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Cooking a great dish is one thing, but if you add a few tasty sides you can elevate an already good meal into something really memorable. So from salad, to coleslaw, and beyond, here's some summery sides that will complement a variety of mains.
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Easy Summer Coleslaw
Once Upon a Food Blog's coleslaw is finely cut and tossed in a light dressing of olive oil, white wine vinegar and lime. Yum!
Storecupboard BBQ CousCous
Easy to make and fast to cook, Casa Costello's couscous recipe work swell with tons of different types of barbecue.
Creamy Summer Coleslaw
Jo's Kitchen Larder's coleslaw has a couple of crunchy extras added to it for a unique taste.
Easy Pickled Red Onion
Flipped-Out Food's tasty and versatile condiment works in everything from Mexican to Asian cuisine.
Kale and chickpea orzo pasta salad
Great for a a barbecue or in a mezze-style lunch Cook Veggielicious' salad is perfectly balanced with veg and aromatics.
Peas with feta, mint and lemon zest
Lydia Gerratt's salad has lovely, summery flavours that shine through to make a super tasty dish.
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Australia deports British-born man
A British-born man who has lived in Australia since he was six has been deported to the UK due to his violent criminal record, despite calls for him to stay.
ALI MOORE, PRESENTER: A British-born father of three who has lived in Australia since he was six years old has been deported after failing a government character test.
Clifford Tucker spent 12 years in jail in the 1980s and 90s for a series of violent crimes, but only came to the attention of immigration authorities when he took his first overseas holiday to Bali in 2008.
Legal scholars say the banishing of long-term residents following a criminal conviction is a controversial practice, but it's one the Government has been using increasingly, as Peter Lloyd reports.
PETER LLOYD, REPORTER: When Thai Airways flight 478 left Sydney today one man on board was a reluctant passenger, leaving Australia against his will after an 18-month legal battle.
By his own admission, Clifford Tucker has a long history of violence.
CLIFFORD TUCKER, DEPORTEE: The first one was 1983. I got a 12-year sentence for attempted murder on a policeman when I was 19. Got out in 1991, found it very hard to adjust. So I started drinking heavily, started smoking cannabis heavily. That ended up with me going back to jail for another two years for an assault on a person who stole some money from me.
PETER LLOYD: After that sentence, Clifford Tucker says he was diagnosed with depression and a personality disorder. He was also battling alcoholism.
CLIFFORD TUCKER: I wanted to commit suicide in 1997, I think it was. I went into the police station with a lump of wood. I thought if I started smashing it up, they would shoot me. Unfortunately, they didn't. They just overpowered me and arrested me and done me for wilful damage and assault and I got two years for that as well.
PETER LLOYD: A holiday to Bali in 2008, his first overseas trip, was the turning point.
Clifford Tucker had run afoul of the Migration Act.
MICHELLE FOSTER, UNI. OF MELBOURNE, LAW SCHOOL: Under Section 501 of the Migration Act, the minister can at any time cancel a person's visa if the minister takes the view that that person has failed the character test.
PETER LLOYD: It hasn't always been so easy for the Government to remove someone.
MICHELLE FOSTER: When the Hawke Government came into power in 1983, they passed an amendment to the Migration Act so as to essentially protect the residency of persons who'd been here more than 10 years. And the idea was that, look, these people had been formed by Australian society. We're responsible for them, and so they need to have that right to remain.
PETER LLOYD: Under the Howard Government, the law was amended again. The length of a persons' stay in Australia no longer mattered if like Clifford Tucker they were deemed to have failed the character test.
Observers like Michelle Foster from Melbourne University Law School argue the Migration Act was meant to keep undesirable people out, not exclude those already here for most of their lives.
MICHELLE FOSTER: There was never any discussion or any intention for that provision to apply to the plight of long-term residents. And indeed many committees that have studied the history of these provisions since that time have identified this problem, have said, "Look, 501 was never designed to be used in the context of persons who've been here a long time, particularly more than 10 years.
PETER LLOYD: Clifford Tucker's mother says her son's mental health problems mean he deserves more consideration and support from the country he has called home since he was six. He deteriorated, she says, after being repeatedly sexually assaulted during his first prison sentence.
TERRY HAIGHTON, MOTHER: When he came home he had post-traumatic stress and was going into deep depressions quite a lot.
PETER LLOYD: The Tucker family mounted an appeal before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. The tribunal also listened to Tucker's estranged partner and their three children.
Justice Buchanan found that, "All three children expressed some level of fear of their father. His conclusion left no room for further appeal. "We are in no doubt," he said, "that there is a risk of violent behaviour from Mr Tucker, and therefore of harm to others, if he remains in Australia."
A day ago before his deportation, Clifford Tucker was telling a different story.
CLIFFORD TUCKER: I'm not a career criminal. I'm not a psychopath. I haven't committed any violent crimes for 10 years, since 1999.
PETER LLOYD: His lawyer argues that the Government is punishing a man twice over.
STEPHEN KENNY, LAWYER: When people were transported to Australia they were sentenced to be transported to Australia for life. In this case he's gone through an administrative process that found that he fits a criteria and for that he's not only being transported for life to England, he's also being asked to pay for the privilege.
PETER LLOYD: Mr Tucker says he's been presented with a bill for his airfare and that of three escort guards, a total of $14,000.
In a statement, Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said, "The Government takes very seriously its role in protecting the Australian community from unacceptable risk of harm from criminal or other serious conduct by non-citizens."
Clifford Tucker's case is far from isolated.
MICHELLE FOSTER: In 2008 the then minister for immigration, Senator Chris Evans, gave some information to the Senate estimates committee. At that time there were 25 people in detention whose visas had been cancelled under 501, and only one of those 25 had been in Australia for less than 10 years. And in fact by far the majority of those people had come to Australia as either minors or young people.
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What began as an effort to gain greater recognition for the achievements of students and schools in the Lone Star State instead has mushroomed into a political nightmare in the wake of a state proposal to spend more than $2 million on a public-relations campaign.
An advertising agency with connections to officials in Gov. Ann W. Richards's re-election campaign proposed touting the "Texas School System,'' studiously avoiding the word "public.'' It has become a dirty word, the agency said, associated with grimy bathrooms, dangerous housing, and lackluster schools.
The analysis cost $3,000.
The state school board did its best to sweep the issue under the rug at its meeting this month and distance itself from the concept, as did the Governor, who said in a letter to the board that she was "greatly disturbed.''
Campaign spokesmen for her Republican opponent in November, George W. Bush, called the matter "bureaucracy gone berserk.''
State education officials said the matter was an example of an attempt to spread good news gone bad.
Puerto Rico's experiment with a voucher program has become a pet cause of the private-school-choice movement in the United States. The commonwealth has been aided in the defense of its voucher plan by the Institute for Justice, a public-interest legal organization in Washington.
And last week, Jose Arsenio Torres, Puerto Rico's secretary of education, delivered a lecture about the voucher plan at the Heritage Foundation, a Washington think tank, contending that radical reforms are needed to break the "vested interests'' of the education establishment.
Mr. Torres said a 1993 reform law gives low-income familes vouchers worth up to $1,500, which can be used at public or private schools or for college courses.
Public schools enrolling voucher students get to use the money as a "premium,'' he said. Almost as many students have switched from private to public schools as from public to private, he said.
The local National Education Association affiliate challenged the plan, and a judge ruled that it violates provisions of the commonwealth's constitution that bar aid to private schools.
The commonwealth has appealed.--LONNIE HARP & MARK
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JOEL CHACE Engages
A Continuum of Force by Francesco Levato
(Moria Books / Locofo Chaps, Chicago, 2017)
This is the Author's Note to Francesco Levato's new chapbook, A Continuum of Force:
"A Continuum of Force is a documentary poetics project that examines the material implications of Latin American otherness as constructed through U.S. policy, specifically via the erasure of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Use of Force Policy, Guidelines and Procedures Handbook—a set of policies that discursively constructs a criminalized other while authorizing physical harm to that other. "
Poetic erasure projects have quite a long and often distinguished history. These erasures can take various forms, such as pages that resemble redactions (with their huge swaths of blacked out wording) or complete white-outs of all deleted wording (leaving the remaining text scattered over the page). One of the many things I like about Levato's erasure is that he preserves for the reader the entire original documents, faded but still visible, and bold faces the words and phrases that he wishes to foreground as his found text. In doing so, the poet literally exposes the governmental authors' actual intent (a word that Levato keeps highlighting) pulled out from all the rhetoric, lies, and doublespeak.
An example from page 1— (please note that the version below is formatted differently from what appears in Levanto's chapbook text)—
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is entrusted with the critical responsibility of protecting our nation's borders. This mandate carries with it the authority to use force up to and including the use of deadly force. The following policy provides guidance and parameters under which force may be used. It also provides the levels of oversight when force is used and the ongoing training and demonstration of decision making and skill surrounding the use of force.
A respect for human life and the communities we serve shall guide all employees in the performance of their duties. Authorized Officers and Agents should employ enforcement tactics and techniques that effectively bring an incident under control, while minimizing the risk for injury or property damage. The use of excessive force by CBP law enforcement personnel is strictly prohibited.
As CBP employees, this Handbook serves as your authoritative reference for firearms procedures and use of force related issues. By conforming to standard use of force policies, procedures, training, and equipment, Authorized Officers and Agents can more effectively protect themselves and the public they serve.
Authorized Officers and Agents who encounter use of force issues in the field that are not addressed in this Handbook are expected to exercise reasonable judgment.
CBP adheres to the Department of Homeland Security Policy on the Use of Deadly Force and the Department of Homeland Security Commitment to Nondiscriminatory Law Enforcement and Screening Activities policy statement, both of which are attached as appendices and referenced throughout the body of this Handbook.
"Excessive force" and "body" are among the others words/phrases that Levanto echoes throughout.
I may be reaching here, but "body," aside from—most importantly meaning the physical body that is violated, maimed, and destroyed—might also reference the body politic that is also hurt and diminished by the actions of those in power.
Finally, the "continuum of force" could lead us to consider that the power of resistance, of compassion, of clear mind can return us to genuine sanity.
Joel Chace has published work in print and electronic magazines such as The Tip of the Knife, Counterexample Poetics, OR, Country Music, Infinity's Kitchen, and Jacket. Most recent collections include Sharpsburg from Cy Gist Press, Blake's Tree from Blue & Yellow Dog Press, Whole Cloth from Avantacular Press, Red Power from Quarter After Press, Kansoz from Knives, Forks, and Spoons Press, Web Too from Tonerworks, War, and After, from BlazeVOX [books], and Scorpions from Unlikely Books.


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From Cheerios to Cocktails by Eileen Weber
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After School Clubs
Below is a list of all the after school clubs at Somerville.
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Below are some details of the clubs currently being run at Somerville Primary School.
Chess Club
I don't believe it! Chess Club has arrived at Somerville Primary School!!
Yes, that's right, Grandmasters are in the making at Somerville Chess Club. Children from year 4, 5 and 6 have been learning their pawn from their rook and their bishop from their king in a game of skill, brainpower and psychology as they battle to victory (or defeat!). Each week the children learn a new piece or a new tactic using logic and guile as they strain for victory in this classic duel. Excitement abounds as the Somerville Chess League is updated weekly; the winners climb the ladder and the losers nurse their wounds.
Somerville is looking for schools brave enough to challenge them to a battle to the end. Ad victorem spolias!!
We meet every friday Lunchtime in 4B!
Mr Bishop
Cheerleading Club
Find out what the club have been doing.
Last year some of our children in Year 3 took part in a Cheerleading Club. They had the opportunity to learn routines from an experienced dance teacher from Small Heath School.
The Club has been running every Tuesday after school since September. On 11th November, the Cheerleaders attended and performed in a Dance Festival in front of 150 other children ranging from Year 2 to Year 10. This was a very exciting afternoon as the Cheerleaders had the opportunity to see what other children were doing and show off their hard work.We performed in front of over 150 people!
Science Club
Wow! I wonder what experiments they've been doing.
Another club that takes place every Thursday is the science club. Within the science club children carry out investigations and experiments which give children the opportunity to have fun and research things they find interesting, developing their skills of scientific inquiry.
Every week we plan, carry out and then evaluate what we are investigating. So far in the science club we have made exploding volcanoes, investigated which size aeroplane flies the furthest and discussed what makes us unique, looking at our thumb prints and comparing them to one another's. Further investigation we have planned are; making invisible ink, using our senses to test chocolate, making parachutes and much more.
Cookery Club
Mmmm! What's been cooking?
Through the 'My Choice' programme run by LMSS, pupils from year 1-6 within the Small Heath Cluster have had the opportunity to attend an art and cookery club. Children from a number of schools in the cluster have attended the club at Somerville and have all enjoyed making new friends from different schools.
The cookery session has taken place every Thursday afternoon since September. Children had the opportunity to plan the different dishes they would cook and all had great fun using new ingredients and recipes each week.
Children have made cakes, biscuits, crumble, pasta and they even had a go at apple bobbing for an end of half term treat!
This year Early Years Foundation Stage will have the opportunity to attend Cookery Club with Mrs Rehman and Miss Bartlett. Look out for their delicious cakes!
Football Club
Year 6 have been improving their football skills.
As part of their regular weekly P.E. sessions, year 6 have been working with a football coach. The sessions last approximately thirty five minutes each and each class works with him during the course of the Thursday afternoon slot. The children enjoy the sessions, where they work on their ball control and general football skills. There is lots of opportunity for the children to develop and improve their personal skill levels and engage in teamwork/team building exercises.
J. Budden Y6
Canoe Club
That sounds like splashing fun!
Pupils within the Small Heath School Cluster are fortunate enough to be attending Canoeing and Water Safety lessons. The club currently runs out of Small Heath School on Thursday and takes place at Small Heath Leisure Centre at 3:45
Pupils are given the chance to learn basic water safety, including how to rescue people who have fallen in the water. We learn canoeing skills including penguin glides, how to capsize safely, recover an upturned canoe and make fast turns. Teamwork and mutual support is strongly encouraged.


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RPAC is a subcommittee of Government Affairs. The basic function of this committee is to stress the importance of RPAC to our industry to all NMAR members. The Committee operates under the leadership of the Committee Chair and the Government Affairs Director. The Committee is designed for fundraising for political candidates and strictly adheres to campaign regulations.
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Dolphin & Whale: The D&W is inspired by the Dolphin & Whale Eco-Research Network, a group working on environmental protection initiatives. It is translucent with blue highlights to represent the ocean, and it is engraved with the slogan "All Is One" on the back to represent the Network's feelings on life and nature. It features the solar battery, Multi-Band 5, rust resistance and standard G-Shock features.
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January Book Club
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I am super excited to share this month's book club pick! I think it's one of those stories that once you hear it, becomes near and dear to a knitter's heart. This month we will be featuring The Mitten by Jan Brett (affiliate link).
If you have never read this story I suggest you run out and get a copy right now! And then get a second copy because you'll be sad if something happens to the first. You know I teach kindergarten so of course I have multiples of certain titles. The Mitten is one of those stories. I probably have 4 copies in my classroom for student use, a hardcover, and then we have the board book version at home as well.
In this precious story, Jan Brett retells the folktale of Nikki who begs his grandmother to knit him mittens that are white like the snow. She finally agrees and as soon as he's out of the house, Nikki drops one in the snow just like his grandmother feared. Despite his misfortune, a wide range of forest animals use the opportunity to take shelter and warm up in the mitten (love the line, "But Baba's good knitting held fast." You get it, Baba!). I won't give away the end, because kids just love that part, but eventually there are just too many animals for the mitten and Nikki manages to find his mitten again, although a bit worse for wear.
One of the things that really makes Brett's books feel so special are the gorgeous illustrations she does. Each page is bright and vibrant with additional sidebar illustrations giving hints as to what else is happening at the same time, or what is to come. Besides being amazing to look at (it's a great opportunity to have children use the pictures to explain what is happening or recall an event), they also really help with making predictions ("what animal do you think will try to get in the mitten next?").
As I mentioned before, we have the board book at home. I LOVE board books for babies and toddlers but will warn, this is an abridged version of the original story. Still worth a look though. D loves it but this year we will be reading the hardcover version at home as well. There are also several other versions that we will look at here on the blog in the upcoming weeks.
Over the next few weeks I have a few great wintery ideas to share with you (even if you live where there is no snow! I'm totally jealous by the way!). Of course there will be a mitten pattern, which will be available hopefully before the end of next week. Stay tuned for some fun stuff and go check out a copy of The Mitten!


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Did you know that our building (3014 Dauphine St; New Orleans) narrowly escaped demolition in September 2012?
Those were dark times for the building. And we recently found some dark photos taken by New Orleans photographer Nathanael Sprague that brilliantly capture the moment's somber mood and the structure's dilapidated physical condition.
We've posted a handful of the photos here...but for additional striking images visit Nathanael's website: http://nspraguephotography.smugmug.com/Alberts-Warehouse/n-BbsQrm/
To see how 3014 Dauphine St looks post-renovation, stop by The Warehouse on any weekday from 9am-5pm. We think it's stunning now, but as artists (graphic artists, photographers, architects...) continue to join our coworking community, we'll enlist their efforts to help bring additional beauty to our space. In fact, we'll soon hang some of Nathanael's best pre-renovation prints in our front walkway to pay tribute to our history and our team's amazing work on this historic renovation.


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One of the last tracks on Skee Mask's Shred EP, Panorama is a wonderful breakbeat track which is both full of intense rhythmic manoeuvres and beautiful ambience.
The track begins with quietly with some off-beat percussion before the overarching ambient melody of the track begins – a simple yet constantly changing meandering synth which gives the whole track a 'natural' feel.The main underlying breakbeat then comes in, and Skee Mask does a brilliant job of balancing the varying intensities of the percussion with the gyrating textures of the synths.
Skee mask has done an incredible job with not only this track but the whole EP, and with Panorama he has managed to create a track that is both a ambient and chaotic at the same time.


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So this semester I enrolled in a cross-disciplinary project called Inventing the Future. It's a pilot program to help students develop skills in creating the future. Taking students from all areas including science, business, engineering and design, it taught me skills in working across different skills and collaboration between faculties. We were recently featured on the University of Sydney website which you can have a look here.
My team worked on finding a use for nano-satellites that benefited the community in Australia. You can also check out the video below highlight the program. I'll post more details of our project as it nears its completion.


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Daddy Cool
– I'll Never Smile Again/ Daddy Rocks Off, '72 (Reprise 1090) (Scans found for both sides. Promo label has 'I'll Never Smile Again on both sides.)
– Daddy Rocks Off, 72 (Reprise LP 2088 1-2)
– I'll Never Smile Again, '72 (Reprise LP 2088 1-4) (Scan was from Reprise disc.)
Daddy Cool – 'Sex, Dope, Rock N' Roll: Teenage Heaven LP (Sparmac Productions-Australia)
Side 1: Hi Honey Ho, Daddy Rocks Off, Please Please America (Hear My Plea), Sixty Minute Man, Baby Let Me Bang Your Box. (Reprise 2088 has I'll Never Smile Again as 1-4 instead of Sixty Minute Man.)
Side 2: Teen Love, Drive In Movie, Love In An F.J., Donna Forgive Me, Make Your Stash.
Gms: Ross Wilson, Ross Hanford, Jerry No-one, Wayne Duncan, Gary Young.
The Australian rock band has many doowop covers. daddycool.com.au has their story.


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Current sensing is used to perform two essential circuit functions. First, it is used to measure "how much" current is flowing in a circuit, which may be used to make decisions about turning off peripheral loads to conserve power or to return operation to normal limits. A second function is to determine when it is a "too much" or a fault condition. If current exceeds safe limits, a software or hardware interlock condition is met and provides a signal to turn off the application, perhaps a motor in a stalled condition or short circuit. It is essential to choose the appropriate technology with the necessary robustness to properly withstand the extreme conditions that can exist during a fault.
A signal to indicate the "how much" condition and the "too much" condition is available in a variety of measurement methods:
Resistive (Direct)
a. Current Sense Resistors
b. Inductor DC resistance
Magnetic (Indirect)
a. Current Transformer
b. Rogowski Coil
c. Hall Effect Device
Transistor (Direct)
a. RDS(ON)
b. Ratio-metric
Each method has advantages for current measurement, but also comes with tradeoffs that can be critical to the end reliability of the application. They can also be classified into two main categories of measurement methods; direct or indirect. The direct method means that it is connected directly in the circuit being measured and that the measurement components are exposed to the line voltage, whereas the indirect method provides isolation that may be necessary for design safety.
Current Sense Resistor
The resistor is a direct method of current measurement that has the benefit of simplicity and linearity. The current sense resistor is placed in line with the current being measured and the resultant current flow causes a small amount of power to be converted into heat. This power conversion is what provides the voltage signal. Other than the favorable characteristics of simplicity and linearity, the current sense resistor is a cost-effective solution with stable Temperature Coefficient of Resistance (TCR) of < 100 ppm/°C or 0.01% /°C and does not suffer the potential of avalanche multiplication or thermal runaway. Additionally, the existence of low resistance (< 1 mΩ is available) metal alloy current sense products offer superior surge performance for reliable protection during short circuit and overcurrent events.
Inductor DC resistance
The DC resistance of an inductor can also be used to provide a resistive current measurement. This method is considered "lossless" because of the low resistance value of the copper, typically < 1 mΩ and because it is providing a secondary use of an existing component. In higher current applications; a 30 amp current would provide a 30 mV signal for a 1 mΩ resistance value. This method has two drawbacks; first copper has a high TCR (temperature coefficient of resistivity) of approximately 3900 ppm, which causes the resistance value to increase by 39% for a 100°C rise above room temperature. Because of this high TCR, the temperature must be monitored and compensated to provide an acceptable current measurement. The second drawback is the variance in the resistance of the copper due to dimensional changes that occur due to the conductor being wider or thinner from one lot to the next.
Current Transformer
A current transformer's three key advantages are that it provides isolation from the line voltage, provides lossless current measurement, and the signal voltage can be large providing a measure of noise immunity. This indirect current measurement method requires a changing current, such as an AC, transient current, or switched DC; to provide a changing magnetic field that is magnetically coupled into the secondary windings (Fig. 1). The secondary measurement voltage can be scaled according to the turns ratio between the primary and secondary windings. This measurement method is considered "lossless" because the circuit current passes through the copper windings with very little resistive losses. However, a small amount of power is lost due to transformer losses from the burden resistor, core losses, and primary and secondary DC resistance.
Rogowski Coil
The Rogowski coil is similar to a current transformer in that a voltage is induced into a secondary coil that is proportional to the current flow through an isolated conductor. The exception is that the Rogowski coil, (Fig. 2), is an air core design as opposed to the current transformer that relies upon a high permeability core, such as a laminated steel, to magnetically couple to a secondary winding. The air core design has a lower inductance providing a faster signal response and very linear signal voltage. Because of its design, it is often used as a temporary current measurement method on existing wiring such as a handheld meter. This could be considered a lower cost alternate to the current transformer.
Hall Effect
When a current carrying conductor is placed in a magnetic field, as shown in Fig. 3, a difference in potential occurs perpendicular to the magnetic field and the direction of current flow. This potential is proportional to the magnitude of the current flow. When there is no magnetic field and current flow exists, then there is no difference in potential. However, when a magnetic field and current flow exists the charges interact with the magnetic field, causing the current distribution to change, which creates the Hall voltage.
The advantage of Hall effect devices is that they are capable of measuring large currents with low power dissipation. However, there are numerous drawbacks that can limit their use, including non-linear temperature drift requiring compensation, limited bandwidth, low range current detection requires a large offset voltage that can lead to error, susceptibility to external magnetic fields, and high cost.
Transistors are considered a "lossless" overcurrent detection method since they are standard control components to the circuit design and no further resistance or power dissipating devices are required to provide a control signal. Transistor datasheets provide the on-resistance for the drain-to-source, RDS(ON), with a typical resistance in the mΩ range for power MOSFETs (Fig. 4). This resistance comprises several components that begin with the leads connecting to the semiconductor die through the resistance that makes up the numerous channel characteristics. Based on this information, the current passing through the MOSFET can be determined by ILoad = VRDS(ON) / RDS(ON).
Each constituent of the RDS(ON) contributes to measurement error that is due to minor variations in the resistances of the interface regions and TCR effects. The TCR effects can be partially compensated by measuring temperature and correcting the measured voltage with anticipated change in resistance due to temperature. Often times, the TCR for MOSFETs can be as large as 4000 ppm / °C, which is equivalent to a 40% change in resistance for 100°C rise. Generally, this method provides a signal with approximately 10% to 20% accuracy. Depending on the accuracy requirements, this may be an acceptable range for providing overcurrent protection.
Ratio Metric Current Sense MOSFETs
The MOSFET consists of thousands of parallel transistor cells that reduce the on-resistance. The current sensing MOSFET shown in Fig. 5 uses a small portion of the parallel cells and connects to the common Gate and Drain, but separate Source. This creates a second isolated transistor; a "Sense" transistor. When the transistor is turned on, the current through the sense transistor will be a ratio comparable to the main current through the other cells.
Depending on the transistor product, the accuracy tolerance range can vary from as low as 5% or as wide as 15% - 20%. This is not suitable for current control applications that typically require 1% measurement accuracy, but is intended for overcurrent and short circuit protection.
Resistor technology benefits
Thin Film is not typically used for current sense applications, but is included in this discussion to provide breadth to the topic. Generally these resistive products are for precision applications because of the resistive layer ranges from 0.000001 in. to 0.000004 in. thick. They are quite surge-tolerant in the appropriate application, but are not designed for the high currents typically associated with the applications mentioned here.
Thick Film, typically 0.0005 to 0.002 in. thick, is nearly 100 times thicker than Thin Film. The increased thickness equates to a greater mass that is better able to carry the relatively high currents and dissipate the heat across the substrate, as well as better able to manage transients. Another advantage of the Thick Film products is the flexibility to request standard resistance values because of the process efficiency of laser trimming. The tradeoff of Thick Film is that these products are not as capable of the very tight tolerances of Thin Film products.
Foil technology has a larger cross section still and is a uniform resistive alloy, which is different from the Thick Film technology that employs resistive materials suspended in a glass matrix. By comparison, the foils tend to withstand larger surge transients as compared to the previous versions. The principle advantage with this technology is the low range ohmic values with low TCRs.
Bulk alloy resistor technology has the greatest surge tolerance because of its large current carrying mass. It is available in resistance values as low as 0.000 5 Ω with low TCR. Bulk alloy tends to be the best choice for high current power supplies, or for where fault conditions can result in extreme currents. These products do not have as wide of a resistance offering as the Thick Film products, because the resistor alloy has limited resistivities to reach high range values, as well as needing the mechanical strength to tolerate process handling.
Product-Specific Features
High--current applications require the resistance value to be very low to minimize power losses and yet provide the necessary signal level to provide a voltage signal high enough to exceed noise levels. These low ohmic values often times need a four-terminal connection to reduce errors that may result due to the contact resistance that occurs when the part is mounted to the board.
The CSL (Fig. 6a) offers four terminals by design, but other standard surface mount devices can benefit from a four-terminal pad design. These parts offer physically separated connection points for current and voltage, which reduces contact related measurement error. In the case of the CSL the current will flow through the inner pins and voltage is sensed on the outer pins and is recommended for best accuracy with the LRF3W to be configured as a cross flow arrangement with current on diametrically opposing corners (e.g., pin 2 to pin 3).
The pad layout (Fig. 6b) creates separate regions for measuring signal voltage from the current carrying portion, which reduces error. Pad Design 1 illustrates one method that creates an isolated pad region within the pad layout, but this design may reduce the pad area below necessary limits to carry high currents through the copper trace. Pad Design 2 uses a plated through hole to connect under the pad and connects to an internal or outer trace for measurement; this maximizes the pad space to carry current to the resistor. The contact point places the signal line as close to the current channel as possible; minimizing measurement error.
Thermal Isolation
|Measurement Method
|EMI(Tamper Resistance)
|Resistive (Direct)
|Sense Resistor
|Inductor DC Resistance
|Transistor (Direct)
|Ratio metric
|Magnetic (Indirect)
|Current Transformer
|Rogowski Coil
|Hall Effect
The OARS (Open Air Resistor Surface Mount) is a unique design that elevates the hot spot of the resistive material well above the circuit board material. This places the hottest region of the part into the available airstream, which dissipates the maximum amount of heat energy to the air instead of the PCB.
This provides two key advantages for thermal design, which affects the PCB material and the other neighboring power or semiconductor components. Typical FR4 PCB material is only rated to 130°C; a power resistor that is traditionally against the board could cause damage to the material during power excursions or reduces the upper temperature performance limits of the circuit. An elevated current sense prevents damage to the circuit material and permits the solder joint to run cooler. The second benefit by dissipating the heat to the air instead of the PCB is the improved performance of nearby heat-affected devices. These effects may include lifetime rating, power handling, luminous output, accuracy, and reliability.
The thermal images shown in Fig. 7 help illustrate the isolation performance of the OAR and OARS products. These tests were conducted on FR4 board material with no ambient airflow; airflow would improve system thermal performance. Observe the temperature of the solder joint with respect to the hot spot. These temperatures are based on reaching thermal equilibrium, however in the application these results may be extended to be considered as the thermal performance characteristics for an overcurrent protection condition. The FR4 will not exceed its temperature rating, though extreme circuit conditions exist.
Solder Joint Stress
The OARS resistive product family's elevated and curved construction permits the resistor to flex. This construction reduces the stress generated by differences in thermal expansion coefficients between the heat producing metal and the dissipating circuit board material. Surface mount components that are flat and parallel to the circuit board will apply shear forces to the solder joint that can lead to failure or changes in performance. In high thermal cycling applications, the OARS has been preferred to other similar all-metal construction parts because of this flexibility feature (Fig. 8).
The LRF3W (Fig. 9) from TT electronics provides several design benefits derived from its 1225 aspect ratio with the termination along the long side of the component. The side termination extends the power rating to 3 Watts, eliminating the need to reduce the circuit traces as required by the traditional 2512 footprint. It also reduces solder joint stresses due to differences in the temperature coefficient of expansion between the ceramic and PCB material. The 1225 aspect ratio reduces the distance between the center / hot spot region of the part and the thermally dissipative circuit board material. This permits a high 3W rating and lessens the stress on the solder joint due to the differences in the temperature coefficients of expansion between the ceramic substrate and the thermal mass of the printed circuit board material.
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About TDI
TDI (formally known as Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. ) was established in 1968 originally to promote further distribution of TTYs in the deaf community and to publish an annual national directory of TTY numbers. Today, it is an active national advocacy organization focusing its energies and resources to address equal access issues in telecommunications and media for people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, late-deafened, and deaf-blind.
We see a world where people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, late-deafened, and deaf-blind have full access to all forms of information, entertainment and telecommunications, thus enabling them to have the same opportunities as everyone else to fully participate in society.
TDI provides leadership and advocacy in achieving equal access to telecommunications, media, and information technologies for deaf, hard-of-hearing, late-deafened, and deaf-blind people.
TDI Activities
- Educate consumers and encourage their involvement in the continuing struggle for accessible telecommunications, media, and information technologies
- Provide technical assistance and consulting to industry, organizations, and individuals
- Encourage accessible applications of existing and emerging technologies in all sectors of the community
- Promote the uniformity of standards for telecommunications, media, and information technologies
- Network and collaborate with other disability organizations, government, industry and academia
- Develop and advocate for national policies that support accessible technology
- Publish the TDI World quarterly magazine
- Publish the annual TDI National Directory and Resource Guide, also known as The Blue Book.
- Disseminate TDI eNotes to members and friends of TDI with up-to-date news and action alerts.
- Host biennial conferences in different locations throughout the United States in odd-numbered years.


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I Lost $150 Dollars On That 9-Ball Shot
I grew up with a pool table in our home. I can say it was a family past time. Often my friends would come over and we would stay up all night watching Kung Fu movies, drinking soda pop, and shooting pool downstairs in our basement. As long as I can remember the sound of billiard balls caroming off one other was part of the soundtrack of my life. Not to mention the sound of thunderbolt breaks and balls flying off the table pretending to be basketballs on our concrete floor. Despite being born with one hand I shot a very good game of "stick." I actually started to make a little bit of money as a pool player as I got older. In High School I would often find myself gambling with some of the other students at this seedy pool hall in my hometown of South Bend, Indiana. I suppose the idea of a "one-handed player" made me seem like easy prey. Little did they know I was the pool shark. But it was not until college I took a deeper step into the world of pocket billiards. Blog #23 of "40 Blogs in 40 Days about 40 Podcasts" shares the scenario of when I lost $150 on a 9-Ball shot gambling at pocket billiards.
I found a job at the Indiana University Student Union bowling alley and pool hall. I mostly worked the bowling side as a "pin setting." However, I did spend a lot of time working the desk on the pool hall side. The main reason why I sought the job to support my love of pocket billiards. The great job perk was getting all my pool time for free. I think in my first two years of college I majored in the "Science of Pocket Billiards" with a minor in gambling. I spent more time shooting pool then studying. It was at those years I started to take professional billiard lessons. As a result my pool shooting skills truly started to deepen. While at Indiana University I was ranked top 20 in the nation at colligate pocket billiards. I made a lot of money as a one-handed pool shark. I hustled a lot, went to a lot of competitions, and did a lot of traveling "looking for action" and gambling.
All that aside, I just love to shoot pool. I so deeply enjoyed the art and science of pocket billiards. One Pocket and Straight Pool were my favorite games to play. The game of 9-Ball was always a fast paced, high action money game. But I loved them all, 8-ball, snooker and 3-cushion included. If it had balls, cushions, sticks and a table I was all about it. I just loved to play with friends relaxing and drinking beer. And sometimes I would gamble with them. In college I reconnected with a high school friend and we grew closer as both friends and rivals on the pool table.
His name was Maximillian but we all just called him Max. He loved to shoot pool and gamble. We always had such a great time playing pool together. But when we started to play for money the intensity and the volume would increase. And this time it drew a crowd. We had people watching, rooting, and cheering. The match was tied 6-to-6 in a race to seven in the game of 9-Ball with $75 on the line. Now most of the time I usually beat Max. But today this guy was on fire and shooting a fine game of 9-Ball. He was giving me a run for my money. The steaks were high and the intensity was a special kind of thick. I just knew that if I got to the table I needed to "run out" and sink the 9-ball for victory. I did not want to lose money to Max and certainly not in front of this crowd. At some point before the final break shot Max asked, "double or nothing?!" Knowing I was the better player I took him up on his request.
Being the superior player is always a good place to be as long as you are the one at the table shooting. I took the break shot and sank a ball. I then started on the 1-ball then off to the 2-ball. Not leaving myself in a good position I was unable to pocket the 3-ball. I sat down and Max got to the table. He looked liked he was glowing with a shine of confidence. I had a not-so-good outlook on the situation as I sensed Max was feeling the mojo. With the swagger of a champion he approached the table, addressed the cue ball, then immediately sank the 3-Ball. He started to run and looked as if would never stop. Next was a crazy lucky bank shot on the 4-Ball that kept him running the rack. Then two very difficult shots that on most days Max would of missed, but not today. This guy was unstoppable!! He was excited and feeling confident with the momentum of this high energy crazy lucky game seven. Somehow he made the 8-Ball and lined straight in on a long winning 9-ball shot.
Without breaking his stride he chalked his pool stick and set up for his final shot. Things we almost moving in slow motion for me. The sound of the pool hall and the people watching slipped in a dull hum of background noise. As Max was lining up the shot and taking his practice strokes I saw his back hand tremor and shake a bit as he completed his backswing. For a moment I had a glimmer of hope in his ever so small telegraphed sign of nervousness. For the tiniest moment, time seemed to stop. Just then Max released his final stroke like a catapult. What happened next is probably the most unbelievably lucky and absolutely insane 9-Ball shot I have ever seen live and in person. With my jaw on the floor, people cheering and screaming, and Max smiling ear-to-ear I had to accept defeat. Though it was worth it to see it live, that one shot cost me $150 dollars.
To listen to the story of this winning 9-Ball shot I invite you to click and listen to my One Hand Speaks Storytelling Podcast Episode OHS031. Please feel free to share this blog or my podcast and I ask you to offer a comment with your opinion and feedback! Thanks!


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The Boston Marathon Race Re-cap
I gave it a couple days to write my race re-cap because I wanted time to reflect. It wasn't my day.. it wasn't anyone's' day really. The weather made the "perfect" marathon an impossibility. While I am really disappointed, I have used the time since Monday at 1:45 to focus on the positives: I got to run in the most iconic road marathon in the world. I was cheered on by the most supportive city in the world. I got to run with my idol for about 2 minutes. I received unbelievable support from my friends, family and an entire tribe of people who didn't even know me but supported me because I was wearing a November Project shirt.I finished. I PR'd by a minute. I discovered a whole new level of strength I didn't know I had. Here is the Play by play: The first 10K
The first 10K went pretty perfectly. The first mile was a little slow because of the crowds, but I wasn't too concerned and knew the slower pace would help me out later on. I started with an ear warmer and some cheap kids gloves I bought at CVS the night before, but discarded the gloves by mile 3. I felt some minor discomfort in my back, but nothing to cause much concern. I was hitting just slightly faster than my goal pace and overall felt really smooth and comfortable. By mile 6 though, the small discomfort in my back became more noticeable and was starting to distract me. I had my first honey stinger and some water here to stave off disaster later on.
10K - Halfway
The second 10K started out ok but was also the beginning of the end. I caught up to Lauren, a fellow Husky alum and co-leader of the San Diego tribe around mile 10. We ran together for a couple of miles and were still relatively comfortable and able to chat bit and of course make some funny faces for the camera but my ability to hold the pace started to wain by the time we reached Wellesley. I told myself I could put music on at mile 11, but then told myself to wait until after we went through Wellesley because the crowd there is amazing. Then I made myself wait until after the half. I started noticing pace creep right before the half, but was still on track for the 3:05 I was aiming for.
Half - Newton
This was where things started to really go south for me. It was getting colder, the rain was picking up and a nasty headwind started to pick up. The streets were also noticeably less packed with cheering fans than last year and I finally succumbed to my desire for a distraction and put my headphones in around mile 15. I had my second honey stinger around mile 14 and made sure to have water even though I didn't feel like I needed it. The hills in Newton really didn't feel that bad on my legs or my breathing but I was in so much pain by this point I slowed down a lot. I let go of the 3:05 around mile 15 once I saw the split time on my watch, but held onto hope for 3:10 at mile 16 when I clocked close to where I was supposed to be. Mile 17 was a killer though and by the time I got to mile 18 I was seriously contemplating dropping out at the November Project cheer station. I head them before I saw them but the second I got there I started crying and knew I had to keep pushing. Two of my staple San Francisco ladies jumped in with me but I was in so much pain I didn't even notice who the second one was (sorry Sasha!). My ex team mate Laura ran with me for a little bit and tried to talk me down from the ledge, I had given up on all time goals and just wanted to finish. I knew she was lying about me being close to the two girls I was chasing but it didn't matter. The fact that she believed in me enough to try to convince me I could catch them was enough. I pushed on and by the time I crested Heartbreak Hill, I knew I was going to make it, and that I actually still had the chance to PR.
The Final 10K or so
The final 5-6 miles were a roller coaster.. which is clearly shown in my splits. It is all downhill from mile 21 on and my quads felt fine, probably because of the extremely decreased speed of the previous 6 miles, so in theory I should have been able to let go and fly down into Boston. I have waves of being able to just let go of the pain and waves of it coming back with a vengeance. By this point, I was really regretting dropping my gloves and was extremely cold. I figured the faster I could get to the finish the sooner this would be over. Every step was excruciating and I was making some really unattractive grunts and some pretty epic grimace faces. I had kind of forgotten how soon the turn into Hereford is after we go under Mass Ave, so was pleasantly surprised to find myself so close to the end. Once we turned onto Boylston street, I was feeling the runner's high for sure and some amazing photographer captured what is probably my most favorite race photo to date. I really pushed in that last 1000 meters down Boylston and kind of couldn't believe I could stop running once I crossed the finish line.
However anyone who has run Boston knows the hardest part was actually just beginning. I immediately started shivering so intensely my entire body was convulsing, and the pain I felt while running was actually nothing compared to walking. The finisher's chute feels like some form of cruel and unusual punishment and by the time I got the cape around me I was so cold I could barely function. Several medical volunteers asked if I needed help and I should have said yes but I wasn't thinking straight and all I could focus on was getting back to my air bnb and getting in the shower. It took me over 45 minutes to walk the mile to the apartment I was staying in and I had to stop and cry several times. I made it, pretty much entirely thanks to the grandpa who was walking behind me with his 3 year old grandson basically pep talking me.
Once I got warm and dry, the reality of the morning started to set it. I was really upset with the performance and the result. I know I had 3:05 in me even with the weather conditions and it was hard not to feel like I had let all the people who were supporting me down. But after what felt like hundreds of supportive text messages, phone calls, emails and facebook messages I realized I hadn't let anybody down, especially not myself. I had a blast training the way I did and I found ways to smile and enjoy what was a really difficult physical and mental test. I learned I have a whole other level of strength and endurance in me that I know will come in handy in my next marathon. I also know I have unfinished business in Boston (still) and that I will be back next year.


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All of us has dreams and these dreams may come in the form of a job, a building that you are willing to construct, travelling to a certain destination and in so many other ways. If you are having a certain dream, you should always give your best in making your dream come true because when you have worked hard for your dreams to come true, you will be able to experience what true happiness is.
If there is a dream that involves constructing a building, you have to make sure that you pay attention to even the smallest detail. The building that you are constructing may have a major role to play in making your dreams come true. When you are constructing a building, it is always best to take the expert advice and help from a good concreting services in Brisbane because the foundation that you give into the building that you are constructing will decide on the life span of your building.
Get the start right
Every little detail about the building that you are constructing matters because if you miss even a tiny detail, you may be making huge differences from what you are planning. Always get the help from the professional concreters because the concrete used on your building and the quality of the work done will affect tour final output.
Know your budget
Before you get into anything, you need to have a proper idea about your budget. Make sure that all the products and services that you purchase or the products and services that you are planning to purchase fit the bill. If you don't stick to a budget and if you don't know where you are heading with your money management, you will have to face a lot of problems and you might not get the work done in the required quality.
The interior
When you have fully constructed your building, the next challenge is the interior. If you don't maintain a proper in interior of the building, the money, the time and the man power used in erecting the building will go to waste. The interior that you use might change on the purpose of the building. Make sure that you do the right research and decide on what type of an interior you really want. The colors that you use on the walls, the furniture, the flooring, and every other slightest detail plays a major role in deciding the way that you feel. Another thing that you have to keep in your mind is that the interior affects the way that you feel.


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L I Q U I D Y / Henna Jula & Bogna Luiza Wisniewska / Exhibition Laboratory Project Room / Helsinki / 2015
L I Q U I D Y / Henna Jula & Bogna Luiza Wisniewska / Exhibition Laboratory Project Room / Helsinki / 2015
multiply / oil / 32 cm in diameter / 2015 / photo: Hannu Iso-Oja
LIQUIDY is a collaborative exhibition by Henna Jula and Bogna Luiza Wisniewska. Their paintings are placed in the gallery space of Exhibition Laboratory Project Room in September 2015.
Nature, plant and water subjects are starting points for Henna Julas paintings; reflections and the depth of water construct the space in the works. The paintings in the exhibition relate to nature as it is seen through the lens of a device such as a camera or a microscope. Through different optical instruments or eyes the colours are intensified, filtered into black and white or even become reversed, negative. The light passes through the elements and reveals their transparency. Both in a small and big scale, similar kinds of shapes and structures seem to appear.


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As a thesis student in NYU's graduate film program, Desiree Akhavan '07 had an assignment last year to make a short film for a directing class: no parameters, no requirements, just make something. "I spent the entire semester talking smack with my girlfriend until suddenly I had a public screening coming up for a film I hadn't made," she says. "It was at this point that my girlfriend suggested we film one of our smack-talking conversations and call it a film." The result was Episode 1 of The Slope, which has since grown into an ongoing Web series that pokes fun at lesbian life in Brooklyn.
|Ingrid Jungermann and Desiree Akhavan '07, creators of the Web comedy series The Slope.
Akhavan and her now ex-girlfriend, Ingrid Jungermann, are The Slope's writers, directors, actors, and editors. So far they've made eight episodes of the show, whose waggish sensibility has more in common with the dry, sometimes offensive humor of Curb Your Enthusiasm than the earnest, lesbian empowerment of The L Word. The episodes are short—just three or four minutes each—making it possible to watch the entire first season in about half an hour. The women have already outlined the eight episodes that will make up season two (one plot line may spoof West Side Story, with Brooklyn lesbians facing off against Manhattan lesbians), and Akhavan is currently writing a feature-film script based on The Slope. Here, the Iranian-American filmmaker riffs on funny women, the perils of mixing personal and professional, and more.
Smith and film There weren't many film classes when I was at Smith, so I found myself taking a lot of classes at the other schools in the Five College consortium. That is how I know, for a fact, that Smithies are much cooler than the students at Mount Holyoke.
Her comedy heroes I like unapologetic women. Sarah Silverman, Amy Poehler, and Maya Rudolph are people I never grow tired of watching. I'm also a big fan of Louis C.K., who walks the fine line between funny and tragic.
The Slope: Autobiography or fiction? Fiction. The show is inspired by our experiences, but we aren't those characters, and none of the events or conversations are taken from life.
Working with a girlfriend-turned-ex-girlfriend I don't recommend it.
Creative fundraising Now that the film-distribution model is changing, filmmakers are communicating more directly with their audiences. Donating money to a project you believe in is like casting a vote. We decided to fund our second season through a Website called Kickstarter. We had 45 days to raise $8,000, or the campaign would be a failure and all the pledged money would go back to the donors. We didn't make very much progress for the first 30 days, so I decided to give it everything I had by making videos, writing updates to fans that had already donated, having a fundraising party. It all came together by the last day, and we made our goal.
The project and her parents I get a lot of love and support from my family. That said, they wish it were less gay.
Real lesbian life in Brooklyn Never in my life have I been so aware of being a cliché. And it's not a lesbian thing, it's living in Brooklyn as a young person in a creative field. I'll leave the house in the morning thinking I'm unique and off to march to the beat of my own drum, and by the time I get home I've seen eight other Iranian-American bisexual filmmakers with the same boots on and more expensive haircuts.
Her day job Starting in January, I'll be teaching filmmaking at Video Kid Brooklyn, an afterschool program in Park Slope. I'm also working on a young-adult novel.
What's next We're making a movie! Ingrid and I are writing a feature based on The Slope, which we hope to shoot this summer. It's going to be a fun buddy movie in the vein of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.
Christina Barber-Just is a writer in western Massachusetts and is a frequent contributor to the SAQ and the AASC Website.


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Layla Burke will celebrate her fourth birthday on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013.
Burke, daughter of Jeremy Burke, of Apalachicola, and Tina Bellew, of Thomasville, Ga., will join in the celebration with her older sister, Iolana.
Maternal grandparents are John and Sonya Bellew, of Apalachicola.
Paternal grandparents are David and Beverly Burke, of Apalachicola. Paternal great-grandparents are Belvin and Johnnie Bryant, of Apalachicola.


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Published at Wednesday, April 24th, 2019 - 17:56:28 PM. Furniture. By Bernyce Lapierre.
Futons. Futons are an Asian invention. They are normally made from multiple layers of fibre or cotton. In the UK they are popular with younger people who are on a very tight budget as they are very affordable. The mattresses can be used on the floor or a frame can be purchased to make it more of a bed.
The firmness of a memory foam mattress is used in defining comfort. A memory foam mattress can be firm to supple. Because your weight is distributed evenly over a memory foam mattress, you get a firm feeling without your hips, back, and joints being compromised. And because a memory foam mattress adapts to your body heat, your body gets the cradling support it requires. Almost every Memory Foam Mattress is temperature sensitive. At lower temperatures, the mattress is firmer or more viscous while at higher temperatures, the memory foam mattress is softer making the mattress more comforting, as it is more elastic. The mattresss temperature sensitivity is responsible for the melting feeling you have whenever you are lying on it and this accentuates the foams molding affect. This is another thing that a spring mattress does not have. A spring mattress does not react to the heat of the users body. When it comes to maintenance, a spring mattress has to be rotated once in a while, preferably once every three months. This is done to even the wear and it is important that you avoid bending or folding the mattress. With a memory foam mattress on the other hand, you do not have to flip it over or rotate it: it virtually requires no maintenance.
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Economic forecasts slashed in wake of Leave vote
Economists have cut their UK GDP growth forecasts and predict interest rates will halve in the wake of the UK vote to leave the European Union.
Economists have cut their UK GDP growth forecasts and predict interest rates will halve in the wake of the UK vote to leave the European Union.
Yesterday's referendum resulted in 52 per cent of voters favouring a Brexit that will end the UK's 43-year membership of the EU.
IHS has cut its GDP growth forecasts to 1.5 per cent from 2 per cent for 2016, 0.2 per cent from 2.4 per cent for 2017 and 1.3 per cent from 2.3 per cent for 2018.
Chief UK and European economist Howard Archer says: "Financial sector activity in the City of London may well be hit quickly. Foreign investment into the United Kingdom is expected to suffer (both direct and portfolio).
"Sterling has fallen sharply following the vote to leave the European Union; and while this should help UK exports, it will likely push up inflation thereby squeezing consumer purchasing power and lifting companies' input costs."
The firm also expects the Bank of England to cut interest rates from 0.5 per cent to 0.25 per cent as well as predicting it will "resuscitate" quantitative easing.
Archer adds: "The Bank of England will likely take the view that the weakened growth outlook means it will be harder to hit the 2 per cent inflation target in two years' time.
"Of course, the Bank of England's position may well be made even harder if there is a sharp flight of capital from the UK after the EU exit vote, thereby exerting pressure for higher interest rates to attract the inward investment that is needed to finance the large current account deficit."
Centre for Business and Economic Research managing economist Danae Kyriakopoulou says: "Looking further out to the medium term, the UK's absence in European policymaking will also influence the direction of many EU policies.
"Traditionally, the UK has argued for a more liberal approach to economic policy with an emphasis on deregulation. This is likely to continue even without the UK's free market voice."
Capital Economics chief European economist Jonathan Loynes says the "ultimate damage" from Brexit will be less than what the "more pessimistic" projections have predicted.
Loynes says: "After all, the UK will remain inside the EU for at least two years and possibly longer. This will allow time to clear up some uncertainties, not least over the UK's future trading relationship with the remainder of the EU and the rest of the world. Meanwhile, although sterling's decline will lift inflation, it should also help to protect the export sector."


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With the new ability for users to stream live video, Instagram and Facebook have both began to encroach on Snapchat's long held territory.
The ability to share a personal video, a snapshot of a person's experience or a window into their lives was how Snapchat revolutionized the social media world. Users were able to communicate with each other through shared sights and experiences. Instead of sending text messaged to explain what was going on, users had the ability to show their surroundings in live time. It didn't take long for Instagram to see that a picture is worth a thousand words, but a video is worth ten million. So they decided to allow users to post photos as well as minute long videos.


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Movie Review: S Diary
"A very well-written love story with a good measure of soundtrack, talented cast and fantastic cinematography."
S-Diary immediately raised to the top of my must-watch list as the credit rolls up the screen. Not because my favourite actress, Kim Sun-An, is staring in it. Neither is it because the hot cute guy I like, Gong Yoo, has a shirtless scene in the movie. But it's because S-Diary is indeed a very well produced masterpiece.
The story begins with Jini (starring Kim Sun-An, the same lead actress in Kim Sam Soon) who just got laid off by her current boyfriend because he has issue with her high level of commitment requirement. He challenges her to ask all the boyfriend she ever had previously if they have really loved her in the past. Initially, she thinks it is a stupid idea. But as she reads her diary on the love life which she has been through, she realises that perhaps, the only way to cure this commitment freak living inside of her is to face the past. And so, she started writing letters to her ex-boyfriends to claim what they owe her.
S-Diary highlights the different kind of love we experience in life. It could be a teenage crush, one-off fling or simply dating younger guys – every step of the way influences the way we approach love in the days ahead of us. It also reminds us that if we have to do something in order to move on from a past love, we have to do it. It's only fair to ourselves and to the ones we have once loved.
This is a must-watch for all Korean film lovers and for those who truly believe in love.
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I made this card for a work colleague who wanted a birthday card for his daughter who is turning 15 years old this coming week. She likes music so I decided to used several music-related stamp sets I have from Gina K and Taylored Expressions. He also said she likes blue and green, so I decided to use the June Color Play combo on the PTI Color Play Projects pinterest board. What a great color combo!
Here is the great sketch at CAS(e) this Sketch:
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Cardstock: PTI Stamper's White
Patterned Paper: PTI Hawaiian Shores, Green Leaf, Lemon Tart, Enchanted Evening petite polka dot
Stamps: Taylored Expressions You're My Hero, Gina K Live Life Loud (retired) and Gleefully Yours (retired)
Ink: PTI Lemon Tart, Green Leaf, Hawaiian Shores and Enchanted Evening, Memento Tuxedo Black
Other: MFT Fishtail Flags and Layers dies
Size: 5.5" x 4.25"


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Real estate business has been greatly emerging at a high pace. People who want to make some quick money are now opting for this business. More and more investors and dealers are now rising to look for the best possible deals, in which they can invest into. However, looking for good deals is certainly not an easy process, given the hikes in the prices of various property, and the availability of such properties. It is a tiring process in whole, as the person has to visit various properties, check them and the surroundings, verify all the documents etc. It is even difficult for people who are not full-time investors and do this as a side-job. Even if one plans his schedule accordingly, it is not guaranteed how much time inspecting a property will take. Due to this, it is best to opt for internet to find the best solutions.
Working Of Real Estate Websites
This best solution is given in the form of real estate websites. These websites deal in the buying and selling of properties all across the country. Properties are categorized under cities, and one can book various properties in different cities with the help of these websites. People can also further filter the search results by using the advanced search option. One needs to fill in his or her criteria, and according to those criteria, the best possible results will be displayed on the screen. Users can then check the property and its details, along with the images of the property. Contact details of the users can be found on this screen as well, and if one is interested in a property, he or she can directly contact the property owner.
Safety Concerns
If you are not sure about the safety of this website, you should be. Each deal, before being posted on the website, goes through a verification process. In this process, all the details, documents and images of the property are thoroughly checked, and if they come out to be accurate, the deal is posted on the website. This ensures a great level of safety for many people, as they can now avail the deals with a greater trust.
Using these website, you are sure to buy rent property that are the best. You will get the best interface to work on, and the best deals to avail. Various experts on the website will further help you choose better deals, and you will increase your knowledge about real estate market a lot!