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This shallow water instructor training program is for anyone interested in facilitating a program for people with Common and Neuromuscular Movement Disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke, Huntingtons Disease, Brain Injuries, Parkinsons Disease etc. A shallow water exercise program will focus utilizing a variety of exercises and equipment to keep people moving. All exercise design will be focused on helping the individual to improve functional activities of daily living known as ADLS. We will review assessments to provide a system of evaluating exercise choice, efficacy and progression. Neuromuscular & Movement Disorders affect over 5 million people in North America. Most disorders are chronic, meaning it persists over a long period of time. Additionally, most diseases are progressive which means that the symptoms grow worse over time. Our goal is to help those individuals with muscle weakness gain more control and balance of their muscles as well as maintain quality of life. WaterART Fitness programs are skillfully designed to help the caregiver, instructor and/or individual understand how to implement and develop a safe and effective program. There are no pre-requisites for this program. A candidate may choose to Certify with the course or simply take the program for general interest and knowledge.
Chapter 1 What is Neuromuscular Disorders Chapter 2 The Aging Process Chapter 3 Functional Fitness & Functional Assessments Chapter 4 Muscles, Joints and BiomechanicsChapter 5 Posture, Gait and BalanceChapter 6 The Exercise BlueprintChapter 7 The Exercise InventoryChapter 8 MedicationsChapter 9 Nutrition Chapter 10 Sample Forms and Additional InformationChapter 11 Bibliography & Recommended ReadingThe onsite training OR Home Study Program includes:
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DVD010 - Shallow H20 Program Design for People with Parkinson's
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Theory & Practical Assessments are required. If you are a current Certified Instructor - you only need to complete the theory exam to upgrade and re-certify your qualifications.
This program is worth 16.0 hours of CEC's for WaterART, & 8.0 OFC/ ICREPS/ BCRPA, continuing education credits.
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You will have up to six months to complete the certification exams (after the training date for onsite education or purchase date of home study). Theory is take home or applied theory. Practical is onsite assessment OR Video submission on USB stick or DVD. If you are currently certified and qualified with WaterART, you will only need to complete the theory exam. In doing so, this will update your qualifications with a new specialty level of certification as well as re-qualify your existing levels of certification for 2 years from the pass date of your new certification.
This program has been co-developed by WaterART Fitness International, a Division of Body Check Inc. & The National Parkinson's Foundation.
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We got a screen door installed a couple weeks ago - just in time for summer rain. I have the front door open, and I'm listening to it come down, a quilt wrapped around my shoulders.
I have been go go go lately - at work, at home, in my mind. I enjoy the feeling of pursuit, of setting a goal and crossing things off the list. I like it when my brain feels like it's going to burst from the million ideas I have for this project or that project or every project. I feel a little surge of pride when my hamstrings and my back ache after a day of heavy gardening.
I also get burned out. I lose the joy.
The garden feels overwhelming, or I can't make time for even a little piece of the thousands of projects running through my head, or the list is growing with nothing getting crossed off.
There is a fine line. Once it begins, the spiral down is quick and complete.
I know enough these days to know it's a cycle, to know that tired and overwhelmed is a phase that will pass, that I will be rejuvenated and energized again. And I know that joy and pursuit and fear and exhaustion can live right next to each other, weaving themselves together in inseparable ways.
The best thing for it, I think, is summer rain. It's the feel of a blanket around my shoulders and a cool breeze on my face. It's the sound of billions of tiny droplets falling on our garden. It's not running immediately to check for slugs but instead breathing in and out again and again and again.
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Instead of posting a normal update this week we thought it might be fun to let you get to know our Brewmaster, Casey Hughes, a bit better. We sat down at the brewery today and asked him the tough questions. So here they are, 11 hard hitting questions with Casey Hughes:
1. How did your brewing career start?
CH: Luck. I moved to Key West just after High School and at age 18 I managed to get a job working the bottling line at the old Key West Brewery.
2. After Key West you moved up to Philadelphia to brew at Flying Fish. What beer are you proudest of from that time in your career?
CH: I'm proudest of the Exit 4 Trippel. That beer was the first time in my career I had free reign to develop a recipe and do whatever I wanted. I was shocked when it won gold at Great American Beer Fest and was later picked by Men's Journal as best Belgian beer in America.
3. As you were looking at opportunities to go brew in Florida why did you choose this one?
CH: When I came down to Tampa to meet with Kent it just seemed like we were on the same page regarding how to do a brewery right. We had similar ideas on equipment, beer, and what we wanted to do. It just seemed like the right fit.
4. Coppertail and Flying Fish both seem to depict sea creatures in their logos. Why the policy of only working at nautical themed breweries?
CH: It has worked out that way hasn't it? I don't know. I love the water. I used to do commercial fishing and lobstering when I lived in Key West. I must just be drawn to nautical creatures.
5. What excites you about Tampa and Florida as a beer market?
CH: Tampa is a really exciting place to brew beer because it has so much room to grow, but it has a good foundation in place. It's a relatively young market, but there's already some great craft beer down here. Guys like Cigar City have already done so much to put Tampa bay on the map for craft beer. And now there's so many new breweries opening, and so much good beer being made down here, and the beer culture is growing. It's like where some of the more developed markets were 15 years ago and I think it's going to be amazing to watch it grow and to try to be a part of that.
6. Besides beer, what drew you to Tampa as a place to live?
CH: The water, the weather and the people. I love boating and fishing, and this seemed like a great place for that. And the fact that I don't have to deal with snow anymore makes it even better. People have been nice, too.
7. Let's say there's a rematch of the 2008 World Series between the Phillies and the Rays? Who are you rooting for?
CH: No comment. Next question.
8. The Philadelphia area is famous for Philly beer week and its craft beer culture. How does Tampa beer culture compare?
CH: I see a lot of excitement for great beer here which is like Philly. I think in a few years Tampa is going to become an amazing destination spot for beer and could rival some of the better beer cities in the country.
9. What kind of beer do you want to see Coppertail make?
CH: Balanced, floral, citrusy, dry IPA's. Neat, easy drinking Florida beers and some funky, fun, Belgian Saison's, too. I'd really like to play around with some barrel aged beers. A little bit of everything. I just want to make lots of good beer.
10. Many craft beer fans can point to an "Aha" moment when a beer really surprised them and got them interested in craft beer. Any Aha moments stick out in your mind?
CH: The first time I tried Sierra Nevada was a big Aha moment for me. How did they do that? It really made me want to get into brewing. 90% of professional brewers my age might have that same answer. Also, my first Belgian beer, Chimay, was an eye-opening experience, and that started me down the road of making Belgians.
11. We've noticed you like to blast music while you're brewing? Which song or type of music makes the best tasting beer?
CH: It's a tie. Rage against the Machine and NWA both do a great job of helping beer be the best it can be.


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OK – so someone mentions "Mission statements" and a quick search popped up a nice article on www.entrepreneur.com about how to write them. Not only do they serve a great purpose to focus you on what you actually want to achieve, the advice they give also serves as a great structure for the presentation!
So, a mission statement (in my opinion) is more useful as a personal tool than as an attempt to humanise a business. It is a statement of intent that influences your actions as a business (Freelancer, employee, film-maker etc.). As such, they need to be short and sweet – keep them punchy, positive and professional!
- Why are you in the Media Industry? What do you want for yoursefl, your family and your clients?Think about the spark that ignited your decision to start in media. What will keep it burning?
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- What kind of relationships will you maintain with clients? Do you stay in touch with clients, and do they come back to you again and again? How doe you achieve this?
- How do you differ from your competitors? Many entrepreneurs forget they are pursuing the same dollars as their competitors. What do you do better, cheaper or faster than other content producers? How can you use competitors' weaknesses to your advantage? How will you stand out form the crowd?
- How will you use technology, money, processes, products and services to reach your goals? A description of your strategy will keep your energies focused on your goals – pretty much the PO & WBL unit. How do you promote yourself using a variety of technology and channels?
- What underlying philosophies or values guided your responses to the previous questions? Some people choose to list these separately. Writing them down clarifies the "why" behind your mission. Are you out to change the world, or just entertain people?
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Back in the day, when I was active in my local art league, I had an idea to put on an art show comprised of album covers. I had a large enough supply of album covers that I could have supplied a nice sized show on my own.
I'm pretty sure the league would have let me put on such a show despite the issue that album cover art is much more graphic art than fine art. In the end, I never got up the courage to ask. Reading about this cover art show at the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum makes me wish I had.
"The Fine Art of Rock" show is running until November; so if you are anywhere near Memphis I recommend checking it out. Btw – Memphis is great vacation stop if you haven't been there before.
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Featured Composer, Edward F. Davis
This weekend we're thrilled to give the world premiere of a piece written by composer Edward F. Davis. The piece, entitled "Sir Loin, the Noble" sets a 17th century poem depicting a hilarious story of "The Knighting Of The Sirloin Of Beef By Charles The Second." We interviewed Edward to learn more about his musical career and the creative process behind his piece.
Tell us a bit about your musical background. Well, I've been immersed in music since, literally, before I was even born. My mother was an opera singer for many years, and she was a few months pregnant when she performed the role of Curiatius in Domenico Cimarosa's Gli Orazi e i Curiazi at the Rome Opera House. My stage debut, before I even lost my umbilical cord!
I actually sort of avoided having anything to do with music for many years, mainly because I never thought I'd ever be as successful as my parents (my father is a conductor and the music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago); I refused to take piano/any other instrumental lessons, and apart from singing in choirs throughout middle and high school, I actively did not want to pursue music in any sort of academic capacity. All of that changed, however, when I got to Knox College and sang in the Knox College Choir (KCC). We sang Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir my freshman year, and I was so blown away by it that I knew, from then, on that I was destined to do something with music, especially choral music, though of what I wasn't quite sure yet.
My first experience with composing came in the spring term of my sophomore year at Knox. I took an American Literature class where I made the life-changing discovery of my favorite poet, Emily Dickinson, and one of her poems in particular, I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—, inspired me so much that I decided to try setting it to music for a cappella chorus. The actual process of writing that music was such a thrill, and when I showed the final product to Laura Lane, director of the KCC, she loved it and encouraged me to keep at it, and kept at it I have! How did you get involved with WPCS? I initially heard about WPCS because so many friends of mine from the Knox College Choir have been involved in it! Currently, four present (Lily Wirth, Kate Cochran, Tony Hinirch, Joe Kerley) and two past (Devan Cameron, Sarah Kurian) members are Knox grads. The first WPCS concert I attended was "A Christmas Rose" in 2009, and it was a riveting experience. Their repertoire and musicianship were of such a professional caliber, I had a hard time believing these people were volunteers, and that they charged nothing for their concerts! I've attended every one since. I mentioned to Mark after their last concert, "Assembling the Masses," that I was a composer and would love to try writing something for their voices, and a couple months later I got an email asking if I could do just that!
Where did you find the hilarious text for Sir Loin? I'd love to say that I found it in an antiquated volume of Christmas poetry or something romantic like that, but as it happens, it was the result of an incredibly long internet search that ended on a website called "Christmas Poetry, Prose and Recordings"! Once there, a poem called "The Knighting Of The Sirloin Of Beef By Charles The Second" particularly caught my eye. I should mention that whenever I write anything for voices, I always start with the text. I love poetry, and if the text doesn't speak to me in some way, it's almost impossible to write music for it. This poem, as silly as it is, was fascinating to read; various musical ideas came to me, quite naturally, as I read along, and that's how I knew I'd be able to write something worthy of WPCS.
What was your thought process when composing Sir Loin? Well, as I see it, the text, and thus the piece itself, is in four sections, and as I composed, I wanted to make sure these four sections were suitably depicted: The first section describes King Charles as he treads through the bitter cold of winter in 17th century England; the second is a feast that takes place when Charles returns home from the hunt; the third is Charles's proud and, no doubt, alcohol-induced speech where he proclaims his loin of beef worthy of knighthood; and the fourth is, well, even more feasting, in celebration of the newly dubbed Sir Loin!
I wanted these sections to be very different from each other (although the two "feast" sections are almost identical musically), but I still wanted the piece to feel consistent and transition smoothly. To accomplish this, I wrote a melody that is repeated, yet varied, in each section, sung by the sopranos each time except during Charles's monologue, when the king himself delivers it.
What is your favorite moment in the piece? I'm particularly proud of the two feasting sections that I mentioned earlier. In order to depict a boisterous party, I made the section extremely rhythmically driven, so I have the men and women singing in two very different rhythms that, together, create an accent on every eighth note. It's an idea I "borrowed" from the final sacrificial dance of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. I also love King Charles's solo, to be sung at the concert by Brian Butler. I heard him sing it last week, and he definitely does it a very regal justice!
You can check out more of Edward's music on his Facebook page!


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COLA: Tell us a bit about yourself
Olivia: My name is Olivia Olbrych and I am a junior Journalism major currently studying abroad on the spring semester Budapest Humanities Program.
COLA: Why did you choose to study abroad in Budapest? Why a UNH managed program specifically?
Olivia: I chose Budapest because I wanted a program that was managed by UNH. I knew that a managed program would allow me to travel with a group of students from UNH and I would still be able to have the same support abroad that I have at home.
COLA: Have you been out of the country before? If so, where? did this influence your decision to study abroad in Budapest?
Olivia: Prior to studying abroad, I had traveled to Europe twice. I have been to England, France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden. Visiting these countries made me unafraid to study abroad in a country that doesn't speak English as their native language.
COLA: What were your expectations of Budapest before arriving?
Olivia: I didn't have any expectations coming to Budapest, I came in with an open mind and was really happy I went about it that way.
COLA: What was the most valuable lesson you have learned so far from studying abroad?
Olivia: I have learned to be much more organized and efficient while traveling. When you travel around and stay in hostels with other people, you lean that you don't actually want to bring a lot of stuff with you in case you loose anything. It is also much more difficult to be responsible for all your belongings if you bring a lot of stuff when traveling. My advice is to pack light!
COLA: What has your experience taught you about yourself and the world around you?
Olivia: I have learned that I am really independent and I am the kind of traveler who likes to be busy everyday. I like to fit as much activities as I can into each day when I am on a trip! I have also learned that people who don't speak English as their first language are not as intimidating to talk to and you should not be afraid to visit places that you have never heard of or been before.
COLA: Did you travel outside your host city? If so, where was your most favorite place you went and why?
Olivia: So far I have been to Krakow, Vienna and Prague for long weekends. I have also done a quick trip to the mountains in Slovakia. My favorite place I have been so far has to be Vienna because of all the art and music. I also love history and Vienna makes European history come to life!
COLA: Tell us about the classes you are taking abroad. Have you had any memorable moments in any of these classes so far?
Olivia: I am taking a bunch of interesting classes abroad. I am taking travel writing, history of Hungry, and culture of central Europe. We also have a field study class where we go on field trips every week! My favorite field trips have been the walking tours of the city because you get to learn the significance of where you are visiting!
COLA: Why do you recommend studying in Budapest? What are some of the benefits from studying abroad there?
Olivia: I love Budapest and it is so affordable for students to come here! It is also so easy to travel to other countries, you can travel very easily by bus to a lot of other cities.
COLA: What is one piece of advice you would give to prospective students looking to study abroad in Budapest?
Olivia: Do not be afraid of not being able to speak Hungarian!
COLA: Any last comments?
Olivia: Do not be afraid to go somewhere completely unique for your study abroad experience.
Thank you Olivia!!!


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5 Costly Payroll Mistakes
With federal and state laws changing on a near-daily basis, payroll has become increasingly complicated. Failure to comply with current laws can be a costly mistake for local businesses. With hundreds of clients in southern New England, we see the same errors being made every day.
Here are the five most common ones:
- Misclassifying Employees: Deciding whether or not to pay someone as an employee or an independent contractor isn't up to an employer, nor can an employee waive their rights as an employee and opt to be paid as a contractor. There are very clear guidelines, with laws established at both federal and state levels. In Massachusetts, workers are presumed to be employees. The burden falls to the employer to prove that a worker is truly an independent contractor and the standards in achieving this classification are very high. http://www.mass.gov/ago/doing-business-in-massachusetts/workplace-rights/worker-classification/independent-contractor.html With the Commonwealth of Massachusetts devoting significant resources to auditing firms in regard to this issue, erring on the side of caution is always the safest route.
- Overtime Errors: When it comes to overtime wages, there is no gray area: Employees who work more than 40 hours in one week must be paid at 1.5x times their regular rate. With employees who are paid bi-weekly, they must be paid overtime if they work more than 40 hours in a defined week. For example: An employee who works 20 hours in week one and 44 hours in week two of the pay period would be entitled to 60 regular hours and four hours of overtime pay. Federal and state laws very specifically define employees who are exempt. Special rules do apply to tipped employees working in the food service industry.
- Wage Payment: This is one of the most common mistakes made by employers. Hourly employees cannot be paid on a semi-monthly or monthly basis. They must be paid at least once every two weeks. Wages must also be paid within six or seven days of the end of the pay period, depending on the total number of days worked. Any employee who is terminated must be paid all wages due, including vacation time and commissions earned, on the day of release. Additionally, all employees must have access to an earnings statement (paystub) that states their name, the employer's name, the date of pay, the number of hours worked and any deductions made from their pay.
- Payroll Deductions: With the exception of state and federal taxes, an employer cannot deduct money from an employee's paycheck without their authorization. The only other exceptions are government-mandated payments such child support and IRS levies. All other deductions must be authorized by the employee and be for their benefit. An employer cannot deduct money from an employee's wages for disputed amounts. These must be resolved within the legal system, outside of the payment of wages.
- Vacation Pay: One of the most common and significant sources of disputes between employers and employees is vacation pay. All vacation time earned must be paid out upon termination. Any paid time off policies should be clearly outlined in the employee handbook and vacation time should always be accrued per hour worked. http://www.mass.gov/ago/docs/workplace/vacation-advisory.pdf


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Work by researchers at the Islamic University of Technology in Gazipur, Bangladesh, combining two methods of behavioural analysis, may well have brought us a step closer to the day when a computer can recognise the emotions of its user.
Emotion is a cognitive process and is one of the important characteristics of human beings that makes them different from machines. It has been suggested that if machines could feel emotion, our relationship with them would become far more efficient and pleasurable. This implies the advent of machines capable of detecting and analysing a user's state of mind and reacting according to his/her mood. With this goal, a group of Bangladeshi researchers* took a combined approach based on keystroke dynamics – i.e. the way users type on their keyboards, plus text pattern analysis, i.e. the actual words that they type. It has been previously shown that keystroke dynamics are very personal to the individual. As long ago as the year 2000 researchers developed a system of weak authentication using keystrokes to identify whether the person typing at the keyboard was actually its rightful owner.
Combining two methods of analysis
The researchers took for their analysis seven states of emotion – joy, fear, anger, sadness, disgust, shame, and guilt. The behaviour of twenty-five test volunteers was analysed while they typed on their keyboards. A software programme recorded each key hit, plus 'dwell time' – the time between a key press and release, and 'flight time', i.e. the time between one key release and the next key press. In the first phase of the test the volunteers were given passages of fixed text to type, while the second phase consisted of writing free text. The research team asked volunteers to note the emotion which corresponded most closely to their own state of mind each time a pop-up appeared – every 30 minutes – while in the background the software programme continued to analyse their keystrokes. In order to categorise the data from the typed texts, the researchers drew on a vector space model using the Jaccard similarity method, which enabled them to compare the two aspects. While previous work on identifying users' emotions relied on a single method, the Gazipur SSL team's combined approach achieved an accuracy rate of above 80% in identifying the volunteers' state of mind.
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The researchers claim that their combined method for identifying state of mind has proved a great success. With the exception of the emotions of shame and fear, their approach achieved more accurate results than those previously attained using separate techniques. Moreover, the hardware they chose to use for data-gathering – a computer keyboard – is a widely used interface which is much less expensive than the range of sensors capable of capturing user emotions – including thermal imaging, cameras and physiological sensors attached to the skin. It remains to be seen how far such 'cognitive' capacity can be used in computers and whether cognitive ability could for example be incorporated into the operating systems. In the longer term, however, it seems clear that methods will have to be found to enable robots to recognise emotions in order to improve the way they interact with humans.
*at the Systems and Software Lab (SSL) in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur


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Don't listen to self-proclaimed expert sexperts, listen to what the real experts have been saying about the impact of pornography.
A conference was held in the US recently in an attempt to find ways to stop the tidal wave of pornography sweeping the globe. Jack Sonneman from the Australian Federation for the Family attended the conference titled the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation and told 20Twenty host Neil Johnson that it was more than just a talkfest.
Porn and Domestic Violence
The experts agree that porn use among our young men is "the fastest growing part of the problem of domestic violence."
Real Men Don't Use Porn
Is it true that all the real men in Australia are women? If a real man sees something happening in his community that's harming women and children, he will do something about it.
Pornography: Paedophile Propaganda
Pornography is routinely used to sexually entrap children. Our lawmakers have failed to adequately protect Aussie kids by allowing children's legal, unrestricted access to pornographic publications such as Playboy.
This is a submission that was prepared by the Australian Federation for the Family.
Pornography: Impacting Your Family
The results are clear and consistent; exposure to pornographic material puts one at increased risk for developing sexually deviant tendencies, committing sexual offenses, experiencing difficulties in one's intimate relationships, and accepting the rape myth.
Really Sorry
Horrendous sexual atrocities are being committed against our Aboriginal women and children. It is to our shame that we have allowed their situation to get so bad.
Really Sorry — Jack's Letter
I am having quite a bit of trouble getting our Prime Minister and Attorney General to recognise the devastating effect hardcore pornography is having on women and children in the Aboriginal community.


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Is it worthwhile upgrading to 2015 even if older versions do continue to work?
2015 should come bundled with the Windows 10 SDK although that was disabled until today as part of Microsofts Windows 10 release plan.
That's a bit odd. Why don't they want third-party "launch titles"? I've also read that the separation between Visual Studio and Windows SDK has been changed now, so that the SDK no longer is a stand-alone product.
Thank you for your various thoughts. One very small thing: am I correct in understanding that Windows 8 and 10 have larger icons for programs than Windows 7 and earlier? If this is so, what version of Visual Studio is necessary to produce these larger icons, and how would one go about setting that up? It would be unfortunate if our icon were to look too pixellated, making the game look out of date.
In the old days you needed to manually install the SDK after installing MSVC and also there were several SDKs to choose from such as DirectX SDK (now part of Windows SDK).
One very small thing: am I correct in understanding that Windows 8 and 10 have larger icons for programs than Windows 7 and earlier? If this is so, what version of Visual Studio is necessary to produce these larger icons, and how would one go about setting that up? It would be unfortunate if our icon were to look too pixellated, making the game look out of date.
I wonder if Direct3D 12 could be used to make Simutrans graphics faster. It is a different approach to graphics which may or may not be more compatible with simutrans than previous OpenGL/Direct3D versions.
I think that the rollout for people who had pre-subscribed for a free upgrade will be measured in weeks rather than hours.
As to Direct3D 12, are the differences likely to make it easier to convert Simutrans? This will not be very cross-platform compatible, though, I imagine; or would the idea be to accelerate graphics in Windows and leave them as they are on other platforms?
I could not find yet a way to stop all updates from downloading, just some.
Convert for the Windows Store? If so I believe it will since Windows Phone and Xbox have DirectX integrated. It would be, anyway, not cross-platform since DirectX is Windows only, on other systems SDL would stay. Right now we already have GDI that's also Windows only so a DirectX version could replace the GDI.
As long as there is a 3D in it, I doubt it. Direct2D might be more suited, but Mingw doesn't do anything higher than DirectX 7 (perhaps a little bit of .
Buy the Enterprise edition. Home editions can not be configured.
As for the new graphics APIs, they seems to be massive beasts, requiring a lot of code to set up.
Direct2D is nothing more than a legacy wrapper for Direct3D which exists for convenience.
The only reason I mention Direct3D 12 is that people have made previous attempts at hardware acceleration of graphics. These attempts were deemed too inefficient due to the APIs available to the point that single threaded graphics was still faster. Direct3D 12 offers new APIs that are lower level and faster so might be more compatible with how Simutrans does graphics.
I think DirectX has a compatibility layer for GDI+. I have no idea if this makes anything easier.
It's not a legacy wrapper. It's almost brand new.
Direct2D is a user-mode library that is built using the Direct3D 10.1 API. This means that Direct2D applications benefit from hardware-accelerated rendering on modern mainstream GPUs. Hardware acceleration is also achieved on earlier Direct3D 9 hardware by using Direct3D 10-level-9 rendering. This combination provides excellent performance on graphics hardware on existing Windows PCs.
It is nothing more than a wrapper of Direct3D.
However if this would help Simutrans at all is entirely another question as from what I can tell Simutran's graphics were designed for software rendering (graphic code mixed with state code). I would imagine the lighter weight drivers and faster resource API would speed up the sort of graphics Simutrans uses.
Is Simutrans' graphics engine really so slow to be worth any non-trivial amount of work in making it faster? It seems responsive enough to me.
Or maybe just have more zoom levels?
Ahh, I think that I had misunderstood - you mean that the problems are likely to be when the player zooms out, not in? More levels of zooming in will help with things looking too small (they can look larger in a lower resolution), but not with having to do too much work zoomed out.
Except that it might be difficult to keep C++ and C++ apart.
Does any of this represent a problem for developing Simutrans on VS 2015 as a Win32 application?
If anything it becomes easier since you can raise the C++ standard closer to this decade (if desired).
Unless you switch it to either another C++ or another "standard". The former is unlikely within Simutrans development as long as it is possible to import the existing project, and the latter has been an issue since forever (with GCC no better in that regard).
One relevant issue is whether VS2015 supports Windows XP - I remember that VS 2012 needed a special extra download and configuration to do so.
That is entirely up to the director. James is developing Simutrans Experimental some what in parallel to standard and as such is free to raise the C++ specification for parts unique to experimental if desired.
C++11 should also be fully supported by newer versions of GCC (might need some compiler flags to link in some of the features) which should be available on general Linux systems.
If the Windows API problem can be solved then making from a Linux server should not be an issue either. Both MSVC and GCC are pretty good with the C++ standard up to about C++11.
// Array implementation. Compile time constant so should inline well.static city_growth_factors_t const CITY_GROWTH_FACTORS[GROWTH_FACTOR_NUMBER] { { HIST_PAS_GENERATED, HIST_PAS_TRANSPORTED, &settings_t::get_passenger_multiplier }, { HIST_MAIL_GENERATED, HIST_MAIL_TRANSPORTED, &settings_t::get_mail_multiplier }, { HIST_GOODS_NEEDED, HIST_GOODS_RECIEVED, &settings_t::get_goods_multiplier } };
Visual Studio 6.0 'identifier' : illegal symbol in context
simcity.cc:86:76: warning: extended initializer lists only available with -std=c++11 or -std=gnu++11 [enabled by default]
Will any of that stuff compile on VS 2015 but refuse to compile on VS 2012?
Can somebody give some sort of idea of what sort of code is legal in the C++ 11 standard that will not compile on MinGW?
char buf[BUF_SIZE];strcpy_s(buf, "Hello", BUF_SIZE);
sized deallocation function 'operator delete(void*, size_t)' would be chosen as placement deallocation function.
bild_besch_t* besch = new(4 * sizeof(PIXVAL)) bild_besch_t();
Is there not a pthread.h version that supports Windows 10?
I am not sure what the line is meant to mean currently, I will need to look into it.
A declaration of a placement deallocation function matches the declaration of a placement allocation function if it has the same number of parameters and, after parameter transformations (8.3.5), all parameter types except the first are identical. Any non-placement deallocation function matches a non-placement allocation function. If the lookup finds a single matching deallocation function, that function will be called; otherwise, no deallocation function will be called. If the lookup finds the two-parameter form of a usual deallocation function (220.127.116.11) and that function, considered as a placement deallocation function, would have been selected as a match for the allocation function, the program is ill-formed. For a non-placement allocation function, the normal deallocation function lookup is used to find the matching deallocation function (5.3.5) [Example: struct S { // Placement allocation function: static void* operator new(std::size_t, std::size_t); // Usual (non-placement) deallocation function: static void operator delete(void*, std::size_t);};S* p = new (0) S; // ill-formed: non-placement deallocation function matches // placement allocation function—end example]
If you don't want to update your code immediately, you can revert to the old behavior by using the compiler option /Zc:sizedDealloc-. If you use this option, the two-argument delete functions don't exist and won't cause a conflict with your placement delete operator.
This has nothing to do with MSVC 2015. It is a C++14 compatibility issue....Temporary solution...Now just need to rebuild all the dependent libraries...
(2) that some or all libraries (some of which do not normally need to be built specially as binaries are available) for Simutrans will have to be rebuilt to use MSVS 2015
That description was not easy to get my head around. If I understand it right, C++14 introduced new signatures for operator delete that has the same signature as the corresponding old-style operator delete would for obj_besch_t's overloaded operator new. I would say this is a standard quite explicitly breaking backwards compatibility. They could have avoided that by adding new parameters at the beginning, not at the end where developers were given permission to do as they please.
Does this mean (1) that it is necessary to use a special compiler switch when using MSVS 2015;
(2) that some or all libraries (some of which do not normally need to be built specially as binaries are available) for Simutrans will have to be rebuilt to use MSVS 2015;
and/or (3) that MSVS 2015 can only be used with the potentially problematic C++ 14 standard?
Simutrans normally uses static linking only, except for the C/C++ runtime itself and whatever API the backend is based upon (GDI, SDL, etc.). This means that the nightlies (and others adhering to this rule) only need to provide the exe file, but makes it impossible for users to do a minor upgrade of zlib or bzip without building a new exe file themselves.
They introduced it for optimization purposes. The placement allocator/decallocator was kind of obsolete outside of some very specific purposes (microcontrollers) and the only people generally using it were for the hack used in Simutrans.
One should be able to remove the sized destructor from the class somehow (so It defaults to the unsized one, since they are meant to be functionally equivalent when called by the compiler) however I am unsure of how to do that currently.
The other solution is to take advantage of different parameter type constructor/destructors. Simply wrapping the extra memory size in a enum or class (as described by Microsoft in the above link) and using that type as the signature would work since it will not be using the placement constructor/destructor but instead will use an entirely different constructor/destructor. This solution may need C++14 as I am unsure if different argument constructor/destructor was supported before then.
Sized destructor? You mean the delete operator taking a size_t parameter?
The memory is allocated by operator new, so that what must be customized, but the new standard has suddenly (carelessly and needlessly in my opinion, they could have prepended the new parameter to avoid conflict) stolen a signature that earlier standards let the developers use as they wished.
Perhaps when you have got it all running you could upload a step by step guide to building Simutrans on MSVS 2015? That would be extremely useful.
/* * Copyright (c) 1997 - 2001 Hansjörg Malthaner * * This file is part of the Simutrans project under the artistic license. */#ifndef _MSC_VER#include <unistd.h>#include <sys/time.h>#endif#ifdef _WIN32// windows.h defines min and max macros which we don't want#define NOMINMAX 1#include <windows.h>#endif#include "macros.h"#include "simsys.h"bool dr_os_init(const int*){ // prepare for next event sys_event.type = SIM_NOEVENT; sys_event.code = 0; return true;}resolution dr_query_screen_resolution(){ resolution const res = { 0, 0 }; return res;}// open the windowint dr_os_open(int, int, int){ return 1;}void dr_os_close(){}// reiszes screenint dr_textur_resize(unsigned short** const textur, int, int){ *textur = NULL; return 1;}unsigned short *dr_textur_init(){ return NULL;}unsigned int get_system_color(unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int){ return 1;}void dr_prepare_flush(){}void dr_flush(){}void dr_textur(int, int, int, int){}void move_pointer(int, int){}void set_pointer(int){}int dr_screenshot(const char *,int,int,int,int){ return -1;}static inline unsigned int ModifierKeys(){ return 0;}void GetEvents(){}void GetEventsNoWait(){}void show_pointer(int){}void ex_ord_update_mx_my(){}static timeval first;unsigned long dr_time(){ timeval second; gettimeofday(&second,NULL); if (first.tv_usec > second.tv_usec) { // since those are often unsigned second.tv_usec += 1000000; second.tv_sec--; } return (unsigned long)(second.tv_sec - first.tv_sec)*1000ul + (unsigned long)(unsigned long)(second.tv_usec - first.tv_usec)/1000ul;}void dr_sleep(uint32 msec){/* // this would be 100% POSIX but is usually not very accurate ... if( msec>0 ) { struct timeval tv; tv.sec = 0; tv.usec = msec*1000; select(0, 0, 0, 0, &tv); }*/#ifdef _WIN32 Sleep( msec );#else sleep( msec );#endif}int main(int argc, char **argv){ gettimeofday(&first,NULL); return sysmain(argc, argv);}
I am a little confused about the changes to posix.cc, partly because this file is not, in fact, used in MSVS compilations
That's very odd: I don't include posix.cc in my MSVS compile, and it always works (for Experimental). What does this file do?
Ahh, I see - but I am fairly sure that the no graphics server compiled for Windows also does not use simsys_posix.cc.
Are you aware of any way (apart from #ifdef directives in the files themselves) to tell MSVS which files to try to build separately for each build configuration?
Thank you: that is very helpful. It does work in 2012. Would one then disable simsys_w for the command line server build?
Do you know whether your updated posix file is compatible with Experimental running on Linux?
Upgrading to the 2015 version may well be worthwhile if there are reasonable straightforward ways of fixing the issues, as you have outlined. I do not use MSVS for anything other than Simutrans: my work is entirely unconnected with programming (and I am entirely self taught, which is why I am hazy on the low level details in many cases).
You disable simsys_w and enable the posix one. I also think you need to change the graphic back end, I forget if that was for SDL2 or not.
and I note that Visual Studio 2015 compatible library files can be obtained from the Open TTD website here.
However, I cannot find compatible versions of bzip anywhere - can anyone assist with that?
Were you able to build them from the source tarball on the official bzip website? I had trouble opening that.
Error D8016 '/ZI' and '/GL' command-line options are incompatible
Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression StateError C2011 'timespec': 'struct' type redefinition Simutrans-Experimental C:\Users\Victor\Documents\GitHub\OpenTTD\shared\include\pthread.h 320
Now I'm having trouble with zlibstat from OpenTTD-useful-6.0.
Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression StateError C1047 The object or library file '.\intermediates\release\simdepot.obj' was created with an older compiler than other objects; rebuild old objects and libraries
Edit: I seem to have fixed that by compiling in release configuration. Now I'm having trouble with zlibstat from OpenTTD-useful-6.0.
After james updated the experimental enviroment to mvsv2015 I get this error when trying to compile simutrans experimental:
#if defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER >= 1900// MSVC 2015 with Windows 10 SDK has struct timespec#define _TIMESPEC_DEFINED#endif
Turns out I just forgot to add some directories. Now I'm getting something else:
Turns out I just forgot to add some directories. Now I'm getting something else:Code: [Select]Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression StateError C1047 The object or library file '.\intermediates\release\simdepot.obj' was created with an older compiler than other objects; rebuild old objects and libraries
This looks as though you just need to clean the build before rebuilding, as the .obj files are temporary files created by the compiler whilst it is running.
The current MSVC version of pthread is incompatible with modern MSVC2015 due to it declaring its own timespec structure which already exists in MSVC2015 as it is part of standard C++. It was solved in Simutrans standard long ago but the patch must not have made its way to experimental.
It appears as the experimental version was up to date, just with another set of comments, rearranging the lines. But that still unfortunately does not resolve the error.
To answer Dr. Supergood's question, pthread.h is not on the Github repository as it is found in ~\Simutrans\OpenTTD\shared\include (i.e., it is an included file rather than one that is treated as part of the core code).
I cannot even find simthread.h in the experimental GitHub. Please link?
I am not sure but at a certain point this discussion went far away from MS 2015 issues. Maybe open a specific experimental thread that might help to find the pthread discussion again if needed?
To answer Dr. Supergood's question, pthread.h is not on the Github repository as it is found in ~\Simutrans\OpenTTD\shared\include (i.e., it is an included file rather than one that is treated as part of the core code). Is this distinct from Standard? Ves - is this the same arrangement as you have?
I am sorry if this is considered the wrong thread, I thought it is a windows 10/msvs2015 issue?
I think the problem is that this thread was partially about experiences with Windows 10 mixed together with a MSVS2015 question. Now its just about MSVS2015, despite this being on a non-developer board. Anyone that might have come with Windows 10 feedback will likely be frightened by all the technical talk here. I suggest moving this discussion to one of the development boards. Then it can be a MSVS2015 discussion. What has been discussed lately has nothing to do with Windows 10.


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One of my favorite spots to be in the St. Petersburg is the tip of Vinoy Park. It is usually entirely devoid of people and is the gateway into the small harbor in front of downtown that offers views of what cityline there is, the Pier and then a sweeping view of Tampa Bay. Dolphins hunt along this seawall, manatees amble buy, and of course birds of all kinds use it as a rest stop.
All this makes for a great spot to just sit, think and observe, as well as a great location for photography.
Sea gulls are common, but I liked how they were all lined up with one of them deciding to fly off. Did he/she hope that all the others would follow? Did she/he hope to be able to fly off alone? These are the kinds of things that constantly pop into my head.


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Selling fish still his "first love"
Sol Amon dons the apron of Pure Food Fish Market, which he has operated for 50 years at Pike Place Market. Amon, who goes by "Solly," has become an institution at the Market and, at 76, has no plans to retire. "I need the business more than it needs me," he says.
Fifty years of selling fish at the Pike Place Market gives Sol Amon the honor of having the longest tenure of any current vendor there. His is one of the most-recognized faces at the Market.
In his travels throughout the world, people have walked up to him in Paris, in Hong Kong, and exclaimed, "Aren't you ... ?"
Solly, as he prefers to be called, says he once was in New York City when Tom Brokaw walked up and said, "What are you doing here?" He says the former "NBC Nightly News" anchor is a regular customer in his travels to the Pacific Northwest.
Week in and week out, Solly's life has consisted of ringing up halibut steaks, salmon fillets, jumbo grilling scallops and some 90 other kinds of seafood at his Pure Food Fish Market.
At age 76, he could have retired a long time ago, gone to take it easy at his Mercer Island home, watched the sunsets with Tillie Amon, his wife of 53 years.
But he can't.
"I need the business more than it needs me," he says.
Solly has become a Pike Place Market institution, and the Seattle City Council has proclaimed today Sol Amon Day.
These days, after back surgery last year, Solly is mostly found in a cramped office a dozen metal steps above the fish market. He doesn't have the stamina for standing for a long time behind the counter.
But the fish business always has been in him.
His father, Jack Amon, emigrated here from Turkey, part of a small community of Sephardic Jews, and in 1911 began working in the fish markets.
Solly and his dad were partners in Pure Food Fish Market until his father retired.
At his office, Solly takes care of Internet orders, does paperwork and, always, is able to look through a small window at his fish market below. If he thinks some fish are not being displayed in the proper place, he makes sure that's taken care of.
Among his 15 employees is Harry Calvo, 58, who manages Pure Food Fish and who has worked for Solly for 36 years.
Calvo likes the camaraderie, he likes talking to longtime customers, he likes Solly.
He remembers what Solly said: That he would stay in the business as long as Calvo stayed.
The way Solly sees it, it's a matter of loyalty.
"I can leave anytime I want," he says. But then what would happen to Calvo and other longtime employees?
There is no one in the family to take over right now. Solly's two daughters are married and help with the bookkeeping, but they can't picture themselves out there handling fish.
Solly has hopes of his grandchildren taking over the business, but of the three, the oldest is only 15.
He remembers the day his first daughter, Eileen Kulman, 48, of Bellevue, was born.
It was a Saturday, also the biggest sales day for Pure Food Fish. Finally, Solly went to the hospital for an hour, saw his newborn child, and then went back to work.
These days, Solly shows up around 8:30 each morning. Calvo starts work at 3 in the morning to get everything ready.
"The business runs well," says Solly.
He sits at a desk with stacks of shipping cardboard boxes lining the walls, not even noticing the noise from the generator that runs a machine that can produce 7,000 pounds of ice a day.
Solly sips coffee and looks contented."This is my first love," he says.
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Saturday night's Dancing with the Stars at the Fine Arts Center (FAC) event was, as volunteer services coordinator for the FAC Margaret Bishop said, "a great success!" Bishop commented that the show was met with "a sell-out crowd. It was a wonderful event for the FAC."
The event was modeled after the ABC television show and two winning teams were selected. The People's Choice Award winning team was Karen Eckford and Cam Melton. The Technical Winner's Award winning team was Byron Johnson and Rebecca Kelley.
Both teams were delighted by their wins and spoke to the positive effect the event had on the FAC. Eckford stated, "We won People's Choice based on votes and donations given by our community. We were really very excited about winning that title because it meant that we were successful in raising funds for the FAC."
Eckford also said that she believed the "energy and competition between contestants drove up the numbers for the FAC and even though we won, everyone involved did a really good job. I appreciate the support of the community. They stepped up to the plate to donate to a worthy cause."
Johnson described his team's victory as "exciting, and very challenging." He continued, "Everyone in the show did really well and I was so pleased that it was my team that won. Putting on a show like that is a lot harder than it looks. All the participants put in a lot of work and I was very impressed with what I saw. I hope the audience was too."
Director of Marketing for the FAC Jane Peterson confirmed that the audience was indeed very impressed with the performances. "The audience absolutely had a blast," she said. "There was so much excitement and so much enthusiasm. It was really through the roof and we are just tickled pink with this event's success."
Peterson and the rest of the FAC sincerely thank all the teams that participated in the show and all the community members that donated and purchased tickets. "It was a complete sell-out," Peterson said. "We raised close to $20,000 for the FAC."


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We scheduled our February book club meeting at The Carlton Club, hoping to take advantage of its somewhat surprising switch to an all vegan menu. Sadly, between us picking the venue in late January and the date of our dinner they'd changed things up again and shifted back to an omni menu. Still, a good number of vegan options survived the menu change, so we persisted. We didn't venture up to the well known rooftop bar, instead settling into the dining room, which had an odd vibe - part opulent ballroom, part suburban RSL. If nothing else it provided a relatively quiet and spacious setting for our book-club to discuss Swing Time.
The new menu is pretty classic pub food - burgers and parmas make up the mains, with a selection of starters and salads to complement them. They've kept it about half vegetarian and there's a decent array of vegan stuff to choose from. We split a pile of vegan dishes three ways to give us the best chance to sample everything.
First up were a couple of starters - macaroni and cashew cheese croquettes with a porcini mayo (top, $8) and field mushroom and kale meatballs baked in a napoli sauce with almond parmesan (bottom, $7).
This was a spectacular start - the croquettes in particular were fantastic, combining fried carbs and creamy sauce to good effect. I really liked the mushroom meatballs as well - they were dense, hearty and well seasoned.
Next up was a flurry of mains and sides - a beetroot, black bean and quinoa burger with lettuce, vegan cheese, sriracha mayo, jalapenos and fried onion (left, $12) and fries with cajun salt (right, $8).
They were accompanied by a sub based on the mushroom and kale meatballs with vegan cheese and pesto (left, $12) and a chopped kale salad, with avocado, shaved fennel, crispy chickpeas and a creamy vegan Caesar dressing (right, $14).
Again, these were all pretty great. The beetroot burger patty was maybe a little dry, but it went down a treat slathered in spicy mayo and mock cheese. The mushroom meatballs worked well as a sub filling, although they went a little over the top with the gooey toppings, which made it tricky to split three ways. The kale salad was excellent - it'd be a boring meal on its own, but it was the perfect way to accompany our other heavily fried selections. Most importantly, The Carlton Club does a damn good chip - it's such an important thing for a pub to do well.
We were a bit disappointed when we arrived to find that we'd missed The Carlton Club's short time as a wholly veggie place, but they turned our frowns upside-down with an excellent selection of vegan dishes, efficient service and some cheesy backing tunes for our intellectual book discussions. It's not a venue I can imagine visiting on a busy night, but if you're after vegan-friendly pub food in the CBD you could do an awful lot worse.
There are surprisingly few blog reviews of the Carlton Club - I could only find Parma Daze and Words and Flavours, both of which are from the days before things turned vegan-friendly.
The Carlton Club
193 Bourke St, Melbourne
9663 3246
Accessibility: Entry is up a long flight of stairs - I didn't see an elevator anywhere. There's full table service in the dining room except that payment takes place at a high bar. We didn't visit the toilets.


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Clubs and Activities
Breakfast Club
Breakfast Club runs every day between 8am and 8.50am when school begins. It provides a healthy start to the day with a selection of cereals, toast, teacakes and a variety of fresh fruit juice and milk. Parents are encouraged to stay with their children to share this early morning slot. The children often come with their younger or older siblings and sin whole family groups. Once the children have finished their snack they can play a variety of games with their friends and peers until the start of the school day.
After School Clubs
There are clubs every evening for many different year groups. You can check using this timetable to see if there are any clubs running for your child. You must fill in a consent form which can be obtained either from your class teacher at the beginning of the term or on the carousel in the main entrance. They must be returned to Mrs Budimir via your Class Teacher. Please note we do encourage parents to collect their children at the end of the sessions. However, if your child is in year 4 or older they can go home alone, only if you give written permission.
Some clubs are very popular and there is a waiting list. If you do not gain a place straight away your name will be kept on hold and a place given when one becomes available.
Music Clubs
Eastwood school has just been awarded a Music Mark for excellent music making. Music lessons are available in school.
Music Clubs are run during the school day so that children who cannot stay behind still have the opportunity to play an instrument. If you would like to join any of these sessions please contact Mrs Hargreaves. You will be entitled to have a few taster sessions with a borrowed instrument to ensure your child is going to enjoy it before having to commit to buy one. If you would like to try more than one instrument this is possible as long as the clubs do not clash.
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text: Not so long ago, it seemed so cool to share your location, but now social apps like location, check-in Foursquare appear like a quaint reminder of a time past. Recent news that Foursquare is to split its business in half, from the commercial to the social appears a bit like a last gasp at relanvancy, really not sure if it's the right move in the current climate. Post Snowden personal data is not something most people want to leave lying around. I was pondering such things when I came across these two pictures of the perils of location aware mobile devices being left in passive mode. Again, its not the tech at fault more the understanding of the power we weld even in passive mode.


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Next is Seven, she's had a lot of changes through the.......eh...years. In fact, there was probably a version that had two arms. At some point. Then I decided to mangle her in an accident, chop one off and have her use her prosthetic arm as a back scratcher and eye poker. Amongst other things.
Seven is a bit of a mixed bag of tricks, she starts BRAIN DAMAGE an hour before everyone else. Well, not literally, but she is the last to actually act. She LOOKS like she's just tagging along and getting by on the efforts of the others. But really, as things develop, Seven becomes the final barrier between the group and the zombies. Until, of course, the twisty twist at the end.
Seven is a lot slower than the others, she only ever moves at her own pace even when there's a sense of urgency. She's not lazy, just partial to taking her time so when the action cuts to her, things move at a much slower pace, breaking up the quick cut madness of the others.
Design musts for Seven included...roman numeral tattoo-age on her back, just because I went through a phase of drawing back views of characters and I figured giving her a prosthetic arm just wasn't interesting enough. And because I like roman numerals. A prosthetic arm that's interchangeable with GUNS AND STUFF. Annnd some legs and eyes and other stuff required for making something identifiable as a human.


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August 03, 2006
Photos from Underground
As a kid I loved the books of David Macaulay (Castle, Pyramid, etc.), and his Underground opened my eyes to hidden worlds that lie deep beneath city streets. Now photographer Joe Nishizawa reveals the huge, otherworldly spaces below Tokyo in this photo essay for PingMag. Additional images are available on Joe's site.
In a similar vein, I used to love visiting the captured U-505 submarine on display in Chicago, and now a Russian photographer reveals the subterranean world of a former Soviet submarine pen. [Via]
Ostensibly related:
- If all the underground/undersea imagery gets you down, clear your palette with some beautiful Atmospheric Optics [Via David Metzger]
- On the Russian front, an illustrator has interpreted modern movies as Russian folk art [Via]
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We are blessed on the East End of Long Island to have access to freshly caught seafood + restaurants that prepare it well. Bostwick's in East Hampton does a fine job of serving up some of my favorite seafood plates. Their lobster roll, baked clams and bowl of steamy mussels hit the spot when I have a hankering for summer's fresh catch in an informal, alfresco and family friendly setting after a day at the beach.
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News Release
NASD Fines Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. $2.75 Million for Lax Supervision of Producing Branch Managers
Washington, D.C. — NASD announced today that it has fined Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. (RJFS) of St. Petersburg, FL, $2.75 million for failing to maintain an adequate supervisory system to oversee the sales activities of over 1,000 producing branch managers working in offices throughout the United States.
In a related action, NASD permanently barred one of those branch managers - Donna Vogt, who worked for the firm from her home office in Cambellsport, WI. Vogt recommended unsuitable mutual fund and variable annuity purchases to elderly or retirement age customers, and made misleading statements to customers in correspondence. RJFS failed to detect these sales practice abuses because of deficiencies in its supervisory system. RJFS also failed to have an adequate system in place to properly supervise sales of variable annuities.
"RJFS's supervisory system was inadequate because it allowed producing branch managers to supervise themselves, said James S. Shorris, NASD's Executive Vice President and Head of Enforcement. "This flawed supervisory system created a situation where the unsuitable sales of variable annuities and risky mutual funds to elderly and risk-averse customers went undetected."
From early 2000 through September 2004, RJFS employed over 1,100 producing registered principals, or branch managers, most of whom worked in small, geographically dispersed offices. These branch managers were allowed to act as the primary supervisors of their own business activities. They approved their own transactions, opened and accepted new accounts, and reviewed their own correspondence. The firm relied on an electronic transaction surveillance system maintained by RJFS's Compliance Department, and a series of exception reports, to flag transactions that required further review. It also assigned supervisory responsibility for these 1,100 branch managers to three sales managers. The activities commonly associated with daily supervision, however, were conducted by the branch managers, who in many cases, in effect, supervised themselves. By permitting these principals to engage in self-supervision, RJFS's supervisory system was not reasonably designed to achieve compliance with securities rules and regulations.
One such producing manager was Donna Vogt, whose sales practice violations went undetected for approximately four years. Vogt was the branch manager and the only registered person working in her office in Wisconsin. She maintained hundreds of customer accounts and sold mainly mutual funds and variable annuities. Many of her customers were of retirement age or older. NASD found that, in determining which products to recommend, Vogt treated her customers as a homogeneous group, regardless of age, financial status, investment experience and objectives. Of her approximately 700 accounts, more than 90 percent listed their primary investment objective as "growth" and risk tolerance as "medium." RJFS never questioned the fact that Vogt listed these objectives and strategies for almost all of her customers. In fact, the person who reviewed and accepted the customer account documents was Vogt herself.
NASD found that Vogt recommended unsuitable purchases and concentrations of aggressive mutual funds and variable annuities to at least five customers who were elderly, retired or nearing retirement. These transactions were unsuitable due to the over-concentration in aggressive growth funds, and because access to their funds was limited by the variable annuity surrender charges.
RJFS failed to detect or prevent these unsuitable transactions by Vogt. The firm also failed to prevent Vogt from sending misleading communications to some of her customers, in part because the firm allowed all of its producing branch managers, including Vogt, to review their own incoming and outgoing correspondence.
NASD found additional supervisory deficiencies at RJFS. The firm failed to maintain an adequate system and written procedures to reasonably supervise sales of variable annuities. Branch managers reviewed and endorsed most of their own variable annuity activities. RJFS's Compliance Department screened variable annuity purchases using only three exception reports. The exception reports did not screen variable annuity transactions for suitability based on customer net worth, annual income, investment experience or concentration of variable annuity holdings as a percentage of net worth. As a result, Vogt's unsuitable variable annuity recommendations went undetected. In addition, there was no system in place at the firm for reviewing the suitability of variable annuity sub-account transactions recommended by branch managers, nor was there any system for ensuring that a record of sub-account recommendations and transactions was maintained. NASD also found deficiencies in the firm's branch audit program, and found that RJFS failed to maintain certain books and records.
Neither RJFS nor Vogt admitted or denied the charges, but consented to the entry of NASD's findings.
Investors can obtain more information about, and the disciplinary record of, any NASD-registered broker or brokerage firm by using NASD's BrokerCheck. NASD makes BrokerCheck available at no charge. In 2006, members of the public used this service to conduct more than 4.7 million searches for existing brokers or firms and requested more than 207,000 reports in cases where disclosable information existed on a broker or firm. Investors can link directly to BrokerCheck at www.nasdbrokercheck.com. Investors can also access this service by calling (800) 289-9999.
NASD is the leading private-sector provider of financial regulatory services, dedicated to investor protection and market integrity through effective and efficient regulation and complementary compliance and technology-based services. NASD touches virtually every aspect of the securities business-from registering and educating all industry participants, to examining securities firms, enforcing both NASD rules and the federal securities laws, and administering the largest dispute resolution forum for investors and registered firms. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.nasd.com.


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Daly View Cottage
2 bedroom Cottage for rent in South Fremantle
$175.00*per dayprice range estimate for 2 guests*
A charming 2 bedrooms 2 spa bathrooms cottage furnished in antique with king size four foster bed.
Daly View Cottage is situated just behind the Federation Home and features two bedrooms, two bathrooms (one a spa ensuite), country kitchen and adjoining sitting room. The main bedroom features a four poster king size bed with spa ensuite. The second bedroom is situated upstairs. Enjoy the serenity as you relax in the lovely manicured gardens or just relax in this lovely old time-locked cottage.
A heritage timber cottage is located Short distance stroll from beautiful south beach, and behind our lovely classic colonial bungalow build in 1890 and has been fully restored, polished jarrah floor boards, with ensuite spa master bedroom and queens size make a luxurious stay anytime of the year. Parking also available.
From pushing back the solid gate, there is something solid and well made about the old house (1890). Its a classic, colonial style weatherboard bungalow with thick plank floorboards, curved iron roof, turned verandah posts and original features strictly adhered to. But inside, the house is subtly endowed with comfortable features. Some of these include big deep jacuzzis, brass shower heads, huge beds (several four posters) and an interesting display of furniture.
Just round the corner you can dine at a number of local restaurants offering international and local cuisine, also walking distance to Woolworths and IGA shopping centre and health stores, and a free cat bus to Fremantle, or you can enjoy walking to Fremantle centre with the famous cappuccino strip with only 2 kilometres away.
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Step into your power and walk the path you're meant to walk.
with Catherine Foley of Help Your Self
Saturday, April 27th
We are all vast, infinite beings existing simultaneously across many dimensions, each of us carrying beautiful cosmic gifts meant to be expressed fully here on Earth.
In these oracle readings with intuitive empath Catherine Foley, discover the healing information and wisdom you need now to support your divine unfolding.
Catherine works in collaboration with her guides and yours to retrieve healing messages from your ancestors, your body, your highest self, and all else stepping forward from your field with vital data for the moment.
A reading with Catherine—infused and transmitted with Reiki energy—will help you reconnect with the compassion, clarity and support you have within you and across all realms to walk in alignment with your true calling and destiny.
Come with your intention and an open heart.
$35 / 20 minutes
tickets are non-refundable
Catherine Foley is a Reiki Master and intuitive empath, and founder of Help Your Self, her holistic wellness company on a mission to bring authentic and genuine healing experiences and resources to New Yorkers. With formal training in energetic and earth-based spiritual healing, mindfulness and herbal medicine, Catherine is skilled in holding integrated, embodied and compassionate space for deep transformation and healing. Catherine offers Reiki healing at locations around the city, including The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, New York. She is an oracle reader at Otherwild NY, The Alchemist's Kitchen and Jill Lindsey. In all of her work, Catherine is dedicated to guiding you home to yourself, helping you access your innate ability to heal your life and find the freedom and will to shine your true light in the world.
The Alchemist's Kitchen is a unique destination in the Bowery. More than a botanical dispensary and a whole plant tonic bar serving elixirs and healthy treats, we are a gateway into a conscious lifestyle and community, through our plant-based products, wellness events and transformational workshops.


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Refresh and relax your horse after work with our no rinse, totally NATURAL Lavender Wash formula. Made with the purest Lavender Oil , known to possess properties which can calm and soothe. The added coconut derivatives cleanse the coat and easily remove post exercise sweat and dirt. Includes a natural antibacterial herbal oil which also helps soothe minor cuts and abrasions. Also contains Citronella Oil. Contains no soap or detergents. Suitable for frequent use. One bottle contains approximately 8 washes.
All prices include VAT where applicable.
Under almost all products on our website is an Estimated dispatch time, check this for a delivery prediction specific to the item you are looking to purchase. These badges are updated live based on the stock levels we have and also those of our suppliers - so are usually very accurate, but cannot be guaranteed. In more general terms, we aim to dispatch all orders within 1 working day of receiving payment (and a prescription if required). If we cannot do so within 3 working days we will contact you by email.
For UK delivery, we charge the following:
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For full information on our delivery charges, including prices on heavy deliveries to Scotland and abroad, see our delivery information page.
We can deliver most items to all around the world, but prices do vary. The majority of light weight orders (less than 1.5kg) can be delivered for a flat rate of £10. For an accurate estimate of the delivery charge, please put the items you require in your basket and use the "Estimate Delivery" system on the shopping basket page (you only need to enter your country and postal/zip code) for a quick quote. For deliveries to the USA you may need to go to the checkout page and enter your full address to get a quote (as some services need your state in order to quote too). For more information on international deliveries, please see our delivery information page.
Due to restrictions aerosols can't be sent by Royal Mail. We appreciate your understanding.
Some products, such as insulin and frozen food, need to be delivered in insulated packaging to prevent them from getting too warm (or too cold) during transit from us to you. Purchasing any of these items in your order will result in a £1.99 charge being added to the total to cover the high cost of the insulated packaging materials. You only pay the £1.99 once per order, regardless of how many temperature controlled items you purchase in that order.
Please call us as soon as possible if you need to amend or cancel an order on 01582 842096. If your order has been processed for dispatch we will be unable to cancel or amend the order. You will however be able to return your product for a full refund*.
To return an item, you must contact us by phone or email to arrange this BEFORE posting any product back to us. We will explain the process at this stage for you.
*For full details on returns, see our terms and conditions page.
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Who We Are:
We are Lindsay and Emily Plaskett... two eccentric sisters living the dream in Brooklyn, New York. Originally from Ohio, we grew up playing outside letting our imaginations run wild! Born from two creative, musical parents we were mixed-media artists making our halloween costumes, making movies with the family's first VHS recorder and recording our music on cassette tapes. We pride ourselves in our midwestern thrifting abilities and bring them to the table when it comes to the budget of our project. With strong professional backgrounds in Fashion and Marketing, here we are now in Brooklyn, New York making our dreams come true... which is making YOUR dream come to life!
What We Do:
We make shit look good! We have been called "maestros of all things creative" and our goal is to blow your mind! We are artists, designers and "magicians"... we can turn anything into anything! Our expertise lies in consulting, costume design, wardrobe, production design, art direction and just flat out making things! We have worked with music videos, film, TV, performance art, dance, etc. etc. We've also made award winning costumes for PRIDE, halloween and theme parties. So whether you're a producer, musician, dancer, scuba diver, astronaut or even a banker, if you need something that looks good we're your girls!


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The SmartLink Module for the IntelliPAP Series by DeVilbiss are top quality items which are designed to assist patients with storing, saving, transferring and analyzing their vitally important therapy information. The SmartLink Module is easy to install and enables your IntelliPAP CPAP machine to record your therapy data; the included data card then allows you to store your information and transfer it to a PC at your leisure. These data storage items will enhance your overall experience as they will allow you to analyze your information and carefully track and monitor your CPAP therapy progress.
This package is compatible with all CPAP machines from the IntelliPAP series by DeVilbiss Healthcare. So, this module will work with the IntelliPAP DV53D Standard Plus, the IntelliPAP DV57D-HH AutoBilevel BiPAP machine with heated humidifier, the IntelliPAP DV51D-HH Standard CPAP machine and others as well. The data gathered from the module can be uploaded to a personal computer in a flash and can be transferred to your physician or healthcare provider just as easily.


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The first year of Prague drinks wine/ Praha pije víno – festival of Authentic wines from the region of former Austrian-Hungarian Empire - takes place on 6th & 7th of June 2014 at the beautiful Troja Chateau´s wine vault and in its gardens.
Authentic wines are wines produced in a traditional way, in accordance with nature, without using unnecessary technological intervention or added substances, winemakers usually apply rules of organic production. The festival will be a unique gathering of more than forty winemakers from Central Europe and it will be possible to taste more than 400 different wines produced by small family wineries representing a number of wine regions of Austria, Hungary, Moravia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Italy. The festival would like to continue the tradition of similar gatherings of old times, when the winemakers of the former Habsburg Empire used to organize regularly such events before World War One. The title of the festival "Prague drinks wine" is not coincidental. In the past, the city used to be surrounded by vineyards while only few were preserved till our times. The festival is organized by our favorite Veltlin wine bar, where we love to go to explore new winemakers and new tastes. Besides wines you will have a chance to taste delicatessen and food from Sklizeno or Krystal Mozaika Bistro, or have a cup of coffee or tea from EMA Espresso Bar and Tea Mountain. One day ticket costs 550 CZK, two days ticket 950 CZK, the price includes catalogues and open degustation at the festival. You can get to Troja Chateaux easily by public transportation, or even by boat or steamer. The cruise starts in the centre, lasts approximately 75 minutes and offers a different view on the city. Before or after wine tasting, you can also visit Prague ZOO that is just next to the Chateaux.


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Bar/Bat Mitzvah Twinnings
Migdal Ohr's Bar and Bat Mitzvah Twinning Program offers an extraordinary opportunity for your child to share his or her simcha with an underprivileged boy or girl at Migdal Ohr. Your entire family can participate in a celebration on the actual Migdal Ha'Emek campus in Northern Israel or from your home anywhere in the world! This is a deeply meaningful experience and a truly rewarding gift.
On Campus
Your child can celebrate his or her Bar or Bat Mitzvah on the Migdal Ha'Emek campus in Israel. The celebration will be shared with a male or female student at Migdal Ohr . For that student, whose life has been filled with poverty and neglect, often without a family of their own with whom to celebrate this momentous occasion, the connection with a loving, supportive family during this special time is particularly significant. This will also be a truly meaningful experience for the participating family! Additionally, it is one of Rabbi Grossman's greatest joys to participate in these Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebrations, and he does his best to be there to take part in the simcha, schedule permitting.
The basic Bar or Bat Mitzvah sponsorship package includes a party for all of the students of one class in a beautiful hall on campus, with a full celebratory meal, a photographer and a band.
Bar Mitzvah packages start at $7,500 and include a pair of tefillin for one Migdal Ohr student. Bat Mitzvah packages begin at $7,000, and include a siddur for the young lady.
These packages serve 10 of your guests, with a cost of $75 per each additional guest.
More elaborate celebrations can be arranged, for an additional cost, and Migdal Ohr can customize your simcha to meet your needs. To arrange a Bar or Bat Mitzvah Twinning Celebration on campus please contact your local Friends Of office.
From your hometown
The occasion of your Simcha can provide a meaningful Bar or Bat Mitzvah to a less-fortunate Migdal Ohr boy or girl, even if you cannot make it to Israel to celebrate with them. You can personally sponsor a Bar or Bat Mizvah party at Migdal Ohr for an individual student or an entire class!
Sponsorship costs are as follows:
$3,000 Bar Mitzvah Party for a Migdal Ohr Class (includes a pair of tefillin for the Bar Mitzvah boy)
$2,500 Bat Mitzvah Party for a Migdal Ohr Class
$750 Pair of Tefillin and a suit and shoes for a Migdal Ohr Bar Mitzvah Boy
$750 Sponsor a Migdal Ohr Bat Mitzvah Girl to go on a class Bat Mitzvah trip with her mother, and receive a necklace or bracelet and a personalized book
***Please note, all currency listed above is in US Dollars.


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It's daylight savings time. I probably don't have to convince you that you're tired. Most of us wake up in a fog until we've had that first (or fourth) cup of coffee. Then, next thing we know, we're going to bed about to do it all over again. Life seems like it moves a hundred miles per hour. We all know when we're tired.
If we all know we're tired, it seems strange that so many of us (yours truly included) feel guilty about needing rest. We work 50+ hour weeks and feel like we'd be "letting people down" if we rested. The title of this blog is simply what I find myself speaking to others, and myself, far too often.
So is rest spiritual? More importantly, will the answer change how you approach rest?
I love the account of Elijah in 1 Kings 19:3-9. Right in the middle of all the hoopla that is 1 Kings, we find the famous Elijah with a rest problem:
Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there. Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, Lord," he said. "Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died."
Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree. But as he was sleeping, an angel touched him and told him, "Get up and eat!" He looked around and there beside his head was some bread baked on hot stones and a jar of water! So he ate and drank and lay down again.
Then the angel of the Lord came again and touched him and said, "Get up and eat some more, or the journey ahead will be too much for you."
So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God. There he came to a cave, where he spent the night.
Definitely not your everyday experience. Elijah had already done a lot of things as a prophet, but God wasn't done with him yet. So what can we learn from Elijah's experience?
1. Everything seems more dramatic when you're tired
No, you're not turning in to a teenager again. It's been proven that when you are sleep deprived you are more anxious, irritable, and self-absorbed. Elijah had already done a lot in serving God. You may have heard of a little incident when he called on God to rain down fire from the sky to consume other idols on Mount Carmel. Pretty intense stuff, but that's a very different Elijah than we see in this section of scripture. Here, Elijah is asking to die! He is ready to give up! Elijah isn't a sissy! He's in desperate need of a break!
2. God isn't mad that you need a break
I don't know how many of us would actually admit we've felt this way. It may come out as something like, "I should be able to handle this," "I can't let people down," or "I don't want people to be disappointed." Granted, I am in the midst of crazy ministry all the time, so that's where I see this play out up close, but it's applicable to everyone no matter your vocation. Maybe deep down, we feel like we've failed if we have to take a break. What's interesting about this section of scripture is that we really see the heart of God for Elijah. The angel doesn't appear and say, "Oh you of little faith, get up and get moving." No! The angel gives him food and then lets him keep napping! Don't lose sight of the fact that God created the Sabbath! None of us have it together more than the creator of the universe and even He took a break.
3. Maturity has little but everything to do with it
If that seems confusing, stick with me. None of us would say that Elijah needed rest because he lacked spiritual maturity. We wouldn't have walked up to him and said, "Hey man, maybe if you spent some more time in the word, you wouldn't so tired! Have you tried journaling?"
Don't be that guy.
Elijah was a prophet of God! He didn't lack spiritual maturity. The fact is, he had been running for his life and was tired. Spiritual maturity doesn't have anything to do with our need for rest. However, it has everything to do with whether we actually rest. It takes maturity to recognize that you are tired, burned out, and need a break. It takes some courage to walk in to work or your home and say, "I need to take a little break."
I have heard and said many different excuses for not taking a break. Usually, I know I didn't speak up soon enough when I end up in a tired, puddle of emotions. It doesn't have to get that far. Rest doesn't have to be dramatic. We have to step away from our people pleasing, prideful selves and admit that we're human.
I really believe that rest is a next step for a lot of people. God may have been telling you for a while that you need to slow down. Don't let things get dramatic before you do. God isn't disappointed that you need a break (and frankly, that's where your concern about approval should end) and you don't lack spiritual maturity because you're tired, but it's a sign of maturity to say you need a break.
Just like Elijah, God has more He wants to do through you. If you're a leader of a team or organization, you need to know that you set the tone of this for everyone who is following you. If you aren't being intentional about resting, your team probably isn't either. Invest in your relationship with Him and embrace the spiritual side of rest.