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I will try to show some real example of .net core way of configuring Entity Framework Code First in this article. Microsoft documentation shows some examples, but the solution there creates one DbContext and stores it in DI container.
Downsize of that solution is that you cannot dispose container obtained from DI.
Better solution is to create a Factory class, store it as Singleton into Di container and create DbContext with this service.
public class MyDataContextFactory : IDataContextFactory
Also, for this class, we would create interface IMyDataContextFactory, which will look like this:
public interface IMyDataContextFactory
The meat of this class is the method Create, which reads from Configuration the Db connection string and creates particular instance of DbContext. In my case called MyDataContext. I am passing Sql connection string read from configuration.
The class is taking IConfigurationRoot as only parameter, so that it could read from .Net Core Configuration. This is usually appsettings.json, but its up to your application.
Configuration and registration of the service
When you look to your Program.cs, you can see it configured like for example this:
public class Program
Please notice Configuration is – when created to class member.
The next step is to add Factory method to .Net core dependency injection container. In the Startup.cs file, locate your existing ConfigureServices, which is used for these things and add our line for example to end of it:
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
How to use it in Controllers
The use is then similar to other Net Core DI services. We need to add our factory interface to particular Controller constructor, to get injected by DI automatically. It will look like this:
public class ValueController : Controller
And use is then very simple, for example in same controller I can have method like:
public class ValueController : Controller
So it is, hopefully this will help someone.
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Each day, families from Arkansas and nearby states participate in research studies at Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH). There is much for parents to consider before their children take part in a research study. This site will help you gain some general knowledge of what to know or ask to help you make the correct decision regarding your child's participation in clinical research.
Each new and better way to improve children's health is a miracle to children and their families. Research is the cornerstone of these health and medical care advances. For information on these or other clinical trials at ACH, please call 501-364-7373.
The National Institutes of Health has an excellent documentary video for parents with questions about enrolling their child in a clinical study. To view the video, visit their webpage at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/childrenandclinicalstudies/index.php.
You may search for currently enrolling studies by visiting ACH's Clinical Trials Webpage.
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City Report – Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee, WI
Nickname: Brew City, Cream City, or City of Festivals.
Claim to Fame: Beer and Brats, Pabst, Miller High Life, Harley Davidson and the Calatrava designed art museum.
History in 100 Words (or less): Milwaukee is a blue collar city made from blood, sweat and beers. Milwaukee was first settled by Europeans at the turn of the 19th century, originally formed by three towns called Juneautown, Kilbourntown, and Walker's Point separated by the Milwaukee River. In 1846, all three cities grew to such an extent that they merged to form Milwaukee. German immigrants made the population boom in the mid-1800s, and the influence remains to this day. Milwaukee is famous for its cream colored brick buildings that were made in the Menomonee River valley.


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ECHO Community Services has been operating under a Consumer Directed Care model of service since 2014. We currently provide Level 1 and Level 2 Home Care Packages but this will change in February 2017 when we can provide all levels of CDC packages. For a brief overview of CDC, please go here. For an overview of Home Care Packages, please go here.
With Consumer Directed Care you will be allocated a budget to "buy" services that best suit your needs to enable you to continue to live independently, with support, for as long as possible. ECHO will provide a case manager to assist you in coordinating the services you need and manage your budget. A statement will be sent each month and that will keep you informed of exactly what funds you have available and how much you can spend.
An important part of CDC is that it is all about building on what you CAN do rather than focusing on what you CAN'T. Even if you have health issues, the right sort of assistance can help you feel healthier and help you to get back to doing more things for yourself. It is about assisting you to maintain your independence.
You can speak to a Case Manager at ECHO who will help guide you through the process of the CDC packages.
There is a new Charter of Care Recipients' Rights and Responsibilities – Home Care which takes effect from February 27th, 2017. You can download the charter here.
Please see "Navigating the Home Care Maze" for further information on Home Care Services.
As part of the Commonwealth Government's quality assurance, ECHO Community Services went through a Quality Review, conducted by the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency, on 10th January, 2017. As part of the review, the reviewers contact clients and meet with staff, look at our various policies and procedures, and generally check to see if we comply with the Common Community Care Standards for our Level 2 Home Care Package clients.
I am pleased to say that ECHO was found to have complied with all the requirements and there were no suggested improvements. You can access a copy of the Quality Agency's report here. This is one further way you can be assured of the quality of our services.
We have produced a little booklet which explains the process of getting a Home Care Package. You can download a copy here. We hope that you will find it useful.
The Commonwealth has just released data on the take up of Home Care Packages. You can download a copy here. It might be interesting reading for some.


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Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Kyoto's Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
Japan is filled with so many arresting sights. There were a lot of special experiences, so it's hard to choose where to start but I think it's always good to start with nature. One of the most iconic images of Japan is the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove.
The grove towers with bamboo trees that play against the light pouring through the slender trunks. It would be the perfect place to meditate and take in the sound of the stalks swaying back and forth but I was there on a national Japanese holiday. It was culture day, which meant masses of locals were in the grove, strolling and taking photos. I saw loads of kimono clad girls and saffron robed monks but it was hard to focus on the magic of the experience.
The glimpse of serenity that I found was when I stood in front of this graveyard on the other side of the grove. The crowds just headed down the path as I paused and looked at the tombstones. I think that being buried near a bamboo grove is probably one of the most peaceful final resting places and it was there that the grove held the most tranquility.
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Factors to consider when restoring old furniture.
Furniture that has been in use over the time is better than modern furniture produced in bigger numbers. This furniture is built to last for long since replacing of furniture cannot frequently be done. It is standard because it was intended to stay for a long time. Nevertheless, having been used for a long time can alter the color, appearance, and stability of furniture.
The following are considerations you need to pay to renovate Old furniture. Decide if it's necessary to restore them or discard them. One can consider refinishing a table where the finish has been darkening over time. You should not rebuild a furniture that has been invested by pests such as termites and ants. If the wood has clear signs of severe water destruction such as rot and stains do not bother. A number of works increases with the size of the piece and heirloom chests with many nooks and crannies can be a pain to clean out much less refurnish. Note that wall-sized shelving units are in less demand in the marketplace because they are highly immobile whereas small desks have high value and sturdy small tables.
If you are dealing with rusting metal piece, consider the amount of work you will take to eliminate the surface rust from an ornate steel table as compared to rusted weather vane with all flat surfaces. If doing away with rust will take more hours then it is not worth. Have a plan on what you want the piece to look like before you begin working on it. You should invest time completing what you know you will put into use after the work.
Have an economical plan to avoid spending on pieces that are not substantial to your money. Your budget should be inclusive of any cost of any woodworking tools that you may lack and cannot borrow or rent. In case the cost of refinishing your old furniture is higher than buying a new one you may consider leaving the furniture and buying a new one.
Appreciate the space for your work. it is important to know the time span that you will spend to repair the furniture. For instance, rust take days to remove . Comprehend when the project will either take a lot of time to do and when it cannot be done at all.
Get an Idea on swapping hardware. You should consider removing the hinges, pulls handles and decorative knobs. After you complete the wood you can reconstruct it with the renovated hardware or a new hardware that matches the original piece's look. If you do not know how to handle complex joints like dovetail joints, leave the restoration work to those who can do it perfectly.


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FF is a library to evaluate one-loop integrals needed for radiative corrections to scattering processes in particle physics. The idea of such a library is based on FormF by M. Veltman. Unfortunately this only runs in CDC and 68000 assembler, and uses very high precision (more than 100 digits) to overcome the numerical instabilities that plague these integrals. FF uses alternative algorithms which run in double precision Fortran 77. It is available by anonymous ftp.
The current version includes
ier = 0 ! all digits are OK id = 3001 ! my threepoint function (optional, choose anything) call ffxc0(cc0,xpi,ier) if ( ier.gt.10 ) call ffwarn(998,ier,x0,x0) ! print out why the answer is so badThere is a coupler to C, C++ and Mathematica available from Würzburg, LoopTools, this also computes the tensor reduction in their convention.
8-sep-2003: a bug was fixed that gave the wrong value for C11 in very rare circumstances. Please upgrade your library.


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Adele has worked with a wide range of clients from babies children & teenagers, through to FIFO workers, mothers & the elderly and has had success in assisting people with a range of issues.
Issues are balanced using holistic techniques designed to relieve stress/pain and the body's biofeedback (muscle monitoring) is used to identify the root causes. With this approach a kinesiology balance may create a unique and personal synthesis for each individual session and is a viable modality for enhancing overall health and well-being. Adele is passionate about supporting people in their recuperation, and in bringing about balance harmony and clarity to their mental, emotional and physical bodies.


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WATCH: Wife of pastor describes how she chased the assailants away from her husband
Police say the beating was so bad, if they ever find the suspects, they say they will charge them with attempted murder.
"He was just sobbing, and [we were] helping him, and he had fallen to the ground," said Mendy Warman, the victim's wife. "And he couldn't move, and there was just blood everywhere."
Mendy and her daughter Megan were there Saturday night at the Church of the Valley in Highland when it happened. Pastor Warman was there to make last-minute preparations for his sermon in the morning.
"I saw the Christmas tree, and half of one of our Christmas trees in the church, the lights had gone out. And so, he turned and said, 'Oh I'll go ahead and get you a light bulb out of the shed,'" said Mendy.
The next thing she heard was a cry for help from her husband.
"I got the guitar and just started running towards them with it," said Mendy. "And as I ran toward them, one guy grabbed the other one and said, 'Let's get out of here, let's go.' And so they took off running. And I kind of chased for about 50 feet until I thought, "What am I doing? And so I turned around, and remember being thankful that I didn't see a weapon. I didn't see a gun. I was just very thankful that I didn't see... It could've been much worse than even that."
Family members and friends of Pastor Warman will take any good news they can get.
"By yesterday afternoon, the bleeding had stopped. And there's no brain damage," said Mendy. "And so we're rejoicing today in a God that loves us and cares about the details."
"We're asking for the public's assistance," said Jodi Miller, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. "This is an awful, heinous crime -- very, very sad that this pastor was approached."
As police search for suspects, there's been an outpouring of support. But people are asking how something like this could happen.
"That's a question even my daughter asked," said Mendy. "'Daddy was serving God. How can someone attack him?' Because he loves people so much. And so my heart's desire is that God will get a hold of people's lives and it will stop being about violence, and all the things that are going on that are prevalent. Because there's a man up there in a bed that loves the community and wants to see a difference. And loves his God and has a calling in his life."
Police say the motive was robbery. The suspects got away with the pastor's wallet. There isn't much of a description. The assailants are believed to be between 19- and 25-years-old. If you have any information, call (909) 425-9793.
The pastor's wife says no fund has been set up, but people can make donations to the church.
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Today I have a quickfire interview with author Tracy Kauffman, whose latest book Southern Attraction was published earlier this year.
What's the hardest part of writing a book?
The editing is the hardest part of the writing process but it really depends on what type of book that you write. For example: Richard the Lionheart took more research and preparation than the other ones did.
What's your favourite part of writing a book?
My favorite part about writing is the way that I can escape and relax into a new adventure.
What inspired you to become a writer?
I really think it was something more innate than being inspired. I'm not saying authors and books don't inspire me but I feel like it is more my calling. I know I have plenty to learn about writing because I know no one is an expert in their field. All writers can learn new things.
What books have influenced your writing?
I can say some books have negatively influenced me and inspired me to write things more appropriate for young adults. Twilight is one of the books I'm talking about. Basically a girl falls for someone that enjoys blood. Gross! In real life we know that we would not enjoy drinking blood or even kissing someone that has.
What kind of research did you do to write this book?
Southern Attraction is a book about a girl who has to endure not only the death of her parents but has to face the horrifying trauma of a terrible tornado that tears up the town. This book brought back lots of memories for me. I researched some about tornadoes but actually dealt with the after-effects of the tornadoes that devastated the south in April 2011. It is a time in my life that I will never forget.
Do you read reviews written about your book?
Yes. Sometimes I don't like what I read but I believe listening to my readers will give me better insight on how to improve my writing skills.
How long did it take to write your book?
Southern Attraction didn't take me as long as some of the other ones. I guess I really liked the way the book was going so it made it easier to write.
What types of prewriting activities do you do? (i.e. research, outlines)
I have outlined and researched on some. I researched tons for my book Richard the Lionheart. Writing a historical fiction book is extremely hard.
Do you write your book from page 1 to the end, or do you jump around?
I enjoy jumping around some. That is what is so great about computers. You can scroll up and down and see where something needs to be added or edited.
What types of promoting do you do?
I have done interviews, book tours, book signings and social media to advertise. I am happy to say, I have my first television interview June 12 Cooper and Company WTZT- TV.
Is most of your promoting online or offline?
Most of it is online. I'm hoping to change that in the future.
How do you find people to read and review your book?
I am constantly looking on the internet for bloggers.
Is there any specific message you hope readers take away from your story?
In the book Southern Attraction, I hope readers will see that there is more to life than money and fame.
Southern Attraction by Tracy Kauffman
Published by KG Books on Apr 22, 2013
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, YA
Find the book: Amazon, Goodreads
Southern Attraction is a young adult romance book about a girl who loses her parents and is forced to live with a redneck uncle from Alabama. There she has to choose between two young men that she likes. Will she choose true love or a lifestyle that she is accustomed to.
Heather has everything she ever wanted; money, clothes, friends, popularity and parents that adored her. Until one terrible day, she loses it all. She is uprooted from a place she loves to a small town in Alabama with a uncle she doesn't know. The small town of Huckleburg was nothing like Manhattan. Country rednecks owned the town and no one accepted Yankees from New York. Heather didn't think things could get worse until a tornado comes and blast through the small town. Heather has to lose herself to rediscover what life is all about. She meets two guys that she can't decide between who she really wants. Join Heather as she discovers that there is more to life than money and fame. Will Heather ever fit in and find true love or will she stay an outsider living in the south.


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Third Places and Missional Living
I've recently been learning about the concept of "third place." No, I'm not speaking about a bronze medal in the local pig-wrestling contest. Although third place in pig wrestling is nothing to be ashamed of! Instead, the concept of third place was developed to explain one of the key ingredients


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After winning the Unseen Dummy Award of 2013, Finnish photographer Heikki Kaski's book Tranquillity has now been published by Lecturis. Named for the small Californian town where the project was shot, the series is as enlightening as it is mysterious. In photos of dry and endless horizons, we see the vast nowhere that encloses Tranquillity, distant mountain ranges sometimes offering the semblance of an enclosure as small dust storms whirl up in mini tornadoes, both threatening and harmless. Scenes from the small town and portraits obscured by light offer us an impression of the depth of life that exists there—and our inability to access it completely. We are relegated to the role of outsiders, fascinated but uncomprehending.
"Those some 800 people in and around these 12 streets, 4 churches, 2 grocery stores, 2 hardware stores, a car dealership, a post office, a library branch, a high school, Mom's drive-in or The Corner Bar may have seen me when not working on the fields stretching around: almonds, pistachios, migrated bees shaking the pollen," writes Kaski in a short piece of writing at the back of the book, illustrating more than the size of Tranquillity but also its spirit. There is something deeply individualistic about the scenes, with large lawns separating neighbours, occasionally fenced in, and yet, the way the people present themselves indicates a friendly accessibility and realisation of interdependence. In one image, an old woman does the splits on a bar room floor, a drink in front of her and a large smile on her face as she stretches forward. She seems somehow comfortable doing this, seemingly surrounded by friends who encourage her antics. In another image, three men stand waist-deep in a body of water, one in front with his arms raised – it's a scene that could easily be interpreted as a baptism, though they're all wearing t-shirts, leaving it all a bit unclear, except for the clear community involved in their inexplicable walk through the water.
Wrapped in a matte black cover, with fragments of a conversation embossed in the cover, nearly invisibly without the aid of light, and the edges of the paper also toned black, the book itself doesn't express morbidity but impenetrability; a black box. The images, a mixture of black and white with colour photography, express lush emotion. It's this richness that enables us to feel connected to Tranquillity, even while cognizant of the wall that separates the townspeople from us. Kaski's book offers in photographic form that deep urge inside of us to be protected and defensive, while just underneath, we offer evidence of limitless love, for those who are willing to make the leap with us.
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- Affinity Water Wholesale Area Diagram
Despite one of the driest June's on record and below average rainfall in July, Affinity Water's water resources remain stable. In Southeast England, these conditions have not been seen since the 1920's.
However, the above average rainfall for the Affinity Water regions, experienced in December 2017, March 2018 and April 2018 led to a significant recovery in their aquifers (porous rock where groundwater is stored), which continued into May 2018. This put them in a much stronger position going into this summer compared to the summer of 2017.
Due to these wet months, careful management of Affinity Water's network and working with other water companies to share water, the wholesaler was able to meet the exceptional demand during the hot weather over the summer with only a limited number of local pressure issues and without the need to introduce restrictions.
The long, hot, dry summer has affected some chalk streams in the South East of England which are also fed by groundwater, but more particularly those that are also supported directly by rainfall and groundwater that is stored in gravel close to the surface.
River and chalk stream flows are strongest during rainfall/runoff periods and when gravel groundwater levels nearer the surface are high and are easily able to feed into surface water.
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The SOSSI website uses keyboard shortcuts for quick keyboard access to a link or form control without needing to use the mouse or tab repeatedly. This speeds up the user's interaction with the page. This standard is consistent with recommendations of the W3C Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and the Center for Applied Special Technology.
We use the below hot key XHTML coding to set standard keyboard shortcut properties into our web pages. The number button (or key) refers to the keys in a row above the alphabetic keys, not the number pad keys.
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In the time it takes you to read this sentence, an idea could spring to life. For most of us, jotting down that idea means fumbling for a pen and paper. Software such as ConceptDraw MindMap Pro 5.5 can help you capture the thought just as easily.
Think of a good candidate for a web design team you're assembling? Suddenly inspired to build a canoe from scratch? ConceptDraw MindMap Pro 5.5's open interface - really, it's just a blank page with objects for text and artwork - is like the king of idea-generation because it doesn't try to flaunt its powerful features.
The current version ConceptDraw MindMap Pro streamlines the familiar MindMap interface so you can find clip art, tools, and document viewing options faster and more easily.
For example, there are sidebars on the left for dropping artwork onto the page, and a symbol library where you can attach icons - such as a stop sign or a thumbs-up symbol - to any object. Using ConceptDraw MindMap Pro 5.5 is almost like running Microsoft Word 2008 in full-screen mode, but without all the palettes and menu choices, so you can focus on your idea.
(You can even export files in Word-compatible Rich Text Format and use them as Word outlines.) ConceptDraw MindMap Pro 5.5's "blank page" concept works better than the more cluttered Zengobi Curio 5, a similar brainstorming tool.
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Shilpa's baby's first look
Its home sweet home for Shilpa Shetty's Baby new mum stepped out with hubby Raj Kundra who carried the newborn. The actress married to London-based businessman Raj Kundra and this is her first baby. Initially the baby was called 'Baby K', after his surname Kundra. Parents named their son Viann Raj Kundra. Both Shilpa Shetty and her husband RajRead more


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New to Talk Amongst Yourselves? Jump in and say hello! This is the Graveyard Shift—the after (or during) work, game release storm. It's hosted by Kotaku's reader-run blog, so feel free to kick off your shoes and relax your socks and join the discussion! When you're done here, check out the
hyperdrive articles at TAY or fusion reactors of TAYClassic! Or if this is your first time at TAY, check out this TAYtorial!
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The Level and Distribution of Global Household Wealth
James B. Davies, Susanna Sandström, Anthony B. Shorrocks, Edward N. Wolff
NBER Working Paper No. 15508
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We thank participants at the May 2006 UNU-WIDER project meeting on Personal Assets from a Global Perspective, and the August 2006 International Association for Research in Income and Wealth 29th General Conference in Joensuu, Finland, for their valuable comments and suggestions. Special thanks are due to Tony Atkinson, Brian Bucks, Markus Jäntti, and Branko Milanovic. Responsibility for errors and omissions is our own. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Since I have no interest in, or money for, the digital Leica's, I opted for the Leica M6 classic. The M6 has a battery-operated light-meter, but will continue to shoot without batteries.
I wanted the more vintage looking one in silver and black and coupled it with the impressive, and affordable Carl Zeiss Planar 50mm F2.0 ZM silver edition. This lens, compared to the (much) more expensive Leica lenses, is a real gem indeed.
My Leica is from 1996 and the planar lens is from 2006 (or newer, no idea how to interpret the serial, anyone??). Both were bought from eBay, from sellers in Japan. Both looks brand new (came in original boxes) and works wonderfully.
|Leica M6 with Carl Zeiss planar F2.0 ZM
I got two Jupiter-8 50mm f2.0 lenses earlier this year as well, initially bought to play around with on my Zorki's.
However, they never really focused well on any of my Zorki-cameras, the reason for this is that they actually need to be adjusted for the camera they are supposed to be used on, Russian or otherwise.
Since I recently bought a Bessa R3M and right after that, a Leica M6, I decided that I would use my Jupiter-lenses on them, trough a M39 (screw mount) to M mount adapter.
|M39 to M-mount adapter-ring.
Jupiter-8 lenses compared with Carl Zeiss planar f2.0 ZM
|From left to right: Jupiter-8 silver, Jupiter-8 black, Carl Zeiss Planar F2 ZM
|From left to right: Jupiter-8 silver, Jupiter-8 black, Carl Zeiss Planar F2 ZM
As one can observe, the Jupiter-8's are smaller in most aspects, compared to the Zeiss; They are a little shorter, and the barrel circumference are also smaller than the modern lens.
Anyway, after getting said adapter (not a Chinese one), bought fairly cheaply from eBay, I mounted the Jupiter-8 lenses on my Leica M6, to see how they fared there.
|Leica M6 with Jupiter-8 silver
|Leica M6 with Jupiter-8 black
I used the silver lens as focus point for my black lens and vice versa, easier to distinguish what lens I shot with, after development of the film ^_^
- Click the photos to see larger versions
|At f2.0, this lens showed significant "dreamy bokeh" at f2.0, as well as major back-focus, back-focus not really improved at F2.8, but the dreaminess is gone.
|At f2.0, this lens also showed significant "dreamy bokeh" (more than the older, silver lens), as well as back-focus to the same degree as the silver-version.
|Superb lens IMO, usable at all apertures, sharp and nice controlled bokeh.
- Both Jupiter-8 lenses showed significant haze/dreamy Bokeh at f2.0.
- At f2.8, both Jupiter-8's are sharp, no more dreamy Bokeh, though both lenses were off (back-focusing) by around 10 cm on close-up minimum focusing distance (approximately 1 meter).
The Carl Zeiss is way better, but it is off course of a different design (Planar vs the Sonnar-design the Jupiters-8's have) and the Zeiss is also made 40 years after the black Jupiter-8. :)
Research and adjustment
Like this:
Trough google, one should be able to find a whole heap of information from this guy, he knows his stuff. He has explained what the problem with Jupiter and other lenses are, compared to Leica here:
There has been made a compilation of great 'Sweeney-information' here: http://aperturepriority.co.nz/2013/02/06/jupiter-3-f1-5-information-update/
Most of this concerns the Jupiter-3, however, much of it can be applied to Jupiter-8 as well.
Some make shims from aluminum-foil, not sure how less fiddly that will be. :)
For actual disassembling of my lenses, I used this:
Basically, to open the lens, grab the aperture ring and the focus ring and twist until the units come loose from each other.
|After screwing the lens apart, one should be able to see any shims already in place.
Use existing shims as blueprints for new ones (paper or aluminum-foil)
Snipped from http://www.pentax-manuals.com/repairs/j8service.pdf
So I made another paper-shim, adding a total of 0.2mm to the distance between the lens unit and focus unit of the lens.
Post-correction note:
After performing a re-shim procedure, your aperture ring will no longer line up (naturally, as you no longer screw the lens as far in as before).
To correct a misaligned focus-ring, you will need to loosen 3 microscopic screws on the aperture ring, done under a magnifier and using the smallest possible screwdriver you can get your hands on.
Most likely, if you forget to make new holes for the screws before screwing them in again, you will break the small screws when tightening, because they really cannot handle much of anything. I broke 3 of the 6 screws on my two lenses, but I did manage to get the aperture ring to stay.
Again, according to Sweeney:. "The best way to make tap holes is to use a hand drill with a triple-zero drill bit. The metal is fairly soft, it is aluminum. The idea is to make a hole for the end of the set screws to fit into"
Just be careful.
Regarding infinity focus or focusing at intermediate distance after re-shimming, Sweeney say that you can take advantage of the Sonnar-design's inherit focus-shift, as well as depth of field masking when you stop down your lens.
So basically, use f2-2.8 close up, 4f and smaller for longer distances and you should be fine across the range.
After adjustment:
Silver Jupiter-8:
Black Jupiter-8:
Practical results:
|Leica M6 with Jupiter-8 silver, 1/30s
Fuji Acros 100 in HC-110B, 5 minutes
This particular shot has some flare from the flash behind the subject, made the shot really vintage looking :)
|Leica M6 with Jupiter-8 black, 1/30s @ f2.8
Fuji Acros 100 in HC-110B, 5 minutes
|Leica M6 with Carl Zeiss planar F2 ZM, 1/30s @ f2.8
Fuji Acros 100 in HC-110B, 5 minutes
I know the Leica purists may dislike the idea of using Jupiter lenses on a Leica M6. (some even have chronically OCD about using a quality lens as the Carl Zeiss on a Leica).
I say, who the hell cares?
The Jupiter lenses have their own character and yields shots that are completely different from the summi* lenses and whatnot. The Carl Zeiss planar yields sharpness and quality that rivals most Leica 50's, except for the $7 000 Leica APO-Summicron ASPH and the $3500 f1.5 Summilux ASPH.
2016-17-08 - Post-correction note 2: Collimation needed
Since my initial re-shimming, I used my lenses in various, practical settings and I discovered that although the lenses were prefect at 1 meter, they were increasingly front-focusing from 3-4 meters and up. So much in-fact that it bogged the hell out of me.
A permanent solution to this issue was necessary.
Again, Brian to the rescue;
In short; When you shim your Jupiter-lens, you make the focal-length longer. Some Jupiters are in the short range of the spectrum and a simple shimming may actually put the focal-length right at the Leica-standard. Most become too long and thus, you get an increasing amount of front-focusing, as well as loss of infinity-focus.
How to fix?
As Brian's page explains, you reduce the actual focal-length of the lens, by sanding down the optical fixture and re-adjusting the shims.
My procedure was like this:
* Put a small piece of masking-tape on the side of the bottom end of the optical fixture, so that it also covers the rear triplet.
* Use a sharp knife and cut the tape where the rear triplet meet the optical fixture.
* Screw out the rear triplet.
Why did I do this? Well, this is to gauge how much I have sanded down the rear part of the optical fixture, I sand, clean and screw in the rear triplet, and check how much the tape on the rear triplet has moved, in relation to the part still stuck on the optical fixture, then I simply rinse and repeat.
* I started out by sanding down the optical-fixture, so that the rear triplet would screw in 1/2 round further than before.
* Then I did some checking (this is best done with a ground glass and a magnifier mounted in a camera) at a target at 1 meter.
* Then I adjusted (sanded) the original shim so focus was correct at 1 meter.
* Then I actually went to a fence outside and tested the focus on a sign on the fence, at various distances, with actual (bulk) film in the camera, developed and scanned, to see if the focus would slip over distance.
This is very tedious work though, but it's "safe" in the sense that you are unlikely to sand your way past the correct focal length.
Important experiences regarding collimation:
- Some Jupiters are simply too long; When you have sanded so far down that the rear triplet cannot come further in, you are basically stuck. If you have not been able to obtain good focus across the range by then, you have a "too-long" Jupiter.
Solution: If the lens is "not too far off" at 10 meters (30-40cm). Calibrate (the shim) to be perfect at 3-5 meters and stop down at further distances. (depending on your usage, one of my Jupiters was slightly too long and i calibrated it for 3 meters, since I use it for portraits, it's "ok" on most distances). If your lens is way off, you probably have a dud. Keep the lens, glass and parts in a box and use that lens as a parts-lens for other Jupiters.
- The sanding procedure will create dust, grit and metal filings that will pollute the glass in the optical fixture and the aperture blades.
Solution: I decided to sand down my lenses using wet sanding-paper. This prevents dust and the gunk can (for the most part) be cleaned out from the rear of the lens with a simple tissue, but make sure to check the rear class and the aperture-blades in the optical fixture as well, to see if there is any gunk there anyhow (it can also splatter).
If you have just purchased a Jupiter-lens, you will most likely need to clean and lubricate it, I made an entry, with pretty detailed descriptions, showing how to completely disassemble the helical for two different Jupiter-8 lenses, one simple-type and one complex-type (the latter is almost impossible to find instructions on, so it might be a good read).


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Some people think the plant-based, whole-foods diet is extreme. Half a million people a year will have their chests opened up and a vein taken from their leg and sewn onto their coronary artery. Some people would call that extreme.
What's more, eating fat [even as added oil] causes the body itself to manufacture excessive amounts of cholesterol, which explains why vegetarians who eat oil, butter, cheese, milk, ice cream, glazed doughnuts, and French pastry develop coronary disease despite their avoidance of meat.
Having the USDA design your food pyramid is like having Al Capone do your taxes.
Here are the facts. Coronary artery disease is the leading killer of men and women in Western civilization. In the United States alone, more than half a million people die of it every single year. Three times that number suffer known heart attacks. And approximately three million more have "silent" heart attacks, experiencing minimal symptoms and having no idea, until well after the damage is done, that they are in mortal danger. In the course of a lifetime, one out of every two American men and one out of every three American women will have some form of the disease.
Caldwell Blakeman Esselstyn Jr., M.D., (born December 12, 1933), American physician, author, and former Olympic rowing champion; Director of the cardiovascular prevention and reversal program at The Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute; author Taste Addiction, Added Oil, & Heart Disease, Forks Over Knives.
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Day 1 oxygenation index (OI) as a predictor of survival in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH)
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It appears that OI done serially during the first day of life on babies with CDH correlates well with subsequent survival.
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While IPC monitoring is considered "standard of care" for severe traumatic brain injury, the efficacy of treatment based on monitoring has not apparently being rigorously assessed.
A multi center trial of 324 patients, 13 years or older with severe traumatic brain injury, compared randomly assigned groups to be managed on protocols based on ICP measurements, or on clinical/radiological examination, and measured functional and cognitive status outcomes at 3 and 6 months.
ICP monitoring in severe head injury does not appear to provide superior outcomes for functional and cognitive status, 6 months mortality, median length of stay in ICU, compared to a protocol utilizing clinical and imaging examinations.
Source: The New England Journal of Medicine
Current guidelines suggest treating non-complicated CAP in hospitalized infants (3 months - 2 years) with IV penicillin or ampicillin. As adherence to this regimen appears poor, a comparison study utilizing IV cefuroxime as the 1st-line treatment of choice was undertaken comparing a variety of different measured parameters.
In hospital IV cefuroxine treatment of CAP in previously healthy children appears to have no advantage over parenteral penicillin or ampicillin treatment.
Source: Pediatric Pulmonology
ED Propofol Use for migraine headaches
To abort a severe migraine headache in children presenting to an ED, remains difficult.
A retrospective study of matched children discharged from a pediatric ED with a diagnosis of migraine headache was analyzed to investigate the outcome of a sub anesthetic dose of propofol vs. a standard migraine therapy (combined use of a non-steroidal anti inflammatory medication, diphenhydramine-benadryl - and prochlorperazine-compazine).
Popofol given in an ED for migraine headaches achieves significantly greater pain control, and a shorter ED stay than a standard migraine protocol, with apparently no significant adverse effects.
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Albany, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/21/2018 -- Smart camera also known as intelligent camera, is an image processing system for monitoring industrial automation. These cameras consist of two essential components: standalone vision system and inbuilt image sensor. Smart cameras are reprogrammable and help in improved communication which benefits machine vision systems. They epitomize trends in latest camera technology and not only capture large number of pictures, but are also capable of extracting application specific information. These smart cameras have the capability to be integrated with personal computers and smartphone applications. Smart camera can directly share the pictures and videos on various photo-sharing portals and social media platforms.
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It was my second comps in this season, but really important and most exiting. From result on this competitions depended my rating place in our team and qual for EYC in Grindelwald.
A bit about our training before. After Russian youth cup in lead (where I got 2nd place) we had very little time for bouldering.
|Russian cup in lead, 1st qual. Pic by Mila Samotik.
|our climbing gym. Pic by Shagin.
|Like always. :) Pic by Inna Samotik.
|Before start with Valentin. Pic by Shagin.
Also always good to train with strong boys and try to climb more dynamic boulders, with long movements. Funny stories in the rest time, funny boulders and good atmosphere…we enjoyed every training day! Thank you guys, thank you Olga!
In the first day of competitions we did this successfully. Andrey and me was in final with 1st result, Valentin had 4th place.
|Andrey.Final. Pic by Dmitry Shushpanov.
|Valentin.Final. Pic by Dmitry Shushpanov.
|Irina. Final. 3rd boulder. pic by Dmitry Shushpanov.
For me it was big victory. In the final round I did all final routes from first attempts! First one was with big jump, but despite fear, climbed to the top!
|Irina.Final. 3rd boulder. pic by Dmitry Shushpanov.
Good organization, nice and different boulder problems, friendly judge and warm atmosphere! By the way, thank to my friend for support (my mental problems sometimes like big pink sunglasses :) ) and VIELEN DANK, Olga Bibik!
|Olga (coach) and me after 4th boulder. pic by Dmitry Shushpanov.
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Forming the Daily Writing Habit
Are you in the habit of writing daily?
In our experience of working with over 1700 people in the Academic Writing Club over a number of years - writing daily is the one habit that is most likely to ensure your success
in completing your writing projects. Daily writing also increases creativity and makes you enjoy the writing more (or in many cases, hate it less).
Habits, at least good ones, aren't created overnight. It takes time and persistence to create a new habit.
Read on for some tips to forming a daily writing habit, compliments of our very own Academic Writing Club Coach, Rene Hadjigeorgalis.
Forming the Daily Writing Habit
by Rene Hadjigeorgalis, Academic Writing Club Coach
1. Start small.
Habit formation is most effective when you start small and build up over time. Most habits that we have were formed gradually over time - we didn't even realize that we were establishing them in the first place.
For example, at one point in time, I was a heavy coffee drinker. But I didn't wake up one day and start downing 5 cups of coffee a day. In fact, the first time I drank coffee I didn't even like it. Yuck! But I was in college and trying to get the hang of the whole cramming thing, so coffee I drank. Before I knew it, and quite unconsciously, I was drinking coffee every day and several times a day.
How does this apply to writing? When trying to establish a long-term daily writing habit, it is helpful to think of your first foray into this new territory as simply your establishment stage. In the beginning, it is most helpful to focus on establishing the habit than getting lots and lots of writing done. This is one reason for the advice to do brief daily sessions. Once you have established the habit, you can build up your time per session, or the number of sessions from there.
Okay, you say, but this coach really needs a reality check. There is some writing that must get done NOW, so how can I limit myself to a brief daily session?
Here is where compartmentalization comes in - divide your time between your habit-establishing (HE) brief daily session and the must-get-done urgent writing. Do your HE writing every day, first thing out of the chute, and limit it to 15 minutes. The rest of the day is then free for all of the flaming, hair-on-fire writing that you need to do.
Ideally, over time, there will be less of these last minute marathon writing sessions as you develop a daily writing habit.
2. Do your HE writing at the same time each day.
There are two reasons to do this. It is always easier to establish a habit if you do it at the same time every day. I personally prefer mornings, but I have also done well doing my writing right before I go to bed. There is danger in that, though, since the desire to put on pajamas and
collapse into bed may overcome the best of writing intentions in the evening. This is not to say that you cannot write on the fly, sometimes in the morning and sometimes at night - but recognize that it will be more challenging to establish a daily habit this way.
3. Set up a ritual and triggers.
It is helpful to set up rituals and triggers when you are trying to establish a habit. Going back to my coffee example, I always had to have a cup of coffee when I sat down to write. This was my trigger - an event which I always associated in my mind with drinking coffee. If you do morning or evening writing, establishing a ritual/routine around your writing can also be helpful.
In my morning ritual, I wake up, empty the dishwasher, fix a cup of tea, and sit down to write. The tea is my trigger because it is the only time of day that I drink it and I have associated it with writing. Writing is also part of my morning ritual - over time, not writing in the morning has become akin to not brushing my teeth. Yuck!
4. Only form one new habit at a time.
The more new habits you try to form at a time, the more dispersed your focus will be. It is hard work to form a habit, and you will be most successful if you focus on just one new habit at a time.
5. Commit to your one new writing habit.
But I am committed, you say. I put my money where my mouth is and I signed up for the Academic Writing Club. While that is a great first step, the gym membership industry would find fault with this logic. Writing daily is something that you need to commit to with no excuses and no matter what.
It doesn't matter if you are tired, busy, have dust bunnies to kill, need to paint your ceiling, have visitors, need to caulk the bathtub, or just can't concentrate because you believe your faculty colleagues are really aliens from the planet Zortex in disguise. Remember - this is only 15 minutes of your time during this habit establishment phase. Even if you just open the laptop, stare zombie-like at your manuscript, and add a period, you will be making great progress in establishing the habit of writing.
6. Give yourself 28 days.
It is a lot harder to establish a habit, particularly one that might cause you some distress or discomfort in the beginning, if you think you are doing it for life. However, you do need to give yourself a reasonable timeframe of daily writing to lay down the habit.
I find that 28 days is a good marker. When times get tough, just remind yourself that you are only doing this for 28 days and it is only taking 15 minutes a day out of your schedule. If that is too daunting, go week by week. I will do this for 7 days, then 7 days more, etc.
The idea is to remove the negotiation from your brain. You have made the commitment, so you don't need to make any internal arguments with your hippocampus about whether or not you will write today. It has already been decided.
7. Document your progress.
The Academic Writing Club is a great place to do that. Just log in and let us know how your HE writing is going. Another idea is to use a journal (paper or online) where you begin each post with the day number, i.e., DAY 17: xxx. You can write anything here or you can just record that you
did it. When you document make sure you give yourself some kudos for each day that you follow your habit. If you use the Academic Writing Club, you can even get kudos from the other participants.
In the end, habits are not easily formed, but once established they are not easily broken. Try some of these tips and see how they work for you.


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As we previously reported, Oracle's salesforce has been in the midst of big changes, not all of them good.
Over about the past two years, since Oracle bought Sun Microsystems, many experienced sales folks have left, multiple sources have told us, and Oracle has been hiring like mad to replace them and grow its salesforce, too.
We just talked with Jill Rowley, a salesperson who has bucked the trend and joined the Oracle salesforce.
Rowley landed at Oracle as part of its $871 million acquisition of Eloqua. But, she says, it took a lot of wooing for Oracle to get her to stay. She had spent a decade at Eloqua becoming such a one-woman force that people called her "Jilloqua," she told us. "I gave the company my everything. I was the Eloqueen, I dressed in red. My two daughters were not allowed to wear purple because purple was the color of the enemy," she laughs referring to the corporate colors of Eloqua's chief competitor, Marketo.
The day that Oracle announced it was acquiring Eloqua was an "FML" moment, she told us. (Her words, look it up). Oracle's $871 million purchase of Eloqua in December was a gauntlet thrown to her old employer and top customer Salesforce.com. Eloqua and Salesforce.com were close partners, and this gave Oracle an in to convince Salesforce.com's customers to ditch it and try Oracle's cloud instead.
"I was like no way are we getting acquired by Oracle. It was a nightmare. At 5:30 a.m., my phone rang (with news of the acquisition). My first text was at 5:40 a.m. to my No. 1 client, Salesforce.com. It said 'I'm sorry.' I knew the acquisition threw [Salesforce] for a loop."
Rowley is known in the Valley for a sales style she calls "social selling" which uses social networks like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook to work with prospects and customers. That's because most business-to-business IT purchasing decisions start on the Internet. IT professionals also lean heavily on social networks to research tech products and to work with vendors. Rowley learned how to meet the customers where they were hanging out.
Before Eloqua, she had worked for Marc Benioff, and after the acquisition was announced she was invited to go back to Salesforce.com.
"I'm a Salesforce.com girl. Benioff has had a profound impact on my career. He and I IM on Facebook. How could I go work for the enemy?" she thought at the time.
She also had a job offer from SAP, with Co-CEO Bill McDermott calling her personally, she told us.
But then Mark Hurd came up with an idea she couldn't refuse. Because Oracle was dealing with a large influx of new salespeople, he wanted to develop a company-wide training program for them, she said. He appointed Nina Purvis Kunz as vice president of a new Oracle Sales Academy.
Kunz convinced Rowley to join her and build a sales school based on Rowley's social selling techniques. It would be a cut in pay — Rowley who was pulling in $500,000 a year as a top salesperson at Eloqua — but she was so excited by the prospect of teaching others about social selling that she took bait.
Her first task is to educate the 440 college grads Oracle just hired to sell its cloud.
This week, they completed Week 1 of an immersive, 10-week training program. They live on campus and learn everything from business fundamentals to advanced sales techniques.
After that, they'll be handed a bonus for graduating, and a quota, and be sent off into the world to find new cloud customers. They'll officially be part of Oracle's direct sales team, she said.
This is different from how Oracle used to treated entry-level salespeople. College grads worked on lead generation and handed off leads to more experienced salespeople to close deals, JMP Securities analyst Pat Walravens previously told Business Insider.
It's a big experiment that is being watched at the highest levels. Larry Ellison approved the curriculum himself, she says and Mark Hurd has been preaching social selling to the salesforce in his all-hands meeting, Rowley says.
"I heard all the horror stories of Oracle. I had people telling me, 'I can't believe you are going to join Oracle.' And three months and 12 days into it [they] are still saying 'are you crazy?,'" she told us.
But she is obviously happy right now. "We are transforming the company and I can't believe it's happening. It's my dream job. I pinch myself every day."


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70 years ago at Manchester University in England, two little known engineers by the names of Freddie Williams and Tom Kilburn developed the aptly named Williams-Kilburn tube. The tube was the first high-speed, entirely electronic memory system. This would be the first instance of random access computer memory, and arguably with it the modern age of computers was born.
Around the same time, against the backdrop of a divided world piecing itself together in aftermath of global conflict, 29 market and opinion researchers from eight countries met in Amsterdam to establish an apolitical, multi-country professional community dedicated to a better understanding of the world around them. This was, in effect, the first ESOMAR Congress.
Fast forward to 2017, and those early academic experiments in computing have launched a profound shift in the way we view the world and conduct business. The digital era has also provided the insights industry with significant opportunities and challenges. So it feels fitting that as the world celebrates 70 years of modern computing, ESOMAR is celebrating 70 years as a key figure in the development of the industry with the 70th "town hall" of the insights community, ESOMAR Congress.
This year at Congress, in Amsterdam, ESOMAR welcomes speakers and delegates from over 70 countries as they come together to share knowledge, discoveries and innovations that will drive the future of the industry for another 70 years. Appropriately the theme for this year's event is "Visionary" and we'll be reaching into the worlds of artificial intelligence, automation, big data and virtual reality, to show you just how far we have come in the last 70 years.
At this year's Congress we're also delighted to be sharing the stage with brands that have a long history and heritage of consumer research. Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestle, KLM AirFrance, Heineken, the BBC, Danone; all brands that have long and illustrious histories of consumer insights, will be there to share the work in cutting edge research that maintains their place as some of the world's best known brands.
You can hear how Coca-Cola Japan adopted a tiny UK automation start-up to solve their biggest advertising headache, and how the techniques were adopted by the global team. How AOL are using video to amplify research in the boardroom by using video storytelling to increase stakeholder engagement. You'll be able to find out how Microsoft are making sense of big data, and how Rotary International are using global research to permanently improve the lives of the less fortunate.
Most importantly Congress, since 1947, has been home of the discussion of the global research community on where we are and where we are heading. It's a time to celebrate the value and legacy of research and insights, and share knowledge as a community. So, Join us on 10 – 13 September in Amsterdam to celebrate market research and marketing at one of the biggest events of the year.


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Introduction to Academic Advising @ HKU
Date: September 11, 2012 (Tuesday)
Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Venue: Room 321, Run Run Shaw Building
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is designed for academic and academic-related staff, who recently joined the University or have been newly appointed to academic advising responsibilities at HKU.
What is the aim of this workshop?
The overall aim of the workshop is to provide a foundation on the developmental model of academic advising and address specific issues brought forth through the recent implementation of a formal academic advising system at HKU.
What will I learn about?
Some of the topics covered in the workshops are:
- Key features of the academic advising system at HKU
- Academic advising foundations and the role of academic advisers
- Web-based academic advising support in the Student Information System
- Privacy and legal matters pertaining to academic advising
- Referral to other University supporting units
When engaging in case studies and experience sharing, you will also have the opportunity to interact with other academic advisers, staff of the Academic Advising Office, and in-house legal counsel.
Can I know the rundown?
Please click here.
Who should I contact if I have questions?
For enquiries, please contact Dr. Amy Lewis at 2219 4684 or Ms Wendy Yau at 2219 4685.
Is there anything I can do to prepare for the workshop?
You can have a look at our Quick Reference Guide for Faculty Academic Advisers to gain some ideas on academic advising.


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The San Diego Marathon was awesome – a smoking 1:55:37 PR. The course was all uphill and mostly interstate. I was bummed when I wasn't able to do the full marathon, but by the time it was over I was very glad I did the half.
The full course ran tangent to the half course on one straight section and due to God's perfect timing, I got to observe both the men and ladies elite packs for about 4 minutes as I plugged along. It was, to say the least, very surreal and obviously inspiring. They were silently graceful like a clutch of gazelles gliding effortlessly through the air. Their upper bodies very still and upright, no head movement at all, eyes fixed on the horizon in total focused concentration, arms pumping in perfect tandem with their perfectly chiseled legs, yet each one's face completely and peacefully relaxed. It was amazing. I carried that picture with me through the rest of the race and it obviously helped with my pace.
On the flip side, because I did the half, I got to go back out on the full course and cheer on Team In Training members and walked in one of our Birmingham team mates to her first marathon finish. Her knee had given out at mile 18 and I picked her up at mile 22. The privilege of being fit enough to run my own fast half then help another finish a first full while encouraging hundreds of runners along the way was spectacular. The sheer determination on some of those struggling first timer's faces as they climbed over that proverbial wall was an inspiration in and of itself.
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How often do you go somewhere and everyone treats you with kindness and respect?
NEVER. At least not living in NYC 🙂 So when my husband and I went to see 8th Grade we were stark raving mad/thrilled to face by face, encounter smiling, friendly staff eager to make our experience a good one. It was a little bit like being in Get Out, where everyone is just smiling at you through tears, minus the forced feeling on their parts.
For some reason we don't live in a world (country) where people want to be friendly to you
You have to go to Japan for that. Even the bunnies, en masse, are nice in Japan:
I'm used to my Union Square Party City customer experience:
While I'm glad it exists – they have so many supplies- the customer service is appalling.
I entered at 12p and all 5 employees were by the registers on their phones. When I said hello and asked for help from two, they were so engrossed in their phones they did not acknowledge me.
Finally when one did she was rude. No smile.
Alternate Universe/ Get Out, but not scary Landmark Aquarius experience
The concessions stand operator, the ticket taker, the folks opening the door for you as you exit the theatre. All kind, smiling, making genuine connections with you.
And it's not just me, over and over again, if you read the Yelp reviews on the Landmark Aquarius you will see the same remarks about the staff:
"found the entire staff to be friendly and accommodating for myself and all of the other guests."
"found the seats comfortable, with great sound and a comfortable temperature."
"staff is super nice and helpful."
"Some might call this overstaffed, but boy were they attentive. Friendly."
Do you think they hire people that are extremely friendly, or is there a training that creates this uniform friendliness?
They're hiring if you'd like to find out
And Oh yeah, this place has stadium, reclining seats! What a comfortable experience.
Plus MoviePass e-ticketing! So you can buy your cheap tickets way in advance and need not get to the theatre early to get your seats.
Where is the Aquarius Theatre? Right in the middle of DT Palo Alto.
430 Emerson Street, by Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 94301