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Note: this post is an english summary of two posts in french (here and here).
It is often said that subsidies granted to wind and solar power are temporary and are here to help them become competitive with respect to other sources of electricity. Here, based on what happens currently on the electricity market in Germany and France, I will show that the removal of subsidies for new wind or solar capacity is unlikely and that it is probable that these subsidies will become a very long lasting feature of the electricity market in Europe.
A common characteristic of both wind and solar power is that their marginal cost is zero. Producing one more kWh does not cost anything to the owner. He has paid for his machine and pays for the maintenance, regardless of how much the machine produces. Their production is also essentially random — especially that of wind — and subject to the vagaries of the weather. Producer are also dispersed because the cost of building a single machine is not extraordinarily high. These 3 elements will transform producers of wind and solar power into price takers: they will accept any positive price, or even negative prices if they can't disconnect from the grid. Nowadays, they are shielded from the variations of the spot price by the feed-in tariffs which guarantee a fixed price for their production. A system of market premiums do not change that much the situation, as this would only encourage disconnections when the price drops too far in negative territory.
As a consequence, one can expect that wind would fetch a price lower than the baseload price — the non weighted average of all hourly prices in a given year. for solar power, the situation is slightly different because solar power is available during the day, where consumption is also higher than during the night. The price of electricity is thus generally higher during the day than during the night. But if the solar capacity is large enough — larger than night-day swing in demand — they will also fetch a lower price than the baseload.
To check these hypotheses, I gathered prices on Epexspot with a perl script. For France, one can get detailed production data from éco₂mix. For Germany, there's nothing so detailed … and free at the same time. Wind and solar productions are known thanks to an european directive. The data has been gathered by P.-F. Bach, a danish retired engineer.
In Germany
The german market is in a situation of over supply because of the economic situation in Europe, of new coal plants — coal is now relatively cheap because of exports from the US and the shale gas boom there — and of the construction of more than 30GW of wind and 30GW of solar. As a consequence the baseload price is low. In 2012, it was about €43/MWh; in 2013 it was about €38/MWh. Wind power fetched an average of €37.5/MWh in 2012 and €32/MWh in 2013. Solar power got €44/MWh in 2012 but €37/MWh in 2013: the advantage for solar power of producing only during the day has been completely eroded by the large size of the capacity in Germany.
Trying to correlate wind production and the price leads to an estimate of the reduction of the spot price of €1.3/MWh per GW of wind production. However, the correlation is weak, because the price of electricity reflects many other constraints, such as total consumption.
In France
France is in a market economic crisis now, which puts it also in a situation of average over supply. There are however worries regarding peak capacity as european directives such as LCP and IED are forcing old coal- and oil-fired plants to close. The baseload price is higher than in Germany. In 2012, it was about €47/MWh; in 2013 it was about €43.5/MWh. The wind price was €45/MWh in 2012 and €42/MWh in 2013. Up to 2013, there was no specific data for solar power. In 2013, solar fetched a price of €43/MWh.
If we look at the correlation between the price and the wind production, we see same slope, yet the correlation is very weak, because there is much less wind capacity in France than in Germany. As a consequence, other factors tend to dwarf the effect of wind power most of the time. If we look at wind production as a share of consumption, the correlation becomes much clearer, yet other factors continue to play a major role.
What consequences?
With these two years of data, we can conclude that intermittent sources of electricity would fetch a price lower than the baseload price in an open market. The magnitude of the rebate depends on the installed capacity. The european wind power lobby tells us that there were 33.7GW of wind in Germany and 8.2GW in France at the end of 2013. Similarly, there was something like 36GW of solar in Germany and 4.3GW in France at end 2013. In Germany, wind represented 8.1% of the electricity production in 2012 and 8.4% in 2013; solar was at 4.2% (2012) and 4.7% (2013). In France, wind represented 2.8% of the production in 2012 and 2.9% in 2013; solar was at 0.7% and 0.8% respectively.
Despite such low figures, the rebate is already 15% in Germany for wind power. Thus, it is hard to imagine that wind and solar would come to dominate the electricity production in Germany without a long lasting system of subsidies. The more wind power increases its share, the more the price it fetches on the open market is far from the baseload price. In the case where wind power would represent 30% of the production in Germany, it could mean that wind power would only get around 50% of the baseload price. The system of subsidies is also feeding on itself: today, new capacity is built thanks to subsidies, but the more wind capacity there is, the more the subsidies are needed to allow the construction of new wind turbines to proceed. Reaching price parity with other technologies will not be the end of road for wind and solar: they need to become much cheaper than alternatives to survive on their own in an open market. Therefore, I think that the chances that the subsidies will end any time soon are very slim. On the contrary, it looks like these subsidies will become a permanent feature of the electricity market throughout Europe.
That does not mean in itself that such subsidies should not be granted. After all, if we are to phase out the use of fossil fuels in electricity generation, wind and solar are among the few technologies where capacity can be expanded without hitting a hard geographical limit right away. Yet, a fixed feed-in tariff does nothing to lower the price of a technology, on the contrary one may just choose to use this tariff as a given and not try to lower prices. Indeed, wind power tariffs have been steady in France for some years and the amount of new wind capacity connected to the grid each year is decreasing since 2009. The European Commission wants these fixed tariffs to be phased out by 2017, but it is unclear if this will result in price decreases: in France there has been competitive tenders for some technologies and it turned out that, in the end, prices were often higher than the fixed tariffs. This state of affairs was widely denounced in a public report last year.
Another issue is the intermittency of wind and solar means that other means of production have to be used to plug the gap between their production and the demand. For the foreseeable future, this is going to mean relying on dispatchable plants, such as hydro dams, nuclear plants and, of course, fossil fueled plants. These plants generally see their profitability eroded by the operation of wind and solar power as they run less hours and receive a lower price because of the zero marginal cost of wind and solar production. As it is unthinkable that black outs be allowed, it is likely that we will see the implementation of capacity markets throughout Europe. It turns out that the technology that allows the lowest investment for a given guaranteed dispatchable capacity is the open cycle gas turbine, a fossil fueled technology. In other words, it may well be that governments may command subsidies for wind and solar power in the name of fighting climate change, while at the same time the very same governments will enforce rules guaranteeing the cash flows of fossil fueled plants to ensure security of supply.
Finally, it does seem that the foundations of the electricity internal market are rotten: the low carbon means of production — be it nuclear or renewables — have their price essentially determined by their capital expenditures, whereas the majority of the costs for fossil fuel plant are fuel costs. Having costs determined primarily by the cost of fuel is useful when the market of reference is the spot market: it reduces the investment risk you take. If you have to invest huge sums of money in a machine that will last decades, you will want to have a guarantee on your cash flows to avoid losing your shirt in case events do not back your assumptions. That means low carbon means of production like long term contracts which are discouraged under current EU rules. For wind and solar, their intermittency makes them also less appealing for such long term contracts, as they can't guarantee at which time they are producing. That is why I think that subsidies for wind and solar will stay for a very long time, perhaps permanently, in one form or another.


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I don't know why this is even an issue. Maybe because in our bottle feeding culture most are instructed to wean baby from the bottle at 1 year- which is because formula has no real nutritional benefit after that point (although I have noticed a bunch of new 'toddler' formula's popping up). But breast milk is NOT formula people!
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Nursing toddlers benefit NUTRITIONALLY:
- Although there has been little research done on children who breastfeed beyond the age of two, the available information indicates that breastfeeding continues to be a valuable source of nutrition and disease protection for as long as breastfeeding continues.
- Breast milk continues to provide substantial amounts of key nutrients well beyond the first year of life, especially protein, fat, and most vitamins.
- In the second year (12-23 months) 448mL of breast milk provides: 29% of energy requirements, 43% of protein requirements, 36% of calcium requirements, 75% of vitamin A requirements, 76% of folate requirements, 94% of vitamin B12 requirements and 60% of vitamin C requirements.
- It's not uncommon for weaning to be recommended for toddlers who are eating few solids. However this recommendation is not supported by research.
- Some doctors may feel nursing will interfere with a child's appetite for other foods. Yet there has been no documentation that nursing children are more likely that weaned children to refuse supplementary foods. In fact, most researchers in Third World countries, where a malnourished toddler's appetite may be of critical importance, recommend continued nursing for even the severely malnourished. Most suggest helping the malnourished older nursing child not by weaning but by supplementing the mother's diet to improve the nutritional quality of her milk and by offering the child more varied and more palatable foods to improve his or her appetite.
- The American Academy of Family Physicians notes that children weaned before two years are at increased risk of illness
- Nursing toddlers between the ages of 16 and 30 months have been found to have fewer illnesses and illnesses of shorter duration than their non-nursing peers.
- Antibodies are abundant in human milk throughout lactation. In fact, some of the immune factos in breast milk increase in concentration during the second year and also during the weaning process.
- Per the World Health Organization, "a modest increase in breastfeeding rates could prevent up to 10% of all deaths of children under five: Breastfeeding plays and essential and sometimes underestimated role in the treatment and prevention of childhood illness"
- Extensive research on the relationship between cognitive achievement and breastfeeding has shown the greatest gains for those children breastfed the longest.
- Many studies have shown that one of the best ways to prevent allergies and asthma is to breastfeed exclusively for at least 6 months and to continue breastfeeding long-term after that point. Breastfeeding can be helpful in preventing allergy by:
- reducing exposure to potential allergens (when baby is exposed later, allergic reactions are less likely)
- speeding maturation of the protective barrier in the baby's intestines,
- coating the gut and providing a barrier to potentially allergenic molecules
- providing anti-inflammatory properties that reduce the risk of infections (which can act as allergy triggers).
- One study that dealt specifically with babies nursed longer than a year showed a significant link between the duration of nursing and mothers' and teachers' ratings of social adjustment in six-to-eight-year-old children. In the words of teh researchers 'There are statistically significant tendencies for conduct disorder scores to decline with increasing duration and breastfeeding'.
- Children who achieve independence at their own pace are more secure in that independence then children forced into independence prematurely.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that "Breastfeeding should be continued for at least the first year of life and beyond for as long as mutually desired by mother and child... Increased duration of breastfeeding confers significant health and developmental benefits for the child and mother... There is no upper limit to the duration of breastfeeding and no evidence of psychological or developmental harm form breastfeeding into the third year of life or longer".
- The American Academy of Family Physicians recommends that breastfeeding continue throughout the first year of life and that "Breastfeeding beyond the first year offers considerable benefits to both mother and child, and should continue as long as mutually desired." They also note "If the child is younger than two years of age, the child is at increased risk of illness if weaned."
- A US Surgeon General has stated that it is lucky a baby who continues to nurse until age two.
- The WHO and UNICEF emphasize the importance of nursing up to two years of age or beyond.
- Scientific research by Katherine A Dettwyler, PhD shows that 2.5 to 7.0 years of nursing is what our children have been designed to expect.
- Extended nursing delays the return of fertility in some women by suppressing ovulation
- Breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer. Studies have found a significant inverse association between duration of lactation and breast cancer risk.
- Breastfeeding reduces the risk of ovarian cancer
- Breastfeeding reduces the risk of uterine cancer
- Breastfeeding reduces the risk of endometrial cancer
- Breastfeeding reduces the risk of rheumatoid arthritis
- Breastfeeding has been shown to decrease insulin requirements in diabetic women
- Breastfeeding mothers tend to loose weight easier
- Breastfeeding protects against osteoporosis
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As cold weather blew into Beijing, I've been busy setting up our home and family to stay warm! That means buying space heaters, humidifiers for each room (because it is SO dry, and then you have to use all the space heaters), warm layering clothes, jackets, etc. The leaves are just starting to change to yellow, and I am looking forward to some nice family hikes in the coming weekends.
I didn't quite finish sharing about Japan. All in all, it was a beautiful country. Very easy to travel around using the train system, and while everyone does not speak English, the road signs are in both languages for the most part. While we travelled we tried to stay calm and be aware. Sometimes the train station hubs were confusing and everything looked the same, but my husband found that by standing in the middle and observing, he could find the right path. People we met were very friendly. Many people we met at the tourist sites had never met or seen an American before, so we often had school children and tourists approaching us for photos.
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The people in Japan were most respectful and polite. I also really liked seeing young and old women dressed in traditional kimonos.
Nanzen-in Temple, Kyoto
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One of the many such shrines along the street in Kyoto. I just found out that these apron covered rocks are statues of Ojizo-sama, and they are placed for still-born children and miscarriages.
One of our best dinner experiences in Japan was at the June-sei restaurant in Kyoto. We would not have found this restaurant if a group of exuberant high school girls were not following us and chatting with me! This restaurant specialized in tofu. We had a traditional yuba dish, which means that a pot of soy milk is brought to a burner at your table. After it boils for about 10 minutes, a skin forms on the top, which you then skim off and eat.


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Janwaar Castle is a sandbox project for which the principles are clearly defined (without being taught or said) and inside this sandbox everything is possible. It is up to the children what we take forward. The options are manifold. Our principles are simple:
Systems over objects
We believe in networks and we think in networks. Janwaar Castle is a network based model. Therefore we put systems over objects and constantly ask ourselves how do we responsibly participate in the village and the area around us.
Emergence over authorities
We don't tell the children what to do. We let them do, observe and then guide them in the things they've chosen to do. It's not on us to decide what will be done or what is right or wrong. And they don't need to ask for permission. They can simply go ahead and do.
Pull over push
Janwaar Castle pulls from the network as it needs it rather than keep everything in stock. We are agile. Resources one considers as assets actually become liabilities when one wants to be agile.
Resilience over strength
It is not the fittest or strongest who keeps Janwaar Castle running, it's the one who is ready to go the long distance if needed and to achieve balance within the Janwaar Castle ecosystem.
Disobedience over compliance
This is a tough one for India. You don't win Nobel prizes for doing what you're told. We need to create environments that are resilient to the automatization of the world, and that require disobedience and encourage to ask questions. A lot of civics is about disobedience.
Compasses over maps
At Janwaar Castle it's much more important to navigate and find your own way in life than following a pre-defined path or a standardised curriculum.
Learning over education
Education is something what you do to others. Learning is what you do to yourself. And this is what Janwaar Castle is all about.
Practice over theory
We do. We build stuff. We fail. We do it again differently. We might fail again. Then we do it again. And we learn by doing so. We succeed. This way the kids, for instance, have learnt to fix their skateboards, to use their tablets and to skateboard. Without instruction. What they've learnt will stay with them.
We over me
Janwaar Castle is community oriented, it doesn't focus on the individual. This is a natural outcome of the network and the system thinking we've embraced.


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This past Thursday the party returned to the Liberty Science Center. After Dark is the after-work event where you can enjoy the joys of the beautifully interactive museum with the additions of bars, food, dancing and best of all no school field trips. This edition featured more bars, a 14′ exploding volcano and a David Bowie light show.
People from all over the area cruised through the educational halls to the tunes of some of the best hip hop and dance tracks. Bubbling specialty drinks and beers in hand as the fine folks danced and laughed their way through exhibits. From bubbles to bodies to animals and more, there is four floors of awesomeness to explore. Attendees enjoyed challenging each other in fast pitch, staring at the giant kinetic ball and maneuvering through the infinity climber that hovers above the dance floor.
Haythem Elgawly (owner of the Clrport) and Lynn Hazan (ChicPeaJC) did an excellent job hosting and organizing this unique event, giving it a layer of cool that Jersey City needs. The event runs every third Thursday.
You can find more information and recaps at ChicPeaJC.com.
Check out my recap from August's event here.
Check out my photos from Dancing with Volcanos below:


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Anyway, this costume was began a few years back with research, continued with the purchase of the fabric and patterns (I combined a few patterns for the bodice), but stayed in hypothetical form until last fall. I cut it out, intending to wear it to the Dickens Fair in San Francisco, but that didn't happen. I started hand-sewing it together earlier this year, while backstage at the Montgomery Theatre, as costume crew for Lyric Theatre's Carousel. Then I put it away until earlier this month, where I mostly finished it, intending to wear it in a school presentation (I wore something else). THEN, I was cast in a historic fashion show and put in a Gold Rush-era skit. I stayed up late and worked on it all weekend, fixing the major fitting issues that cropped up, and got it to a wearable state in time for the show! It still has some fitting issues, and I still have to put the trimmings on, but it's wearable, so it's basically done!
Fabric: tropical wool in a woven plaid pattern. Bodice lined in 100% cotton; skirt and sleeves unlined. Self-piping on bodice filled with 100% cotton kitchen twine.
Pattern: bodice based on Past Patterns Darted Bodice and Laughing Moon #114 Ladies' Round Dresses. Sleeves from the Laughing Moon Round Dress pattern. Skirt just a few widths of the fabric, hemmed and cartridge-pleated (by hand! argh!) to the bottom of the bodice, just behind the piping at the bodice waist edge.
It's worn over my chemise, old 1860s-style corset (made for me over 10 years ago! I need a new one!), a soft bustle pad, and one huge flounced and heavily gathered petticoat. The petticoat is pretty full, so it adds almost as much width as you can see in original photos from the 1840s, so I've held off on making more petticoats for several years, but I think I need a few more.
The bonnet is a felt bonnet blank purchased from Amazon Drygoods several years ago. It's trimmed inside the brim with pleated white tulle, gathered ivory china silk (was in a ribbon embroidery kit from Michael's a few years ago) pinked at the edge, and burgundy and ivory paper/fabric roses. Outside trim (which you can't see in the photo) is vintage ivory crocheted lace around the edge of the brim, a diagonal line of pleated olive green velvet ribbon from the top of the crown to the edge of the brim at the sides, and plaid ribbon ties.


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About Hawaii Island
It's easy to feel awed on Hawaii Island. From the molten magma flowing from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to the snow-capped heights of Maunakea; from the green rainforests of the Hamakua Coast to the jet-black sands of Punaluu Beach; Hawaii Island is an unrivaled expression of the power of nature.
To avoid confusion with the name of the entire state, the Island of Hawaii is often called the "Big Island," and what an appropriate name it is. Nearly twice as big as all of the other Hawaiian Islands combined, its sheer size can be inspiring. You'll find all but two of the world's climatic zones within this island's shores.
The dramatic size and scope of the largest Hawaiian Island create a microcosm of environments and activities. On this island's vast tableau, you'll find everything from extravagant resorts and incredible golf courses to modest local towns and sacred Hawaiian historical sites, from the birthplace of King Kamehameha I to Hawaii's first missionary church in Historic Kailua Village (Kailua-Kona). With so much to see, it's best to experience the island in small pieces. There's plenty of room on Hawaii Island for your return.
|Hawaii Island Adventures
|Is that sound you hear the helicopter or the beating of your heart? As you hover above Kilauea Volcano's steaming Puu Oo vent it's hard to tell. Taking a helicopter tour for a bird's-eye view of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and the rest of the island's hidden waterfalls, lush valleys and balmy beaches is just the beginning of an exhilarating Hawaii Island expedition.
Hawaii Island Golf
|Just try to concentrate. Focus on your swing and not the pristine, black lava-lined fairways and palm tree-speckled greens. Block out the crystal blue waters and the rhythmic crash of waves just beyond the bunker. Try your best to forget that you're playing on one of the most beautiful golf courses you've ever seen. It may take a few holes, but you'll get used to it.
|Hawaii Island Romance
|On an island this big, you'll remember the small moments. A snapshot together by Akaka Falls along the flourishing Hamakua Coast. A sea of stars in the ink-black sky above Maunakea. A glass of wine and a taste of Hawaii Regional Cuisine during sunset on the Kohala Coast. You'll discover romantic settings of every scope and size on Hawaii Island.
|Hawaii Island Weddings
|The biggest day of your life just found an appropriate home. The venue choices on Hawaii Island are endless, from a sunset beach ceremony on the Kona or Kohala Coast to the serene pagodas of Liliuokalani Gardens with Maunakea towering in the background. Fill a formal ballroom of a world-class resort with family and friends or exchange flower lei in a private ceremony, barefoot in the sand or with an erupting volcano as your backdrop.
|Hawaii Island Arts & Culture
The Merrie Monarch Festival (follows Easter Sunday in March – April) is the world's premier hula event held in Hilo. This weeklong celebration of the native art of the hula happens every Easter with halau (hula schools) from every island and the mainland practicing year-round for the event. This moving expression of music, dance and storytelling is part of how the people of Hawaii Island continue to perpetuate and interpret the Hawaiian culture and its uniquely affirmative spirit of aloha.
|Hawaii Island Honeymoons
|Begin your life together with the adventure of a lifetime. First, take some time off to relax and indulge in the comforts of Hawaii Island's finest resorts, beaches and restaurants. Then set out on some romantic day-trips, hunting for waterfalls in Hilo and along the Hamakua Heritage Corridor, exploring the lava tubes and trails of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and sharing unforgettable views at the Pololu Valley Lookout and the Waipio Valley Lookout.
|Family Fun on Hawaii Island
|As far as childhood memories go, this may be hard to beat. Watch as your kids run over several Japanese bridges in Liliuokalani Gardens. See them discover ancient petroglyphs carved into the rocks at sites along the Kohala Coast. Let them stargaze through telescopes at the Ellison S. Onizuka Center for International Astronomy, 9,300 feet atop Maunakea (but note that the high altitude may not be suitable for younger children). Or join them as you explore the planetarium and interactive exhibits in the amazing Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii.
Unexpected Hawaii Island
|Yes, it does snow in Hawaii. During winter months you may see the snow-capped peaks atop the 13,796-foot Maunakea, the tallest sea mountain in the world. Stargazing or taking a tour atop Maunakea is just one example of the many unexpected attractions and activities you'll find on Hawaii Island.


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Restorative Justice is a community response to crime that focuses on addressing the harms done to victims and communities by holding offenders meaningfully accountable for their crimes. The goal of Restorative Justice is the creation of safe, healthy communities.
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RESTORATIVE JUSTICE for YOUTH offers:
Accountability – young offenders taking personal responsibility to make amends and repair harms done.
Integration – building positive relationships between offenders and other community members often while providing meaningful community service.
Change – assisting young offenders to see themselves as people able to take responsibility for their lives and as valuable, contributing members of the community.
Healing – victim has an opportunity to actively participate in the process of addressing the harm. The victim has a voice and their needs are seen as important and valued.
This develops a community culture where young offenders are accepted as individuals capable of taking constructive steps toward responsibility and making a positive contribution to the community.
The community comes to see itself as capable to create a safe, healthy environment for everyone to live and thrive.
Supported by: Law Enforcement agencies, Coos County Juvenile Department, Neighbor to Neighbor and the New Community Coalition.
Neighbor to Neighbor
Mediation Services
PO Box 635
North Bend, Or 97459
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Tribal Courts
Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians
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Now speaking of 3D printing, it seems that it is no longer a surprising thing. There are news reports that a research team used 3D printers to print out certain objects, and 3D printing organs are the most common.
Traditional 3D printing of human organs needless to say, but what if you move a 3D printer into space and print human organs in space? This is what this is going to be told today.
A few days ago, Russian "Energy" Rocket Space Company (RKK Energia) issued a message saying that they will send 3D printers for printing human tissues and organs to the International Space Station this fall. With this equipment, astronauts will try 3D in space environment for the first time. Print samples of human cartilage tissue and rodent thyroid gland.
In addition, this 3D printing device can also help to study the impact of the cosmic environment on long-distance life, which is of great significance to the development of space science. It is understood that the average life of a 3D printer sent to space is about 5 years. After the service life is reached, the 3D printer will be sent back to the earth for continued use.
According to the relevant personnel of the Russian "Energy" Rocket Space Company, because space is a weightless environment, the 3D printer does not have any moving parts, and the biological material will "grow" out of the device under the action of a strong magnetic field.
This technology has two distinct advantages: one is to obtain a donor organ suitable for transplantation without waiting, and the other is to automatically solve the survival rate problem. However, if this set of 3D printing equipment sent into space is placed on the earth, its energy consumption will be equivalent to the consumption of a town, and it is really "big hand"!
In fact, the only purpose of 3D printing organs is to realize human transplants one day, solve the problem of human organ shortage, and help those who need organ transplants to regain their hopes.
In 2014, researchers successfully "printed" cartilage tissue; in 2015, people successfully "printed" kidney tissue for medical research; and in 2016, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina, USA The students succeeded in cultivating the human body parts using complex custom 3D printers and transplanted them into animals to grow into functional tissues, proving that 3D printed organs can survive in life.
Although the research on 3D printing organs is endless, it has not yet been applied to human body. Because the structure of the human body is complicated, even if only a small skin has multiple functions, if you want to transplant foreign organs into the human body, it is safe. The problem is the top priority.
However, I believe that with the deepening of research, 3D printing organs will be applied to the human body one day in the future for the benefit of all mankind.


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Mascarenas and Hojer Win Vail Bouldering World Cup
Climbing competition was part of the GoPro Mountain Games
German Jan Hojer finished ahead of Nathaniel Coleman and Adam Ondra in Saturday's bouldering Word Cup in Vail, Colorado, according to a release by the IFSC, sport climbing's governing body. With his second place, Coleman, an 18-year-old from Utah, vaulted to the top of the overall standings.
On the women's side, American Megan Mascarenas sent three of the four problems, including two flashes, for the gold medal. Last year's winner, Akiyo Noguchi of Japan, took second, and Shauna Coxsey of England came in third. Alex Puccio, one of the top contenders, injured her knee before the qualifying round, taking her out of the competition and the rest of the season.
The World Cup circuit continues in two weeks with bouldering and speed-climbing events in Chongqing, China.


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Archive for November, 2011
Protecting Your Loved Ones In The Military
Posted by Valor Military Ministry in military families on November 28, 2011
This blog is addressed to anyone who has a family member in the military service. We at Antioch are praying for you and your loved ones in the service. God has given some promises to those who are in covenant with Him. As a child of God, you are afforded many special graces from God. One of these blessings is the authority to release angelic protection over your family members who serve in the military. God's promise is that the angels will keep them from harm or death as they serve our country. This protection covers them not only in peace time, but also in a time of war on the battlefield.
God's chosen people, Israel, were afforded victory and protection in battle as long as they kept their relationship right with Him. Hebrews 1:13-14 says this about the angels:
13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
The angels have been sent to minister for us. You, as a Christian, have the right to release the angels of God to protect your sons, daughters, husbands, wives, or other relatives who are active in the military. Speak the promises of God over their lives and trust Him to protect them, even in the most perilous times. Look at what God promises in Psalms 103:20:
20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
The word hearkening means to listen to what is said, understand what is said, and then perform what is said. This is a promise from God!
Look at what God promises us in Psalms 91:9-12
9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
So I encourage you to send your angels forth, and command them to protect your family members while they fight to protect our country! We at Antioch are in complete agreement with you.
Be blessed always,
Apostle R.C. Baldwin
Happy Veterans Day!
Posted by Valor Military Ministry in military families on November 11, 2011
God Has Not Forgotten You
God has not forgotten the soldiers who have risked their lives for God and country. So many times our soldiers are forgotten and their sacrifices are not even considered. As I go throughout life, I see so many Veterans with missing limbs, ailments, and other physical and mental challenges. My word to our Veterans today, is that God has not forgotten nor forsaken you. He is raising up men and women who are anointed by God, to minister life and healing to our unappreciated Veterans. God has promised healing in His Word to those who come to Him for mercy and peace. To those of you, who feel neglected; listen to what God says in Hebrews chapter 13 verse 5:
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
To all of our Veterans, God is offering you hope and understanding. We desire for you to be filled with all the fullness of God's blessings. Know that there are people who are anointed to pray for you, minister to you, love you, and comfort you by His precious Holy Spirit. Healing in all forms is available to you. God can turn your hopeless situations into beachheads of confidence and victory. You are loved, honored and respected. We at Antioch, appreciate your sacrifices made to protect our freedom to live in a society where we can be allowed to worship God without persecution.
You have been our defense and our protection. You have sacrificed your lives. You have suffered the ills of rejection even from the very countrymen that you sacrificed your lives and health to protect. For those ills, we at Antioch repent, and ask for your forgiveness. We will encourage you, pray for you, and support you to the best of our God-given abilities. Know this for a fact: God has not forgotten you and neither have we.
Be blessed and live, for with God, all things are possible.
Apostle R.C. Baldwin
Pastor, Antioch International Ministries
Military Moms Luncheon 2011
This Veteran's Day, Friday, November 11, 2011, The Bobby Mitchell Show with Chuck Gaidica invites Military Moms to join them at Andiamo Italia in Warren for a special Military Moms Luncheon to salute and honor those who are supporting our Service Men and Women.
This luncheon is brought to you by UAW-GM.
This event is FREE and registration is limited and required. To register for this event, please send an email to email@example.com Please be sure to include your name, your guest's name (if you are bringing a guest), your contact phone # and your military connection. This event fills up quickly. Participants will receive a confirmation e-mail within the next week with further details regarding the event!
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Indiana military recruiter offers to sign teen vandals up after Christmas decor destroyed
GREENWOOD (December 15, 2015) – A recruiter with the Indiana Army National Guard has an offer for three young vandals who ruined his home Christmas decorations.
Over the weekend, Staff Sergeant Rex Martindale discovered that the inflatable military Santa that had been standing in front of his house in the 600 block of Loon Lane had been cut up and deflated. His decorative laser light had also been kicked across his front yard. Martindale reviewed the video feed from his home security camera. The video showed what appeared to be three juveniles running through his yard. One of the teens is seen kicking over the lights while a second appears to stab the inflatable Santa with some kind of object.
Martindale says the Santa had special meaning for him, given his 15 years in military service.
"I was out shopping with my family and I saw Santa Claus there in a military uniform, and I thought oh I've got to have that," Martindale said.
Martindale says he understands that teens do dumb things sometimes, but the vandalism was upsetting to his 9 and 12 year old girls.
"I was extremely angered," Martindale said. "I was like 'Man, are you serious?' Because it wasn't just about me, it was about my kids and the family."
Martindale believes he may have encountered one of the vandals a short time after the incident. He says he drove around his neighborhood looking for groups of teens walking around. He spoke to one teen who roughly matched the appearance of one from the video. When Martindale asked the teen about the incident, he says the teen denied involvement.
Several days later, Martindale says he has an offer for the vandals who seem to have extra energy to burn.
"Don't go down the criminal path," Martindale said. "Go down a path that has benefits like joining the National Guard. Use the energy you have for something good. I will even personally assist you in joining just call me 812-447-9751."


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Hiring opportunities set to increase, say economistsAugust 5, 2013 | Posted at 10:22 am
The positive vibes surrounding the United States economy show few signs of disappearing, with a recent survey of economists indicating that employment opportunities would continue to rise over the next 12 months.
According to The Associated Press, nearly 33 percent of respondents to a study conducted by the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) confirmed that their companies added staff in the April-June financial quarter, with 39 percent reporting that they would be hiring before the end of the year. The survey also showed that overall confidence in the economy was also high, with 75 percent of those interviewed predicting a future economic growth of around 2.1 percent.
While the data sample was small – the NABE surveyed 65 of its member economists – the expected increase in hiring was reflected across a broad range of industries represented by the association. All of those who took part in the study work for companies engaged in finance, utilities, retail, manufacturing and professional services, all of which are considered to be good barometers for the overall health of the employment market.
Sources at the NABE confirmed that the increase in hiring occurred even as sales and profits dropped slightly, with only 35 percent of economists answering that sales had increased in the last financial quarter. There was also an increase in the amount of companies who claimed that government spending cuts and tax increases were impacting their business, with 26 percent of those interviewed revealing a negative impact through government policies, a rise of 10 percent from the previous quarter.
Away from the hiring environment, the survey also showed that the biggest concerns were in rising interest rates, with 17 percent of respondents citing this as a significant factor. There was also a significant number who saw the global economy as impacting on U.S. exports, with nearly 33 percent admitting that the financial situation in Europe and the slowing of growth in China could potentially have an effect on future plans for their companies.


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Blog - The Strategic Advantage Web Log
Thought leadership for business development.
What would your business look like tomorrow if your best customers left you for a competitor?
July 28th, 2011 by Dale Jones
You're still in business.
Testimony to the realization: You are smart and you know how to survive this economy.
You realize your best customers are being courted by your fiercest competitors, both online and by traditional methods.
You're holding your own and keeping them happy.
You must have the service mentality, marketing know-how and fulfill a niche that safeguards your business from losing your top clients. Or do you? Do you know for certain?
Recently, Guy Kawasaki, former Apple chief evangelist, tweeted about a study posted on Social Media Today called "Social Media case study: Broadcast vs. Engagement in forums". The study's premise made a strong case: the traditional marketing concept of broadcasting a message at a market is less effective than building an engaging, interactive campaign which seeks the active involvement of the target audience. The study indicates a strong increase in views, and especially in comments, occurs when a promotional campaign that makes claims is changed to one that asks questions.
Kawasaki's conclusion: "Why not do both?"
For the entire article: http://tinyurl.com/42xfmsu
Are Your Prospects Still in the Dark?
July 13th, 2011 by admin
Check out this video.
Are your prospects still in the dark because your message hasn't been creatively conceived, seen or heard?
"Business today requires new perspectives on strategy, operations, and staff. Most of all it requires a level of flexibility that has previously been considered a weakness in some organizations.
To navigate in an increasingly complex environment and zig when all the competition are all zagging, you must flip repeatedly between different perspectives and paradigms. And you must do so in real time and on demand."
Peter Sheahan, FLIP
The days of haphazardly throwing various forms of marketing and public relations campaigns at broad constituencies in hopes of garnering your organization's share of the market are over.


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Welcome to our West Kelowna Sleep Clinic
Tired of not getting a good night's sleep? Let the professionals at our West Kelowna sleep apnea clinic treat your sleep issues including snoring, restlessness, and stopping breathing. You may be suffering from sleep apnea, a treatable sleep condition that the experts at Snore MD can help you with.
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Snore MD's West Kelowna Sleep Apnea Clinic is unlike other sleep clinics—we are open six, sometimes seven, days a week to ensure that you get the support you need. Need to make an evening appointment? Contact us and we will be happy to accommodate your request. No waitlists, No referral required. In fact, Snore MD West Kelowna welcomes same day appointments. We aim to deliver amazing customer service, and that means being able to see our patients as quickly as needed.
Snore MD is comprised of clinical coordinators, Respiratory Therapists and Registered Nurses who are dedicated to addressing your sleep issues. We know that you may have a hundred questions and we are here to help. We are connected to the medical community including family doctors. Our goal is to create a healthier life for all of our patients.
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Meet Katrina Stubbs, Sleep Clinician
After years of working in the health care industry, I decided to change and expand my career with Snore MD. Now with being the Sleep Clinician for Snore MD West Kelowna, I am allowed to opportunity to expand my knowledge base with each and every experience I encounter and patient that I assist. I look forward to building the one on one relationships with each and every new patient that walks through the door. I consider it a privilege to be part of each patients journey to a healthier, happier sleep.
My greatest accomplishment in life other than my family is my career. After a motor vehicle accident in my younger years, I ended up going through years of rehabilitation, therefore delaying furthering my schooling. This did not stop me and at my first opportunity, I went back to school to pursue a career in health care. I wanted to make a difference in someone's life as so many had previously done for me. I look forward to helping each and every one of our patients sleep better and to being a part of the Snore MD family.
Meet Michele D'Angelo, Clinical Coordinator
Coming from an extensive background in child development, I have watched the effects of untreated obstructive sleep apnea in children's behavior and cognition, and have always found it fascinating to see the almost immediate improvement CPAP therapy has provided. It is amazing what the human body is able to accomplish with something as simple as a good night's sleep!
My greatest joy in life to date has been to watching my niece and nephews grow up to be amazing young adults, one of which is now having a family of his own.
I love the opportunities working at Snore MD provides me with. I help people that suffer from a lack of sleep, build relationships with them, and get to see how happy they are after beginning CPAP therapy.
Your Sleep Treatment
Start by visiting our West Kelowna sleep clinic and fill out a simple information form. Next step is to complete a two night at-home sleep test that we will help you set up. Based on the findings of that test, our team of professionals will recommend a sleep treatment plan for you which may include CPAP Therapy (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure). Our "Care for Life" motto gives you the security that you will be continually cared for, even if your sleep issues should change.
Learn more about Snore MD West Kelowna
Katrina has been in the medical field for about 12 years now. With a lot of in-house and self training, Katrina, the Sleep Clinician in West Kelowna, is helping patients overcome sleep issues and along their better-sleep journey.


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I'm not particularly good when it comes to being interviewed, but if you are coming over from my recent interview on Saturday Morning Bottle Share with Tallahassee Beer Society, welcome!
Since I figured I would be getting some new Tallahassee readers after the interview, I decided to crack open the last bottle of Tallahassee beer that I currently have in my beer fridge. And it's actually a sad occasion for me, since it is the last bottle that comes from last year's Wild Woods Project at Lake Tribe Brewing.
With this project, they are taking some of their beers, treating them in incredible ways, fermenting them with wild yeasts, and aging them in a variety of delicious sounding barrels.
Wild Woods Volume 2 is currently being released, but I held on to a bottle of Mosquito (Wild Ale, 4.7% ABV) as long as I could.
And the aging did a wonderful job. What amazes me, with all of the adjuncts and spices that they used with this, is how much it feels like a well-honed Chardonnay. It's a golden ale, with coriander, juniper berries, lemongrass, and lemon zest, and then aged in a Rum Barrel.
It has a light chardonnay nose with moderate tartness and a light spiciness that gives way to a healthy, tart kick with only a faint booziness on the back end. It's remarkably deep with a lot of good layers to explore.
And you can't find it any more. That's the rub with the Wild Woods project, everything is extremely limited and massively delicious. If you're in Tallahassee, stop by Lake Tribe and pick up a few bottles (and cans and growlers) if you're lucky.
And listen to 97.9 ESPN Tallahassee at 9:30 AM on Saturdays as well. I promise it's not always as awkward as when I'm on the show.
Drink Florida Craft,


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Families talk of pain in aftermath of fatal Greyhound bus crash
The family photo of Vanessa Gonzalez snorkeling in Cancun, Mexico with her mother was too much for her mother to bear.
"We were great friends," Emily Moreno tearfully told a Fresno County Superior Court jury. "I don't think we had any secrets between us."
Moreno wasn't the only witness to shed tears Thursday in the wrongful death civil trial that pits three families against the Greyhound bus company.
Fresno police officer Jeremy Aguilar left the courtroom in tears after testifying about his girlfriend, Stephanie Cordoba. Aguilar testified that he and Cordoba had a daughter together and planned to marry.
And Victor Garay testified about how two police officers came to his home, woke him up and told him his daughter, Sylvia Garay, had been in an accident. Police told him to call the coroner.
On the final day of the trial's third week, testimony shifted from who caused the deadly wreck between a Greyhound bus and an overturned SUV on Highway 99 in Fresno to the emotional toll left behind.
The predawn crash on July 22, 2010, killed six people, including Garay, 18, of Dinuba; and Gonzalez, 19, and Cordoba, 20, both of Fresno. They were occupants of the overturned Chevrolet TrailBlazer. Greyhound driver James Jewett and two bus passengers also were killed.
The families of the three young women have sued Greyhound for negligence, claiming Jewett was speeding in the fast lane and wasn't wearing his eyeglasses when he plowed into the overturned SUV. They further contend the bus had bad brakes.
After three weeks of technical testimony regarding bus speed, brake friction, skids marks and seat-belt bruises on the victims, the trial shifted Thursday to the families talking about the pain of losing loved ones.
"When you lose a child, the pain never goes away," Vanessa's father, Jose Gonzalez, told the jury.
Thursday's testimony had a common thread: Garay, Gonzalez and Cordoba all had close relationships with their working-class parents and all three were pleasant, outgoing and hard workers.
The parents of Garay and Gonzalez testified that their daughters were licensed beauticians who had dreams of owning their own business. Cordoba's mother, Ayda Cordoba, testified that her daughter had two jobs — one at Taco Bell, the other at a photography booth in the Fashion Fair Mall. She also testified that her daughter spent much of her time taking care of her grandmother and two younger sisters and pitching in to pay the household bills.
"She was hyper in a good way," Ayda Cordoba told the jury. "She was always smiling and laughing."
Vanessa also liked to have fun, her mother said, recalling how she and her daughter would play music in the kitchen and dance while preparing family meals.
Victor Cordoba testified that his daughter had dreamed of being a professional hair stylist since she was young. He told the jury that she often asked him to let her cut his hair and color it to get rid of the gray. "I let her do it," he said.
Jeremy Aguilar testified he was working as a security guard at Fashion Fair Mall when he met Stephanie Cordoba. It was love at first sight and the pair dated two years before she got pregnant. When their daughter, Sienna, was born in April 2010, Aguilar testified that he moved into the Cordoba home. Once Cordoba died, Aguilar said he stayed in the Cordoba house for two years before moving out.
"Everybody loved her," he said, holding back tears.
Emotions also ran high when family photos were shown during the testimony — a pregnant Stephanie Cordoba at a family gathering at Christmas in 2009 and Cordoba holding her baby at the hospital. There also was a photograph of 3-year-old Sienna at Disneyland without her mother.
The photographs of Garay showed her at church doing her first communion, in front of a big chocolate cake on her 14th birthday, and with her parents, Victor and Olga Garay, on vacation.
Photos of Gonzalez showed her with her family on vacation as well.
Remembering the good times caused the witnesses to wipe tears from their eyes. Recalling the fatal crash left them in emotional pain.
Both sides agree that Jewett, a 32-year veteran of Greyhound, was making a run from Los Angeles to Sacramento when he arrived in Fresno at 1:45 a.m. About the same time, Garay, Cordoba and Gonzalez were celebrating a friend's birthday. With the help of a friend, they had first gone to a liquor store in Fresno to purchase vodka and Four Loko, an alcoholic beverage.
The women then went to a friend's home They capped the night by dancing at the Starline nightclub in the Tower District. On their way home, the TrailBlazer swerved away from an exit sign at the McKinley off-ramp and veered into the center median, hitting it with such force that it cracked the cement and caused the SUV's airbags to deploy. The SUV rolled and came to rest on its side in the fast lane.
Once the SUV overturned, witnesses say two to three minutes passed before the bus hit it. After the Greyhound struck the overturned SUV, the bus continued on the highway more than 400 feet before going down an embankment and plowing into a eucalyptus tree, killing Jewett and passengers Epifania Solis, 60, of Madera, and Tomas Ponce, 79, of Winton.
Aguilar said he had gone to work that night. Stephanie Cordoba debated about going to the birthday party, her mother said.
Ayda Cordoba testified that her daughter deserved a night out with her friends, so she volunteered to take care of Sienna.
Throughout the night Stephanie Cordoba called her mother to check on Sienna, her mother testified. Her last call was around 2 a.m. "She said she was on her way home," Ayda Cordoba told the jury.
But when she didn't show up, Ayda Cordoba got worried. She got out of bed and looked around the house for her daughter. When she couldn't find her, she said she called relatives and her daughter's friends. She also called police.
Police initially told her nothing about her daughter, Ayda Cordoba testified. Police later called her and told her about a wreck on Highway 99. The wreck was close to her home, so she decided to drive to Highway 99. It was about 3:30 a.m. She told the jury that she saw the overturned SUV and the crushed bus, but she still didn't know if her daughter was involved in the wreck, Ayda Cordoba testified.
Then later that morning, a relative called her and told her to go to the coroner's office.
"Everything stopped not just for me, but for everyone who knew my daughter," Ayda Cordoba said, wiping tears from her eyes.
Gonzalez's mother, Emily Moreno, learned of the crash from Ayda Cordoba. She also went to the crash scene, said Moreno's daughter, Elvia Cervantes. Hours passed before they learned that Gonzalez and her two friends had died, Cervantes said.
The California Highway Patrol has blamed the deadly crash on Garay, saying she was drunk when she overturned the SUV near the McKinley Avenue offramp. The CHP also contends Jewett did nothing wrong because he couldn't see the dark undercarriage of the SUV when he slammed into it.
Fresno attorneys Stuart Chandler, Jason Helsel, Mark Vogt and John Fowler, however, have called several witnesses who say Gonzalez was driving when the SUV overturned. Gonzalez had no alcohol in her body, court records say.
In addition, Tom Shelton, a retired sergeant and formerly the CHP's top expert on accident reconstruction, has testified that the crash could have been avoided and that it was wrong for the CHP to blame Garay because he said the evidence collected by investigators is insufficient to prove she was behind the wheel of the SUV.
The trial now takes a short break. Judge Donald Black has given the jury next week off so he can attend a seminar.
But before wrapping up Thursday, outside the presence of the jury, Black asked Greyhound's lawyers to consider settling the case.
Once the trial resumes on March 16, the plaintiff's lawyers plan to call an expert to advance their claim that Jewett wasn't wearing his glasses — a requirement for him to drive a bus. Greyhound's lawyers Dana Alden Fox, Esther Pardo Holm and Matthew Patrick Harrison of Los Angeles will then call witnesses from March 17 to March 19. Closing arguments are expected March 23.


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To survive at home and work, you need to develop abilities to help you navigate today's digital world. Gone are the days when technology and computers were the purview of the office. As computers become more pervasive, it is important that we all make time to learn the basics. After all, the most important thing is for you to get what you want and need from computers and the Internet.
To make the most of your digital life you need basic knowledge
in these 6 computing areas:
- backing up your data;
- preserving your security, privacy, and reputation;
- organizing your computer and your information then finding it again;
- learning, having fun and saving time and money with the Web;
- staying connected to people who matter online; and
- troubleshooting and problem solving.
Backing up your data
If you can't be without the information on your computer (financial information, client documents, photos, etc.) you'll want to back it up. Backups are insurance against file corruption, hard drive failure, or computer destruction (like your office flooding). Be sure to develop a backup process and stick to it. You can backup your files on a DVD, USB key, external hard drive, or online service—whatever works for you. Don't store your physical backups near your computer. It would be tragic if the water pipes in the ceiling above your computer burst destroying your computer and your backups.
Preserving your security, privacy, and reputation
You need to be able to protect your computer from outside threats like viruses and spyware. You don't have to become a security expert to do it. You just need to install anti-virus, antispyware, and firewall software, which are often bundled in one package. Check with your Internet Service Provider (ISP) to see if they provide security software for free.
In the age of the Internet it is also important to maintain your privacy, protect yourself from identity theft, and preserve your reputation. There are lots of scams out there. Many arrive in the form of an email trying to get you to reveal personal information so criminals can steal your identity.
Whenever you surf the Web it leaves digital footprints—information about where you go and what you look at online. The average person has a digital footprint from email, social networking, blogs, viewing websites, and other communications. When it comes to digital communication, assume everything you write will become public at the most inconvenient time possible. Write carefully.
Organizing your computer and your information then finding it again
We are truly in the Information Age, but information is of little use if you can't find it, Desktop search has improved immensely in the last few years, but it is still inefficient to search for every file you need on your computer. A much better plan would be to organize your information in a way that makes sense for you, and then rely on search selectively. You will benefit from organizing your information, knowing the basics of file structure, having a plan for how to organize your files, what to save, and how to search your own computer (as well as the Web). If you're consistent, it will be much easier to find things when you need them.
Learning, having fun and saving time and money with the Web
As using the Web becomes a way of life, people keep creating useful sites, services, and sources of information that can help you learn, provide entertainment, and find money-saving deals for your business or household. Using the Internet for self-education is one of the most exciting things about living in a digital world. You can find information about most anything, and you can discover many points of view on any given topic. Of course, all sources are not created equal and anyone can post anything on the Web, so you have to use some common sense and learn how to evaluate the information you find.
Staying connected to people who matter online
Whether you want to gain friends, professional connections, or community, the Web provides many ways to stay in touch with people. There are new ways to stay in contact with people outside of email: social networks, blogs, online collaboration, Instant Messages, and online calls. Have a look at some of the different ways to stay connected, and then figure out what will work for you. Social networking (LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter) and blogging (a web log of regular updates on varying topics) are increasingly popular and offer great ways to communicate with a wide range of people.
Solving Problems and Troubleshooting
Essential skills for a digital world include solving problems and troubleshooting when something goes wrong with your computer. Calling someone to fix your computer may not always be an option or even desirable. Like everything else, you will need a strategy to give you direction throughout the process. Computers act up with all users, regardless of experience levels, so you might as well learn how to handle it. As you become more adept at troubleshooting your computer you'll rely less on the graces of others (paid or not paid).
Your problem solving process ought to be consistent and thorough. Get yourself a notebook for recording problems, then you can refer to it if something goes wrong in the future. Keep notes about what goes wrong with your computer, solutions you try, and what actually solves the problem. Be sure to make only one change at a time so you can tell what works. Google is a great place to look for more information when something goes wrong, your problem has likely happened to someone else too. Rebooting (restarting) your computer will fix many problems so always start there.
Digital survival requires a foundation of basic knowledge for making sense of what you need to know and learn, along with skills for taking care of yourself now and in the future. If you invest in yourself and take the time to improve your skills and knowledge, you will become a more confident and competent computer user who can participate in and enjoy 21st century life.
This post was originally published in the January issue of Women Business Owners of Montgomery County Networker.


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The gentle art of procrastination has been many a writer's downfall, mine included. I have such a limited writing life, time-wise, that there always seems to be something that can – and does – pull me away from the laptop. Self-discipline is a virtue I aspire to, but have, as of this moment in time, never fully attained. I can easily be swayed to go out to lunch with a friend, get my nails done, or finish the new Nora Roberts book because I'm at a critical point in the plot.
All of these are just flat excuses for the fact that I should be writing.
Life seems to intervene as well, though, when I'm trying to finish something, or working towards a deadline. There is always grocery shopping that needs to be done, laundry that needs to be washed, dust bunnies that need to be vacuumed, and errands that need to be run. These distractions, although necessary, can wreck havoc with a writing schedule. Having little children in the house who are not school age yet but too old to nap; doing the car pool shuffle to and from school for those that are; PTA meetings, book club meetings, play dates. All these things took me away from writing when my daughter was younger. When she got older, I needed to go back to work outside the home, so there went my dreams of a full day of writing while she was occupied with her life.
For eleven years I was basically divorced from my desire to write. Then 2013 hit and with it, I was downsized at work. What to do with the time I now had on my hands. Duh! No brainer, there.
New Year's Eve of this year I made one resolution that I am trying ardently to stick to. On my days off from my paying job, I slot at least 6 hours of uninterrupted writing time per day. Most of that time is spent in front of the laptop, with me tapping my fingers in frustration, attempting to find the perfect words and phrases. But at least it is time that I am actively writing, not passively wishing I was. Our clothes are clean, we are not starving because there is no food in the house, and every now and then a dust bunny escapes to be dealt with another day, but the commitment to write is always present and accomplished. I even have it plotted on the calendar that hangs above my desk. Whenever I look at it, I am reminded that no matter what, this day I will writing something.
Today is my day off from work. And look what I'm doing! Success.


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A major remodel of a 1970's tract home brought both comfort and livability to this home. A "Universal" or Handicap designed home was necessary for the owners as one adult needed critical care and mobility. All the rooms and pathways within, were carefully considered for accessibility while our Modern design transformation took place.


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An investment management agreement is an official document drafted when an investment manager provides his services to an individual or an organization referred to as the investor. The details mentioned in the agreement are the amount invested by the investor, the commission of the investment manager and also the types of investment that the investor is making.
This investment management agreement is made and entered on 20th of March 2011 by and between Bull Investment Solutions, referred to as the investment manager residing at:
47 Avenue Road
New York, New jersey 5214.
And Nathan Lee, referred to as the investor residing at:
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New York, New jersey 5221.
The terms and conditions to be agreed by upon both the parties are:
Signature of the investment manager: Signature of the investor:
John Woo Nathan Lee
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Reading Heart to hold 24-hour book drive in downtown Fresno
Reading Heart will hold a 24-hour book drive to fight illiteracy on Friday and Saturday at Chukchansi Park in downtown Fresno.
In addition to collecting books at Chukchansi Park, Reading Heart will accept donations at KSEE24 in Fresno, the Naval Air Station in Lemoore, the Biola Community Center, Ronald McDonald House in Madera, and other locations throughout the central San Joaquin Valley.
A complete list of locations where books can be dropped off is available at www.readingheart.org/drop_locations.cfm.
Organizers hope to collect 500,000 books, surpassing the world record of 275,000. Both new and used books will be accepted.
Books will be distributed to Fresno County schools, the Marjaree Mason Center, Valley Children's Hospital, Friends of the Fresno County Public Library and other organizations.
Razi Syed: 559-441-6679, @razisyed


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Playing a game of golf is a nice way to spend some time, and there's service and repair available if by chance you have mechanical problems. If you are in New Mexico through camping season, you should go camping. This is a pleasant locality for RV-ing, and there are tent sites here where you can pitch a tent.
Can't wait to set up that camp site; Mama Bear in New Mexico is a good site to go.
At Mama Bear exciting stuff to do is abundant, and spending time at this campground is fantastically pleasant.
The personnel of this good campground and the perfectly maintained facilities are reason enough to come here.
Outdoors recreation is abundant, some of the exciting stuff you can do is hiking, and relaxing, so getting bored is
not something that is likely to happen.
So many local attractions and the nearby outdoors recreation will beyond doubt have you coming back repeatedly. Go on a spree to Horse Rental if you want to ride a horse, and there's great hiking along the Capitan Peak Trail. Mama Bear is right by the Padilla Trail, and pleasant hiking is available along the Summit Trail. This is such a fun location for a campground. The Mitten Bar Trail offers hiking at its best. For the duration of the summertime months highs here at Mama Bear reach the 90's. For the period of the dark hours of summer temperatures drop down into the 60's. Through the winter the highs are commonly in the 50's, and nighttime lows
through the wintertime for Mama Bear tend to be in the 20's. It is very dried out here at Mama Bear ordinarily. The month with most of the rain is August; January is the month with the least moisture.
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MCM Elegante Lodge And Suites, Ruidoso
32 miles away
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La Quinta Inn & Suites Ruidoso Downs, Ruidoso Downs
32 miles away
Other campgrounds near Mama Bear, New Mexico:
Mountain High, Capitan
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Mountain High RV Park, Alto
, 9 miles away
Top of Capitan's, Fort Stanton
, 12 miles away
Baca Campground, Lincoln County
, 12 miles away
Sunset Peak RV Park, Ruidoso
, 14 miles away
Fort Stanton National Conservation Area - Cave Camp Ground, Fort Stanton
, 18 miles away
Fort Stanton National Conservation Area - Equestrian Trailhead, Fort Stanton
, 19 miles away
Deer Crossing RV Park, San Patricio
, 19 miles away
Deer Crossing RV Park, San Patricio
, 19 miles away
Public Lands near Mama Bear, New Mexico:
White Sands National Monument, Holloman AFB - NM
, 68 miles away
Trails near Mama Bear, New Mexico:
Summit Trail, Lincoln County
, 9 miles away
Capitan Peak Trail, Lincoln County
, 10 miles away
Mitten Bar Trail, Lincoln County
, 10 miles away
Padilla Trail, Lincoln County
, 11 miles away
Padilla Trail, Lincoln County
, 11 miles away
Summit Trail, Lincoln County
, 12 miles away
Base Trail, Lincoln County
, 13 miles away
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Local climate location: CIRCLE F RANCH 24 miles away
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