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Dr. Kristin Anderson is a graduate of the Illinois College of Optometry. She completed her residency in hospital-based/rehabilitative optometry at Jesse Brown VAMC/Hines VA Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Following her residency, Dr. Anderson served three years as a Captain in the United States Air Force and was an associate in private practice in Maryland. Prior to joining the SCO faculty in 2000, she served as Chief of Optometry Service at the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home in Washington D.C. Dr. Anderson holds the rank of Professor and currently serves as Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Southern College of Optometry (SCO). In this role, her responsibilities include overseeing the college's alumni relations, fundraising, marketing and communications programs, Continuing Education and the Hayes Center for Practice Excellence. Additionally, she has held administrative appointments as the College's Director of Continuing Education, Primary Care Residency Supervisor and as the Chief of Low Vision and Rehabilitation Services in The Eye Center. Dr. Anderson has been active in the optometric community throughout her career serving in a number of volunteer leadership positions including: Chair of the Development Directors and CE Directors Special Interest Groups for the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO). She has also been SCO's lead investigator for the National Institute of Health (NIH) funded Amblyopia Treatment Study site at SCO and Chief Examiner for the development of the injections assessment for the National Board of Examinations in Optometry (NBEO). She is a member of many professional organizations, both locally and nationally.
Dr. Anderson is married to Dr. Chris Lievens and has two teenage children.
Dr. Chris Borgman is currently a clinical instructor and faculty member at the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in biology at Central College in Pella, Iowa and his Doctor of Optometry degree from the Illinois College of Optometry. Following graduation, Dr. Borgman completed a one-year residency in Primary Care and Ocular Disease at the Illinois College of Optometry/Illinois Eye Institute in Chicago, Illinois.
Prior to joining the faculty at SCO, Dr. Borgman spent three years in a multi-doctor, private ophthalmology practice in Des Moines, Iowa which specialized in primary care, ocular disease, cataract surgery, and laser refractive surgery. He is a member of the American Optometric Association (AOA), the Tennessee Association of Optometry Physicians (TAOP), West Tennessee Optometric Physicians Society, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. He has authored many journal articles published on the topics of various ocular disease conditions, and has lectured in multiple continuing education venues on the topics of optometric billing/coding and other primary care ocular diseases.
Dr. Borgman currently supervises students in a clinical setting at The Eye Center at SCO and is also a course instructor in the classroom for the Ocular Pharmacology, Integrative Analysis, and Systemic Pathology courses at SCO. His areas of professional interest include: didactic and clinical education of students as well as primary care, ocular disease, ocular manifestations of systemic disease, neuro-optometry, and billing/coding.
Dr. Borgman enjoys spending time with his wife and little daughter, and is a slow-pitch softball and baseball enthusiast.
Dr. Cisarik is a 1987 graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. She practiced optometry for 2 years in a large group practice and 9 years with an ophthalmologist in the mountains of southwest Virginia. Dr. Cisarik returned to school and received her PhD in Vision Science from the University of Houston College of Optometry in 2005. She has teaching experience at the University of Houston College of Optometry, Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry, and has been at Southern College of Optometry for the last 7 years. Dr. Cisarik teaches visual perception to first year students, basic concepts of binocular vision to second year students, and neuro eye disease to third year students. Additionally, Dr. Cisarik works with students in the Summer Research Program at Southern College of Optometry, helping them to develop small projects that investigate aspects of perception and their relationship to clinical measures.
Dr. Mike Dorkowski is a native of Florida and an assistant professor at Southern College of Optometry. After several years in private practice, Dr. Dorkowski joined the college in 2011. Clinically, he works in the advanced care ocular disease, fluorescein angiography, adult primary care and pediatric primary care clinics in The Eye Center at Southern College of Optometry. He teaches courses in glaucoma, introductory laboratories, and courses integrating classroom knowledge into patient care experience. Dr. Dorkowski is also coordinator of the nursing home and assisted living programs for The Eye Center. Dr. Dorkowski has presented multiple continuing education workshops on advanced procedures in eye care.
Dr. Duncan, a 1996 graduate of Southern College of Optometry and joined the SCO faculty in 1998. He completed a fellowship in ocular disease and neuro-optometry at the Vitreo-Retinal Foundation (1996-1997), now the VRF Eye Specialty Group, before being named to the staff of the VRF referral center for another year. Dr. Duncan has been involved in private practice since 1998. Dr. Duncan is currently the instructor of record for Anterior Segment Disease and Management, Posterior Segment Disease and Management II, and Common Optometric Procedures Seminar. He has lectured on diabetic eye disease to local HMO's and anterior segment disease for various continuing education events.
Dr. Scott Ensor received his Doctor of Optometry degree in 2001 from Southern College of Optometry and later completed a postgraduate residency in Primary Care Optometry at the Memphis VAMC.
Prior to joining the SCO faculty, Dr. Ensor served as Assistant Center Director at Eye Health Partners of Middle Tennessee, a multi-location optometric referral center in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to serving a large patient base, Dr. Ensor presented lectures on ocular disease and surgical co-management to a network of over 300 optometrists and also served as the supervisor of the Ocular Disease residency program. His professional areas of interest include glaucoma, retinal pathology, surgical co-management, and the promotion of optometric residency programs. Since becoming a faculty member, Dr. Ensor has lectured both nationally and internationally on ocular disease management and ocular injection procedures. He received a Master's Degree in Pharmacology/Toxocology from Michigan State University in 2013 and is currently teaching the Systemic Pharmacology courses at SCO.
Dr. Ensor is a member of the American Optometric Association, Tennessee Association of Optometric Physicians, and the West Tennessee Optometric Physicians Society.
Daniel G. Fuller, OD, FAAO, FSLS is a 1984 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Optometry. He began his career in a hospital-based setting in the US Navy. He spent 15 years in private practice as owner of a multi-site solo practice emphasizing medical eye and specialty contact lens services. His academic career began in 1987 and currently holds the rank of associate professor. Present duties include Chief, Cornea Contact Lens Service/Tear Well Advanced Dry Eye Treatment and Supervisor of the Cornea Contact Lens Refractive Surgery residency at The Eye Center, Southern College of Optometry. He lectures nationally, has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers, posters and performed numerous original clinical research as well as clinical trials. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and the Scleral Lens Education Society.
Subba Gollamudi, MD was raised in Memphis. He went to Washington University in St. Louis and earned his BA (Summa Cum Laude). He earned his medical degree from Yale University Medical School and completed his ophthalmology residency at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland. He completed a corneal fellowship at the Bascom Palmer Institute in Miami, and received advanced training in laser, surgical and medical treatment of diseases of the cornea.He did additional research work at the University of Tennessee Medical School at Memphis. Prior to joining Eye Specialty Group in 1994, Dr. Gollamudi was an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee, School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology from 1992 to 1994.
Dr. Gollamudi's professional memberships include the American College of Ophthalmic Surgeons, International Society for Refractive Keratoplasty, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Medical Association, Tennessee Medical Association, Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology and Memphis and Shelby County Medical Society.
Dr. Gollamudi's special interests include Lasik and other refractive surgeries, which he performs often. He also teaches and researches eye disease and treatment. Dr. Gollamudi has lectured across the nation and has published papers on his research and surgery results.
Dr. Alicia Groce is an Instructor at the Southern College of Optometry and is serving as the Faculty Course Master for the Spring Continuing Education Program. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Clark University, a Bachelor of Science in Vision Science from Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry and a Doctor of Optometry from Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry. Following graduation, Dr. Groce completed a one year residency in Pediatric Optometry and Binocular Vision at Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry.
During her residency, Dr. Groce received specialized training in the areas of pediatric optometry, infant vision, binocular vision, vision therapy, strabismus and amblyopia, autism and traumatic brain injury. She helped teach the binocular vision, visual perceptual and strabismus and amblyopia laboratories.
Dr. Groce's areas of interest include vision therapy, traumatic brain injury, autism, vision development, learning related vision problems and infant vision care. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) and a member of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD), American Optometric Association (AOA) and Optometric Extension Program (OEP). She is an investigator with the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG) and an InfantSEE provider.
Dr. Paul Alan Harris is a 1979 Graduate of the State University of New York, State College of Optometry who since September of 2010 is a Professor at Southern College of Optometry. Didactically he teaches Amblyopia and Strabismus and Pediatrics. Clinically he is involved in Vision Therapy, Vision Rehabilitation and Hospital Based Care for ABI/TBI, Pediatrics and Electrodiagnostics. He is also actively involved in research working on new ways to measure stereo acuity, visual acuity and looking into how color can help patients with TBI/ABI, migraine and seizure disorders.
His accreditations include Fellowships in the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (1984), the Australasian College of Behavioral Optometry (1993), the American Academy of Optometry (1999) and the National Academies of Practice (2013). He currently serves as the President of the Optometric Extension Program Foundation (OEPF).
In 1991 Dr. Harris founded the Baltimore Academy for Behavioral Optometry (BABO) to help expand the quantity and quality of behavioral optometric care available to the public. These courses are now part of the OEPF's educational base and are known as the Clinical Curriculum, which provides hands-on small-group post-graduate clinical education in the field of behavioral vision care. Over 1000 optometrists and vision therapists in the US and abroad have taken part in one or more of these courses.
Dr. Heard is a 1992 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Optometry. She did her residency in Geriatric and Vision Rehabilitation at the Birmingham Alabama VA in 1992. Dr. Heard was an assistant professor of Clinical Optometry at The Ohio State University College of Optometry (TOSUCO) until 2007 when she joined the faculty at the Southern College of Optometry. Now an associate professor, Dr. Heard's areas of interest include nutrition and eye health, ocular disease management, and low vision care.
Dr. Heard is a member of the American Optometric Association (AOA), National Optometric Association (NOA), Tennessee Association of Optometric Physicians (TAOP), West Tennessee Optometric Physicians Society (WTOPS), and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. She is currently a Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (COPE) Reviewer, SCO Vision Therapy & Rehabilitation Residency Low Vision co-supervisor, and an AOA Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE) Consultant. She is past president of the National Optometric Association.
Dr. Karen Kehbein is an assistant professor at the Southern College of Optometry and is serving as the Faculty Course Master for the Fall Continuing Education Program. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Michigan and a Doctor of Optometry from Indiana University School of Optometry. Following graduation, Dr. Kehbein completed a one year residency in Pediatric Optometry and Vision Therapy at the Southern College of Optometry.
Before joining the faculty at SCO, Dr. Kehbein previously taught at the Michigan College of Optometry in the areas of pediatrics, binocular vision, and vision therapy. Dr. Kehbein's areas of interest include vision development, infant vision care, learning related vision disorders, and vision therapy, and she is an investigator with the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG). She is a Fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO). Additionally, she is a member of the American Optometric Association (AOA) and the Tennessee Association of Optometric Physicians (TAOP). She has also served as a staff doctor on optometric service trips through Student Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (SVOSH), and she is an InfantSEE provider.
Chris Lievens is the Chief of Staff and Professor at Southern College of Optometry. Dr. Lievens has been employed in private practice, an ophthalmology referral center and he served in the United States Air Force. Dr. Lievens is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and is a Region Chair of the Academy's Admittance Committee. He is currently on the Part III Council of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry and has a Master's degree in Healthcare Administration. Dr. Lievens conducts research in glaucoma, dry eye, uveitis and contact lens care. Dr. Lievens is a member of the American Optometric Association and the Association for Vision and Research in Ophthalmology.
Dr. Dennis E. Mathews received his undergraduate degree in biology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry in 1982 and completed the Residency in Hospital-Based Optometry at the Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 1983.
Dr. Mathews is an associate professor at Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, where he teaches glaucoma and neuro-eye disease. He was co-director of the Memphis Health Center Eye Clinic and Center Director at Omni Eye Services of Memphis until 1993.
Dr. Mathews continues to practice Consultative Optometry with the Eye Specialty Group, having joined the practice in 1993. He is a past member of the Tennessee Board of Optometry.
Dr. Mathews has lectured extensively throughout the world and has published numerous articles and studies. His primary areas of interest are diseases of the eye with emphasis on medical glaucoma and neuro-optometry.
Dr. Powelson is a 1996 graduate of the Southern College of Optometry. He completed his Fellowship in Ocular Disease at Southern Eye Associates here in Memphis. After completing his Fellowship, Dr. Powelson practiced at Southern Eye Associates rising to become Assistant Center Director. He then went into private practice in Memphis. Dr. Powelson began teaching at SCO part-time in 2000. An associate professor, Dr. Powelson is the instructor of record for Ophthalmic Lasers and Perioperative Management (OPT 320) and the instructor for Seminar in Practice Management (OPT318). He frequently lectures on coding and billing to the second and third year students. He has presented multiple continuing education lectures in the areas of ocular disease, ophthalmic lasers, and practice management at different referral centers, SCO, and UT Memphis.
Dr. Powelson's professional areas of interest are family practice optometry, ocular disease, specialty and routine contact lens fitting, and pre- and post-operative care of ocular surgeries. He supervises students in a clinical setting at The Eye Center in the Adult Primary Care and Contact Lens Services.
Dr. Powelson is an avid volunteer for such organizations as the Church Health Center and the Memphis Arthritis Walk Planning Committee where he has served as co-chair, corporate sponsorship, and logistics. Dr. Powelson is a Diplomate in the American Board of Optometry.
Jennifer Sanderson, a London, Ontario native, received her Doctor of Optometry degree in 2005 from Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO). She completed a postgraduate residency in Primary Care at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, which is affiliated with the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN.
Dr. Sanderson is currently an Associate Professor at the Southern College of Optometry, where she supervises the primary care examinations of patients in the affiliated Eye Center. She assists in several labs, and is the instructor of record in a class that has a primary focus on the education of various diseases in a clinically relevant manner. She is the Assistant Director of Residency Programs.
Dr. Sanderson is a member of the American Optometric Association (AOA), Tennessee Association of Optometric Physicians (TAOP) and West Tennessee Optometric Physicians Society (WTOPS). She is a consultant to the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education (ACOE). She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, and is a regular instructor of the Injections Workshop held at the annual meeting.
Joseph Sowka, OD, FAAO received his Bachelor of Sciences degree from Cornell University, graduating with Distinction in 1985 and his Doctor of Optometry degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO) in 1989. He completed a Residency in Primary Care at PCO (now Salus University) in 1990.
In 1992, Dr. Sowka accepted a university appointment at Southeastern University of the Health Sciences (now Nova Southeastern University). Dr. Sowka has been at Nova Southeastern for 24 years and is currently a Professor. He has developed and teaches the course in Glaucoma and Vitreoretinal Disease for the past 22 years. He is currently the longest tenured faculty member within the college. Dr. Sowka has authored numerous refereed journal publications and textbook chapters. Dr. Sowka is on the Editorial Review Board for Review of Optometry and is a Contributing Editor for that journal as well as numerous others. He is the lead author on The Handbook of Ocular Disease Management, now in its 18th edition. He also coauthors Therapeutic Review column in Review of Optometry. Dr. Sowka is a founding member of the Optometric Glaucoma Society (OGS) and the Optometric Retina Society (ORS) and an Executive Board member for both societies. He is currently the President of the Optometric Glaucoma Foundation. He is the Vice Chair of the Neuro-ophthalmic Disorders in Optometry Special Interest Group of the American Academy of Optometry. He is also on the Advisory Board and Professional Speakers Bureau for numerous companies. Dr. Sowka has lectured extensively nationally and internationally.
Dr. Jennifer Snyder, a Memphis native, received her Doctor of Optometry degree in 2012 from Southern College of Optometry. She completed a postgraduate residency in Family Practice at West Tennessee Eye in Memphis, TN. In 2013 Dr. Snyder joined SCO faculty. She currently teaches courses in biochemistry, ocular pharmacology, integrative analysis and introductory laboratories. Clinically, she supervises students in Adult Primary Care and Advanced Care Ocular Disease at The Eye Center at the Southern College Optometry and University Eye Center at the University of Memphis.
Dr. Snyder is a member of the American Optometric Association, Tennessee Association of Optometric Physicians, West Tennessee Optometric Physicians, and Germantown Lions Club.
Gregory Wolfe, OD, MPH, FAAO is a 2001 graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, then completed a residency in ocular disease & low vision rehabilitation at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center (Chicago, IL). Following residency, Dr. Wolfe joined the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science as Assistant Professor and Clinical Director of the UIC Eye Clinic at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, IL. While on faculty, Dr. Wolfe earned his MPH in Health Policy & Administration from the UIC School of Public Health. In 2008, Dr. Wolfe joined the staff at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System in Tucson, AZ where he served as the residency coordinator for the ocular disease & low vision rehabilitation residency program. In 2015, Dr. Wolfe joined the faculty of the Southern College of Optometry as Associate Professor.
Dr. Wolfe has held various leadership appointments within professional associations, most notably he is a past Chair of the American Public Health Association (APHA) Vision Care Section, a previous member of the National Eye Institute's National Eye Health Education Planning Committee, and has Chaired the Health Promotion Committee of the American Optometric Association (AOA). Currently he serves as the Vice-Chair of the American Academy of Optometry's Chapters Committee, sits on the Action Board of APHA, and is a member of AOA's Evidence-Based Optometry Committee.


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Author: Rob Barr is Divisional Director for Access' Not-For-Profit (NFP) division, with responsibility for 1,000 customers and the NFP product roadmap. Rob has many years' experience in the NFP sector and is passionate about ensuring that Access software remains relevant and adds value to the organisations it serves.
3 key elements of a successful digital transformation
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When you're busy dealing with the day-to-day it can be easy to get stuck in the status quo. Sometimes it's tempting to leave things as they are rather than face issues. Maybe you have an old membership system that just about manages a renewals run and a basic members login area on your website. You know they're not great, but people seem to accept them for what they are, and time and budget issues always get in the way to consider a change. This is, however, a risky approach given that the world around us is in a constant state of flux, something which is no different for membership bodies as their audience grows and evolves.
With the rise of the tech savvy millennials there's a good deal of talk about how they expect a far greater digital experience both in the way they interact with the membership organisation and with other members. I do question this to some extent because it assumes that if you're not a millennial that you're not interested in technology. That's simply not true. With the benefits of technology, that is, where it's adding value such as enabling better communication and collaboration – then we're more likely to embrace it because it makes our lives easier.
Digitisation at the heart
It is for this reason that membership bodies need to put digital at the heart of their organisation and face the challenges head on. And this means getting to really understand members and what they require from your organisation both now and in the future – and then look at how technology can help to underpin that. It's not enough to have a Twitter or Facebook page. There has to be a strategy behind it.
Of course, every membership organisation may be different depending on the make-up of their audience, how the environment within which they operate is changing and how quickly. How far you should digitise will very much depend on the changing behaviours of current and new members, the marketplace and trends.
However, in my view if membership bodies don't embrace technology, then they face the real possibility of extinction, or at the very least losing relevance amongst their own members. Even long-standing organisations will not be saved from this fate as membership numbers wane or members look elsewhere for relevant content. Mobile has already taken centre stage – Google now state that mobile devices have overtaken PC as the entry point to their services in 10 major global territories. The way we access information has changed forever and those not remaining ahead of the curve could see a rapid demise if they fail to act – and act soon. After all, if an organisation doesn't live up to our expectations then it will lead us to look elsewhere for professional support and information. But for those that respond to change and innovate, there is a great deal of opportunity to become the bedrock of the sector they're there to serve.
Engaging audiences
Central to any success is engagement and engagement relies on really understanding your audience and then shaping both your offering and the delivery of that offering to members. This could be incorporating gamification or badgification that creates 'identities' for different types of member. This could be based on their professional level within an organisation or it could be on a specific behavioural type or interest group. It's about building a community and collaboration; this is one way to create more value for members, by providing the mechanisms by which they can network and interact.
Do your research
But before deciding which route to go down it is essential that research is carried out to get a clearer understanding of who your members are – not who you think they are. Is your attrition rate going up? If so why? Are people moving to other roles and industries (this in itself can be a warning sign)? Do they feel they're not getting full benefit from membership – why is this the case? What exactly would be helpful to them? You could find that you have a goldmine of information on which to base your analysis. It's important to not get caught up in stereotypes around age or gender for instance. Even if membership of your organisation is compulsory for professionals practising in your sector you could still find you lose engagement as providers of other digital portals or resources provide more relevant content.
This research stage is the most important because done right it will highlight things you weren't expecting. And that's good. What you're doing is building a foundation for digitisation based on data and evidence rather than opinion. Once you understand the real requirements of the people you're serving, you can decide on the technology vehicles that are best going to meet that need. With some careful analysis of data, particularly over time, you should be able to get a better idea of future change and growth areas. This will also help you to plan software and technology changes taking a more incremental approach. Yes, we all know that plans can be out of date as soon as you've created them but at least with a plan you have a greater chance of making better decisions. In fact, it allows for greater flexibility because there's something concrete to base those decisions on.
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Access is an established software solutions provider to the not-for-profit sector. We help organisations improve performance, increase cost efficiency, and make the most of their funds by delivering integrated organisation-wide solutions spanning finance, HR and payroll, fundraising CRM and membership, including grant-giving and document management. Customers rely on Access to unlock the potential of their people as well as their charity through better organisation insight. You can meet representatives of Access NFP Division at exhibition stand 10 at the upcoming MemberWise conference "Harnessing the Web 2015" on 4th November in London.

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Did you know that FOF volunteers help maintain over 50 miles of trails within the Preserve? In fact, volunteers contribute nearly 2,500 hours yearly in the field, and the Board of Directors and the Park manager will dedicate funds donated through the annual request to purchase of an all-terrain vehicle to be primarily used by our dedicated volunteers.
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text: Hi folks, I just purchased a KV27FS13 and I've been checking it out with the Sound and Vision calibration disk. There are a few things bothering me and I'd like to know if this is normal or signs of a lemon. 1. On the contrast adjustment screen, the two thin white lines that run up and down the screen on either side of the gray scale step is a different width on the top of the screen than the bottom. The bar is fatter at the top and if I get right up to the screen, it's not really white, but separated out slightly into a blue, red, and green bar, which looks like a fat white bar from far away. 2. On the 80IRE, 90IRE screens, the large white box in the centre does not have straight edges. There are a few places where the side juts (horizontally only) producing a jagged edge. Also, this centre square does not appear to be a solid white - I can see flickering in this square. 3. If I look at the screen when the TV is off, it does not appear to be a uniform gray throughout - it seems to be splotchy, with different darknesses of gray. And there are about three or four thin horizontal lines spaced evenly over the tv screen. Are these the wires anchoring the aperture grill as in Trinitron computer monitors? Other than these problems, there are some minor geometry problems that everyone has posted about. Under normal TV/DVD viewing, the picture seems OK. However, I can't seem to get the contrast right. I've been fiddling quite a bit and the blacks seem blocked up and to open up the shadows, I have to turn up the brightness way too high. Any suggestions? So is this TV a lemon or should I live with it, since there seems to have been worse cases with this model and I might just get one of those if I exchange this one? It's extremely frustrating when you've been looking forward to a new tv with high expectations and it's not quite perfect. But maybe I've just gotten too picky and critical after spending some time in this forum. In the past, I never would have thought about trying to optimize the tv using a calibration DVD and it's only when pushing the tv with this DVD that I see the problems. I don't really notice anything bad (except geometry - straight lines bend inward at the top) when watching normal tv. Thanks for your help in advance. Sang


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Why was Pharao so resilient?
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Throughout the story of Egypt, we find that Paroh's heart is hardened, after which he resisted overtures to release the Jews. How could Paroh have his free will compromised?
The question of Paroh's free will is based on the presumption that Hashem hardened it – but this is not entirely accurate The Seforno explains that there are two verbs used in relation to Paroh – כבד, heaviness, and חזק, strength. Being described as חזק, strong, is not a bad thing by any stretch! A careful reading will show that – for the first seven plagues – all uses of כבד are in reference to Paroh acting in such a way. Where Hashem is acting directly, there is only חיזוק – Hashem gave him the strength to continue – but why?
To understand what the story is truly about, ask yourself, what was the point of it all? To obliterate the Egyptians? Or to extract the Jews? Both events happened, but lots of other things happened too. Miracles are always as simple as possible, so why the extravagance of plagues that didn't produce free Jews or defeated Egyptians? Why extend the Egyptian's suffering
Hashem is very clear why, but it slips right under the radar. Hashem explicitly states the purpose of what is to come to Moshe, foreshadowing the first plague
וְיָדְעוּ מִצְרַיִם כִּי-אֲנִי ה, בִּנְטֹתִי אֶת-יָדִי עַל-מִצְרָיִם; וְהוֹצֵאתִי אֶת-בְּנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל, מִתּוֹכָם – Egypt will know that I am the Lord, when I stretch my my hand over Egypt, and extract the Jews from among them. (7:17)
Hashem announces that this is about making something known. Consider that Hashem's power to this point was entirely unknown. What miracles had been performed that more than ten people saw? People knew about the God of their fathers, but there had never been "outstretched hand" type miracles in history – yet. Egypt – and the world – would know soon enough.
This is why Paroh needed the חיזוק – he could not release the Jews because of the beating Egypt was taking; he could not give in for the wrong reasons. He needed חיזוק as he grew to understand the nature of what he was up against.
But after the 7th plague, the task is seemingly complete; Paroh concedes, completely:
יִּשְׁלַח פַּרְעֹה, וַיִּקְרָא לְמֹשֶׁה וּלְאַהֲרֹן, וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם, חָטָאתִי הַפָּעַם: ה, הַצַּדִּיק, וַאֲנִי וְעַמִּי, הָרְשָׁעִים. הַעְתִּירוּ, אֶל-ה, וְרַב, מִהְיֹת קֹלֹת אֱלֹהִים וּבָרָד; וַאֲשַׁלְּחָה אֶתְכֶם, וְלֹא תֹסִפוּן לַעֲמֹד – Paroh sent for Moshe and Ahron, and said to them, "Now I have sinned. Hashem is righteous; my people and I are guilty. Beseech Hashem, and bring an end to this fiery hail; I will release you, you will be here no more…" (9:27,28)
Egypt now knows, but the education is not complete. The subject changes subtly:
וּלְמַעַן תְּסַפֵּר בְּאָזְנֵי בִנְךָ וּבֶן-בִּנְךָ, אֵת אֲשֶׁר הִתְעַלַּלְתִּי בְּמִצְרַיִם, וְאֶת-אֹתֹתַי, אֲשֶׁר-שַׂמְתִּי בָם; וִידַעְתֶּם, כִּי-אֲנִי ה – So that you tell over to your sons and daughters, how I toyed with Egypt, with my wonders that I placed in them, and you will know that I am the Lord. (10:2
Now it is about the Jews. The Jews needed to understand what Hashem would do for them. A generation of slaves could scarcely fathom what was taking place – see the troubles they gave Moshe even after all this – Hashem wanted to show His care to the Jews.
This is where stubbornness comes in. Once Paroh had conceded and submitted to God, he needed stubbornness to resist anew. This had nothing to do with his free will – Egypt's understanding is not referred to again.
This is וּלְמַעַן תְּסַפֵּר בְּאָזְנֵי בִנְךָ וּבֶן-בִּנְךָ – for us to internalise how incredible the events were, how much Hashem did and does for us.
During the Exile in Babylon, three sages were condemned to be burnt to death because they refused to bow in submission to Nebuchadnezzar: Chananya, Misha'el, and Azaria.
Chazal understand that their knowledge and surety of self-sacrifice came from the plague of frogs, which resisted the natural instinct of self-preservation, and jumped into ovens and furnaces.
But what is the comparison drawn? Frogs were explicitly sent into Egyptian ovens:
וְשָׁרַץ הַיְאֹר צְפַרְדְּעִים וְעָלוּ וּבָאוּ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבַחֲדַר מִשְׁכָּבְךָ וְעַל מִטָּתֶךָ וּבְבֵית עֲבָדֶיךָ וּבְעַמֶּךָ וּבְתַנּוּרֶיךָ וּבְמִשְׁאֲרוֹתֶיךָ – The Nile will swarm with frogs; they will go up and come into your house, into your bedroom, upon your bed, into the house of your servants, into your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs. (7:28)
What conclusions could the sages have drawn? The frogs received specific instruction, and the sages did not. What then, did they learn from the frogs?
The command to jump into ovens was a general instruction to the species of frog that were to plague Egypt. However, each individual frog could have shirked the duty, relying on other frogs to live up to the expectations. No particular frog would then need to overcome the natural instinct to survive, and none would do so! And yet they did.
This is what the Sages learnt from the frogs.
A great person does not shirk the opportunity or responsibility for self-sacrifice. On the contrary, greatness is precisely the opposite – taking advantage of such an opportunity. The quality of "self-sacrifice" doesn't require literally putting your life at risk though. It's as simple as putting other people and priorities first – sacrificing your sense of self.
When Moshe started out, things did not go how he thought they would. Paroh was more cruel than he had been before Moshe appeared on the scene. He lamented this to God:
וַיָּשָׁב מֹשֶׁה אֶל-ה, וַיֹּאמַר: אֲדֹנָי, לָמָה הֲרֵעֹתָה לָעָם הַזֶּה–לָמָּה זֶּה, שְׁלַחְתָּנִי. וּמֵאָז בָּאתִי אֶל-פַּרְעֹה, לְדַבֵּר בִּשְׁמֶךָ, הֵרַע, לָעָם הַזֶּה; וְהַצֵּל לֹא-הִצַּלְתָּ, אֶת-עַמֶּךָ – Moshe replied to God, saying, "Master, why is more evil befalling this people; why have You sent me to do this? Since I came to Paroh to speak in Your name, he has been even worse to the people; and You have not saved them!" (5:22, 23)
To which he receives the reply:
וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹהִים, אֶל-מֹשֶׁה; וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו, אֲנִי ה. וָאֵרָא, אֶל-אַבְרָהָם אֶל-יִצְחָק וְאֶל-יַעֲקֹב–בְּאֵל שַׁדָּי; וּשְׁמִי ה, לֹא נוֹדַעְתִּי לָהֶם – God said to Moshe, "I am The Lord. I appeared to Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yakov as The Almighty, but with my name "The Lord", I was not know to them." (6-1,2)
Moshe receives reassurances that God has heard the Jews cries of suffering and plans to act.
The use of different names means to say that the Patriarchs understood that God existed, and that He had expectations of mankind, which they tried to live out. But they did not know God's true name; or in other words, His abilities to help them. We do not find that the Torah records explicit miracles for them at any point – mankind had to reach out, and they were he first to do so. At no point in history yet had God directly interceded and interfered with the seemingly natural order of events for people. By revealing this to Moshe, everything was about to change.
The Gemara in Sanhedrin records that God gave Moshe examples of the challenges the Patriarchs faced, yet did not question G-d. When Avraham sought to bury Sarah, he could not bury her until he bought a plot of land for an extortionate price from Efron. Similarly, Yitzchak sought to use wells his father had dug, and was not allowed to until he paid off the people who had taken it. When Yakov was on the run, he had to pay people to pitch a tent ins field of theirs for the night.
The common thread is that they all got ripped off by people charging them for land they already owned.
These are the examples used of Moshe's ancestors not questioning the nature of God. But these seem like terrible examples of faith! Tell how Avraham, finally blessed with a child in old age, was requested to sacrifice his son and heir, and was willing to carry it out. Tell how Yitzchak wasn't told anything, yet did not question his father's motives, and instructed him to bind his hands so he would not resist. Tell how Yakov reacted to the incident with Yosef! The stories are all ordinary, mundane stories, about business disputes. Why are these selected as the paradigms of faith?
The Sefer haChinuch says that mankind should know, and internalise, that anything that happens to him, from good to bad, is intended to happen to him. Crucially, no human being can harm him without it being God's will. This is recorded in the laws pertaining to revenge.
What that means is that a person who works on themselves can understand that when they stub their toe on a table, it was "meant to be" and not get angry. But it seems quite different if your neighbour smashes your window!
It's relatively easier to accept that all things come from God when you're being contemplative. But when something happens involving a person exercising their free choice to harm you or your property, it doesn't look like the hand of God so clearly any more.
That's precisely why these examples were selected.
When Avraham thinks his test is over, he gets home only to find his beloved wife has died of the news at where her husband had taken her son. Then, mourning, when he attempts to bury her, he gets ripped off by Efron. Yitzchak, thirsty, can't use wells his own father dug because a shepherd cartel see an opportunity to rip off a wealthy businessman. Yakov is on the run, and some people see fit to take advantage of him.
These mundane examples show how much faith they truly had. Under test conditions, it's fairly straightforward put on the best display of effort possible. But when the test is over, do we stand by it still? These examples proved that under everyday conditions, they had the same faith they showed in their big tests.
These were examples to tell Moshe to believe that everything was under control.


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"Lahore was known as a tolerant city with a big heart that set cultural trends. It published all the books and magazines that mattered in India and Burma. Jats and Rajputs belonging to Muslim, Hindu and Sikh communities formed cross-communal "unionist" governments that disallowed entry into the province to both Congress and the Muslim League."and
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Equality Not PartialityPosted on the 01 June 2012 by Juliez
Let's talk about EQUALITY A line in a movie I saw the other day has been bothering the hell out of me. The main character was watching his romantic interest at work. He smiled with all of the charm of a budding movie romance and said something along the lines of, "She must be the bravest woman I've ever met." He didn't refer to her as the bravest person he had ever met – she was the bravest woman. That distinction changes the sentence from complement to condescension. There has always been a group of people in society who are defined as a race first and human beings second, or at times not at all. Women have always and without exception fallen into that category of people who may not call themselves humans first. Our "femininity" keeps us from being recognized as full members of society or the same as men. While feminists ostensibly try to change this, I believe that the feminist movement has become more about the single-minded fight for the advancement of women rather than the fight for equality for all. Feminism is in desperate need of a revival. This movement needs to become an ideal, not a vent of frustration. Instead of always promoting the short-term interests of women, feminism needs to uphold equality. We need to fight for a reality in which men and women are true equals in society, holding the same rights and responsibilities In fact, it is the responsibilities, especially, that we need to claim. Should another draft be instituted, women must be drafted alongside men. Paternity and maternity leave should be offered in equal lengths of time and both should be paid. Should the custody of a child be in question, the mother should not be preferred just because by all stereotypical accounts she ought to have a better relationship with the child. I am exhausted by the accounts of people who say they want equality but really only want preferential treatment. Preferential treatment will only lead to separation of the sexes and eventually the degradation of women. It is not fair to say we want to be equal, but really hope for more power. We should try to move towards a state where we don't need to draw these silly lines and determine which gender-based group has more power. We should try to finally cast off these ludicrous gender roles and be people, not men and women. Until that day I will continue to fume every time I am told my feminine instincts will help me to advance in life. I will continue to throw mean glances at every person who tells me it's "cute" that I would like to learn how to throw a punch. I will never stop battling for legitimacy and proving myself over and over in intellectual circles. Most importantly, I will never stop seeing every person as a human being first, and will always point out our similarities before our differences. That is what the feminist movement should be about.
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Exporting fluent case data to Ensight/paraview
Hey all,
I am trying to post processing non-conformal meshes (tgrid hex-core) in paraview after being run in fluent, but paraview cannot do it. Nor can ensight. Is there a special trick to exporting from fluent/importing with these two softwares to see non-conformal meshes?
Exporting fluent case data to EnSight
I can't say about paraview, but EnSight fully supports all grid types from Fluent. The most robust way to get data from Fluent to EnSight, you can export from within Fluent to the "EnSight Case Gold" format. File -- > Export --> EnSight Case Gold Format. There should not be any trick needed to read the data into EnSight from there. Which version of EnSight are you using?
-Kevin Colburn
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I think the problem is that the mesh needs to be exported in Fluent 6.3.35.
In any case my real issue is getting it into paraview. Ensight was just the format I was using to do that.
I want to calculate the time average wall shear stress (TAWSS).
I used fluent, but i do not know how to do this, can it be done on ENSIGHT?
The time average wall shear stress equation:
(WSS at time point 0.1+ WSS at time point 0.2+......WSS at time point 1.0) /10
I divide by 10 as I take the value of wall shear stress randomly at 10 time points which is at 0.1 s, 0.2 s, 0.3 s, 0.4 s, 0.5 s, 0.6 s, 0.7 s, 0.8s ,0.9 s and 1.0 s
Thank you so much if someone can help me on this.
Calculating Temporal Average
There is actually a PreDefined function in the Calculator of EnSight which does that automatically for you already called a TEMPORAL MEAN called "TempMean()". To use it simply:
a. Select the part(s) over which you want to compute this quantity (probably the wall parts in your case).
b. Open up the calculator, and select on the "TempMean" predefined function. You simply specify which variable you want to take the temporal mean of, along with the time step range (t1 to t2) that you want to take the mean over.
In your case, I would anticipate that the calculator function would end up looking like : TempMean(plist,WSS,0,9) (this would calculate the temporal mean of the variable called 'WSS' from timetep 0 to timestep 9.)
Let me know if I can be any any further assistance.
Do you have any experience about CFX to Ensight.
My results are in "mm" and seemingly in Ensight they must be in "m".
I am not expert in Ensight.
can u help me?
Thanks a lot
There are two ways to get data from CFx into EnSight. Within the CFx Run GUI, you can choose "Tools -- > Export". You set the export format to EnSight Case Gold format, and write out the necessary variables and domains to EnSight format. You can read them straight into EnSight. If you need to scale the model, you can do so by selecting the Edit Model Parts, and scaling the geometry there (if you need to). BTW: EnSight only cares about units consistency, not what the value is.
The other method is to natively read in the CFx .res file into EnSight. From the File Open browser, select the CFx .res file, make sure the format is set to "CFx", and Load the model. You can follow the same steps to scale the model if you need to.
Let me know if I can be of more assistance.
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Anatomically, the face is divided into thirds: the upper, middle and lower one-third. The space between your nose and your chin is referred to as the lower one-third. The teeth support the vertical height of your lower face, and more specifically the back teeth support your lower face.
Most dentists agree that minimal and gradual wearing away of the top enamel of the teeth is considered normal during the lifespan of a patient. However, excessive wear on the top surfaces of the teeth can result in abscessed teeth, an irregular bite, decreased chewing capacity and esthetic disharmony. Patients with these types of problems often require extensive restorative cosmetic dentistry treatment.
Although the prevalence of tooth wear, or attrition, is not known, it is thought to be very common in adults over the age of 40. The wearing of the top surfaces of the teeth is most often attributed to attrition, which is the wearing away of one tooth surface by another tooth surface. Attrition is the result of bruxism, or the involuntary grinding of the teeth against each other.
Attrition can be the result of one or a combination of problems such as:
Depending on the severity of the tooth wear, teeth may be broken, shortened and unattractive. Having worn teeth can result in jaw joint pain (TMJ), a decreased ability to chew and a sunken appearance to the lower face. All of these results can make a person appear more wrinkled and older.
Generally, the worn teeth will have to have new fillings placed or redone. When severe wear occurs in the mouth, a dental crown or multiple crowns may be the only solution.
Yes, tooth wear can be prevented, but only if you make regular visits to the dentist. If detected early enough, your dentist may prescribe a plastic night guard to protect your teeth, much like an athletic mouth guard.
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|Wild Kingdom - Exploring the Sea of Cortez
The long, skinny Baja Peninsula is separated from mainland Mexico by the Sea of Cortez. Also known as the Bay of California, this unique body of water extends 600 miles north to south and between 70 and 100 miles east to west. The San Andreas Fault runs up the middle, and Baja, along with the coastal California, is creeping slowly northward. The land has an uncompromising beauty with candelabra cacti standing sentinel over the stark landscape.
The peninsula is sparsely inhabited. Most of the land and, of course, all of the islands and remote bays in the Sea of Cortez are only accessible by boat. Its azure waters abound with wildlife and, if you include "remote" in your cruising lexicon, then exploring this gem in your own boat is a dream come true.
Last year we brought Venture, my Fleming 65, south from Vancouver, BC, to be one of the escort vessels in the FUBAR rally, in which 50 assorted powerboats left San Diego with La Paz, Mexico as their ultimate destination. Situated just north of the southeast corner of Baja, La Paz makes an ideal starting point for exploring the Sea of Cortez.
This area is surprisingly cold during the winter months and is subject to strong northerly winds, so most cruisers wait until March or April before heading back to California. In the meantime, they stay in touch with each other via a cruising net on VHF channel 22 at 0800 every morning. It includes a local weather forecast and news of general interest to area boaters, including those with problems seeking technical help or spare parts.
The almost-joined islands of Isla Espiritu Santo and Isla Partida lie just north of La Paz and offer numerous coves and inlets in which to anchor and explore. The water is a spectacular emerald green, and the elements have sculpted rocks along the shore into bizarre shapes with lacy overhangs that seem to defy the laws of gravity.
Some who have cruised the area for many years feel that wildlife is not so prolific as it once was but, on our trip, the natural world did not disappoint and, for us at least, lived up to its reputation. On the very first day, we encountered a pod of orcas, or killer whales, as we headed for Los Islotes, a rocky islet that teemed with sea lions, while fork-tailed frigate birds wheeled about our heads and pelicans plummeted into the water to feed on seemingly endless schools of fish.
Although we did not indulge on this particular occasion, you can join the sea lions in the water. Once you are fully submerged, they will cavort around you and blow bubbles that resemble globules of mercury as they wobble their silvery way toward the surface. On our first night, we shared an anchorage off a bay with a perfect crescent beach. Situated on the island of San Francisco and aptly named "The Hook" this spot is well protected from northerly winds. On this night, however, our sleep was disturbed by choppy waves whipped up by local wind called the Coromuel. Unique to the La Paz area, this wind comes from the south and usually arrives after sunset.
The following morning we continued northward along the Baja Peninsula, passing mountains with layered strata of contrasting colors reminiscent of the Grand Canyon. Just above the water a 70-foot-high natural sculpture of a giant hand – aptly named Mano de Dios (Hand of God) – stood out in stark relief against the rock face. The sea that day was glassy smooth, and Venture seemed to float, suspended between the sea and the sky.
Over the next few days, we encountered numerous cetaceans, including huge, endangered blue whales, as well as fin whales and the more athletic sperm whales, which repeatedly breached clear off the water. It became almost routine for dolphins of several types to stop what they were doing and speed towards the boat.
They would body-surf in our wake, cavort around the stem, some turning on their sides, as if to gauge the height of the bow. Then they would use powerful thrusts from their tails to launch themselves clear of the water – higher than the foredeck handrail.
Huge manta rays, too, could be seen hovering just beneath the pellucid surface, emerging to do back flips as they sought to rid themselves of parasites.
We anchored in the Bay of Bahia Aqua Verde and visited the isolated pinnacle of Rocs Solitaria (Solitary Rock) in the tender. Just before sunset a mist – so out of place in this arid environment – blew in from the sea and enveloped the rock, giving it an eerie appearance and leaving the pelicans perched on its shoulders, silhouetted against the fading light.
The small village on the shore bustled with activity as the pangueros, returning from a day of fishing, brought their catches ashore while squadrons of pelicans circled in the hope of an easy meal.
In the early light of dawn, the pangueros set out again until they became distant specs against the horizon. Theirs is a hard way to make a living in this unforgiving environment.
The Sea of Cortez is home to many unusual creatures, including the Giant Humboldt Squid, which fortunately for the casual swimmer normally lives at depths between 660 and 2300 feet. It has a large brain, stereoscopic eyes, three hearts, blue blood and eight arms – each equipped with suction cups lined with a ring of teeth.
The Humboldt squid has the ability to change color several times per second, from deep maroon to opalescent white, and it reaches lengths up to eight feet. This is truly a monster of the deep and one that many biologists consider to be among the most cunning and ferocious of all animals.
For two weeks, we enjoyed perfect weather, with warm days and cool nights, anchored in a series of secluded bays surrounded by the stark beauty of the Baja coast. The sky remained a pastoral blue streaked with ever-changing patterns of wispy clouds, while the sea took on the shade of a kingfisher's wing. Every evening, mountains as high as 4,000 feet were etched in deep relief against the background of a lingering sunset.
We spent a couple of nights in the perfect protection of Puerto Escondido (Hidden Harbor) from which we took a taxi to the charming town of Loreto. Here we stumbled across a perfect gem of a hotel and at a nearby restaurant enjoyed the region's deliciously fragrant coffee.
Like La Paz, Loreto is serviced by direct flights to and from Los Angeles. So, remote as it seems, you can access your boat from a major metropolis in less than two hours.
Loreto is the oldest continually occupied town on the Baja Peninsula, and its mission was founded in 1696. Today the old buildings house a museum that is well worth a visit. Loreto itself has no secure anchorage, but Puerto Escondido, 15 miles to the south, is a harbor of refuge and a hurricane hole. On the landward side, it is overlooked by the 3,600 foot high Sierra de la Giganta mountains.
North of Loreto, we anchored for a couple of nights in San Juanico Bay. Using the tender, we explored a cluster of peachcolored rocks, atop whose spires were perched huge osprey nests. The birds had gathered all manner of materials, tucking strands of blue polypropylene into the tangle of twigs.
Miniature Western Grebes, bobbing in large flocks on the water, amused us with their habit of disappearing en masse between beneath the surface. They left us wondering whether our eyes had deceived us, only to reappear as if by magic a few moments later.
As we lay at anchor aboard Venture, the air was so still we could hear the hollow sound of blue whales breathing and we took the tender to investigate. Keeping a respectful distance, we were able to observe their stately progress through the calm water and watch their massive flukes break clear of the surface. We went ashore on Isla Carmen and wandered through the crumbling remains of what had once been a thriving salt-producing operation. Cacti sprouted from the seats of rotting forklifts, and collapsing stairs lead to nowhere. The corroded remains of a steel hull lay awash adjacent to a crumbling jetty whose railroad tracks lurched drunkenly into space.
I was struck once again by how swiftly nature works to break down the detritus of mankind's failed operations – possessions that he so casually abandons when they are deemed no longer useful. At Bahia San Evaristo, a panga filled mostly with children of all ages, including a babe in arms, came by and asked if we had fresh water to spare. Having a reverse- osmosis watermaker on board, we were pleased to oblige. Cruising this region without a de-salinator would be difficult, as water sources are few and far between. We had heard that the GPS charts for Mexican waters are far from accurate, and so they proved to be. We found the actual land to be as much as half a mile from the position indicated on the electronic charts. Moreover, it was not unusual for a given chart to show us anchored well inland. Keeping a sharp lookout and using radar to confirm actual distances is mandatory for safe navigation in this remote area.
The Sea of Cortez is one of those places that deserve leisurely exploration over an extended period. Venture had an ambitious cruise schedule ahead of her, including a visit to the Galapagos Islands and transit through the Panama Canal to the US East Coast. So our visit to the wild creatures and scenery of the Bay of California was all too short. Nevertheless it was one that will live on in our collective memories.
About Tony Fleming
Tony Fleming, a British-born U.S. citizen, has been called a Renaissance man, having the skills of an engineer and the eye of an artist. In 1985, he took his idea of a new pilothouse design to Taiwan, selected the Tung Hwa factory, and started what has become the Fleming legacy.
In January of 2005, Tony took delivery of hull number one of his newest design, the Fleming 65, which he named Venture. Since that time he has cruised more than 40,000 miles, using Venture as a test bed for new ideas and equipment. Equally important, he's finally getting the opportunity to enjoy cruising while finding even more ways to make Fleming "the ultimate cruising yacht."
Tony has written many articles and blogs of his travels which can be found at his personal page on the Fleming web site www.flemingyachts.com/venture.html


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It was obvious at the start of this week that U.S. Federal Reserve Policy statement and Bank of Japan (BOJ) economic policies will be the major factors influencing gold prices. When the markets opened for trading on Monday, the gold trade was slow and quiet as investors started waiting to know if the Fed would raise interest rates and if the BOJ will succumb to pressures to weaken the Japanese Yen.
However, by Tuesday Gold started to see some mild bullish moves because the general market opinions tend to agree that the Fed won't raise interest rates. In Wednesday trade, gold trade continued to enjoy the bullish tailwinds as oil prices rose on sentiment while gold prices climbed on speculation. Yesterday, gold ended the session with 0.6% gains at a one week high of $1,250.40 an ounce.
Gold finds strength on cautious fed policy statement
This morning, the bullish rally in gold seems to have been revived and the yellow metal is on the northbound move once more in European markets. Spot gold was up 0.7% to $1,254.96 an ounce as at 1155 GMT in London – Gold futures for June delivery gained $6.70 to $1,257.10 an ounce. The main reason behind the rally in gold is that the Fed has struck out the possibility of raising interest rates in April (as expected) in its policy statement.
The fed noted that interest rates would remain unchanged from current levels and the fed said it would be slow to raise interest rate this year. There were indications that the Fed would raise interest rate in the first quarter of the year because the Fed has teased about four quarter-point rate hikes. Later, the Fed slowed down to two- quarter point rate hikes – realistically the first rate hike will possibly be in June and second one towards the end of the year.
Low interest rates are good for gold because a low-interest rate environment makes the yellow metal more attractive over other low-risk assets. Analysts at HSBC note that "the longer the Fed holds off on raising rates, the better for gold… The bullion market will now focus on the prospects of a Fed hike at the next meeting in June, and the possibility that the Fed will tighten later this year may help cap bullion prices."
Where is gold headed next?
The Fed is adopting a wait-and-see stance towards interest rates and the Bank of Japan went against all market expectations. The BOJ left rates at -0.1% against the market expectation that the interest rates will go deeper into negative territory. More so, the BOJ voted 8-1 in favor of maintaining the pledge to increase the monetary base. The moves by the BOJ will make it hard for the USD to strengthen against the dollar and a weak dollar often provides gold with bullish tailwinds.
Nico Pantelis, head of research at Secular Investor notes that "Even though gold is volatile in the short term, we don't expect a snap of the new cyclical uptrend in gold… Gold will remain bullish, although more volatile. We still look at the $1,280 resistance level as an important 'battlefield' on the gold chart."


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Set in the early 18th century, a tale which centers around Lagardere, who is the trusted friend and bodyguard of the multi-titled and wealthy nobleman, Nevers. Word comes from afar that Nevers has an heir and resolves to marry Blanche, the mother and raise the child, who he assumes will be a son. The villain Gonzague conspires to slaughter Nevers, Blanche, and the child. An expert swordsman, Nevers is known to possess the "Nevers Thrust," a flashy, foolproof technique for skewering an opponent between the eyes. Only Lagardere knows the secret. Gonzague, however, fatally stabs Nevers in the back, forcing him, in his dying breath, to entrust Lagardere with the infant. Lagardere takes refuge with the child--who turns out to be a girl--raising her amongst a group of actors and puppeteers. The child, Aurore, believes Lagardere is her father and when the performers hit Paris 16 years later, Lagardere puts his plot for revenge against Gonzague in motion.


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The Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2001 (the 2011 Act) makes major changes to the
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Lancashire's Great Harwood Town Hall has re-opened as a business and enterprise centre following a £500,000 redevelopment scheme by Globe Enterprises.
Kathryn Parsons, co-founder of Decoded, started with little more than faith and determination, but four years later it's grown into a global business. Ahead of her appearance at Accelerate 2015 in...
Author, writer and marketer Ryan Holiday on how entrepreneurs need to interpret failure.
Sue Vizard, business coach and author of Jump Start: The Start-up Book for Your Dream Business, looks at some of the questions solo entrepreneurs should ask themselves.
Ian Wright, founder and chief executive of NonExecutiveDirectors.com, is bringing together SMEs and NEDs - without the hefty recruitment fees.
Former professional golfer turned entrepreneur Colin Stevens has had a busy 18 months. The Better Bathrooms founder has increased turnover at the firm, secured a multi-million pound investment and...
David Hughes sums up his entrepreneurial career to date thus: four spectacular successes and two failures. He founded the sports retailer Allsports and achieved turnover of £180 million before a vicious price war meant decline, administration in 2005 and a sell-off to rival JD Sports.
It took Richard Shonn, managing director of 151 Products, three years to find a warehouse big enough for his requirements.
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