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Monday, March 22, 2010
Room For Change: In Your Outlook
As you move through your loss or grief, the smallest of changes can be absorbed into your renewed self discovery. The increasing courage creates unique perspectives of life.
A fine line exists between the heavy grief and the renewed joy in living. It is like an erased pencil line that smudges, knowing something was there but it serves no purpose to the complete story now.
Often as grievers we herald the cause to help others in grief because we have been there. We understand. We gain to heal from helping others. There may also come a time, when talking about our grief experience or listening to others speak of theirs becomes a burden." Been there, Done that", echoes in your head. It is not that you are no longer compassionate. It signals a time in your own healing when the past is no longer raw and you are renewed with hope because you have experienced the rawness first hand and created a path through it.
Just as within the early days of loss, when we are told to do what feels right for us, during the later days of recovery and growth, you do not have to feel that you must help others with their loss. Look to how you are feeling. Look to what buoys you up. Look to what immediate joys around you can share with others. Simply being where you are now , in a peaceful place, may be the signal to those in grief of a renewed and joyful outcome on the horizon.
Delight that your story is not complete but that your erasures let you start other chapters.
Your story is unique and gets richer when you concentrate on its main character, you, and how to support yourself and not everyone around you. A beautiful ending will fall into place for everyone.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Room For Change:Redefining Your Definition
As healing in your loss widens in your journey, it can be untraceable. It does not feel better yet one day, you catch yourself smiling to the lyrics of a song, or softly and deeply breathing with the sun on your back as you sit in a park.
What you have become you may be still unaware of and still unaware of what you can become.
Grief and loss open the unexpected box of redefining your definition of you. What defines you this days? Are you speaking to others of what you do not have anymore or of what you are? Are you speaking of dreams that appear too large to swallow and assimilate in your life today?
Imagine the you without the loss. Imagine the you in full view of the world with your bruised ego, broken heart and retooled dreams. Imagine the little step you can make today to redefine what you define yourself to be.
" I was ______ and I now am ________."
Feel in the blanks with your own definition. Not the one that you left behind but the one you are building upon. Like the house with its 2x6 framing, you can decide where the windows will go ( what you want your vision to be) and where to locate the door( how you will enter this newly constructed life).
Change can be daunting, yet change can bring to the surface more solid footing for a productive and satisfied life . Like the framers of a new or remodeled home say, " Measure twice, cut once." Measure what you want within your walls at this juncture of loss and find a way to slip it within your redefinition of you.
Redefining yourself requires room for change. The room may provide unexpected treasures for you. Pick up your Stanley 25 foot Powerlock II tapemeasure and cut out what works for you this day.
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One of the most iconic creations to come out of Campbell's Consumer Test Kitchen is Green Bean Casserole. This classic holiday side dish, featuring Campbell's Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup, finds its way on to many dinner tables each Thanksgiving, and this year the delicious dish is celebrating its 60th birthday.
A recent article in the Asbury Park Press highlights the "evergreen" history and showcases the love Americans have for this holiday staple. More than 30 million households per year make Green Bean Casserole on Thanksgiving and more than 10,000 people request the recipe from Campbell's each year.
1 can (10 1/2 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup or (10 1/2 ounces) Campbell's® Condensed 98% Fat Free Cream of Mushroom Soup or (10 1/2 ounces) Campbell's® Healthy Request® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 dash black pepper
4 cups cooked cut green beans
1 1/3 cups French's® French Fried Onions
1 Stir the soup, milk, soy sauce, black pepper, beans and 2/3 cup onions in a 1 1/2-quart casserole.
2 Bake at 350°F. for 25 minutes or until the bean mixture is hot and bubbling. Stir the bean mixture. Sprinkle with the remaining onions.
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"They'll be driving, of course?"
- Vernon Dursley
Harry awaits the arrival of the Weasleys, who arrive by Floo powder and must blast their way out of the blocked-off fireplace. The twins drop some toffees, then Floo back to the Burrow with Harry's trunk. Just as Harry is about to leave, Dudley eats one of the toffees and grows a huge purple tongue. Harry leaves Mr. Weasley to sort it out as Uncle Vernon begins throwing ornaments.
Calendar and Dates
The action of this chapter takes place the day before the Quidditch World Cup - the Sunday that the Weasleys collect Harry from Privet Drive.
Interesting facts and notes
This chapter features Harry's second trip to the Burrow (the previous visit having occurred the summer before his second year), hence the title.
We (and the Dursleys) learn a little more about travelling by Floo powder.
"I hope you told them to dress properly, these people," he snarled at once.
The fact that this is Vernon's immediate reaction is telling: he's very concerned about appearances.
Harry wasn't bothered about what the neighbours would think
So Harry, who should know, interpreted Vernon's reaction as an indication that he was worried about what the appearance of associating with the Weasleys would do to his own family's image.
Normally Uncle Vernon would have asked what car Mr. Weasley drove; he tended to judge other men on how big and expensive their cars were.
Again, this, in turn, lets us judge the character of Vernon Dursley by showing us what he thinks is important - appearances (again) and financial status. Notice that he concentrates on a car's size and cost, not (for instance) on the car's performance. A big gas guzzler sounds like his kind of car.
Exceptional character moments
Arthur, who notices how little the Dursleys care about Harry's departure. Compare the lack of so much as a "goodbye" from either Vernon or Petunia to Molly's hugs and fussing about socks and bag lunches, for instance.
Vernon, whose first question is about what the Weasleys will be wearing, and who tends to judge other men by what their cars are like.
Memorable lines
The idea of being taught consideration by a man who had just blasted away half his living room wall seemed to be causing him intense suffering.
Characters Introduced
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Mudvayne to Play up a Storm with 2008 Tour
American metal band Mudvayne might not be everyone's cup of tea, but they certainly do have a large and loyal following. No doubt a large number of fans will be purchasing tickets to enjoy Mudvayne's upcoming autumn tour.
Made up of founder and frontman Chad Gray, guitarist Greg Tribbett, drummer Matthew McDonough and bassist Ryan Martinie, Mudvayne was formed in Peoria, Illinois, in 1996. They originally started out as a rap-metal group with Shawn Barclay doing base, but Barclay was replaced by Martinie in 1998. Their steady rise to fame started in April 1998 when local promoter Steve Soderstrom hosted the Original Hard Rock Music Showcase in Illinois. Mudvayne played at the showcase, along with 57 other bands from Peoria. They were selected as one of the 12 finalists and performed live on two stages in front of hundreds of screaming fans. The show was followed up with 'Shredfest', which they also played in at the Peoria riverfront stage, followed by another show at the American Legion Hall in Washington. This time Chuck Toler, a long-time friend of Steve Soderstrom, was contacted and brought in to see the band performing live. He quickly recognized their talent, started acting as their manager and secured a recording contract for them with Epic Records. The rest, as they say, is history.
By 2000 the band had released their debut album, which shot to number 85 of the Billboard 200. It was later certified gold by the RIAA. They went on to win the MTV2 Award in 2001 and were nominated for the Best Metal Performance at the Grammy Awards in 2005. Mudvayne currently has five gold certifications and has sold almost three million albums in the US alone. Mudvayne's upcoming tour corresponds somewhat with the release of their new album, "The New Game", which will hit music store shelves on November 18, 2008. The tour will kick off on October 28 at the El Paso County Coliseum in Texas where the band will enjoy several performances before heading off to Oklahoma for two shows in November. From there they jet off to New Mexico for a single performance on November 8 at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Then its off to Arizona, California, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Missouri, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia and Georgia. The final performance will be taking place at House of Blues in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on December 20. Book now to make sure you don't miss out!


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Thank goodness, when I was growing up, my parents didn't force me to finish every morsel of food on my plate, but I had plenty of friends who were unwilling members of the Clean Your Plate Club. Now, one reality star is speaking out about what force-feeding did to her ...
Reality star Ruby Gettinger is reportedly considering hypnosis so she can remember the childhood trauma that may have led to her significant weight gain (716 pounds in the late 1990s).
"I have nightmares about someone trying to kill me," Gettinger, 47, told Us Weekly. "I can never see that person's face, but something tells me I know who it is. I wake up hardly able to breathe, dreaming someone's hands are around my neck."
"My childhood physician's assistant 'Dr. Dukes' has a theory she [my mother] overfed me in order to make me unattractive to men so I would not face the same [molestation] danger," Gettinger says of her mother.
While Gettinger says she's not sure if this is the case, she remembers her mom buying snacks for her and feeding her high-calorie creamed corn when she was an overweight girl.
So sad.
Tell me, where you force-fed, overfed, or made to finish your plate as a child? Did any of this affect your eating habits today?
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We have fallen in love with tea. And what's not to love? Tea is refreshing, delicious and good for you. It has no calories, but it does have anti-oxidant and anti-aging properties. It's surrounded by pleasing ritual and is as lovely a way to start the day as it is to end it.
The only thing that could improve a nice cuppa is the addition of a shot of booze. Well, it just so happens that tea makes a great – and easy – addition to cocktails.
In fact, many of B.C.'s best bartenders have been tinkering with tea as a cocktail ingredient for some time.
For instance, at the Bengal Lounge in Victoria's Fairmont Empress Hotel, the 1908 cocktail, infused with the hotel's signature tea blend, is one of the most popular cocktails on the list. Lauren Mote, the bartender behind the celebrated Bittered Sling line of extracts, is working with O5 Rare Tea Bar on a variety of tea-based drinks. Justin Taylor, the lead bartender at Yew Bar in the Four Seasons, has created an Earl Grey liqueur. Even the team at the Urban Tea Merchant has launched a line of cocktails using their exquisite teas.
So when the team at the recently rebranded Grain Tasting Bar in the Hyatt Regency wanted to update their cocktail list, they knew they had to add some tea cocktails.
"The teas were the one category we hadn't tapped into yet," says Michael Halloran, Grain's director of food and beverage.
"And with the huge tea boom that's going on in Vancouver, it was a good fit," adds bar manager Mitchell Kerr. "We've definitely heard people ask about different tea cocktails."
They ended up creating two new cocktails. The Vancouver Fog is loosely based on the London Fog, an Earl Grey tea-based latte (not the cocktail of the same name, a gin-and-absinthe-frappé named for London's "pea soupers" of yore). It's a creamy, whisky-based cocktail served chilled in a martini glass. The Mountain Tea, on the other hand, is a tart, fruity rooibos-based drink served over crushed ice.
Narrowing the selection down to just two drinks wasn't easy, though.
"There's so many flavours you can play around with," Kerr says. "They can be subtle or punch you in the mouth."
Reza Nasooti, tea sommelier at The Urban Tea Merchant, is familiar with the dilemma.
"I have 250 types of tea, and the flavours are very beautiful," Nasooti says.
The shop carries the high-quality TWG Teas and offers several different tea cocktails for those looking for something a bit stronger than a pot of Darjeeling with their mini-quiches and macarons. They include the smoky Lapsang Souchong Caesar, the fragrantly floral Bain de Roses Martini and the savoury Matcha Sour, made with bourbon, lime juice and matcha, a powdered Japanese green tea.
As it turns out, tea is easy to incorporate into cocktails, either by making tea-flavoured syrups, infusing tea into spirits, or by adding steeped tea to the drink itself. The trick is extracting the aromatic notes of the tea without drawing out too many of its tannins.
"It's a very fine line when infusing tea. If you leave it in too long, it becomes very astringent," Kerr says.
"You want it to be more of an accent rather being overwhelming," adds Halloran.
The key is to use high-quality ingredients, such as loose-leaf teas and fresh fruit juices, especially citrus. Then, if you make your syrups and infusions ahead of time, assembling your drink is a snap.
As Nasooti says, "They're so easy to make when you entertain at home, to impress friends and family without putting too much effort into it."
Sounds like it might just be time for tea.
Tea techniques
There are any number of ways to get the flavour of tea into your cocktails, but the easiest is either to use a tea-flavoured syrup or a tea-infused spirit. Both can be made ahead of time, so assembling your cocktail is quick and easy.
Tea syrups
There are two ways to make a tea syrup: (1) Make a pot of tea, then add an equal amount of sugar and stir until it is fully dissolved; or (2) heat equal amounts of sugar and water, stirring until the sugar dissolves, then steep the tea in the syrup.
Mitchell Kerr, bar manager at Grain Tasting Bar in the Hyatt Regency, says the second of these methods creates a better, more subtly flavoured syrup, with fewer tannins and less bitterness.
Plan on using one tea bag, or about 1 tbsp (15 mL) looseleaf tea per cup of sugar. And remember that green and white teas need to steep for much less time than black teas. Keeps for a couple of weeks in the fridge.
Tea infusions
"This is probably even easier than making simple syrups," says Kerr.
Place 1 cup (250 mL) spirit of your choice in a Mason jar with a lid. Add one tea bag or 1 tbsp (15 mL) looseleaf tea to the jar. Close tightly, shake gently, then set aside to steep for an hour or so. Taste it to see how it's progressing, then if it's to your satisfaction, remove the tea bag or strain out the tea leaves. Keeps for about a month in a cool, dark place.
Vancouver Fog
1 ½ oz. Earl Grey-infused Canadian whisky
½ oz. Earl Grey syrup
½ oz. vanilla vodka
½ oz. light cream (half and half)
Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously, then strain into a chilled cocktail (martini) glass. Serves 1.
Mountain Tea
This refreshingly tart and fruity cocktail from Grain Tasting Room uses antioxidant-rich rooibos.
1 ¼ oz. vanilla rooibos-infused gin, preferably Beefeater
1 ¼ oz. absinthe
1 ½ oz. Earl Grey syrup
2 oz. blueberry juice
Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker, shake well, then strain over crushed ice in a double old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a sprig of mint. Serves 1.
Matcha Sour
This refreshing tea-based cocktail served at The Urban Tea Merchant in Vancouver is made with the powdered green tea called matcha.
1 12 oz. bourbon (preferably Bulleit)
34 oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
34 oz. matcha syrup (see note)
1 egg white
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously. Add ice to the shaker, and shake again until it is chilled. Strain into a rocks (old-fashioned) glass filled with ice. Sprinkle a couple of drops of Angostura bitters on top. Serves 1.
Note: To make matcha syrup, bring 3 cups (750 mL) water to a boil, remove from heat, then add 3 cups (750 mL) sugar, stirring until completely dissolved. Whisk in 1 tablespoon (15 mL) of matcha powder.
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A Lac La Biche man is facing impaired boating charges after leaving a group of people stranded on an island.
Lac La Biche RCMP say the group had set out on the water north of the hamlet July 14 for a day of recreation.
According to police, it later became clear to passengers that the man driving the boat was drunk.
"They went out of a cruise first and I guess didn't realize how intoxicated he really was until he started getting it out on the lake and performing. They said, 'Let us off,' and he said OK," said Sgt. Henry Van Dorland of the Lac la Biche RCMP.
The boat's driver reportedly left them on an island in the north end of Lac La Biche lake, with no way of getting back to the mainland.
As the evening approached and temperatures dipped, one of the abandoned passengers decided it was time to call for help.
"Somebody made a cell phone call to 9-1-1 and then search and rescue, RCMP and the fire department went out and rescued them from the island," Van Dorland said.
Two of the passengers were suffering from mild hypothermia.
The lake, about 225 northeast of Edmonton, has a series of islands, one of them being the site of Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park, where the boat was later found. Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park is on an island accessed by a 2.5 km-long causeway. The park includes all of the islands in the eastern basin of Lac La Biche including Black Fox Island and High Island.
As it could have been more dangerous to have stayed in the boat, Van Dorland agreed that, in the circumstances, the passengers made the right decision despite their ultimate discomfort.
Police said because the passengers asked to be dropped off, police did not lay abandonment charges.
Impaired boaters can face anywhere between a $500 fine and six months in prison if convicted.
Jason Flemming is charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle.


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Sex, monsters and madness: our top ten digital works
On the Library blog we aim to share the things in our digital library that have surprised, delighted or horrified us. We know that the blog isn't the only way people find our digitial collections, and we were curious to… Continue reading
Open content, code and services
For many years the Wellcome Trust has been a leading advocate for open content. Back in 1996 the Trust was one of the original signatories of the Bermuda Principles, which agreed that human genomic sequence data should be placed in… Continue reading
Cool tools for exploring the collections
In August 2015 we asked the design firm Good, Form & Spectacle (G,F&S) to work with us (and our metadata) on a month long web development project. The result was What's in the Library? – four prototypes of tools for… Continue reading
Changes to the Library login
The Wellcome Library, as part of the Wellcome Trust, is changing how you log in to our website. We are asking everyone who wants to log in online to have a username, email address, and password for their account. This… Continue reading
From the stacks to the screen
What happens when you turn the library catalogue inside out, exposing decades of catalogue descriptions, system metadata and images from our collections? What if a catalogue record, or an item in the collection, knew it was being talked about elsewhere on… Continue reading
A blog for all seasons
Today we are unveiling a new and – we hope you'll agree – improved Wellcome Library blog. I'd like to tell you about why we've made some changes, and highlight some of the new features. An online survey conducted in… Continue reading
Hello! Who's there?
Towards the end of last year we ran a survey on the Library website. The aim was to find out more about who is reading our blog, what kind of content you enjoy reading, and how we can give you… Continue reading
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Sunglasses or umbrella?
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My initial guess would be a high resistance cell in the battery. The voltage drop across the cell will vary with the amount of current required to operate different functions. Starter - very high current virtually all volts dropped, lights work but usually dimmer than normal, wipers and window motors again high current, poor or no operation.
A dirty battery post contact will have the same effect as willl a failing link betwee the battery post and the cell pack.
FWIW, from what you have said, my main guess is a failing battery..


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A choir as big as the Internet
185 voices from 12 countries join a choir that spans the globe: "Lux Aurumque," composed and conducted by Eric Whitacre, merges hundreds of tracks individually recorded and posted to YouTube. It's an astonishing illustration of how technology can connect us.
Watch Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir perform "Lux Aurumque" >>
Don't miss Eric Whitacre's blog post "How we did it" on the making-of of his virtual choir.


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May 12, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Cabinet has approved to use funds granted China amounting 85 million US dollars to develop the healthcare sector.
"The scope of the project is to purchase essential equipment and to construct buildings in selected hospitals including provincial hospitals," a statement on cabinet approvals said.
The .proposal was made Rajitha Senarathne, Minister of Health Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, to use the funds granted by the Government of China subject to a financial limit of 85 million US dollars, in improving health facilities covering the whole island.
Meanwhile the Government of Japan has agreed to grant assistance including a 30 metre long 2 petrol vessels to the Department of Coast Guard for broadening operations undertaken by the Department in Sri Lankan Coasts.
This proposal was made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his capacity as the Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs, to enter into a grant agreement with the JICA for obtaining a grant of 1,830,000,000 Japanese Yen (Approximately 2,400 million rupees).


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"Diversity management is the key to growth in today's fiercely competitive global marketplace. No longer can America's corporations hide behind their lack of cultural intelligence. Organizations that seek global market relevancy must embrace diversity – in how they think, act and innovate. Diversity can no longer just be about making the numbers, but rather how an organization treats its people authentically down to the roots of its business model. In today's new workplace, diversity management is a time-sensitive business imperative.
To better understand this fast-changing terrain, I reached out to three notable diversity executives — pioneers within their respective industries – to share their insights and perspectives regarding the future of diversity and some of the new best practices that will allow diversity to play a more strategic role in cultivating sustainable business growth:


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Having fun at new mom Kim Kardashian's expense, he told host Maria Menounos, "I like that Kim says 'I need to get back to work now.' At what? Just existing and then recording it?"
Next, he took a jab at twerking machine Miley Cyrus, joking, "I love her new haircut, because I can't tell the difference between her and Justin Bieber… they are both very pretty."
For more of McHale's humor, watch the Klondy Awards webcast on Sunday at 7 PM ET… check out the video below for all the details!
Joel McHale 'Can't Tell the Difference Between Miley and Bieber'
Funnyman Joel McHale, who has his hands full with "The Soup," "Community," and hosting the Klondike Celebrity Challenge, took aim at some of his favorite stars during a recent interview with "Extra."


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With hundreds of runny noses and sticky fingers in close contact with each other, it can be difficult to avoid germs in schools. Learn how to help stop the spread of germs in schools with these tips from Dettol®.
- Prevention is the best form of medicine – make sure your children and everyone in your family is up to date on their vaccinations to avoid catching illnesses.
- Schedule annual check-ups for your children, even when they do not feel sick. Many schools require a physical before the start of the school year but it is a good idea even if they don't.
- Help keep germs in schools to a minimum – don't let your kids go to school when they are sick.
- If you are a teacher, help keep your classroom germ free with Dettol Disinfectant Spray and Dettol Antibacterial Cleansing Surface Wipes. Germs fester on desktops and in shared spaces, such as the reading nook, and on computers and pencil sharpeners.
- Teach your kids to regularly wash their hands and make sure they know how to wash their hands effectively. A good tip is to have them sing the A-B-Cs or "Twinkle, Twinkle" to make sure they are foaming up for the proper amount of time.
- Kids should avoid touching their mouths, noses, and eyes. Kids and adults alike regularly contract germs that may cause illness by touching their faces after their hands have come in contact with a virus.
There are a lot of germs in schools, but your kids don't have to be in danger of getting sick every time they go to class. Follow these tips to stop the spread of germs and keep your children healthy this school year.


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New Peugeot 2008 Overview For 2016
Exploration of the key strengths that ensure this new, sports-utility, model is a practical and fashionable purchase.
Peugeot 2008 price
The all-new, 2016, Peugeot 2008 is a sports-utility vehicle that lists "sharp design", an "instinctive driving experience" and "uncompromising quality" among its strengths, the motor manufacturer explained. Its purpose is to be a stylish, practical and cost effective family workhorse and prices range from £13,970 to £20,920 on the road. Let us take an overview of its credentials.
Sharp design
The vehicle's exterior styling emphasises its "strength and character", the manufacturer said. Notable features include the: vertical grille that incorporates the company's lion logo, front and rear scuff plates, high mounted rear spoiler, 3D LED rear lights with a claw pattern, roof bars and – in certain forms – wheel arch extenders. The overall impression is stylish and modern.
Instinctive driving experience
The Peugeot 2008 has a range of features that justify the manufacturer's "instinctive driving experience" claim. Grip Control, for example, is a traction control system for the front wheels only that optimises traction when the road surface is slippery. It works by controlling how much wheel spin is permitted.
Modes are: Standard, Snow, Mud, Sand plus ESP Off and each is selected via a circular dial in the centre of the console. Mud Mode, for example, enables the wheel with the least grip to spin when moving-off. Whereas this seems counter intuitive, it enables it to clear the mud which is causing it to slip and, thus, proceed.
There is more to consider behind the wheel.
- Active City Brake – while travelling at less than 20mph – automatically brakes should the motorist fail to react to a hazard such as (say) a vehicle that has slowed considerably. Its purpose is to avoid a collision or mitigate its severity.
- Park Assist steers into parallel parking spaces. The motorist simply operates the throttle, transmission and brakes.
- CarPlay Functionality enables the driver to control functions via voice commands. Make a hands-free phone call, for example.
Unpromising quality
The Peugeot 2008 passenger compartment is "an example of high-quality trim", the manufacturer stated. It is reasonable to argue that the range feels more expensive than its list prices suggest.
Additional strengths
The Peugeot 2008 incorporates other benefits too.
- Choice of petrol and diesel engines including the award winning PureTech 3-cylinder petrol.
- Choice of 5-speed manual, 6-speed manual or 6-speed automatic transmission.
- Choice of Access A/C, Active, Allure and GT Line trims.
- Available via Just Add Fuel whereby monthly payments cover the cost of the car plus its: insurance, warranty, servicing, road tax and roadside assistance for the duration of the contract.
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Re: Checksum mismatch after canceling conflict resolution
From: Hyrum K. Wright <hyrum_wright_at_mail.utexas.edu>
Date: 2007-11-02 22:42:34 CET
David Glasser wrote:
wOOt! Thanks for taking a look at this, Dave.
-Hyrum (who for once found a real bug, and not just operator error. :)
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Do you have to pick between Nicki Minaj and Cardi B? Lil Scrappy, of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, fame has decided to weigh in on who is the queen of rap at the moment.
Bambi Benson's husband is aware of the so-called beef that is currently going on between the Young Money diva and the "Bodak Yellow" femcee.
Some music fans find that Cardi B has not shown enough respect to Nicki and additionally she is stealing her style.
Other say Nicki has not acknowledged and support Cardi enough during her ride to success.
Lil Scrappy had an interesting take on the situation — why not have two queens?
Scrappy wrote: "Real sh$t , but grown shit big bro said what dick ridaz hate. Only in OUR music, we feel we have to pick sides. Only in OUR music, we feel there can be Only ONE….Only One King. Only One Queen. Nah that's hoe shit!!! DickRiding shit!! This the First time in a long time we actually have 2 Female rappers doing their thing at the Same Time! Get a lame grip niggas…pull your panties up and stop chasing waves. YOU could fuck wit both of them. It's ok. And guess what? They're both from NYC! It's a win for the crib regardless. Good music is Good music… "
One fan has this to say about the idea: "When your back against the wall what else can you do besides come out swinging. Nicki (in my opinion) not wrong for how she is feeling. People have been throwing jabs since Kim, and Remy now Cardi….But I do like both of them… More of a Nicki fan but Cardi good too."
Another supporter claims: "She knows that but she's the queen and Cardie is the princess that's it got love for both. They should simply do an authentic collaboration and shut down the beef."
A third person adds: "No it's not but some of her fans ain't gonna admit it, and then a hand full still like her but telling the truth she wants to be in competition with everyone Can't nobody get to the top without having to beef with her."
Some commenters believe that Lil Scrappy has a point and hip-hop music is the real winner in this situation.


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Michelle Issadore, M.Ed. is the Executive Vice President, Association and Training Operations for TNG, the former Senior Associate Executive Director for the Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA), and the former Executive Director of the School and College Organization for Prevention Educators (SCOPE). She works with schools, colleges, and community organizations nationwide to assess and improve their strategic prevention efforts, as well as research and understand best practice initiatives. She has a B.A. in Psychology and Women's Studies from Brandeis University and a M.Ed. in College Student Affairs from The Pennsylvania State University.
Michelle spent five years as Assistant Director of the Women's Center at Lehigh University. She coordinated sexual violence prevention and response, including annual and ongoing trainings and programming for faculty, staff, and students. Michelle advised Lehigh's peer educator group and hotline, which was the 2009 recipient of NASPA's Silver Excellence Award for Violence Education and Prevention, Crisis Management and Campus Security. She also instituted an online anonymous reporting system for sexual violence, with the support of related departments. Michelle was responsible for management of the staff advocate program, which provided confidential crisis and options counseling to victims. She created a writing-intensive sexual violence course and taught in the Women's Studies program. Michelle completed 40 hours of advocate training in Pennsylvania's Northampton and Lehigh counties.
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A Tribute To Percy Parslow
Percy Parslow was born in 1914 during World War I. He originated from Kingston upon Thames and suffered a very bitter childhood, which resulted in having no faith in people throughout his life. He had a jewellery business and was a salesman, but his great ambition was his love for animals. Eventually, he knew he would leave the jewellery business to pursue a career with animals. Whilst living at Kingston he originally started with songbirds, canaries and reptiles, gradually building up a stock of other rodents. His title 'Lyndhurst Aviaries' became his first business dealing with songbirds, canaries at Deacon Road, Kingston.
In 1954 Percy started 'The Southern Hamster Club'. He became the backbone of the Club, both financially and publicity wise. He also did much dedicated work for the National Hamster Council. Throughout the 1950's Percy acquired more stock and wanted to produce more selective lines in this country. He achieved this by importing different types of hamsters, the Golden Piebald from the USA, the Dark Eared Albino from Milwaukee in the USA, the Golden White Band and the Cinnamon from the USA and in 1958 the White Bellied Golden, also from the USA. In 1960, whilst still living at Kingston, Percy produced the Sepia, the colour being a Tawny Beige, careful selective breeding from Goldens. This was the only coloured hamster produced at Kingston.
For a long time it was becoming a necessity to look for land so that he could expand and concentrate his hamsters on a larger scale. A 3½ acre site at Commonside was purchased in Bookham, Surrey. On 23rd October 1961 at Gt Bookham, Parslow's Hamster Farm was open. All animals from Kingston were transported and stock temporarily housed in the various outbuildings at Gt Bookham. It took eight months for the main outbuilding to be built, this 40ft long by l0ft wide building was the start of Parslow's Hamster Farm.
Several extensions were built on from the 40ft outbuilding to house various other animals. A l0ft by 20ft building for gerbils, rats, and spiny mice, and another building for cavies and rabbits being l2ft by l6ft, but the hamstery was the main priority. Aviaries were made to house songbirds, canaries and parrots. He even kept donkeys.
The large main hamstery consisted of wooden racking systems to house the individual cages. There was a selling area and a special stock area for Percy's special breeding lines; no one knew what new varieties he was breeding. 3,000 hamsters were kept at any one time with roughly 250 bred each day, with customers far and wide. Many of Percy's hamsters were flown by air, reaching their new destination perfectly safe and in a healthy condition.
For people in this country Percy provided an excellent service via rail. Orders were received, hamsters selected to customers' orders and dispatched carefully in travelling boxes to their destination. Customers then picked up their live animals at the train station as instructed. This service proved very reliable and was an ideal way to purchase hamsters from Percy if you couldn't travel to his hamster farm.
In 1962, Percy produced the Tortoiseshell White which he originally produced from one of his stock with yellow spots about the size of a pea. With careful nurturing and selective breeding, these spots increased in size to patches producing Bi or Tri coloured animals.
In 1964, the Honey was produced and the original colour and standard set out was the colour of solidified honey. Somehow over the years Honey hamsters haven't looked like solidified honey and Percy did not agree to his standards being changed in any way at all. Percy was a very strong-minded person and most certainly did not suffer fools gladly.
Percy Parslow became famous all over the world. His countless articles were printed and he regularly wrote for 'Fur and Feather' from the 1940's onwards. Percy Parslow wrote three books 'Hamster in Colour' in 1967 (publisher unknown). 'Practical Hamster, Keeping for Breeders, Exhibitors, Pet Owners' in 1967 published by Parslow's Hamster Farm and approved by the National Hamster Council when Percy was President, and his famous 'Hamsters' was produced in 1969 as part of the Pet Fancy Series by Cassal Co. Ltd., London. This 74 page book sold for 8/- (40p) and several thousand copies sold throughout the 1970's onwards. All these previously mentioned books are very rare and most collectable to the hamster fancier of today.
In 1979 Percy wrote a slightly revised edition of his book on hamsters with a completely different text format to the old Cassal edition. This 128 page book is still available today on TFH publications. Its fifth edition has varied since its first edition in 1979 but still has the original colour plates photographed in the 1970's.
Nowadays all Percy Parslow's articles in newspapers are owned by the Daily Mail who own all the copyrights. Percy also sold all the copyrights on his books to publishers. In 1969 Percy Parslow appeared on a Blue Peter programme and he also appeared on Magpie in the early 1970's. These programmes are kept by the BBC and Thames Television, and also copies are owned by Percy's daughter and son in law, Mr and Mrs Bailey.
Percy Parslow had a famous trading symbol, Greedy Guzzler Vitamins. These were liquid form vitamins, which could simply be added to dry food. This product could be purchased alongside many other products ranging from cages of various types, food bowls, water bottle pots, ready mixed food, vegetable parchment cuttings, and lastly, but not least, the multitude of varieties of hamsters.
All the coloured varieties of hamster were listed and prices varied for different varieties: - Golden, Creams, Cinnamon etc were cheaper, Satin Banded, Tortoiseshell White and Satin Tri-colour Torts were more expensive.
Originally, Percy kept his hamsters in wooden wire flip up top cages, dimensions 24 x 12 x 6. He later changed over from wood to plastic, a more resilient material than wood. In the eariy 1970's he changed his housing from wood to orange washing up bowls. These bright coloured orange bowls were purchased in bulk from Woolworths, either at Epsom or Kingston. Each bowl was converted into a cage by a flip up wire mesh top held down by wire clips which locked under the edges of the washing up bowl lip. This method was practical, easy to clean, hygienic and suited Percy's personal methods of housing on wooden racking shelves.
Each homemade cage had an identifying card, with a number and colour written on it - this was Percy's system. If you are lucky enough to own a copy of 'Your Hamster' by Colourmaster Publications (eariy 1970's) you can see a glimpse on page 5 of 'Percy Parslow's housing of orange washing up bowls'. The famous clock is pointing to 23 minutes past 5 and the various products of cages, books and bedding are situated in the sales area. Percy also produced all the colour photographs in this 32 page softback book, with a varied choice of new and old hamster colour varieties at that time.
Editors note- Similar pictures of Percy's set-up could also be seen in the sister publication 'Your Gerbil' photographed by Sally Anne Thompson. Again this was published in the early 70's, by Colourmaster publications. Only 3 varieties were in circulation at the time, the Golden Agouti, Dark Tail White (described as albino in the publication) and the 'Egyptian' which looked like a pallid gerbil in the photos. At the back of the book Percy is listed as being the contact address for the Southern Gerbil Society.
Percy was a fair man with the right person, anyone who annoyed or disagreed with him or basically got his back up was usually shouted at and went home feeling rather miserable. To some people the name Percy Parslow brings a shudder, a vision of a man who was difficult, strong minded,and down right temperamental. But to those who met him and treated him with respect, Percy would often reward with intriguing, interesting information. Numerous tales have unfortunately come to light since Percy Parslow passed away. In particular, I'm referring to what happened to the farm and his stock. Since talking and accurately recording as much as possible about Percy, Mr Bailey, his son in law, told me the truth about what really happened.
In early 1982 Percy Parslow's wife died of cancer and then Percy became ill with cancer also. Percy Parslow sadly passed away on l9th June 1983. Before Percy died he strongly wanted the farm to continue; various people were given a trial run to see if they were adaptable and suited to the job. Sadly no one showed sufficient enthusiasm and dedication to the job, often leaving after working only a short period. The business tried to keep going but the standards Percy was used to took a downhill slide. The animals were not looked after properly and cleaning out was not regular enough. In the end Percy couldn't find anyone he could trust to be able to continue his lifetime work and run the farm as it should be run.
Unfortunately, all old stock, i.e. old breeding animals were put down by vets after Percy's death. Some younger stock was sold ridiculously cheap to people, visitors at the farm. Percy's instructions were that his special lines were to be humanely destroyed, a lifetime's work to die with him. Selfish this may seem to some, but details of genetics and all records were only kept in Percy's head and when Percy died all the information died with him.
The business continued to dwindle for six months after his death and the farm kept by his daughter Audrey Bailey and his son in law. The rest of the stock was to be distributed to dealers and various people whom he could trust. All that remains are the signs which are signposted 'This Way to Parslow's Hamster Farm', the large 40ft outbuilding, wire netting, a few various oddments and remnants, Percy's weighing scales and the farm minus its livestock.
Percy kept skins of all his special colour lines for reference and these have been preserved to this day. Sad it all might seem, but we do have memories of a very talented man who loved his animals more than human beings. Percy Parslow's name still lives on, people all over the world still post letters to Parslow's Hamster Farm at Commonside, Gr Bookham. Letters are received even now on a daily basis; some people think Percy is still alive today. Percy might no longer be with us, but he will never be forgotten. God bless you Percy and all the hamsters you brought into the world.
I would like to thank various people for their help: Mr and Mrs Bailey, Mrs Louise Wade, Chris Henwood, Jeannie Parlett, Zena Mawby and anyone else for snippets of information.
Article by Andrew Overton
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CellScope, the 60x microscope for cellphones made from cheap, off the shelf components (like a re-purposed belt clip). Now, even though we're disappointingly still not seeing this thing in stores, there's an upgraded version able to take pictures of even smaller nasties. Using a filter the scope can now spot microscopic critters tagged with dye that glows under fluorescent light -- things like Mycobacterium tuberculosis (that's the cause of TB if you, like us, lack a med degree). A software app is able to then count the number of cells within a given sample and tell you whether to worry about that annoying cough. There's still no word on whether this product will ever actually start scoping out such things in the wild, but we certainly hope it will -- if only so that we can keep our vast collection of cellphone accessories complete. Video after the break.
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Gathering, packing, stacking, transporting, emptying, unloading, adjusting etc… are entirely enough to make your life loathsome for a minute. It would be a typical sentiment a large number of individuals who have encountered any sort of migration in their life time. These individuals more likely than not experienced some movement, for example, private movement, mechanical movement, business shift, office migration, and so on. Among these individuals, the individuals who did not take any assistance from OFFICE SHIFTING PACKERS AND MOVERS KOLKATA more likely than not had bad dreams of moving their things.
In spite of the fact that migration sounds to be an exceptionally extreme employment, the same thing can be made simple in the event that it is done under the supervision of expert movers and packers. Yes, it's actual that the transportation business has included numerous moving organizations to its administrations and these organizations are making an incredible showing with regards to in serving their customers all over India. They give their administrations at national and also worldwide level. Whether it's a private migration, a business movement, or business movement, these movers and packers are full prepared and involvement in how to handle every individual circumstance.
There are built up gathering of organizations that give moving and pressing administrations to their customers with best of the material and methodologies accessible with them. They have a got a decent quality pressing material, polished skill in their work, great and ideal transport, a comprehension with the merchandise, lastly they know how to give a glad consummation of their customers.
The occupation of finding a reasonable vehicle for transporting different sorts of things, including hard and additionally delicate things, can without much of a stretch be exchanged to movers and even the duties of pressing and unloading the things is every one of the an obligation for movers. Aside from these basic administrations, there are numerous moving pressing organizations that additionally deal with giving you protection to the products being transported. Some of them additionally offer confirmation to make up for any misfortune or harm of products in travel. On the off chance that you are working on a worldwide migration arrangement, then these moving organizations can help you out in finishing all documentation work and custom conventions.
Making arrangements for business movement this mid year? All you need is a decent emotionally supportive network to make your movement procedure less difficult and bother free. Contracting a decent packer and mover at a most advantageous expense can turn into the most overwhelming assignment. With expanding rivalry around here, there are a great many expert pressing and moving organizations accessible nearby. In any case, to locate the best one which gives all the required administrations, some examination work is an absolute necessity. One needs to put in some measure of exertion, with a specific end goal to lessen the general expense of your moving procedure.
Here are some fundamental tips which can help you to pick among the different alternatives accessible, which suit your pocket and address your issues.
- Beware of Cheaters: The first and the premier thing you ought to observe while picking a moving administration is the permit of the organization. Since there are numerous trick organizations coming up in the business sector each minute, it is anything but difficult to get bamboozled for a great looking measure of cash. Along these lines, you ought to dependably pick experienced and enlisted organizations that you can totally depend on.
- Visit them by and by: With the progression of innovation you can get all the required data readily available while sitting at home. Be that as it may, since you are contributing part of time and vitality behind this whole procedure, you ought to try to visit the organization office and gather all the required subtle elements from them in individual. Meeting the organization administrators to clarify the sort of administration you require would help you locate the best administration rapidly.
- Go for experienced organizations: Filter your rundown of choices for organizations with two years of experience. Picking organizations with adequate measure of work experience can dial down pressure. Consideration ought to likewise be taken to pick organizations that would charge you as indicated by the administration gave and not on their fairly estimated worth.
- Get your merchandise protected: with a specific end goal to dodge any harm to your costly products amid the migration procedure, most organizations give a protection overage. Despite the fact that this office comes to you at an additional expense, nonetheless, you would wouldn't fret spending an additional piece to defend your products. Subsequently, go for organizations which give this extra office to get you a pressure free migration experience.
- Get it composed on paper: Read the groups and conditions painstakingly before enlisting any mover. On the off chance that any elucidation is required, meet the organization administrators in individual and become more acquainted with everything that is important.
Therefore, these are a couple of things which ought to be remembered before you pick your mover for business migration. Arrange much ahead, in order to stay away from any disarray.
Wanting to contract packers and movers for your moving and not certain the amount it expenses to procure an expert movers and packers organization for your moving? All things considered, moving and migration charges change on a few components. So it is self-evident, the general cost and charges of migration will rely on upon your particular prerequisites.
So what are the elements and how can it affect the general charges of moving and migration? Lets investigate and look at them. Should we?
Volume and weight of products
Packers and Movers organizations will charge you for pressing, stacking, transporting and emptying. So it is clear if there are more things then the expense will be more. On the off chance that you have less things then it will cost you less.
Contingent upon the volume and number of things to be stuffed and moved, packers and movers organizations will assess the expense of pressing materials, labor required to pack them, expense of stacking, transporting and emptying those materials.
Reward Tip: Be cautious and get ready rundown of stock you truly need to get moved, and get free off different things.
Nature of pressing materials
Packers and movers spend great measure of cash on pressing materials and transporting. Rest of the procedure include their own particular administrations where they have some extent of offering you rebates or charging you somewhat less. Yet, they don't have any control on materials that they purchase from the business sector.
There are diverse nature of pressing materials and what quality and what materials will be required will affect the expense. Movers and packers may give you choices and you can accept a call likewise.
Reward Tip: on the off chance that you are excessively cost cognizant, you may have a go at utilizing old/utilized cardboard boxes for normal things like books and different materials that may not get harmed effortlessly.
Separation amongst source and destination urban areas
Packers and movers organizations will charge you the expense of transportation and there is almost no extent of arrangement. More often than not the moving organization have their own particular armada advertisement if incase they need to employ a truck according to your need, then the expense is verging on altered.
Regardless of the fact that whatever is left of the procedure (pressing, stacking, emptying and so on) is same for neighborhood and long separation moving, the expense differ de to the separation between both the areas.
Add-on administrations
Aside from pressing materials and transportation, rest of the expense is for the administrations that a moving organization offers. Moving organizations are going to charge you for pressing, stacking and emptying.
Yet, movers and packers organizations likewise offers add-on administrations like unloading, re-masterminding of products, making plans for your travel and so on. These extra administrations are charged independently. So whether you need these administrations or not is absolutely up to you and they will alter their charges in like manner.
Reward Tip: attempt and handle unloading and re-orchestrating yourself to spare these charges.
Openness and Facilities at source and destination
At last the expense of moving additionally relies on upon the offices. For instance on the off chance that you are staying in a 3BHK flats on fifth floor and there is no lift in the building, and there is comparative circumstance at the destination then they will charge you more.
Be that as it may, on the off chance that you have lift at both places and lift can be gotten to stack and empty merchandise, then their work charges will be much lesser.
So also if the vehicle must be stopped far away then the expense will increment and if the vehicle can be stopped simply behind the building, the expense will go down.
Aside from these central point, accept an altered administration charge (pertinent in India), expense of protection and so on.
I am certain at this point you have a smart thought of how these Office Shifting Services in Kolkata charges and what are the fundamental variables that influences the expense.


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This is not an article for everyone. It will probably best suit the sci-fi nerd who wave kites, but it's an interesting read none the less.
Some of these principles do apply to kitesurfing disciplines outside of wave riding, so be mindful of them, and you may well find ways of improving your current techniques and performance.
A Bucket Full of Air
The Physics
According to our high school science teachers, the physics shows that momentum is equal to mass multiplied by velocity. So the faster you go or the greater your mass then the more momentum you will have. Considering that none of us are going to shed or add any mass of concern to our bodies or board during a session these become a constant leaving the formula having momentum equaling velocity which is quite simple but somewhat useless to our cause of becoming better riders of the waves.
While theoretically correct there is a vital element left out of this equation. This being the inherent momentum to be found stored within the kite. (Hang in there the good stuff is coming.) Let's leave the formulas behind and take a practical look at what's to be found in the kite. Think of it like this: Take a big empty bucket and run with it. Now come to a sudden stop. Not too difficult hey? Fill the very same bucket with water and run. Try come to the same sudden stop. Not so easy and it gets messy. The water wants to continue in the direction you were running and you needed to put in a whole lot more effort to come to a dry halt.
Bringing it Home to Wave Kiting
So how does this relate to wave kiting? If we consider our kites being giant buckets filled with not water but moving air and that the air is not feather light as we may be tempted to assume, but has a real mass, as we all know and experience when we head off downwind after losing an edge. It's not so easy to stop, just like running with that bucket of water. We can then agree that the kite has its own independent momentum, which means it has a life of its own and this is something we can work with.
More and more riders in spite of their preference of being hooked-in or unhooked are seeing the advantages in parking the kite, allowing it to drift downwind, then focusing their attention on riding technically in the critical part of the wave as opposed to being distracted by the constant steering of the kite, and the consequences that come along with that. The idea in the park and ride style of riding is to have the kite almost achieve an auto pilot status where it drifts downwind under its own momentum, with the rider trailing loosely behind it attached only by the now un-tensioned lines. If you can attain to this, then you are coming close to wave kiting nirvana, where just about anything is possible.
The Love Triangle – the Basic Setup Rules
To get the kite to auto pilot more consistently some basic ideas need to be adhered to. The setup of the correct kite for the conditions of the day is important. Being underpowered tends to have the rider out-running/surfing the kite and being grossly over-powered is never healthy. If in doubt a bigger kite for the day especially if the swell is on the larger side is the better choice. With the correct kite in the air, the next step is to fill it with enough wind to first of all give the rider enough general or overall speed to ride the wave successfully and then enough momentum in the kite to keep it happy and flying.
It is kind of like a crazy love triangle, the rider, the kite and the wave. Setting up the cleat or strap adjustment for the present wind condition is also a good start whether you are unhooking or not. In lighter winds this gets more critical. Most important of all though the kite needs to be parked correctly with the right amount of air in it. This is where experience and feel come into play, getting out there and riding will help more than all this theory.
Wind Angle and the Full Bucket
Think of this final step of parking the kite full of air as taking a scoop of water out of a pond with the original bucket idea. By putting the kite into the power zone more, or less, with a kiteloop being the greediest of scoops, the kite will be set up to have the correct amount of momentum needed to stay flying without much input, on auto pilot if you like.
Fast breaking waves will need more generous scoops and slow breaking waves less of a scoop as a basic guideline. Wind angle is however a complicating factor. After scooping your bucket with the correct amount of air it is not good enough just to leave the kite parked haphazardly on the side of the window. This may work at times depending on the wind angle relative to the wave, which will vary from cross-off the wave to cross-on to the wave. Cross-off wind allows for an easier park and ride experience with cross-on being the most challenging of the park and ride winds. It is being found that parking the kite more aggressively, using even the much dreaded kite loop, which is not to be that feared when bearing off downwind down the line, is making the cross onshore wave riding experience a lot more enjoyable and radical.
Parking the kite correctly is critical to this whole process lest you find yourself riding past the kite. Some kite designs do perform better than others, but for the most part any hybrid style kite or c-kite can be tweaked to perform admirably, never forgetting that the chicken loop is always there whether you are hooked into it or not, to be used if you find the kite stalling out totally.
Although it should be fairly obvious to most readers, these principles apply mainly to downwind wave riding, down the line and not to the toeside upwind, onshore-wind style of riding waves.
Happy Days, hope the tech talk helps a bit. If you have any questions or would like to add your own wave riding theories and formulas, please add them in the comments below.
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Dean Bottcher
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- Overview
- Due to proximity to key markets and depth of trading expertise in Singapore, a number of multinational groups have set up operations here to conduct commodity marketing and trading activities.
- To keep up with the international transfer pricing (TP) principles, the Singapore TP Regulations have been undergoing consistent evolution through the last few years. Right from the introduction of comprehensive TP guidelines in 2015, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) has been proactive in terms of publishing updates frequently; and recently in 2018, it published the fifth edition of TP Guidelines, which specifies the provisions relating to mandatory TP documentation and pertinent penalties for non-compliance with the guidelines.
- To address questions relating to the determination of arm's length price for commodity marketing and trading companies (which constitute a significant portion of industry participants in Singapore), recently in May 2019, IRAS released special TP guidelines (e-Tax Guide) for entities, including branches set up in Singapore and engaged in commodity marketing/trading activities.
- The e-Tax Guide provides guidance on how to analyze the economic value of commodity marketing and trading activities in Singapore and assists taxpayers in complying with the arm's length principle and transfer pricing documentation requirements when such activities are carried out with related parties.
- The e-Tax Guide highlights the economic benefits and customary features of conducting commodity marketing/trading activities and then outlines the various factors that may affect transfer pricing for these commodity marketing/trading activities. It also discusses the appropriate TP methods that may be applied.
- The guiding principles provided in this e-Tax guide are generally based on the OECD Guidelines and need to be read and applied along with the 2018 IRAS TP guidelines.
- Commercial Modalities of Commodity Marketing/Trading Entities in Singapore
- Commodity marketing and trading activities involve not just buying and selling commodities, but a wide spectrum of activities, such as sourcing, market research, managing logistics, sales and marketing, building and maintaining customer relationships, managing risks and cash flows, financial management, etc. From a trade environment standpoint, commodities broadly include "hard commodities" (e.g., metals), "soft commodities" (e.g., agricultural products), and "transformed commodities" (e.g., LGN).
- The e-Tax Guide broadly explains the
various types of Commodity Marketing/Trading Entities set up in
Singapore and their associated functions and risks -
- A risk stripped service provider providing limited functions, such as market research, etc.
- An entity acting as a sales agent for the related party (either risk-free or sharing risks with the related parties, depending on the arrangement between the parties)
- Low-risk buy-sell distributors
- Full risk-taking entrepreneurial entity performing value-added trading activities
- The e-Tax guide also states that the commodity marketing/trading entities may perform the various levels of functions and may face different types of risks, along with certain examples to help it understand practically. It states that the levels of functions performed, and risks borne should reflect in the compensation earned by the said entity appropriately.
- Furthermore, the e-Tax Guide highlights the contribution to the overall value chain and synergies achieved by the MNE group as a whole due to the setting up of Singapore-based commodity marketing/trading entities.
- Guidance on Transfer Pricing Methods
- While determining the arm's length compensation for the commodity marketing/trading activities, taxpayers in Singapore should assess their contribution to the broader value chain in the multinational group, coupled with a thorough analysis of the functions performed, assets used, and risks assumed in each of the related-party commodity arrangement.
- The actual related party commodity
transaction, as accurately delineated, may be benchmarked using the
five methods set out in the e-Tax Guide as follows:
- Traditional transaction methods [Comparable Uncontrolled Price (CUP) method, Resale Price method and Cost-plus method];
- Transactional profits methods [Transactional profit split method, Transactional net margin method (TNMM) with profit level indicators (PLI) such as Operating profit margin (OM), Full cost mark-up, Value-added cost mark-up, Berry ratio, and Return on Asset]
- If circumstances render another method, other than the above five methods, to be more appropriate to establish the transfer price, then such other method can be used.
- Under the CUP method, the arm's
length price for a related party commodity transaction may be
determined by reference to:
- Comparable independent party transactions; and
- Comparable independent party arrangements represented by the quoted price (quoted price CUP)
- IRAS recognizes the use of Resale Price method where the activities involve marketing operations, and as an industry practice, the independent parties performing comparable operations are also remunerated by reference to sales values and earn a percentage discount from a sales price.
- Notably, with respect to the application of cost-based transfer pricing methods or profit level indicators (i.e., Cost-plus method or TNMM with full cost mark-up), IRAS expresses caution for using them, unless the trading/marketing activities are akin to that delivered by a service provider, which do not require significant specialized expertise, risk assumption, or risk control function. In other words, the cost-based methods are unlikely to be considered as appropriate for buy-sell distributors or sophisticated trading operations.
- The reliability of cost-based transfer pricing methods may be reduced in case where the commodity marketing/trading activities performed by the commodity marketing/trading entity in a related party commodity transaction involve significant value, including decision-making capacity, the capacity to exercise authority, risks assumption or risk control functions. These activities affect business outcomes, and thus, their value to the related parties may correlate to the revenues or profits rather than costs.
- Furthermore, IRAS recognizes that a commodity marketing/trading entity and its related parties may have the ability to enter into more varied arrangements than the independent parties. They may have done so for sound business reasons. Thus, IRAS would not disregard a related party commodity transaction or replace it with an alternative transaction unless the transaction is commercially irrational.
- Transfer Pricing Documentation Requirements
- A commodity marketing/trading entity is required to prepare specific transfer pricing documentation for its related party transactions if it meets the conditions stated in the 2018 IRAS TP guidelines.
- The TP documentation requirements for commodity marketing/trading entity should be based on the 2018 TP Guidelines as well as additional information as specified in the e-Tax Guide such as contribution to value chain, reliable evidence and document to support the commodity marketing/trading entity's assumption and management of risks, price setting policy, etc.
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DSI RF Systems Earth Station Rebuild Wins Praise
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Juan Morales. Photo credit: Robert Taylor
BROOKLYN, N.Y.—The Roman Catholic Diocese here has the largest Catholic population of the 164 dioceses in the United States, with some 1.6 million parishioners.
As part of the diocese, Trans Video Communications (TVC) has been providing full-time instructional television used by educators in Catholic schools throughout the region since 1966.
A few years ago, when we decided to overhaul some of our satellite downlink facilities, DSI RF Systems was the logical choice, as the scope of the project was directly in their area of expertise and the company's primary location is very close to New York City, making scheduling very convenient.
A site survey was done to ensure that the desired satellite look angles were available from our location and to make sure that proper mounts would be available to handle the load of the new steerable downlink antennas. Also, we wanted to determine that there would be no structural issues with placing the antennas and mounts on the building.
The DSI team recommended 3.8 meter antennas with both C- and Ku-band feeds and LNBs, non-penetrating roof mounts and a list of associated hardware required.
As a non-profit organization, it's important to save money, and with DSI RF Systems, we felt that we had a partner who understood that, and one who would provide us with the best satellite systems for our money.
Once the contract was signed, DSI soon acquired all the necessary hardware and coordinated a delivery schedule, which included arrangements for a crane to hoist the equipment up to the rooftop of our headquarters building. They managed the whole project very smoothly, allowing me to focus my time and attention on other issues.
After assembling the mounts and loading them with ballasting materials, DSI then installed our new antennas, ensuring their proper alignment with the satellite arc. While they were installing the new dishes, we also had them re-peak an existing antenna. Once the new downlink hardware was installed, new RF and control cables between the antennas and our control room were run, dressed and properly terminated.
From there, testing and commissioning went very quickly and smoothly. After the installation was completed, the job was clearly documented and the jobsite cleaned up, which included the disassembly and removal of some of our older satellite gear from the rooftop.
We're can now receive C- and Ku-band satellite feeds worldwide, including Vatican TV, Fairfax Educational TV and many others.
DSI RF Systems truly made my life easier by managing all the processes, while keeping me well informed through the project. I know that when I need them again, DSI RF Systems will just be a phone call away.
Juan Morales is director of engineering for Trans Video Communications. He may be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.
For additional information, contact DSI RF Systems at 888-374-7388 or visit www.dsirf.com.
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|Iowa Caucus Turnout, 2000–2008
|uncontested (George W. Bush)
Some of the numbers above are approximate, but the trend is clear: a huge increase in Democratic caucus participants (78% more than in 2004, and 90% more Democrats than Republicans this year). My understanding is that the Democratic caucuses also require more time and involvement than the Republican ones. All of this adds up to a lot of enthusiastic Democrats — at least in Iowa.
Here's what that looks like if you break down each bar according to the proportion of support that each candidate received.
|Iowa Caucus Vote Distribution, 2000–2008
|uncontested (George W. Bush)
What do you think this means for the election as a whole? Is this phenomenon local to Iowa, or is it a sign of things to come?
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Yesterday we celebrated Kay WalkingStick's birthday! WalkingStick, an artist of Native American descent, won a Scholastic Award in 1948 when she was 13 years old. She also served as a juror in 2010 and again this year for the 11th grade drawing panel.
On June 6, 2014, the Scholastic Awards will honor Kay WalkingStick at Carnegie Hall with an Alumni Achievement Award! Fellow artists and alums Zac Posen, John Baldessari, and Ed Sorel have also received Alumni Achievement Awards.
Born in Syracuse, NY, Kay is best-known for her diptychs which include rich landscapes, bold figures, and colorful native patterns. Since winning her Scholastic Award in 1948, Kay's work has been featured in both public and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and regularly shows at the June Kelly Gallery in SoHo. WalkingStick is currently preparing for a 2015 retrospective at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.
"My wish has been to express our Native & non-native shared identity. We humans of all races are more alike than different, and it is this shared heritage, as well as my personal heritage I wish to express. I want all people to hold onto their cultures – they are precious – but I also want to encourage a mutual recognition of shared being." –Kay WalkingStick


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Find out how STPs are impacting on CCGs and share solutions to common delivery challenges. In one specific story, a younger woman shares that her father has Crohns illness and has been out and in of the hospital since his analysis and has been denied by health insurance companies because of a pre-existing condition (unknown, 2011). The stability and security of a nation rests in the general health of it's inhabitants.
The magnitude and scope of National Financial Reform is the fashionable day model of the New Deal and the WPA of the 1930's. Katherine Restrepo, well being analyst for the John Locke Foundation , notes that whereas that percentage could also be accurate it can be deceptive. As with each debate, money plays a job in the controversy behind health care.
A quaternary care hospital might have nearly any procedure obtainable, whereas a tertiary care facility may not supply a sub-specialist with that coaching. Right now, there are about 60 million grownup that can't afford any type of medical insurance. The Working Group on Well being Care Coverage devises public insurance policies that allow more People to get better worth for their well being care greenback and foster acceptable innovations that can lengthen and improve life.
Politicians from both sides of the aisle proceed to point out a troubling disconnect from primary rules of their method to well being care reform. The United States is the one industrialized country that does not have complete Universal Health Look after all its citizens.
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- Summary
Caritas Nigeria seeks the services of a Consultant/Evaluator to perform an end of project evaluation of the CRS Nigeria – funded Institutional Capacity Program (ICS). The evaluation shall be carried out in the period in August 2018.
- Organizational Background
Caritas Nigeria was established in September 2010, by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), as the specialized national relief and human development agency with the mandate for overall coordination of development and humanitarian programs on behalf of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. The legal name of the organization is Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria (CCFN), it is known as Caritas Nigeria.
The Catholic Church in Nigeria has a total of 55 dioceses grouped into nine provinces which cover the entire geographical spread of Nigeria. Caritas Nigeria serves as the umbrella organization supporting these regional institutions to implement development-oriented programs based on local needs. As part of the universal mission, Caritas Nigeria targets beneficiaries by rights and need, and not based on creed, race or nationality.
Project Background
The Institutional Capacity Strengthening Initiative (ICS) is a five-year project aimed at strengthening the institutional capacity of Catholic Church development structures (specifically JDPC units) for better quality and improved coordination of programs.
This project will further empower the Caritas Nigeria lead Church Dioceses and Provinces in a participatory organizational self-assessment and action planning process through the Holistic Organizational Capacity Assessment Initiative (HOCAI) mechanism. This initiative will be conducted Province by Province over a five years period.
This plan is a core component of Caritas Nigeria's national mandate as outlined by the Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria (CBCN). This mandate provides for Caritas Nigeria to strengthen the institutional capacity of Catholic Church development structures and coordinate programs and interventions.
The first year of the program implementation began in Benin Province, followed by Abuja Province in 2015. 2016 saw the program being implemented in Calabar and Owerri provinces, while Jos and Kaduna Provinces benefitted from the program in 2017. Currently now its fifth and final year, the program will be implemented in Lagos and Ibadan provinces.
To achieve the strategic objective of the program, the following activities are conducted:
- Baseline Assessment
- Capacity Building Workshops
- Resource Mobilization Workshop
- Disbursement of Small Grant to JDPCs
- Technical Assistance to Partners
- Coordination Meetings
- Monitoring Visit
- Endline Assessment
III. The audience for the Review
The primary audiences for the evaluation are Caritas Nigeria and Catholic Relief Services (CRS). The review will also benefit other stakeholders, including the beneficiaries of the work of Caritas Nigeria (JDPCs).
The results of this evaluation are primarily intended for internal use by Caritas Nigeria to inform future improvements and learning. Results and findings will also be shared with the funder, Catholic Relief Services for accountability purposes.
- Objectives of the Evaluation
The objectives of this evaluation are to:
- Undertake an evaluation to assess the projects:
- a) Relevance – the extent to which the objectives were consistent with beneficiaries' needs and priorities
- b) Effectiveness – the extent to which the targeted project objectives were achieved (or are expected to be achieved)
- c) Sustainability – the extent to which the benefits are likely to continue after the project e
- d) Impact – where possible, the long-term effects produced by the project (directly, indirectly, intended, unintended, positive and negative).
The evaluation should assess the above in relation to two central broad questions:
- What changes/ outcomes/achievements have taken place?
- How have these changes/ outcomes/achievements been brought about?
- Methodology
The evaluation should consist of:
(a) Review of project documentation: Review of archived material related to the project. This could include, but is not restricted to: annual and quarterly reports, communications between Caritas Nigeria and Catholic Relief Services, the original project proposal document, the basic 'logic chain', all relevant project records and data, training materials etc. this information will be provided to the evaluator by Caritas Nigeria. The evaluator would also be expected to review any other relevant statistics and secondary sources.
(b) Development of an evaluation approach and data collection tools / methods: this should include;
- Detailed time line and work plan
- Outline of any proposed changes to the scope of the evaluation
- Key learning questions
- Proposed sampling framework
- Development of associated data collection and evaluation tools
(c) Participate in an inception briefing with Caritas Nigeria: This should take place immediately prior to the development of the inception report
(d) Field visits: Field visits will take place in 5 Catholic Dioceses, and should include an agreed sample of participants and stakeholders. This is expected to require between 2 weeks, depending on the exact methodology.
(e) Submit a draft evaluation report that corresponds to the requirements outlined below in the 'Deliverables' section.
(f) Submit a final evaluation report: incorporating any relevant feedback from Caritas Nigeria.
- Deliverables
Deliverables should include the following:
- An evaluation work plan, including planned timeline, methodology/approach, data collection and analysis tools, qualitative and quantitative protocols for data collection and analysis
- Any suggested improvements to existing evaluation scope, as outlined in this document
- Presentation of preliminary findings
- One (1) electronic file of the clean (final) qualitative and quantitative data collected
- Final evaluation report
The consultant will report to the Caritas Nigeria ICS Program Manager for all issues related to logistics and fieldwork.
Duration & Deadlines
The duration of the contract will be a total of one month, starting from the first of August 2018 to the end of August 2018.
VII. Evaluator's Competencies
Evaluator competencies
- Sound understanding of Capacity building; Sound knowledge on program development;
- Knowledge of evaluation activities;
- Strong research skills;
- Both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis skills;
- Academic degree in social sciences and other related fields;
- Demonstrated technical skills in project evaluations;
- Ability to produce well written, analytical reports in English
- Prior experiences of evaluating programs will be an added advantage


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The Power of a Child's Imagination: Caine's Arcade
We know that kids have big imaginations. But sometimes we forget just how great they can be. We forget just how much joy and creative fire they can fuel. And we forget that our kids' imaginations can actually promote positive change.
Nine-year-old Caine Monroy spent months meticulously constructing an arcade at his dad's used auto parts store, Smart Parts, in East Los Angeles. His tools were simple: cardboard boxes and packing tape. Caine worked on everything from designing his games to creating his prizes. With little foot traffic and a lot of harried customers, he didn't get any visitors to his elaborate, life-size arcade. But Caine kept at it.
One day filmmaker Nirvan Mullick needed a used door handle for his 1996 Toyota Corolla. He happened to pick Smart Parts. Caine asked Mullick if he'd like to play in his arcade. Mullick bought the $2 Fun Pass, giving him 500 turns.
Mullick became Caine's first customer. He also captured Caine's creation on camera in the below film. (Caine ended up getting a few more customers to his arcade.)
Caine's Arcade from Nirvan Mullick on Vimeo.
It was a film that would be viewed by millions of people, and one that inspired a string of generous gestures and creative events all over the world: The producers raised over $215,000 (so far, with a goal of $250,000) to pay for Caine's college expenses. Kids across the U.S. began creating their own games out of cardboard, with everything from pinball machines to mazes to board games.
Over 100 schools in nine different countries started constructing their own cardboard arcades. And the team behind the film has established the Imagination Foundation, whose mission is to "find, foster and fund creativity and entrepreneurship in kids."
According to the Imagination Foundation:
'Caine's Arcade' celebrates the power of kid creativity, storytelling, community, and play. These elements are in our DNA and they will continue to inform what we do and how we do it.
We believe that kids' imaginations have the power to inspire and change the world. To that end, we're creating programs that will help kids to develop creative thinking skills, give them opportunities to create, introduce social-entrepreneurship at a young age, and foster the creativity of future generations. We're building an ecosystem that connects creative kids, parents, schools and communities. Our goal is to give kids the tools to build the things they imagine, and to imagine the world they can build.
On October 6, 2012 the Imagination Foundation will host the Global Cardboard Challenge, which encourages both kids and adults to play and celebrate creativity and community. Learn more about the challenge here!
Further Reading
This Wired piece features an interview with Mullick and talks about Caine's amazing adventures, such as his speaking at the USC Marshall School of Business. (He was the youngest entrepreneur ever to talk there.)
Check out these Psych Central pieces on cultivating your child's creativity:
- 9 Ways to Support Your Child's Creativity
- 9 Tools to Help Kids Cope Creatively with Stress
- How to Inspire Your Kids to Write and Why It's So Important
Tartakovsky, M. (2018). The Power of a Child's Imagination: Caine's Arcade. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 28, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/blog/the-power-of-a-childs-imagination-caines-arcade/
Last reviewed: By a member of our scientific advisory board on 8 Jul 2018
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Aside from speed, exactly what is the difference between the two? Especially when working with Pyro & AZO? I now use Tri-X and know nothing about Ilford film but I can have a case of either at my disposal (owed favors) so I'm trying to pick the best match (and speed is not an issue for me).
Thanks for your input.
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The ATR-42 is a twin-turboprop airliner manufactured by ATR.
The ATR42s maiden flight was on August 16, 1984 and it received certification following in September 1985. As of January 2007, there are 390 ATR 42s delivered worldwide, following another 11 aircraft order. There are three major variants of the ATR-42 and an STC exists to convert all ATR 42 variants to all-cargo transport aircraft. Major operators of the ATR-42 are FedEx, UPS and DHL. The ATR-42 ""Surveyor"" is a maritime patrol version of the -500 and VIP transport and in-flight inspection versions of the -500 also exist.
The ATR-42 has a seating capacity of 44-50 passengers. It has a cruising speed speed of 556 km/h and a range of 2,965 km. t incorporates Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127E. The rear door is used to avoid possible injuries from the blades of the spinning propellers and the vast majority of commercial aircraft are boarded from the front. The ATR-42 also doesnt have Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), but it has a propeller brake, allowing the turbine to run and provide air power to the aircraft without the propeller spinning. Thus it eliminates the need for added weight and expense of an APU. the engines are periodically switched during maintenance to ensure equal wear.