text:
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
|An Investigation of Ultrashort Laser Pulse Modification of Diamond
|Mailman, Nicholas A.
|Haugen, H.
Botton, Gianluigi
|Publication Date:
|
This thesis reports observations of modification to single crystal CVD grown diamond irradiated with ultrashort (~150 fs), infrared (800 nm) laser pulses. The first set of experiments reports on modifications when the pulses were focused on the surface of single crystal diamond. A second set of experiments was done where pulses were focused in the bulk to study the formation of internal structures. Diamond is a dielectric material that is normally transparent to infrared radiation. However , the high intensity of femtosecond laser pulses allows for nonlinear absorpt ion of laser radiation. The surface features that formed on diamond were studied using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. Thin cross sections of diamond were also made using a focused ion beam (FIB) machine. These thin membranes were analyzed in a transmission electron microscope (TEM) to study modifications in the crystal structure directly below the surface of areas irradiated with ultrashort laser pulses. A FIB was also used to prepare TEM samples from areas in the bulk that had been irradiated by femtosecond laser pulses.

Surface craters were made with single femtosecond laser pulses. A ring around the edge of the single pulse craters was observed for craters made with higher pulse energies. Atomic force microscope measurements of this ring revealed it was substantially deeper than the area in the center of the crater and therefore more ablation occurred in the outer ring than in the center. This left a protrusion in the center of the crater. The formation of this ring feature was initially unexpected because the laser pulse has a Gaussian profile. More ablation might be expected to occur in the center of the crater which received a higher intensity and fluence. TEM cross sections also revealed a modified layer of amorphous carbon or polycrystalline diamond on the surface of the crater which had a very uniform thickness inside the ring or central protrusion. This modified layer was thicker underneath the deeper ring feature.

Surface craters were also made with multiple laser pulses and surface lines were made by translating the sample as it was irradiated. In these experiments ripples were observed. Two different types of ripples formed . The first type had a spacing of 550-600 nm which was slightly less than the wavelength of the 800 nm laser pulses. Another type of ripples, with a spacing of 200-250 nm, was also observed. These higher spatial frequency ripples formed in areas which received a lower fiuence/pulse such as around the edge of craters made 'with multiple pulses or lines made with low energy pulses. Both kinds of ripples formed perpendicular to the direction of the laser polarization. This sections of t he ripples viewed in a TEM revealed the high and low spatial frequency ripples had a similar structure. The center of each ripple was unmodified diamond that was part of the main single crystal lattice. The surface of the ripples was covered with a thin, uniform layer of polycrystalline diamond, amorphous carbon or graphite. The ripples had a very smooth, sinusoidal profile instead of forming more angular grooves.

Areas inside the diamond samples were irradiated by focusing the laser pulses in the bulk of the single crystal diamond samples. The sample was translated while being irradiated to make lines within the bulle These lines appeared as darkened areas which could be seen in an optical microscope. TEM sections revealed that cracks had formed in the bulk along the cleavage planes of diamond. These cracks contained polycrystalline material. However, no periodic structures were observed inside diamond. Other dielectrics irradiated with femtosecond laser pulses have revealed periodic structures formed in the bulk.

The results of a TEM analysis on a specimen of laser irradiated single crystal InP are shown in Appendix A. The TEM sample was made by taking a section of a crater formed with a single laser pulse. The laser pulse had a central wavelength of 800 nm and a duration of 10 fs. The irradiation was performed at the Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie in Berlin, Germany. This research was in collaboration with Jorn Bonse (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und-prüfung, Berlin, Germany) et al. The crater had a central protrusion feature similar to the feature seen in diamond craters made with single laser pulses. The crater was covered in a laser modified layer made up of polycrystalline and amorphous InP. This layer was much thicker in the area under the central protrusion. There was a very sharp boundary between the laser modified layer and the unmodified InP.

|Appears in Collections:
|Open Access Dissertations and Theses
Files in This Item:
|Adobe PDF
Items in MacSphere are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.


text:
Whilst you are at the Zoo I shall be hiding in your trees and awaiting your return to throw coconuts at you.
Do you remember that episode of the Pink Panther (the animated one) when he tries to cut a palm tree down but its really an emu that pecks him. And THEN he find another palm tree and tries to cut it down but it stays still and the rest of the world falls down instead. He he.
Post a comment

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Should I do a shopping haul? A shopping haul? A shopping haul? Should I do a shopping haul? Yes. I. Should.
During the summer, as many of you would already know, I went to Littlehampton. On our way back, we visited Hema – one of the shops, like Tiger, in Victoria Station. Previously, I had never heard of the brand before, but it's brightly coloured store, and such cool cups meant that I wanted to jump right in. And I walked out with around £26 worth of cups and nail polish – check out my cup post here: https://enngigi.wordpress.com/2014/07/20/hema-cup-spreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee/ (I can already tell that you guys are loving the URL link)…
Then a few weeks ago, just after I arrived at Keele, I got sent an e-mail saying that they had opened a brand new UK online store! You actually have to have seen my expression at that point. I was so excited. I literally went online and started browsing through all the stuff I wanted.
But since I'm undertaking the role of 'student life' – LOL – I decided that I should wait and see whether I'd actually need the items before I bought them. Another week later, I gave up and ordered everything that I wanted that was already in my basket – score!
I won't be taking pictures of the stuff I've bought individually, but if you really want to get a closer photo of it, just tweet me and I'll send it via Twitter! Tweet me at: www.twitter.com/enngigi – and I should reply within a few hours!
Boston Small Grey Coffee Cups: Well, if you follow me on Instagram and on Twitter, you'll have met my brand new cups a few hours ago! They're absolutely amazing. You know when you make a cup of tea or make a cup of coffee, but then you never have enough time to finish it before it goes cold? Well, this cup combats that problem for sure. It's the perfect size! For everything! I've used it a few times when I was revising in the kitchen, but as far as I'm aware right now, it's high quality, and cute. I like it!
NB – You can also put them into the microwave I think – I'm not too sure how to read the care labels for kitchenware so will have to check up on that a bit later…
£0.75 per cup
2-pack mug 25cl – Grey: If you've checked out my previous post (as linked above) you'll recognise these cups! However, these mugs are much stronger and are made out of a much stronger material. What material? Uhm… I can't tell because it doesn't tell me on the description! But it's definitely stronger, and I love it. It means you can securely put hot drinks into it, without damaging the cup. Loving it already. More tea for me!
Cost: £4 for 2 mugs
Melamine breakfast plate: It's generally a smaller plate than the dinner plate (see below). It can fit your toast onto it whilst you butter your toast, or maybe you can fit ice cream or crumpets onto it! It's a perfect size, and piles on nicely onto the dinner plate – for when you can't really be bothered to do the washing up!
£2.50 per plate
Melamine dinner plate: I think I should have put both of the plates together, in the same part, but I think that the dinner plate is kind of different from the plate. Don't get me wrong, it's of the same quality, but generally fits food for dinner. So, basically you can fit a steak and chips on it with ease!
Cost: £3 per plate
I also ordered a few 'specially designed' cups, but I won't be blogging about them until a few months time since I want to give these as presents to some of my friends!
I also used TopCashBack to buy my items so if you want to get cashback on almost everything that you buy online, just sign up using this link! http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/Nataliewongsurvey if you're still not too sure how to sign up, just email me at email@example.com, and I'll help you get sorted as soon as I have time!
Hope it's got you into the Christmas-kitchen-ware mood!


text:
Intro Wp Rocket Cache Clear
Do not you Just hate slow sites? Well, you're definitely not alone. Your visitors hate them and, to make matters worse, so does Google. That is right, if you'd like your site to rank highly in search engines, sell more goods, generate more leads, bring in more revenue, or simply deliver a more positive consumer experience, it must load fast. Wp Rocket Cache Clear
click here to get started with WP Rocket now!
So how Can you make your WordPress site faster? Well, if you're still using a generic shared hosting company, among the best options will, naturally, be to simply switch to a higher performance hosting company. However, what if you simply have not got the money or time to make the switch?
Well, Fortunately, there's something different you can do that is extremely quick and simple — something that needs next-to-no technical know-how whatsoever! I'm speaking, of course, about using a caching plugin.
Today, I'll be taking an comprehensive look at a few of the primary caching plugins round. WP Rocket. In the following review, I will show you by just how much — and how readily — it can accelerate your site (using real-life evaluations and real data).
What is WordPress Caching?
Caching Involves generating — and saving — a ready-made static (i.e. unchanging) variant of your site in your own server ready to show to people at a moment's notice. This reduces the need for your website (and/or the user's browsers) to communicate back and forth with the host to assemble the behind-the-scenes information that generates your site's webpages.
With less Communication going on between servers, and less information being loaded whenever your website is accessed, the time necessary to load your articles and pages is considerably reduced.
WP Rocket Will possibly.
· Cache all the posts and pages on your own site
· Enable browser caching
· Defer loading of JavaScript documents
· Decrease bandwidth usage with gzip compression
· optimise Google fonts
· minify and concatenate CSS and JS files
· Defer loading of images.
You might Be wondering what happens if you publish a new blog post on a cached website, because, paradoxically, an unchanging cached version of your website would not take this newly created data into account.
Not so! WP Rocket will regenerate the cached parts of your site every time you update your content, thereby ensuring your visitors will always find the most up-to-date version of your website.
Features of WP Rocket
It's worth Pointing out that, in terms of features alone, WP Rocket compares pretty Favorably using its competitors. Granted, you are probably more interested in just how much faster your site will be following installing WP Rocket (and rightfully so), however it is nice to know you're not missing out on some significant attributes.
With WP Rocket, you get page caching, cache preloading, gzip compression, browser caching, Google Fonts optimization, picture and movie Lazy Load, minification, and a great deal more.
The Fundamental SETTINGS
If you do Choose to learn more about the further settings and choices WP Rocket supplies, you will see it's a couple of tricks up its sleeve to get potentially improving speed much further, like the choice to simply load media files (such as images) when the visitor reaches them onto a page (a feature known as Lazy Loading).
One of The highlights of WP Rocket is the simple setup procedure, which makes it a pretty much fool proof caching option for busy WordPress webmasters. It is described as being'childishly simple to set up' — something users who only need to get the work done and proceed will almost certainly appreciate. Wp Rocket Cache Clear
click here to begin using WP Rocket today!
Actually, Once the plugin was uploaded and activated on your website, the cache will be automatically generated whenever someone visits the website. Everybody visiting your website thereafter should immediately begin experiencing significantly faster loading times. Simple!
WP Rocket Aims to eliminate all such confusion by being mechanically up-and-running right from the box — without being so rigid that it's not able to deliver great results. After activating WP Rocket, you'll see only a few tabs around the admin panel, each with only a couple of easy-to-understand settings.
You can See the rest of the basic settings display here. When there are a couple more choices to work with, the plugin works just fine without any of them empowered. This truly is plug'n' play caching for WordPress!
Of Course, it is recommended that you browse the online documentation to really determine what this plugin can do and how much extra performance you can squeeze from it, however, for all those in a hurry (or with zero technical curiosity from the ins-and-outs of caching), it is safe to say that speeding up your site using WP Rocket couldn't be made much easier.
The primary Selling purpose of WP Rocket is how easy it makes enabling caching on your website. With many other caching plugins, you are faced with the sometimes daunting task of understanding — and filling out — multiple pages of settings and options. Depending on how you configure them, you could easily end up accidentally doing something somewhat screwy (and even, in rare cases, inadvertently breaking your website ).
WP Rocket Is also compatible with content delivery network (CDN) services. If your site is large enough to warrant dispersing its files to multiple servers across the world for quicker loading times, you'll find WP Rocket over accommodating.
Custom Made CACHE LIFESPAN
There's Also the choice to alter the default cache interval. However, unless you're displaying particularly fast-changing or important external dynamic content onto your own website (for instance, critical content from social media feeds), the default 24-hour lifespan should be fine.
Cache — Basic Cache Options
The Cache tab enables you to control How your webpage caching functions at a fundamental level. you're able to. Wp Rocket Cache Clear
· Include/exclude cellular users from seeing cached pages.
· Include/exclude logged-in users from seeing cached pages.
· Enable caching on HTTPS pages.
· Choose how long a page remains cached before the cache gets cleared (the default is 10 hours).
The Majority of the time, you can Leave these as the defaults.
Media — Lazy loading + More
From the Media tab, then you can empower Lazy loading for images and/or videos, in addition to disable WordPress emojis and embeds.
One feature That's really nice here is the option to substitute YouTube video iframes with a static preview picture. If you embed a lot of YouTube videos on your site, this really is a excellent way to accelerate your website without sacrificing much, if any, usability.
File Optimization — Minification And Concatenation
The File Optimization tab is Where you can set up WP Rocket's minification and concatenation functionality.
· Minification — shrinks the size of your site's code by removing unnecessary characters (like whitespace) without changing any functionality.
· Concatenation — reduces the number of files on your website by blending multiple CSS/JS documents into a single.
You can also set up some other Settings like.
· Remove gender-blocking CSS/JS (PageSpeed Insights is notorious for yelling at you concerning this problem ).
· Combining Google Fonts files (helpful if you use multiple Google Fonts on your own site).
· Eliminate query strings from static sources (this you won't have a major effect, but it might enhance your GTmetrix score, if you really care about that).
I urge Enabling as many of these configurations as possible. I say as possible because some of those configurations for CSS or JS may cause issues with your site (this isn't WP Rocket's error — it's always a potential issue with minification/concatenation).
What I enjoy is that WP Rocket Makes this clear when you go to activate one of those settings.
Three cheers for good UX Layout!
Preload — Preload Your Cache File
Without Preloading, your website only"assembles" the cache for a page when someone actually visits the page. That means the very first visitor following the cache lifespan expires does not observe the cached version (since the cache hasn't been built yet).
Cache Preloading enables you to guarantee all visitors view the quick-loading cached page by"warming" yourself, instead of waiting for someone to see the webpage.
One of those Benefits of all WP Rocket is that it gives you two different strategies to preload your cache, whereas some caching plugins do not even offer one.
· Sitemap preloading — preloads your cache according to each of the pages on your sitemap.xml file. It's low impact, however the drawback is that it does not cache freshly edited or published articles.
· Preload bot — automatically crawls URLs after you publish/edit a post to ensure that newly edited/published content is also preloaded. The only disadvantage is the fact that it is a bit more resource intensive, which could cause issues on"weak" servers. Wp Rocket Cache Clear
You Can Opt to utilize zero, One, or both methods to preload your cache, depending on your requirements.
Database — Clean Up Your Database
As your website ages, your Database will pick up all types of"gunk" from the kind of revisions, trashed opinions, transients, etc..
This area helps you clean out All that unnecessary crap from the database with a single click.
Personally, I find this to be The least exciting region of WP Rocket since there are plenty of free plugins which do a fantastic job cleaning your database. However, I guess the key advantage here is that WP Rocket eliminates the need for you to put in another plugin.
CDN — Integrate With Your CDN
Should you use a CDN to speed up The global delivery of your website, WP Rocket can help you.
· Rewrite your URLs to use your CDN
· Exclude specific files from the CDN
While you can Discover complimentary Plugins to perform the first part, the second component, in addition to the fact which you're able to reserve CNAMEs for specific file types gives you more flexibility than many of those free choices.
For example, you could use one CNAME to your images, and yet another for the remainder of your files.
If you are using Cloudflare, WP Rocket also includes a committed Cloudflare add-on which can help you get set up using Cloudflare and control specific aspects of this Cloudflare service directly from the WP Rocket interface.
And that pretty much sums up The brand new WP Rocket 3.0 interface!
Through The plugin configurations, you can also enable caching for both mobile users and logged-in users all with a simple click. After moving to the'advanced' tab, however, things start to get a little more complicated.
To give you greater control over how caching Works on your website, you are also free to exclude pages from the cache with the addition of their URLS into the'never cache the following pages'
Through The CDN tab, you can configure the plugin to work together with your content delivery system of choice, while the tools section gives you quick access to the very clear and preload cache buttons.
What's More, should you get stuck, the FAQ and service tabs make it exceptionally easy to get into the online documentation, and even open a service ticket from inside your WordPress dashboard — a lovely touch!
Overall, WP Rocket aims to be everything to all people. On one hand, it's very easy to prepare and start using on your website with default settings which truly create good results, nevertheless, on the other hand, there's also an appreciably large selection of settings and options to cater to more advanced users with specific needs, or those who demand more control over how caching functions on their website.
By Default, each time you publish a new post or add fresh content to your website, WP Rocket will regenerate that part of the cache. Furthermore, it will also refresh the associated areas of the cache (such as the archive pages, menus, or widgets). Wp Rocket Cache Clear
If You need to refresh everything in the cache, however (not just recently updated or altered content), you can induce WP Rocket to regenerate it from scratch. Going a step farther, you will also find options to have unrelated parts of your website automatically regenerated when a new post, page, product, remark, or a different kind of content has added.
field. (Note. Shopping cart and checkout pages are automatically excluded from the cache as part of the eCommerce support of WP Rocket.)
Documentation And Support
Even though Using WP Rocket from the box is very straightforward, in the event you get stuck or wish to know more about the intricacies of how it functions, there's quite a little high tech documentation supplied — such as a getting started section, various tutorials, useful FAQs and a handy troubleshooting section.
As long As your licence remains active, you may also open tickets with support to receive whatever WP Rocket-related assistance you need?
My WP Rocket Testing Results
As Mentioned at the top of this article, I had great results from using WP Rocket to cache my WordPress website. By analyzing the rate of my website using GTmetrix — using the default settings of WP Rocket and uploading and activating the plugin before creating the cache and conducting the tests — that the average page loading times dropped from 2.2 minutes to 0.9.
The Website I tested the plugin on was a WordPress blog with the free Twenty Twelve theme, with about 80 articles and 37 active plugins. The website is hosted on an entry level shared hosting plan from HostGator, and has no CDN in play.
No two WordPress websites are the same, though, so that these results may not be common for all websites. They do, however, show that even a very basic WordPress site on the lowest priced hosting will almost surely have the ability to achieve significantly improved load times together with the plugin.
Additional Methods to Accelerate Your WordPress Website
Whether You opt to use WP Rocket on your site or not, there are a range of different ways to speed up your WordPress site that are well worth mentioning, for example.
· Deactivating all redundant plugins (many plugins will significantly slow down your website )
· Compressing and optimising all pictures
· Using a CDN support
· Upgrading into a WordPress-specific high-performance web host, for example WP Engine or Flywheel (if your budget permits ).
All of All these are well worth trying in the event that you have not already.
WP Rocket Pricing
With Prices beginning at just $39 for use on one WordPress website, WP Rocket is an affordable option for most. Additionally, there are some other strong free selections available — such as WP Super Cache, and, for the technically minded, W3 Total Cache (to name but 2 of many. If you're looking for something which's exceptionally easy to prepare and use, however, and also provides access to a very helpful premium support desk, WP Rocket is a strong contender.
The complete Pricing options are as follows. Wp Rocket Cache Clear
· Personal. $39 (1 sites)
· Business. $99 (3 sites)
· Pro. $199 (unlimited sites)
All Options include a year's access to plugin upgrades and service. After this period of time, you can keep on using the plugin or renew your permit to keep access. There is also a 30-day refund on offer if you aren't entirely pleased with the plugin after purchase.
WP Rocket Is really very striking. Not only is it extremely easy to use, it also delivers great results.
Most of The tasks you can execute to optimise the rate of your site take substantial time and effort — whether that is optimising media documents, reviewing and consolidating your plugins, migrating to a new web host or changing topics. WP Rocket, on the other hand, can be applied to your site in just a couple clicks.
What's More, if you are a WordPress freelancer, if helping customers with their present websites or creating websites from scratch, then having something like WP Rocket on your toolkit could be of enormous benefit. In just a couple of minutes, you'll be able to accelerate a customer's website and provide them concrete outcomes (in the shape of'before and after' online rates evaluations ), also, when the best way to distinguish yourself from the competition would be to provide more value to the client, things like this can definitely help.
As a Data-backed article over on Moz puts it. "Quick websites have more visitors, who see more pages for longer periods of time, who come back more often, and are generally more inclined to buy products or click ads."
Thanks to Its quick setup process, speeding up your website using WP Rocket really is an easy triumph in the war against slow loading times.
click here to get started using WP Rocket now!


text:
The original version of this recipe is great, but I wanted to tweak it a bit.
After having many conversations about what mung beans are with my customers lately, I thought I'd give them an opportunity to try them! I cooked up a stew and took it along to our regular pop-up at Thatcham Refillable. My trusty slow cooker was also a guest, keeping the stew heated throughout so customers could try a sample. I think it's safe to say it was enjoyed by many!
I've also added another textural element here, with some crispy fried mung beans and seeds.
• 1/3 cup mung beans (pre-soaked for 6 hours in water with a splash of cider vinegar)
• 1 heaped tsp onion powder
• 1 heaped tsp garlic powder
• 1 heaped tsp Maldon salt
• 1 heaped teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1 tbsp dried basil
• 1 tbsp dried chives
• 1 tsp dried rosemary
• 1 tsp chilli flakes (optional)
• 1 tin butterbeans
• 1/3 cup red split lentils
• 1 carrot diced
• drizzle of olive oil
• 1 carton tomato passata (I used the one with added garlic)
• Handful of cherry tomatoes
• Black pepper (+ added salt if it needs it)
• ½ veggie stock cube crumbled or 1.5 tsp bouillon powder
• Splash of white wine (if you have a bottle open! Optional) Or you can use a splash of balsamic vinegar
• Courgette, cut into roughly 1.5cm-2cm chunks
For crispy topping
• Olive oil
• Small handful of pumpkin seeds
• ½ tsp onion powder
• ½ tsp garlic powder
• ¼ tsp smoked paprika
• Maldon salt and black pepper to taste
• 1 tbsp dried chives for sprinkling
Add the butterbeans, the lentils and the diced carrots to a large bowl and add all the spices/herbs and salt. Mix in so everything is nicely evenly coated. Drizzle in some olive oil to lightly coat and leave to marinade for a couple of hours ideally.
When the stew is ready, sprinkle the crispy bean and seeds on top. Finally, scatter over the additional dried chives and voila! Delicious


text:
First, I would like to say a big thank you to all those who gave such positive feedback after receiving the inaugural issue of ITS News, earlier in the year.
As usual we are busy at Itac formulating new adhesives and coatings with characteristics that enhance and improve your end products.
Our Product Development Manager, Elizabeth Henderson, visited the European Coatings Show in Nuremberg recently. It was good to hear how this major exhibition, that strongly features adhesives, has continued to grow. There were many new and innovative products on display, which serve to emphasise the key role our industry plays in modern manufacture.
I hope you continue to enjoy reading about our initiatives plus some of the new ideas and advances in technology that continue to drive our exciting business.
Please keep your comments coming, all are welcome.
Paul Armitt
Itac Managing Director
itacadhesives.co.uk – an informative website in any language
Need a new or innovative adhesive?
Our ITS – Intelligent Technical Solutions service gives you the opportunity to benefit from our unique knowledge and skills base by having a bespoke adhesive designed and formulated especially for your need.
Call our Itac Sales Department on 01204 573736


text:
Sign In
Active911 Devices
Fire Department Off Duty Call Backs
Chance W.
July 2015
I'm looking for some feedback from departments that use Active911 for request for call back of off duty members. Specifically, I'm looking to find out how others implement this. Since I started using Active911 last fall for my department, other depts have signed up as well including our one full time dept in the county.
What I would like to see happen, is our dispatch center adding a special "unit" to the CAD that they can "dispatch" on an active incident which will go to Active911 and activate the call back page group for all members. To me, this seems like the easiest and fastest way to do it. Does anyone else have other suggestions? I'm also having somewhat of a hard time getting a few dispatchers to understand how much this service helps us in the field and helps them as well by eliminating repeated radio traffic.
July 2015
Chance W, The full time department I work for and manage active 911 for has what we call a signal 23 it's a county wide protocol everyone uses. The communications center has a sig 23 CAD NATURE code that can be assigned to a stations address. Once that call is created in the cad a department is added to the call and it goes out to active 911 for page out. We also have used the method of impromptu alerts from the Chiefs iPad or iPhone. By sending a sig 23 call back out through the app on a permitted devise.
Ryan B.
Gallatin County 911 Communications Center
Warsaw, Ky
Chance W.
July 2015
Thanks for the reply. So if I understand you correctly, if you have a working fire incident and IC requests additional manpower from off duty units, you create a second incident in CAD and call it "Signal 23" then dispatch the dept to that call?
August 2015
sorry for the delay. not exactly is the best answer, essentially the cad and the tone generator are linked so they assign a sig 23 unit to the nature code that is already assigned to the incident and then tone it out over the radio essentially sending another page through active911, however i dont see why the scenario you mentioned would not work equally well. if you need a more in depth answer or discussion, private message me with your preferred contact info
Ryan B.
Gallatin County 911 Communications Center
Warsaw, Ky
Chance W.
August 2015
The full time department has expressed interest to me in using this as one of their call back methods. I do think that just having a special CAD unit just for callbacks would be the easiest and quickest way to make it work for us. That way, the dispatcher would only have to drag and drop the special unit and click "Dispatch" to activate that special call back page group that all of their members are locked in to. Then they would also see all of the notes entered up to that point.
Most of the guys that use Active911 have set up a filter for off duty that allows them to receive any structure fire call automatically as soon as it is originally dispatched. I've had a lot of positive comments for that as it gives them a heads up as soon as the call is dispatched. Maybe at some point Active911 could develop a way to set different ring tones based on the page group dispatched as well. That way they could set a specific tone just for the call back group to get everyone's attention more appropriately.
September 2015
These are all good ideas, the key is to get all of the departments in your county on the same page, if you all share the same dispatch center. An idea that might help you, I did a presentation for the NKY FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION and suggested a committee be created to meet and discuss protocol for map data icons, sharing map data, and dispatch protocols. Little did I know the president of the Chiefs association would make me the committee chairman. So we have met several times and accomplished a lot. We have a standard for map data. What each icon and color means so mutual aid companies responding to a neighboring district know what the map data means in a different district because we are all doing it the same. We have also created protocol for the comm center to use for example the sig 23 call back protocol I described to you. We have actually spread our wings and created a line of communications between 6 counties in northern ky. Every jurisdiction in all 6 counties is using active 911 so our specialty units like the technical rescue team, water rescue, hazmat and fire investigation team are all interconnected across several counties all sharing the active 911 alert email address so units can be dispatched directly by the jurisdiction that needs them. Take the time to connect with others meet and discuss things it will make a big difference in your region before you know it.
Ryan B.
Gallatin County 911 Communications Center
Warsaw, Ky
Add a Comment
Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Sign In with Active911
Sign In with Active911
All Discussions
Getting Started
Updates and News!
Active911 Devices
↳ PC App
↳ Android App
↳ iOS App (iPhone/iPad)
↳ CADpage for Android
↳ PC Webview
Web Console
↳ Map Data
Developer API
Administrative FAQ and Related
↳ CAD System Setup
↳ Computer Information Systems
↳ Executive Information Services
↳ InterAct
↳ New World Systems
↳ Pagegate
↳ TriTech
↳ Tyler Tech
In this Discussion
Chance W.
August 2015
September 2015
Powered by Vanilla


text:
Our inspirational team
We are an established team who have worked together for over 10 years. Some of the team are associates with whom we work closely to provide our services across the UK and internationally. We also work with supply partners who provide additional expertise such as in satisfaction measurement and HR matters so that we can offer a complete service and package to our customers.
We are extremely choosy about the associates and partners who work with us at Inspiring People. The people who join us are very much part of the team and live and breathe customer service in the same way that we do. They have to convince us that they will truly make a difference to the people that we are developing and supporting as well as being ambassadors for Inspiring People.
Caroline Tan
Caroline's passion and expertise lies in customer experience transformation. This was originally inspired and developed during the early stages of her career working with the Nationwide Building Society group. She spent eight years as a Retail Branch Manager within the London area, leading sales and service forward. This was followed by a two-year role as a Sales Process and Service Excellence Consultant implementing a completely new and customer-centric process across the branch network.
Annie Mulady
Annie is one of our longest standing team members. She has a long-held belief that service is the key differentiator between businesses and that this is particularly crucial when a number of companies are offering the same product. Given that two-thirds of customer complaints are about people and service issues, not the actual product, she believes that all staff should be trained, empowered and have the tools in order to deliver the ultimate customer service experience.
Leo Evans
Leo is another Inspiring People stalwart and asset. She is absolutely passionate about customer service and in her previous life worked directly for the Institute of Customer Service facilitating a wide range of customer service workshops including the Assessor Development Programme for their professional qualifications. She is an assessor member herself, regularly undertaking assessment discussions face-to-face, via telephone and video link.
Nick Johnson
Nick is an experienced training consultant and coach, having worked for over 25 years in the private and public sectors. He specialises in leadership development and believes that excellent service starts at the top and must be genuinely part of the organisation's culture and DNA. He has worked on several projects with Inspiring People including a piece of work with the British Transport Police
Stephanie Edwards
MA, BA (Hons), CMICS
Stephanie is also passionate about achieving business success through service excellence, and like Caroline, recognises the importance of developing and empowering all staff, at every level, changing attitudes and mind sets, putting the customer at the heart of the business.
01905 420983
42 Laugherne Road
Get In Touch
Use the form below to get in touch.


text:
NewsProcess Food & Beverages
Juicy Juice Adds 3 New Better-For-You Options to Its Selection
Juicy Juice, a label of Harvest Hill Beverage Co., Stamford, Conn., is including three new better-for-you options to its selection: Fruitifuls Organic, Juicy Waters and Juicy Juice + Protein.
Moreover, to help spread the goodness, with concepts for snack time, lunchboxes and afterschool sports activities and different actions, Juicy Juice has partnered with America's Nutrition Expert Mitzi Dulan, RD, CSSD, to advise on the importance of making higher snack and mealtime choices, it says.
Ilene Bergenfeld, chief marketing officer at Harvest Hill, added: "We're thrilled to partner with Mitzi to help parents pack the goodness that kids deserve and want of their everyday actions, particularly come faculty time. Our expanded line of higher kids' drinks provides solutions that parents and kids love."
Like all Juicy Juice merchandise, these new improvements contain no added sugar, no high-fructose corn syrup, and no artificial sweeteners.
Juicy Juice Fruitifuls Organic features 45 % much less sugar than the leading juice and packs a half cup of fruit in each 8-ounce servings, the corporate says. Available within the first single-serve juice field and a brand new multi-serve 59-ounce bottle, the flavors available are Apple, Fruit Punch, and Grape.
Juicy Juice + Protein is a shelf-stable whey protein-packed beverage and is loaded with 5 grams of protein in every serving. The new juices are available in an eight-pack of 6-ounce pouches in Fruit Punch and Orange.
Juicy Juice Juicy Waters is made with filtered water and a splash of flavor. Juicy Juice Juicy Waters has no sugar and no sweeteners. Available in an eight-pack of 6.75-ounce single-serve boxes, the new waters come in Fruit Punch, Orange, and Strawberry Watermelon varieties.


text:
In a philosophical sense, we shouldn't judge a particular idea, argument, or position based on the person who holds it, but we should judge the merit of the opinion itself.
In a very real world sense, it's very difficult to listen to the ravings of gun nuts over the last month and a half and give any validity at all to any opinion they might hold, from now until the end of time.
It's not just that they love guns more than people. There are people who love films, computer games, flowers, electric trains, and treehouses more than other people. There's a difference between unsociable and anti-social, and society can adapt to a fairly high number of the first and even a few of the latter, although maybe not if the latter have guns.
It is not just that they are very determined supporters of an increasingly defenseless point of view, always willing to defend the stupidest of memes, to argue about minute points of gun terminology, to blithely get behind the most ridiculous arguments ("We should ban spoons, because they make people fat"). You've got to admire their persistence, in a way.
But, when they start attacking people who've been the victims of gun violence themselves, they have crossed a line. I am not just talking about the verbal onslaught, calling them everything from retards to traitors with plenty of other slurs into the mix (This is not one or two people. This is thousands.) That is crossing one line, for sure.
I am talking about death threats. Think about that. Gun lovers are threatening to shoot people for objecting to the idea that crazy people should be able to buy guns to shoot people because they are friends and relatives of people who have been recently killed by a crazy person by a gun.
It's a Westboro Baptist Church level of offensive but now we are talking about large numbers of people, coast to coast.
If you are a gun lover, you should be embarrassed by this, at the very least. If you have taken part in it at all, you should seriously reconsider what it means to be human, because it's obvious you haven't given that enough thought.


text:
The mission of the ATF Laboratory Services Division is to provide accurate and authoritative scientific information needed by ATF in reducing violent crime and protecting the public.
The ATF Laboratory Services Division is comprised of four laboratories placed strategically around the country, located in Atlanta, Georgia; Walnut Creek, California and two in Ammendale, Maryland. The Fire Research Laboratory (FRL) is co-located with the Forensic Science Laboratory in Ammendale.
In addition to performing specialized scientific analysis, laboratory personnel routinely provide instruction to ATF special agents, inspectors, auditors, and other federal, state, and local law enforcement personnel. Laboratory staff instructs at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and participates in both ATF and industry sponsored seminars as well as technical and scientific symposia across the country.


text:
45 Charles St:Yorkville Condos
Location: 45 Charles Street
Builder: Lexus Land Co. Ltd. and Eden Homes Ltd
Number of units: 420
Number of floors: 39
Occupancy: June 2013
Chaz Condo is located on 45 Charles Street East in the very sought after neighbourhood of Bloor and Yonge. This sleek condominium has 39 floors with 420 suites. The size of the suites range in studios from 450 sq ft, one bedroom from 546 sq ft, one bedroom + den from 620 sq ft, 2 bed, 3 bedroom also large penthouse suites are available.
Chaz Condos list of amenities as follows A Stylish Billiards Room, 3-D screening Room, A Fitness Room including Spinning, Yoga/Pilate Studio. Men's and Women's Change Room, Steam rooms, 1 and 2 bedroom guest suites, A pampering Oasis Room with massage chairs and hydra massage bed, 2-Storey High Grand Room with Lounge, A 5-Star Dining Room with Demonstrative Kitchen, Business Centre, Courtyard Garden, ) A 24 hour Concierge. Your Pets may also enjoy the luxury that Chaz Condos has to offer, a convenient self-serve Pet Spa to take care of your animal's grooming needs.


text:
Play is the powerhouse of child development. It is linked to language abilities, creativity and emotional intelligence.
Parents can feel so pressured by other demands on their own and their children's time, though, that it's easy to forget that play is one of the most important, enriching activities needed for children to flourish.
In fact, we are beginning to understand that play is important for adults too. Emphasising the importance of work, at the expense of play, undermines long-term achievement, health and happiness, so finding a balance is key.
Be the parent you want to be, even when you don't feel like it
Every day, we each have to choose between taking the "easy" option – whatever makes us feel better in the moment – or investing time and energy in doing what really matters.
Psychologists describe this as living in accordance with our values. Although the easy option can bring immediate relief from feelings like sadness or anger – and, let's face it, we all find ways to avoid negative emotions now and then – it can become a big problem when this way of dealing with challenges becomes a pattern.
Living out our values is not always easy. It can be tough, and making room for difficult emotions is part of moving towards living a meaningful life.
Emotions are opportunities for learning and connection
We can all forge deeper connections with others – including our children – through emotional exchange: by listening to their expressions of emotion, validating their emotions and gently exploring them. This process is called "emotion coaching" and has been linked to better emotional and social skills in children.
Natural and logical consequences
There's a trap we will all fall into at some stage in our parenting careers: using a whole lot of talking to get through to our children, all the while protecting them from the consequences of their actions – and then becoming frustrated that they aren't learning the "lesson".
The Conversation


text:
CORONAVIRUS: Latest updates here. Our 100% buyer guarantee applies to future purchases too!
CORONAVIRUS: Latest updates here. Our 100% buyer guarantee applies to future purchases too!
Unfortunately, we don't have any information about upcoming performances of this show. Maybe we can interest you with something similar from the options below...
Closed January 31, 2020
Marshall Tucker Band return to the stage!
Can't You See? The Marshall Tucker Band are once again hitting the road! The incredible American country southern rock band, which blends multiple genres including; rock, rhythm, blues, jazz, country and gospel - didn't expect how fair their collective talents would get them, and over 40 years later the band are showing no sign of slowing down. Continuing to perform between 150-200 shows per year, the band know how to keep their fans entertained.
Expect to hear hits including, "Heard It In A Love Song", "Fire On The Mountain" and "Can't You See" as well new tracks which they are working on, on their own RAMBLIN' RECORDS Label, and some of their previously unreleased material!
Performance date: 31 January 2020
Marshall Tucker Band Used under Creative Commons License
Sound good to you? Share this page on social media and let your friends know about Marshall Tucker Band at The Ritz.
I want email news and updates for events in my area! Read how we protect your data.
Please note: The term The Ritz and/or Marshall Tucker Band as well as all associated graphics, logos, and/or other trademarks, tradenames or copyrights are the property of the The Ritz and/or Marshall Tucker Band and are used herein for factual descriptive purposes only. We are in no way associated with or authorized by the The Ritz and/or Marshall Tucker Band and neither that entity nor any of its affiliates have licensed or endorsed us to sell tickets, goods and or services in conjunction with their events.


text:
$25 to spend towards dinner at Bonefish Grill.
From the moment you walk through our doors, you'll know you're in a restaurant like no other. At Bonefish Grill, we focus on every little detail of your experience, anticipate your needs, and provide personalized service that allows you to enjoy a delicious meal in a comfortable, vibrant atmosphere.
Our menu is inspired with one person in mind - you. With a deep understanding and passion for seafood, we've used our expertise to create an unparalleled lineup of dishes to reel you in and awaken your palate.
Item Donated by Bonefish Grill in Ashburn
Special Instructions
Expiration Date: 12/17/19
This is not a gift card. Valid at any Bonefish Grill in the United States. Gratuity, taxes and alcoholic beverages not included. No Cash value. No replacement value if lost or stolen. Will not carry an unused balance.


text:
Chakra Healing and Balancing Online Training
Chakra Healing and Balancing Online Training
The Chakra Healing and Balancing Online Training course will be ideal if Chakra Healing is an entirely new frontier for you. We have composed this course which is a complete guide to Chakra Healing and enrolling in this course can be helpful to learn chakra healing techniques in a very little time.
It comes as no surprise that Chakra Healing therapy brings the energy body into balance for greater mental, emotional and physical health since it has existed for thousands of years and across cultures and very famous for controlling severe neck and back pain.
In this course, you will discover a detailed overview of the chakra system and connected energy body elements that are essential to understanding for the process of chakra healing and how to practice it at home or on others successfully.
Course design
The course is delivered through our online learning platform, accessible through any internet-connected device. There are no formal deadlines or teaching schedules, meaning you are free to study the course at your own pace.
You are taught through a combination of
- Video lessons
- Online study materials
- Mock exams
- Multiple-choice assessment
How is the course assessed?
To successfully complete the course you must pass an automated, multiple-choice assessment. The assessment is delivered through our online learning platform. You will receive the results of your assessment immediately upon completion.
Will I receive a certificate of completion?
Upon successful completion you will qualify for the UK and internationally-recognised professional qualification and you can choose to make your achievement formal by obtaining your PDF Certificate at a cost of £9 and Hardcopy Certificate for £15.
Why study this course
Whether you're an existing practitioner or aspiring professional, this course will enhance your expertise and boost your CV with key skills and an accredited qualification attesting to your knowledge.
The Chakra Healing and Balancing Online Training is open to all, with no formal entry requirements. All you need is a passion for learning, a good understanding of the English language, numeracy and IT, and to be over the age of 16.
Course Curriculum
|Module 01
|Introduction to Chakra Healing and Balancing
|What Are Chakras
|What Each Chakra Does
|Root Chakra
|Module 02
|Sacral Chakra
|Solar Plexus Chakra
|Heart Chakra
|Throat Chakra
|Module 03
|3rd Eye Chakra
|Crown Shakra
|Clearing Your Chakras with Everyday Things
|Clearing Your Chakras with Crystals & Stones
|NLP for Permanent Change
|Assignment – Chakra Healing and Balancing Online Training
Course Reviews
No Reviews found for this course.


text:
McKinley has an unrivaled track record helping associations rethink, retool and reposition themselves for success.
Dramatic shifts in the demographics of our members, the pace of change in technology, and heightened competition are requiring many organizations to embrace fundamentally new approaches. McKinley's team of expert advisors support clients through periods of high-impact change including governance reinvention, membership and dues restructuring, global strategy and many other areas.
See how McKinley consultants help associations address high-stakes change initiatives.
- Business Analysis and Planning
- Organizational Assessment
- Membership and Dues Models
- Financial Strategy, Modeling and Forecasting
- Pricing Analysis and Strategy
From The Minds Of McKinley
Prioritizing Opportunities for Staff Engagement|Read More
As our industry evolves, we are seeing more associations follow the lead of for-profit companies in prioritizing staff engagement…
Trust the Process: Best Practices for Association Product Development|Read More
Lately we have been writing a lot about enhancing member engagement and strengthening the value of an organization through…
Behind the Member Wall|Read More
Modern content marketing has created a challenging opportunity for associations.


text:
Invisible Westchester, gallery present art exhibit this weekend on creating change, inspiring action and bringing hope
Editor's note: This press release was provided by Invisible Westchester.
[LARCHMONT, NY] Indivisible Westchester, in conjunction with Outside the Lines Gallery, is pleased to present the exhibition, Art Inspires Action. The organization posed the question, "What can we do?" as an open call to local artists to contemplate what can we do, as a community, to create change, inspire action and above all else bring hope through art. The goal of the exhibition is to invite artists to express their views on the current political climate of the United States, and through these works of art, inspire people to activate change. The exhibition intends to present a realistic State of the Union, and give people hope in what we can do, as individual citizens, to influence and advocate for the future.
TO RSVP VISIT: https://www.indivisiblewestchester.org/event/art-inspires-action/
Ardina Seward, one of the artists represented in the exhibition sees her multimedia sculptures as a way to represent her opinions on the current political climate, as she simply and eloquently states, "Art provokes thought. Thought provokes change." That statement speaks directly to the heart of the purpose of this exhibition. As the title suggests art can, and should, inspire action. Indivisible Westchester hopes that in viewing these pieces and thinking about their meanings the viewer leaves the space with a renewed sense of hope, purpose and spark to create change.
To learn more, please visit https://www.indivisiblewestchester.org/event/art-inspires-action/ or call 914-886-2940.
Indivisible Westchester is a movement of neighbors and friends working together to protect the core values of this great nation. We promote policies and legislation that are based on inclusion, respect, justice and non-violence. With a focus on the local level, we support progressives running for office and we hold elected representatives accountable.


text:
Alleged abuse took place at agent's Anne Arundel County home
A Transportation Security Agency agent assigned to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is facing charges of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl at his home.
Mobile users tap here to watch video
Samuel Bryant, 40, of Brooklyn Park, was taken into custody after a lengthy interview with police. He is charged with sexual assault, a fourth-degree sex offense, and second-degree assault.
According to charging documents, the alleged abuse took place at Bryant's home, not while he was on duty at the airport.
According to charging documents, the alleged sexual abuse took place three times on Jan. 5. The charging documents indicate Bryant had a day off and the girl was home sick from school.
Bryant is accused of fondling a teenager who was staying at his house, including one time when his wife was in the same room, but didn't know what was going on. The girl told police Bryant's wife could not see what he was doing, the charging documents stated.
The charging documents indicate that on Feb. 4, a relative of the girl had asked her why she had been acting strangely and she told her of the alleged abuse. That relative then told her mother, who called police, who arrested Bryant after an interview.
According to Bryant's LinkedIn page, he has been with the TSA since 2004 and was in a managerial position.
When asked for comment, a spokeswoman for the TSA wrote to 11 News, "These alleged crimes are egregious and intolerable. TSA is in the process of terminating this individual's employment."
At the conclusion of the charging documents, Bryant denied to police that any illegal contact took place. His wife also said she did not see anything.
Bryant is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on March 4 in Annapolis and has since been released on bond.


text:
Shift Effect: I Blurred out the edges of the and out-side to give it a good effect. (gaussian blur)
In this task we had to make this picture look kinda toy-ish by blurring out a certain area then leaving a certain part un-blurred by selecting the certain area then masking it.
- Got the picture off the internet
- Placed it into photoshop
- then use the gradient and make it black to white
- select the quick mask tool
- draw a selection an what should appear is a red area then unselect the quick mask tool
- Filter>blur>Gaussian blur


text:
Free Next Base 3D Livewallpaper LWP APK Latest Download For PC Full Version
Next Base 3D livewallpaper, designed for Next Launcher 3D specially, is released now. Its major features include:
–With Next Launcher–
Base will move while you are sliding on the screen
Base will be pulled into or pushed away when you are pressing
Style of the live wallpaper and Next Launcher match perfectly
How to use:
General:Long press homescreen—>Wallpaper—>Live wallpaper—>Next Base
With Next Launcher:Long press homescreen(Click 'Menu')—>Wallpaper—> Next live wallpaper—>Next Base
Get the full version of Next core live wallpaper, search and install 'Next Launcher' in Google Play.
Not all handsets support the live wallpaper feature, please check for a 'live wallpaper' category as the directions above state.
If you encounter any problems or have any suggestions for our Next Launcher, please do not hesitate to tell us. Thank you very much!
Size : 6.0M
Current Version : 1.03
Requires Android : 2.2 and up
How to Play Next Base 3D Livewallpaper LWP APK on PC,Laptop,Windows
1.Download and Install Android Emulator on PC.Click "Download Emulator" to download.
2.Run Android Emulator on PC or Laptop.
3.Open Android Emulator for PC import the Next Base 3D Livewallpaper LWP APK file from your PC Into Android Emulator to install it.
4.Install Next Base 3D Livewallpaper LWP APK APPS for PC.Now you can play Next Base 3D Livewallpaper LWP APK on PC.


text:
Strikehold Blog
STRIKEHOLD FIELD TEST #101 Automotive Repair Shop
"This product made me throw away all other rust and corrosion products in my shop!" If the US Military uses this stuff on the M1A2 AbramsTank, then it must be a pretty good product to use on a car."
STRIKEHOLD FIELD TEST #17 Panama Ports Authority-Heavy Industrial Maintenance
Panama Ports Authority-A saltwater port is a harsh environment for all types of machinery and equipment. With constant corrosive saltwater, gale force winds, and extreme heat this is a hard place to maintain equipment and operations.
STRIKEHOLD FIELD TEST #37 Outboard Engine Service and Maintenance.
Strikehold® Marine provides a long-lasting dry lubricant which prevents rust and corrosion.
STRIKEHOLD FIELD TEST #38 MV-22 Osprey Rotor Replacement.
What does the USMC use to protect and clean a $72.1 million dollar MV-22B Osprey?
STRIKEHOLD FIELD TEST #12 Sig Sauer Academy
"I just returned from the Sig Sauer Academy where I earned my certification as a Master Pistol Instructor and a Master Rifle Instructor.


text:
The fun and funky Clarks Dean Boy first shoes are perfect for kids just finding their feet!
These trendy casual shoes ooze casual cool, and they're supremely comfortable too, thanks to the padded collar and the two velcro straps which allow for easy and adjustable fastening.
Guaranteed these cool shoes will stand out from the crowd!


text:
The Tucson Department of Transportation (TDOT) recently took an increasingly common step to make biking and walking in Tucson a bit safer. When repaving Speedway between Silverbell and Greasewood, city engineers looked at the actual traffic counts on the street and determined that it didn't need 4 automotive travel lanes — that two lanes could easily accommodate the current levels of traffic, leaving extra room for new buffered bike lanes and, along some parts of the road, a new turning lane to make it easier for cars to get onto local neighborhood streets.
This kind of lane reconfiguration is known as a "right sizing" or a "road diet", and they're being used more and more across the country to rebalance roadway priorities. Most importantly, they are proven to greatly improve road safety for all roadway users.
You can learn more about road diets here:
- Bicycle Tucson, "More room for bikes following Speedway 'road diet'"
- CityLab, "So What Exactly Is a 'Road Diet'?"
- PAG Traffic Counts for Tucson
- US Department of Transportation Road Diet Informational Guides
Take action!
Even though in this particular case it was a very safe resizing — there is very little chance it will impact car travel times in any way — TDOT and the Tucson Mayor and City Council are already receiving complaints from a few citizens who see ANY reduction in travel lanes as a step backwards, even if it increases safety for motorists and bicycles alike, and even if it has no impact on commute times.
We're asking you to share your story about this road segment and let the City know that you appreciate the road diet. If you bike or walk along this roadway, and you're happy to see these new lanes providing you a safe place to do so, we need to hear from you. We'll share your story with TDOT and our elected representatives so that they understand that a few angry drivers don't outweigh the need for safer streets for everyone!
Please fill out the form below and we'll share it with the right people so that the next time we ask for a road to be rebalanced for safety they'll be that much more likely to support it.


text:
Stock No: 13354
A fine pair of three branch cut glass Regency wall lights with swan necked arms, delicate drip pans festooned with long spear pendants and beads held by finely cut glass wall roses.
English, mid twentieth century.
Link to: Antique Wall Lights
Listed Price: £3,400 Pair( + vat in EU zone )
|28 1⁄4"
72 cms
|18 1⁄2"
47 cms
|15 11⁄16"
40 cms


text: Two completely remodeled and vacant homes on a lot. Enjoy the convenience of being located in front of Loren Miller Elementary school while having access to the 110 Freeway, USC, and the upcoming SoFi Stadium. This property is perfect for the buy and hold investor or first-time homebuyers. Both homes have new flooring, plumbing, electrical, cabinets, kitchens, and separate parking. Property is gated for privacy and is located in one of the most up and coming locations in the city.


text:
Tom Tarter: Candidate profile
Party: Republican
City: Springfield
Office sought: U.S. Senate
Age: 67
Family: Married to wife Julie; sons, Andrei and Nikolai (22), and Sergei (20).
Occupation: Urological oncologist
Education: B.S. Biology from Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. Ph.D. in Anatomy from Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine in Portland, Oregon. M.D. from Albany Medical College, in Albany, New York.
Civic involvement: Southern Illinois University Faculty Senate for 2 years; member of the Health Policy Council of the North Central Section of the American Urological Association; chairman for the last six years of the Decatur Memorial Hospital Cancer Committee.
Elected offices held: None.
Incumbent? If yes, when were first elected: No.
Website: DrTarter.com
Twitter: @drtarter
Facebook: @drtarter
Questions and Answers
1. What have the past three years of Donald Trump's unconventional leadership taught us about politics in the United States? What is the best thing his presidency has done? What is the most significant criticism you have of it?
I believe President Donald Trump is like a highly skilled surgeon, who occasionally has a bad bedside manner.
Conventional leadership, including the conventional media, has led our country down the wrong path. This was the path of leading from behind, of a stagnant economy, of our southern border being overwhelmed by illegal immigration and drugs, of abusive trade agreements and pilfering intellectual property by China, of NATO partners not paying for their defense, of nuclear testing by North Korea, of unbridled terrorism sponsored by Iran, of national and international anti-Semitism, of the ISIS caliphate, and much more neglect.
President Donald Trump's unconventional leadership with tax cuts and regulatory relief has unleashed our economy with historic unemployment in every ethnic group, women, and workers without a high school diploma. The stock market has hit historic highs, including 401(k) plans from the President's critics. Wages are growing faster for low wage earners than in the previous administration. Capitalism, not socialism will bring prosperity to more Americans, and the developer from Queens knows it and has done more for more Americans than all Presidents since Ronald Reagan.
My only criticism is the high turnover of Cabinet-level officials.
2. What needs to be done to get Congress to work constructively, whether that be senators and representatives of both parties working with each other or Congress itself working with the president?
Dick Durbin is 100% partisan and most career politicians are, which can grind progress to a halt.
Appropriations usually pass because of bipartisan and bicameral compromise. Congress has passed appropriations bills and the MCMA, since the midterm elections in 2018, but not much else.
The singular focus of Democrats to reverse the 2016 election has stopped all progress, and the President is running the country through Executive Orders. Congress should convene at the 9/11 memorials to remember what it was like to be united.
In my campaign, I am talking with everyone. As a senator, I will actively seek common ground where compromise is possible. I believe there is bipartisan support for reducing the cost of health care through transparency in pricing and other common-sense market-driven measures.
As a non-career member, I will not just touch the third rail of entitlement reform, I will embrace it and find common ground in both parties and with the White House. Our government is purposely designed through the separation of powers to slow the process of legislating to prevent a tyranny of the majority.
3. What do you see as the most important issues to address regarding immigration reform? If you oppose funding for a wall, what steps do you support to try to control illegal immigration?
I will support the Department of Homeland Security appropriation request to fully fund Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with a wall and technology.
I will support the CBP Air and Marine Vision and Strategy 2030 ten-year plan to keep our country secure. I will support legislation to deal with asylum claims and illegal border crossings. Asylum claims need to be adjudicated fairly and humanely, but much more expeditiously.
Illegal immigrants should not be released into the interior with little hope of a voluntary court appearance. Illegal immigrants who have a criminal history need to be deported. Illegal immigrants cannot be allowed an asylum claim if they traveled through another country without seeking asylum in that country.
I will support a transition of the family-based legal immigration system to a merit-based system without country caps and a lottery. DACA will probably be ruled unconstitutional. However, the Dreamers have registered with the federal government. I would support no citizenship for felons.
I would support citizenship for the 900 who have served in the U.S. military, and develop a point system for citizenship for the remainder based on education, work history, and their willingness to contribute to our society.
4. Please define your position on health care reform, especially as it relates to the Affordable Care Act.
As a doctor for nearly 30 years, I will stop Dick Durbin and his fellow Democrats from socializing medicine with a single-payer system. Their plan would outlaw private insurance plans and lead to a decrease in the quality of medical care, loss of providers, long wait times, extreme rationing of care, and a harmful decline in research and innovation.
Instead, I will ensure Americans continue to have access to the best medical care in the world while instituting common-sense policies that make health care and insurance more affordable. This includes price and outcome transparency, expanded Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), regulatory relief on providers and hospitals, malpractice tort reform, small business insurance pools, low-cost short-term insurance plans, and primary care membership plans.
We should fix problems in our health care system and keep what works. Americans should be able to keep their insurance, whether provided by a union or employer, from a state or federal exchange, through Medicare or Medicare Advantage, through the Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP), through the VA and through the Federal Employees Health Benefits program.
5. What is your position on federal funding for contraception, the Violence Against Women Act and reproductive rights?
I am pro-life. My Ph.D. was earned in the area of reproductive physiology, and I know when human life begins.
As a physician and cancer surgeon, my singular goal throughout my entire professional life has been to save lives.
At a minimum, third-term abortion should be illegal, as it constitutes the murder of an infant that could survive if born. A third-term abortion is not done to save the life of the mother. Third-term abortions only account for 1.3% of abortions, but the abortion industry will not yield to this simple compromise.
I believe that a 48-hour period of informed consent, counseling, and an ultrasound for women who are contemplating abortion should be mandated. Contraception should be available to men and women of reproductive age.
The Violence Against Women Act has a long history of mostly bipartisan support. I support the Act, and on the next reauthorization will work to make it fair to all stakeholders.
6. What do you consider America's role in world affairs? What are we doing correctly to fill that role? What else should we be doing?
The primary security role that the U.S. should play in world affairs is the protection of its own interests.
America has many interests throughout the world including national defense and protection of free commerce. Our foreign policy over the years has resulted in alliances with independent nations that value liberty and self-government.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization exists for the common defense of the U.S. and our European allies. The United States is less secure with an isolationist foreign policy.
We need to support oppressed people who seek liberty and independence. If emerging democracies seek our help to preserve their fragile democratic governments, or seek our advice on building democratic institutions, we should help.
What we should not do is exert dominance in countries by nation-building that could potentially lead to upheaval and conflict.
Today the United States is the single superpower nation, and we need to lead the world by promoting liberty and self-governance. Diplomacy throughout the world is our shield. However, if our national defense or free commerce is threatened, we have a sword, starting with economic sanctions, and, as a last resort, the strongest military force in the world.
7. Do you believe climate change is caused by human activity? What steps should government be taking to address the issue?
There is consensus that the climate is changing, but we need to develop realistic solutions that will not destroy our economy and further overburden our taxpayers.
One of President Donald Trump's least-heralded accomplishments is increasing our domestic energy production to the point where we are now a net energy exporter and fully energy independent, which is a significant accomplishment that makes our country safer and more prosperous.
We should be taking steps to improve our environment and reduce our carbon output. The best solution is increasing our nuclear energy.
Here in Illinois, nuclear energy generates 52% of our state's electricity while emitting no greenhouse gases. It is also our most reliable power source, producing electricity round-the-clock.
On a larger scale, nuclear energy provides 55% of our country's clean energy, making it the largest domestic source of clean energy and the most reliable energy source. The U.S. government has invested $96 billion into the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository that was shut down by the Obama administration.
We need a central repository for waste that is open and utilized. We have the ability right now to increase nuclear energy in America to lower greenhouse gases and create jobs.


text:
There's currently a great 150 Piece Play Food Set Deal on Amazon today only. This is perfect for your little one's kitchen. The set includes a full assortment of plastic play food in bright colors with food items for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The set costs $17.99 with the sale. It usually retails at $34.99.
You are here: Home / deals and sales / amazon deals / 150 Piece Play Food Set Deal on Amazon Today


text:
Hello there,
Due to my shockingly infrequent posts, I suspect you have not been avidly checking my blog to see if there's a new piece up. However, I am making some changes to that and hope to use the summer to start to build momentum towards a personal project that has been a dream of mine for years.
The dream? Launching an online magazine you seriously are going to WANT to read. Like, you are going to NEED it in your life. The idea is still in its embryonic stages but I decided it was finally time to start letting it grow!
For the moment, I intend for this blog to be a launchpad. It starts by me becoming more disciplined and writing waaaaaaay more regularly, hopefully about things you want to read. Even if it's only little updates like this. And the plan is not just to write things you want to read, but to write things you want to share, to talk about, and comment on.
So along the way, you might notice the blog layout changing or new additions here and there – I'm in the process of creating my own personal domain for example. Anyway, I'm going to do my best to document these things as they move forward – or don't as the case may be – both here and through my own social media (find me on Instagram or Twitter). I hope my journey to launching this crazy idea might inspire you to jump right into your own adventure and run like crazy with that thing you've always wanted to do but never quite got round to.
So yeah, here we go!
Until next time…


text:
Troubled Afghan president readies inaugural speech
KABUL (AP) – Under intense pressure to fix his corrupt government, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is expected to strike a balance in his second inaugural speech Thursday: answer international demands for reform while appeasing political allies who returned him to power.
Karzai begins a second term facing an increasingly violent insurgency, an administration crippled by corruption, high unemployment and an impoverished population frustrated by eight years of war and few, if any, improvements to their daily lives.
Having come to his second term out of a fraud-tainted election that undermined his credibility with Western powers, Karzai is being watched particularly closely Thursday. His address could begin to heal wounds or to further alienate the international community.
An official familiar with a draft of the speech said Karzai would not pepper his address with rhetoric criticizing the international community. Still, Karzai is likely to wag his finger at foreign donors, as he has done before, for allowing millions of dollars to be skimmed from aid contracts before Afghans ever see the assistance. The official, who requested anonymity to avoid upstaging the president, said Karzai would repeat his demand for assistance to be funneled through the Afghan government as opposed to international organizations.
While Karzai was expected to address rampant graft and bribery that has corroded his government, his message is not likely to satisfy the international community, which is hinging future aid and troops on his resolve to clean up corruption. The Karzai government unveiled an anti-corruption and major crimes unit this week just as Afghanistan slipped three places to become the world's second most-corrupt country, according to an annual survey by Transparency International.
"They've done some work on that, but in our view, not nearly enough to demonstrate a seriousness of purpose to tackle corruption," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told reporters Wednesday during her flight to Kabul.
"We are concerned about corruption and we obviously think it has an impact on the quality and capacity of governing. So we're going to be persistent, asking for the kinds of outcomes that we think reflect that they are serious about this. But I can't predict what will or won't happen at this point."
On Sunday, Clinton linked additional civilian aid to better accountability on how the Afghans spend the money.
In his speech, Karzai also is expected to urge insurgents to lay down their weapons as well as share his vision of an Afghan security force that eventually can take over the defense of the nation, allowing foreign forces to leave, said a presidential confidante who also declined to be identified so as not to upstage the address.
Clinton, who was to attend the inauguration, said the U.S. does not have a long-term military stake here.
"We're not seeking to occupy Afghanistan for the undetermined future," she said. "We don't want bases in Afghanistan. And I think that's an important message."
That's exactly the message the Afghan government needs the Taliban to hear if there is any hope of getting the insurgents to the negotiating table.
"The Taliban think that Afghanistan is occupied by foreigners," said Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil, a former Taliban foreign minister who has advised Karzai on negotiating with the insurgents. "The government should find a way to let the Taliban know that they will leave."
A senior NATO official, who sought anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about Karzai's address, said the international forces want to hear Karzai embrace his security forces and back that up with resources, benefits, training – all the things a commander in chief would do.
In the capital, Kabul, security was tight, bracing for a possible attack by insurgents wishing to disrupt the inauguration. The event is attracting dignitaries from about 40 countries, including Asif Ali Zardari, president of neighboring Pakistan. He met Wednesday with Karzai, who accuses Pakistan of harboring the Taliban leadership in its lawless tribal area that borders Afghanistan.
Afghan forces outside of Kabul said they had secured roads leading into the capital and increased checkpoints at mountain passes.
"Every car will be searched," said Col. Gul Aga Gurbuz, head of a regiment that serves as a quick reaction force for Kabul.
The insurgency in Afghanistan is on the rise despite more than eight years of war and the presence today of upward of 100,000 international troops. The Taliban has been emboldened by Karzai's weak and corrupt government that wields little influence outside the capital. As he begins another five years in office, the president, with scant political capital, is seeking to shed the moniker of "mayor of Kabul."
The international community rallied behind Karzai in the early days of his administration, but then failed to direct enough resources to the war effort. To get re-elected earlier this year, Karzai sought to bolster his political stature by aligning himself with some unsavory political allies.
He became president again after a messy election fraught with stuffed ballot boxes and a planned runoff vote that was canceled when his main opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, dropped out.
"I think Mr. Karzai is pulled toward many, many forces … because he made deals – votes in exchange for posts in the government," Abdullah told The Associated Press during an interview this week. "How will he manage to do that as well as to balance the expectations of the international community for good governance, anti-corruption, so on and so forth? Let's see."
An official close to Karzai said the president was not expected to name his Cabinet until later this month, but would pledge in his speech to name responsible individuals. The official also sought anonymity to avoid upstaging Karzai.
Yet the president's political friends are pushing him to give positions of power to their representatives. He has already collected lists of prospective ministers from his supporters including Gen. Rashid Dostum, an Uzbek warlord allegedly responsible for the deaths of up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners early in the Afghan war, according to an Afghan lawmaker close to the president, who declined to be named so as not to betray Karzai's trust.
It doesn't matter what Karzai says in his speech, Abdullah said.
"What he does afterward, and how he delivers is the test."


text:
The Dassault Systemes 'Compass' guides us to the apps which are the life blood of our capability and underpin our market strength: North for Social and Collaborative; East for Information and Intelligence; South for Simulation; and West for 3D Modelling.
Navigating with the Compass
It can however be viewed in a very different way: as a compass to navigate our way through turbulent waters, especially in times of political and economic pressure, when the environment in which we operate is creating demands on our competitiveness, market perception and ability to generate growth in the face of increasing economic risk.
Elements of Success
To be successful in such a challenging business environment requires a focus on people, capability, information and decision making, strategic and operational planning, and significantly – inspirational and decisive leadership.
At the heart of any successful business are people. People are at their best when they are kept fully informed, are properly trained and equipped for the task in hand, work together in a collaborative environment and are rewarded for achievements. People also need inspirational leadership, knowing that they are doing the right thing and are moving in the right direction, supported by clear information contributing to the domination of the market environment in which they are operating.
People also have a right to expect their leaders to develop clear, workable plans which will enable and achieve the success they rightly expect.
The elements of people, information, planning and execution, brought together by capable and decisive leadership, are at the core of any successful enterprise but it is surprising how often this simple algorithm can be forgotten. People can be treated as pawns by autocratic leaders who forget human emotional needs and the morale so dependent upon their recognition, leaders who fail to accept the need for accurate communication of information and the requirement for clarity in planning and in the implementation of those plans.
We are undergoing a programme of transformation, focusing on the fundamental change agents of Growth, People and One Team, a programme designed to make us more competitive, increasingly successful and giving us sustainable growth. This programme has leadership, people, information, planning and implementation at its heart; the elements for success we need to focus on instinctively.
Our unique business tool
Within Dassault Systemes we have a tool we can use to help us to keep the elements for success at the forefront of our minds – that tool is our Compass. By using the orientation of the Compass to aid our strategic approach to transformation we can align our thinking with the Compass points.
- North: the culture of collaboration across our people, sales channels and support teams, focusing on growth.
- East: the information and intelligence we need to shape our approach to the market and beat the competition, as well as to focus on our customers' requirements and issues. Information needed to take the right decision – and to do so swiftly to think and act faster than the competition.
- West: modelling and creating our plan to deal with the targets and objectives we have set to grow the business.
- South: putting our plan into action with minimum delay, transforming our thinking into reality to achieve successful growth.
But at the centre of the Compass:
- The Start/Play button: strong and decisive leadership at the heart of successful growth, leading our people, developing capability, inspiring our teams to go the extra mile, recognising and rewarding achievement.
Linking all this together creates a navigation tool – the Compass which steers us towards the 'Way We Work' in meeting the challenges ahead of us.
Using the Compass in this way can provide a reminder of the key elements of business success, enabling us all to play our parts and add real value to the direction of the company. Try it – you will be surprised about just how much your thinking and actions will change!
Above all, this version of the Compass brings us together as One Team as we transform our business and the Way We Work in EuroNorth.


text:
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Amol S/o Shripati Pawar V/s. Commissioner, Latur Municipal Council & Others dated 23/08/2017 regarding municipal solid waste management, Latur, Maharashtra. Counsel appearing on behalf of the Latur Municipal Corporation submits that CCTV cameras have been installed at the MSW Plant and dumping site and steps are being taken to install Data Logger System coupled with meter for recording the supply of electricity at the plant and its utilisation. Urban Development Department, Govt.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Ravindra Vs The Commissioner, Latur & Others dated 03/01/2017 regarding munincipal solid waste management, Latur, Maharashtra.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mr.Amol Pawar & Ors Vs The Commissioner, Latur Mun. Corpn.& Ors dated 03/02/2014 regarding disposal of municipal solid waste in Latur, Maharashtra. The order notes that "MSW processing equipments were lying unused for years together and an inquiry is necessarily required to be made as to why the same were not being used for disposal of the MSW".
Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/18-2013(WZ)(OA)_3Feb2014.pdf
The water supply to the Latur city was earlier managed by Latur Municipal Corporation (LMC) and had faced major problems in terms of supplying water to its citizens due to source limitations and very poor water supply accounting. From LMC, the water management function was transferred to Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran (MJP) to infuse operational improvements and finance for various capital schemes.
Forfeiting our commons
The Lancet's Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition
President Obama's grand climate plan does not add up
Climate change can no longer be ignored
NGO demands withdrawal of Niyamgiri gram sabha notificatio


text:
Hydra Balance Body Butter & Skin Corrector is an advanced cream with a unique combination of genuine Dead-Sea minerals and Shea Butter which helps tolerate extreme cracked, dry and damaged skin. Helps consume the exact dosage of natural humectants needed by your skin, whilst helping create a protective shield against environmental pollutants.
Results: Your skin becomes smooth, supple and non sticky.
Direction: Apply, morning & evening to cleansed areas or as needed.


text:
Monday was able to get a round of fishing in a Bethany Lakes. Fished with a Guadalupana, Foam Grasshopper, and a COAF Griffith's Gnat. Managed to catch several Bluegill and Bass on the Four Weight Fly Rod.
Tuesday used the Four Weight Fly Rod again and a Foam Grasshopper to catch little Bass. Did get some action shots as well as got a glimpse of a nice Bass lurking in the weeds.
Fun stuff!
PREVIOUS POST ← Fished the Guadalupe River this Round
NEXT POST Lake Level Is Up…! →


text:
Angie's List Answers is the trusted spot to ask home improvement and health questions and get answers from service companies, health providers and consumers. For ratings and reviews on companies in your area, search Angie's List.
*Updates every 4 hours
I don't know if it my computer or a glitch in the website. This happened before when I signed up for Angie's List before the deadline, the closer the deadline is, the harder it is for the transaction to be completed.
I'm so sorry to hear you had an issue. If this happens, please don't hesitate to call us at 1-888-944-LIST and we'll get everything straightened out.
Answered 8 years ago
by Cas
Report It


text:
Downtown Novato Community Farmers Market
This event is expired.
Downtown Novato Community Farmers' Market
1707 Grant Ave
Novato, CA 94945
Downtown Novato Communtiy Famers' Market happens every Tuesday starting May 1 - September 25. For the 2018 season we have a great new location in the parking lot behind CVS on 7th Street between Grant Ave and Novato Blvd. Every week you will find an abundance of farmers, food and artisans plus live music and kids activities. Buy beer to take home from Lagunitas Brewery. They will donate 100% to the farmers' market! See you at the market.
(415) 999-5635


text:
Australian Flies
If you ever cycle across Australia: Be warned south of Brisbane along the coast, the flies and bugs are relentless. Worse than Burma or Thailand where the mosquitoes carried Dengue and Malaria. They need protein to breed. They get protein from your tears, saliva, the mucus in your nose -- and from blood. - I rigged up a cool face bug net after swallowing several flies and one stuck way up my sinus. I think they breed on the cow dung and kangaroo carcasses that litter the roadways in many areas. I minimum speed of 15-20 MPH outruns them a real motivator to keep going. If you go too fast they will hitch a ride on your back just waiting for you to stop and swarm you.
Leave a Reply.
My Journey
I am a fire captain and cancer survivor.
Current Location
In memory of the


text:
While love ata first sight might sound like a myth to many, attraction at first sight is certainly very true for men.
So, what does a man check out the first time he sets his eyes on you as a lady?
The shape of your body
This is basically the very first thing guys always notice about women.
If they notice that a woman has an attractive body, they turn and look again, and that is often the start of their interest in you.
However, this is not always the case.
A minority of guys will be attracted to you for your personality first, before starting to consider other things like your looks, or shape.
That's just a minority, though. Many guys will be attracted to you first looking at your shape and curves, before actually trying to know you.
Your face
The second thing that may trigger a man's interest in a woman he just met is her face.
When a woman's facial features are set in a beautiful, captivating manner, an attraction will often be built in the mind of a guy towards her.
There is a reason why ladies with very pretty faces are regarded attractive even if they don't really have great, sexy bodies.
Men also notice how a lady is dressed. Most times they are attracted
when a lady dresses in sexy clothing.
What you are wearing
After checking out the body shape and facial features, the next thing men often check out is what you are wearing.
When you wear clothes that compliment you and make you look gorgeous, that could further stoke the flames in a man's heart.
Guys do not generally care about the brand, the cost or where you got your clothes or shoes from, that is what other women do.
However, they might be put off if your clothes make you appear slutty or too thirsty for attention.


text:
Head & Shoulders are giving you the chance to win a football shirt signed by goalie Joe Hart. All you have to do is click here, watch the video and then answer the three questions. To participate you have to sign up for Supersavvyme!
P.S. With ORAL B you can now download an exklusive and totally free version of Shakira's new song! Click here!


text:
Woodland Beavers Disney Sleepover
☰ Events - 2014
The 3rd Dartford Woodland Beavers held a Disney themed Beaver Sleepover on the 18th January 2014.
We made Mickey Ears, bounced like Tigger, climbed the rigging like Peter Pan all before dinner! We had burgers and cake around the campfire, played Disney Villians, bowling and then watched a film before settling down for the night.
Six am came round quite quickly and we were up for a full cooked breakfast. We then had to find Nemo, made 16 Dwarfs for Snow White and made balloon powered cars for our own Piston Cup.
Pheww!! A big well done to Beavers for achieving their 1 nights away badge and thanks to all the leaders for their help.


text:
When Cristina Atance began her PhD in Developmental Psychology, she noticed there was a lot of research on memory in children, but very little on future thinking.
"I wanted to know when kids start this kind of future 'mental time travel' — not necessarily imagining they want to be a ballerina or a firefighter when they grow up," she says. "But if they're going to the park, do they think about bringing water or toys?"
Atance is a professor of psychology and director of the University of Ottawa's Childhood Cognition and Learning Laboratory. The lab explores different aspects of children's thinking and conducts studies with 3- to 5-year-olds. It includes a reception room, complete with toys and colourful decorations, and two small study rooms, each furnished with just a child-sized table and chairs to avoid distractions.
Atance chose to focus on this age group because that is when most children develop the cognitive abilities related to future thinking. But there was a problem.
"Children that age usually can't understand terms we adults take for granted, such as next week or next year," she explains. "It's only around age 4 or 5 that they even begin to get concepts such as tomorrow. We wanted to find ways of tapping into kids' understanding of the future without using that terminology."
So Atance took an unconventional approach. She adapted a study from the University of Cambridge originally developed to test scrub jays, a species of bird shown to have great planning and memory skills.
"They presented the scrub jays with two alternating compartments for six consecutive mornings — one with food, or 'breakfast,' and one without," she says. "When the jays were given the opportunity to store food on the evening of the sixth day, they cached more food in the compartment that otherwise didn't have any, as a kind of preparation for the future."
In Atance's study, preschoolers were similarly presented with the two rooms in which they would be spending time. One room had lots of toys, the other had none. The children were then given a box full of toys and were told that they would be coming back later. When asked where they should put the toys, the 3-year-olds divided the toys randomly, while the 5-year-olds consistently put the toys in the room where there weren't any.
The researcher is also looking into the area of saving and how it relates to children's understanding of the future. In this case, 3- to 5-year-olds are presented with a marble run in each of two rooms. The marble run in the first room is very short; the second one is longer and a lot more fun. The children are given five marbles to use, starting with the short run. The question is, will they save the marbles for the large run in the second room?
Atance found that the kids were not very good at saving their marbles for the longer run, although the 5-year-olds were certainly better at it than the younger children. The professor decided to take the study one step further.
"We wanted to see if there might be ways to improve kids' saving," she explains. "One way was by repeating the exercise to see if they could learn from experience, and that did improve their saving. We also discovered that simply making a suggestion about saving their marbles had a very strong effect."
The work Atance is most excited about right now is forecasting, something that humans are not very good at. She is interested in the "end-of-history illusion" popularized by Daniel Gilbert, psychology professor at Harvard University and author of the bestseller Stumbling on Happiness. "Although we can recognize that we've changed in the past, we're not very good at predicting changes in our future preferences," she says. "Getting a tattoo — which we later regret — is a perfect example."
Atance and her team asked preschoolers whether they will prefer Kool-Aid or coffee when they grow up. While all of the children recognized that adults prefer coffee, the 3- to 4-year-olds couldn't predict they would someday favour coffee. However, by age 5, most could.
"Our studies show that so much is changing between ages 3 and 5 in children. I'm not convinced that parents and teachers are aware of these big differences in development, and how that might affect things like blended junior kindergarten/senior kindergarten classes."
As the mother of boys aged 2 and 5, she sees these differences firsthand. Sometimes she records and shows footage of them to her students to demonstrate these developmental leaps.
An important next step for Atance is to take what she and her team are learning about future thinking and related abilities, such as saving, to help early childhood educators and parents better understand and interpret young children's behaviour.
by Leah Geller


text:
Stress-Free Car-Shopping
Stress Free Car Shopping The Hallmark Way. What's The Hallmark Way? It's shopping for a vehicle and getting our best price upfront, guaranteed. It's being able to return your car if you don't love it and getting a full refund with our 3-Day Return Policy. No questions asked. It's getting positively the best customer experience. Here at Hallmark Automotive it's your car, your way. Quality, Convenience and Southern Hospitality that's the Hallmark Way.
Want to Talk Auto Finance?
When it comes to financing, that's where our car loan and Hyundai specialists step in. We're here to help you by going over every option clearly, and will work hard to find the right plan for you. Whether adding accessories or protection packages, or figuring out the final details of your loan or lease package, let us guide you along the way.
We Keep You Going
Hallmark Hyundai is also by your side whenever you need any car service and repair work done in Hendersonville. What's more, our auto parts team would be happy to get you whatever you need to keep your Hyundai vehicle on the road for many miles to come.
Get in Touch
- Contact Our Sales Department: 615-855-3200
- Monday8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
- Tuesday8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
- Wednesday8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
- Thursday8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
- Friday8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
- Saturday8:30 AM - 7:00 PM
- SundayClosed
Hallmark Hyundai
1198 W Main St
Hendersonville, TN 37075
- Sales: 615-855-3200
Loading Map...