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Work / Life Balance
Today I'm going to talk to you about my work / life balance and let you in on what I actually do all day. Let me start off this post just by listing the various jobs I have. I work as a design assistant and a freelance copywriter. I'm also a journalist, stylist, blogger, pattern designer, workshop tutor and I run my homeware brand too. So that's 8 jobs.
Sounds a like a lot when I write it down. The thing is I LOVE work, I really really really love it. I'm not one of those people who can acquire all of my happiness and fulfillment from one 9-5 job, to me that sounds pretty boring and I'm sure it would drive me mad. The other thing to mention is that I'm not doing all these jobs and projects all at the same time. I might be busy with one or two things while the others are pretty quiet, very occasionally they'll all be demanding my attention at once, but that's rare.
I'm pretty sure if I had unlimited time I would fill most of it with these projects and they would all be going really well and be ticking along nicely. However, there's such a limited amount of time and energy I can invest in these jobs so I try and rotate them. At the moment I'm doing more copywriting and work on my blog, in the Summer I'll be busy teaching workshops so things are always changing.
I love the amount of pride and just pure joy and excitement I get from my work. Sometimes I'll think to myself "I have so much work to do and I'm going do the best job I can." and once it's finished I'll say "woah that was crazy, look how much I've achieved. I am pretty darn great!".
So, ok, I have to admit I do sometimes get panicky, overwhelmed and worried but not as half as much as I used to when I was suffering pretty badly from anxiety. The thing that is important to remember is that I can stop at anytime. Anyone can stop at anytime. I've asked for (and also given myself) this work so I can chose to slow down if I stop enjoying it.
Onto to the life stuff. As equally as I pile on the work I also take huge advantage of down time and breaks. I go on holiday a lot. I don't spend lots of money on these brakes mind you, but I definitely do take all the time off I can.
For me it's a total work / life balance. I work extremely hard and so I really appreciate the amazing time off I get to share with my friends, my family and my boyfriend Simon. I am really excited for the Spring and Summer as I have so many weekends and little holidays planned, which of course I'll be sharing on here.
I recently came across the term "Portfolio Career" whilst listening to the BBC World Service station on the radio. I thought "that's me!" I never knew there was a term for what I did for work. Just like the slightly neurotic, control freak that I am I was so happy to discover that I could pop my career choice in a nice little package.
If you'd like to read more about portfolio careers I spotted this book that looks pretty interesting. I'd love to hear how you manage your schedule and what you do that makes you feel fulfilled. Let me know by commenting or say hi on my social media.


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Rights Holder: Birmingham Museums Trust
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Unique ID: HESH-602622
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation
Eardisland History and Heritage Group
Eardisland Excavation 2000-2010
Site Summary:Finds were made during the excavation of a mound in the grounds adjacent to the dwelling: Burton Court Eardisland. The trench in which the majority of artefacts were found measured 5 metres by 3 metres. The stratified assemblage of pottery is of regional importance being especially well preserved and evidence for a domestic non-castle medieval site dating from the twelfth to early thirteenth centuries (1100-1250)
Site number: BC 01
Sector: A
Context number: 102
Three unabraded rim sherds of Worcester Ware Fabric TypeHER(Hereford) C1. from hand made cooking pots.
The fragment measures.:
1: 50.9mm in height, 100.4mm width, 16.1mm thick at rim 6mm thick at body; it weighs 39 grams.
The external diameter of the Rim is 34 cm representing 9% of the total circumference.
2: 30.4mm in height, 68.7mm width, 16.2mm thick at rim 7mm thick at body; it weighs 31 grams.
The external diameter of the Rim is 24 cm representing 11% of the total circumference.
3: 30mm in height, 38mm width, 15.5mm thick at rim 6mm thick at body; it weighs 15 grams.
The external diameter of the Rim is 26 cm representing 4% of the total circumference.
Sherd specific details:
Fabric Type:Worcerster Ware fabricHER (Hereford) C1.
Fabric Condition:A fine hard friable fabric with inclusions
Firing Condition:Black exterior and interior - external faces - core dark grey
Surface texture:interior and exterior smooth.
Condition of sherd.good - unabraded
Inclusions:Abundant small well sorted rounded white quartz grains average size 0.8mm - 1.0mm, sparse white mica, occosaional angular quartz grains (1.0mm). A small quantity of rounded sandstone grains is also present often over 1mm and occasiocnally up to 4.0mm.
Class:Worcerster Ware fabricHER (Hereford) C1.
Rim Type:Flat topped everted rim with internal inturned lip
Projected Rim Diameter:
1.The external diameter of the Rim is 34 cm representing 9% of the total circumference.
2.The external diameter of the Rim is 24 cm representing 11% of the total circumference.
3.The external diameter of the Rim is 26 cm representing 4% of the total circumference.
Comments:Dr. Alan Vince - identified this as Worcester Ware fabricHER (Hereford) C1. and states that this was probably locally produced at Worcester in the 12th - 14th centuries. From the beginning of the 13th century the potters at this production site began to use the potters wheel and also began to use glaze, even on cooking pots. No wheelthrown or glazed examples were discovered within the samples sent in two batches from the investigations at Burton Court (C1 fabric = 27 and 82 sherds). All of teh sherds submitted are likely to be of cooking pots and many have both sooting on the outside of the vessel and off-light limescale on the interior. indicating their use in boiling water. Fourteen of the sherds were rims, all of an everted form with an inturned lip and some of the rims had rounded profiles whilst others with flat top. There is no known chronological difference between the two types. Some of these vessels were quite small, in the order of 200mm diameter, whereas others are similar in size to the Malvern Chase fabric vessels. Some of these maybe of early - mid 12th century in date and all are likely to date to the 12th rather than the 13th century.
Vessels of this fabric include handmade / formed cooking pots with club rims and sagging bases. The everted rim cooking pots were hand formed vessels with roughly cylindrical bodies. The rims have flat tops or are thickened and the bases are also sagged. Most vessels seem to have been smoothed on a turn table but some may have been wheelthrown.
Documentary and archaeological evidence suggests that this ware was produced at Worcester from the early 12th to 13th centuries. In Hereford, it is much more common in the 12th rather than the 13th centuries.
Note:Vince notes that the most common inclusion within this fabric is white quartz mainly measuring between 0.1-0.4mm across but can occur up to 1.2mm.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1150
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Quantity: 3
Weight: 85 g
Recorded by: Mr Leon Bracelin
Identified by: Mr Leon Bracelin
Other reference: BC 01 102
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: SO4257
Four figure Latitude: 52.20815492
Four figure longitude: -2.85020209
1:25K map: SO4257
1:10K map: SO45NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
No references cited so far.

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The final evolutions of the Pokémon Sun and Moon starters have been revealed in a brand new trailer.
Meet Decidueye (a grass/ghost-type Pokémon), Incineroar (fire/dark-type Pokémon) and Primarina (a water/fairy-type Pokémon) – the final evolutions of Sun and Moon's starter Pokémon.
The three TCG decks for Rowlet, Litten and Popplio were sent out online by the official Pokémon Japanese Twitter account, following a massive demo leak.
The Sun and Moon creators recently revealed why some of the creature designs on the game are so nuts.
Some of these include a sandcastle Pokémon and an Exeggutor palm tree, the latter of which needed some explaining from Shigeru Ohmori, the director of Sun and Moon.
"When the designers first came up with the idea, the background is that the sun in Alola is so strong, that [Exeggutor] just keeps growing and growing," he said.
However, when asked if they were trolling their audience, Ohmori continued: "For the 20th anniversary, we wanted to have a lot of special surprises… we wanted a funny element.
"At the same time, we had to find a balance of cool ones, serious ones. We looked at the Alola region as a whole and thought about that ecosystem."
By the looks of it, these new evolved forms look to add to the list of crazy creatures, which also includes this rather bizarre-looking thing among its roster.
Pokémon Sun and Moon will arrive on the 3DS on Friday, November 18.


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UPDATE: This article is not up to date anymore and also doesn't give a very good overview. Further research has shown, taht there are more than 6 active, powerful autopilot projects. I want to create an article focused on that sometime in the future. As for hardware: this information is also outdated. There are more and more, very affordable systems on the market.
A small web research based market overview on small and lower price RC rotorcraft UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles).
Since quadcopters are becoming cheaper, smaller and more and more popular there are a lot of different systems available, ranging from ready to fly to completely DIY. The first main classification is into systems that have to be flown manually and systems with an autopilot. Autopilots enable the system to fly autonomously according to a prepared mission plan using e.g. GPS way points. In this article I will concentrate on the autopilot systems only mentioning the AR.Drone, since it is a pretty cool device for a killer price and needs basically no setup. For further information about manual flight only systems this article gives an overview over some available copters.
If you want to go to the next level with an autopilot there are mainly three projects to choose from. As far as I can tell the flexibility of Paparazzi and ArduCopter is comparable. One difference is that there are some ready-to-fly ArduCopter kits available getting you in the air a bit faster. On the other hand the Paparazzi community actively develops a lot of additional software modules and drivers for sensors and additional gear which is handy if your counting on playing with e.g. meteorological data.
mikrocopter is the third project. It seems to offer less flexibility than ArduCopter and Paparrazi, so its mentioned for completeness reasons, but will not be covered in more detail. There is a podcast in German covering the mikrocopter.
AR.Drone – ready to fly
This is your best choice if you want to start quickly. Nearly no setup, everything well explained, video from the drone working out of the box. The cost is really low if you already have an iDevice (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch).
- price: $299.99 on amazon.com (+ iDevice if you don't have it – $199.00 minimum)
- website for version 2.0 (HD Video)
- unfortunately the amazon comments on customer service – and rarely technical problems – are not very positive currently, probably those guys have a problem keeping up with the demand
Autopilot systems
If you want an autopilot you often have to buy the parts from different suppliers and assemble the copter on your own. Usually basic soldering skills are required. You can generally combine many airframes with the different flight controllers, but going with recommended combinations or kits might save some headache and the need for ugly fixes.
Both ArduCopter and Paparrazi have a huge set of features in common. Those are listed here. The differences will be mentioned in the following sub chapters.
- stabilization modes for fixed-wing planes and rotorcraft (quad, hexa …)
- selectable flight mode: stabilized (manual) vs flight plan mode
- flight plan:
- scriptable flight plan
- way points
- in flight update of flight plan
- simulation
- automatic take off, landing support
- support of telemetrics, live video, maps location, … for the Ground Control Station (GCS)
- RC backup connection
This project is an Arduino based flight controller originally developed by the DIY Drones community.
- website
- cheapest available kit: $535 (+ radio + battery)
- Ground Control Station software for Windows, Linux
The Paparazzi software works on several hardware platforms that were developed as parts of the project. Both hardware and software are open source. Paparazzi systems are further developed by different universities and keep scoring good results in UAV competitions. Furthermore the systems are used for commercial and academic projects. Being originally developed for fixed-wing airplanes the project supported rotorcraft rather early. The name of the sub project for copters is Booz.
- paparazzi.enac.fr, rotorcraf subproject: Booz
- cheapest available kit (though not exactly a quadcopter): The Quadshot $400 (including radio, no XBee yet)
- additional information:
- podcast (German only): CRE 187
- Ground Control Station software for Linux, Mac OS X (Windows port in progress)
This article will be further updated, as I dive into the details of one or more implementations.
UPDATE: I just found one more autopilot system (OpenPilot) that seems to offer again about the same features as ArduPilot and Paparrazi.


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Iram of the Pillars
Iram of the Pillars, also called Iram, Ubar and the City of Brass and known by its nickname the "Atlantis of the Sands", is a lost city said to be in the Rub' al Khali desert on the Arabian Peninsula.
Iram proves to be the primary plot device in the 2011 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. Treasure-hunter Nathan "Nate" Drake wishes to find the lost city in order to complete the journey of his supposed ancestor, legendary explorer Sir Francis Drake. Nate is opposed by Katherine Marlowe, the head of a secret society dating back 400 years to the days of Drake and Queen Elizabeth I; Marlowe wishes to reveal Drake's secret: that he never reached Iram and lied about it to Elizabeth.
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Iram of the Pillars is a lost city said to be in the Rub' al Khali desert on the Arabian Peninsula. The story surrounding Iram is that it was a city rich beyond its years, due in part to its trading of costly perfumes that were used in sacred rituals.[1]
The citizens of Iram led a sinful life, and as a punishment Allah caused a drought that harmed the city greatly, before sending a sandstorm that engulfed the city, making it sink beneath the sand of the Rub' al Khali. Iram is mentioned in the Quran, the religious text of Islam; it is used as a warning, lest the same fate that fell upon Iram would fall upon similarly-sinful cities.[1]
Legendary English explorer Sir Francis Drake was once sent on a quest to find Iram by Queen Elizabeth I and her close advisers John Dee and Francis Walsingham. Drake followed the trail of Iram to Yemen before discovering the danger that would befall anyone who entered the city; Drake returned home, lying to Elizabeth and telling her that he was unable to find Iram.[2]
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At a camp in the Rub' al Khali desert, Salim, the Sheikh of a local tribe of Bedouin riders, tells treasure-hunter Nathan "Nate" Drake an alternative story of Iram: 3000 years ago, King Solomon commanded the demons known as the "Djinn" until they rebelled against him; at which point, Solomon imprisoned them in a brass vessel and cast them into the depths of Iram. Iram then became a place of evil; cursed by the spirits of the Djinn. Nate later discovers that the vessel was cast into the city's water supply by Solomon, thus poisoning anyone who drunk from the city's spring and tormenting them with hallucinations. Everyone in the city died as they were overcome by madness, although the city remained standing.[2]
In Iram, Nate hallucinates after drinking from a water fountain, before he and antique-dealer Victor "Sully" Sullivan confront Katherine Marlowe, the head of a secret society dating back 400 years to the days of Francis Drake and Elizabeth. Along with her right-hand man Talbot and her agents, Marlowe is trying to remove the vessel containing the Djinn. Nate is able to destroy the crane that Marlowe is using to retrieve the vessel using a flare gun, although the gun also causes damage to the city's infrastructure. A hole in the ground is formed, and as sand flows into the hole it drags Iram in. Marlowe is sucked into the hole, despite Nate attempting to help her, before Nate and Talbot engage in a battle with the city crumbling around them. Nate wins the battle, and although it seems that he and Sully will be unable to escape, Salim rides in on horseback to save them, before Nate, Sully and Salim watch from a nearby sand dune as the last of Iram sinks into the desert and is lost forever.[2]
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The City of Brass map in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception multiplayer depicts as Iram of the Pillars as it appears in the campaign of the game.
[edit] See also
- El Dorado, the lost city of gold/gold statue that is primary plot device in Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.
- Shambhala, the lost city that serves as the centre of the story of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
- Cintamani Stone, a wish-fulfilling jewel said to be held within Shambhala.
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lost City of Iram" on Unsolved Mysteries in the World (blog)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hennig, Amy (dir.), Naughty Dog (2011). Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. Sony Computer Entertainment.


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How Point of Sale System Function
Android Point of Sale in general is a network that links to several checkout terminals in your counter and operated by main computer. This device is called inventory software that are programmed to track your usage, record sales, monitor updates of dollar changes, calculate orders and payments, and tally inventory sales based on items saved in your system. This POS system gives you control on your business where have security control on the cash register and limit the number of employees who can open this.
POS software is capable of keeping tracks and records of your sales and it provides much detailed information about your sales. Checking your profit is much easier compared to tedious manual checking. You can now improve your marketing strategies and technique by analyzing the condition of your business. That's why even small-scale businesses need the help of such device to make their job a lot easier and faster.
Benefits and Advantages of having Android Point of Sale System
When you have Android POS system, you can check how many items are sold for the day, which of the items need new supply and most importantly, you can check and analyze your sales. From the data sales provided by your system, you can have a wise decision making for your purchase next time.
You can also adjust your pricing by purchasing an integrated bar-code scanners and credit card reader to accommodate other payment transaction. There are many known POS software online like Kroid.net where they offer free trial version and a Christmas promo and gift to all users who will subscribe to their product.
They offer POS software or if you want to have some add-on devices, you can also purchase their electronic cash drawers, bar-code scanner, invoice printer and a barcode scanner is a total package. If you have more questions, you can go to the site and inquire about other services they offer.
What the Point of Sale System can offer to you
If you will purchase, Android Point of Sale, you will get a quick entry of sales information. It is much easier to use because of the user-efficient graphical interface that you don't have to click too many tabs just to make one transaction. It follows a standard operation that once you input your inventory code, the systems will track the standard pricing, computation and receipt transaction. You can have a fix pricing and change it anytime you want.
With your point of sale system, you can have control with the business you manage.


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July 6, 2015
FineArtCollector.com is a website developed with a very clear business plan. Using an online gallery of top-level artists, the goal is to show and promote the best work and provide it to a nationwide base of Member Galleries. If a collector requests a painting, the painting is shipped to the gallery of their choice, at a minimal charge. The collector may then purchase the painting, or not.
The advantages for the collector are obvious. FineArtCollector eliminates any risk or doubts associated with traditional online buying. The advantages for the gallery? Equally obvious. The gallery gets access to a substantial collection of art and artists they were previously unable to offer. They get free marketing, attracting new clients and getting sales with no outreach effort.
The site was built around the FineArtCollector Search Widget, which allows the user to filter paintings on 8 criteria, as well as keywords and name searches.
Along with Gallery listings and a gallery locater, the site has substantial Artist listings, with biography information, a gallery of their work, and links to their own home pages.
Each painting page listing has high-resolution views of the painting, some with frame suggestions as well as views of the work in an interior at scale, to give the collector an impression of how the painting will appear in their home. (A custom service is also available, to show the work in their interior, with their provided photos.)
Using the Intercom service, we've incorporated live chat support to answer questions about how we operate, our terms and conditions, the mechanics of the site, background on the artist and the work, and whatever other questions a user may have.
The discrete use of pop-up features allows inoffensive, yet compelling "call-to-action" reminders:
Our live chat feature is coupled with support from several "Art Advisors" – members of the staff who are particularly qualified to advise and counsel collectors on any number of art collection issues. The Art Advisors are available on request by name, or by chance, and are available by email, chat or telephone.
Finally, a "How-To" page provides detailed instruction on several features on the site – selecting work, making "Collections", sharing Collections with other users and more.
FineArtCollector.com was developed using the Black Studio team via Codeable, and was launched January 2016. Promotion and marketing channels include Google AdWords, print and online advertising campaigns, sponsorship and leveraged marketing through artist and gallery channels.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Helped in early development of concept and implementation, including development strategy, sourcing development and managing development team.
- Developed operating procedures and basic protocol architecture for inventory control, documentation, shipping and storage of artworks on site.
- Managed upgrades through several versions, integration of Intercom, Search functions, and mobile optimization.
- Managed artist relations, attracting new talent and curating collections.
- Day to day maintenance of site: Artist pages, Painting collections, photography, retouching and anti-spam strategies.
- Advised marketing strategies and developed advertising and marketing materials.
- Managed rollout through social media.
New Skills: Sketchup (CAD)
March 14, 2015
Somehow, over the years of hammering away at programs like Photoshop, I've had sort of a mental block trying to learn even the most rudimentary CAD software. Not too long ago Sketchup was a free program offered by Google, and I gave it a try… and failed miserably. Lately though, I decided it was something I really needed at the very least a basic understanding of. So I tried again.
I fetched around the internet and found the official Sketchup training videos – here's the first basic intro, here:
The next thing I decided after messing around with dumb objects that had no real purpose was that I should work on an actual part. The dolly shown above was one that I've been wanting to draw, so, after chunking around with some not-so-actual parts, I decided to take a shot at an real design I'd been thinking about. This is the universal-fit wheel assembly for the X-Y Easel. That was the first step that made a real difference it learning this stuff. Do something real.
As it turns out, it's not such a steep learning curve after all. It's just, well, different.
Here's the cool thing about a 3D modeling program. You get to look all around it. Here's the bottom view:
Once I got around the toolbar a bit I realized it's a lot like building a real thing. You need parts. You can get parts from the online source, or you can make them yourself. Here's the basic wheel mount, with the brake assembly:
This is made up of a few "Components", which are distinct parts that you can move in and out, much like a real assembly. Unlike when you draw additional things on a model, components stay intact. The blue frame shows you the outline of the component, in this case the wheel brake idea I had:
This is a spring that I found in the "Component Warehouse", after trying in vain to draw one myself:
After making some pretty rudimentary parts, with no curved edges or anything, I decided to try to figure out how to make curved edges and refine the shapes a bit. The tutorials were OK, but when I just started Googling what I was trying to do I found some pretty helpful amateur tutorials. Unlike the official videos, these are much more specific to one subject.
Here's the wheel I made, using the actual dimensions from a Rollerblade wheel:
And here's how it fits into the assembly as a component:
So using that, I now have real-life dimensions I know will work. I can also see conflicts and problems before I start cutting stock – for instance, this slot for the brake spring mount is a problem if I don't pay attention:
…and yes, of course you can move the light around and get a good look at things, just like real life.
Conclusions? Well, first, it's not such a big deal. My biggest hurdle is to accept the fact that the tools aren't the same as Photoshop. I found it frustrating that my instincts and habits were so, well, just wrong, and I had to get over it.
Second, I'm coming to the realization that the program probably isn't all that great. It feels like one of those packages that tries to be simple, but in doing so is kludgy and does stuff you don't expect or want. It's useful, but I suspect messing around with a more professional program like Solidworks or Autocad is ultimately going to be more satisfying – though a much steeper learning curve.
Probably the biggest hurdle is learning "the rules" – or, in other words, figuring out the behavior of the program. What you can do, what it won't let you do, especially since you're moving things around in three dimensions. I still haven't figured out how to draw certain things on certain planes without having to rotate them after. Really, that's just a matter of practice and, as usual, digital hygiene. Nothing new here, folks.
But, at the end of the day, is this a 3D model that I can use? Most definitely yes.
www.TedDillard.com: Index
January 11, 2015
Power in Flux: The History of Electric Motorcycles (Kickstarter Project and book)
InsideEVs contributing author: Motorcycles and other EV-related subjects
Electric Motorcycle Primer "InsideEVs Style": 5-Part Series on EV tech
The Electric Chronicles: A builder's reference site for Electric Motorcycles
The Atelier Print: Redefining Fine Art Reproduction
Photography: "des flous de ted dillard"
The x-y Easel: A tool to redefine digital Fine Art Reproduction
Drag Racing Belt Sander: World Record Attempt
Digital Photography Help Videos: Youtube page (Raw Pipeline, ColorV2)
Ted Dillard personal videos: Youtube page (TedDillard)
CV, Resume: Case Studies, Sample Pieces and Portfolio
And now, may we present, the rest of the blog! Thanks for your interest.
Case Studies, Sample Pieces and Portfolio
January 15, 2013
Well, hello there. Thanks for the visit!
Here, in one place, are links and listings for the more interesting and important work I've done over the last few years. Yeah, I've done a lot of stuff. Photography, Marketing, Electric Vehicles, "Maker" and "builder" stuff. I can't seem to stop myself from writing. Obsession is such an ugly word.
(Links are either to the original pages, or to PDF versions of the documents in case the pages have disappeared into the ether.)
Contributing Author, InsideEVs
- InsideEVs Author page: Ted Dillard
Contributing Author, Home Power Magazine
- Home Power "Experts" page: Ted Dillard
Home Power published articles:
Editor and Publisher, The Electric Chronicles
- The Electric Garage: The Robrady RMoto (Vectrix Superbike) (re-use by Robrady, design + production + capital: "Very well done, Ted! Best ever coverage on the rMoto." Rob Brady)
- Interview with Betti Thomas, pioneer electric racer (pdf- History- Interview with Betti Thomas)
- Brazing, Braze welding product review (with video)
- Lithium-Polymer battery care
- Brammo Enertia vs. Zero S (comparison review)
Operations Manager, FineArtCollector.com
- From concept to completion, development of online gallery to redefine art buying. Integrated unique Search Widget, Live Chat, SEO Optimization, daily operations and operations protocols, Artist and Gallery Relations
Managing Editor, Head-to-Head Reviews
- Head-2-Head Lighting Review: Profoto Pro-8a 2400 Air vs. Broncolor Scoro A4S (pdf- Color & Exposure Consistency)
- Pro Digital Blog, sample posts: Revenge of the Munki (product update), Optimizing Photoshop ("Pro Tips").
Contributor: The Gardener's Eden
Author, Lark Books (Sterling Publications)
- Raw Pipeline, Lark Books (Sterling Publications). Digital photography and RAW processing.
- Color Pipeline, Lark Books (Sterling Publications). Color Management and RAW processing.
- Smart Object Pipeline, Lark Books (Sterling Publications). Complete guide to Smart Object RAW.
- Black and White Pipeline, Lark Books (Sterling Publications). Digital Black and White process.
Author, …from Fossils to Flux. A how-to guide for basic DIY electric motorcycle conversion.
Author, Power in Flux: The History of Electric Motorcycles
Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations
Director, Mt. Washington Auto Road ALT-E Summit
- Facebook page, 2013 ALT Energy Summit website here.
Founder, Master Printmaker – The Atelier Print
- The Atelier Print website: www.atelierprint.org
- The Atelier Print Kickstarter Project: The Atelier Print: The Prosperi Project
Advertising/PR/email newsletter Writer, Blogger – Parrot Digigraphic, LLC.
- Re-design and re-write of Parrot Digigraphic website: www.parrotcolor.com, Imaging Services page.
- Parrot Digigraphic email newsletter: ParrotTalk News. (pdf- ParrotTalk News « ParrotTalk)
- Parrotcolor Blog
- Press Releases for Parrot Digigraphic: Angelica Paper Release, HP Collaboration. (pdf- Parrot Releases Angelica)
Site, complete concept-to-launch: TheBigScan.com
Advertising/PR/email newsletter Writer, Blogger – Tech Superpowers, Inc
Non-Linear Project Management: Masters and Versions (pdf-Non-Linear Project Management)
Press Releases for The Electric Chronicles (samples of resulting stories): DealerNews on …from Fossils to Flux, EarthTechling on DIY conversions.
Fundraising, Community Organization
Founder and Director: Boston2Portland (Century bicycle ride to benefit Parkinson's research via the Center for Neurologic Diseases, a world-renowned laboratory at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. (YouTube Channel, here.)
- Year 1: 6 riders, $8000 raised.
- Year 2: 88 riders, over $60,000 raised.
- Year 3: 145 riders, over $120,000 raised.
Social Media Management
- Mt. Washington Auto Road ALT-E Summit Facebook page
- The Electric Chronicles Facebook page.
- Parrotcolor YouTube page.
- The Electric Chronicles and Color2.0 (previously Raw Pipeline) YouTube pages.
- Ted Dillard and The Electric Chronicles Twitter pages.
(All material here, and linked, is ©Ted Dillard, 2014 unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.)
For Steve: the Forward from Raw Pipeline
March 15, 2008
This whole thing really started when I sat down to play with an image I shot on the way to work. It was one of those images that I really thought I had no idea how I wanted to print. I shot it at dawn, and it had all the rich magenta, blue, yellow and peach hues, and a fairly large contrast range. In truth, the vision was there… as it always has been, I just was not used to the tools yet.
I did a quick conversion from RAW and played around. After a series of test prints, I finally got a print that I was happy with but when I looked at the many adjustment layers I had made to get there I realized I had hacked up the file pretty severely. I reprocessed the RAW, this time very deliberately for the values and tones I saw in my final test print file, and when I printed that file, a little light flipped on in my head. The print was remarkably richer and deeper. There were colors and transitions that simply had been missing. The first reprocessed print looked as I had visualized it when I shot it.
The entire process started coming together: The implications of the RAW file, Adobe's release of Camera RAW, a 16 bit Layered workflow, Adjustment Layers, Image Layers and Masking, linking the Histogram display on the camera to printing the Step Wedge…
On reading my chapter on the Histogram and the Step Wedge, a friend said that, for the first time since he started working with Photoshop, he realized we still needed Ansel Adams and the Zone System.
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im usin this.
waaaaaay better than the past p-series. shifted to a 1gig mem, wat the hell, IT ROCKD!
music player
video player
internet surfing
it can do anything!
thank you so much for responding fast! now i know the real problem of P990 is the memory management. i think the RAM should have doubled in the next P-series because the OS itself requires more memory because of the graphics animation in menu(SVG which makes this OS like no other). but the firmware R9 did improve very well as i heard from all UIQ 3 phone threads. if there's only way to upgrade the RAM of the SE UIQ 3 phones just like PCs lol! but now i think SE already knew the problems and hope they will improve later the RAM, processor and OS in their new walkman,cybershot messenger and PDA series UIQ phones.
thanks a lot!
the firmware update will be necessary if bugs are encountered. but if you read the rest of the postings here using the R9 firmware version. the feedbacks are positive. it depends upon your decision. but bear in mind that this is OS powered. so expect same problems as any other smartphones do. even PCs in fact. but in firmware updates the problems are resolved 90%...
after owning a SE W800 and nw W900 i feel lyk P990 would be a great upgrade but im put-off by everyones firmware complaints
i love p990i thats why im looking for it coz my friend have it
pls buy it from the original sony dealer with the sony bill or you will be 90% getting a problematic phone
to Tsepz
i dont know youe req for a phone but this one is better than nokias for sure
Hi everyone,im currently using the great SonyEricsson W900 and thinking of getting this beautiful beast P990, what i want to know is at what resolution does the P990 record videos and also at what frame rate does it record the videos at? this looks like a beautiful phone and its got UIQ3.0 which is wat i want, BUT if this phone doesnt meet my requirments il be forced to get a NOKIA N73 or N93i and im slowly leaning to NOKIA everyday
To sally:
You can edit and write new Word doc. No problem. You can also make a new Quicksheet doc. But Powerpoint - NO.
hey pleeeeez tell me can we also start writing a new word or power point doc or just edit the already saved one from the pc? do answer me as i want to buy this phone.
I'm using 4GB Memorey , and I put more than 1GB of songs in the Music folder , when I wanted to know the capacity of the folder it shows "inf MB" ! It can't count over 1GB Data
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To Kenny:
The latest software of P990 R9 etc. makes the phone very stable. Through all the time with the phone after upgrade (1,5 months) I did not encounter any software bugs exept one: when I recorded video and wanted to RENAME it in the TASK MANAGER, the phone rebooted. Very strange! But when I did it again and wanted to watch, rename or move/copy the video through the Multimedia Player - NO PROBLEM at all.
With all other actions I did not have any software problems. I do A LOT with P990. So: extensive mailing, video, photo, some mp3 downloads, radio, A LOT of internet browsing with 2 browsers - Opera mini and preinstalled Opera 8, calendar, writing and reading a lot of WORD files, Pdf+ - almost everything. Preinstalled Opera is really great when you have 3G. I use 3G when possible - any big city, makes internet SUPERFAST.
Ok, so it's all PROS.
CONS? Yes - the RAM management. So, when you use all the apps, RAM slowly goes down from 16 to about 9MB. So it's great to turn off and on again the phone once for two days, that's enough. Swiss manager (free version) does not really help. The effect? If the website is too large, it can close the browser. No problem with coming back... The other thing I don't like is the management of files attached in the incoming mail. In P990 you have to OPEN the file than SAVE it. In P910 you could directly SAVE the file, without need of opening it. So it's not a big deal with normal attachements, like image or txt up to 50Kb. Bit when it is really BIG like 80 pages in Word - P990 cannot pararerly open the Messages and Office to read such a big file. In P910 I could save it and than open - no need to open two apps together...
Beside that the phone is GREAT and really practical, probably one of the very very best on the market. The only real phone to compare is Nokia Communicator series, but it's different. Maybe also some HTC...
P.S. It is funny that Swiss Manager says that P990 has 16000 K colours, so it is 16 million... But everywhere it says it has 262 K! I don't know...
-can you post you full review regarding the software of the P990, the R9? can you post it's pros and cons also? thanks in advance
The phone with R9 is NOT slow, it is actually very FAST. In many ways it is faster than my beloved P910, pdf is great now. Email is much much faster.
The internal keyboard is not for dialing - click the PHONE icon in the flip open mode and you have the phone mode!
how should be the internal full keyboard of the phone be used for dialing
the phone r9 is not slow but pls buy from the sony original dealer or else you will find the problems listed bellow get the phone with sony bill this is a grt phone
hey everyone i am just wordering is this phone really slow ,ppl says it lags alot compare to the old p series. its kind of slow.. is that true
I have tried dearly to love this stylish looking smartphone for the past 3 months. I am now on my third Symbian operating system and am giving the phone up tomorrow. It is simply the least stable product I have ever encountered, featuring the following random behaviour;
> calls cannot be answered, the 'phone just "freezes" and continues to ring!
> incoming SMS will lock up the phone if a call arives during this time.
> setting up WLAN and Internet accounts simply made it worse in terms of stability. It would sometimes just go to a white screen and flash !
> Very poor battery longevity.
> Lots of bugs in the address book software catalogue, Symbian clearly did not accurately copy earlier data dictionaries and the 'phone can dump contact data into the most unexpected places.
> camera is prone to swithing into video mode, it is then almost impossible to save/edit/send MMS files.
Bottom line - avoid this at all costs. I suspect it is almost all down to Symbian as the hardware engineering quality looks good.


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Bandana: Old Shirt:Hurley Plaid Shirt:JCPenny Jeans:Hollister Boots:Aldo Watch:Aldo
Decided to do a little something in the town square. So a couple of my friends and I went out and did a photo shoot. It was honestly a lot of fun because I was with them. I don't get the chance to get shot professionally a lot of the time so this was a great experience for me. What made it even more fun (if you can't already tell by the title) it was done in the dark! Doesn't that just make things even more exciting lol.
I was really excited about how everything turned out and how all the pictures looked in the end.
I wanted to be pretty casual for the shoot but still appropriate enough. I wasn't going to go out there wearing sweats, is what I'm saying lol.
This look had that edginess to it with the distressed denim and bandana but still laid back and comfortable. Simple t-shirt, nice pair of jeans and my favorite pair of boots, you never go wrong when you are wearing items that you love.
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The Obama campaign is under fire for not actively supporting the recall election of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
Walker's Democratic opponent in the election, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, has been hugely outspent by right wing out of state donors. Brendan Fischer of PR Watch reported on Thursday that "Walker has raised 120 times as much money from outside the state as his opponent -- approximately $14.4 million for Walker versus only $120,000 for Barrett."
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has yet to provide significant financial support for the Barrett campaign, The Nation's John Nichols notes. Nichols writes that the "primary source of money for campaigning on behalf of Barrett has been unions and their allies, not the DNC."
The DNC, under pressure from groups like MoveOn, did send out a fundraising email on Wednesday to its millions of supporters asking for donations to help recall Walker.
Union representatives emphasize the national implications for the recall election and its impact on the upcoming presidential election. "This is a national campaign," International Association of Fire Fighters President Harold Schaitberger told The Hill. "Wisconsin is another important test to establish the tone and mood of what is to come in November."
Ruth Coniff wrote in The Progressive magazine: "You'd think the Obama campaign would see the wisdom of building a big ground organization in Wisconsin, a swing state the President needs to win, and of tapping into the intense energy of the recall. But that has never been the case."
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PR Watch: Firefighters Trash DNC for Lack of Aid in the Recall
For weeks Democrats in Wisconsin have been putting pressure on the national Democratic Party to do more for the upcoming June 5 recall election. The Republican Governor's Association and the national Republican Party, headed by Wisconsinite Reince Priebus, are "all in" on the Walker campaign, bringing in a string of Republican governors to campaign on behalf of Walker and spending millions on fundraising and TV ads. In response to the pressure, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair, Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, sent an email to Democrats around the country on May 23 asking for help for Walker's challenger, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. But with less than two weeks before the election, Democrats and labor leaders are steamed. Today, the fight broke into the open when International Association of Fire Fighters President Harold Schaitberger, told The Hill: "I'm very disappointed that the DNC has not seen fit to make a dollar investment," Schaitberger said. "When you're facing $25 million or more in super-PAC funds, you need money. The campaign needed funds to get up on the air to fight back. ... I think that would have been a good investment going into November."
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Cameron Joseph and Kevin Bogardus writing in The Hill
Unions angry with Dems over lack of help in Wisconsin recall
Top union officials are lashing out at Washington Democrats, claiming they haven't done enough to help them unseat Gov. Scott Walker (R) in Wisconsin's recall election.
President Obama has been silent on the race since his campaign released a statement endorsing Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) immediately after his primary victory two weeks ago. The Obama campaign is helping Barrett with get-out-the-vote operations, but the president has not publicly mentioned the race.
The Democratic National Committee has been similarly tight-fisted. The DNC sent out a fundraising email for Barrett, and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) will be in Wisconsin for a fundraiser next week, but the national party has refused entreaties to give the state party money.
The election is on June 5, just 10 days away.
International Association of Fire Fighters President Harold Schaitberger acknowledged the DNC's help on the ground but said a major cash investment would have been worth a lot more. [...]
A Democratic strategist working for anti-Walker forces warned that union members would be less enthusiastic about working for Obama if he doesn't step up for them.


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WWE News: Kurt Angle comments on CM Punk returning to WWE
What's the story?
In a recent Facebook Q&A session, Kurt Angle weighed in on the possibility of CM Punk returning to the WWE.
On that note, Angle asserted that anything is possible and he does feel Punk may return to the WWE someday.
In case you didn't know…
CM Punk is widely regarded as one of the best professional wrestling performers of all time.
The Voice of the Voiceless had a long and successful run in the WWE before his highly-publicized fallout with the promotion and retirement from the sport in 2014.
The heart of the matter
Although CM Punk and Kurt Angle's time at the top of WWE came in different phases, the latter is no stranger to the former WWE Superstar's work in the professional wrestling ring, as are the vast majority of fans and industry experts, which leads many to hope that Punk has one last run in the WWE in the near future.
Speaking of which, Angle was probed as to whether he believes if Punk would return to the WWE, to which the Olympic gold medalist replied:
"Anything is possible. I think so."
What's next?
CM Punk presently competes for the UFC and intends to pursue a career in the sport of MMA.
On the other hand, Kurt Angle serves as the on-screen General Manager for the WWE's RAW brand.
Author's take
CM Punk will return to the sport of professional wrestling sometime in the future and may even appear in the WWE.
The fact that Bret Hart — a man who was publicly screwed out of the WWF Championship by Vince McMahon — came back and worked with the WWE suggests that anything can happen in the business.
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Day 331: The best part of Thanksgiving weekend is the #NationalDogShow. I just sit here picking out the dogs I'll never own. 🐶 #IWantAWestie! #2015 #365DaysOfHappy #HappyGoals
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The borrowed time that University of Arizona football has been operating on so far this season finally ran out.
Once again, it ground down to the final seconds of a game. But this time there was no escaping that dreaded first loss of the season as a 36-yard field-goal attempt went wide in the final 17 seconds of Saturday's game against USC..
The 28-26 loss to the 4-2 Trojans knocked the 5-1 Wildcats from the ranks of the unbeaten after a 5-0 start that is the best the program has managed since 1998 — in front of a sold-out crowd at Arizona Stadium and a national television audience.
USC moved to the top of the Pac-12 South Division at 3-1 and Arizona dropped to a tie with Arizona State in second place, both with 2-1 records.
"Instead of scoring field goals, you need to score touchdowns – and you can't fumble the ball inside the 10-yard line,"said a frustrated Rich Rodriguez after the game. "You want to finish more drives so you don't put yourself in that position."
The fumble the third-year head coach was referring to was the only turnover for the Cats in the game, a bobble by Terris Jones-Grigsby at the seven-yard line, but it came late in the first half when Arizona needed a momentum shift going into the locker room. Instead, USC led 14-6 at the half, with Arizona's only scoring coming off a couple of Casey Skowron field goals, and held the lead the rest of the way.
But, while the fumble was gut-wrenching, it was the field-goal inefficiency that had Rodriguez tied in knots. Skowron made both of his attempts in the first half, but then went 0-for-3 the rest of the way. Of course, the one that will be best remembered was the last one that slid wide right of the uprights to end his team's come-from-behind bid and sealed the Trojans' win.
The Wildcats have pulled games out of the fire all season long, enabling them to win some that looked lost.
In the second game on the schedule, it took an interception by Jared Tevis with 1:20 left in the game to preserve a three-point win against UT-San Antonio. In the next game, Nevada was surging in the fourth quarter, but Arizona was able to run the clock out with their final possession to pull out a seven-point win.
But the biggest Houdini-style escape came in the following game when the Cats opened the Pac-12 schedule against California. Arizona came back from a 28-6 halftime deficit to pull out a 49-45 victory when Austin Hill grabbed a 47-yard 'Hail Mary' pass in the end zone as time expired.
It looked like the Wildcats were done living on the edge of the sword when they stunned No. 2 Oregon on the road. The 31-24 win was no fluke, with the Cats scoring three touchdowns in the third quarter to build a lead that would hold the final 15 minutes, and the polls reflected their performance by catapulting them from being an unranked team to a new role as No.10 in the country.
The last time an unranked team made that kind of rise in the polls was 25 years ago.
But this week, Arizona went right back to its old ways, letting USC mount a lead and then tried to pull the game from the fire in the final minutes. The Cardiac Cats even added some of their usual thrill to the closing minutes when Cayleb Jones recovered an onside kick to set up the game-ending field-goal attempt.
This time, however, the karma belonged to USC as the Trojans escaped with a win that could have easily gone to the Wildcats.
Arizona's redshirt freshman QB Anu Solomon finished the night with 395 yards passing and one touchdown, spreading his 43 completions around to 10 different receivers. Jared Baker, who came in to replace Jones-Grigsby who was injured late in the first half, had 93 total yards and scored a pair of touchdowns rushing and one through the air. His third TD of the night was the big one, coming with just 1:07 left to play to pull the Cats within two points ans set the stage for the successful on-side kick recovery.
The defense was led by Scooby Wright III, who had 12 tackles and his sixth sack of the season, and Tra'Mayne Bondurant, who collected 11 tackles.
Overall, the stats show a pretty evenly-matched game. USC picked up 472 yards of total offense to Arizona's 424, although the Trojans relied heavily on the run and the Wildcats picked up most of their yardage passing. Both teams were successful exactly half the time with third-down conversions, with Arizona successful on 11 out of 22 tries and USC going 8-for-16. And time of possession just slightly favored USC, which had the ball for 31:10, compared to 28:50 for Arizona.
So it's not likely that Arizona will drop much in the rankings, particularly since they were actually a 2 1/2-point underdog going into the game.
And that could be a step closer to a rare possibility when the Territorial Cup game arrives at the end of the season against rival Arizona State. ASU was ranked No. 16 before being dropped from the rankings after a devastating 62-27 loss to UCLA a couple of weeks ago, but has time to climb back into the polls.
Should both schools enter this year's contest as ranked teams, it will be the first time in almost 30 years.
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As you are hopefully aware, our Chamber has been the lead partner with the Rowdies in their effort to join Major League Soccer. Indications of support and positive feedback from around the country and from Major League Soccer itself give us great optimism for our chances of success.
We are thrilled to report that the St. Petersburg City Council unanimously voted late last week to move forward with the special election related to the Rowdies MLS effort.
The most important next step for us to take together is to pass the referendum/vote on May 2nd which will allow the City of St. Petersburg to negotiate a long-term use agreement (up to 25 years) with the Rowdies, and is necessary due to the Charter restrictions on waterfront park property. Without a long-term use-agreement, the team's planned $80 million+ private investment would not be possible.
Our Chamber Public Policy Council unanimously passed a resolution in support of the Rowdies' expansion plans and endorsing a "Yes" vote on the referendum, which then went onto the Chamber Board of Governors who also unanimously voted in support.
We need your help to do some or all of the following...now is our time together to take action and help shape the future of our great City:
• If you are not part of the Rowdies Council, please sign up at www.stpete.com/rowdiescouncil.
• Mark your calendar for 4pm Friday 3/17 for our next meeting at the offices of Raymond James - 1 Progress Plaza #165, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
• Please be sure you register to vote, and consider requesting a vote-by-mail ballot to ensure you don't miss the opportunity to cast a "Yes" vote.
• We are raising money through our Chamber PAC to support this referendum effort and would appreciate your support. Please contact Travis Norton at email@example.com.
• Attendance is important to Major League Soccer as they evaluate different expansion options. Season tickets start at $20 per game and afford you great flexibility for swapping seats and games - please buy tickets today at www.rowdiessoccer.com/season-tickets to help us sell out the season!
• Our Chamber Rowdies luncheon is next Tuesday March 21st. We have 130+ registered of our 160 max capacity. We will sell out this event...and if we move to a wait list by the time you reach out, check with one of these businesses who so generously are sponsoring the event, to see if they have room at their table: Florida Print Solutions as the Title Sponsor...Bank of the Ozarks, Duke Energy, Gallagher & Associates, Manning & Napier, Pinellas Education Foundation, Raymond James, St. Petersburg City Council, St. Anthony's Hospital, St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership, Tranquil Shores and USAmeribank.
• Please continue to post to social media using the hashtag #MLS2STPETE.
Time is limited and now is the time to take action. Please share information with your family, friends and co-workers and make sure they understand why we should bring #MLS2STPETE!
Thank you for your continued leadership and support of our community,
Greg, Tash & Chris
Greg Holden & Tash Elwyn, Co-Chairs of Rowdies Council
Chris Steinocher, President & CEO of St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce
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DescriptionThis cute card is a perfect way to celebrate a 2nd birthday! The half white half blue background houses a pirate themed design, with a pirate ship, a pirate complete with eye patch, a treasure chest and gold foiled stars. The brightly coloured message on the front of the card reads "You're 2 Today" and the card opens from the centre to reveal the message "Hooray! You're Two Today" with room for your own words and a matching white envelope.
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- colour description: Ahoy You're Two
- packaged dimensions: 180.0 x 130.0 x 2.0 mm (7¼ x 5¼ x ¼ inches)
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"Adaptive sports provide an amazing opportunity to show the world that the wounds of war do not define our injured heroes," said Lee Woodruff, cofounder of the Bob Woodruff Foundation.
Rockville, Maryland (PRWEB) July 11, 2016
More than 400 disabled veterans in 15 states received adaptive sports instruction thanks to the Bob Woodruff Foundation's generous support of Disabled Sports USA's Warfighter Sports program. Programs served newly injured veterans at major military medical centers including Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Brooke Army Medical Center and the Naval Medical Center San Diego, as well as veterans in their home communities through Disabled Sports USA's nationwide network of more than 120 community-based chapters.
"Adaptive sports provide an amazing opportunity to show the world that the wounds of war do not define our injured heroes," said Lee Woodruff, cofounder of the Bob Woodruff Foundation. "The Warfighter Sports program not only promotes healing, it gives veterans a new outlook on life by showing them the potential of their resilience and spirit."
In addition to supporting 29 adaptive sports programs, the Bob Woodruff Foundation continued their support of the Helmets for Heroes program, providing more than 480 sport helmets to improve the safety of warriors participating with 37 different chapters. Disabled Sports USA also provided 2,000 concussion awareness and Traumatic Brain Injury safety booklets to adaptive sports instructors to help improve awareness of issues specific to the warrior population.
"Adaptive sports provide a vital role in the rehabilitation process for severely injured veterans," said Kirk Bauer, JD, Executive Director of Disabled Sports USA and a disabled Vietnam veteran. "The support from the Bob Woodruff Foundation will help veterans rebuild their lives through sports and develop independence, confidence and fitness."
A Harris Interactive survey of more than 1,000 adults with disabilities showed that disabled veterans participating in Disabled Sports USA adaptive sports programs were significantly happier, healthier and more likely to be employed than those not participating in adaptive sports.
"The veteran's archery program has meant a lot to me. It has provided a safe place for me to enjoy archery and helped me to grow in both skill and knowledge," said a veteran participant. "Most of all it has been a place for me to work on the tools I have learned in other therapies to help manage my disabilities."
The Bob Woodruff Foundation works to ensure injured veterans and their families are thriving long after they return home. The team at Bob Woodruff Foundation navigates the maze of over 46,000 nonprofit organizations to find and fund innovative programs in communities where veterans, their families and caregivers live and work. Receiving a grant from Bob Woodruff Foundation recognizes the dedication, focus and effectiveness of Disabled Sports USA's chapters, staff, volunteers and supporters.
About the Bob Woodruff Foundation
Helping heroes on the homefront
The Bob Woodruff Foundation is the nonprofit dedicated to ensuring injured service members, veterans and their families are thriving long after they return home. A national organization with grassroots reach, the Bob Woodruff Foundation complements the work of the federal government —diligently navigating the maze of more than 46,000 nonprofits providing services to veterans—finds, funds and shapes innovative programs, and holds them accountable for results. To date, we have invested more than $30 million in innovative programs, reaching more than 2 million service members, veterans and their families. The Bob Woodruff Foundation was co-founded in 2006 by award-winning anchor Bob Woodruff and his family, after their own experiences inspired them to help make sure our nation's heroes have access to the highest level of support and resources they deserve, for as long as they need it.
About Warfighter Sports
Warfighter Sports, a program of Disabled Sports USA, offers sports rehabilitation for wounded warriors with permanent physical disabilities in military hospitals and communities across the U.S. in partnership with a nationwide network of over 120 community-based chapters. Since 1967, Disabled Sports USA has proudly served wounded warriors, including those injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, offering over 50 winter and summer sports at more than 100 events each year. Warfighter Sports rebuilds lives through sports by improving self-confidence, promoting independence and uniting families through shared healthy activities.
Contributions cover all expenses for participation of the warrior and a family member, including individualized adaptive instruction, adaptive sports equipment, transportation, lodging and meals. Since 2003, more than 10,000 of the most severely wounded and their families have been served, including those with amputations, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, visual impairments, and significant nerve and muscle damage. For more information, visit http://www.warfightersports.org.


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"Fatal Fall "
Jude 1:24-25 - Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
George Mallory was a British hiker, a mountain climber.
In 1923 a writer for the New York Times asked Mallory why he spent so much time and energy trying to conquer Mount Everest. Mallory's reply was simple, "Because it's there." The following year, 1924, Mallory was last seen making a third attempt on the mountain. His body was discovered more than 75 years later.
Because it's there.
That explains why two Vancouver hiking groups were recently climbing the town mountain, mile-high Mount Harvey. The report said, "Five hikers managed to reach the summit and stepped out on a cornice." (For those of you who, like me, are not mountain climbers, let me save you the time of looking up the word. A cornice is "an overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a mountain precipice.")
Our Vancouver climbers stepped out on this cornice and it gave way. They fell 1,600 feet.
The only member of the group who survived was one who had fallen behind. When he reached the summit, he expected to be met by his friends. Instead, he encountered another climber who had followed the tracks of the group. He sadly told the survivor: "I'm sorry, I think your friends have fallen."
You don't have to be a mountain climber to hear those words, "I think your friends have fallen." Indeed, many of us have special friends who are treading on dangerous ground.
These are friends and family who do not know Jesus as their Savior and Lord. They rely on themselves and their own skills to get through their days. Amazingly, many of them do well, managing to accomplish great things. But ... there always is a "but," isn't there?
In spite of their skill, in spite of their past successes, if things remain as they are, the day will come when they will take a step and find out there is nothing to support them, and they will fall.
I know you have tried to warn these special people, in the past. You have told them they need the Savior if they are going to avoid eternal death. You have told them to watch their step, but they have not listened. Well, today we are going to pray for them. We will entrust them, once again to Him who "is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy."
THE PRAYER: Dear Lord, today our Daily Devotioners come before You with a very special person in our minds. We pray for (include name(s) here ________________) and all those who are living their lives without the Savior. Send Your Holy Spirit upon them so they may know and believe in the Lord who gave His life so they might have an abundant life. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
The story upon which this Daily Devotion is based was written on April 10, 2017 for Newser by Jenn Gidman The website where the parent article can be found is: www.newser.com/story/241087/tragedy-on-canadian-mountain-i-think-your-friends-have-fallen.html.
In Christ I remain His servant and yours,
Pastor Ken Klaus
Speaker emeritus of The Lutheran Hour®
Lutheran Hour Ministries
Today's Bible Readings: 1 Samuel 13-14 Luke 19:28-48
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The CIFAR-10 data set consists of 60000 32×32 color images in 10 classes, with 6000 images per class. There are 50000 training images and 10000 test images.
Recognizing photos from the cifar-10 collection is one of the most common problems in the today's world of machine learning. I'm going to show you – step by step – how to build multi-layer artificial neural networks that will recognize images from a cifar-10 set with an accuracy of about 80% and visualize it.
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text: 2011/8/15 Tim Williams <email@example.com>: > > A clarification: the opposable hallux of juvenile hoatzins is used > principally to _clamber_ through branches, not climb up trunks. > During branch-clambering, the hoatzin chick's foot is employed for > grasping branches, which is the same mechanism used for perching. > Ok, although I imagine forming a pincer where the tips can sink in the bark they may, in pinciple, be also imagined as better to climb trees than a pamprodactyl pes, which requires gravity to sink the claws on the substrate. The anisodactyl/zygodactil pes counts with the pincer effect in addition to the gravity one, which may be useful on certain occassions when the distal extremity of digit III does not point upwards, even on tree trunks. Besides, I forgot to note previously that the digit forming a less than 180º opposition in climbing piciforms is not a thumb, but digit fourth, and that because of this, and the different mechanical effects of flexing these different digits (likely better for digit four in climbing) it many not be extrapolated the value of different thumb orientations for climbing on the basis of that on the other side of the pes. More on this later. Cheers, Augusto


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You've most likely heard individuals speak about Facebook marketing in the past. More and more people are utilizing Facebook as a PR tool. All that babble does not indicate much if you do not understand how to make Facebook work for you. In this article, you'll find some exceptional pointers that will help you get all you can from Facebook.
Attempt having a contest to enhance followers on your Facebook page. People enjoy to have the opportunity to win something. If you offer incentives, like additional entries into the contest for sharing, then you will not only offer your present fans something of value, however also increase your visibility when they share your contest.
Do not create posts that are far too long. While you may have a ton of info to share, no one will wish to learn 1,000 words to obtain to the point. Try to keep all your posts as short as possible, but make certain they are well-written. You want individuals to be able to comprehend the main point.
All your content needs to be "Share"-able. If you have important information on your page, you will probably have individuals in your audience that wish to tell others about it. Facebook thrives on communicating and showing others. Providing your audience with useful information will ensure that they go back to your page. They will also be most likely to pass that info along to other possible consumers.
Keep your Facebook posts related to your the brand you are selling or a minimum of to the pertinent industry. You can go over an associated taking place in the news, publish a Youtube video that is about your topic or share interesting comments that have actually been shared by fans of your Facebook page.
Do not only post promotions for your your products or services. Do also post stuff such as viral content, images and videos. To save time, use a tool such as the viral autobots which will help you find and post viral content which people will love and will also share with their friends.
Event sharing is a very powerful technique on Facebook. If you're going to attend a trade reveal you can make an event out of it and share that occasion with everybody who follows you. And Facebook will even send out a reminder!
Prior to you launch a Facebook marketing project, prioritize your marketing goals. Utilize it to enhance sales with regular promos or to get individuals to buy a certain line of items.
Bear in mind that having a great deal of customers does not always imply your campaign is successful. You have to figure out ways to connect with potential customers that are likely to respond well to your items. Conversion rates are exactly what is crucial to measuring success.
Stay relative to your brand or specific niche whenever you publish material to your Facebook marketing page. People visit your profile anticipating to see practically the very same topic talked about regularly. If you have the tendency to stray, they will never ever understand exactly what to expect and that can cost you viewership.
Pay attention to exactly what is happening with your page. If someone "likes"your page, send them a thank you message. If people discuss things on your page, react. Little messages from you will make a big influence on the method things exercise for you. It can be time consuming, however well worth it.
Stay constant with the Facebook marketing technique that you choose. Consistency is important to your campaign's quality. If you have to, get your weekly updates all set ahead of time so your co-workers will not need to search for them.
If you don't get the expected outcomes instantly, do not give up. Establishing a strong marketing strategy constantly takes awhile, and this is always so when it comes to social media marketing efforts. You have to give a lot of time to develop a strong following and for sales to result from it.
Keep in mind that quality is more vital than quantity when it comes to Facebook marketing. Your audience will be more satisfied with less posts if they are dealt with to beneficial info. Posting throughout the day every day is useless if the info you are posting is unworthy anything to your readers.
Keep your posts extremely easy to absorb. Keep in mind, many folks are quite busy during the day. If you over complicate your messaging, opportunities are you'll get no response. Keep your posts to a couple of lines during the busiest times of the day, and ask easy concerns that are simple to address.
There's a reason Facebook has ended up being such a popular marketing device. Every day, brand-new people sign up for Facebook, and each one of them is another person you can connect to. If you utilize Facebook to its maximum capacity, you'll be unstoppable. Thanks to this post, you know exactly what to do.
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Roebuck Campground
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CNY 2007 Decor @Queensbay Mall, Penang
Chinese New Year decorations at the center court of Queensbay Mall in Bayan Lepas, Penang. bamboo trees are fake, but painted nicely enough to look quite real.
bridge over a koi pond... the pond is constructed using a large plastic sheet to retain the water. notice the lotus-shaped lightings around the pond. water kinda greenish though.
a little girl playing the violin along some popular tunes... not nice, in fact, uhh... nevermind, don't want to discourage a little kid :p


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Mic Phenom - Suicide Note
If you're a follower of Grind Time then you should be familiar with the name Mic Phenom, you may have recently seen his battle with Kristylez out in Hawaii in which Mic pretty much demolished son to put it lightly... But to the point of this post, it isn't the kind of song you would expect to drop on Christmas day but homie had some stuff to get off his chest. Peep the download link after the jump.
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SACRAMENTO, February 1, 2017 – The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is beginning to accept applications, effective today, for the State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP). An estimated $3.75 million will be available for competitive grant funding to provide financial assistance to implement irrigation systems that reduce greenhouse gases and save water at California agricultural operations. This program receives funding from California Climate Investments, the proceeds from the state's cap-and-trade auctions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while providing a variety of additional benefits to California communities.
Agricultural operations can apply for funding of up to $100,000 per project for irrigation projects that provide quantifiable water savings and greenhouse gas reductions.
Prospective applicants must access the "Request for Applications" at www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/SWEEP for detailed information on eligibility and program requirements. To streamline and expedite the application process, CDFA is partnering with the State Water Resources Control Board, which hosts an online application tool, Financial Assistance Application Submittal Tool (FAAST). All prospective applicants must register for a FAAST account at https://faast.waterboards.ca.gov. Applications and all supporting information must be submitted electronically using FAAST by Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. PST.
CDFA will hold three workshops and one webinar to provide information on program requirements and the FAAST application process (see below). CDFA staff will provide guidance on the application process, provide several examples and answer any questions. There is no cost to attend the workshops. Individuals planning to attend should email email@example.com with his or her contact information, number of seats required and the workshop location.
SWEEP Informational Application Workshops:
Fresno County
SWEEP is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy and improving public health and the environment—particularly in disadvantaged communities. The cap-and-trade program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution. California Climate Investment projects include affordable housing, renewable energy, public transportation, zero-emission vehicles, environmental restoration, more sustainable agriculture, recycling and much more. At least 35 percent of these investments are made in disadvantaged and low-income communities. For more information, visit California Climate Investments.
California Department of Food and Agriculture Office of Public Affairs
1220 N St., Ste. 214, Sacramento, CA 95814
916-654-0462, www.cdfa.ca.gov


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Hey Guys,
Yesterday, the Quetta Gladiators beat the Lahore Qalanders by 2 wickets. Here is the ball-by-ball analysis and scorecard of the match.
Over 400 runs were scored, 58 boundaries were struck and 4 fifties were struck in Dubai and in the end Mohammed Nabi emerged as a hero for the Gladiators striking a last ball 4 to guide his team over the line. After 39 overs of a high-scoring thriller that tilted one way and then another, the equation was simple Gladiators needed 15 off six balls. Qalandars needed two wickets or at the very least, some dot balls.
The Qalanders got off to a set start to the last over as Zohaib Khan drilled in a yorker to Nabi and 15 was needed of 5. As everything was going well, Nabi struck a 4 and then a 6 to bring the game back to the Gladiators. Then, Nabi and Zulfiqar Baber exchanged singles on the fourth and fifth ball which then took the game to a thrilling finish as 3 runs were needed of the last ball. Nabi hit a four on a wide ball by Zohaib Khan to finish the game.
Before Nabi came to the rescue, many other vital contributions were made such as Kevin Pieterson set things into motion as his first 5 balls went for fours from Ehsan Adil. That blast was well needed for the Gladiators. Bismillah Khan made 55 of 30 balls in a partnership of 73 with Pieterson but the Gladiators were dealt a double-blow when both he and Pietersen were dismissed off successive balls from Dwayne Bravo in the ninth over, tilting the game Lahore's way.
However, the runs kept flowing, as Kumar Sangakkara and Sarfraz Ahmed pitched in with a handy 61-run partnership to keep the Gladiators in sight of the target. Ehsan Adil dealt the team quick blows on his way to picking up 4 for 39, but thankfully for the Gladiators, Nabi was on hand to script a stunning turnaround.
Earlier, in the day, the Qalander's 201 was built on rapid half centuries from Chris Gayle, Azhar Ali and Umar Akmal. They began with a 108-run opening stand between Gayle and Azhar; Gayle was unsurprisingly the quicker of the two, slamming a 34-ball 60 which featured six sixes.
Peace Out,
The Cornered Tiger


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In an interview on Yahoo News, a top Bernie Sanders campaign adviser accused the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the tech firm that is contracted to manager the DNC voter-file, NGP VAN, of "leaking information" and "stonewalling the investigation" into the data breach that occurred two weeks ago.
A staffer on the Sanders campaign breached Hillary Clinton's DNC voter file in what he claimed was an attempt to show weaknesses in the DNC computer systems.
That staffer was immediately fired, but the DNC suspended the Sanders campaign's access to their own voter file, essentially hobbling the campaign.
While their access was quickly restored, the Sanders campaign accused the DNC of heavy handedness and particularly accused DNC chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz of favoritism for Hillary Clinton.
Now, the campaign is going even further, implying that their staffer who initiated the breach, Josh Uretsky , was a plant by the DNC to sabotage their campaign.
"It's not as if we conjured this guy Josh from thin air. This is an individual … who was recommended to us by the DNC and NGP VAN," the adviser said.
Last Friday, Dec. 18, the Sanders campaign filed a lawsuit against the DNC over the suspension of their access to their voter list.
That lawsuit is still ongoing and the Sanders campaign hopes it will lead them to the answers they say that the DNC are unwilling to give.
At the time of the filing of the lawsuit, Jeff Weaver, Bernie Sanders' campaign manager accused the DNC of attempting to sabotage their campaign in favor of Hillary Clinton.
"By their action, the leadership of the Democratic National Committee is now actively attempting to undermine our campaign. This is unacceptable. Individual leaders of the DNC can support Hillary Clinton in any way they want, but they are not going to sabotage our campaign — one of the strongest grassroots campaigns in modern history," Weaver said.
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Internet Access
Internet Access
- If you're travelling with a laptop, you'll find a wide range of places offering a wi-fi connection. These range from cafes to B&Bs and public spaces.
- Wi-fi is often free, but some places (typically, upmarket hotels) charge.
- There are increasingly good deals on pay-as-you-go mobile internet from mobile network providers.
- If you don't have a laptop or smartphone, the best places to check email and surf the internet are public libraries – nearly all of which have at least a couple of computer terminals, and they are free to use, though there's often a time limit.
- Internet cafes also exist in the cities and larger towns and are generally good value, charging approximately £2 to £3 per hour.
- Many of the larger tourist offices across the country also have internet access.


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To compete, you'll need to have a key competitive advantage or unique point of difference. A competitive advantage is a superior attribute that keeps bringing your customers back for repeat purchases.
Some attributes your small business could have over its bigger competitors include:
You'll certainly have a few regulars who buy from your business often. Talk to them and ask them why they choose your business? Remember, it's their perspective that's important. They may be shopping with you for reasons you didn't even consider.
It's important that you know who your competitors are and what they offer if you want your business to be able to compete with them, and position itself differently in the eyes of consumers. Information is power, so aim to:
For example, if you run a small takeout pizza business, try ordering online (and over the phone) from the big players like Pizza Hut and Domino's. Take notes on the ease of their websites and manner of their phone staff. Pick up your pizzas and deliberately arrive early to get a feel for their customer service and in-store environment.
If your business can take advantage of the rapid advances in online and mobile technology faster than your larger competitors, you'll have a better chance of competing. Taking the core of your business virtual could be an option if you're a web-based organization.
As a small business, you won't be worried about who owns certain IP (like third-party apps, for example) whereas a larger corporation is more likely to want to develop a personalized app themselves.
In recent times, cloud-based systems for accounts, project management and storage have changed the game. What technology is on the horizon that your business could adopt early to give it a competitive advantage against larger companies in your industry?
You probably won't be able to rival the financial power and access to resources of your larger competitors, so aim to be smarter by enticing customers to stick with your business for life.
A few tactics you could utilize to achieve this include:
If you're selling B2B, aim to build a close rapport with the owners of other businesses. You could do this by ensuring you're present (and available to speak if asked) at important industry events. As an owner-operator you should be able to find the time to attend such events, whereas the CEO of a larger business probably can't.
If you are a B2C company, customers will become more and more familiar with your business and its offerings if you can develop a presence at as many major events around town as possible.
Whether that involves offering trials or samples, selling your products or services, sponsorship, or speaking engagements, it can become a simple numbers game for making your business seem bigger than it is.
If you need to travel to look larger than you are, be prepared to do so. Meeting business partners in person helps to build trust, and your reputation.
Think about enlisting a small board of a few people (perhaps a mentor and a business partner) to keep you focused on long-term planning and to advise you on the big decisions.
You could consider meeting quarterly to discuss your larger competitors, anything new they're doing or offering, and how you plan to continue being competitive against them.
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