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On November 4, 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her New Zealand counterpart, Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully, signed a brief agreement following meetings in Wellington, New Zealand. Known as the Wellington Declaration, the document calls for "…a new strategic partnership between the United States of America and New Zealand." Disaster response management is singled out as a key joint initiative our two countries must address. This is a reaffirmation of the close historical ties between America and New Zealand, but it is singularly significant in providing focus and stressing cooperation in achieving our common goals in the South Pacific region.
New Zealand has participated in Pacific Partnership throughout its short history, usually by sending medical officers aboard an American ship. This year, New Zealand contributed its multi-purpose ship, the HMNZS Canterbury, to Pacific Partnership 2011 in Tonga and Vanuatu. This is a serious commitment of resources for a country with relatively few naval assets, and Canterbury proved a force multiplier to Pacific Partnership on several levels. Commodore Wilson transferred his command to Canterbury before departing Tonga; his entire staff was also welcomed aboard, where they remained for the entire Vanuatu mission. During our time in Vanuatu, personnel and sailors traded places on Canterbury and Cleveland, and carried out a number of interoperability exercises while taking part in a real-world humanitarian effort.
The Wellington Declaration also commits to "…deeper and broader people-to-people ties," which is a natural corollary to the philosophy which guides all Pacific Partnership interactions among partner and host nation peoples. One of the strongest memories ni-Vanuatu (as the people of Vanuatu are known) retain from observing American soldiers during World War II is that of people of different races, appearances and beliefs working together as a unit and treating locals with respect and dignity. Pacific Partnership 2011 has taken the lead in making the Wellington Declaration a meaningful and active statement, and we look forward to many future cooperative efforts with the men and women of New Zealand as we strive together to create the foundation of a more secure and tolerant world.


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Physicians, eager to combat misinformation, will push reputable Web sites.
By LISA GREENE
Published February 15, 2005
DUNEDIN - Patients come in asking for costly vitamins never proven to help.
Some swear they have cancer. Others demand drugs they're sure will cure them.
They read it on the Internet so it must be right, they tell their doctors.
But is it?
Some of the nation's leading doctors are fighting back against what they say is rampant misinformation on the Internet. Nearly 4,000 doctors in six Florida counties - Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, Sarasota, Manatee and Collier - are joining in a national pilot project called "Information Rx" to send people to more reputable Web sites.
"The challenge about the Internet is to know what information is good, and what information is not good," said Winter Park internist Dr. Cecil Wilson, a trustee of the American Medical Association, at Monday's announcement of the new program.
When his patients come in with Web site information, Wilson said, at least half the time it's from a source he has never heard of.
Doctors in the project will write "prescriptions" for two Web sites where their patients can get more information.
The first, www.medlineplus.gov is the Web site for the U.S. National Library of Medicine, an arm of the National Institutes of Health. The second, www.alzinfo.org is the Web site for the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation. The project is sponsored by those two groups and the AMA Foundation.
Pilot programs also are under way in Iowa, Georgia and Virginia.
The project is a sign of how much medical views have changed, said Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg, director of the National Library of Medicine. When Lindberg was a student 40 years ago, doctors often believed it best to keep patients in the dark.
"In those days, we would have serious discussions," he said. "Should the patient be told?"
Now, most doctors want patients to know more. They are becoming more concerned about patients who lack "health literacy" - such skills as taking prescribed drugs correctly or understanding medical test results. A recent study said more than 90-million Americans fall short.
But doctors often can't or don't answer everything in a brief visit.
"We all know how busy these doctors are," said Mary Asta, vice president and chief operating officer of the Fisher Center Foundation. "And how when we leave, we say, "I wished I'd asked that question."'
Six years ago, Emerson Moran's wife, Pat, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. As they struggled to cope with her decline, they also had trouble finding out what the disease would bring and where to find help.
"Our reality is as cold and as harsh as it gets, because Alzheimer's is a death sentence," Emerson Moran said. "When we were handed our death sentence, we were left pretty much in the dark."
With few answers from doctors, the couple found themselves in bookstores, asking clerks what books might be most helpful. At least at first, Moran said, Pat Moran's doctors didn't tell them enough - "almost like they were afraid of bearing the bad news themselves."
These days, Moran, who came to Dunedin on Monday from his home in Palm Beach Gardens, has found a center to care for Pat each day. And he's using the Fisher Center's Web site to get practical advice that makes caring for his wife easier. Just the other day, he said, the site suggested using brightly colored plates to help patients focus on their food.
"Information is just about the only antidote" to the fears and trauma of living with Alzheimer's, Moran said.
Dr. Dennis Agliano, president of the Florida Medical Association, wrote the Florida project's first "information prescription" Monday to U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young, R-Largo, who confessed that he doesn't know much about the Internet.
Agliano and other doctors at Monday's event said patients often are led astray by commercial sites that tout suspect claims because they're peddling drugs, vitamins or supplements. At other times, patients use the Web to search for a diagnosis before seeing a doctor.
"Say you have a mass in your neck," said Agliano, a Tampa otolaryngologist/head and neck surgeon. "They're mostly benign. But right away, people think, "I've got cancer."'
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Parishioners mark the occasion by honoring the church's legacy and planning its future.
By WAVENEY ANN MOORE
Published September 27, 2006
ST. PETERSBURG - Two years after it was founded to meet the needs of growing numbers of residents in northern St. Petersburg neighborhoods, Holy Family Church burgeoned into a congregation of 1,200 families. That was several decades ago.
Sunday morning the church at 200 78th Ave. NE marked its 50th anniversary with a Mass celebrated by Bishop Robert N. Lynch and a procession showcasing each of its 44 ministries.
It was a time to remember the past and look forward to the future, organizers of the ongoing celebration say.
But when the celebrations are over, it will be time to assess the sprawling campus to determine what comes next in terms of renovation or additions, the Rev. John G. Tapp, Holy Family's pastor, said.
"That comes under the umbrella of us reflecting on what legacy we're going to leave for future generations," the priest said. "We're the beneficiaries of what others have done for us, and we need to think about what we will do for others."
Tapp, who has been at the church for a little more than three years, added that he wants to build on the parish's past of praying, teaching and service.
The church, an outgrowth of St. Paul's, had its first Mass at Northeast High School on Feb. 5, 1956.
By 1982, its first church building had become too small for the thriving congregation. The Rev. Jerome Diffley started a building campaign that resulted in the present sanctuary.
Bruce Evensen, 59, has experienced quite a bit of Holy Family's half century. He attended seventh and eighth grades at Holy Family School and was an altar boy at the church. His three daughters also were part of the school and church.
Gloria Nelson's late husband, Peter B. Nelson, was the architect who designed the present church. A parishioner since 1970, each one of her six children attended Holy Family School.
"The parish is definitely a family," she said by telephone from New York on Monday.
She added that she had been moved by Sunday's Mass and found last Saturday night's gala dinner and dance heartwarming.
"There were hugs and smiles and laughing all night long. I am so much convinced that Holy Family is so much part of my life," said Nelson, 71, who is president of the church's Council of Catholic Women, on the stewardship committee, a reader at Mass and was on the history committee of the anniversary planning group.
"I just don't do windows," she joked.
These days the church has about 1,900 families and 4,500 members, said Tapp. Holy Family School, which offers classes from kindergarten to eighth grade, has 218 students. Its early childhood center has 62 students.
The diverse cultures of Holy Family parishioners will be showcased at its sixth annual International Food Festival on Oct. 29. Veronica Dunn, one of the organizers, said the festival has become a day for parishioners to share their many cultures, which include French, Greek, Guatemalan, Polish, German, Irish and Cuban, with the church and community. The day starts with Mass in the church and a time of traditional dress, food, music and games in the parish hall.
Chris Vivian, 43, who has sung in the choir for about 10 years, said she and her husband, Bob, chose Holy Family as their parish after moving from Orlando.
"We were looking for a church that had a variety of activities and we were looking for a community where we felt the service and people were welcoming," said Vivian, who has two sons, David and Kenny.
Parish council president Bob Metz also was moved by Sunday's celebratory service.
"The Mass was very spiritual. The liturgical part of it was very uplifting to people," he said. "There was joy in the parish, a joy in the church. We honored the people that came before us. It was a lot about who we were, who we are and who we want to be in the future."
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pythonic,Unfortunately not yet, but now I have the %'s Serasota flour both times? Can you please recommended a substitute if I'm unable to get the Serasota...thank you.Bob
King Arthur all purpose should work fine as well. Is that available in Canada?
Bob, check the nutrition labels on your local brands of all-purpose flour. The Ceresota brand has a 22g carb to 3g protein, with 1g each fiber and sugar making up part of that 22 grams of carbs.If they have the same or similar carb component listings, they are probably the same thing.


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Skip to comments.Secret 'no-fly zone'?
Posted on 01/11/2013 9:14:16 AM PST by KeyLargo
Secret 'no-fly zone'?
Pilot seeks answers after arrest
By Sarah Brown
Pilots returned, one by one, to Bermuda High Soaring in Jefferson, S.C. By about 5 p.m. on July 26, 2012, the lift had died and everyone had returned to the gliderporteveryone except Robin Fleming. No one remembered hearing from Fleming since 1:30 or 2 p.m., and Jayne Ewing Reid, co-owner and chief tow pilot of the glider club and commercial operation, was worried.
She called pilots who lived in the region and asked them to try to contact Fleming on their handheld radios. She flew the clubs Piper Pawnee in the direction of Flemings last known radio call, but found no evidence of the missing glider or its pilot.
This is when you get that feeling that somethings not right, she said. Fleming always called if he landed out. Worried that something had happened to Fleming, an avid glider pilot and instructor at Bermuda High, Jayne Ewing Reid and business partner Frank Reid decided to file a missing airplane report. Neither suspected that Fleming was in trouble with the law.
Fleming, 70, had been arrested for breach of peace after flying his Rolladen-Schneider LS8-18 sailplane noiselessly over the H.B. Robinson Nuclear Generating Station at an altitude of 1,518 feet mslby his estimates, about 1,000 feet over the power plants domeon his way to search for lift at nearby Lake Robinson.
No airspace restrictions were printed on sectional charts; no notam marked the area off-limits. When a woman at Hartsville Regional Airport relayed over the Unicom that law enforcement wanted him to land, he had flown to that airport and landed, greeted by a swarm of law enforcement vehicles.
Nonetheless, Fleming spent the night awake in a cell with 11 other inmates.
(Excerpt) Read more at aopa.org ...
A secret no-fly zone seems incredibly stupid to me.
You can't expect pilots to be clairvoyant.
Ignorance of the secret laws is no excuse. < /sarc>
This is where you file lawsuits and seek to have the prosecutor disbarred.
As America seeks to emulate the former Soviet Union in every way, look for more and more secret laws that people will be arrested, prosecuted, and jailed for.
Obama signs bill 'in secret' making FREE SPEECH ILLEGAL!
LOL! That nails the level of absurdity we've reached in modern America. Haven't seen the likes of it since the days of the old Soviet Union.
In Stalin's Russia, the arrests for violating "secret" laws were also "secret". People just disappeared in the middle of the night never to be seen or heard from again. What an effect method to terrorize a weaponless population into submission.
Stick and Rudder ping....
Wow, interesting that we made what is essentially the same point about the Soviet Union. And as usual, you're about six steps ahead of me, Laz! :-)
This is double jeopardy. If LEO's can arrest you on made up charges, and then tell you that they will drop the charges if you agree not to assert your own rights against false imprisonment, then no one is safe anywhere ever. I might have stood and fought the charges, just so I could press criminal charges against the local yokels here.
I'm no pilot but you might not want to be soaring over nuclear power plants.
Yes. I read the article and the guy agreed not to take legal action against the Darlington Police, if the charges were dropped. BIG mistake. he should have sued them for several million, and an apology.
This demonstrates the dearth of common sense prevalent in the LEO ranks of small town, USA.
If the glider was an explosive laden, suicide bomb, it would have been over before the police were ever called.
That the police were present when the local airport operator called the FAA and the FAA said there was no violation, indicates they (police) didn't need "no stinkin violation" they were looking for chance to go full SWAT on the guy.
The Police Chief should be fired and the others put on unpaid leave, at least.
If you read the story, the pilot's intent was not to fly over the powerplant, but in the unpowered, small glider he was seeking rising air to gain altitude that day.
I live and fly a RV6A out of FL37.
Just this morning I took off and flew towards the area just outside of Fort Pierce International Airspace south and was heading towards the ocean where I regularly fly south along Hutchinson Island and go either directly over the Saint Lucie Nuclear Power plant or I go over the Indian River.
I've NEVER have a problem but me thinks this guys problem is that he is flying a non detectable craft.
Nearly invisable to radar.
not meaning any offense but are you a pilot?
You EVER have ANY dealings with the F.A.A.?
Agreed. I was working at a nuke when 9/11 happened. There was strong concern the terrorists were going to try something with the nukes, and every report of any kind of unrecognized aircraft in immediate proximity to the plant was cause for great concern. I expect the no fly zone, if it in fact exists, was not communicated to the pilot due to some sort of human error, negligence, etc., which probably is why the authorities are backing off.
Couldn't that be construed as making an agreement under duress and somehow nullified? I would certainly test that theory...
"A better knowledge of aviation issues among law enforcement officials may have produced a better result for Fleming. Griffin said she had to tell the officers on the scene to clear out the runway, and one officer talked about commandeering the airport. He was running around, the one guy that was commandeering everything, saying, We were going to shoot him down, she said."
Me thinks it's high time to start reeling in the gestapo.
"Just what was that law?"
"Well, 'e never did tell me what it was, but he gave me 'is word, an' that's good enough for me with ol' Dynsdale!"
I fly ove one all the time.
To this point it is not illegal.
i do know they do not care for you to circle one at a low altitude.
And in this case I'd bet the farm it is because his craft is nearly invisible to radar.
Hasn't this guy heard of NORDO? I always answer anonymous calls asking who is that circling and buzzing (fill in the blank) ./NOT!
The FBI & Homeland Security Jack Booted Collectivists cn and should be sued for deliberate falsification of a Federal document - which is a FELONY!
Jail a few "Steroid Enhanced Jack Booted Thug" population and such abuse will become very rare.
One of the first things you learn when you study law is that a law is not a law until it is "promulgated". In other words, there can be no "secret law".
Beyond that, it is distressing that almost on a daily basis I read stories of gung-ho law enFORCEment, treating citizens who have broken no laws like they are felons ... and threatening to "shoot down" a glider ... insane.
I used to wonder how the Nazis found so many people willing to staff the camps and pack the trains ... every day here in AmeriKa 2013 I read stories that confirm the mindset of such people is still alive and well and more often than not uniformed and badged. Sickening.
Why ping me? (check handle)
Even when the law is not secret the vast majority of us remain ignorant of it. In the case of Obamacare even those who wrote it remain ignorant of it. It's kind of like the party where Hank Readan is made aware of how the 'law' works.
It always does. Often a display of unbridled fiction and questionable grammer.
I was on double-secret probation at one time...
umm, not a secret. It's a temporary flight restriction set up after 9/11. Can't fly over nuke power, sporting events with more than 30,000 people or state department special airspace within 3nm or 3000' agl. Not sure what that last one is, but these are old rules.
Umm ...... you still are.
Oh crap, don't read this post.
"When his attorney returned and said the case would be dismissed if he agreed not to take any legal action against Darlington County law enforcement, he said, he reluctantly agreed."
Gross violation of civil rights IMHO. I would seek charges for violation of civil rights under color of law.
With that handle I'd figure you'd want to read this.
Are you a glider buff? I've been up a few times and love it.
Yes and yes.
In fact, I just landed my Mooney about 5 minutes ago and am now waiting for Mrs. TTR to go skiing!
They need to be sued early and often.
We always liked our Company Commander's version: "Ignorance is no excuse for the law!"
Next door neighbor drives a Mooney all the time. In weather i'd Never fly my RV6A in.
Nice plane.
There is in fact a flight restriction that has been on file since 2010 and has been restated back in 2004. The AOPA should no better. As this FDC reads, it strongly advises pilots to avoid the airspace around nuclear power plants. It does not say prohibit. Law enforcement should have had the common sense to realize that a sailplane can't just power its' way out of the airspace and no arrest should have been made after interviewing the pilot.
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Should Pilots Fear the Police?
The saga of a South Carolina glider pilot arrested for overflying a nuclear powerplant recalls another episode in which police overreacted when a pilot did nothing wrong.
By Stephen Pope / Published: Jan 16, 2013
Read more at http://www.flyingmag.com/blogs/fly-wire/should-pilots-fear-police?cmpid=enews011713&spPodID=030&spMailingID=14458565&spUserID=NTkyOTQ2MjI5OAS2&spJobID=210375206&spReportId=MjEwMzc1MjA2S0#1VOXCuHMRehhhOAm.99
CBP searches of private aircraft may be unconstitutional
General Travel
July 14, 2013
By: David W. Thornton
In the wake of a number recent seemingly random searches of general aviation aircraft by federal law enforcement agents, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association demanded answers from Customs and Border Protection officials. In recent months, numerous searches of private aircraft have been reported by both the AOPA and the Atlantic. The AOPA filed numerous Freedom of Information Act requests on behalf of members who were stopped and searched by federal agents.
In one case, cited by both sources, Gabriel Silverstein, a pilot from New York, was stopped by CBP officers twice on a cross country business trip to Oklahoma in his Cirrus light airplane in May. A California Bonanza pilot, Larry Gaines, was surrounded by federal agents and questioned for two hours. Another particularly disturbing example occurred last year when Robin Fleming, a 70-year-old glider pilot was arrested for ostensibly breaching a no fly zone over a nuclear plant in Hartsville, S.C. even though there were no posted airspace restrictions.
In the July 12 edition of AOPA Live Ken Mead, AOPAs general counsel and executive vice president discussed the response from Customs and Border Protection. Its essentially a kiss off letter from the law enforcement agency, Mead said, that says were police, were law enforcement, the stuff you asked for is law enforcement sensitive and besides, not to worry because were there to watch out for the civil rights of your member
In other words,
We're the authorities and you have NO recourse.
Soooo, shut up and like it.
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High Point, NC (High Point Market) – March 17, 2010 – Human Touch®, the U.S. market leader of innovative massage chairs, Perfect Chair® Recliners, and other wellness solutions, will showcase its revolutionary application and wellness solution, HT-Connect™ for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, at High Point Market, April 17-22, one of the world's largest, bi-annual furnishing industry events.
Available this summer as a free download from the Apple App Store, HT-Connect™ is the first wellness solution allowing users to personalize the robotic massage chair to their individual wellness needs. HT-Connect™ will interface with Human Touch's newest, most state-of-the-art massage chair, the AcuTouch™ 9500, slated for U.S. availability this fall. By seamlessly interfacing with HT-Connect™, the new AcuTouch™ 9500 massage chair will be the first robotic massage chair to offer individuals a fully customized massage and wellness experience by providing instant access to a wealth of massage programs, expertise, and user-friendly applications, all at their fingertips via Bluetooth wireless connection on an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. The AcuTouch™ 9500 will also be available for retail sale in the U.S. in fall 2010 at www.humantouch.com or leading retailers nationwide (MSRP: $5,999).
"We first introduced HT-Connect™ in February and received a tremendously positive response from the furnishings industry," commented Andrew Cohen, President of Human Touch®. "We look forward to continuing that same excitement for this product at High Point Market next month. HT-Connect™ truly responds to the needs of today's consumers seeking a completely customized, professional massage and wellness experience all at their fingertips via the wireless device in their pocket."
While responding to the personalized settings and preferences of the user, the HT-Connect™ interface also provides users with instant access to a wealth of valuable education and expertise from Human Touch® Wellness Council members about how to live better through regular massage, relaxation, and a healthy lifestyle. The Wellness Council comprises a group of renowned experts in their fields, ranging from PGA Golf Pro Tim Clark and former Olympian and professional runner Jeff Galloway, to well-known doctors of naturopathy and chiropractic.
Key features of the new HT-Connect™ app include:
- Sixteen auto-programmed massages connected to your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad: Select the expertly designed program that fits your needs and desires – Morning Wake Up, Rejuvenate, Surrender, Clarify, Sports/Back Therapy, Focus, Posture, Sore Muscle Relief, Sleep and more.
- · Instant connectivity to valuable wellness resources: Offers direct access to Human Touch® Wellness Council experts, allowing users to feel better everywhere™. Choose from a growing number of auto-massage programs specifically created and prescribed by Wellness Council professionals and connect with these experts for education and wellness tips.
Human Touch® to Showcase HT-Connect™ at High Point Market
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- Personalized, real-time massage and wellness experience at the touch of a button: Sit down, press start, that's it. HT-Connect™ knows what users need and when they need it, expertly prescribed by time of day. This intuitive interface also remembers individuals' own settings and preferences, such as their favorite massage and massage chair position, so while on the go, they can still use the app to wirelessly connect to any AcuTouch™ 9500 massage chair to enjoy a personal massage therapy and targeted relief anywhere.
- Espresso Shots: When in a hurry, individuals can pick an Espresso Shot, short targeted massage programs, for quick and effective massage relief in just five minutes. Or if they have more time, they can combine three Espresso Shots to enjoy an automatic, personalized wellness solution.
Also during High Point Market, Human Touch® will be showcasing its award-winning, state-of-the-art massage chairs®, Zero-Gravity Perfect Chair® Recliners, and targeted-relief products. All of these exciting Human Touch® products will be on display at High Point Market in showroom location- IHFC- H517.
About Human Touch®
In pushing the boundaries of its traditional massage chairs and wellness products through advanced proprietary technology and innovation, Human Touch® is focused on infusing health and wellness into everyday lives through high-quality, design-oriented and award-winning massage chairs, Zero-Gravity Perfect Chair® Recliners and other wellness products and solutions. Human Touch® has been making people feel better™ for more than 30 years by developing state-of-the-art massage and wellness products, as well as by providing valuable consumer education about the substantial health and wellness benefits of regular massage therapy, relaxation and proper posture. Stress relief, increased range of motion, pain relief, improved circulation, and increased immunity are just some of the valuable health benefits associated with regular massage therapy. Human Touch® products are available at back care specialty stores, fine furniture stores across the country, through international retailers and distributors in more than 40 countries, as well as online at www.humantouch.com.
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Topic: render_to_string from a helper
I understand that render and render_to_string are methods on ActionController, not ActionView. Howerver, it's perfectly fine to code something like this:
<%= render :partial => 'forum/show_post', :collection => @forum_thread.forum_posts %>
From a view. So that's some erb magic, I guess.
But, let's assume I've got a bit of logic that is associated with the partial render, and let's assume I want to reuse this bit of logic in several places. So I might as well just DRY up the render call, and stick it into a helper. Well one way of doing that would be to call render_to_string from inside the helper -- while building the ultimate output string.
<%= my_render :partial => 'forum/show_post', :collection => @forum_thread.forum_posts %>
and define my_render in the proper helper file. But in that method, I can't make any calls to render() or render_to_string(), because those methods don't live on ActionView, but on ActionController.
So quite obviously, erb does some kind of magic that allows the code to run from the proper controller object. That would make sense, actually, because now that I think about it, you have access to all the variables, objects and functions defined on the controller from your associated view.
Perhaps all I have to do is pass a self reference into the my_render helper:
<%= my_render self, ... %>
Or maybe instead of putting the code into the helper, stick it into the controller? But that is kind of ugly, because it kind of violates the MVC abstraction... right? I mean, we would not stoop so low as to stick output related code into a controller, would we?
Is there a cleaner way to do this? Can someone help me think about it? Perhaps I can make use of yield inside the my_render method?
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I really don't understand why you want to do a poll on something like this, how many of these machines can one person own. Everyone has pretty much made a decision on purchasing one particular machine and that is the one they are using. I can't compare my KA to a Bosch or some other machine I don't own, and neither can anyione else. You do a little research, buy the machine you think will suit your needs and go with it.
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Evelyn E. Sweeney, 87, of 4537 Kortwright Road, Busti, died Thursday, Jan, 24, 2013, in her home.
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Prior to her retirement, she was employed by Southwestern Central School District as a cafeteria worker.
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Josh Bradley will sleep better tonight.
It helps that his Eldorado High School girls' basketball team is off to a 2-0 start, thanks in large part to a strong first half by the Eagles, but Bradley can rest a little easier now, getting the Goreville monkey off his back.
Eldorado knocked off Goreville for the first time in five years and had to hold off a feisty Blackcat group that stormed back in the second half.
Bradley didn't shy away from the fact that he felt like his girls played more not to lose down the stretch than they did try to win.
"When a team has beat you for five years like Goreville has and you understand you have a chance to beat that team, the tightness and pressure sinks in and you have the mentality of 'man, I don't want to make a bad pass or I have to make this shot,' instead of just relaxing and playing like we did in the first half."
Eldorado stormed out of the gate, firing on all cylinders in the first half, building a 20-3 lead. A lead that they turned into a 36-18 halftime advantage by shooting 14-of-30 from the floor and 5-of-7 from the charity stripe.
However, in the second half, the tides turned and Eldorado managed just 13 second half points and Goreville's Haley Darnell did what she could to get her club back in the game with 18 second half points.
The 5-foot-6 Goreville (1-1) senior guard finished with a game high 22 points.
"We were just lucky enough that when we jumped out on them in the first half, we were able to limit them to one shot and I don't think we missed much in the first half, we shot the ball really well," Bradley said. "It was a cushion for us to just hang on."
Eldorado got a solid ballgame from the guard combination of Abby Steed and Taylor Goodley. The two combined for 33 points as Goodley led the Eagles with 17 points on 8-of-16 shooting from the floor, while Steed finished with 16 on 5-of-13 shooting.
Bradley talked in the early going how the absence of incumbent starter Paige Zertuche, who is still out after suffering an ACL injury she sustained in the summer was going to force Goodley and Steed to step up their game and still yet, Bradley believes the guard play is the Eagles' strongest suit at the moment.
"I thought Taylor for not being a point guard and having to fill that spot, going up against a point guard like Darnell, who is established and one of the better point guard in southern Illinois, she played a really good game.
"As a sophomore, I have been hard on Abby all week. I rode her about help side defense, making sure she attacks, using her her body and her strength and I thought tonight she came out and really responded well."
Page 2 of 2 - Rounding out the scoring for Eldorado was Jacqlyn Artman, who despite a thumb injury, pulled down a game-high 15 rebounds and finished with seven points. Erica Graczyk finished with five points and Caitlyn Stafford came off the bench for four points.
Goreville got eight points from both Kayla Webb and Brittney Pritchett, while Gracie Snell, Marbi Martin and Ashlyn Darnell all had two points.
The Eagles return to action Monday at the Harrisburg Girls Basketball Preview Tournament, where they will take on Carmi-White County at 7:30 p.m.
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Eldorado 20 16 07 06 - 40
GOREVILLE (1-1) Webb 2-5 3-4 8, H. Darnell 7-17 5-8 22, Pritchett 2-6 2-4 8, Schaede 0-1 0-0 0, Snell 1-3 0-0 2, Martin 1-2 0-0 2, A. Darnell 1-1 0-0 2, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Luke 0-2 0-0 0. Totals: 14-37 10-16 44.
ELDORADO (2-0) Steed 5-13 3-5 16, Phillips 0-4 0-0 0, Graczyk 2-11 1-1 5, Goodley 8-16 1-3 17, Artman 2-4 3-7 7, Bramlet 0-0 0-0 0, Stafford 1-2 2-2 4 Totals: 18-50 10-18 49.
3-pointers: Goreville 5-17 (Webb 1-1, Darnell 3-8, Pritchett 2-6, Schaede 0-1) , Eldorado 3-8 (Steed 3-7, Phillips 0-1). Rebounds: Goreville 27, Eldorado 36. Fouls: Goreville 14, Eldorado 15.
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"Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. "
Michael Riegel
To become a smarter consumer of business aviation services, believes consultant Michael Riegel, you probably don't need more information- you simply need to better understand and analyze the information you already have. "There's plenty of data," Riegel explained. "It's the interpretation of that data that's lacking. And the business aviation market is now far too complex to be able to just stick your finger in the air and figure out what to do."
That's where Riegel thinks he comes in. "I'm very numbers driven," he said. "Much of my professional experience has been in strategic and product planning, which requires that you pull in vast amounts of information and interpret it."
For many years, he applied those interpretive skills to helping his corporate employers (see résumé on page 12). Today, however, he works as an independent consultant to approximately 1,700 fractional shareholders and other business jet travelers. He also advises private equity firms, market analysts and aviation companies, but his heart seems to be with the consumer-advocacy work.
"Consumers have a voracious appetite for the kind of objective service I provide," he said. "I get a great deal more enjoyment out of making sure they make good choices than I ever did in the corporate world."
Perhaps surprisingly, one thing Riegel doesn't particularly like is traveling on private jets. "I took a few flights and just didn't enjoy it," he said. "I found myself getting drawn into conversations with pilots or with people reading too much into the fact that I was on the airplane. It's a busman's holiday. I do maybe half a dozen business trips a year and I find it most restful to just sit in the first-class cabin of American and look around me and marvel at the fact that the airlines are still in business."
What did you learn when you were working in sales and marketing that consumers don't know?
The fractional industry is built, to a very large extent, upon the ignorance of consumers. Providers have preyed upon people who don't understand residual value. They also don't understand which concessions to negotiate for, so it's easy to steer them toward concessions that might not cost the providers very much.
I've seen consumers look at an aircraft type or a Berkshire Hathaway brand and that'll be enough to pull them in. You've got to look more broadly than that. You've got to look in great detail at how you're going to fly and where, how many passengers, for how long, whether they're international flights.
Many consumers never really try to understand what their usage is going to be, so they may purchase the wrong aircraft type, the wrong number of shares or from a provider who offers minimal flexibility. And the industry is now suffering for that.
Because some customers are walking away dissatisfied?
The leading providers aren't doing so badly. The guys like NetJets and Flexjet, who seem to have both good service and reasonable commercial practices, are starting to pull ahead. But they're being dragged by other providers, whose practices have been a bit harsh. I think there's been a fundamental loss of faith in one or two fractional providers.
If we look just at sales, the fractional industry has been very strong. In 2001, which was a record year, the industry sold slightly over 200 aircraft and repurchased about 93. So net, the industry was up about 107 airplanes. In 2005, they sold 180 but they repurchased 157, so the industry was only up 23 airplanes. That's really what has hurt.
You've written that "we regularly see some highly questionable business practices" from major fractional providers. Can you be more specific?
One problem is that providers have been handing out very, very low residual values when people have hit their anniversaries. Two years ago, I would have said most of that problem lies with one or maybe two providers. Today, it's more broadly based. Providers who were taking off 0 to 5 percent [from bluebook values] two years ago are now taking a deduction in the 11- to 14-percent range. The worst is deducting just over 20 percent.
So they're earning more in the short term but they're driving people away.
That's the problem. One of the main providers at the moment seems keen to try to retire a lot of their older airplanes and, when I track the airplanes being retired, many of them have been sold into the wholesale market to brokers. My suspicion is that the provider has been mandated to buy these airplanes back [from shareowners] at a low enough price that they can sell them to brokers to get them off their books very quickly.
The trouble is, the valuations they're handing down are not bluebook retail, not even bluebook wholesale-they're well below that. And shareowners are shaking their heads, saying, "What's going on here? What is fair market value?" I've had folks who've been told, "We want to buy back your 2001 aircraft and put you in another five-year term in the same model 2001 aircraft." They're being asked to pay a substantial premium to move into an aircraft of the same age.
How can the consumer protect himself?
The best way is to select a provider that has had a fair valuation policy. Then take a hard look at the aircraft type to see if it has good residual value. Then see if you can find a used share or something that will help to take some of that early value loss out of the equation.
What besides low residual values is driving some people away from fractionals?
Increasing complexity. Flight Options has just launched a program called Fractional First. I've had a rash of people coming at me in just the last couple of months who've been struggling to make sense of the numbers.
Many of the new programs look on the surface to be more flexible. You know, the idea of having a monthly management fee that moves up and down with your flying looks great, but when we run the numbers, we're finding that the complexity doesn't benefit the consumer. There's a program where the fuel adjustment has become a very large component of the hourly rate. What the provider has done is pass on a lot of the volatility of oil prices to consumers.
An increasing number of program features are forcing consumers to use consultants or attorneys even for something fairly straightforward like a renewal, because they're finding it very confusing. Experienced multi-time buyers in the fractional business are coming to me and saying, "I don't know how to convert all these lines of text into something I can actually read and interpret."
You've said that of the 20 or so aircraft types in fractional service, fewer than five represent good long-term investments. Which ones and why?
Well, I'll illustrate with an example of the Challenger 300. I'll say up front that I'm biased, having been the person who led that project. The 300 was purpose-built to operate in a high-use environment. Its economics are very attractive, its appeal is very broad and residual values are holding up very well. The technology's very modern, it's very efficient. It has good range, a good cabin, so it's an impressive all-around package. If you compare how it's selling with airplanes like the Gulfstream 200 and Citation X, it's doing extraordinarily well. The Excel is holding up very well, too-it's got 90-percent five-year residuals.
Sadly, it's tough to find too many other candidates now, but I suspect we'll hear news of some large orders from Embraer and others for airplanes that are going to offer a value proposition that is very compelling. I think they'll usher in another period of updated designs and improved performance, and that's going to be a key to the fractional providers making money.
You and our magazine have both talked about how the card programs are putting pressure on fractional fleet scheduling and about how the fractionals are responding by putting more restrictions on jet cards. Will that trend continue to the point where it really cuts into the popularity of the cards?
It pretty much has to continue. The fractional operations are already suffering. Five years ago, the average shareowner owned about a one-eighth or three-sixteenth share. Today, almost every new buyer is purchasing one-sixteenth shares. So even aside from any card-program activity, providers are wrestling with a higher owner-to-aircraft ratio. If you're going to sell a higher percentage of smaller shares, you have to charge a lot more when you head into peak-demand periods.
That's the first problem. The second is that reliability, maintainability and efficiency of the airplanes are still critical issues that the industry isn't dealing with very well. And then you have the card programs added into the mix. Even with the restrictions, the card programs can be tremendously damaging to a fractional operation if they're not managed effectively.
You've said you don't see a good fit between the aircraft manufacturers and their fractional subsidiaries. Can you explain?
There tends to be a philosophical difference between how you run a manufacturing business versus how you run a service business, and there hasn't been a great deal of success with one type of business crossing over into the other.
Secondly, there's no leverage. If American Airlines were a subsidiary of Boeing, I doubt American would have a lot of influence over product. Boeing would basically hand them whatever their latest airplane is and tell them to get on with it. If you're a captive fractional program, your ability to dictate terms to the manufacturer is nonexistent because you're not going to be going anywhere else. Because three of the four major providers sit under manufacturers, I think the rate at which products have been improved has been slowed down.
Another statement of yours that caught my eye is that "we may see increasing pressure for a more exclusive form of fractional ownership, one that places the shareowner first and limits provider options." What did you have in mind?
Right now, the fractional industry is begging for someone to start to cherry pick their better clients. If somebody asked me how to get into the fractional business profitably, I'd say select a small number of aircraft types and don't go with the complexity you see with Flight Options or NetJets. Eliminate an entry-level program, perhaps partner with a VLJ operation so you can focus on the segment of the market that's most profitable, which is below the large segment and above the light segment. You'd probably want a super-light product and a super-midsized. Operate large fleets and focus on people who typically fly 100 or more hours a year.
Fractional providers came to the view that they could be all things to all people. I believe selling a lot of small shares and card memberships has compromised service standards for long-established users. The providers are hurting a lot of the people who made the business what it is.
Will there still be four major providers a few years from now?
I'm not sure we'll see all of the majors survive if Raytheon is successful at selling Raytheon Aircraft Company. It's difficult to imagine how Flight Options would fit into the Raytheon portfolio. Their fleet has shrunk considerably over the last couple of years from well over 200 airplanes-they're at about 150 today. So I could see it going back to perhaps three major players, but I do see a strengthening of at least three or four smaller players sitting underneath those.
How will the advent of very light jets impact the fractional business?
The hope is that there will be some sort of service that would take a lot of the intraregional work off of the low-end fractional fleets. While I don't know how successful VLJs will be, I certainly believe that a lot of folks will find it more attractive to be buying into [air-taxi] programs versus going out and purchasing a share.
But that would take business away from fractionals.
Most of the entry-level jets for fractional providers don't make money. The revenue legs are quite short, the deadhead ratio tends to be quite high, and at the moment at least, none of these airplanes have economics that are radically different from many of the more expensive airplanes.
So the VLJs might take the less-profitable fractionals business and leave the providers with the more profitable flights.
Exactly. And my hope would be that one or more of the fractionals would realize this very quickly and dovetail their interregional operations with one or more of these air-taxi providers. If a client needs a 45-minute flight, it is almost certainly going to be a loss-making flight for a fractional provider. If they can find somebody to place that with in the VLJ market, it would help to grow the VLJ market and I suspect it would do a lot for the fortunes of the fractional providers.
Do you think a problem could develop when passengers see just how small these aircraft are and perhaps feel uncomfortable flying with just one pilot?
The consumers I see like two pilots and I think they're going to apply very similar standards to the VLJ market-if it's the same consumer base. But maybe there are some people out there who will be willing to look at a different set of standards.
I've looked at enough of the research to have some skepticism about whether the VLJ volume will be up to the level that some people are saying. I think there's definitely room for two or three major players. But the VLJ market seems to be based upon a high level of confidence that the air-taxi market's going to explode. I think there is an air-taxi market out there, but I'm not quite sure "explode" is the appropriate term.
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Thanks! It's a firebrick oven. I would definitely change some things if I had to do it over but I am very happy with it. I found some more pics and details which I posted from an older thread. It has about 3-4 inches of insulation (ceramic blanket) and then I put a screen around it then covered it with stucco mix. The deck has a 2 inch ceramic board insulation underneath. http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,16227.msg158726.html#msg158726 Marlon
So are your pies apparantly! Your pies posted in that link above(http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,16227.msg158726.html#msg158726) look great, I remember them well. Notwithstanding, the pies you're baking today look even better - and not just a little better - they are probably the best NP on the forum. What are the main changes you've made to your dough, work flow, baking, etc. between then and now? It is just upping the heat and shortening the bake time, or are there other important changes you've made?
Your point #3 is very interesting to me, and something I've thought a lot about but done nothing with. Have you considered placing a heavy iron bar up against the coal pile to block some IR? Omid did it once, and his results looked great, but all his pies look great, so it didn't tell me much
Very impressive yet again. I'm an avid DYI'er, probably to a fault. I'd like to use your concept in the future when I add a WFO to my arsenal. That's in the future though, other priorities lie ahead of me now.
It wasn't efficient enough so I decided to donate it back to the mud instead of taking it with me. When I go back to Neo I'm going to do it right.
great looking pies!! just a few questiones, how are you able to keep your dough at a specfic tempeture? Where do you get your cake yeast?Thank youVincent
Hi, I live in Orange County CA, would you happen to know where I can buy some cake yeast?I really would like to give it a try.Thanks, Vince
I'm using caputo (red bag.) epic failure with the dough last night! I think too much cake yeast, Ive got some Issues with my digital scale, I have the MY Weigh kd 8000, when i set it to grams it does not have the capability of showing tenths. The bulk process was no problem, so I then balled the dough then went to bed. Woke up the next morning to find a lot of activity in the dough, thought to my self this isn't going to be good, being that I wasn't going to start making pizza till 6:30 pm. Well needless to say by then, way to much activity with no rise when I put the pizza on the deck (780 degrees) do you have any experience with this type of scale? I do like the bakers % feature, whats the saying "when all else fails, read the directions"


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Fifty-two LEDs in two million colors add up to infinite possibilities of pattern and animation. With a powerful computer and WiFi connectivity, there's no end to the ways the Light by Moore'sCloud can work for you. It's the light you'll live your life by.
Beneath its stylish exterior beats a smart heart - an embedded Linux computer. Light by Moore'sCloud is more than just a lamp - it's a lamp with a LAMP stack! With the full Internet connectivity and power of Linux behind it, all sorts of amazing applications become possible.
The Light by Moore'sCloud can respond to commands from a local smartphone, a tablet - and anything else with an HTML5-compliant browser, or respond to a computer on the other side of the world. The temperature in Vladivostok can alter the color of a Light in Santa Fe.
Capture the color of a dress, a flower, or the sky with a smartphone camera, and the Light will immediately adjust itself to generate that color. Mood lighting has never been so easy, or so versatile.
Programs on other computers can also control the Light, via standard web protocols, through its REST-based interface. This opens the door to 'Illumination-as-a-service'. This makes the Light a fantastic status indicator: are my servers still running? Has my build failed? Look into the Light and you'll have an answer.
Go further - stream a continuously changing set of colors to the Light. Synchronize with a broadcast to add dramatic lighting to a scary movie, or build it into a children's e-book, so that as they follow the text, the lighting adapts, to accentuate the story. DJs can broadcast 'party lighting' to go along with their dance sets.
The Light by Moore'sCloud can talk to other devices - other Lights, or pretty much anything else on the Internet. We are seeking integration with LIFX, SmartThings, Ubi and Ninja Blocks and should be able to integrate with most open automation software. This means Lights can act in concert, coordinating their activities. For example, if you wake up in the middle of the night and tap on your bedside Light, it can tell the other Lights in your house to light up, creating a 'landing strip' that will help you find your way around.
The Light by Moore'sCloud has the power to display beautiful, evocative animations - candles and flames, fireworks and rainbows - each sweep their way through the Light in a play of color that will delight and mesmerize.
We want everyone to sculpt with light, and to enable that, we've created a software platform - WuVoxels - that allows anyone with modest programming experience (today in 'C', soon, Python) to create their own procedural animations. Everyone, regardless of experience, will be able to use Moore'sCloud Studio, browser-based animation software that will ship with the Light.
We've built an accelerometer into the Light by Moore'sCloud, so it knows when it's touched. You don't need to fumble for the switch in the middle of the night, just a tap will activate the Light. Spin the Light in your hands and watch the colors change, and use the sensor to create your own games and applications.
The Light by Moore'sCloud has a range of apps and animations that you can access through a smartphone-like interface. Search for more apps, install, configure, and manage them all from a browser.
Set a timer, and the Light will fade to black at the end of a long day; set an alarm and it can wake you with gentle light. Dial into 'mood channels' that lighten your spirit with a play of light. Stream from your favorite music app (with an appropriate plug-in) and create your own light show.
Outside the home, a boutique can tune its lighting to match the time of day, the fashions, or the decor. A nightclub or cafe can establish or change ambiance instantly.
The commercial applications for the Light by Moore'sCloud are just as numerous: as a 'dashboard' to warn of emerging problems; as a signal to indicate failure of a build, a server, or a connection, etc...
In November, we integrated the Light by Moore'sCloud with Atlassian Bamboo, a continuous integration & deployment package used by software development teams around the world. A distributed development team can now be informed of the status of the build - with a glance at the Light:
We've added a new feature to the Light by Moore'sCloud - battery power! Just pull the plug and get up to four hours of brilliant illumination - perfect for games, events, anywhere you want beautiful, intelligent light.
We keep inventing interesting applications for the Light by Moore'sCloud, and there's no way we'll be able to create all of them ourselves. We see the Light as a platform that enables people to make amazing applications. Our job is to develop the platform, so that you can have fun with it.
Moore'sCloud Light contains an embedded computer running Arch Linux, so all of the great tools and services you expect to make development easy - Apache, Python, ssh, the GNU toolchain, and everything else - are available.
We believe in openness. All of our work - both hardware and software - everything from PCB layout to case design to the electrical schematic to animation framework, system software and firmware - is already being released under open source licenses. (Creative Commons for the hardware, MIT License for the software.) We want the community to take our work and build upon it - without limits.
If you'd like to build your own Light, we've already published everything you need to know to DIY. Just visit our dev blog, grab a soldering iron, and get started!
Our commitment to openness extends beyond hardware and software. We are documenting our process - at blog.moorescloud.com - from conception, through execution, and into what we hope will be success - so that others who want to launch their own Kickstarters can look at what we've done, how and why we've done it, and learn from both our successes and mistakes. We promise to keep you well-informed during the entire process, from Kickstarter to delivery.
We've taken all of the financial models used to develop our funding needs - which drive the revenue projections for our Kickstarter campaign - and have made them available for your review, beginning with an article on our blog, exploring our budget in detail. We invite you to read By The Numbers to learn about how your money will be spent. You have a right to know.
We have prepared three versions of the financial projections, available in Open Office, Microsoft Excel, and PDF formats. The Open Office and MS Excel spreadsheets are more fun, because they allow you to 'run the numbers'. Download them and have a play!
There's still a lot of software that needs to be written to make the Light by Moore'sCloud both functional and a pleasure to use. We're developing the kinds of UX and UI needed to talk to a whole household or workspace of connected devices. (Our preliminary design is pictured below.) It's a big task, one we know will only be partially complete by the time we ship our first Lights. We'll ship useful software, but it won't be as beautiful as we really want - that takes time, testing and lots of feedback.
We invite you to join us on our development blog - dev.moorescloud.com - where you can participate in the development and design of all aspects of the Light. Even if you're not particularly technical, your ideas and imagination will help us along. With your input, we can make a better Light.
Making a beautiful, useable and durable piece of consumer electronics contains plenty of traps for the unwary. Several members of the Moore'sCloud team have experience in consumer electronics design and manufacture, and we have partnered with internationally renowned industrial and manufacturing designers Tiller Design to develop a product that is both eye-catching and manufacturable. We are ready to initiate the manufacturing engineering process - taking our prototype and turning it into a mass-manufacturable design - as soon as we reach our Kickstarter goal. With Tiller Design's strong commitment to ISO 31000 risk assessment & ISO 9001 quality control, we have the processes in place to ensure that we deliver the Light by Moore'sCloud on schedule.
- Dimensions: 150mm x 150mm x 135mm
(roughly 6" on a side)
- Power: 5VDC, 3A (power supply included)
- Battery power: 4xAA NiMH (batteries not included)
- Illumination: 52 full-color LEDs (7 bits each of R, G, and B):
9 LEDs on each outer face in 3x3 array
4 LEDs on each inner face in 2x2 array
- Processor: Freescale iMX233 @ 454 Mhz
- Memory: 64MB DDR SDRAM
- Storage: 2GB microSD
- Accelerometer: Freescale MMA7660
- WiFi: Nano USB 802.11 b/g/n (replaceable)
- Access to I2C and serial connections for hardware extensibility
- Operating System: Arch Linux 2.6.x (hopefully 3.7 by release)
GNU toolchain, Apache, sshd, Python 2.7.x
Other Arch packages can be installed by you.
- Software:
- WuVoxels animation libraries (both 'C' and Python);
- 'Sing', a Processing-like framework for animations;
- Moore'sCloud Control, a web framework for connected devices, providing rich interactivity from the browser;
- Moore'sCloud Studio, an easy-to-use browser-based tool for creating rich and beautiful animations;
- Lots of examples in 'C', Python, and HTML5.
You can get more information about the technology behind the Light by Moore'sCloud on our development blog - dev.moorescloud.com
Risks and challenges
Getting the product ready, designed and shipped. Rated LOW. Mitigated by the excellent team assembled who have decades of experience in taking ideas to market.
Electronic Component supply due to changing supply lead-times beyond control of the project team. Rated LOW. Mitigation: we will identify at the start of the project key long lead-time components and place all long lead-time items on order to prevent impact to the project plan. This is also managed through connection with manufacture at point of design.
Getting the right light dispersion from the plastic moldings. Rated LOW. Mitigation: use the prototype and tool trial phase to test a range of materials, We will build testing time into the project plan to do this.
Meeting shipping and logistics demands. Rated LOW. Mitigated by the project plan which will run a separate task to setup and organise shipping and logistics in parallel to the design and implementation.
Certification delays from global agencies beyond control of the project team. Rated LOW. Mitigation: the project plan will run a separate product certification task to ensure this is done as part of the project in parallel to design and production.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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1) Are there now two models of Light?
Yes. There is the standard version, which is mains-powered and must always be plugged in, and there is the brand-new battery-powered version.
2) What's the difference?
Both units will run fine on mains power, and both come with power supplies. The battery-powered version has additional circuitry to handle the charging of 4 AA batteries, and which also provides power via those batteries when the mains power is unplugged. This means you can unplug the battery-powered version, and it will operate normally for a few hours (how long depends on how much illumination the Light provides).
3) I backed you for $99 for a regular Light. Do I still get a regular Light?
Yes. If you've backed us for a regular Light, that's what you'll receive.
4) I backed you for a regular Light but now I want a battery-powered Light! What do I do?
If you have already backed us for $99, all you need to do is to add $30 to your contribution. You can do this by going to our Kickstarter page, and clicking on the big blue button that says "Manage Your Pledge", then add $30 to the pledge amount. That's all you need to do.
5) Do I need to change the reward I'm asking for?
If you want to make things perfectly clear, you can change your reward from LIGHT to LIGHT POWER. But we'll should be able to figure it out, even if you don't do this. If you've pledged $129, we will know that you want a battery-powered Light.
6) I don't want a battery-powered Light. Do I need to do anything?
No. We'll know from your contribution level that you want a mains-powered Light.
7) I want a mix of battery-powered and mains-powered Lights. What do I do?
Make a pledge, then send us a message indicating how your pledge to be allocated. We'll do the rest.
8) The battery-powered Light is really cool, but why are you making us pay extra for it? Why aren't you just rolling that into the existing reward?
The circuitry for battery power is subtle and surprisingly expensive. In order to provide stable, reliable power both from mains and from the battery - and to charge the battery from mains power - requires a fair bit of circuitry with a few expensive components. The cost of these components (plus development costs) is reflected in the higher cost of the battery-powered unit.
9) Will the battery-powered Light ship at the same time as the mains-powered Light?
Yes, we expect that will be the case.
10) Will it be possible to upgrade a mains-powered Light into a battery-powered Light after the Kickstarter campaign?
We believe so, but we aren't yet 100% sure of the upgrade path, so you're taking a small risk that a mains-powered Light will not be upgradeable. We don't want that to happen, but in the interests of openness and honesty, we need to acknowledge this might be the case.
Yes, the Light by Moore'sCloud will ship with a 15 Watt switching power supply which will work in the US and Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Technically, the power supply will work with a range from 110 V to 230 V, and either 50Hz or 60Hz alternating current.
We love LIFX. The idea of a socket-compatible, WiFi accessible LED light is genius. We are already studying the both the Hue and LIFX technical documentation so that we will be able to control both bulbs out of the box. When you use your Light to match the color of a flower, or a sky -- or whatever -- the Light can tell all the LIFX and Hue bulbs in that room to match the color. The Light by MooresCloud makes both LIFX and Hue more useful, while LIFX and Hue both make the Light more powerful. It's an ecology of intelligent lighting - and we hope you support them all!
Taking a prototype through a manufacturing design cycle - so that it can be mass-produced - is expensive. In our case it's going to cost roughly a quarter million dollars. We could ask for that on Kickstarter - but then we'd have no money left over for rewards! Our funding model allows us to pay for the manufacturing design and the manufacture of Lights for our backers.
Almost all of our software will be web-based, running on the Light, serving HTML5 pages to any compatible device - iPhone and Android, Windows and Linux - so long as it has an HTML5-ready browser. In specific instances native apps will be the best way to go, and in those cases, yes, we will release both iOS and Android versions - and, of course, the source code for both so you can take them and modify them for your own apps!
The Light has a button all around the edge of its central opening. That button will turn the Light on and off. In addition, the Light has an accelerometer, so it can detect when it is tapped. Taps will also turn the Light on and off.
Check out our Technical FAQ page at http://dev.moorescloud.com/hardware/answering-some-technical-faqs/
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