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The third quarter of 2018 was filled with major advances in our vNext Aurelia implementation along with a few cool new updates in today's Aurelia. Read on to hear about what we've accomplished and what's next as we round out 2018 and head into 2019.
Platform Features and Capabilities
We continue to make significant enhancements in today's Aurelia. During the last few months, we've added some pretty major capabilities to our core platform.
Introducing Aurelia Script
Today, we're happy to introduce you to Aurelia Script. For the past several years, the only supported way to use Aurelia was with a module loader or bundler. This meant that Aurelia was more difficult to integrate into traditional, existing web projects and that the barrier for entry was high, because you had to master NPM, Webpack, CLIs, etc. just to get a "Hello World" Aurelia application up and running. With Aurelia Script, we now offer an official single-file build of Aurelia that you can reference from a normal
script tag in your HTML. There's no need for any transpilers, bundlers, build process, or any tooling at all. Here's an example of how you might use Aurelia Script through CDN to startup an app:
<html lang="en">
<title>Aurelia Script Tag App</title>
<script src='https://firstname.lastname@example.com'></script>
const aurelia = new au.Aurelia();
.then(() => aurelia.setRoot('app.js', document.body));
We'll be following up with a whole post devoted to Aurelia Script soon, providing more examples and details on how to use it.
Introducing Aurelia's ESM Loader
You may have heard that browsers are now starting to support the
import() API, which is the initial gateway to the browser's, standard, built-in module loader. Aurelia's original architecture was built in anticipation of this (4 years in the making) and so we're very happy to announce
. In much the way that we've supported RequireJS, SystemJS, Webpack, and others with loader plugins, we now support the new standard loader as well.
In addition to supporting the standard loader as an option for existing apps, this new loader is built into Aurelia Script from the beginning.
Let Bindings Are Here
In the last few months, we were able to deliver a long-time requested feature to Aurelia's template engine:
let bindings. This is an Aurelia vNext feature, which after working out the syntax and semantics in vNext, we were able to port back to the current version of Aurelia with the same behavior. The
let element can be used to declare view-specific computed properties within a template. Here's an example of what you can do:
<let fullname="${firstName} ${lastName}"></let>
First name:
<input value.bind="firstName" />
Last name:
<input value.bind="lastName" />
Full name is: "${fullname}"
let element turns its own attributes into computed properties that you can use anywhere within the view. Any time a dependent property of the
let property changes, the
let will automatically update relevant computed properties. This provides developers with a highly terse, very efficient, and maintainable way to create view-specific computed properties without needing to change the model or make performance tradeoffs.
Sandbox All The Things!
We've been working hard to make it easier for you to build Aurelia demos and share them with the community and the world. To that end, we're proud to share that Aurelia is now an official patron of CodeSandbox.io. Along with this announcement, we're launching two sandboxes that you can use to build demos with: a JavaScript sandbox and a TypeScript sandbox. You can fork these sandboxes to build and share Aurelia demos with everyone today!
What's Next
More CodeSandbox.io Integration
Now that we've got basic sandboxes set up, we're working with CodeSandbox.io to get official templates setup as well. Once that's done, you'll be able to create a new Aurelia app from a template rather than needing to fork an existing sandbox.
New Tutorials Are Coming
With the the new sandboxes and the availability of Aurelia Script, we believe we can rework our getting started tutorials to be simpler and easier to learn from. Watch for updated tutorials as we round out 2018.
In addition to work on the core platform, we're continuing to invest in our official plugins. Several of our plugins have had notable updates in the last few months.
Aurelia Dialog
This quarter we released Aurelia Dialog 1.0.0 and then began working on 2.x which is currently released as Aurelia Dialog 2.0.0-rc.3. One of the main focuses of 2.x was to enable dialog scenarios based on new templating features, primarily the ability to register resources using classes directly. Our plan is to promote 2.0.0-rc.x to 2.0.0 after further community feedback on the changes.
Aurelia i18n
The i18n plugin was fully converted to TypeScript during the last quarter. We've bumped the major version for this release, so we're now at 3.0.0-beta.2. We've made a number of improvements to the core of the i18n plugin as part of this work as well.
Aurelia UX
Q3 was a light period for Aurelia UX, however, we have added a major new feature that enables easier, more-powerful theming. The updated style engine now allows UX Design Styles to be set through new
applyTheme and
applyThemeGroup APIs:
Here's an example of what the configuration might look like for light and dark themes:
"light": [
"themeKey": "design",
"controlBackground": "#fff",
"controlForeground": "#212121",
"appBackground": "#fafafa",
"appForeground": "#212121"
"themeKey": "toolbar",
"shadow": "none",
"background": "transparent",
"foreground": "#333"
"dark": [
"themeKey": "design",
"controlBackground": "#373740",
"controlForeground": "#fff",
"appBackground": "#33333d",
"appForeground": "#fff"
"themeKey": "toolbar",
"shadow": "none",
"background": "transparent",
"foreground": "inherit"
What's Next
Aurelia Router
We've been doing a lot of work on our router during the last couple of months. We're close to a new release that fixes bugs, adds some new features, converts the source to TypeScript, and adds a host of new tests. Be on the look out for that soon.
i18n and Store vNext
Our i18n and Store plugins are some of our most used and most powerful plugins in our ecosystem. During the last quarter we've landed both in TypeScript, preparing the way for vNext. Over the next few months, we'll be porting these plugins to our vNext infrastructure so they are ready to go on day one when vNext releases.
In the last month, we released what is probably the most significant update to the Aurelia CLI in a long time. This new update includes our own auto-tracing bundler which allows you to have all the runtime power of RequireJS or SystemJS, while leveraging a similar bundling capability to Webpack, but without the complexity. If you haven't had a chance to check it out yet, you can read the release blog post or head over to the CLI docs for more in-depth information. We're very excited about this new technology, how it will simplify development with Aurelia, and what we'll be able to do with it in the future.
What's Next
Updated Skeletons
When we initially launched Aurelia, we launched with a number of skeleton projects that you could use to get started. Since then, our CLI has taken the center stage, providing many more options for developers building real apps. Unfortunately, while the CLI has been advancing, our skeleton projects have gone slightly out of date. To improve this, we're adding a new capability to the CLI that enables us to easily generate all the existing skeletons we have today. This will allow us to make the CLI the single source of truth while also providing up-to-date skeleton downloads for those who want them.
vNext Support
You'll find more information on vNext progress below, but we also wanted to mention here that we'll be working to add support for vNext to the CLI as one of our next tooling tasks.
Aurelia vNext
Q3 has been an amazing time for vNext development . While we're still not quite ready for the community to start building with it, we've passed some major milestones and have made massive progress.
JIT Support
In our vNext Announcement we discussed how Aurelia vNext is composed of a Kernel, Runtime, JIT, AOT, Debugger, and Plugins . We're pleased to announce that during Q3 we got the JIT up and running with implementations of most of the compiler's features. This enabled us for the first time to build and run a simple Aurelia application without needing to hand-code the Aurelia runtime's equivalent of "byte code".
JSX and createElement
We've added a powerful new API to Aurelia vNext called
createElement. The
createElement API matches the
React.createElement function signature and enables Aurelia vNext to optionally use JSX for its views and support a
render method. That said, most Aurelia developers will be more interested in the fact that the new
createElement API is the supported, new, low-level API for dynamic UI composition and the basis for the vNext
compose element. In vNext,
compose (and
createElement) can pass through arbitrary bindings, supports slotted composition and can more consistently compose custom elements and views, including views created on-the-fly. It can do all of this both synchronously and asynchronously, depending on your needs.
Lifecycle Improvements
In today's Aurelia, you might be surprised to see how large the separation between the binding and templating engines is. This was originally done in the spirit of ultra-modularity, but after almost four years, we have yet to see anyone use templating without binding or binding without templating. So, for vNext, we're integrating templating and binding more deeply. By doing this we can improve performance as well as create a more consistent component lifecycle. The new design also enables us to better handle the complex combinations of templating and binding behaviors that are present in real applications. We're pretty excited about the lifecycle work and what it will mean for Aurelia vNext.
Loaders and Bundlers
A core value of Aurelia has always been ease of integration with 3rd party libraries. Today's Aurelia is very good at this, better than any other framework, with one rather important exception. Due to early decisions in Aurelia's design, it requires a lot of work to support new module loaders and bundlers. This was most evident in the amount of work it took us to initially support Webpack. In vNext, we've made some different design decisions, which enable easier support of new loaders and bundlers. Beyond that, we've setup tests for vNext already, to ensure that it works properly with all the major players. Today we have vNext tests for Aurelia CLI (RequireJS/SystemJS), Browserify, FuseBox, Parcel, and Webpack . Also, in the same spirit of Aurelia Script for single-script tag development with today's Aurelia, vNext also supports single-script tag development from day one.
Testing and Publishing
We want our next major version of Aurelia to be the most stable, most validated, and most dependable front-end framework available, so we're investing heavily in testing and CI/CD infrastructure. As of this post, I'm pleased to share that Aurelia vNext is at 91% test coverage with over 48,000 unit and integration tests! We also have a series of e2e tests that we run against all the above-mentioned loaders and we're currently leveraging BrowserStack to ensure cross browser support. These tests are fully automated and run on every pull request. Additionally, we're now publishing automated nightly builds on NPM and making milestone-based pre-alpha releases as well.
Remember, even though we're beginning to publish pre-release builds of vNext on NPM, Aurelia vNext is not yet ready for real use. It's still undergoing significant breaking changes and developer documentation is not yet ready. In other words, don't use it yet. We promise to make a big deal about it when it's ready.
Wrapping Up
The third quarter of 2018 was probably one of the most significant periods in the history of Aurelia's development. With major new scenarios being opened up by Aurelia Script and the amazing progress speeding forward on vNext, we're more energized and excited for the future than ever before. Thanks for joining us on this ride and if you're new here, we welcome you to one of the most exciting places in front-end.


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When the HTC One was released last year (2013) as HTC's latest flagship phone it took much of the Android photo industry by surprise. Some complained about the "4 UltraPixel" design instead of a big number like "13 MegaPixel" thought. But most photographers already know that "MegaPixels" is just a marketing ploy anyway, so the number isn't that important…It's the quality of the camera and it's output. So let's go into it.
Over the last few years, the Android OS has caught up and exceeded IOS in terms of features and functionality, the HTC One was the first device where Android manufacturer had released a phone that went toe to toe with Apple's revered iPhone in terms of build quality and design. Of course with HTC's design using a metal body and awesome display, those things didn't hurt the phone either. Some may say "well, Samsung sold more so it has to be the best phone." That's okay if that's your opinion. It may have sold the most in units, but ask 20 Samsung Galaxy S4 owners and get their personal thoughts on the phone. Heck, I only needed to ask 5 long-time Android users and when 2 of the 5 got so pissed with their Samsung S4 they ended up going to the iPhone, I knew the Samsung product line had still not stepped up to the plate.
- CPU – Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core (2.3Ghz in US/EU and 2.5Ghz in Asia & China)
- Memory – 2GB DDR2
- Storage – 16gb/32gb w/ expandable storage up to 128gb
- Display – 5.0″ full HD (1080p) with Corning Gorilla Glass 3
- Camera – Duo Camera – HTC UltraPixel 4.0mp f2.0 at 28mm
- Android – 4.4 with HTC Sense 6
- Sim Card – NanoSIM
- Battery – 2600 mAh
- Sensors – Gyro sensor, accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor
- Sound – HTC Boomsound w/ dual front facing stereo speakers
- Network – GSM, WCDMA, HSPA, LTE
- Available Colors – Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver, Amber Gold
- Bluetooth – 4.0 compliant
- Size – 146.36mm x 70.6mm x 9.35mm
- Weight – 160g
The first thing you will notice once you get your hands on the M8 is you will see HTC kept that sleek look and stylish design from the original. After you grab a HTC One (M7 or M8), you will think all the phones fill like flimsy plastic toys. It's now 90% metal; what other phone can boast that? There are some changes that are worth noting. It is heavier than before, it has a larger display, the home and back buttons are implemented in the screen itself instead of being next to the HTC logo, and finally the HTC One (M8) has some new curves on its body. Some people will tell you it feels smoother, more natural to hold, and maybe even more comfortable (even though being larger); others will tell you it is too slick and you feel like it will slide out of your hand right away. I think it's just right. No, you are not going to be able to put it on your dashboard as-is and expect it to not slide around but I don't see myself thinking it's going to just slide out of my hand for being too slick.
Like I said earlier, the screen is larger now and has gone from 4.7″ to 5.0″ with the home and back button being dropped from the screen make the screen look very large, without making the phone itself not being ridiculously too large. I don't want to carry a tablet around in my pocket all day. The new displays still offers a full 1080p viewing experience and depth of colors are great. When watching the NCAA tournament, Netflix or looking at my photos all I see if how amazing right and wonderful things look. As a hobbyist photographer, if I am going to attempt to use a phone for photographs, this is a great way to see what photos I have taken, and my friends look at my phone and say "wow, those photos really pop."
The battery hasn't improved too much from the original HTC One, but the M8 offers some other interesting technologies. With a 2600mAh battery in the M8 HTC has now included a pretty solid Power Saving Mode that helps you drastically extend the life of your battery from a single charge. HTC claims that the M8 battery itself is 40% better than before. Additionally, the new Extreme Power Save mode will give you up to 2 weeks of standby time while still allowing for manual access to make calls, send emails, texts and other basic functions. This is an impressive statement, and you better believe I will be trying this out more and more, as I have multiple Google Accounts Syncing always, it will be interesting to see how things work for my setup. I've not had a long period to test this yet, so I will need to get back with you on my averages.
Motion Launch
This is a very interesting and surprising feature that I was not at all expecting. For years now, screens would go to sleep automatically, but the only way to get it back on was to find a button somewhere on the phone. With Motion Launch, you are now able to do things like double-tap the screen anywhere to turn it on, holding the phone up to your ear to answer a phone call, turn your camera on by a click on the volume button instead of finding your app, and many other little tricks. Some may say this is just a gimmick and not that important. For me though, those few seconds of time to unlock and search for my camera app can mean I will miss the photo.
The Camera
With new technologies always around the corner, people have become more and more critical and accused to a high quality camera built into their smart phone. There will always be the divde between a professional grade DSLR and a phone, but why not at least have a decent camera on the go, right? For several years the iPhone has pretty much lead the way with regards to how a mobile device should perform but other the last year or so, Android devices have really stepped up. Last years HTC One was good, but the HTC One M8 is great! The Duo Camera is a great feature.
HTC One M8 Camera Specs
- BSI sensor
- Pixel size 2.0 um
- Sensor size 1/3"
- f/2.0
- 28mm lens
- HTC ImageChip 2
- 1080p Full HD video recording with HDR video
- Secondary camera: capture depth information
I've said in previous articles about the original HTC One, the camera performs well (HTC One Sample Photos) (HTC One = More Secrets, Tricks and Tips) (iPhone 5s vs HTC One Comparison) (HTC One Android 4.3 update camera fixes), but what's new this time?
So to hash out a few things before I go further, I must give a quick refresher for those of you may not have purchased the HTC One M7 or forgot some of the lingo.
"Ultra Pixel"
I've previously spoke on how HTC chose to go against the normal marketing hype of camera world and instead of going "Bigger is Better" method, they changed up the verbiage from MegaPixel to UltraPixel. When all the HTC One's competition was going with 10-18 megapixel cameras, HTC opted to get a larger sensor with less megapixels. It took me a while to get over the deep techy side of things, but basically their larger sensor allowed to capture more light (about 250% more) than most standard 13MP cameras thus bringing some great photos from poor lighting situations. For a better description of UltraPixels, I highly urge you to read up on it Gizmodo because they do the best job explaining it.
Duo Camera
On the back of the phone you will not just find one camera, but actually two. This allows for the image to have more depth, so after you take a photo you can select if you were focusing on the foreground or background. I know there are apps out there that will filter your image to blur it in places, but why not have your camera do it a little more organically instead?
I've not had my hands on this phone very long, so I haven't been able to get any images or videos uploaded yet, but they are coming! Be on the lookout.
UPDATE: I have done more testing and now have additional thoughts of the HTC One M8 camera.


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Our friend and colleague, the great Jeff Dunetz, has written another stellar piece on the state of the race over at his website, Lidblog. In his latest column Dunetz dissects the recent decision by some Jewish leaders to organize a boycott and protest of an upcoming Donald Trump speech to the members of AIPAC. Dunetz explains why their decision to protest is both unfair and un-Jewish.
He who answers a word before he understands-it is foolishness for him and an embarrassment- Mishlei (Proverbs) Chapter 18: Verse 13
A Reform Rabbi from Florida by the name Jeffrey Salkin (of Temple Solel in Hollywood) is organizing a boycott of Donald Trump's speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference Monday, and it's not because of Trump's statement about being neutral in Israeli/Palestinian negotiations.
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But, for many of the rabbis who will be attending AIPAC, Trump's appearance poses political, moral, and even spiritual quandaries.
It is quite simple. Trump's hateful rhetoric is abhorrent to a great many rabbis, for a variety of reasons. In particular, the Reform movement has eloquently spoken out on Trump.
(…) We have been urging rabbis to simply not attend the Trump speech — to let our absence be felt and noted.
Yes, AIPAC must be hospitable to Trump, but that does not mean that AIPAC participants are hospitable to the candidate's ideas and candidacy.
While I understand the boycotting Rabbis distaste of Mr. Trump (just look at the hateful comments I get from Trump fans) and plan to vote against him in the New York State primary, the boycotters are not being fair to Donald Trump, nor are they observing Jewish law which demands people listen to all sides before making a judgment.
According to the Washington Post, "Those who have signed on so far primarily represent the Reform and Conservative movements of Judaism." For those unfamiliar with the differences between Jewish movements, both the Reform and Conservative (where I worship) movements are very progressive. Sometimes putting their political beliefs in front of the needs of the Jewish people. Or as I said when the leadership of the Conservative movement met with Barack Obama in the summer of 2012 and gave him an implied endorsement, they worship the golden calf of big government. Sometimes when hearing a liberal skewed sermon from the pulpit makes me feel very unwelcome at my own Shul.
Not Being Fair To Trump:
Why are they holding Donald Trump to a different standard than President Obama or Hillary Clinton? During his seven plus years as president, Barack Obama has shown himself to be anti-Israel and even worse, anti-Semitic. For example during the push for the Iran deal the president had a phone call with "Jewish Leaders." In the 20-minute phone call Obama said over and over that opponents of the Iran deal come from the same "array of forces that got us into the Iraq war," he said a "bunch of billionaires who happily finance super PACs" are "putting the squeeze on members of Congress."
The message was clear to the Jewish participants, William Daroff Senior Vice President for Public Policy & Director of the Washington office of the very liberal, Jewish Federations of North America tweeted during the meeting "Jews are leading effort to kill #Irandeal. 'Same people opposing the deal led us into Iraq war,'" and followed with "Canard: Jews got us into Iraq War."
Continue Reading at Jeff Dunetz's Lidblog…
The views expressed in this opinion article are solely those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by EagleRising.com


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Monday, November 05, 2007
At the "River and Trees" Leadership Training
Image from Google Book Search of Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook.
I survived day one of "Team Leadership: Meeting the Challenge," held in Rancho Capistrano. This Dilbert cartoon was shown in the beginning of the course before we did any of our experiential activities. Our last challenge of the day was "Laser Slot". We had seven people on each side of these ropes and had to pass four people from one side to the other without touching the ropes or passing through the vertical planes above and below the ropes. We had to estimate the number of failures or "tilts" we would have, where we would have to start over from the first person. If we went over the number of tilts we would get penalized. We did go over our estimated five tilts and ended up having to pass ten people across without tilting. Here's my turn at it...
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- Bigqueue said...
My initial thought was "gee, I hate those management training classes...better her than me!".
But then I realized you were probably in nice warm sunny Southern California, and I was her ein cold, wet Massachusetts!
What was I wishing for!??!!
Give me some of those ropes courses!!!!
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Damnoen Saduak and the Maeklong Train Market
January 6, day 90, Bangkok. Two popular sights for tourists to check out when visiting Thailand are the Maeklong train market, and one of several floating markets. We booked a tour to both, which included taking the train to the market, giving us a bird's eye view on the vendors just inches outside the window as the train rolled in. It's fascinating to watch them … Continue reading Damnoen Saduak and the Maeklong Train Market
Mekong Cruise
Our boat journey from Laos to Thailand last weekend was pretty relaxing, not least because there was only one other couple on the boat with us, giving us plenty of room to stretch out for the two long, 10-hour days. The first day we stopped to see the Pak Ou Caves, set in a limestone cliff a steep climb up from the Mekong, where locals … Continue reading Mekong Cruise
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Travel and the Art of Not Garfunkeling
If you travel, inevitably at some point you will find yourself starving, cranky, jet-lagged, and somewhat lost, standing in front of some vaguely non-threatening restaurant with a winsome, colorful menu in the window where you will say to yourself or your traveling companions, "Well, how bad can it be?" Afterwards, you will spend several hours in a bleak spiral of self recrimination, shaking your head … Continue reading Travel and the Art of Not Garfunkeling


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Buddy Miller is a central figure in the Americana music scene. A singer, songwriter, musician, and producer, Miller has worked with a host of legendary musicians. Ann, Deborah, Regina, and Alfreda McCrary have been described by music historian Robert K. Oermann as "Nashville's greatest soul sisters." The McCrary Sisters stopped by Sirius XM's The Buddy and Jim Show studio to appear on the show.


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A lot of checkbooks were waiting to open once Dino Rossi declared his long-expected 2008 candidacy for governor Oct. 25.
In the week between his announcement and the end of October, the Republican raised more than $463,000 for his race against Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire, his campaign reported Thursday. And he raised an additional $110,000 the first two days of November.
Rossi, who lost to Gregoire by 133 votes in 2004, couldn't start raising money until he became a candidate, a fact that exasperated a lot of Republicans who wanted him to get into the race months ago. But as impressive as his rapid-fire first round of fundraising was, he has a lot of catching up to do with the governor.
Gregoire hasn't disclosed her October fund-raising totals yet. But while her contributor records indicate she raised a little more than $320,000 during October, less than Rossi did, she already had $3.07 million in contributions and more than $2 million in the bank at the end of September. Thus her total fund-raising now approaches $3.4 million.
Rossi campaign spokeswoman Jill Strait said, "We are well on our way to catching up to the self-professed 'non-candidate,' Christine Gregoire, who has been heavily campaigning for the past three years." Gregoire doesn't intend to declare her already obvious candidacy until after the 2008 session of the Legislature adjourns.
Strait said Rossi raised three and a half times more money last month than he had raised by the end of October 2003.


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Nissan Pavilion at Seoul Motor Show 2017
Event Promotion in 2017
Nissan Pavilion at Seoul Motor Show 2017 was a project to deliver Nissan's superior techonology and design to the visitors and also to acquire further data base about potential sales topics. The motor show aimed to fulfill the theme, 'Nissan Intelligent Mobility'. Many spectators cheered and responded to the exhibition which included a concept car 'Gripz', autonomous robot 'EPORO', and other representative models of Nissan. It was a meaningful project for us to carry out the first exhibition of Nissan's concept cars in Korea. Apart from the special exhibition, we provided audio guides and curators at each displayed car so that the visitors can find Nissan's technology more easy and comfortable to enjoy.
Duration of the event
March 30th, 2017 – April 09th, 2017
Place of Event
Hwang Jung Yeon
Participated BM in the Project
Kim Han Soo
Lee Jin Yeong
Lee Wang Hee
Park Jung Hyun
Hwang Jung Yeon
Yun Se Jin


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Smooth Finish
Satin nickel scores in auto and other applications
#automotive #plating
A satin nickel finish is any nickel plate that has an even, non-reflective texture. The texture can be produced through mechanical means such as shot peening or abrasive polishing. Chemically altering the nickel plating bath with very small (micron-size) particles is a second method. The chemical approach is most widely used for high-production purposes.
The first U.S. patent title containing the term "satin nickel" dates to 1964. A key to producing the finish was co-deposition of inorganic particles with nickel. These particles, including kaolin clay, mica and glass, had to be small and evenly dispersed in the bath and into the nickel plate to produce an even, reproducible textured finish.
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By the early 1970s, satin nickel plating had found acceptance as an under-layer deposited before chromium plating. End uses for this type of coating include camera bodies, hardware and automotive interior trim. Satin nickel is particularly useful for interior car trim, because the driver will not be distracted by the typical mirror-bright nickel finish. Its fingerprint resistance also affords greater durability as an interior finish.
Around the same time, researchers developed a new method of producing the satin finish. New chemistries used wetting agents to produce the insoluble particles that result in the satin, rather than bright, nickel finish. Wetting agents of choice had a low-temperature "cloud point"—that is, they precipitated as the bath reached a critical elevated temperature. Satin nickel processes based on this mechanism produced a superior finish that was more reproducible and gave a more evenly textured appearance on plated parts than the particle-based process.
Use of wetting agents required special process equipment. Although not commonly used in conventional nickel plating operations, satin nickel processes using wetting agents required a tank with a weir filtration system. The weir separated particles of coagulated wetting agent (or other particles) that grew too large to produce a satin finish. The larger particles floated to the bath surface and were selectively removed by the weir. The separated wetting agent could then be re-dissolved at temperatures lower than the cloud point and reintroduced to the bath. Insoluble particles were permanently captured on the filter, and constituents of those particles were replenished to the bath by specific chemical additions.
Fast-forward 30 years or so. Recently, a resurgence in satin nickel plating has occurred. Automotive designers in particular have given renewed attention to this finish for interior and some exterior trim applications. Satin nickels also continue to provide modern, fingerprint-resistant coatings for many hand-held electronic packages, plumbing fixtures and door/cabinet hardware pieces.
Chromium, the traditional final coat for a satin nickel finish, may now be inhibiting its continued expansion. Increasing regulation based on chrome's hazardous and environmentally toxic properties limit its continued use. Chromium alternatives, as well as alternative color finishes, do have the potential to replace chrome for many decorative applications. Combining the satin nickel finish with chrome alternatives can potentially propel the process into more applications.
Products plated with satin nickel are quite common today; most of us see them and use them every day. The majority can be classified into three broad end use categories: automotive, plumbing and hardware.
Specific automotive applications include manufacturer emblems, interior decorative trim items, and radio and control knobs. In plumbing applications, satin nickel-plated parts are used in sink and tub faucets, shower heads and drain plugs and strainers. Satin nickel-plated hardware components run the gamut from towel bars and racks, soap trays, curtain poles and shower arms to stair rods, switch plates, door knobs and locks, hinges and light fixtures.
The Process
These days, most satin nickel plating is done on molded plastic parts. The process can use a variety of preparation methods prior to the introduction into the satin nickel chemistry. A typical preparation and plating sequence is outlined here.
The first step is a cleaner, which is used to remove light organics such as fingerprints, mold releases, dirt and so on. Typically, cleaners consist of mild alkaline solutions. Some applications that require more aggressive cleaning use a chromic acid solution ensuring complete wetting of parts prior to etching.
Cleaning is followed by a pre-dip used mainly to swell the plastic. This allows the following chemical etchant to uniformly attack the resin. Pre-dips are generally solvents, and usually different solvents are used for different substrate resins.
Etchants are oxidizing solutions that eat away the plastic surface at a controlled rate. The etchant increases the substrate surface area by creating microscopic cavities that act as attachment sites for the metal being plated and improving plating adhesion. Typical etchant chemistries include chrome-sulfuric (chromium trioxide and sulfuric acid) or all chrome (chromium trioxide). Dwell times and temperatures are changed to achieve the best adhesion for specific substrate materials. Etchant performance decreases as the concentration of trivalent chromium (Cr3+) ions builds up in the bath. Frequent additions of hexavalent chromium (Cr6+) increase bath life.
Etched parts require neutralization. Even when excellent rinsing conditions exist, Cr6+ can be trapped in etch cavities or other tight spaces. This leads to a defect known as "skip plate." Sodium bisulfite is a commonly used neutralizer. The bath is changed frequently due to its important function and the low cost involved.
The next step is pre-activation. Pre-activators enhance activator absorption and render unplateable resin surfaces plateable by filming the surface and changing the static charge. The choice of pre-activator, dwell time, and temperature depends on the type of plastic being plated.
Activators, sometimes referred to as catalysts, usually work by depositing a seed layer of a precious metal—palladium, platinum, or gold—that provides a surface for deposition of an upcoming electroless copper or nickel layer. Activators can contain tin chloride, palladium, and chloride ion. Activity and stability of the colloidal particles depend on the chloride and tin ion concentration. Platers maintain the activator bath based on chemical analysis and precious metal concentration.
Next, an accelerator removes excess tin from the activated part while leaving embedded precious metal sites ready for the deposition of an electroless copper or nickel layer. Excess tin must be removed from the surface because it interferes with the next step: an electroless copper or nickel pre-plate.
The pre-plate bath contains the metal (copper or nickel), a reducer, a metal complexor, a stabilizer, and a buffer system. Chemical reduction of the palladium metal begins when the palladium-bearing surface contacts this bath and continues through autocatalysis until a film thick enough to provide complete coverage is achieved.
Pre-plating renders parts conductive to prepare them for a strike electroplating step using copper or Watts nickel. The purpose of the strike is to build up sufficient copper thickness (0.0001 inch) to prevent loss of electrical contact to the rack.
Next, a bright acid copper bath builds a thickness of about 0.0005 to 0.001 inch of bright copper. This ductile copper prevents blisters and cracks and levels any small cosmetic defects to prepare the surface for subsequent satin nickel plating.
The satin nickel process deposits a uniform, fine-crystalline nickel deposit regardless of base material. Platers can achieve the required degree of dullness by adjusting additives. Deposit thickness ranges from about 10-25 μm depending on the application.
Finally, a layer of electrolytic chromium is plated over the satin nickel to improve the nickel's durability. This layer is often 5-10 μinch thick, and both hexavalent and trivalent chromium baths are used.
Chrome Exposure, Health and Safety
Chrome, the topcoat used in most satin nickel applications, is associated with environmental and health concerns. Hexavalent chromium (Cr+6) exposure may occur in the chromium plating operation. The main exposure concern is the chromic acid mist that is formed when chromic acid solutions are electrolyzed. The amount of chromic acid mist generated depends on several variables such as part loading, time, current density and concentration. Potential adverse health effects associated with Cr+6 exposures include lung cancer, asthma, and damage to the nasal epithelia and skin. On February 28, 2006, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published the final Hexavalent Chrome Standard. The three separate standards covering occupational exposures to Cr+6 included general industry (1910.1026), shipyards (1915.1026), and construction (1926.1126). The Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 5μg/m3 was established in all three versions. OSHA requires employers to use monitoring and analytical methods to measure airborne levels of Cr+6.
Alternative Topcoats
Decorative chrome gives a hard scratch- and stain-resistant surface, and parts finished with chrome set the standard for excellent salt-spray and environmental corrosion resistance. The drawbacks of hexavalent chromium for the plater are significant, however. As the industry becomes sensitized to the potential health and environmental concerns associated with chromium, alternatives have surfaced into the marketplace that provide equivalent protection.
Replacements do exist. Trivalent chrome, tin-nickel and tin-cobalt are the three that currently are commercially available. Of the three, tin-cobalt seems to have the most operational benefits. These include reduced regulation and waste treatment concerns, elimination of worker exposure to chrome, lower electricity costs, and improved throwing power.
These benefits are achieved with virtually no sacrifice in quality. The finish color is almost indistinguishable from chrome, and tin-cobalt reproduces the corrosion protection afforded by chrome.
Cost is a big consideration for platers. Margins are thin, particularly when you're supplying to the automotive industry. Direct cost comparisons will undoubtedly show chrome as the more economical finish. Indirect costs, such as waste treatment, building and land contamination concerns, strong oxidizer fire concerns and personnel health and safety, go a long way toward balancing the economic scales.
Satin nickel may also require other topcoats for appearance or for protection in specific applications that involve exposure to water and humid environments. Besides chromium, topcoat materials include brass, silver, gold, and bronze. An organic topcoat is also commonly used to improve finish durability. Relatively new topcoat materials that can eliminate use of chromium while providing a decorative appearance and durability include tin/cobalt and tin/nickel alloy electroplate.
Expanded decorative options are made possible by mixing satin nickel finishes with contrasting coatings. For years, companies have put gold plating on top of, or next to, satin nickel for dramatic effect. Using satin and bright nickel side by side also provides visual appeal. Newer black nickel finishes, which can stand alone or be contrasted with satin nickel, are now in demand. These black nickels, usually a combination of nickel-zinc or nickel-zinc-cobalt, offer sleek, dark, non-reflective appearances.
The automotive industry is investigating black nickel-plated interior trim for the next generation of interior styles. Black nickel with a topcoat potentially offers the same types of benefits presently associated with satin nickel finishes, such as glare-free surfaces and high scratch and fingerprint resistance. Black nickel also offers the novelty of a new interior appearance.
Satin Pluses And Minuses
Application of satin nickel has grown significantly due to the variety of appealing, uniform appearances the process can produce on plastic or metal surfaces. The latest chemistries are relatively easy to control and operate, and allow users to consistently reproduce the desired degree of satin appearance by adjusting additive targets and ranges. Appearance can also completely be modified by changing the metallic topcoat. The resulting surface has excellent wear and corrosion resistance, and, due to its non-reflective matte finish, is not susceptible to fingerprinting. Matte finishes are also highly resistant to scratching and have non-slip properties.
As discussed earlier, satin nickel applications require additional process equipment that provides both continuous filtration and periodic transfers into a storage tank through additional filtration. Process parameters typically must be controlled more tightly than a bright nickel system. Early satin nickel systems experienced issues with reproducibility, but newer chemistries have overcome that issue and can now consistently reproduce the desired appearance.
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Financial Responsibility Statement
The Financial Responsibility Statement (FRS) is a statement that describes the financial obligation a student accepts when he or she enrolls for classes at any campus of the University of Maine System. The statement, and it's acceptance, is a legal agreement between the student and the University of Maine System. Ensuring that students understand the financial commitment they are making when they register for courses is an important component of a student's financial literacy and is also required by the Federal Bureau of Consumer Protection.
The FRS will need to be completed prior to registration each fall/spring term, and will cover registration at any of the University of Maine System campuses. A registration hold will prevent you from registering for classes until you complete the on-line FRS process. The hold will be removed immediately upon completion.
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Perhaps the best part about juicing is that the actual juice blends are really easy to create. The following paragraphs include the information you need to get started.
Masticating juicers are becoming increasingly popular. The juice made by these juicers retains more nutrients due to the gentle extraction method they use. This type of juice from a masticating juicer stores easily and is more stable.
Immerse yourself in the taste of the juice, and don't rush things. Taking things slowly allows you to experience all the tastes the juice has to offer. Let saliva mix with your juice in order to begin digestion.
A hearty glass of juice can serve as a meal replacement. A single glass of juice can really contain quite a bit of food. Drinking fresh juice alone as a meal allows the juice's nutrients to quickly enter your bloodstream.
Begin by using color as a guide. Highly pigmented fruits and vegetables are often brimming with nutrition, from gorgeous greens to radiant reds and all the colors in between. Using a wide variety of colors will give you a full range of nutrients and many exciting tastes.
Before you get started juicing, do a little bit of research on the different varieties of fruits and veggies available. Due to the huge variety of market produce available, many differences can exist in the types of nutrients offered. Use produce which covers different nutritional requirements, such as vitamin C or niacin. You will get the right nutrients and also discover some new juices you like.
When you select a juicer, make sure that the one you choose can be quickly and easily dismantled and cleaned. Obviously, spending huge chunks of time to disassemble, clean, and then reassemble the juicer is the number-one deterrent of juicing. Clean the juicer as soon as you are done using it to reduce the time you have spend cleaning.
Cranberries can help with bladder problems or urinary tract infections. The minute you feel the infection taking place, start using them.
If you're diabetic or hypoglycemic, just juice veggies until you speak with your doctor. Eating fruit can increase your glucose levels quickly. It's crucial to your health that you keep track of the amount of fruit that you're putting in your juices. Stick to vegetables that will give you plenty of nutrients without aggravating a medical issue.
Pay attention to your reactions after drinking a new juice. Some fruit juices will not work with your system. If a juice bothers your stomach, think about which ingredients you used, especially new ones. You could use small amounts to let your body adjust to them.
Ginger is a highly beneficial spice that has a healing effect on the stomach. By adding it to your juice, it will give it flavor and heal any stomach issues you have. Ginger has anti-inflammatory properties that can also help to heal any damage done to the digestive system by acid reflux disease or peptic ulcer disease.
Drinking freshly juiced fruits and vegetables can add cleansing phytochemicals to your diet and help flush carcinogens from your system. Incorporate as many of these foods as you can into your juice recipes.
After you juice, you should drink it immediately. If you store your fresh juice in the refrigerator, some of the nutrients will dissipate, so it's important to drink it right away. The longer amount of time that you wait to consume the juice, the less nutrients you'll receive. Drinking your juice as soon as you are finished juicing is the best way to get the maximum nutrition from your juice.
Not only are freshly squeezed juices positively delicious, but they also promote a healthier mind and body. Juicing clean, fresh produce enables you to maintain a healthy, fit body.


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This week's Inkredible color challenge is Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Baja Breeze and Crumb Cake. These soft colors just spoke to me and told me I just had to use Nature's Walk for this challenge.
So here is my card and the ingredients to make it:
Stamp Set: Nature's Walk, Thank You Kindly
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Baja Breeze and Crumb Cake
Paper: Crumb Cake Patterns Designer Series Pack, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Victoria Crochet Trim, Pearls
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Inkredible Color Challenge
Posted by STASIA SLOMA at 12:00 AM
Labels: cards, color challenge, retired paper, thank you cards
1 comment:
- Dale Morin said...
Just beautiful!
- April 4, 2011 at 10:32 AM
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At the very least, semiotics is a good idea. Trying to understand how humans make sense of their lives, their environment, and the ways in which they interact with, and influence each other through signs is a fundamental endeavour. Semiotics, under any other name, is bound to have emerged when early humans evolved the cognitive capacity to encompass more than a single point of view and represent others as a source of signs, and discriminated between intentional and non-intentional signs with considerable adaptive consequences. Now known as TOM (Theory of Mind) in evolutionary and developmental psychology, this competence is double-edged as all adaptations are: it enhanced the deliberate sharing of information toward cooperation and enabled us to guess and interpret each other's agenda; but it also drove humans to construe natural phenomena as intentional agencies and elaborate cosmologies in the form of conspiracy theories whose consequences were not always benign.
The urge to understand the nature and range of signs is all the more pressing at a time when quantitative changes in representation and communication technologies are creating qualitative transformations in what it means to be human. In the wake of Darwin's theory, James Mark Baldwin (1861-1934) called attention to the impact of the built environment on human evolution itself. Culture is indeed a major evolutionary force. During the last centuries, human knowledge has increased at a progressively faster pace. Notwithstanding the despondent philosophers that construe science as a mere succession of paradigms which cancel each other as time goes on, scientific knowledge has proven itself to be cumulative even if some models and theories had to be discarded along the way. After all, theories are what we conceptually build to make up for our ignorance. For long, the painstaking observation and recording of facts – what we now call data – have been relatively sparse, and when they reached a critical mass their handling was a conceptual and computational challenge. When "facts" were only suggestive, theories were elaborated to make up for this lack of certainty and fill the gaps with speculations and generalizations in the hope that new data would prove them right and practical applications would vindicate them. Nineteenth-century semiotics was no exception. Is not now the time for semiotics to move on to the twenty-first century and leave behind ad hoc examples and thought experiments carried over from the scholastic past?
As we enter the age of transformation and witness the emergence of a new epistemological frontier, a time when research becomes data intensive, new methods of inquiry are called for. This is the theme of a recent collection of articles written through the collaborative efforts of scientists and Microsoft researchers, entitled The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery (2009) and edited by Tony Hey, Stewart Tansley, and Kristin Tolle. The opening chapter is a transcript of a talk on e-science given by the visionary Jim Gray (1944-2007), shortly before he disappeared at sea, which set the theme of the book. Its four parts deal successively with "earth and environment", "health and wellbeing", "scientific infrastructure", and "scholarly communication". New means of monitoring and recording processes in these domains, among others, through the exponential development of sensors that gather information 24/7, create such an abundance of data that ways of making sense of this mass run the risk of falling behind. Research must move from a situation in which, in centuries past, the quantity of data was manageable within the scope of human working memory to an age of data availability that transcends the capacity of the relatively simple algorithms of the nineteenth-century methods of scientific discovery. When data reach the level of terabytes and keep increasing in quantity and quality, new ways of progressing on the path of human knowledge are needed.
The Fourth Paradigm [www.fourthparadigm.org] selectively addresses some of the most pressing issues: environment science, health care, scientific infrastructure, and communication of knowledge. Much is relevant in this collective work to the concerns of twenty-first century semioticians. In this age of transformation, semiotics must move from a data-poor and speculation-rich endeavor to a full engagement with its new epistemological environment. Recoiling into mediaeval models on the pretext that the human mind must preserve itself against the assault of technology is self-defeating. As Andy Clark's provocative book Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension (2008) convincingly suggests, the elusive human mind is coterminous with the tools it creates. The data stored in the clouds are neither more nor less a part of us than those recorded in books and individual memories. They are as liable to be lost as those preserved for most of our lifetime within the neuronal clusters of our brains. But social distribution and connectivity are key features of human cognitive resilience and biological survival. As technology expands the reach of our organs of perception well below and beyond the thresholds of the natural phenomena for which natural selection fine-tuned our brains, the resulting information overload exceeds both the storage capacity and the computational capability of individual brains. The challenge is to create new powerful algorithms able to smartly mine this high tide of data and make sense of it. Evolution never rests.


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The account registers access (date, time, other measures).
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Need someone very reliable.
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Language: English (en)
Current Version: 1
License: Freeware
Development System: Inform 6
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Nominee, Best Individual Puzzle - 2002 XYZZY Awards
19th Place - 8th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2002)
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If I had to describe this game in one word, I would pick "crazy." This game, or series of mini-games, is wacky. Yes, it makes some sort of weird sense, but you will probably only get a headache trying to figure it all out. No, it is not confusing. The stories or sections in themselves are easily understood. Trying to put all of them together and figure out what the author's point is will drive you crazy, so just sit back and enjoy the ride.
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The games vary in enjoy ability. One of the games was actually quite enjoyable, with dynamic constraints. The other two were not very exciting.
The writing is melodramatic; it really reminded me of what you might expect if you told a university English class to "write something deep". It's hard to tell, though, if the author is doing this purposely or not, which is a point in the game's favor.
There is unnecessary profanity in the first game, a strange departure from the tone of the rest of the game.
For those who have played through all three games and read all of the author's additional notes and material:
(Spoiler - click to show)There is a fourth "endgame" which, I believe, is what the author refers to when he says part of the game is inspired by House of Leaves. At first, I really enjoyed this game, but then I began to realize that the game seems to place the new staircase only when a large percentage of the map has been explored, and then places it in the unexplored spot closest to the entryway. Because of the House of Leaves reference, I do not believe this puzzle is intended to be solved.
The best section is the third, because there are more things to try, even if in the end the lesson is the same. I gave up on the final section after I realized that (Spoiler - click to show)the Rogue-like dungeon never ends, there's nothing to do apart from map it, and it's designed so that the next staircase doesn't appear until you've mapped most of a level. Certainly in line with the rest of the game, but no less frustrating for all that.
Your attitude toward the "game" will probably depend on your tolerance for frustration. It's an interesting and worthy experiment.
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Horseshoe, Base Y, is situated on Horseshoe Island in Marguerite Bay (67°48'S, 67°18'W). The scientific base was established in March 1955 and closed in August 1960. Research carried out here included topographic survey, geology and meteorology.
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Find out where Port Lockroy is in Antarctica and where the other historic sites are in relation to it.
We have put together a few hints and tips on travelling to Antarctica that we have gleaned through experience.
As a Friend of Antarctica you will be supporting the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust's important work, caring for and conserving historic buildings and artefacts in Antarctica.
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During the Second World War the British Government mounted a secret mission, code-named Operation Tabarin, to establish a permanent presence in Antarctica.
The Heroic Era is considered to start in 1895, when a resolution passed at the Sixth International Geographical Congress advocated the exploration of Antarctica.
Find out the most recent news from UKAHT and our other partners and stakeholders.
As out team are conserving Horseshoe we will be updating diary entries from Base Y from 1955 through to 2017
We exist to preserve, enhance and promote British Antarctic heritage to engage, inform and inspire a global audience.
UKAHT operate a grants programme, giving money to organisations with an interest in sharing the stories of British endeavour in Antarctica.
Ernest Henry Shackleton was born on 15 February 1874 in County Kildare, Ireland. Educated in London, at the age of sixteen he joined the merchant navy and qualified as a master mariner in 1898. In 1901 he joined Scott's British National Antarctic Expedition as Third Lieutenant, taking the first aerial photograph in Antarctica and, along with Scott and Edward Wilson, attempting to reach the South Pole. Whilst unsuccessful, the party set a new furthest south record. Shackleton contracted scurvy whilst on this sledging trip and was invalided home in January 1903, going on to assist with the fitting out of Discovery for her relief expedition of Scott's party, as well as the ARA Uruguay for her relief expedition of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition.
With Discovery home Shackleton worked for some time as a journalist and married Emily Mary Dorman in 1904, with whom he would have three children. That same year he was also elected as secretary of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. In 1906 he resigned from this position to run as the Member of Parliament for Dundee, but was not elected. In 1908 Shackleton led his first expedition to the Antarctic aboard the Nimrod, attempting to reach the South Pole but ultimately turning back at 88°23'S, setting another furthest south record. Three members of this expedition, Alistair McKay, Douglas Mawson and Edgeworth David, were however successful in reaching the South Magnetic Pole in 1909, and on his return to Britain Shackleton was knighted.
With the South Pole reached by Amundsen in 1911, Shackleton returned with his new goal of being the first to cross the Antarctic Continent via the Pole. The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition left the UK in 1914, but did not reach the Antarctic coast before their ship Endurance became trapped in pack ice. Nine months later Endurance was crushed, forcing the men to camp on the ice for five months before launching lifeboats to reach Elephant Island. From there, a small party sailed the perilous journey to South Georgia, reaching the Stromness whaling station on foot. The men on Elephant Island were then rescued, before the Ross Sea party were rescued. This expedition became Shackleton's most famous exploit.
On his return to war-torn Europe, Shackleton volunteered for the front lines but was too old. In October 1917 he was sent to Buenos Aires on an unsuccessful diplomatic mission. Suffering a possible heart attack on his way, Shackleton then worked for the Allied Expeditionary Force in the Russian Civil War.
In 1921 Shackleton set off on his third expedition to Antarctica. The Shackleton-Rowett 'Quest' Expedition, which suffered from a lack of clear objectives from the start, was ultimately overshadowed by his death in South Georgia in 1922 from a suspected heart attack. At the request of his wife, Shackleton was buried on South Georgia, and a memorial service was held at St Paul's Cathedral in London. Whilst Frank Wild took over leadership of the expedition, little of note was achieved before the expedition returned to Plymouth a year later. Shackleton's death is often considered to mark the end of the Heroic Age in Antarctica.
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It is a GMAW (gas metal arc welding) short circuit transfer process, and the STT machine itself has no voltage knob – it uses current controls to adjust the heat independent of wire feed speed, ensuring changes in electrode extension do not remove heat from the bead. Good bead control and faster travel speeds can replace GTAW (gas tungsten arc welding) in many applications, without sacrificing appearance.
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David Burgstahler is the President of the American Accounting Association (2016-17), and is the Julius A. Roller Professor of Accounting at the University of Washington. David has taught at the University of Washington since 1981, where he previously served as Acting Dean in the School of Business and Associate Dean for Masters Programs and Executive Education. He earned his Ph.D. from The University of Iowa. David has published widely in peer-reviewed journals including The Accounting Review, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Issues in Accounting Education, and Contemporary Accounting Research. He is currently an Editor of The Accounting Review, serves on the Editorial Board of Journal of Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting, and served as Associate Editor (1997-2000) and Editorial Board Member (2000-04) of Accounting Horizons, The Accounting Review (1983-86) and (1992-2003), Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory (multiple years) and on the Editorial Board of several other peer-reviewed journals.
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10 Measures Of Facebook ROI For Your Brand
Here are ten ways to measure return on investment in Facebook marketing.
Success in Facebook marketing often requires rethinking how to define return on investment.
That does not mean, however, that the tried and true measures should be summarily tossed in the trash to make room for new benchmarks. Nor does it mean brands should attenuate their expectations because "social media is so new and changing so rapidly" or "the metrics you need are difficult to obtain."
I have seen a number of brands default their success assessment and – oh, horror – design their initiatives against readily available metrics, rather than what is relevant to their overall business objectives. "We can measure Facebook Likes, so let's do what we can to get lots of them. If we get more likes than our competition, we have a successful social media program."
That a parameter is available does not mean it is always relevant any more than if a parameter is difficult to measure it is not worth pursuing. We are flooded with data that is worthy of the investment in collection and analysis to help us determine whether our social media initiatives are paying off.


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A space scientist and a professor of emergency room medicine at the University of Leicester in the U.K. have MacGyvered up technology initially developed to detect life on Mars into a real-life version of Dr. Leonard H. McCoy's diagnostic sickbay bed.
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The Duran reported that the latest attempt to pin some kind of Russia connection to Trump was delivered by US propaganda news outlet The New York Times, which over the weekend published a dud of a revelation that Donald Trump Jr., together with former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner had met at the Trump Tower with a lawyer who was allegedly "Kremlin connected" on June 9, 2016, shortly after Trump was assured of the Republican nomination.
It is fact that Mark Corallo, a spokesman for the president's lawyer, told the NYT that "the president was not aware of and did not attend the meeting."
The NYT has also not had any luck providing a motive behind the 20 minute meeting between the Trump team and a lawyer with possible (yes possible) ties to the Kremlin. Ties to the Kremlin meaning what exactly?
Now the NYT has cleverly found a motive. To destroy poor, innocent Hillary Clinton.
"Citing three advisers to the White House – Trump Jr. agreed to meet with the lawyer, Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, only after allegedly being promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton."
Zerohedge reports that this fake news propaganda from the NYT is already falling apart in record time, as the latest cartoonish "femme fatale" figure conjured up by the NYT, the Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, told the Times in a Saturday statement that "nothing at all about the presidential campaign" was discussed. She "never acted on behalf of the Russian government," she said, and "never discussed any of these matters with any representative of the Russian government."
More importantly (according to Zerohedge), "she recalled that after about 10 minutes, either Mr. Kushner or Mr. Manafort walked out", in other words the meeting was, as Trump Jr. suggested, a waste of time.
Separately, Trump Jr. said in a statement to the paper on Sunday that he had met with Veselnitskaya at the request of an acquaintance after learning she may have a tip about the Clinton campaign, but said she offered nothing of value and instead used "claims of potentially helpful information" as a pretext for a meeting about Russian adoption issues; he denied that he received any information on Clinton.
"After pleasantries were exchanged, the woman stated that she had information that individuals connected to Russia were funding the Democratic National Committee and supporting Ms. Clinton," Trump Jr. said in his statement. "Her statements were vague, ambiguous and made no sense. No details or supporting information was provided or even offered. It quickly became clear that she had no meaningful information."
He said they then talked about American adoptions of Russian children. "It became clear to me that this was the true agenda all along and that the claims of potentially helpful information were a pretext for the meeting." Trump Jr. also said he asked Manafort and Kushner to attend, but did not tell them what the meeting was about.
NEW: Donald Trump Jr. provides statement to @ABC on meeting with Russian lawyer with Kremlin ties in spring 2016 https://t.co/wA27LLuotX pic.twitter.com/tIgL5Y4yZC
— ABC News (@ABC) July 9, 2017
Zerohedge correctly points out that the NYT has overlooked four "minor" issues with this latest Trump-Russia collusion story that once agains proves that the paper of record is peddling more fake news…
Well, since as the NYT itself admits that there is yet again no smoking gun – "it is unclear whether the Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, actually produced the promised compromising information about Mrs. Clinton" – the only implied allegation is the NYT's summary that "the accounts of the meeting represent the first public indication that at least some in the campaign were willing to accept Russian help."
There are just four minor issues with this.
First, the meeting took place in early June, or roughly one month before Russia is said to have "hacked" either the DNC or Podesta's emails. This is something that even Trump's nemesis, and Comey's frieng, Benjamin Wittes noted on Twitter:
The date on this meeting may actually be exculpatory to Trump in one way. Why? It predates the disclosures, I think, of Russian hacking. /4/ pic.twitter.com/TGT5bXVNTL
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) July 9, 2017
It begs the question: if Russia was planning on hacking Clinton, why not wait one month until it actually had the relevant damning information, instead of allegedly using said information as a false pretext for a meeting with the Trump campaign, only to burn that particular bridge?
Second, if indeed the Trump campaign was hoping to use "hacked" information to attack Hillary, why would the "Kremlin" use Wikileaks or Guccifer2.0 as intermediaries just weeks later, when it could have gone directly to Trump as this narrative implies – whether using Veselnitskaya as a conduit as the NYT infers, or otherwise. Indeed, if this narrative is to be upheld, then one month later Putin, instead of using its "Kremlin connected" lawyer, went directly to the public, by disclosing the DNC emails which eventually led to Wasserman-Schultz' resignation after it was revealed that the Democrats had conspired against Bernie Sanders to benefit Hillary in the Primaries. Incidentally, the source of the leaked DNC emails was not an issue at the time when the pro-Bernie and pro-Hillary camps were engaged in a furious feud against each other. Only later did the Kremlin become a useful scapegoat to deflect attention from the original source of anger within the democratic party.
Third, if this was indeed as blockbuster a meeting as the NYT reporters present it, why was Trump himself absent? After all, if there is anything we have learned in the past year, is that when it comes to acceptable protocol, Donald Trump is the last person to care, and would have been the first person to want to know what this critical "source" has to say.
Finally, there is the question of whether someone was trying to set up the president's son. As Mark Corallo, a spokesman for President Trump's legal team, said quoted by Circa, "We have learned from both our own investigation and public reports that the participants in the meeting misrepresented who they were and who they worked for," said "Specifically, we have learned that the person who sought the meeting is associated with Fusion GPS, a firm which according to public reports, was retained by Democratic operatives to develop opposition research on the President and which commissioned the phony Steele dossier. " He added that "These developments raise serious issues as to exactly who authorized and participated in any effort by Russian Nationals to influence our election in any manner."
Zerohedge concludes that none of that was mentioned in the NYT sequel, whose intention is that just the insinuation of collusion now spread to Trump Jr., will be sufficient to keep the Russia hacking story alive and in play at least a little longer.
Another potential consequence is that at the insistence of Democrats, Trump Jr could be dragged into the Russian investigation. On Sunday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said he may push Trump Jr., who runs the Trump Organization with his brother, to testify before the committee.
"We are going to want to question everyone at that meeting about what was discussed," he said on CNN's "State of the Union."
In short: anything to keep the "Russia hacking" story – now well past its "sell by" date – going just a little bit longer, even as the first meeting between Trump and Putin has now come and gone. Meanwhile, one year after the alleged Russian hacking, the public still eagerly awaits any evidence of said Russian hacking.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Duran.