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Multi award winning artists Victoria Newton and Jamie Oehlers unite for an exciting concert of new arrangements of Jazz repertoire. This combination is a debut for Perth audiences and will feature the talents of two of Perth's finest musical exports.
Victoria Newton:
This effervescent Australian vocalist has delighted audiences worldwide with her unique combination of energy, spontaneity and musicianship. Her rich, sensual voice and powerful stage presence are summed up by Steve Rubie (owner of London's 606 Club) when he describes her as having "a fabulous strong clear voice with a great sense of time and an even greater sense of fun!" Victoria began her musical career in Perth, Western Australia where she studied classical music and jazz. After majoring in clarinet performance at the University of Western Australia, she went on to study jazz vocals at the Conservatorium, becoming vocalist with The Western Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra and supporting international artists such as Ray Charles, Dionne Warwick, Ray Brown and James Moody. In 1990 she relocated to London and rapidly established a name for herself on the jazz and Latin scene, collaborating with Acid-Jazz recording artist Ronny Jordan and supporting Terence Blanchard at the Jazz with her own quartet. She also appeared at the Ealing Jazz Festival, The Soho Jazz Festival and the Ingolstadt International Jazz Festival in Germany as well as at London venues Pizza Express Dean Street, The 606 Club and Pizza on the Park. Victoria's voice has also featured on many club anthems and it was this which changed the direction of her career in the mid-90's. As the lead singer of pop-dance group Strike, she had a UK no. 4 hit and global success with 'U Sure Do', followed by a further four UK top 40 hits and a critically acclaimed album. Victoria's vocals on the Strike album 'I Saw the Future' have been described as "outstanding throughout" (Dream Magazine) and her live performances "simply stunning", with "staggering vocals" (M8 magazine). In recent years Victoria has re-ignited her passion for jazz and Brazilian music and due to popular demand has recorded her first solo jazz album. 'The Song is You' reflects a wealth of musical influences, brought together in a fresh and contemporary way; from swinging standards to sensual bossa novas, from dreamy ballads to drum and bass infused interpretations. There are a couple of catchy originals included too!
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Winner of the 2003 World Saxophone Competition and 2007 Australian Jazz Artist of the Year
His last CD with "Lost and Found" was a final nominee for an ARIA award and also for an Australian Independent Records Award as Jazz Album of the Year.
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View this Property's Listing Page & Photo Gallery I am pleased to announce another sale of a special historic home located in the town limits of Crested Butte. My exclusive listing at 721 Maroon Avenue sold this week. The distinctive, 4 bedroom, 2,300 SF historic property sold for $880,000. 721 Maroon Ave, also known as the Read More >

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May 31st, 2015, saw the opening of the Memories of Taiwan art exhibition at Abu Dhabi's The Space, in the twofour54 building. Organized by the Henosis events and inaugurated by Omar Chen, Consul, Commercial Office of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Dubai, UAE. I was one of the four artists whose artwork and photography was on display and for this I remain grateful. The exhibition ran through the summer of 2015.
You can read more about the idea behind my work on the Wanderarti website, which describes my work in detail.
Showcasing two of my artworks and four soul-stirring photographs, this was a dream come true. I grew up in Abu Dhabi and my mother before me showcased her art through various art exhibitions in Abu Dhabi, when I was growing up. I must have been influenced by her entrepreneurial mindset and now, decades later, I have officially followed in her footsteps, but designing my own path into arts and wellness.
Not to forget my dear father who influenced me (though he knows not) from the photography and videography point of view. I still remember going through all the National Geographic magazines that he subscribed to, the feeling of being that travel photographer and world wanderlust still exists today in my heart. I was never tired of flipping through the photos that my father took, and I was so curious about the red room, where they would develop their photography.
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Dear colleagues,
I installed OGAMA 4.0 beta 7 on SMI workstaion (SMI RED 250 and iViewX 2.4).
The system works, but some strange things happened.
1. Some calibration markers (OGAMA calibration interface) are shifted to the bottom of stimulation screen.
2. Results (OGAMA analysis) show that all fixation points are shifted to upper-right corner of the screen.
3. I found stimulus screen resolution settings in OGAMA, but I can't find screen size settings (Height and Width). It looks very strange.
Did anybody faced such problems?
Hi Insider...
The SMI recording interface of Ogama is experimental, I had the SMI system with a HED one day at work to code it so no time for bug finding / fixing at all, sorry for that. At the end of the day it worked for me but is far from stable, so I do not wonder if
there are problems with it during calibrating a RED ...
If your are working with SMI I have lots of good experience using ogamas import assistant, instead of using ogama for recording (even if I would prefer that). So use NBS presentation or other software to trigger the recording and import your data for analysis
into ogama.
Also I would suggest, that you ask SMI for Ogama support, I know some of the guys there, but there were not enough people demanding support to convince SMI to write and support their interface themself, as other manufactures like Alea does and Mirametrix
is working on.
Kind regards, Adrian
Hi Adrian,
Thank you for reply.
One more question. You wrote that you worked with SMI mobile eyetracker (SMI HED). HED recording results are: eye movements recording (IDF file) and scene video from HED front cam (AVI file).
But I couldn't find any support for video stimulus in OGAMA. Only static fictures and flash animation.
Will video stimulus analysis be implemented in OGAMA in future (like in SMI BeGaze)?
Yeah, I know :-) The idf files can be converted to plain text for import. The scene video would be of interest, too. But it was a quick test on how to communicate with iView capturing the data stream via UDP, the data quality was ok using a chinrest
(which is, I know, somehow silly with the HED :-), think of it as a proof of concept). Ogama does not support videos at the moment (even if it is using screen videos during recording of flash movies internally). I had some requests on this feature
and you´re invited to add it using the sources! I will assist you as much as I can, but there is not enough of my time left for this project at the moment to add features, trying to keep on bugfixing is even hard and time consuming :-).
Regards, Adrian
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Allentown, PA March 8, 2017 – For the Second Year, Salisbury Township School District has been awarded a 2017 Top Workplaces honor by The Morning Call.
Salisbury Township School District Superintendent, Dr. Randy Ziegenfuss commented on the recognition, "Salisbury continues to be a wonderful place to live, work and learn thanks to the work all of our employees do on a daily basis. We thank our employees and our school board for their commitment and loyalty to the district and hope they will proudly share this recognition with family and friends." Assistant Superintendent, Lynn Fuini-Hetten, shared, "Salisbury Township School District is a very special place, a gem in the Lehigh Valley, because of our dedicated faculty, staff, and school board members! We are Falcon Proud!"
The Top Workplaces lists are based solely on the results of an employee feedback survey administered by WorkplaceDynamics, LLC, a leading research firm that specializes in organizational health and workplace improvement. Several aspects of workplace culture were measured, including Alignment, Execution, and Connection, just to name a few. ͞The Top Workplaces award is not a popularity contest. And oftentimes, people assume it's all about fancy perks and benefits, says Doug Claffey, CEO of WorkplaceDynamics. But to be a Top Workplace, organizations must meet our strict standards for organizational health. And who better to ask about work life than the people who live the culture every day – the employees. Time and time again, our research has proven that what's most important to them is a strong belief in where the organization is headed, how it's going to get there, and the feeling that everyone is in it together. Claffey adds, Without this sense of connection, an organization doesn't have a shot at being named a Top Workplace."


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Theme of the Month: "Forever Black"
Our love affair with the dark side continues this fall/winter, and it's easy to see why. Edgy, sexy, and full of mystery and drama, black flatters the figure, suits literally every occasion from super-casual to red carpet, and says "I'm powerful, so don't mess with me." In fact, the famous Japanese designer, Yohji Yamamoto, called it "modest and arrogant at the same time." It's also the easiest, chicest, most foolproof way to dress—you never have to worry about clashing or matching, and it gives give a girly outfit a touch of confident-looking gravitas. As for black leather—it's always cool. What's more, black layers up beautifully when you mix different fabrics and textures, like velvet, brocade and lace. Best of all, it allows you to go wild with jewelry and accessories. As Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family said: "I'll stop wearing black when they make a darker color."
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The Children (2008) is a British horror film. Whilst on holiday, parents Jonah, Elaine, Chloe and Robbie notice that their young children are beginning to act odd after they become ill with an unknown virus. The children then begin to exhibit violent behavior that quickly escalates to murder.
The Children provides examples of the following tropes:
- Creepy Child / Enfant Terrible: All of the children, but Leah especially.
- Downer Ending
- The End of the World as We Know It: More than likely. It appears that the illness is widespread and probably uncurable.
- Eye Scream: Chloe's death involves a coloured pencil in the eye.
- Foreshadowing: Leah giving herself eye shadow with a coloured pencil.
- Genre Savvy: Casey not only cottons onto what is happening fairly fast, she does what she has to survive and protect her mother.
- Idiot Ball: Chloe and Robbie. Their actions end up costing them dearly.
- Infant Immortality: Subverted. Of the four younger children only one is still alive at the end.
- Jerk Ass: Jonah, who runs off with his youngest daughter while abandoning his wife and step daughter. YMMV however. Considering the events of the movie solely from his point of view, this can also be a case of Jerk Ass Has A Point.
- Kill 'em All: With the exception of Elaine and Casey, everyone is dead by the final scene.
- Oh, Crap!: Elaine realizes in the final scene of the film what has happened: once the children started to get sick, they became violent and killed every adult around. Elaine's hesitation before letting Casey back into her car speaks volumes.
- Poor Communication Kills: None of the characters explain their motivations or reasoning to anyone else. They simply do something and expect everyone else to go along, then bring up looks of shock and horror when someone foils their agenda — both good and bad characters. Elaine finally figures it out after she is cornered on a stairwell, about to be dug into by two of the kids.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: Jonah. He isn't successful.
- Cliffhanger: Elaine and the now-infected Casey, driving away from the house together.
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"The Myth of Self-Enquiry"
"Probably you believe you are a person reading these very words right now. Maybe you also see yourself as a spiritual seeker. You've been to sacred places, followed yoga or meditation, maybe you've been involved in a group of seekers with similar interests. Probably you've invested a lot in this search for the ultimate truth. Maybe you feel you have been close to finding your true nature, and still … something is lacking. What if this search leads you nowhere because the seeker who wants to achieve "it" is itself a concept? Have you ever investigated the existence of the investigator you believe you are? The seeker you believe yourself to be will not like this book. Seekers do not want to learn that that their search for enlightenment is just a game of their ego. They don't like to see that their spiritual enquiry is endless and that their goal of finding their "true nature" is a myth." Jan Kersschot graduated in medicine from Antwerp University, Belgium. His lifelong quest for the ultimate truth was characterised by his interest in a wisdom which does not exclude anything or anyone. Blending the core of Eastern wisdom with a contemporary Western lifestyle, Jan shows in this collection of extraordinary dialogues how the popular myths about self inquiry and enlightenment can be unmasked. He is the author of the books, Coming Home, Nobody Home and This Is It.
Review By Jerry Katz
About the author: "Jan Kersschot graduated in medicine from Antwerp University, Belgium. His lifelong quest for the ultimate truth was characterised by his interest in a wisdom which does not exclude anything or anyone." Jan is also the author of Coming Home, Nobody Home, and This Is It, all well-received books on the teaching of nonduality or Oneness.
The first thing I liked about this book is the compact size. It only has about 97 pages and is narrow enough to fit into my back pocket, so I took it with me on a walk and sat in the park and read it.
The theme is that liberation is a myth as there is only awareness, oneness, God, or Beingness. The theme is developed through as series of brief, pointed conversations on a number of topics: the body, the soul, the shadow side, intelligent design v. Darwinism, blasphemy, life after understanding, belief, religion, ego, control, hope, and more.
Prior to the conversations is Kersschot's introduction to the book. It is important because it easily enables the reader new to nonduality and Advaita to comprehend the prison walls of the mind and to see that they are made of thin air.
Something else I like about this book is that Jan is addressing questions that might be posed by any beginning investigator of Advaita or of Beingness. Such questions as, "If I am not my body, then I am a soul that has chosen this body to live in?" "What I eat, how much I pray, it's not essential? Is that what you're saying?" "Is there nothing we can do to change the world for the better?"
The responses are brief and lead to conversations consisting of further concise responses back and forth.
There is a freshness to this book that is illustrated in how Jan describes his offerings. The questioner asks, "Are you like the Zen masters, who say that the finger pointing to the moon is not the moon?" Jan responds, "I would rather say I try to point to the sun instead of the moon. And the sun stands here for the one and only source of light of everything. Of all beings."
This book of conversations is a concise and fresh guide to Advaita that considers a variety of worldly topics. This book will be extremely useful to people first investigating Advaita and to anyone who still has questions or doubts


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Zaha Hadid herself has said that architecture is 'a man's world'. The talented powerhouse that she was, Hadid managed to break many glass ceilings in her lifetime to become a household name in architecture. Given the incredible heights that Hadid has achieved, the least we can do is avoid restraining her in an unequal correlation of men is to women architects- Hadid was crazy talented, and no match for any of her male contemporaries. Women architects in the West may slowly be getting their due, but the lack of attention given to Indian women in the field is a lingering concern. We look at some of the sharpest and artistic architectural minds that have shaped our buildings.
Perin Jamshedji Mistry
The first professional female architect in India, Perin was born in Bombay into a family that had been in the construction business for four generations. Mistry is credited with building the first runway for the country's busiest airport, in Bombay. In the 50 or so years she spent building, she designed everything from churches to factories, to houses.
Urmila Eulie Chowdhury
Another pioneering personality, she is best known for her close collaborations with Le Corbusier in planning and building the North Indian city of Chandigarh, the new capital city of post-Partition Punjab. She was also appointed the Director of the School of Architecture of Delhi in 1963. She was also an avid furniture designer, like many other female architects of her time.
Sheila Sri Prakash
A natural genius and a born artist, Prakash gave her first Bharatanatyam Arangetram (official showcase) at age six. With the kind of personality that turns everything it touches into gold, her entry into architecture, which took place sometime in her 20-year performance career, was quite phenomenal. She is the first Indian woman architect to start her own firm, Shilpa Architects, and is credited for founding the modern discipline of Spaciology, the study of spaces and the way people interact with them. A conservationist, she is known for her thorough insights into the micro-constraints that define each construction. As a professional performer, she excels in Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Veena, Classical Indian music, painting and sculpting. Oh, and she also makes movies.
Read an interview with Prakash here
Revathi Kamath
The queen of mud architecture, Kamath is, like any true genius, uncompromisingly versatile. She is responsible for introducing the concept of the 'Evolving Home', a home that is able to absorb the changes that occur to it over time. Her 33 metre high steel JSPL Gateway in Chandigarh incorporates tribal patterns, and shows off her unique capability to bridge the traditional and the modern.
- Neera Adarkar
Neera Adarkar is a visionary academic and urban planner. Her pathbreaking contributions include the study of public and private spaces from a gendered perspective, and close case studies of the relation between people and spaces. Her seminal paper Gendering of the Culture of Building, calls for gender-equal interventions at the policy level.
Chitra Vishwanath
Architect Chitra Vishwanath is perhaps the most interesting personality to make this list. She blurs the lines between mainstream and alternative buildings. Chitra's projects also reflect a deep sensitivity towards ecology and architecture. Her constructions not only interact with the people that inhabit them, but also with the environment. These images of the architect's works using various methods of Earth construction drives home our point.
Brinda Somaya
Brinda Somaya was documented by Mary Woods in Women Architects in India: Histories of Practice in Mumbai and Delhi as one of the pioneers paving the way for a smooth transition from the traditional to the modern, and for the conservation of vernacular building styles. The challenge faced by India is very peculiar, and spans the spectrum between the upgrading of slum settlements, to the sustainable building of high-rises, as firm's website poignantly points out. She is one of those rare architects that dreams of the future with an open admiration and respect for historical heritage, while keeping two feet planted firmly in the present.
Samira Rathod
Samira Rathod is an award-winning architect and teacher, known for her conscientious building techniques that attempt to lift the pressure on the environment, in terms of resources, and the optimization of spaces.
Check out one of her mind-blowing home designs here.
Anupama Kundoo
Like Samira, Anupama is both an architect and designer, a wholesome combination of things. Her speciality is material research, and she is constantly filled with ideas on how to make construction and urbanization more socio-economically and environmentally beneficial.
Pravina Mehta
Mehta's interests were diverse, ranging from politics to design, and this multi-faceted perspective is what makes her stand out. Her political activism (which once got her into jail) helped her contribute unparalleled insights into the building of post-Independence Navi Mumbai. Her saying, "When a woman is truly committed to her career, when there is an inner compulsion, she ceases to regard herself as a woman but only acts as a professional", poignantly reflects the very struggle for self dignity that female architects face, even today.
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Andrew Kazdin, a producer known for his recordings of the New York Philharmonic, the pianists Glenn Gould, Murray Perahia and Ruth Laredo, and the organist E. Power Biggs, and who revolutionized classical recording by using techniques more common to popular music, died on Monday in Manhattan. He was 77.
The cause was pancreatic cancer, his daughter Barbara Kazdin Adler said.
Mr. Kazdin was a perfectionist in the recording studio, often having performers play a work dozens of times in a session. Sometimes these performances were complete takes; often they were small sections, to be used as patches when an otherwise acceptable complete performance was marred by a wrong note or by what he called "notes that didn't speak." By that he meant notes that were technically correct but that were not phrased in a way that carried their full potential.
His insistence that the details of a work be heard clearly led him, in the 1970s, to pioneer an approach to symphonic recording that borrowed from techniques used in the studio with popular music.
The traditional approach involved setting up a few microphones — sometimes only two, placed at a distance from the orchestra — to capture a performance much as it would sound in a concert hall. Mr. Kazdin put microphones on every section of the orchestra. Using a 16-track recorder and putting each section on its own track, he had the flexibility to create his own sound balances during the mixing sessions, long after the players went home.
Audio purists found this an appalling idea, because it put the balances in the hands of the producer rather than the conductor. But in "The Case for Multiple Miking in Recording," a 1981 article for Stereo Review, Mr. Kazdin argued that even the most minimalist approach to microphone placement introduces distortions of balance for which a producer must compensate.
Andrew Kazdin was born in the Bronx on Oct. 10, 1934, and grew up in Larchmont, N.Y. Interested in both music and engineering, he enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dropped out to study percussion and composition at the New England Conservatory, and then returned to M.I.T. to complete a master's in industrial management. By then he had been building amplifiers and making recordings, as well as performing as a percussionist and conductor. In the early 1960s he landed a job at Columbia Records.Continue reading the main story
While there, Mr. Kazdin produced some of George Szell's last recordings with the Cleveland Orchestra and virtually all the recordings by the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Boulez and Zubin Mehta. He collaborated with another producer, Thomas Z. Shepard, on "Everything You Always Wanted to Hear on the Moog," an album of classical favorites performed on the Moog synthesizer. And he made many of Gould's recordings, at that pianist's private studio in Toronto, experiences he chronicled in a book, "Glenn Gould at Work: Creative Lying" (1989).
In 1979, when record companies were beginning to make digital recordings, Mr. Kazdin took the view that the quality of the production was more important than the mechanics of the recording process, and he objected to CBS Records' decision to use a two-track recording system that limited his prerogatives. At a New York Philharmonic session that November, he objected vociferously, and he was soon dismissed.
Mr. Kazdin went on to make recordings for CBS as a freelance producer and to oversee the sound of "Live From Lincoln Center" TV broadcasts of music, ballet and theater. At his death he was preparing to produce the sound for a coming broadcast of "The Nutcracker," Ms. Adler said.
He is also survived by another daughter, Nancy Scalzi, and a sister, Phoebe Kazdin Schnitzer.
Musicians respected the acuity of Mr. Kazdin's hearing, as well as his inherent musicality. After a recording session with Mr. Boulez and the New York Philharmonic in the 1970s, one player told a companion that when they recorded with Leonard Bernstein, they made a game of seeing how many wrong notes they could play before Bernstein or his producer, John McClure, stopped them.
"We can't do that with Boulez and Kazdin," the musician said. "Their ears are too good."Continue reading the main story


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This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/137,195 filed May 2, 2002 U.S. Pat. No. 6,835,412, and claims priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Applications Ser. No. 60/288,941 filed May 4, 2001 and Ser. No. 60/309,651 filed Aug. 2, 2001, the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein.
The present invention relates to metalized dielectric substrates and their utility in radio frequency electronic article surveillance tag circuits.
The use of electronic article surveillance or security systems for detecting and preventing theft or unauthorized removal of articles or goods from retail establishments and/or other facilities, such as libraries, has become widespread. In general, such systems, sometimes called EAS systems, employ a label or security tag, also known as an EAS tag, that is affixed to, associated with, or otherwise secured to an article or item to be protected or its packaging. Security tags may take on many different sizes, shapes, and forms, depending on the particular type of security system in use, the type and size of the article, etc. In general, such security systems are employed for detecting the presence or absence of an active security tag as the security tag and the protected article to which it is affixed pass through a security or surveillance zone or pass by or near a security checkpoint or surveillance station.
The security tags that are the subject of this invention are designed to work with electronic security systems that sense disturbances in radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields. Such electronic security systems generally establish an electromagnetic field in a controlled area defined by portals through which articles must pass in leaving the controlled premises. A resonant tag circuit is attached to each article, and the presence of the tag circuit in the controlled area is sensed by a receiving system to denote the unauthorized removal of an article. The tag circuit is deactivated, detuned or removed by authorized personnel from any article authorized to leave the premises to permit passage of the article through the controlled area with alarm activation. Most of the tags that operate on this principle are single-use, i.e., disposable tags, and are therefore designed to be produced at low cost in very large volumes.
In conventional practice, the inductor and capacitor elements that comprise the resonant circuit are fabricated by etching both sides of a substrate that consists of a 1 mil thick layer of polyethylene sandwiched between two layers of aluminum foil.
Deactivation of these tags by direct means is problematic. Physical removal of tags that are adhesively or mechanically affixed to the protected article can be difficult and time consuming. Detuning the security tag by covering it with a special shielding device such as a metalized sticker is also time consuming and inefficient. Furthermore, both of these deactivation methods require the security tag to be identifiable and accessible, which prohibits the use of tags embedded within merchandise at undisclosed locations or tags concealed in or upon the packaging.
Improved deactivation methods incorporate remote electronic deactivation of a resonant tag circuit such that the deactivated tag can remain on an article properly leaving the premises. An example of such a deactivation system is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,728,938 (Kaltner, 3/1988). Electronic deactivation of a resonant security tag involves changing or destroying the detection frequency resonance so that the security tag is no longer detected as an active security tag by the security system. There are many methods available for achieving electronic deactivation. In general, however, the known methods involve either short circuiting a portion of the resonant circuit or creating an open circuit within some portion of the resonant circuit to either spoil the Q of the circuit or shift the resonant frequency out of the frequency range of the detection system, or both.
A method of deactivating a tag by short circuiting a portion of its resonant circuit is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,498,076 (Lichtblau, 2/1985) entitled "Resonant Tag and Deactivator for Use in Electronic Security system" and U.S. Pat. No. 4,567,473 (Lichtblau, 1/1986) entitled "Resonant Tag and Deactivator for Use in Electronic Security System". In this approach an indentation or dimple is made within the plates that form the capacitor portion of the resonant circuit. At energy levels higher than the detecting signal but within FCC regulations the deactivation device induces a voltage in the resonant circuit of the tag sufficient to cause the dielectric layer between the plates to break down in the area where the indentation has reduced the thickness of the dielectric layer. This type of security tag can be conveniently deactivated at a checkout counter or other such location by being momentarily placed above or near the deactivation device.
However, tags made by this method, which requires the precise formation of an approximately 0.1 mil indented thickness in a polymer layer that is typically only 1 mil thick to begin with, may not always function as designed. For example, if the indentation is not deep enough, i.e., if the polymer dielectric layer under the indentation is thicker than intended, the energy provided by the deactivating device may not be sufficient to cause breakdown of the dielectric layer. In retail establishments, this circumstance can lead to an embarrassing confrontation of innocent customers by store security personnel. On the other hand, if the indentation is too deep, i.e., the polymer dielectric layer under the indentation is thinner than intended, the tag may be prematurely deactivated by exposure to the lower energy detection signal emanating from the portals or the static charge that can build up on the packaging machinery used to automatically apply tags configured as product identification or pricing labels. In this case, retailers are not getting the protection they are paying their packaging suppliers to provide. Thus, with respect to the deactivation reliability of conventional EAS RF tags, no completely satisfactory method has emerged nor has the prior art taken the specific form of the novel approach proposed in this invention.
Retailers who employ anti-pilferage systems based on RF technology would like the tags that are used in these systems to be smaller in size, preferably 1″ square, so that they can be more easily concealed on or in the protected merchandise. They also perceive that smaller tags would consume less material and therefore cost less to produce.
Thus, with respect to size as well as deactivation reliability, no completely satisfactory RF tag design for electronic article surveillance applications has emerged nor has the prior art recognized the novel approach of this invention.
The invention features a metalized substrate of a thin inorganic or polymeric dielectric material clad on both sides with metal and the advantages obtained by fabricating such a substrate material into a tuned or resonant circuit tag, generally defined by at least one inductive and capacitive element arranged in series. The construction and function of the tag circuits themselves are known, as disclosed in the aforementioned patents.
One of the objectives of the present invention is the provision of a technique and article by which the reliability and the facility of the tag deactivating process is improved. To that end, the present invention departs from conventional practice and the prior art in that a very thin layer of dielectric material containing a very small opening or so-called via hole is formed directly on a first layer of conductive foil and a second layer of very thin conductive metal is deposited on the dielectric layer and in the via hole to effect the interconnection of the two conductive layers. This substrate construction is subsequently patterned with an etch resist, and then etched to form the inductor and capacitor plates that constitute the elements of the resonant circuit. Unlike conventional practice, wherein the reliability of the tag deactivation process is compromised by the need to precisely deform a thin polymeric layer by mechanical means, the deactivation reliability of tag circuits made from this construction is enhanced by the uniformity and consistency with which the critical breakdown thickness of its dielectric layer is formed by non-mechanical means. The formation of the small via hole in the dielectric layer has a derivative benefit in that it also eliminates the need to devote tag surface area on the inductor side to the formation of a mechanical interconnect.
Another object of the present invention is the reduction of tag surface area that must be devoted to the capacitor plate on the inductor side so that the inductance of the coil, a property directed related to the square of the number of turns in the coil, can be maximized for any size tag but particularly for tags smaller than 1.5″ square. In conventional practice, the use of a 1 mil thick polymer dielectric layer produces a requirement for a capacitor plate and its attendant connections that can occupy nearly 10% of the overall area of a 1.5″ square tag. For 1″ square tag designs, which have only 40% of the area of the 1.5″ square tag to begin with, reliance on a 1 mil thick polymer dielectric layer leads to even larger capacitor plates that consume nearly 50% of the available surface area. These consequences are almost entirely eliminated in the present invention because the use of a very thin dielectric layer produces a requirement for a very small capacitor plate, one that is only a tiny fraction of the size of its conventional counterpart. The size of this tiny capacitor element is such that, regardless of its location relative to the inductor coil, it maximizes the surface area, hence number of coil turns that can be devoted to the layout of the inductor pattern. This inductance-enhancing feature can be exploited to increase the detection range of a given size tag or to produce smaller tags with the same detection range.
The foregoing summary, as well as the following detailed description of preferred embodiments of the invention, will be better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings, in which:
With reference to
In the preferred embodiment incorporating inorganic dielectric materials, the substrate 21 can be fabricated by first applying a small dot of suitable marking material to one surface of a sheet or web of aluminum foil 2 mils thick. The aluminum foil with the dot is then anodized by the same type of electrochemical process that is used to convert aluminum foil into substrate materials for wound electrolytic capacitors. This process can be precisely controlled to develop on the surface of the aluminum foil a uniform, pinhole-free insulating layer of alumina (aluminum oxide) that is only a few hundred Angstroms thick. In this thickness range, alumina has a breakdown voltage in the range of 30–100 volts, which is well within the range of voltages induced in the resonant tag circuits by the output of the conventional deactivation units that are widely installed in retail electronic article surveillance systems. The dot is then removed by chemical or mechanical means, leaving a void or via hole in the layer of anodized material. The anodized layer is then vacuum metalized with a layer of aluminum or copper 1500–3000 Å thick to form a second conductive layer, a process which also metallizes the via hole to interconnect the two layers of conductive material. Since this metalized substrate construction incorporates a dielectric layer that is less than 1/100th mil thickness of a conventional polyethylene dielectric layer, it is well-suited to the fabrication of capacitor elements that call for high capacitance values in a small area. The ability to form a small via hole to interconnect the two conductive surfaces of the substrate also addresses the goal of maximizing the tag surface area available for the inductor pattern.
The preferred use of an aluminum anodizing process to form insulating layer 21 suggests that other aluminized materials, such as electrodeposited copper foil vacuum metalized with aluminum on one side or aluminum clad copper foil, could also be used as the starting material. Indeed, because electrodeposited copper is easier to etch in fine line patterns than rolled aluminum foil and presents less of a problem with regard to disposal of the spent etchant, there is much to recommend the first of these two alternative starting materials. The alumina layer can alternatively be formed by sputtering aluminum in a reactive atmosphere to produce the aluminum oxide layer. The sheet or web need not be aluminum or aluminum coated but can be any metal on which the sputtered layer is applied.
It will be recognized by those skilled in the art that other inorganic dielectric materials such as tantalum oxide, silica or zirconia or multilayer combinations of such materials may alternatively be employed to form the insulating layer 21. These materials may be applied by sputtering or vacuum deposition methods, as is also the case with alumina. In addition to aluminum and copper other conductive materials such as gold, nickel and tin can be applied to insulating layer 21 without changing the nature of the resonant circuit or its operation. These conductive materials can be applied to the surface of insulating layer 21 by any one or a combination of methods known to those familiar with printed circuit fabrication practices, among them but not limited to: coating; screen printing; electrochemical deposition; vacuum deposition; etc.
In the preferred embodiment incorporating polymeric dielectric materials, the substrate layer 21 can be formed by using a flexographic printer to apply to the surface of the aluminum foil a toluene-based solution of polystyrene modified by a small amount, 1–2% by weight, of a flexibilizing agent such as Kraton rubber. The printed coating, which incorporates a via hole, is then dried to form a uniform, pinhole-free dielectric layer. The surface of the polystyrene is then vacuum metalized with a layer of aluminum or copper 1500–3000 Å thick to form a second conductive layer, a process that also metallizes the via hole to interconnect the two layers of conductive material. Although much thicker than the Angstrom level thickness of the inorganic dielectric layer, the polymer dielectric layer described above is still only 10% of the thickness of a conventional 1 mil thick polymer dielectric layer; as such, it is also well-suited to the fabrication of capacitor elements that call for high capacitance values in a small area.
Alternatively, the starting foil may be copper or some other appropriate metal in a suitable gauge. The dielectric layer may also be formed by extrusion coating the polymeric material onto the surface of the starting foil, then opening via holes in the coating with a laser or other means. Those skilled in the art will also recognize that other polymeric materials such as polyethylene, polypropylene, or their co-polymers, as well as any of several fluoropolymers, may alternatively be employed in forming the substrate 21 and that two or more layers of different polymeric materials may be employed in the form of a multilayer dielectric composite. It is also contemplated that a treatment layer may be applied to a surface of the base metal to enhance the bonding of the base metal to the particular polymeric material.
Each side of the metalized composite substrate is then printed with a UV-curable etch resist in its respective circuit pattern. Surface 23 of substrate 21, the 2 mil thick aluminum foil layer, is printed with an image that includes the inductor-capacitor patterns 22, 29 and via hole 31; surface 25 of substrate 21, the thin second conductive layer, is printed with an image that includes the matching capacitor plate 27, via hole land 30, and connection segment 26. The resist-coated substrate is then exposed to a brief chemical etching step which completely removes the unprotected areas of the Angstrom-thick metal on surface 25 of the substrate. Since this brief exposure removes only a thin layer from the unprotected areas of the aluminum foil on surface 23, the mechanical integrity of the composite substrate is maintained for handling purposes. A sheet of 1 mil thick polyethylene film coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive is then laminated to surface 25, thereby encapsulating the circuit elements formed thereon. In addition to forming the second side outer layer in the finished tag construction, the laminated polyethylene film provides mechanical support for the substrate in the next chemical etching step wherein the unprotected 2 mil thick aluminum on surface 23 is selectively removed to form the inductor and capacitor plate patterns. A sheet of label stock paper coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive is then laminated to this side to complete the construction of the finished tag.
The first side (22, 29, 31, and 32) and second side (26, 27, and 31) conductive patterns establish at least one resonant circuit, such as the resonant circuit 15, having a resonant frequency within the predetermined detection frequency range of an electronic article surveillance system used with the security tag 20. As previously discussed in regard to
When security tag 20 embodying the present invention is subjected to a radio-frequency signal at the resonant frequency of its resonant circuit, of relatively low intensity, but still sufficient to enable an electronic anti-shoplifting system to detect the tag's presence, then the capacitor element C formed by plate segments 27 and 29 will remain unaffected, and the tag will remain capable of causing an alarm. The capacitor element will likewise remain unaffected by exposure to static discharge. On the other hand, when the tag 20 is subjected to a radio-frequency signal at the same frequency but of sufficiently increased intensity by a deactivating unit provided for that purpose, then the very thin dielectric layer separating the plates of capacitor element C will break down under the stress of the induced voltage, causing the capacitor to short circuit and rendering the resonant circuit tag incapable of causing an alarm.
The invention is not to be limited by the embodiments which have been shown and described and is intended to embrace the full spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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Author: Vicky
E-Mail: vickysg1wanadoo.fr
WebSite: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/vickyfics/index.html
Category: romance, angst, missing-scene
Summary: something changed and they know it
Season/Sequel: season 2, post The Hive (2-11)
Spoiler: The Hive (2-11)
Rating: K
Archives: my website, others ask please, I never refuse
Disclaimer: I own neither the show nor the characters. I don't earn any money; I just do it for fun.
Author's Note: I know it's short but I'm planning to add at least one chapter. Once again, I want to thanks my wonderful beta, Jaclyn.
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Elizabeth was leaning on the railing, her eyes long lost in the depths of the night. The door slid open behind her, but she didn't turn around, nor did she acknowledge having heard it. Footsteps were approaching her and she still didn't move. She knew who it was; she'd recognize his walk anywhere. If it had been anybody else, she would have told them to go get lost, but with him, it was different. She knew that he wouldn't talk unless she started the conversation.
He leaned on the railing too, in the exact same position as Elizabeth, his elbow grazing hers. She wanted to say something, anything, but she couldn't find the words. She finally settled for a simple:
"How are you doing?"
"I'm fine, and you know it; Beckett told you during the debriefing."
"Well I… I guess I just wanted to hear it from you."
"How are you doing?" he asked in return.
"John, I'm not the one who was captured by Ford's men, then by the Wraith," she replied, turning to face him. "I'm fine too," she finally added, knowing that he was really concerned by her wellbeing. "And how's the rest of your team?"
"Beckett wants to keep them for the night just to be sure but they're okay."
"I'm glad to hear it."
Silence once again fell upon them but it was not a comfortable one, like they're used to. John felt that something was bothering her, but he didn't know what. He didn't like seeing her like this and not being able to help her. Knowing that she wouldn't tell him, he asked her directly.
"What makes you think that something is bothering me?" she replied.
"I know you, Elizabeth, and I saw it in your eyes. So, what is it?"
"It's not important, really."
"I know you're lying," he said, looking into her eyes, "and I don't know why. I thought we were friends…"
"We are!" she denied his statement vehemently.
He sighed, his eyes falling on the ground before their gaze locked once more.
"Then, why don't you trust me with this? You know you could tell me everything."
He turned away from her, and walked towards the door. Elizabeth wanted to stop him, to tell him what was in her mind but she couldn't. The door closed behind him and her eyes returned to the darkness before her.
"I wish I could tell you this, John," she whispered.
She sighed, leaning once more on the railing, missing his presence. Yes, she trusted him; hell, she trusted him with her life! But, she couldn't tell him what she was thinking; she couldn't confess to him that during his absence something changed. She couldn't confess to him what she admitted to herself just a few hours prior. He couldn't know now that what she felt about him was different from her feelings for the rest of his team. She couldn't tell him because for the first time in her life, she couldn't find the words.
Dr Elizabeth Weir, diplomat, just couldn't tell Lieutenant-Colonel John Sheppard that she was in love with him.


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The timezone in South Virginia Plaza is America/Whitehorse
Sunrise at 07:10 and Sunset at 16:35. It's light
Latitude. 39.5089°, Longitude. -119.8053° , Elevation. 1359m
Weather near South Virginia Plaza; Report from Reno, Reno Tahoe International Airport, NV 4.1km away
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- school;
- building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
- Billinghurst Junior High School (historical) (0.9km)
- Veterans Memorial Elementary School (0.9km)
- Our Lady of Snows Elementary School (1.1km)
- Mount Rose Elementary School (1.3km)
- Reno Junior Academy (1.5km)
- Holy Child Kindergarten (1.5km)
- Echo Loder Elementary School (1.6km)
- Child Garden (1.6km)
- E Otis Vaughn Middle School (1.6km)
- Little Flower Elementary School (1.7km)
- Saint Johns Childrens Center (1.8km)
- ESL Center (1.9km)
- Anderson Elementary School (2km)
- Libby C Booth Elementary School (2.1km)
- Jessie Beck Elementary School (2.1km)
- Roger Corbett Elementary School (2.3km)
- McKinley Park School (historical) (2.5km)
- Earl Wooster High School (2.5km)
- Aquinas School (historical) (2.5km)
- Reno High School (2.5km)
- park;
- an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation.
- Reno Municipal Tennis Center (1.5km)
- Stewart Park (1.8km)
- Wilkinson Park (2km)
- Yori Park (2.2km)
- Newlands Circle (2.3km)
- Wingfield Park (2.3km)
- Pickett Park (2.3km)
- Riverside Park (2.3km)
- Moana Municipal Pool (2.5km)
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- South Virginia Plaza (0km)
- Lakeside Plaza (0.3km)
- Shoppers Square (0.6km)
- Park Lake Center (0.9km)
- Plumb Lane Plaza (1.1km)
- Washoe County Golf Course (2km)
- Town and Country Shopping Center (2.1km)
- Village Shopping Center (2.4km)
- hospital;
- a building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated.
- HAWC Clinic (1km)
- VA Sierra Nevada Health Services (1.2km)
- Washoe Urgent Care-Ryland (2.2km)
- Manor Care Health Services (2.2km)
- Washoe Medical Center Rehab Hospital (2.5km)
- Washoe Medical Center (2.5km)
- Washoe Medical Center Clinic (2.7km)
- well;
- a cylindrical hole, pit, or tunnel drilled or dug down to a depth from which water, oil, or gas can be pumped or brought to the surface.
- Crano Wells (1.7km)
- Country Club Wells (2.3km)
- Moana Springs Well (2.6km)
- Smith Well (2.7km)
- Kimberley Well (2.7km)
- Martic Well (2.7km)
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- post office;
- a public building in which mail is received, sorted and distributed.
- Galena Station Post Office (0.7km)
- Air Mail Field Post Office (historical) (1.2km)
- Peavine Station Post Office (historical) (2.1km)
- Reno Downtown Station Post Office (2.2km)
- Reno Main Post Office (2.4km)
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- Wittenberg Hall (2.4km)
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- a place where ground water flows naturally out of the ground.
- Moana Hot Springs (2.6km)
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- Washoe Medical Center Heliport (2.6km)
- reservoir(s);
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- Virginia Lake (1.1km)
- administrative division;
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- Reno Township (1.3km)
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- Lemmon Valley-Golden Valley, Nevada city city o
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- Spanish Springs, Nevada city city o
- Mt. Rose Wilderness city city o
- Wild Horse Ranch landmark landmark
- Wild Horse Adult Resort & Spa landmark landmark
- New Washoe City, Nevada city city o
- Cold Springs, Nevada city city o
- Virginia City, Nevada city o
- Incline Village-Crystal Bay, Nevada city city o
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Reno tahoe international(RNO), Reno, Usa (4.1km)
Fallon nas(NFL), Fallon, Usa (116.1km)
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Earth Day at Wild Wolf Brewing Company
Wild Wolf Brewing Company has announced plans for their 2017 Earth Day Celebration, to be held all day April 22, 2017. As the Virginia Green Travel Alliance Green Brewery of the Year for both 2015 and 2016, this is particularly important celebration for Wild Wolf.
The day will begin with a Highway 151 Clean Up, sponsored by Friends of 151 from 8 am to Noon. In addition to the cleanup, Wild Wolf Brewing Company will be offering specials and giveaways throughout the day. Guests spending over $25 (tax & tip not included) will receive a Virginia Green Brewery 2015/2016 Pint Glass. Every growler fill comes with a free Virginia Green Brewery Growler. As part of Wild Wolf's sustainability efforts, the brewery is offering Double Bucks Day. Guests will receive $1 Wild Wolf Bucks for every FIVE clean bottles returned (22 ozs+).
The Earth Day Celebration will conclude with live music in their 4 season pavilion by South Canal Street Band from 7-10pm. Wild Wolf Brewing Company also plans to plant more fruit trees on the property during the week preceding Earth Day, weather permitting. A portion of proceeds from the Earth Day Celebration will go to Keep Virginia Green & The Virginia Green Travel Alliance.
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British Forces News: From battlefield to hospital: surviving injury in Afghanistan
The front line medical services based at Camp Bastion assist everybody – from ISAF troops to Afghan troops and local Afghans.
The link from the battlefield to the hospital at Camp Bastion is the most vital, as it could mean the difference between life and death.
Forces News looks at the journey that gets the casualty to the safety of the Emergency Department in the quickest possible time.
Claudio Alpaca permalinkOctober 18, 2011 22:10
I appreciate the Front Lines Medical Service for his humanitarian and medical scientific duty, on a reality that differ to a medical civil service and act on a specific field, that require a specific preparation and a high resilience.
I honor and thank, by the profound of my heart, this equipe.
Claudio Alpaca
hectoranibal permalinkOctober 18, 2011 23:48
que gran tarea cumplen estos medicos ,en el frente de batalla apoyando a los muchachos heridos en combate ,salud a ellos..
afectuosamente ,hectoranibal
chajari-(entre rios,argentina
Sue Beighton permalinkOctober 18, 2011 23:53
They saved my sons life two years ago, How can I ever thank all the teams that worked on him before his arrival back to the UK
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Arto Saari
1. Vintage Bike
It has suffered one flip already. I've had a few powerslides and the engine almost blew up, but it still runs great. It says '76 on the frame, but it's a copy of an old BMW from the 30s and 40s. When the Russians bombed Dresden, Germany, they basically unbolted all the machinery in the BMW factory and took it back to Russia, and that's when they started making Urals, the Russian bikes. When the Russians were done with it, they gave the plans to the Chinese during the Second World War and the Chinese basically kept the bikes the same. That's why it's looks like a janky BMW.
2. My Beastical Of A Beast
This is the largest foreign bike in production—a massive engine, completely ridiculous. It's a Triumph 2300cc—epic. I haven't really taken it that fast, maybe like 110 or 120—that's not that fast. I was driving pretty much 100 down from S.F. to L.A. the whole time, and then somewhere around Santa Barbara, I got a speeding ticket for going 80. That's why it's dangerous, 'cause you will lose your license. I'm thinking of getting rid of this and getting into older bikes that you can't possibly go that fast on.
3. Hanoi Rocks Photo
Here's the two greatest Fins—Andy McCoy and Mike Monroe. This was taken probably four or five years ago. My friend's brother works at a newspaper and he was at a concert backstage snapping pictures for the newspaper, and I'm a big fan of them, so I tracked down the dude and he made me a print.
4. The Cruiser
This is the kryptonite cruiser. Mouly (Alex Moul) was over here at Christmas and was like, "Oh man, what is that? What? That's my cruiser. That's my Chewy run, which is the local store that's right around the corner. He used to live on the same street right here. He was like, "I lost it about three or four years ago and didn't know where it went. It's just been sitting out on our porch. I guess it's a closer distance to Chewy's now.
5. Martin Guitar
That was a present from the good fellows at etnies for some surgery downtime vibe to kick out the jams again. It's been jammed heavily—not that I know how to play at all. It still gets lovin'.
6. John Lydon Stencil
Here's some Mr. Mark Oblow griptape art. He makes some funky stencils and gives them out to people. This is the new one. I added a little Hitler mustache—special touch.
7. Defense Mechanisms
My two favorite weapons to protect the house with. The Hollywood Wolf hangs out above the door—it's a Finnish-style thing. When the man's home, it's usually when it gets used, so that's where you put it. Above the door is its resting place. The throwing ax was a Christmas present and randomly floats around the house and gets thrown into things that are thought to be enemies.
8. Cameras
These are two inspiring cameras. The Mamiya super vintage press was one of the first quick-shot press, large format cameras that was used by the newspapers in the 70s. Let me just say it's not that quick. You have to wind the film twice, cock the shutter on the lens in a weird place, and then fire a cock underneath where the wire is in another very weird place. The camera was a grand or something, and it's gone around the world a few times with me. The other is a Roloflex that was acquired during a knee surgery trip to Vienna. I won it at a photo auction.
9. Reading Material
Evidence by Richard Avedon—epic images of Americans throughout the ages. It's in black and white, and he was one of the heavy influential portrait photographers of our times. The Curse Of Lono, probably the most epic Hunter S. Thompson book ever written with illustrations by Ralph Steadmam—good goodness. It's a re-released book.
10. Urbans Aquavit
I don't know what that is, but it was sent over in a Christmas package from the Germans. Who knows when it'll get released and the devil's juice will be drunk; you never know what'ss going to happen.
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A collection of drabbles about Gary Preston and Linda Dale, aka the Flame and Flame Girl. From the Fox Features comics (1939-1942).tags: The Flame, fan fiction, drabbles
Part 1Jan. 16, 2016
|Tinder He'd fought before coming to America, in practice matches and athletic tests. But Gary had never raised his hand against another intentionally.
Part 2Jan. 23, 2016
|Follies Shortly after Linda started working for Gary Preston, Private Detective, she found out he had never been to a Broadway show.
Part 3Jan. 30, 2016
|Small Favors The Flame could travel through any fire known to man, from blazing buildings to burning logs.
Part 4Feb. 06, 2016
|Auld Losar When her new boss whisked her out of the office early for a "festival," she tried to protest.
Part 5Feb. 13, 2016
|Kindling Gary offered Linda a job because she needed it, and after sending her aunt to jail he felt responsible.
Part 6Feb. 20, 2016
|Buried Treasure When Gary handed her a Zippo lighter, Linda politely declined. "I don't smoke," she explained
Part 7Feb. 27, 2016
|Afterglow Linda remembered her parents. She knew them mainly by photographs left behind.
Part 8Mar. 05, 2016
|Flickers It didn't bother Linda that her employer worked odd hours.
Part 9Mar. 12, 2016
|Hint They left the cinema with differing opinions.
Part 10Mar. 19, 2016
|Appearances When Linda first met Gary Preston, he was bright, vibrant, magnetic.


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Putting My Training To The Test
Last Sunday, I decided to put my "I Want Abs" training to the test by competing in my very first triathlon. A triathlon is a three-part sports discipline comprising swimming, cycling, and running. Because the three sports are contested as a continuous event without a rest, my fitness coach and I thought this would be a great way to test my overall endurance.
A typical triathlon training program usually ranges between 13-17 weeks and requires a person to swim, bike, and run 5-6 times per week. Because I was working on my abs, I didn't do any of that.
Children In The Wild
Much has been written about the importance of exposing children to nature. Books such as Last Child in the Woods, by Richard Louv, illustrate how exposure to the outdoors is crucial for the physical, emotional, mental, and even spiritual development of children. This is not true of the internet, television, and video games. In this blog post I want to remind you about the importance of nature time and push you to spend more time outside with your children, brothers, sisters, cousins, and friends.
The plain and simple truth is that children need regular exposure to the natural world. Such exposure leads to reduced stress; increased happiness, self—worth, and motivation; and improved physical fitness, balance, coordination, and even brain development.
Green Smoothies Are Good, But Wild Green Smoothies Are Better
One of the best reasons to add wild food to your diet is the simple fact that many of them are leafy green vegetables. Adding more fresh greens to your meals will dramatically improve your health. After years of research and countless experiments on myself, I have concluded there is no substitute for a diet rich in leafy greens. It's true that we are all unique. We come from different backgrounds, have distinctive constitutions and blood types, and require different practices to achieve the same results. Yet I have never met a person who did not benefit from eating fresh greens.
Common Weeds and Wild Edibles Of The World
My new movie "Common Weeds And Wild Edibles Of The World" is here! Those people who know me know that I enjoy foraging for free food. I believe that wild edibles are extremely nutritious and should be collected and consumed regularly by everyone. To ensure that people collect edible plants in a safe and responsible manner, I produced this film.


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