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every time I see a Dresden plate with those pointed tips it makes me want to make one. Lovely photos!
What Karen said! ^^^ and I do love those fabrics!
your dresdens look so pretty, love the bright colors! I know what you mean, school started back this week and other than being sleep deprived things are already getting back to normal here and it feels good!
Love those dresdens! You made me HAVE to order the latest fat quarter pack. My wallet thanks you. As for summer, it's sprinted by. Your photo reminds me of how surprised I was to see how low the lakes and reservoirs are out there. I hope you have a terrible winter with TONS of snow LOL!
I'm sorry that I suckered you into buying that fabric. 😉 (Not really. You'll thank me.)

Yes, the water is so low here this year!! Last winter was the pits because it was miserable and cold and yucky, but there was no point to it because there was so little snow accumulation. Lame winter. If it's going to be winter, let's just get some water out of it, at least.
Let me tell you…that first photograph in this post is gorgeous. Definitely one to be framed! … Quilting and emails will always be waiting… time with family is precious. Glad you are enjoying the last few days of your summer with the kids. And I love your Dresden fabrics too. Great colors and prints!

Love your Dresden's, they are so cute!!! Mine went back to school today. The wee ones left are taking a nap right now and it is oh so quiet. I should go down and get sewing on my QAL, but I am just taking one day to enjoy the peace and quiet and catching up on some emails. Good Times 🙂
Enjoy your last week :o)
Oh, I love American Jane! The prints are so perfect in a Dresden! And enjoy your last week of summer! We're going to stretch ours out well into September! Hopefully it will help the cold, dark winter pass that much more quickly 😉
Love the dresdens and absolutely love the fabrics you've used, but what I want to know is where did you take those pics? I want to go there. Need more vacation time.
Thanks Katy! The top picture is at Bear Lake, Utah. It was such a pretty night. The middle one is in Pleasant Grove, Utah.

Vacations are indeed good. 🙂
Oh, man, I love that Potluck! Can't wait to see your completed quilt. :-)

Oh Amy these are gorgeous! Love Dresdan's and that American Jane – well you know!!
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I love this shift of seasons. Your Dresden blocks are so cute! You know I am a big SK fan! I am excited to read in the comment above that she will be the featured quilter at Quilt in the Garden. I am now marking my calendar. I will take pics for you!!!


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lol, a shitty mount makse you want to renew again? NIce
Poor Haters, so angry.
a) They are too lazy to farm it for themselves, and they despise anyone who has the patience to farm it.
b) They have farmed for it week after week and never got it, and they're super jealous that you have it and they still don't.
Keep rockin' OP. Congrats.
LOL @ this thread...get a life dude no one cares if u subbed/unsubbed
If there really are people who play this game because of mounts, i would reconsider continuing MY sub.
...what? no-one did care? fuck... i'll just continue my sub and someday show them all...
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Ooooo the butt-hurt in this thread makes me want to get out my first-aid kit.
So what does it matter why he resubbed? People resub because they have a reason to play the game again or have a newfound liking for it. If one or both of those variables are in the form of an orange bird with an awesome model, then that's good a reason enough.
In any case, grats on the mount.
Seems like everytime I consider unsubbing, something fun happens that makes me want to keep playing the game! I nearly unsubbed in t12...next lockout I got the rag mount on normal. In wrath I got the ZG raptor and the deathcharger both a couple weeks before Cata was released-which I hadn't planned on buying at the time. Anyhow grats on the mount!
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For the past 10 years, this outdoor classroom has given local middle and high school students a chance to have fun and learn at the same time. (WRDW-TV)
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- It's been one wet winter. Halfway through February, we've already seen over 6 inches of rain and while all this water is good for lakes and ponds, it's not so great for Phinizy Swamp Park, or its educational program, Creek Freaks.
"We always like to have more students in our Creeks Freaks," said an organizer.
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|"The Darkness and the Light"
|DS9, Episode 5x11
Production number: 40510-509
First aired: 6 January 1997
|107th of 173 produced in DS9
|107th of 173 released in DS9
|446th of 728 released in all
| Teleplay By
Ronald D. Moore
Story By
Bryan Fuller
Directed By
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A hidden enemy systematically murders Kira's old Resistance comrades.
Six vedeks are holding a ceremony. One of them, Latha Mabrin, is killed when the ceremonial candle issues a disruptor blast at him, throwing him back several meters and killing him instantly.
On Deep Space 9, Major Kira Nerys is examined by Doctor Bashir, who complains that she hasn't been taking the makara herb he had prescribed. She complains that it tastes "like it crawled out of Quark's ear", and that it counteracts sedatives. He says that she claimed she didn't need sedatives, and she gives a weak answer.
On returning to her quarters, she receives a mysterious message just showing a picture of Latha, a former resistance companion of hers, and saying That's one.
Act One
While the investigation is started, a Bajoran woman, Trentin Fala, contacts Kira because she is afraid of being killed as well. Kira arranges for her to be transferred from Bajor to DS9 but she dies while being beamed up because a remat detonator was planted on her.
Act Two
Kira reveals that Trentin was never really part of the Shakaar resistance cell, but she provided information to them. Kira receives a that's two message, and then a that's three with the picture of Mobara, another resistance companion.
Act Three
Things begin to develop as Kira's former comrades Lupaza and Furel arrive without warning, beaming directly into the O'Brien's quarters. They had brought her some Makara herb from Bajor. They are as determined as Kira is (and not hindered by pregnancy as she is) to uncover the assassin, but they are killed when a hunter probe explodes near the window of the room where they are.
Act Four
It is obvious that the killer has kept a personal grudge against the resistance cell, and against Kira in particular. He is also an expert in computers and remote killing devices. Using this information and his contacts on Cardassia, Odo manages to build a list of only 25 suspects and plans on trimming it further down. Kira steals the list in order to pursue the killer herself. After eliminating the first three names on the list, she eventually visits Silaran Prin. Prin is the mysterious murderer and he manages to capture Kira and confine her with a restraining force field.
Act Five
Prin was a Cardassian civilian at the time of the Occupation, and he was disfigured by a bomb used to assassinate Gul Pirak. That bomb was placed by Kira herself, working with her former cell, and based on information given by Trentin Fala. Prin has grown more than a little insane since his understanding that war could also hurt innocents: he carries long monologues about darkness and light, explains that he was cautious in his murders to not hurt innocent bystanders, and that he logically intends to deliver Kira's baby before killing her. Prin feels that Kira is a murderer because she killed Cardassian civilians on Bajor along with soldiers. Kira responds by saying that Cardassians didn't ever own Bajor, and even the Cardassian civilians were guilty.
Prin prepares to deliver Kira's baby by cutting it out of her, but consents to administer a sedative to Kira first. When he is satisfied that the sedative has taken effect, he approaches, and Kira, upon whom the sedative had no effect because of the makara herbs that she has been taking lately, quickly overpowers him and kills him.
Later, when a group from DS9 arrives to rescue her, she is initially unresponsive, and Doctor Bashir finds a large amount of sedatives in her system, which had been counteracted by the makara herb. When she finally talks, she does so in the same manner Prin had, claiming that he hadn't realized that the light requires darkness, and innocence is just an excuse for the guilty.
Memorable Quotes
"Those herbs taste like something that crawled out of Quark's ear."
- - Kira
"None of you belonged on Bajor. It wasn't your world. For fifty years you raped our planet, and you killed our people. You lived on our land and you took the food out of our mouths, and I don't care whether you held a phaser in your hand or you ironed shirts for a living. You were all guilty and you were all legitimate targets!"
"And that's what makes you a murderer. Indiscriminate killing... no sense of morality... no thought given to the consequences of your action. That's what makes us different."
"I was a soldier. You're just a bitter old man out for revenge."
"I am bringing the guilty to justice. And unlike you, I take care to protect the innocent."
- - Kira and Prin
"You know the Rules of Acquisition?"
"I am a graduate of Starfleet Academy. I know many things."
- - Dax and Worf
Background Information
Story and script
- For this, his first episode, writer Bryan Fuller originally based it on the 1939 Agatha Christie novel And Then There Were None (also known as Ten Little Indians). (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- Of all the Deep Space Nine episodes Ronald D. Moore worked on, this is one of his favorites; "It really came across as I intended it, and in some ways, much better, a powerful, dark piece of television that ends in a really unexpected way." Moore particularly likes the moral ambiguity of the debate between Kira and Silaran Prin. Of this scene, he comments, "both are right and both of them are wrong." Moore was also very happy that the fact that Kira remains fundamentally Kira in the scene with Prin, that she doesn't apologize and acknowledge her own guilt. According to Moore, "typically, when you get into a scene like this in television or even film, your heroine is confronted by the man from her past who's been wronged by her in some way, and usually she'll say 'You know what? I feel bad, too. You're right. I wish I didn't have to do those things that I did. Can't we all just get along?' But that would have been so phony, especially in this situation. So I respect the fact that Kira looked at Prin and said 'Screw you! You expect me to feel sorry for you? Fifteen million Bajorans died in the Occupation. You people were on our land, you didn't belong there, and you were all guilty!' I mean that's pretty bold. You can't say whether it's right or wrong – it's the stance of a terrorist. But it's what I felt Kira absolutely believed at the core of her being." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- The themes touched upon in the scenes with Prin and Kira are similar to several scenes in "Duet", in which a captured war criminal confronts her about her own crimes during the Occupation.
- Sisko's combadge flips above and below his grey shoulder pad in between scenes in this episode due to the mixed use of the incorrectly made jacket from "Rapture" and the new correct one that would be used for the remainder of the series.
- Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #111 ("Treat people in your debt like family...exploit them")
- This episode is the second time we see the characters of Furel and Lupaza. Both had been introduced in the third season episode "Shakaar", and although they both die in this episode, Furel would be seen in flashbacks in the episode "Ties of Blood and Water".
- Randy Oglesby, who plays Silaran Prin in this episode, previously played the Miradorn twins in the first season episode "Vortex".
- Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode.
- This is the first Star Trek episode to be directed by Mike Vejar since TNG: "Coming of Age", his only TNG directorial credit, almost nine years earlier. From this point onwards, he would remain one of the franchise's regular directors until the cancellation of Star Trek: Enterprise in 2005.
Video and DVD releases
- UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.6, 5 May 1997.
- As part of the DS9 Season 5 DVD collection.
Links and References
Also starring
- Rene Auberjonois as Odo
- Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf
- Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax
- Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien
- Armin Shimerman as Quark
- Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir
- Nana Visitor as Major Kira
Guest stars
- Randy Oglesby as Silaran Prin
- William Lucking as Furel
- Diane Salinger as Lupaza
- Jennifer Savidge as Trentin Fala
- Aron Eisenberg as Nog
- Matt Roe as Latha Mabrin
- Christian Conrad as Brilgar
- Scott McElroy as Guard
- Judi Durand as the computer voice
Uncredited co-stars
- Brian Demonbreun as a Starfleet science officer
- Chester E. Tripp III as a Starfleet security lieutenant
arms dealer; Bajor; Bajorans; Bajoran militia; Bajoran transport; black market; Calash Monastery; Cardassia; Cardassians; Cardassian records office; counteragent; Dahkur Province; Days of Atonement; Defiant, USS; disruptor; DMZ; energizing coil; Rules of Acquisition; gain; Hathon; hull breach; hunter probe; ion trail; informant; integration matrix; latinum; makara herb; merfadon; micro-explosive; Mobara; Musilla Province; O'Brien, Keiko; O'Brien, Molly; Occupation of Bajor; PADD; pattern buffer; phase-divergent carrier wave; Pirak; plasma charge; polaron field; power cell; progesterone; Prophets; Quark's; Ramirez (Captain); remat detonator; Romulans; runabout; Saurian brandy; Shakaar Edon; Shakaar resistance cell; sinoraptor; skimmer; smuggler; Starbase 63; Starfleet Academy; subspace antenna; Talavian freighter; tongo; transporter; transporter scrambler; transporter security system; tricorder; Vedek; weapons depot
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Adam Buckner; Bernay Prime; Cardassia Prime; Dan Curry (Gul); Judy Elkins; Faralos III; Kristi Fernandes; Galloway sector; Ed Hoffmeister; Gary Hutzel (Gul); Laura Langmatz; Lauritson Nebula; Peter Lefebvre, Posell VI; Promenade; Regent Lipsett; April Rossi; David Stipes (Gul); Eddie Williams
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Think Nearly 100% Renewable Energy in Less than 50 Years is Impossible? Think Again
Within one generation, by 2050, the U.S. can gradually and almost completely eliminate coal and nuclear power finds a new report out from Greenpeace and the Global Wind Energy Council. The report, "Energy [R]evolution – A Sustainable USA Energy Outlook," released last week details the steps we need to take to change greenhouse gas emitting systems such as electricity, heating and transportation. If we follow the groups' blueprint, the country is estimated to reduce carbon emissions 39% percent below 2005 levels by 2025 and 60% below 2005 levels by 2030.
This report is the latest in a series of global, national and regional Energy [R]evolution scenarios found at www.energyblueprint.info. "The Energy [R]evolution demonstrates that transitioning to a renewable energy economy can free resources for economic development. It means more and better jobs, greater energy independence, and it is more democratic as citizens attain more control of energy production. Compared with the Energy Information Agency energy outlook, the transition to renewables creates more jobs at every stage of the energy transition, with more than 34% more jobs by 2030."
The Energy [R]evolution's goal is to, "wean the economy off dirty fuels as thoroughly and quickly as possible, and in a way that is technologically, politically, and ecologically realistic." Although this report focuses on the United States, it is, "part of a global analysis showing how the international economy can transition to nearly 100% renewable energy by 2050, while assuming no new 'breakthrough technologies'."
Specifically, the report outlines how by 2050 renewable energy sources could provide:
- Roughly 97% of U.S. electricity production
- 94% of the country's total heating and cooling demand
- About 92% of America's final energy demand
"The most recent National Climate Assessment makes it very clear that we need national policies to expedite a clean energy economy," said Kyle Ash, senior legislative representative for Greenpeace USA.
"Fortunately, the energy market is phasing out coal and phasing in renewable energy at a rapid pace, but this must be quickened to avoid climate consequences much worse than the wildfires, droughts, and superstorms the country is already experiencing," said Ash.
Indeed, the Energy [R]evolution sounds like a good way to start putting the brakes on global warming and engender the truly transformative change we must undertake immediately to avoid catastrophic climate change. The time has come for us to embrace a low-carbon future.
UN Climate Report Concludes Global Warming Extremely Likely Caused by Humans
The United Nations' (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their climate change report on Friday that they produce about every five to six years. The IPCC's last report was published in 2007. The UN created the IPCC to assess the science, risks and impacts of global warming, and the IPCC is considered the world's leading authority on climate change.
A press release from the IPCC says, "It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century. The evidence for this has grown, thanks to more and better observations, an improved understanding of the climate system response and improved climate models."
"Warming in the climate system is unequivocal and since 1950 many changes have been observed throughout the climate system that are unprecedented over decades to millennia. Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer at the Earth's surface than any preceding decade since 1850, reports the Summary for Policymakers of the IPCC Working Group I assessment report, Climate Change 2013: the Physical Science Basis, approved on Friday by member governments of the IPCC in Stockholm, Sweden."
Extremely likely is an upgrade from a previous report that said it was very likely that human intervention was spurring climate change. The IPCC defines extremely likely as 95–100% probability of an outcome or a result, and very likely as 90–100% probability.
The report's authors do not conduct original research for the assessments, so the IPCC reports are primarily summaries of the state of the field. The findings are based on the aggregated results of the most recent published and peer-reviewed climate change research with more than 600 researchers from 32 countries reviewing more than 9,000 peer-reviewed studies for this report. They produced 2,000 pages of scientific analysis and worked through 56,000 comments.
Friday's report represents the first of four sections that ultimately make up the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report, or AR5. Other parts of the report examine socioeconomic impacts and potential ways to mitigate the effects of climate change.
US Secretary of State John Kerry responded to the UN report with this statement:
"Those who deny the science or choose excuses over action are playing with fire. Once again, the science grows clearer, the case grows more compelling, and the costs of inaction grow beyond anything that anyone with conscience or common sense should be willing to even contemplate."
The bottom line is alarm bells should be going off as you read about this disturbing report. Each of us influences climate change and it should frighten you that some of its impacts are happening faster than originally expected. We need to do more to correct the problem. This massive and critical report points to long term implications if we do not embrace a sustainable, cleaner energy future posthaste.
Legislation Could Level the Playing Field for Renewable Energy
For decades, fossil fuel companies have enjoyed the benefit of master limited partnerships (MLPs). A MLP is a business structure that acts like a corporation with its corporate stock trading on the open market, but is taxed as a partnership rather than at the corporate tax rate. This allows investors to buy and sell their shares in the public markets, and project developers to access cheaper capital through the markets. It's an attractive tax benefit to be a MLP; an advantage that is inaccessible currently to renewable energy investment.
Since the 1980s, Congress has enabled investors to bundle energy projects like oil and gas pipelines and other fossil fuel developments from companies that extract, process or transport "depletable" natural resources and exempted them from corporate income taxes. The word "depletable" specifically excludes renewable energy.
U.S. Senator Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat, introduced a bill last year that would give wind, solar and other renewable projects the same tax benefit. The Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act was re-introduced this week by a bipartisan group of senators.
In order to effectively combat climate change, renewables need to be priced at, or better yet, lower than fossil fuels. It's easier to sell shares to individuals and institutional investors such as pension funds when renewable projects are set up as MLPs. Widening the pool of potential investors adds new competition, which could lower the cost of financing projects, and in the end reduce the cost of renewable power.
Is leveling the playing field for wind, solar and other renewable projects the magic bullet to renewable energy investment? No, but it is a step in the right direction. The Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act is actually part of a broader toolkit, one that the federal government has used successfully in the past to develop domestic energy resources. Tax benefits such as the Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit remain essential tools within the renewable energy industry.
Other tax reforms the industry and its supporters say will help level the playing field with fossil fuels include allowing renewable companies to organize as real estate investment trusts (REITs) and letting renewable tax credits be claimed by more types of investors. In December of 2012, a bipartisan group of 29 U.S. lawmakers sent a letter to the President calling for changes to both MLPs and REITs.
Even with bipartisan support in a deeply divided Congress, the bill faces some serious obstacles. A 2011 Congressional Research Service report estimated that extending MLPs to renewable energy companies would cost the U.S. Treasury about $2.8 billion between 2010 and 2014. At the moment, the broad political momentum in Congress involves eliminating loopholes and exemptions in order to raise revenue and lower tax rates. The report suggests that if leveling the playing field is the endgame, the alternative is closing the tax loophole for oil and gas companies.
Personally, I want to stop global warming and move into a sustainable energy future. Let your Congressional Representatives know you want them to support the Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act.
The Transition to Renewable Energy and the Role of Natural Gas
Sometimes the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow, temporarily stalling renewable energy production. When that happens, what fuel source fills in the energy gap? Traditionally the answer was coal, but due to increased supply and low prices, the answer of late has been natural gas. Coal is certainly the dirtier of the two fossil fuels, but natural gas is not a perfect choice either. The increased supply in natural gas was achieved through the process of hydraulic fracturing (called fracking), which can be harmful to the environment.
Last spring natural gas prices fell to all-time lows of $2 to $3 per thousand cubic feet in the United States. This spring natural gas prices are on the rise. In fact, they've doubled to just over $4 per thousand cubic feet, but the bottom line is natural gas is still pretty cheap. Experts say prices in the $4 or $5 range won't affect the increasing use of the fuel by consumers and the energy industry since the price was $8 just a few years ago. In Europe and Asia prices are even higher; think $10 to $14.
According to a Citibank research report, "Gas and renewables could in fact be the making of each other in the short term." Expect renewables to cost about the same as conventional fuels in many parts of the world "in the very near term." Mark Brownstein, an associate vice president at the Environmental Defense Fund, noted that the price of renewable energy has declined substantially in recent years, and that's expected to continue, making them even more competitive. As demand for renewables builds, it will in turn "drive demand for more gas-fired" power plants to be used as backup.
Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) missed an April 13 deadline to issue much-anticipated new rules limiting carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants. Proposed a year ago, the rules were first to set limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new plants. Once a limit is set for new facilities, the EPA is legally obligated to address existing plants, which pose the true climate threat at the moment. The US' power plant fleet is the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the world. Acting EPA Administrator Bob Perciasepe said last week that the agency expects to propose new rules on greenhouse gases from existing plants in fiscal 2014.
The draft rule for new power plants sets a limit of 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour of electricity. That cutoff point would be easy for natural-gas-fired plants to meet, but not conventional coal plants. Already, power companies build natural gas plants almost exclusively because of the low price of gas.
There is speculation that the EPA's indefinite delay on the new rules limiting carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants is due to second thoughts at the EPA and the White House over the single standard. The EPA is said to be contemplating setting two standards, one for coal plants and the other for natural gas, which might make the new rule more legally defensible in an attempt to avert the inevitable legal wrangling that goes on whenever the EPA sets a new rule including limitations.
Environmental groups argue that separate standards make little sense. "Setting a separate standard for coal- and natural-gas-fired plants would greatly weaken the standard's ability to ensure a transition away from building high-carbon electricity-generation sources," said economist Rachel Cleetus of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Natural gas may be the interim answer as we build our renewable energy infrastructure and then the backup once we move to a sustainable energy future. For the sake of slowing down climate change, the EPA needs to set the rules on new electricity generation plants posthaste. Then they should tackle existing power plants without delay. Global warming won't wait.


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Founder Feedback gives you insights from the startup trenches.
On his blog "Be Launched", Vladimir Blagojevic, Founder of Grant Snap and newly minted Graduate of the Brussels Founder Institute, described the three top lessons he learned from the Founder Institute.
The original article can be found here. Below is an excerpt.
"One of the things that makes life so interesting for me is constant learning. And I don't think I ever learned so much in four months time, as I did during this program.
I'd like to share my top three lessons with you.
1. Feedback really matters.
I got feedback from 26 experienced entrepreneurs, and many, many times from my wonderful peers in the program. Two things really surprised me.
The first one is the effectiveness of the short pitching format. I got to a point of believing the pitch to be a real reflection of the quality of your business idea, and the work you've put in it. We were forced to explain the complete business model in 3 minutes. We had to make a compelling story that clearly shows our customer, their problem, our product, market, competition, business model and projections, route to market and our team. And every time you would address one issue, another one would show up.
The second surprise was the effectiveness of mentor feedback. I started out by thinking that the only feedback that really matters is the one from your customers. How will other entrepreneurs, I thought, with little or no knowledge of your domain, ever be able to give you meaningful feedback? It turns out, they can. After hearing your story for three minutes. Especially for the early stage startups that we all are.
Remarks we got weren't always easy to hear, and many times we were confused about what to do about them. The best remarks required you to dig deeper and work harder on a particular aspect (e.g. product, or the revenue model).
2. You get to choose your market, and choosing early is important.
Our second week's assignment was to study three potential markets, and choose one with the biggest potential. Desk research of three markets in one week time. This was one of the most useful assignments I had.
I was researching (1) the market of online collaborative writing tools, (2) online project management and collaboration tools (groupware), and (3) the gamification market (not a real market yet). And after looking at the size, dynamics and the major competitors, I decided none of the three were where I wanted to be with my product. So I went on to research the fourth one: a €375 billion grant market.
3. You will make plenty of rookie mistakes as a first-time founder.
I am grateful to the Institute and the mentors for saving me from quite a few. Choosing a wrong market. Targeting the wrong customer segment. Not thinking through agreements between co-founders. Not paying enough attention on branding and naming (or spending too much time on it). Not taking care of legal aspects. And so on and so forth.
I am glad I've done it. I would have never been so far in such a short time. At the same time, I am glad it's over, and I am looking forward focusing on my product.
What are your major lessons or questions about such a program?"
Grant Snap, a service that helps you write winning grant proposals to get your innovations funded, is a Graduate of the Brussels Founder Institute. Follow Vladimir Blagojevic on Twitter at @vladblagi, and Grant Snap at @grantsnap.
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Home List of Titles A comparison of plasma immersion ion implantation with conventional ion implantation
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- A comparison of plasma immersion ion implantation with conventional ion implantation
- Author(s)
- Kenny, M. J.; Wielunski, L. S.; Tendys, J.; Collins, G. A.
- Abstract
- Plasma immersion ion implantation has a potential advantage over conventional line-of-sight ion implantation in being able to provide a uniform dose over a nonplanar surface. Operating regimes are different for each process leading to different surface modification characteristics. Comparisons have been made of the two techniques for mild steel, tungsten carbide and graphitic carbons. For nitrogen implanted mild steel, the PI to the power of three process gives a nitrogen depth distribution at least an order of magnitude greater than in CI squared. In graphitic carbons, CI squared is more effective in producing radiation damage and improving resistance to wear.
- Publication type
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- Source
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 80-81, part 1 (Jun 1993), pp. 262-266
- Publication year
- 1993
- FOR Code(s)
- 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics; 0402 Geochemistry; 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Nitrogen implantation; PIII; Plasma Immersion ion implantation
- Publisher
- Elsevier
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- Copyright © 1993 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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Today the Maine Bureau of Insurance released rate information for new insurance products that will be offered through an online marketplace that opens in October. The new insurance products, which still need federal approval, are part of the Affordable Care Act, and are targeted to individuals and small groups. But if you're in this market and hoping for a quick and easy look at what insurance may cost you, think again. Patty Wight reports.
The purpose of the online insurance marketplace is to make getting health insurance coverage easy and affordable. Potential buyers in the individual and small group market can compare different so-called insurance products online starting Oct. 1.
But while the marketplace may present information in an easy, understandable way, these preliminary rate filings - which add up to hundreds of pages of data and information - are anything but.
"It's the exact opposite of what the Affordable Care Act envisioned," says Joe Ditre, executive director of Consumers for Affordable Health Care. "It's almost impossible to tell how these prices compare to each other because these rate filings are so non-transparent. They are not obvious to the average consumer. They don't provide the actual rate sheets by product, so it's almost impossible to compare one to the other."
Two different companies in Maine are offering products in the online marketplace. One is Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. Company officials were unavailable for comment for this story. The other company is a new health insurance co-op, called Maine Community Health Options. Kevin Lewis is CEO.
"We do have a variety of plan options, for individuals and small groups, both on the exchange and off the exchange," Lewis says.
They offer four categories of plans, ranging from catastrophic coverage up to so-called "gold" coverage. The proposed insurance rates vary depending on a person's age and location. So, if you're a 25-year-old living in Portland, Lewis says, catastrophic coverage would cost about $160 a month. Silver coverage will cost in the low 200s.
"In a different geographic area - say Bangor - a 25-year-old seeking catastrophic coverage would have a premium of roughly $185," Lewis says.
Silver coverage ranges in the high 200s a month. This is just one example out of a myriad of ways insurance premiums will be calculated, and Lewis says it doesn't take into account potential tax credits and cost-sharing reductions some consumers may be eligible for, "and so those calculations will need to be done person by person, family by family," he says.
The Maine Bureau of Insurance estimates that, currently, less than 10 percent of Maine's population is covered in the individual and small group market. Still, the bureau is holding a series of public information sessions about the online marketplace and the Affordable Care Act from Aug. 15 - 30.
But Joe Ditre, of Consumers for Affordable Health Care, questions how helpful those will be. "To think that the average consumer will be able to understand these things and be able to come and speak to the rates in just 16 days is ludicrous," he says.
Ditre says Anthem and Maine Community Health Options should provide rate sheets that show easy, apple-to-apple comparisons of the insurance products well before the public hearings.
Ditre says if you're in the market for one of these plans, it's important to remember that if your income is at or below 400 percent of the poverty level, you will qualify for tax credits; and if your income is at or below 133 percent of the federal poverty level, you are not subject to the insurance mandate or penalties if you don't enroll.
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- Discrete damage traces from filamentation of Gauss-Bessel pulses
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- Gaizauskas, Eugenijus; Vanagas, Egidijus; Jarutis, Vygandas; Juodkazis, Saulius; Mizeikis, Vygantas; Misawa, Hiroaki
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- Filamentation of Bessel-Gauss pulses propagating in borosilicate glass is found to produce damage lines extending over hundreds of micrometers and consisting of discrete, equidistant damage spots. These discrete damage traces are explained by self-regeneration of Gauss-Bessel beams during propagation and are potentially applicable in laser microfabrication of transparent materials.
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- Optics Letters, Vol. 31, no. 1 (Jan 2006), pp. 80-82
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- 2006
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- 0205 Optical Physics
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- Borosilicate glass; Defects; Fabrication; Filamentation; Gauss-Bessel pulses; Laser microfabrication; Laser pulses; Light propagation; Transparent materials
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- Optical Society of America
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- Copyright © 2006 Optical Society of America. This paper was published in Optics Letters and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ol.31.000080. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
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March is the third month of the year. It is one of the months of the year with thirty-one days.
Notable Events
- 1997 - Ron Weasley celebrates his seventeenth birthday and consumes a Love Potion intended for Harry Potter. He is later poisoned, but survives. He and Hermione Granger speak for the first time in months.
1995 - Rita Skeeter's Witch Weekly story, Harry Potter's Secret Heartache, is published
- 1960 - Remus Lupin is born.
- 1960 - James Potter I is born.
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Yves Saint Laurent prepared special bottles and packages for its three fragrances under the collection of Yves Saint Laurent Edition Art. This is done in collaboration with the famous Norwegian artist Gardar Eide Einarsson. The artist hopes that the owners of these editions will experience them as something between scents and small works of art:
"I think these limited edition flacons can be considered as halfway between fragrances and works of art. For most men, it will just be their usual fragrance, but I think it could also have a secondary function, like a sort of miniature sculpture."
A more dynamic graphic and a vibrant blue symbolize the reach for freedom.
A woody aromatic fragrance where Basil and Violet Leaves bring a touch of nature in the middle of a woody masculine, sexy accord.


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Having made its Broadway debut last fall, Billy Elliot: the Musical was the big winner at last night's Tony Awards ceremony, nearly sweeping the awards in the Musical categories, claiming 10 Tonys total.
The original film's leap from screen to stage seems especially natural. Music and dance are crucial to the plot, in which the young title character pursues his dream of becoming a ballet dancer against the backdrop of the 1984 UK miners' strike – and some of his family's wishes. Billy's fits of dancing are scored by pop classics by T. Rex, the Clash, and Paul Weller's outfits the Jam and the Style Council, many of which are being heard through home stereo speakers and headphones as Billy lets himself go.
This more organic use of music is in sharp contrast to the stage production's numbers, written by lyricist Lee Hall, who wrote the original film, and composer Sir Elton John. Still, the spirit of the songs found in the original film can't help but to have influenced those in the musical – especially since the lyricist has such a direct connection to the movie version, and the composer was a contemporary (and fast friend) of the most frequently heard musician on the film's soundtrack, T. Rex's Marc Bolan. A classically trained pianist who made his name as a glam rocker, John's well suited to be involved in this particular musical production.
Whether or not a film version of the musical based on the original film will be made (à la Mel Brooks' The Producers or John Waters' Hairspray), the drama and joy found in the music and story of the original Billy Elliot will surely stir the cosmic dancer in viewers who haven't yet seen its award-winning stage incarnation.
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Intel and VMware
Virtualizing for a More Agile, Efficient Data Center
Get a flexible IT architecture that allows you to quickly align resources with business needs. Intel® processors are extending the benefits of virtualization far beyond server consolidation to increase performance, speed, and high availability. The latest Intel Xeon® processor E7 v2 family–based servers provide a superior hardware platform for virtualization that delivers industry-leading performance, more memory capacity, increased I/O bandwidth, higher availability and uptime, and built-in security across a wide range of server configurations.
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VMware EVO:RAIL is a hyper-converged infrastructure appliance that combines compute, networking and storage resources into a simple, easy-to-deploy, all-in-one solution powered by VMware software and Intel architecture, and sold by Qualified EVO:RAIL Partners. With VMware and Intel, you can create a more flexible, resilient, and secure computing environment to support diverse business-critical demands more effectively and at a lower TCO.
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The SAP HANA® platform for next-generation applications and analytics converges database and application platform capabilities in memory so that businesses can operate in real time. VMware, Intel, and SAP® have collaborated to offer a robust solution for data center virtualization that leverages the Intel Xeon processor E7 v2 family to optimize the performance of virtualized SAP HANA in production environments on VMware vSphere, the foundation of vCloud Suite.
The Intel Xeon processor E7 v2 family enhances your VMware virtualized SAP HANA environment with:
- Optimized performance with scalable memory: Get three times more memory capacity than previous-generation processors 1,2, to dramatically accelerate speed and performance of virtualized SAP HANA.
- Greater reliability: Count on solid performance all day, every day, creating an extremely dependable environment for mission-critical solutions that require "5 nines" (99.999 percent) uptime.
- Increased efficiency for virtualized SAP HANA: A virtualization-optimized hardware foundation provides higher value from VMware software, with more capacity for data circulation and 2X faster data processing when deployed with PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) Solid-State drives.
1On a 4-socket natively-connected platform: Intel Xeon processor E7 family supports 64 DIMMS, max memory per DIMM of 32 GB RDIMM; the Intel Xeon processor E7 v2 family supports 96 DIMMs, max memory per DIMM of 64 GB RDIMM. This enables a 3X increase in memory.
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- Packet size variability affects collisions and energy efficiency in WLANs
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- Nguyen, Suong H.; Vu, Hai L.; Andrew, Lachlan L. H.
- Abstract
- Wireless local area networks (WLANs) support a wide range of applications, with various packet sizes. This diversity is set to increase in 802.11e WLANs which effectively allow very large packets controlled by a transmission opportunity (TxOP) parameter. This paper demonstrates a new phenomenon which occurs as a result of this diversity: When a network carries some large packets and many small packets, the collision probability after a large packet is much larger than predicted by previous models. This can be important because collision probability determines the number of packet transmissions, and hence the energy consumption. We propose a candidate model which captures this effect.
- Publication type
- Conference paper
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures
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- Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2010), Sydney, Australia, 18-21 April 2010
- Publication year
- 2010
- FOR Code(s)
- 1006 Computer Hardware
- Keyword(s)
- Energy efficiency; Packet size variability; Wireless local area networks; WLAN
- Publisher
- 1525-3511 (series ISSN)
- Publisher URL
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- Copyright © 2010 IEEE. Published version of the paper reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.
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Ernesto Lopez is the oldest son of Adriana and Mr. Lopez, and the oldest brother of Luis Fernando Lopez and Leta Lopez-Wilkinson. He was abandoned by his father along with his brother and sister. Ernesto dislikes Luis, believing that he is drug dealing trash. He moved out of the city and started a family, and a job as an accountant. His siblings dislike him, believing he is a "prick", as he apparently never sends money to his mother and only calls her twice a year. Luis makes fun of his wife as well.
- Whenever Luis get drunk alone in either Maisonette 9 or Hercules, he will drunkenly mention that Ernesto is an asshole.
- During one of the Club Management side missions, Dessie asks Luis to go pick up the Blue Brothers and bring them back to Maisonette 9. Luis complies, but states he's only doing so because his niece is crazy about them. Considering the fact the Ernesto and Luis hardly talk, and that his children think that their uncle Luis is dead, it can be inferred that it is Leta's children he is talking about.
- During the Drug Wars missions, Henrique will sometimes question Luis about Ernesto's whereabouts. Luis answers that he doesn't know where Ernesto is and that he doesn't give a fuck.
- At one point, Ernesto sends Luis an email insulting him and saying that he should come back to Liberty City to deal with him. If Luis replies negatively to the email, he will respond saying that he'd love for Ernesto to come back and deal with him, and then asks why doesn't he try to send money to their mother.
- There are numerous pictures of Ernesto in his mother's house. They are rather hard to view however, as they are only featured in cutscenes.
- As mentioned above, if the player should look at Ernesto's pictures in his mother's house, it can be seen that they feature different characters. One, for example, wears a beige suit, is wearing a fedora, and has extremely dark skin, implying he is African-American which is obviously untrue. Another picture shows another version of Ernesto wearing a blue jacket, sporting corn rows, and having rather light, tanned skin. The same goes for his sister, Leta.


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Restless Legs Syndrome: Getting More Sleep
Having a sleepless night now and then can be annoying. But when you have restless legs syndrome (RLS), going without sleep night after night can make life miserable. You may be so tired that you just feel like crying.
If restless legs are robbing you of sleep, you're not alone. But there may be some things you can do for yourself to make it easier to get a good night's sleep, especially if your symptoms are mild.
Restless legs syndrome is a disorder that makes you feel like you must move. This feeling usually affects the legs. But some people feel it in their arms, torso, or in a phantom limb (the part of a limb that has been amputated). People often describe these feelings as tingling, "pins and needles," prickling, pulling, aching, or crawling. When you have restless legs syndrome, moving usually makes you feel better, at least for a short time. For most people, this problem happens at night when they are trying to sleep.
Test Your Knowledge
The main symptom of restless legs syndrome is numbness in the legs.
This answer is incorrect.
The main symptom is a tingling or aching feeling in your legs or some other part of your body. This feeling makes you want to move to get relief.
This answer is correct.
The main symptom is a tingling or aching feeling in your legs or some other part of your body. This feeling makes you want to move to get relief.
Being unable to go to sleep is the biggest problem with restless legs syndrome (RLS). When RLS keeps you up at night, you keep getting more and more tired. And being overly tired can make your RLS even worse.
But many people are able to get a good night's sleep most nights by making a few changes in their habits. For example, getting regular exercise and drinking less caffeine can help with sleep.
Even with restless legs syndrome, some changes in your habits may help you sleep better.
Test Your Knowledge
If your RLS symptoms are mild, you may be able to get a good night's sleep most nights by making some changes in your lifestyle. Make sure to follow these general sleep tips:
During the day
- Don't drink liquids that have caffeine (coffee, tea, some sodas), especially 4 to 6 hours before bedtime.
- Don't use tobacco, especially near bedtime or if you wake up during the night. Nicotine is a stimulant, which means it makes you more alert and more awake.
- Don't drink alcohol late in the evening.
- Get regular exercise, but don't exercise within 3 or 4 hours of bedtime.
- Get plenty of sunlight in the outdoors, especially in late afternoon.
At bedtime
- Avoid heavy meals close to bedtime. A light snack may help you sleep.
- Don't go to bed thirsty, but don't drink so much that you have to keep getting up to go to the bathroom.
- Set aside time for solving problems earlier in the day so you don't carry anxious thoughts to bed. Try writing down your worries in a "worry book," and then set it aside well before bedtime.
- Do relaxing activities before bedtime. Try deep breathing, yoga, meditation, tai chi, or muscle relaxation techniques. Take a warm bath. Play a quiet game, or read a book.
During the night
- Reduce noise in the house, or mask it with a steady, low noise such as a fan running on slow speed or a radio tuned to static. Use comfortable earplugs if you need to.
- Keep the room cool and dark. If you can't darken the room, use a sleep mask.
- Use a pillow and a mattress that are comfortable for you.
- If watching the clock makes you anxious about sleep, turn the clock so you can't see it, or put it in a drawer.
- Reserve the bedroom for sleeping and sex. A bit of light reading may help you fall asleep, but if it doesn't, do your reading elsewhere in the house. Don't watch TV in bed.
- If you can't fall asleep, or if you wake up in the middle of the night and don't get back to sleep quickly, get out of bed and go to another room until you feel sleepy.
Daily habits
- Regular exercise is important, but very hard workouts may make your symptoms worse. Try to figure out what level of exercise works for your symptoms and at what point exercise makes them worse.
- Bathing in very hot or very cold water before bedtime may help. Or try using a heating pad or ice bag. Some people find that having a heated mattress pad on the bed helps.
- Change your sleep schedule. If your symptoms usually get better around 4 a.m. to 6 a.m., try going to bed later than usual or allowing extra time for sleeping in to help you get the rest you need.
- You may be able to control your symptoms by gently stretching and massaging your limbs before bed or as discomfort begins.
If your symptoms don't get better, talk to your doctor. He or she may prescribe drugs to control your RLS and help you sleep.
Test Your Knowledge
When I am tossing and turning, unable to sleep, I should stay in bed until I fall asleep.
This answer is incorrect.
If you are tossing and turning, you should not stay in bed until you fall asleep. You need to establish the bed as a place for sleep, not sleeplessness. If you aren't asleep within 15 or 20 minutes, go to another room and do a quiet activity like reading until you are sleepy.
This answer is correct.
If you are tossing and turning, you should not stay in bed until you fall asleep. By staying in bed, you are connecting the bed with sleeplessness. If you aren't asleep within 15 or 20 minutes, go to another room and do a quiet activity like reading until you are sleepy.
Now that you have read this information, you are ready to find ways to get more sleep.
Talk with your doctor
If you have questions, take this information with you when you visit your doctor. Your doctor may have more suggestions on how you can sleep better.
If you would like more information on restless legs syndrome, the following resources are available:
|National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
|P.O. Box 30105
|Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
|(301) 592-8573
|(240) 629-3246
|(240) 629-3255
|Web Address:
The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) information center offers information and publications about preventing and treating:
|National Sleep Foundation
|1010 North Glebe Road
|Suite 310
|Arlington, VA 22201
|(703) 243-1697
|Web Address:
The National Sleep Foundation, an independent nonprofit organization, can provide you with brochures on sleep disorders and a list of accredited sleep disorder clinics.
|Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation
|1530 Greenview Drive SW
|Suite 210
|Rochester, MN 55902
|(507) 287-6465
|(507) 287-6312
|Web Address:
The Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with restless legs syndrome (RLS). General medical information and research updates are available online and through newsletters and special publications. The website has numerous links to support groups and resources for more information about the condition.
|5731 Mosholu Avenue
|Bronx, NY 10471
|Web Address:
WE MOVE is an Internet resource for movement disorder information. This nonprofit organization is dedicated to educating people about the latest treatment options for neurologic movement disorders. WE MOVE also has information on support groups and hosts discussions and chat rooms on the website.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KSDK) - Webster University's "A" and "B" chess teams tied for first place at the World Series of College Chess tournament at Princeton University during the Christmas break.
The tournament, formally known as the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, saw students from 44 colleges competing for the national title, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, NYU, Penn State, Washington University of St. Louis and Lindenwood University.
Webster University's "A" and "B" teams were ranked No. 1 and No. 3 in the country, respectively, entering the tournament. Webster was the first team in the tournament's 65-year history to enter the World Series of College Chess as the top seed in the first year competing in the event.
Both Webster teams are coached by Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar, a former World and Olympiad Champion and current director of the chess institute on campus.
The top four finishers at the World Series of College Chess will advance to the College Chess Final Four in Herndon, Virginia on April 6 and April 7.
However, the rules of the College Chess Final Four state that a school can only be represented by one team in the tournament. As a result, six players will be selected from the "A" and "B" teams to represent Webster University in the competition.
Webster University's "A" team includes:
- Grandmaster Wesley So, freshman
- Grandmaster Ray Robson, freshman
- Grandmaster Fidel Corrales Jimenez, freshman
- Grandmaster Georg Meier, sophomore
- (Alternate) Grandmaster Manuel Leon Hoyos, freshman
Webster University's "B" team includes:
- Grandmaster Anatoly Byhkovky, junior
- Grandmaster Denes Boros, junior
- Grandmaster Andre Diamant, sophomore
- International Master Vitaly Neimer, sophomore


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