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Just two hours out of London weekenders and interiors lovers can find a dream bolt-hole, with a bit of a difference – The Craftsman's Cottage is a holiday cottage celebrating the best of British crafts, old and new. Also known as Semley Lodge, the house is an early 19th century cottage built from Shaftesbury greenstone with a slate roof, situated in a hamlet just three miles from the ancient Anglo Saxon hill top town of Shaftesbury. The handsome cottage has not only been lovingly restored, but has also been fitted out by work from some of Britain's best craftsmen and designers. From established names like Heal's, to iconic products like Anglepoise and modern classics from the likes of Russell Pinch, the house has been dressed in its best British finery.
The cottage has been conceived as more than 'just' a place to stay. Mixed in with modern design names are wonderfully authentic antique pieces, alongside classics from the Cotswold School, Ercol and the Arts & Crafts movement. Contemporary names like Another Country and Melin Tregwint are effortlessly integrated into the scheme. Guests are able to buy many of the items that furnish the house direct from suppliers at a discount, and the building is also home to a range of carefully selected artworks by British artists. From abstract paintings to ceramics and some beautiful block-print fabrics, the artists showcased slot beautifully into the Arts and Crafts concept. A full list of the artworks and how to buy them is also available to guests.
The building's original materials and features are highlighted, with exposed stone walls and original beams making up the bones of the cottage, while the decor laid on top uses sympathetic colours inspired by the countryside visible through each window. A dabbled green rug by Ptolemy Mann sits in front of the living room's open hearth. Rustic cushions and lampshade by Bonfield Block Printers display prints of oak leaves and acorns in rich autumnal reds and moss greens.
The Craftsman's Cottage sleeps six and is available to rent via the website. There you can also find full information about all the items featured in the cottage.
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October 7, 2009 is now "New Mother's Day" for me. I just wanted to give you an update on what's transpired since then.
Yesterday, I packed 2 UPS boxes to go to my birth mother in Florida. One box has all my photo albums I want to share with her and my 2 sisters & extended family. One box has things just for Clarice, being my first baby shoes, Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls for my niece to have as a keepsake, a portrait my Mom (adoptive Mom & always Mom) had done when I was 3 or 4 years old that I'm the spitting image of my birth mom, school art & papers written including a paper I wrote when I was 10 about how special being adopted is, etc. I leave Friday 11/20 for Tampa, where they are picking me up for a short weekend where I can meet Clarice, Sherry & Gracie & extended family.
My sisters & I are all 1/2 sisters. My younger sister looks just like me!
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What I Do
Content Creation
Brands need to think of themselves as mini media companies. It's no longer enough to just deliver a solid product; they also need to build a community through consistent, high-quality content. Think of me as a one-stop-shop.
Social Strategy
The average American adult spends 60-90 minutes a day on social media. It's not something you have to convince people to do. It's simply a matter of focusing that attention. We do that by sharing compelling stories with your audience.
Sometimes it's just about having an outside eye to bring a little perspective to things. One-on-one coachings, site audits, strategy workshops, and weekly consultations are just a few ways I work with clients to get things moving along.
Why It Works
In a noisy marketplace you have to identify the things that make you stand out. What makes you remarkable? Unique? Worth talking about? Think of Social Media as the new word-of-mouth, and my job as a Digital Strategist is to find ways to spark conversations.
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Students worked hard all week? Do they deserve a special reward for a job well done? This activity will offer students a nice break from structured learning. Adapt it to fit your needs. Have some Friday Fun!
Educator Kimberlee Woodward begins this activity by posing the question, Who can do something really well? After a brief discussion about some of the students' talents, she passes out colored strips of paper and asks students to write down five things they do well, one thing per strip. The lesson continues as she gets students actively involved in building a chain that will serve as a yearlong reminder to students of the talents they possess and the benefits that can result from teamwork.
Best of the Icebreakers
Education World (August 5, 2005)
Find links to more Friday Fun activity ideas in our Friday Fun archive.
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If you're vacationing to Hilton Head Island soon, here's a quick look at the main parts of the island. It will help you decide where you'd like to stay and which area offer the style of vacation you may be interested in.
Sea Pines
Perhaps the largest area of the island is Sea Pines Plantation, which encompasses the entire south end. Here you will find the large entertainment, dining and shopping area of Harbour Town, three championship golf courses (one oceanfront), a 600-acre forest preserve, an equestrian center, five miles of beach and miles of bike paths.
Mid-Island/Palmetto Dunes
Centrally located on the island is Palmetto Dunes. Staying here makes anyplace you need to go on the island just a short drive or bike ride. Palmetto Dunes offers three award-winning golf courses (one oceanfront), a tennis center, an 11-mile inland lagoon, 3 miles of beach and lots of vacation homes and restaurants. Across the highway is Shelter Cove Harbour connected via bike path with more vacation rentals, Broad Creek, waterfront dining and shopping and seasonal live entertainment.
Folly Field
Also located mid-island is Folly Field, though this can often be a quieter getaway with fewer crowds. Only 10 minutes from Shelter Cove, it's still close to many activities and restaurants. You'll also find plenty of white sandy beaches here, as well.
Forest Beach/Coligny
Another great areas for shoppers is Forest Beach, which is close to the popular Coligny Plaza. This is one of the only non-gated areas of the island and everything you need is just a bike ride away. Head to the beach at the new Coligny Beach Entrance with water fountain, outdoor showers, restrooms and more. You'll also find mini-golf, bike trails and lots of live entertainment in the area.
Port Royal
On the northeast corner of the island is Port Royal, home to many vacation rentals and homes, as well as activities. Within this area, there are three championship golf courses, both freshwater and saltwater lagoons for fishing, an arboretum, a variety of historic sites and 19 beach paths.
Which area of Hilton Head Island suits your style the best?
For more information about Hilton Head vacation homes, visit http://www.SunsetRentals.com or call 800-276-8991.


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When you yourself have currently mounted CCTV programs in your house or organization, or if you are considering finding CCTV cameras to take action, then you have created a wise decision and you will find this significantly can help you to safeguard your safety and to enhance the ease of one's transactions and your client service.
Nevertheless just having Bosch CCTV Dubai cameras is not really enough in the event that you aren't using them regularly and with them smartly. What's more important is that you will be cautious together with your CCTV techniques in order to get the most from their store and to enhance your security around possible. Here we shall look at some methods you will get more from the CCTV systems.
To start with, where are your CCTV cameras found around your house? If there is number rhyme or reason to the roles you have placed them then you definitely need certainly to rethink this with some strategy. You could for example want to put your CCTV cameras in areas wherever they will be seen. In this manner they are not just a security gain following the actual fact to assist you catch the trespassers, but in addition a deterrent that can prevent violations from occurring in the very first place. At the same time frame they're also a deterrent against other activities, such as for instance staff misbehaving or perhaps not giving the utmost effective service.
On another hand you may choose that you'd rather hold your CCTV cameras more concealed, in this way finding a more genuine concept of how your team act when you are maybe not there, and stopping potential thieves from tampering with the cameras or damaging them.
Additionally you need to ensure your CCTV cameras are observed in this way that they'll capture the whole of the property. It is no great for instance to possess whole areas of one's keep perhaps not obvious to your cameras, otherwise you will find that you end up missing essential issues that occur.
It can be recommended to ensure that you purchase great CCTV camera with all the current absolute best features. By now many people must be using digital rather than analogue for instance to over come issues regarding taking from numerous tracks. Similarly in the event that you choose digital then there are numerous other characteristics you are able to benefit from as a result. As an example you will get IP CCTV - or web protocol which means simply speaking your cameras will send information wirelessly. Which means that your cameras could be transferred about quickly, and it indicates that you can view the footage slightly from computers and so on once you aren't in the building.
Action detectors are also incredibly helpful for CCTV, allowing your cameras to history just when there is motion being selected up.
You would also be smart to combine your CCTV techniques along with your other programs about your property. As an example you are able to combine with alarm methods which means your CCTV cause the alarm when it finds movement. Similarly CCTV may be used included in an intercom system to allow you to discriminate on who you let into your building.
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Weekly Roundup: February 5-9, 2018
John Kamensky
GSA Reshuffle. Federal News Radio reports: "The General Services Administration's Technology Transformation Service had a tumultuous run over the last 20 months. Over the course of its existence, TTS is on its third commissioner, has been brought under the Federal Acquisition Service and has seen an increasing amount of personnel turnover. . . Joanne Collins Smee, the deputy commissioner of FAS and the director of TTS, announced last week at an all-hands meeting that the organization will go through a reorganization focused on how to better serve the Trump administration's IT modernization effort."
Be Positive. Howard Risher, in a commentary column for Government Executive, writes: "Agencies should be celebrating outstanding achievements and top performers. Those employees are far more valuable and important than the handful of poor performers."
A GREAT Grant Reporting Bill. NextGov reports the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act (GREAT Act): "would require the Office of Management and Budget—along with other relevant stakeholders—to establish a standard taxonomy for data reported by grant recipients to federal agencies. Ideally, this would create a more searchable, transparent and user-friendly database of grant awards and awardees." The bill's sponsors plan a similar bill for contracts.
Rise and Fall of 18F. FedScoop reports: "By most metrics, 18F is withering away. The average annual attrition rate at GSA is 6.6 percent, although the majority of that is accounted for by individuals who are retiring. This rate is typical for a government agency. In comparison, according to new data released by GSA, the attrition rate at 18F last year was 24.5 percent."
OPM's Federal Workforce Priorities. The Chief Human Capital Officers' Council released its first-ever statutorily-mandated report that : "identifies six Government-wide priorities, outlines the supporting research and information considered in their selection, and provides pertinent promising practices from agencies." The priorities will serve as a guide for action through 2021, when the next report is due to Congress.
Big Data, Big Deal. Don Kettl, in a commentary for Government Executive, writes: "Government managers are advancing the use of "big data," and it's having a big impact. It's the center of an important effort to transform the health of the federal government and improve the outcomes of federal programs." His article lists ten reasons why big data "is bigly different."
CR Contains Legislation on Pay for Success. The 640-page continuing resolution, which extends spending through March 23rd, contains a number of interesting elements, including: "Legislation that will create a new $100 million program to fund pay-for-success projects was included in a budget bill (full bill text) that Congress passed in the early hours of February 9. . . . The legislation (pay for success text) will provide competitive grants to states and local governments for pay-for-success projects and feasibility studies. The program would be run by the Treasury Department.
Michael Keegan
President Trump announces pick for new IRS commissioner. The president on Thursday announced his nomination of Charles Rettig to serve as IRS commissioner.
New GSA administrator seeks to shine light where the shadows of federal procurement live. The General Services Administration is exploring how it can add more transparency to the procurement process, particularly with its $35 billion schedules program. Since its inception, GSA's schedules program has been hidden behind a wall where only vendors with a contract could see the solicitations and awards. The lack of transparency about what happens on those "members-only" contracts has frustrated good government groups, the media and vendors who aren't on the contracts, but may want to join.
GSA Administrator Emily Murphy has made transparency one of her four goals and is seeking not just an agency solution to this challenge, but one that would work governmentwide.
DoD and military IGs concerned about staffing Defense. The Defense Department and military service inspectors general begged Congress for more resources as some personnel investigations are backlogged almost two years. "We have over 200 cases that are open at this time and we are just now getting to our 2016 cases so there is some lag time because of the number of investigations,"Naval Inspector General Vice Adm. Herman Shelanski told the House Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee Feb. 7.
While the Navy held the most egregious backlog, all of the services and DoD said they were in dire need of employees to address investigation delays.
Cybersecurity Workforce: Urgent Need for DHS to Take Actions to Identify Its Position and Critical Skill Requirements. The Department of Homeland Security needs more cybersecurity workers, but it's missing critical information about where to put them. The Government Accountability Office found that DHS missed several deadlines of the Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act. The law requires DHS to identify all cybersecurity functions and come up with job codes for all of its cyber positions. GAO also finds the agency's reporting under the law was not complete. In August, DHS said it identified 95 percent of its cyber positions. But when GAO added vacant positions, the total was only 79 percent.
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Conversations with Authors: John Kamensky on Cross-Agency Collaboration: A Case Study of Cross Agency Priority Goals
How were the initial Cross-Agency Priority Goals (CAP) goals implemented? What has been the impact of the initial CAP goals? How can we improve the implementation of the next round of CAP goals? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with John Kamensky, Senior Fellow at the IBM Center and author of Cross-Agency Collaboration: A Case Study of Cross Agency Priority Goals next week on The Business of Government Hour.
Broadcast Schedule: The show airs Monday at 11 a.m., and Friday at 1 p.m. on Federal News Radio 1500AM WFED.
If you can't wait, though, you can listen to (or download) this week's program and all our previous interviews at businessofgovernment.org.


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Quick iPod Tip
Not sure if this is common knowledge, but I just discovered it. On the now "classic" clickwheel models (I have a 60gig video, black), holding down the "Menu" option for a second automatically jumps you back to the main menu. This is particularly handy if you are a handful of menus deep into the notes, for instance, where a single click of the menu button can actually just move you back to the last page you were on.


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Continuing Education & Professional Development
The real estate business is constantly evolving. Throughout the year, GARDNER REALTORS provides live continuing education and professional development seminars and workshops, even for our most experienced of REALTORS. We are committed to providing you with all of the classes you will need to stay on the cutting edge and meet your licensing requirements.
For instance, we have an exclusive GARDNER Continuing Education and Professional Development Event at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino each January to kick-off the new year. Our GARDNER Real Estate Family comes together to learn, network, and have some fun on the Mississippi Gulf Coast!In addition to the live classes, GARDNER offers Continuing Education through our exclusive online GARDNER Continuing Education Shop.
Where Do I Go Next?
Ongoing Training
Our Career Development Team provides training in our neighborhood offices, and our Sales Managers are always available to assist!
Meet Our Career Development Team
Our Career Development Team is made up of skilled professionals dedicated to empowering our REALTORS with the tools and skills needed to launch their career.


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Renal Failure Basics
Renal Failure Diagnosis
Renal Failure Symptoms
Renal Failure Diet
Renal Failure Treatment
Renal Failure Complications
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Renal Failure is divided into Acute Renal Failure and Chronic Renal Failure. The following information is about the basics of Renal Failure, and we hope some parts of it can help you.
Acute Renal Failure
What is Acute Renal Failure?
Acute Renal Failure means your kidneys suddenly become unable to filter the waste products from your blood. When your kidneys stop working, waste products, fluids build up in your body. This can cause problems which can be deadly.
What causes Acute Renal Failure?
1. Heavy blood loss, an injury, or a bad infection called sepsis can reduce blood flow to the kidneys; dehydration also can harm the kidneys.
2. Damage from some medicines, poisons or infections. Examples of medicines that can sometimes harm the kidneys include gentamicin and streptomycin, ACE inhibitors, the dyes used in some X-ray tests.
3. Kidney stones, a tumor or an enlarged prostate gland can cause a sudden blockage that stops urine flowing out of kidneys.
You have a greater chance of getting Acute Renal Failure if (1) you have long-term Diabetes, high blood pressure, heart failure or obesity; (2) you are already very ill and are in the hospital; (3) you have done a heart or belly surgery or a bone marrow transplant; (4) you are an older adult.
Acute Renal Failure may be reversible. If you are otherwise in good health, you may recover normal kidney function.
Chronic Renal Failure
Compared to Acute Renal Failure, Chronic Renal Failure means the kidneys are unable to work normally any more with the illness condition becoming worse and worse.
Chronic Renal Failure is difficult to be reversed, for much kidney function has been lost. Most patients with Renal Failure will choose dialysis treatment or a kidney transplant.


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In the midst of a building boom where giants of glass and steel are popping up chockablock, we often don't see the building material that built our great city. Like the flatiron shaped Gooderham Building, many of the structures of Old Toronto were built with red brick, formed from the dense clay quarried from the Don River Valley. Several of these modest brick buildings live on today, in what has since become known as the St. Lawrence neighbourhood.
The Berczy and its surroundings from above, image by SkyJacked
For developer Concert Properties and architects Young + Wright / IBI Group and ERA, the historic appeal and charming aesthetic of the area were impossible to ignore when designing The Berczy. Now halfway through construction, the 13-storey condominium project is starting to reveal some of its finer details, including the rebuilt façade of the historic Greey's Factory Building. The century old four-storey warehouse at 6 Church Street was demolished in 2011 to make way for the site excavation. Almost two years later, a nearly identical façade stands in its place.
Rebuilt façade of Greey's Factory building, image by Jack Landau
Rebuilt façade of Greey's Factory building, image by Jack Landau
Close-up of rebuilt façade, image by Jack Landau
The façade, visible in the above images, was reconstructed using the original bricks, providing a tangible connection between the new condo and the neighbouring heritage stock. The Berczy's terraced design sets the top floors back above the fourth floor, reflecting the heights of neighbouring structures. Other contextual considerations include the use of red brick for the rest of the building's lower floors (all new brick), as well as the prominent cornices leading to the main setback.
Rendering of The Berczy, image courtesy of Concert Properties
Over the past few months we have also seen the installation of the impressive dark black window frames, which will contrast nicely with the surrounding red brick.
Dark black cladding on The Berczy's north façade, image by Jack Landau
Dark black cladding on The Berczy's east façade, image by Jack Landau
Once completed, the development will bring 161 condominium units to the historic St. Lawrence Neighbourhood, and is sure to make a few appearances on future postcards featuring the classic "Flatiron angle".
The Berczy rising next to the 1892 Gooderham Building, image by Jack Landau
For additional information and renderings, visit the dataBase page listed below. Want to get involved in the discussion? Check out the related forum thread, here.


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Team S&J are fundraising for Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity (WPHCC):
Team S&J, is a true team effort, bringing together employees from Eclipse Magnetics and S&J UK (companies within the S&J Group) in their quest to raise £5k for WPHCC during 2016.
Thank you for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page for WPHCC. JustGiving is fast and totally secure. Your details will not be shared with anyone and you will not receive unwanted emails. We encourage you to use the page to contribute to our 2016 fundraising goal.
A little more information about us:
The S&J Group is a group of companies with roots in Sheffield dating back to 1760! Sheffield based group companies Eclipse Magnetics and S&J UK wanted to take this opportunity to join forces and make 2016 a year to support Weston Park Hospital; an exceptional landmark in their beloved steel city, crucial to their community and surrounding area.
All too often we find ourselves faced with cancer; at home, within our family and friendship circles, acquaintances and neighbours and in this case, within the workforce.
Statistics confirm that one in three people in the UK will be affected by cancer - rising to one in every two people by 2020.
Team S&J want 2016 to be a year they help kick cancer's butt... For those that we have lost, for those that continue to fight, for those who care for and support...
For previous fundraising please check out our 2015 Run in the Park Fundraising Page where Team S&J raised over £2,000 for WPHCC:


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Tumwater – New data show a steady increase in teen workplace injuries in recent years. A total of 675 youth, age 17 and under, reported injuries on the job in Washington in 2016.
Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) Child Labor Specialist Josie Bryan says training and supervision are key to decreasing these numbers.
"We all want teens to get their first job, we just want to make sure they're safe when they're doing it," Bryan said. "Even the simplest things, such as how to mop up a spill or properly dispose of trash, can make a difference."
Among the most frequent injuries teens suffered at work in 2016 were 160 cases of cuts and lacerations, 91 sprains and strains, and more than 90 falls. Accommodations and food service, and retail were the categories with the most teen workplace injuries, with more than 340 combined.
"It's been long known that young workers have a higher rate of getting hurt on the job than older adults, she said. "Even one injury is too many."
What parents, employers, and teens can do
All workers have a right to appropriate training and can refuse unsafe work assignments, Bryan said. In general: 14- and 15-year-olds may perform lighter tasks, such as office work, cashiering, and stocking shelves; 16- and 17-year-olds can do more, including some limited work in landscaping or manufacturing.
Some examples of prohibited duties for teens under 18 years old include not working on anything higher than 10 feet off the ground, not working alone at night, and not around heavy machinery. Teens 16 years old can't drive on the job, and 17-year-olds can drive only under limited circumstances. Limits on work hours also vary by age. Go to www.Lni.wa.gov/TeenWorkers for more information.
L&I urges parents to ask about their teen's jobs, including what their hours are and what training they've received. Employers must have an endorsement on their business license to hire youth. Written permission from the parent, school (if in session), and teen for hours and days worked, and whether the teen has other employment is also required.
L&I also offers an Injured Young Workers Speakers program, which includes visits to schools across the state. Students get a chance to talk with workers who had major, life- changing injuries on the job when they were young adults. The program connects with thousands of Washington teens every year.
For media information:
Matthew Erlich, Public Affairs, 360-902-6508, firstname.lastname@example.com
Connect with L&I: Facebook (facebook.com/laborandindustries) and Twitter (twitter.com/lniwa)


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|Home > Commentary > [SCMP Column] High Price of Big Scientific Research
[SCMP Column] High Price of Big Scientific Research
October 03, 2016
What price big science? Can we really justify the billions spent on what for most humans will always be extremely esoteric issues – especially when a climate crisis faces us, when health and education budgets and other government services are being cut, and millions in developing countries lack electricity and clean water, and lose their homes and even their lives every year in natural disasters that could be mitigated by better-built houses and stronger infrastructure?
At the risk of inviting the withering contempt and animated challenges from scientists, dreamers and visionaries from across our community, I would argue that much more down-to-earth attention needs to be paid to this question than it currently gets.
For the generously tax-payer-funded marketing arms of the 60,000-strong NASA or the European Space Agency, or the builders of China's supercollider, which would if approved cost US$21bn in today's dollars by the time it is working in 2050, my question is perhaps an outrage – a matter of "flat-earth" idiocy. A small price to pay, they say, to split an atom at fantastically high speed that will tell us lots about the origins of the universe.
A number of serendipitously converging events over the past week forced these awkward questions on me – first, but not foremost the debate on the Mainland over the supercollider. Then on Friday, the European Space Agency's €1.4bn 12-year Rosetta mission came to a dramatic end as the spacecraft deliberately committed suicide by crashing into the Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, which it has been orbiting for the past two years. The mission was without question a technical miracle – six times round the sun before eventually arriving alongside the hip-bone shaped runt of a comet for two years of data analysis and photography.
The Rosetta mission is at the cheap "firesale" end of space research. NASA's Space Shuttle programme, which involved 135 missions between 1972 and 2011, cost an estimated US$196bn. The International Space Station, which has been operating since 1985, has cost $160bn and is claimed to be the most expensive thing ever built. Hubble – perhaps the most impressive telescope and camera ever built – will have cost $14bn by the time it falls out of service in 2021.
It is undeniable that a lot of good stuff has come from such ambitious and visionary activity. We would never have developed GPS, for example. But the value of many scientific projects is often ludicrously overstated. How many times have we been told that such and such a multi-billion dollar project will make an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the origin of the universe, or the origins of life on earth.
Take the recent example of Russian billionaire philanthropist Yuri Milner's "Breakthrough Starshot" – intended to use massive arrays of ytterbium lasers to shoot one-gram-sized wafer-like space craft with one-metre "sails" at a quarter the speed of light – reaching our nearest neighbouring star, Alpha Centauri, in a mere 20 years. First problem, the technology is not yet even in place. Second problem, if you wanted to shoot a 100-tonne spacecraft this way, with or without astronauts on board, it would need a sail 8.5km wide (yes, kilometers). Third, once it is travelling at a quarter the speed of light, there is no way of applying brakes. The fly-by of Alpha Centauri would enable us to gather a few snapshots, and that is about it. Yuri Milner is putting $100m into initial research on the project, which if it went ahead, even with one-gram payloads, would cost in excess of $10bn per launch.
Then take Elon Musk's SpaceX fantasy to establish a colony on Mars at a cost of $10bn per person. I understand we already have schoolkids queuing up to join the maiden flight. Quite what their parents think about the idea I dare not think. Absent what the Financial Times called "the inchoate desire to slip earth's "surly bonds"" to make mankind a multi-planet species, or a blinding but not implausible conviction that humans are on course to destroy themselves and the earth in the coming centuries, it is terribly hard to see such a colonizing mission making any sense. As the FT noted: "Manned space flight remains a grossly extravagant endeavour on any rational valuation of the scientific benefits."
These last two scientific endeavours must surely be candidates for an Ig-Nobel Prize, with this ignominious list released only last week in Harvard. As with the Ig Nobels, they surely amuse, but make us think. Like this year's Ig Nobel Reproduction prize – to Egyptian Ahmed Shafik for studying the effects of wearing polyester, cotton or wool trousers on the sex life of rats - or the Economics Prize to a New Zealand team which assessed the perceived personalities of rocks – or my personal favourite, the Peace Prize to a Canadian team that studied "The Reception and Detection of Pseudo-Profound Bullshit".
There is of course a single huge difference between such baffling and bemusing Ig Nobels, and the grand scientific visions of Elon Musk, Yuri Milner, or NASA: their big scientific ideas tend to cost big billions of dollars, and tend to involve even bigger overspends. They involve big lobbying, and ought at the same time to attract big cost-benefit analysis exercises. Mercifully, despite the intense lobbying, such cost-benefit exercises do sometimes result in brakes being applied. President Obama aroused the ire of the US science community by killing the $230bn Constellation project to create a human colony on the moon and send astronauts to Mars.
As NASA lobbyists are apt to remind us, such spending amounts to just a few dollars per capita per year, and pales in comparison with the $3 trillion or so spent fighting a questionable war in Iraq. But I would prefer to see significant billions drawn from this budget and spent on our more earthly challenges. I would even spare the few thousands of dollars needed for the Japanese winners of this year's Ig Nobel Perception Prize – investigating whether things look different when you bend over and view them from between your legs. Maybe that is the main difference between Elon Musk and me.
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Jack Brezina: The Sniff Test
|By Jack Brezina - Contributing Writer | April 12, 2018
The "sniff test": is a fluoroscopic exam used to evaluate whether the diaphragm (the muscle that controls breathing) moves in the proper direction during various maneuvers including normal breathing and while rapidly inhaling (sniffing); OR is something university and college students do to determine whether an article of clothing needs laundering or can in fact be worn one more time; OR is a metaphoric expression describing a process to test the veracity of a verbal or written statement or pronouncement.
A friend of mine recently alerted me to this wonderful expression and how it can and should be employed. He suggested, for example, that there is a high likelihood that anything said and tweeted by the current president of the United States will not endure a sniff test. In fact, he suggested that if the president issues any statement no test need be commenced. The statement is considered to be an automatic fail until proven otherwise, simply because of its origin.
As the election season ramps up, the expectation is the test will experience a vigorous work-out. The focus for the moment is on the provincial manoeuvring, but the municipal elections are coming up shortly thereafter as are the midterm elections south of the border. And, when all the dust settles from those events, the Canadian federal election campaign will be moving into third gear.
The provincial race in Ontario has certainly provided ample fodder (if that is indeed the material one would sniff) for the test. The recent provincial budget with programs and millions for everyone over 18 with a pulse,
is a prime example. The sniff test would discount most of the promises as mere vote shopping or window dressing. Oh, they are all worthwhile objectives and ideas, but why haven't the Liberals, coming up to 15
years in power, implemented some of those in the past?
Newly minted Conservative leader and Trump clone Doug Ford claims he can find $8 billion in efficiencies in the provincial government's operation. In making the prediction, he spoke vaguely of savings to be unearthed in pencils and foolscap. I am not sure what the province's budget is for those items, but the sniff test would suggest the magnitude of savings he is looking for isn't going to be found in the stationery closet.
As for Andrea Horvath … sigh … wherefore art thou Andrea? The sniff test in this case would likely be employed by tracking dogs trying to find the NDP leader. I am sure she will be found soon. In the meantime, there will be plenty of statements, promises and platform planks for those wishing to employ the sniff test.
The test does not require the purchase of expensive equipment or a lengthy instructional manual. No special classes or licence are needed to put it to use. All one needs is a clear head, a heavy dose of skepticism and the liberal application of common sense.
So, set your sniff tester on alert because the fodder will be coming thick and fast and the test will be getting a lot of use in the next few months, if for nothing other than helping you select your wardrobe.
Jack Brezina is a contributing writer for The Highlander.


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This is the 3rd post in our blog series, Innovating Like a Startup (When You're Not in a Startup.) Previous Post: How to Find Innovation Allies at Work
Real innovation is about solving problems, not just having ideas. There are multiple ingredients that can help a team become more innovative, such as a collaborative workspace, helpful resources, or an internal innovation program. However, the reality is, without having a specific problem to solve, those are of little value. With no clear objective, your team is playing in an innovation sandbox. All senior leaders want to have a line of sight to ROI, so finding, understanding, and proposing solutions to existing problems that will either directly cut costs, or make the company money is usually a necessary step in the path to getting a budget for an innovation initiative.
As with any form of goal setting, the more precise we are with defining, forming and setting goals, the more likely they are to succeed. Setting generic innovation objectives like "stay ahead of competition" or "continuous innovation" is like setting a goal to "lose weight." It's not specific enough and isn't informed by a deeper why. Instead, we want to look for SMART problems to solve:
Specific: there is an identifiable pain that has been validated by interviewing people who deeply understand the problem
Measurable: we can boil the problem down to metrics that we can track and know what success looks like
Actionable: Is this a problem that we can actually solve (do we have the right knowledge, people, and/or resources to run after)?
Reasonable/realistic: is it realistic to believe that the success metrics identified are achievable? As much as we want you to believe "anything is possible," the reality is if we're targeting seemingly unreasonably hard problems to solve (at least with early innovation efforts), we're not likely to get necessary approvals.
Timely: Is the timing right for the company to tackle this problem; is there a narrative about "why now" that will resonate with senior leaders and other stakeholders the project would touch?
Once you've identified a SMART problem to solve, your next goal is selling. Similar to the advice we have been giving to young startup founders for years, if you're going to champion a project like this internally, your chief job will be selling your vision. You need to sell to management, sell to other employees (to get their time), sell to the people whose problem you're solving (so they'll actually implement/use your solution), and sell to the CFO/finance department (to get a budget approved).
So how do you do this? This is what I'll dive into in my upcoming post. We'll cover how to figure out you need to pitch (i.e. who has to say "yes" in order for your project to move forward), how to define a clear ask, and how to structure your pitch. Stay tuned!
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Cody J. Grigsby
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As a vice president with NETZEL GRIGSBY ASSOCIATES', Cody is responsible for case development, feasibility study reports and plans, prospect research, grant writing, data analysis, document layout and design, and communications and social media services. He also has experience with feasibility studies, and development and pre-campaign assessments. Since joining NETZEL GRIGSBY ASSOCIATES in 2013, Cody has worked with a diverse range of clients from educational, health, and cultural institutions to environmental, youth, and social service organizations.
Prior to joining NETZEL GRIGSBY ASSOCIATES, Cody spent seven years as an animal behavior specialist for United States Navy Marine Mammal Program. Cody's work with the Department of Defense has taken him around the world and includes international humanitarian projects as well as homeland security.
Cody has a passion for oceanic sciences and preservation. He worked closely with the UC Santa Barbara's marine laboratories as a research assistant and was published in 2007 in the scientific journal Coral Reefs.
A member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Cody received his Bachelor of Science in Aquatic Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.


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Heuchera & Heucherella Plants
Perennials that have rising interest as new color forms and hardiness make it unbeatable in the sun, shade, and partial shade gardens (dependent on variety). Heuchera is a genus containing some fifty-five species of evergreen or semi-evergreen perennials. They are naturally located in mountainous and woody sites throughout the US. Coral Bells have woody root stocks that form mounds of heart shaped or lobed leaves, sometimes toothed. The flowers are borne on loose panicles, are small, tubular, and sometimes petal-less. The main focus of a heuchera is the exquisite foliage colors.The Heucherella is a hybrid that brings the best of both Tiarellas and Heucheras together. The growing requirements are the same for heucheras and heucherellas.


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Arctic Butterfly® 724 (Super Bright), Now equipped with 2 super bright LEDs that illuminates the sensor while in operation. This illumination reduces the possibility of fibers being dragged accidentally against the surrounding cavity hence reducing the potential cause of smear usually caused by contaminated fibers. The bright two LED of Arctic Butterfly® 724 makes dust locating an easier task for the sensor cleaning operator.
Arctic Butterfly® 724 Instructions:
Requires two (2) AAA batteries (not included). Use high quality batteries for best performance. Remove the batteries before traveling on an airplane.
Do not use on camera chamber or parts other than sensor, otherwise you will smear the sensor.
Wash inside the cap occasionally with mild soap or in case of a smear.
The brush is already inserted into the device, however if the brush comes off (or if you pull it out of the device to wash the brush filaments), you can always attach it back to the device. Do not use glue! The brush is meant to attach to device without glue.
When removing the cap, do not pull straight off. Instead, "unscrew the cap following the arrows direction"
Turn the device on and spin the brush 3 times for 5 seconds. This will enhance the fiber charges and dislodge any particles within the fibers via centripetal force.
Take the Arctic Butterfly® 724 and gently brush across your sensor ONCE. Do not spin the brush while on sensor! Keep your fingers away from the power button on the device while cleaning the sensor to prevent accidental spinning.
Release the camera shutter and proceed with checking the image for evidence of dust particles.
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Brooke is in Florida on a vacation/medical trip to see her friend Linda and to get a new prosthesis. Her world is turned upside down for a second time in her life when she witnesses her friend's boat explode with Linda and her boyfriend. First believing that it was some freak accident, she is in shock to find out that it was rigged to explode. Who would want her friends dead? The pieces all start to come together when hunky cop, Garrett sets his stubborn sights on protecting her from imminent danger. But the ultimate danger is the possibility of losing her heart to this caring, protective man.
Garrett knows instinctively that Brooke's friends were targeted for what they saw at the bottom of the ocean: a box big enough to hold a body with what looked like flame red hair sticking out. Problem is the box can't be found. Garrett decides to enlist Brooke's help with retrieving the box which also enables him to keep a very close eye on her. She plays on every one of his protective instincts and it's not just because she is missing half of her leg, something about this woman calls to him. He hasn't felt this way towards another woman since his fiance. After a few other incidences, Garrett knows he will do anything to protect the woman who has captured his heart.
Explosions, mystery, suspense, action, romance, steamy encounters, obsticles. Pick any of these and it will describe an aspect of this book. I started this book in the morning and stayed up late that night to finish it it was that engrossing. The storyline was absolutely different than anything else I have read. And the ending had me literally bugging my eyes. I mean, who would of thought to do that????? Does that get your attention now? Good. Go get this book. I guarantee you will have a new favorite author when you are done.


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Zappos.com is famous for doing an excellent job of serving customers, but today the online shoe and clothing retailer is in customer service damage control.
24 Million customers' personal information may be at risk after the site announced it had been hacked. Though company representatives said full credit card information was not taken, the hacker who gained access through a Kentucky server stole billing and email addresses, the last four digits of credit cards, and other information.
CEO Tony Hsieh wrote in an email, "We've spent over 12 years building our reputation, brand, and trust with our customers. It's painful to see us take so many steps back due to a single incident."
Don't fret too much, Zappos. Buying that pair of kicks is still much preferable to dealing with the nightmare that is the cable company.


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Ok, we're going to do the blog equivalent of speed-dating. I will set my alarm for three minutes and I will type what I can–WITHOUT going back and correcting typos and grammar FUBARS, mind you–and then switch to the next town/topic. Ready?
::bing:we left Oklahoma we made it to Auburn, NE, where I saw the biggest deer ever bound past the RV. Mt. Rushmore and the Crazy Horse Monument are really, truly awesome. And kind of freaky because shockingly large things with…faces…are. Freaky. After those South Dakota "must sees" we took off to Devil's Tower and it is also truly awesome and still just as freaky. I think it's because of the whole "Close Encounters" thing but who knows.
OK, after that we went to Billings, MT, I think. We were two days ahead of the tornatdo. Montana is gorgeous. I was scared out of my mind by a trip around the
::bing:we left Mt and sopped for gas at the border. I bought some lottery ticets and go my money bak and froze my ass off in and out of thes tore. Good god, it's June. we went to Calgary. The trip was horrifying because it was raingt sideways and we got rain in the RV so bad taht I ahd to put papaer towels in every window. And we alomst ran off the road but it was exciting and scarey and it took, for ever but we made it to clagary and
::bing::Calgary is really falt. As flat at Dallas but preittier becahyse the mountains arein the background. We went to dinner at the Calgary tower but it was os fucking hot in there (not AC and no blingfs on the windows) that the experience kind of sucked even if the dinner was pretty good. The mosqutioes are huge. big as horses and maean as hell.
We left Calgary and headed to Banff. We stayed in Canmore, and went to a beautiful place for lunch on Canada Day, and went o a place in Banff where I had a gorgeous charcurtie platter of duck, sausage, cheeses, etc. I also reode on te tra m to the top of the hill and almost vomited from the swaying the of the tram. The view waw gorgeious but oh, so scary.
Left Banff and wetn to jAPER. sTOOD ON A GLACIER AD DRAK GLACIER WATER THAT WAWS FROM SNOWS 150 YEARS AGO. i LOOK LIKE THE UNIBOMOBER IN MY HOODIE. IT IS SURREAL TO BE FREEZING YOU'RE ASS OFF IN JULY. I MEAN, REALLY, WHO STANDES ON A GLACIER? THE DRIVE FROM JASPER TO OUR NEXT STOP should've been easy but damn, an RV ::bing:
very difficult. we had reservationd for a place that told us that they had 50 amp and wifi but they had a dirty connection 30 amp on a two-pringed outlet and our comp;uters crashed to we headed out after an alreeay long day (8 hours) to boonddaock atg a little town ourside of Kamloopds.
::bing: Kamloops to Vancouver is a scary ass drive of brakeing., not braking, stepp grades up ahead, jesus christ, where the hell is our cell coverage, wifi what?, slow down!, woo prettyk, thank ya jesus for getting through the mountain,s no that's not it,
::bing: Wow, I really like Vancouver. the wifi sucks it. Damn it, I need to be in teh statats. Cananda is 5 yeas behind Amercia. Whales! Shoes~! I can't wait to be in America. fireworiks! Best Chinese food I'v hea outside of Singapore, which isn't Chinea. Lots of homeless. not as perfect as I thought. oLYMPICS! i STAYED RIGHT THERE.


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Tuesday, June 13, 1854
Missourians from Weston, Missouri, and some residents of Fort Leavenworth, in Kansas Territory, form the Leavenworth Town Company and found the first official city in Kansas, just south of the fort. Leavenworth quickly becomes an important departure point for travelers to the American West, only to be superseded by Kansas City in subsequent decades. In the Bleeding Kansas era, a majority of the town's inhabitants support the proslavery cause.
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Back in April, Spike Lee and Nokia teamed up on a project where the acclaimed filmmaker would direct a movie made with cell phone footage submitted by Nokia multimedia device users.
Last night, Nokia premiered the world's first social film, which was built by Lee from over 4,000 pieces of original content.
"What drew me to this project was the unique opportunity to do
something that hasn't been done before utilizing technology, the
internet, and having people collaborate on a film," said Director Spike
Lee. "The new technology, you might say, is bringing a democracy to
film. Anyone can be a journalist, a filmmaker, a still photographer.
Just pull out your mobile device, record it, press a button, and it's
instantly on the web. So I think it's great that Nokia had the vision to see where all of this is headed."
Through three acts, birth, life and death, Lee used video posts and blog entries to help guide the participants' submissions, which were then voted on by visitors to the website designed for this project. After being narrowed down to a top 10, Lee then chose the finalist for each act and they were then announced at the Premiere event.
At the premiere party, at Nokia Plaza in Los Angeles, Nokia also sponsored a one-on-one Guitar Hero III Mobile competition and a live performance by Avril Lavigne.
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A week of growing anger about a recent rape in Delhi ended in violence Saturday after police and protestors clashed near the India Gate monument.
On Sunday, Delhi police closed nearby Metro stations, evacuated protestors who had camped out overnight and reportedly imposed "Section 144," a law prohibiting gatherings of more than four people. Like the protestors, the police took to social media to notify people of the crackdown, albeit without explanation:
Parliament street has been closed.
Saturday's protests resulted in dozens of injuries.
"Thousands of protesters streamed into the heart of New Delhi on Saturday to demand justice and better policing in the wake of the brutal rape of a 23-year-old medical student, " Gardiner Harris and Hari Kumar wrote in The New York Times about the incident.
Protesters scuffled with the police throughout the day. Some police vehicles were damaged, and the police eventually used tear gas, water cannons and sticks to disperse the crowd. Officials said 35 protesters and 37 police officers had been injured, two officers seriously, and that six buses and several police vehicles were damaged.
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The Dec. 16 rape has been a tipping point for India, galvanizing women and men to demand the government do more to protect women and punish those who harass them.
"Political parties even make rapists members of parliaments and state assembly," said Minal Kumar, 20, a journalism student at Delhi University, who attended Saturday's protest. The Association for Democratic reforms, a research group, issued a study Thursday that showed that more than Indian political parties had given tickets to 27 men accused of rape in the last five years. "At least they should stop doing that," Ms. Kumar said.
In "Notes From Raisina Hill," Nilanjana Roy wrote:
I went to the protests at Raisina Hill expecting very little. Despite the anger over the recent, brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old by a group of six men, who also beat up her male friend, protests over women's violence in the Capital have been relatively small.
But the crowds walking up the Hill, towards the government offices of North and South Block, from India Gate are unusual. It's a young crowd—students, young men and women in their twenties, a smattering of slightly older women there to show their solidarity, and it's a large crowd, about a thousand strong at the Hill itself. There are two small knots representing student's politicial organisations, but otherwise, many of the people here today are drawn together only by their anger.


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While most would agree that aviation is an inherently risky endeavour, technological advancements and improved aircrew training have continued to reduce the accident rate for commercial air operations.
According to Boeing's 2007 Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accident: Worldwide Operations: 1959-2006, the two leading causes of fatalities have been controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) and in-flight loss of control (LOC), with each accounting for about the same number of fatalities. By 2009, however, Boeing had noted a two-to-one reduction in the number of CFIT events compared with LOC.
The decrease in CFIT fatalities can be attributed to the development and deployment of terrain awareness and warning systems, ground proximity warning systems and Honeywell's EGPWS. Despite a concerted industry-wide effort, there has been no corresponding dramatic reduction in LOC fatalities. Complicating matters is that reduced separation minimums that will be made possible by the USA's next-generation satellite-based air transport system could increase the number of wake vortex encounter generated LOC incidents.
Two major avenues are available for the reduction of LOC accidents - better aircraft and improved aircrew training. The latter is the focus of a joint venture by Aviation Performance Solutions, a Mesa, Arizona-based provider of upset recovery training, and simulation powerhouse CAE, which are introducing a programme for their business and airline clients.
Arguably the most visible progress has been made down the better-aircraft avenue. The stall-spin accident, once the bane of aviators, has nearly been eliminated by aircraft certification requirements. Fly-by-wire control systems offer even greater prospects of reducing LOC accidents.
Airbus and Boeing FBW control systems offer some level of envelope protection. Airbus logic will not allow bank angle to exceed 67°. Boeing's requires the pilot to use additional roll force to exceed 35° of bank, but with no ultimate limit in bank angle. In the pitch axis, both systems work to prevent high and slow speed excursions. Airframe load limits are actively protected in the Airbus, while Boeing gives the pilot the final say on just how much g force is really needed.
While the several manufacturers have differing views on envelope protection schemes, FBW control systems can be mechanised to prevent a sizable percentage of LOC accidents.
Autopilot mechanisation is another area where technology is being used to prevent LOC accidents. The autopilot in the Garmin G1000-equipped Cirrus SR22 has a "LVL" button. If disoriented the pilot can push the panic button, with the autopilot levelling the wings and bringing the pitch attitude to level flight.
Perhaps the ultimate panic button for a disoriented pilot is the ballistic parachute available in some general aviation and light sport aircraft. Deployment will result in a hull loss, but at least the occupants will live.
APS uses an Extra 300L to teach pilots hot to react to upsets
On the training side of the equation, I have witnessed an erosion in the basic flying skills as aircraft have become "safer". Modern aircraft are not supposed to spin, so spin recovery is not taught to the large majority of pilots. While the multi-crew pilots licence (MPL) calls for exposure to aerobatics in a light aircraft, it is conceivable that the captain of your transatlantic flight has never been upside down in a real aircraft. In training simulations large transport aircraft are not stalled, rather an approach to stall manoeuvre is taught.
The approach to stall is in reality an instrument proficiency manoeuvre, where the pilot is judged on how well he or she maintains altitude as the aircraft powers out of the slow speed condition. Documented incidents of high-altitude stalls in transport aircraft, some fatal, highlight the deficiency of this practice.
In the typical high-altitude stall incident, the pilots have tried to maintain altitude while applying maximum thrust. Once on the back side of the power curve, however, the only way to recover the aircraft is to trade altitude for airspeed. Executing an approach to stall recovery in a high-altitude stall condition will not in all likelihood recover the aircraft.
The industry reference for the prevention of LOC accidents in swept-wing jet transport aircraft is the Boeing/Airbus Airplane Upset Recovery Training Aid, Rev 2 manual, available online from a number of sources including the US Federal Aviation Administration.
A smaller and more user friendly guide to aircraft upset recovery training is the Royal Aeronautical Society's Introduction to aeroplane upset recovery training: History, core concepts and mitigation.
Upset recovery training is conducted by most airlines, typically as part of recurrent training profiles, in the classroom and simulator. Airbus has recommended that upset recovery training should not be conducted in a flight simulation training device because simulator motion does not accurately represent aircraft motions in unusual attitudes and there is a lack of validated flight envelope model data at extreme conditions.
In addition, most simulator upset recovery training is conducted with the motion on, which may not increase the value of the training. Current devices can only simulate 1g flight, a fleeting condition in the early stages of an upset recovery.
Simulation may even provide strong negative training, as was the case in the crash of American Airlines flight 587 in New York in 2001. Inappropriate aggressive rudder usage to counter wake turbulence-generated rolling motions caused the Airbus A300's vertical stabiliser to snap off. At the time American Airlines had been teaching the use of rudder to help in upset recovery. While the A300 simulator may have accurately represented aircraft response to rudder inputs, it was not an engineering loads simulator and the crews would not have be alerted to the excessive structural loads their inputs were generating.
Continued LOC events are forcing aircraft operators and regulators to re-evaluate how upset recovery prevention and recovery training is conducted. There are three channels available to deliver such training: academic (classroom or online); ground-based simulator; and aircraft.
The aircraft channel might further be divided into actual aircraft, surrogate and generic. Use of any aircraft to teach upset recovery carries with it risk that must be balanced by the usefulness of the received training. Use of the actual aircraft for training may be limited by the size of their flight envelope and their operational expenses.
For fighter types, in-aircraft training may be the way to go, but for transport category aircraft it is out of the question. The surrogate option is perhaps best typified by Calspan's variable stability Bombardier Learjet, an aircraft that can be programmed to fly like a large transport aircraft or business jet while also allowing for in-aircraft demonstration of various control system failures.
Generic-class aircraft, the tools that make up part of the CAE/APS programme, range from single-engined piston Beech Bonanzas and Extra 300Ls to the Aero Vodochody L-39 jet, aerobatic aircraft that offer a large flight envelope and are relatively inexpensive to operate. A generic aircraft will not fly like the actual aircraft, and unique/specific actual aircraft procedures should not be taught in them.
APS has developed and taught for several years a comprehensive upset recovery course. Its venture with CAE offers upset recovery training for business and airline clients. In the past CAE had offered APS's web-based course, based on the 443-page Boeing/Airbus manual. Now APS's simulator and in-flight training modules will also be offered as part of the four-day "graduated" training programme.
In addition to using Extra 300L propeller aircraft and an Embraer ERJ-145 full-flight simulator, APS is purchasing an L-39 jet trainer. This comprehensive three-pronged training approach to LOC prevention may well be pacing the industry.
Otter McNeace gives a briefing on inverted nose-low recoveries
APS's online pilot training manual, written by staff members, provides a brief primer on basic flight theory, spatial disorientation and its causes, all-attitude upset recovery (AAUR) procedure, spin recovery procedure and a detailed list of in-flight exercises.
In-flight training is conducted in one of the company's fully aerobatic Extra 300L. My instructor was J "Otter" McNeace, director of flight training and standards for APS. Otter has military and civil flight experience, first as a US Navy Boeing F/A-18 Hornet "Top Gun" graduate, followed by a 10-year stint as a Boeing 737 pilot at a US airline.
After meeting APS's president, Paul Ransbury, Otter and I settled into a briefing room for a pre-flight briefing. Having instructed in high angle of attack flight at the USAF Test Pilot School, I found much of Otter's briefing to be a review of topics I was quite familiar with. Aside from his in-depth subject knowledge, I was impressed with his enthusiasm for the teaching upset recovery techniques.
After explaining that our 1h flight in the Extra would be used to show me a smattering of the exercises flown during their several multi-flight emergency manoeuvre training courses, he went over APS's five-step AAUR procedure: push, power, rudder, roll and climb.
APS advocates a "say and do" method while executing the recovery. Not only does saying a step reinforce its application, it has benefits in a crew environment. In an upset situation both pilots may be disoriented. By announcing the recovery step, the pilot flying shows he is in charge and taking steps to recover the aircraft to controlled flight. Saying each recovery step establishes its validity and may stop a disoriented pilot from interfering in the recovery.
As spins would be part of the Extra 300L flight, Otter discussed the philosophy of an alternate control strategy. In the above AAUR procedure, the aircraft responds as expected to control inputs. An alternate control strategy is employed in situations where normal control inputs will not have the expected results.
In a developed spin, pushing the stick forward alone may not provide enough pitch authority to break the stall. Only after the yaw rate has been stopped or slowed will forward stick break the stall. For spin recoveries APS teaches the NASA standard spin recovery - PARE (power, ailerons, rudder, elevator).
After rotation stops the rudder is neutralised and elevator applied to recover from the dive. United Airlines flight 232 is another example of an alternate control strategy. After losing all hydraulic power in a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, the crew of UA232 successfully used differential engine thrust to land the stricken aircraft at Sioux City, Iowa.
A fully developed spin represents the most predictable event necessitating an alternate control strategy, but any number of failures could require creative use of flight controls and power to recover to controlled flight.
With the academics over, we proceeded to strap into one of APS's Extra aircraft. I was in the front seat with Otter in the aft. Otter started the aircraft and performed the take-off from Mesa's Williams-Gateway airport, the former USAF Williams AFB. Our manoeuvre area was just minutes away to the east of the field and the 300hp (225kW) Extra rapidly climbing to 8,000ft (2,440m).
En route I familiarised myself with the Extra, marvelling at its light control forces. The nearly full span ailerons generated rapid roll rates, with the rudder able to generate large angles of sideslip. In short, the Extra flew nothing like a swept wing transport category aircraft, but during my flight it would be put to good use demonstrating lessons applicable to all categories of pilot.
One of the first manoeuvres we did was a series of 60° angle of bank steep turns. As most civil aircraft lack a g meter, this helped calibrate our bodies to what a 2g pull-up would feel like. Next we did several 1g unaccelerated stalls, to practise and gain confidence in the AAUR procedure.
The Extra has a 1g stall at and indicated air speed of around 60kt (110km/h) and the stalls experienced were quite benign. Most pilots are familiar with accelerated stalls and realise that stall speed increases as g loading increases.
Academically most pilots know that as g load decreases, so does the stall speed. The stress of flight and unusual aircraft attitudes can make academic knowledge fleeting, however. The next exercise was a zoom manoeuvre to see in-flight how stall speed decreases with g load.
A pull to 70° nose high attitude was initiated at 120kt. As the aircraft slowed through 70kt I eased forward on the stick to feel light in the seat, with a target of 1/2g.
At the top of arc, indicated airspeed had decreased to less than 40kt, well under the 1g stall speed, yet the aircraft was flying with good control authority in all three axes.
Having built my confidence in the Extra 300L and the "say and do" method of implementing the AAUR procedure, we moved on to the heart of the in-flight exercise programme: unusual attitude recoveries.
Both nose-high and nose-low attitudes were presented, with recovery initiated upon Otter's command. The attitude indicator in the front cockpit had been blanked out, forcing me to reference the real world for the recoveries.
To simplify the nose-high recovery procedure Boeing is recommending that crews simply unload the aircraft and not use large bank angles to speed the drop of nose to the horizon. This method worked well, rapidly recovering the Extra to straight and level flight.
The nose-low unusual attitude was a real eye opener. When prompted to recover, the Extra was in a 30° dive and over-banked to 120°. Inverted and faced with a face full of brown desert, some startled pilot's gut reaction would be to immediately do the wrong thing and pull back on the stick.
Using APS's AAUR procedure led me immediately push on the stick to unload the Extra and rapidly roll it upright before initiating a pull to the horizon.
Even if the pilot would roll the wrong way to get to the horizon, the aircraft is in a much better position than if the pilot were to pull more gs. The strength of the "say and do" method is that it ingrains a positive response to an unusual attitude, overcoming any fear or hesitation generated by the extreme flight attitude.
Our final exercise was a fully developed upright spin demonstrated by Otter. After about six turns, he used the NASA standard recovery to recover the aircraft. Yaw rotation stopped in less than one turn after he had applied opposite rudder, with forward stick breaking the stall.
The final third of the CAE/APS upset recovery training programme is a session in a CAE Level D ERJ-145 simulator. As mentioned, it is recognised that conventional simulators have numerous limitations that may limit there effectiveness for teaching upset recovery procedures. Valuable lessons can be taught and learned in a simulator, but all must realise that the sterile simulator environment will not replicate visceral experience of in-aircraft upset recovery event.
I have spent countless hours in transport category aircraft simulators and instantly felt at home in the ERJ-145. I took the left seat and Otter the right. After take-off we climbed to medium altitude for a series of control response exercises. Here we explored the effect of changing power settings and the extension of speed brakes on the pitch axis of the aircraft.
While pitch changes due to power are relatively small in the ERJ, for a 737 they are quite pronounced as the engines are mounted below the wing and cause a pitch up when power is advanced.
The most interesting exercise was to compare the effectiveness of using ailerons and spoilers to roll the aircraft and just using the rudder. This exercise showed that while rudder would roll the aircraft, precisely controlling bank angles was more difficult with the rudder than with the aileron/spoiler combination.
We also performed two stalls, one at medium altitude and one at high altitude. The medium altitude stall was in straight and level flight. Otter set the power to obtain a slow deceleration rate. A yellow band on the primary flight display airspeed tape warned us of the approaching slow speed condition. After shaker activation I continued to hold aft yoke pressure until the pusher fired. APS conducts this exercise as some pilots have not experienced the pusher fire.
I advanced the thrust levers and lowered the ERJ's nose to recover the aircraft to normal flight conditions.
The high-altitude stall exercise is flown to demonstrate what happens when you slow to the back side of the power curve. The main learning point of this exercise is to lower the nose and accelerate the aircraft out of the stalled condition.
Advancing the power and trying to maintain altitude will not recover the aircraft during this exercise, a marked contrast to the mechanical approach to stall training and evaluation manoeuvre.
The final events in the simulator were several upset recoveries. As in the Extra, Otter placed the aircraft in the desired attitude, and I initiated the recovery when commanded.
The first step in an upset situation is to recognise and confirm the upset. During the first nose-high condition, the standby attitude display indicator (ADI) did not agree with my primary flight display, so I referenced the first officer's display and slowed airspeed to confirm the unusually nose-high attitude.
Using the display as a reference, I used the "say and do" method to employ the AAUR procedure. The last event, a nose-low upset and recovery went smoothly.
Overall, I found using the ADI to execute an upset recovery in the simulator far less daunting than looking out the window at face full of dirt in the Extra.
In-flight loss of control continues to a leading cause of aviation fatalities. Unlike controlled flight into terrain accidents, technological advances have not dramatically reduced LOC accident rates. While FBW control systems offer some protection, failures and environmental factors can put an aircraft into a life-threatening upset. Improved aircrew training may offer the best prospect for reducing accidents.
For most air carrier pilots, upset recovery training is delivered in academic and practical application sessions in a simulator. Widespread adoption of in-flight training may provide the edge needed to reduce LOC accidents, although in-flight training has risks and is expensive. The four-day course at APS, including computer-based training, Extra 300L flight time and ERJ-145 simulator ride, costs $6,600.
My brief exposure to APS's training programme and visceral in-flight portion in particular, reinvigorated my passion for flight. Seeing an actual in-flight upset and a face full of dirt had more authenticity than the untold numbers of upset recoveries I had practised in full motion simulators.
The industry and regulators should take a close look at in-flight upset recovery training and determine what, if any, role it should play in efforts to reduce loss of control accidents.


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2008 Honda Fit Base 1.5 from North America
Cheap quality expensive car
Interior of the car is cheap.
Clutch seems to be on the way out.
Gas mileage is poor compared to most cars its size.
Check engine light came on at 3000 miles.
Over priced as most Hondas are.
Should have bought the Focus.
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Cabin is loud.
Engine burns gas too quick because it is a high rpm engine.
No torque.
Just a mediocre car at best.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
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Judge Makes Preliminary Ruling in Ticketmaster vs. Tickets.com Case28 March 2000
The legal tiff between Ticketmaster and Tickets.com over "deep linking" moved from the courtroom to cyberspace after a federal judge made rulings that both sides believe support their positions.
Regardless of the two sides' public statements, however, the case is far from being resolved.
U.S. District Judge Harry Hupp Monday set a hearing April 17 on a preliminary injunction sought by Ticketmaster and ordered the company's legal team to submit an amended complaint of its claims against Tickets.com. The judge also ruled against a motion by Tickets.com to dismiss the lawsuit.
Ticketmaster Online-City Search filed a lawsuit last year that centers on "deep linking," or one site's link to another's that goes beyond the home page. A statement issued by Tickets.com CEO W. Thomas Gimple today says, "The Federal Court's decision is a validation of Tickets.com's mission to make it easier for consumers to get access to event information and buy tickets."
Ticketmaster lawyer Daniel Harris told Newsbytes, "I'm sure they will interpret it their way."
Hupp ordered Ticketmaster to resubmit its claim of copyright infringement and five other complaints, including false advertising, federal unfair competition and reverse passing off, state unfair business practices and interference with business advantage. "We think this is attempting to unfairly build one business on the back of another, plain and simple," Ticketmaster said last fall.
According to Ticket.com's statement, Hupp ruled that "hyperlinking does not itself involve a violation of the Copyright Act," and also said "This is analogous to using a library's card index to get reference to particular items, albeit faster and more efficiently."
The suit alleged that Tickets.com also engaged in "spidering," or using search robots to capture content and information developed by Ticketmaster. And Tickets.com is accused of providing misleading information about ticket availability by saying that tickets can be purchased only from a broker when they are really available from Ticketmaster and at the box office.
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We bought a bag of frozen okra (bamias in Spanish) and it wasn't that hot. I think I'll keep buying it fresh, so much better!
I didn't know something called "eyeshadow primer" existed!
Look at the color names, haha.
By the way, I'm not sure how to apply some of the products, but I'll look into it. I know I won't look as good as Keiko in it, but I'll try my best :).
Other things I got in the mail by the end of the week: Every Day magazine (I got an annual subscription for free), Elle magazine and a used tee I bought for $1.40. I still need to look at the previous issues of both these magazines.
Is this really necessary?
It was Anthony's master's graduation on Saturday, so we went to cheer for him :p.
We had dinner at a nice restaurant with his family and some friends and had a great time. Later on, we went to the movies and watched Snow White and the Huntsman ... Not as good as I'd expected, honestly :/.


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I love the old bluestone, cobblestones and brickwork in this alley near my office
My US friend J arrives on Saturday. Yay. It also happens to be the biggest event on Melbourne's sporting calendar: the AFL Grand Final. Not only will I get to enjoy the atmosphere of the day, I'll be sharing it with an out-of-towner (I hope the Collingwood fans don't scare him).
I like it when I'm at the gym and I have to adjust the weight on a machine so that it's heavier, not lighter. It doesn't happen very often, but I'm happy when it does. Wooh! I'm stronger than that last person!
How ace are hot water bottles, hey? Much better than wheatbags, if you ask me. One morning last week when I woke up, my hot water bottle was still slightly warm, SEVEN HOURS after I got into bed with it.


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Mindfulness and Buddhism: An Interview with Dr. Miles Neale
By Jonathan S. Kaplan, Ph.D.
This month, I had an opportunity to conduct an e-mail interview with Dr. Miles Neale, a clinical psychologist and devoted Buddhist teacher. He has considerable expertise as a psychotherapist and meditation instructor, serving as a faculty member of the Tibet House, Lineage Mentor of The Interdependence Project, and consultant to many wellness programs throughout the country. To learn more about Dr. Neale, please visit his website, Buddhist Psychotherapy.
Also, Dr. Neale will be teaching an all-day workshop on mindful at Pure Yoga in NYC on Sunday, November 13th (Click here for details: Mindfulness Workshop). Given Dr. Neale's knowledge and experience, it promises to be very informative, helpful, and--dare I say--enlightening.
Later this month, we will be presenting a talk together on mindfulness, Buddhism, and psychotherapy. It will be held at The Interdependence Project in NYC on Monday, November 21, from 7 – 9 pm (Click here for details: Mindfulness and Insight). It should be a lively and interesting discussion: I'll be talking about mindfulness and cognitive-behavioral therapy, while Dr. Neale will be discussing Buddhism and psychodynamic therapy. Hope to see you there!
How did you become involved in Buddhism?
When I was 20 years old I lived for five months in a Buddhist monastery in Bodh Gaya, India, the site of the Buddha's enlightenment. Having been brought up surrounded by affluence yet still feeling dissatisfied, I was looking for an alternative to consumerist culture. I found everything I had been searching for my whole life and more, and have never looked back.
Why did you become engaged with the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism specifically as opposed to other forms of Buddhism?
It wasn't by choice. I became affiliated with the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism through my mentor Dr. Joe Loizzo. At the time I was in need of direction and the teacher appeared, and with him came an authentic lineage. Joe's mentor happens to be Bob Thurman, and Bob's mentor is His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
What have you found to be the most helpful or nourishing aspect of your practice?
The most helpful would be the close mentoring, guidance and compassion shown to me by all my teachers. I couldn't have made it without them. The most nourishing would have to be spiritual friendships and sharing the Dharma with others.
What suggestions do you have for people who wish to practice mindfulness in the city?
In general, I advise people to conjoin their study of mindfulness meditation with the wisdom teachings of emptiness and the ethical teachings of causality (karma). Follow the complete scientific method of the Three Higher Trainings based on the Buddha's coherent psychology of the Four Noble Truths. That will ensure the result of lasting freedom and happiness. For those who live and practice in the city, I also recommend the mind-training teachings (lojong) of Tibetan Buddhism. Those are black belt level practices of converting challenging interpersonal interactions into spiritual opportunities.
The roles of Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist are distinct, yet related. What are your observations of the differences and similarities?
Ultimately, they serve the same function to help people out of suffering. Practically, there are certain important differences. For example, psychotherapists are trained to treat psychopathology and help restore or develop ego functioning. Buddhist teachers can sometimes have little training in severe mental disturbances, but may have the advantage in helping people who already possess stable and coherent egos to achieve exceptional levels of happiness and wellbeing that Western traditions have only just begun to understand. Also, I think psychotherapists know how to skillfully use the human relationship and interpersonal dynamics as a vehicle for therapeutic ends, whereas Buddhist teachers possess a plethora of meditative techniques that they dispense as direct antidotes for specific psychological issues. I think each tradition and role has a lot to offer and learn from the other.
Based on your years of experience teaching mindfulness and meditation, what has been the most significant challenge for you?
The biggest challenge has been presenting the teachings on causality (karma), the continuity of consciousness, and the Buddhist paradigm of infinite life. That worldview is essential because it is the basis for ethical living, and the development of bodhicitta or universal responsibility. It's a tough sell in our culture where the pervasive scientific worldview secretly harbors nihilism. If we reduce consciousness to an epiphenomenon of the brain that vanishes at the time of death, then we are left without a coherent rationale for moral action on an individual basis and stewardship of the planet on a global basis.
Who do you typically see in your psychotherapy practice? How do you help them?
I mostly see people interested in Buddhism, yoga, and meditation, who face ordinary human challenges like anxiety, depression, work burnout and relationship issues. I use the Buddha's Four Noble Truths method combined with principals of interpersonal psychodynamic therapy. In my approach, therapy is a life-long re-educational process of learning how to live in accord with reality of how things are rather than a fantasy of how we want them to be. Therefore, I recommend that patients enroll in the ongoing courses we offer at the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science and other places so that they can develop a sound knowledge base and support for meditative training. Then we are free to use individual psychotherapy sessions for coaching and to custom tailor contemplative methods to address their specific needs.
What will you be teaching at your upcoming workshop at Pure Yoga?
I'll be teaching mindfulness meditation to help people cultivate greater awareness and self-acceptance. Then I'll be discussing the specific mechanisms that make mindfulness effective in the treatment depression, anxiety, pain and medical conditions, and finally I'll contrast the clinical use of mindfulness with its traditional Buddhist application for spiritual liberation and lasting happiness. I'm delighted that mental health professionals can receive continuing educational credit for this workshop.
What will you be covering as part of your series on Buddhism and psychology at The Interdependence Project?
I organized the Buddhism and Psychology series of dialogues with the intention to facilitate spontaneous and intimate conversations between practitioners. I invited several of my colleagues with East/West backgrounds and encouraged them to speak openly about their personal practice and experiences to give the audience members a glimpse into the lives and minds of therapists and teachers on the contemplative path. I hope to take a second fiddle in each of the dialogues and enjoy what each of them has to say!
BTW, Dr. Neale was away in India during our correspondence. As such, I feel especially grateful for his willingness to talk with me, and allowing us the opportunity to learn more about mindfulness from a Buddhist perspective. Thanks again, Miles!


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