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⚠Trigger points or "knots" are sensitive spots in the soft tissue, sometimes described as micro-cramps. Often felt as small nodules in the soft tissue,
releasing sharp pains when under pressure or during palpation.
These Trigger Points can often be the cause of typical nagging lower back pain, neck pain, and upper back and shoulder aches.🤕
If left untreated, these Trigger Points can become very painful, often leading to tension headaches and painful sciatic symptoms, sometimes eventually causing muscle dysfunction!!
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Information on Hotels in Pune – Hotel Arjun Executive
Phone no: 020 65005913
Address: Survey No 111 Plot No 11/1/3, Mumbai Banglore Highway, Baner, Pune – 411045
Hotel Arjun Executive is located in the Baner sector of Pune, near the Mumbai Bangalore Highway. It is at a reasonable distance both from the Pune Airport as well as the Pune Railway station. The hotel is also close to the business hub and commercial centres of the city of Pune. The hotel offers reasonable staying rates with good facilities. The types of room available are both Air conditioned as well as non Air conditioned. There are 10 rooms in total. The staff is friendly and warm. The hotel exudes comfort. Services provided are room service as well as any assistance that a guest might need. The rooms are clean and have attached baths. The beds have a good mattress that ensures a good night's sleep. It is perfect for people wanting a budget place to stay during their trip to Pune. The tariff ranges between Rs. 1400 to Rs. 1700 depending on the type of room being taken. Food is also served at the Hotel Arjun Executive so that the guest can simply stay and relax in a hospitable environment. It is a good place to stay if one needs to rest and unwind away from home or even travel on business to the Baner locality or a nearby sector in Pune.

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Film director Philippe Petit followed Carhartt teamrider David Martelleur for 5 years on almost every trip he made with his camera. The result of that 5 years of pure craziness is a 87 minutes documentary in French language called "Danger Dave".
Come to the premiere at the "This Is (Not) Music" festival in Marseille/ France on the 24th of May 2013!
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Rocky Mountain Archery
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One of the most important things in life is our mindset, Most of us are raised to become ordinary with a societal pleasing mindset that averages our will and capabilities to live a greater life.
This is about recognizing that within ourselves there is something extra ordinary we haven't been trained to believe in and to apply it in our life to live a life way above and beyond ordinary, ending up being just average.
Each and every of us is attracted to greatness, reason being greatness is within all of us. It's easier to go and watch greatness in Theaters, Television, movies and stadiums than putting in our time, energy and discipline to realize the greatness within ourselves, we end up not having what we wish to have nor live the way we wish to live and deny ourselves the opportunity of being what we wish to be.
What do you expect of yourself? What is it that you expect from you?
If you want to accomplish something, you must first expect it of yourself. Mentally, you must change what is impossible to be possible, you must tell yourself it is possible.
Every single one of us has greatness within, every single person is something special in this world, it's up to us to reach deep down within us and get the greatness out, the door into greatness swings inwards, not outside, find that that lies within yourself that the world has never seen, work on it until it shows to the outside where the world is waiting.
It doesn't matter if you work at the garbage collection company, or in a school as a teacher, or commuter vans (Matatu) tout or even at the president's office, greatness is within all of us, It doesn't matter if you have a high school certificate, college diploma or university degree, your greatness and degrees are already inside of you, you just need to get in there and find it without tiring because if you stop, others will be the first to tell you "I told you so!". It doesn't matter what you are good at, where you begin from, what you have been told you can or cannot be, believe in yourself, tell yourself these words, "I choose not to be a common man, it's my right to be uncommon if I can, I seek opportunity not security, I do not wish to be humbled by the society's standards, I want to take a calculated risks, to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed, I refuse to live from hand to mouth, I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence of thrill of fulfillment, to the end of utopia, it's my right to face the world boldly and say, this I have done."
You are your first reason as to why you are not winning, How easy and convenient is it to blame everything and everyone for the things you have going on in your life, most people wake up every day looking for drama, unemployment, pain, dysfunction, being broke, struggling, blaming every childhood experience they grew up in that is blocking them from being who they want to be, if you are going to blame people, blame them for all the good too, if you are going to give them credit for what is not working, give them credit for at least what's working, am not asking you to stop blaming, am asking you blame intelligently.
The urgency of accomplishment.
All of us in life have a reason as to why we are here, you have to know what makes you do what you do, that that gives you inner drive, without which you'd otherwise have no reason to wake up in the morning, decide consciously what makes you happy and fulfilled.
When you look at the clock ticking, what you see, whatever you see is not time ticking, it's your life ticking away. Our lives are limited, don't waste yours living someone else's, don't be stuck in what other people think of you, have the courage to follow your intuition that leads to your dream.
Your biggest fear should be living a life where you could have become what you wanted to be but didn't.
Life is meant to be a joyful journey, to appreciate the little things, to be givers and lovers of life. If you are driven by anything other than to learn, love and the desire to contribute, grow and expand, you are driven by the need to either please others or fear, If you are driven by the need to please others, maybe it's time to free yourself by deciding consciously what you want your life to be about, something simple, something you can live every single day.
Learn from your failures, there is no loosing, only learning; No failure, only opportunities; no problems, only solutions that makes failure the mother of success. Failure is an experience that lands you to wisdom that ultimately makes a stronger version of yourself. Failure is a signpost that says "You are going in the wrong direction".
We are all a work in progress, once you understand this you become kind to yourself and act accordingly. It's not about how many times you fall down, it's about getting back up.
Sometimes the outcome is not what we want it to be, don't let this drill itself into your skull, tell yourself true failure is not trying at all. Go out there and fail, you are supposed to fail, because failure is your stepping stone to success.
Everyone has dreams and goals, but planning and execution is what separates those who reach their goal from those who don't. Have you ever heard of failing to plan is a perfect plan for failure?
Your plan has to be solid, it has to have something I call the C5 complex; Clarity, Concise, Compelling, Consistent and you must remain Committed. It is certain that when you are doing something you are truly passionate about, there is never a plan B.
Go ahead and make a plan, device a way to execute the tasks in it and commit to it.
Tune that mindset to propel you to your dreams as life can only be as good as your mindset!
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St Michael's win Tipperary Cup
Tipp town soccer kingpins St Michael's recovered from their FAI Junior Cup final heartbreak a week earlier to win the Tipperary Cup final with a 1-0 victory over holders Clonmel Celtic in Cashel on Friday night.
A Pa Quinn goal ended a four year cup drought for Saints and denied Celtic three in a row.
St Michael's had already lifted the Munster Junior Cup with victory over Carrick United but had lost the FAI Junior Cup to a last minute Pike Rovers goal and were pipped by rivals Clonmel Town in the Tipperary league.
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Does the thought of YOU keeping REALLY on top of the numbers in your business make you want to stick pins in your eye?
Yes, you know that someone should be looking at that stuff. But man all that detail, it's not, in any way, exciting!
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Saturday June 25th in Chattanooga, Tennessee was where the 2nd Annual Culture Shock 2011 was happening! There was radio support from Power 94FM and Groove 93FM who did live interviews with T-Ran Gilbert(22Visionz) and J-Hollis(Life-Line Worldwide). Life-Line Worldwide and 22Visionz Records brought the city an event that was truly one of a kind with up and coming artists like Big Mike Mic, Wil Blowe, Ternae Jordan, Swaggbotz, I Fifty Five, GoldieLox, Royalty Jackson, J.Fraze, and T-Ran Gilbert. It was a top notch show with professional sound and lights and a night that was filled with Hip Hop, R&B, Pop, Rock, Gospel, that the whole family could enjoy! Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the event! Be sure to tell all your friends to come next year when the event will be even bigger to spread a message of hope in this world.
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Actress/singer Bette Midler opened up to Oprah Winfrey about how she's still settling into herself.
Find out why Bette says a part of her still wants to make noise. Plus, Bette reveals the single greatest decision she ever made!
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2nd Annual Streamys: Twice the Size, Half the Heart
Last year the first annual Streamy Awards was the little show that could. This year it was the big show that didn't.
The first year the show was at the Wadsworth Theater in Westwood. The red carpet was a whopping ten feet long and most of the outlets were unknown bloggers and obscure people with Internet shows. There was no press room. The media watched the show from the mostly empty mezzanine. The show was quick and quirky, just like, well, Internet TV. It was glitch-free and well organized. It was adorably earnest, sweetly trying to legitimize the medium.
This year the red carpet was three times the size packed with journalist and outlets world wide. Rogers & Cowen did publicity. It was big. So full in fact that they ran out of press badges. Completely out. Steve Pond from TheWrap (who we mistakenly called "James" all night and he was stunningly nice about it) said he was walked into the filing room with no badge at all.
Now if you think the premise of an awards show having technical difficulties is funny – think of an awards show for the technically adept having technical difficulties. The first sign was that in the press room there was a one camera live feed set up that didn't have sound. So people in the press room were watching the show on the Internet, which froze and fumbled. Then someone figured out that the iPhone app was working. So the people covering the event were figuring out what was happening at the event from their iPad Nanos.
But then it got worse, host Paul Scheer set the tone. His style was a bit raunchy and then the sketches and presenters went even farther. One audience member described the show to us as dick jokes in the triple digits.
Then there were technical difficulties, with the same videos playing for different categories. The categories, 35 in total, had 32 of them ending in the phrase "web series." The teleprompter glitched and stuttered. There was no plan if something went wrong. So they winged it. It started to become a fiasco.
Then there were streakers. Which, planned or not, actually helped. They really did.
"The whole event was a little too self-deprecating," two-time Streamy nominated Cenk Uygur of the Young Turks told FBLA.
Kevin Pollak tweeted, "This is by far the best rehearsal of an awards show … ever! EVER!"
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text: One important trend in global financial markets during the last few years has been a rise in political risk, a concept referring to political changes that could affect the value of an investment. The number of events associated with political risk—such as elections, mass protests, and military interventions—has increased by 54% since 2011, according to a study by analysts at Citigroup. This kind of increase has a couple key implications for investors.


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This invention relates generally to electrostatic type electrodes for applying high frequency, electrostatic fields to substances in various types of operations. Such electrodes are used, for instance, in test or control apparatus, as apparatus sensitive to such a property of materials as moisture content.
For an understanding of certain typical uses to which electrodes of the type of which the present invention is concerned may be applied, reference may be directed to our copending application entitled Apparatus and method for electrically testing materials, Ser. No. 15,633, filed April 10, 1935, now Patent No. 2,123,812, and our later copending application entitled Power absorption metering system, Ser. No. 125,110, filed February 10, 1937. A typical though not an exclusive use of such equipment is the measurement of, or response in accordance with, percentage of moisture content in a given material.
The method consists in subjecting the material in question to the influence of the electrostatic field of a test electrode unit, thereby causing a change in the electrical state of the electrical system which energizes the electrodes, which change may for instance be read on an indicating instrument, or utilized to effect a control operation, etc. In accordance with our preferred test and control equipment, disclosed in the aforesaid application, Ser. No. 125,110, the system operates or reads in terms of the power absorbed from the electrostatic field of the electrodes by the material placed in said field. It may be stated, however, that while the electrodes may be operated 85 in conjunction with test or control equipment on a power absorption principle, no limitation on the scope of the present invention is to be implied therein, since the electrostatic electrodes of the present invention are adapted for use in various other types of tests and/or control systems, or in such applications as heating, etc.
The electrode unit is of a type comprising two co-planar electrodes of the condenser plate or electrostatic field type. The physical advantage in placement of both electrodes in one common plane (which per se is not new) resides in the fact that the electrostatic field between a pair of electrodes so arranged extends beyond the face of the electrode unit, and may be caused to penetrate the surface of a wall or given sample of material by simply applying the electrode unit to the face of the wall or material in question.
This permits applying a field to a material, asso for example to a concrete wall, in situations in which placement of test electrodes on opposite sides of the material might be impossible.
Among the objects of the present invention are: To provide an electrostatic ,ype electrode unit characterized by uniformity of field concentration over a given area, and also uniformity of depth of penetration of the material by the field applied thereto; To provide an electrode unit having a uniform field of relatively small effective depth, such that the field will not project through and beyond thin materials as paper pulp or veneers when the unit is applied thereagainst, the advantage in such a condition being that the thickness of the material does not affect the reading of a connected indicating instrument provided that the effective field depth is less than the thickness of the material on test; To provide an electrostatic type electrode capable of being designed to have various degrees of field concentration with relation to effective depth of field; To provide a test electrode unit for such uses as moisture registration which tends to give a reading of average moisture content rather than a peak reading when applied to a material in which the property under test is non-uniform or "spotty;" To provide a test electrode unit of such characteristics that the effect of surface irregularities of a material under test is minimized; To provide means at the electrostatic test electrodes for controlling the response characteristic of test apparatus such as moisture register apparatus; and To provide an electrostatic electrode device adapted for measurement of, or response in accordance with, relative humidity.
The electrode unit provided by the present invention is comprised, in general, of relatively long and narrow co-planar plate elements of relatively narrow uniform spacing, and usually of small thickness dimension. Usually and preferably, though not in all instances, each electrode is formed with a plurality of branching platb elements, the branches of one electrode interfitting at uniform spacing with the branches of the opposite electrode, so that the electrode unit covers over a given area of the material to which the electrostatic field is to be applied.
We have discovered that the effective penetration of a material by the electrostatic field of a pair of coplanar electrode plates or elements of. uniform widths and spacings, as provided by the present invention, is directly proportional to the width of the gap or spacing between the plates and inversely proportional to the width dimension of the plates, and also that the amount a of power absorbed, or the "sensitivity" of the device, is proportional to the total length of the gap between electrode plates, and also to electrode plate width when the latter dimension is less than the width of the gap. Furthermore, when the electrode plates are made relatively narrow, and are branched or otherwise arranged to cover a substantial area of the material, the amount of power absorbed by spots in the material of high power absorbing qualities is relatively small as compared with the total power drawn from the electrode set by the balance of the material area under test, and the effect is therefore to minimize the tendency toward a "peak" response when a small spot of high power absorbing characteristics is encountered. The response or effect on the connected apparatus thus becomes closely proportional to the average power absorbing quality of the material rather than rising to peak values under the influence of relatively small local areas of high power absorbing characteristics. This is of particular importance in moisture testing of paper pulp, where the condition described has heretofore constituted a serious problem. Accordingly, 80 to secure uniformity of field, high sensitivity of response, and avoidance of a tendency to "peak" responses, the electrode plate members and are made of uniform widths and of uniform spacing, with the width dimension of the plates of the order of their spacing dimension (in instances, wherein high sensitivity is required, being slightly smaller in width than the width of the gap between plates), and with the gap comparatively long.
We have found that to establish uniformity and depth of electrostatic field from a set of coplanar electrodes, the ratio of the capacity between the surfaces of the plates and the capacity between the edges of the plates should be as large as possible, since "edge capacity" has the effect of an undesirable capacitative shunt. In accordance with the present invention, this end is preferably accomplished by use of electrode plates of extreme thinness, e. g., of foil dimensions. In order to secure a long gap (high sensitivity), and also to cover a substantial area of the material under test with narrow plate members, without unduly increasing the electrical resistance of the plate members, the two electrodes are, in most applications, branched and interfitted at the required electrode spacing distance.
As stated in the preceding paragraph, in certain forms of the present invention, the metallic electrode members are exceptionally thin, and may be as thin as is consistent with necessary electrical conductivity, in order to keep the ratio of surface capacity to edge capacity as high as possible. This leads to members of foil-like thinness. Methods of producing such electrodes are 85 disclosed and claimed in our copending application entitled Method of making high frequency test electrodes, Ser. No. 184,419, filed Jan. 11, 1938.
Such electrode elements, typically of from one to several thousandths of an inch in thickness, are relatively delicate, and it is a further object of the present invention to provide means for protecting such electrode elements.
An important feature forming a part of the present invention thus comprises a cover plate of 15 non-power absorbing characteristics placed over the surface of the electrode plates or elements.
This cover plate serves as a mechanical protection to the thin electrode plates, but has also certain beneficial effects with respect to the response characteristics of the device. The field densities of an electrode unit with all its plate elements in one plane are extreme near the surface of the elements, not following a strictly inverse square law with relation to the distance from the surface of the elements. This condition is due to the curvature of the field, which arches from one electrode element to the other and is highly concentrated between the edges of adjacent elements.
The cover plate used over the electrode elements spaces the material to be tested from the surface of the electrode, and from the highly concentrated portions of the field, so that the material is penetrated only by the more uniform field existing beyond the outer plane of the cover plate.
It will be evident that small surface irregularities, particularly in the material being tested, will therefore have a lessened effect on the test apparatus connected to the electrode unit.
Use of a cover plate over the electrode elements, or of other means for spacing the electrode elements from the material on test, also has the effect of straightening the response characteristic curve of the unit. A further feature of the present invention is the provision of a series of interchangeable electrode cover plates or spacing stops of varying thicknesses, enabling the response characteristics to be varied, or providing a multiple range instrument.
Another variational form of the present invention is an electrode unit designed for measurement of relative humidity. In this form of the invention, the electrode elements are covered over with a layer of hygroscopic material adapted to absorb moisture from the air in a known relation to the relative humidity of the air. The electrode unit and connected measurement apparatus measures the power absorption characteristics of this layer, which of course varies according to the same relation with the relative humidity of the atmosphere. By this means, the relative humidity of the atmosphere, or of any gaseous ,medium in which the electrode unit' is placed, may be directly read.
There are various other features, aspects and accomplishments of the invention, which will appear in the course of the specification, and with the preliminary discussion now given in mind, reference will here be directed to the accompanying drawings, in which: Fig. 1 shows an electrode unit in accordance s5 with one form of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 2a is an enlarged detail taken from Fig. 2; Fig. 3 is a face view of a variational, preferred form of electrode sets, in which the electrode C0 plate elements are slightly wider than the gap width between plate elements; Fig. 4 is a cross section of the device taken on line 4-4 of Pig. 3; Mg. 5 is a face view of an electrode unit of the type shown in Fig. 3, but showing the electrode plates in somewhat different proportions, with the width of the electrode, plate elements less than the gap width between plate elements; Fig. 6 is a face view of a simplified form of electrode unit in accordance with the invention; Fig. 7 is a cross section of the electrode set taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is an elevation of,a covered type of test electrode; Pig. 9 is a section on line --- of Fg. 8; n Fig. 10 is an elevation of a modified form of c covered electrode; Fig. 11 is a section on line 11-1I of Fig. 10; t S Fig. 12 is a graph showing the relation between d percentage of moisture and scale divisions on a t connected indicating apparatus; p Pig. 13 is an elevation of an electrode device a for hygroscopic measurement; and 1 Fig. 14 is a section on line 14-14 of Fig. 13. ( Figs. 1 and 2 show one simple form of the in- d vention. The two co-planar condenser type electrode plate elements 10 and II are shown as mounted on or embedded in the plane face 12 of s1 an insulation base block 13. For instance, base block 13 may be a molded plastic, into the face of which the electrode members are embedded under pressure while the plastic is in a heated condition. There is thus provided an electrode device in which the faces of the electrode members are flush with the face of the insulation base, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2.
In the form of the invention depicted in Figs. 1 and 2, electrode members 10 and II comprise 2g parallel, uniform-width plate members or elements 14 and l4a, respectively, the plate members 14 of electrode 10 being interconnected at one end by a connecting plate member 15, arranged at right angles to members 14, and the plate mem80 bers 14a of electrode II being connected at the opposite end by a connecting plate member 16 disposed at right angles to members 14a. Members 14a of electrode II are spaced at uniform spacing distances g between members 14 of electrode 10, in the manner clearly indicated, while electrode members 14, 14a, 15 and 16 are all of the same width dimension w. The terminal ends of members 14 and 14a terminate short of electrode members 16 and 15, respectively, by distances equal to gap width g, as indicated. It will be evident that the two electrode members 10 and 11, the elements 14, 14a, 15 and 16 of which are everywhere of the same width dimension w, form between them a long, narrow gap 17 of constant width g. In the present instance, the electrode plate elements are of a thickness dimension t of approximately .008", while plate width dimension w is A" and gap width g is A". Thus in the example given, the width tw of the plates Is slightly less than gap width g, though the two dimensions are of the same order.
Each of electrodes 10 and II has connected thereto a lead 18 extending rearwardly through a drill hole 19 in insulation block 13. .It will be understood that leads 18 will be energized by the high frequency current output of such a register system, for instance, as disclosed in our aforementioned copending application Serial No. 125,110.
The resulting electrostatic field between plate members 14 and 14a is indicated at F in Fig. 2a, and it will be understood that this field arches between plate members 14 and 14a to establish an electrostatic field extending substantially uni85 formly from the substantially rectangular area covered by the two electrode members. It will be understood that surface 12 of the electrode unit is placed adjacent the material to be tested, heated, etc., as the case may be, so that electrostatic field F penetrates said material, thereby effecting an absorption of power by the material from the electrostatic field, together with certain other phenomenon including alteration of the dielectric constant in which the electrostatic field exists, a 76 phase shift, etc., any one or all of which responses ay be measured by or utilized in the apparatus onnected to the electrode unit.
The effective penetration or depth of the elecrostatic field is directly proportional to the width limension g of the gap, and inversely propor- 6 ional to the width dimension w of the electrode late, while the sensitivity or amount of power absorbed or effect produced is proportional to the ength of electrode gap IT, as previously stated.
Obviously, dimensions w and g may be taken at lifferent values to adjust the depth or penetration of the field to suit various requirements. In the given case, plate width w is two-thirds of the width of gap g, giving an electrode unit of comparatively high sensitivity. Figs. 3 and 4 show a variational and preferred form of the electrode unit. In this instance the electrode plate elements 25 and 26 are applied to the plane upper face of an insulation block 27, which is preferably in the form of a disc. As will be evident from Fig. 3, each of the electrode elements is divided into a plurality of concentric, radially spaced ring members 28 of constant equal widths and equal radial spacings, the ring members of one element interfitting with or lying between the ring members of the other element.
The ring members of each electrode element are broken along a radial line, as indicated, the breaks in the two sets of rings being 180° apart. Each set of rings is connected by a radial member 30, also preferably of constant width, and substantially equal in width to ring members 28, the radial member 30 connecting the ring members 28 of each electrode element running along the described break in the ring members of the other electrode element, being spaced from the ends of said ring members by a distance substantially equal to, or greater than, the distance between adjacent ring members of the two electrode elements. Radial members 30 extend inwardly within the inner ring member 28, and then rearwardly to the rear face of the disc through drill holes 31, their terminals being fastened to the rearward side of the disc in any suitable manner, as by cementing. Suitable electrical connections are made to these terminal portions In any desired manner; for example, leads 34 and 35 may be soldered directly to the fastened terminals, as indicated in Fig. 4.
The ring members 28 of the device of Pigs. 3 and 4 are illustrated as having a width dimension of ", while the spacing between adjacent rings is %4", or just slightly less. The thickness of the electrode elements 25 and 26 may vary within certain limits, though elements of foil-like thinness, that is, from one to several thousandths of an inch in thickness, are preferable for many applications. The electrode unit of Figs. 3 and 4 as thus described has an exceptionally long gap, and is of high sensitivity, while the plates are of such thinness that the effects of "edge capacity" are minimized.
Attention is directed to the fact that the forms of Figs. 1 and 3 both involve branched and interfitted electrode elements, the form of Fig. 1 being characterized by straight, parallel lines, and the form of Fig. 3 being characterized by concentric rings.
Fig. 5 shows an electrode unit of the type of Fig. 3, but of modified dimensions, members of the unit of Fig. 5 being identified by the same reference numerals as are applied to Fig. 3, but with primes annexed. In the unit of Fig. 5 the width of ring members 28' is somewhat reduced as compared to the width of the gap between adjacent e ring members, in order to provide an increased averaging effect in the response of connected indicatipg apparatus when the electrode is used on material of non-uniform or spotty characteristics with regard to the property under measurement, such as the moisture content of paper pulp. The effect of decreasing the width dimension of the electrode plates is to limit the amount of power absorption of any small area or small portion of the electrode field and to prevent peak readings of the associated indicating apparatus on material of non-uniform characteristics. The device of Fig. 5 is shown as provided with ring members of a width of V4", spaced %2" apart, while the thickness of said members is typically from .001" to .002".
The forms of invention shown in Figs. 1 to 5 all involve branched electrode members comprising relatively narrow interfitted and uniformly spaced members adapted to cover substantial areas of the material on test. All these forms of the invention have to a greater or less degree, dependent on the dimensional relations described above, the significant advantage that the amount of power absorbed by spots in the material of high power absorbing qualities is relatively small as compared with the total power drawn from the electrode set by the balance of the material under test, so that the tendency to give a peak response when a small spot of high power absorbing characteristics is encountered is minimized.
Likewise, the effect on the response caused by small areas of less than average power absorbing characteristics is minimized. The response or effect on the connected apparatus thus becomes closely proportional, to the average power absorbing characteristic of the material rather than rising to peak values under the influence of relatively small local areas of high power absorbing characteristics or being sharply depressed by small local areas of low power absorbing characteristics.
Figs. 6 and 7 show a simplified unit in accordance with the invention suitable for certain applications. In this instance, the base of the unit is again an insulation disc, designated at 35, while the electrode elements comprise a pair of concentric, radially spaced flat rings 36 and 37 secured to the front face 38 of an insulation disc 35 as by small screws 39. Rings 36 and 37 are indicated as of a thickness dimension of 64", though this illustration is not to be taken as limitative, since the thickness of the members may be varied as circumstances require. However, as previously indicated, it is in general desirable to keep the thickness dimension of the rings relatively siall in order to keep the capacity between the edges of the members at a comparatively low value and thus cause the greater 0 part of the electrostatic field to arch between the flat surfaces of the rings. Rings 36 and 37 are both preferably relatively narrow and of a width dimension of the order of the width of the gap between the rings. In the present illustrative embodiment, rings 36 and 37 are each A" in width and are spaced apart -". This results in the production of an electrode with an effective field depth, a suitable sensitivity, and a mechanical ruggedness adapted for commercial use on power absorption moisture measuring apparatus for thin wood veneers between A" and A" in thickness.
Each of rings 36 and 31 has soldered to its un15 der-side a lead 40 extending rearwardly through Sa drill hole 41 In insulation base 85, as indicated in PFg. 7.
Figs. 8 and 9 show an electrode unit provided with a cover plate or layer of insulation material over the electrode plates. In the specific illus- g; trative form of Figs. 8 and 9, the flat, co-planar electrode elements 40 and 41, which are of the general form shown in Fig. 1, are embedded within a molded insulation block 42, the outer plane of the electrode members being spaced a short distance I from the front 42a of the Insulation block. That portion of the insulation block lying between electrode element and the surface 42a accordingly constitutes the cover member or spacing layer or means which lies between the electrode elements and the material to be tested.
Figs. 10 and 11 show a variational form, in which the electrode elements 45 and 46 are sunk in the front face 47 of insulation block 48, the outer surfaces being flush with surface 48, and 80 a separate removable cover plate 49, also of insulation material, is applied to surface 47. For instance, insulation block 48 may be provided at its corners with projecting pins 50 which engage drill holes 51 in the corners of the insulation cover plate. These pins are preferably tightly set in block 48, while cover plate 49 may be removably mounted on the pin, so that it can be interchanged with other cover plates of different thicknesses, in order to vary the response char- 80 acteristics of the unit, or to vary the range of the device, as more fully explained below.
It will be evident that the described covering layer or plate placed over the electrode elements protects them against injury, which is a feature of extreme importance when elements of foil-like thinness are employed.
In instances wherein protection for the electrode elements or plates is not a factor, yet in which it is desirable to space the electrode elements from the material to be tested for other reasons, as for the purpose of changing the response characteristic, spacing devices other than full cover plates may of course be employed.
For instance, pins 50 placed in the corners of in- 5 sulation block 48 may be utilized, without cover plate 49, to space electrode elements 45 and 46 from the surface of the material to be tested.
In such an instance, the forward ends of said pins will engage the surface of the material, and the spacing distance will of course be the length of the projecting portions of the pins.
Pig. 12 shows a typical response characteristic curve for an electrode unit of the type of the present invention, connected to a moisture register system, for instance of the type disclosed in our aforesaid copending application, Ser. No. 125,110, as applied to moisture testing of wood.
The characteristic curve designated A represents the relation between the indicated response and the percentage moisture in the sample on test.
It will be noted that all indications from one to five per cent of moisture occur in about twofifteenths of the total range covered, whereas readings from five to ten per cent occur in about seven-fifteenths of the total scale range. Such a condition may be highly desirable in some applications, though in other applications a more nearly linear response curve may be desired, and this is more nearly approximated with use of an electrode unit of the type in which the electrodes are spaced a short distance from the material, as by use of a cover plate of sensible thickness, or of spacing means such as pins 50 in the form of Figs. 10 and 11. The curve designated C in Fig. 12 represents the more linear response characteristic resulting from use of an electrode unit of the type in which the electrode elements are spaced a short distance from the material during the test.
The use of a cover plate or other spacing means over the electrode element of course results in a decrease in the amount of power absorbed by the sample of material on test, which is due to the material being moved out of the more concentrated regions of the electrostatic field. The decrease in power absorbed is proportionately greater for samples of higher power absorbing characteristics than for those of low power absorbing characteristics, which of course results in the above noted change in the characteristic response curve of the system. Thus by this means the shape of the response curve may be varied within certain limits to suit the requirements of the application at hand.
Figs. 13 and 14 show an electrode designed for measurement of the relative humidity of the atmosphere or of a gas under test. The electrode elements are indicated at 60 and 61, being illustratively of the type shown in Figs. 1 and 2, these electrode elements being mounted again on an insulation block 62. As appears in Fg. 14, the outer faces of the electrode elements are again flush with the forward face 63 of the insulation block. The forward face of the unit is covered with a coating 64 of a hygroscopic substance, which readily absorbs moisture from the atmosphere, and whose moisture content maintains a known relation to the relative humidity of the atmosphere. This coating 64 may consist of any one of various cellulose compounds dissolved by a. suitable solvent and coated on the surface of the electrode unit. For instance, cellulose acetate may be dissolved in acetone, forming a lacquer which may be applied as a thin coating 64 to the front face 63 of the unit. The moisture content or layer 64 varies with the relative humidity of the atmosphere, and the power absorbed by this coating or layer from the electrostatic field of Sthe electrode element varies directly with the absorbed moisture content. Accordingly, a suitable moisture register system connected to the terminals of electrode plates 60 and 61 and designed to register in accordance with power absorbed from the field of the electrode elements, will give an indication which may be calibrated directly in terms of relative humidity.
The electrode units herein illustrated and described are but illustrative of various forms and 5 proportions typical of the present invention, which is not to be considered as limited in its broad scope to the specific forms shown; and the broad invention as well as the appended claims are therefore to be considered as contemplating electrode units involving all equivalent modifications in design, dimensions, construction and arrangement.
We claim: 1. A high frequency test device for testing qualities of dielectric materials, comprising a support, and a pair of coplanar, multiplybranched and interfitted electrode elements mounted at uniform spacing and electrically insulated from one another on said support, said elements each comprising a plurality of radially spaced concentric rings, the rings of one electrode element being disposed in the spaces between rings of the other electrode element, and there being a series of uniform width gaps between the adjacent rings of the two electrode elements, the electrode elements being at no place more closely spaced than the width of said gaps.
2. A high frequency test device for testing qualities of dielectric materials, comprising a support, and a pair of coplanar, multiplybranched and interfitted electrode elements mounted at uniform spacing and electrically insulated from one another on said support, said elements each comprising a plurality of radially spaced concentric rings, the rings of one electrode element being disposed in the spaces between rings in the other electrode element, and there being a series of uniform width gaps between the adjacent rings of the two electrode elements, the rings of each electrode element being interrupted along a radial line, and each electrode element having a radially extending connecting strip lying along the radial line of interruption of the rings of the other electrode element, the electrode elements being at no place more closely spaced than the width of said gaps.
3. A high frequency electrostatic device for testing qualities of dielectric materials, comprising a support, and a pair of coplanar electrode 5s plates of substantially ring-like formation and having substantially equal, uniform widths mounted at uniform spacing and electrically insulated from one another on said support, said electrode plates being adapted to be positioned by said support adjacent the surface of a material to be tested, said electrode plates having opposed edge portions defining a high frequency gap of substantially uniform width, and being at no place more closely spaced than the width of said gap, such that a high frequency electrostatic field extends across said gap between said edge portions and forwardly of said electrode plates to penetrate a material to be tested when said plates are connected to a source of high frequency current.
4. A high frequency electrostatic device for testing qualities of dielectric materials, comprising a support, and a pair of coplanar, multiplybranched interfitted electrode plates mounted on and electrically insulated from one another on said support, the widths of each of the branches of said electrode plates being uniform along the lengths thereof, said electrode plates being adapted to be positioned by said support adjacent the surface of a material to be tested, and the branches of said pair of electrode plates having opposed edges defining a, high frequency gap of substantially uniform width, and of a width dimension of the same order as the width dimensions of said electrode plate branches, and being at no place more closely spaced than the width of said gap, such that a high frequency electrostatic field extends across said gap between said edge portions and forwardly of said electrode er plates to penetrate a material to be tested when said plates are connected to a source of high frequency current.
5. A high frequency electrostatic device for testing qualities of dielectric materials, compris- 05 ing a support, and a, pair of coplanar, multiplybranched interfitted electrode plates of foil-like thinness mounted on and electrically insulated from one another on said support, the widths of each of the branches of said electrode plates being uniform along the lengths thereof, said electrode plates being adapted to be positioned by said support adjacent the surface of a material to be tested, and the branches of said pair of electrode plates having opposed edges defining TI a high frequency gap of substantially uniform width, and of a width dimension of the same order as the width dimensions of said electrode plate branches, and being at no place more closely spaced than the width of said gap, such that a high frequency electrostatic field extends 2,219,497 across said gap between said edge portions and forwardly of said electrode plates to penetrate a material to be tested when said plates are connected to a source of high frequency current.


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We are super excited to welcome Thomas who is joining the mobile team as android developer.
Thomas comes from Orléans, nestled on the banks of the Loire, it's one of the oldest cities in France and offers authentic tourism, where history, Joan of Arc and the river Loire occupy a central role. Thomas settled in Montpellier few years ago to finish his engineering studies at Polytech School. After graduating in 2015, Thomas has decided to stay in the sunny region of Montpellier and has gained significant experience as Android developer in leading software companies. He is really interested in new technologies since he started working with connected objects and if you like triathlon, he will be happy to be your training buddy and share a good laugh and some java or kotlin tips between swiming/cycling/running sessions.


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imanygirl said:Hi everyone,
I'm fairly new to blackjack and though I've played casually for several years, I'm new to the idea of using strategy and possibly counting. I have read several articles and browsed websites and books, but have not delved too deep into it just yet, but I would like to start now. I'm not looking to rake in tons of money so I never have to work or anything like that. I just want to be able to go to a casino once in a while and win more than I lose when it comes to blackjack, and possibly come home with a little extra in my pocket.
As far as my experience thus far goes, I have been to casinos exactly twice in my entire life. I was in my early 20s and living in New Orleans at the time and the first time I went to the casino, I didn't actually play- just watched. The second time my roommate's mother gave us each $100 to play, which was pretty much the ONLY way I would play since I hate the idea of losing even $10! I wanted to play blackjack since I knew that was the only game that I had a slight possibility of winning, but I didn't know how that was done. My roommate's cousin gave me some very basic strategy tips and I played and won six hands in a row and walked. I was terrified of losing and wanted to walk after winning the first hand, but he made me stay.
That was 7 years ago but I haven't been to a casino since then. I have the basic strategy chart here: http://www.onlineblackjack.org/basic-strategy-chart-blackjack.html memorized, but as I said, I haven't really delved into the counting strategies yet. I am somewhat familiar with the hi-low system, but I don't really understand how it works when there are so many decks and different casinos have different rules, right? How do I learn about how to factor that into things? And where is a good place to practice online with real casino-like conditions without having to put any real money up? I've done the trainer here and gotten 100% nearly every time, but that's not counting anyway. Also, how much money does one have to put into playing blackjack in order to see anything come back? Like if I went to a casino with $100, would I be able to come out with $1000 or would I have to play $500 in order to come out with $1000? I know that might be an impossible question to answer, but I'm just trying to figure out how much I would even need to spend in order to get something worthwhile back.
Anyway, thanks and sorry I kind of rambled on so much!
imanygirl said:Hi, Thanks for the reply. To answer your questions: I'm not sure how often I will play- probably once or twice a year. What I meant when I said I've played casually is that I've played on my phone or computer- not against other people and not for money or in a casino. As I've said, I've only ever even been to a casino twice in my entire life and that was 7 years ago. I would play for the challenge of playing and hopefully to win more than I lose. I would like to come out with at least a little more money than I went in with, but I'm not looking to make a living or anything from this. I would like to spread out my money across hands and have it last as long as possible. I would never put it all down in one hand and hope for the best. That is why I want to learn a little more than basic strategy- to keep myself in the game as long as possible and to maximize the outcome. I have no problem walking away and I'm not worried about getting caught up in the gambling aspect of it. I'm someone who if I started with $100 and make $500 after playing for a while, I am walking away and considering it a win. I wouldn't lose $5000 because after losing $500, I'd walk away. I don't have $5000 to lose! I know not to expect to win every time I play, but like I said, I want to be able to win more than I lose.
I've googled blackjack, but there are so many sites and so many "junk" sites. I'm looking for a site that has some kind of progressive system on the skill level of card counting or something. I'm not sure how to explain it, but I want to be able to learn to count cards by playing, but I want to start slow and as I get better at it, move up to playing as if it's in real time. Does that make sense?
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I just came out of a meeting where one of the participants was introduced as preparing to get married next month. In the words of the moderator "…next month he becomes a man…" and I began to argue with that thought line in my mind, asking myself the question "what makes you a man…? Because honestly, am not sure I have a definite answer to that.
I grew up knowing that the man is the one who fathered you, as in, he doesn't get to carry you in the womb. He is the one who's last name you get to bear in school. He is supposed to be the one you ask first when the fees are due in school. All of these are the realities I grew up with as a child, but as an adult, should I still see these things as the defining factors of who a man is?
Going back to what prompted all these thoughts in the first place, marriage. My bible tells me that "…therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave unto his wife…" (Gen 2:24). I have heard pastors quote this passage at the few wedding ceremonies I have been at, or at marriage-related seminars, stressing the fact that the bible says A MAN was going to leave and cleave, and not a boy, obviously trying to buttress a point, but it always leaves me wondering who gets to be called a man. Obviously, my moderator at the meeting tonight had the notion that marriage made you a man(and I have heard so many people tow that line of belief as well), but I have also heard pastors say from the bible that you had to be a man BEFORE you get married.
In exploring various thoughts, I know that there were cultural practices(some of which may still be in existence), which required teenage boys to go through initiation rites, after which they became men, not minding the fact that these rituals didn't go on for years, not even months. I have raised this point because, although it is no longer a common practice, there was a time and in different cultures too, when it was the acceptable norm and I do not think we are light years wiser than those who carried out such practices. I see no difference between this practice and the beliefs that you become a man as soon as you get married. After all, they both say an event makes you one.
To some people, you become a man as soon as you can impregnate a woman, and though I do not have ready medical statistics nor evidence, but I should think that any 15 year old would be able to do that(correct me if am wrong). I know I would get knocks for this thought, but I have heard an Igbo adage which though I do not remember verbatim, it basically says "Once a young boy starts checking out his father's wife, then it's an indication that has become a man". Now I ask myself when the average teenager starts having feelings for women, whether he admits it or not, and the answer I get is… (Never mind just put yours, lol). So if I understand that cultural point of view, you become a man when you can impregnate a woman.
Now another point of view: you become a man when you have a job and can take care of yourself. This view gets me upset because I have seen people get out of school and stay five years without getting a job. We all know how 'easy' it is to get a job in this part of the world, so then I ask myself "if an external factor way beyond your control is used to measure who you are, can we be said to be fair in our judgments?' I mean, if I have my way, I would want to leave school and get to start working immediately at the peak of my profession. So technically, my childhood friend with whom I happen to be age mates and we both left school at about the same time, gets to become a man five years before me if after school he immediately got a good job, but I had to wait for five years to get a decent job. Hmm, how logical a thought!
I would want to present a final viewpoint; one which I find interesting because it really has no clear cut demarcation as far as I am concerned. I am sure a lot of you guys would say been a man is about been matured. Now, the question is "what exactly defines as maturity?'. I have had people tell me that maturity is of the mind, but that always sounds as vague and elusive to me, as the concept itself. Don't get me wrong, I totally accept the word on its own merit, but who defines what? It obviously has nothing do with age, and call me "over-logical" if you want, but I always have a problem with concepts that you cannot pin down and nail on the head. With such concepts, people very easily begin to speak from both sides of their mouth.
On a lighter note, I would want to share an incident with you. I was sitting in church next to a young lady, and in the course of the sermon ,the pastor made a statement, saying "…let all men be liars, but let God be true…", and the lady mused to herself( but loud enough for me to hear) "…yes pastor, all men are liars…" You and I both know they were obviously talking about different 'men'.
And that has always left me asking the vital question, "Who is a man"…


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The irresistibly adorable baby Jack was such a pleasure to photograph. You've seen the sneak peek of his recent Pasadena / San Marino portrait session. This 5-month-old baby boy probably has the most amazing blue eyes I've ever seen.
I just love his chubby little cheeks and arms and that fine, fluffy hair.
Look at those baby toes.
This next image is one of my favorites ever from a photo session. I love that bright, curious expression and those incredible blue, blue eyes. Simply gorgeous.
You can also see a few more of the Glendale / Burbank baby portrait photos with 5-month-old baby Jack here.


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A resolution approving a Sister City relationship with Mendoza, Republic of Argentina, and authorizing the Mayor to execute a Sister City Charter.
WHEREAS, the sister city concept was inaugurated by President Eisenhower in 1956 to establish greater friendship and understanding among the people of the United States and other nations through person-to-person exchange; and
WHEREAS, Sister Cities of Nashville, Inc., was organized as a private, not-for-profit corporation in 1991 for the express purpose of promoting economic development and global understanding by assisting and encouraging the citizens of Nashville to form friendships and contacts with cities throughout the world; and
WHEREAS, Sister Cities of Nashville, Inc., has been officially authorized by the Metropolitan Council to administer Nashville's Sister Cities programs; and
WHEREAS, since its founding, Sister Cities of Nashville, Inc., with the support of the Metropolitan Government, has established official Sister City relationships with Caen, France; Belfast, Northern Ireland; Edmonton, Canada; Magdeburg, Germany and Taiyuan, China, all of which relationships have been recognized officially by the Metropolitan Government; and
WHEREAS, as a result of these relationships, hundreds of Nashville citizens have become involved in educational and cultural exchanges, training programs, professional and teacher alliances, and other programs, allowing Nashville's citizens to experience and learn from other cultures, ethnic and religious backgrounds, and to develop lasting friendships; and
WHEREAS, for over five years a committee of Sister Cities of Nashville has been exploring the creation of a sister city relationship with an Argentine city, receiving support from area professional and business groups, entrepreneurs, Argentine-American citizens living in Nashville, high school and college teachers and students of Spanish, and diverse other citizens with business and personal ties to Argentina and, specifically, to Mendoza; and
WHEREAS, since the year 2000, a growing number of official and unofficial ties have developed with Mendoza, the capital of the Province of the same name, Mendoza, with visits of official delegations, contacts among schools, universities, local businesses, and non-profit organizations, and other cultural institutions, as well as numerous personal friendships; and
WHEREAS, in October of 2008, the City of Mendoza signed a letter of intent as a "Friendship City", to conduct official negotiations with the City of Nashville with the goal of establishing an official sister city relationship; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council desires that the cities of Nashville and Mendoza continue to work together to grow mutual understanding and insure a future of peace and freedom by creating a world of friendship; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Sister Cities of Nashville, Inc., has formally recommended the nomination of Mendoza, Republic of Argentina, to be Nashville's Argentine sister city and the Metropolitan Government, through this Council, does hereby approve this recommendation, finding that the proposed relationship will be of great benefit to the citizens of Nashville.
Section 1. That the Metropolitan County Council hereby goes on record as approving a Sister City relationship with Mendoza, Republic of Argentina, and authorizing the Mayor to execute a Sister City Charter.
Section 2. The Metropolitan Clerk is directed to send a certified copy of this Resolution to Mayor Karl Dean.
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Sponsored by: Frank Harrison
|Referred to:
|Rules Committee
|February 17, 2009
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As you know,
Lately my bank account is facing some deficit. How it happened, I don't know why.. *sigh*
Therefore, i have no choice but to participate in any competition that reaps good rewards....
*Jeng Jeng Jeng*
The SlurpeeLiciOus Moments Contest~!!!(here)
So i cracked my brain, laughter and cracked every obstacles to participate in this competition. However, I can see that the competition is very tough..and i have to do something very unique, attractive and obtain a very nice facial expression!
It's not easy~!!
Me and my other friends (TianChad & Ange) took some shots in IOI mall. I think the shots looked very pretty... It'll be one of my favorite photo collection for all time !!!..
Question is: Is it GOOD enough to attract voters and judges? Is it GOOD enough to win???
And so I decided to think out of the box~!! And let XeRoZ play with my make up..
Which finally turned me into..
It's pretty cool. I was shocked looking at my outrageously ugly faces. Can't imagine i'd actually do a photo collage for you to enjoy these pictures too~! hahahs..
Among the two types of genre of photos.. The best goes to: ~
Crazy Nicole after brain freeze
SlurpeeliCiously Me
The Slurpee Story
Amazingly, i decided to go with SlurpeeLiciOusly Me for the competition.. I dont know why, but i really put alot of time and energy to be Malaysia's Ugliest Ghost...The message I'm trying to convey is.. Even the ugliest, most evil devil's heart will be touched by a sip of slurpee...
hahah...Perhaps i'm too lame~!
Anyways, wishing all the best for me. Hoping my bank account will soon be able to be balanced~!


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Do you try to sleep at night, but only end up laying awake? It happens regularly and causing problems in your life. You are aware that you suffer from insomnia, but you're baffled as to why. Read on for some useful tips if this is similar to your predicament.
A firm mattress can help you get more sleep. A mattress that is too soft will not provide enough support. That can cause your body stress, which makes insomnia even worse. You can save yourself from many sleepless nights by investing in a comfortable firm mattress.
Remember how you slept well as a child? That was because your parents forced a regular bedtime routine on you. Try that now as an adult. Have a hot bath, listen to relaxing music, and do some deep breathing exercises. Making this a routine will promote a healthy pattern of sleep.
If you have not yet attempted aromatherapy to deal with insomnia, time to go shopping! Get a small sampling of various potpourri and candles which feature relaxing scents. Then place them around your bed. It can bust your stress and help you relax. Light scents, particularly lavender, are good at helping you sleep easily.
If insomnia is troubling you, journal your thoughts just before going to bed. Write down the things that you've just done. Your journal can reveal patterns or problems that are stopping your sleep. Once you know what is preventing you from sleeping, you can eliminate the problem.
If you've been sleep deprived for a few nights or more, you may want to see your doctor. It can be temporary, but it could be something medical that could last months. See your doctor and discuss your problem so another major cause can be ruled out.
If you aren't tired, you'll have a struggle trying to fall asleep. If you're working somewhere where you just sit around, then you should take some breaks and move your body during your day. Exercise is a great way to get in physical exercise that helps you sleep at bedtime.
Make sure you have as little stress as possible when it is time to go to bed. Try relaxation techniques to fall asleep sooner. To get a good night of rest, both your body and mind should be relaxed. Meditation, imagery, and deep breathing exercises can help.
A massage can help you fall asleep. It will relax and calm your tired muscles. You and your spouse can alternative nights so that both get a great night of sleep regularly. You do not need to go all out for a total body massage, just a short foot massage should do the trick.
Have you heard about the old-fashioned habit of having warm milk at bedtime? This is also an effective idea for insomniacs. Doing so helps your nerves relax, especially due to the calcium. This helps you sleep.
Reading this article has hopefully given you new insight about what keeps you from going to sleep at the most reasonable time every night. Fear not, because this problem is more common than you may think. Use these fantastic tips to finally get a great night's sleep.


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Objects, knowledge and ethics
Monday, 06 December, 2010 - 22:08
It's been a fascinating few days watching the SR / OOO and the Metaphysics and Things conferences unfold online in the last few days - Bogost, Bryant, Morton, Harman, Haraway, Stengers, Shaviro and others on objects and units, processes and procedures, rhetoric and semiotics. It's very stimulating to see ideas open up and develop nuance as they get pulled in different directions by new combinations of cast members. I'm looking forward to getting my teeth into the detail soon - particularly what strikes me as a very Latourian atmosphere clinging to some of the outcomes, (by which I mean, a healthy and indiscriminate abundance of agents together translating and transforming the world). In the meantime, I want to return to the stubborn subject of withdrawn objects.
A few days ago Graham Harman called out a certain approach to making philosophical arguments, naming it trumpery - "the triumphalistic one-upping of positions that are defined as naive/traditionalistic" - particularly with reference to arguments which want to "denounce hidden unities behind the plurality of surface-effects . . . It's time to recover these bemoaned hidden unities lying behind appearance, rather than trumping them with easy avant garde positions that are now much too banal to be avant garde."
I don't know whether this was specifically in reference to a post of mine Graham linked to earlier; in that post I said, "I just want to dispel hidden realities which betray their appearances, or illusory facades which belie some more authentic realm" - which is pretty close to the position Graham dislikes.
I should point out that I think my position is more a form of specious dilettantism than avant garde trumpery. I'm an autodidact when it comes to philosophy, and have no real interest in making deep ontological commitments one way or the other; I am deeply interested, though, in how philosophies make me feel - their affect and the aesthetic experiences they evoke. So far as I am a professional academic / researcher (which is not very far), I'd say I'm in the phenomenological camp which denies that we can speak of things lying outside our experience without chasing ghosts and hallucinations. One of the things I love most about engaging with philosophy is the sense that I'm entering a world of abysses, ghouls, hauntings and the supernatural...
This position is often written off as a sort of postmodern cop-out: it flies in the face of common sense (because spades are spades and arche-fossils are arche-fossils); it insults scientific progress whose methods, its proponents constantly remind us, are the only valid means of investigating the world; it always escapes affirmation and, cowardly, never risks itself in defence of a particular worldview or outlook; it disappears (often accompanied by obscurantism) into surfaces, play, simulacra, language, representation - or, inevitably, up its own arse.
However, there is something about this position (which I prefer to call anti-foundationalist than postmodern), which seems to me to be crucial. Rorty describes it in Consequences of Pragmatism:
Suppose that Socrates was wrong, that we have not once seen the Truth, and so will not, intuitively, recognise it when we see it again. This means that when the secret police come, when the torturers violate the innocent, there is nothing to be said to them of the form "There is something within you which you are betraying. Though you embody the practices of a totalitarian society which will endure forever, there is something beyond those practices which condemns you." This thought is hard to live with, as is Sartre's remark:
"Tomorrow, after my death, certain people may decide to establish fascism, and the others may be cowardly or miserable enough to let them get away with it. At that moment, fascism will be the truth of man, and so much the worse for us. In reality, things will be as much as man has decided they are."
This hard saying brings out what ties Dewey and Foucault, James and Nietzsche, together - the sense that there is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves, no criterion that we have not created in the course of creating a practice, no standard of rationality that is not an appeal to such a criterion, no rigorous argumentation that is not obedience to our own conventions.
Consequences of Pragmatism by Richard Rorty
If there is no universal truth to which we can appeal when the secret police come to the door, then all we can do is decide what we want to defend, and defend it as best we can. If there is no fallback position, no 'criterion' outside of human dealings to appeal to, no God, or universal morality, or even genetic imperative, all that is open to us is to make our case - the last thing we can be is complacent. It is, no doubt, undergraduate philosophy 101, but I see no way to go about epistemology, ontology, metaphysics or practical philosophy of any sort, without first taking up an ethical position.
Attendant to this position, for me, there must also be two further consequences: a suspicion of anything that might claim to be a more "authentic" or "foundational" realm than the surfaces amongst which we live our effervescent, sensual lives; and also a recognition that a world without foundations is one where the irresistible force can be resisted, the unstoppable object can be stopped, the impassable obstacle can be passed, and the hard kernel of things can be cracked.
That was all a long, round-about way of saying that I'm not so much a trumper as a dilettante, and not so much a dilettante as a double agent. I also don't want to imply that objects that withdraw are the harbingers of enslavement. Just that I want to understand the meaning of hidden realities. What is it that is hiding? Does it hide from everything? And why is it hiding from me?
Wednesday, 03 November, 2010 - 22:15
- on dwelling in the being of a thing.
Looking for the moment the gap closes: being in the flow of the moment; sincerity; dialogue; thinging. Theoria, praxis and poiesis are the three Aristotelian "activities" of man: theoria - the contemplative, analytical mode; praxis - the mode of action; and poiesis - the conjury, the making, or (after Heidegger) the 'bringing-forth'. But how do these modes play together? Are we entrapped in one or the other, only ever switching between them as we might change gears? Or are they like polyphonic tones, playing together, merging with each other, alternately moving back and forth in dominance and recession, but always humming along at the same time?
I quote Richard Sennet at length here because when I read his account of craft (butchered here), I am thinking of these modes, and noticing the opening and closing of the gaps between thought and action, mind and world, being and withdrawal.
We could find no better guide than Erin O'Connor about how the hand and eye together learn how to concentrate. A philosophical glassblower, she has explored the development of long-term attention through her own struggles to fashion a particular kind of wineglass. She reports . . . that she has long enjoyed the Barolo wines of Italy and therefore sought to fashion a goblet big and rounded enough to support the fragrant "nose" of the wine. To accommodate this, she had to expand her powers of concentration from the short- to the long-term . . .
In learning to make a Barolo goblet O'Connor . . . had to "untape" habits she'd learnt in blowing simpler pieces in order to explore why she was failing . . . develop a better awareness of her body in relation to the viscous liquid, as though there were continuity between flesh and glass . . . Now she was better positioned to make use of the triad of the "intelligent hand" - co-ordination of hand, eye, and brain . . . But she still had to learn how to lengthen her concentration.
This stretch-out occurred in two phases. First, she lost awareness of her body making contact with the hot glass and became all-absorbed in the physical material as the end in itself . . . The philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty describes what she experienced as "being as a thing". This philosopher Michael Polanyi calls it "focal awareness" and refers to the act of hammering a nail: "When we bring down the hammer we do not feel that its handle has struck our palm but that its head has struck the nail . . . . I have a subsidiary awareness of the feeling in the palm of my hand which is merged into my focal awareness of my driving in the nail." If I may put this yet another way, we are now absorbed in something, no longer self-aware, even of our bodily self. We have become the thing on which we are working.
This absorbed concentration now had to be stretched out. The challenge O'Connor met was the result of further failure . . . The problem, she came to understand, lay in dwelling in that moment of "being in a thing." To work better, she discovered, she needed to anticipate what the material should next become in its next, as-yet nonexistent, stage of evolution. Her instructor called this simply "staying on track"; she, rather more philosophically minded, understood that she was engaged in a process of "corporeal anticipation," always one step ahead of the material . . .
The rhythm that kept O'Connor specifically alert lay in her eye disciplining her hand, the eye constantly scanning and judging, adjusting the hand, the eye establishing the tempo. The complexity here is that she was no longer conscious of her hands, she no longer thought about what they were doing: her consciousness focussed on what she saw; ingrained hand motions became part of the act of seeing ahead . . .
The Craftsman by Richard Sennet
The materials of life require a master to give them form, while dwelling in the being of a thing is anarchic and free-wheeling. Hmmm. Ahhh. Hello, and welcome to the tropes of mastery and freedom . . .


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I made a goal last May to read a book a month during my 25th year, and I can proudly say that I surpassed my goal! Many friends ask me what I'm reading currently or what I recommend, so here is a list of the books that I read during my 25th year:
A Thousand Tomorrows by Karen Kingsbury
Between Sundays by Karen Kingsbury
Shades of Blue by Karen Kingsbury
The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (for probably the third or fourth time)
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (for the second time)
The Fault in Our Stars by John Greene
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Sparkly Green Earrings by Melanie Shankle
One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp (for the second or third time)
Paleoista by Nell Stephenson
The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels-A Love Story by Ree Drummond
Anything by Jennie Allen
Boundaries in Dating: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Relationships by Dr. Henry Cloud and John Townsend
God Is Able by Priscilla Shirer
Freefall to Fly: A Breathtaking Journey Toward a Life of Meaning by Rebekah Lyons
7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess by Jen Hatmaker
Notes from a Blue Bike: The Art of Living Intentionally in a Chaotic World by Tsh Oxenreider
The Price of Stones: Building a School for My Village by Twesigye Jackson Keguri
How To Get A Date Worth Keeping: Be Dating In Six Months Or Your Money Back by Dr. Henry Cloud
I can honestly say that I thoroughly enjoyed just about every one of these books. Let me know if you want more commentary about what was my favorite and what I'd recommend! What have you been reading lately?


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Retailers Utilize Facebook Connect to Make Online Shopping More Social, Personal
Fluid, a firm that helps companies with their online retail marketing, has built a product called Fluid Social, which helps shoppers at retail websites view what their Facebook friends have said about certain products. While it remains to be seen whether or not Fluid Social can truly engage (or motivate) customers to participate in discussions by tapping into their Facebook networks, it highlights the potential Facebook Connect offers in making e-commerce websites more social and personalized.
Here's how Fluid Social works:
1. For the retail sites that implement it, it allows users to comment on specific products, view their Facebook Friends' comments on those products through Facebook Connect, and learn what their Facebook Friends' favorite products are on that website. These are broken into aptly named tabs beneath the product ("Share," "My Friends Say," and "My Friends Like").
2. Using Facebook Connect, users authorize the participating retail site to install its custom Facebook application to their Facebook account. In most cases, the app can enable users to update their status messages or publish news about the retailer's products into their News Feeds.
3. Some of the implementations, such as bag-maker JanSport's, allows Facebook users who install the customized app to "buy a product" or "invite friends to comment" on the product from Facebook. In other implementations, like Vans shoes, the technology has allowed people to email friends and invite them to chat with you about the product on the retailer's website.
Fluid Social represents an innovative approach towards improving people's e-commerce experience by leveraging the personal networks they have built on Facebook.
The main problem of user-generated reviews in the past (like on Amazon or Yelp) has been the impersonal nature of them. When we pick out a pair of jeans at a store, we rarely ask complete strangers for their opinion. We would ask our friends and family. If they aren't with us, we call them on the phone and try to describe the product as best we can. Fluid Social allows for that personalized shopping experience in real-time, and we're likely to see more and more integrations like it in the future.