed Rate hired Jim Earl and Linda Maxwell, leaders of a loan origination team in Connecticut, as area managers.
The team is responsible for more than $300 million in mortgage loan volume in 2013 and will be responsible for mortgage loan production in Connecticut.
"Jim and Linda are dynamic leaders who will be a catalyst for our continuing growth in the state of Connecticut," said Terry Baker, Guaranteed Rate's regional manager for New England.
"By combining their unique strengths and mortgage expertise, the team brings a perfect balance and commitment to a high level of service to both customers and referral partners, which fits Guaranteed Rate's approach to growing the loan origination business," Baker added.


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10970: InfraWatch: Data Management for Monitoring Infrastructural Performance
When considering our current stock of infrastructural assets like bridges, tunnels, etc, in view of service-life assessment, monitoring and sensing systems are very valuable instruments that can be used to extract actual information about its condition and performance. In terms of condition, sensor systems are mounted in or to structures that monitor the environmental as well as the internal condition. Environmental conditions are related to the climatic changes in which the structure has to be operational, and, in terms of performance, the external and internal actions acting on the structure are recorded.
Long and enduring 24/7 monitoring systems are necessary that generate large amounts of data that needs to be evaluated in a smart way such that relevant changes in the data will be noticed and that asset management systems will be informed and/or alarmed efficiently. Managing the huge amounts of data, extracted from the monitoring systems, requires integral knowledge in the field of data management. Moreover, the best representation for storing the data is not necessarily the best representation for the evaluation of the data. Statistics, Data Mining and Pattern Recognition are needed for the smart evaluation of data extracted from the degradation mechanisms.
With the current research project it is the objective to design, develop and optimize a data management system for measuring and reporting the actual performance of large infrastructural projects. This system is a monitoring and reporting system providing monitoring, notification and reporting services. The goal of such a system is to manage the output of sensors in an optimal way for infrastructure condition assessment.
For the project two PhDs are foreseen, one focusing on the domain knowledge, i.e. design a lean and mean system necessary to monitor infrastructural performance, and a second one focusing on the information domain, i.e. using data management, data techniques and modeling to deduce condensed and relevant maintenance management information from the data streams.
In order to secure the balance of the project in terms of interface management and to control the integral lab tests on the full-scale bridge monitoring project, a position is considered to be necessary as well. Finally, a scientific programmer is scheduled for providing the necessary programming support, in particular for connecting the sensor output to computational and storage grid infrastructure where the large amounts of data are handled, processed and stored.
The InfraWatch project is a cooperation between Leiden University (LIACS) and Delft University of Technology (Microlab). Please visit also the LIACS project website.


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I really like this band and will probably post more of their songs as the soundtrack to my day. I can't explain what it is, mainly their lyrics and the general composition of the music. I also like the emotion I get when singing this one.
The soundtrack to my day is Little Lion Man - Mumford And Sons, enjoy!


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Julia Menaul's latest book, Compassionate Coaching in the Corporate World, has been published this week and provides an introduction into compassionate coaching for professionals. Organisational leaders, line managers, HR professionals and coaches who have an interest in people development and talent management would all benefit from the useful guidance and examples provided within it.
Managers (whether in the line or in HR) will gain evidence to use on the benefits of organisational compassion and how this impacts management style, increased employee wellbeing and ultimately better productivity.
Coaches will find it invaluable in helping clients to become more compassionate with themselves also learn how to become more compassionate in the coaching room to enable greater shifts and enhanced relationships.
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If there's one soup you need to make this month, it's this Instant Pot Potato Leek Soup with Bacon.
Smooth and creamy, this full-flavoured paleo Potato Leek Soup with Bacon is one of my new favourites. All made in one pot, it's easy to prepare: minimal chopping, it's quick to cook and there's only one pot to clean. A win-win.
It's like a fully-loaded baked potato in a bowl of soup.
I had to laugh while we had this for lunch recently. I suddenly realized that it was similar to a baked potato with "all the fixin's." If you're anywhere near my age, you might remember how loaded baked potatoes were popular in restaurants. The server would come to your table with an assortment of toppings, usually sour cream, bacon bits, chives, and grated cheese for you to load up, or overload, your potato. That was on top of the melted butter that was already oozing its way into the oversized spud.
While those baked potatoes are no longer trendy in restaurants, we still love those flavours.
Besides the flavour, there's a lot to love about this Potato Leek Soup!
In particular, I love how easy it is to make! One pot, a quick sauté, then 22 minutes of cooking and steam release time while you make a salad and clean up the kitchen. Then all it needs is a quick whir in the blender before it's ready to serve, piping hot.
Pour leftover soup into freezer containers, label and freeze, and you'll have lunch for another day. Gently reheat on the stove top or in a microwave. I served it with Super Seedy Snack Crackers.
No Instant Pot? No worries.
You can easily make this Potato Leek Soup on the stove top in a large, heavy-bottomed pot. Just follow the instructions below, but lengthen the cooking time, cooking until the potatoes are very tender before puréeing the soup.
However you decide to cook it, this soup is bound to become a favourite in your home, too!
Find more Instant Pot Soup recipe ideas here: 5 Clean-Eating Instant Pot Soup Recipes to keep you healthy.
Instant Pot Potato Leek Soup with Bacon
- 4 slices bacon nitrate-free, cut in 1-inch pieces
- 2 large leeks, white and light green parts only
- 1 clove garlic chopped
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 lb (2 large) potatoes Yukon Gold, diced
- 2 tbsp gluten-free flour
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk or heavy cream or half and half
- garnish options: crisp bacon bits, snipped chives, yogurt or sour cream drizzle
- Press the Sauté button on the Instant Pot. When it is hot, add the bacon. Cook, stirring occasionally until crisp.
- Meanwhile, wash and slice the leeks into thin rounds. Add to the pot once the bacon is crisp. Cook until soft.
- Add garlic and cook for about a minute.
- Add the flour and stir until it is well mixed with the leeks and bacon.
- Stir in the chicken broth, salt, pepper and potatoes.
- Put the lid on. Set the steam release button to Seal. Press the Manual button and reduce (or increase) the time to 7 minutes by pressing the - or + key.
- Once the cooking cycle has finished, let the steam naturally release for 15 minutes. Manually release the remaining steam.
- Open the lid. Stir in the cream, milk or almond milk. Either use an immersion blender to blend the soup, or transfer it to a blender. I like it left with a few small chunks instead of completely puréeing it.
- Transfer to serving bowls and garnish with a drizzle of sour cream or yogurt, fresh chives or green onions, and bacon bits.
If you haven't jumped on the Instant Pot bandwagon, now might be the time! This is the one that I own. (affiliate link)
Love your Instant Pot? You might like this Sweet Potato Turmeric Soup.
I adapted this recipe slightly from The Simple Happy Foodie. See her original recipe here.
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Stick Out Your Tongue.
I just read an article listing 25 things women over 30 should not wear. I am so tired of being told all the things I can't do now that I am supposedly past my prime. Sometimes I give in and start to believe some of it – I cave to my instinct for self-deprecation and start to add "for a woman over 50" to the end of everything. Not going to do it anymore.
I am not going to listen to those people who tell me "you look great! – for a woman over 50" – I look great. PERIOD. "People your age shouldn't lift heavy things, you might get hurt" – fine, go sit on your couch. I am going to continue to hoist the 50 lb sack of dog food up over my shoulder and walk to the check-out counter – because I CAN. You say I shouldn't wear two different color socks or short skirts because I am over 30? Screw you – I am going to wear both – possibly at the same time. Because I WANT TO.
Keep telling me all the things I can't do because of my age and I will continue to stick my tongue out at you and do it anyway. Yes, like a 2 year old. Physically, I have accomplished more after 40 than I did the entire 40 years before. Pull ups? Yes, lots of them, thank you. Climb a rope? Got it. Power Clean my body weight? Done.
Emotionally, age brings wisdom and experience but there is something to be said for maintaining a little bit of immaturity in your life. Your inner 2 year old is what lets you stick your tongue out at all that crap. Life doesn't end at 40 or 50 or 60. I would like to say "it gets better with age", but then I would have to stick my tongue out at that – how about "it just gets better". PERIOD.
Now go do some work…and do NOT stick your tongue out at me…
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Medicare Update: Recent Changes in Medicare Subrogation Issues for Liability Claims
When handling a liability case, it is important early in the case to identify who has paid any medical bills, particularly if Medicare is involved. Working with Medicare can be challenging. On February 21, 2012, Medicare implemented a program that will assist attorneys in calculating Medicare's subrogation lien for faster processing of claims. The program is called "Option to Self-Calculate Your Final Conditional Payment Amount Prior to Settlement."
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More Exciting Adventures
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Looking for more ways to fill your time in Skagway, Juneau & Ketchikan with other exciting activities? Check out some of our favorites below!
Join the ultimate Alaskan adventure that takes you up close and personal with the Mendenhall Glacier. Become one of the few to walk on top of the glacier surface and where you'll explore it's unique geology of rivers, crevasses and ice caves. This exclusive tour also includes a traditional native-style canoe ride past waterfalls, between icebergs, and next to wildlife to give you an unforgettable experience.
Our Whale Watching Adventure leaves you little time for a dull moment! You will leave downtown Juneau from the tram area on a bus driven by a local tour guide on a scenic drive through Juneau out to Auke Bay where passengers will board one of our jet boats. Your captain and naturalist will lead the way on an unforgettable search for whales in Favorite Channel, Stephens Passage, Lynn Canal or Saginaw Channel. Binoculars are provided so you can better see the humpbacks, killer whales, Dall's porpoise, harbor seals, Steller sea lions, bald eagles, and towering mountains. With the growing abundance of whales in the area and their ease with our small boats, you are bound to see many, so prepare for your heart to skip more than a few beats!
Lift off from the Juneau heliport en route to a high altitude dog sled camp where you will experience the life of an Alaskan Dog Musher! Enjoy glacier flightseeing along the way to this highly exclusive hands-on personal adventure!
Enter the Fly-Zone! This eco-adventure combines the thrill of gliding above the treetops in a rich rainforest on over 6,000 feet of dual ziplines, suspension bridges, and a ground-based trail network. Plus a channel crossing aboard an expedition craft, mountain ascent on an off-road vehicle, and aerial exploration of hidden relics of a world famous gold mine.
Complete your Alaskan adventure by experiencing Alaska's state sport! Take an exhilarating sled ride pulled by a team of powerful Alaskan Huskies, learn about this adventurous sport from mushers, and cuddle up with adorable husky puppies at our authentic dog sledding summer training camp. Each summer our camp is home to many mushers who bring their dogs to train for various winter activities. In fact, all of the dogs at our camp are owned by year round mushers, some of whom have competed in world-renowned races like the Iditarod and Yukon Quest!
Combine helicopter flightseeing with Alaska's favorite sport – dog sledding. After a thrilling flight over spectacular glaciers, you'll land at a dog camp on the Denver Glacier.
Experienced guides will introduce you to the world of "mushing" and the art of dog sledding. Drive the team or relax in the sled while observing the breathtaking environment around you. Meet professional mushers and friendly dogs on this unique Alaskan experience.
Join us for unforgettable flightseeing over the East Arm of Glacier Bay National Park and see more mountain peaks, rivers and glaciers than you could come to know in a lifetime. Discover the textures, colors and light that make up the Davidson and Rainbow Glaciers. Explore with us the birth of icebergs from calving glaciers and experience the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. You will come away with a new perspective of a constantly changing landscape.
Fast, fun, and exhilarating, this approximately 4-hour adventure is sure to excite nature lovers and thrill seekers alike. Get a running start on solid ground and take flight into the treetops of the Alaskan rainforest.
On this spellbinding wilderness expedition, you will travel through fjords and rain forests viewing some of the most spectacular Alaskan scenery in Southeast. You'll see everything from wildflowers to towering mountains and topoff the experience with up-close views of the Davidson Glacier.
Combine sightseeing and rafting on this relaxing excursion. Enjoy a beautiful 10-mile drive along the coast to the Dyea valley, an old Gold Rush settlement now returned to nature. On the drive, you may spot seals and eagles. See the start of the famous Chilkoot Trail where thousands journeyed in pursuit of gold. As you float down the gentle Taiya River, your guide will point out any wildlife (Bald Eagles are common, bears sometimes seen at certain times of year) and tell stories of the area's fascinating history while you enjoy the gorgeous river and mountain views. Enjoy a riverside snack after the float. We also stop at the Skagway scenic overlook for a panoramic view of the town (time permitting).
Wildlife is everywhere in Alaska! Crabs, eagles, whales, octopus, sea lions, porpoise, wolf eels, sharks and seals are all frequent visitors on the Bering Sea Crab Fishermen's Tour.
ome aboard the Aleutian Ballad for the adventure of a lifetime! The Aleutian Ballad was made famous in season two of Discovery Channel's award-winning TV series Deadliest Catch when it was hit by a 60' rogue wave and miraculously survived. But there are no rough seas here! You will set out in the calm, protected waters of the Inside Passage to witness first-hand the amazing way of life of commercial fishermen.
Ketchikan Helicopters offers a number of different tours for a truly incredible experience on your trip to Alaska! See bears, glaciers, fjords, or spend the day wilderness hiking or fishing in places only reached by helicopter.
We nickname our helicopter the Mountain Goat because it's so agile, rugged, surefooted, and tireless. "Ride the Goat" is also our biggest, most versatile trip, so customize your trip and fulfill your dream of seeing the real Alaska. "Ketchikan is just where they park the boat," says one of our pilots. "Now your adventure can begin."


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Why Economics Can't Explain Our Cultural Divide
Even during upturns, blue-collar Americans are marrying and working less, writes Charles Murray
Some reviewers of "Coming Apart," my new book about the growing cultural divide between America's upper and lower classes, have faulted me for ignoring the role of the labor market in undermining once widely shared values involving marriage and hard work.
As these critics see it, the loss of our common culture is a result not of cultural changes but of shifts in policy and the economy. Over the past four decades, they argue, the U.S. has shipped high-paying manufacturing jobs overseas and undermined the labor unions...