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Are firstborns destined to be more successful than their siblings?
Motivational Speakers – Wrap your head around these 10 Success Breakthroughs
I just read a great blog post from the Braintrack blog site – The 10 Biggest Breakthroughs in the Science of Success.
If you want the skinny, you can check it out below (here's the full article) – my comments are slightly irreverent. (Definitely leaning more to the cheeky side than to the scornful side). Based on my own work around success, I happen to concur with most of what the folks from Braintrack have put forward.
Of course, success is different for everyone. So, defining it is difficult and then road-mapping a plan to achieve it is just as difficult. Success to you means something totally different than it does to me. I suppose that's the joy of being human – nothing is simple.
- The difference between firstborns and secondborns. According to Belgian researchers, firstborn children are superior to second born. Ye gads, now I know why my elder brother, Bruckner is in charge of a company and I'm (barely) in charge of me.
- Success breeds more success. Duh!
- Practice really does make perfect. And there, I thought practice makes permanent.
- The biology of risk taking. Evidently it is all in the hormones.
- The role of praise in achievement. Don't do too much of it.
- Using the "if then" plan. Sounds like a plan.
- Visualising success is for suckers. Thank you … finally someone got it. I like the hard work, taking action model.
- Many heads can be better than one. Yup, just ask Medusa.
- Potential matters more than success. That's what I tell my dates: "Invest in my potential". When they see my clapped out Datsun, they find it difficult to keep a straight face. Jeez, so judgmental.
- Looking to the future is more important than looking to the past. Mmm … it's really fulfilling to tell people that I was the 1981 Jukskei champion (for non-South Africans – it is a game similar to horseshoe throwing).
For all the motivational speakers out there: can you top any of these Science of Success breakthroughs?
3 Comments on "Are firstborns destined to be more successful than their siblings?"
motivational speakers BrisbaneNovember 8, 2012 at 3:30 am
It usually happens. Our elders usually wants us to do better from what have they done. Well, its somewhat a motivation for us to achieve higher but some forces us to do things we do not want to do and put pressure unto our shoulders. Remember that we have different perspective to achieve goals in life.
Jacques van der MerweOctober 31, 2013 at 9:54 am
Hmmm….interesting! Here is my take on it:
1)The difference between firstborns and secondborns:
Superior in what sense? My eldest son is technically far superior to my middle one, and the middle one is much more creative and a better entrepreneur. The oldest one is a bit more shy, but more responsible. The middle one has more prowess when it comes to relationships…. From the hundreds of people that I have mentored, one can gather that there are a plethora of factors like opportunity, talent, humility, boldness, education, background, nlp and many others that determine how successful the person is, and even then, success is a different thing to every other person.
2) Success breeds more success:
Well, mostly success happened either by sheer luck (the harder you practice the more lucky you will become, says Gary Player et al), or by having a vision for what exactly you would describe as success, determining how badly you want it, then working out a step by step plan to get there and then following those steps so consistently that it borders on being boring. By doing that, you will achieve some measure of success every single day. Repetitive tasks and occurrences get stored by the brain into your subconscious mind, and thus your entire being will know only success. Therefore, they are correct, success breeds success.
3)Practice really does make perfect:
You commented that practices makes permanent. I concur, and practice causes the programming of the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind does not discriminate between good and bad programming. Thus one could change that statement to "Practicing Bad makes one perfectly Bad" or "Practicing Good makes one perfectly Good"
4)Using the "if then" plan: Yep….
5)Visualising success is for suckers:
Well, this one is interesting…you see…if you don't have a vision of your success, you wont have direction in life, because you will not have a reason for being here. The whole world is built on vision. The Israelites trekked through the desert after their vision of Kanaan, Bill Gates had a vision that every PC in the world should use DOS, The politicians we vote for sell us a vision of a better country, heck…even your insurance policy shows a vision of your family being financially secure when you die. But that is where the tyre hits the road…if you aren't willing to go after that vision, live it, think it, visualise it…you wont be spurred on to make the hard yards to get there, meaning you don't want it enough…
6)Many heads can be better than one: I concur, subject to at least one head being logical and reasonable and at least one head being the conscience of the group….so, theoretically one can say that the larger the group, the better chance of success….well, history has proven otherwise!
7)Potential matters more than success:
Well, I would critique the wording here…seeing that the goal posts for success are moving continually, and seeing that change is constant, the most successful people increasingly realize that even vast success can not always be described as ultimate success. Therefore, as long as they realise that, they will remain driven achieve even more. In the past, one could probably have agreed, but not nowadays…so, I would change the wording to this: "Potential being tapped matters more than non-ultimate success"
8)Looking to the future is more important than looking to the past:
Hmmm, yes, if you are facing the past, your back is facing the future, which is not good. It is never good to face or look at the past. I would say, since the past is nearly always weaved into the colour of the sunglasses that we use to look at the future, one needs to take the lessons from the past and apply them to the way you conduct your future.


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Husky will demonstrate its industry-leading innovations for a variety of markets at NPE2018, at Booth W1303.
In its 12,000 square foot exhibit space, the company will explain how customers of any size and from any industry can increase their competitiveness with Husky's diverse range of integrated manufacturing solutions.
The company will also be showcasing a wide range of innovative applications and concept packaging developed in partnership with customers and industry partners.
John Galt, Husky's President, said: "Over the last several years, we have invested significantly to further advance our already state-of-the-art equipment. These investments have led to exciting developments in our Multi-Layer Technology, our Hot Runner Valve Gate Technology and in how we deliver complete tools, components, replacement parts and value added services to our customers. We will always invest in research and development and in building valuable partnerships to be the innovation leader. It's simply how we define ourselves."
Husky has been at the forefront of the injection moulding equipment industry for more than 65 years - now the company is looking beyond just offering more efficient processing equipment and toward the total end-to-end lifecycle of injection moulding equipment and plastic moulded parts. Today and in the future, plastic packaging and moulded parts will require more flexible and adaptive manufacturing solutions, as well as new business models, that support growth of both brands and plastics processors alike.
Husky at NPE2018
Originally introduced at NPE in 2015, Husky's Multi-Layer Technology offers enhanced package performance, security and design, while using less material, to deliver a lower total part cost and a lower total cost of ownership. Momentum for Husky's Multi-Layer Technology continues, with now more than 30 systems sold around the world for a breadth of applications, including carbonated soft drinks, juice, sparkling water, beer, tea, dairy, food and personal care. The company has seen increased demand from customers looking to explore new and exciting applications, capitalising on the design freedom that Husky technology provides.
Husky's Multi-Layer Experience Centre at NPE2018 will highlight the technology's capability for various application requirements, including barriers for light, oxygen and carbon dioxide, as well as bottles with exciting new design and functional treatments that dramatically enhance shelf appeal.
Application flexibility with HyPET 225 system and PET Tooling solutions
Husky will be running its fully integrated HyPET 225 preform manufacturing system, which offers customers combined flexibility and productivity ideally suited to their manufacturing needs. The system will be producing an 11 gram preform using a 48-cavity mould and running an 8.2 second cycle time. The company is also highlighting its PET Tooling technologies and services, which help customers reduce manufacturing risk while maintaining the highest levels of performance.
The Bottle Zone Technical Forum, new this year at NPE2018, will feature presentations from Husky subject matter experts throughout the duration of the show.
Additionally, Husky will be discussing the extensive range of services and OEM spare parts it offers, designed to optimize the production process while extending the life of manufacturing equipment and reducing total part costs.
A significant highlight of the Husky experience at NPE2018 will be its award-winning Valve Gate Hot Runner innovations, providing incredible gate quality over millions of cycles with reduced cost of ownership.

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The city got a grade of "F" from the American Lung Association for its unhealthy air.
With such pollution, Southern California has become a leader in innovations to fight it. Now the roof of a house is being used to combat smog.
"It's new to California. We are just trying it now, but it's been used in Europe for a decade," said Steve Ruffner, president of homebuilding company KB Home Southern California.
Manufactured by Boral Roofing Company, the smog-eating concrete tiles have been used in Germany for 10 years but are the first of their kind in the U.S.
"Built into it is a catalyst, so when the smog hits it, it actually turns it into organic matter, then it falls off and into the soil," Ruffner said. "That organic matter is fertilizer."
KB Home is using them in many of their new home developments.
"We're offering it as an option," Ruffner said. "It will range from $600 to $800, depending on the size of their roof. In several communities like our Martha Stewart community in Hampton at the Enclave in Eastvale, we are going to give it to them as part of the cost of the home."
According to Boral Roofing Company, a 2,000-square-foot house with smog-eating tiles can break down the same amount of pollution a car's engine produces during more than 10,000 miles of driving.
Not in the market for a new home but still want the roof? Just ask your roofing contractor for smog-eating tiles.
Installation is just like any standard concrete roofing tile but the cost of the material is about 25 percent more.


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Many stampers struggle with creating "boy" cards. I am no exception. I recently was asked by a reader for some masculine birthday ideas so I took a look at what I have done in the past and saw some common denominators. "Less is best" comes to my mind when I design for a guy. Think geometric, fewer layers, fewer embellishments, and hold the big blooms, please. Neutrals and earthy hues rule. Ah, and a touch of metal appeals to the most basic level of the modern male.
The good news is that with fewer details, your card can be completed in short order. This one qualifies for my Stamping 911 category . . . meaning if you need a card in an emergency, it can go together in 10 minutes or less.
A card base of Always Artichoke gets things rolling. I adhered some of Papertrey's Spring Moss card stock, textured with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder. The top image (any stem will do) was dipped in Versamark and embossed in White (on Chocolate Chip card stock).
The sentiment is from It's All Good . . .inked in Chocolate Chip and stamped on Whisper White. I then punched it with a 3/4" circle punch and layered it over dimensional and a 1" Whisper White circle. TIP: Attach your sentiment to your image first, then add the label holder and brads. It's much easier this way.
The final touch is a punch of Spring Moss with the Word Window and 3 brads to balance the metal in the sentiment. TIP: A template makes spacing brads evenly a snap. Done!
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Hugs and Pretties . . . . Mary
Stamp Sets: It's All Good (109308), Stem Silhouettes (retired set, but wonderful alternatives are Wonderful You (11181), Lovely as a Tree (101223) or Embrace Life (111011)
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In a case arising from the Southern District of Texas, the Federal Circuit recently issued an opinion that highlights the risks associated with marking products with patent numbers. See Forest Group, Inc. v. Bon Tool Co., No. 2009-1044 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 28, 2009) (slip opinion). The Forest Group case involves 35 USC § 287(a), a patent statute that encourages the marking of products with patent numbers:
Patentees [involved in selling a patented article] may give notice to the public that the same is patented, either by fixing thereon the word "patent" or the abbreviation "pat.", together with the number of the patent … In the event of failure so to mark, no damages shall be recovered by the patentee in any action for infringement, except on proof that the infringer was notified of the infringement and continued to infringe thereafter, in which event damages may be recovered only for infringement occurring after such notice.
Absent product marking, a patentee of a patented product may only be able to recover damages accruing after actual notice to the accused infringer. Marking, however, can establish constructive notice, and thus is a significant tool against an infringer. Because damages can accrue up to six years prior to filing a patent infringement lawsuit, failing to mark a product could significantly decrease a patentee's potential recovery. These considerations provide a strong incentive to mark patented products. Forest Group now addresses the opposite boundary—damages for mis-marking or falsely marking a product. After the Forest Group opinion, marking a product incorrectly carries with it the risk of liability or expensive litigation to defend such accusations of mis-marking.
To protect against false marking of a product not covered by a patent, 35 U.S.C. § 292(a) provides a fine for deceitful product marking:
Whoever marks upon, or affixes to, or uses in advertising in connection with any unpatented article the word "patent" or any word or number importing the same is patented, for the purpose of deceiving the public … [s]hall be fined not more than $500 for every such offense.
Depending upon the interpretation of "every such offense" and the relevant facts, a patentee could face large cumulative penalties for falsely marking mass produced products. Furthermore, the false marking statute allows "any person" to sue for the penalty and split the award with the federal government in a qui tam action. See 35 U.S.C. § 292(b).
When faced with interpreting this statute, some district courts had previously followed century-old First Circuit precedent found in London v. Everett H. Dunbar Corp., 179 F. 506 (1st Cir. 1910) to limit false marking awards. For example, rather than imposing a fine of $500 for each article falsely marked, some courts found a single offense for each product line continuously manufactured, while others found a single offense for each day that false marking occurred. See Forest Group, Inc., slip opinion at. 8-11 (discussing London and other relevant district court cases).
But in Forest Group, the Federal Circuit expressly disapproved of this precedent and held that the plain language of the statute, legislative history, and public policy of 35 U.S.C. § 292(a) requires courts to impose false marking penalties on a per article basis. Forest Group, Inc., slip opinion at 8-14. This eye-opening precedent will likely embolden enterprising claimants to scrub through products, packaging, websites, and their corresponding listed patents, seeking opportunities to sue for huge damage penalties.
The decision in Forest Group likely raises the stakes for all false marking issues, including, for example, what constitutes a falsely marked "unpatented article." The Federal Circuit previously stated that an "unpatented article" within the meaning of the statute is one not covered by at least one claim "of each patent with which the article is marked." Clontech Labs. v. Invitrogen Corp., 406 F.3d 1347, 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2005). Clontech Labs calls into question a patentee's ability to avoid false marking liability by simply using conditional language such as, "[T]his product may be covered by one or more of the following patents."
Another potentially high stakes issue is whether the "per article" fines authorized by Forest Group can be imposed if the product was once covered by a patent claim, but the patent has now expired. The Federal Circuit has yet to address the issue of whether knowingly continuing to mark a product with an expired patent number would necessarily be "for the purpose of deceiving the public," as required for the false marking penalty to apply. But a district court has already addressed this issue in Pequignot v. Solo Cup Co., 540 F. Supp.2d 649, 653 (E.D. Va. 2008). The Pequignot court found that drink cup products previously covered by a patent were "unpatented articles" within the meaning of the false marking statute and thus could serve as a basis for liability. Id. The district court in Pequignot, however, granted the defendant summary judgment based on pre-litigation attorney advice to gradually replace the incorrectly-marked products with corrected marking during the manufacturer's regular retooling operations. See Pequignot v. Solo Cup Co, No. 1:07cv897-LMB/TCB (E.D. Va. Aug. 25, 2009) (memorandum opinion). After extensively reviewing the evidence, the district court concluded the defendant had effectively rebutted the plaintiff's claim that the incorrect marking was intended to deceive the public.
Together, Forest Group and the fact-intensive Pequignot opinions illustrate the potentially high stakes involved in proper product marking and the wisdom of taking proactive steps to avoid false marking claims. Defending a qui tam lawsuit that seeks cumulative fines totaling potentially millions of dollars would likely cost far more than a few simple steps to ensure that product marking is accurate and up to date.
In this regard, there are at least two proactive steps recommended for most companies to help protect against false patent marking liability. First, a company can implement a regular audit of its patent portfolio, related products, and marking protocols. The audit can be coupled with a calendaring system designed to remind those responsible for product marking to implement reasonably prompt changes when patent coverage is expected to change or does change. One substantial advantage to this activity is that it can simplify patent portfolio management by providing better information on whether a patent is protecting a core product or even any product. If not, and the patent is not hindering any competitors, the unused patent might be abandoned and the maintenance fees reapplied towards new research and development or protecting newly developed products or services. Second, a patentee should consider documenting the reasons for its marking protocol and establish evidence that the marking is not intended to deceive. Such an analysis and express rationale could help minimize any imprecise conditional language used in marking, such as "one or more of the following patents." With such forward-looking steps, a company may well avoid, or at least minimize damages or even defeat an expensive qui tam lawsuit by an opportunistic plaintiff.


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Around 750,000 British teachers, civil servants, border agents and other public sector workers went on strike on Thursday after negotiations with the government failed to come to a resolution over proposed pension reforms.
Other campaign groups - including the protest movement UK Uncut and student groups - have said that they will coordinate demonstrations in support for the strike against the government's austerity reforms, which include 80 billion pounds ($130 billion) in public spending cuts.
Union leaders and campaign groups have warned that Thursday's action is the first of several over the summer, as public sector workers face up to a future of salary freezes and shrinking pensions.
Public sector strikes are rare in the UK, and labor unions had declined as political voices since the 12-month strike by miners in 1984 and 1985, which became a defining image of the Thatcher government.
In a meeting at Westminster cathedral hall on the eve of the strike, Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) general secretary Mark Serwotka told members: "This is the most important strike in the history of our union. Everything we have ever worked for is under attack. Thousands of jobs are at stake, lower pensions are set to cost three times as much, and pay is frozen while inflation soars."
The Trade Union Congress' general secretary, Brendan Barber, is due to tell a rally in Exeter, in the UK's south west, that the pension reforms, combined with changes to tax regulations and pay freezes, represent "a gold standard for unfairness."
He is expected to say that the burden of reducing the country's deficit is being shifted away from the financial sector, which many see as having caused the economic crisis, and onto low-paid public sector workers.
This has become a catchphrase among opposition groups, who have said repeatedly that cuts need to be moderated in favor of policies that promote growth. The unions, including the PCS, have been vocal in their broad-based opposition to government spending cuts, despite their traditional role of fighting battles on narrower issues.
The Conservative Party, the senior member of the UK's coalition government, has tried to cast the strike as an attack on the "average, hardworking" British man or woman on the street.
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude told the BBC Thursday that, "It is absolutely unjustifiable for parents up and down the country to be inconvenienced like this, forced to lose a day's work when they are trying to go out to work to earn money to pay the taxes that are going to support teachers' pensions."
"I think the challenge for the union movement is to articulate what they think the alternative is," Will Straw, associate director at the Institute for Public Policy Research, told CNBC.com.
Some of the unions have associated themselves with a movement called the Coalition of Resistance, which formed in the autumn of 2010 in solidarity with Greek protestors. That group has proposed a number of measures prioritizing growth over austerity.
"I looked at their plans when they were released at the end of last year and did an analysis of their deficit-reduction strategy. It didn't stack up. The numbers weren't there," Straw said.
"They're right to recognise the risks of the George Osborne austerity approach - that you could end up hampering growth to the extent that you end up jeopardising deficit goals. But they're not sufficiently cautious about a credit rating agency downgrade and what that would do to the cost of repaying government debt," he explained.
More Organized
As groups like the Coalition of Resistance, which has been building its relationships with other protest and campaign groups ahead of tomorrow's strike, demonstrate, the union movement and its allies have become far better at mobilizing support than ever before.
Earlier in the year anti-austerity protests and demonstrations against university tuition fees saw the unions front-and-centre as political voices.
"There's been a lot of learning by the union movements in the UK from some of the more effective parts of political campaigning and political messaging in the US," Straw said. "I think it's fair to say that some of the trade unions in the UK, and particularly the TUC, are in the forefront of campaigning techniques in thinking about using new media, in linking to other progressive organizations, campaigning groups and NGOs. It will be very interesting to see if in this battle they can use it to full effect."
As well as the rise of new media channels – organizing through social networks is now a standard part of the protest movements – there is the simple fact that many people feel disenfranchised and unable to find a strong voice opposing cuts.
The main opposition, the Labour Party, were incumbent when the financial crisis struck, a fact which dented their credibility when discussing economic issues according to several party insiders. The party, whose leader Ed Miliband has publicly opposed Thursday's strike action, has a more moderate fiscal adjustment agenda.
Miliband wrote on his blog that the strike represented "a failure on both sides".
As Andrew Burgin, secretary of the Coalition of Resistance, told CNBC.com, many in the unions and the broader anti-cuts movement feel betrayed by Miliband's rejection of their cause.
The unions remain a major financial backer of the Labour Party, and there is considerable discontent at the lack of pro-union, pro-strike voices in the shadow cabinet, Burgin said.
However counterintuitive it may seem, union movements may in fact be profiting from a political vacuum created by an inability among the traditional center-left across Europe to articulate a coherent argument against cuts.
A socialist government in Greece has just passed a deep austerity package, another socialist government in Portugal has just been replaced, and Spain's socialists are under pressure over similar concerns.
In Southern Europe, as in the UK, new groups are forming and older union structures and allegiances are evolving or being abandoned, analysts said.
"I will say that the mass action in Greece in part reflects how austerity has caused a breakdown of the traditional industrial relations arrangements. Older unions have been hollowed out, and newer, inchoate structures among the unemployed and those in the informal sector are in the process of formation," Professor Craig Phelan, an expert in labor unions at the University of Kingston wrote in an email to CNBC.com.
Phelan also noted that while union membership has been declining for some time in Europe, these movements can rise rapidly.
"Trade unions do not grow incrementally," he said. "They grow in mighty leaps, in great upsurges. No one can guess when these upsurges will take place, but it is possible that we are experiencing the beginnings of one now."
As Glenis Willmott MEP, leader of the European Labour Party, acknowledged to CNBC.com, "We're struggling to find our voice across Europe because … socialist governments have been blamed for the economic crisis. The fact that it's been a global crisis hasn't seemed to resonate with the public. The existing governments are the ones that have been blamed.
"They have been accused of overspending, high public debt, bloated government, and the idea that government has become too big, and it bears responsibility for public debt, has stuck, and we've been punished for that," she said.
Likewise, socialist governments have been associated with greater freedom of labor across the EU, which, in periods of slow job growth and high unemployment, is socially and politically unpopular, Willmott added.
New Movements
Some observers have noted that some anti-austerity movements are, as with the Arab Spring protests, not so much political as anti-political, representing a rejection of the status quo without backing any individual alternative.
Giovanni Grevi, a senior researcher at the Spanish thinktank FRIDE, told CNBC, "There is a crisis of the party political system, not least due to the fact that there are new means of political mobilization and participation through new technologies, and therefore a new ability of individuals and networks to set their own agenda and challenge the sort of top-down guidance from political parties and other established bodies in party politics and politics at large.
"There is a sort of bottom-up pressure that is enabled by the technology that seems to be very much finding fertile ground between young people whose allegiance to traditional ideologies has been waning for some time," Grevi said.
"In the face of the crisis there are different means and different alignments shaping up from the bottom to take part in political life and to put pressure on political parties."
This is the genesis of J30, a coordinating group emerged from a disparate group of activists, union members, students and "what you might call anarchists" from outside the traditional political spectrum, and is assisting in the planning of Thursday's strikes and protests, according to Glyn Harris, an organizer with the group.
Harris said that this incoherence and diversity is a reflection of the fact that the mainstream political voices are failing to pick up on their message.
To the criticism that the lack of a coherent anti-cuts argument would undermine the UK's ability to raise money in the capital markets, Harris said that the protestors, by and large, feel that the market's role in governing their country is unduly large. He explained that he and other protestors were concerned that the market's fears were being exploited to give the UK "a Chile moment" whereby neo-liberalism would be imposed through market mechanisms.
However, speaking not long after the Greek parliament rejected the voices of protesters in Syntagma Square and passed austerity packages, Harris, a veteran activist and campaigner, acknowledged that progressive movements had been through enough false dawns to make him realistic about the prospect of Thursday's action.


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As wind turbines get higher and higher, the demand for the safety of employees working daily in the nacelle or the tower of the wind turbine also gets higher.
Experience shows that service technicians perform better quality service when they are transported in a lift as opposed to when they have to climb 60-100m up the wind turbine using a ladder.
A further advantage of using AVS Service Lift is that it can be taken into use already during the construction and commissioning period. Thus, the turbine owner can soon get a return on the investment. The AVS Service Lift is mountable in all wind turbine towers.


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Morten Tof Hansen - drums Jesper Tilsted - guitar Lars Christensen - guitar Jeppe Christensen - keys/ vocals Kasper Thomsen - vocals Jesper Kvist - bass
RAUNCHY renew their sound and outlook with their third full length "Death Pop Romance" on LIFEFORCE RECORDS. Being hailed as "Futuristic Hybrid Metal" with their previous releases on Nuclear Blast ("Confusion Bay" 2004 and "Velvet Noise" 2002), the Danish quintet take the necessary steps to propel their sound forward by mixing intensely abrasive thrash riffs and dynamic drumming in the vein of Strapping Young Lad and Fear Factory with their signature sound, while subliminally incorporating elements of pop music and melodic death metal in the vein of Soilwork or In Flames. Formed in 1994, within a short amount of time, RAUNCHY's status elevated to "Denmark's best-kept metal secret" getting press quotes such as "RAUNCHY is the beginning of a new area of modern heavy metal", "One of the best Danish debuts EVER" and "Forget about the latest hype-neo-metal band from L.A. .bow down to RAUNCHY!" Between 1995 and 1998, RAUNCHY recorded two demo CD's, which were later used on the compilation "Extremity Rising Vol. I & III" which led to their first initial signing to Mighty Music's sublabel Drug(s) for their first release "Velvet Noise." RAUNCHY quickly got picked up by the well established metal label Nuclear Blast in 2002. "Velvet Noise" got re-issued for all of Europe and was followed by their second full length records "Confusion Bay" in 2004. In 2005, RAUNCHY signed a deal with world's finest up and coming metal label LIFEFORCE RECORDS to release their third full length record entitled "Death Pop Romance." Raunchy seamlessly expand upon their signature sound of old to develop an ultimately more impressive offering. No more questions - THIS is "Futuristic Hybrid Metal"!
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Pays careful attention to writing as design. Today's students need to employ all the resources available to them to write effectively: words, images, design elements, and media. Chapter 1 compares writing and design, providing a bridge that helps students develop the confidence and rhetorical sensitivity they need to succeed as academic writers, and Chapter 11 provides strategies for tailoring design to the rhetorical situation.
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Expanded attention to multimodal composing. Academic writing is no longer just about text, and effective rhetorical choices take place across mediums. With a new Chapter 11, "Strategies for Multimodal Composing," and more multimodal examples and activities throughout the text, this edition expands the texts' signature emphasis on design as a part of writing into multimodal contexts.
Foregrounding the importance of reading rhetorically. A revised chapter 2, "Reading Rhetorically," pulls together all the reading coverage into a single chapter that helps students apply rhetorical sensitivity to their reading; become active, critical readers; and "read" visuals in a rhetorically sensitive way. Within this chapter, in a section drawing on the framework for success in post-secondary writing developed by the National Council of Teachers of English, the Council of Writing Program Administrators, and the National Writing Program, students learn how certain habits of mind (such as curiosity, openness, flexibility, and responsibility) can help them become more active and reflective readers and researchers.
New coverage of kairos. Chapter 1 introduces the concept of kairos, the need to consider the occasion for composing and to respond to the rhetorical situation in a timely way. Later chapters show how students use the concept of kairos to lend urgency to their writing.
More attention to practical strategies for writing effectively. The fourth edition offers enhanced coverage of drafting, revising, and editing, with new emphasis on drafting paragraphs and proofreading.
Streamlined and updated advice for conducting academic research. Written in conjunction with Anne-Marie Deitering, an expert on research and learning technologies, Chapter 7, "Doing Research: Joining the Scholarly Conversation," now highlights the importance of academic habits of mind to successful research, and it provides up-to-date coverage of research tools, from the using filters and facets of databases to staying organized with citation managers. In addition, the citation guidelines in the Appendix and documentation examples throughout the book have been updated to reflect the new guidelines issued by MLA in 2016.
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Table of Contents
Preface for Instructors
Part 1 Writing and Rhetoric in Action
1 Writing Rhetorically
Understanding the Impact of Communication Technologies on Writing
Writing and Rhetoric
Composing — and Designing — Texts
Developing Rhetorical Sensitivity
Note for Multilingual Writers
Rhetorical Sensitivity and Kairos
Note for Multilingual Writers
For Thought, Discussion, and Writing
2 Reading Rhetorically
Applying Rhetorical Sensitivity to Your Reading
Understanding Your Purposes as a Reader
Understanding How Genre Affects Your Reading
Understanding How Medium and Device Affect Your Reading
Guidelines: Quiz: Reading on Page or Screen
Note for Multilingual Writers
Understanding the Text's Rhetorical Situation
Guidelines: Questions for Analyzing a Text's Rhetorical Situation
Note for Multilingual Writers
Developing the Habits of Mind Needed for Academic Reading
Developing Critical Reading Skills
Guidelines: Questions for Previewing a Text
Guidelines: Questions for Annotating a Text
Guidelines: Guidelines for Summarizing a Text
Analyzing a Text's Argument
Guidelines: Questions for Analyzing a Text's Argument
Reading Visual Texts
Guidelines: Questions for Analyzing Visual Texts
For Thought, Discussion, and Writing
3 Analyzing Rhetorical Situations
Learning to Analyze Your Rhetorical Situation
The Rhetorical Situation
Note for Multilingual Writers
Guidelines: Questions for Analyzing Your Rhetorical Situation
Using Your Rhetorical Analysis to Guide Your Writing
Setting Preliminary Goals
Reading: Alia Sands's Analysis
Using Aristotle's Three Appeals
Reading: Brandon Barrett's Analysis
Analyzing Textual Conventions
Guidelines: Characteristics of an Effective Academic Essay
Observing a Professional Writer at Work: Comparing and Contrasting Textual Conventions
Note for Multilingual Writers
Using Textual Conventions
For Thought, Discussion, and Writing
4 Academic Writing: Committing to the Process
Managing the Writing Process
Identifying Composing Styles
Composing Styles: Advantages and Disadvantages
Note for Multilingual Writers
Analyzing Your Composing Process
Guidelines: Quiz: Analyzing Your Composing Process
Note for Multilingual Writers
Writing Communities
Finding a Community
Working Collaboratively
Guidelines: Guidelines for Group Work
For Thought, Discussion, and Writing
Part II Writing in College
5 Analyzing and Synthesizing Texts
Understanding the Centrality of Reading to Academic Writing
Considering Analysis and Synthesis in the Context of the Academic Community
Understanding Your Audience
Reading: Hope Leman, "The Role of Journalists in American Society:
A comparison of the 'Mirror' and 'Flashlight' Models"
Understanding How Analysis Works
Establishing a Purpose for Your Analysis
Developing an Appropriate Method for Your Analysis
Understanding the Relationship between Analysis and Argument
Guidelines: Questions for Developing an Appropriate Method for Analysis
Analyzing Academic Arguments
Determining the Question at Issue
Guidelines: Stasis Questions
Reading: Amitai Etzioni, Less Privacy Is Good for Us (and You)
Identifying an Author's Position on a Question
Using Aristotle's Three Appeals
Guidelines: Questions for Critical Reading and Analysis
Note for Multilingual Writers
Recognizing Fallacies
Guidelines for Identifying Fallacies
Putting Theory into Practice I:Academic Analysis in Action
Reading: Stevon Roberts, "The Price of Public Safety"
Understanding How Synthesis Works
Guidelines: Questions for Synthesizing Texts
Putting Theory into Practice II: Academic Synthesis in Action
Reading: Ellie Hurley, "The Role of Technology in the Classroom: Two Views"
For Thought, Discussion, and Writing
6 Making and Supporting Claims
Understanding — and Designing — Academic Arguments
Exploring Aristotle's Three Appeals
Understanding the Role of Values and Beliefs in Argument
Guidelines: Guidelines for Analyzing Your Own Values and Beliefs
Note for Multilingual Writers
Mastering the Essential Moves in Academic Writing
Determining Whether a Claim Can Be Argued
Developing a Working Thesis
Guidelines: Guidelines for Developing an Arguable Claim
Providing Good Reasons and Supporting Them with Evidence
Acknowledging Possible Counterarguments
Guidelines: Questions for Evaluating Evidence
Framing Your Argument as Part of the Scholarly Conversation
Using Media to Strengthen Your Argument
Guidelines: Guidelines for Using Visuals in Academic Writing
Composing an Academic Argument: A Case Study of One Student's Writing Process
Daniel Stiepleman's Annotation of the Public Service Announcement
Daniel's Cluster
Daniel's Discovery Draft
Daniel's Journal Entry
Daniel's Rhetorical Analysis
Daniel's Plan for His Essay
Daniel's First Draft
Daniel's Second Draft with Peer Comments
Daniel's Response to Peer Comments
Daniel's Final Draft
Reading: Daniel Stiepleman, "Literacy in America: Reading between the Lines"
For Thought, Discussion, and Writing
7 Doing Research: Joining the Scholarly Conversation
Guidelines: Questions for Analyzing Your Rhetorical Situation as a Researcher
Habits of Mind for Academic Research
Choosing a Topic
Exploring a Topic
Considering Multiple Perspectives
Hands-On Research
Guidelines: Guidelines for Hands-On Methods
Finding a Focus
Managing Uncertainty
Planning Ahead
Searching with Keywords
Revising and Refining Keywords
Guidelines: Questions to Ask as You Devise and Revise Your List of Keywords
Learning from Your Results
Using Common Research Tools
Field Searching
Using Filters (Facets) and Advanced Tools
Guidelines: Questions to Consider When Using a New Research Tool
Retrieving Full Text
Guidelines: Guidelines for Getting the Full Text of Articles
Using Tools—from Note Cards to Citation Managers—to Stay Organized
Asking for Help
Evaluating Sources
Choosing Evidence
Navigating Source Requirements
Understanding Academic Audiences
Guidelines: Questions to Consider as You Choose Sources
Synthesizing Information and Ideas
Structuring a Supporting Paragraph in a Research Project
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
Guidelines: When Should I Quote, Paraphrase or Summarize?
Using Signal Phrases
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Appropriately and Ethically
Avoiding Plagiarism
Guidelines: Guidelines for Avoiding Plagiarism
Note for Multilingual Writers
Using Appropriate Citation Styles and Formatting
Understanding Your Rights as a Content Creator
Isn't There More to Say Here on Writing?
Sample Research Essay Using MLA Documentation Style
Reading: Alletta Brenner, "Sweatshop U.S.A.: Human Trafficking in the American Garment-Manufacturing Industry"
For Thought, Discussion, and Writing
8 Writing in the Disciplines: Making Choices as You Write
Thinking Rhetorically about Writing in the Disciplines
Writing in the Humanities
Sample Student Essay in the Humanities
Guidelines: Questions for Analyzing Writing in the Disciplines
Reading: Elizabeth Ridlington, "Lincoln's Presidency and Public Opinion"
Writing in the Natural and Applied Sciences
Sample Student Essay in the Natural and Applied Sciences
Reading: Tara Gupta, "Field Measurements of Photosynthesis and Transpiration Rates in Dwarf Snapdragon (Chaenorrhinum minus Lange): An Investigation of Water Stress Adaptations"
Writing in the Social Sciences
Sample Student Essay in the Social Sciences
Reading: Tawnya Redding, "Mood Music: Music Preference and the Risk for Depression and Suicide in Adolescents
Writing in Business
Sample Student Email for Business Writing
Reading: Michelle Rosowsky and Carina Abernathy, "Taylor Nursery Bid"
Part III Practical Strategies for Composing Texts
9 Strategies for Invention, Planning, and Drafting
Strategies for Invention
Guidelines: Guidelines for Group Brainstorming
Asking the Journalist's Questions
Asking the Topical Questions
Guidelines: Questions for Exploring a Topic
Note for Multilingual Writers
Writing a Discovery Draft
Strategies for Planning
Guidelines: Questions for Establishing a Working Thesis
Strategies for Drafting
Managing the Drafting Process
Guidelines: Guidelines for Overcoming Writer's Block
Developing and Organizing Your Ideas
Using a Thesis Statement
Developing Ideas
Following Textual Conventions
Writing Effective Paragraphs
For Thought, Discussion, and Writing
10 Strategies for Revising, Editing, and Proofreading
For Thought, Discussion, and Writing
Strategies for Revising
Guidelines: Guidelines for Revising Objectively
Asking the Big Questions: Revising for Focus, Content, and Organization
Guidelines: Questions for Evaluating Focus, Content, and Organization
One Student Writer's Revision for Focus, Content, and Organization
Reading: Stevon's Early Draft
Reading: Stevon Roberts, "Identity, Rebooted"
Benefiting from Responses to Work in Progress
Note for Multilingual Writers
Guidelines: Guidelines for Responses from Classmates
Guidelines: Guidelines for Meeting with a Writing Tutor
Guidelines: Guidelines for Using Your Instructor's Responses
Strategies for Editing
Keeping Your Readers on Track: Revising for Style
Guidelines: Guidelines for Editing for Coherence
Guidelines: Guidelines for Effective Prose Style
Proofreading: A Rhetorical Approach to Correctness
Guidelines: Guidelines for Proofreading Your Writing
Note for Multilingual Writers
For Thought, Discussion, and Writing
11 Strategies for Multimodal Composing
Understanding Multimodal Composing
The Rhetorical Situation and Multimodal Composing
Multimedia Composition and the Importance of Design
Managing the Demands of Multimodal Composition
Guidelines: Guidelines for Multimodal Composing
Multimodal Composing: Three Student Examples
For Thought, Discussion, and Writing
Writers' References
MLA Documentation Guidelines
APA Documentation Guidelines
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Jack & Maggie at School – Day 2
Thursday night was our 2nd day of 'socialization class'. We missed last week because of momz work and the week before was July 4th, so we kind of forgot how much fun it was.
There was a 'new kid' in class this week – a youngish Labbie looking guy, who loved to bark! He barked and barked and barked. He barked so much the teacher put him in time-out. Uh-oh…
Just like last class, we did some playing first to burn off our extra energy and then got down to some lessons of down-stay, walking next to momz & dadz, and my favorite game, "leave it". I don't get to do the playtime yet because I "lack patience" (whatever that is) with those young whipper-snappers who like to jump on my face – crazy puppies. But Maggie went out and ran around on the playground. Being a former mom, I think she has more of that patience stuff. Sometimes she gets a little overwhelmed by all of the activity
and so she just goes and sits next to momz when that happens and she calms right down. Maybe next time, I'll be able to run around the yard too, but I may have to box some ears to keep those kids in line.
Maggie and I are very much the seniors in the class and many of our classmates are younger pups still learning their commands. We know our commands, but we need to learn to get along with different dogs and different people so that's why we are at the class. Sometimes it's difficult because it's very noisy and lots of commotion, which makes it hard for us adults to concentrate and be polite. But I guess that's why I'm there!
Momz got a few pictures of us in class this time, but she spilled water on her camera so it stopped working for awhile and she could only use her cell phone. Momz is pretty clumsy sometimes.
Hope you enjoy our class photos. Next week teacher said it would be calmer…maybe that bark-a-dog isn't going to be there. What I do know is I slept really good that night – school wears me out!
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The class can be boring but it is important to be "social" with other dogs (but not too social). There are times you need to assess it. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
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Yep, Jack needs to work on that social aspect.
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Love that you guys took a class. Our dogs are fully trained, perfect dogs, which means they really could use a brush up course, plus it would be so much fun for them. You've inspired me to enroll our dogs in a class locally. Thanks and thanks for sharing. Love this!
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Good luck with the class, keep us posted.
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I'm jealous. If only there were classes like this near me. Know all three of my dogs would benefit immensely! They're great on obedience, but the socialization would be wonderful!
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I'm sure it's tough being the oldest kids in class, Jack, but it sounds like you and Maggie are coming along well. Hopefully you'll learn some of that patience stuff with those young whipper-snappers!
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Friday, June 22, 2007
Kentucky Amusement Regulations
Just to put some structure around the regulatory scheme in Kentucky...
KRS 247.232 [PDF] defines amusement rides and attractions in a way that would seem to include Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. This regulation provides for inspections by the state, I think annually. Then this regulation requires reporting of all serious injuries (requiring physician care) and deaths.
Thanks to Kathy Fackler for providing a link to her collection of the reports made in Kentucky in the past four years. None are from Six Flags. I'm rather surprised, and frankly a little skeptical, that only four events took place in that time frame.


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Ann Armstrong
In 2008, the Downtown Austin Alliance (DAA) initiated a bike rack sculpture project for downtown Austin. Working closely with the City of Austin's Art in Public Places program, the DAA commissioned local artists to design unique, durable bike rack sculptures with the goal of supporting the arts downtown, as well as providing amenities for bicycle transportation. Funding for the bike racks was provided by the Downtown Austin Alliance, Thomas Properties Group and 816 Congress. The bike racks were donated to the City of Austin through the artwork donation process and are part of the City's public art collection.
At the dedication event for Stem Rack, located at 100 Congress Ave., artist Ann Armstrong spoke about her process for creating the sculptural bike rack.
Armstrong also made a short film about the creation of Stem Rack, entitled Art & Labor. Her film was selected for Faces of Austin 2013.


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Consistently one of the most innovative and thought provoking spoken word artists we encountered in 2017. This one snuck out before Christmas and it was a gift indeed. From sombre to frenetic to mellow, this EP's got it all (beats supplied by Clyde). Our only complaint, we don't hear enough from him. LPF, please may we have an album full in 2018. Preferably on a slightly crackly vinyl.
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The technology of three-dimensional (3D) image is now changing into the newest trend in the world of TVs and displays alike. Altheough many issues aren't any extra carried out to African of us Within the States, they're nonetheless affected by racisttreament and murder by many White Americans. The growing social movements world wide are partly a reaction to American army aggression, and this has spurned a vicious and violent cycle of violence by no means seen since.
They also did not want to take care of the Minimum Wage situation which would put some sorely need money into the fingers of the poor; they're in opposition to equal pay for all the ladies and men in the USA; They also made sure that they will compensate the 1% of billionaires with takes cuts and other protections of their wealth; in all these shenanigans that they have been immersed in, they have fever provided the American individuals with a substitute for all what they've opposed or prevented from coming to fruition.
The problem we've got in Mzantsi we've got a government that has past Cold Warfare affiliations with China, and in their effort to get away from American domination, using Zuma as the point man, the ANC Nationwide Executive Members(NEC), has opted to Chinafy South Africa.
When Asoka Ranaweera helped on a challenge to build an Ethiopia glass factory backed by the China Africa Improvement Fund in 2009, he thought of it a "flagship investment" given the scale of the funding at the time. IN the UK the government grants in the direction of solar power are rising in amount and variety.
It never succeeded before due to the powerful enterprise and vested interests that opposed it. In Harry Truman's day, the American Medical Association assessed its members an extra $25 in dues to fight Truman's universal well being care plan, and the AMA won.
In 2008, researchers from the World Bank's Public-Non-public Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) also revealed a media-primarily based methodology to determine Chinese language infrastructure and natural useful resource extraction projects in Sub-Saharan Africa (Foster et al. 2008).


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March 21, 2016
For the seventh year in a row, MSS has been awarded the Top Workplaces honor by Philly.com. The Top Workplaces list is based solely on the results of an employee feedback survey administered by WorkplaceDynamics, LLC, a leading research firm that specializes in organizational health and workplace improvement. Several aspects of workplace culture were measured, including Alignment, Execution, and Connection, just to name a few.
MSS continues to be honored by this very important designation that validates both our commitment to our employees and their dedication to our company. This type of honor makes us proud because our employees are telling us we are on the right track. As our company grows, it is a major priority for us to have our people also grow, thrive, and be fulfilled.
We would like to thank all our employees for making MSS a Top Workplace.


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Losing your job can be a life-changing experience. Sometimes, it is a positive change. In many cases, though, it can be devastating and scary. The worst thing that you can do, however, is just assume that the company has treated you fairly, or that there is no point in fighting for what you deserve.
If you have been offered a severance package (or even worse, not offered any severance at all), you need to have the situation reviewed by a lawyer that specializes in Employment Law. If you don't, you will likely be shortchanging yourself and those who depend on you at a critical time.
There are so many misconceptions out there, including the notions that:
- everyone is entitled to a severance package,
- severance is one month per year of service,
- employment standards legislation sets out all of your entitlements,
- you are only entitled to your base salary during the severance period, and
- you can always be fired for cause if you engage in serious misconduct.
This is a very complicated area of the law, and you need a lawyer that specializes in it to ensure that you are treated fairly.
You may not have a right to your job – most employees can be dismissed at any time, for almost any reason (unless it relates to protected grounds, such as Human Rights or reprisal). However, unless there is just cause for dismissal, employees must be provided with notice or "severance".
If you have been "laid off", "fired", "terminated", "let go", or otherwise lost your job, we will review the circumstances with you, explain the law, assess your entitlements, and then determine the best approach to pursuing them. In addition to assessing how many months of notice you are entitled to, we will help you understand whether all obligations have been met, including variable compensation such as bonuses and commissions, car allowances, pensions, stock options, and medical, dental and disability benefits. We can work with you to achieve a reasonable outcome, either through negotiation or litigation.
Seeing a lawyer may seem like an unnecessary expense when your income has just been cut off, but that is the time when you need capable advice the most. We have never had someone tell us that they regretted coming in for a consultation. Either we will explain the deficiencies in the offer you receive or, in rare cases, we will give you the peace of mind that comes with knowing that the offer was fair.


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Solving challenges via Social Labs
The Social Laboratories idea gets two articles from the latest Stanford Social Innovation Review – an excerpt from the introduction to the book 'What Are Social Laboratories?' and a book review.
From the latter: "The groups that constitute each lab come together not around a project but around a shared problem. They work through a facilitated process of discovery in which they identify points of agreement and areas of potential intervention. » Continue reading news item ... "Solving challenges via Social Labs"


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Hard Rock Music Archives
Isengard (1989-1995): a Black Metal band from Norway.
sengard was a Folk infused black metal solo project from Fenriz (Real Name: Gylve Nagell;of Darkthrone/ex-DHG/ex-Cadaver Inc./ex-Eibon/ex-Storm/ex-Neptune Towers/ex-Satyricon/ex-Ulver/ex-Aura Noir/ex-Red Harbvest/ex-Nattefrost/ex-Thorns/ex-Cadaver/ex-Cadaver) who hired session members Bjorn Dencker (a.k.a. Aldrahn; ex-Zyklon-B/ex-DHG/ex-Darkthrone/ex-Old Man's Child/ex-Thorns/ex-Dimmu Borgir; vocals) and Yusuf Parvaz (a.k.a. Mr. Fixit/a.k.a.Vicotnik; vocals) in 1995. Just like Darkthrone the sound quality was deliberately bad. It seems as though the act has since been folded, at least for the time being. Over the time they released Spectres Over Gorgoroth Demo (1989), Horizons Demo (1991), Vanderen Demo (1993), their debut album Vinterskugge (1994), and Høstmørke (1995).
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Thursday, 13 July 2017
Corrie Canada Sneak Previews for July 17 - 21
Without further ado here is a brief sneak preview of what you'll see on next week's Corrie in Canada.
Sinead agrees to give it another try but Chesney finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time in the Bistro where Daniel ends up coming to his aid. Robert foils blackmail by telling Michelle about his past. Eileen takes Phelan's corner. Adam starts his practice, not without some scheming first. His first client is someone surprising. Aidan lies to Maria but doesn't know that Eva is plotting revenge. Todd and Billy attend Drew's funeral. Gina's spending habit has her manipulating Sophie and Sally. Jenny still won't take Johnny back and decides to accept an invitation. Anna's nerves mean Kevin goes it alone. There's bad news for the Platts.
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Not sleeping well? Constantly tired? Follow these tips for the best sleep of your life.
Alcohol is lying to you
While Alcohol can help you fall asleep, it actually affects the quality of the sleep that follows. When asleep, your body works to break down the alcohol in your bloodstream which in turn can cause you to frequently, but briefly, wake up. This means that even though you may get a full nights sleep, you're not getting the deep restorative sleep you need and are likely to wake up tired.
Avoid coffee, especially if you're a morning person
Coffee works primarily by inhibiting the absorption of adenosine, a nucleotide whose role involves the slowing down of nerve connections and the promotion of sleep. There is great variance in the speed at which people clear caffeine from their bodies therefore making it difficult to be able to simply say "avoid coffee in the evening / afternoon". In addition to this, there is now research tying caffeine to chronotypes that suggests morning people are more affected by caffeine than night owls are.
"We are living in an age when sleep is more comfortable than ever and yet more elusive." David K. Randall
Like clockwork
Your circadian rhythm changes your general level of alertness and body temperature depending on the time of day. Most people tend to be fully awake from around 9am until 2pm at which point they start to experience an afternoon slump. This is followed by another cycle of alertness from circa 6pm until 10pm. Giving yourself a bedtime in line with these hours is going to work much better than trying to fight your body clock by going to bed at 3am one night and 9pm the next.
Regulate the light in your life
Behind your circadian rhythm lays a hormone called melatonin which is produced by the pineal gland which is in turn regulated by a tiny cluster of cells behind the eyes call the suprachiasmatic nucleus or SCN. The pineal gland receives messages from the SCN letting it know when the eyes see light and if it's dark for a time, the pineal gland will release melatonin throughout the body to induce sleep. Any light over 180 lux (approximately the output of a 100w lamp) is enough to reset your body's clock and disrupt this process.
Because of the direct impact that light has on the body's circadian rhythm, getting enough daylight during the day and avoiding electric light in the evening (including light from TVs and laptops) will help you get to sleep. Once in a dark room and safely asleep, use an eye mask to keep it that way.
"Sleep isn't a break from our lives. It's the missing third of the puzzle of what it means to be living." David K. Randall
Tune out
Use earplugs.
Assist your body with it's cooling process
When entering sleep the body's core temperature drops, and to facilitate this drop, the temperature of the hands and feet increases. Do you like to fall asleep with your feet sticking out from underneath the covers? This cooling process is why.
Anything you can do to assist the body with this cooling will help. Keep the temperature of your room between 16 – 19 degrees Celsius (60 – 66 ℉) with pyjamas and at least one sheet or 30 – 32 degrees Celsius (86 – 80 ℉) without. Taking a cold shower before bed, while extreme, has also been proven to aid falling asleep and also improve the overall quality of sleep.
Track your progress
Because of sleep's very nature, it's extremely difficult to objectively know how long you've been asleep and also know what the quality of that sleep is like. This makes it difficult to then make changes (e.g: giving up coffee) and see what affect that change has. Tracking your sleep gets around this and there's a number of tools out there that can help:
Relaxing is a skill
Give yourself some time to work at this. Read something before bed that isn't related to or reminds you of your work. Try meditation. Find something that helps you disengage from your life just before bed.
Love thy nap
If all else fails and you're still tired the next day, take a nap. Even as little at 15 minutes has been proven to markedly improve cognitive performance.
Have you got any tips I've missed? Let me know in the comments below. Also, if you read this far, you should follow me on Twitter.


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The Nike Air Max 1 is undoubtedly one of the most iconic sneakers to have ever been released by any brand. Tinker's Pompidou Center inspired creation has seen many iterations since it's initial release, from slight tweaks to the toe shape and material usage, the Air Max hasn't been quite the same since the original released back in 1987.
Catching up with everyone from Nike's Sportswear Senior Footwear Designer Lee Gibson, Footwear Developers, Heather Moreau and Emily Simmons, Colour Design Director, Devon McKinney, Materials Designer, Caroline Fullerton and Senior Product Line Manager Tanner Marshall, the video showcases some of the thought process and development that's gone into trying to re-create the initial that the original Air Max had.
"Keeping the originator in mind, the team was meticulous about the details and include several nods to the debut 1987 Air Max. From the toe box mesh to the three-piece tongue and flat laces, the Air Max 1 recraft includes several details not seen since the release of the Air Max that started it all three decades ago." – Nike
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Liver-Specific Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells
Deriving new sources of hepatocytes is critical for further advancement of liver-directed cell therapies, bioartificial liver-assist devices and toxicology studies. Embryonic stem cells (ESC) offer an ideal source of hepatocytes because these cells can proliferate indefinitely and can, hypothetically, be convinced to become any cell type. However, convincing stem cells to become the desired adult cell type (differentiating stem cells) remains challenging as the signals required for this process remain to be poorly understood. Hepatocytes are highly differentiated cells that carry on multiple functions in the body including serum protein synthesis, bile production and metabolism of xenobiotics. Stem cell to hepatocyte transformation is therefore particularly challenging. In order to expedite discovery of liver-specific stem cell niche our laboratory is developing novel cell culture tools including growth factor microarrays and micropatterned co-cultures. These novel cell culture surfaces allow us to pinpoint the signaling molecules and heterotypic cellular interactions required for efficient differentiation of embryonic stem cells into hepatocytes. Beyond in vitro discovery of differentiation inducers, we are also developing biomaterials scaffolds that will contain necessary signaling molecules and will be used as vehicles for stem cell transplantation to the liver.
Combining printed protein arrays and micropatterned co-cultures to guide stem cell differentiation . (A) Printed collagen spots (green fluorescence) adjacent to islands occupied by mouse ESCs. (B) Seeding hepatocytes on the surface shown in (A) results in hepatocyte clusters being placed next to stem cell clusters. (C) In order to analyze the extent of differentiation, stem cells were extracted from micropatterned co-cultures using laser microdissection and were analyzed by RT-PCR. This analysis showed that presence of adult hepatocytes in micropatterned co-cultures induced stem cell to differentiate toward hepatic lineage.
People contributing to this research direction: Dipali Patel, Elena Foster, Jungmok You, Amranul Haque, Nazgul Tuleova
Important recent papers on this topic: Lee, J. Y., Tuleuova, N., Jones, C.N., Ramanculov, E., Zern, M.A., Revzin, A., "Directing Hepatic Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells with Protein Microarray-Based Co-Cultures", Integrative Biology, 2009, 1, 460-468 (journal cover)
Tuleuova, N., Lee, J.Y., Zern, M.A., Revzin, A. "Using growth factor arrays and micropatterned co-cultures to induce hepatic differentiation of embryonic stem cells" Biomaterials, 2010, 31, 9221-9231
Electroactive Surfaces for Micropatterning and Retrieval of Cells
The ability to exercise precise spatial and temporal control over cell-surface interactions is being leveraged in our laboratory to micropattern cells on surfaces or to retrieve cells from microfabricated surfaces. We are employing conductive (gold or ITO) surfaces modified with cell adhesive or non-adhesive molecules that can be electrically stimulated, leading to selective adsorption or desorption of proteins and/or mammalian cells. These "switchable" biointerfaces have been used to create micropatterned hepatocyte-fibroblast co-cultures (see Figure A). Another application of this technology is in selective retrieval of cells from a micropatterned surface for downstream analysis. This will allow to sort out a small number of cells from a desired location on the surface and will obviate the need to sacrifice a large number of cells to get functional information Figure B shows selective retrieval of lymphocytes from antibody-modified gold electrodes.
Electroactive surfaces for cell culture and retrieval. (A) Groups of pepatocytes and fibroblasts micropatterned next to each other on individually addressable ITO electrodes. (B) T-cells captured and then released from individually addressable gold electrodes. Upper and lower electrodes were activated releasing cells, while the middle electrode was not electrically activated and still contains T-cells.
People contributing to this research direction: Ying Liu, Jungmok You, Dong-Sik Shin, Yandong Gao, Ali Rahimian, Tam Vu, Kyungjin Son, Timothy Kwa, Qing Zhou
Important recent papers on this topic: Kim, M., Lee, J.Y., Shah, S.S., Tae, G., Revzin A. "On-cue Detachment of Hydrogels and Cells from Optically Transparent Electrodes", Chemical Communications, 2009, 5865-5867
Shah, S., Howland, M., Chen, L., Silangcruz, J., Verkhoturov, S., Schweikert, E., Parikh, A., Revzin, A. "Micropatterning of Proteins and Mammalian Cells on Indium Tin Oxide." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2009, 1, 2592-2601


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Ghana midfielder Ebenezer Ofori has been left terrified after seven armed robbers raided his residence in Accra on Monday.
The 22-year-old's Range Rover with registration number GR- 2027-17 was taken away by the robbers as well as some valuable items from his residence at Haatso, Accra.
The VfL Stuttgart silky enforcer played full throttle for the Black Stars as they were held to a 1-1 stalemate by the Red Devils of Congo in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium last Friday.
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GHANASoccernet.com confirms that the former New Edubiase United midfielder has been excused from the Black Stars training today.
But he's expected to join up his colleagues in camp tonight as they jet off to Brazzaville ahead of Tuesday's return encounter against Congo.
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Baking Powder vs. Baking Soda
Don't confuse one for the other -- these ingredients are essential for baking success.
Because recipes often call for such small amounts of baking powder and baking soda, you may think these ingredients are not essential for success. They are! These ingredients are leavening agents -- without them, the baked products will not rise. And, because the chemical properties of the two ingredients are different, one cannot be substituted for another. It's best to keep them both on hand.
When using baking soda, keep in mind that the soda and acid begin to react as soon as a liquid is added.


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Parenthood for Dummies
Being a father is a wild ride. My name is Christopher & these are my observations, theories & comments on life as the dad of my two boys Ripley & Jayden. I write this to air my thoughts & update my friends & family with photos, videos and such like. For everyone else I offer hints and tips on parenting as I learn them. For legal reasons I make no direct reference to my employer or any of my colleagues.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Misc_: Angel Manifestation
My long time friend from school Kate has started her very own blog on Angels. She is an expert on how she believes Angels can help with your day to day life. Her alternative take on life is refreshing.
I am a natural born liberal non-committal agnostic. I don't believe that anyone has ever proved or ever can prove that a religious entities like God, Angels, the Devil, spirits, etc can exist, however, I am not an atheist - I cannot rule out the possiblity that they are there (nobody can). So here I sit in the middle.
From talking to Kate and reading her first entry I can say one thing. The idea of Angel manifestation simply embodies faith and above all hope. It allows people to displace the bad feelings and worries in their life to a higher power. You cannot control many elements of your life, but it is very difficult not to worry about them, to have faith that a more powerful caring entity will take these worries away from you and maybe make things better for you is a lovely idea. The upshot of having this belief is a positive attitude, and if more people had that then we would be living in a better world.
So let's here it for the Angels and I wish Kate the best of luck with her up and coming fair - read all about Kate and get advice on Angels here - http://angels.kitt.net
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- At 3:07 PM, Dave Pearson said...
however, I am not an atheist - I cannot rule out the possiblity that they are there (nobody can)
Atheism isn't characterised by saying "there is no <supernatural entity>", it's characterised by not having a belief in them. Moreover, atheist and agnostic aren't part of the same axis ? they're not mutually exclusive positions.
- At 4:14 PM, KiTT said...
Thanks for the clarification. I wasn't necessarily proposing atheism as a mutually exclusive option to agnosticism. I was just simply commenting that on this issue I am influenced by me agnostic tendencies and that I am not an atheist. Good to hear from you again Dave! Nice to know somebody is reading my mindless ramblings :)
- At 4:31 PM, Dave Pearson said...
Sure thing. The point really is that you don't have to be an atheist to "rule them out" ? the burden of proof is on those who assert that they exist.
And, yes, you've got at least one regular reader of your ramblings. I don't think they're "mindless" though ? child-addeled perhaps, but not mindless. ;)
- At 4:40 PM, KiTT said...
child-addeled is my middle name (when it isn't Danger) - Thanks for reading - having a few readers that keep popping in makes this kind of technology worthwhile.