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Growing up in Southeast Alaska, the 4th of July was a really big deal. There was always a parade, multiple barbecues and fireworks. I have many fond memories of spending the holiday with family and friends and at least one bonfire.
So, I always try to make a paper doll for the 4th of July. For the last few years, that has been just shorts and a thematic t-shirt, but this year I wanted to do something different, so we have a patriotic evening gown.
Inspiration for Today's Paper Doll
Hmmm…. I drew this one super fast, so I'm not sure really where it came from. I didn't want to do another pair of shorts and a t-shirt.
Specific Source Images: Nothing really this time!
Learn/See More
On the Blog: More Jewels & Gemstones paper dolls & more 4th of July Paper Dolls
Around the Internet: A fascinating History of Independence Day from PBS
Last Thoughts
I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday!
Tomorrow, there will be a another paper doll outfit (a fantasy ballgown) for my Patrons. Join now!


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There's only one place in St. Louis where you can go zip-lining and see a Lamborghini under the same roof.
It's the 2019 St. Louis Auto Show.
The region's largest automotive convention is back in action January 24-27 at America's Center—and it's bigger and better than ever. This year's show, which is expected to attract 80,000 visitors from all over the country, is "gearing up the future" with the latest and greatest automotive tech in a family-friendly environment.
With more than 500 new cars, trucks, and SUVs from 25+ manufacturers along with a chance to win a brand new ride and cash prizes, the Auto Show is four days of full-throttle action you won't want to miss.
Feast your eyes on a fleet of exotic luxury and sports cars from Lamborghini, Bentley, Maserati, Rolls-Royce and more on the Million Dollar Mile, or step outside to watch live drifting sessions with world champion drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. Not only will you see Gittin Jr. and his Ford Mustang RTR in action, but you'll also have the opportunity to get his autograph or even get chosen for a ride-along.
Here's a look back at the 2016 Auto Show's drifting action:
The excitement doesn't stop there, though. For the first time ever, the Auto Show will include the STL Motorcycle and Custom Bike Show where you'll see owners competing for a chance to win $5,000 in cash prizes for the best bike.
Yep, that's two shows for the price of one.
But the Auto Show isn't just for automotive enthusiasts—there are attractions for people of all ages and interests to enjoy, especially youngsters. Not only do kids 12 and under get free access to the Auto Show, there's also an Ultimate Kid Zone with attractions like rock climbing, racing simulators, an obstacle course, and so much more.
Tickets are going fast (almost as fast as those cars on the Million Dollar Mile) so make sure you claim your spot today HERE.


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Head Office News
Badger Ade, Kilo
& Stakesy sailed across the Bay
of Biscay last week and experienced pretty poor quality food in all of the
bars & restaurants they visited which resulted in them trying a Thai /
Japanese / Chinese restaurant in La Rochelle where hey finally got a
decent meal (although they did get the order wrong). This included an
absolutely shocking portion of Gratin Dauphinoise in a restaurant in Les
Sables (Start & Finish location of the Vendee Globe around the World
race). Fat Badger Kilo then decided
he had to order a dish which included Gratin Dauphinoise when he and Non
Badger Paul tried out a new establishment after landing at Stansted
Airport. The Cricketers' Arms at Rickling
Green served it's version which turned out to be a million times better
than the French version !
It's great too see this sort of
quality in the UK far outshining a week and a half of French cuisine. If
you are flying out from Stansted then it's well worth using the
accomodation at the Cricketers' or indeed just using their Taxi service as
the car parking at Stansted is disgustingly expensive and so far away from
the Airport that you're almost nearer at the Cricketers' anyway.
again it's been a busy start to our year with half the Badgers spending a
lot of time out of the Country Skiing & Sailing (not in the same
places) but also a lot of inn inspections have taken place in the first
half of the year. Updates have been ongoing in small doses with our
favourite 'latest' addition being the Rugglestone
Inn at Meavy in Devon.
After discovering that our 'Suggest
an Inn' page has not been working properly for a while - we now think
we've worked out why ! Not something we'd done but you try & get the
company concerned to admit it....
This Winter has been extremely busy following the last two
years of working on the purchase of the Emmerdale Pub - The Woolpack in
West Yorkshire. The inn is now up for sale and interested parties should
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"Give Life Some Space"
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This month we have been interviewed by the lifestyle magazine Cornwall Living magazine. The article talks about how the business began and our ambition to design and build unique fun spaces to suit our client's needs while harmonising with the location.
"Life Space Cabins was born from the ever-growing desire for people to have their own amazing small space"
We also share some of our tips about how to get round planning and return on investment you may gain from renting out your cabin.
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Swisstec Micromachining AG has introduced the Multi Flexi Tube (MFT) system, which offers ultrafast, high accuracy laser micromachining. The smallest solution on the market, MFT has capabilities like a laser two or four times its size. Maximum cutting speed of up to 3000 mm/min = 50 mm/sec with a very small tolerance of 0.1 micron.
Small kerf widths from 50 microns down to 8 microns (fiber lasers) and from 25 microns down to 5 microns (USP lasers) can be machined. All systems are fitted with high performance fiber or femtosecond lasers at IR to UV wavelengths to ensure that the laser matches the process required. Very high accuracy multi trepanning heads can be fitted to the system if required. Feasibility studies and free sample parts are available. The company can easily customize its standard platform system to meet special application requirements or develop a completely customized system.
The systems come with a 2000-hour warranty; an extended 25,000-hour warranty option is available on all systems. Delivery time ranges from six to 16 work weeks (machine dependent) from the day an order is placed. Installation time takes a full or half working day (machine dependent). All laser micromachining systems can be fitted with a wide range of accessories to be configured for user requirements. Options available include FDA-compatible interface software for process controlling / reporting, automatic tube loading magazine, robot handling, and real-time kerf width measurement or geometry measurement.


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|Chief Scientist Matlab, Bangladesh
icddr,b, formerly the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, is an international public health research institution based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and has a 58 year history of innovation. Its research agenda, which reflects the full spectrum of global health challenges affecting people living in poverty, is articulated in detail in its current Strategic Plan (available at http://www.icddrb.org).
Matlab is the name of a sub-district located 55 km from Dhaka where icddr,b has an established field research site that has been serving as a global public health resource for more than 50 years. Matlab is known for hosting the longest running Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in the developing world, covering over five decades of population of over 200,000 with data stored in a computerized relational database. Research carried out at Matlab has had profound impact on policy and practices nationally and internationally. Oral rehydration solution for treatment of diarrhea, which is credited with saving over 50 million lives, was first shown to be effective in trials done in this site.
Reporting directly to the Senior Director, Health Systems and Population Studies Division (HSPSD), the Chief Scientist for Matlab is a senior level research position for a scientist with an international reputation for excellence in health and population research. S/he is expected to conduct research on topics area capitalizing on Matlab's unique field study capabilities, which include perinatal health; maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health; nutrition; communicable and non-communicable diseases; and field evaluations of vaccines.
icddr,b invites applications for the position of Chief Scientist based in Matlab, Bangladesh. icddr,b offers an internationally competitive remuneration at UN equivalent P5 level paid in US Dollars. The appointment will be made on a fixed-term basis initially for three (3) years, which is renewable depending on performance and availability of funds.
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"Further remarks on amylene"
(4 April 1857): 332-34
Part 1.
By John Snow, M.D.
In my former paper, which appeared on the 17th and 24th of January, I merely stated, with regard to the preparation of amylene, that it was made by distilling fusel oil with chloride of zinc; and I referred to the original paper of M. Balard, its discoverer, for further particulars.* (*Annales de Chimie et de Physique, t. lxxxvii. 1844.) As amylene is beginning to be somewhat extensively used, I think it is desirable that I should quote the process of its preparation more in detail. The crude fusel oil must be submitted to a careful distillation with a thermometer in the retort. It begins to boil at a comparatively low temperature, but that portion only is to be retained which comes over from 130º to 140º Centigrade. Caustic potash is added to decompose the œnanthic ether which the distilled liquid contains, and it is then redistilled, and that portion which boils steadily at 132º Cent. is collected as pure amylic alcohol. Amylene can be obtained from amylic alcohol in the same manner that olefiant gas, or ethylene, can be made from common alcohol, namely, by heating it with dishydrating agents, as sulphuric, phosphoric, fluoboric and fluosilic acids, and chloride of zinc; but most conveniently with the last substance, which is the one that M. Balard employed. The product which is obtained when amylic alcohol and chloride of zinc are distilled together contains at least three distinct hydro-carbons, amylene, paramylene, and metamylene; and the amylene which is the most volatile is separated from the others by successive distillations.
It is probable that the amylene hitherto produced is not entirely free from other hydro-carbons of a similar composition, for its boiling-point is not quite steady. M. Balard gives 39º Cent. (102º Fahr.) as its boiing-point; and I have found [332/333] this to be the average boiling-point of the amylene I have obtained from Mr. Bullock, but it usually begins to boil freely at about 35º Cent.; and as it evaporates the boiling-point gradually rises to about 43º Cent. There are some specimens which begin to boil at a still lower temperature than 35º Cent., and are put in a state of ebullition by the warmth of the hand, owing to gaseous hydro-carbons, which they hold in a state of solution. The greatest part of the odour of amylene is contained in that portion which distils over below 39º Cent. It is probable that the amylene, as hitherto prepared, contains a little butylene, for butylic alcohol is one of the constituents of crude fusel oil, and it is not likely that amylic alcohol can be obtained entirely free from it by fractional distillation, the only process at present known for its separation.
The fact of amylene not being an absolutely pure body in a chemical sense is no objection to its use, since it can be obtained uniform in all its properties and in its physiological effects. The numerous specimens of amylene with which Mr. Bullock has supplied me, have been uniform in their physical properties, and in their effects. Soon after my former paper was published some amylene was made by M. Berthé, of Paris, which was shown to M. Balard, the discoverer of the substance, and met with his approval. A portion of this was administered by Dr. Debout, to some patients operated on by M. Aran, in the Hospital Saint Antoine, and produced exactly the effects which I had described.* (*See Bulletin Général de Thérapeutique, 15 Février, p.127. Since the above passage was written Dr. Debout has kindly sent me, through Mr. De Metic, a specimen of the amylene prepared by M. Berthé. I found it to be just like that prepared in London, and I used it in an operation by Mr. Fergusson, in King's College Hospital, with the usual result.) Dr. Debout also examined some amylene made by Mr. Bullock, in London, and performed some experiments on animals with it, and he found it to possess the same properties as that prepared in Paris.† (†Ibid. 15 Mars, p. 215 and 223.)
Mr. Bullock has succeeded in preparing amylene during the last few weeks with much less odour than before, and thus the strongest objection to this agent is already in a great measure removed. It is probable that the nearer the amylene approaches to a state of absolute purity, the less will be its odour. A substance was supplied as amylene to one of the large hospitals in London, which produced no effect when inhaled, and I found that it was brownish liquid, having no resemblance to amylene. At another placed the amylene failed to produce an effect, and I was informed that it was adulterated with twice its volume of spirit of wine. This kind of adulteration can easily be detected by shaking a portion of the amylene with water in a graduated tube or minim measure, when the spirit mixes with the water and the amylene rises to the surface. When the amylene is pure it is not diminished in volume by shaking with water; it is perfectly clear and colourless, and it evaporates quickly and entirely when dropped on the hand. Although it has a very distinct odour, somewhat resembling naphtha, it is almost without taste, and it is entirely without pungency, furnishing in this last respect a marked contrast to both chloroform and ether. It produces no irritation or effect of any kind on the sound skin, even when confined, and prevented from evaporating.
Amylene is inflammable, and in pouring it out by candlelight the same care is required as in dealing with sulphuric ether. A slight explosion may be obtained by applying a light to a mixture of a small quantity of its vapour with a large amount of air.
The paramylene, which is produced at the same time as amylene, does not possess sufficient volatility to be inhaled with a view to induce insensibility. It has been tried in Paris, and failed. It boils at 160º Cent. Metamylene, which does not boil till raised to 300º Cent., is still further out of the question. There are, however, other carbo-hydrogens produced in the process of making amylene, which boil at a temperature between the boiling point of amylene and that of paramylene, and, so far as their physical properties are concerned, I thought they might be eligible and convenient for inhalation; but, on making some experiments on guinea-pigs and mice, with a specimen boiling from 85º to 100º Cent., with which Mr. Bullock was good enough to furnish me, I found that the physiological effects were altogether undesirable. It produced illness, debility, and difficulty of breathing, but neither unconsciousness nor anæsthesia.
I have administered amylene in 110 additional cases since January 10, when my former paper was written; and this extended experience has confirmed the observations which I made on the earlier cases. The great ease with which it can be breathed owing to its entire want of pungency, is a decided advantage which it possesses over both ether and chloroform. It rarely causes the least cough, unless the vapour be inhaled too strong at the very beginning; and insensibility can always be induced in as short a time as is desirable, namely, in from three to four minutes in the adult, and about two minutes in young children. It is not desirable to cause insensibility in a shorter time than this with any agent. If narcotism is induced too quickly, the symptoms are not uniform or in regular order, owing, no doubt, to the circumstance that the narcotic vapour is not equally distributed through the blood, which must convey it to the nervous centres. Insensibility can, indeed, be generally induced with chloroform in the time above-mentioned, but there are many cases in which there is considerable delay at the commencement of inhalation, owing to the pungency of the vapour, especially in nervous and in sensitive patients, and in persons with irritability of the air-passages from chronic bronchitis, phthisis, or any other cause.
Further experience has entirely confirmed me in the conclusion that anæsthesia, or the absence of common sensibility, is obtained by the use of amylene with much less coma or stupor than occurs in the use of chloroform or ether. Indeed the greater number of operations under amylene have been performed whilst the patient was apparently awake, although not really conscious of surrounding objects. I am quite satisfied, from experiments which I have performed on animals, that amylene is capable of causing a state of deep coma, and that very quickly, by increasing the quantity of vapour in the inspired air; and I have in two or three instances observed this condition for half a minute or so in a patient; but since pain can be prevented by amylene without deep coma, one abstains from inducing it. The usual absence of come in the employment of amylene cannot be looked on otherwise than as an advantage. It must conduce to the safety of the agent. The reason why no accident is known to have happened from chloroform in the practice of midwifery when superintended by a Medical man, is, no doubt, due to the circumstance that it is only requisite to induce a slight effect, in comparison with the effect required in surgical operations. The best indication that the patient will quietly bear an operation under chloroform, is the more or less complete absence of sensibility of the ciliary edge of the eyelid; but during the inhalation of amylene the patient is often entirely regardless of the surgeon's knife, whilst the edges of the eyelids retain their full sensibility, and the slightest touch causes strong winking. In operations on the eye, however, and in all other cases where great steadiness on the part of the patient is required, I have though it best to continue the amylene till the sensibility of the margin of the eyelid was almost abolished; and to effect this it has usually been requisite to carry the influence of the vapour as far as the beginning of the third degree of narcotism, or that condition in which there is no longer voluntary motion of the eyes, or any other part, and in which the eyelids are usually closed, and the pupils inclined upwards. But even in these cases the patient has usually reverted to the second degree of narcotism before the end of the operation, and has shown signs of ideas by the voluntary motion of the eyes and eyelids, or in some cases by speaking. In several cases, however, the sensibility of the eyelid has been removed in the second degree of narcotism, and important operations have been commenced before the patient was "off," to use an expression familiar on these occasions. One instance of this kind was the operation of lithotomy by Mr. Fergusson on the 14th instant, in a young man, aged 17, in King's College Hospital. The sound was first introduced, and the stone being detected, the assistants were requested to tie the patient up; and finding his limbs somewhat rigid, they requested me to give him some more vapour; if I had been using chloroform, I should have done so without any request, in order to cause relaxation, but I allowed the effect of the amylene to partially subside, and in less than a minute the bandages could be easily applied. I then proceeded to give a little more amylene, but soon found that the margin of the eyelids was insensible, so the operation was performed whilst he was calmly looking about, as if awake, but he showed no signs of pain, and knew nothing of the operation. I never saw a capital operation performed on [333/334] the adult under the influence of chloroform or ether, whilst the patient was in this condition; but I once administered chloroform in St. George's Hospital to a child of three or four years old, which was cut for stone whilst lying calmly with its eyes open, and holding a toy in its hands, all the time of the operation, without letting it fall. In tenotomy, and many other minor operations, I have merely continued the amylene till an altered expression of countenance indicated that the patient was no longer conscious of his situation, or of surrounding objects, and the operations have always been completed without the patient's knowledge, although awaking often within a minute afterwards.
There is a tendency to laugh during the inhalation of amylene much more frequently than during the inhalation of chloroform. It occurs just after the patient has lost his consciousness, but it is soon subdued by the increasing effect of the vapour. The colour of the countenance is generally heightened more or less during the whole period of the inhalation. The expression generally remains calm and cheerful, but in a few instances there is a singular, and even unpleasant aspect of the countenance for a short time, arising apparently from a brief spasmodic action of the muscles. I have only met with strong mental excitement in three patients, all females; it subsided in half a minute in one case on leaving off the vapour, and was as quickly subdued in the others by continuing it. The excitement did not return in the first case, when the inhalation was resumed.
The pulse is almost always accelerated during the early part of the inhalation, and the breathing at the same time quickened. In many of the early cases in which I administered amylene the pupil was dilated for a short time, and I consider that this arose from giving the vapour rather stronger than is desirable. I have lately given the vapour more gently, and for several weeks I have not observed the pupils to be dilated; they have remained, as nearly as I could tell, of the natural size, and also sensible to light, in the cases where I have made an observation on that point.
There has been some amount of rigidity and spasm in a considerable number of cases in which I have employed amylene, but not to the extent which occurs sometimes in the employment of chloroform. The rigidity, moreover, is of a somewhat different kind, and occurs in patients in whom we should not expect it from chloroform. In the spasm and rigidity from the latter agent the head is more commonly bent forwards, or turned to one side, although occasionally it is thrown back; but under amylene the latter is the usual position it assumes when rigidity occurs, constituting a brief opisthotonus. The rigidity under the influence of chloroform is usually accompanied with struggling, while in that caused by amylene the patient is generally quieter. The person in whom rigidity and struggling are most violent from the effects of chloroform are lean, muscular men, who work at hard labour, or follow athletic sports, such as hunting, and especially boating; while those who lead a sedentary life, or are reduced by illness, seldom exhibit these phenomena. Women and children seldom exhibit any rigidity under chloroform, and fat persons least of all. Old people do sometimes, especially if thin. Under the use of amylene, on the other hand, I have most frequently met with some amount of rigidity in children and young persons, while many robust men, in whom it would be almost certain to occur under chloroform, have not shown any signs of it. The cause of this probably is, that the operation has generally been performed without carrying the narcotism beyond the second degree, while rigidity does not take place till the third degree is attained. In every case where rigidity and struggling have occurred in the employment of chloroform, however violent these symptoms might be, I have continued the vapour gently and steadily till they were subdued, either by removing the tendency to these symptoms, or by carrying the narcotism to the fourth degree, which is accompanied by relaxation of the voluntary muscular system, and usually with some tendency to stertor. When the struggling from chloroform is once subdued it rarely recurs during the operation, although there are a few patients, especially among hard drinkers, who have a tendency to struggle whenever the effect of the chloroform diminishes. In the use of amylene, on the contrary, I have not attempted to subdue the spasm by continuing the inhalation, but have, with the exception of a case of dislocation, to be mentioned further on, withdrawn the vapour when the rigidity appeared, and the operation has either been performed at once, or else, if it was of a nature that the spasm would interfere with, I have waited a short time, and exhibited a little more vapour very gently. I have every reason to conclude from experiments which I have made on animals, that the spasm caused by amylene could always be subdued by increasing the strength of the vapour; but I have not followed this plan, as it appears to be unnecessary. In fact, I have reason to believe that in some of the earlier cases in which I administered amylene, a certain amount of spasm, which might have been avoided, was induced by carrying the effects of the vapour a little further than was necessary, or by giving it a little more quickly than was desirable.
I stated in my former paper, that I had not met with sickness in any of the twenty-one cases in which I had exhibited amylene. I afterwards learnt, however, that vomiting had occurred in one of these cases two or three hours after the operation. In the subsequent 110 cases I have only been able to hear of sickness in seven instances, although I have been able to make inquiry respecting all but a few of the patients. What is remarkable is, that I have not seen vomiting take place in any instance in which I have administered amylene, although in the last hundred cases in which I have given chloroform twenty-two of the patients, or more than one-fifth, vomited before I left the room. This occurred, notwithstanding that directions had been given in the greater number of instances not to take a meal before the operation. Certainly, these directions were given in a greater proportion of the chloroform cases than in those where amylene had to be inhaled. I administered amylene on January 30 to a lady about 25, while Mr. Bowman operated for strabismus, and there was no vomiting or sickness, either at the time of the operation or afterwards; but the same patient had undergone a similar operation a week previously, when chloroform was administered, and on that occasion vomiting commenced before the operation was finished, and recurred every quarter of an hour, with violent retching, for twelve hours. The sickness caused by chloroform usually begins at the time of the operation, or within a quarter of an hour afterwards; the most usual time for it being, as consciousness is returning; and if there is no sickness after chloroform till some hours have elapsed, there has generally been a dose of opium in the mean time, or some other cause, which would account for it. The few instances of sickness which have happened after amylene, however, have chiefly occurred at the end of a few hours, although there was no intervening cause for it. The sickness has not been severe in any case; it was generally a single attack of vomiting, after which no feeling of sickness remained.
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A whole new generation of film makers has taken the reins of the Bengali Film Industry in their own hands and are moving ahead with confident strides to make a mark in the world of cinema. Upcoming Bengali Movie Manihara is one such movie that is not just the brainchild of a group of young passionate and talented movie makers, it is also the launch pad of many a creative ideas that can be incorporated in making films in the long run.
Constructed by Tagore, Re constructed by Ray, De constructed by 69 Creative entertainments is how the team of Manihara wishes to portray this New Bengali Movie which was officially launched for the press and media in an event held at the Astor Hotel recently. The event saw the presence of the producers of the movie along with the film's cast including the pretty actress Sohini Sarkar and the young new charismatic hero Argha Deep. Along with the other talented actors, the film also has Chiranjeet and the sensational and sexy Bengali actress Rii. Also present at the event were director Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, Debasish Sen Sharma and his wife Debaroti and other esteemed guests from the film and television industry.
Upcoming Bengali Movie Manihara which has acting powerhouses like Sohini Sarkar, Chiranjeet, Biplab Chatterjee, Manashi Sinha and the newcomer Argha Deep is the maiden venture of the company 69 Creative Media and the film is jointly being produced by Utopia Films and the 69 Creative Media Team. Joydip Banerjee who has also extended immense support in giving the movie's script and lyrics the final shape has also assisted in the direction and is one of the key initiators of this unique concept of a psychological thriller that Manihara is.
The film which has a very intricate and interesting plot is sure to make a mark in the Bengali Film industry as it has been made with the efforts of a lot many highly dedicated young and talented creative minds.


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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina officials have joined members of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in support of stricter DUI legislation.
Gov. Henry McMaster, some members of the General Assembly and law enforcement joined the organization Tuesday on the Statehouse grounds in support of an ignition interlock measure to require all first-time DUI offenders who have a blood alcohol level of .08 or greater to install the device in their vehicles. Current law requires repeat offenders and first-time offenders who blow a .15, twice the legal limit, or higher to install the system.
The device is about the size of a cellphone and prevents drivers from starting their vehicles until a blood alcohol test is completed. A camera installed in the vehicle takes a picture of the driver and requires retests throughout the drive.


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SEVEN ON SET is a twice-monthly interview series that takes a closer look at creative individuals. In this installation, we interviewed NYC-based photographer and director Anna Wolf.
1. What made you want to become a photographer?
I started taking pictures in high school, shooting friends hanging out. It very quickly developed into something more serious (shooting for the school paper and yearbook) because I wasn't overly academic and other aspects of school didn't interest me. At that time, I didn't realize you could have a career being a photographer. I never made the connection that somebody got paid to shoot the photographs in magazines or on billboards. So it really started for me from a place of exploration and discovery. Once I realized you could make a living from it, game over!
2. Most memorable moment of your career?
The time I saw a piece of trash on the ground in Clinton Hill and realized it was a page out of an Urban Outfitters catalog I had shot. Haha! It was that moment that I realized how many people were actually seeing my photography!
3. If you did something different for a living, what would it be?
Professional traveler – teaching english and living in different countries all over the world.
4. Personal mantra?
Don't have one!
5. What is one thing people would be surprised to know about you?
Up until January 1st of 2017 (when Netflix stopped airing it) my husband and I were very diligently working our way through all 9 seasons of Murder She Wrote. Netflix! How could you do that to us? Maybe my next big project will be to start a campaign to pressure Netflix to put it back on air.
6. Ideal Dinner party? Dead or Alive.
My husband, my dog Bass, and my good friends somewhere in upstate NY sitting outside around a huge table with warm glowy lights.
7. If you could only choose one song to play every time you walked into a room for the rest of your life, what would it be?
'Come and Talk to Me' by Jodeci
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Tony MacAlpine Says "All Is Well in Medical Land" and Announces Tour Dates
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Tony MacAlpine says he is doing much better in his battle against colon cancer.
In a new Facebook post, the guitarist gives an update on his health and announces a run of West Coast dates in October, including several opening spots on Steve Vai's Passion and Warfare 25th Anniversary tour.
MacAlpine announced in August 2015 that he was suffering from colon cancer. His illness forced him to cancel a European tour scheduled for last October and November. He subsequently had surgery to remove a tumor from his intestine and received additional treatment.
"It's been a while since I have reached out to you, but now the good fortune of health and timing is allowing me to do so," the guitarist writes on Facebook. "I have been feeling back to normal and tests indicate that all is well in medical land. Deep and sincere thanks to you all for your wonderful support through this very difficult last 12 months.
"I will be playing a run of US West Coast shows in October with my trio: Aquiles Priester (drums) and Bjorn Englen (bass). There will be some solo / headline shows, and some very cool shows supporting Steve Vai!
"We are looking forward to seeing you at the shows. I will be playing some carefully selected material from my repertoire. The band and I are very anxious to play for even more of you around the world in the next 12 months."
It's been a rough year for MacAlpine. In addition to his health problems, his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. An all-star benefit concert for MacAlpine and his family was held at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on December 12 featuring Vai, Paul Gilbert, Zakk Wylde, Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan, Derek Sherinian and John 5.
In February this year, MacAlpine appealed to fans in Mexico to help him retrieve four guitars and a pedalboard that had been stolen from him and made available for sale in the country.
Guitar Player wishes Tony and his family continued good health.
Tony MacAlpine October Tour Dates:
07 - Studio City, CA - The Baked Potato
08 - Riverside, CA - Fox Performing Arts Center*
09 - Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues*
11 - San Diego, CA - House Of Blues*
12 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Theater*
13 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore*
14 - Sacramento, CA - Ace Of Spades*
16 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall*
17 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
20 - San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick
28 - San Pedro, CA - Alvas Showroom
* supporting Steve Vai's Passion and Warfare 25th Anniversary Tour


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Katrina Kaif and Jacqueline Fernandez Cat Fight: Things Are Getting From Bad to Worse
By Bollywood Journalist Thursday, 28 June 2018
A cat fight has been reported from the sets of the on-going Dabangg World tour. Mid-Day and News18 have both stated that that Katrina Kaif and Jaqueline Fernandez aren't talking to each other on the tour. The tension between them has reached another level, where they have reportedly even refused to stay at the same hotel.
"Salman Khan's Dabangg tour has just begun in the US and there's already talk about the frosty vibes between Jacqueline Fernandez and Katrina Kaif. The two may be part of the series of stage shows that will take them across America and Canada, but they can't see eye-to-eye," Mid- Day reported.
"They have been preferring to keep to themselves. Feeling their chills, which is enough to form a glacier, Salman is said to be making sure the two don't cross paths during the show. He sure knows how to tackle such situations. Their hotel rooms are also at a distance from each other. Meanwhile, Jacqueline has been bonding with Sonakshi Sinha, who is also part of the contingent," the report added.
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When wealthy businesswoman Mina Pajela is found shot to death in Mormon country, a nightmare begins for the residents of Pleasant Grove, Utah. But when detectives follow the money, it leads them to the least likely suspect, and the ultimate betrayal.
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We had a little Miss Fussy Britches on our hands today. She was actually pretty good in church, and took a semi-decent nap, but it went downhill from there. The Sunday school report was that she got fussy and frustrated after her dress kept her from trying to crawl. Next week I'll probably recommend that they tuck it into her bloomers if it should happen again. I think her enormously dirty diaper was also a culprit of the fussies, and she really acted like she was teething today. She also made some sort of scene with Brent at Zaxby's when I went to the bathroom. It must've been bad because he was standing up, heading for the door, when I came back out and the lady at the table next us gave me a sympathetic look! So I sat in the back with her on the way home and she just stared at me and held my hand the whole time. Look at this sad, tired little face!
She was def ready for a nap, and one thing her teachers are working on is getting her to put herself to sleep at nap time. She's about 50% successful with that right now, so I put her down awake this afternoon and went into the kitchen to make some baby food (squash, carrots and sweet potatoes today). I could hear her stirring over the monitors for a little while, and once it got quiet I went to check on her.
Yeah, that's her foot sticking through, resting on electrical sockets, and there's also a pacifier hung in them, too. She ended up there because she spends her time in her crib now crawling – backwards, of course, so she ended up there, with nowhere else to go, and passed out. We're going to have to get some of the covers that you can use the socket with. This scene reminded me of one of my fave baby bloggers and one of her recent posts about how everything in their crib was "wrong", too! I guess we prob should get a bumper, but I think all that junk is hideous. We don't even have a bedding set, the quilt is pointless since you don't use it, and we had my mom custom make the drapes, so what's the point?
That's the top view. She woke up in the middle of her nap stuck, literally. Brent had to pry her leg out from the bars and let's just say that nap didn't end well. She had started out up at the other end with her blankie.
She did get back to sleep, in a somewhat similar formation with just a foot through. She's starting to sleep on her stomach now with her rear up in the air.
And here she is working on standing. She can stand pretty well on her activity table now. We still have to be right there if she starts leaning, but as long as she can hold onto something her balance is much improved.
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Trion has a new game coming out sooner rather than later. Atlas Reactor is a turn-based strategy game with emphasis on action instead of boring, non-action stuff, like developing an entire civilization.
The game itself has been in early access for a while, so it's already had a soft release, but this, this is the hard release, and like any good release, there's a trailer! And it's got a story! And it's cinematic! Sure, it might be reminiscent of the style seen in other recent cinematic offerings, but that doesn't mean it's not an enjoyable watch, which it is.
The game's open beta is now live. Anyone with a computer, and an internet connection, can download it and give it a go. When release does in fact roll around, Atlas Reactor will retail for 29.99, but if you take advantage of the soon-to-be-retired Founders' Editions of the game, you can snatch up Atlas Reactor for the low, low price of 19.99.
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DEQUALS was set up at the beginning of 2009 and brought together the know- how, the skills and the professional networks of a group of people, many of who had over thirty years in the education business.
The main objective was to introduce to the market such educational services that had been in demand and nobody else had the experience to supply. One such service was the certification of training, vocational and educational courses which do not fall under any of the known categories of validation.
Another area of activity was the offer to consultancy services to colleges in the countries where the company has been active. Such services include the advice and technical support which made it possible for them to franchise degree and other programmes from universities.
DEQUALS has also worked with awarding organizations. In some cases it promoted and administered examinations and in other worked with schools and colleges for the certification of their students. At the moment, this activity attracts very high attention by many of our client colleges. As it is introduced by many large colleges it will likely be copied by the smaller ones. We expect the demand for certification services to grow very fast in the next three to five years.
The main area of activities is Greece. The three largest colleges of the private sector are clients and some smaller are looking to secure our services. Our next market is Cyprus where we have our main offices. We have recently established partnerships in the UK (colleges) Lebanon and Georgia. Our Balkans manager is frequent visitor to Albania and Serbia where he is building business relationships.
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The blood brain barrier provides a crucial defense against brain-related illness. But did you know there's evidence to suggest that electromagnetic fields actually weaken this important barrier, potentially exposing the brain to harmful bacteria and toxins? To understand the effect of EMF and the blood brain barrier, lets' explore what the blood brain barrier is, why it's so important to brain health, and how cell phone radiation and other EMFs might cause brain damage by weakening the blood brain barrier.
The Blood Brain Barrier: What Is It?
The brain is one of the body's most vital organs, so it makes sense that our bodies have evolved with several measures in place to protect it. The skull, cerebrospinal fluids, and the meninges (a protective membrane) all help to cushion and protect the brain against physical injury.
The blood brain barrier is one of our body's ways of protecting your brain. It acts as a bridge between your blood stream and your brain, preventing foreign substances that may be carried in the blood — like pathogens and toxins — from crossing into your brain tissue. Because the barrier is semi-permeable, it does allow particular things, like vital nutrients, to pass through.
So the blood brain barrier is designed to let important and useful things from your blood into your brain, and to prevent harmful things in your blood from entering your brain.
If the blood brain barrier is weakened, it becomes more porous and can allow dangerous or infection-causing substances to reach the brain. That's when damage can occur.
How Toxins End Up In Our Blood
It's important to note that a weakened blood brain barrier opens up various risks. While one is disease-causing bacteria and pathogens, recent evidence also suggests that toxins we breathe in on a daily basis can quickly make it into our blood stream.
A 2017 study had volunteers breathe in harmless gold nanoparticles, which were then tracked through the body. Results showed that it took less than 24 hours for those nanoparticles to find their way from the lungs into the bloodstream. Three months later, the particles were still circulating in the body.
"If reactive particles like those in air pollution … reach susceptible areas of the body then even (a) small number of particles might have serious consequences," said Mark Miller, lead research scientist of the study.
Crossing The Blood Brain Barrier: The Effect Of EMFs
So if toxins we breathe in from air pollution end up in our blood stream, and our blood brain barrier breaks down, it makes sense that those toxins can more easily pass through to our brain. Exactly what we don't want in our quest for health and longevity– or proper brain function.
But what evidence is there that our cell phones and wireless devices can really damage the blood brain barrier?
While the effect of electromagnetic radiation on human brains is difficult to measure in a laboratory setting, a number of studies on rats have shown clear changes to blood brain barrier permeability after exposure to EMFs.
Dr. Leif Salford, a neurosurgeon at Lund University in Sweden, has been leading research on the effects of mobile phone radiation on the brain since the 1990s, and has called cell phone use "the world's largest biological experiment" in which we "volunteer as guinea-pigs" to take part. The results of his studies have consistently shown that EMF exposure causes damage to the blood brain barrier.
One of Lund University's studies from 2008 found that exposure to mobile phone radiation caused cognitive impairment in rats.
Another of the team's studies from 2009 exposed rats to just two hours of mobile phone radiation, then evaluated the results of the exposure after a 7-day rest period. The study concluded that "findings are in agreement with our earlier studies where we have seen increased BBB [blood brain barrier] permeability immediately and 14 days after exposure."
A study from 2015 by a team of Chinese researchers supports the findings of both blood brain barrier damage and cognitive impairment in rats after exposure to EMFs. In that particular study, rats were exposed for either 14 or 28 days. The rats in the 28 day group were found to have greater cognitive impairment as well as "cellular edema and neuronal cell organelle degeneration". The scientists state that "these results demonstrated that exposure to 900 MHz EMF radiation for 28 days can significantly impair spatial memory and damage BBB permeability in [the] rat by activating the mkp-1/ERK pathway".
In other words, exposure to the same type of EMF radiation emitted by cell phones and cordless phones weakens the blood brain barrier.
Looking Ahead To Future Studies
As generally happens with developing science, not all studies about the effects of EMFs on the blood brain barrier are in agreement. A 2017 study by Poulletier de Gannes et al, for example, had mixed results, only finding blood brain barrier leakage in rats at repeated and very high levels of cell phone radiation exposure.
Studies such as these are inherently complex to design and difficult to replicate, due to the high number of variables. Types of radiation, exposure duration and levels, the method for evaluating damage, and so on, can all vary from study to study. This fact only highlights the need for further and more in-depth research about the potential health risks of EMFs.
With the blood brain barrier playing such an important role in the protection of our most complex and vital organ, its health is not something we should leave to chance.
In the meantime, if we are, as Dr. Salford would say, volunteers in "the world's largest biological experiment", it's better that we do what we can to protect ourselves now, rather than wait for the results of long-term exposure to EMFs to speak for themselves.
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But, for some reason, you never take that first step to starting your business. You've read all the blog posts, listened to all the podcasts but still aren't taking action.
You need something to just tip you over the edge, to make you take the first step towards starting your business.
Sometimes all it takes is one quote, just one sentence that makes you think, "screw it, I'm gonna do it".
Below, I've handpicked the best motivational quotes I could find to help you finally go for it. And you should. What's the worst that could happen?
If you want to start a business you might find the below posts really useful as well:
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"The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it." – Roseanne Barr
"When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for people telling you that you are nuts." – Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle Corporation
"If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary." – Jim Rohn
"What would you do if you weren't afraid?"– Sheryl Sandberg
"The most successful entrepreneurs I know are optimistic. It's part of the job description." ― Caterina Fake, Founder of Flickr
"My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment." ― Oprah Winfrey, "Queen of All Media"
"Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else."—Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." – Helen Keller, Author, Political Activist, and Speaker
"I never dreamed about success. I worked for it."– Estee Lauder, Founder of Estee Lauder Cosmetics
"The stars will never align, and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe doesn't conspire against you, but it doesn't go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect. 'Someday' is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. If it's important to you and you want to do it 'eventually,' just do it and correct course along the way." – Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Work Week.
"The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer." –Nolan Bushnell, Entrepreneur
"Any time is a good time to start a company." – Ron Conway, Noted Startup Investor, SV Angel
"There is nothing like a concrete life plan to weigh you down. Because if you always have one eye on some future goal, you stop paying attention to the job at hand, miss opportunities that might arise, and stay fixedly on one path, even when a better, newer course might have opened up." ― Indra Nooyi, CEO PepsiCo
"Nasty Gal would have surely failed had it been my goal to grow a business to the size that I have today." Sophia Amoruso, Nasty Gal founder and author of #GirlBoss.
"Don't try to be original, just try to be good" – Paul Rand, Graphic Designer
"You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down." – Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder
"I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there's that moment of 'Wow, I'm not really sure I can do this,' and you push through those moments, that's when you have a breakthrough." ― Marissa Mayer, former CEO of Yahoo
"The key to success is to start before you are ready." Marie Forleo, Entrepreneur, Writer and Philanthropist
"The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something." – Seth Godin, Squidoo founder, author, and blogger
"Decide…whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying." – Amelia Earhart, pilot.
"You only live once but if you do it right, once is enough." Mae West, Actress, Playwright, Screenwriter
"I doubt I'll ever go back to corporate work. Once you see the light, there is no turning back." – Magnus Jepson, WooThemes co-founder
"Success doesn't come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently." Marie Forleo, Entrepreneur, Writer and Philanthropist
"Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth." Julie Andrews, Actress, Singer, Author
"Do one thing every day that scares you." – Eleanor Roosevelt, the longest-serving First Lady of the United States.
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow." – Mary Anne Radmacher
"Option A is not available. So let's kick the sh** out of option B." – Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time". – Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb.
"If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen." – Marissa Mayer, president & CEO of Yahoo!
"The dream is free. The hustle is sold separately." – Unknown
"We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success." ― Arianna Huffington, Editor of Huffington Post
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." – Thomas Edison
"It doesn't matter how many times you fail. It doesn't matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because all that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are." – Mark Cuban, owner of Landmark Theaters and chairman of AXS TV.
"Don't worry about failure; you only have to be right once." – Drew Houston, Dropbox Co-Founder, and CEO
"The road to success is always under construction."—Lily Tomlin, actress, comedian, writer and producer
It really doesn't matter what the catalyst is to make you finally start, it's about your mindset shift.
You have to make the mental decision that the time is NOW and you are going to go for it.
Once you have made the decision, you'll just keep going no matter what.
Hi, I am Laura. I set up the 'I Want My Life Back Project' after burning out in a corporate job. I quit in May 2017 and set about getting my life back. I now freelance 2 days a week, run this blog, manage my rental properties and am SO MUCH HAPPIER! All the content on this blog is to help you to get your life back too :-)


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BOOK EXCERPT: King Cnut and the Viking Conquest of England 1016 by W.B. Bartlett
The Viking Conquest of England in 1016, saw two great warriors, the Danish prince Cnut, and his equally ruthless English opponent, King Edmund Ironside fight an epic campaign.
BOOK REVIEW: The Northern Queen by Kelly Evans
Kelly Evans'Anglo-Saxon novel centres around the story of Aelfgifu of Northampton (990-1040); from her rise in court and eventual marriage to one of England's most famous early kings, Cnut the Great (995-1035), to her repudiation, and later life with her sons after Cnut's passing.


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Tell Us Your Story…
With the 2010 Northwest Folklife Festival just behind us, we're already looking forward to 2011—our 40th anniversary! To celebrate this milestone, we're beginning work on our next Cultural Focus: Northwest Stories, which will document and present the stories of people who live in the Pacific Northwest. And we need your help to bring this focus to life! Tell us what Folklife means to you. Do you have a favorite Festival memory? What was the first year you joined us at Seattle Center over Memorial Day Weekend? Did you meet someone special at Folklife? We'll share these stories throughout the year and at the 2011 Northwest Folklife Festival, May 27-30.
Here's how to participate:
- Share your memories! Post your story to our Facebook discussion page and read posts from other Folklife fans.
- Send us your story in an email! email@example.com with the subject line "Northwest Stories." We can incorporate your story into one of our blog posts. If you'd like to remain anonymous, we'll honor that request.
- Mail us your story in a letter! Northwest Folklife, 305 Harrison Street, Seattle WA 98109
- Videotape your story! Make a video of you telling your story (get creative!) and put it on YouTube. Send us the link and look for it, right here on our blog.
Check back here as we post some of your Northwest Stories, and keep celebrating Folklife all year long!Explore posts in the same categories: Cultural Focus, Northwest Stories
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July 21, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Check out – Past Lives Folklore Concert on Saturday, Jul 24 @ 1:30PM 1930s Historic Fox Theatre, 119 S. Tower Avenue, Centralia, WA Utah Phillips' son Brendan performing as well as 'America's famous unknown folksinger' Mark Ross and adorable Linda Allen.
Tickets online: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/118950 $20
July 21, 2010 at 5:14 pm
I saw Linda Allen perform at the folklife this year and she is performing at my benefit concert this Saturday, July 24th… hope to see ya'll there!


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In accordance with the Isle of Man Aircraft Registry's Registry Publication 30 'Operating Guidance and Information for Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM) Operations', all 'M' registered operators that have an RVSM approval and that operate or intend to operate in airspace where RVSM is applied are required to participate in the regional RVSM monitoring program.
Following approval to operate in RVSM airspace, the operator must ensure that height-keeping performance is monitored:
a) at least once every 2 years; or
b) within intervals of 1000 flight hours per aircraft, whichever is the longer period.
Note: Where an operator has 2 or more aircraft of the same type, the monitoring must be conducted on a minimum of 2 aircraft of each aircraft type grouping.
For further information on how to have an aircraft height monitored as part of the ongoing height-keeping performance monitoring program, can be found on the relevant Regional Monitoring Agency, see links below.
For any further clarification or to request data from an HMU overflight, please contact the Registry in the first instance.
- Australian Airspace Monitoring Agency (AAMA)
- Africa and Indian Ocean (AFI) Regional Monitoring Agency (ARMA)
- Monitoring Agency For Asia Region (MAAR)
- China Regional Monitoring Agency (China RMA)
- Regional Monitoring Agency EURASIA
- European Regional Monitoring Agency (EURRMA)
- Japan Airspace Safety Monitoring Agency (JASMA)
- Middle East Regional Monitoring Agency (MIDRMA)
- North American Approvals Registry and Monitoring Organization (NAARMO)
- Pacific Approvals Registry and Monitoring Organization (PARMO)
- Caribbean and South American Monitoring Agency (CARSAMMA)
- South Atlantic Monitoring Agency (SATMA)
Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM) was introduced to reduce the vertical separation above flight level (FL) 290 from the traditional 2000-ft minimum to 1000-ft minimum. This allows aircraft to fly more fuel efficient profiles, increases airspace capacity and reduces in-flight delays by providing six additional cruising levels between FL290 and FL410. The North Atlantic (NAT) was the first region to introduce RVSM, in 1997. Since then RVSM has been introduced across the world.
When an aircraft is height monitored, the Altimetry System Error (ASE) of the aircraft is estimated to establish the accuracy of the aircraft's altimeter equipment. The diagram below illustrates how the accuracy of the aircraft's altimeter is calculated. The actual altitude of the aircraft is compared to the assigned altitude of the aircraft and the altitude displayed in the cockpit to calculate the Total Vertical Error (TVE), Altimetry System Error (ASE) and the Assigned Altitude Deviation (AAD) where:
- TVE = The vertical geometric difference between the actual pressure altitude flown by an aircraft and its assigned pressure altitude (flight level).
- ASE = The difference between the altitude indicated by the altimeter display (assuming a correct altimeter barometric setting) and the pressure altitude corresponding to the undisturbed ambient pressure.
- AAD = The difference between the transponded Mode C altitude and the assigned altitude/flight level.
To find out more about the ASE, its potential causes and the importance of identifying aircraft that are exhibiting ASE, visit Skybrary.
Height-keeping performance monitoring is carried out using one of three main methods: ground based monitoring; ADS-B monitoring and GPS monitoring. Each of these methods is briefly described below with links to the relevant Regional Monitoring Agency's (RMA's) webpage responsible for each specific monitoring system. At the specific link you will find details of the exact location of the monitoring system and the procedure for having your aircraft monitored over that height monitoring system.
Ground-Based Height Monitoring Systems
Ground-based monitoring units are stationary stations installed at fixed locations across the world. These Ground-based systems are known as Height Monitoring Units (HMUs) or Aircraft Geometric Height Measuring Elements (AGHMEs). These systems can compute Altimetry System Error (ASE) for all aircraft flying over their operational coverage areas in straight and level flight. The following ground-based monitoring systems are available:
- The NATCMA is responsible for 1 HMU which is located at Strumble (Wales)
- The EurRMA is responsible for 3 HMUs which are located at:
- Linz (Austria)
- Nattenheim (Germany)
- Geneva (Switzerland)
- JASMA is responsible for 3 HMUs which are located at:
- Setouchi
- Niigata
- Sendai
- NAARMO is responsible for 6 AGHMEs which are located at:
- Atlantic City (US)
- Wichita (US)
- Cleveland (US)
- Phoenix (US)
- Ottawa (Canada)
- Lethbridge (Canada)
ADS-B Height Monitoring Systems
ADS-B Height Monitoring Systems (AHMS) use ADS-B receivers to obtain geometric height data from ADS-B equipped aircraft. To use this method requires the aircraft to be ADS-B equipped and for the aircraft to fly in a region where ADS-B monitoring is performed. The following RMA's have ADS-B Height Monitoring Systems:
Portable GPS-based Monitoring Systems
A portable GPS Monitoring Unit (GMU), or an Enhanced GMU (EGMU), is a mobile system used to record the geometric height of an aircraft in flight using Global Positioning System (GPS) signals. The GMU consists of two GPS antennas to attach to the left and right cockpit windows, a GMU unit and a laptop computer as a recording device. The GMU records continuous three dimensional position data in the level flight portions of a flight. The measured height data is processed after flight by calibration with meteorological data to determine the actual height of the assigned Flight Level at the time. The GMU needs an engineer in the cockpit to record in-flight data and a longer period of level flight than HMUs.


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SLAP DOWN: Infrastructure and Transport Minister Darren Chester has been forced to direct inland rail builder ARTC reconsider its choice of potential inland rail routes. INFRASTRUCTURE and Transport Minister Darren Chester has been forced to jerk the government-owned corporationcharged with building Australia's $10 billioninland rail project back into gear.
Despite both the minister and theAustralian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) promising "openness and transparency" over the process to build the Queensland section of the project, the afternoon devolved intonear farce after ARTC ruled out considering the existing rail corridor running through Warwick.
The embarrassing slap down followed an earlier agreement betweenfederal and state MPs and ARTC officials who had gathered for an emergency meeting in Warwick to address growing community concern over ARTC's handling ofthe process.
ARTC's proposed inland rail route.At that closed door meeting it is understood all of the participants –including ARTC officials –agreed that three routes would be considered, in part to address a perception that ARTC was failing to appropriately consult with affected communities.
Those options werea greenfield track from Inglewood to Toowoomba viaMillmerran,Inglewood to Toowoomba viaa greenfield track fromKarara, and using the existing rail corridor via Warwick. All would include consideration of the Brisbane WestWellcamp Airport.
Infrastructure Minister Darren Chester has been forced to direct inland rail builder ARTC to consider using existing rail corridor through Warwick.
No time frames were given to when a final decision onwhen a route would be selected or construction was likely to begin.
The promise of openness and transparency got off to a poor start.While MPs were keen for media attention in front of the assembled cameras, it appearedfor sometime there was no ARTC representative willing to speak to the issue.
When ATRC chief executive officer John Fullerton did front the media he made it clear only the Millmerran and Kararaoptions were on the table.
Member for Condamine, Pat Weir, Member for Maranoa, David Littleproud, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Darren Chester, Member for Southern Downs, Lawrence Springborg, Member for Groom, John McVeigh, and ATRC chief executive officer John Fullerton, in Warwick yesterday.
However, following heated conversations with MPs and a subsequentmeetingwith Southern Downs Regional Council Mayor Tracy Dobie, an embarrassedminister subsequently directed ARTC to reassess its position.
Queensland Country Lifewas advised that ARTC would be issuing a media statement this evening stating that the existing rail corridor which runs from Inglewood to Warwick and onto Toowoomba would now be reconsidered.
That statement reads:"Warwick will be part of the ongoing consultation in coming months as we determine the final alignment. We did a detailed assessment of the options in the 2010 Alignment Study and we understand the importance of providing this detail to the community. Following a meeting today with the Minister and local MPs ARTC will work with the Southern Downs community to determine the route which will deliver the best outcome for QLD and Australia." No ATRC spokesperson was attributed to the statement.
Today's actions are certain to further erode community confidence in ARTC which haddoggedly maintainedthat the Queensland section of the inland rail be constructed across the agriculturally importantCondamine floodplain. Thatroute woulddepart therail corridor atInglewood, heading via Millmerran to Charlton, west of Toowoomba.
However,the ARTC's determinationappears to be based on a2010 report that ignores the construction of theBrisbane WestWellcamp Airport near Toowoomba, which opened in 2014.
Since then a report compiled by consultancy firmSMEC Holdings in 2015 has been leaked,suggestingthere are two better,cheaper andlower-impact routes. They include using theexisting rail corridor from Inglewood to Karara or Thane to connectWellcamp Airport to Brisbane.
Southern Downs Regional Council said those plans would cripple communities on the existing rail network,maintaining the most logical and least disruptive route was one which uses the existing railcorridor.
ARTC has been previously slated for sale by the federal government, adding weight to the argument why a wholly owned trackis preferable in terms of value. ARTC already owns some 10,000km of track, including track on the proposed inland rail from Melbourne to North Star near Moree, in northern NSW.
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Cancer is the biggest killer disease of modern times
Cancer is one of the diseases that every person fears in modern times. Cancer has become the biggest killer not only in the United Kingdom, but also in the entire world. The idea of a mutation spreading in the entire body is something that many people would not want to think about. The most worrying this is that there is no guaranteed way of preventing it from occurring. This is a disease that can strike at any time without any warning symptoms.
When you get cancer, it means that the DNA of a cell has mutated and it means that if it splits through mitosis to develop a new cell, the damaged DNA will be copied into the new cell making it to spread over time until the entire areas become cancerous or there is formation of tumours. All the cancers are not the same because there are some that are more dangerous than others. Here are some of the top killer cancers.
Lung cancer
Studies have shown that lung cancer account to 28.3 percent of all cancers reported deaths in the United Kingdom. Globally this type of cancer is responsible for almost one and a half million deaths in a year. It is characterised by growth of cell in the lung tissues and all the nearby tissues. Common treatments of this cancer include radiotherapy, radiotherapy and chemotherapy that aim to remove the cancerous cells or control their proliferation. The primary cause of this problem in the UK is smoking which accounts for almost 15 percent of all the lung cancer cases. Other causes include exposure to radon gas, pollution and asbestos.
Colon cancer
This is a type of cancer that affects the colon which is that last part of the digestive system. 90 percent of the colon cancers discovered at this age survives more than five years according to health reports in the UK. In the United Kingdom, colon cancer is common among people in their 60s and 70s. Just like lung cancer, reports in the UK show that smoking is a major cause of this type of cancer, followed by alcohol consumption. The major treatments include chemotherapy or surgery.
Breast cancer
Breast cancer contributes to almost 7.4 percent of deaths in the United Kingdom. This is type of cancer that affects breast tissues and can affect both men and women; however women are the highest victim of this disease. In most cases, the cancer originates from the inner lining of the milk ducts or the lobules that provide the ducts with milk.
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer contributes to about 5.1 percent of cancer deaths in the United Kingdom. It develops in the prostrate tissue. This is a major problem affecting almost 5 percent of men who are above forty five years in the United Kingdom. However, there has been a lot of awareness from non-governmental organisations and the government so many men are now going for check-ups. This is believed will lead to decrease of deaths that occur as a result of this type of cancer among men.


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Every year after everyone is gone and the holidays are over, there is a mountain of left overs! Most people eat turkey sandwiches for weeks until they just can't anymore and decide to feed the left overs to the dog of the house. There are however, a few things that you should NEVER give you dog because it's either poisonous to him or could make him very sick. So take this advice from Off The Leash Daily dog Cartoons and don't feed any of these things to you dog this holiday season: Grapes and Raisins, Mince pies & Christmas pudding… Avoid Chocolate, Onions and Garlic and anything containing too much Fat or too much Sugar. Keep you dogs healthy this holiday season and Happy New Year 2014! Click here for more Off The Leash Daily Dog Cartoons.
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Yesterday I chilled in the garden trying to work on my tan for Turkey. There probably should have been some exercise going on really but there wasn't. After months of stress at the Mad House I think I deserve one day just doing nothing at all.
Today was different. Commando and I walked into town in the morning. That's two miles there and two miles back. I think that counts as my exercise for the day. It was a pretty productive trip. We went into the Vodaphone shop and I came out with a new iPhone, a cheaper contract and cheaper insurance. Result!
We spent the afternoon in the garden with Philo, Sirona and the girls. This was my birthday part one. As I will be in Turkey on the day and Philo will be at work next week they brought my cards and presents today. There was even cake! Good job we did that four mile walk really. Sirona made me some lovely body butter and lip balm and Philo got me some Amazon vouchers I can use to download books to my kindle. They will come in very handy be ause I intend to do a lot of reading next week.
Late in the afternoon my phone rang. It was O2. They apologised for their poor service and offered me a discount. All a little late, as I told them. All in all it was a good day, made even better by the knowledge that I won't have to go to work tomorrow.


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Cuba Marks 123 Years Since Jose Marti's War of Independence
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Marti, who insisted on taking an active role in the conflict, was killed May 19, 1895, when his group was ambushed by Spanish soldiers.
Cuba is commemorating the 123rd anniversary of the start of the Cuban War of Independence, along with its emblematic leader, national hero Jose Marti.
The Independence War began February 24, 1895, under the intellectual direction of writer and philosopher Marti.
It was to prove his ultimate undoing: Marti, who insisted on taking an active role in the conflict, was killed May 19, 1895, when his group was ambushed by Spanish soldiers at Colonel Jimenez de Sandoval's command.
On Saturday, in the region of Grito de Baire, cadets from the Camilo Cienfuegos and Comandante Arides Estevez Sanchez military schools gathered to honor the beginning of what became Cuba's victory over Spanish colonialism, not far from Marti's final resting place at the Santa Ifigenia patrimonial cemetery.
Other figures who led the armed uprising were also commemorated, including Major General Jesus Rabi, Division Generals Saturnino Lora and Florencio Salcedo, and Captain Juan Joaquin Urbina.
Decades later, the Necessary War, as Marti called it, would inspire the late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro during the War of National Liberation between 1956 and 1958.


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Andrew Levine of Distractify visits Cheddar to talk about how the company's Distract Me button is attracting millennials.
The Blaze's Tomi Lahren, one of the show's debut night hosts gives us the full story.
The top news segment includes stories such as Twitter lets everyone request Verified Accounts, Roger Ailes leaving Fox with a $40 million severance package, and Pokémon launches in Japan.


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text: As for Saudi Arabia, members of Congress are said to be readying sanctions to impose on the Saudi regime if it is proven Khashoggi was killed on royal orders. However, which would be a greater violation of human rights: the sanctioned killing of a political enemy of the regime or 10,000 dead Yemenis, including women and children, and millions facing malnutrition and starvation in a Saudi war of aggression being fought with the complicity and cooperation of the United States? Rather than resist Congress' proposed sanctions, President Trump might take this opportunity to begin a long withdrawal from decades of entanglement in Mideast wars that have availed us nothing and cost us greatly.


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by David Gimpel
Before the show, kids as far as the eye could see were in the parking lot of the Majestic Theatre, preparing to have their minds blown in ways their parents would likely disapprove of. And based on the excitement of everyone at the end of the night, Panda Bear succeeded (sorry, parents).
Panda Bear (aka Noah Lennox) is one the of the founding members of the highly influential experimental group, Animal Collective. Not ringing any bells? Well, he was also featured on "Doin' it Right" from the Grammy awarding winning album by Daft Punk, Random Access Memories. Remember that?
Opening the show was Animal Collective bandmate known as The Geologist. His set opened a bit rocky, but after some time eroded away, it began to crystalize. The set was reminiscent of a rave at the forest, as he used field recordings of ambient sounds with huge bass blasts. Wearing his signature headlamp for the set, he did a great job preparing the audience for our headliner.
Panda Bear casually walked on stage, where behind him were three screens and two strobe lights on each corner that were used heavily throughout the night. In front of him was sampler beat machines, a mini moog synth and various other little gizmos that made Panda Bear sound like one-man party.
He started on a more meditative note with the song "Flight." The colors and lights swooshing around the room perfectly complimenting the music and set the tone for the night. He got the crowd moving with bouncy tracks, "Boys Latin" and "Crosswords." The visuals in these songs featured a character that looked like the Grim Reaper from "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" going to a rave.
The new song, "Nod to The Folks," featured air raid sirens behind a massive dance beat as strobes filled the room. It made me think of how awesome this would have been at a festival (Maybe next year, Movement?). He offers so much to everyone, from experimental electronic music to indie rock.
The highlight of the night was the encore, which began with the beautiful "Tropic of Cancer." It's one of Panda Bear best songs, and it elevated the audience and drenched them with emotion. On the video screens were two dancing and embracing blue aliens… which I know sounds weird reading on its own, but trust me, it made sense in the moment. That's probably the best way to sum up a Panda Bear show: it sounds weird, but it made sense in the moment.
The night closed with a wall of strobe lights, colors and a hypnotic thumping bass line. The Grim Reaper made his triumphant return to the screens, luring us to come back for one last song. The visual probably did exactly what all the kids had hoped to happen: blow their fucking minds.