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US FIRST continues to expand and now has over 7,331 teams in 25 countries. The PTR Group believes that US FIRST Robotics represents an important investment in our efforts to develop engineers and scientists for a new generation. To that end, we directly sponsor and provide mentors to four separate teams around the country. Our employees freely give of their time and expertise to help guide the students in the ways of professional engineering approaches. These efforts resulted in many of our team's students receiving scholarships to STEM-related programs at various universities around the nation.
The competition, promoted by renowned innovator Dean Kamen, is an international program to challenge youths in a technical and social venue. The nature of the competition is kept secret until the kick-off day in early January. Teams are then given six weeks to design, build, and test their robot, so the ability to manage time and resources is a large part of the project. The teams then compete in one to three regional competitions and attempt to qualify for a berth to the national competition. US FIRST encourages a productive, pedagogic environment in which all teams prosper through the help and guidance of the collective experience. The PTR Group is proud to provide facilities, financial support and technical expertise to enhance that experience.
Our teams are:
- FRC #116 - Herndon HS / NASA HQ, Herndon, VA
- FRC #1296 - Rockwall HS, Rockwall TX
- FRC #2537 - Atholton HS, Columbia MD
- FRC #5338 - Monrroe Technology Center, Leesburg, VA
Follow this link to view the animation video for this year's game, Power Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZbdwYiCY74
Go teams and we'll see you on the field in 2018!
Team 116, Epsilon Delta, Herndon HS / NASA HQ, Herndon, VA
As one of only 200 beta-test teams in the U.S. for the 2018 controls system, Team 116 was awarded a singular opportunity to help test and debug the control system prior to it being delivered to the rest of the teams in January. As an evangelist for the latest control system, Team 116 did several outreach events to teams in the DC/Baltimore area to demonstrate and explain the new controls and their operation. This included presenting to the DC area FIRST workshop at George Mason High School in Falls Church, VA where dozens of FRC teams got their first look at the 2018 controls.
In 2018, Team 116 competed in both the Northern VA competition in Haymarket, VA, and the Washington, DC competition in Alexandria, VA. While our showing in Haymarket was plagued with machine failures and an inexperienced drive team, by the DC competition the robot and drive team had worked out most of the kinks. We made it to the elimination rounds and were doing very well as one of the alliance captains making it all the way to the semi-finals. Unfortunately, a broken drive chain and problems in replacing it caused our alliance to have to drop out of the competition.
Our team build captain, Kelsey Rodgers, was also selected as a Dean's List Semi-Finalist to compete for one of four Finalist slots at the District Championship. Unfortunately, she did not get one of the four slots for World Championship, but she did a great job with the interviews to get the semi-finalist slot. We're very proud of her and she is a fine representative of Team 116.
Nonetheless, Team 116 did qualify for the District Championships at the U. MD Xfinity Center where we were a capable robot and showed good ability for both stacking cubes and delivering them to the vault. And, just when we thought things were going well, a series of device failures and mismatched alliances left us below the cut off for elimination selections. So, while the season didn't go as well as we had hoped, we still had a good season and learned a lot about what construction techniques work well and which ones fall short.
Throughout 2017/18, Team 116 was involved in a number of major outreach events including the Smithsonian Museum's Air and Scare Halloween event and a technology demonstration event to generate interest in STEM-related fields at the Maker Faire at George Mason University. In addition to these events, the team attended the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, DC and gave presentations and demonstrations at the Girl Scout Maker Faire, Armstrong Elementary School, and the Herndon Festival.
PTR Director of Technology, Mike Anderson, is the 2nd lead mentor and mentors the software and operations interface squads on the team.
Team 1296, Robo-Jackets, Rockwall HS, Rockwall TX
The 2018 season saw a great opportunity to build a solid machine for the Power Up game. After modeling the robot in CAD, we constructed a good machine with multiple capabilities specifically targeting this year's challenges. We did very well at the Dallas Regional competition where we not only made it to the elimination rounds, but also won the prestigious Chairman's Award. Additionally, one of our student's, Hannah Cowgill, qualified as a Dean's List Finalist.
At the Oklahoma Regional event, we again made the elimination rounds and were captain of the number two seed alliance. Our alliance put up a valiant struggle and advanced all the way to the semi-finals only to be knocked out in a tough fought set of matches. However, the team had a great time this season and we thank The PTR Group for their continued sponsorship of the team.
PTR Consultant Keith Buchanan acts as a mentor to the team.
Team 2537, Space RAIDers, Atholton HS, Columbia MD
Coming off a good 2017 season, the 2018 Space RAIDers team had high hopes for their robot design. We engineered a good performer and a reliable machine making the elimination rounds in both of our pre-District competitions. We were the 6th alliance captains at the Greater DC event in Alexandria, VA, but were knocked out of the competition by the winning finalist alliance in the first round.
At the Central Maryland competition, we again showed a strong team with our getting into the elimination rounds. We did make it to the semi-finals before getting knocked out of the competition. However, our combined scores from this and the Greater DC competition qualified us for the District Championship.
At the District Championship at the U. MD Xfinity Center, we again showed what a solid robot and great drive team can do. Getting selected for the 8th seed alliance, the Space RAIDers worked with our fellow alliance members to the finals before losing to a great alliance. And, although we didn't win, we did qualify for the World Championships in Detroit on April 25 -27, 2018!
We wish to thank The PTR Group for being a continuing sponsor for our team over the past few years. And, we're looking forward to hopefully getting to the Einstein field at the World Championships.
PTR Director of Technology, Mike Anderson, provides guidance and helps with the team.
Team 5338, RoboLoCo, Monroe Technology Center, Leesburg, VA
Founded in 2014, Team 5338 continues to put in a strong showing in our competitions. At the Northern VA competition in Haymarket, VA, we made the elimination rounds but, unfortunately, got knocked out in the quarter finals. This competition showed us where to improve on the robot to get ready for the Greater DC competition in Alexandria, VA.
At the Greater DC competition, we again had a strong showing and not only made the elimination rounds, but also made it all the way to the semi-finals before getting knocked out by the winners of the entire competition. Our showing at both the Northern VA and Greater DC competitions qualified us for the District Championships.
At the District Championships, we had high hopes given our showings in the previous competitions. We competed well, but mechanical problems with the robot caused us to finish 46th out of 60 teams. A disappointing finish to what was otherwise a very good season. Nonethelesss, we continue to show that a team comprised of students from all over Loudon County with no real home school can be a serious contender in the Chesapeake Region. .
PTR Director of Technology, Mike Anderson, provides guidance and helps with the team.


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Hi Qin Feng, welcome
Is there a particular time frame or angle within the period your looking at?
Sin Sun Fin linked to Professor Rafe's work, Established Peace section gives a good overview of the main parts of the era up to Cao Cao's death. Be aware of the novel as as a starting point in that is heavily fictionalized and was selling the author's needs of his own time, it is a very good read and important for it's cultural value but risk bringing certain bias or views that might impact your essay. Then again, as Sun Fin asks, you can always ask "is this bit real"

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Landscape Photography: Tips To Enhance The Experience
One of the great things about landscape photography is that the possibility is endless on where you can go, what to take a picture of and it all starts with a few steps from your own back door. The horizon is your limit.
Lighting speaks volumes in landscape photography. Getting up with the sun at dawn, watching the animals hurry around as they gather their food for the day, and while the sun is just peaking its face over the background would make for great photo with perfect light. When the sun is on its way down, this is great for a landscape picture of peace and serenity. This time of day is when animals and people are heading home for the night where the land is clear of "clutter" and the trees, skies and land are open. Shadows will add depth to any photo of the landscape and give it more of a three-dimensional feel to it.
Landscape photography should be relaxing and fun to do. It also requires some time to get the precise composition. When a camera is slightly shifted one way or another, you can see how it will dramatically improve the picture you are looking to take. When it comes to taking a picture of the landscape, taking one photo is just as good as taking ten. You do not have to waste film on something that can be done right the first time, this can be achieved with a bit of patience, and some practice.
When photographing landscapes, give your photo a feeling of depth by including close objects in the frame as well as the distant objects.
A fine lens for landscape photography is the 50 mm lens that comes as standard equipment on many SLR cameras.But if you are seriously interested in photographing landscapes, a good lens to have would be a wide-angle lens.
Losing detail due to camera shake is the biggest problem in landscape photography.So, a tripod and a shutter release cable are very helpful tools to have.
"Where there is no vision, the people perish."
Proverbs 29:18
"The earth is the LORD's and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters."
Psalm 24:1-2
"He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains. They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. The birds of the air nest by the waters; they sing among the branches. He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of his work."
Psalm 104:10-13
"Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?"
Matthew 6:26
"How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number living things both large and small."
Psalm 104:24-25
"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter."
Ansel Adams
"When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in B&W, you photograph their souls!"
Ted Grant
"While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see."
Dorothea Lange
"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence."
Ansel Adams
"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst."
Henri Cartier-Bresson
"You don't take a photograph, you make it."
Ansel Adams
"Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph."
Matt Hardy
"Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times…I just shoot at what interests me at that moment."
Elliott Erwitt
"Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow."
Imogen Cunningham
"You've got to push yourself harder. You've got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You've got to take the tools you have and probe deeper."
William Albert Allard
"If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up."
Garry Winogrand
"I always thought good photos were like good jokes. If you have to explain it, it just isn't that good."
"Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop."
Ansel Adams
"It can be a trap of the photographer to think that his or her best pictures were the ones that were hardest to get."
Timothy Allen
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The need to provide material safety data sheets is based on Directive 91/155/EEC from March 5th, 1991.
The directive reads:
Article 1
(1) a) The person who is responsible for placing a chemical substance or preparation on the market, whether the manufacturer, importer or distributor, shall supply the recipient, who is a professional user of the substance or preparation, with a safety data sheet containing the information set out in Article 3 and the Annex to this Directive, if the substance or preparation is classified as dangerous according to Directive 67/548/EEC or European Parliament and Council Directive 1999/45/EC.
Any person who is responsible for placing a preparation on the market, whether the manufacturer, importer or distributor, shall supply, on request of a professional user, a safety data sheet providing proportionate information as set out in Article 3 and the Annex to this Directive, if the preparation is not classified as dangerous according to Articles 5, 6 and 7 of Directive 1999/45/EC, but the preparation contains in an individual concentration of >= 1% by weight for non-gaseous preparations and >= 0.2% by volume for gaseous preparations at least one substance posing health or environmental hazards, or one substance for which there are Community workplace exposure limit
Typical abbreviations for safety sheets include:
MSDS = Material Safety Data Sheet
SDS = Safety Data Sheet
Below you will find a link to each Behr Hella Service part number from the A/C product range for which there is a material safety data sheet.
The data sheets are updated as soon as there is a new revised edition.


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If Encryption Is The Magic Bullet, Why Doesn't Everyone Use It?
Data breaches are all too frequent these days. These headlines from The Register are just a few examples:
Hack on e-commerce co. exposes records for 200,000
Swiss HSBC data breach victim count trebles
London council loses thousands of kids' details
Now, I ask you: If the stolen data had been encrypted, none of these incidents would be of much concern, would they? Certainly not; the data would be useless to the thieves because it would be just so much white noise. So, this being the case, why isn't all sensitive data everywhere encrypted? For that matter, just encrypt everything all the time. Unfortunately, it's not quite that simple.
Encryption adds processing overhead. Encryption key security is an issue. Systems that need to access the encrypted data need access to the key. Then there's the danger of forgetting or losing the encryption key thereby rendering the data completely useless. None of these issues is a good reason not to use encryption; however, they do present challenges that make broad use of encryption difficult to implement in large organizations.
Short of encrypting every hard drive everywhere (which would be a major nightmare to implement), at least every database that contains any sensitive information should be stored on encrypted partitions or drives.
So why isn't everyone doing it?
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The project "Technical assistance to support the strengthening of the health information system in Tajikistan", financed by the European Union, in cooperation with the UNDP project "Rule of Law and Access to Justice" organized a study visit to Moldova for 12 specialists of Civil Registration Offices and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan. The trip took place under the leadership of the Deputy Minister of Justice, Ms. Shahnoza Anvar Nodiry.
One of the goals of the project is to consolidate the statistical data collected by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population (MHSPP) and statistical data collected from other sources - Civil Registration Offices, the Agency for Statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as vertical programs, for more effective management. For this purpose, the DHIS2 system is implemented in health care institutions and Civil Registration Offices.
The participants of the trip visited the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Moldova, the Civil Registration Service, the Center for Special Telecommunications and the Public Administration Academy under the President of the Republic of Moldova. Particular attention was paid to the experience in civil registration: reform of legislation and organization of the service, information systems, peculiarities of computerization and registration, the interaction between the various agencies for generating correct statistical data and developing a national population register. Attention was also paid to the development and implementation of information systems, their optimization, sustainability and further reforms.
"This was my first official trip outside the Republic of Tajikistan. This trip really broadened my professional horizons. At present, in close cooperation with other members of our team, we actively introduce all novelties and innovations, which I was fortunate to learn in the process of studying the working methods of the Registry Office Botanica in Chisinau city and the Moldovan Civil Registration Service. The employees of the CRO Service of the Republic of Moldova were happy to share with us all the details of their work. I would like to express my special gratefulness to the project for the constant support provided to us in the process of the information system implementation at the Civil Registration Offices. Especially I would like to mention the contribution of the project manager, Elena Maximenco, to the organization of the study trip. This trip was possible due to her professionalism, diligence and optimism and we were able to get acquainted with the positive experience in carrying out the reforms at the Civil Registration Office of the Republic of Moldova. I wish the project success and a possible continuation, "- said a participant of the study tour, Ms. Dostieva S.G., Head of the Firdavsi District Civil Registration Office in Dushanbe.
«Speaking about the main components of the Moldovan experience, firstly, it should be noted, that it started at the government level with the correct mathematical formulation of problems, such as the introduction of a unique identification number of the citizen. This number is required, in addition to its direct purpose, for linking all data about a person from different sources and agencies, as well as for their analysis and integrated use. All statistical data, including birth and death, belong to a specific person and can be generalized. This mathematical model is at the basis of the National Population Register. This register is the core of the system and is used by all government agencies, including the Civil registration Office, " – said Mr. Ion Stanciu, project expert.


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So let's start with the Top Ten! I have to admit, I am a little surprised 'See You Again' by Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth still at #1, but the sales were strong, the streaming and YouTube kept him on top, and they even gained impressive airplay - once the radio picked up on them, they really picked up. It helped matters that 'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars started to slip into freefall this week, losing a significant chunk of airplay, streaming, and sales - although not quite enough to drop it further beyond #2. At this point, unless 'See You Again' has a cataclysmic collapse, and I don't really see that happening, 'Uptown Funk's shot at the record is effectively over. But it's also worth considering that as great as the sales are for 'See You Again', they won't last forever... which is where 'Earned It' by The Weeknd comes into play, jumping a few slots to #3. As much as I can't stand this track, the radio still loves it, which pushed it to top the airplay charts with a fine boost in streaming as well. In this case, it'll be the lack of serious YouTube or massive sales that'll keep it from the top, but it was enough to shove 'Sugar' by Maroon 5 back a peg to #4. Granted, that was bound to happen anyway, given it finally peaked in airplay and began losing sales and streaming - nothing huge, but enough to push it back. It also pushed back 'Trap Queen' by Fetty Wap to #5, although I suspect that pushback will only be temporary, as it gained in airplay and sales to balance out its huge streaming - still nothing really in YouTube, but it is compensating for it. Next up we've got 'Love Me Like You Do' by Ellie Goulding at #6, which did regain a slot this week but I'm not sure it's because of that song's strengths or others' weaknesses - it may have gotten a boost in streaming, but airplay and sales are both slipping against stronger competition. And it couldn't have hurt that 'Thinking Out Loud' by Ed Sheeran had another rough week, dropping across the board and only thanks to inertia staying as high as it is. Beneath it, 'Shut Up And Dance' had another strong week rising to #8 with great sales and still gaining on airplay... it just doesn't quite have the streaming or YouTube yet to get to the top, but it is slowly getting there. It was enough to stall out 'G.D.F.R.''s momentum and push it back to #9 - it may have had a good week in airplay, but streaming was iffy and sales took a hit this week, especially as Furious 7 hype seems to have faded a bit. And thus, even despite weaker sales and no signficant YouTube, its gains in airplay and streaming were enough to push 'Somebody' by Natalie La Rose & Jeremih back into the Top 10. Joy.
And speaking of songs that grate on my nerves, let's talk about our losers and dropouts, most of which I have no problems with whatsoever. '7/11' by Beyonce, 'Homegrown Honey' by Darius Rucker, no issues whatsoever with them leaving the charts, and while I've softened a little on 'I Don't Fuck With You' by Big Sean and E-40, it still is too inconsistent and grating to make sad it's gone. Beyond that, our losers were generally a mixed bag. I mean, I'm not exactly distressed that godawful songs like 'Feeling Myself' by Nicki Minaj & Beyonce or 'Ain't Worth The Whiskey' by Cole Swindell took hits respectively to 95 and 65 respectively. And 'Lonely Eyes' by Chris Young is on its way out naturally, dropping again to 78. Beyond that... well, 'Heartbeat Song' by Kelly Clarkson continues to underwhelm at 44, 'Legend' by Drake slips to 90 on an already overlong chart run, and 'Get Low' by Dillon Francis & DJ Snake and the posse cut 'Ride Out' fell to 74 and 84 thanks again to Furious 7 losing more of its hype. The one track I'm disappointed to see slip was 'King Kunta' by Kendrick Lamar dropping to 68, but then again, I'm not surprised. If radio isn't grabbing it by now - and it really needs to be added to more formats to pick up steam, and I don't see that happening - then this being the mainstream smash it should be will be unlikely.
Now our gains actually seem to be a little better, or at least easier to explain. Of course, the big gain came with 'I Really Like You' by Carly Rae Jepsen, because everyone's least favourite Canadian Justin Bieber seems to be trying his damnedest to make the thing go viral. And while YouTube hasn't quite latched onto it, it reentered the streaming charts, mostly thanks to its maddening ability to lodge itself in your head and never leave. Just a damn shame it's not written better, because that retro-80s sensibility works decently for the rest of the song. As for the rest of the gains, DJ Snake continues his chart ascendance on both 'Lean On' with Major Lazer and M0, and 'You Know You Like It' with AlunaGeorge, and David Guetta is riding the meteoric success of 'Hey Mama' with Nicki Mina & Afrojack, which seems destined to be a top 10 hit the way it's selling. The big news, however, came with our country gains - of course 'Girl Crush' rose to 25 off of the ACM Awards, but 'Wild Child' by Kenny Chesney & Grace Potter also got a welcome boost to 73. The real surprise for me was 'She Don't Love You' by Eric Paslay suddenly gaining some traction to rise to 79 - I know better than to think it'll be a hit, no matter how amazing the song is, but I can at least hope.
And on the topic of the ACM awards, let's take a look at our one returning entry!
This song owes its chart return and its highest charting spot to date to Lee Brice's performance, but even with that I'm struggling to really care. Have to be honest, I didn't cover Lee Brice's most recent album I Don't Dance last year because as a country singer he doesn't interest me all that much. He got his start writing songs for other country artists, and most of them, like 'Crazy Girl' by The Eli Young Band, tended not to be that interesting or good. And thus there's a certain twisted irony that he didn't write 'Drinking Class' and it's probably one of the few Lee Brice songs I actually like, mostly because he's a great singer with a ton of raw, authentic power and he does have a taste for anthemic swell that works well with populist anthems like this. I do feel the mixing on this track is a little too slick for my tastes and that injection of steel guitar near the end of the song doesn't quite flow as well as it should, but otherwise, the track is fine enough. Can't complain.
Well, that was fairly easy. Now onto the rest, starting with...
100. 'House Of The Rising Sun' by Kimberley Nichole - hey look, The Voice is back on television and that means nearly every week we're going to be getting more songs than usual from everyone's favourite music talent show. I mean, we all remember that country guy who won last year that I even covered on this show... No, seriously, I don't remember, and to some extent that's the problem. Say what you will about American Idol, it's at least turned some of its winners into stars, if only for a short time - The Voice on the other hand has only had success boosting the success of its hosts, as we'll discuss in a few minutes. So in this case we have a cover of the massive hit from The Animals 'House of the Rising Sun' by Kimberley Nichole reinterpreted as an eerie soulful gospel number that's honestly got some pretty impressive low guitar sizzle. If The Voice is doing something right, it looks like they took a cue from Hozier's most recent album in bringing as much grit back to this brand of track as they could get for a live track, and Kimberley's fiery rawness is a great fit for it. Now let's make this clear, the original is to some extent untouchable mostly thanks to a killer guitar melody and early psychedelic organ progression that this version can't emphasize as well, but still, Kimberley NIchole is a find, and even if the only time I'll hear her is when I do Billboard BREAKDOWN, I'm looking forward to more.
99. 'Renegades' by X Ambassadors - so here's the frustrating thing about the Billboard charts - they ultimately reflect what gets popular in America, and the mass public doesn't tend to care where the music comes from so long as its good - and since so many companies license music from artists for commercials, it can sometimes lead to a breakthrough. The funny thing is when this starts to happen more than once, and this takes us to X Ambassadors, who originally lodged a very low charting hit with 'Jungle' thanks to a whole load of promotional material from the WWE to Battlefield: Hardline to a slew of TV shows, and 'Renegades' owes its success to being featured in the ads for the new Jeep Renegade. But that being said, I do think this might have some staying power, if only to serve as a replacement for Mumford & Sons' overly slick redesign. Sure, X Ambassadors use synths as well and the acoustic grooves are nowhere near as potent, but the stomping percussion, choral vocals, and anthemic presentation actually lead to a pretty solid song. Of course, there's a certain irony of a song about 'living like we're renegades' licensed for car commercials, but it doesn't make the original song any less good, and I can take this pretty well.
98. 'Imagine' by Sawyer Fredericks - see, this is the sort of cover from The Voice that annoys the piss out of me. Not only does it completely remove the rich piano line that was the backbone of John Lennon's song, but instead replaces it a formless guitar line and a singer who plays the song with so much overwrought tremulous presence that it becomes hard not to notice how much he can't quite hit those high notes. It doesn't help matters I'm not the biggest fan of 'Imagine' anyways - forget The Beatles, when Lennon wrote songs like 'Instant Karma' or 'Working Class Hero' on his own, 'Imagine' can feel a little underwhelming. But this version tries to translate the elegance of the song and completely ruins it - definitely not a fan. Next!
96. 'Be Real' by Kid Ink ft. DeJ Loaf - before we get to Kid Ink, I've been asked in the past to give my opinion on DeJ Loaf on a couple of occasions, so here it is: I don't get the appeal. She sounds, quite literally, like a little kid, and while some of the huskier edges in her voice aren't bad, I find it hard to treat her as much of a presence, especially on icy, DJ Mustard-produced tracks like this with twinkling keyboards and that thick low synth line. Granted, I'd prefer her over the pitch-shifted tone over the verses, but it's a mid-album cut produced by DJ Mustard, you can't exactly expect quality. As for Kid Ink... look, for as much as I've defended the guy for having a solid flow with the occasional good line, it's rare he rises above competent, and this is one of the songs on the album that barely reach that point. I mean, at least tracks like 'Faster' had interesting guitar and percussion interplay or 'What It Feels Like' was biting from Kanye's style in a way that was at least interesting. This... isn't. Next!
93. 'Sangria' by Blake Shelton - so as I said, the true 'success stories' from The Voice have been the reinvigorated careers of the judges, and nobody has been more successful in this vein than Blake Shelton, who rode the bro-country wave at precisely the right time to huge success and then promptly tried to transition back to his usual safe brand of country with Bringing Back The Sunshine last year when bro-country flamed out. And I'll be blunt: I was probably too easy on that record, because the majority of it was sucked, and this song... well, there was worse on the album, but it's not one of the great tracks. As a track, it tries to go for the slightly washed out, steel-guitar touched adult contemporary sex song... and as a whole, I'm just left kind of ambivalent. I'm not saying country in this vein can't be sexy, but Blake Shelton doesn't really have that subtlety in his vocals to pull this off well, and considering the song is more about the whirling heady feeling of getting drunk on sangria, it's odd how stilted the chorus feels, not quite flowing as well as it should. As a song, it just feels a little 'off' to me - not precisely bad, but nothing I'd go back to either.
91. 'American Oxygen' by Rihanna - so I think at this point everyone should be able to admit that Jay-Z's big Tidal experiment was a colossal screwup in marketing and execution. Putting aside the terrible optics of trying to promote an artist-focused streaming platform by shoving a collection of millionaires to the front stage instead of indie artists, putting aside the fact that nobody aside audiophiles care all that much about high fidelity music or can even tell the difference, putting aside the fact that Tidal is a much higher drain on one's data package than Spotify, putting aside that exclusive releases on Tidal puts out an attitude of elitism that most of the public will ignore anyways, at this point the market responded and Tidal has plummeted off the app charts. So in a move that shocked precisely nobody, certain songs initially packaged as 'Tidal exclusives' eventually landed on YouTube anyway, so now we've got 'American Oxygen' by Rihanna. Now after 'Bitch Better Have My Money' anything would be a step-up, and this is... but the more I listened through it, the more I realized I had no idea what this song was trying to do. Lyrically, it's pretty straightforwardly patriotic, implying people will say/do anything to achieve that American dream, but the minor keys and tone of the track are heavier and imply a bleaker future, where said dream would backfire or not be all it's cracked up to be even if you're breathing that 'American oxygen'. Now some of you will say, 'well, no wonder it's not resonating with you that strongly, you're Canadian' - and that's true, but I'm pretty damn patriotic when I want to be, and going past that to a production standpoint, this track doesn't do much for me. The smudged dirge-like piano melody is fine enough, but Alex da Kid's production with the clattering percussion, twisted swirl of mid-range warped rattling, and pummelling low end bass completely overtakes the melody and makes it feel lumbering and overweight. So that's if you want to call 'American'... yeah, okay, you can have it.
80. 'Fight Song' by Rachel Platten - do any of you remember the D12 track 'Fight Music'? Hell, do any of you remember D12, Eminem's old rap posse that dropped two incredibly uneven albums that really haven't held up all that well in retrospect? Well, for as nasty and ridiculous as 'Fight Music' was - seriously, that howling guitar and strings was actually pretty awesome - it was a track that you could imagine as a track to soundtrack an actual brawl. 'Fight Song' by Rachel Platten, on the other hand, is a Kelly Clarkson-esque self-esteem anthem that actually does bring some punch with the drums and Platten's energy and some decent charisma, but it's nothing close to a legit 'fight song'. But putting aside that complaint, there's honestly very little I can say about this track - sure, the guitars have texture when you can hear them, but it's not as if I haven't heard a dozen variants of this sort of anthem by every American Idol winner or wannabe, especially lyrically, where her sentiment that nobody believes in her is a little undercut when in her second verse implies they are concerned. And once again, emphasizing percussion over melody means this track just does not stick in my memory whatsoever. Not a bad track, but far from a great one.
43. 'Nasty Freestyle' by T-Wayne - I think I can say this definitively: one of the worst things to ever happen to mainstream hip-hop is Vine. Last year may have been when it started, but throughout 2015 it has kept happening, which is probably why those who only listen to the radio give me confused looks whenever I say hip-hop has been goddamn great this year! In any case, this is T-Wayne, a producer and MC who has been around the edges of the mainstream for a while now, and from what I can tell from his YouTube channel he's sort of affiliated with Waka Flocka Flame and has been releasing mixtapes and dance videos for years now. And while he's had scattered success, 'Nasty Freestyle' is his first real breakout hit... and man, it's lousy. The best thing I can say for it is that there are snippets of wit, in that half are cribbed from Lil Wayne's leftovers including a bad toilet reference and half are just asinine. And I'm sorry, but a poor man's T.I. impression, a meandering piano line, a minimalist trap beat, and a terrible oily synth line that puts my hair on end does not impress me whatsoever. In other words, while he might be following in the footsteps of Fetty Wap's 'Trap Queen', the difference is that track at least had a lightness of tone and pretty decent production, whereas this is just a mess. Skip this.
So that was our week and wow, not a lot of great new material - but not really a lot of standout crap either. For the best, I'm giving it to Kimberley Nichole's genuinely potent cover of 'House of the Rising Sun', with 'Renegades' by X Ambadassors getting the Honourable Mention. For worst... it's trickier, but I'm giving the worst to Sawyer Frederick's terrible cover of 'Imagine' and the Dishonourable Mention to 'Nasty Freestyle' by T-Wayne. Let's hope next week actually gives me something to really talk about.


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May is my birthday month and I set up dentist and doctor's appointments throughout the month. I'm also fitting in treats and fun things wherever I can.
Yesterday, David and I had a lovely lunch at our favorite French bistro, followed by a doctor's appointment.
After we found a space in the middle of the hot parking lot, we made our way to the sidewalk, where I scolded two men hogging the handicap spaces outside the bistro. Obviously not handicapped and obviously cheating by taking two handicapped spaces in two different cars, the men began to laugh and the younger man mockingly bent over and acted as if he was crippled. Then David, obviously crippled, hobbled up from the parking lot, and I said "Shame on you" to the two jerks, turned on my heels, and walked away.
After we were seated, an older couple came in to the café and began describing their drive home from Indiana where they had attended an anniversary party for friends who married in 1945. The man added that he and his wife had married in 1946 while he was still in the Navy. Then they ordered the shrimp and avocado special as David and I had done.
After lunch, the woman watched as David left our table to use the rest room. On her way to they same place, she stopped by our table and told me it "pained her to see him try to get out of his chair." I told her, he was 86, and she told me she was 89. About then David came back and flirted with the woman, whose path he was blocking, and she looked at him disapprovingly.
After lunch, we drove to the Dermatologist for my six-month checkup. The handicapped spot in the sun was taken so we parked in the shade a few feet away. The office was full of old people and my doctor was running behind, so I read John Adams while I waited.
I've had skin cancer three times, including a melanoma when I was nineteen. Thus, I was not surprised when Doctor Wallia located and biopsied three suspicious sites on my neck back and toe. She will call with the results from the biopsies in a week to ten days.
The bad news is that all three of these suspicious sites appeared since my last visit in November, so the odds are high they are cancerous. In November, she and I discussed whether I should keep visiting her every six months as I had for the past few years. I'll visit on my birthday, I told her, then we can decide from there.
After my visit with Dr. Wallia, we drove through Tyson's Corner, an "edge city" outside the capital beltway, to the Merrifield Garden Center on Gallows Road.
Years ago, when I met David, I owned a condo on Gallows road, and in the 1960s, I worked at a Tyson's address, so I knew the area pretty well at one time. Although David was fretful we would become lost, I reassured him, and we managed to make our way to Merrifield.
The garden center was full of older people, some of them working the cash registers, some giving garden advice, and some working in the pots and plants areas. Walking around in a light rain, I found exactly the pot I wanted, and we checked out and drove away before the rain became heavy. Unfortunately, we drove out of the rain on the way home.
I say unfortunately, because we've had little rain in the past few weeks, which is why I can grow California type plants in my pot garden. In the winter, we love it when the precipitation goes around our urban oasis, but now is the time for spring rains and the precipitation is going north, south and every which way but here.
David had my car washed this week, and the windshield wiper fluid tank topped up, so I could wash the wind screen while I was driving. My happiness at a full tank of windshield wiper fluid amused David. I told him, little things mean a lot.


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If you looked at Nikon Monarch binoculars years ago, you may remember that they used to be called ATB; that is, All Terrain Binoculars.
Nikon revamped their binoculars lines, so now the ATB has become the Monarch 5. (It's actually a little more convoluted than that, but since that's almost ancient history by now, we'll just leave it at that.)
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Go Giants!
I am only a casual football fan; my passion remains baseball, and I'm counting the days to February 14, 2006. Yes, it's Valentine's Day. But it's also when pitchers and catchers report to Yankee Spring Training Camp.
As football goes, I grew up when the Giants and the Jets actually played in New York City. They were (and still are) called the New York Giants and the New York Jets... and yet, they play in New Jersey, and are on the verge of creating a new sports complex in the Garden State, where they will both continue to play.
But I still find myself rooting for Big Blue and Gang Green. I know that's sacrilegious; you're supposed to be a fan of one or the other. Like I said: I'm a casual fan.
In any event, my hopes for the Jets were dashed when poor Chad Pennington had another season-ending injury in 2005. But I still do like the future prospects for young Eli Manning (who just turned 25), Quarterback for the Giants, and I'm hoping for a Giant Sunday as the NFC East Division champs begin their playoff quest.
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Here's a head-scratcher: Human body lice (Pediculus humanus humanus) drink only human blood—but they may have no idea what it tastes like. The newly-sequenced louse genome, published online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, codes for only one-tenth as many taste and odor receptors as do the genomes of most other insects. It's still not clear which compounds the lice can taste and smell, but since there are so few, those receptors may be good targets for new pesticides or repellents. What's more, the louse relies entirely on a symbiotic bacterium, Reisia, to produce vitamin B5. The researchers behind the louse genome also sequenced the bacterium, and they found that it lacks genes for antibiotic resistance. So antibiotics might turn out to be louse killers, too.
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Other Sports
Martin elevated to Canadian sporting royalty after curling gold
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — As the Canadian men's curling team neared victory in the gold medal match against Norway on Saturday, the crowd in the Vancouver Olympic Centre stood and began singing "O, Canada."
When Canadian skip Kevin Martin threw the last stone, ensuring a 6-3 victory and the gold, the Canadian players leaped into each other's arms, women in the stands wept, and the Prime Minister cheered.
Curling is a strange sport, more housekeeping on ice than a true, death-defying, high-speed winter game, and yet it was curling that provided perhaps the quintessential Canadian moment near the end of the Vancouver Olympics.
With the curling victory, Canada reached 13 gold medals, ensuring its lead in that category and justifying its country's Olympic slogan of "Own the Podium," accomplishing all of that with a sport that is, like Canada, cold, quirky, polite and patriotic.
The curlers won Canada's third gold of the day in front of their PM, actor Donald Sutherland and men's hockey coach Mike Babcock.
"We hoped for just this finish," said Canada curling coach Jules Owchar. "It's probably the best 48 hours in Canadian Winter Olympics history.
"I think for the whole country, but especially in Central and Eastern Canada where the sport is immensely popular, people will be in the streets celebrating this. It's a great celebration for the team and the country, but what is really special is that tomorrow morning boys and girls are going to be getting up and wanting to curl, and wanting to be him."
"Him" is Martin, sometimes referred to as the Michael Jordan of his sport.
This makes sense, because while Martin doesn't make tens of millions of dollars in endorsements, isn't one of the great sporting celebrities in the world, doesn't wag his tongue, probably couldn't jump over a speed bump without tripping, didn't quit his sport to try baseball, and had won zero gold medals in his first 42 years on earth, he is bald.
He's famous enough in Canada that a reporter asked him if he would become a sex symbol, which made Martin laugh. He earned a silver medal in 2002 and failed to qualify for the 2006 Olympics, and the Canadian media had played up the redemption angle all week.
Who knew any curler could need redemption?
"I said to the guys as we were walking to the podium, 'It's like walking through a dream,' " Martin said. "I've never experienced anything like this."
Curling isn't often contested in venues as big as the 7,600-seat Vancouver Olympic Centre, so this event showcased the sport in ways even the vanquished appreciated. "It was an amazing crowd," Norway skip Thomas Ulsrud said. "I really enjoyed it."
It's strange to see such a passive sport inspire such passion. This was like a chess match with cheerleaders.
"We don't often compete in places of this size, or in front of crowds like this," Owchar said. "It was very sporting, very spirited, very intimate."
Before the match, a couple of strangely dressed men held a sign that read: "Kevin Martin & His Merry Men," referring to Martin's three teammates.
Martin, the son of an ice-maker (of course), owns a business based in Edmonton called "Kevin's Curling Supplies," which is apparently not a euphemism for a liquor store.
He has turned what many American view as a strange hobby into a life. Saturday, he capped a day of Canadian triumph with a uniquely Canadian triumph.
"It makes a big difference to have the home crowd on your side," Martin said. "You could tell that by the way our country fared in gold medals.
"It's obvious that 'Own the Podium' worked. It's amazing how well our country has done, and I'll never forget being part of it."
Then Martin added a Canadian coda to his Olympics: "That was great, eh?"


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The iPad Pro 10.5 inch was released in 2018 and was Apple's attempt to cram all the functionalities and features of a laptop into its market-leading tablet. Featuring iOS 11, this device packs a punch, with 4GB of RAM and the new Fusion A10X chip meaning it's around 50% more powerful than comparable mobile handsets.
Although it is incredibly light, at 469 grams, the 10.5 inch Pro has a stunning 1668 x 2224 pixel display resolution and is capable of streaming and showing HDR movies in all their glory. The battery life of the device runs to about six to seven hours full usage on a complete charge.
For those wishing to take pictures or shoot videos, the 10.5 inch Pro incorporates a 12 megapixel rear camera with an f/1.8 aperture, as well as a 7MP front-facing camera. To make the most of your tablet, you'll probably need a Smart Keyboard and/or Apple Pencil - please note that these must be purchased separately.


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4 Ways To Increase Muscular Endurance
Muscular endurance is the ability to perform exercises for long periods of time. If you have limited endurance, performance will suffer. However, good news is that you can improve your endurance easily with several specific exercises. Aside from the obvious benefit of out lasting all your competitors, strong muscular endurance improves posture, athletic ability, and even helps reduce lower back pain. Find out how you can increase your endurance with these tips below.
Athletic Endurance
When attempting to improve athletic endurance, you must mimic the movements in the sport you are competing in. The basic idea is to train the muscles according to the same movements used in competition. For instance, if a swimmer, one would use resistance bands and practice strokes. If a cyclist, one would train on the leg press machine, etc…
Power Endurance
Power endurance is required for athletes that have repeated bursts of movements without rest. These sports would include boxing, baseball pitchers and tennis players. To build endurance with these sports, lift the maximum amount of weight you can lift for one repetition. Complete a set of three to four of these exercises each targeted for specific muscle groups, and repeat from beginning. This is also known as circuit training and allows muscles to recover in between sets.
Distance Endurance
Distance running or hiking requires a muscle to fire hundreds of times at a small amount compared to it's maximum capacity. This means in order to build long distance endurance; one must build up to maintain movement over a long period of time. Hill repetitions for runners or skiers works wonders, for example.
Tension Endurance
Rock climbing or gymnastics require muscles to remain immobile against resistance. This is known as isometric contraction. To build endurance, one can hold the particular position they plan to use in competition with weights and build endurance thru resistance.
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If you are bored with monotonous ways of cooking potatoes, our recipe will help solve this problem. A delicious side dish stuffed with quail eggs and cheese will satisfy even the most demanding gourmets.
-potatoes — 5 pcs .;
-perepelinye eggs — 5 pcs .;
-cheese — 50 g;
-butyric butter — 20 g;
-butyric vegetable — for lubrication.
-hydrochloric — to taste.
Root vegetables peeled. Thoroughly wash the potatoes.
Put the potatoes in a saucepan. Cover with water. Lightly season with salt. Cook over low heat until tender.
Drain. A little cool root vegetables. Cut the potatoes in half. Teaspoon remove the midway. Baking oiled. Share on him half of root crops (hole up).
Select large quail eggs.
The halves of potatoes to put a small piece of butter. Add to each substrate 1 quail egg.
Grind using a medium hard cheese grater.
Sprinkle with grated cheese, potato cups. Send in the oven, burning up to 190 C.
Cook the potatoes with a surprise 15 minutes. Serve hot.
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I confess, I like to co-sleep + so do my 3 kids. Call me an attached parent, or maybe just trying to get by on survival mode. Probably a little of both. My older two kids sleep in their beds most nights. But, I have fallen asleep in their beds, many nights, too. Of the 4 beds in our house our Organic Crib Mattress by Denver Mattress is by far the most comfortable bed to sleep in. I'm sharing my confessions of a co-sleeping mom + why an organic mattress is important to me with Denver Mattress.
Honestly, my youngest, Bridger, never slept a night in his crib his first year of life. When I tried, he cried + I just gave up. We were all happier peacefully sleeping in the same room. He spent his first year of life in our bedroom. I realize there are lots of factors that go into infant + children's sleep. But, I started trying to get Bridger to sleep in his crib once we got our new Organic Denver Mattress Crib Mattress + Bridger really does sleep like a baby on it!
I've slept on this mattress on the floor in my older two boy's bunk bed + I crashed right away! It is honestly so comfortable. And, I really value organic materials so close to my children all night. Healthy sleep is an area of our health that we shouldn't ignore. Did you know that non-organic mattresses have chemicals that babies + children will breathe in all night?
Confessions of a Co-Sleeping Mom:
I nurse my babies to sleep.
I've fallen asleep in my kid's car beds many nights.
I've slept in my kid's bunk bed.
I love a sleeping baby in my arms.
Sometimes, I still rock my 4 + 6 year olds to sleep.
Sometimes, all 5 of us squeeze into a Queen bed.
The American Academy of Pediatrics supports childhood sleep guidelines. Read the full article here to see how much sleep your child should be getting daily.
I'm always trying to educate myself on ways to create a healthier environment for my kids. Here are some studies to help you learn more about why an organic mattress is a healthy choice for your child:
Sleep Health: Can We Define It? Does It Matter?
Infant Sleeping Environment and Asthma at 7 Years: A Prospective Cohort Study
This post was created in partnership with Denver Mattress. I only share products + brands that I truly love + use in my house + with my kids. Thank you for supporting Denver Mattress.
Photography by: // © Lindsey Lee & Co.
Organic Crib Mattress: Denver Mattress, Furniture Row
Chamois Fitted Crib Sheet: Pottery Barn Kids
Adorable Cookie PJ's: Kickee Pants
Lovie Blanket: Hudson Baby Company
Lindsey's Dress: Pink Blush
Bridger's Bodysuit: Old Navy
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Our Staff
Our dedicated staff is committed to carrying out our mission of connecting capacity and capital to empower rural communities.
Joe Bartmann, President
Joe is a rural economic and community development global thinker—strategic facilitator—rural shaper and BALLE Local Economy Fellow. As President of Dakota Resources, Joe combines his passion for rural economic and community development with his deep experience in community building, systems thinking, group processes, leadership and innovation. He served as Vice President of Community Innovation at Dakota Resources for three years before being selected to lead the organization alongside an empowered team of people. Joe's visionary style, honesty and diversified skill set allow him to bring out the best in the people around him and to continually evolve, learn and grow alongside them. He is excited about the direction rural is taking and is ready to help Dakota Resources blaze new trails for a better, more impactful future.
Jay Headley, Vice President of Finance
Jay is responsible for the financial and accounting operations and portfolio management, serving both Dakota Resources and Dakotas America. Prior to joining Dakota Resources, Jay worked for Citigroup s a Senior Financial Accounting Analyst in the Corporate Treasury Operations department. He has over eight years of experience in the financial services and banking industry with a background in cash management, accounting, financial control, and credit review. Jay received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Business Administration from the University of South Dakota. Jay and his wife, Rachelle, have three children.
Misty Cordell, Executive Leadership Coordinator
Misty provides administrative support to the Dakota Resources executive team through her role as the Executive Leadership Coordinator. Prior to joining Dakota Resources, Misty was the Administrative Manager, Office Manager, and Help Desk Specialist for an account resolution corporation in Sioux Falls for 20+ years. Misty currently lives near Renner, SD with her family and participates in the business operations of their family masonry business.
Paula Jensen,Vice President of Advancement
Paula's roles with Dakota Resources include resource development, community coaching and implementation of programs. Her passion for community leadership and development is what drives Paula in her personal and professional life. She resides in her hometown of Langford, South Dakota, population 318+, where she and her husband have owned and operated an auto repair shop for the past 26 years. Paula serves on several local boards and as Vice President of the Leadership South Dakota board of directors.
Mike Knutson, Learning Network Orchestrator & Community Coach
Mike facilitates and orchestrates the Dakota Resources Community Learning Network. He also serves as a community coach for rural communities. He has spent 15 plus years working in rural community development. His commitment to rural communities began when he recognized that his own behaviors (i.e. – the lack of community involvement and buying locally) were contributing the decline of his community. Since 2008, Mike has operated his own business, MAK(e) Strategies, working primarily as a facilitator and coach in rural settings. Among his volunteer activities, Mike has served as the chairman of the board for Glacial Lakes Tourism, Dakota Wesleyan University Alumni Association, and Southeast SD Tourism. Mike grew up outside of Harford, SD, and graduated summa cum laude from Dakota Wesleyan University.
Kristi Wagner, Connector and Senior Community Coach
Kristi markets and oversees the community capacity building programs for Dakota Resources. She is a trained facilitator and has delivered Dakota Resources Leadership Plenty SD and Creating Value Added Communities programs. Kristi is the owner and CEO of the Rushmore Center for Civic Leadership providing her clients with non-profit management & capital campaign fundraising; organization and workplace team building; training & educational workplace seminars. Her previous positions were in economic development, leadership training, fundraising, sales, marketing and public relations. She has served as a member of the board of directors to the South Dakota Department of Tourism, Rural Learning Center, Chiesman Endowment for Civic Education, University of South Dakota Farber Center and the South Dakota Issues Forums Steering Committee.
Lin Van Hofwegen, VP of Operations and Managing Director of Dakotas America
Lin manages the operations of Dakotas America since its formation in 2005 and has led the CDE to receive 5 NMTC allocation awards, overseeing deployment of over $330M in total NMTC allocations. Recognized for her commitment to the people of distressed rural LICs, she has utilized NMTC benefits for severely distressed communities, which is an extension of her personal life. Previous to entering the nonprofit world of economic development, she had nine years of all-encompassing experience as a small business owner in a rural community. Lin is an NDC certified Economic Development Finance Professional and holds certificates in Christian Ministry and Spiritual Direction along with a Master of Arts in Christian Leadership. Van Hofwegen came to Dakotas America through its parent CDFI, Dakota Resources, where she served as VP of Operations.
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Dick Werner, Credit Officer
Dick serves as Credit Officer for Dakota Resources. He has extensive experience in banking and a genuine enthusiasm for community development. Dick is a former board member of Dakota Resources and is co-owner of Schulte, TA, Inc., a power line construction company and has farming and other investment interests. He previously served as President of various locations for Wells Fargo Bank throughout South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana. Dick served as a State Representative in the South Dakota Legislature and as Beadle County Commissioner. He currently serves on the board of Herreid Area Housing Development, Inc. and was its founding President.
Jamie Horter, Community Coach
Jamie Horter works with rural communities and entrepreneurs at Dakota Resources. She is a rural advocate, artist, and community coach based out of Lyons, NE (pop. 850). Her work brings community members into discussions and actions around citizen-led community development. Jamie believes in empowerment and self-determination of small town communities to build the future they desire.
John Beranek, Community and Entrepreneur Coach
John serves as a community coach and guides learning for the Dakota Rising Fellowship program to support rural entrepreneurs in the cohort learning process. He is a gifted team builder, motivational speaker, executive coach, vision sculptor, strategic planner and entrepreneur of several businesses. His company Intersections Consulting is known for engaging people in unique ways to get root of issues needing to be addressed. He has lead this company for 19 years. John's learning is deeply rooted in his life on a rural ranch in central South Dakota as the oldest of seven children. It has led him to work as a catalyst and champion for rural communities seeking to "ruralize" their potential. John's greatest pride is the Pay It Forward organization he voluntarily leads. They provide anonymous assistance to people in need asking only for them to "pay it forward" when they can.
Jamie Gilcrease-Heupel, Entrepreneur Coach
Jamie works as an entrepreneur coach for the Dakota Rising Fellowship program, helping guide others to fulfill their own dreams. She is often found in her coffee house, Lotus Up Expresso & Deli, dreaming up new ways to help her community and inspiring others to follow their own dreams. Named Woman Owned Small Business Owner of the Year in 2017 by SBA, she has a proven drive for success. Jamie serves on the boards of The Lead Area Chamber of Commerce, Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center, Lead Kiwanis and the Resource Development Committee for the Lead Area Boys and Girls Club.


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Back in January 2008, I began to notice troublesome behavior with Windows clients connecting to my Mac OS X Server 10.5 fileserver. When some Windows clients, particularly Windows XP users, try to connect to a share, they can create a folder but can't change the name of the folder from "New Folder". Also, they can drop a file on the share, but not change that name, either. This always happened when activity was performed at the root level of the network share, while subfolders behaved as expected. If the network share had 777 (rwxrwxrwx) at the root level, all worked well, which indicated a permissions issue, not so much a communication issue. BUt it's the ACLs that caused grief. I posted this to the Mac OS X Server list hosted by Apple.
ls -l@ and observe the output. Increase the verbosity of Samba logging by editing your /etc/smb.conf file, increasing the integer slightly, between one and ten (though five and above becomes very, very noisy).
nt acl support; you'll see information about how Samba matches Windows NT permissions to POSIX-style permissions. This was the method used by Windows XP, while later versions of Windows used the more Windows-like ACLs which is analogous to Mac OS X ACLs. The net effect was that XP read the permissions in an undesirable way, paying attention to Samba's method instead of Mac OS X Server's method. We want the server OS to control access, not Samba.
nt acl support = no where appropriate — at the end of the file below the notes, in its own
[Global]section. Do not edit the hooked /var/db/smb.conf file because that's associated with Server Admin (which writes to an XML file while another process converts that into a Samba conf file — change it here and it will likely get wiped).
See also
• Samba in 10.6 adds two directives to any share that must be manually overridden. • (Somewhat deprecated) Samba + OpenLDAP + Kerberos + AFP + Leopard = ♥
• Samba and extended attributes
• Samba and ADS
• Hiding directories in Samba that have spaces in the name
• Scary Excel "Share Workbook" feature behavior with Samba (See also Apple KB article.)
• Invalid characters in extended attributes on Samba directories


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If you follow digital marketing, or even just have a social media profile, you know that video is a content force to be reckoned with.
Videos are a great way for companies to tell their story and communicate their value clearly and effectively. In fact, statistics show that videos increase engagement and conversion rates, and brands are taking notice.
With social media platforms moving more and more towards video content with features like Instagram Stories and Facebook Live, 2017 was certainly the year for video marketing, and 2018 looks to continue the trend.
Adam Anderson
Marketer and Innovator
Adam is an enthusiast social blogger who wishes to further guide other business owners with information on various marketing topics. After living in Oxford he moved to Northern Ireland where he operates Tradelink Marketing not forgetting a satellite office in London that services local companies.
The alignment of Marketing and Sales teams has been a hot topic over the past few years, and the idea of these two usually disparate teams coming together is changing how people work and how businesses are run. An infographic .....
Still not convinced that the inbound marketing methodology really works? Did you know that inbound leads cost 61% less on average than outbound leads? Did you know that 79% of companies that have a blog report a positive return on investment for inbound marketing?


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Over four nights - with 32 kids in two quaterfinals, 20 in the semi-finals and 10 in the grand finals - I took about 1,800 images.
It might seem a lot, but not really when you consider the number of performers, including both the contestants and the guest artistes.
From that tremendous selection of images, I deleted more than a thousand. And of the remaining 700, this is my absolute favourite.
The boy is, if I remember correctly, 14 years old – although he looks quite adult here – and he competed with a partner in the Ballroom category.
My artist and musician friend David, who is very astute in his observation, commented that he is a natural talent and that "all his poses are perfectâ€.
David is right. When I looked through my photos of the boy's dance sequence, it was like a series of perfect model poses, starting with this opening pose.
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Devoxx is unfortunately over but it was, as usual, awesome! Congratulations once again to the Devoxx team for their hard work and a fantastic result. I am really glad where the conference is going as this year it wasn't only about Java. We thus got sessions on Flex, Silverlight, Groovy, Android… I can't wait to go back next year to discover what else we're gonna see.
Although I didn't attend many sessions this week I really enjoyed what I saw about Flex. The ease with which you can apply animations, transitions and other various effects to live widgets is, not surprisingly, very appealing to me. Chet most notably showed how to apply PixelBender shaders to widgets and I can't wait to give this a try. Benjamin also demonstrated his amazing Parleys Publisher tool, a video editing tool written in Flex/AIR. This tool can analyze a video stream and detect where the speaker changes slides to automatically create chapters. I would love to see the source code of that app.
I also enjoyed the session about Parleys.com, where Stephan presented various implementations of the Parleys.com player in Flex, GWT, JavaFX and iPhone. I was surprised and impressed by the visual quality of the GWT app, which was very close to the JavaFX version (the Flex implementation is one version ahead and richer, both in terms of visuals and features.) You can go try the current parleys player on parleys.com.
If you never went to Devoxx (well, JavaPolis), you really should try to go next year. It is a great event where you can meet very interesting people and enjoy Belgium beer.
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I've been working with Flex for about a year now and I'm really amased at how costless it is to get a pimping rich app on the tracks. If you take (very little) time to skin the components you can really make astonishing things, especially when you start playing around with Papervision.
Have you seen interesting things about Gumbo (Flex 4)? I should have attended Adobe Max in Milano but it finally wasn't possible, I would have liked to see what the Adobe crew was going to show!
I still think that JavaFX is the most impressive release by Sun in a long time.
There is nothing to be ashamed of when you compare it to Flex or Silverlight.
When I see 'Tour de Flex', it is not that impressive. Not at all.
Competition is good.
I liked the demo's Chet gave on Gumbo and Pixelbender at Devoxx, though a collegue of mine says they are not as impressive as JavaFX, I think Flex has (and will keep) the upper hand at the moment.
I agree the demos were not as impressive but the Flex demos Chet showed were tutorial demos, aimed at explaining how one particular feature works. The JavaFX demos, on the other hand, were demos to showcase the potential of JavaFX. You can certainly find equivalent demos for Flex on various websites.
IMHO JavaFX will have a VERY long road to run up to catch up with Flex. Flash Player is available on almost every personal computer, it's a matter of time before every lightweight device does the same (there is already quite a good bunch of mobile phones with a flash player). Silverlight stands a chance because of Microsoft power and capability of embedding the player in their Windows system.
Even if I'm very fond of Java and the work guys at Sun do, I don't think JavaFX stands a chance.
I think Java FX has some nice features (I especially liked the ability to drag an applet out of the browser) but I am somewhat concerned about the security. Flash runs in a secure sandbox with limited access to the system where as Java can do just about everything when you allow it to run. Many people click 'ok' without verifying the signer etc. This will make it hard for them to go head to head with flash, although it does allow for powerful rich clients. As for syntax : commas and semicolons are optional, Really?? that will make to code look even worse.


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I would like to describe some experiences in my life being deaf. And you're more than welcome to add your comments and feedbacks on this topic.
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Changes At Drive-Thru Restaurants Will Help Millions Of Customers
Can you imagine if all drive-thru restaurants had touch screens as an option to use? That way people wouldn't have to deal with the annoying speakers that is hard to understand from. Deaf people have no use for speakers at all. Even the hearing impaired cannot make out the words being said over them. Speakers at drive-thru places are a nuisance for the deaf world. Even those that can hear have told me they have trouble understanding things over the speakers.
Wouldn't it be better if they provided touch screens or some other ways for people to order than to have to use the speakers? I have sent a list of ideas of how they can provide better services for deaf customers to the VP of Arby's. He replied to me that he had forwarded my list of ideas to the marketing support team to see what they can do. I am really very excited about this. Can you imagine how wonderful it would be if they make it easier for the deaf customers at these places to order without having to deal with communication difficulties?
Now I hope that all places will participate and make some changes to help their deaf customers. That includes Tim Horton's, Wendy's, McDonald's, KFC, Burger King and many more that I have not mentioned. You can read more about this below by clicking on the links:
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The end of summer is always frustrating, for me at least. I look back and see that I've wasted the last few months, almost no matter what I've accomplished. Last summer was no exception. Last summer I wrote the first three episodes to the Kraig Monroe Series. Alone, this changed how I write, because it gave a little and fun avenue to channel my creative energy.
Last September, I decided to toss my old blog and introduce a new one. This new one was weird and very different from my original. It was scary and I had no idea how to use WordPress. But, I had ideas and ambitions that required a better platform. Namely, I wanted to start making money with the blog. I wanted to have more contributors.
In January, I upgraded my site added advertisements and overhauled the blog. And so far, it has been worth the expense. Everything has gone very well. Michelle started adding her drawings, paintings and most importantly: her photography. Other family members have also added writing. I have even started writing more essays and social commentary-which I love doing.
I've learned how to track the growth of the blog as the charts and numbers swell. I can see the pennies trickle in each month as my views go up and down. It's beautiful, and rewarding, in a bizarre way. I never thought I would enjoy the "business" side of writing, but it has become tolerable, where before it was dull, mind numbing and total guess work.
Hopefully, in the coming year I'll collect more regular followers as this blog grows and continues to mature. Hopefully, I can have some contributors return and share their words with everyone.
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Date App Makes Move on Friends
Internet: Tinder gets serious about moving beyond romance.
When it launched last year, Tinder Inc. was just another dating app trying to score at local college campuses. But since then, the West Hollywood startup has vaulted into the pop culture lexicon.
People who have used the free app include Lindsay Lohan and a former Miss USA. You'd be hard pressed to find someone under 35 who hasn't heard of the app, let alone given it a try.
Tinder co-founders Sean Rad and Justin Mateen won't disclose just how big Tinder's membership base has grown, but they said that each day the app sees 350 million profile ratings and makes 4 million matches. (One person can rate multiple profiles and receive multiple matches.)
The duo believes, however, that the app can be bigger than just a service for hookups. Last month, they released an update to Tinder that sets the stage for future expansion into platonic relationships, not just romantic ones.
"It's a universal problem," said Rad, the company's chief executive. "It doesn't matter if you're a celebrity or an average Joe, everyone experiences the desire and need to form new relationships and everyone finds it a daunting task."
Setting up a profile on the app, which is free, takes seconds because it syncs with a person's Facebook profile to pull photos and information on interests and friends. A person can select gender, age range and location of preferred matches.
The app then shows pictures of people in the same city, organizing them based on proximity (accurate within one mile), mutual friends and common interests. When someone looks appealing, the person needs only swipe right to show interest. Not attracted? Swipe left.
If both people indicate that they're interested, they get an alert and are directed to text message through a private chat room.
That simplicity makes Tinder, a unit of Barry Diller's New York media conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp., easy and addicting to use, leading to unprecedented growth, said several people in the online dating industry.
"I've been in the industry for 11 years and I've never seen this before," said Sam Yagan, who oversees Tinder as chief executive of IAC's Match Inc. in Dallas. "It's unequivocal that they've had the best first year of any dating product in the world. I don't think anyone could possible make a counterclaim."
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Tinder was first born out of Hatch Labs, a now-defunct startup incubator controlled by Diller's IAC. Rad, who co-founded Beverly Hills advertising startup Ad.ly, was brought into the incubator to develop ideas with Hatch. He co-founded Tinder with Mateen and engineer Jonathan Badeen. It eventually was spun out of Hatch into IAC's Match division, which also includes free dating service OkCupid.
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Louisville linebacker Jeremy Sangster has verbally committed to play football at Southern Miss, he told the Sun Herald on Monday.
Sangster is a player who has flown under the radar until late in the recruiting season. He was on the verge of committing to a community college before USM offered him a scholarship recently.
"I've been waiting for it," Sangster said of the FBS offer. "It's just been (junior colleges) recruiting me. My dad just told me to wait and see what other offers come in so I'm just waiting and waiting. Then, Georgia Southern popped by 3 weeks ago and they just came by and looked at me. I'm thinking that's going to be it, but I hadn't heard from them. About 2 weeks pass by and Southern Miss comes by. They came by the school and came by the house the same night and they offered."
The 6-foot, 230-pound Sangster admitted it was difficult flying under the radar as a Division I prospect.
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