text:
Reporting Problems
Is something in Zotero not working correctly for you? Here's how you can provide feedback that will allow others to help you most effectively.
If you haven't yet, be sure to follow steps 1 through 4 on the Getting Help page for searching through documentation and the forums.
Please provide both #1 and #2 listed below.
1. Provide a Report ID
Zotero for Firefox or Zotero Standalone
If you're experiencing a problem, before restarting Firefox/Zotero Standalone, check the Actions menu () in the Zotero toolbar for the status of the "Report Errors…" menu option.
If a potential Zotero error has occurred, "Report Errors…" will appear in black; otherwise, it will appear in gray and will not be selectable. If it is active, you can first use the error reporting wizard to submit an error report and then post the Report ID you received (not the contents of the report) to the forums. We don't read error reports sent via Report Errors unless there's a forum post pointing to them, since they're generally not helpful without context and/or follow-up.
Not all problems will show up in the wizard, and not all errors that show up in the wizard will necessarily be related to Zotero, but this is the first thing to try when encountering a problem.
If you are unable to provide a Report ID, be sure to include your Zotero version, Firefox version (if applicable), and operating system in your forum post.
Zotero Connectors
If you're experiencing a problem, before restarting the browser, open Zotero preferences:
- Chrome: type chrome://extensions into the address bar, press return, and click the "Options" link underneath "Zotero Connector."
- Safari: right-click anywhere on a webpage and select "Zotero Preferences…"
- Firefox: type about:addons into the address bar, press return, and click the "Preferences" button next to the entry for "Zotero Connector". Click on the "Advanced" Tab.
If there are no reportable errors, the Report Errors section will contain the message "Zotero Connector has not experienced any errors since it was first started."
If a potential Zotero error has occurred, a text box containing all error will be displayed along with a "Report Errors" button in the Report Errors section. Clicking the button will submit the error report to Zotero servers and will display a popup with a Report ID. Please post the Report ID to the forums. You may not be able to select text inside the popup dialog, but you may still be able to copy the complete contents of the popup using Ctrl-C (or Cmd-C on Mac).
Not all issues result in a reportable error, and not all errors that are displayed will necessarily be related to Zotero, but this is the first thing to try when encountering a problem.
If you are unable to provide a Report ID, be sure to include your Zotero Standalone version, Zotero Connector version, Firefox, Chrome, or Safari version, and operating system in your forum post.
2. Provide Steps to Reproduce
The most important thing you can do to help us fix a problem is to explain how to consistently reproduce it: if you can, we can almost certainly fix it quickly or tell you how to fix it. Note that after a problem occurs, other things in Zotero may temporarily break, so it's important to restart Firefox or Zotero Standalone and try to repeat what you did before it occurred.
Post a message to the forums with the follow info:
- The exact steps you took to reproduce the problem (or, if you're unable to, a what you were doing when the problem first occurred), including, in order, any buttons or other interface elements that you clicked on
- What happened, including include exact error messages or other relevant text that you see on the screen
- What you expected to happen (unless you're reporting a clear error message)
Zotero keeps crashing while I'm using it! HELP!
Report ID: 1892199645
When I drag an item from the Unfiled Items into another collection while a tag is selected in the bottom left, Zotero tells me it has to be restarted.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Start Zotero.
2. Click on "Unfiled Items" in the left pane.
3. Click on a tag in the tag selector.
4. Drag an item to another collection.
Zotero displays the message 'An error has occurred. Please restart Firefox.' in the middle pane.
I can't figure out how to add a web page to Zotero.
Report ID: 19672347
I can't figure out how to add a web page to Zotero.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Click the leftmost toolbar button above the middle pane in Zotero, with a white plus inside a green circle.
2. Open the "More" menu.
I expected to see "Web Page" in this menu. I see "Artwork", "Audio Recording", "Bill", etc., but nothing about adding a web page. How can I add a web page?
Reporting Startup Errors
For serious problems that prevent you from using the reporting wizard — such as the Zotero pane not opening at all — we may need more information:
Zotero for Firefox
1. First, be sure you've tried restarting your computer. Many startup errors will go away after a computer restart. Also ensure that you have the latest version of Zotero.
2. Close Firefox and delete
extensions.sqlite, and
extensions.sqlite-journal from the Firefox profile directory (some of these files may not exist). These cache files will be recreated automatically the next time you start Firefox. Note that any disabled extensions will be re-enabled.
3. Start Firefox.
4. Go to the
Tools menu or the main Firefox menu (depending on your OS) and select
Web Developer→
Browser Console. In the new window that pops up, make sure the
JS button is selected and, when you click the arrow next to it, that
Errors is checked in the menu that appears.
5. Look in the console for lines that contain a URL beginning with "chrome://zotero/…" or a message without a URL. (You can ignore any lines with URLs beginning with 'http://' or 'https://', even from zotero.org.) Highlight the relevant lines, being sure to include any filenames and line numbers, right-click and select
Copy (or press Cmd-C (Mac) or Ctrl-C (Win/Linux)), and paste the errors into your forum post.
Zotero Standalone
1. First, be sure you've tried restarting your computer. Many startup errors will go away after a computer restart.
2. Start Zotero via the command line. The steps for that depend on your platform:
Mac OS X
- Open Terminal in /Applications/Utilities (or open it using Spotlight).
- Go to the Terminal menu and open Preferences. In Settings→Window, make sure Scrollback is set to "Limit to available memory".
- Paste the following into the terminal and hit return.
/Applications/Zotero.app/Contents/MacOS/zotero-bin -app /Applications/Zotero.app/Contents/Resources/application.ini -jsconsole
- Start, Run
- Click Browse and locate the Zotero Standalone directory. This is typically "C:\Program Files\Zotero Standalone\" or "C:\Program Files (x86)\Zotero Standalone\".
- Select the "zotero.exe" file and click Open.
- The complete path to the "zotero.exe" file will be displayed in the text box. Add " -jsconsole" to the end of the path (note the space before -jsconsole)
- Click OK.
- From a terminal window, run './zotero -jsconsole' within the Zotero program directory.
3. Zotero should start with a separate Error Console window. For each line in the console, click on the pink background, press Cmd-C (Mac) or Ctrl-C (Win/Linux) to copy the message to the clipboard, and paste the message into your forum post.


text:
Modelling issues on the railway resource management process using multi-agent system
Tsang, C.W. & Ho, T.K. (2004) Modelling issues on the railway resource management process using multi-agent system. In Proceedings of 27th Australasian Transport Research Forum, The Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC), Adelaide.
Accepted Version
(PDF 159kB)
Many infrastructure and necessity systems such as electricity and telecommunication in Europe and the Northern America were used to be operated as monopolies, if not state-owned. However, they have now been disintegrated into a group of smaller companies managed by different stakeholders. Railways are no exceptions. Since the early 1980s, there have been reforms in the shape of restructuring of the national railways in different parts of the world. Continuous refinements are still conducted to allow better utilisation of railway resources and quality of service. There has been a growing interest for the industry to understand the impacts of these reforms on the operation efficiency and constraints. A number of post-evaluations have been conducted by analysing the performance of the stakeholders on their profits (Crompton and Jupe 2003), quality of train service (Shaw 2001) and engineering operations (Watson 2001). Results from these studies are valuable for future improvement in the system, followed by a new cycle of post-evaluations. However, direct implementation of these changes is often costly and the consequences take a long period of time (e.g. years) to surface. With the advance of fast computing technologies, computer simulation is a cost-effective means to evaluate a hypothetical change in a system prior to actual implementation. For example, simulation suites have been developed to study a variety of traffic control strategies according to sophisticated models of train dynamics, traction and power systems (Goodman, Siu and Ho 1998, Ho and Yeung 2001). Unfortunately, under the restructured railway environment, it is by no means easy to model the complex behaviour of the stakeholders and the interactions between them. Multi-agent system (MAS) is a recently developed modelling technique which may be useful in assisting the railway industry to conduct simulations on the restructured railway system. In MAS, a real-world entity is modelled as a software agent that is autonomous, reactive to changes, able to initiate proactive actions and social communicative acts. It has been applied in the areas of supply-chain management processes (García-Flores, Wang and Goltz 2000, Jennings et al. 2000a, b) and e-commerce activities (Au, Ngai and Parameswaran 2003, Liu and You 2003), in which the objectives and behaviour of the buyers and sellers are captured by software agents. It is therefore beneficial to investigate the suitability or feasibility of applying agent modelling in railways and the extent to which it might help in developing better resource management strategies. This paper sets out to examine the benefits of using MAS to model the resource management process in railways. Section 2 first describes the business environment after the railway 2 Modelling issues on the railway resource management process using MAS reforms. Then the problems emerge from the restructuring process are identified in section 3. Section 4 describes the realisation of a MAS for railway resource management under the restructured scheme and the feasible studies expected from the model.
Impact and interest:
Citation counts are sourced monthly from Scopus and Web of Science® citation databases.
These databases contain citations from different subsets of available publications and different time periods and thus the citation count from each is usually different. Some works are not in either database and no count is displayed. Scopus includes citations from articles published in 1996 onwards, and Web of Science® generally from 1980 onwards.
Citations counts from the Google Scholar™ indexing service can be viewed at the linked Google Scholar™ search.
Full-text downloads:
Full-text downloads displays the total number of times this work's files (e.g., a PDF) have been downloaded from QUT ePrints as well as the number of downloads in the previous 365 days. The count includes downloads for all files if a work has more than one.
|ID Code:
|Item Type:
|Conference Paper
|Multi-agent system, Raiwlay transportation, Resource allocation
|Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES (010000) > APPLIED MATHEMATICS (010200) > Operations Research (010206)
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES (080000) > ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND IMAGE PROCESSING (080100) > Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics (080101)
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > ENGINEERING (090000) > CIVIL ENGINEERING (090500) > Transport Engineering (090507)
|Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering
Past > Schools > School of Engineering Systems
|Copyright Owner:
|Copyright 2004 [please consult the authors]
|Deposited On:
|07 Nov 2010 22:08
|Last Modified:
|10 Aug 2011 17:56
Export: EndNote | Dublin Core | BibTeX
Repository Staff Only: item control page

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Testimonials Don't forget your Professionals on call.
By Anna R. Alvarado
I have been so ignorant about my treatment. I could take my medicine whenever I wanted, never respected my doctor's advice. A friend once told me that I was not helping myself health wise. I managed to get doctor's advice and after realizing how harmful it was, I changed. I am on track now
By John P. Greene
For many years now I have been treating wrong disease after I went for check up. I never got better. I decided to seek medical services from different hospital, another diagnoses was done and given the right medication. I would recommend you get the right doctor to attend to you if you really want to be healthy
By Jessica S. Lester
I never knew that I was suffering from a serious illness because I never took the initiative to seek medical attention the first day I started feeling unwell. This has really cost me a lot. But I don't regret because you made me understand the importance of early diagnoses. Thank you
An individual that provides health care to persons or community is very vital to ensuring you are safe health wise. These health professionals will provide rehabilitative, curative, preventive, promotional or health care services in an efficient manner to persons, families and or communities. Deciding on a competent health care professional to take part in the well being and health actions in any place of work could be an essential step in this course.
We have health care professionals who are intended to offer you with information, care, advice and treatment in regard to your health problem. It is useful and always advised on seeking medical attention immediately you start feeling some health changes so that you can be sure what to do in case need arises.
Understanding your health care preferences allows you to prioritize your health and your families as a whole. We provide a variety of health care services ranging from day and home care as well as distinguished services by qualified nurses and doctors. The services provided and the manners in which they are planned differ from patient to patient in regard to your health problem. We also provide private health care services at an affordable fee.
We pride ourselves in a professional task force that embraces teamwork and communication to avoid any inconveniences in the process of serving you. This also helps to avoid the possibility of not conveying important information to avoid you explaining the whole process again in case you are referred to a new expertise. This can be very tiresome and irritating, therefore we do our best to spare you the hassle. You can be advised to keep forms, copies and records from the expert you have already met. But with the current high tech we are well equipped with the modern technology databases where we keep all the records of our clients.
Our team consists of a variety of highly qualified professionals ranging from;
They are in charge of diagnosis and treatment services to our patients.
General Practitioners
They are responsible for your broad health, offer information on useful services or and pass you on to other specialists if need be.
These are doctors who have a broad training, experience and understanding in a specific area of expertise. They include neurologists, geriatricians, and psychiatrists among others. The consultants work hand in hand with other professionals as a team and they have the ultimate responsibility for your care. They are also allowed to prescribe drugs to patients.
They work hand in hand with other professionals in a number of responsibilities.
In addition to the above mentioned health care professionals, we also have mobility professionals, physiotherapists, audiologists, dentists, optometrists, dietitians among others who are dedicated to their work to ensure your health is at per. Your well being is our priority accompanied by quality services and products. Please feel free to leave a comment or suggestion bellow about our services and products. You can also contact us in case of any health need.
For More Information
Call a friend, call Professionals on call.


text:
Another Cold Night in California, Gas Prices Rise Again, and Future of Sandy Hook School Discussed
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Residents are still bundled up and growers in the Central Valley again are taking measures to protect their citrus crops as California's cold snap enters its fourth night. There are alerts predicting freezing temperatures and frost in much of the state, with new high wind warnings in place for the mountains around Los Angeles beginning early Monday. Farmers are hoping for another night of successful crop protection, as they run wind machines and water to shield their fruit.
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) - After months of going down, gas prices are picking up again. The Lundberg Survey says the average price of a gallon of gasoline has surged seven cents in the last three weeks. Lundberg puts the price of a gallon of regular at $3.32. Of the places surveyed, Salt Lake City has the nation's lowest average price at $3.04. Long Island, N.Y. has the highest at $3.75.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - What should be done to the Connecticut school where 26 people were shot to death last month? A meeting in Newtown about Sandy Hook's future drew about 200 people today. Some residents want to see the school demolished and a memorial built on the property. Others say it should be renovated and the areas where the killings occurred removed.
NEW YORK (AP) - The suicide this week of internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz is rekindling a long-running debate about how harshly authorities should deal with well-meaning people who compromise computer systems. Swartz struggled for years against a legal system that he felt had not caught up to the information age. Swartz's family says his death by suicide was "the product of a criminal justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach."
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Ben Affleck has won the Golden Globe for best director for his film "Argo." Hugh Jackman was voted best actor in a musical or comedy by the Hollywood foreign press for his performance in "Les Miserables" which won the Golden Globe for best movie musical or comedy. The 70th annual Golden Globes are airing live from Beverly Hills.
Related Stories
- Gas Prices on the Rise
- Gas Prices Continue To Rise
- Law Enforcement Now at Elementary Schools After Sandy Hook Tragedy
- Gun Control Debate Begins After Sandy Hook Massacre
- Classes Resuming in Newtown, Minus Sandy Hook
- Sandy Hook Donations Dispersed
- Websites Go Dark for Sandy Hook
- Gas Prices Down
- Gas Prices Going Down Across the Nation
- Drivers Are Not The Only Ones Hurting From Gas Prices


text:
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer. They allow us to distinguish you from other users
when you visit this site and to provide helpful features such as your recent searches. Cookies themselves
do not contain any personal information, and Infotel does not use cookies to collect personal information.
Book online or call +44 (0)1775 843417 at standard rates.
Featuring free WiFi and a restaurant, Calderfields Golf & Country Club offers accommodation in Walsall. Guests can enjoy the on-site bar. Free private parking is available on site.Every room is fitted with a flat-screen TV. Enjoy a cup of tea from your terrace or patio. Rooms are equipped with a private bathroom equipped with a shower.There is a shared lounge at the property.A number of activities is offered in the area, such as golfing and fishing. Birmingham is 8.1 miles from Calderfields Country Club, while Stratford-upon-Avon is 29.2 miles from the property. Birmingham Airport is 13 miles away.A Carvery is available Monday to Friday 5pm till 8pm and Carvery Sunday 12pm till 5pm. Breakfast starts at 8am. Fridays and Saturdays A La Carte menu available.
Our secure connection ensures your details are protected.
Your details are only used to guarantee your booking and nothing else.
You will pay absolutely no booking fees - You pay the hotel direct and
we won't charge you a single penny.
Would you like to know more?
You can find further information in our Privacy Statement
and Terms & Conditions
These are general hotel policies for
Calderfields Golf & Country Club.
As they may vary per room type; please also check the room description.
Telephone +44 (0)1775 843417 at standard rates
Infotel™ is a division of Infotel Solutions Ltd.Copyright © 2017. All rights reserved.
Registered Office: Infotel Solutions Ltd, DFC House, Boston Road, Gosberton, Spalding, Lincs UK PE11 4NR For further information visit www.infotelsolutions.com
Desktop | Mobile


text:
This website is part of the ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) network
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
The implementation of blood safety measures in the event of outbreaks of West Nile fever in humans is an important issue for the national competent authorities. According to the Commission Directive 2014/110/EU, efforts should be made to defer all blood donations from areas with ongoing transmission of West Nile virus (WNV) to humans to prevent its onward spread. A challenge to the implementation of the Directive is the timely collection of accurate information about areas with ongoing transmission. An important consequence of the deferral of blood donations from areas with West Nile fever is the impact on the blood supply for those areas.
The objective of this project is to inform the competent authorities responsible for blood safety of areas with ongoing transmission of West Nile virus to humans in order to support their implementation of blood safety legislation.
ECDC is providing, for the current transmission season, weekly updates on the reported cases of West Nile fever in humans in the EU Member States and neighbouring countries (i.e. those included in WHO European region and/or bordering the Mediterranean Sea). The updates are based on information obtained from the countries' health authorities and refer to human autochthonous cases of West Nile fever only.
West Nile fever is defined as probable and confirmed cases of West Nile virus (WNV) infection, as per case definition established in the Commission Decision 2008/426/EC. West Nile neuro-invasive infection only refers to the cases of West Nile fever presenting encepahlitis or meningitis.
In line with the West Nile virus preparedness plan in Europe:
The weekly updated map shows in red the affected areas for the EU countries, and the areas reporting human cases, for the neighbouring countries.
The information is displayed at different spatial scales according to the countries' reporting procedures.
Areas where no case has been reported during the current year are coloured in dark grey. Countries not covered by the weekly updates are coloured in light grey.
EU case definition - West Nile fever
West Nile fever in humans is a notifiable disease at the European Union (EU) level according to European Commission Decision 2009/312/EC.
The case definition for reporting human cases of West Nile fever at EU level is outlined in Commission Decision of 28/IV/2008
Read the case definition


text:
Google has announced that it is to cease development on Google Wave, the service launched last year that it claimed would revolutionise the way we communicated online.
The announcement was made in a blog post last night that due to a lack of user uptake, Google would no longer devote resources to the project.
"Despite… numerous loyal fans, Wave has not seen the user adoption we would have liked," it wrote. "We don't plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product, but we will maintain the site at least through the end of the year and extend the technology for use in other Google projects.
Google said that the as the central parts of the code were open source, its customers and partners were free to continue to develop the platform. For companies that have deployed Wave servers in their organisation and wish to jump ship, Google said it would provide software tools that would enable them to 'liberate' their content from Wave.
While a brave and bold experiment, it seems that Wave simply was a solution for a problem no-one had. The hype for Google Wave was immense with the search giant, and Gmail pioneer promising an entirely new way of communicating that would replace both email and messaging in one go.
Initially, access to the Wave beta was via invitation only, and some invites were even reported to have exchanged hands for real money.
However, once inside the 'Wave', users were universally perplexed as to how to use it and what they would use it for. Google admitted on its blog post last night that, "We were… jazzed about Google Wave internally, even though we weren't quite sure how users would respond to this radically different kind of communication."
Clearly, befuddled users simply tried it out a couple of times and chose never to return. While the service was fully opened up in May, the lack of interest has led to Google's decision to pull the plug.
"Wave has taught us a lot, and we are proud of the team for the ways in which they have pushed the boundaries of computer science" Google wrote. "We are excited about what they will develop next as we continue to create innovations with the potential to advance technology and the wider web."
Did you try Wave more than once? Are you sad to see it go? Give us your thoughts in the comments.
Link: Google blog post.


text:
Cool hair tool from Sally's
View Single Post
View Public Profile
Send a private message to Knotty_Maddy
Find More Posts by Knotty_Maddy
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 478
Friday, November 16, 2012 at 01:23AM
If any of you want to make a video, feel free! lol...I am too much of a techno-idjit to do it. Anyways, I'd have both hands busy in my hair ;p lol!
Jas, looking at your hair, I'd say medium width would be fine...I put my index finger in an "o" shape around my medium one, and it (my finger) connected to the joint, or knuckle, in my thumb. I have medium hands. I have to say that when you put the prongs directly onto your roots (end of the comb directly against the head) and you twist it, and give a shot of heat, it keeps root clumps looking awesome, as well as giving a twist n' lift. Since I only blow dry my roots, it only takes me a few minutes to achieve the kind of lift I want, without disturbing my curls or breaking my hair...hth!
Jsuzkelley, hope it works for you - please let us know
Finer, mixed with coarser strands, low-porosity, wavy curly whirly hair...3A, 2C hair. Medium thickness, medium elasticity.
S-shaped hair with corkscrew ends. My hair is even more confused than me ;p
My hair officially hates protein
Once a month is enough!
Currently a fan of TiGi products, (rock on, TiGi Curlesque styling creme!) but that will soon change - I am a self-avowed product junkie! Yay!
BIG fan of supersoaker method - thanks Rudeechick!


text:
Bookmark this site
PLANO, TX -- PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division has taken the wraps off a new style of Lay's potato chip that's sliced thick and cut into a unique open lattice shape.
New Lay's Kettle Cooked Lattice Cut potato chips are available nationwide in two flavors: aged cheddar and black pepper; and roasted garlic and sea salt. They are kettle cooked in small batches for maximum crunch and flavor.
They come in 2.5-oz. single-serve and 7-oz. multi-serve bags that retail for $1.49 and $3.49, respectively.


text:
Jeff Gothelf – Lean UX: Integrating Design into Agile
February 24th, 2012
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:09 — 14.2MB)
Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS
Lean UX can eliminate the contractual obligations inherent with specification documents and other deliverables. Designers and developers find it frustrating to put so much effort into a project then not see it ship at the end. Using the Lean UX process, you're constantly validating your designs, especially early in the process. This motivates the team to work towards the same end goal.
Jeff Gothelf spearheaded this approach during his time at TheLadders. Through his own experience and through coaching other organizations, Jeff notes that teams implementing this process focus on a collaborative working process. Having the entire team on the same page allows for success in shipping better products, earlier.
A key part of attaining this efficiency and shared understanding is pairing designers and developers. By working so closely together, they engage in a consistent and open dialogue. Not only do they learn each other's craft, they also work towards the right solution.
Check out Jeff's full-day workshop from UX Immersion 2012, now in our All You Can Learn Library.
As always we want to know what you're thinking. Share your thoughts in our comments section.
Recorded: January, 2012
[ Subscribe to our podcast via ←This link will launch the iTunes application.]
[ Subscribe with other podcast applications.]
Full Transcript.
Jared Spool: Welcome, everyone, to another episode of the SpoolCast. And I have returning here Jeff Gothelf, who is now out on his own and at… what is the name of your new company? It's so new I don't even know the name of your company.
Jeff Gothelf: It's called Proof.
Jared: Proof. Proof as in half the alcohol.
Jeff: Yes, exactly right.
Jared: Awesome. And Jeff is going to be speaking at our upcoming UX Immersion Conference, which is going to be April 23rd through 25th in Portland, Oregon, and he is one of the sort of thought leaders behind this whole Lean UX thing that's been happening that we've been very interested in, because it's got some really interesting attributes to it.
A few weeks ago, he and I had a chance to record a podcast where he sort of explained what the Lean UX thing is, and if you haven't listened to that, we'll put a link to it in the show notes.
But today I wanted to talk to him about sort of the downstream effects that happen when you get this stuff in here, because I've been realizing that this is really powerful, and there's really something to it. So I'm very excited about what Lean UX means. It's a new way of thinking about your process and everything.
So Jeff, welcome.
Jeff: Thank you, Jared, happy to be here.
Jared: And so, just sort of quick recap, Lean UX in 17 words or less.
Jeff: Oh wow, uh… Wait, that was three words right there.
Jared: Yeah.
Jeff: Lean UX is a rethinking of the software design philosophies and methodologies, moving away from the contractual obligations of spec documents and focusing really more on validating your designs through building products and experiments.
So in essence, your designs are hypotheses; let's validate or invalidate those hypotheses as quickly as possible so that we can spend time going down the right path and less time going down the wrong paths.
Jared: Yeah, so you've actually had a chance, when you were at TheLadders, you sort of put this into play there, right?
Jeff: Yes, absolutely.
Jared: And then you've also been coaching and working with other organizations that are putting this into play. And they're all seeing really positive results, and that's what's got me all excited about it.
Jeff: Yeah, the end results of this are really, really impressive. I mean, the most demotivating thing any team can undergo is to work on a project and then not have it ship. Nothing demotivates designers or developers or anyone else who's involved with a particular project, is to work on it and then not have it ship.
And what I think is really powerful about Lean UX is that because you are validating your ideas early and often, when you get to the end of a project, when you are ready to ship, the thing actually ships. And that is a very powerful motivator for a team as they're working towards some kind of end goal.
And when I've done this with teams at TheLadders, and I've helped other organizations put these teams in place, those teams who have successfully implemented the process have built a collaborative working process between designers and developers and marketers and product managers and business owners have been able to ship product, first of all, much sooner than they would have in the past, and to much greater efficacy. And so they've seen greater success, and the learnings that they get help them improve and refine the products on a much more regular basis.
And so then what you see happening is whatever problem statements or whatever metrics those teams are tasked with moving forward, they begin to actively move the needle on that. And that is impossible to hide within an organization, so whether or not they're publicly touting their wins or not, the organization begins to see that there is success happening with this group over here.
And so what happens after that, what's really interesting is that the other teams in the organization start peeking, kind of looking over the wall, looking over the cube wall or looking at other teams, and saying, "Hey, what are those guys doing? How are they doing it? Why are they able to move their metrics so significantly in such a short amount of time, whereas we haven't actually done a thing to move our project forward?"
And I've seen this happen. The team becomes the envy of the organization, and ultimately, when that gets recognized by senior management, that team becomes the model upon which other teams and really the entire organization's methodology is based on. It's extremely rewarding, and a very powerful win for the Lean UX process.
Jared: So this is really interesting to me. And so let's go back to what you were saying about shipping, we'll start there.
So there are a lot of teams where something ends up shipping, but it doesn't look anything like what the designers had in their head at the time that they turned it over to development, right? You know, in the traditional waterfall process of design and development, you work on all these documents, and you try and specify everything out to formulate this, what's in essence a contract.
We say we want this to be built, you as the developers, you promise to build this thing that we want to be build, and we give it over to you, we pass it over the wall. And then development goes off, and some months later, through the rumor mill, you'll hear, "Hey, guess what? That thing you worked on, it's shipping next week." And then you get a chance to see it, and it's like, "whoa, that's not what I did."
Jeff: Yes.
Jared: Right? So help me understand, does Lean UX help in that scenario because we get much closer to what the shipping version will look like?
Jeff: Yeah, absolutely. And the reason for that is because there's a shared understanding across the entire team almost from the get-go as to what exactly is being built and why it's being built that way and the decision history that went into that.
And so as you iterate through this lightweight design process that's focused on really just gaining as much insight and feedback as possible, you're pulling in the other members of the team and you're saying, "OK, we ran this sketch, what do you guys think?" and they give you some feedback. "Well, when we showed it to customers, they said X, when we showed it to business owners, they said Y, so together, we've decided to kind of move it forward in this particular direction."
And as that's happening, the entire team is coming along during that… it's not a negotiation process, right? Whereas in the old days, like you said, it's a contractual binding between the team that says, "I wrote this down, now you go build it this way," and that's really kind of where the beginning of the negotiation process starts with development and anybody who was traditionally downstream from UX and design.
When you employ Lean UX, what I've seen happen is the teams are in constant conversation around what this thing is going to look like, how it's going to evolve, why it's going to be that way, which is really critical, right, why. It's not because the designer said so or because the business owner demanded it, it's a combination of those factors, technical feasibility, input from the team, input from customers. And the team builds this shared understanding of what the end result is and what it should be.
And what's extremely powerful is that they've set off to solve this problem together. Instead of saying go build this particular solution, the team has together come up with the right solution. And so there's a greater buy-in from developers, from product managers, et cetera, and there's a much heavier investment in the quality and the efficiency of getting the work out, and so they know all along the way what this thing is going to look like, there are no surprises.
Jared: That no surprises thing I think is huge, right? Because it's really what snags a lot of folks. You know, the developers are surprised because they didn't know this requirement was coming, the designers are surprised because nobody told them that they had to design for this implementation constraint.
You know, it's really interesting, I was talking with one of the folks who worked on Google+, and we were talking about the constraints that she was under as she was designing it. She said, "You know, all my constraints came from engineers. I didn't have any constraints from the business owners. All my constraints came from, 'I don't think we can do that technically.'"
And in a lot of organizations, the developers aren't even in the conversations when they're creating design, so those constraints don't surface until they see these deliverables, and then they're like, "How the hell are we going to do that?"
Jeff: Yeah, it's really interesting. I've actually seen the opposite happen. When the developers are integrated into the ideation or the creation phase with designers the way that Lean UX advocates, I've seen developers come up and actually suggest features and suggest fixes and suggest UX enhancements. It's not for the sake of, "Hey, I want to do it too," it's more, "Hey, I started building this idea, and I thought this would be really helpful in here."
And it's actually a very empowering conversation to have with a developer, because all of a sudden, you're talking about the same things and almost in the same terms. They're familiar with your language, they're familiar with the toolset, they're familiar with the users, because they've seen the users react to these products, and that has been one of the other most powerful things that I've seen come out of this process.
Jared: So a lot of the feedback I get from sort of folks who've been doing design for a really long time is that, "well, developers don't know how to design", right? ,"And if we let them design, they're going to produce crappy stuff, that's why we have designers in the first place come into the scene."
And the other sort of objectionish-type thing I hear is, "well, if the developers start designing, what do we bring to the table?" When you were implementing this, did you ever see an instance where a designer somehow became suddenly obsolete?
Jeff: Absolutely not. Absolutely not. No, in fact, I've seen them only become more and more valuable.
Look, design is very tangible. Everybody feels like they have an opinion on it, they can see it, they like blue, they don't like yellow, they think the button should be to the right or to the left. Everybody can have that opinion because the interface is so tangible.
But when you start to bring the team into the design process, and you show them everything that goes into that design process, the balancing of user needs, business needs, and brand and usability and mental models and motivations and psychology, they start to recognize the value of the designer, the strengths and everything that goes into creating these.
And so they will suggest things that perhaps they think will make the experience better, but they always have deferred back to the designer to say, "Do you think this makes sense?" or, "Does that work?" In this particular process, when they've been involved, they never bypass the designer and say, "OK, we've got this. We know how to design. Thanks for telling us how to put the pixels in the right order, we'll see you later." I've never seen that happen.
Jared: So is what's happening, the developer maybe brings an idea to the table, and some of that idea actually has potential, but other parts of it, the designer says, "Oh, yeah, I immediately can see flaws in that."
And now you have a way to have a conversation, I'm thinking, that says we can establish a vocabulary, we can establish an understanding, and I can help you as a developer understand what I know as a designer might work, might not work. Plus we can then create some experiment and see if either of us are correct, and suddenly we've got this collaboration thing happening, and we have this sort of shared understanding of what is possible, what works, what doesn't work, in a way that you wouldn't get when you're siloed, right?
Jeff: That's right. That's the key, is that it's not just, "Well, I'm the designer, I know what's best, so you be quiet and just do what I say." It's more along the lines of hey, I'm the designer, you've seen everything that I do and what goes into all these decisions, so let me give you my opinion about this particular feature or this particular suggestion. And let's validate this. It's easy enough to run an experiment, let's validate this with customers, or with stakeholders, or whatever the need is, and bring in that extra perspective that then says not only is designer instinct and designer expertise at play here, but there's actual validation from the market and from the field.
Jared: And another thing that jumps into my mind is that from a distance, and we've all run into this, right, design is this color and font aesthetic thing, right? It's the, "oh, what designers do is they put the nice layer of shininess on top of the wires so that when everybody looks at it, it looks like a real thing."
But we as designers know that in fact, that's the least important thing we bring to the table. The most important thing we're bringing to the table is what is the right flow, are we asking the right questions, is the language on the screen the right screen? From a visual design standpoint, it's not even aesthetics as much as it is prioritization of information, you know, is the most important thing jumping off the screen while the least important things are just whispering at the user at the moment they need it?
When you have the designers, the developers, and the business owners all in the same room sort of working on this collaboratively, suddenly all that subtly and nuance as to what design is about, that surfaces doesn't it? I mean that stuff becomes transparent.
Jeff: Absolutely. That's exactly what I was getting at. The value of the designer becomes even more evident when the collaboration is working at the highest levels. The expertise and the different disciplines that all go into software design and user experience design start to emerge and become very obvious to the team.
There is a much more… I don't want to say legitimate, but it's a conversation where it's no longer us versus them. It's more, "Well, these are the competencies that I bring to the team. Just because my title says 'designer' I actually bring in these different competencies."
There is a recognition among the team that those competencies add value and that they justify opinions and suggestions through that expertise.
The conversation becomes much, much different and much more productive and less combative. Like I said, it's much less of a negotiation than a conversation around what's the best thing for the user and the business during this particular transaction?
Jared: OK, so I like this idea. I mean, I can imagine this scenario happening, right? A problem manifests itself. I'm the designer. You're the developer. We both go off and take our own stabs really quick over a matter of minutes at what we think the solutions are.
You as the developer bring a solution to the table that's pretty good, but I bring in a solution from my experience in having dealt with these sorts of things before that takes it to a level that's beyond what the developer is seeing.
Suddenly as a developer you say, "Wow! I see where you got to, and I see how much better it is. I see how you got there, but in a million years I wouldn't have been able to do that."
I took a cooking class a few months ago, and I know how to cook. I love cooking, and I spend a lot of time in the kitchen. But this person could do things that I never even imagined one could do in the kitchen. He could slice onions faster than me in a way that I've never been able to do and things like that, and just to combine ingredients.
I was like, "Wow!" I was really impressed at that level of brilliance that, of course, I wouldn't see if I just tasted the final meal. It's a level of… You're right. It's some sort of collaborative transparency that doesn't have a real good word for it. But it's an appreciation.
Jeff: It is, and the more you have that and the closer you work with your teammates and the more these siloed walls erode, that transparency builds trust. And with that trust comes an even greater acceptance of the other team members' competencies and the values that they bring in. So again, the same thing holds true for developers as well.
Jared: Yeah, I was thinking that. I was thinking it goes the other way.
Jeff: Just because their title is "developer" it doesn't mean that they actually don't have any design sense or that they don't have any business sense. It just happens to be the field that they've chosen, but we should be open to hearing all of those opinions from the team as you get to know them and as you begin to trust them.
Jared: Oh, that's interesting because I can see that. But I was thinking that as a designer I could learn a lot about development. I could learn more about what's technically possible.
Like if we're moving to a mobile platform, and this is one of my first times working in mobile but you had a lot of experience working in mobile, suddenly I could learn a whole bunch of things about that environment that I wouldn't have known before and what is possible, what isn't possible, what's easy, and what's hard.
Suddenly, I'd be learning sitting next to you in a way that I wouldn't get if I just saw your final product at the end without seeing the process.
Jeff: Absolutely. I mean that's another huge benefit of this transparency. As you're sitting there with the designer and I advocate for designer developer pairing on projects so that you're both learning each other's crafts right away from each other. Obviously, at the end of that particular process you actually have a product as opposed to a document describing a product.
But as you're doing that you're learning things like the challenges of rounded corners and drop shadows [laughs] and et cetera and everything else that goes into building applications. That informs the design process moving forward. So it's absolutely a very symbiotic relationship there.
Jared: Right, right. I remember when I first started doing design work, one of the things that I had to learn was that some dialogue boxes populate very fast, and others, because of the way the underlying database architecture works, you can't populate quickly at all because you have to go off and look at every record and there are millions of records.
Whereas some, maybe you have some keys or shortcuts that let you get to that data really fast and sort of cache. It wasn't until we started to build it that I could start to tell which types of queries were going to be fast and which ones were slow. I would be very bad at predicting that.
And of course, that speed thing is essential to good design, yet it doesn't show up in wireframes. It doesn't show up in most of the design deliverables that traditional UX design has. Then you end up with very sluggish systems when you don't want them to be.
Jeff: Yeah, it's easy to forget, but it's critical to remember that the user experience of the product is not only the pixels, the workflows, the words, and the transactions. But it's the systems underneath it that, to your point, make it snappy, make it responsive, make the transitions interesting, make things flip, make things turn [laughs] over, et cetera.
All of those things make up a portion of the user experience, and without a true understanding of our partners in development as to how those things happen, we still create these artificial confrontations. Unnecessary confrontations.
Jared: Yeah, and I wonder if you've ever had this experience, which I had a few months ago, where we were talking about a design idea. The immediate developer's reaction was, "Yeah, we can't do that. We can't do that." Then he had what I call a "shower moment," where he came in the next morning.
He says, "You know, I was thinking in the shower this morning, and I came up with a way to do this." Sure enough he'd solved the problem. Sometimes you need that away time to think about it but then come back and go, "Oh, OK. That's how we do it."
Jeff: The key is to build those relationships in your team to inspire those shower moments and to make your teammates care about the experience and the customer as much as you do so that when they are not at work they're thinking about how to solve these problems.
Jared: Now that I hear you say it, I'm thinking we need a new term for "shower moment."
Jeff: [laughs]
Jared: Something about that just is on the verge of creepiness. We'll have to come up with another way to do it.
Jared: OK, so now the last thing I want to talk about here. So you mentioned how other teams in the organization think about all this, and it reminded me of something that one of our clients is doing. So we have a client that's got dozens and dozens of Agile Scrum teams throughout their organization, and this is all new for them, right? So they're all moving to Agile. It's all a new first time thing.
I want to point out here that you and I have talked about how Lean UX isn't specific to Agile. But if you're in an Agile environment, man, it can really help. So these guys are looking at this. So they've been looking at doing Lean UX-like stuff. They're going out and taking their developers, their business owners, and their whole Scrum team out to visit customers and they're doing all this stuff.
But they're not doing it across the organization all at once. They're doing it one or two teams at a time. Like I said, they have dozens, right?
So this is going to take a long time for them. So the way they did it was they got a couple of teams that were really feeling the pain of not having a good process and not producing and not shipping and all of this craziness.
They found a couple teams that were really feeling that pain, and they said, "Hey. We've got this new experimental process. We want to do this just with you." They said, "OK, let's try it." They went off and then they did it. Within weeks you could start to see the progress. I mean, you could see them sketching and working together and creating this UX stuff.
Other teams started to notice, so they said, "OK. We want to do this." Here's the crazy thing. The folks behind this, the people who were driving it, said, "Uh, no."
Jeff: [laughs]
Jared: "It takes a lot of energy. We can only train a few teams at a time, so of the 10 or 20 teams that are really interested in this now, we're only going to pick two. So we're going to come up with a little contest, and you guys have to actually prove that you are worthy of learning this technique."
Jeff: Wow.
Jared: OK? Man, did that make everyone nuts to have it! [laughs]
Jeff: Wow, that's really interesting, to keep a process away! I've never heard teams clamoring, [laughs] competing to use a particular process. That's fantastic I guess. [laughs]
Jared: Right. So once they finally got it, they were in this mindset not of, "Oh, my God! We have another process we have to learn. Oh, this is going to be awful." They were like, "Finally we were picked!"
Jared: "We're going to get to do this", right? "And then we will be one of the ones who know it, and everybody else won't be." It magnified that sort of envy thing you were talking about earlier.
Jeff: Yeah, that's amazing, and especially with so many teams to drive them to want to do that because I can imagine with an organization that large it's difficult to see if one or two teams are doing this, they could hear about it. They may not interact with that team on a regular basis, so this is a good way to drive demand for that type of collaboration through an organization. That's really interesting.
Jared: Well, one of the other things that really appealed to me about it is it signaled that we understand that not all teams are ready for this, right? Maybe the work you're working on can't be disrupted even by a moment because it would slow you down from an already critical path thing, and management is staring over you. Or maybe you're not feeling the pain of whatever problems this new thing solves is.
It's that open acknowledgment. But at the same time it also says, "Look. We have limited resources to roll this thing out, and we're going to do it right. We're not going to rush it and then screw it up and then not do it well across the organization."
I could see that happening that if you tried to do too much at once with too many teams, nobody does it well. Then people blame it and say, "See? I didn't work."
Jeff: Yeah, especially if it's a big organization with dozens of teams. You can't coach the entire organization all at once and try to be successful. It's just too much to the point they are doing it is focused on one or two teams, make sure they're nailing it, and then move on to the next two teams and the next two teams and the next two teams.
My guess is that, as you go through the organization, the actual amount of coaching that you have to do becomes less and less, becomes a much more prevalent approach to doing work in that organization.
Jared: Yeah, and here's another thing they were doing that was really cool. They were taking key members from other teams that were not on critical path, and they were basically putting them into the teams they were training. So when they were training a team, it was the original team's members plus two or three other people who were not from that team but from other teams that would be there in the future.
Those people were like the foreign exchange thing. They were the kids from Germany. They were coming in, and they were participating in this as if they were team members for the duration of the project. Then they went back to their teams. Now, when they go back to their teams, they look at their processes and say, "You know, there are ways we can do this."
Even though that team hasn't been completely trained or learned how to do this, these guys are bringing that message back. And they're cross-pollinating through the organization, and that seemed to really help a lot, too.
Jeff: Yeah, we actually attempted that at TheLadders where we would bring in folks from other teams onto the Lean UX teams and have them sit through our standup meetings and go through a project or two with us. They got a sense of it, and that helped at least plant the seed of the Lean UX process.
Then when they went back to their teams, they could at least start softening the beachhead a little bit for when we got over to that team to try to actually coach them explicitly on that. So they laid the foundation for the transition, and we did find that to be very helpful.
Jared: Cool. Yeah, this is all very exciting. I really am very excited about Lean UX in general, and I'm very excited to see your workshop coming up. So this has been really fun. Thanks for taking this time out of your day to talk to me about this.
Jeff: My pleasure, Jared. It's been a lot of fun for me as well.
Jared: Cool. So everybody, if you are really working to get better designs out the door to actually ship them and to really make a difference, you want to find out what this Lean UX thing is all about. You'll have a chance to do that at the UX Immersion Conference that's going to be in Portland April 23 through 25.
Jeff Gothelf here is going to be speaking. He's going to do a full-day workshop on this Lean UX stuff. You'll work your way through an entire project and get a chance to experience it. Jeff, thanks for spending the time with us.
Jeff: Thanks for having me again, Jared. It's been great.
Jared: And everybody else, thank you very much for encouraging our behavior. Hopefully we'll see you in Portland. If not, see you on the next SpoolCast. Thank you very much.
During the podcast, Jared references a previous podcast he recorded with Jeff. You can listen to that podcast on our blog.Tweet


text:
Mumbai: There was a lot of buzz about the engagement of Bollywood babe Esha Deol and now the engagement has finally happened. The mahurat for the engagement was between the time slot of 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and Esha got engaged to her longtime beau Bharat Takhtani, who is a Mumbai based businessman.
Bollywood stars keeps getting bonded in relationships with the start of this year. First Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D' Souza got married then David Dhawan's son Rohit Dhawan walked down the aisle with his girlfriend Jaanvi Desai and now another Bollywood beauty Esha Deol, the daughter of the famed actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini got engaged to her beau.
The function was lively where the family members of both the families and close friends were seen. It was a pure family event. Bollywood presence was not witnessed there. Only Jaya Bachchan came to bless Esha from Hindi movie abode otherwise it was a complete private function, as mostly Deols do.
Hema Malini was quite happy with the engagement of the daughter and she told the reporters that they all turned hugely excited that Esha got engaged and soon they would make the announcement of the marriage soon.
Hema took everything in hand prior to the engagement and on the auspicious day of the engagement. She did all the arrangements for the event and was looking much involved in works. Well, it was the first event for her since Esha is elder of her two daughters. Deols were all excited.
Hema even told to the media before the engagement that she liked her son in law. And the most appealing thing in her son in law is that he is quite innocent, Hema told. She also went on narrating that he did not know that they belong to Bollywood filmdom. Esha was clad with a pure south Indian outfit and her in laws too brought her the traditional costume that he wore later at the event. The engagement took place at Hema Malini's bungalow in Juhu.


text:
First steps
In a speech given last Wednesday evening, Sheikh Tamim announced a new cabinet. Some of the most prominent members are listed below.
Prime Minister and Interior Minister: Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Khalifa Al Thani has been Minister of State for Internal Affairs since 2005. He takes over from former prime minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs: Ahmad Bin Abdullah Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud stays in the same position.
Foreign Minister: Former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Khalid Al Attiyah has taken on the second half of Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani's government portfolio.
Minister of State for Defense Affairs: Maj Gen Hamad Bin Ali Al Attiyah is promoted from chief of general staff.
Minister of Energy & Industry: Mohammed Bin Saleh Al Sada has retained this key portfolio in the new government.
Minister of Finance: After steering QNB to become one of the Gulf's biggest lenders, Ali Shareef Al Emadi has replaces Yousef Hussain Kamal's finance brief.
Minister of Economy and Trade: After two years at Al Jazeera, Sheikh Ahmed Bin Jassin Bin Mohamed Al Thani takes on the second of Yousef Hussain Kamal's two former roles.
Minister of Communication and Information Technology: Hessa Al Jaber becomes Qatar's third female minister after a succesful stint in charge of the country's telecoms regulator.
Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage: Hamad Bin Abdul Aziz Al Kuwari maintains his position in the new cabinet.
Article continued on next page


text:
Answers Home
» Behavior & Training
My kitten is untrainable!
My kitten, Buddy, is about 4 months old. I got him from a rescue, and I was told he was the leader of his liter and also a very cuddly lap kitten. He is very cuddly! But, he is also not scared of anything! Which is only bad when he does something like jump on the kitchen counter. Loud noises don't detur the behavior, spray bottle doesn't work. Both just get me a funny look like, "why'd you do that?" I currently remove him from the situation, put him back on the floor, tell him no and swat his rump. That seems to be an invitation to just jump up there again as soon as I turn around. Any advise?
Asked by
on Jul 24th 2012
in Behavior & Training
- Cast your vote for which answer you think is best!
Cats, especially kittens, are very curious about their surroundings. Make sure you are giving them lots of play time with fun, interactive toys. I am personally not a fan a spraying a cat with water, swatting them, or yelling at them, as this accomplishes nothing and only serves to frighten the cat and destroy their bond with you. Just gently pick up your kitty and remove them from the counter. And just know, they will still continue to jump on the counter when you're not around because, well, they are cats;)
Tasha answered on 7/24/12. Helpful? / 3
Hello Buddy's Mommy, I have to agree with Tasha Belle here, i personally do not like to use physical punishment on kitties as sometimes they tend to associate the Punishment with the person rather than the punishment with the bad behaviour.(although my two older cats use it on our kitten all the time!!)
I can sympathise with you i have a 3month old Kitten causing havoc in the house too,he is a fearless little bean, nothing i do or move or get out seems to bother him,He gets on realy well with our two year old daughter too!(our other cats tend to avoid her as shes a can be a bit loud), they chase eachother about and play hide and seek together. So i guesse we just got the fearless ones!
Always Calmly remove him from situations that are dangerous(countertops etc).
Have you tried giving him something to climb , a cat tree maybe?
Also an idea to have sessions of one to one play with him to tire him out a bit, hes maybe just looking for something to do or investigate! hope all is well x
Gizmo answered on 7/25/12. Helpful? / 1
You've gotten excellent advice from Tasha Belle and Gizmo. It's not so much that Buddy is untrainable as that you are having a battle of the wills with him. Part of having a cat is accepting that cats do things like jumping up on counters, furniture, entertainment centers (Izzie), open cupboards and run around inside (also Izzie) and then climb up on your lap when you don't feel good and purr to comfort you. Get some things that are OK for Buddy to climb on like one of those big carpeted cat trees. They aren't THAT expensive and he'll have it all his life. Put it by a window so he can watch "cat t.v.". Praise him when he climbs up there. He's like a preschooler--he has to be taught what's acceptable, but he also has to be given a little freedom to explore his world. Good luck!
Izadore (Izzie) answered on 7/25/12. Helpful? / 3
I think my little kitten is untrainable haha. I'm pretty consistent with what I do, move him if he's doing something he shouldn't, ignore him (when he's biting/scratching lol) and recently i've been treating him for good behaviour, the latter seems to work the best with my little one. I'm focussing on the biting when he's overexcited so when he lets my hand near him without biting me ill give him a treat. I find it's much more effective and keeps me in his good book haha. Hope it helps a little.
Mr Mufasa Meowgi answered on 7/27/12. Helpful? / 0


text:
Graduate study in QCN
The Quantitative Neuroscience Training Program (QNTP) within the PNI Ph.D. Program
Quantitative and Computational Neuroscience (QCN) Journal Club. To keep QNTP trainees informed about relevant developments in the field, all predoctoral members of the QNTP are required to attend a biweekly QCN journal club and present once a year. The journal club organizers (trainees in the program) will choose a broad theme for each meeting, always with a quantitative focus, and then solicit volunteers to present a background and a focus paper on the subject. The journal club focuses on recent articles in the literature, but occasional informal presentations of recent findings from the trainee's laboratory will also be encouraged. If possible, when a QCN-relevant outside speaker is scheduled for another seminar series (e.g., the Neuroscience Seminar), the journal club will read a paper by that speaker before their visit. Note that the journal club is open to all Princeton graduate students doing relevant research (not just PNI graduate students in the QNTP).
Thesis Committee : For students in the training program, at least one committee member should be actively conducting quantitative/computational research.
Research Presentations: Students in the QNTP will be required to present their ongoing thesis research least once at each of the following venues: (1) the QNTP-specific retreat; (2) the annual PNI retreat or the PNI in-house seminar; and (3) a quantitatively-oriented conference. Also, one of these presentations must discuss the relevance of the student's work to clinical issues.
Additional computational courses:


text:
This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version.View Full Document
This note was uploaded on 05/03/2010 for the course FRR 3032 taught by Professor Mr.wroshr during the Spring '10 term at Crafton Hills College.
- Spring '10
- MR.Wroshr
Click to edit the document details


text:
Rome Catholic School Closing
Posted in the Rome Forum
#148 May 2, 2013
For all of you who have said kind and intelligent things, I thank you. For you people who seem to believe I'm being over dramatic, picture this. You have been you the same people since you we're 5 years old. You've formed a bond that SHOULD be unbreakable. But it's being broken. You're being taken away from some of the people that mean the most to you. And for all of you saying that high school isn't "hell on earth" or "a prison yard" have been a little blind to the things around you. Bullying is a top issue in our society at the moment. Kids going to a place, getting judged and made fun of, and sometimes physically hurt. If you had a wonderful high school expericence, that's really great, it is. But not everyone does. Rome Catholic is a school where that doesn't happen. It's a small school, and the kids get along for the most part. We learn to be together and work through what problems we have, not bully kids we don't like. It's a family. And our family is suffering a loss. Nothing is going to be the same. And if this has zero effect on you I don't understand how you could be happy over the fact that kids are being hurt. I have never seen so many people, teachers included, cry than I did today. I don't want to remember my school in its last few weeks to be a sad place being judged. There were camera crews outside today, waiting by some of the older students cars, waiting to interview them. Do you see something wrong with that? A bunch of adults wanting to get information out of 17 year old kids who are losing their school. Just a side note, but I find it interesting that so many people on this website are happy my school is closing, but I bet a good chunk of you, or your families, or people you know, are going to be at my festival this coming weekend. The nerve.
#149 May 2, 2013
Excuse you, but *you're. Maybe someone should have paid a little more attention in THEIR high school days, eh?
#150 May 2, 2013
kid, you'd better get used to dealing with change. stop the crying and get over it. i agree that you appear to have lived a very sheltered existence so far. welcome to planet earth.
Since: Jan 08
#151 May 2, 2013
Aren't children supposed to be sheltered?
#152 May 2, 2013
Exactly. "Appear" you know nothing about me, and what I may or may not have gone through. I thank you for the warm, yet slightly sarcastic welcome, but I've been here for some time now actually. I'm a kid. A kid that's allowed to have feelings and emotions. Sorry you think otherwise.
#153 May 2, 2013
I have been a student at RCS since pre-school. "Just A Kid" is 100% correct. The thing about RCS is that I don't necessarily even know who "Just A Kid" is, but if they told me their name, I'm sure I would know exactly who they are. Everybody knows everybody, and it really is a family setting. I feel like when I go to school, I can count on everybody within the walls to care about me personally. They will help me with anything I need help with, whether it is a teacher, student or any faculty. And we are being robbed of our family. It's literally my second home, and I'm sure that everybody attending currently would agree with me.
#154 May 2, 2013
Topix rules for local news! You read it here first and they were right. How about that poor woman who lost her job for telling the truth. For shame. Wake up Rome before it's too late!
#155 May 2, 2013
It's too bad the all knowing bishop has to make these decisions. The money is way more important than a childs safe education I suppose. I wish you "kids" the best and head to Notre Dame. I wouldn't want my worst enemy going to RFA.
#156 May 2, 2013
And the ghetto surrounding Notre Dame is better how?
#157 May 2, 2013
You must be thinking of another Notre Dame,there are mostly doctors,and nice homes, and a few places of business around that school.Get that shit out of your eyes.
Since: Jan 08
#158 May 3, 2013
Ghetto? Do you even know the meaning of the word?
#159 May 3, 2013
Just a kid please don't come on here.You can see how mean and disgusting people can be and sick.We support you and are hearts go out to you.Good Luck in your rest of your school years,you will soar. You seem like a smart and respectful kid.
#160 May 3, 2013
RCH students should go to Notre Dame. Notre Dame is full with corrupt Italian wops and Lebannese Sleaze.
Since: Jan 08
#161 May 3, 2013
For someone who purports to be Catholic, you sure sound like a troll.
#162 May 3, 2013
Utica all of it downtown is a ghetto.
#163 May 5, 2013
You'll be bussed to Notre Dame. You just have to get your sorry ass outta bed alot earlier to get ready.
Since: Dec 12
#164 May 5, 2013
Actually it's *were. You didn't need the comma. Maybe you should pay attention in school.
#165 May 5, 2013
Well ACTUALLY, it's an apostrophe, but good try smartass. And it's called autocorrect, I apologize for not paying close enough attention.
#166 May 5, 2013
I was one of the supportive people you were talking about, but I want to remind you that the RCS Festival is a fundraiser for your school. The people that are showing up are actually doing your school and your church a favor, so it's not very wise to insult them for attending, or to act like they are encroaching and your territory when you have invited them in.
#168 May 5, 2013
Isn't the main purpose of this website to gossip, whine and complain? And just because you have the name 'Mayor' in your little username doesn't put you in charge of this website. If you're tired of my whining, don't read it. And did I say I was a girl? Don't tell me what type of panties to wear, thank you very much. Have a nice day, you little Mayor, you!
Tell me when this thread is updated:Subscribe Now Add to my Tracker
Add your comments below
Rome Discussions
|Last By
|Police can't handle
|1 hr
|happy birthday saturday
|2 hr
|ms diane k
|wuz cheif (Jun '11)
|4 hr
|TRUMP administration SCARY
|11 hr
|Trump and Tenney: Thanks for the votes and kiss...
|13 hr
|Moral police
|Tenney doesn't like voters
|14 hr
|Who knows Edjoe Williamson? (Apr '12)
|15 hr
Find what you want!
Search Rome Forum Now
Copyright © 2017 Topix LLC


text:
|You are in: Middle East
Friday, 30 August, 2002, 07:44 GMT 08:44 UK
Israeli guidelines on spotting bombers
Israeli police said they will issue guidelines to the public on Friday on how to spot tell-tale signs of a Palestinian suicide or car bomber.
Citizens are being urged to look out for clues such as individuals behaving suspiciously, wearing unseasonal attire or displaying bulges in their clothing.
Members of the public are also advised on what to do if they identify a possible bomber.
Several hundred Israelis have been killed in scores of Palestinian suicide attacks over the past few years.
The information is produced in a free pamphlet, entitled 'Only Together Will We Stop Terror'.
"The pamphlet is a result of months of deliberation in the security echelons," said police Chief Superintendent Avi Zelba.
Strange behaviour
The guidelines say attackers sometimes try to conceal explosives in heavy clothing, which might be inappropriate in hot weather.
It advises citizens to be suspicious of individuals who seem to be sweating too much, fidgeting with fashion accessories or mumbling to themselves.
It says other suspcious signs include individuals who are seen trying to avoid security personnel in public, or young people trying to fit into a crowd where they do not appear appear to belong.
As Israelis have become more vigilant in recent months, suicide bombers have employed new tactics to avoid detection, such as dying their hair to look more European and by dressing in Israeli army uniforms or as Othodox Jews.
The pamphlet says that in looking out for car bombs, people should be suspicious of mismatched licence plates, vehicles parked in unusual locations or if the car is weighed down at the back, because of explosives in the trunk.
'Stay calm'
Citizens who suspect a suicide attacker or car bomb are urged to stay calm, inform police immediately and keep the suspect in sight but at a safe distance.
The pamphlet was given the go-ahead after a debate over whether it might cause potential attackers to become change their methods.
"We balanced the public's right to know against our concern that the terrorists may become even more devious against detection," said Superintendent Zelba.
The free pamphlet will be available to the public at Israeli police stations and will also be issued to elementary schools.
See also:
31 Jul 02 | Middle East
05 Aug 02 | Middle East
20 Jun 02 | Middle East
18 Jul 02 | Middle East
14 May 02 | Middle East
Internet links:
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites
Top Middle East stories now:
Links to more Middle East stories are at the foot of the page.
|E-mail this story to a friend
Links to more Middle East stories
To BBC Sport>> | To BBC Weather>> | To BBC World Service>>
© MMIII | News Sources | Privacy


text:
Create your 'Aha Moment' in a national commerical
REDDING, Calif. - You can be part of a national commercial by sharing a moment in your life that changed your life or influenced you.
The insurance company Mutual of Omaha has started a 9,300 mile, 20-stop tour in Redding. Redding is the only city in California that is part of the tour.
An 'aha moment' is a defining moment. The insurance company said they want to hear from everyday people, saying when they have clarity of purpose, the possibilities are endless.
Inside an airstream trailer parked by the Sundial Bridge Monday, Judy Maxwell shared her story.
"My name is Judy and this is my 'aha moment.'"
The airstream trailer has been converted to a mobile television studio.
Mawell's 'aha moment' was a personal time in her life.
"The birth of my grandchild, my first grandchild and to be there and to watch the miracle of birth was so overwhelming."
Maxwell, who is a Mutual of Omaha insurance agent, was unable to have children so she adopted. When her daughter grew up and Maxwell saw her give birth she was forever touched.
"The miracle of life is truly an 'aha moment.'
These moments have been captured on video across the country.
On Mutual of Omaha's website they show 'aha moments' from people across the country.
Carol Winston from Salem, North Carolina, shared the moment when her father passed away and she realized she didn't want to be working in corporate sales. Winston left corporate sales and did the art she wanted to do.
Maxwell is excited Redding is a chosen 'Aha Moment' stop.
"We got such a great community and so many people here with wonderful stories," she explained.
If you would like to share your moment, the trailer will be parked at the Sundial Bridge tomorrow, May 13 as well.
It's free to stop by and check it out.
Most Popular
- Updated Thursday, June 29th Forecast: Warming trend continues into the weekend
- Modi to become first Indian Prime Minister to visit Israel
- Updated Communities evacuated as wildfires torch 2 states
- Local heroes honored during centennial celebration
- New Redding ordinance makes it easier to cite trespassers


text:
The university is pleased to offer excellent, affordable student health insurance coverage through Aetna Student Health for visiting doctors off campus. This is separate from the Health Service fee, which cover services performed in Student Health Services on campus.
Plan Highlights
- Coverage of doctor and specialist visits with a small co-pay
- Prescription drug coverage with reasonable co-payments
- Access to Aetna's nationwide network of doctors, hospitals, pharmacies and specialists throughout the country
- Membership to the award-winning online secure member website, Aetna Navigator(symbol), where you can view claim and benefit information, compare prescription costs, request an ID card and more
- Discounts on fitness, vision, hearing, weight loss programs and more
- Travel Assistance Services and Worldwide Medical Coverage while traveling or studying abroad
Need more information?
Visit the section of our Frequently Asked Questions page regarding Student Health Insurance.
You may also visit the Aetna web site www.aetnastudenthealth.com or call 1-877-378-9477.
NOTE: Aetna Insurance brochures can be found at Student Health Services and the Cashier's Office.
For Grads and Other Young Adults: New Benefits
Learn more about these important benefits by asking your doctor or visiting www.HealthCare.gov


text:
All Android applications categories
Key Features:
• Business Lead Generator
• One stop shop for all the bids throughout USA & Canada
• Ideal for President, V.P Business Development, Sales Managers, off site sales representatives or bid managers.
• Request for Proposal, RFP, RFQ, RFI, RMSO and tenders.
• Public Sector: Federal, State, Province, Municipal, Education and Health.
• Prequalified opportunities matched exactly for your business needs
• Unique categorization
• Unlimited customized profiles
• Directly integrated to your company's CRM (option)
• Ideal for large organizations and SME's
• Perfect for the Experts, Apprentice and Novice companies involved in public tendering
• Works 24/7 for you
Note: This version only shows restricted number of past opportunities. To get the full access with your customized profile, register at www.keepoint.ca or call 1-877-331-2437
Waste no more business opportunities!
Tap into the world of B2G now with Bidmatcher and start winning public bids with the US & Canadian governments..
Bidmatcher is now accessible from your Android phone so that you can take your business decisions instantly.
Grow your business by monitoring the bid opportunities in the US & Canadian markets, receive only qualified leads directly on your Android phone, your email and into your company's CRM (option). Bidmatcher can process an unlimited volume of documents and words in real time. It also automatically categorizes, summarizes and extracts concepts from each RFP using natural language technology. Bidmatcher app lets you keep track of all your opportunities in one place and map the bid location with Google Maps.
This user friendly monitoring tool is ideal for large organizations as well as small and medium enterprises (SME's), it is equally useful for expert or novice bidders.
The Governments are looking for new players. Give it a try!
Bidmatcher is a solution from Keepoint, your B2G partner..
Note: Bidmatcher is now available only for bids in Canada.
US tenders are coming in Fall 2011 – For early registration and pre-launch deals, contact us now!
About Keepoint:
Keepoint, your B2G partner, offers unique tools and services for responding effectively to the challenges of public Requests for Proposal (RFPs) in Canada.
Keepoint works to build our clients' business by using advanced technology and personalized consulting focused on results. As experts in the field of government RFPs, we understand every stage of how to respond to daily opportunities in the most advantageous way.
Because our experience allows us to understand the subtleties of an RFP, we can find, behind the "official" jargon, the sometimes hidden fit with our clients' strengths. Our rigorous methodology is one of the keys to our success... In fact, our approach allows clients to improve their chances of success by up to 25%. We help you apply it each day, 365 days a year.
Keepoint helps you manage a 4-step bidding process. We can provide support during one or several phases with dedicated tools and services.
1. Identify
2. Qualify
3. Write
4. Conclude
Bidmatcher is your B2G solution, start winning bids today!
For more information on our products and services and how we can help your business grow, visit www.keepoint.ca
Call 1-877-331-2437
Tags: rfp list , bidmatcher
from 1 reviews
Download Bidmatcher
Free - V1.1 - 3M
Sorry ...
This app is no longer available.
Share this app


text:
Maya civilization's collapse linked to climate change: study
By Deborah Zabarenko
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For a clue to the possible impact of climate change on modern society, a study suggests a look back at the end of classic Maya civilization, which disintegrated into famine, war and collapse as a long-term wet weather pattern shifted to drought.
An international team of researchers compiled a detailed climate record that tracks 2,000 years of wet and dry weather in present-day Belize, where Maya cities developed from the year 300 to 1000. Using data locked in stalagmites - mineral deposits left by dripping water in caves - and the rich archeological evidence created by the Maya, the team reported its findings in the journal Science on Thursday.
Unlike the current global warming trend, which is spurred by human activities including the emission of atmosphere-heating greenhouse gases, the change in the Central American climate during the collapse of the Maya civilization was due to a massive, undulating, natural weather pattern.
This weather pattern alternately brought extreme moisture, which fostered the growth of the Maya civilization, and periods of dry weather and drought on a centuries-long scale, said the study's lead author, Douglas Kennett, an anthropologist at Penn State University.
The wet periods meant expanded agriculture and growing population as Maya centers of civilization grew, Kennett said in a telephone interview. It also reinforced the power of the kings of these centers, who claimed credit for the rains that brought prosperity and performed public blood sacrifices meant to keep the weather favorable to farming.
When the rainy period gradually changed to dry weather around the year 660, Kennett said, the kings' power and influence collapsed, and correlated closely with an increase in wars over scarce resources.
"You can imagine the Maya getting lured into this trap," he said. "The idea is that they keep the rains coming, they keep everything together, and that's great when you're in a really good period ... but when things start going badly, and (the kings are) doing the ceremonies and nothing's happening, then people are going to start questioning whether or not they should really be in charge." Continued...


text:
A recovery borne on gossamer wings
posted at 6:25 pm on February 3, 2010 by King Banaian
I was reading John Taylor this morning and needed a free 20 minutes to redraw the first graph he has. He is trying to make the point that there has been no effect of the stimulus, by first showing (in an earlier post) that increased tax rebates and transfer payments were not stimulating consumption. In yesterday's piece, he adds that "changes in government purchases have had virtually no effect. The turn-around in growth has been mainly due to private investment." But I looked at his graph and it has total private investment. Much of that increase has come from inventories. How much? I've redrawn his graph dividing his investment figure between fixed investment (including residential investment) and inventories. The green line is inventories and the red line is fixed investment.
Inventories were responsible for $105.7 billion of the $182 billion change in GDP in quarter 4. This is just another way of saying pay attention to final sales of domestic product instead, which was up 2.2%. Up, yes. Up more than the previous quarter, yes. But again it needs to reach a more sustainable level.
As to Prof. Taylor's earlier point, worth noting that personal income less transfer payments has fallen by 4.1%. As many people are now learning, those transfers don't last forever, and spending on their basis may be more tentative than spending from income one thinks is more permanent. Seems we learned about this once. Between transfers and inventories, we are seeing a good deal of this statistical recovery based on temporary phenomena.


text:
Emerald Ash Borer has been found in Montgomery & Bucks Counties, if you have ash trees on your property and believe they have been under attack, call today to have one of our certified arborist come out and evaluate your tree(s) at 215.257.9425
Bair's Tree & Lawn Service is a family-owned business with deep roots in Bucks, Montgomery and neighboring counties in Pennsylvania. We take great pride in creating and maintaining a beautiful landscape for your property. Properly landscaped homes can add five to twenty percent to its value. So tree and lawn services are a wise investment in beauty, nature and property values.
Our highly trained staff includes a certified arborist and tree removal, lawn and plant health care professionals. Each team member offers professional and customer-oriented services to keep your trees, lawns and ponds flourishing.
Our certified arborist undergoes intensive yearly training to keep up with the industry standards. He is prepared to meet with you to evaluate your trees and property to make recommendations for their care and provide services like tree removal, pruning, fertilization, disease and insect control.
With over three decades of experience and a fleet of new and well-maintained equipment, you can be assured we can meet all your needs quickly and efficiently.
Bair's Tree & Lawn Service has been in business for 35 years and has a total of 75 years of experience in this industry.
Read all Bio's
We're always looking for skilled bucket truck operators with CDL licenses, tree climbers, lawn and tree technicians. Fill out our Job Opportunities form and we will contact you when there's an opening.
Sign up to receive the latest news and read some great tips
Joe Probasco - email@example.com Scott Russell - email@example.com


text:
Just a short stroll to the city's exclusive beaches, the 34-storey Royal Oceanic occupies arguably the most attractive spot in Dubai Marina.
Royal Oceanic is ideally located between two of Dubai's finest 5-star hotels, Grosvenor House and Le Royal Meridian, whose restaurants and bars are famous.
Stepping inside, the marble lobby is spacious, beautifully decorated and features exquisite lighting. Apart from being tastefully designed, the building is extremely secure with 24-hour CCTV, maintenance and security personnel.
Every apartment has access-controlled private parking in the secure basement, and can be reached via the latest high-speed elevators.
Spectacular Marina and Sea Views from every new '05' Aspect Apartment - High rental yields!Completion Date: Complete
+ 44 7717 367 657
We will usually respond within one hour of enquiry.
Reference: royal-oceanic-dubai-marina
Region: Dubai Marina
Price: From 750,000 AED
Secure Parking
Ocean View
24 Hour Security
Marina View
Click the images to enlarge
No documentation available at this time
Thank you for your interest, we will endeavour to respond as quickly as possible.
Dream Property Dubai is proud to be a Gold Member of WWF's Business Club.
Find out more about how we're helping the WWF
Working in association with:
Copyright © 2016 Dream Property Dubai | All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer | Sitemap


text:
Made of 190T Polyester. A zip-around expandable front mesh pocket to hold a full-size playground ball like soccer ball, volleyball, basketball or football. A spacious main compartment with cinch closure. Size:12-1/2"W x 17-3/4"HColor:Green, Blue, Red, BlackMaterial: 190T PolyesterPackaging:BulkProduction Time:10 to 15 working days
If you want to:
6,000 + (and growing) factories in our existing network are eager to make it for you.
When it comes to selling in stock products, we are no difference from many other Internet retailers, but we take pride in going extra miles to do something special for you: Have some products custom made for you.
We cannot do everything, but we usually can accommodate a certain changes in product options such as color, size, material, or minor design twist. We primarily work with vendors or factories, not individual artist or craftsman. For custom made products, we usually only cater to bulk size order that meets the minimum quantity requirement of a single factory run. Don't be shy. Ask. What we can accomplish may surprise you!
Read this first: Copyrights & Trademarks


text:
Bryant A/C seems to run slow
I have a 11 year old Bryant A/C unit that quit cooling the house. Checked the cond. and fan, could hear the cond. clicking. Had to start the fan by hand, and cond. started running. Ran for about 5 min. and shut down. But it wasnt the normal shut down. After 5 more min. the cond. clicks nothing runs, does this for about 6 times at one min. intervals. After that the cond. clicks and wants the fan to start running, which can only start by hand. Another 5 min. and shuts down again. When it does run it seems like its running slower than it should like its lagging. It did cool when it was runnig though. I was told it was the fan motor but replaced that and the same problem exists. Any help would be Greatly appreciated!
If you changed the fan motor I hope it was with one of the same specs as the original and that if it is a reversable motor that it is running in the right direction. If it isn't turning on it's own when power is applied look at the capacitor, in that units it is most likely a dual cap that handles the fan motor and the compressor. The old fan motor may not have been bad, just the cap.
Ditto on the previous.
Just because the fan doesn't come on, too many home owner/DIY ers jump to conclusion and replace the motor.
Our business sells a lot of motors and hear the aforementioned situation. And we won't take a return on electrical components. I
t could be a bad capacitor, it could be a a voltage problem. An even then if those are okay, was it supposed to be an 825 or 1075 or 1100 rpm motor. A capacitor should always be replaced when replacing the motor or compressor. If you don't have the meter to test a capacitor, replace it with a new one and see if that helps the motor. Or call a pro and he'll have a meter...or should.
The a/c condenser motor is almost always a 220 VAC motor. I've seen a couple of 120 volt motors in condensers that look like new and the homeowner is stupid enough to play dumb and say it's the same one that's been in since it was new.
Go Buckeyes
The systematic clicking you hear is either thermal compressor overloads cycling or more likey the high pressure switch cutting in and out because the condenser fan isn't running. And I totally agree you need to change the capacitors and make sure the motor is an exact replacement.
Thanks to all
It was the capacitor. $22 dollars and I'm back in business.
Thanks again,
|All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:02 AM.
vBulletin Security provided by vBSecurity v2.2.2 (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2017 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2017 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.


text:
"We call our home 'The Enchanted Cottage in Paradise!' The campus is lush with many beautiful plantings, a lake with ducks and geese, and a caring and knowledgeable staff. With lovely new friends and so many wonderful amenities, life couldn't be any better!" ~Steven Dunn, Resident
Click on the link for details.
Copyright ©2017 Arbor Acres | All Rights Reserved


text:
Member Since: October 2, 2010
Country: United States
I got the auto notify email too and checked the item page pretty much immediately and it was out of stock. I wanted to buy two for a couple arduino projects. Did one person buy them all up or what? Does anyone know a way to buy the Atmega328 tqfp currently?
No public wish lists :(


text:
Aluminium chassis finishing
Hello, I did a few search on the subject and I found that it was only partially covered. The question is how do you finish your aluminium chassis? Is there simple techniques to get a nice and professional finish? I read about sanding with a wet sandpaper, brushing, etc. I just want to get a nice finish from a Hammond aluminium box.
Thanks in advance for your answers.
|All times are GMT. The time now is 03:22 AM.
vBulletin Optimisation provided by vB Optimise (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2017 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
Copyright ©1999-2017 diyAudio


text:
Medical Spotlight: Treating High-Risk Pregnancy
Published June 18th, 2014
Loading Video...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- As many as 10% of pregnancies are considered high-risk. But with expert care, 95% of these special cases result in the birth of healthy babies.
Dr. Riz Fareeduddin is a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist with North Florida Perinatal Associates and a consultant for high-risk pregnancies at the Women's Center of North Florida Regional.
She sat down with TV20's Emily Burris in this week's Medical Spotlight to discuss these types of pregnancies and how they can be treated.
Related Stories
- Your Health: Treating a High-Risk Pregnancy
- Your Health: Managing a High-Risk Pregnancy
- Your Health: Women's Wellness In The New Year
- Medical Spotlight: New Advances in Treating Coronary Blockages
- High-Risk Neighborhoods Prepare for Hurricane Fay
- Medical Spotlight: Treating Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms
- Medical Spotlight: Senior Fall Prevention & Risks
- Medical Spotlight: Reducing Early Elective Deliveries
- Medical Spotlight: New Home Screenings for Colon Cancer
- Medical Spotlight: Breast Reconstruction


text:
Mentor an At-risk Child!
Filed under Opportunities, Service on August 22, 2012.
Join Project MASCOT and have the remarkable opportunity to make an impact on an at-risk child's life. Project MASCOT is a year-long commitment, where you work one-on-one with an elementary school student, and have an exciting trip to Sea World to look forward to in the spring.
Mark your calendar for one of their informational meetings in Reitz Union room 346: August 29, or September 5 at 7 p.m.; August 30, or September 6 at 6 p.m. Don't forget to like their Facebook page at facebook.com/ProjectMASCOT or visit leadershipandservice.ufl.edu/project-mascot.php for updates!


text:
I see this beetle in front of me on 48, ewww, i thought. Well the driver had an 1.8T sticker on the back, tag belonged on an audi. So i grinned and said to myself. Turbo... hmm wonder if its got any APR stuff on it.
No cheezeball stickers on it, looked stock. He gave me thumbs up when i got next to him, and i did the same, even though im sure he didnt see me thru my tints.
2 stoplights later, Im in a mergelane at a redlight. Some jackasses in a worktruck were powerbraking , and making some tiresmoke next to me... "God i feel like its highschool". Beetle is behind me, revving a little bit.. Bring the revs to 5... lots of noise throught the straightpipe, cant hear my stereo...
Green light:
mean 5.5k boosted launch
Done with first. Wheres the truck? Beetles tires are screeching
6k, second... beetle is 5 cars or more back,
I shut down at 80, and he was way way back, but he took the truck easily...
Conclusion, he did not have APR parts.
I WANT MY ACCESSPORT NOW, jk The straight pipe will give me some smiles for a while. Tonight i plan to rip through oakwood at a loud dB level. (they live too comfortably)