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"Turkish nation and government sympathising indicates that our two neighbouring and Muslim countries share grief and happiness with one another and this is one of the good traditions of Islam," President Rouhani told the President of Turkey in a phone conversation.
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In the phone call that was initiated by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Dr Rouhani appreciated the Turkish government and nation's message of condolence over Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani's passing away and said: "Late Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani was a politician who always put great emphasis on developing and deepening friendly ties with Islamic and neighbouring countries, especially Turkey".
President Rouhani, in turn, expressed condolences over death of a number of Turkish citizens in recent terrorist attacks, adding: "I hope Iranian and Turkish governments' cooperate to eradicate terrorism, for the people of the region to have more sense of peace".
Stressing the need to develop ties between the two countries in long term, he said: "The Islamic Republic of Iran is satisfied with close Tehran-Ankara-Moscow ties aimed at establishing peace in the region".
Dr Rouhani also referred to cease-fire in Syria, adding: "We should all contribute to continuation of the cease-fire. Without a doubt, close cooperation between Ankara, Moscow and Tehran is very important in establishing peace and stability in the region".
On the coming negotiations in Astana about Syria, he said: "I hope we witness relative stability in Syria and the region soon, through cooperation between Iran and Turkey".
All terrorist groups in the region are our common enemies, said Rouhani adding: "We hope to witness further development of bilateral ties by cooperating closely to solve major issues of the region".
During the phone call, the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed condolences over Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani's demis and added: "Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani's passing away has deeply saddened us. He was a great man and a respectful politician who significantly contributed to peace and stability in the region, especially establishing a firm base between Tehran and Ankara".
Turkey is determined to develop ties and cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran in all fields, he said, adding: "Firm ties between the two countries is very effective for settling issues of the region and the government of Turkey attaches great weight to advancing and continuing mutual and regional dialogue ".
He also stressed that terrorist groups should be eradicated by cooperation, continuing: "Iran and Turkey have a great responsibility on their shoulders and should further boost cooperation to alleviate tensions of the region".
On cease-fire in Syria and the coming negotiations in Astana, he said: "We should all make attempts to strengthen the bases of cease-fire in Syria".
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Welcome to 2017! We'll probably get the hang of writing the numbers 2-0-1-7 in our agendas once May rolls around -- anyone else have this issue?
In all seriousness, a new year means another promising attempt at accomplishing our ambitious new year's resolutions. We know it can be daunting, but don't put it off! The first few days of the new year are the perfect time to force ourselves into a new routine, make a crucial changes or commit to something different. When the going gets tough, just remind yourself that it will only get easier and truly pay off in the long run. Don't let your (failed) track record keep you from trying again. Avoid your mind going to that dark place it's gone to before. You know, that place where you tell yourself, "Hey, what's another year of biting my nails when I've already been biting them for 20?". We all have it in us to reach our goals and conquer these resolutions. Let's make 2017 one for the books and kick those bad habits to the curb -- after all, they're so 2016...
Now if that pep talk still didn't do the trick, maybe SMART goals will help! Let's break it down, shall we?
Specific: It's important to set a specific, well-defined goal. This means one single, clear-cut objective. We live in a time where we believe that we are experts at multitasking, but the truth is, our brains work better by focusing on one single task at a time. Hence, focusing on one change at a time. MindTools declares that the best way to do this is by answering what exactly you want to accomplish, why it's important, who's involved, and how you are limited. Listing all the focus areas that surround your goal will make it as specific and attainable as can be, making it all the more easy to achieve.
Measurable: Without being able to measure your goal, how will you be able to track your progress? It's best to keep a schedule; this way, you can reward yourself after every milestone. Positive reinforcement will help you to stay focused and motivated to meet deadlines. To ensure it's measurable, answer the "how" questions; for example, how long will it take to stop smoking? After how many days will I slowly start to see my 6-pack creeping through? Questions that you look forward to answering.
Achievable: Let's be realistic here and set a goal that you know you absolutely have the ability to achieve. Don't set the goal to become a more adventurous foodie when you're allergic to both dairy and wheat. Give yourself the challenge of getting promoted in a couple month's time, forcing yourself to work harder and be more productive at the office. If you know you can achieve it, you will constantly feel motivated to prove yourself right.
Relevant: If your goal isn't relevant to your own life and struggles, you won't really feel the need to accomplish it. Just because the number 1 new year's resolution is losing weight, doesn't mean that you need to add that to your list of goals. This step is all about you and ensuring that your resolution truly matters to you. The support of family and friends will always help, but make sure that you have full control over your own goal.
Time-bound: When setting a goal, whether it's a new year's one or not, it's pretty routine to set a target date. In this case, that date needs to be set in stone. Write it down and make sure that you follow your deadline. Without strict rules, you will lose motivation and keep postponing the end date. The Brain Flux actually studied how effective it was to start achieving your goal on a Monday, so keep in mind specific dates and times for deadlines throughout your resolution schedule.
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- Don't be afraid to ask for help. Your friends and family are always there to support you. If your goal is truly relevant and meaningful to you, they will want nothing more than to help you achieve it as best as you can. There is never any harm in asking for a helping hand, that's what they're there for!
- Accessorize your goal. Of course, what better way to stay motivated than accessorizing yourself in whatever may help you achieve your goal. Buy some cool gear (like workout clothes for example) that will really put you into the mindset of making that change!
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I'd dreamed since childhood of venturing to Japan to see awe-inspiring shrines, quirky shops, and beautiful gardens. Dreams can only get you so far though, so when funny life goblins placed a sickness curse upon my head, dooming me to an adolescence full of hospital beds in place of plane tickets, I did the only thing I could do: I started seeking out similar adventures in local destinations surrounding my home town. That's where I found an amazing 8 acre Japanese garden and tea house just minutes from my parents' home in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Yes, I said Michigan. Right smack at the top of the United States I found the most incredible hidden gem destination for Japanese travel. And you don't even have to set foot in Japan to check it out.
Stepping into a Magical World
Several different gates mark the entrance to the Richard & Helen DeVos Japanese Garden. Though smaller than the main gate, the west gate entrance flaunts some small details that prompt me to recommend it as the better option. Notice the traditional Japanese lantern striking a pose above my sister's head? That lamp worked hard to be that cute, so you should reward it by heading in that direction.
Inside the Richard & Helen DeVos Japanese Garden
Once you cross the gateway, you leave the United States and enter Japan. A winding path appears to guide you on your journey and soon deposits you in front of one of the garden's multiple bridges. As much decoration as functional forms, these architectural beauties mark just one of the many splendors that collectively transform the garden into a place of almost magic.
The Aesthetics of Bridges
I don't think this first bridge had a name. But it was my favorite bridge because of the dichromatic coloring achieved by the black thingies (I like to say thingies) on top. So I'll just call this bridge Mr. Tops. Everyone say hello to Mr. Tops. He lets you walk all over him. It's not nice to do that to friends, but bridges don't seem to mind. Thank you, Mr Tops.
And this other bridge is the cleverly named Zig Zag Bridge. Because it zigs. And it zags. And then dances a little jig. I might have lied about that last part, but why aren't dancing bridges a thing? Dancing bridges could totally be a thing, right? Raise your hand for dancing bridges. And maybe for singing trees.
The Sculptures
And in keeping with the clever titles, may I present to you Four Open Squares? It's technically a sculpture crafted by artist George Rickey, but I just think it's beautiful. And serene. And contemplative. Stainless steel squares balance horizontally sixteen inches above the water. So very perfect for a Japanese garden.
I could say profound things about this Buddha sculpture, but they'd all be negated by the fact that I tripped and fell on my buttocks while taking this photo. That minor mishap didn't stop this sculpture from being my favorite art to photograph at the garden, though. Life needs the spark of adventure (and muddy blue jeans) every now and then, right? Exactly. Fun Fact: this installment exists not as religious commentary but a depiction of the human violence that tirelessly transpires throughout history, endlessly destroying culture and its artifacts. Notice how the sharp, fragmented features of the face transform Buddha's visage into something almost broken and discarded?
The Japanese Fountain
I can't forget this cute fountain. Dragon wouldn't let me. He plopped right down on top of it and refused to budge until I snapped a photo. So why's it so special? When enough water builds up inside, the spout dips and pours the water out into the pond below. Witnessing it reach that moment is surprisingly satisfying to watch. I had a nifty video of it for ya, but the video went poopy, so now I'm just a liar with a sad heart. And a sore bottom. Yes, my booty still hurts. Always look where you're going when you take pictures, kiddos. And watch for cars before trying to play in traffic.
The Bonsai Garden
Ah, the Bonsai Garden… Aside from being inexplicably fun and entertaining to say– especially when bystanders are present and unaware of whether you are just easily amused or perhaps a crazy, rabid human who likes to shout at the sky while flaunting a muddy bum and bite marks from statues– "bonsai" are also quite enjoyable to look at. So look at them. They're all fluffy and intricate, expertly pruned and trimmed, balls of tree fluff. They're mini trees, and everything is better when it's mini-sized.
The Zen – Style Garden
At home, I have a cute little rock garden that sits on my desk and asks me to pet it. So I do. With this little mini rake thingie. And it rewards me with its cuteness and calming lines in the sand. Also cute. Because everything miniature-sized is cute, gosh darn it. But my point (there is one) is that I'd never actually seen a real, life-sized Japanese Zen Garden before taking this picture. And this one is better.
The Gazebo
Who doesn't love a good gazebo? Gazebos belong in gardens. They give you a place to rest your muddy bum. And to contemplate why exactly you are such a clutz that you are always falling on it. Oh yeah, and they also look really pretty. Waving from afar is deeply encouraged. See Exhibit Y.
Authentic Japanese Tea House
I saved the best for last because the Richard & Helen DeVos Japanese Garden has a real tea house! Like the zen garden, it's also really cute but doesn't ask you to pet it because that would be really weird. And difficult. It does, however, beckon you to come inside. And I listened because I'm a pretty good listener. And a pretty good drinker of green tea. I honestly think the world needs more drinkers of green tea. And you can get some by going inside. You'll also get to watch a traditional tea ceremony.
The Viewing Platform
Before exiting from this place of wonders, there's one last spot that you can't miss! At the summit of a little hill leading up from the garden, there's a viewing platform where you can stand and be awesome. And maybe also snag a good aerial view of the entire garden. Mostly though, it's just for being awesome I think. So here's a pic of me standing and perfecting my awesomeness. It takes a lot of practice, but with hard work, dedication, and the help of epic photo op spots such as this one, I truly believe that anyone can learn to be awesome.
P.S. Japanese gardens are truly awesome.
EXPERIENCE THIS ADVENTURE: The Richard & Helen DeVos Japanese Garden is located within Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The park is open until 5:00 PM 362 days a year. You can find more details on their website below:
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1000 East Beltline Ave NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525
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British Cycling has adopted the UCI's ruling banning race radios, which means they will not be allowed at Premier Calendar events.
The UCI ban means earpiece radios cannot be used in races ranked 1.2 and 2.2 and below. That includes all Premier Calendar races and the 1.2-ranked East Midlands Cicle Classic.
However, radios will be allowed at the Tour of Britain and Tour of Ireland, which are ranked 2.1. Radios were already banned from the Tour Series criteriums. The ban will also apply to the elite National Road Race Championship in June.
John Herety, the manager of the Rapha Condor Sharp team, also sits on British Cycling's road commission panel. He disagrees with the UCI's decision to phase out the use of radios, but agreed that British Cycling had to adopt the world governing body's rule.
"I don't agree with the UCI decision at all, I think it's wrong, but I do agree that if it's the rule, BC had to adopt it," he said. "I don't really understand the motivation for the decision. If it is because racing has become predictable or boring, then why are they allowing radios in ProTour events, which are the ones that are televised? It doesn't make sense."
Herety said the radio ban would have implications for races on the road in Britain and his team would have to rethink its tactics.
"It may make racing more negative, because no one will want to let anyone get away. It'll put a lot more pressure on race organisers because they will have to have blackboards and give accurate time gaps. It only takes six kilometres of soft pedalling for a three-minute gap to open, so you may get some unusual winners of the races. Does that make it more exciting? I don't know.
"A team like ours has always had a game plan. We sit down and talk about the number of different scenarios and you take them all into account. Radios would be used to reiterate what we've already said in the meeting, or to change things if they're not going to plan.
"The idea that a manager is in the car dictating to the riders over the radio is totally false. It just doesn't work like that. What it will mean is that you'll have to go through things in a lot more detail. The riders look at the maps and take in the important information but to think they can retain every single detail is ludicrous."
Herety added that Rapha Condor Sharp would use race radios in the Tour of Britain and other events where they are permitted.
"Personally I think junior riders should be able to use them because you can help them learn as they race. If you're a football coach you can shout from the touchline and get people to recognise their mistakes as they make them and put things right, but in a bike race you can't do that. You have to wait for the race to finish, then wait for the next race to start before they can do anything about it."
Rob Hayles of Endura Racing said his team had not bought a set of radios, because they knew the ban was coming. "It saves us about three grand and a trip to Belgium to get them sorted so they work with the unit in the team car," he said.
"I think it'll make things more interesting. Or less interesting. Who knows?
"Last year [at Halfords] our radios didn't work nearly all year, so we pretty much rode off our instincts anyway. We had them working fine in the car park and then when you get out on the road they packed up, so they could be a bit of a nightmare. The year before it was just me and Tom Southam in the team, and we communicated by telepathy.
"It's not as if we're telling each other what to do through the race, but it can be handy if you have a puncture. Or if you are in a break and you come across a hazard, like a parked car, you can have a word over the radio to the guys in the bunch behind. But if there's a 90-degree turn and everyone gets the order to sprint into the corner it can add to the danger.
"From my perspective it's up to the riders. They need to learn how to race, not just be told, but to be honest, there's not too many directors in the domestic convoy who know what to do with radios anyway. They're only as good as the information you're getting.
"It'll change the racing, but in what way, who knows? Will it allow breaks to form and get away. or will everything get shut down."
Potentially adding to the confusion in British races is the number of teams that will be wearing predominantly black kits.
Rapha Condor Sharp have been black for a number of years, but Motorpoint's black with orange sleeves and Endura Racing's black with green flashes are new additions to the bunch. Sigma Sport's kit is also black with red.
Hayles said: "We considered having a white kit for the summer but the UCI won't let us have two kits. We weren't prepared to go all-white from the outset because you go through so much kit in the bad weather. So we're all going to be looking out for little bits of orange or pink or green aren't we?"


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Accommodation in single study bedrooms with shared facilities, breakfast and lunches are provided at Wolfson Court, adjacent to the Institute.
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Participants on the Accommodation Package or Registration Package, including organisers and speakers, are automatically included in this event. For all remaining participants who would like to attend, such as Visiting Fellows, programme participants or their guests, the above charge will apply.
The Accommodation Package includes bed and breakfast accommodation at Wolfson Court. Accommodation is in single study bedrooms with shared bathroom facilities.
Lunch will be served at Wolfson Court in the Cafeteria from 12:30 to 13:30 on days that lectures take place.
- Accommodation Package and Registration Package participants should present their badge as payment for their meal
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Cancer lessons not learned
It appears clear that the lessons of the breast cancer controversy in 2007 were not learned at Portlaoise, or the health service, because nobody had the full picture of safety problems at the maternity unit.
The chief medical officer said there was 'weak' governance in 2007 and, similar to the maternity service scandal, there was no awareness of the number of adverse incidents until there was an outside review.
"One of the core findings of this report was that the full picture as it relates to safety over the period in question (06-14) was not apparent to anyone," said the report.
However, Dr Holohan concluded that "many organisations" had enought information on birth rates, adverse events, legal claims to act earlier.
"While there was an awarness that the service was under pressure, there does not appear to be any evidence that monitoring of how this might have been impacting on patient care was taking place," said the report.


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I have a bit of a loins itch because N*SYNC is reuniting at the MTV Video Music Awards this Sunday. Rumor has it, aka truth has it. THIS IS SO BIG! Heartwarming moment for millenials everywhere!
Man, I totally remember 2002, when Timberlake debuted without the group, and I was like "This is bullshit, the age of the solo artist is OVER and boy bands are the way of the FUTURE!" Then Justin was all narrowed-eyes and "Don't fear me baby…it's just Justin," and that's when I finally realized what ladyparts are for. You won the battle, Timberlake, and over the next ten years you would also thoroughly win the war.
But I'm always up for a little nostalgia. Welcome back, Backstreet-Boys-with-more-charisma! This I promise you: SHIT IS GONNA GET HOT.
I can't see them performing my all-time favorite N*SYNC masterpiece, "Pop," because of course that song has already been sexed, done, and buried. Let's go back to 2001, a magical time when nothing hurt and the future was full of lace-up jeans and Lunchables…
I scoured the effing Internet for this clip, because Sony was hellbent on protecting their copyright. Too bad, bitches, I was on a mission. Things I'd like you to watch for: JC Chasez's charming cha-cha at 1:39 and the "surprise guest" at the end of the video. Classic!
Everyone pumped for the VMAs? What song do you think they're gonna sing? Does Chris Kirkpatrick still look like a rock-alt hobbit? The anticipation, y'all!


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Webcomic enthusiast Jake Goldman and webcomic artist John McNamee join Jen this week to discuss (what else?) webcomics! From narrative to gag a day, highly stylized to stick figures, strips that span decades to limited seasonal arcs, webcomics are now popular enough that readers are spoiled for choice even on a niche level. Jake, John, and Jen share some of their favorites, as well as what they think differentiates comics on the web from other types of comics when it comes to content, style, and the challenges the artists face making them.Read More »
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Episode 104: Webcomics
Episode 32: Dissolution
To kick off season two, Jake Goldman joins Jen to tackle history and mystery in the novel Dissolution by C.J. Sansom. The book takes place in Tudor England and follows a hunchback lawyer as he's sent by Lord Cromwell to investigate a murder at a country monastery during Henry VIII's dissolution of papist religious houses. Naturally Jake and Jen get into relevant details like what constituted getting to third base with someone in 1537.
An important note on spoilers! Jake and Jen discuss who the killer is from 50:47-57:33. If you haven't read the book but want to, you can safely listen to the rest of the episode and just avoid that spoiler-y portion.
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Last week Gartner published their latest Magic Quadrant on Mobile Application Development Platforms. The analysis covers Adobe (Phonegap/Cordova), Kony, Appcelerator, IBM Worklight, SAP Mobile Platform, Xamarin, Pegasystems (previously Antenna) and several other vendors. Based on pure size it positions SAP and IBM as leaders and in terms of solutions Kony, Appcelerator and Adobe came out on top.
Why is this important?
CIOs and IT Directors put a lot emphasis on Gartner's Magic Quadrant simply because (a) there are so many vendors out there that they need help to shortlist and (b) to protect themselves if their strategy fails as they can at least claim that they went with one of the top vendors.
What do we think?
We've consistently stated the same thing for years. Choose native if you want the best mobile experience, web if you want the most cost efficient cross-platform environment and hybrid using Phonegap/Cordova for web as your core platform with some native functionality. The only reason to go with Appcelerator, Kony or Xamarin would be that it fits with your existing developers' skills and environment. And for IBM or SAP it's simply because you buy other services from them anyway. Finally, most of the companies position themselves as cloud providers and although their middleware and integration services can be useful, the same components are available for free as open source elsewhere.
Please contact us if you disagree or want more information about our recommendations and insights.
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LAB Mode, Control The Dark Tones, Perception, Monitors & Dark Prints and Control The Highlights
We now enter the fun part of the Shooting With The Masters series as we join Charlie in his studio and start to make prints from the images we shot over the previous days. But before we do that, we need to learn some basic things about printing and working our images on the computer with Lightroom & Photoshop. Charlie has some very good lessons that will get many of you to reconsider your set up in Photoshop and how to understand what you are seeing when judging an image to be worked on.
The first video focuses on LAB mode and why it gives a more accurate starting point for judging the luminosity of your images. This is the foundation for how Charlie starts all his work.
LAB Mode Video
Control The Dark Tones
Many photographers find their prints come out too dark. Why? Charlie continues to show how to set up a Photoshop workflow to deliver a more consistent quality with your prints.
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Control The Dark Tones Video
Perception, Monitors and Dark Prints
Can you trust your eyes? This video will show a couple of reasons why you can't trust your eyes and why certain things fool them. This will lead to an understanding of how to judge your images both on a monitor and after they are printed.
Book mention in this video . . . . Vision and Art The Biology Of Seeing, By Margaret Livingstone
Perception, Monitors and Dark Prints Video
Control The Highlights
You'll find in this video that Charlie is fanatical about highlights. Highlights should enhance your composition and not detract from it. You'll watch how Charlie handles what he calls 'rogue highlights'. And using some easy techniques, Charlie re-orchestrates the light.
Control The Highlights Video
We hope you enjoyed these videos. More will be published soon.
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Zoll AEDs
The Zoll family of resuscitation devices carries the tradition of excellence begun by Dr. Paul Zoll, one of the fathers of modern electrophysiology. One of the pioneers of the pacemaker, Dr. Zoll cofounded Zoll Medical, makers of quality defibrillators, pacemakers and other devices in 1980. Since then, the company remains focused on new technology that brings improvements in care to patients in more than 100 countries.
Because early defibrillation is crucial to patient survival during cardiac arrest, Zoll offers monitor/defibrillators designed to meet the needs of first responders, rescuers and hospital personnel. Not only are the Zoll series of manual defibrillators equipped with the latest in cardiac support technology, their uniform interface allows for minimal training time and maximum ease of use from one device to another. All defibrillators are also equipped with proprietary Real CPR Help technology that gives real-time feedback on the quality and rate of chest compressions. From the R series of monitor defibrillators to the X Series for EMS and hospital transport to the ultra-lightweight Propaq series, each defibrillator is designed with the specific user in mind while offering maximum transferability between settings.
While sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, the fact remains that only half of all victims will require an electric shock. The rest will only require monitoring until emergency personnel arrives. The Zoll AED series is the only Automated External Defibrillator (AED) designed with the lay rescuer, first responder, and hospital personnel in mind. Featuring real-time monitoring and CPR feedback on the depth and pace of compressions, the Zoll AED Plus and AED Pro can often be found in churches, police cars, schools, and other settings where the likelihood of having medical personnel available is slim. With new and refurbished models available, they are also an affordable choice for acquiring this lifesaving technology.
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Harry Lundell Receives the Sifu Title
Interview conducted by Tre Castillo
In December 2009, I had finally decided to formally begin taking martial arts, a decision which brought me to the Austin Ving Tsun Academy headed by Master Jeff Webb.
During my first class at the academy, I was introduced to instructor Harry Lundell, who had started training with Sifu Webb back in 2003 at the age of 59. From my first day onward, Harry has been instrumental in my Ving Tsun training. I've always looked forward to working with him as he has a patient persistence; never giving too much, but giving just enough to keep me on my toes.
Recently, I had the honor of being present on February 24, 2012 when Harry was awarded the title of Sifu, just a few weeks prior to his 69th birthday. Shortly thereafter, I had the pleasure of sitting down and speaking with Sifu Harry about his recent accomplishment and about the journey he took to get there. What I learned was that Sifu Harry is a man with an interesting background and is literally one of central Texas' true pioneers in the martial arts.
TRE: Sifu Harry, tell me about how you began studying martial arts.
SIFU HARRY: My first martial art was Western Boxing, which I studied at the YMCA in San Antonio, Texas, when I was fourteen years old. My coach was a man named Harry Smith, who worked me hard on fundamentals for two summers. Later I was in a boxing club in Freer, Texas; the south Texas oil town where I was raised.
TRE: How many years did you box?
SIFU HARRY: About two years.
TRE: What was your progression from that point on?
SIFU HARRY: It was in 1957 while studying boxing at the YMCA when I first met Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee, my future TAE KWON DO instructor. Everyone called him Mr. Rhee then, which he preferred since he was proud to be a new American. He was going to college in San Marcos, Texas, and rode his motor scooter to the "Y" twice a week to teach. In 1966 when I was in college, I saw him put on a demonstration at the University of Texas in Austin. I told my friend who was with me that this was what I was going to do. Mr Rhee is a truly great man.
TRE: How long did you study Tae Kwon Do?
SIFU HARRY: For about the next twenty years. I ultimately received a 3rd Degree Black Belt from Mr. Rhee. I greatly enjoyed practicing this art, but it is more of a young man's game than is Ving Tsun. For example, it can be very hard on knees and hips as one grows older. Ving Tsun is easier on the body, and has greater carry-over value for a lifetime of practice.
Harry Lundell circa 1967, showing his Tae Kwon Do skills.
TRE: How similar or dissimilar do you feel that Ving Tsun is in comparison to your previous training in Western Boxing and Tae Kwon Do?
SIFU HARRY: I think it's more similar to Boxing than it is to Tae Kwon Do. Both Boxing and Ving Tsun emphasize the use of hands, while Tae Kwon Do emphasizes the use of kicking techniques, at which it excels. Especially since its introduction as a sport in the 1992 Olympics, Tae Kwon Do uses fewer hand methods and in its sport version forbids entirely the use of hand strikes to the head-which are the bread and butter of Ving Tsun.
TRE: In your younger days, I heard that you were also a weightlifter?
SIFU HARRY: Yes, in my undergraduate years at UT I was an Olympic-style weightlifter, to be distinguished from power lifting. All Olympic-style lifts are overhead lifts, and place great emphasis on explosive power-needed to impart as much inertia as possible to the bar in its seven foot plus journey overhead. Power lifters train for power in the bench press, squat, and dead lift.
TRE: What role has the weight training played in your martial arts studies?
SIFU HARRY: Actually, I think that it has improved my speed. Olympic-style weightlifters are known for having quick reflexes, because of the nature of their training.
TRE: Do you think weightlifting is necessary in order to be an effective martial artist or to be able to defend oneself?
SIFU HARRY: No. While weightlifting is not necessary to effectively defend yourself, it cannot be argued that strength is not useful. It is a question of how and when strength is used. In the early stages of learning an art like Ving Tsun which stresses the use of tactile and proprioceptive sensitivity in combat, weight training can certainly retard a students progress. Later, once relaxed use of strength has been learned, it is then that weight training can sometimes be helpful. While discouraged by both GM Kernspecht and Sifu Jeff, if one does choose to lift weights, I would recommend they spend at least two hours doing chi-sao practice for every hour of weight training. And also do lots of stretching, something which most people do not realize will greatly increase their available strength.
TRE: As a former deputy sheriff for Travis County, did you find the martial arts useful for law enforcement?
SIFU HARRY: Fortunately, I never had to use the martial arts as a law enforcement officer. An officer's greatest weapon is his or her brain, and there is no technique that will compensate for poor judgment. I had a few experiences where close-range engagements were a real possibility, and was able to persuade the individuals involved to take a more reasonable course of action. In fact, the only fight that anybody wins is the one they avoid. Also, I never liked doing a lot of paperwork.
TRE: Have you made adjustments to your martial arts training as you've gotten older?
SIFU HARRY: Yes, I've had to make several adjustments to my practice, as nature imposes this requirement. Primarily, more time is needed for injuries to heal. I have become quite popular with my physical therapist, as my fees are helping him save up for that German automobile he has always wanted.
TRE: What do You find to be the most challenging aspect of Ving Tsun Kung Fu?
SIFU HARRY: For me, the most challenging aspect of Ving Tsun training has been the ongoing task of learning how to completely relax and to not use my strength improperly. Relaxation is not an event, it is a process, and takes time to learn. As I learn to do this, I will be better able to offload the power my training partner is using, and perhaps even use it against him.
TRE: You started martial arts in the 1960's and have been in the company of such greats asChuck Norris, Joe Lewis, and Jhoon Rhee. In what ways has the martial arts scene changed since then and have the changes been positive or negative?
SIFU HARRY: Back in the mid-60's when I started Tae kwon Do, techniques were more primitive, and people were modernizing what the soldiers were bringing back from Asia. No one knew what the forms [katas] were for (in fact, they were for anti-grappling, not boxing), and everyone did the same kick-boxing techniques in kumite [sparring] irrespective of their forms practice. In short, people were figuring out what worked. Today, with MMA, we have a better idea of what works, but we have paid a great price in losing the artistic and character building aspects of the martial arts.
TRE: What are your current goals related to physical fitness and martial arts?
SIFU HARRY: My goals are simple: to continue as long as I can and to enjoy my practice as I always have. I am glad to be here training with Sifu Jeff, who is a patient teacher and an extraordinarily talented martial artist. Many of my best friends are martial artists, and we agree that what we do sure beats golfing, which Mark Twain always regarded as a good walk ruined.
TRE: Sifu Harry, thank you for your time and congratulations on receiving your Sifu title.
SIFU HARRY: Thank you, and it has been my pleasure.


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In the business world, everything you do needs to produce an ROI (Return On Investment). The same is true with creative business endeavors like music and artistry. One big thing that creates the most return is investing in relationship growth.
We all have goals for our success. Growth is a part of that. When I talk with musicians (and entrepreneurs too) the focus they have on growth is reaching a zillion people today and gaining social media followers.
Oh, and you want this kind of massive growth to happen overnight right? That expectation leads to getting frustrated when the magic of audience building takes longer than clicking a button online.
Here's the thing: marketing for growth is a process.
It's about relationship building and not anything else.
Three key places where you benefit from relationship building that brings ROI to your work is media features (i.e. radio, podcasts, and blogs), crowdfunding, and social media.
Focus on building bridges and connecting with people in a real way to see real growth.
What I'm going to show you here is an overview of what I teach students in my courses and work directly with coaching clients on. You'll get a framework for the big picture in this article. Take it a step further and set up a free discovery session with me here to personalize this growth process.
Set your sights on relationship building and nothing else
Radio airplay is one way for musicians to get themselves in front of tons of new people that they didn't have access to before. However, getting your song played 1 time on a station is a really low goal to strive for.
Look past that achievement and see what benefit you have. You get a song heard on a station and you're introduced to let's say 500 new people. Then the song is over and another song from a different band starts.
Of those 500 people, how many people are going to look you up? On the first listen, less than 1% will take action.
That's 5 folks. But what if you could get more, not just more people reached total but a higher percentage of the total listeners engaged and looking you up?
It's a matter of building something other than a goal for radio airplay. This comes down to building bridges with radio stations and programs instead of just pitching your music.
When you submit your music for airplay, it's easy to focus on just getting your song picked up. But think bigger.
If you build a connection with an individual, and can start a dialogue where you both provide something to each other that is mutually beneficial, you gain long term benefits.
Which could include a radio interview, a CD giveaway, a blog review or showcase, and multiple songs spun a number of times in a concentrated period of time.
This is really powerful marketing because you get in front of a focused audience multiple times.
The more you can get in front of the same number of people in an engaging way, the higher percentage of people will connect with you. It's scientifically proven:
According to salesforce.com it takes 7-10 touches for a person to convert from observer to buyer when it comes to products.
Music is no different. In the business community, people have to experience your product offering a period of times before you can build the trust offering to get them to buy. This is a matter of your messaging (marketing) building a relationship connection with the individual to lead them to spend their money.
With radio listeners, your desire to get them to buy your music comes into play here too. Getting them to follow your social channels and engage with you is the same thing. Add crowdfunding to that, where asking people to invest in your project comes down to a reciprocal connection.
How to build a relationship that brings return
Let's look at ROI the way that business people do. Robin Sharma writes in his best selling book The Greatness Guide,
"Ultimately business and life is about forging human bonds. Before someone will lend you a hand, you need to touch their heart. And that business is all about relationships."
Helaine Olen of Inc Magazine's piece in May 16 titled Spread the Wealth talks about how even asking for a loan from a bank is about relationships. If a bank, which has to use loans as a way to stay open, is still particular about operating their business from a relationship standpoint, how much more do we need to be in the creative space.
She writes that,
"You don't want your conversation to be a once-a-year event, where it's like you're called into the principle's office to beg for credit. Relationships matter."
This is why friends can ask for gold but strangers can't even give away free candy. When you know the person who is contacting you, and when you like this person, you're willing to do much more for them than just what they ask.
Begin by reaching out to someone and asking a question, showing them that you value who they are and what they do.
Think about it from their perspective. If you were emailed, tweeted, and contacted countless times everyday by people you don't know, all asking you to do something for them, how would you feel?
On the flip side, if you were contacted by someone you don't know yet they knew your name, and talked about how much they value the work you do, would you feel the same way about this person as you do the strangers who just want a handout?
No, it'd be the opposite.
That is how you gain attention that leads to action.
Attention alone is pretty worthless, because it's so fleeting. An Empirical Study of Web Use, researchers determined that the average human span in 2013 was only 8 seconds (the average goldfish can pay attention for 9 seconds).
You can gain 8 seconds of attention or a friendship that will benefit you for years. Which would you rather have?
Put relationship building to work for your growth success
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3. The East and West Indian mirror : being an account of Joris van Spilbergen's voyage round the world (1614-1617), and the Australian navigations of Jacob Le Marie Page 164B
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If the R's don't do the right things to focus on job creation and the economy, shame on them.
[by Dan DiMicco | November 6, 2014 | dandimicco.com]
We need to do 5 things: 1-Stop Trade Mercantilism and return to President Reagans mantra of Rules Based and Enforced "Free and Balanced" Trade; 2- Build on our energy strengths to become energy independent and focus on our energy wealth as a "Competitive Advantage" in rebuilding our Manufacturing sector.; 3- Rebuild our Grandfathers infrastructure over the next 15 years. It's an investment R's, not a waste and it will bring huge returns in jobs, economic growth and global competitiveness; 4- Streamline and eliminate extreme and outdated regulations - a big undertaking but a must; 5- Due major tax reform that brings us Global Competitiveness, not create incentives to move jobs offshore.
We are in a world of tremendous Global competition and its 'high time' we woke up to that fact and gave our companies and entrepenuers the tools to be competitive and create high paying jobs and lots of them here at home! Stop the cheating, control our energy future, rebuild America, reduce/eliminate extreme regulations, create a globally competitive tax system and watch the rebirth of America!
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As I read the news coverage of Osama bin Laden's death, one forceful comment jumped out at me: "Welcome to Hell, bin Laden," wrote Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor and 2008 presidential candidate. Is Huckabee right? Is Osama bin Laden now in Hell?
Osama bin Laden lived by the sword, and he has died by the sword (cf. Matthew 26:52). Upon learning of his death, many in America celebrated that the wrath bin Laden stored up in his acts of mass murder had finally been delivered back to him on his own home ground.
Anyone who knows anything about the bloody butcher who boasted of his September 11, 2001 triumph might be quick, like Mr. Huckabee, to assign Osama bin Laden to an eternal fate of torture and merciless, mind-scarring agony, lasting countless billions of years on into infinity. After all, this is the "mainstream Christian" belief concerning the fate of unbelievers, and, as some might say, if anyone deserves such a fate, doesn't Osama bin Laden?
But have you ever really thought about the common belief in Hell? Is it true that Osama bin Laden is now in his first days of countless billions upon billions upon billions of years of terrifying anguish and infinite torment, with billions upon billions upon billions of years more to come—pain, and suffering, and horrifying screams of torment, never to slow or cease, never to end? Is it true that God, who upholds all things by the word of His power (Hebrews 1:3), maintains what amounts to the cruelest concentration camp in the cosmos?
Furthermore, if "eternal Hell" is the home of all the "unsaved" who have died, then would we find, suffering alongside bin Laden, countless individuals—fathers, mothers and children—who died through the ages without knowing Jesus Christ? Would a man who claimed credit for the deaths of 3,000 people on September 11, 2001 be tortured alongside others who—regardless of how selflessly they may have lived their lives—simply had the misfortune of being born in a country too far from Christian missionaries to ever hear the name of Christ preached? After all, God's perfect word tells us that Jesus Christ is the only name given under heaven by which we may be saved (Acts 4:12). Should these people share the same fate as the blood-drenched butcher of Al Qaeda—infinite billions and billions of years of unthinkable agonies and terror?
The Bible—which most Christians say they believe is "God's word"—tells us that the God of heaven is not a "respecter of persons," and that He does not show partiality among peoples and nationalities (Acts. 10:34; Ephesians 6:10). It reveals that God takes "no pleasure in the death of the wicked" (Ezekiel 33:11), and that He "desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:4). God also claims He can achieve the purposes of His heart (e.g., Numbers 23:19; Isaiah 24:14, 46:11; Ephesians 1:11) and that with Him all things are possible (Matthew 19:26). So, are we to believe that the vast majority of the people He has created are now suffering indescribable torment for all eternity?
Well, if the Bible says so, then it says so. That's it. Period. Right?
But what if it doesn't say so?
In fact, the Bible says no such thing!
Yes, in God's time, all will stand before the judgment seat of Jesus Christ, having had a genuine opportunity to learn His truth and to repent of their evil ways (Romans 14:10; 2 Corinthians 5:10). Osama bin Laden will face God's future judgment. "'Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,' says the Lord" (Hebrews 10:30). Some evil people will perish forever in a lake of fire (Revelation 21:8). But God is not some cruel tyrant who will condemn spiritually blinded people to Hell simply because of a blindness He did not remove (2 Corinthians 4:4)!
How can this be? What is God really doing? Please order our free booklet Is This the Only Day of Salvation? to learn the Bible truth about the fate of the dead. When you do, you will also discover God's incredible plan for humanity. No, the God of your Bible is not a monster, and His plan for all human beings is both just and merciful, far more than almost anyone today understands!
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40. Many of the multitude. The Evangelist now relates what fruit followed from this last sermon of our Lord Jesus Christ; namely, that some thought one thing and some another, so that a difference of opinion arose among the people It ought to be observed that John does not speak of the open enemies of Christ, or of those who were already filled with deadly hatred against sound doctrine, but of the common people, among whom there ought to have been greater integrity. He enumerates three classes of them.
He is truly a Prophet. The first acknowledged that Jesus was truly a Prophet, from which we infer that they did not dislike his doctrine. But, on the other hand, how light and trifling this confession was, is evident from the fact, that, while they approve of the Teacher, they neither understand what he means, nor relish what he says; for they could not truly receive him as a Prophet, without, at the same time, acknowledging that he is the Son of God and the Author of their salvation. Yet this is good in them, that they perceive in Christ something Divine, which leads them to regard him with reverence; for this willingness to learn might afterwards give an easy opening to faith.
41. Others said, He is the Christ. The second have a more correct opinion than the first; for they plainly acknowledge that he is the Christ; but the third rise up against them, and hence proceeds the debate. By this example we are warned that we ought not to think it strange in the present day, if men are divided among themselves by various controversies. We learn that Christ's sermon produced a schism, and that not among Gentiles who were strangers to the faith, but in the midst of the Church of Christ, and even in the chief seat of the Church. Shall the doctrine of Christ be blamed on that account, as if it were the cause of disturbances? Nay rather, though the whole world were in commotion, the word of God is so precious, that we ought to wish that it were received, at least by a few. There is no reason, therefore, why our consciences should be distressed, when we see those who wish to be accounted the people of God fighting with each other by contrary opinions.
Yet it ought also to be observed that divisions do not properly draw their origin from the Gospel; for there can be no firm agreement among men except in undoubted truth. As to the peace maintained among those who know not God, it arises more from stupidity than from true agreement. In short, of all the differences which spring up, when the Gospel is preached, the cause and seed formerly lay concealed in men; but when they are awakened, as it were, out of sleep, they begin to move, just as vapours are produced by something else than the sun, although it is not till the sun arises that they make their appearance.
But will Christ come out of Galilee? That they may not be thought to reject Christ on insufficient grounds, they fortify themselves by the testimony of Scripture; and though they do violence to this passage, by turning it improperly against Christ, still they have some appearance of truth. In this point only they are in the wrong, that they make Christ a Galilean. But whence arises this ignorance but from contempt? For if they had taken the trouble to inquire, they would have seen that Christ was adorned with both titles; that he was born in Bethlehem, and that he was the son of David But such is our natural disposition; in matters of little consequence we are ashamed of being indolent, while, in the mysteries of the heavenly kingdom, we slumber without any concern. It is likewise of importance to observe, that those men are diligent and industrious in seeking an excuse for turning aside from Christ, but, at the same time, are astonishingly slow and dull in receiving sound doctrine. In this manner, out of the Scriptures themselves, which lead us by the hand to Christ, men frequently make obstacles for themselves, that they may not come to Christ.
44. Some of them wished to seize him. By these words the Evangelist means, that they not only despised Christ, but that their wicked rejection of him was accompanied by cruelty and eagerness to do him injury; for superstition is always cruel. That their efforts were unavailing, we ought to ascribe to the providence of God; for since Christ's hour was not yet come, as has been formerly said, guarded by the protection of his Father, on which he relied, he surmounted all dangers.


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Cacheta is a two to eight players game, playing individually.
Each player starts with 10 points. When a player knocks out with 9 cards, each opponent looses 1 point. If it happens with 10 cards, all adversaries loose 2 points. A player that reaches 0 points is kicked from the table and the game continues until there's only one left, the winner!
At GameVelvet's ranked rooms, each player starts with 5 points.
Only 1 trump is allowed per set or straight
VP (Victory Points): The player who won will score 5 points, the second place scores 3, the third scores 2 and the fourth and last gets 0. If there is a tie, players will score 1 point if it's a third-place tie, 2 points for a second-place tie and 3 points for the first place.
GP (Game Points): The amount will be the number of games played plus the score on each game. In case a player wins the table (eliminates all opponents), he scores his number of games palyed plus one.
To knock out you must select all combinations (sets or straights) and then click over the table center. For a 9 card knock out, the discard must not be selected. When more than one player is by the "good one" and the discard card fits both hands, the closest to act will have the priority. Example: A player discarded a card and the other 3 players are by the good one. In case all of than can knock out with the discarded card, the next one in line has the priority. In case he/she can't knock out, the priority goes to next one in line.
Amplify your knowledge at Card Games reading the rules and watching videos from similar games to Cacheta .


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Powering Spacecraft with TEGs
Interview with
Chris - Powering space craft is a challenge. Traditional chemical batteries go flat and for deeper space explorations where the Sun don't shine, solar power is out of the question. Instead, the European Space Agency is working on units that rely on radioactivity to provide the heat needed to run a Thermo-Electric Generator. Dr. Richard Ambrosi is from the Space Research Centre at the University of Leicester where he does the work that helps to power our missions to Mars. Hello, Richard.
Richard - Hi, Chris.
Chris - I've made passing mention of a couple of them but what are the main problems associated with powering probes in space?
Richard - Well, the primary problem is when you don't have access to the Sun. So, if you want to explore the more distant cold, dark, inhospitable environments, then you need an alternative power source and nuclear power is one of those alternative power sources. It turns out that even if you want to operate very close to the Sun, you have a problem where solar panels generate a lot of heat so they become less efficient and therefore, nuclear power can make a big difference. Other examples include surviving the lunar night or exploring dark, cold lunar craters and certainly, if you want to operate continuously day and night on Mars, travel large distances and function for a very long period of time, you need to develop alternative power sources.
Chris - When space scientists who were working on things like the Apollo missions and those early probes were looking at those very problems, what sorts of things did they come up with as a solution? Did they jump literally on this 200-year-old bit of physics and say, Thermo-Electric Generators is the way to go?
Richard - Well, they did essentially that. The use of radio isotope Thermo-Electric Generators in space goes back to the '60s. The US has been very successful in launching a number of these systems in exploring the moon and exploring deep space. And Russia has been very successful in using Thermo-Electric Generators to convert heat generated from reactors in space into electricity. Russia has launched more than 30 reactors into space.
Chris - So in essence, you have a radioactive source, a piece of plutonium or strontium, or something that radioactively decays vigorously and produces heat and that gives you the hot side of your Thermo-Electric semi-conductor like we were discussing. I would guess that space being cold as it is, 3 degrees above absolute zero, that's quite a good cold side.
Richard - It is but it's actually quite challenging, developing a system that provides you with the constant heat source, constant delta T, and allows you to radiate any of the unconverted heat into your environment without impinging on the overall mass of your radiator structure or your thermal management system that has to dissipate the excess heat. So it's actually quite challenging, developing an efficient, a mass efficient system where you get a lot of power for the mass involved.
Chris - How radioactive are these sources and how big are they? So if I have a 1-tonne satellite or something or probe which I'm going to send off into deep space, what mass will be the generator, the Thermo-Electric Generator and how much radioactivity or radioactive material is in there?
Richard - Well, if we look at the US systems, we're talking about 100 to 250-watt units. The mass efficiency ranges from about 3 watts per kilogram to 7 watts per kilogram depending on the flavour.
Chris - But isn't that quite a lot of radioactive material?
Richard - Well it's not the radioactive material that's the bulk of the mass. It's the whole system, so you have to take into account that the radioactive material is encapsulated in a containment system. It's surrounded by an aeroshell to allow it to survive worse case re-entry into the atmosphere scenarios. You then have a radiator structure in all of the thermal management system that goes with it. If we're talking about a system for a European design that will have a mass efficiency of about 2 watts electric per kilo and we're talking about 100 watts electric then the whole system should weigh about 50 kilograms to 100 kilograms at most.
Chris - So when you're designing the systems that you are working on to send things like probes to Mars to explore the surface of other planets and so on, what do you have to do in terms of engineering in the safety? We've had one Russian mission that failed to leave Earth and has come back into the atmosphere fairly recently, Phobos-Grunt so, what do you have to do to make sure that the radioactivity in there isn't going to pose a threat?
Richard - Well you have to make sure that the radioactive material is completely encased in a system that will prevent the dispersal of the material, irrespective of the re-entry situation; So whether it lands in the ocean or lands on the ground. You have to also design in safety features that allow it to withstand launch pad explosions. These are all requirements that feed into a launch safety framework and the US and Russia have launch safety frameworks for launching radioactive material into space and Europe will have the challenge of developing its own launch safety framework.
Chris - You mentioned that these units are a couple of hundred watts. That's not very much, when you think that my computer, just the computer is 300W. So, for running really quite high end systems, that's not very much. Do they basically use the generator to charge up a battery or a big capacitor so you have something to give you surges of current to run energy intense bits of equipment for short times? Is that how they work?
Richard - Well, you can use multiple units. So for example, in a mission requiring 600 watts if your unit generates 100 watts, you would use 6 units. You wouldn't necessarily need to use batteries. You could use them in combination with batteries. But space instruments and space systems are designed to use, to minimise on the amount of power that they need to operate.
Chris - So what are the big challenges that you are now trying to overcome because we've been working on these things for 40 or 50 years, haven't we and successfully too? So what are the big challenges that still remain to be overcome?
Richard - Well for Europe, the challenge is to develop its own capability in building both radioisotope Thermo-Electric Generators and radioisotope heater units. Europe will be using an alternative isotope to what's being used in the past so the challenge will also be to be able to produce the isotope in significant quantities.
Chris - And why do we need our own capacity? Why can't we just go to NASA and say, "We'll borrow one of yours."?
Richard - Well there is a general shortage of plutonium production and Europe has access to americium-241 which is in the separated plutonium in sellafield in the UK. So it would be more cost effective for Europe to use a material that is available.
Chris - Super! Richard, thank you very much. That's Richard Ambrosi. He's from the University of Leicester.


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Op-Ed: Toronto bag fee banned, and so are plastic bags forever
Posted Jun 12, 2012 by
Daniel Boyington
Many were not expecting this, yes they wanted to stop the five cent charge for plastic bags, but not ban them forever. But the city decided otherwise, and maybe they didn't know what impact it would have on the public.
Bag fee cancelled July 1st, and plastic bags banned 2013
City of Toronto
It's not the 5¢ fee that annoys everyone, it's where the fee is going. Since the introduction in 2009 there were no stipulations from the city as to where the money must go. Many large corporations have donated these fees to environmental causes, but most just pocketed the money.
The official
ban of all plastic bags
does not take effect until 2013, but the bag fee will be cancelled starting next month.
Now what does the public use plastic bags for? Garbage, dog droppings, and many other things, so what are people to do without plastic bags? The obvious answer is to bring your own cloth reusable bag. Right, but what if you don't have one. The city hasn't addressed that problem yet and probably won't.
Some reputable stores are donating the fee, others are just pocketing it.
Daniel Boyington
The silver lining of all this, maybe they
made the right decision,
and don't even know they did. I'm old enough to remember before plastic bags, there was a thing called 'paper or plastic' and that eventually disappeared and we were forced to use plastic only. It was more of an option in the USA and still is to this day, but are they going to now force us to buy a cloth re-cycled bag and further the stores' profits.
The fall back should be, offer paper bags which should have been done when the 5¢ fee came into effect, but no, most places did not. Will this be the start of paper bags coming back, we sure hope so.
Whole Foods
stores did the right thing when the 5¢ fee came into effect, and didn't charge for the paper bags, but will that be the trend now.
If we are so interested in the environment why do we still not have a deposit on cans and bottles, like they do in almost every American city. If you've been to USA grocery stores you may have seen all the lineups of people returning cans and bottles.
Rob Ford, Toronto's mayor
The Ontario Government made a big step in 2006 when they introduced a deposit on beer and liquor bottles, which has made an enormous dent on the landfill. Can that not be done with pop cans and bottles?
Mayor Ford was trying to do something that annoyed the folks, but it backfired and he was upset. But Mayor Ford does not make the decisions for the city, the council does, and maybe they did make the right decision. Only time will tell. We are not the first in North America and yet some USA cities have started charging 10 cents for paper bags, try that here and we'll be shopping somewhere else.


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From 1990 - 2001, there were 195 houses in Essex County. There are now 868 houses. How many houses were built over that 11 year period?
This is a simple subtraction problem with three digits. You'd have 868 minus 195 to get the answer of 673.
By: Stella Alexander
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Sally bought a pizza with 12 slices that she planned to share with four friends. If one-quarter of the pizza is for her, how many slices does that leave her to share with her friends? For those who answered nine slices, you're ready to take this quiz! Sixty percent of adults can't correctly answer these sixth-grade word problems. Can you prove you're a part of the 40 percent who can?
When students are in sixth grade, they're mostly dealing with an introduction to junior high school. They're also dealing with a host of subjects. There's language arts, reading and social studies. They get the chance to wind down during gym or music class. They might have the chance to choose an elective like French or Spanish. Who could forget about the classic "favorites" like science and math? While students are moving past three digit long division and mixed fractions, they're learning to apply all their math rules to word problems. Think you can handle their curriculum?
Sixth-grade math deals with mixed operations, integers, rational numbers, ratios, and more. Could you solve them when they're put into word problems? Camille made 12 cupcakes and put sprinkles on one-third of them. How many cupcakes had sprinkles? If you can answer this question, you're ready to beat the 60 percent of adults who can't answer all these questions correctly! Let's find out if you have what it takes!
This is a simple subtraction problem with three digits. You'd have 868 minus 195 to get the answer of 673.
If Lauren trims five trees per hour at $10 per tree, that means that she makes $50 per hour. To find out how much money she makes, you would multiply $50 by 8 hours to get a total of $400.
In order to find out how many boxes the organization would need, you'd have to divide the total of 8,000 cookies by the number of cookies that come in a box. This would be 8,000 divided by 5 for a total of 1,600 boxes.
For this problem, you'd have to look at the greatest common factor of 14 and 18. Their greatest common factor is two, which means that she can go to two libraries, giving each nine books and seven flyers.
If you want to round a number to the nearest hundred, you'd have to look at the number in the tens place. Since the number is 4 and not 5 or higher, the number would have to be rounded down. This helps you decide that the missing number is 3.
This is a simple subtraction problem using decimals. You'd simply subtract 0.5 - 0.1 to get the 0.4.
For this problem, it's simple division. If the vases together weighed 32 pounds, you'd have to divide by four to find the weight of each vase, which is eight pounds.
If two of the crabs were orange, that gives you the fraction of 2/6. This can further be simplified to 1/3 if the fraction is divided by 2/2.
For this question, you'd have to know what relevance one-third has as a fraction. In order to find the answer, you could take 12 and multiply it by 1/3. This would give you 12/3, which is equivalent to four. The answer is four!
For this question, you'd simply have to subtract and round. The difference if 73,681 which would round down to 70,000.
This question is dealing with ratios. You need to include the number of students with a pet and then the number of students who don't have a pet. If there are 16 students with a pet, that means there are 30 students without one.
For this question, you'd have to use your knowledge of percentages. If 80 percent of the box has chocolate chip cookies, that means 20 percent of the box has oatmeal cookies. To find the number of oatmeal cookies, you'd have to find 20 percent of 80, which is 16.
This is a simple multiplication problem regarding decimals. You'd have to multiply $1.40 by ten pencils to get the total of $14.
In this equation, you'd start off with "a" apples. Christopher gives nine of them away, which means you'd subtract 9 from the number Christopher started with, which was "a."
This is another subtraction question. In order to find out how much it rained in April, you'd have to subtract March's amount of 300 from the total of 523. This would give you the answer that it rained 223 millimeters in April.
In this question, you'd first have to figure out how much one cake costs. One cake at $4 a slice would be $32. This means that five cakes would cost 5 x $32 which is equal to $160.
To find the answer for this question, you'd have to divide 6,400 by 400 to get that you could build 16 steel beams from 6,400 pounds of steel.
For this question, you'd need to find the least common multiple between the two numbers. Their least common multiple is 22, which means Michael would need 11 gift bag packs for 22 bags and two packs of bows.
If you want to round, you have to look at the placeholder prior to the one for which you're rounding. If you are rounding to the nearest hundred thousand, you have to look at the ten thousand place. When the factor is four or smaller, you round down. If it is five or higher, you round up, making this answer 5.
For this question, all you'd have to do is add the decimals together for a total of 20.1 pounds of material purchased.
For this question, you're dealing with dividing decimals by whole numbers. To find this solution, you would divide 0.20 by 4 which would give you that each encyclopedia weighs 0.05 kgs.
For this problem, you'd need to take the information and turn it into a fraction. Four out of eight of the pieces had toast which gives you 4/8. This can further be simplified to 1/2 by dividing the fraction by 2/2.
In order to find this answer, you'd have to add the fraction together and for that to happen, they need the same denominator. While 1/6 can stay the same, 1/2 has to be changed so that the denominator is 6. This makes the new fraction 3/6. This can now be added to 1/6 to give you 4/6. This fraction can be simplified down to 2/3.
For this question, you'd have to find 1/3 of 27. In order to do this, you would multiply 27 by 1/3. This would give you 9 so there are 9 white plates in the cupboard.
For this question, you'd have to subtract and then round. The exact difference is 315, which means there are approximately 300 plastic pipes.
Watch the order of the question! You are asked about the kids who went to the amusement park first which means this number needs to come first in the ratio. Since 16 students went to the amusement park and six went to the aquarium, the proper ratio is 16:6.
To find this answer, you'd have to find 80 percent of 50. Ten percent of 50 is 5 so to find 80 percent, you'd have to multiply 5 by 8 to get the answer of 40.
For this problem, all you'd have to do is multiply the numbers by each other. six wooden tables at $50 a table is equal to $300.
For this question, Susan starts off with 14 books. If she buys 'b" more books, this has to be added to the expression to show how many books she bought. This makes the answer 14 + b.
This is a subtraction question. If he washed a total of 125 plates and 71 of them were large plates, that means the remaining plates were small. In order to find the number, you would subtract 71 from 125 to get 54 small plates.
Monica's mother has to pay $8 for the bridge every day. You would take this and multiply it by five days -- Monday to Friday -- to get an answer of $40.
For this problem, you'd have to divide. Take the total of 50,000 books that need to be shipped and divide it by the 100 books that can fit in each box. This would give you the answer of 500.
For this question, you'd need the greatest common factor between 5 and 15. That number is 5. This means she could make five snack bags, each with one apple and three cookies inside.
This would be a simple division problem. If all the fabric measured 72 inches, you'd have to divide by 6 to find out how long each piece of fabric was. This would give you 12 inches, which is also equivalent to one foot.
In order to find this answer, you'd have to take the 128 customers and multiply that number by 1/4. This would give you the answer that 32 of the customers bought Thin Mints.
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How to spank sensuously
The aim with spanking is to keep it sensual at all times and maintain that erotic energy between you and your lover
To make your spanking a sensual affair, begin by caressing and rubbing your lover's ass in the area where you're about to spank.
After you've lavished some attention on their butt, you can now cup your hands ever so slightly, keeping your fingers together and spanking in an upwards motion as though to gently graze your lover's butt cheek. Hold your hand over the spanked area for a few seconds afterwards, providing a warm, sensual contrast to the spanking.
The ultimate act of sensual spanking is of course to spank your lover's butt several times during sex, rubbing it sensually after each session of spanking to keep it erotic but still loving.


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Healthy Canine Recipes
Canines love to eat tasty healthy foods just like you and I. So I have ran across some tasty, healthy canine recipes for your pup.
Having your dog eating healthy has many great benefits for your pooch.
A good healthy diet will decrease your dogs chances of having heart disease, liver failure and more.
Why give your dog those unhealthy, bland, hard dog foods? Give them the food they will desire and love. Check out this delicious healthy canine recipes you could be feeding your dog.
Healthy Chicken Dinner For Your Pooch
What You Need:
- Boneless, Skinless Chicken Thighs – 2 pounds
- Spinach – 1 Cup
- Coconut oil – 1 Tablespoon (tbsp.)
- Shredded Red Cabbage – 1 Cup
- Large Eggs – 2
- Skinless Cubed Apple – 1
In a large skillet cook the chicken thighs at about 300 degrees (medium heat). Cook chicken thighs till almost done but not completely. Usually cooked to about 75 – 80% till fully done.
When 75% done add all other ingredients, Cover and let simmer for 20 – 25 minutes until the chicken is tender.
Shred the chicken and cut up ingredients to serving size of the needs of your pooch.
This Healthy canine recipe is delicious and healthy. Chicken is a great source of protein. If your dog lacks protein this is a good food to help control it.
Although chicken is good for your pooches health, to much chicken can also be bad for a canines health.
Please Always Consult Your Vet Before Changing Your Dogs Diet.
This recipe is also good for dogs with skin allergies, Topdogtips claims.
Healthy Canine Recipes – Chicken and Brown Rice
What You Need:
- Brown Rice – 1½ cup
- Olive Oil – 1 tablespoon
- Boneless, Skinless Chicken – 3 pounds
- Baby Spinach (Chopped) – 3 cups
- Carrots (Shredded) – 2
- Zucchini (Shredded) – 1
- Peas (Canned or Frozen) – ½ cup
In large skillet cook chicken until full cooked.
Shred chicken.
Also cook rice per instructions on packaging.
Place olive oil in a Dutch Oven and place chicken, spinach, carrots, zucchini, and peas. Cook on medium heat until the spinach starts to wilt. Let simmer for an additional 2 -3 minutes.
Add chicken and all other ingredients to the rice.
Let cool, and serve your puppy with a feast canines love.
This is a great recipe if your dog has GI Upset.
These are just a few healthy canine recipes with chicken. Check back frequently for more Healthy Canine Recipes.
Also check out this cookbook for dogs. Increase your dogs nutrition in every meal.


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I often get asked how I do the froggy pose, and although I am sure you can find many tutorials out there showing you how to, I figured I would post how I do it on my blog. First of all, its a composite. It is very difficult to get a newborn to balance that way, though I have had a few who did, so its best to do it in 2 shots and just complete it in photoshop. Here are the steps I usually follow:
-Make sure the baby is sleeping and try to do it when they do not have a full belly.
– I often do a tummy pose before this so that the transition is not to great from tummy to froggy pose.
-I like mine on a flat bean bag surface so that the toes really show BUT you can put the baby in the middle of a boppy and prop their little elbows up on the top. This keeps their little tummy from be squished if they just ate or if they just seemed uncomfortable.
– Try to get their hands as close together under their chin. I usually have my assistant lift their heads up while I bring their hands up and together.
-My assistant now switches with me and holds the baby's at the wrist or head, which ever you want to start with.
-Try to pick a spot to photograph the baby in and stay there. It helps when editing if every image is as close to matching as possible. I am so used to moving in and out while shooting, that I often make the mistake of moving too much during this pose then its a pain to edit.
-Photograph the baby while the assistant holds the wrist and then photograph the baby while the assistant holds the head.
-Edit(I usually just need to edit in the head.
Jolie Anne Photography is currently accepting Maternity, newborn and baby sessions for Feb. (1 session is open)) and on. Please
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