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The Meshtools /
csPolytools Installationguide and quick overview
Important infomation for 3dsmax 8 users: There is a version 3.0
available for max 6/7, which works for 8 too. you can find it here: Meshtools 3.0
thisObj.editablePoly.chamferEdges 0.001
Save the script. Restart max. It should work
How to Install the
Ok, To guarantee a
good workflow, it's very important to implement the scriptfunctions into
the GUI in a useful way.
Meshtools functions are in the pulldown, under category
|3. Rightclick in the Menue window > New Menue opens a
(Meshtools are in general keeps two fuctiongroups: selection- and modification tools.
I personally prefer, to seperate the functions into two menues, just to keep track.)
So generate the menues "Meshtools SEL" and "Meshtools MOD".
Creating two new Menues
|4. On the right side of the Customize window, you can see the
Quadbox. A click onto the downer left box makes the contextsensitve
Quadmenues accessible. Context sensitive means, the menue only appears if
the corresponding object is selected.
5. Click on the plus symbol infront of "Context Edit Poly Tools 2" and the functiontree becomes visible. In the box upper left, there is also a "Context Edit Poly Tools 1" you can use if you want.
6. Now drag & drop the just created Menues "Meshtools SEL" and "Meshtools MOD" into the tree. A blue line will guide you. If you have a Poly already in your scene, you can istantly test the Quad. Select the poly and rightclick to see the new Menues.
Via drag & drop, we can place the menues into the Quadtree
|7. Now drag & drop the corresponding Fuctions from the Action window under the new Menues. To find out what function is SEL, and what is MOD, visit: http://www.s21net.com/meshtools/
Sorted Selectiontools...
Sorted Modificationtools...
|Do the same with Cspolytools. The Category is named: "csPoly
I didn't generate an extra menue for them, just put them together with the Meshtools.
Installation finished!
Meshtools, a short look
In the following I want to give a short overview over the features and workarounds with the tools we just installed.
One of the strongest features of meshtools are definetly the selectiontools. Compared to meshmodelling, you will get the most time advantage in the selection issue. In fact, selecting is almost the first step before doing any operation. According to this, fast selecting means fast working!
Selection Features
The most important selection features are "Edgering" and "Edgeloop", that can even use with more than one selected edge. Edgeloop and -ring depend on a certain meshtopology. Some operation may change the topology so that a selection is only possible with some holes.
Very cool is switching change the selection into another subobject selection. E.g. an Edgering is easily converted into a Polygonselection and extruded.
Powerful Selectiontools enhance your workflow a lot!
|Another very useful selection function is definatly "Shrink" and
"Grow". Here is an implementaion as button clever. A finger of a fist
easily becomes selected, by selecting a face on the tip a just click on
the "Grow" button several times.
Modification Features
"Connect1" does an exact cut through Edgering selected edges. You can very easy controll the tesselation of special regions of your mesh. Connect 2 and 3 generating, according to its names 2 or 3 parallel Subdivisions.
With "Connect" you can very fast subdivide geomerty
|Also interessting is "Solid Chamfer". With this function, you can chamfer an edge, but keep the original Edge. In combination with Meshsmooth you get very fine, but round edges. Unfortunatly Solid Chamfer works hardly i small dimensions. While you have only the mouse to adjust, and no spinner, the chamfer often jumps in to big steps.
Solid Chamfer, great for fine detail with meshsmooth
|A short sentence to 3 featrures of the Cspolytools. First you have
a function, called Csslide.
With this, you can shift an Edgeloop parallel toward its neighbour Edges, a very powerful function, that reminds a bit of NURBS modelling.
Edge selection, via Edgering
Selection will be divided via Connect...
...and then positioned via CSslide.
|Cspush is nice to move a vertex selection along its normals. Very useful after a Connect oreration.
After the connect operation, the edges are divided, but not arched.
With CSpush we get a final shape into the eyes region. In this case it works better than just moving the verts.
|Csdissolve is a function to delete edges but keep the mesh. You can
e.g. use it as opposit to Connect, to very easy delete Edgeloop, you've
just created.
There Are many other functions, you have to discover by yourself ;P
|Hope you understand the stuff
greetz, and have fun with the best tool for max4!
|Michael "DerPapa"


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A BELOVED lion has died in a US zoo after overheating in 38C heatwave as desperate zookeepers battled to save her life.
The 17-year-old lioness, named Sheba, died in blistering conditions at Carolina Tiger Rescue sanctuary in North Carolina, US.
Zookeepers fought for more than a day to save her by running IV fluids and other treatments but sadly her organs shut down, reports the New York Post.
The sanctuary said in a statement: "Despite the quick reaction from the staff to get in with her and get her cooled down, her liver and kidneys were unable to recover.
"For a 17-year-old lion, the heat took a toll."
The non-profit wild cat sanctuary added that "after working for so long to try to bring her back, we had to make the heartbreaking decision to let her go."
The organisation takes in animals that have been abandoned, confiscated or who need a new home, according to its website.
According to the rescue, Sheba was the matriarch of a pride of three lions that came from Texas. S
he always kept the other lions in her pride Sebastian and Tarzan "in line" the rescue wrote.
"Sheba will stand out to me as the epitome of what it means to be a lion — strong, confident, and smart," the rescue said. "Her presence will be greatly missed in the sanctuary."
A scorching heatwave gripped much of the central US and the East Coast last week, with temperatures in the 90s in North Carolina.
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Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah's Counsel
1When King Hezekiah heard their report,a he tore his clothes, put on •sackcloth,b and went to the LORD's temple. 2Then he sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and the leading priests, who were wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. 3They said to him, "This is what Hezekiah says: 'Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace,c for children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.d 4Perhaps •Yahweh your God will hear all the words of the •Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God,e and will rebuke him for the words that Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore offer a prayer for the surviving remnant.' "f
5So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah, 6who said to them, "Tell your master this, 'The LORD says: Don't be afraidg because of the words you have heard, which the king of Assyria's attendants have blasphemed Me with.h 7I am about to put a spiriti in him and he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.' "j
Sennacherib's Letter
8When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish,k he returned and found him fighting against Libnah.l 9The king had heard this about Tirhakah king of •Cush:m "He has set out to fight against you." So when he heard this, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10"Say this to Hezekiah king of Judah: 'Don't let your God, whom you trust, deceive youn by promising that Jerusalem won't be handed over to the king of Assyria. 11Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries: they •completely destroyed them. Will you be rescued? 12Did the gods of the nationso that my predecessors destroyed rescue them — Gozan,p Haran,q Rezeph, and the Edenites in Telassar? 13Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, or Ivvah? ' "
Hezekiah's Prayer
14Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers, read it, then went up to the LORD's temple and spread it out before the LORD.r 15Then Hezekiah prayeds to the LORD:
16LORD of •Hosts, God of Israel, who is enthroned above the •cherubim,t You are Godu — You alonev — of all the kingdoms of the earth.w You made the heavens and the earth.x 17Listen closely, LORD, and hear;y open Your eyes, LORD, and see.z Hear all the words that Sennacherib has sent to mock the living God.aa 18LORD, it is true that the kings of Assyria have devastated all these countries and their lands. 19They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not godsab but made by human handsac — wood and stone.ad So they have destroyed them. 20Now, LORD our God, save us from his power so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the LORDae — You alone.af
God's Answer through Hezekiah
21Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: "The LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Because you prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, 22this is the word the LORD has spoken against him:
Virgin Daughter •Zionag
despises you and scorns you:
Daughter Jerusalem shakes her headah
behind your back.ai
23Who is it you have mockedaj and blasphemed?
Who have you raised your voice against
and lifted your eyes in pride?ak
Against the Holy One of Israel!al
24You have mocked the LORD througham your servants.
You have said, "With my many chariotsan
I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon.
I cut down its tallest cedars,
its choice cypress trees.
I came to its distant heights,
its densest forest.
25I dug wellsao and drank water.
I dried up all the streams of Egypt
with the soles of my feet."ap
26Have you not heard?aq
I designed it long ago;
I planned it in days gone by.ar
I have now brought it to pass,
and you have crushed fortified citiesas
into piles of rubble.
27Their inhabitants have become powerless,
dismayed, and ashamed.
They are plants of the field,
tender grass,
grass on the rooftops,
blasted by the east wind.at
28But I knowau your sitting down,
your going out and your coming in,av
and your raging against Me.
29Because your raging against Me
and your arrogance have reached My ears,aw
I will put My hook in your noseax
and My bit in your mouth;ay
I will make you go back
the way you came.
30" 'This will be the sign for you:az This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 31The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take rootba downward and bear fruit upward. 32For a remnantbb will go out from Jerusalem and survivors, from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.'bc
33"Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria:
He will not enter this city
or shoot an arrow there
or come before it with a shield
or build up an assault ramp against it.
34He will go back
the way he came,
and he will not enter this city.
This is the LORD's declaration.
35I will defend this city and rescue it
because of Mebd
and because of My servant David."be
Defeat and Death of Sennacherib
36Thenbf the angel of the LORDbg went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning — there were all the dead bodies! 37So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh.bh
38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat.bi Then his son Esar-haddonbj became king in his place.


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Happy days
PUBLISHED: 08:12 27 January 2006 | UPDATED: 21:39 28 May 2010
IF you asked for a quarter of sherbet lemons, Bob would turn around and reach up and feel his way along the jars on the shelves and pick up the correct jar EVERY time. He would weigh the sweets in the scales and stop immediately the scales dropped. When
IF you asked for a quarter of sherbet lemons, Bob would turn around and reach up and feel his way along the jars on the shelves and pick up the correct jar EVERY time. He would weigh the sweets in the scales and stop immediately the scales dropped. When you put the money in Bob's hand, he would quickly feel it and you knew he could check whether it was the right money immediately. He was very friendly and had a smile on his face."
Henford Gardens, March
"HE was a very popular man and he ran his business very well. He always had a smile on his face and everyone respected him very much."
Collingwoods, March
"HE used to live in Creek Road, March, during his single days and lived next to my mother and father, Percy and Ivy Sutton. I have heard them tell the story of how he used to 'true' cycle wheels amongst his many talents and performed many other tasks not normally associated with blind people."
Green Park, Chatteris
"Inside the shop there was row upon row of old fashioned sweet jars and Bob always wore a smock dust jacket, either blue or grey. It was amazing to see this man with no sight pick out exactly the right jar to weigh out your chosen sweets. If an example to condemn the society we live in today were ever needed 'Blind Bob' is it. How would Bob fare in these days of 'me first' and 'grab all' anti-social behaviour? I think we all know the answer and that must make us all so much sadder as we enjoy the memory of a real March character. Thank you for reminding us."
Nene Parade, March
"Every local person of a certain age must remember Blind Bob. He was a wonderful man. I remember going into his shop for some sweets, probably aniseed balls, and he just ran his hands along the jars and always selected the right one. When he was paid he felt around the coins and if change was needed it was always correct. It never ceased to amaze me and I don't remember him every making a mistake."
Elm Road, March
"IN the 1930s, we travelled by train from Whittlesey to March to attend school and we had to walk down Station Road to what was then March Grammar School. We had to pass this parade of shops both from and to the station. Even then we marvelled at the way he was able to control his shop although completely blind. We used to go in for what was called a halfpenny drink, an aerated liquid flavoured with various fruits."
Old Market, Wisbech
"I spent my childhood living in North Street and all the kids used Bob's sweet shop regularly. He was a kind man and never made any mistakes, either with money or the sweets."
via e-mail
"HIS shop was in Station Road opposite St John's Road. Other shops in that area were Knight's Fish Bar, Scotney's hairdressers, Hibbert's hairdressers and the Blue Bell bus depot."
Norwood Road, March
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$15,000,000,000,000.00Wow. Just look at it.Hey, it is only 850,822,461 ounces of gold.
I knew if our elected officials tried hard enough we could achieve this monumental figure. How many sheets of paper do we need to print to pay this off???
The huge difference between the official and actual unemployment is both sad and hilarious. Murderers and thieves - liars - murderers and thieves.
You're so right Badon, I bang this drum too often with clients in conversations revolving around the state of the economy. The government's unemployment numbers do not count people who are underemployed (white collar workers doing part-time cashier jobs in convenience stores, just as an example), they don't count people who have maximized their unemployment benefits and are no longer receiving assistance checks, and they don't count people who've temporarily stopped looking for a job (maybe due to health reasons, lack of prospects, etc.) or who have moved back in with family and are being otherwise supported. Add all these people back into the equation, and the unemployment number goes from the 9% range to somewhere between 15.5-16.5%. That's a staggering number by any standard.
Please help me understand this. If ALL US people were unemployed long enough to not receive umemployment benefits, the unemployment rate would become 0%. Is that correct?
Can all of you got out and Vote for RON PAUL PLEASE????? I can't believe what I am seeing Santorum winning Minnesota by such a large percentage. I can't believe that there are still so much useful idiots out there that will vote because of Anti Gay Marriage, Anti Abortion rights..etc.... are you kidding me????? Your country is in TRILLIONS OF DEBT, even if you stop now your grandkids may still have to bear your generations stupidity and so many morons care only about is gay rights and abortions? Ron Paul is the only person in this world right now that can proof that democracy is workable even after failing numerous of times.
If Ron Paul Fails again or least get nominated to run, its going to be another shining example on why democracy doesn't work, because the people is not responsible & ultimately they will give all their rights back to the oppressor to continue.....Its just a matter of time.
Debt to GDP ratio is now over 102%.http://www.usdebtclock.org/$15,324,XXX,XXX,XXXexchange
Everyone is talking about Europe, in particular Italy and Spain. Spain? Their debt to GDP ratio is much lower than the US! It is really amazing to watch the media such as CNBC bash Europe when all they need is a mirror to really know which country is in real trouble.
Very true, however the media does not want the American people and the world to pay much attention to it while government spending keeps growing. The big guys don't want to stop the party. This why I believe Europe is in focus, a possible war with Iran, Koni 2012, etc. These are all distraction tactics trying to keep the public's eye away from the in-house problems. They simply want everybody to believe that there so are many problems in this world, everywhere but America. I wonder how long this will last before the American people will wake up.
Debt to GDP ratio is now over 103%.http://www.usdebtclock.org/$15,540,XXX,XXX,XXXexchange
Debt to GDP ratio is now over 104%.$15,880,XXX,XXX,XXXWe will have more important things to worry than overpaying for out CMC.exchange
$15,000,000,000,000.00Wow. Just look at it.Hey, it is only 850,822,461 ounces of gold.
It's our children who will be burdened with paying the debt - we will be long gone!
That is a fallacy- Only when it dawns on the masses that is incorrect, and "we" are all adversely affected by loss of purchasing power here and now and during our lives through inflation, will the population push for changes. We have proven that "we" are perfectly willing to accept mortgaging "our children's" future if we think we can get ours, now.But its an illusion. We are all, now, victims of this crazy Ponzi scheme.
The best interview I've seen in a while: A Billionaire's Bet on Inflation – Frank Giustra Long Form Interview – Videohttp://ceo.ca/frank-giustra-long-form-interview/
Gross Debt to GDP ratio is now 105%.US National Debt: $16,205,XXX,XXX,XXX http://www.usdebtclock.org/exchange
Now > $16,500,000,000,000.00http://www.usdebtclock.org/
I think the US National Debt crossed $17,000,000,000,000.00 this morning?http://www.usdebtclock.org/
So lets see, in little over two months the Debt to GDP ratio went from 105% to 107%, and shortly will be at $17,000,000,000,000.00 in debt. While at the same time gold drops from something like $1650 to below $1400.....exchange
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/10/usa-fed-earnings-idUSL2N0KK18F20140110 This increasingly strikes me as unsustainable, smoke-and-mirrors shuffling of finances.
I like my pandas but more and more am looking for a solution that holds earning power that cant be taxed away.
Another milestone: $18,000,000,000,000.00http://www.usdebtclock.org/Check the unfunded liabilities for Social Security, Medicare and Medicare prescription drug program for the real shocker. Baby Boomers can kiss their SS bye bye.
And while all this has happened the US dollar index has pushed higher and higher. Fascinating how the higher our debt is the stronger our currency is, at least for the moment.
The principles of Economics 101 don't hold here!
I believe Bill Holter like I believe Bo Polny, which is to say, not at all. Countless failed predictions, repeating the same mantra over and over.
An update for the historical record...
I can't believe they sold out of 1oz palladium coin at $3100 with 10,000 mintage. There is unbelievable demand for metals. People need a safe place to park their money, stocks seem too high, real estate is tied to economy, taxes may spike if biden wins, china is doing military exercise to scrace US from doing business in Tawain and add pandemic to top it all off. It is no wonder no one wants to sell and everyone wants to buy.
I wouldn't bet on it. They haven't been available for two weeks.
Tell your brother in lawThe difference between an ounce of silver and an ounce of gold is about an ounce of gold.
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Midtown Toronto
Location: 2191 Yonge St., Unit 3903,
Eglinton Ave. E. and Yonge St.
Asking price: $469,900
Selling price: $469,000
Previous selling price: N/A (pre-construction sale 2008)
Size: about 725 sq. ft.
Parking: one owned underground space, no locker
Maintenance fees: $464.35 per month
Taxes: $2,717 (2015)
Bedrooms: 1 plus 1
Bathrooms: 1
Days on the market: 12
In less than two weeks on the market, this one-bedroom condo unit in a highrise building steps from the urban intersection of Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. sold for almost the full asking price.
"Situated on a high floor, this suite has unobstructed views of Lake Ontario and the CN Tower. It has a great use of space, and highlights include a den, nine-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, hardwood floors, and an upgraded kitchen with under-cabinet lighting, upgraded granite counters and stainless-steel appliances. The unit has plenty of storage room and shows like a model suite," says listing agent Ira Jelinek.
The building is steps away from the subway, a mall, movie theatres, places to shop, restaurants, and a library.
This is a Wi-Fi building with amenities that include a concierge, a gym, a lap pool, a party/meeting room, guest suites, and a sauna.
Unit has: living room with hardwood floor; dining room with hardwood floor; kitchen with granite counter, hardwood floor and built-in appliances; den with hardwood floor; bedroom with closet and hardwood floor; four-piece bathroom.
Listing agent: Ira Jelinek, Harvey Kalles Real Estate, Brokerage, 416-464-1022; www.agentira.com
Entertainment District
Location: 224 King St. W., Unit 2403,
Simcoe St. and King St. W.
Asking price: $761,900
Selling price: $778,850
Previous selling price: N/A (new construction)
Size: over 900 sq. ft.
Parking: one owned underground space, no locker
Maintenance fees: $604.43 per month
Taxes: N/A (not assessed)
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 2
Days on the market: 22
In a downtown Toronto building located next to the Royal Alexandra Theatre, this two-bedroom condo unit took less than a month to sell for 102 per cent of the listing price.
"This unit has over 900 sq. ft. of living space with a 151-sq.-ft. balcony with a great city view. Modern features in this newly built unit include prefinished engineered hardwood floors, floor-to-ceiling windows and exposed concrete ceilings. The building has a sixth-floor fitness facility with a walkout to the pool, a ground floor bar and a second-floor restaurant," says listing agent Andrew Bonello.
Across the street from Roy Thomson Hall, the building is near trendy cafes, restaurants, and stores.
Amenities in the building include a concierge, a gym, an outdoor pool, a party/meeting room, and a security system.
Main floor has: living room with hardwood floor and walkout to balcony; dining room with hardwood floor; modern kitchen with backsplash and stainless-steel appliances; master bedroom with hardwood floor, walk-in closet and four-piece en suite; second bedroom with large closet, sliding doors and hardwood floor; four-piece bathroom.
Listing agent: Andrew Bonello, Brad J. Lamb Realty Inc., Brokerage, 416-368-5262; www.TorontoCondos.com
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National Economic Policy
MANILA, Philippines - Economic Policy normally centers on these four: 1. Full employment; 2. Growth; 3. Price Stability; 4. Fair distribution. Properly accessed these targets help to bring prosperity to our people and hopefully happiness.
Full employment of human resources (FE) deserves primary attention since human resources are time sensitive. If human resources are not employed when available they are wasted. No recovery is possible once time passes. The opportunity that passed can no longer be of any economic use. The harnessing of a potential resource such as women's available time in rural areas for economic productivity is additional economic bonus almost without cost. The economic value of idle work time turns from zero to positive gain in productivity. This is what happened in the United States with WWII when woman labor was harnessed and in the less developed world with the coming of microfinance. This emphasizes how wasteful it is to have unemployed able-bodied men who want to work but find no employment. A corollary although not as important is the use of available machinery and other material resources such as commodities and minerals. Empty school houses, idle factories, minerals in the ground, fruit not harvested are all unused material resources that can improve economic productivity and human enjoyment.
Growth is the second important policy target. The country is doing well in this and will do so for the next five years. The projected 7% is acceptable but comparative economic history tells that at least 9% growth for a five-year period might be needed for a country to break out of economic doldrums. …


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Morning Ed: United States {2017.05.14.Su}
Chris Beck's piece on Florida confirms my believe that if Michael Cain's Western Secession idea ever takes hold, Florida is likely to become the new California.
Brandon Kiser argues that JD Vance isn't really a hillbilly and at The Buckley Club Joseph Ellis tells his own story. And West Virginia…
I've been watching too many cop shows. I read an article about kids who catfish their teacher and think it's part of an intricate blackmailing scheme ("If you don't give me an 'A' I'll tell people we're sleeping together.")
Yay! Global warming is helping us find sunken ships!
Drill, baby, drill.
A very important election map.
George Washington, Viking God? I, for one, say we roll with this.
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variety of cultures, languages and needs.
We are proud members of our communities, and we encourage both our employees and customers' associates to be personally active in their local areas as well. We proactively create strong relationships and share what we have and what we know
with others in order to improve lives and the world around us on both an individual and collective scale.
Our Corporate Responsibility (CR) is one of our principal values and highest priorities. As a team, we share a commitment to:
- Respect the environments in which we live and work through green initiatives
- Promote health & safety guidelines in our facilities
- Encourage our syncreon team to engage in community outreach activities
Here at syncreon, we don't just say that we care about the environment. Our culture of innovation and continuous improvement means that we are always searching for new ways to improve our systems, processes and facilities in order to reduce our impact on the environment. We put the highest value on not only environmental preservation overall, but the preservation of the communities in which we operate. We have made environmental issues a primary concern of our business operations, actively setting goals which exceed legal and regulatory requirements. We tackle these issues proactively whenever possible, taking steps to prevent problems before they arise and reacting quickly when they do.
Reducing Carbon Emissions
In recent years we have made significant investments in video calling and video conferencing technologies for most of our sites and offices throughout the world. This allows our global teams to work together without needing to travel, cutting back on fuel consumption and emissions. Not alone does video calling and video conferencing technologies help reduce our impact on the environment, it helps our organization in reducing costs associated with travel. We work with our employees to encourage changes in commuting habits to help promote less impact on the environment.
Efficient product packaging
We are proud to use Greenline 100% post-consumer recycled paper for void filling in our shipments at a selected number of global facilities. This helps preserve forests, because it reduces demand for wood. It conserves resources and generates less pollution during manufacturing, because the fibers have already been processed once. In addition it reduces solid waste, because it diverts usable paper from the waste stream.
Reducing Carbon Emissions
We are working to replace the internal lighting at a number of our warehouse facilities with energy efficient LEDs that consume less electricity and are also more reliable and last longer than other lighting alternatives. Across our operations syncreon has a number of facilities that run their operations on green electricity. This helps with reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as supporting renewable energy development and reduce the carbon footprint associated with the electricity syncreon purchases.
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At syncreon we are actively looking at ways to increase our recycling rates & reduce paper consumption. Where printing is necessary we encourage our associates to print double sided and in black in white. At all of our facilities waste is segregated and disposed / recycled in an environmentally responsible manner.
We value the health and safety of our workforce, customers and citizens of the communities in which we operate. Our vision is to create an injury-free workplace and a company culture where environmental excellence is second nature. syncreon is committed to providing employees with an environment that is safe and secure.
ISO Standard Adherence
In 2017, we transitioned ten sites around the world from ISO 14001: 2004 to the new ISO 14001: 2015.
In 2018, syncreon's Netherlands sites in Waalwijk, Tilburg and Venray were successfully audited by the National Standard Association of Ireland (NSAI) and have transitioned to ISO 45001 Certification. We are the first supply chain company to achieve this new standard. The new ISO 45001 standard for safety was released in March 2018, and thanks to our history with OHSAS 18001 and our transitions to the newest standards for Quality and the Environment, syncreon was ready to meet it.
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Building on the success we had for 2018, our focus for 2019 is Access and Empowerment for people of all abilities. Our global team represents a variety of cultures, languages and needs and we encourage our employees to be personally active in their community, support local and charitable organisations and for this to have a meaningful impact for all of the people involved.
For the past few years our focus has been on Children, Body and Mind. We have supported causes that fight disease, hunger and support the education of our children. In 2018, we expanded on the success we have had with this initiative and continue the enablement theme in 2019 to support and maximise the potential of individuals within our communities and help them overcome the obstacles they face.
Throughout our years of operation, we have supported causes that fight disease, hunger and advocate for the education of our children. Our previous charitable initiative themes have included:
- Body, Mind and Enablement
- Children: Body and Mind
- Raising Our Hands for Education
- Chernobyl Children International
As a company, syncreon awards outstanding teams for efforts towards charitable initiatives. These awards include Best Fundraising Efforts, Best Volunteer Efforts and Overall Winner for Fundraising and Volunteer Efforts.
2018 CSR Location Award Winners
Best Volunteer Efforts for 2018, Wolverhampton, UK
The Wolverhampton volunteered time to fifteen events during 2018.
Best Fundraising Efforts for 2018, Olive Branch, USA
Through their fundraising events they raised the highest dollar amount per employee of any location globally.
Overall Winners for 2018, Hinckley & Lutterworth, UK
High involvement with the local community through a multitude of activities, work reflected the theme, and positively impacted a variety of causes.
syncreon wholly supports the goals of the Responsible Business Alliance. syncreon is committed to the values contained in the Responsible Business Alliance Code of Conduct and will ensure that our facilities are in compliance with the code. We have developed and aligned our Environmental, Health and Safety, Labour and Ethics policies and procedures reflecting the requirements of the Responsible Business Alliance Code of Conduct specifically referencing the code where relevant. syncreon requires new direct suppliers to sign up to our Supplier Code of Conduct, as a contractual requirement, prior to us awarding work. We also expect our suppliers to ensure that their suppliers abide by the Responsible Business Alliance Code. In addition we require our suppliers to develop their own corporate responsibilities strategies, policies and processes, set goals and engage and audit their own suppliers. We require direct suppliers to provide reasonable assurance that they comply with international good practice as set out in our Supplier Code of Conduct. syncreon carries out due diligence activities and audits on our facilities and suppliers to check and verify compliance with our Supplier Code of Conduct. Read our Supplier Code of Conduct.
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What is the Vendor Reference Number"?
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What is the Vendor Reference Number in the Type tab of Detailed Line Item?
The Vendor Reference Number is used for EDI and EOD. The vendor should supply the appropriate information for that field.
The number is used by Voyager to identify items in a vendor's incoming EDI message, and for matching PO line items for BulkImport using "Update previously loaded ... " rules.
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Okay… so I blew my volcano. I seriously did NOT have issues with bullimiaddict issues. It was emotional issues from not eating and purging my feelings. And so through this interesting (step back) OMG (okay you can step forward again) issue I lost it. I volcanoed (NO not bullimict) my emotions to… …. you're […]Read More
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Okay, so here I am again. Now I need to share this one. I'm going to try to do this without crying. Pain. Pain is not of a physical nature here. Physical pain is somewhat easy (taken into perspective – no disease such as cancer). Pain. Emotional. Hurts are more than basic physical pain. How […]Read More


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Medical electrical equipment — Part 2-45: Particular requirements for the safety of mammographic X-ray equipment and mammographic stereotactic devices
This International Standard applies to the basic safety and essential performance of mammographic X-ray equipment and mammographic stereotactic devices. The standard does not cover biopsy devices, amongst others. These particular requirements amend and supplement basic standard DIN EN 60601-1 (VDE 0750-1):2007-07. Like the previous edition, the standard also contains requirements for high-voltage generators for mammography. Due to this, standard DIN EN 60601-2-7 "Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-7: Particular requirements for the safety of high-voltage generators of diagnostic X-ray generators" is excluded from the scope of this standard. With respect to the previous edition of the standard, requirements for device-related radio protection from standard DIN EN 60601-1-3:1995-02 have been adopted. Furthermore, modality-specific requirements of the standards DIN EN 60601-2-28:1995-12 "Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-28: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of X-ray tube assemblies for medical diagnosis" and DIN EN 60601-2-32:1995-11 "Medical electrical equipment – Part 2: Particular requirements for the safety of associated equipment of X-ray equipment" have been replaced in this standard. The committee responsible for this standard is NA 080-00-16 GA NAR/DKE Joint Committee "Bildgebende Systeme" ("Imaging systems") of the Radiology Standards Committee (NAR) at DIN, the German Institute of Standardization e. V., collaborating with the Deutsche Röntgengesellschaft (German Radiological Society) and in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Physik (German Society for Medical Physics), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nuklearmedizin (German Society of Nuclear Medicine) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Radioonkologie (German Society for Radio Oncology) of the DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies) at DIN and VDE.


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We are currently witnessing marked changes in the public perception and understanding of mathematics and the sciences. The most prominent recent example of mathematics inspiring popular consciousness is the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem by Andrew Wiles, which made headline news and has been the subject of television documentaries and even a musical. One panelist at a forum discussing public awareness of mathematics, held during last year's European Congress of Mathematicians in Barcelona, even spoke of a ``love affair of the American public with mathematics''. Yet in most western countries, student numbers in mathematics and the exact sciences are dropping dramatically. Pupils seem to leave school less well prepared for university studies, and the romanticised image of mathematics has hardly led to an increase in mathematical literacy of the general public.
In this context, Oxford Figures is a welcome contribution not only to popular writing on the history of science, but also to debates about the role of mathematics in school and university curricula and society at large.
The book focuses on periods in the 800 years of mathematical activity at Oxford University. One chapter is devoted to instrument making, and others contain portraits of mathematicacians at Oxford, including the Savilian professors John Wallis, Edmond Halley, Henry Smith, and James Joseph Sylvester. Henry Savile (1549--1622) was in many ways the most influential figure for the development of mathematics at Oxford. In his lectures on Ptolmey's Almagest he emphasised the intellectual nature of mathematics and astronomy within a liberal education. Savile illustrated his point by recounting the tale of the Socratic philosopher Aristippus (as recorded c. 30 BC by the Roman architect Vitruvius) who, shipwrecked on Rhodes, inferred the inhabitants' civilised nature from mathematical diagrams drawn in the sand. The founding of the Savilian chairs of geometry and astronomy in 1619 promoted these fields of study only on a didactic level. They became degree subjects much later. The reasons why this occured earlier at places such as Cambridge deserve more detailed analysis than can be given within the scope of this book. Nonetheless, these chairs contributed to realising Savile's vision of mathematics as an integral part of a humanistic education.
Late 13th-century Oxford witnessed some of the most sophisticated mathematical discussions of the period. Medieval scholars declared that ``he who knows not mathematics cannot know the other sciences nor the things of this world and ... those who have no knowledge of mathematics do not perceive their own ignorance and so do not look for a cure''.
By Savile's time, Oxford had lost this leading role in mathematics. To the average student, mathematics did not seem an important component of his education. Aware that mathematics could not be promoted on intrinsic value alone, Savile defended it by demonstrating its use to the state (meaning: military affairs) in a plea to the queen for continued patronage of the universities.
Wallis and Halley not only brought Oxford renewed international recognition as a centre for mathematical and astronomical research, they also taught mathematics on a practical level and recognised their duty to educate the public. Halley believed that ``one of the principal uses of mathematical sciences'' was that they were ``in many ways able to prevent the Superstition of the unskillful vulgar''.
By the early 19th century, interest in mathematics had again declined sharply. On taking up the Savilian chair of geometry in 1827, Baden Powell was advised not to give an inaugural lecture because he would almost surely not attract an audience. When Henry Smith could remark: ``It is the peculiar beauty of this method, gentlemen, and one which endears it to the really scientific mind, that under no circumstances can it be of the smallest possible utility'', we can infer that the late 19th century was again a happier time for mathematics.
Mathematicians usually regard the importance of their subject as self-evident. In a time of funding cuts and increased pressure to perform ``useful'' research, Oxford Figures provides insight into how the role of mathematics has been debated and defended over the centuries. This book, rich in illustrations and quotations, vividly shows mathematicians as social beings and gives a fascinating portrait of mathematics as a dynamic part of human culture. One hopes that it helps to attract more young people to this intellectual endeavour.
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pupusas from El Salvador and Mexican-style fruit with chile, lime and salt. She's a spontaneous person, always looking for a little adventure. One night, we decided we'd kidnap our roommates and take them on a camping trip with whatever they had on their person at the time. I'm not sure if my memory serves me correctly, but I'm pretty sure we didn't get enough blankets and all we had for breakfast were some cans of corn . . . and mayo, chile, lime, and salt. I had never been introduced to Mexican-style corn and this was my first experience . . . unheated canned corn (drained) with all of these ingredients dumped on top and eaten straight from the can. Honestly, I don't even think we had any utensils. That was my first experience with this style of corn. Some time later I had a more authentic version of this corn, this time on-the-cob and grilled. (Not that yours wasn't yummy, Christine) but the grilled on-the-cob version was awesome!
Corn on the cob, grilled or steamed
Mayo (I've also experimented with butter or sour cream and they work great)
Fresh Lime
Chili Powder
Spread mayo or butter on the hot corn. Sprinkle with salt, chili powder and squeeze lime juice on top. I don't always have queso seco (dry cheese like queso cotija) on hand, but the Mexican-style crumbled and tossed on top adds an extra depth of flavor to this yummy side-dish.
You'll want to have several napkins on hand.
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Corn on the Cob - Mexican Style
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Rustic Tomato Tart
I remember when I happened upon this recipe, I was chatting on the phone about food with my hungry, expectant sister and described this recipe to her. She was so excited that she had all of the ingredients on hand as I read it to her. While she made it, I was left salivating and dreaming about this delectable tart. On my next trip to the grocery store, I picked up everything I needed and my friend, Lisa, and I whipped a couple of these up along with my peach basil pizza one evening after a long day at work. Today, my tomato plants in my garden are heavy with tomatoes that I hope will ripen soon and I've been daydreaming about this delicious tart so I can make this again soon.
2-3 ripe red and yellow tomatoes cored and cut into slices 1/8 in thick
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
8 by 10 inch rectangle of frozen puff pastry, cut in half and thawed (in the fridge)
3/4 cup shredded mozzarella
4 Tbsp grated hard cheese
2 Tbsp chopped fresh basil
Olive oil for drizzling
Position rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat to 400F. Place the tomato slices on paper towels, season with salt, and let drain 30-60 min. Do NOT skip this step, it is vital as you don't want the juices from the tomatoes to make the crust soggy.
In a small bowl, combine the garlic and butter. Place the puff pastry rectangles on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush with the garlic butter and season with salt, leaving a 1/4 inch border.
Sprinkle crust with mozzarella and 2 Tbsp Parmesan.
Arrange tomato slices on top.
Sprinkle remaining Parmesan.
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Krita, the painting software I use to make my art has featured me via a written interview on their site!
Isn't that a tiny bit cool?
Hell yeah it is!
I'm a big fan of Krita since my switch to linux (You can read more about it in the interview). Long story short, Krita is a Libre and opensource painting software and is really good for illustrations, drawings and all that stuff. There are other opensource art-software out there too but Krita is favorite for sure, although I try to use the other one's for their use-case specific purposes.
You can read the interview here.


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While the names of many countries may sound quite similar in Polish and English (or say, your language, dear reader), some of these Polish names can be quite surprising, if not downright shocking. Now you can learn how to actually pronounce them!
Names of countries seem arbitrary, and yet they can also reflect a more local history of relations between countries and peoples. Some of these Polish names for other countries and ethnicities can be interesting mini-lessons in the history of Central and Eastern Europe.
Germany has been Poland's neighbour since time immemorial (which in this region of the world, is the early Middle Ages). Yet when speaking about their neighbours, Poles, and actually most Slavic people, use a name than can be quite a surprise.
Niemcy, the Polish endonym for Germans and Germany (yes, it's the same word for both) is traced back to the Proto-Slavic word *němьcь, which means mute. Well, this does not necessarily imply that these ancient Slavic tribes considered their Western neighbours as literally mute creatures, devoid of the capacity of speech. Rather, they simply deemed their language pretty much unintelligible - a reasonable statement considering the fundamental differences between Germanic and Slavic languages.
A variant of that name is preserved in almost all other Slavic languages of the region, with the exception of Russia and Bulgaria (compare Croatian Njemačka, Slovene Nemčija, Czech Německo, or the Kashubian M-variant Miemieckô). The same name even percolated into the vastly different Hungarian, as: Németország.
In yet another bold and unrestrained case of linguistic transfer, the Slavic name of Germany is unexpectedly found at the core of the Arabian name for Austria: النمسا (an-Nimsa), where it landed most likely via Southern Slavic languages.
But there must be something about Germany and Germans that would explain why it has so many different names depending on which country is speaking. Here's just a sample of the range: Swedish: Tyskland , French: Allemagne, Italian: Germania, Finnish: Saksa, Latvian: Vācija, German itself: Deutschland.
Good luck pinning down this country on the map. Don't count on dictionaries either - the closest you'll get is włosy which means 'hair', and the Polish włochy is actually an augmentative of hair.
Well, it's Italy, and Polish is perhaps the only European language (again, with the exception of Hungarian) to have dropped the international word Italy, and go for the strange, mysterious and even ugly Włochy. So why did Poles choose to use this word?
The word Włochy is usually descended from the Proto-Germanic word *walhaz, which was a term for speakers of various Romance languages living in post-Roman Empire areas. But by extension, it could also refer to foreigners in general (compare the contemporary Dutch word Waals 'Walloon', the English word Welsh, or even the Hungarian word Olasz).
In Polish, the word, or actually one of its variants, Wołochy (and Wołosi, was at first used in reference to the Romanised tribes of the Balkans, compare Vallachia). It was only later that the name, now as Włochy, was applied to another, more Southern people, that is Italians. To make matters more complicated, the original *Proto-Germanic *walhaz is probably derived from the name of the Italian tribe Volsci, itself a word of Italic origin. Complicated? Here's a simplified version: the Poles refer to Italians by using a Germanic word for 'foreigner' which likely goes back to ancient Italic ethnonym.
Węgry is Hungary – and it's more reasonable than it looks. The Polish name is a developed version an early Old-Church-Slavonic word, *ągrin,which denoted the people of Uralic origin, who in the 9th century migrated to Central Europe and have stayed there since. They called themselves the Magyars.
The Slavic realm turns out to be quite divided in their approach to Hungary. Some are similar to Polish with a VENG- sound preserved in Lithuanian, Belarusian and Russian, while other Slavic languages like Ukrainian and Bulgarian go for UNG-. Another group, including, Slovakian, Czech, Slovenian and Serbian use a derivative of the original Hungarian ethnonym: Magyar.
Hungarians, fittingly, have their own peculiar word denoting Poland in return: Lengyelorszag. Find out more about the many different names of Poland
Włochy, Węgry and Niemcy are likely the most outrageous examples of the strange and misleading capacity of Polish names for other countries. But others, perhaps not as bewildering, make an interesting case for one other language's huge impact on Polish.
The name of England in Polish, Anglia, leads back to the Angles, the ancient tribe who invaded the island in the early Middle Ages. This means that, in a way, Polish has retained the original Latin name for the country more faithfully than English itself has. A slight inconvenience lies in the fact that the Polish word is actually homonymous with the name of one of England's regions, that of East Anglia.
The Polish name for Great Britain, meanwhile, is Wielka Brytania, a rather literal translation.
The Polish name for the Netherlands, Holandia, goes back to the name of one of the regions of the country: Holland. In case you're wondering, the region's name means 'wooded land' (the Dutch word holt means 'wood').
(Trivia: some Slavic languages, like Czech and Serbian, choose to translate the name Netherlands. It looks like this: Nizozemsko, Низоземска.)
You might have noticed already that many country names in Polish end in -ia. This is most likely the result of the lasting influence of Latin on the history of the Polish language, and how it has perceived other nations. Compare names like Belgia and Francja, or Grecja and Hiszpania – the latter pair are actually only slightly modified versions of the Ancient Roman names.
Ancient Rome continues its verbal rule when we head into Scandinavia. Sweden is Szwecja. One can immediately notice the difference between the English and Swedish equivalents (Sverige). Again, the Polish Szwecja looks very much like the Latin name of the country, namely Suecia (or Suetia, Svecia or Svedia). Same goes for Norwegia, or Dania which is the Polish (and Latin) name for Denmark. As you can see, Polish didn't bother with the -mark part.
Note: make sure you pronounce the word Dania correctly. If you don't, and if it sounds more like dania, you run the risk of a minor culinary misunderstanding – dania means 'food dishes'.
While we have no doubt that you can easily identify these:
Litwa can be more problematic.
Lithuania, a country with which Poland, historically speaking, has had the closest ties. While the name today refers primarily to the name of the Baltic state with Vilnius as its capital, Polish also uses the word in an altogether different meaning: to denote a historical and cultural area which stretched from Lithuania proper and covered contemporary Belarus.
Czechy is almost like the word 'Czech' (as in the republic), except for the fact that it's plural in Polish – odd but at least an easy shot in terms of pronunciation. But it's the somewhat confusing orthography of that name that may be more interesting. In fact, and perhaps a little paradoxically, it seems that 'Czech' is perhaps the only international word that consistently employs Polish orthography (with digraphs CZ and CH). Usually English speakers are baffled how the pronounce the repeated cz- they see in Polish, and yet they are more than competent when it comes to pronouncing 'Czech Republic'. See our guide to the Polish alphabet for more about the pronunciation of Polish digraphs.
Gruzja, a bit surprisingly, is Georgia (that is, the country in the Caucasus, and not the state in America).
Chorwacja is Croatia. The original Croatian name, which is Hrvatska, is of little help, as is the Latin name. Perhaps the Hungarian Horvát(ország) is the closest shot.
Here's a look at some other names that may strike you as intriguing.
Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki: The United States of America, sometimes shortened to Stany, much like how in English the name is reduced to simply 'The States'. The word USA and Ameryka are also used to refer to the land of the free. And, yes, the capital of USA is called Waszyngton.
Republika Południowej Afryki: the Republic of South Africa, often abbreviated to RPA (err-peh-ah). The Polish name of one of the biggest cities in that country is Kapsztad, much the same as in Afrikaans.
Japonia: Japan. You'll notice by now the Latinate -ia suffix. And of course, the Polish 'J' is not what it seems to be...
Chiny: again, like with the Polish version of Japan, the name of China in Polish is pronounced according to the rules of Polish alphabet which reads ch as 'h': hee-ny. Additionally, the name, like Czechy, is plural, which makes reasonable sense since China was traditionally a huge conglomeration of states.
Any country names we've missed out that have caught your eye and ear? Let us know in the comments!
Author: Mikołaj Gliński, January 2017


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The provincial government has announced an expanded list of electronic items to be accepted for recycling.
The updated list will take effect May 1, 2018.
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New items include countertop microwave ovens, desktop and portable scanners, floor-standing printers, external storage drives and modems, game consoles (including hand-held and accessories), e-book readers and portable and vehicle (after-market) GPS systems.
According to a news release sent out Wednesday morning, the Government of Saskatchewan repealed and replaced The Waste Electronics Equipment Regulations with The Electronic Equipment Stewardship Regulations after consultations with industry and other stakeholders.
"These changes were developed in response to consultations and our ongoing commitment to protect the environment," Environment Minister Dustin Duncan said in a written statement.
Over the next few months, the Electronic Products Recycling Association Saskatchewan (EPRA) will adjust its program to include the additional items. Similar to programs in B.C., Alberta, and Manitoba, environmental handling fees will be charged at the point of purchase for each item.


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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Genscript Biotech Corp 1548.HK said customs raided its offices in China in connection with an investigation into suspected violations of import and export regulations, sending the firms' shares plummeting to a 20-month low.
The Jiangsu-based biotech firm said China's Customs Anti-Smuggling Department raided its offices in Nanjing and Zhenjiang, and its Chairman Fangliang Zhang is under "residential surveillance", while four other employees have been detained for questioning.
"The group's business operations remain normal. The company has taken legal advice as appropriate," Genscript said, adding it will assist authorities with the investigation, if required.
No charges has been filed against any entity or individual, the company said, adding that Zhang will continue to take part in decision making via appropriate means but is not participating in Genscript's daily operations.
Zhang is also chairman and chief executive officer of Genscript's unit Legend Biotech Corp LEGN.O. Legend Biotech has appointed its Chief Financial Officer Ying Huang as interim CEO, the Hong Kong-listed firm added.
Shares of Genscript plunged as much as 27.1% to HK$10.12, their lowest since January 2019, and on track for its worst day since September 2018. The benchmark Hang Seng index .HSI slid 0.3%.
Reporting by Donny Kwok; Editing by Kim Coghill
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dole out
Do not dole out money to your wife as though she were a beggar.
What is the cause of this parsimony of the liberty which you dole out to the people?
You force me to dole out what ought to be unmeasured to all human creatures.
I keep the purse, and dole out sovereigns with all the pangs of a miser.
At present I am the Dives of the mess and dole out luxuries to these Lazaruses.
And then four girls ought to sit on the top of each barrel, and dole out the wine from where they sit in long-eared rummers.
But here is one to whom they cannot dole out pennies: with one white arm-sweep she gathers in a golden harvest.
I shall make no row about it; and, since you can dole out the caps to your own pet chums, and no one can stop you—do it!
When the poor are to be relieved, the officers appointed to dole out public charity assemble and eat upon it.
I could dole out secretaryships and lordships, and never a one without getting something in return.


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the man made of himself enough
to buy a ranch to range with horses and bison.
He built the cabins from trees he felled
and fashioned lumber from his own sawmill,
took a Western name and swagger, boots and dungarees,
shot skeet, buddied with a hound dog, flew the flag
with the rattlesnake who generously gives warning
don't tread on me, even to her enemies.
But they got ole Bronz on a fake rape charge
and when thy held him that month in jail
someone killed his dogs. The county pulled some shady
business, cited 100 spurious violations,
to seize his land and post armed guards to keep the man off,
because maybe he'd made some enemies,
and where the law is, the cowboy is left to couch surf.
All this happening in America in this time,
with what recourse left to a guy who'd tried to find
meaning in the open land, in a bison's nature to roam.


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On Twitter, President Trump deployed the phrase "fake news" 273 times this year — 50 percent more often than he did in 2018. He demanded "retribution" over a "Saturday Night Live" sketch, declared that Washington Post reporters "shouldn't even be allowed on the grounds of the White House," and accused The New York Times of "Treason."
Four American journalists were barred from covering the president's dinner with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. The administration argued in court that it had the right to ban a reporter from the White House. The daily White House briefing ceased to exist. And a new press secretary rarely spoke in public outside of Fox News.
Mr. Trump's vilification of the news media is a hallmark of his tenure and a jagged break from the norms of his predecessors: Once a global champion for the free press, the presidency has become an inspiration to autocrats and dictators who ape Mr. Trump's cry of "fake news."
For those who wondered if Mr. Trump might heed the concerns of historians and First Amendment advocates — who say his actions have eroded public trust in journalism, and perhaps the very concept of empirical facts — 2019 provided a grim answer.
"Intimidation and vilification of the press is now a global phenomenon," the former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith, who quit the network this year after disagreements about its Trump coverage, said at a gala last month. "We don't have to look far for evidence of that."
Few presidents have affected the perception of journalism like this one. A Pew survey this month found that Americans' confidence in news coverage is closely correlated to their opinion of Mr. Trump. Forty percent of Republicans who strongly approve of the president's job performance said that journalists have "very low" ethical standards, versus only 5 percent of Democrats.
Mr. Trump has long oscillated between taunting, cajoling, criticizing, and manipulating the journalists who cover him. Asked by The Times in January about his views of the free press, Mr. Trump replied in contradictory ways, deeming the news media "important," "beautiful," "so bad," and "unfair."
And when he was confronted by the publisher of The Times, A.G. Sulzberger, about a rise in threats against reporters since he took office, Mr. Trump declared, "I don't like that," before quickly returning to his grievances. "When you get really bad stories, where it's not true, then you sort of say, 'That's unfair.'"
By year's end, Mr. Trump had referred to the press on Twitter as "the enemy of the people" in 21 tweets, up from 16 tweets in 2018.
To Joel Simon, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, these rhetorical attacks have rippled outward. Globally, Mr. Simon said in an interview, at least 30 journalists were jailed in 2019 under charges of reporting false news in 2019.
"We view that as governments around the world taking advantage of the Trump 'fake news' framing and using that as a pretext of imprisoning journalists," Mr. Simon said. "The dissemination of that rhetoric has only increased in the last 12 months. It's having a very negative effect."
Domestically, journalists in Washington say Mr. Trump's behavior this year has only deepened their unease.
Jonathan Karl, the president of the White House Correspondents' Association, cited the attempt by the administration to ban a journalist — Brian Karem of Playboy magazine — from the White House grounds. The episode mirrored an incident in 2018 where Trump aides revoked the credentials of a CNN correspondent, Jim Acosta, and falsely accused him of "placing his hands" on an intern. (Both journalists' passes were restored by the courts.)
For Mr. Karl, who reports for ABC News, the year's "most chilling moment" came when a video that depicted Mr. Trump as a mass murderer, shooting and stabbing members of the press, was screened at a retreat for the president's supporters at the Trump National Doral Miami resort.
"There are ominous signs," Mr. Karl said.
The violent video, concocted by right-wing provocateurs, was later disavowed by the White House. But the administration has presided over more subtle rebukes of the press.
The daily White House press briefing was once a ritual of Washington life and, viewed abroad, a potent symbol of accountability in government. In 2017, the Trump administration held about 100 formal briefings; in 2018, that number dropped by roughly half.
Two briefings took place in 2019.
The first, on Jan. 28, began with a barbed greeting from the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders — "Missed you guys," she said dryly — and the second, on March 11, ended with shouted questions about Mr. Trump's involvement with payoffs to a pornographic film star who had alleged an extramarital affair. Ms. Sanders referred to outside counsel and cut the queries short.
"Thanks so much, guys," she said. No more questions.
In reality, Mr. Trump remained more directly accessible to journalists than several of his recent predecessors. He routinely fields questions during photo-ops and has made a habit of jousting with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House while the presidential helicopter whirs in the background.
But the arrangement is stacked in Mr. Trump's favor. The noise lets him ignore questions he dislikes. And the events are entirely at Mr. Trump's discretion, as opposed to a regular briefing where officials must answer for the news of the day.
Ms. Sanders departed the White House in June, signing on as a commentator at Fox News. Her successor, Stephanie Grisham, has yet to hold a White House briefing. For the first five and a half months of her tenure, she granted interviews only to Fox News, Fox Business and the Sinclair Broadcast Group, a regional network that had required its affiliates to broadcast pro-Trump editorials. Ms. Grisham appeared on ABC and CBS for the first time in December, after Mr. Trump was impeached.
Fox News remained Mr. Trump's news venue of choice, despite the president's occasional carping about the channel's insufficient loyalty. Of Mr. Trump's roughly 70 interviews in 2019, 23 took place on Fox News, according to Mark Knoller, a CBS News reporter and the unofficial statistician of the White House press corps. (Fox Business interviewed Mr. Trump an additional four times.)
Sean Hannity, the Fox News star, interviewed the president on seven occasions. ABC, CBS, and NBC each had one interview; CNN was shut out. The Times had one formal interview with Mr. Trump, and he spoke with The Post twice. Mr. Trump's bookings ranged widely, from C-Span to Telemundo to right-wing stalwarts like Breitbart News and The Daily Caller. He also spoke with Bill O'Reilly, the former Fox News host who was fired after numerous revelations of workplace harassment.
In the ratings, Fox News ended 2019 far ahead of its competition. Not only did the channel beat its cable rivals, MSNBC and CNN — it was also the highest-rated network on television outside of the traditional Big 4 broadcasters (ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox). Mr. Hannity's show drew an average of 3.3 million viewers a night, making it the No. 1 program in cable news.
Mr. Smith's abrupt exit in October shocked his colleagues and offered a glimpse at strains inside the network, where pro-Trump morning and evening programming often clashed with the sometimes critical reporting included as part of its daytime news coverage. The impeachment hearings underscored the divide, with anchors like Chris Wallace acknowledging the damaging testimony against Mr. Trump, even as Mr. Hannity dismissed the process as a "revolting charade."
Impeachment offered some answers to a question media executives are asking themselves as a new year begins: Will a news-saturated public continue to tune into the Trump Show?
There are early signs of news fatigue. Ratings for the televised impeachment hearings were solid, but they fell short of political spectacles like James B. Comey's testimony in 2017. Television audiences for the Democratic primary debates dwindled over the course of the year. Over all, cable news viewership was down slightly in 2019, despite all the political drama.
At one point in 2019, even Mr. Trump suggested that he might tune out the news, too. After yet another perceived slight, he conspicuously canceled the White House subscriptions to The Post and The Times.
Like many Americans, though, the president could not bear to look away. Days later, he was back to complaining about the coverage in the papers that he had claimed he would not read.


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Let me tell you a little story: Around ten years ago, I had just left university and wanted to work in games. I had played them, written about them, and lived them nearly every day. I wanted to make bold games and fantastical worlds. But, back then, Berlin was not the best place to become a game developer. Yeah, there was Yager but not much else.
I started at a little mobile studio as Game Designer and made games for Java phones. These ancient mobile games looked awful, played awful, and were no fun to develop. With my tail between my legs, I went back to game journalism and my beloved blockbusters. Eurogamer.de was calling, and I was listening.
Fast forward ten years. Now, I'm where I belong. After many years in journalism, I have worked with AAA developer Splash Damage, and I have published free-to-play games at Infernum. But, over the past decade, I did not change. I wanted more. Luckily, in those same years, mobile technology changed dramatically, and mobile platforms became capable delivering incredible experiences in the palm of your hand.
Together with my business partner and friend David Fiala, we took everything we had learned in the industry and founded Stratosphere Games – a Berlin-based studio with an awesome team of AAA veterans (hailing from Yager, Rocksteady, and Splash Damage) plus a fresh crop of talent capable of building games with simple yet compelling action, exciting progression mechanics, and strategic depth. Games that we want to play on the go or in the comfort of our homes. Games that are easy to grasp but that have enough depth to keep you playing for months. Games that deliver AAA graphics to the palm of your hand.
Enter Airframe: Nemesis.
Jump in the pilot seat of futuristic jet fighters and take over one territory after another. Defeat clever AI that fights back and attacks your bases. Aim, doge, fire, and time your abilities during intense dogfights. Engage in tests of strategy and tactics outside of battle. Upgrade and finally overcome your worst enemy.
Nemesis is hand-crafted specifically for mobile. We don't try to replicate console gameplay on a small screen. Instead, Nemesis delivers short bursts of action through dogfights – pure and simple. Running on Unity 5 with the newest shader and texture technology, we have produced AAA graphical quality, a next-gen experience for your pocket.
So, in the end, I made peace with mobile by bringing AAA back to the platform with the help of an awesome team and a great publisher. The end of a good story?
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Well, this week I was so happy to be able to catch up with my college roommate! She is having her second baby, and is due in March! We had a great day of pampering at her sister-in-law's house! I love when she has showers because I get to see her family whom I miss very much!
While I was there, I took some shots of her sister Tonya's little babies, as well as my roommate's little one! I am working on editing the pictures now, and hope to have them up by the end of this week!
So…that's my update for now! I am hoping to run some more sales soon. The weather just needs to turn in my favor! Gotta love Michigan!
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|Jun 20, 2008, 2:06 PM
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Did I miss the context of that message I read here about the AF/MF switch on the Zuiko 70-300 lens where what I remember is that the AF/MF lens switch does not really work on its own and that the camera setting must be set to one of the MF sets in order for the lens to work in MF mode?
For me and my camera that is not the case, what is the case is the same as what Harj has mentioned so many times and that is when the 70-300 is set to manual mode using the lens switch, focus confirmation (the DOT) at the E-3 only happens if MF is also set in the camera.
The lens will focus in the MF setting at the lens regardless of the E-3 camera setting.
I've not tested the lens on the E-300, but I am assuming it will function the same as on the E-3.
So, I must have read the original posting with a comprehension of not what it said but what I thought it said.
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Hi Bob,
I have the E-510. Here's how my 70-300mm lens with the E-510.
With the AF/MF switch on the lens switched to MF, the lens will not auto focus. It will only focus manually. regardless of what the camera setting is set to.
If I set the switch to AF, it will auto focus normally.
If I set the focus setting on the camera to manual. It will only focus manually. The lens will not auto focus..
Basically, when I want to manually focus the lens, i've just set the switch to MF and forget the in - camera setting.
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What Zig said is exactly how mine works on my E510 too.
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