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13 books every PR pro should read
For public speaking, crisis management, reading body language, and dealing with the media, these books ought to cover all the bases.
I've read dozens of books that focus on media training, crisis management, body language, and public speaking. Many are quite good; a few have become favorites.
Below are some of my all-time favorites. This isn't a comprehensive list, as there are surely great books I haven't gotten around to reading yet. So if you have favorites that are not on this list, please leave them in the comments section below.
Public speaking
"You Are The Message" by Roger Ailes: A true classic chock full of smart thinking and "ah-ha!" moments. Before Roger Ailes was hired to run Fox News Channel, he was a high-profile communications consultant. (He coached Ronald Reagan in 1984 before the second presidential debate that cemented his re-election.) If you want to learn how to be a more effective public speaker, this is a perfect place to begin. This book was originally released in 1989, but it's still as fresh and relevant as anything being published today (with the exception of a few pages that offer a rather outdated view of women in the workplace).
"Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery" by Garr Reynolds: Many communications consultants advise their clients not to use PowerPoint. I disagree with that absolutist stance, because the problem isn't the tool, but the use of that tool. Garr Reynolds gets that, and strikes the perfect balance by offering a visually stunning guide that helps presenters design minimalistic PowerPoint slides that enhance presentations and reinforce verbal points. It's no exaggeration to say that this book changed the definition of "best practices" for presentations that use PowerPoint.
"Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story" by Jerry Weissman: This classic offers a detailed, almost technical, guide to public speaking. This is the type of book you'll want to highlight and come back to before every speech you deliver. Although you should read it cover to cover, you'll eventually get more out of it as a must-have reference title. Mr. Weissman's examples come almost exclusively from the world of high-tech IPO road shows, but anyone in any sector can learn just as much as his tech clients.
"Confessions of a Public Speaker" by Scott Berkun: This book isn't a public speaking book, at least not in the traditional sense. It's not particularly granular or tactical—you won't find much here about proper posture, slide design, or ways to begin a speech, for example. Instead, this book focuses on some of the bigger issues speakers get wrong, such as failing to maintain the audience's attention, work a tough room, or manage their own fear. Oh, and it's the funniest book about public speaking I've ever read. (Read my full review here.)
Body language
"What Every BODY Is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People" by Joe Navarro: Reading body language is notoriously difficult. Sure, some "tells" are more certain than others, but even rather obvious tells usually require other, complementary tells—known as clusters—in order to accurately assess their meaning. That's why I so thoroughly enjoyed this book, which is filled with all of the responsible caveats but is still an easy read full of fascinating tidbits. Navarro rests his conclusions on the most recent science, but impressively avoids the pitfall of weighing down the book with dense prose. (Read my full review here, and five body language tips from Navarro's book here.)
"The Definitive Book of Body Language" by Barbara and Allan Pease: A terrific starter's guide to body language that covers all of the basics—gestures, eye contact, and deceit signals—and some unexpected material, including the hidden meaning of certain seating arrangements, physical space, and courtship displays. An easy-to-read and highly accessible book.
Crisis management
"Masters of Disaster: The Ten Commandments of Damage Control" by Christopher Lehane, Mark Fabiani, and Bill Guttentag: Preparing in advance for crisis is more important today than ever before. This book helps readers do that by detailing "Ten Commandments" of damage control, the purpose of which are to help restore trust to companies in crisis. But the greatest strength of this book lies in its case studies. The authors went into great detail on numerous recent scandals—ranging from those affecting Toyota, British Petroleum, Penn State University, Tiger Woods, baseball's steroid users, and a few politicians. (Read my full review here, and an excerpt here.)
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"Damage Control: The Essential Lessons of Crisis Management" by Eric Dezenhall and John Weber: This book got a lot of attention upon its original release, as it gleefully tore much of the prevailing crisis communications "wisdom" to shreds. Among other memorable moments, the authors discuss why "getting all of the information out early" is often impossible, why sometimes companies have to do reporters' jobs for them, and why the oft-cited Tylenol "best practices" crisis response is badly outdated. If you like hearing a smartly argued counterargument, this book's for you.
"The Four Stages of Highly Effective Crisis Management: How to Manage the Media In the Digital Age" by Jane Jordan-Meier: Jane's straightforward prose, expert sourcing, relevant data, and instructive case studies make this detailed book an easy read. Her international perspective (she cites cases in Australia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Canada, and the United States) makes clear just how universal these crisis communications truths are. (You can read excerpts here.)
Media training
"Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die" by Chip and Dan Heath: The Heath Brothers practice what they preach. Two years after reading their book (for the first time), I still remember many of the anecdotes they shared; those case studies make their underlying and more substantive points even stickier. Their SUCCESs formula is an easily-remembered way to create more effective messages. This is not a "media training book," but I've included it in this section since much of their advice can be applied brilliantly to your media interactions.
"The Sound Bite Workbook" by Marcia Yudkin: In her short workbook, Marcia Yudkin offers some terrific advice to help spokespersons create the all elusive "sound bite." You can use it to create captivating quotes for the media, presentations, website taglines, and marketing messages. This book is only available for the Kindle—and at $2.99, it's a steal.
"Your Public Best: The Complete Guide to Making Successful Public Appearances in the Meeting Room, on the Platform, and on TV" by Lillian Brown: This book, which was updated in 2002, is a bit outdated. Its strongest section—about clothing, makeup, and hair—predates the era of HDTV. So why am I recommending this book anyway? Because Brown's section on how to dress, apply makeup, and wear your hair is still the strongest on the market. If you plan on making television appearances (or serve someone who will), buy this book and read the first 60 pages. (You can preview some of Ms. Brown's work here.)
"The Media Training Bible: 101 Things You Absolutely, Positively Need to Know Before Your Next Interview" by Brad Phillips: OK, this is my book. I'm not going to review it myself, because I have an obvious conflict of interest. The book is organized as 101 two-page lessons and covers message development, media interviewing, body language and attire, and crisis communications. I hope you'll consider adding it to your book collection. (You can read independent reviews here and find free sample lessons here.)
Brad Phillips is the president of Phillips Media Relations, which specializes in media and presentation training. He tweets @MrMediaTraining and blogs at Mr. Media Training, where a version of this story first appeared.
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Did you know that they eat mosquitoes, have over 20,000 eyes
Wednesday July 18 2012
Wildlife This year at Harbour-front Trail, Cootes Paradise and the great lakes are few and far between.The lack of snow-pack , Spring rains has left the water level three feet less than last year, therefore less wildlife and fewer Images. Last year there was over 12 Signets born in Hamilton Harbour, this year due to the City of Hamilton Oiling Swan eggs and Canadian geese eggs there was only one signet born, all because they say the swans are causing e-Coli Bacteria and making it dangerous for people to swim in the water. I am against the oiling of eggs because the swans sit on the eggs for three Months without any offspring. People complain to the city that there is too much Canadian geese droppings where they walk. The wildlife was here before us, please leave Mother Nature alone, Humans think they can control everything they come in contact with. Now look at the world we live in, nothing for children too be amazed and nothing to learn, It is like a Silent Spring-Shame- Shame
Readers at pics4twitts send me images quite often, Lois McNaught also walks the Harbour-front trail Daily and has the same observations as most regulars, "where have all the wildlife gone?"
Information on dragonflies. Did you know that they eat mosquitoes, have over 20,000 eyes, have been the subject of an old wives tale, and have even been mistaken for fairies? Find out many more interesting fact…
Usually living near water, the dragonfly is one of earth's creatures that are not only very useful, but also beautiful. They belong to thee insect group Odonata. Dragonflies come in varied colors; their bodies often blue, green, purple, and even bronze. Their wings seem to shimmer as if made of silver, especially when under the moonlight.
Starting out life as small nymphs underwater, they grow to be approximately three inches long, with a wingspan averaging two to five inches in width. While this may seem large for an insect, keep in mind that as they have evolved from pre-historic times, they have gotten considerably smaller. Evidence shows that at one point in time they may have had a wingspan of over two "˜feet'! One very interesting fact of the dragonfly is his six legs. Each of the legs is covered in short bristles. Using their bristle-covered legs to form an oval shaped basket allows them to scoop insects, such as mosquitoes, right out of the air. Dragonflies not only eat mosquitoes; they also keep the fly population and other flying insects under control.
Surprisingly, dragonflies will spend only a very short part of their life span as actual dragonflies. They will live as nymphs for up to four years, shedding their skin up to fifteen times, yet when they finally mature into adults, the dragonfly stage, they will survive only a few months.
Dragonflies have fascinated modern man for years. They have become the basis of both legends and old wives tales. One such old wives tale refers to a dragonfly as a "˜darning needle'. An old legend tells of people who would wake up after falling asleep outside to find their ears and eyes sewn shut by these crafty insects. If dragonflies were seen swarming over a doorway, it was said to foretell of heavy rains on the way.
For as long as man and dragonflies have coexisted, people have mistaken dragonflies for fairies. "˜Fairy tales' have been told of little people fluttering about worldwide. Upon closer inspection, the fairies are found to be groups of dragonflies.
Facts about Dragonflies
How fast can dragonflies fly? In excess of sixty miles and hour!
How many eyes does a dragonfly have? They have two main eyes, but each of these eyes are made up of approximately 20,000 to 25,000 tinier eyes, allowing them to zero in on the flying insects that are their daily meals.
Post and image Doug Worrall

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text: Bodnariu Family Reunited, Norway Returns Children to Christian Parents It is a great pleasure to announce that after seven months the Bodnariu family will be reunited. (For background information, please see our January post). On June 3rd, 2016, Norway's Child Protection Services "Barnevernet" agreed to drop all charges against Marius and Ruth Bodnariu and have decided to return their children within the next two weeks. The decision was made on the heels of a County Board hearing held last week. A previous hearing held in March resulted in the return of the couple's youngest child, Ezekiel. This latest hearing was held before a five person panel comprising the County Board. The County Board operates as the second level of review in Norway for parents contesting the removal of their children. The Board hearing is akin to an administrative hearing in the United States. At the conclusion of the proceedings on June 2nd, the Board urged the parties to resolve this dispute by mutual agreement. The two sides, however, were unable to reach a joint resolution. With the Board's decision approaching, and sensing that it was about to lose the case, Barnevernet dropped its case and agreed to a resolution that would return all of the children to their parents. Because Barnevernet dismissed its claims, the matter is now officially closed and no appeals are forthcoming. Although the family celebrated the weekend together, the couple's two girls will return to foster care for two weeks to finish school and the two boys will be returned next week.This outcome could not have been achieved without the combined efforts of faithful believers around the world. Legal advocacy, in combination with international pressure in the form of letters, articles, petitions, and international protests proved decisive in the victory. Led by key pastors and churches, with the faithful support and prayers of believers around the world, the movement on behalf of the Bodnariu family was more than Barnevernet bargained for.But the most important factor was God who remains sovereign and in control. This victory provides hope to many others still fighting Norwegian authorities for the return of their children. Even more, we may never know how many additional families will be spared now that Barneverent must think twice before tearing families apart. The last seven months have caused believers, particularly Romanians, to unite with one another in prayer, to engage the culture, and to grow as a community. The victory over Barnevernet, a task thousands of other families have failed to achieve, is a testament to the power of a faith-based community engaged in prayer and in action, trusting firmly in the purposes of God. "But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good . . . ." (Gen. 50:20). Attachment Posted on Mon, June 6, 2016 by Mauck & Baker filed under Religious Freedom


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Two North Carolina state legislators have submitted a resolution to allow the state, its cities, and its counties the freedom to establish their own religions. This has many liberals and constitutional illiterates (but I repeat myself) scoffing at the ridiculousness of it all.
People for the American Way (PFAW), a deceptively named liberal think tank, calls it "frightening" and a "shredding of the Constitution." (Isn't it cute when liberals borrow buzz phrases from conservatives, like "shredding the Constitution."?)
Anyway, here's an excerpt from a book I own, written by Phil Valentine, called The Conservative's Handbook: Defining the Right Position on Issues from A to Z:
"Back when the Constitution was crafted, individual states had their own state religions. Their individual state constitutions laid down the law regarding church and state."
Kinda like what the two North Carolina legislators want to do.
"Not only did the states not separate the two [religion and state], many required that they be joined. North Carolina's constitution said, 'That no person who shall deny the being of God, or the truth of the Old or New Testaments, or who shall hold religious principles incompatible with the freedom and safety of the state, shall be capable of holding any office, or place of trust or profit, in the civil department within this state.'"
The book continues:
"Several states, instead of requiring an office-holder to be a Protestant, merely required a professed belief in God."
The book notes that the practice of establishing "state churches"continued on as late as 1833.
The only time liberals respect the Constitution is when they try to interpret it rather than simply reading it. What the Constitution actually says angers them; the subtext of the Constitution, or at least what they believe the subtext to be, is what they defend.
We hear liberals trumpet the "establishment" clause of the Constitution, which reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." This is their defense for why no state can establish a religion.
But what is "Congress"? When you head down to your state's capitol building, do you say you're going to Congress? If you do, you're using the word incorrectly. "Congress" only ever refers to the federal legislature, not to those of states. The "establishment" clause says only that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, and says nothing about the states. If the Founders did not want states establishing religions, this "establishment" clause probably would have been the place to say it, perhaps with the words, "Neither Congress nor the states…."
Still, many people, Republicans included, deny the fact that only the federal government is prohibited from establishing a religion. They act as if a state religion would mean you are not allowed to be whatever religion you want, that it's not just a formal respect of a region's heritage. But you don't have to like the "establishment" clause to acknowledge that it actually does say what it says.
On the other hand, however, if we conservatives are to acknowledge this fact (that it is only Congress that cannot establish a religion), then we must be consistent and also hold the opinion that only Congress—only Congress—may not prohibit the exercise of any religion. States, on the other hand, may prohibit whatever religions they want.


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This September in London has been really strange – I think we have had better weather over the past fortnight than any in July or August, overall! It's been sunny and warm and yet there is still that lingering sense of Summer and anticipation of Autumn.
That's all well and good, but where does it leave you when it comes to choosing your make-up for the day?! Confused, that's where. Normally, I am cracking open the burgundies and the smoky chocolate eye shadows, the red lipstick [my staple for September as it's my birthday month and red lippy always makes me feel sophisticated and grown-up!] and the darker-than-summer Eye Brow Cake at this time of the year; but I have been completely thrown. I'm still wearing my Bronzing Duo and Outcast/ Predator combo for a Summer look.
And of course, I am still piling on the Liquid Metal in 'Solstice', even though the latest Liquid Metal in 'Phenomena' is the latest beauty editor crush. Below is without flash and below that is with flash, swatched on my very dry [ah, so winter IS coming then…!] hand…
I have been experimenting with looks using this product, but it just doesn't seem the time to move in to silver territory just yet. That said, I swatch and I love!
As it's Friday, I'm doing my usual fashion refresh courtesy of the fabulous net-a-porter.com and have discovered this gorgeous Proenza Schouler jacquard cap-sleeved dress. The stunning rose-gold detail would be perfectly complimented by a slick of 'Solstice' across the lids and with a nude lip [perhaps Intense Lipgloss in 'Absorb'?].
On the other hand, there is this mesmerising Alexander Wang [who can do no wrong, in my opinion!] LBD number that would look so rock'n'roll with a smudge of Liquid Metal in 'Phenomena'….
Alexander Wang spider lace dress £720
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Army Must Change to Remain Relevant, General Says
By Sgt. Sara Wood, USA
American Forces Press Service
TACOMA, Wash., March 12, 2006 - The U.S. Army is the greatest it's ever been, but to remain effective for the future, it must make changes, a top Army commander said here yesterday.
"As good as the Army is today, we will need a better one tomorrow," Army Gen. Dan K. McNeill, commander of U.S. Army Forces Command, said at the Pacific Northwest National Security Forum. "We will need it because the strategic landscape in which we operate is changing; it is becoming considerably more complex."
The U.S. no longer faces enemies with traditional armies as it did in the Cold War, but a network of insurgents who employ irregular tactics and have no regard for human dignity, McNeill said. The Army, along with the other services, is changing to more effectively fight these enemies and to be prepared for unforeseeable future threats, he said.
As the Army undergoes transformation, leaders keep in mind four key ideas that bring the force together, McNeill said.
First, Army leadership remains committed to producing units that are trained and ready for the challenges they will face, he said. To do this, the Army has overcome years of under-funding and has changed the way it does business to ensure resources will always be available, he said.
Second, the Army recognizes that intellectual change precedes physical change, so the Army is changing the way it trains leaders to make them more versatile, McNeill said. The Army needs versatile, adaptive leaders that are able to operate in changing environments and make tough decisions, he said. To that end, the Army is undertaking a major review of how it trains, educates and assigns leaders, he said.
The third idea is that soldiers' effectiveness depends on a national commitment to recruit, train and support them properly, McNeill said. This commitment must be underwritten by consistent investment in Army equipment and programs, he said.
Lastly, as the Army transforms, leaders must remember where they started, McNeill said. At the beginning of the war in Iraq, many units were under-equipped or ill-prepared for deployments, especially reserve and National Guard units, he said. To fill these slots, the Army pulled people from other units, which created a domino effect in readiness, he said. Army leaders learned from these mistakes and have changed the way they do business so that will not happen again, he said.
The Army is on the right road of transformation, but it still has progress to make and will need continued financial support in key areas, McNeill said. Recruiting and retention efforts, the Future Combat Systems program, the Army Force Generation Model, and Army installations are all things that will need funding to ensure the Army remains able to perform its mission, he said.
"We have to change to maintain this great Army as a relevant force tomorrow," he said. "To remain the preeminent land power on Earth, it is clear to all of us who have leadership responsibilities that we have to change."
Gen. Dan K. McNeill, USA [http://www.forscom.army.mil/cmd_staff/CG_McNeill/CG_McNeill.htm]
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Like every year, since I first discovered this experience, Burningman for me is kind of a home. I feel that I already know the streets, the people and many of the artists, musicians and camps that are taking part every year.
And still, this is a completely different experience every time.
Last year I got married in the desert (for the article, pictures and the full video of the wedding click here) and this year I returned to my favorite desert for another round, to breathe the dust of the desert and to feel at home again.
What is "Burningman" ?
Burning man is a "city" that is built for only week, then dismantles and leaves the desert area empty & clean as before. The Burningman population during this week contains around 70,000 people, all of whom came to the event with pre-preparation of accommodation, food, drink and "gifting".
The tradition of giving gifts to others is part of the principles of the event and there is no use of money at all.
Everyone has to take care of his own needs during the event.
I decided to write less words and let the pictures speak for themselves.
Thanks to the talented photographers: Tomer Peretz, Mika Gurevitch, Limor Ness (and a few sentimental images from my iPhone 🙂 )


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Based on proven practical methodologies, this highly practical book will show you how to develop, nurture and guide the talents and skills of other people .
Everyone has the potential to be a brilliant mentor.
Mentoring is fast-becoming the must-have leadership skill that helps you get the best out of your staff, and Brilliant Mentoring shows how you can have it too. Based on methods specifically developed and proven in business, you'll discover what it takes to be a mentor, how to use the individual and collective mentoring methods and how to apply these to common scenarios.
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The goal of this session is to help to understand what SEO is about and what the major tasks and techniques are that need to be applied, both in theory and in practice. Then, secondly and more importantly, we explain the level of support WebSphere Portal and IBM Web Content Manager can provide. All important aspects are covered, ranging from proper crawlability, followed by good quality content and finally getting to portal URLs that can easily be used for linkage in processing search results. (Level: Intermediate)
This video is a recording of a session held at the Exceptional Web Experience Conference, Anaheim 2014.
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"LabCentral has been working with The Richmond Group since we launched our first space at 700 Main Street in 2013. They have proven to be an integral partner in our growth and expansion, not only do they have a thorough understanding of our business model but also of our economic goals. They have helped us design and build each phase of our expansions to meet our dynamic space requirements and our often out of the box thinking! The Richmond Group is our first and last phone call when a challenging project is on our radar."
-Maggie O'Toole – Vice President, Operations
"I can't say enough good things about The Richmond Group and I will continue to sing the praises of this team as long as people listen. You all stepped it up and then some." – Stacy Gilroy – Director of Operations, Oncorus
"Longfellow Real Estate Partners collaborates with the world's best and brightest science and tech companies in America's most robust markets, and the team at Richmond clearly understand our business and our high standards. From acquisition, through re-positioning, to leasing, Richmond provides the expertise to help us make good business decisions and build great facilities for world-class tenants."
–Adam B. Sichol – Longfellow Real Estate Partners, LLC
"Richmond gets our model. They help us define our needs, identify opportunities, and execute design and construction with schedule and budget discipline."
– Kevin Gillis, Partner/Chief Financial Officer, Third Rock Ventures
"Richmond helped us define our program needs, evaluate property options, and balance everything within our budget and schedule restrictions. They we very responsive to our needs and helped guide us through the entire process."
– Mike Landsittel, Vice President, Finance, Blueprint Medicines
"I've been working in the Life Science Biotech Industry since 1984 and have been involved with countless construction projects with my level of responsibilities maturing over the same time period. It was 12 years ago when I was first introduced to The Richmond Group and I've been working with them ever since. As a project owner I need a company that is knowledgeable, reliable, responsible and accountable and The Richmond Group is all of that and more. From site surveys to space planning, from construction to occupancy, they have continuously delivered our projects as designed, on time and on budget. I am proud of our projects and thankful that The Richmond Group was and is part of our team."
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Data analysis and processing information is only going to grow in this data rich economy. Organizations are going to be looking for people who can not just sift through the data but also relate it to business decision analysis. I believe that Operations Research could really see a "re-birth" if you will. I'm going to be looking forward to 2010.
More important than a BI expert, though, are programmer/analysts who can relate the nitty-gritty of data tables, database joins and data structure to business requirements. "That's what I'm finding is more valuable to us at this stage in getting BI established and used by the business
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Business Intelligence one of hottest skills for 2010
Computerworld takes a look at the main needs for 2010 and finds that Business Intelligence will be a hot skill. This article is mainly about the IT world but it reflects a growing need for data transformation and data mining in business today. There is a lot that goes into Business Intelligence other than just setting up an enterprise ready database system. The article mentions that there will be a need for analysis and decision making. From the article...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Learn to program in Python by making games
Python is a great programming language for applying some basic mathematical programming. Here is an article via Makezine.com blog about how to learn Python by writing games. This is a follow up to my last article on Artificial Intelligence with Python. Learning a new programming language can be a bit dull. I thought it might be more fun to learn how to write games in Python. Perhaps this is something to do for while off for the New Year.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Artificial Intelligence with Python
While stumbling across cyberspace looking for some interesting Python tools and tutorials I found this rather interesting webcast. The video is of Raymond Hettinger at PyCon 2009. Raymond describes the usefulness of Python with applying artificial intelligence and data mining. This talk is very interesting to see how useful of a tool Python can be to performing some relevant Operations Research tasks specifically with data manipulation and learning. As I have mentioned before Open Source software offers a lot in the way of Operations Research tools. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Weekend fun: The perfect way to slice pizza
The New Scientist has a fun article about slicing perfect pizza, mathematician style. The basic premise of the article is to find out if there is an optimal way to slice the pizza so that the pie can be distributed among diners equally. Rick Mabry and Paul Deiermann of LSU have been trying to prove the hypothesis of the equitable slices. Of course it comes as no surprise as it all comes down to the cut. I'm not really sure what makes me more hungry, reading about proofs or about the pizza? Either way you slice it looks like fun to me.
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Climate Change Denier Roy Spencer Says People Who Use Word 'Denier' Are 'Global Warming Nazis'Read time: 5 mins
Graham Readfearn | February 20, 2014
By Graham Readfearn • Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 19:27
Prince Charles is a "global warming Nazi" and, apparently, so is U.S. President Barack Obama.
That's according to Dr. Roy Spencer, one of the world's most often cited deniers of the risks of human-caused climate change.
In a blog post titled "Time to push back against the global warming Nazis," Dr Spencer of the University of Alabama, Huntsville, wrote that he had made a decision about anyone who used the term "denier" to describe … well… deniers of the threats of human-caused climate change.
He's going to call them "Global warming Nazis."
Spencer wrote:
When politicians and scientists started calling people like me "deniers", they crossed the line. They are still doing it.
They indirectly equate (1) the skeptics' view that global warming is not necessarily all manmade nor a serious problem, with (2) the denial that the Nazi's extermination of millions of Jews ever happened.
Too many of us for too long have ignored the repulsive, extremist nature of the comparison. It's time to push back.
I'm now going to start calling these people "global warming Nazis".


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Albert Schweizer, a great man and a physician who served for many years in Africa in the 20th century, was right in saying :
"Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every person has to seek in his or her own way to realize his or her true worth. You must give some time to your fellow human beings. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers and sisters are here, too."
This is the way I see my role in the World Association in Perinatal Medicine, an organization whose aim is to work on:
a) promoting and disseminating the study, research and knowledge of all aspects of perinatal medicine, in order to attain a higher level of physical and mental health for women, mothers, and their fetal patients and children by improving the quality and provision of perinatal care throughout the world;
b) contributing to the improvement of teaching standards in the profession;
c) proposing guidelines for auditing, evaluation, and clinical care in perinatal medicine;
d) fostering collaboration between the various disciplines interested in perinatal care as well as friendship between individuals from different countries.
From the point of view of perinatal health, the most challenging problem the world has been facing in the last decades is severe inequity which results in high rates of maternal and infant mortality. This issue was recognized by the World Health Organization and many other organizations in the world and led to the launch of Millennium Development Goals. We, who come from the part of the world with organized societies, accessible and available health care and social services, do not pay enough attention to those in poor countries who are suffering and dying because of their poverty. We should ask ourselves how many health problems have been solved in Africa from Schweizer's times until today. Not many. Therefore we, as WAPM, should act more vigorously and efficiently to make the developed world aware of the existing unsolved issues in perinatal medicine in the developing countries. Not many individuals in the history of mankind could play a role of a doctor and a surgeon in the hospital, a pastor of a congregation, an administrator of a village, a superintendent of buildings and grounds, a writer of scholarly books, a commentator on contemporary history, a musician, as Schweitzer did. Therefore, we should join together with Matres Mundi, Ian Donald School of Ultrasound, Fetus as a Patient Society and many others who are willing to serve for a better world and better perinatal medicine accessible to all who are in need. I am convinced that the time has come where the ideal of success should be replaced with the ideal of service, as Albert Einstein used to say.
Milan Stanojevic, M.D. Ph.D.
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There are widespread shortages of electronics parts at the moment, especially passives. Quoted factory lead times are 40 weeks or thereabouts, and since the industry is capacity-limited, it isn't clear that the situation is going to get better any time soon, so everybody's starting to panic. Given all this churn I've been spending an unconscionable amount of time lately finding suitable replacements for out-of-stock parts.
High value ceramic caps are the worst--their capacitance drops by at least 60% and at worst 95% at rated voltage, so finding an adequate substitute involves a lot more than the package, value and voltage rating. Most of their data sheets are useless, which is frustrating. However, all is not lost: most makers have websites where you can look at the C(V) curves.
Here's an alphabetical list. Many of these links can also be used for resistors, inductors, and other component types as well.
AVX SpiCat (This one is super clunky--every time you select something it displays a throbber for 5-10 seconds. It does give you soakage models though, which is nice if they're vaguely accurate.)
Cornell Dubilier has a lifetime vs temperature-calculator
Kemet KSIM (About the best; slow on some browsers)
CAD for Kyocera capacitors
Murata SimSurfing (Honourable mention):
Panasonic has downloadable selection tools that don't run under WINE, so I don't know if they're any good.
Taiyo Yuden TY Compas (Honourable mention):
TDK tools
Yageo: selection tools
Samsung has some good searchable datasheets that you can get to from e.g. Digikey's product page, but a lot of their products are the pits, e.g. this one, whose capacitance falls off by over 90% at rated voltage. Note that you want the characteristics link and not the datasheet link.
Others don't seem to, e.g. Johanson, Vishay, and most of the smaller Chinese outfits. Sure would be nice if everybody had decent datasheets like Samsung's better ones.
Measuring temperature is surprisingly subtle. There are lots of sensors out there; Digikey sells thermistor sensors interchangeable to +- 0.1 C from several vendors for about $3 in onesies. IC sensors tout good accuracy and linearity, and come in both analogue and digital versions for way under a buck. So what's the issue?
The issue is: temperature sensors measure the temperature of the sensor, whereas what we want is the temperature of something else: air, fluid, or some solid object we're trying to control. So the problem is to get the sensor temperature to track the temperature we actually care about. IC sensors are especially bad, because they have stout leads made of copper (400 W/m/K thermal conductivity) and small packages made of plastic (0.1 W/m/K). Thus they basically measure the temperature of their leads, and are horrible at measuring air temperature, for instance.
National Semiconductor used to put out a very useful Temperature Measurements Handbook. Since TI bought them, it seems to have disappeared from the web, so here's the 2007 edition. Not much has changed about the properties of plastic and metal since then, so it's still very current.
Decap picture of a Terabeam CD3109 APD/TIA module, taken with a lens glued to a cell
phone camera
This odd circuit is an on-chip temperature balancer that uses thermal runaway to force N transistor arrays to all run at the same temperature. BJT dissipation goes up at low temperature, with very high gain. Here's its step response.
Sine wave generation is a perennial problem.
Direct-digital synthesis (DDS) uses a bunch of counters, lookup tables, and DACs,
but that's a relatively heavyweight solution that doesn't fit all problems.
BJT differential pairs naturally have a hyperbolic tangent (tanh) characteristic, which can be used to round off a triangle wave into a very passable sine. I'm not old enough to have invented this technique, but here are a couple of illustrations of how it works: TANH Sine Wave Shaper (PDF) and TANH Sine Wave Shaper (Mathcad).


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The worst is that AIG is pretending to act as if this is a negotiation as opposed to extortion. Get a load of this crap:
AIG's executives were on Friday night locked in negotiations with the authorities over a plan that could involve a debt-for-equity swap and the government's purchase of troubled mortgage-backed securities from the insurer.
Ahem, are they trying to help the government by coming up with a fig leaf? Are they assuming that everyone forgot the terms of the original loan? From the Fed's press release:
The interests of taxpayers are protected by key terms of the loan. The loan is collateralized by all the assets of AIG, and of its primary non-regulated subsidiaries. These assets include the stock of substantially all of the regulated subsidiaries. The loan is expected to be repaid from the proceeds of the sale of the firm's assets. The U.S. government will receive a 79.9 percent equity interest in AIG and has the right to veto the payment of dividends to common and preferred shareholders.
The "interests of taxpayers are protected bit" now looks like a complete joke. The original loan was ALREADY secured by ALL of AIG's assets. Everything that could be hocked WAS ALREADY hocked. And the government has a 79.9% equity interest. So what is this talk of a debt for equity swap? The government doesn't want to go over 79.9%, then it has to consolidate the operations on its balance sheet. And it has the right of first refusal on everything else (the fact that it has all the assets as security means they cannot be sold unless the proceeds are remitted to the Fed. The mechanics ought to be that AIG gets some sort of waiver in order to complete a sale, but I am certain somewhere the lawyers have a procedure in mind, since it was understood from the get-go that AIG would repay the loan via asset sales).
The idea of selling dodgy MBS to the Fed is also ludicrous, but that does not mean the Fed will not go ahead with it. Again, the Fed now has ALL of AIG's assets as security. So it is going to increase what it lends to AIG, since AIG really has the upper hand, and AIG is offering the ruse of pledging the MBS because other banks have used MBS as collateral for loans, and version 1.0 of the TARP was to have banks sell crappy MBS to Treasury. So AIG presumably hopes that the Fed will gamble that the generally inattentive public at large will think this latest move resembles other bank rescue activities and therefore will not make angry calls to Congressmen. But this is all a ruse.
This is the essence of AIG's latest proposal:
Man walks into pawn broker. He says to the person behind the counter, "You know that watch I brought in two weeks ago? I know you lent me $85, but now I need another $50. And I will tell you why you will give it to me. I have a gun with me. I will blow my brains out here, right now. With your nice carpet, I guarantee it will cost you more than $50 to clean up your store. And that's before we get into the cost of keeping your store closed while you clean my grey matter off your walls and what my suicide might do to your store's reputation."
Oh, and we forgot to mention that the man in the story above pulled the same trick last week and it worked like a charm.
The other bit that is offensive is (separately) that AIG is unhappy that it is paying more its bailout than banks did for theirs. The arrogance is breathtaking. Banks and securities firms are regulated by Federal agencies. The fact that they came close to going under says the oversight was defective, and one can argue that the government was required to prevent a disaster that happened on its watch.
The federal government has NO oversight over AIG. Its mess was SOLELY AIG's own doing, and they should consider themselves incredibly lucky that they were so big that the Fed felt it has to intercede.
Now they think they are entitled to demand an improvement of terms? They should be told to take a long walk off a short pier (the management, that is). If we are merely going to salvage random about-to-fail-that-might-hurt-the-financial-markets players, I'd much rather rescue GM. They at least have a better attitude (and Obama made noises that he would demand better fuel efficiency as a quid pro quo). And I have far more sympathy for blue collar workers than AIG executives.
And if the interest really is too much for AIG on a current basis, no reduction in rate or debt-for-equity optics. Just lower the proportion that has to be paid in cash, and add the deferred interest to the principal. No free lunches here.
But then again, the Fed does not want brains and skull fragments all over its board room….
From the Financial Times:
AIG is asking the US government for a new bail-out less than two months after the Federal Reserve came to the rescue of the stricken insurer with an $85bn loan…
People close to the talks said the discussions were on-going and might still collapse, but added that AIG was pressing for a decision before it reports third-quarter results on Monday…
The moves come amid growing fears AIG might soon use up the $85bn cash infusion it received from the Fed in September, as well as an additional $37.5bn loan aimed at stemming a cash drain from the insurer's securities lending unit.
AIG has drawn down more than $81bn of the combined $122.5bn facility. The company's efforts to begin repaying it before the 2010 deadline have been hampered by its difficulties in selling assets amid the global financial turmoil.
AIG executives have complained to government officials that the interest rate on the initial loan – 8.5 per cent over the London Interbank Borrowing Rate – is crippling the company.
They compared the loan's terms with the 5 per cent interest rate paid by the banks that recently sold preferred shares to the government.
One of AIG's proposals to the Fed is to swap the loan, which gave the authorities an 80 per cent stake in the company, for preferred shares or a mixture of debt and equity.
Such a structure would reduce the interest rate to be paid by AIG and possibly the overall amount it has to repay. An extension in the term of the loan from the current two years to five years is also possible, according to people close to the situation.
The renegotiation of the loan could be accompanied by the government's purchase of billions of dollars in mortgage-backed securities whose steep fall in value has been draining AIG cash reserves.
AIG is also proposing the government buy the bonds underlying its troubled portfolio of credit default swaps in exchange for the roughly $30bn in collateral the company holds against the assets.


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Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
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Have you heard of the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" parlor game? The premise is that you can connect Kevin Bacon to any other Hollywood actor within six steps. While in South Bend, we do not have that Kevin Bacon connection (dang, who doesn't love some bacon?), but we do have a close-knit community. One thing that closeness affords us is the opportunity to find connections, resources and success within three degrees. Thus, the name of our new meetup group in South Bend: Three Degrees of Separation
The goal of Three Degrees of Separation is to inspire and connect local entrepreneurs to the local startup ecosystem, the community, and to the world of startups. Three Degrees will be successful by connecting entrepreneurs and collaborators and by cultivating collaborative ideas, opportunities and partnerships that will help emerging startups move forward. You are a key to that success. Your knowledge, expertise, and connections are needed at these meetups.
Still wondering what you could possibly offer to the group or why you should attend? Come out on Thursday and find out how your connections can help another. From just our first meetup, I was able to meet a key person that has helped me with my ConnectHelp.org idea. This first connection led to several pivotal meetings that will help ConnectHelp immensely. All because one person decided to attend this meeting. One person.
If you have any interest in building a better community, in being inspired or inspiring others, or need motivation, then please join us on Thursday (1/3) at 6pm at Main Street Coffee House / The Music Village. More info at the Three Degrees Meetup page and Facebook page. I will be there because I love being in a room of people who are serious about starting ventures that serve the community.
Make a resolution to improve our community and start by attending the Three Degrees of Separation Meetup. Hope to see you there!
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The ESOP Association released the following press release today.
For Immediate Release: March 4, 2014
For More Information: Amy Gwiazdowski, amy AT esopassociation.org
Administration Again Takes Aim at Employee Ownership
March 4, 2014 (Washington, DC) – Today, The ESOP Association expressed disappointment once more over a provision in the President's Fiscal Year 2015 budget that pertains to employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). Included in the budget document is a provision to 'eliminate the deduction for dividends on stock of publicly-traded corporations held in certain ESOPs.'
"Obviously, we are disappointed this provision has been included in the President's budget," said ESOP Association President, J. Michael Keeling. "We are baffled by the Administration. How can the Administration preach about creating jobs and then plan to take away a proven policy that sustains jobs? Furthermore, the provision the Administration wants to kill was added in 1984 by Congress to address income inequality by encouraging employee owners to have more income from ownership. It is counter-intuitive. As we've said before, research proves that ESOPs, and companies with other forms of employee stock ownership, provide more sustainable employment. The Administration needs to step up and encourage broad-based inclusive capitalism and increase employee ownership to ensure sustainable employment for U.S. workers, and more income for average pay employee owners, not decrease support."
The ESOP Association is the national trade association for companies with employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and the leading voice in America for employee ownership. The core cause of The ESOP Association is the belief that employee ownership will improve American competitiveness, increase productivity through greater employee participation, and strengthen our free enterprise economy. More information: website – www.esopassociation.org and blog – www.esopassociationblog.org.


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Oracle disk I/O tuning: SCSI tuning under Linux and Unix
The following is part of a series on the different aspects of disk I/O performance and optimization for Oracle databases.
The following is part of a series on the different aspects of disk I/O performance and optimization for Oracle databases. Each tip is excerpted from the not-yet-released Rampant TechPress book, "Oracle disk I/O tuning," by Mike Ault. Check back to the main series page for upcoming installments.
SCSI tuning under Linux
Under Linux, the SCSI interface is tuned either by specifying parameters in the boot command of the Grub or Lilo boot file or by specifying options in the /etc/modules.conf file. Let's look at examples of both of these. The relative performance of the interface can be measured in Linux using the hdparm command with the -Tt option. Note that the IEEE1394 interface is treated as a SCSI interface in Linux. The following examples are for tuning the generic SBP2 interface, but the techniques can also be supplied to specific SCSI drivers.
First, let's look at the current settings for the interface. You get those by looking under the LUN number in the /proc/scsi/sbp2 directory. This example used LUN 0.
[root@aultlinux1 root]# cat /proc/scsi/sbp2/0 IEEE-1394 SBP-2 protocol driver (host: ohci1394) $Rev: 601 $ James Goodwin <email@example.com> SBP-2 module load options: - Max speed supported: S400 - Max sectors per I/O supported: 255 - Max outstanding commands supported: 8 - Max outstanding commands per lun supported: 1 - Serialized I/O (debug): no - Exclusive login: noNow we run a timing test to determine the average speed for the interface as-is (run this several times and average the results):
/dev/sda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 3.99 seconds = 32.08 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 6.86 seconds = 9.33 MB/sec [root@aultlinux1 root]# hdparm -Tt /dev/sdaNow we will set the values for the SBP2 options in the /etc/modules.conf file. We are doubling the outstanding commands to 16 and increasing the commands per LUN to 2:
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc alias eth0 3c59x alias usb-controller usb-ohci alias eth1 tulip alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394 alias scsi_hostadapter sbp2 options sbp2 sbp2_max_outstanding_cmds=16 sbp2_max_cmds_per_lun=2Now we reboot so the settings will take effect, then re-check our settings in /proc/scsi/sbp2/0:
[root@aultlinux1 root]# cat /proc/scsi/sbp2/0 IEEE-1394 SBP-2 protocol driver (host: ohci1394) $Rev: 601 $ James Goodwin <firstname.lastname@example.com> SBP-2 module load options: - Max speed supported: S400 - Max sectors per I/O supported: 255 - Max outstanding commands supported: 16 - Max outstanding commands per lun supported: 2 - Serialized I/O (debug): no - Exclusive login: noOur settings have been modified, now let's re-run the timing test:
[root@aultlinux1 etc]# hdparm -Tt /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 4.03 seconds = 35.36 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 6.04 seconds = 11.25 MB/secFrom a simple modification, we improved SCSI speed for this device by 11.25/9.33*100= 120.6 percent. Overall, a 20% speed improvement. Subsequently we doubled, quadrupled and eventually got to a setting of 255 for the maximum outstanding commands, the performance peaked at 11.25 MB/sec with 16 as a setting. If the servers being tuned are in a cluster, all of them should have the same settings.
Tuning SCSI under Unix
SCSI tuning under Unix is dependent on the version of Unix involved and the SCSI card or mother board interface being tuned. Let's look at Sun.
On any system, Sun included, the system bus has a fixed bandwidth. If there are too many devices on the bus this will result in more traffic than the bus can handle, which then results in contention and packet loss.
In the Sun Solaris operating system, the prtdiag -v command is used to report on the system bus configuration. By adding up the reported capacities of the devices on the bus reported by prtdiag –v, and seeing if they exceed the capacity of the bus, it is possible to see if the bus is overloaded. Whenever possible, similar cards should be placed on the same board so the interrupts are directed to the same CPU (and associated caches). Table 3-1 shows some typical Sun system bus capacities:
|Burst Bandwidth
|Sustained Bandwidth
|64 bit
|264 MB/s
|86 MB/s
|64 bit
|288 MB/s
|94 MB/s
|64 bit
|320 MB/s
|105 MB/s
|64 bit
|400 MB/s
|130 MB/s
|64 bit
|320 MB/s
|250 MB/s
|64 bit
|400 MB/s
|312 MB/s
|128 bit
|1.15 GB/s
|1 GB/s
|128 bit
|1.3 GB/s
|1.2 GB/s
|128 bit
|1.5 GB/s
|1.44 GB/s
|256 bit
|2.6 GB/s
|2.5 GB/s
|1024 bit
|12.8 GB/s
|12.8 GB/s
Figure 3-1: Typical Bus Capacities
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Mike Ault is a SearchOracle.com expert and a senior Oracle consultant with Burleson Consulting, and one of the leading names in Oracle technology. The author of more than 20 Oracle books and hundreds of articles in national publications, Mike Ault has five Oracle Masters Certificates and was the first popular Oracle author with his landmark book "Oracle7 administration and management." Mike also wrote several of the "Exam Cram" books, and enjoys a reputation as a leading author and Oracle consultant. Ask Mike a question today!


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MA International Social Transformation is being launched as a part of the new Bauman Institute research and teaching centre, which is dedicated to addressing key social problems that affect rapidly changing societies across the globe.
MA International Social Transformation will provide you with an advanced grounding in the sociological analysis of globalisation and international social change, with modules in Contemporary Social Thought, Globalisation and International Social Change, and an extended Dissertation that will allow you the opportunity to evaluate critically and creatively the challenges that face global societies in the new century.
It will also encourage you to acquire those core skills that are relevant to a career in academic research or for professional employment in a postgraduate capacity.
If you want to ... * develop an advanced understanding of globalization and international social change
* explore the challenges that face each one of us at the start of the twenty-first century
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then MA International Social Transformation is the programme for you.
Compulsory modulesContemporary Social Thought gives you an advanced grounding in social and political theory through the practical analysis of social, political and economic problems in a rapidly changing world.
The module is refreshed and updated each academic year, but previous content includes: Sociology and the Financial Crisis; The Return of Religion; The Frankfurt School Revisited; Theorizing Europe; Whats Wrong with New Technology?; Multiple Modernities; The History of Violence; Cosmopolitanism; Governing Bodies; From Resistance to the Commons; Zizeks Tickling Schtick!; and Moral Blindness.
Globalisation and International Social Change examines the nature of globalization from a number of different theoretical perspectives: most obviously those that have developed from political economy and cultural theory. These perspectives will then be used to inform the consideration of a range of areas of social, political and economic life that have (arguably) been significantly altered by the impact of economic and/or cultural globalization.
For example, the module will explore: The Changing Nature of Poverty in Global Society; The Impact of Globalization on Human Migration; and The Potential Relationship Between Globalization and Contemporary Terrorism. In each case, close attention will be paid to how well theoretical explanations of globalization explain the major social changes observed.
International Social Transformation Dissertation allows you to tailor your own programme of training and research under the supervision of a relevant academic member of staff from the School.
Elective modulesIn addition to the compulsory modules, you also choose two modules from the following list
* Critical Theory
* Evaluation Research
* From Conception to the Grave: Health in a Global Context
* Liquid Sociology
* Qualitative Research Methods
* Quantitative Research Methods
* 'Race, Identity and Culture in the Black Atlantic
* Research Strategy and Design
Note: Those wishing to pursue further funding for Doctoral Research will be encouraged to select two Methods Training modules from the above list.
Full-time students may take either three modules in Semester 1 and one in Semester 2, as well as the dissertation, or two modules in Semester 1 and two in Semester 2, as well as the dissertation.
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Strategy is key in DDS: Pro Football 2019 and Pro Basketball 2019
It's September and that means the 2019 versions of our world class sports simulations are right around the corner and we're bringing you a first look today at Draft Day Sports: Pro Football 2019 and Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2019! There are a host of new features and improvements coming to both games and today we're going to focus on a key component of both games. STRATEGY!
Sports simulation games are all about strategy and both of our pro games this year have upped the ante in bringing you brand new strategic options. Let's start on the gridiron. One huge new change you will find in DDS: Pro Football 2019 is that in career mode you'll be putting yourself in the game. If you're familiar with DDS: Pro Basketball you'll feel right at home with the global and local play options letting you control everything or just the job of general manager with the option of hiring yourself as head coach. If you really want to up the challenge turn on the mode that will allow yourself to be fired – then these new strategy options will really count!
The first thing you'll notice in our screenshots is that the UI has been totally revamped and rebuilt from the ground up to give you better access to the game information. Everything you need is just one click away with our expanded new side game menu.
We've got a brand new depth chart here offering you different packages you can save and switch between. You'll be able to assign use of those packages for each formation ensuring you have the optimal lineup on the field at all times.
For the utmost in control, create your own custom playbook. Each play is laid out in detail now and you'll be able to quickly and easily put together a playbook that best suits your team.
What would all these strategy options be if you only had the final score to rely on? Take a look at the play analysis and see how every play you have run has stacked up against every defense your opponent has thrown at you. Don't forget to check the flip side too to see how your defenses are holding up. Use this info along with the custom playbook option to build precisely the right strategy to lead your team to victory!
Strategy doesn't stop with the on field play. You can't forget about managing the team itself and the strategy of managing your cap. Players will give you some informational feedback such as they hoping to change teams and you have the ability to make that happen with a smart offer! You can promise a role to a potential free agent as well as offer him a smattering of contract bonuses and use different distribution strategies to make the contract as cap friendly as possible.
That's just a small sample of what to look forward to with DDS: Pro Football 2019 but let's take a look at what's coming to the hardwood in this year's edition of DDS: Pro Basketball. We talked about new game modes for DDS:PF – DDS: Pro Basketball 2019 has them too. You'll be able to play in challenge mode where you'll be at the mercy of ownership trying to meet their desires or play in the new sandbox mode where you won't be fired for poor performance and will be able to change to any team you want in the offseason.
Challenge mode introduces some new concepts into the game from ownership. You'll have a clear budget on what to spend on players and the coaching staff. You're the one writing the checks so you can exceed those budgets but do so at your own peril – even winning big will only lessen ownership's unhappiness with you not sticking to the budget. You owner will give you a clear expectation of what he expects you to achieve on the court as well and will also now comment on your roster. If he wants a superstar you better find out a way to get him one!
The team staff budget was mentioned above as a new feature but there's more to it than just coaching salaries. There is a new training staff budget allocation. The more you allocate to the staff the better off your team will be. Better funded staffs can both help players to avoid injury as well as recover faster from them. We've all seen the importance of a good training staff in the real world so keep that in mind when deciding just how much you want to spend on that new head coach!
Game strategy has been totally revamped in DDS: Pro Basketball 2019. On the offensive side you'll have a number of strategies to choose from. Each strategy will impact the style of play in a different fashion and you'll be able to see what it does to pace, floor usage and play actions. For example the Seven Seconds offense shown above will make your team play as fast as possible on the offensive end relying heavily on attacking with the basketball and leading to many drives and three point attempts. If you've got a big man you want getting the ball in the post (remember those guys?) then this won't be the strategy for you!
We didn't just change things up on the offensive end though – the defensive side of the ball gets a whole new look in DDS: Pro Basketball 2019 too! You're given four man to man strategies to choose from (you also can use zone and press options like you previously could with your coaching philosophies). Each M2M strategy has its pros and cons and you can change them to suit your opponent. Playing a team that loves the three? Use the attack strategy and run those guys off the three point line. Hopefully you have a good shot blocking big man if you're doing so otherwise you might be running them right into a layup line.
General defensive strategies we're enough though. You can assign up to five players individual defensive instructions. You can assign them to guard the best perimeter, best post or just the best player period and they'll be matched up accordingly. If you really want to get down to a fine level of detail you can even assign specific matchups for the next game giving you the ultimate in control!
We hope you've enjoyed this first look at our pro lineup for 2019. Stay tuned as we will be announcing more information including release date and special pre-order discounts for both games! We look forward to hearing from you about these new games – hit us up in our forums, on Facebook and on Twitter.


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A member of the Rational Wiki community, Fuzzy Cat Potato, has initiated a what appears to be a reasonable conversation with me regarding my claims of harassment on their publication.
This discussion is being held on the Skeptiko Forum. One the one hand they state that Rational Wiki wants to avoid a lawsuit, but on the other he claims not to speak for them, so unsure how to interpret that from a critical perspective. His reply appears genuine and I responded in kind.
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I need advice from all of you lawn-care turf-grass fanatics out there. I know I'll only do this on an ongoing basis if it doesn't take a lot of time and isn't a pain in the you-know-what. So all advice on how to do this is appreciated!!
I'm going to buy a good broadcast spreader to apply fertilizer 4 times this year to our 1/4 acre Minnesota lawn. I want a broadcast spreader that is going to be trouble free, easy to push and hopefully provide many, many years of service. The cheap ones, I've learned, aren't worth buying. I've been reading up, and it seems like the best ones have pneumatic tires, stainless steel parts that resist rusting, and upper end gear boxes, something like this Earthway broadcast spreader: (Amazon.com product link shortened)89&creative"25&path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB0000BYDXN%2Fqid%3D1143655890%2Fsr%3D1-2%2Fref%3Dsr_1_2%3F%255Fencoding%3DUTF8%26s%3Dgarden%26v%3Dglance%26n%3D286168 .
Would this be a quality spreader at a decent price, or are there other, better built or more dependable broadcast spreaders that I should consider that don't cost a fortune?
Secondly, I need a good weed sprayer that has a high enough capacity that it doesn't have to be refilled constantly, and I like the idea of the ones that don't have to be pumped constantly. I couldn't find much info online about what the best sprayers are, but this one on wheels, with a 4 gallon capacity, that doesn't need pumping, seems to get good reviews on Amazon: (Amazon.com product link shortened)89&creative"25&path=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB00006LPPE%2Fqid%3D1143656366%2Fsr%3D1-1%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_1%3F%255Fencoding%3DUTF8%26s%3Dgarden%26v%3Dglance%26n%3D286168 .
Is this a good sprayer, or is there a better one out there that has high capacity and doesn't cost a fortune? Are there any commercial sprayers that would work better? Are backpack sprayers any better?
Also, does anyone know where to get the best prices online, for either a broadcast spreader or sprayer?
I'm planning to buy my fertilizer, and possibly weed chemicals, from a farm-supply store, rather than at a normal retail gardening store. By buying the more generic fertilizer and chemicals, I'm hoping I'll save a lot compared to the $55 per visit that the lawn care companies charge. Does this sound like a good battle plan? Anyone else saved a lot of money doing this?
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Author: Shanna Gekko
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Supernatural Fiction
Elements: Shapeshifters, Warlocks, Dryads/Nymphs
Publisher: Bandit Creek Books
Format: PDF, 72 Pages
Release Date: December 27, 2011
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Rating: 4/5
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Summary: Kai knows trouble has found him when a fiery pint-sized female shows up at his door, bringing news of gruesome animal sacrifices in the woods around Bandit Creek. She also brings a teasing scent that draws his attention and sends every protective instinct screaming for him to protect his mate.
Hazel is determined to stop the monster she's been following for miles and she won't let anything distract her from her mission. She teams up with Kai, but vows to keep a firm "no-touch" policy where the handsome Native is concerned. Her resolve doesn't last long as the two are drawn together like lodestones, their every
touch igniting a passion neither has faced before.
Only, the trail of ritual sacrifices points to a greater threat than either first realized. They are about to face Kai's enemy ancestor, a yee naaldlooshii—skinwalker—who will stop at nothing to destroy everything around him.
Kai Hunter, a veterinarian in Bandit Creek, Montana, goes about his regular routine--a morning run through the woods around his house and stopping for breakfast and a chat with Grandfather on the way to his office. But Grandfather leaves Kai with an ominous omen and minutes later Kai's brother, Dan, a forest ranger, comes to the vet office with news of skinned animal corpses being found in the woods. Only predators--ermine, coyote, and wolves--no prey animals have been found, always moving up in size, south of the mines, stinking of evil.
But the forest animals aren't the only ones in danger--Kai is a natural-born skinwalker who takes the form of a wolf--and Dan warns him to be careful on his morning runs and to check his rescue animals to make sure they are safe. Kai takes his brother's warning to heart and returns home to check on his animals, but what he finds there he never expected. Sitting outside his animal pens is a young woman with an alluring scent of nuts and sunlight who sets Kai's wolf howling--and she's more than a little angry.
Hazel Silva has been following the tortured screams of forest animals all the way up to the forests of Bandit Creek. During her search for the one responsible, Hazel come upon some animals penned behind a house in the woods. Infuriated, she waits for the owner to return home. She had not expected the gorgeous man who walks out the back door of the house. Their argument heats up and Hazel, being a tree nymph, uses her earth powers to influence the man. As the man shakes her off and proceeds to check on his RESCUED animals, Hazel, having nowhere else to go, waits for him to finish. When the man offers her his guest room, they accidentally touch and all conscious thought leaves them both as passion consumes them. Once they get a hold on themselves, Hazel knows that she needs to institute a "no-touch" policy, but things don't always go as planned.
Amid danger and death, Kai and Hazel find a passion and bond not easily broken. And when the yee naaldlooshii sets his eyes on Hazel, that very mate bond is what could ultimately save her life.
In Skin Deep, Shanna Gekko uses the Native American skinwalker legend that has risen in popularity recently. There are the natural-born skinwalkers, or shapeshifters, like Kai who prefers the wolf and his brother, Dan, who prefers the hawk. But then there is the yee naaldlooshii who does ritual sacrifice to gain the power and skin of the animal sacrificed. This unnatural-born skinwalker basically tortures the animal for it's skin. Shanna also uses tree spirits--dryads and nymphs. They ARE the forest and they bear witness to the pain and torture this evil skinwalker is causing.
Not only did I enjoy reading about these supernatural creatures, I also like the romance between Kai and Hazel. I have always like reading about the bonds created by a mating. It is a bond so strong that it can save or destroy those bound by it. It's the ultimate connection one could have with the person they love.
Bandit Creek is a very interesting town, with enigmatic people and mysterious events. I definitely can't wait to read more about this town, its people, and the mysteries that abound there.
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Slingsby Falcon
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In the 1920`s Fred Slingsby decided their was a lack of an intermediate glider In England and brought the Alexander Lippisch designed Falke plans from Germany.He built 10 aircraft the Falcon and Falcon2 the first of which first flew in 1931
In 1984-5 Southdown aero services built a reproduction on which this model is based.
The plans were drawn by John and Ivan from the team to a scale of 1:2.5 for practability and transportation.The wing section was also changed to a more modern section for improved flying characteristics,the 6 meter span was to be built into 4 pieces and the tail plane and fin were to be made removable.
The formers and ribs were cut on the teams cnc cutter by Al.Construction was conventional using Douglas fir for the spars and longarons.The model is covered in 1/32 ply and the open structure is covered in Diatex and the complete model was then brushed with dope.
The model first flew in May 2013.All went well with the first flight but on subsequent flights the model suffered from elevator flutter on the tow. since then the elevator closed loop control has been re-engineeredand to date has operated faultlessly.the model has flown throughout 2013 and has become a delight to fly and enjoyed by members of the team!


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The Day After Doodle
Heyheyhey kids, it's doodle time! Yep you know it, random scribbles and twirls on different scrap papers make a fine collection.
Sunday, November 08, 2009
What Dr. Sketchy ordered
Little fast drawings from the last Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School -session. A bit of a horror theme goin' on.
Is it "the battle with the beast" within?
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The console table is part of the exclusive Herringbone range. The range offers a modern interpretation of the popular tile-topped table from the 1960s, which has been given new life with a metal frame and a simple and elegant pattern, referencing exclusive herringbone floors. Both the tile-topped table and the herringbone pattern go back hundreds of years; indeed, the Herringbone console table beautifully embraces historical references and classic craftsmanship in a contemporary design. This range by Charlotte Høncke also includes a dining table, a coffee table and a small side table.


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She and her family love fresh foods, farmers markets, new recipes, being frugal, DIY projects and learning new things. She deals with 2 kids with severe food allergies and struggles with food labeling and hidden ingredients. She has sewn and crafted all her life and passed it on to her kids.
She wanders through crafting doing things as needed for events and learning as she goes, and loves sharing the journey with you. Many times the craft is just starting and she is always looking for a better way to do things.
Jessica is a graduate of Campbell University with a BS in Biology and Chemistry minor.
On Begin To Craft you will find a variety of things from entertainment, events, recipes, to tutorials and tips on DIY projects, painting, hairbows, and creating your own printables and party décor, as well as cost-saving ideas. All things Jessica has done in her journey to crafting her own passions and life.
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Julianne Moore at Golden Globes 2012
Golden Globes: Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore arrived in a stunning, tiered, and fishtailed black Chanel gown. She played up the drama with a pair of emerald tassel earrings. The combination of green and black make a striking contrast against the actress's long auburn locks and porcelain complexion, as does a sultry smoky eye. What do you think of Julianne's glamorous arrival?
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