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Tactical Applications of the Pistol for Church Protectors
2 & 4 Day Options
"The true first responders are the ones already on the scene."
Tactical Applications of the Pistol for Church Protectors
Eligibility requirements:
This course is for responsible and conscientious adults who serve as part of an organization's security ministry or life safety team.
IMPORTANT: This is not a "handgun 101" course. Participants must already have a basic understanding of and ability to safely handle and manipulate their pistol in a controlled manner with a calm demeanor. Tactical Application of the Pistol is a basic, skill-building course but it is not an introductory course for a person who has never fired a handgun or who is not familiar with how to safely handle one. You do not need to be an accomplished marksman, but your behavior and actions must demonstrate that you have a keen awareness of the powerfully destructive potential of a firearm.
NOTE: at the beginning of class you will be asked to demonstrate how to perform the functions of your firearm and the physical requirements listed under the "Prerequisites and Physical Requirements for Firearms Training" section in this course description. If you cannot perform these tasks you will not be allowed to continue with the course.
This dynamic course begins with classroom instruction covering legal and liability issues and safety with a firearm. Our discussion includes the lawful and proper use of force.
We focus on the physical training for developing tactically correct motor skills for deploying with your pistol in an emergency. These skill competencies include deploying your pistol, firing, and managing your gear while:
• Using a stationary position of concealment/ cover
• Moving forward and backward
•Moving laterally and at oblique angles
• Utilizing one or both hands from a variety of positions and fighting platforms
We focus on principles, tactics
Topics Include:
• Safety at Home, on the Range, and While Carrying Concealed in Public
• The Principles of Marksmanship
• Equipment Selection and Proper Gear Placement
• Legal and Justifiable Use of Force
• Winning Mindset and Stress Management
• Loading, Unloading, and Reloading
• Developing Natural Index Points
• Communication and Working with a Partner
• Verbal Challenges and Commands
• Proper Draw Stroke and Proper Recovery to the Holster
• Single and Multiple Threat Engagement
• Horizontal and Vertical Displacements
• Immediate Action Drills and Clearing Malfunctions
• Making Proper Decisions Under Duress
• CQB – Close Quarters Battle
Our Training Philosophy and Practices
Our training staff is composed of professional and experienced coaches and we are students ourselves.
We believe in treating everyone respectfully and as adult learners. Our coaches participate in the learning process and we use a building block approach to solidify skills before moving toward more advanced concepts.
We believe that "capability breeds humility." In other words, by achieving a higher level of skill you will be able to better maintain composure while under duress. Through managing fear the capable operator will operate more confidently, more quickly, and make better decisions in the stressful environment of a true emergency.
We do not believe in "check the box" training or lowest common denominator training. Individual assistance is always available.
You should not enroll in our course if you are:
• Not safe and conscientious with firearms
• Not willing to be open-minded
• Not willing receive new information and try new concepts
• Not capable of keeping your ego in check
Prerequisites/physical requirements
You must understand the basics of how your firearm operates. This includes being able to lock open and close the action as well as load and unload the firearm safely. You should be able to field strip your pistol according to your owner's manual for maintenance and cleaning. Bring your owner's manual with you.
You must understand the basics of how your firearm operates and be able to:
- Lock the pistol open using the slide stop with the magazine removed;
- Use the decocking lever to render the pistol safe (if so equipped);
- Engage and disengage all safety devices (as equipped) while maintaining a master grip;
- Release and recover an empty magazine using the magazine release button;
- Field strip the pistol according to your owner's manual for maintenance and cleaning.
You must be able to operate in a safe and controlled manner. Speed is not an issue. Muzzle discipline (where the gun is pointed) and awareness
You must possess the physical strength and stamina to repetitively function and fire your weapon during training drills. You must be able to move forward, backward, and laterally under control while holding your firearm in front of you and pointed at the targets.
As a matter of general fitness and a gauge for this course, you should be able to do 5 push-ups, 5 squats, and 5 sit ups.
You must have personal self-discipline and be able to maintain mental, physical, and emotional control at all times and not become over-excited or lose your composure. You must be willing and able to accept coaching and instruction and follow commands.
You must have a keen awareness and consideration for other participants while handling firearms and conducting drills in
You must fluently speak, read, and understand English.
Make sure you have the necessary equipment listed for training. Having a backup firearm, holster, magazines
Participants will use a full size or compact pistol that fills the hand and allows all fingers to contact and wrap around the grip. Subcompact "pocket" pistols, (.22, .25, .32, and .380 calibers) are not allowed.
You may use a revolver OR a semiautomatic pistol but it must be of excellent quality and function without difficulty. If you train with a revolver, it must be a double action model. Ultra-small pistols that only allow a three-fingered grip, derringers, revolvers that require you to remove the cylinder pin to reload them, single action revolvers and any pistol that has a capacity of less than five rounds are prohibited. You must have a properly functioning and dependable firearm. This means it should lock open and close without a hitch or difficulty and you should be able to manipulate it and press the trigger repetitively without problems. If it does not function smoothly and consistently then you have the wrong pistol. Your pistol should be of a caliber that is well-suited to stop life threatening activity, at least .38 or 9mm. It is not wise to engage in a fight for your life with a sub-caliber firearm like a 22 rimfire. NOTE:You only need ONE pistol for this course, but it is wise to have a backup in case you have a mechanical problem or failure that we cannot correct.
The pistol should be sized so that you can manage it without difficulty. The grip should comfortably fill your hand and the trigger press should not cause great fatigue. We recommend doing 100 dry fire trigger presses at least twice daily if you have insufficient hand strength to dry fire the pistol 20 times without stopping for a break. Medium-strength grip putty or a spring grip exerciser from a sporting goods store can help too.
NYLON HOLSTERS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN OUR TRAINING. Inside-the-waistband and external belt holsters are both welcome as long as they are rigid and do not collapse when the pistol is drawn. This includes leather IWB holsters. You must use a secure and well-fitting holster that retains your firearm near your dominant hip. When holstered, the trigger guard of your pistol must be completely covered. "Secure" means that your pistol will never come out of the holster accidentally. If you were to do a backward roll or hang upside down your pistol must be retained by the holster features alone. Any snaps, locks or retention features your holster has will be used and engaged at all times. Other types of holsters such as cross-draw, shoulder, ankle, belly-band, purse or fanny pack models are valid methods of carry but are not acceptable for this training.
Minimum 600 rounds factory ammunition for the primary handgun. IMPORTANT NOTE: Ammunition may be hard to obtain from some suppliers. Make arrangements for gaining your ammunition well in advance.
Required Gear and Equipment
- Pistol according to listed acceptable guidelines
- Holster according to listed acceptable guidelines
- Four magazines or speed loaders for each firearm
- Pouch or carry method for spare magazines or speed loaders (you must be able to carry a minimum of 24 rounds of ammunition on your person for all exercises)
- High intensity flashlight (tail cap switch preferred) and spare batteries
- Hearing protection
- Wraparound eye protection – prescription glasses are acceptable
- Ball cap or cap with brim
- Jacket, vest or heavy shirt to conceal your pistol and work from a concealed position
- Knee pads
- Hydration
- Hand towel
- Sack lunch (we will not break for lunch, bring your own!)
- Clothing and footwear suitable for all weather conditions
- Range bag or duffel that allows you to bring all gear to the line with you
- Cleaning equipment and materials in the correct caliber for your pistols
- Shooting on the Move
- Engaging Moving Threats (range facility dependent)
- Lateral Slides
- Precision at Greater Distances
- Unorthodox Fighting Platforms
- Skill Building and Evaluation using Standards Exercises.
**For this option you will need a minimum of 1,500 rounds of ammunition.
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Deal mass import, and long term updates work flow
I am tasked with importing 15k transactions into deals. Our structure is typical I believe, 1 Sales pipeline, ~7 stages, and various properties per stage. Our deals are attached to contacts only, 1 contact -> N deals. After the initial import there will be ~100-150 deals per day.
Q: I have no way of knowing if a contact/vid exist for a customer, should I first hit the API and search for the email address and look for a potential contact, save the vid and then import the record? I'm thinking I would first just search for the 15k contacts ( chunked ) and store the vids locally keyed to email address. And then local lookup/match during import as each Deal/transaction does have an email address in the record.
Q: The update endpoint for a deal requires knowing the deal id, not a shocker, though it does infer that I need local storage to save all known deal ids after they are created. Is there any way around storing this data that doesn't amount to hundreds of search calls? There is no automagic create or update for a deal correct?
Q: Long term, it appears that I will need to be storing all Deal ids and all Contact ids locally. This seems like a lot of duplication, and I truly want no part of doubling up data, storage maintenance, etc...
Are any of these assumptions wrong?
Trust me, I am happy to be wrong on any or all of these points if there is a better strategy to long term Deal management over the API. No human is ever going to touch these in HubSpot fyi, so everything has to be automated ( API wise ). I do know the initial import is going to have to bleed into HS slowly ( no batch for create deal I believe ).
Is there a better way to do any/all of this, in both the initial import and long term creation and updating of Deals via the API.

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Innovations in the financial services industry, come in various degrees—from incremental to breakthrough to disruptive. Among the rising stars in the disruptive category is the emergence of robo-advisors.
Robo-advisors are basically artificial intelligence driven, algorithm-based online systems capable of providing automated advice without the need for any human intermediaries, anytime and anywhere.
Rapid artificial intelligence technology advances in robo-advisors has attracted high level of investments and excitement. In this short blog, I would like to shine the light on two industries where I have noticed recent acceleration of robo-advisors adoption – Investments and Insurance.
Robo- Advisors in Investment Management
In the investment management space, Robo-advisors not only perform advisory services such as risk assessments and portfolio planning, but also invests on customers behalf. Robo-advisors are increasing being deployed for automatic asset allocation, portfolio optimisation, dividend reinvestment as well as tax loss harvesting for investor's profit maximisation.
The journey typically starts with robo-advisors asking a host of questions to determine investor's appetite for risk and preferences then, via advance algorithms allocates the money across a range of investment funds. Not only are the advance algorithms highly optimised for self-learning, but it`s also continuously adapting and responding to new market patterns, behaviors and investors changing needs. Some of the techniques used by the advance algorithms include machine learning, simulation modelling and deep-learning.
The advantages of robo-advisors are clear, primarily being the lower fees. The fees are commonly much cheaper than professional investment advisors and does not usually demand a minimum balance. This is certainly an attractive proposition for the millennial, who are seeking out for investment opportunities with smaller portfolios. The second significant advantage is clearly the online nature of robo-advisors, which is accessible 24 & 7, giving investors total flexibility and convenience for investing. In short, robo-advisors are more directly-accessible offering hands-off investing service for modern investors with all budgets.
Although they are many of such investment firms which has leap-frogged with robo-advisors, some that stand-out include Betterment, Wealthfront , WiseBanyan, CharlesSchwab, Future Advisor, Blooom, Vanguard, Personal Capital, Hong Kong's 8 Securities as well as China's Xuanji.
Robo-Advisors in Insurance
Robo-advisors has also gained popularity amongst insurance carriers, as they race to simplify product offerings and increase personalisation to win millennial and mass-affluent segments. Using techniques such as natural language processing and unsupervised machine learning, robo-advisors are providing product recommendations that best fits customer's needs and profiles based on customer's life stages and events.
For an average customer, navigating the various insurance offerings is often a complex & time-consuming experience with widening gaps in the advice they receive from various intermediaries such as brokers and intermediaries. There are often swathe of exclusions to digest, substandard terms of coverage such as deductibles, low limits, co-payment losses to interpret, and pricing to compare. This is exactly where robo-advisors has been of immense value to offer consumers a highly personalised and customer-centric tool for managing all of their protection needs, best suited to their individual needs and budgets. Robo-advisors are also increasingly popular as they are well positioned for unbiased comparison to carrier's range of superior products, eliminating any subjectivity.
From an insurances perspective, this is fantastic opportunity to strengthen the omni- channel strategy as well as drive increasing engagements within the entire customer journey. A rising number of robo-advisors has also been actively positioned in the improving customer journey through the claims process. With robo-advisors, insurers are now capitalising this opportunity round the clock while enhancing their reach to wider market segments while enhancing customer experience.
Marie Quantier, Moneymeets, Knip , GetSafe, NextGenIns are amongst the early adopters of robo-advisors providing agent agnostic fair comparison of insurance products.
The Bottom Line
These are somehow only the tip of the iceberg. As the field of artificial intelligence evolve, robo-advisors is poised to evolve into much more disruptive and wide-ranging forms of advice and industralisation.
As a matter of fact, robo-advisors capable of dispensing highly personalised and automated advice, would be very soon be a standard expectation of a typical consumer in the mass-affluent segment in the entire financial services value-chain including financial investments, wealth & asset management to insurance.
One thing is for sure! Robo-advisors are here to stay and the prizes are only getting larger…


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From the moment I took my seat in Parliament I have been campaigning for improved investment in northern transport. The gap between what is spent in the North compared to the South is wholly unacceptable.
This is why, in April, I secured the support of a group of over eighty Parliamentarians to sign a letter to the Chancellor about what is needed in terms of commitment to the full Transport for the North Strategic Plan. In the letter we call on the Chancellor to commit a total of £120bn by 2050 to include strategic transport schemes as well as local transport investment. We believe that this investment could create 850,000 jobs and result in a total of £100bn in economic growth.
I am Co-Chair of the Northern Powerhouse All-Party Parliamentary Group which is made up of Conservative and Labour MPs, Peers and business and civic leaders who have joined together to enable the North of England to speak with one voice and to ensure the region increases its contribution to the UK economy.
As well as faster journey times, enhanced capacity and greater frequency, NPR would provide opportunities for our young people to secure the skilled jobs we need to drive productivity and link up the great cities of the North to stimulate economic growth. It is vital that NPR is delivered to the North alongside HS2, to create a high-speed network for the whole of the country and open up labour markets that are currently not accessible for young people across the North today. With HS2 and NPR it is not a case of either/or – we need both.
The Chancellor has already committed himself to the case for the economics behind the project, which has been government policy for five years since the Northern Powerhouse was first adopted.
Elsewhere on our roads, I am continuing to fight for a dual carriageway on the A64 and for safety improvements at Welburn and Crambeck and also in Rillington – all of which are taking longer than I would have liked. Again in ApriI, I met the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling MP, to ask him to intervene after Highways England recently warned me that it might be necessary to build additional bridges to cope with the extra traffic coming on to the A64 and this would significantly increase the cost of the project. The matter is currently with his Department for review. There is a strong economic case for dualling and it would also help ease the serious bottlenecks on the A64 when volumes of traffic are high and allow businesses and tourists to travel to and from the East Coast without encountering serious delays. We badly need this dual carriageway and I will do everything I can to make it happen.
I am pleased to hear that new pedestrian refuges at Welburn and Crambeck on the A64 are now definitely to go ahead after Highways England confirmed that funding is now in place. I have been campaigning for these changes alongside Ryedale Councillor Caroline Goodrick and local residents. I have been told that design for the improvements will be produced later this year. Once this has been completed construction work can start.
Highways England has also confirmed that reduced speed limits are amongst a package of measures which will be introduced in Rillington later this year to encourage drivers to drive more slowly through the village. This is another campaign I have been working on with Councillor Janet Sanderson and local residents, Highways England says the funding is now in place to design and develop the schemes and start delivery during this financial year.


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I cant remember who it was, but ive read on here a few times a post pushing for Baines to be introduced to a defensive midfield roll and it got me thinking. I know he hasnt gone, and i dont want him to. But the likelihood is that a good offer for Gana is likely to be accepted ? So would john joe kenny be able to have the technique and tactical skills drilled into him to replace Gana. He certainly has the physical and athletic atributes for the role. Just a thought.Sent from my POT-LX1 using NSNO Everton Forums mobile app
The only reason why Baines was even considered at CM was because, he was far and away our best footballer, and often the only player who could pass the ball forward. It was also a fashionable because Philip Lahm done it. Theres absolutely nothing in JJK's game that shows that he'd be adept to this position, let alone replace one of the leagues best at it. He should focus on being a RB and getting game time wherever he can to learn the position he's meant to play instead.
Your talking about a defensive midfielder PSG want being replaced by a right back who's probably not good enough to play his preferred position in the premier league. Oh and it was everyone's favourite lunatic roberto Martinez who wanted to move baines
Maybe we could give Sandro a go there, hes got a good engine?
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[S]torm Aileen is the first storm to be named since this season names were released last week and it will bring strong winds to parts of the UK.
A deepening area of low pressure will bring very strong winds across much of England and Wales during Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning. An Amber National Severe Weather Warning is in place, warning of gusts of 55-65 mph in particular across parts of Cheshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. Gusts up to around 75mph gusts could also be possible in exposed locations such as the coast and hills in these areas.
A Yellow weather warning for rain is also in place for parts of Northern Ireland, Northern England and Southern Scotland which warns of 30-40mm of rain falling within 6-9 hours which could cause some disruption.
Chief forecaster Frank Saunders said: "Storm Aileen is expected to bring strong winds of up to 75mph to a central segment of the UK and an Amber weather warning has been issued. As well as the strong winds, there will be some heavy rain pushing eastwards overnight which could see accumulations of 30-40mm.
"The low pressure system that is bringing these strong winds will move fairly swiftly from west to east over the UK and although there will still be some disruption through Wednesday morning, the winds will ease by the afternoon leaving a day of blustery showers."
Drivers are being urged to take extra care on motorways and major A roads overnight and tomorrow morning.
Highways England has issued an amber 'be aware' alert across the country in response to a Met Office forecast of strong winds and heavy rain, which comes into force at 9pm tonight and runs until 9am tomorrow morning.
Drivers of lorries, caravans and motorbikes are being advised to avoid 53 exposed sections of the road network, including the Humber Bridge, Thelwall Viaduct and Woodhead Pass in the North [see Notes to Editors for full list].
Richard Leonard, Head of Road User Safety at Highways England, said: "We're encouraging drivers to check the latest weather and travel conditions before setting off on journeys, with strong winds and heavy rain expected from Tuesday evening until Wednesday morning.
"In high winds, there's a particular risk to lorries, caravans and motorbikes so we'd advise drivers of these vehicles to slow down and avoid using exposed sections of road if possible."
It generally takes at least twice as long to stop on a wet road as on a dry road because tyres have less grip on the surface. In wet weather you should:
- Slow down if the rain and spray from vehicles is making it difficult to see and be seen
- Keep well back from the vehicle in front as this will increase your ability to see and plan ahead
- Ease off the accelerator and slow down gradually if the steering becomes unresponsive as it probably means that water is preventing the tyres from gripping the road
Drivers are being advised to follow messages on the overhead signs and listen to radio updates. Further information can be found by visiting the www.highways.gov.uk/traffic or calling the Highways England Information Line on 0300 123 5000.
There has been some speculation that this weather is being driven by the severe weather in the Caribbean and US. There is no such connection. Met Office Deputy Meteorologist Chris Tubbs said: "There are no links between the very strong winds we expect to see here in the UK and the hurricanes affecting the United States and the Caribbean at present. This system originated well north in the Atlantic Ocean, independent of the current Caribbean hurricanes."
As Storm Aileen clears out eastwards into the North Sea, the UK will be left with cool showery conditions through the end of the week and into the weekend. The showers will still be blustery on Thursday with the winds easing as we get closer to the weekend. Within the showers there will be some periods of brightness although it will still feel cool across the whole of the UK with top temperatures only reaching 18-19°C.


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Something my other half was talking abut earlier made me chuckle. He had the McDonalds app on his phone and complained that you could only add a few items to the 'your meal' section in order to work out the calories. He was wanting to work out the calories in the stuff he would normally eat – a couple of large Quarterpounder meals with drinks – and couldn't as basically the app was signalling, in a roundabout way, that he was a greedy git!
I don't know why it tickled me really. My other half is fairly trim and tall and can seemingly get away with eating what he wants – three Yorkie bars for lunch, and I think breakfast was a bag of crisps and a cheese sandwich – so he doesn't often worry about what he eats. He has begun to take more of an interest in his food though, but has periods as we all do when he will eat really well and then just blow it. I find this quite interesting as it showed me that not only big fatties like me have tendencies to play food games.
McDonalds used to make a hell of a lot of money out of me. Every weekend – on both days – it would be a double breakfast for each of us along with a double lunch too. When I used to go and see my horses straight from work in their old yard, I would have to drive past McDonalds to get home. The lure of comfort food after a tough day of working with Bosszilla and having trudged through muddy fields in winter meant that my mind just wasn't strong enough to resist. I would go through the Drive-Thru, often chatting to a friend on the phone at the time, and would order two meals with two hot chocolate drinks, pretending to my friend that one of the meals was for my other half! Parking in the dark area of their car-park, I would stuff my face as quickly as I could and then drive home with the windows open to get rid of the smell, and would put the wrappers in my neighbours bin.
My guilty secret was not quite so secret though as the little sesame seeds from their buns would be scattered around the car, and an errant French fry would always get trapped down the side of the seat…only to be rumbled by my other half or the dog who would sniff it out! I sometimes wonder where this behaviour came from and realised that it is something I have done for a long, long time.
My first job involved sitting in a sales office with older women who would eat cakes and buy mid-morning breakfast batches. For them these breakfast batches may well have been breakfast, but I would have already had mine. I didn't say no though – partly because I wanted to fit in, but mainly because I was a greedy git who couldn't sit and smell bacon batches without joining in! Then of course there was the chocolate runs to the shop. I guess I was picking up habits from older women who had learnt to deal with their work stress with chocolate. Not that I was a saint…I probably weighed over 18st at that point in time…I was 16 years old.
Earning my own money gave me more of an opportunity and encouragement to spend it on food. I went to work whilst my friends went to sixth form and they were out with friends partying in cheesy nightclubs. Not thinking that I could compete – I hadn't even gone to my leaving ball at school as I thought I was too fat – I would walk into town after work, go to Thorntons and buy a box of continental chocolates and toffee, and then head to Sainsbury's for supplies too. My Mum worked nights and had no idea that this is what I did!
So when I sat and wondered why I binged on McDonalds in my mid-20s, it was obvious that my behaviour had just slowly gotten worse and out of hand. By then, I didn't know how to tackle it and the doctors couldn't offer much help either…apart from telling me to give up dieting and to eat what I wanted. Not really helpful advise when your mind is telling you that you want Chinese takeaways and copious amounts of junk food. Work pressures – well, bullying Bosszilla pressures – saw my eating get totally out of control. It was nothing for me to have at least four slices of toast for breakfast, at least two packets of crisps along with two bars of chocolate and two sandwiches whilst at work, two McDonalds meals on the way home, a takeaway and then crisps, chocolate, ice-cream etc of an evening.
I tried to make attempts at getting on the straight and narrow. One weekend I remember driving around the city going to various supermarkets trying to locate a particular brand of yogurt smoothies with oats in it, as I had decided that this was the way I wanted to lose weight. I had calculated a 1200kcal per day diet plan, using ready meals – but what I thought were healthy options – and had incorporated this yogurt smoothie into my plan. We had been to the two Asda stores, both Sainburys, three Tesco stores and the two Morrisons stores we have here…I then gave up! I started my diet and failed…and convinced myself that I had failed as I hadn't found those yogurt drinks!
There were also some herbal laxative tablets that I tried…I would binge and then eat a handful of these tablets which were 'natural' so must have been okay, surely?! And you have all heard me discuss the Cabbage Soup diet – I am sure I nearly lost all of the support of my colleagues during that one! And then Slim Fast when I 'Fell Fast'…and fainted on the elliptical machine at the gym. And then I tried to skip breakfast and lunch and just eat in the evenings. Of course there was also Slimming World…one of the only plans I have attempted more than once.
Slimming World has been a regular part of my life for nearly 17 years now. Each and every time I have had a level of success – with 8st being my biggest loss until this time. My problem was that I always felt hard done to, as if Slimming World was stopping me from eating everything I loved…as I didn't just want a moderate amount of chocolate or crisps. And therein lay the problem; each time I gave Slimming World the elbow, my old habits would return. Out came the takeaway menus, McDonalds wrappers were mysteriously finding their way into my neighbours wheelie bin, and my fruit bowl would be empty, as were the salad and veggie drawers in the fridge! I shunned all of the great tips and advice and went right back to square one and past it…adding more and more weight each time I stopped my 'diet'.
As soon as I stopped seeing Slimming World as a prison, I knew that I could follow this way of eating for life. There are of course going to be ups and downs, but even the healthiest of eaters have those. This way of eating is giving me my life back…far from being a prison, it is giving me a release from death row! I feel so much healthier, more in control of my eating than I ever have, and I actually enjoy cooking and preparing meals from scratch – watch out Jamie Oliver…Weight Loss Bitch is coming!
I will finish up there, are I don't want to harp on about Slimming World. I am just so pleased that things are moving along as they are, and so pleased that Slimming World have stuck with me as long as I have stuck with them!
Right then, let's look at the usuals…
Goodness me – the nighttime sagas continue! I was woken up in the early hours by the crash of a plate downstairs…I shot up and then listened for further noise. I was convinced that my other half was sleeping next to me but didn't check as I think he would be worse than I was if there had been someone downstairs! I could also hear the dog upstairs so knew that it wasn't her. Just as I was starting to calm down, there was another noise…someone was moving around in my house. I was on full alert and had begun to think about what I could do – in fact I had planned on grabbing the only thing I could, the candlestick by my bed which is a massive heavy thing – when someone started coming up the stairs. Then, that person coughed…it was my fecking other half! I flipped at him as I was full of adrenaline, and told him that I had been about to brain him with a candlestick! He had gone for a ciggy at that time of night and had woken me from a deep sleep…what a plonker. By the time I had calmed down and my heartrate had returned to normal, I fell back to sleep but needless to say when I woke up this morning I wasn't full of the joys. I got up and did some work on the project for my other half and during that time I also completed my treadmill sessions. We then headed to the stables, only to find all but the most long-winded access routes had been blocked off due to road resurfacing – no prior warnings of course! We got there and topped up the water, and the horses were chilled out, until my Welsh lad decided that it would be fun for the little Shetland to do some exercise. He kept herding him around the field and it was so funny to watch! My Welshie was just doing a moderately paced trot but the Shetland, with his tiny legs, was moving so quickly. I think my Welshie just thought that they had been far too relaxed and needed to exercise…maybe I should have joined them?! Our two big grey horses just stood in the middle watching the antics. It was then the obligatory trip to Asda and then back home. I had a nice long shower and a mini pamper session and my Mum popped in for a chat and got hassled by my dog who loves her to bits. I then mooched for a while before prepping dinner and will be having an early night as I have a hospital appointment tomorrow first thing before weigh in.
Breakfast: Apple and two Benefit bars (6 syns).
Lunch: Cheese and onion scrambled egg on toast (2 x HEA and 2 x HEB) with fried mushroom, spinach and tomato.
Dinner: Cajun salmon with roasted veggies.
Snacks: Two packets of Snack a Jacks (9 syns).
Another breakfast mini-tantrum happened this morning…there were NO bananas! My other half had forgotten to tell me he had eaten the last one, so I had to have a chopped apple. Apple isn't my favourite and I kind of only like them when they are chopped up…so I wasn't a happy breakfast girl! Lunch was lovely – I mixed my cheese and a chopped onion with some cracked black pepper into my eggs and scrambled these whilst frying off some mushroom, spinach and tomatoes. That lot was put on top of toast and was delicious. Dinner was straightforward enough – Cajun spices sprinkled on salmon and then some onion, pepper and courgette roasted in the Actifry…although my mouth was on fire after dinner as there was a bit too much seasoning!
Exercise: 3 x 10 minute treadmill sessions.
It was one of my rest days today, but I like to do a little something on one of them so decided on a few treadmill sessions.
Thank you for reading guys. I hope that all of us 'losers' have a great week…my weigh in is tomorrow and I am not sure what to expect really!


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1. Preparation of chocolate batter
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Hands on:
1. Students will learn to assemble and crumb coat a cake
2. Students will learn to smooth frost a cake in chosen solid colour
3. Students will learn to create fondant horn, eyes and ears
4. Students will learn to create different coloured buttercream and combine 2 or more colours within 1 piping bag to create watercolour/ombre piping effect
4. Students will learn to create unicorn mane with different piping techniques
5. Students will learn basic BUTTERCREAM ROSES technique and how to incorporate it on the unicorn mane
Students will be provided a set of chocolate sponge, chocolate ganache and swiss meringue buttercream.
**Recipes will be provided to students as well!
Class size: 4 – 6pax
Class fee: $150/pax.
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This puzzle adventure game is beautiful and helps you learn about the history of World War I. It's also a lot easier than a game like Machinima, so you can keep playing without getting frustrated.
It's available on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Windows (Vista+) ... And iOS
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Microsoft has a three-part Win Server & Cloud blog post series on how users still on WS 2003 can move to a more recent release -- timely, given 30% of users are still running WS 2003 and MS will stop patching it in July (2015). Part 1 is here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2014/08/26/best-practices-for-windows-server-2003-end-of-support-migration.aspx. Part 3 just went up this week: http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2014/09/23/best-practices-for-windows-server-2003-end-of-support-migration-part-3.aspx
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text: After engaging in their own Prayer Space, Year 6 planned and created one for the EYFS children. Year 6 encouraged the children to be calm, quiet and reflective. Year 6 created a 'People Tree' which encouraged the younger children to write a wish or a prayer for people that they know. The Year 6 pupils thoroughly enjoyed working with the younger children.


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Introduction: I wrote the novel Aksinya: Enchantment and the Daemon. This was my 21st novel and through this blog, I gave you the entire novel in installments that included commentary on the writing. In the commentary, in addition to other general information on writing, I explained, how the novel was constructed, the metaphors and symbols in it, the writing techniques and tricks I used, and the way I built the scenes. You can look back through this blog and read the entire novel beginning with http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-novel-part-3-girl-and-demon.html.
I'm using this novel as an example of how I produce, market, and eventually (we hope) get a novel published. I'll keep you informed along the way.
Here are my rules of writing:
1. Entertain your readers.
2. Don't confuse your readers.
3. Ground your readers in the writing.
4. Don't show (or tell) everything.
A scene outline is a means of writing a novel where each scene follows the other with a scene input from the previous scene and a scene output that leads to the next scene. The scenes don't necessarily have to follow directly in time and place, however they generally follow the storyline of the protagonist.
A storyline outline is a means of writing a novel where the author develops a scene outline for more than one character and bases the plot on one or more of these storyline scenes. This allows the scenes to focus on more than the protagonist. This is a very difficult means of writing. There is a strong chance of confusing your readers.
Whether you write with a scene outline or a storyline outline, you must properly develop your scenes. All novels are developed from scenes and each scene has a design similar to a novel. Every successful novel has the following basic parts:
1. The beginning
2. The rising action
3. The Climax
4. The falling action
5. The dénouement
Every scene has these parts:
1. The setting (where, what, who, when, how)
2. The connection (input)
3. The tension development
4. The release
5. The output
There are lots of approaches to scene setting. That means there are about a million plus ways you can set a scene. The main point is you have to clearly get across the where, when, who, what, and how.
Here is another example of scene setting from the novel, Aksinya. I'm giving you examples from the book so you can see different ways of introducing and writing a scene. In each snippet, you get the scene setting, the tension and release, and the input and output. This isn't true of every example, but the pieces should be there, and I've been trying to identify for you when all the pieces aren't evident. You can use these ideas to guide your own writing. Make sure you set the scene properly, then make everything come to life through the narration and conversation.
Foreshadowing is one of the most important tools an author has. Through foreshadowing, an author can build anticipation in the mind of the reader and the characters. Many times, the anticipation of the reader is more powerful than that of the characters. In this scene, we have one of the important anticipatory points of the novel. The readers should get it more than Aksinya. Aksinya is patently ignoring all the signs she should note, but the reader can't help but see them. The changes in Natalya that the reader can't help ignore, Aksinya disregards. The foreshadowing is very strong in this scene. See if you can catch all of them.
On Wednesday, Ernst escorted Aksinya to dinner and the opera. He greeted Aksinya at her house with a bouquet of roses. He explained the extravagance, "Because I am working for him, my father increased my remittance." At each place they visited, Aksinya thought she spotted Asmodeus. She caught a glimpse of him in the mirror at the Palais Coburg Hotel Residenz, and in the grand foyer of the Wien State Opera. A strong whiff of sulfur came to her in both places. When the
and caviar came at the intermission for Tristan und Isolde, Aksinya thought
she saw Asmodeus sneaking in the corridor just outside their box seats. Warned by his potential presence, she
intended to drink less because of it, but ended up drinking more than she planned. Champagne
Before the beginning of the second act, Natalya prepared a blemis with caviar and handed it to Aksinya. Aksinya took the flat piece of bread, "Thank you, Lady Natalya."
Natalya smiled oddly at her, "Would you care for another glass of
?" Champagne
Aksinya cocked her head and grinned back, "Please, as long as you are pouring, Lady Natalya, I won't fear for my virtue."
Natalya filled Aksinya's flute and continued to hand her another blemis with caviar. Natalya wasn't certain how many times Natalya refilled her glass that evening, but by the end of the opera, she couldn't stand on her own. Natalya and Ernst had to both help her to Ernst's landau and then back into her house.
Ernst didn't kiss Aksinya that evening, at least she had no recollection that he kissed her. She wished he had. She didn't remember much at all. In the morning, she woke with a splitting headache. A strange whiff of incense and sulfur touched her nose. Someone was opening the shutters of her windows. Aksinya didn't open her eyes, "Don't let the sun in Nata. I've told you so many times."
"I'm not the Lady Natalya," came Sister Margarethe's voice.
Aksinya jerked to a sitting position and was overcome with dizziness. Her head ached. She held her head in her hands and fought down the nausea that enveloped her. Finally, between clenched teeth, she forced, "Where's Nata? Where is she?"
Sister Margarethe sat on the side of the bed, "I have no idea. I assumed you sent her on an errand last night. She asked me to take care of you last evening, and she said I was to wake you in the morning."
"You've seen her this morning?"
"No. She last spoke to me when Herr von Taaffe brought you home drunk again."
Aksinya's eyes widened, "Where is she? We must find her."
"I'm certain she is fine. She seemed to be off on something important."
"She can't be fine. She can't be. Why are you speaking so nonchalantly about this?"
"Let me help you with your bath. I've already drawn it for you."
Aksinya was suddenly listless. She allowed Sister Margarethe to pull her out of bed and remove her nightgown. The nun helped her into the bath, "I'll bring your morning tea and breakfast in a moment."
Aksinya sat in the warm tub with her hands clasped together. She heard her sitting room door open and close. She couldn't remember a waking moment when Nata was not at her side. This seemed too strange to her. Aksinya stared at her hands. Her eyes opened wide, the faint line of new scar crossed the many others on her left hand. She couldn't imagine how it could have happened. She hadn't done that kind of magic in a while. Finally, the sitting room door opened again. She heard Sister Margarethe as she directed the novices. The door shut again, and Sister Margarethe stepped into the bathroom, "Are you ready to get out, Countess?"
Aksinya nodded.
Sister Margarethe helped her out of the tub and dried her. She put a dressing gown around Aksinya's shoulders, and led her into the sitting room. Sister Margarethe poured the tea and served Aksinya breakfast. That's when Aksinya finally caught a whiff of it. Aksinya lifted her head and enunciated a couple of Latin words. She hadn't practiced any sorcery in a while. The crucifix between her breasts heated immediately, but Aksinya knew it then. Sister Margarethe had been touched with sorcery. Her room had a definite scent of incense and under that, the sink of sulfur. Aksinya understood there could only be one source for it—it had to be that cursed demon, Asmodeus.
She didn't know what to do. She had no idea where Natalya had gone. She wasn't certain she could get anyone to help her. Sister Margarethe was convinced that Natalya had just gone out on an errand. Aksinya couldn't appeal to her or to anyone in this world except… She began to pray. She wasn't certain it would do any good, but she reasoned prayer couldn't hurt. If Natalya didn't return soon, Aksinya would call the demon that evening and demand that he come to her—explain everything to her.
After breakfast, Sister Margarethe dressed Aksinya and brushed her hair. She didn't notice the strange expression on Aksinya's face. She didn't see how pale she was or how wide and frightened her eyes were. Or, if she did, perhaps she attributed it to the alcohol and lack of sleep.
Aksinya was ill during chapel and vomited before Sister Margarethe could rush her into the hallway outside. Sister Margarethe tried to comfort her and brought her tea before class, but the tea was not made to Aksinya's taste, and Aksinya was in no mood to be comforted. By the time, she arrived at her first class, her hair was loose around her face and her clothing had spots from her accident and from the tea she spilled. She put her head down on her desk and tried to sleep. She couldn't do anything else, Sister Margarethe had forgotten Aksinya's bag. It was the bag Nata always carried for her. The bag had all her school books and papers inside.
Finally, in the late morning, Natalya opened the classroom door. Someone touched Aksinya's arm, and she raised her head. Aksinya's eyes widened. She stood at her desk and nearly fell. She started toward Natalya and did fall. She tripped on the desk and dropped to one knee. Natalya was instantly beside her. She took Aksinya's arms and lifted her up. Aksinya put her arms around Natalya and held her close. Her eyes widened again—there was that smell plus another. There was the scent of sorcery and a strange musky smell Aksinya couldn't place. Aksinya pulled back slightly from Natalya and stared at her. Natalya lowered her eyes. She led Aksinya back to their desks. Natalya straightened Aksinya's hair and brushed off her clothing.Natalya didn't say anything to her, and Aksinya was afraid to ask anything.
Natalya gets Aksinya drunk. This is obviously purposeful. That, in itself, is not foreshadowing, but the actions and appearance of Natalya are. Likewise, where ever they go, the demon is present. Aksinya note him when they are out that night. In the morning, she notes incense and sulphur in her room. She notes a new scar on her hand. She notes the sorcery on Sister Margarethe. Each of these and the disappearance of Natalya foreshadow what will happen next in the novel. I use foreshadowing all the time. It doesn't have to be that obvious. It can be as subtle as a new scar from an incantation. It can be as simple as a smell. Note the smell on Natalya when she returns. She won't look Aksinya in the eyes.The following is a question asked by one of my readers. I'm going to address this over time: I am awaiting for you to write a detailed installment on identifying, and targeting your audience, or audiences...ie, multi-layered story, for various audiences...like CS Lewis did. JustTake care, and keep up the writing; I am enjoying it, and learning a lot.
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I'd never been to Yeoville, really been to Yeoville until the class trip today. Having driven past the area on my way to another a number of times, I was safe in my many stereotypes of the area. Stereotypes which included that It was a run-down part of Johannesburg, filled with immigrants who were drug dealers and criminals. I was blissfully unaware of Yeoville's richness and in all honesty it was of no interest to me.
Yeoville is a place of true culture and authenticity, certainly more than I have been exposed to in a long time. Authenticity might seem as an inappropriate word considering that it is place that people from all over Africa (and in other instances other places from the world) take refuge and create new lives which I assume are not always better than those they lived back in their home country. Anyway I use the word authenticity because Yeoville encompasses an extraordinary amount of tradition and richness and beauty- both in the historic sense as well as in the modern.
I was immersed in the beauty and the diversity of it all and the entire time I was there I felt like my living in this generation was just criminal. I imagined the great life that I could have lived had I been born in Yeoville's glory days and aged with it, into what it has become today.
The people were friendly and many smiled with a tinge of curiosity and what I assume to be some excitement when we walked past. Their warm reception of an ignorant young woman was all the confirmation I needed to know that this in-depth journey, the final stretch in my quest to become a journalist, was going to be a great experience.


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I'm implementing currently a firmware for a LPC11C14 MCU which should communicate with other nodes over CANopen.
Since the chip provides a CANopen API in its ROM, I decided to use it for my purpose according to the App note AN11238, LPC11Cxx CANopen network demo. Everything works fine so far as long as I compile the code with either the optimization -Od or -O1 to -O3. As soon as I compile the code with optimization for size activated (-Os), I get a hardfault during a CANopen Expedited request, segmented access works fine still. The hardfault even occurs when the callback function for the reqeusts is totally empty. Timingwise, the callback "CANopen_SDOS_Exp_Write" and "CANopen_SDOS_Exp_Read" is called correctly and returns normally. After the return of the callback, the MCU crashes.
Attached the code of the canopen library I'm using. Most parts are taken from the Appnote's driver, just some defines for better readability have been added as well as a method for adding entries to the object dictionary before the start of the CAN interface. Further, I attached the linker scripts.
Any ideas?
Regards, Raphael
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Eight Cougars to NCAA track meet
Tue., June 5, 2012
Washington State's women's team will field seven athletes in three events and the WSU men's team will send long jumper Stephan Scott-Ellis to the NCAA Track & Field Championships which begin Wednesday at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
The Cougars' highest-ranking athletes are both in the javelin, including Anna Adamko, who ranks 12th nationally with a throw of 159 feet, 7 inches, and Courtney Simmons, who is 15th at 159 feet, 2 inches.
Shawna Fermin comes into the NCAAs ranked 19th in the 400 meters with a time of 52.97 seconds. The Cougars' 400-meter relay team of Shaquana Logan, Cindy Robinson, Candii McFarland and Chanel James ranks 20th with a time of 44.92 seconds.
Scott-Ellis is the 15th-ranked long jumper in the nation at 25-23/4.
Eastern Washington University pole vaulter Keisa Monterola is ranked 13th heading into Wednesday's preliminary round.
In March, Monterola competed in the NCAA Indoor Championships and placed fifth with a height of 14-1 1/4. With a career-best of 14-4 (indoors), Monterola has been striving to clear a height of 14-5 1/4 and meet the Olympic Provisional qualifying standard. Her home country of Venezuela has promised her a spot on their Olympic team if she hits the mark.
Idaho's Mike Marshall, of Yakima, will compete in the men's javelin. Marshall has had a breakout season that includes a WAC individual title and a season-best mark of 230-6 that is 28 feet better than his 2011 best and ranks third all-time at Idaho.
Marshall ranks 25th in the nation entering the NCAAs.
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It is widely accepted that the increased volume of NIHL claims is a result of the shift in focus of claims management companies and professionals who are looking to replace revenue lost from pursuing RTA whiplash claims following regulatory change. The ABI and the industry are seeking regulatory change to improve this challenging situation.
But in the meantime, what can insurers do to detect fraudulent NHIL claims?
Consider link network analysis: although NIHL claims are associated with an opportunistic fraud phenomenon, link network analysis is useful to consider all parties involved in the claims process including any suspicious connections or networks.
|Deploy anomaly detection: given the high volume of NIHL claims, anomaly detection may be useful to analyse this big data to identify unusual cases, or suspicious behaviour hidden within the data that may seem to be homogeneous.
|Harness predictive analysis: use internally recorded data on both historic fraudulent and genuine NIHL claims to build models that provide the highest accuracy of fraud prediction via analysis and sophisticated algorithms.
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Living privacy screen with height restriction
My wife and I are looking for a plant/bush/tree that we can plant along our drainage ditch. The chosen plant would serve as a means of erosion control for the ditch, a privacy screen for our home, dust control caused by the dirt road, and overall aesthetics for our property. We are looking to cover roughly 300 feet or road frontage and there is a height restriction caused by overhead power lines (residential power not transmission lines). Previous owners of the property put Sumac trees along the road and after two years with them we've decided they aren't the right choice for us. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello There are many plants that you can use but first you must consider the culture of the area. Since sumac is living there, I assume that the area is sunny with well-drained soil which sumac like. However before you remove the sumac, I suggest you have the soil tested. Go to: https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/soil_test_kit_self-mailer Plants that you can consider are: Junipers (Juniperus communism and horizontalis ); Lilac (Syringa vulgaris and meyerii ); Spirea (Spirea japonica); Northern bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera); Forsythia (Lynwood Gold); Bush clover (Lespedesa capitata). You can also consider grasses: Big blue stem (Andropogon gerardii ); switch grass (Panicum virgatum); Little blue stem (Schizachyrium scoparius ). Consider choosing Michigan natives when you make your choice to attract pollinators: https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/native_plants Good luck with your choices.


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United States District Court, N.D. Iowa, Central Division
August 2, 2018
VANESSA K. JENNINGS, Plaintiff,v.NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
Vanessa K. Jennings ("claimant"), seeks judicial
review of a final decision of the Commissioner of Social
Security ("the Commissioner") denying her
applications for disability and disability insurance benefits
under Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.
§§ 401-34, as well as for supplemental security
income under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.
§§ 1382-83f. Claimant contends that the
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) who heard her claims erred in
determining that claimant was not disabled. For the following
reasons, I recommend that the District Court reverse
and remand the ALJ's decision to determine
whether work exists in significant numbers in the national
economy that claimant can perform.
I adopt
the parties' Joint Statement of Facts (Doc. 14) and
therefore only summarize the pertinent facts here. Claimant
was born in June 1967, and was forty-four years old on the
alleged onset date of disability, and fifty years old on the
date of the ALJ's decision. (AR 207, 209).[1] Claimant has at
least a high school education[2] (AR 207) and previously worked as
a cashier II, sales attendant, and tractor-trailer truck
driver. (Doc. 14, at 5).
November 23, 2009, claimant filed applications for benefits
under the Social Security Act; those applications were denied
administratively and, ultimately, by a federal district
court. (AR 192). On July 18, 2013, claimant filed
applications for disability and disability insurance
benefits, as well as for supplemental security income,
alleging an alleged onset date of disability of March 1,
2012, for each application. (Id.). Claimant's
applications were denied initially and on reconsideration,
and claimant thereafter requested a hearing before an ALJ.
(Id.). ALJ Eric S. Basse held an administrative
hearing on April 28, 2016, at which both claimant and a
vocational expert testified. (AR 219-20). The ALJ issued a
decision on June 1, 2016, in which he denied claimant's
applications for benefits. (AR 192-209). On May 30, 2017, the
Appeals Council denied review. (AR 1-4). The ALJ's
decision therefore became the final decision of the
Commissioner. See 20 C.F.R. § 416.1481.
On July
19, 2017, claimant timely filed the instant complaint in this
Court. (Doc. 3). On February 13, 2018, the Court deemed this
case fully submitted and ready for decision. On June 5, 2018,
the Honorable Leonard T. Strand, Chief United States District
Judge, referred this case to me for a Report and
disability is defined as the "inability to engage in
any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be
expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be
expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12
months." 42 U.S.C. §§ 423(d)(1)(A),
1382c(a)(3)(A). An individual has a disability when, due to
her physical or mental impairments, "[she] is not only
unable to do [her] previous work but cannot, considering
[her] age, education, and work experience, engage in any
other kind of substantial gainful work which exists . . . in
significant numbers either in the region where such
individual lives or in several regions of the country."
42 U.S.C. §§ 423(d)(2)(A), 1382c(a)(3)(B). If the
claimant is able to do work which exists in the national
economy but is unemployed because of inability to get work,
lack of opportunities in the local area, economic conditions,
employer hiring practices, or other factors, the ALJ will
still find the claimant not disabled.
determine whether a claimant has a disability within the
meaning of the Social Security Act, the Commissioner follows
the five-step sequential evaluation process outlined in the
regulations. Kirby v. Astrue, 500 F.3d 705, 707-08
(8th Cir. 2007). First, the Commissioner will consider a
claimant's work activity. If the claimant is engaged in
substantial gainful activity, then the claimant is not
disabled. 20 C.F.R. § 416.920(a)(4)(i).
"Substantial" work activity involves physical or
mental activities. (Id. § 404.1572).
"Gainful" activity is work done for pay or
profit, even if the claimant did not ultimately receive pay
or profit. (Id.).
if the claimant is not engaged in substantial gainful
activity, then the Commissioner looks to the severity of the
claimant's physical and mental impairments. Id.
§ 416.920(a)(4)(ii). If the impairments are not severe,
then the claimant is not disabled. An impairment is not
severe if it does "not significantly limit [a]
claimant's physical or mental ability to do basic work
activities." Kirby, 500 F.3d at 707.
ability to do basic work activities means the ability and
aptitude necessary to perform most jobs. These include: (1)
physical functions such as walking, standing, sitting,
lifting, pushing, pulling, reaching, carrying, or handling;
(2) capacities for seeing, hearing, and speaking; (3)
understanding, carrying out, and remembering simple
instructions; (4) use of judgment; (5) responding
appropriately to supervision, co-workers, and usual work
situations; and (6) dealing with changes in a routine work
setting. Bowen v. Yuckert, 482 U.S. 137, 141 (1987);
see also 20 C.F.R. 404.1521 (2015).
if the claimant has a severe impairment, then the
Commissioner will determine the medical severity of the
impairment. 20 C.F.R. § 416.920(a)(4)(iii). If the
impairment meets or equals one of the presumptively disabling
impairments listed in the regulations, then the claimant is
considered disabled regardless of age, education, and work
experience. Kelley v. Callahan, 133 F.3d 583, 588
(8th Cir. 1998).
if the claimant's impairment is severe, but it does not
meet or equal one of the presumptively disabling impairments,
then the Commissioner will assess the claimant's residual
functional capacity ("RFC") and the demands of
her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 416.920(a)(4)(iv).
If the claimant can still do her past relevant work, then she
is considered not disabled. (Id.). Past relevant
work is any work the claimant performed within the fifteen
years prior to her application that was substantial gainful
activity and lasted long enough for the claimant to learn how
to do it. (Id. § 416.960(b)). "RFC is a
medical question defined wholly in terms of the
claimant's physical ability to perform exertional tasks
or, in other words, what the claimant can still do despite .
. . her physical or mental limitations." Lewis v.
Barnhart, 353 F.3d 642, 646 (8th Cir. 2003) (internal
quotation marks omitted). The RFC is based on all relevant
evidence. The claimant is responsible for providing the
evidence the Commissioner will use to determine the RFC.
Eichelberger v. Barnhart, 390 F.3d 584, 591 (8th
Cir. 2004). If a claimant retains enough RFC to perform past
relevant work, then the claimant is not disabled.
if the claimant's RFC as determined in Step Four will not
allow the claimant to perform past relevant work, then the
burden shifts to the Commissioner to show there is other work
the claimant can do, given the claimant's RFC, age,
education, and work experience. 20 C.F.R. §§
416.920(a)(4)(v), 416.960(c)(2). The Commissioner must show
not only that the claimant's RFC will allow her to make
the adjustment to other work, but also that other work exists
in significant numbers in the national economy.
Eichelberger, 390 F.3d at 591. If the claimant can
make the adjustment, then the Commissioner will find the
claimant not disabled. At Step Five, the Commissioner has the
responsibility of fairly and fully developing the record
before making a determination about the existence of a
disability. Snead v. Barnhart, 360 F.3d 834, 838
(8th Cir. 2004). The burden of persuasion to prove disability
remains on the claimant. Stormo v. Barnhart, 377
F.3d 801, 806 (8th Cir. 2004).
The ALJ
made the following findings at each step with regard to
claimant's disability status:
At Step
One, the ALJ found that claimant had not engaged in
substantial gainful activity since March 1, 2012, the alleged
onset date of disability. (AR 194).
At Step
Two, the ALJ found that claimant suffered from the following
severe impairments: "obesity, obstructive sleep apnea,
epilepsy, major depressive disorder, general anxiety
disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, asthma, chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, and hearing loss." (AR
194). The ALJ also discussed claimant's other alleged
impairments, and found that those impairments did not meet
the definition of "severe" impairments under the
Social Security Administration regulations. (AR 195-96).
At Step
Three, the ALJ found that none of claimant's impairments
met or equaled a presumptively disabling impairment listed in
the regulations. (AR 196-98).
At Step
Four, the ALJ found that claimant had the RFC to perform
sedentary work with the following limitations:
She can occasionally climb ramps and stairs. She can
occasionally balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. The
claimant cannot climb ladders, ropes and scaffolds. She must
avoid concentrated exposure to pulmonary irritants. The
claimant must avoid exposure to hazards such as machinery,
heights, and open bodies of water. She cannot perform
commercial driving. The claimant cannot be exposed to more
than moderate noise levels and cannot perform work that
requires communication by telephone. The claimant is limited
to simple, routine tasks with simple instructions. She can
occasionally interact with the public. She cannot work at
production rate pace.
(AR 198-99). Also at Step Four, the ALJ found that claimant
was unable to perform any past relevant work. (AR 207).
At Step
Five, the ALJ found that despite claimant's RFC, there
were jobs that existed in significant numbers in the national
economy that claimant could still perform, including document
preparer and addresser. (AR 208). Therefore, the ALJ
concluded that claimant was not disabled. (AR 208-09).
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More small victories to report:
– found the church I was looking for yesterday (downside: it didn't end up being in English. upside: the people were very friendly, and one of them translated the entire service for me)
– figured out that people like to wash their clothes on Sunday mornings – BUT STILL commandeered two washers for sheets and towels. Also, the washing machines are in German, so I think it's a victory just to pick a setting and get them going.
– successfully took out the trash. This is a bigger deal here because they separate everything (paper, biomass, plastic, bottles, metal) and have specific containers, labeled in that language they speak here that I don't yet so that I have a slightly more difficult time figuring it out.
I'll celebrate by eating something with carbohydrates later, when the sun comes out. I hope I do enough walking here that my bread-eating habits aren't too destructive.
My goals for the next week and a half, before I start classes are to:
– learn the German flashcards I made
– read at least one whole book
– try a new food (bread counts)
– get lost at least once and find my way without using my maps app on my phone
– make my dorm room more organized and cheerful
Cheers to the start of a new week!
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V-Ray Material Presets Pro
V-Ray Material Presets Pro is a powerful material collection for 3ds Max and V-Ray. It will includes shaders like: Metal, Glass, Leather, Liquid, Ceramics, etc.
SIGERSHADERS V-Ray Material Presets Pro version 4.1.5
01.09.2016 – Changes for v4.1.5 are:
– Now VMPPmax remember window positions and size.
User Library Manager
– Fixed comment issues when material name has a Whitespace character.
– Implemented ability to render material preview images (single material and batch render).
– Implemented ability to render VRayHDRI spherical preview (single and batch render).
– Implemented ability to migrate custom settings from previous version.
04.08.2016 – Changes for v4.0.1 are:
– The installer now can find 3ds Max Design paths.
– The installer includes all required additional plug-ins.
– Fixed map paths for some materials.
– Fixed Real-World map size scaling for some materials.
– Now the UNC path resolver can be enabled/disabled.
– A little optimized the user library thumbnails handler.
25.07.2016 – Changes for v4.0.0 are:
– Completely remade materials and textures.
– New installer.
– 3ds Max 2017 support.
– New UI.
– New Material test scene templates.
– New licensing process.
– Added thumbnails to Material list.
– New Material list views: List and Gallery.
– Added context menu to each list.
– Added options Copy/Move to Categories and Materials.
– Added UNC path resolver.
– Improved memory usage.
– Bug fixes and more…
14.08.2015 – Changes for v3.2.0 are:
– Minor bug fixes.
– New Liquid materials (V-Ray 3.1+).
21.04.2015 – Changes for v3.1.2 are:
– Added the ability to replace external BitmapTexture paths (User Library).
12.03.2015 – Changes for v3.1.1 are:
– Fixed a bug that occurs when rename User Section with the same name.
– Fixed a bug that occurs when rename User Category with the same name.
– Fixed a bug that occurs when rename User Material with the same name.
– Fixed issues with saving notes of the User Category/Material.
– Fixed a potential issue with open User Material full preview when material in list is not selected.
– Fixed minor issues with User Library lists headers info.
– Added "Right Click" functionality to the opened full preview image (Default/User libraries).
– Added tool-tips and option to show/hide tool-tips.
– Added the ability to set Max Subdivs (reflection/refraction) for materials (Default Library).
– The Default Library is divided into two parts: Legacy materials (V-Ray 2.x) and V-Ray 3.1+ (V-Ray 3.10 or later).
– Updated the test scenes.
– Updated the UI style.
– Added new materials and remade some old.
11.09.2014 – Changes for v3.0.1 are:
- Fixed thumbnail viewer memory leak
- Added new materials (154): Mosaic, Parquet and Carpaint.
12.06.2014 – Changes for v3.0.0b are:
- Fixed material destination selector
- All materials and textures are remade
- All materials optimized for high quality BF+LC rendering*
- Added Material Lab (Scene for material creating/testing)
- And more...
17.05.2013 – Changes for v2.6.3 are:
- Bug fixes
- 63 New Upholstery materials
18.04.2013 – Changes for v2.6.2 are:
- Bug fixes
- Added Icon size parameter
- New Tempered Steel materials
- Compatible with 3ds Max 2014
03.03.2013 – Changes for v2.6.1 are:
- Memory leak and other bug fixes
21.01.2013 – Changes for v2.6.0 are:
- The code has been completely rewritten
- The new interface with a thumbnail viewer
- Pop-up full preview image
- Material categories Tree View
- Most of the textures and materials have been corrected
- Fixed compatibility issue of materials between 3ds Max versions (2010 SP1 - 2013)
- Fixed problems with textures in materials
- Minor bug fixes...
29.10.2012 – Changes for v2.5.16 are:
- Added 10 Wood (cork) materials.
- Minor bug fixes.
16.08.2012 – Changes for v2.5.15 are:
- Added 210 Wall materials.
16.05.2012 – Changes for v2.5.14 are:
- Added 9 Tahitian Pearl materials.
- Now compatible with 3ds Max 2013.
02.05.2012 – Changes for v2.5.13 are:
- Added 93 Wall materials and templates.
21.04.2012 – Changes for v2.5.12 are:
- Possibility to assign a Material to an object group or multiple selected objects.
- Fixed issues with Composite Aluminium Materials.
11.02.2012 – Changes for v2.5.11 are:
- Added 15 new materials (Leather - Pattern 7).
- Fixed issues with custom controls.
- Minor bug fixes of core code.
28.12.2011 – Changes for v2.5.10 are:
- Added new section 'Plastic'.
- Added 228 new materials (Metal, Parquet, Plastic).
- Re-designed user interface and rewrote .NET custom controls.
- Fixed issues with User Category and Material notes.
- Minor bug fixes of core code.
- Updated User manual.
14.11.2011 – Changes for v188.8.131.52 are:
- Added 36 new Parquet materials.
17.08.2011 – Changes for v22.214.171.124 are:
- Added 48 new Mosaic materials.
27.07.2011 – Changes for v126.96.36.199 are:
- Fixed memory leak in custom controls
20.06.2011 – Changes for v220.127.116.11 are:
- Added 36 new Leather Materials
- Added 34 new Cloth Material
17.05.2011 – Changes for v18.104.22.168 are:
- Optimized memory usage
- 3ds Max 2012 support
- Minor custom controls fixes
30.04.2011 – Changes for v184.108.40.206 are:
- Added 122 new Cloth materials
- New parameter 'Always on top' (options)
- New parameter 'Remember last position' (options)
- Fixed Section creation bug
12.04.2011 – Changes for v188.8.131.52 are:
- Minor bug fixes
- Added 14 new Wood materials
05.04.2011 – Changes for v188.8.131.52 are:
- Added 80 new Gemstones materials
29.03.2011 – Changes for v126.96.36.199 are:
- Added 48 new Parquet materials
- Added 18 new Wood materials
- Corrected some textures
- 3ds Max 2009 support
- Minor bug fixes
24.03.2011 – Changes for v22.214.171.124 are:
- Added 112 new Glass materials
- Added User Library manager
- New .Net interface
- New licensing system (new license key and serial number required)
- And more...
11.01.2011 – Changes for v2.1.1b are:
- Adds 146 new material presets and templates (Carpaint, Liquid, Wall)
18.11.2010 – Changes for v2.1.0b are:
- You can now select the resolution of used textures (High / Medium)
- Minor interface changes
- The number of materials has decreased, but the quality is now higher
- You can leave the old version installed and still install v.2.1.0
- Adds a lot of new materials and presets
- Compatible with V-Ray 2.0
08.10.2010 – Changes for v2.0.1 are:
- Adds new 65 material presets
- Fixes some errors of the interface (sometimes the information in the last selection list of a material wasn't correctly indicated).
25.07.2010 – Changes for v2.0 are:
- A new dotNet interface
- 1283 Materials and Templates
- All materials have been tested by professionals on real projects
- Most of the textures and materials have been corrected
- All textures used are seamless
- The majority of the materials have been updated and many new ones added
- The code has been completely rewritten
- Optimised memory usage
- Adds the ability to change Maps directory location
- Changed activation system
- And more...
05.03.2010 – Changes for v1.5 are:
- Adds new 100 Wall material presets (Stucco and Brick).
16.02.2010 – Changes for v1.4 are:
- Adds new section 'Wall' with 44 material presets.
23.11.2009 – Changes for v1.3 are:
- Adds new 41 leather material presets
- Fixes some material presets...
02.11.2009 – Changes for v1.2 are:
- Interface code has been completely rewritten - 'Affect Shadows' parameter in Glass and Liquid materials is now ON by default - Fixes map path for some materials - Adds settings to save dialog position - Loads the last dialog position...
25.08.2009 – Changes for v1.1 are:
– Add new section "Wood" with 78 material presets.
15.08.2009 – Changes for v1.0 are:
– New 8 material presets for "Leather" section.
– Rewrited most part of code.
– Fixed error if using the custom button.
14.06.2009 – Changes for v1.0RC are:
– Add new section "Parquet" with 33 material presets.
– Add new section "Plastic" with 12 material presets.
27.05.2009 – Changes for v1.0.2beta are:
– Add new section "Carpaint" with 37 material presets.
21.05.2009 – Changes for v1.0.1beta are:
– Add new section "Fabric" with 32 material presets.
PLZ New Plastic Materials and Corrotion Metals
If is possible can you add more type of plastics and some corrosion materials like Dirt pig iron?
Maybe add floor materials like porcelain Floor Tiles.
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I'm looking to buy this product but need to know if it is compatible with 3d max design 2013.
The first time
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Submitted by: Global Impact
Categories: Philanthropy & Corporate Contributions, Corporate Social Responsibility
Posted: Apr 01, 2015 – 11:27 AM EST
ALEXANDRIA, VA , Apr. 01 /CSRwire/ - As a part of its ongoing effort to grow global philanthropy, Global Impact is partnering with Counterpart International to offer a new service to corporate clients that will improve their selection of non-U.S. based partners. Counterpart International's proprietary service is designed to support the success of corporate charitable investments by screening non-U.S. based organizations to ensure they do not pose a risk to corporate interests. Combined with Global Impact's renowned advisory services and charity network, this partnership offers tremendous value to corporations.
"Together, Global Impact and Counterpart International are helping corporations ensure their philanthropic investments are well-managed and benefitting the people who need it most, ultimately making the world a better place," said Global Impact President and CEO Scott Jackson.
With millions of nonprofits operating around the world, it can be difficult to know which ones are legitimate, financially sound, and in compliance with key U.S. regulations and policies. When Global Impact's corporate partners make grants to non-U.S.-based charities, this service reduces their risks by vetting recipients against a range of legal, fiduciary and reputational risk factors. This vetting process helps Global Impact and its partners build successful partnerships and ensures that investments achieve the intended purpose of helping the world's most vulnerable people.
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For 50 years Counterpart International has been an innovator, helping people build better lives and more durable futures, community by community. Global Impact is proud to be working with Counterpart International to provide this service to new and existing clients looking to work with non-U.S.-based nonprofits. Vetting provides corporate clients, grant-making organizations and donors with the confidence that funds will go to appropriate groups.
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The online community of knife collectors, A Knife Family Forged in Steel
Welcome to iKC Benny .
Welcome to iKC Benny!
With your interest in guns you should enjoy the iKC Arsenal group. We love to talk about and post pictures of our guns and shooting experiences. As host of the group I invite you to join. I look forward to seeing your posts in the group.
Here is the link to the group.
Welcome to iKC , Benny !!!
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Your Next Box Set: Falling Skies
On the lookout for a new box set to spend your evenings devouring? Each week, hmv.com will be recommending you a series that will have you wishing those cold nights would go for a good while longer…
This week, we recommend alien drama Falling Skies, it's pretty spectacular…
What is it?
The world of Falling Skies is thus: Earth has been attacked and devastated by an alien invasion, with most of the world now completely incapacitated. Only a few survivors remain and they've joined forces outside major US cities to fight back. Each episode sees the group, led by retired US captain Dan Weaver and former professor of history Tom Mason, engage in an insurgency against the alien forces. Weaver knows how to fight, Mason knows almost everything there is to know about military history.
The aliens come in three types, mechanical attack drones (mechs), a species of green-skinned, six-legged creatures (skitters) and a third mysterious species known as the Overlords, who it is thought are behind the invasion.
Who's in it?
Former ER mainman Noah Wyle leads the way as Tom Mason, with Will Patton playing Dan Weaver. Among the other members of the resistance force are Moon Bloodgood's Anne, Seychelle Gabriel's Lourdes and Mpho Koato's Anthony.
Why should I watch it?
If you're a sci-fi fan and you've blitzed shows like Battlestar Galactica, Firefly and any of the various Star Trek franchises, then you'll adore this; it's written for fans, with no eye on critical acclaim or mainstream acceptance.
Aside from that, it's also compellingly written, acted with poise and defiance and stunning to look at.
Describe the show in three words…
Spectacular, spacey and superb.
The third season of Falling Skies is released on Monday (July 14th) on DVD in hmv stores across the UK.