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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The midbrain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The midbrain; a segment of the encephalon consisting essentially of the corpora quadrigemina or optic lobes and the crura cerebri. See
brain. Also mesencephal, mesocephalon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to
mesen. See brain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A part of the brain located
rostralto the ponsand caudalto the thalamusand the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum(dorsal portion) and the tegmentum(ventral portion).
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- noun the middle portion of the brain
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It has also been understood for some time that the functions of these and several other primary reflex centers are integrated in the mesencephalon, that is, the grey matter, grouped in several nuclei, which is located below the hemispheres of the cerebrum, in immediate proximity to the hypophysis, which exercises a regulating influence on a great many vegetative functions.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949 - Presentation Speech
For reasons of its own, evolution allowed mammalian energy to hold sway, and the recently developed human midbrain or mesencephalon, which had folded over the old diencephalon, could be accurately labeled a mammal brain.
A broad layer of nerve-containing grey matter found bilaterally throughout the mesencephalon, or upper brain stem.
A broad layer of nerve-containing grey matter found bilaterally throughout the mesencephalon, or upper brain stem.
The mid-brain or mesencephalon (Fig. 681) is the short, constricted portion which connects the pons and cerebellum with the thalamencephalon and cerebral hemispheres.
The cephalic end of the neural groove exhibits several dilatations, which, when the tube is closed, assume the form of three vesicles; these constitute the three primary cerebral vesicles, and correspond respectively to the future fore-brain (prosencephalon), mid-brain (mesencephalon), and hind-brain (rhombencephalon) (Fig. 18).
These are marked off from each other by intervening constrictions, and are named the fore-brain or prosencephalon, the mid-brain or mesencephalon, and the hind-brain or rhombencephalonthe last being continuous with the medulla spinalis.
A few fibers of the medullary stria are said to pass by the habenular nucleus to the roof of the mid-brain, especially the superior colliculus, while a few others come into relation with the posterior longitudinal bundle and association tracts of the mesencephalon.
IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves
In its early embryonic condition it consists of three hollow vesicles, termed the hind-brain or rhombencephalon, the mid-brain or mesencephalon, and the fore-brain or prosencephalon; and the parts derived from each of these can be recognized in the adult (Fig. 677).
The parts of mid-brain (mesencephalon) will be easily recognised.


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As militants flee towns they once ruled in northern Mali, stories of their brutality are trickling out. Lindsey Hilsum, a reporter for Britain's Channel 4, spoke to a man who was accused of stealing a motorbike.
[:38] "He used to dig gravel for construction companies he said. Before they cut off his hand."
But amid that horror, there's real progress. French and African forces have driven the militants, some allied with an al Qaeda affiliate, from several major towns.
Dr. Dave Sloggett is a security consultant with IHS Global Insight:
[2:14 ] "Any historian of desert warfare knows the operation thus far in Mali is following a classic pattern."
Dr. Sloggett says the pattern involves quick success from the air and then more of a slow grind on the ground. Experts from IHS recently held a call to share their research on what's happened in Mali thus far and where the situation may go from here.
Listen to the full story to hear why some compare parts of northern Mali to the treacherous Tora Bora region of Afghanistan.
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12 November 2009
Meditate With Me: Hasan to be Charged with Premeditated Murder
The legal implications of this charge - and the due process thereof - have widespread meaning for the current debate concerning the purpose of hosting legal proceedings when facing issues of this magnitude: (a) convential civilian and criminal proceedings vs. (b) military court vs. (c) military commission. The major difference, as I see fit, is the way in which each process identifies the suspect(s) involved in the case: "a" defines the suspect in terms of the American Constitution and its binding rule of law whereas "b" defines the suspect in terms of the justice inherent in the American Constitution but alien to the common law whereas "c" deals with the suspect for a specified reason to serve justice, such as war crimes.
Thus, the conventional method holds that the suspect is granted due process according to the following public proceedings:
trial by jury;
presumption of innocence;
exposal of evidence;
choice to take the witness stand as defendent;
right of appeal;
(and all that relates to such).
Accordingly, "b" holds that an established process is carried out within military ranks in order to arrive at a judgment of the suspect's actions, which is exactly what Hasan will face. What meaning does this hold for Hasan (?) - that he is not a terrorist in the eyes of the military court. What meaning does this hold for the American legal system (?) - that persons who commit such acts of horror, as described above, are within the legal perview of defining such behavior as a psychological disorder. If Hasan were a civilian who walked onto the base at Fort Hood he would be, according to these parameters, tried as a civilian with the same mental condition. The only difference in nature is that he is a "service member."
Can Hasan's actions in themselves be described as an act of terror? Given the initial evidence of his growing extremist religious ideology [i.e. witnessed in his powerpoint presentation] and social connections to certain leaders [i.e. Imam] and AQ representatives [witnessed in his computer emails and blog posting], can his intentions be explained as an act of terror against the U.S. Military and thus the U.S.A., It's Constitution, and It's People? This is why the question needs to be asked: the case against Hasan has concrete implications for the case against the civilian, and in turn, also holds dire implications for the case to be held against present and future "suspected terrorists." A military commission can, in fact, be formed to investigate Hasan in that light; however, it may be legally and socially speedy to charge him in this manner.
The House of Representatives recently passed (2009) amendments to the Military Commissions Act of 2006 issuing "suspected terrorists" greater due process rights. The Act grants each suspect the following, as the NY Times article describes:
a military lawyer to defend them;
a presumption of innocence;
a right of appeal.
Alleged co-spirator of 9/11 who once shared a room with Mohammad Atta and has been a detainee at Guantanemo Bay, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, is one person whose case is an example of applying the Act's amendments in real time.
Richard V. Meyer, a Major with the US Army and Judge Advocate and author of "When a Rose is Not a Rose: Military-Commissions v. Courts-Martial" (Oxford University Press, 2007), describes in his abstract:
"The Military Commissions Act developed a judicial system based upon that of General Courts-Martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The military commissions will use many of the same personnel and share some procedures with general courts-martial, but certain aspects show them to be very dissimilar. Specifically: the revised evidentiary rules on coerced statements, hearsay and classified evidence; the lack of speedy trial rights; the absence of a formal pre-trial investigation; and the failure to apply case law precedent. These differences will have significant secondary effects on the process that are not favourable to a defendant. As a result of both the primary and secondary effects of the differences, the commissions will provide significantly less due process to unlawful combatants than the general court-martial process will provide to their lawful combatant counterparts."
To process Hasan in a military commission, he would have to be defined as an "unlawful combatant" - which would require extensive investigation into his extremist ties, if any. Therefore, given the nature of the options of proceedings available to us at this time and the nature of his actions, it is within reason to charge Hasan with "premeditated murder" in a military court. In conclusion, I think this fails to identify him as a "lawful combatant" and his actions for what they prove to be - treacherous to the American People -; and holds dangerous, far-reaching implications of ease and sensitivity for future commissions to be held for conspirators against the Constitution.
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- AnonymousNovember 13, 2009 at 9:23 AM
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- AnonymousNovember 13, 2009 at 9:25 AM
More information to consider from the Associated Press (AP) about the current debate of bringing "suspected terrorists" to justice within the framework of the legal system and U.S. Constitution: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091113/D9BUINUG0.html.ReplyDelete
White House lawyer Greg Craig, who was given the responsibility of reviewing the status of and proposing strategy for the closing of Guantanemo Prison, movement of detainees, and an overhaul of interrogations, detentions, and torture, has stepped down from his position.
- AnonymousNovember 13, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Khalid SheikH Mohammad's trial with begin sooon in NYC, as the Wall Street Journal and NY Times reported this morning: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125811122555346969.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories;ReplyDelete
The Financial Times is reporting that President Obama is beginning talks with Chinese leaders, and plans to highlight everyone's role in the war in Afghanistan: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f2bf2d0-cf78-11de-b876-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1.
The process of closing the detention center rquires dealing with 75 remaining detainees, as noted in this article by the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/13/AR2009111300740.html?hpid%3Dtopnews.
The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 11/13/2009 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 13, 2009 at 3:17 PM
The new legal counsel appointed to the White House position is Bob Bauer, known predominantly as President Obama's personal lawyer and partner at Perkins Coie. Read the breaking story by the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/13/AR2009111301138.html?hpid=topnews.ReplyDelete
Because he will be conducting important reviews of our national security methods and measures as well as making decisions that have implications for our Constitution, I encourage you to read more about Bauer's biography on the Perkins Coie website: http://www.perkinscoie.com/rbauer/.
For fun, if you want to read Jack Bauer's biography, agent in the hit television series 24, visit here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Bauer!


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HOUSTON -- Nimodipine didn't improve cognition when ischemic stroke patients with vascular mild cognitive impairment (MCI) started taking the calcium channel blocker within a week of their event, researchers reported here.
In a randomized controlled trial from 23 sites in China, patients had no differences in change in Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) scores at 6 months whether they were on the drug or placebo, Huaguang Zheng, MD, of Beijing Tiantan Hospital in China and colleagues reported at the International Stroke Conference meeting here.
"In our trial, we found that nimodipine didn't benefit vascular MCI patients, but it may have marginal positive effects on specific cognitive domains, such as executive function, and it won't increase the risk of stroke or other adverse events," Zheng said during a press briefing.
More than half of stroke patients develop vascular MCI during the first three months of follow-up, he explained, and about 30% to 50% will develop dementia within 5 years.
While there are currently no effective therapies for vascular MCI and dementia, some studies have suggested that nimodipine may have cognitive benefits, he said.
To assess whether that's the case, Zheng and colleagues randomized 654 patients to either placebo or to 30 mg nimodipine three times a day. The primary endpoint was the change in cognition function on the MMSE and on the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog) over 6 months.
Overall, outcomes were similar between the two groups, with no significant advantage for nimodipine, Zheng said.
There was, however, an advantage for nimodipine in terms of the proportion of patients who had an ADAS-Cog score of 0 or greater at 6 months (34% versus 47%), and there was some indication that the drug may benefit specific brain areas, particularly executive function, he noted.
Zheng added that nimodipine didn't increase the risk of stroke and other adverse events.
He acknowledged that the study was limited because it didn't evaluate Global Cognitive Index scores, neurological outcome, or subcortical dementia, and the sample size was too small.
Mark Alberts, MD, of Hartford Healthcare, said it was "reasonable to investigate" nimodipine given that it's been shown to potentially have neuroprotective effects. But the problem of cognitive decline following stroke is a "vexing issue" because the pathophysiology is so complicated.
"If you have a stroke, and you develop dementia after the stroke, is that vascular dementia related to the stroke? Having a stroke, you take out millions of neurons," he told MedPage Today. "Most people, including myself, think it's a combination, that there's some underlying degenerative process, and vascular disease on top of that is just accelerating it perhaps."
Alberts said it's best to focus on risk factor control in patients with cognitive impairment after a stroke -- treating diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia, for instance. For patients who progress to dementia, he offers rehabilitation programs or the cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil (Aricept).
Amytis Towfighi, MD, of the University of Southern California and director of neurological services at the Los Angeles County department of health, agreed that risk factor control is the main therapeutic strategy for cognitive impairment following stroke.
"Currently there are no proven treatments. We don't know if medications that have been tested in Alzheimer's would be effective," she told MedPage Today. "Generally we recommend lifestyle changes -- the same things you would recommend to prevent stroke. Prevention is the key."
The study was supported by the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. Bayer provided additional support.
Zheng disclosed no financial relationships with industry.
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International Stroke Conference
Source Reference: Zheng H, et al "Efficacy and safety of nimodipine in vascular mild cognitive impairment: a randomized placebo controlled trial" ISC Meeting 2017; Abstract LB7.


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You know, I was looking at the stock market reports. I enjoy it. It's the greatest power-game in the world and you can really learn quite a lot from it. Case in point: Disney's stock has plunged over 20 points during the past five years. I couldn't believe it: Disney, the name that has meant heart-warming entertainment and WAY too expensive pens was experiencing financial woes! This is far more important than starving Bosnians, the ozone, layer, or the Middle East. CNN has spent WAY too much time on this. Then I paused, and said, "Well, all right. Let's take a look at Disney's fiduciaries and see what we can figure out." I think I may have resolved the fiscal crisis of an entertainment giant.
First of all, having little anmiated birds and mice dress Michael Eisner every morning, while cute and disturbing, really isn't what I would call cost-effective. The key to a successful business is the reduction of overhead. Ask the ALDI corporation in Germany, whose supermarkets offer low prices by minimizing capital expense.
Then we have the audience. As an audience, we Americans just aren't interested in love, hope, or the triumph of the human spirit. We want blood, car wrecks, blood, sex, blood, war, blood, and oh yeah . . . blood. My suggestion: Give Goofy an AK-47. You know he's been aching to take out that freakin' duck for years!
Then we have the long-awaited remake of Pete's Dragon, which is 83 million dollars overbudget and 17 weeks behind schedule. My suggestion: Distribute a whole bunch of those little pads that you flip a page at a time and it shows a cute little cartoon moving around. Send these to the theaters.
Then, let's not forget the fact that 78 percent of this country's population has been sued by Disney. I mean, when you're lawyer-happy, it's kinda hard to maintain that lovey-dovery bullshit.
Then we have the recent and tragic death of a major Disney icon when the steadily decreasing number of clapping children in this country eventually resulted in the demise of Tinkerbell. Sorry, kids, but you killed the fairy. You take the blame for that one.
Then we have marketing analysis flaws that have abounded in Disney's recent years when they lost that chimp that picks the winning TV shows to HBO. Most TV sucks these days, but have you ever glimpsed the Disney channel? If I were a kid, I'd be insulted.
Then we have plain old apathy in the board room. Too many of Disney's executives were too busy swimming in that lake of gold coins they keep in the safe to do anything about Disney's declining market share. Sorry, little people, but the boss man is too busy having sex with super models on big piles of money to do anything about it.
Morale at Disney's theme-parks has also contributed to this steady decline. I remember when, back in 1987, one of the guys who wears the Mickey suit came to work drunk, and then pimp-slapped a seven year old kid. Low morale has led to a virtual public relations failure, that and the failure of Disney's employees to observe the moadatory "Continual Whistling" policy.
And finally, we have the simple fact that Disney has been losing money. All the hush money they've had to pay out to the families of the Mad Teacup Ride's 280 victims has taken its toll.
I think the best way to remedy these problems is very simple. First, kill the duck. Donald is a sardonic little shit and his bad attitude is dragging the company down. Secondly, not enough violence in their programming. When Goofy finally snaps and goes on a rampage with an automatic assault rifle, the American public, I assure you, will sit up and take notice.
Finally, I would also suggest a major change in Disney's lead icon, one that is in synch with America's rising, rap-driven, urban-based gangsta culture...replace Mickey Mouse with Ricky the Rat, or just have Tony Soprano wear the mouse costume for a day.
[the opinions expressed herein are purely for amusement and should not by any means be taken seriously, except for the part about Donald Duck. I hate that bare-assed little prick and I hope he fuckin' DIES!]


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Two brothers, Jeff and Robbie Benson, have taken it upon themselves to tell the story of fans' enormous love for the EarthBound series with a new documentary titled EarthBound, USA.
The movie is "inspired by" fan site Starmen.net, which is dedicated to the "somewhat overlooked" series of games. For the past year, Jeff Benson has been interviewing fans of the game "in an attempt to document the space between a bunch of kids coming together on a message board," and the "re-emergence of a cult classic," in addition to the site Fangamer.net, in which Starmen.net played a formative role in founding.
"The documentary," begins Benson on the film's site, is "about how EarthBound fans have fought to popularize the Mother series in North America since the 1990s."
The brothers had hoped to keep the existence of the documentary under wraps for a while longer, but "our last interviewee has a lot of Twitter followers."
The interviewee to whom they were referring is Shigesato Itoi, creator of the EarthBound series.
"Just finished an interview with some American MOTHER 2 fans who came to see me. Some of them were in elementary school when they played it but are now married with children, and still have a love for the game to this day. I've had all sorts of projects in my time, but this game is definitely in a league of its own," Itoi posted to his Twitter feed last month.
The movie's site also says that there is a Kickstarter planned for later this year, and the movie is set to release in 2015, "unless Mother 3 is released."
Seth Macy is a freelance writer and podcaster. Follow him on Twitter @sethmacy and MyIGN at sethgmacy.


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The form of the wasp is a parent-form to the Void templar's form of the asp. While affected by this form, the swordmaster will randomly make deeply piercing strikes at his opponent. Each wasp strike will cause his opponent to bleed for four hours. While individual wasp strikes do not stack, each one holds its own duration. Wasp strikes may be cured by mend wounds or by regeneration.
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What's it like to have your relationships under the spotlight?
"At different phases it's felt different. Now, I find it really entertaining —it's not entertaining in some respects, but you have to laugh. I made a conscious decision when I was 30 that I'm not somebody who wants to talk about relationships. [It's] not how I started and then a relationship kind of pulled me into it and I tested that water and realised that's not me. So I made a [choice] that I'm not even going to comment "yes" or "no", but what's now [occurred], which is really funny, is I've had these imaginary relationships and imaginary break-ups that have never happened. And I've said nothing for three or four years—all I've kept saying is 'I'm single and I'll let you know when I'm in a serious relationship.' And I will."
How do you deal with it? I've always understood and respected
"That it comes with what I do. I never tried to fight that and I've been honoured that people are so intrigued. But you have to know in your heart what the reality is [and] what the illusion and fantasy of it all is. I wish I could share my WhatsApp group messages because they are so hilarious. [My friends] will be like, 'Thanks Delta for not inviting us to the wedding,' and I'm like, 'Hey guys, yeah it was a great wedding, so sorry you all missed it!' Or they say, 'Delta, you had a baby!' and I say, 'Yeah, yeah, I had one this week.' You have to laugh. One thing I've learnt having been in this for a long time, is that you have to let things go, and you can't take any of it too seriously."
You're 33 now. Have you felt differently in your thirties?
"I love it! It's really different. There's so much more calm. I feel like my twenties might have been a bit messier than I realised, in the sense that it feels like you're always running or behind. I've seen both sides of what this industry brings, and I wouldn't change that because it's definitely given me a lot of strength. When I got into my thirties, I owned who I was more. I stopped having people project who they think I am and [realised] there's a lot of sides to me and I'm more than just one layer...Maybe I'm just a little bit of a late developer as well. I shot out the gate, but I think I'm a bit of a late bloomer!"
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You only write well with an eraser, stated an unknown author. This quest for essentials and the refusal of anything superfluous was also the guiding principle for Blancpain watchmakers in developing the new base Calibre 13R0. The simplest constructions are those that ensure maximum reliability, while also facilitating maintenance. However, in both watchmaking and literature, simplicity is often the culmination of lengthy research. Blancpain meticulously studied all components of mechanical movements in order to choose the most effective solutions. The result is an efficient, accurate and reliable motor that once again takes the art of watchmaking to new heights. A creation that is both a model of restraint and highly prestigious exactly like Blancpains splendid timepieces.
A regulating screw system for enhanced precision
A larger titanium balance for improved rating regularity
Due consideration was then given to the diameter of the balance. The goal was in particular to achieve the best possible ratio between mass and inertia, thanks to a larger-diameter balance, which accordingly reduces differences in rate between horizontal and vertical positions. In order to optimise rating regularity, Blancpain chose a titanium alloy. While it is very hard to work with, this avant-garde material features several decisive advantages. It is far less sensitive to variations in temperature than glucydur, which is used in most modern balances. It is anti-magnetic and it is also distinguished by its amazing lightness. The lighter a balance, the less energy is consumed by its to-and-fro motion; the less the force of gravity affects the regularity of its oscillations in its various positions; and the less infl uence is exercised on its tiny pivot measuring a mere 6.5/100th of a millimetre, equivalent to a hairs breadth! Consequently, the balance-spring which serves to compensate for the expansion of the balance had to be adapted to the titanium balance.
A Breguet overcoil balance-spring for optimal isochronism
A flat balance-spring on a single plane cannot develop in a perfectly concentric manner. To guarantee the sprung balance a maximum of isochronism (regular oscillations whatever the amplitude), Blancpain has opted for a so-called Breguet overcoil balance-spring with the outer coil raised and slightly tilted towards the centre on a plane running parallel to the spring; this astute device enables the balance-spring to maintain its round shape at all times (whether in contraction or expansion phases). Producing a Breguet overcoil balance-spring calls for a great deal of extra work. In the absence of machines capable of producing a correct result, each extremely slim terminal curve must be patiently shaped by hand, an approach requiring considerable experience and incomparable dexterity. Nonetheless, this demanding choice contributes to giving the movement greater rating regularity, and hence improved accuracy.
Three barrels for an impressive 8-day power reserve
In developing Calibre 13R0, the Blancpain watchmakers also strove to find the most effective solutions in terms of energy. The main goal was to give the movement optimal operating autonomy, while guaranteeing energy of the finest quality at all times. The new Calibre 13R0 (in its current hours / minutes / seconds / date version) has an exceptional 8-day power reserve (192 hours). To achieve this feat, Blancpain has equipped it with three series-coupled barrels. Watchmakers made sophisticated calculations to precisely define the size and torque required for each spring. The three springs wind up and wind down in turn, but the second takes over from the first before its strength diminishes, and the same goes for the third. This system guarantees constant energy throughout the duration of the 8-day power reserve. The two springs closest to the winding spring are equipped with slipping springs, an added security feature that avoids any damage to the movement if the springs were to be overwound (by forcing the crown).
A bidirectional date for optimal security
Another technical improvement lies in the fact that the date change at midnight and the fast correction may be done in either direction. On most watches, it is impossible to move the hour and minutes back past midnight, since this might damage the date change mechanism. On the new Calibre 13R0, the fingerpiece driving the date disc simply slides backward over the teeth and thus runs no risk of being damaged itself or of impairing the disc.
Decorative features worthy of a noble tradition
While the construction of the new Calibre 13R0 aims for a maximum of simplicity and efficiency, its finishing details are distinguished by their extreme refinement and their high-end aesthetic appeal. In the recently renovated and extended Le Brassus workshops, the artisans of the Manufactures keep no track of the patient hours and meticulous effort expended upon decorating each part in the spirit of Haute Horlogerie. This hand craftsmanship makes each movement an authentic work of art in its own right. The bridges, which are corrected in classic style, feature elegant cut-outs as well as bevelling that is more noticeable than usual; they are also adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif, a sure sign of a fi nely crafted movement. All the steel parts are hand-bevelled and drawn out with fi le strokes. The plates are stippled, while the wheels circular-grained and bevelled. The ratchet and the transmission-wheel boss aredecorated with a sunray pattern.
The gaze is immediately caught and held by the large jewels, delicately rimmed in gold. However, out of a concern for simplicity, Blancpain decided not to use seatings to house the jewels. The use of these intermediate parts was fully justified in an era when hole drilling and jewel production techniques were not sufficiently precise to ensure perfect assembly. However, technical progress now makes it possible to drive the jewels directly into the bridges and plates to within infinitely small tolerances. To maintain the visual magic of the jewels sparkling amid the gold, Blancpain has revived the time-honoured moulding technique. The recess around the hole destined to house the jewel is meticulously mirror-polished and then gilded; the double sinks add an original and exclusive touch. The movement design engineers have also devoted particular care to making space in the centre of the movement in order to provide a clear view of the large seconds wheel.
Time for renewal
The new Calibre 13R0 was first and foremost conceived as a base movement intended to accommodate various complication modules. This perspective will oblige Blancpain to rework all the famous complication plates that have contributed to forging its reputation. This movement is also intended to evolve towards a self-winding version. Calibre 13R0 and its future developments should therefore herald a significant renewal in the Blancpain movement collections, representing a further step towards precision, reliability and performance. We are writing tomorrows history today was a favourite saying of Jehan-Jacques Blancpain, founder of the Manufacture in 1735. A philosophy vividly illustrated in the new Calibre 13R0.


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Stationery lists for each year level were sent home at the end of the year.
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"At this point, if you are against cannabis hemp, you are either un-educated, stand to lose a profit, or are susceptible to moral crusades."
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With growing concerns over energy, environment, healthcare and commerce Americans are once again looking towards cannabis hemp as a leader in providing a sustainable, secure, safe and profitable future. Hemp2Heal is advocating "saving the seed that can save the planet" launching a 2011 educational tour commencing in Albuquerque, N.M.
Nutritionally hemp is a super food. Hempseeds contain all of the essential amino acids and essential fatty acids necessary to maintain healthy human life. Environmentally, this often overlooked valuable and versatile natural recourse is the best sustainable source of plant pulp for biomass fuel to make charcoal, gas, methanol, or even produce electricity. Economically, Hemp has the potential to be America's number-one agricultural resource. Thousands of products could be manufactured from hemp, creating millions of new green jobs.
In 2009 the American Medical Association voted to reverse its longstanding endorsement of cannabis' Schedule I prohibitive status. Medicinally cannabis is an affordable, safer alternative to pharmaceuticals. Research has revealed optimistic indications when using cannabis for asthma, glaucoma, nausea, cancer & chemotherapy, anorexia, tumors as well as a host of other conditions. Furthermore, no other single plant source provides complete protein in such an easily digestible form, nor has the oils essential to life in as perfect ratio for human health and vitality. Hempseed protein is 65% globulin edestin which means the protein is easily digested and readily available in a form quite similar to that found in blood plasma.
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The Wends (also known as Sorbs or Lusatian Serbs) are a Slavic people concentrated in East Germany near Bautzen and Cottbus in the upper Spree River valley, an area long known as Lusatia. They speak Sorbian, which is divided into two dialects, Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian. The language was originally written with Gothic letters, although since 1937 the Latin alphabet has been used. Wends have never had an independent nation, and their homeland has always been surrounded by Germans. During the Middle Ages the Wends survived the raids and massacres of German Eastland horsemen; especially during the Nazi years they were pressured to assimilate the German culture, and gradually they have adopted the German language and many customs, although they still retain a separate identity. In 1840, before overseas migration began, there were about 164,000 Wends in Lusatia. In the 1980s there were only 60,000. Outside Germany, most of the Wends settled in two areas, Australia and Texas. The desire for better economic opportunity was probably the main reason for Wendish immigration to Australia and to Texas a few years later. Although scholars dispute the role of social and religious factors in the process, Texas Wends commonly express the belief that their forefathers came here solely for religious freedom. Around 1848 small groups of Wends began immigrating to Australia, where many Germans had already settled. These pioneers sent letters home, many of which were published in local newspapers, and which influenced Wends still in Europe. A small group of Wends came to Austin County around 1849–50 and were quickly absorbed into the German community. In 1853 a group of thirty-five Wends left Bremen for Texas. They were shipwrecked off the coast of Cuba, but eventually made their way to Galveston, and from there to the communities of New Ulm and Industry.
In the fall of 1854 a newly established congregation of nearly 600 conservative Lutheran Wends, led by John Kilian, left Germany to join their countrymen in Texas. The group constituted the only mass exodus of Wends. Traveling first by railway and steamship to Liverpool, England, the Wends embarked on an English ship, the Ben Nevis, for the journey to Texas. While in Liverpool, however, a number of Wends contracted cholera, and seventy-three of them died on board the ship. After a three week stop in Queenstown, Ireland, to remove the sick and fumigate the ship, the Ben Nevis sailed for Galveston, where it arrived on December 15, 1854. Galveston was having a yellow fever epidemic. From December to January the Wends walked the eighty-five miles to New Ulm and Industry. Two lay leaders of the congregation, Johann Dube and Carl Lehmann, went on ahead thirty miles and purchased a league of land in what is now Lee County. At first services were held in one room of Kilian's two-room house, but the group set aside ninety-five acres for a church and school, later called St. Paul's. This was the first Missouri Synod Lutheran church founded in Texas and is thus the mother church not only of the Wends, but of all conservative Lutherans in Texas. After their first tiny log church was erected, individuals purchased farm acreage and town lots, built crude dugout houses for shelter, and established what became the community of Serbin. In 1860 Serbin had a post office. After 1871, however, a new railroad connection made nearby Giddings the business and commercial center of the region, and Serbin declined in both population and influence.
Over the years, due to religious dissension and economic pressures, the Wends spread throughout south central Texas. Today the leading Wendish centers are in Lee, Fayette, Williamson, Coryell, and Bell counties, especially in the towns of Serbin, Warda, Giddings, Fedor, Manheim, Loebau, Lincoln, Winchester, La Grange, Thorndale, Walburg, Copperas Cove, The Grove, Vernon, Swiss Alp, New Ulm, Industry, Noack, and Aleman. Substantial numbers of people of Wendish descent also live in Houston, Austin, and Port Arthur. While most Wends consider themselves Germans, they have maintained an ethnic identity. Early restrictions against intermarriage have relaxed over the years. Nevertheless, many individuals still claim there have been no intermarriages in their families since the arrival of the Ben Nevis. Early Wends practiced many distinctive customs, of which perhaps the most noticeable to outsiders was the German Lutheran custom of wearing black wedding dresses by Wendish brides to represent the grief and hardship of marriage. This custom died out by the 1890s. Religious conservatism militated against wearing bright colors, dancing, secular singing, or any other kind of frivolity. The Wends valued education, and today St. Paul's still has an accredited parochial school. Church congregations regularly paid for the higher education of promising young men who wanted to become pastors or teachers. In the 1980s Concordia Lutheran College in Austin still received considerable Wendish support.
The proximity of German neighbors eventually resulted in cultural assimilation and adaptation. At the time of their migration, most of the Wends spoke Wendish and German, and those who spoke only Wendish learned German after they moved to Texas. Most of the Wends in Serbin and all of the Wends who settled elsewhere had adopted German as their primary language by the time of World War I. The shift from Wendish to German is documented in the Giddings Deutsches Volksblatt, the principal German-language paper in the area. The newspaper, although largely written in German, also contained articles or letters in Wendish. Wendish, however, was gradually supplanted, reflecting the general shift to German language. By the 1930s the language had begun to die out in Texas, and few people remained who were still completely fluent. In the 1980s only a few people could still speak the language. In rural Wendish areas German continued to be used for church services until after World War II, but today it has also largely died out. The Texas Wendish Heritage Society, founded in 1971, actively seeks to preserve and, whenever possible, revive remnants of the Wendish culture. One project involves an attempt to translate and publish all early Wendish documents. The society, which had about 350 members in 1994, maintains a Wendish museum at Serbin and annually participates in the Folklife Festival of the University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio. The art of Easter egg painting has been maintained as a Wendish tradition. Wendish Fest, an annual festival held at Serbin in September, celebrates the Wendish heritage of the area.


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Communication Must Be Personalized To Be Effective
Effective leaders know that communication must be personalized to be effective. Each situation encountered in the workplace needs to be addressed at a level comfortable for everyone involved. Leaders must communicate messages and gain feedback with confidence and care. As such, in order to be effective at conveying their message, leaders must pay close attention to individual differences and situations that provide them with a specific context to communicate in.
Leaders must rely on communication to resolve issues that negatively impact the workplace environment and their leadership image. By using persuasion, consultation and empowerment, managers can effectively lead people and positively influence the work environment. In order to successfully present their thoughts and ideas to subordinates, it is important for leaders to fully utilize these three basic communication styles.
How and when leaders apply the styles depends upon the particular situation and the motivation for using them. The three styles are discussed below in more detail.
Persuasive Communication
Persuasive communication is the cornerstone of motivation and task accomplishment. Leaders who use this style are influential in fostering positive change in the workplace. Part of persuasion entails utilizing motivational comments like, "This is great. Let's do it!" Persuasive communication is most effective in the following situations:
- Leaders often look to gain a commitment or agreement from their employees. This style works effectively for introducing new ideas, altering performance, deviating from an ineffective course of action, or adapting to various changes in the workplace. Persuasive communication focuses on influencing others in a positive and exciting way.
- Leaders may need to complete a task or assignment in a given time frame or with particular outcomes. Persuasive communication helps define the importance of a given task or situation. A leader's effectiveness at attaining employee cooperation depends upon the excitement imbued in the message and its delivery.
- When leaders want to encourage a higher level of trust from their employees, they deliver a series of persuasive messages and actions that reinforce employee confidence, abilities and involvement.
Consultative Communication
Consultative communication is effective for building and maintaining involvement. It cements employee loyalty in the leader. This style utilizes open-ended questions like, "What do you think needs to be done here?" Such questions unearth hidden issues and personal agendas. This style helps define the direction to take related to the following circumstances:
- Sometimes there is a need to shift an employee's thinking away from a particular idea. Consultative communication can also help redirect an employee who is doing something that is not productive.
- Employees need to know they play a key role in determining a direction, course of action, or outcome. Consultative communication is primarily used to build trust. It is also effective when defining goals, objectives, performance standards or specific expectations.
- Leaders often want to increase their employees' participation. This style is effective for securing involvement in a task or assignment that may be intimidating because of either change or the employee's uncertainty about the abilities or skills that they need to complete a task.
Empowering Communication
The empowering style is effective when leaders want employees to accept responsibility. Leaders utilizing this style tend to use phrases such as, "do as you see fit" and "make decisions you think need to be made" along with words such as, "effectively" and "efficiently." This style is best used in the following situations:
- Leaders require cooperative efforts. When situations necessitate the employee work with little direction to complete a task, this style can be used to cement their confidence and help them attain self-motivation. At the same time it helps equalize employee workloads and instills the desire in people to achieve or surpass expectations.
- Leaders may need to delegate. In this situation, the empowering style is especially effective when combined with the consultative style. Used together, leaders don't defer responsibility, but acquire commitment to their goals and tasks by fostering respect and harmony between themselves and their subordinates.
- Leaders demand improved outcomes and standards from employees. The empowered style works to motivate, amplify efforts and multiply results. It is very effective at gaining trust and respect while motivating people to perform at higher levels.
If you are seeking proven expertise and best practices on effective communication practices in the workplace to train or educate your employees to solve problems and improve their performance in this area, refer to Improving Communication in the Workplace: Pinpoint Leadership Skill Development Training Series.Click here to learn more.
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Author of Great! What Makes Leaders Great: What They Did, How They Did It and What You Can Learn From It (Finalist – 2011 Foreword Reviews' Book of the Year)
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Employing an Effective Feedback Process
For feedback to be useful and productive, coaching managers need to pay close attention to possible consequences that can occur once it has been provided. Constructive feedback tends to enhance employee relationships by generating higher levels of trust, honesty, and genuine concern for another person's welfare, professional development and growth.
Feedback continually needs to be checked in order to determine its degree of agreement, which is referred to as "consensual validation." This consensual validation is what tends to define feedback's value to both the sender and receiver.
If the receiver of feedback is uncertain as to the giver's motives or intent, the uncertainty itself constitutes feedback. This is why detailing the need for feedback should be revealed before multiple problems begin to occur. It is always important to check one's feedback for message content, sequencing, structure, and factual data to ensure that clear communication is taking place. One way of doing this is to ask the receiver to rephrase the feedback. Remember, regardless of feedback intent, it still remains potentially threatening and is subject to a great deal of distortion or misinterpretation.
Predicting How the Feedback Receiver Will React Is Part of the Process
As a coaching manager it is important to be aware of various types of negative responses to feedback in order to react to them appropriately when they surface. Following specific guidelines for offering effective feedback can go a long way to limit many kinds of negative reactions to it, especially critical or necessary intervention types of criticism.
Managers as coaches can expect numerous employees (as well as themselves) to automatically react in a negative manner to what they feel is intimidating, hostile or threatening feedback. This reaction can take various forms, such as:
- Doubting the giver's intentions or motives
- Selectively receiving or perceiving the feedback message in a biased manner according to how the person feels it is intended
- Rejecting or contradicting the facts or validity of the data that is applied or used within the feedback
- Reducing, lessening or diminishing the feedback's impact
- Arguing, criticizing or verbally attacking the individual that is offering the feedback
Steps for Receiving Feedback in a Positive Manner
The first step to receiving usable, reliable feedback is to solicit it. As part of the process make certain to:
- Maintain your self-confidence and self-esteem when listening to feedback
- Maintain good rapport with the individual giving the feedback
- Apply active listening during the feedback discussion, such as paraphrasing and stating your understanding of what you are hearing
- Make sure to summarize the information and data
- Give a good example of how to effectively receive and accept feedback
Key Strategies to Help Give and Get Effective, Reliable Feedback
There are several key strategies that tend to enhance the productive feedback process:
Focus the discussion on the information needed. For example, when bringing a situation to the attention of an employee, begin the coaching process by saying something like: "Samantha, I've noticed in the past several weeks that you've fallen behind on keeping the project assignment schedule up-to-date. Let's figure out what we both can do to get the scheduling process back on track."
Always remember to apply open-ended questions as they work best to continually expand the discussion. Ask something like: "You have always done an exceptional job of maintaining the schedule correctly and up to the minute—until about two weeks ago. Why has there been such a change?"
Use closed-ended questions to prompt for specific responses, such as, "What other projects are you currently working on that are taking away valuable time from working on this project?" When taking this approach remember that closed-ended can end up disguised as open-ended inquiries, like: "Are you going to struggle or have a problem when it comes to the completion of this project?"
Promote ongoing dialogue through eye contact and positive facial expressions. The process involves nodding in agreement, raising the eyes, smiling, leaning forward more closely toward the other person, and making verbal statements in order to acknowledge that what is being said or stated, is heard.
State your understanding of what you are hearing by briefly paraphrasing what the other person is saying. After the key points have been summarized, try to get some agreement on the next steps. In addition, make certain to show appreciation for the effort made so far.
Best Practices for Offering Feedback
The following suggestions should be employed when offering feedback:
- Make it a point to reveal and describe your own reactions or feelings as the feedback process progresses
- Make certain to describe objective consequences that have or will occur
- Stay clear of accusations
- Focus on specific behavior the feedback is intended for, not the person
- Make certain to present data to support your input
- Be prepared to discuss additional alternatives
- Rephrase comments to sound less intense, critical or insensitive
- Take into account the needs of both the receiver and giver of feedback
- Make certain that feedback is directed toward a behavior or action that the receiver can do something about or has control over
Avoid These Feedback Pitfalls
When you find yourself receiving feedback, especially critical feedback, it is important to avoid the following pitfalls:
- Becoming defensive and closed-minded.
- Not checking for possible misunderstanding. Instead always use a paraphrasing technique that begins with something like, "Let me repeat what I am hearing you say…"
- Failing to gather information from other sources. It is far more advantageous to get as much input as possible from others to weigh and analyze the initial feedback received.
- Overreacting, since it closes down constructive discussion, and hinders trust building and fact verification.
- Not asking for feedback message clarification. It is essential to ask the person what the intent is behind the feedback in the first place, as well as making certain that there is total understanding on your part.
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Timothy F. Bednarz, Ph.D. | Author | Publisher | Majorium Business Press
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Seven Ways to Lead by Example
A developmental milestone is reached when the leader is able to build trust and motivation with their employees to the degree that they are willing to openly follow their direction regardless of circumstances. This is not achieved until a leader is able to demonstrate—through personal example—that they have earned their employee's respect and admiration.
The practice of interactive leadership provides leaders with a distinct set of advantages that cannot be realized without their active presence. This enables them to establish trust, credibility and respect. These are all elements that buttress a leader's ability to personally lead their organization and motivate his or her employees to follow.
It is one thing to lead an organization and quite another to motivate individuals to follow. The practice of interactive leadership demonstrates the character, ability and integrity of a leader and motivates individual employees to follow.
The practice of interactive leadership spotlights the individual leader and gives them the platform to shine by motivating their employees and effectively moving the organization forward. Interactive leadership is also the practice of leadership by example, and places all a leader says or does under the close scrutiny of their employees. Effective leaders use this to their advantage by practicing the following techniques:
Sell the Vision
In the storms of change and transformation, the leader's compass is his or her personal vision of the organization, its goals and potential accomplishments. Interactive leadership provides leaders with ample opportunities to "proselytize," or sell their vision to their employees every time the opportunity arises. This often means leaders are constantly talking about their vision and the positive changes that will take place when it is achieved.
The importance of a leader selling his or her vision cannot be overemphasized. As a leader, the goal is to motivate and lead employees. An essential part of motivation is selling employees on the vision and getting them to individually accept and "buy into" that vision as their own. Since organizational transformation in the face of change is normally a lengthy process, leaders must take every opportunity to remind their employees of the direction in which they are headed, and motivate them to continually work toward the accomplishment of their shared vision.
Walk the Talk
Interactive leadership places leaders under the microscope of employees who are continually assessing integrity and credibility. The practice of interactive management allows leaders to demonstrate their true character and build trust and loyalty with their employees. This is accomplished by a consistency in words and actions—the measure employees use to gauge a leader.
Consequently it is crucial for leaders to make certain they follow through on what they promise. If this is not possible, they have a good reason and take the time to explain why their promise cannot be kept.
Trust, credibility and loyalty are established when employees, associates and superiors know they can take what a leader says "to the bank," and that what he or she promises will be done. This trust is strengthened and a strong bond created when a leader clearly demonstrates by actions that he or she places their employee's interests above their own personal agenda.
Empower and Delegate
The practice of interactive leadership strengthens trust between leaders and employees when leaders actively empower employees and delegate tasks and assignments as needed. Empowering employees, groups and teams "on the fly" and delegating assignments when feasible allows leaders to swiftly respond to the rapid pace of change—as well as resolve problems and frustrations as or even before they occur.
Create Urgency
The rapid pace of change creates its own sense of urgency, but as transformation often takes time, leaders must motivate employees by further instilling this sense in them. This is best accomplished when leaders introduce new ideas and concepts, test them quickly, learn from the failures and move on to the next idea. It is through this process of continual adaptation and refinement of ideas and concepts that a sense of urgency is developed that keeps the organization moving forward toward transformation. In the absence of this sense of urgency it is easy for employees to fall into complacency.
Openly Communicating
Interactive leadership is built upon open communication and the ability of leaders to actively listen and respond to feedback and ideas offered by subordinates. This allows leaders to use all of their physical senses to observe and learn firsthand what is happening within their organization and to minimize the distortion of information.
Removing Obstacles
When leaders are ever-present and openly and actively interacting with their employees, they are able to identify and remove frustrations and barriers impeding forward movement.
Leaders openly empower their employees to overcome barriers and delegate the creation and implementation of the solution to them. Often these barriers come in the form of minor problems and issues that can be handled by frontline employees without the direct intervention of the leader. This enables the organization to be more responsive and productive.
Celebrate the Little Successes
The open presence of the leader among his or her employees allows them to plan for short-term wins and successes. These are important since the lengthy term of transformation can cause employees to lose sight of their goals and motivation. The celebration of short-term and minor successes maintains employee focus and keeps them motivated to continue to work toward the long-term success of the organization.
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The Value of Sacrifice
Whether effective or ineffective, individuals viewed as leaders are models of behavior that are closely observed and judged by others. Inherent expectations of leaders include personal sacrifice. They are expected to sacrifice for the benefit of others within their organizations. Leaders who expect sacrifice from their employees, stakeholders or constituencies and yet refuse to make the same personal sacrifices are judged as hypocrites.
Nothing undermines organizational leaders more than an attitude of "do as I say, not do as I do." This is clearly demonstrated during the current recession when jobs are cut, wages frozen and budgets slashed. As individuals suffer from the consequences of these actions, they become enraged at the excesses displayed by their so-called leaders who collect large bonuses and spend monies for parties and expensive trips and dinners. There is no sacrifice displayed, while others have to pinch their belts. This destroys credibility and undermines trust.
When leaders demonstrate a posture of shared sacrifice, a term I don't like to use due to its political and progressive definitions, this builds loyalty and trust that can be built on when its needed to rebuild the business.
Leaders need to model sacrifice within their organizations if they expect their employees to sacrifice during difficult times.
Sadly, too many high profile leaders ignore this. However, many others do, so I can't make a broad accusation. Yet this is one of the reasons for the demise of leadership and its failure. Too many leaders take care of themselves, while ignoring the needs of those they are tasked to lead.
If you would like to learn more about the great American leader's personal sacrifice, through their own inspiring words and stories, refer to Great! What Makes Leaders Great: What They Did, How They Did It and What You Can Learn From It. It illustrates how great leaders built great companies, and how you can apply the strategies, concepts and techniques that they pioneered to improve your own leadership skills. Click here to learn more.
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MUSKEGON, MI – The technical term is "fata morgana" but in Muskegon it's called "the lights of Milwaukee."
Late in the evening Thursday stretching into early Friday morning, you could see the lights of Wisconsin from the Muskegon shoreline. The rare atmospheric condition allows lights 80 miles across Lake Michigan to be seen as if one was looking from one shore to the other on Houghton Lake.
As the reflect image fades and intensifies -- magnified at times by the layer of warm air resting over colder dense air over Lake Michigan – it was as if an armada of lake freighters were in a line off the shores of Muskegon. Another described it as a "string of jewels on a necklace."
But when looking out into Lake Michigan, there is no doubt that one is seeing the other shoreline. Actual lights, such as the red beacon of a communications tower, are seen not just a glow on the horizon.
The lights appeared to stretch from Kenosha, Wis. on the south to south Milwaukee on the north. At times, Racine, Wis. was so brilliant that a lighthouse or a navigational aid flashed on the horizon as it if was 10 miles off shore.
The mirage is caused by the differences in temperature between the water and the air. Back in 2010, Dennis Donahue described it as an "optical illusion."
The marine superintendent of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Great Lakes Environmental Research Station on the Muskegon Channel, Donahue is a veteran Great Lakes mariner. He has said he has observed the phenomenon aboard lake freighters in Lake Superior and across the Saginaw Bay.
The fata morgana mirage is described in the "American Practical Navigator" of the U.S. Department of Defense Mapping Agency. It is seen as a narrow band near the horizon and the atmospheric conditions distort the image being seen.
The visual effect can be observed on land or at sea, day or night, according to the federal instructional manual. The layer of warm air settling over colder creates an "atmospheric duct," which acts as a refracting lens. The images seen are inverted.
What is happening to the light rays is similar to what happens a night with radio waves of certain frequencies, as when AM radio stations can be heard from hundreds of miles away.
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Back to Basics
I've always had an issue when it comes to doing accounts, finance and any other related courses. This I will blame the first lecturer who was supposed to teach us the introduction bit of the course. This is how it was done, "By a show of hands who did business education in high school?" We had just completed our O' Levels and had just joined college, you know the one that your parents use as a means of keeping you off the hood *read boys*. Anyway, so a couple of students actually like half the class put up their hands. I was one of the few who had done music (yeah, I did music as an elective, I always wonder what I was thinking when I was choosing it by the way). So you can imagine I had no slightest idea what accounting is all about.
So he goes ahead and says, "That's a majority, the rest of you will learn from your friends, so we can start from chapter 3 or so…" O_O basically after that statement, I zoned off. Spent the rest of the semester complaining how I wasn't getting a thing in Accounts, not that I was doing anything to better the situation. By the end of the semester I was still as green as the first day. I would ace other units, but this one I was a few marks shy of a 0. I'm not bad in math, if anything I'm fairly good *not toot toot'ing*. So it was a shock when we did the exam and voila … Fail! I almost got a heart attack though, you know how you think you're smart and you just can't fail? It doesn't work like that.
So when I was re-sitting the paper, I just decided to actually put some serious effort and read for it. I started from page one of that Frank Wood Accounting Book. Yes page 1, considering I didn't even know what credit and debit was (technically) and why and where they are placed on the balance sheets. As I went on reading, the more I read, the easier it became. Once I understood the introduction bit, everything else sort of became a breeze. I felt a tad bit stupid because I could have just done that in the beginning (but I didn't). No wonder people do college before campus, you need to go through these stuff, because after that failing has never been an option. I'd rather crack my head reading even the last-minute than fail an exam. It's too embarrassing, and I have an ego to protect (the genius one…lol).
As unimportant the beginning seems in many things in life, the 'what is' part of many things is what actually determines whether you know what you're getting yourself into or not. What is it is that constitutes that thing, the definition of those things and how or when they are to be used. You will find that what you learn in the introduction stage, is what you will more or less use all through the course. The small terms that you thought to brush off are the ones that will keep popping up here and there *credit this, debit that* and if you get that bit wrong, you've messed up the whole solution and that's how you fail.
That is life, it may seem difficult, you might try here, there or even do nothing then in the end you just fail. Failing is not only about getting an 'F' here, it could be so many other things on so many other different levels. Failing also doesn't mean it's the last lap and all is over and done, no, there are re-sits, which are more like second chances to prove to yourself and to others that, "errmmm that was just a misunderstanding". To prove that you're better than that, you're smarter than that
(in my case), that you just slipped/tripped but you can get yourself up and do something about it. Sometimes what we need is to go back to the basics because without the basics, you're as good as nothing.
The solution to a problem, always starts from those basics, they are the ones that help you derive a formula. Actually, they are the ones that make up that formula. So if you don't understand them, then what problem are you solving? That's how we find ourselves stuck in the middle of something, using the wrong formula's to solve a problem or mixing up the formulas whereby for this problem you use a formula that could be used to solve another one. Uh oh, the tangles, the getting mixed up, the confusions, the wondering why the variables are not fitting in. Solution, always go back to the basic even when you think you're too grown up for that. You will be surprised at how things that seem to be complex are just a combination of basics.
Be young and don't be afraid to start. Starting over is not a bad thing, if anything, it's refreshing and you get a chance to spot what you had missed out or fix what had gone wrong because sometimes you do figure it out.
Signing Off ~~~ *Kawi*


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The average time it takes to sell a property has decreased in the last year – from 87 to 79 days. This demonstrates the increased buoyancy of the market, as more buyers, particularly investors, scour the property pages and estate agent windows for property investment opportunities.
However, as you might imagine, some UK locations are more popular than others. Here's a quick run-through of the country's property hot-spots, and where to search for your next property investment in the UK.
Most Popular Place to Buy in Britain?
According to recent data released by Rightmove, Dartford-based properties sell faster than any other location in the country. The average property sells within 16 days – considerably less than the 49 days it took the previous year.
What's causing this sudden leap in popularity? It's certainly not to do with reduced prices – in fact, Dartford property asking prices have increased by 17% in the last year. However, as central London prices continue to rise, more investors are seeking properties within commuting distance of the capital.
Trains run regularly from Dartford to London St Pancras, Charring Cross and Cannon Street – and take approximately 40-50 minutes; plus average asking properties tend to be below £300,000 – making it easy to see why the area is so popular.
Other Property Investment Hotspots
Other places that are enjoying a surge of popularity are Grays and Benfleet in Essex – which are also both within easy commuting distance of London. Crawley in West Sussex and Leigh-in-Sea in Essex are also high on the list, with properties taking only 30 days on average to sell.
Outside the London commuter belt, the quickest selling location is Bristol; which is attracting increasing numbers of people looking to move from the South East. It's also a popular location for those looking for buy-to-let property for sale – thanks to the large numbers of young professionals and students living in the area.
Slowest Selling Locations?
Darlington in County Durham is officially the slowest place to sell a property – with the average home taking 132 days to sell. Close behind is St Helens in Merseyside (128 days) then Wakefield in East Yorkshire.
Miles Shipside, director and housing analyst for Rightmove, emphasises that "in slower market areas it's even more important for sellers to work with their local agent and agree a realistic asking price, so they have more chance of securing a buyer to speed up their own move to their next home."
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1. Re: Network devices adaptor configurationRickVerstegen Jul 24, 2019 12:23 AM (in response to mchilo1994)
Did you install the NSX Management Pack?
If so, you can follow the steps and the requirements in the userguide to configure the Network Devices adapter configuration:
2. Re: Network devices adaptor configurationmchilo1994 Jul 24, 2019 1:51 AM (in response to RickVerstegen)
3. Re: Network devices adaptor configurationsxnxr Jul 24, 2019 1:55 AM (in response to mchilo1994)
That ip is the address of the device you are trying to connect to. It will be behind the error message. I dont use the NSX pack so not sure of the field heading
4. Re: Network devices adaptor configurationmchilo1994 Jul 24, 2019 6:47 AM (in response to sxnxr)
I have installed management pack for nsx and managament pack for network devices, If any one ever worked with these components can have idea and help me with this, i would like to test this feauture
5. Re: Network devices adaptor configurationBradleyy5 Aug 3, 2019 2:18 AM (in response to mchilo1994)
First you need to make sure you have installed Windows 7 network card driver subway rewards. Without installing the driver, your network card will not work. If you plug in the network card the first time to the computer.


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