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English Premier League Burnley v Newcastle (Singtel TV Ch102 & StarHub Ch227, tomorrow, 4am).
Sociedad v Celta (StarHub Ch213, tomorrow, 3.55am).
ABL HK Eastern v Macau Black Bears (StarHub Ch112/205 & 76.25MHz, 8pm).
Uefa Champions League Group E: AEK v Ajax (Singtel TV Ch110 & StarHub Ch202). Gp G: CSKA Moscow v Plzen (Ch112 & Ch213) - Wednesday, 1.50am. Gp H: Man United v Young Boys (Ch110 & Ch202), Juventus v Valencia (Ch112 & Ch213). Gp G: Roma v Real Madrid (Ch113). Gp F: Lyon v Man City (Ch203) - Wednesday, 3.55am. | 2019-04-23T00:22:44 | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/next-48-hours-1198 |
SSB 6263 - Establishing the Washington vaccine association.
SSB 6582 - Concerning nursing assistant credentialing.
Senate bills previously heard in committee. | 2019-04-23T14:36:55 | https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules/Home/Documents/11702 |
Upenieks, Akhavan and Kotlerman (2008) conducted a pilot study with a two folds purpose. Firstly, the study intended to highlight the amount of time registered nurses (RNs) were engaged in value-added activities. Secondly, sought to assess the effect of the number of RNs and UAPs [unlicensed assistive personnel] on “the amount of time spent in value-added care compared to time spent in necessary tasks and waste” (p. 294). The study arose from a challenge of developing interventions to increase the time that nurses spend in value-added activities while reducing the time they spend in non-value-added activities. Since multiple factors such as documentation, administrative aspects, and personal factors compete for nursing time with the value-added activities, it is important to evaluate how RNs spend their time and whether an increase in the number of individuals in the care team would enhance the time spent on value-added activities.
In addressing the purpose of the study, the researchers present a succinct review of relevant literature. For instance, the theory used to advance the study’s proposition – the systems theory – is supported by appropriate reference to prior literature. The researchers also review literature that identifies the need to evaluate nursing based on value-added care, highlights the definition of various types of care activities (value-added, necessary and non-value-added) and supports the methods the study used for data collection. The conceptual framework, which illustrates how the theory used relates to the issue under investigation, is also referenced to a classical social psychology work whose relevance applies even in the current nursing environment.
Although most of the references used to support the researchers’ propositions are within a ten-year period of the study’s publication date, a substantial number of references also fall outside this period. Of the sixteen references used, twelve fall within the ten-year period with seven of these falling within a five-year period of the study’s publication date. Of the four references that are beyond the ten-year period, one is a book, the social psychology of organizations, which, despite being published over six decades before the study’s publication date, 1966, provides relevant information concerning the systems theory advanced in the study. Other two articles beyond the ten-year period that were published in 1997, have the support of more recent citations. The remaining article that falls beyond the ten-year period, published in 1994, relates to the improvements in care outcomes related to utilization of more RNs in Magnet hospitals. Although such evidence is outdated, more recent studies reinforce the findings in the 1994 study; for instance, a 2006 report by the International Council of Nurses reinforces the importance of appropriate nurse staffing on patients’ outcomes.
Currently, various interventions have arisen in the nursing profession trying to alleviate the problem of nurses spending low amount of time in value-added activities. For instance, the clamor towards adopting electronic health records, supported by government incentives, aim to reduce the time nurses spend on necessary activities such as documentation thus presenting them with more time to carry out value-added activities (McAlearney, Robbins, Hirsch, Jorina & Harrop, 2010). Despite such approaches, there still are multiple factors that influence the way nurses spend their time, with non-value-added activities remaining a core factor contributing to high costs and nurse dissatisfaction (Storfjell, Ohlson, Omoike, Fitzpatrick & Wetasin, 2009).
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Acquisition to revolutionize fintech for crypto-to-fiat transfers?
Nimiq recently announced their partnership with WEG Bank AG and Agora.Trade to create a groundbreaking crypto-to-fiat bridge. This strategic collaboration has been further strengthened by Nimiq acquiring a 9.9% stake in WEG Bank.
As a result of this partnership and acquisition, Nimiq will continue dedicating their profound technical expertise to execute the project’s blueprint for Nimiq OASIS, an innovative crypto-to-fiat bridge. This consumer-driven fintech solution is focused on delivering a fast and easy way to buy or sell cryptocurrency for fiat currency. It aims to initially connect a) different cryptocurrency markets – via non-custodial exchange Agora.Trade, to b) the traditional banking network – via WEG Bank.
Value transfers between the two ecosystems are enabled by Nimiq OASIS making fiat currency “blockchain compatible”. Furthermore, Nimiq’s solution allows for the processing of transfers without a single, centralized intermediary (like an exchange or payment processor) controlling the two assets being exchanged, and without entrusting the private keys of the crypto asset to a third party.
WEG Bank and Agora.Trade are scheduled to be the first bank and cryptocurrency exchange to benefit from Nimiq’s technical expertise, with end of 2019 as a target for the first such fiat-to-crypto transaction. Initially, support will be offered for cryptocurrency transactions in BTC, ETH and NIM, with fiat currency support being offered for the euro.
Nimiq’s vision for Nimiq OASIS beyond that is to support other fiat currencies like the USD and additional crypto assets as other banks and cryptocurrency platforms can also be enabled to interface with Nimiq OASIS and provide their customer base with a convenient and cheap way to buy or sell different cryptocurrencies with a bank account.
Recently, Nimiq began collaboration with Binance-owned Trust Wallet, with founder Viktor Radchenko already expressing a deep interest in Nimiq OASIS.
Nimiq is a decentralized payment system in which the NIM token is transacted as a store and transfer of value. Thanks to Nimiq’s innovative browser-based blockchain, users are able to connect directly without any installations whatsoever. This installation-free, ‘it just works’ feature characterizes Nimiq, along with the project’s emphasis on simplicity and ease of use. The Nimiq ecosystem is also home to a diverse range of apps, and NIM integration into Trust Wallet is set to further expand this.
WEG Bank AG was established in 2015 by founder and CEO Matthias von Hauff. It is a market-leading institution in German real estate banking for HOA loans and is set to expand its business operations into the retail, corporate account and cryptocurrency sectors. Twenty cryptocurrency projects are due to be selected for corporate accounts with the bank this year, with Lisk as the first already on board.
Agora.Trade is a Swiss-Maltese decentralized cryptocurrency exchange led by ‘Forbes 30 under 30’ listmaker Reto Trinkler. The platform has also partnered with WEG Bank through the Nimiq OASIS initiative. Nimiq and Trinkler Software are also collaborating on research to develop a new proof-of-stake consensus algorithm which performs close to the theoretical maximum for a single chain. The first results of this research led to the Albatross consensus algorithm. | 2019-04-26T05:02:36 | https://dailyhodl.com/2019/04/03/nimiq-acquires-9-9-of-weg-bank-ag-in-crypto-strategic-partnership/ |
Portraits of Love is a Project where professional photographers offers a family session for our military families free of charge. Those families who have a loved one serving overseas will be sent a finished print.
This event was also designed around the Christmas Holiday but we are still working hard to continue to give back to our men and women who are serving our country. | 2019-04-24T22:12:48 | http://katherinepaynephotography.com/charity/portraitsoflove.html |
Candidates who applied for the WBMDFC Recruitment 2019 must check this page to get the complete details of the WBMDFC Admit Card 2019. Furthermore, the officials of the West Bengal Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (WBMDFC) are ready to release the Assistant Manager, Lower Division Clerk (LDC), Group-D, Driver Hall Ticket 2019 in the month of March 2019 – Tentative.
And they had not yet released the exact date of the Admit Card availability. So, if you stay constant to this page we will update the accurate information. And it will be available online only from the official site @ wbmdfc.org. So, applied aspirants can only get their valid WBMDFC Call Letter 2019 with the help of the link provided.
Well, those who are ready to attempt the WBMDFC Written Test must refer to this article to download the WBMDFC Admit Card 2019. Moreover, while downloading the wbmdfc.org Hall Ticket 2019, you must enter your valid credentials like Application Number or Register Number along with the Password. It is very mandatory for all the candidates to carry the West Bengal MDFC Admit Card 2019 while attending the test. And the officials will not allow candidates who are not with their WBMDFC Group-D, Driver Hall Ticket 2019.
We of Freshers Now had gathered all the information of the wbmdfc.org Hall Ticket 2019 information from the official site. Soon after the officials of the West Bengal Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (WBMDFC) release the exact date, you should get your LDC, Group D, Driver Admit Card 2019. Before going to attempt the test, you must download it priorly. Most probably, Admit Card 2019 will be available 10-15 days before the test.
The officials of the West Bengal Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (WBMDFC) had announced they are going to hire suitable candidates for the vacant posts with the below procedure.
By following the below steps you can avoid issues while downloading your admit card. So, make your way with these instructions to get your hall ticket from the official site.
Initially, move to the official site of WBMDFC which is wbmdfc.org.
Scroll down the home page and observe the “NEW NOTICES” section.
Upon that, search for the direct link that refers to the WBMDFC Call Letter 2019.
When you observe the link you can click on that and fill the required details like Application Number or Date Of Birth, Password.
Submit the page, then you can get your valid West Bengal MDFC Admit Card 2019.
Download it and also take out the printed copy of it for further usage.
We hope that all the candidates have noticed the exact WBMDFC Admit Card 2019 information. You can further check the exact date of the admit card release, the test date only on our Freshers Now webportal. So, to get such details, updates stay tuned to us. | 2019-04-19T05:12:55 | https://www.freshersnow.com/wbmdfc-admit-card/ |
The Alanson Area Public Library (the “Library”) is open for specific and designated civic, educational and cultural uses, including reading, studying, writing, participating in scheduled Library programs, and using Library materials. In order to provide resources and services to all people who visit the Library facilities in an atmosphere of courtesy, respect, and excellent service, the Library Board of Trustees has adopted this Patron Behavior Policy. The purpose of the Patron Behavior Policy is to assist the Library in fulfilling its mission as a community resource enriching life, stimulating intellectual curiosity, fostering literacy, and encouraging an informed citizenry.
The following rules of conduct shall apply to the interior and exterior of the Library, and all grounds controlled and operated by the Library and to all persons entering in or on the premises, unless otherwise specified.
II. Rules for a Safe Environment.
A. Violations of Law. Committing or attempting to commit an activity in violation of federal, state, or local law, ordinance or regulation (including but not limited to assault, larceny, or vandalism) is prohibited.
B. Weapons. Carrying guns, pistols or other weapons, except as specifically permitted and exempt from local regulation by law, is prohibited.
C. Alcohol; Drugs. Possessing, selling, distributing, or consuming any alcoholic or intoxicating beverage, illegal drug, or drug paraphernalia is prohibited; provided that alcohol may be permitted at certain Library-sponsored events if specifically approved by the Library.
D. Under the Influence. Persons noticeably under the influence of any controlled substance or alcoholic or intoxicating liquor are not allowed on Library property.
E. Safety of Patrons on Library Buildings and Grounds.
1. Use of skateboards, rollerblades, roller skates, or other wheeled form of recreational equipment is not allowed in the Library nor on Library property.
2. Library patrons must park bicycles or other vehicles only in authorized areas.
3. All doors, aisles and entrances must remain obstacle-free. This includes a prohibition of running power cords across aisles or other areas that are used for walking.
4. Animals or personal transport vehicles are not permitted in the Library other than service animals, those required by persons with disabilities, those used in law enforcement or for Library programming.
5. Smoking, using e-cigarettes or chewing tobacco is prohibited on Library Property.
6. Shirts and shoes are required for health reasons and must be worn at all times inside the Library and on Library property.
7. The use of incendiary devices, such as candles, matches, and lighters, is prohibited inside the Library.
8. Patrons shall not be permitted in any areas designated as “staff only” unless otherwise permitted by the Library Director.
9. School groups using the Library must have approval of the Library Director and must have a teacher and other appropriate staff present to ensure that the students use the Library in conformance with these rules.
10. Patrons may not use the Library’s telephone unless approved by Library staff.
III. Rules for Personal Behavior.
1. The Library personnel may limit the number of parcels carried into the Library. The Library may also limit the size of items, for example, the Library prohibits large items such as suitcases, duffle bags or large plastic garbage bags.
2. The Library is not responsible for personal belongings left unattended.
3. The Library does not guarantee storage for personal property.
4. Personal possessions must not be left unattended or take up seating or space if needed by others.
B. Food and Beverages – Food and beverages are prohibited inside the Library, except that food and beverages may be permitted when offered in connection with a Library-sponsored or co-sponsored program, or in the meeting room if the service of food and beverages was approved by the Library in advance.
C. Unauthorized Use. Patrons must leave the Library promptly at closing time and may not be in the Library when it is not open to the public. Further, any patron whose privileges to use the Library have been denied may not enter the Library. Any patron whose privileges have been limited may not use the Library in any manner that conflicts with those limits placed on the patron by the Director, his or her designee, or the Library Board.
D. Engaging in Proper Library Activities. Patrons shall be engaged in activities associated with the use of the Library while in the building or on Library Property. Patrons not engaged in reading, studying, writing, participating in scheduled Library programs, or using Library materials shall be required to leave the building and shall not remain on Library property.
E. Considerate Use. The following behavior is prohibited in the Library and in the Library Building.
4. Using obscene or threatening language or gestures.
F. Panhandling or Soliciting. Panhandling or soliciting Library staff or patrons for money, products, or services inside the Library or on Library property is prohibited. Sales of products or services that are incidental to Library programming may be permitted if approved in advance by the Library Director.
G. Interference with Staff. Patrons may not interfere with the staff’s performance of duties in the Library or on Library property. This includes engaging in conversation or behavior that monopolizes or forces the attention of staff for an inappropriate period of time, inappropriate personal comments, sexual advances, or physical and/or verbal harassment.
1. Campaigning, petitioning, interviewing, survey-taking, pamphleteering, canvassing and soliciting are prohibited inside the Library building.
a. Persons or groups are requested to sign in at the Checkout Desk in advance.
b. Use of the Library property does not indicate the Library’s opposition or endorsement of the candidate or issue that is the subject of the petition, interview, campaign or discussion.
c. Permitted areas for campaigning, petitioning, interviewing, survey-taking, pamphleteering, canvassing and soliciting outside of the Library building shall be limited to the areas 100 feet from all entrances.
d. No person shall block ingress or egress from the Library building.
e. Permitted times will be limited to the operating hours of the Library.
f. Campaign material, literature or petitions may not be brought into the Library, posted at the Library or left on Library property.
I. Sales. Selling merchandise on Library property without prior permission from the Director is prohibited.
J. Distributions; Postings. Distributing or posting printed materials/literature on Library property not in accordance with Library policy is prohibited.
K. Restrooms. Misuse of restrooms, including laundering, sleeping, shaving, hair cutting or trimming, bathing, and sexual activity is prohibited. Library materials may not be taken into restrooms.
L. Harassment. Staring, photographing, following, stalking, harassing, arguing with, threatening, or behaving in a manner (1) which can reasonably be expected to disturb Library users or staff while such staff or patrons are in the Library or on Library property; and (2) that interferes with the Library patrons’ use of the Library or the ability of the staff person to do his or her job is prohibited.
M. Loud Noise. Producing or allowing any loud, unreasonable, or disturbing noises that interfere with other patrons’ use of the Library or which can be reasonably expected to disturb other persons or have the intent of annoying other persons, including yelling, cheering, talking (with others or in monologues) or noises from electronic, entertainment, and communication devices, such as cell phones, headphones, and radio, is prohibited.
Adults may read aloud to children in the Youth Area, provided that they are reading in a voice that would not reasonably disturb others.
N. Odor. Offensive odor, including but not limited to body odor due to poor personal hygiene, overpowering perfume, or cologne that causes a nuisance is prohibited.
O. Phones. Phone calls are prohibited in the Library, except in the lobby. Those patrons desiring to use phones to place or receive calls must use the phones outside of the Library buildings or in the Library’s lobby. Phones shall be placed on silent or vibrate mode upon entering the Library.
Q. Identification. Patrons must provide identification to Library staff when requested.
R. Tables or Structures on Library Property. No person may use or set up a table, stand or similar structure on Library property, as part of or in conjunction with campaigning, petitioning, interviewing, survey-taking, pamphleteering, canvassing and soliciting or any other activity. This does not apply to Library- sponsored or co-sponsored events.
IV. Rules for the Use and Preservation of Library Materials and Property.
A. Care of Library Property. Patrons must not deface, vandalize, damage or improperly remove Library materials, equipment, furniture, or buildings. Patrons shall be responsible to reimburse the Library for costs incurred by the Library for violating this provision.
B. Internet Use. Patrons must abide by established time limitations and all other provisions of the Library Internet Use Policy.
C. Equipment. Library phones and staff computers are for staff use only.
D. Authorized Lending. Library materials may only be removed from the premises with authorization through established lending procedures.
E. Use of Tables and Computers. No more than 2 people may be seated at a computer terminal. No person may stand behind the computer terminal.
A. Children are welcome and encouraged to use the Library at all times. The Library desires to make each visit an important one for the child. A “Child” means a minor under the age of 18.
B. Rules and Regulations Regarding Children.
1. All patrons, including children, are expected to comply with the Library's policies. Parents, guardians or responsible caregivers shall review and be fully aware of all Library policies governing children, particularly the Internet Use Policy.
2. Parents, guardians and caregivers are responsible for the behavior and supervision of their children regardless of age while in the Library or on Library property.
3. Library staff will not be expected to supervise or monitor children's behavior.
4. Children under the age of 10 must be attended by a parent, guardian or responsible caregiver. The parent, guardian or responsible caregiver (who must be at least 18 years old) shall remain in the Library at all times. If a child under the age of 10 is attending a Library-sponsored program on the premises, the parent, a guardian, or responsible caregiver is to remain on the premises for the duration of the program.
5. Children of any age who, because of developmental disability, mental illness, or physical disability, require supervision or personal care shall be attended by a parent, guardian or responsible caregiver at all times.
6. Children ages 3 and under must be within the visual contact of a parent, guardian or responsible caregiver at all times, including during programs and visits to the restroom. Children 3 and under may not be left in the Youth Services Department alone.
7. Staff will not be responsible if unattended children of any age leave the Library premises alone or with other persons. Further, staff will not be responsible for children 10 years or older who may be asked to leave the Library if the child is in violation of Library policy.
8. We request that all unattended children be picked up at least ten minutes before closing time. Parents, guardians and responsible caregivers need to be aware of when the Library closes.
9. Children 10 years or older must know their telephone number and other contact information if they are unattended at the Library. It is a violation of Library policy to not come immediately and pick up your unattended child if the Library calls.
4. The unattended child has not been met by a parent, legal guardian, custodian or responsible caregiver at closing time. A child is considered unattended at closing time if the child is under the age of 10 or the child needs assistance procuring transportation.
D. If a parent, legal guardian, custodian or caregiver cannot be reached by closing time closing or fails to arrive within a reasonable time after being contacted, Library staff will contact law enforcement officials to take charge of the situation involving the unattended child. Library employees are not permitted to transport an unattended child or vulnerable adult under any circumstances.
E. If the parent, legal guardian, custodian or caregiver can be reached by closing time, the staff member shall explain the Library’s policy and provide a copy of this Policy.
VI. Disciplinary Process for Library Facilities.
The Library Director or the Director’s designee may restrict access to Library facilities with immediate dismissal of the patron from the premises, by suspending the patron’s access to Library facilities for a set period of time, or by denying access to specific services and/or programs pursuant to this Policy. If necessary, the local police may be called to intervene.
2. Subsequent Violations: The Director or the Director’s authorized designee may further limit or suspend the patron’s Library privileges if infractions continue. Such limitation or revocation shall be in writing specifying the nature of the violation. Subsequent violations of the same rule shall result in additional suspensions of increasing length.
1. Initial Violation: The police will be called immediately. If the conduct constitutes a violation of local, state, or federal law, arrest or criminal prosecution may ensue. Violations of this nature will result in an immediate minimum two-week suspension of Library privileges in order to give the Library sufficient time to investigate the incident. After the investigation is completed, the Library Board, with the Director’s input, may add additional time to the initial limitation or suspension period, up to one year.
2. Subsequent Violations: The police will be called immediately. If the conduct constitutes a violation of local, state, or federal law, arrest or criminal prosecution may ensue. The Library Board, with the Director’s input, may further limit or suspend the patron’s Library privileges in escalating responses, which will be documented in writing. Subsequent violations of the same rule will result in additional suspensions of increasing length.
D. Reinstatement. The patron whose privileges have been limited or suspended shall attend a meeting with the Director or the Director's designee to review the Library Patron Behavior Policy before their privileges may be reinstated.
Patrons may appeal a decision to limit or suspend privileges by sending a written appeal to the Library Board within 10 business days of the date the privileges were suspended or limited. The appeal should be sent to the President of the Library Board. The decision of the Library Board is final. | 2019-04-25T18:45:36 | http://joomla.uproc.lib.mi.us/Alanson/index.php/hours-policies/78-alanson/80-conduct-policy |
Hair loss is no longer an inevitable march to baldness. Medical advances in recent decades mean male hair loss can be treated, and it need not break the bank.
The cause of male pattern baldness is well established as an act of nature not nurture. Identical twins go bald at the same age, rate and pattern, irrespective of diet, lifestyle or stress levels.
There's no need to go bald any more.
Baldness is a complex polygenic trait: up to five genes are involved, and it is the interplay between these genes, not unlike the interaction between the cards in a poker hand, that determine the specifics of male pattern hair loss.
So, what are the treatment options?
Finasteride is a Therapeutic Goods Administration-approved drug that dermatologists and general practitioners have been prescribing to treat hair loss for about 15 years.
It works by stopping the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone in the prostate, by blocking an enzyme called 5-alpha reductase.
You'll need a prescription for finasteride, and your doctor will explain the benefits and risks of the drug before you decide to proceed.
The benefits are clear: men who start taking daily finasteride at the first signs of hair loss will not go bald. Plus there are no interactions with other drugs.
But there is a small risk of sexual side effects such as such as erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory problems and reduced libido, which require careful management by an experienced doctor.
An added bonus is that finasteride reduces a man's future chance of developing of prostate cancer, though it does not increase longevity, as the reduction in risk is exclusively for low-risk prostate cancer, which is not the type men generally die from.
The cost for a year's supply of tablets starts at as low as about $200 (plus the extra you will need to put aside for haircuts!).
Developed in the 1950s as a tablet to treat high blood pressure, minoxidil was an abject failure because of unwanted hair growth. Reinvented as a lotion applied directly to the scalp, it was launched in the United States in 1988 and soon became popular around the world.
Minoxidil is also TGA-approved and available over the counter in pharmacies for between $15 and $60 a month, depending on the brand.
No prescription or trip to the doctor is required, but talk to your pharmacist if you are taking any other medicines, especially high-blood-pressure medication.
Hair removal laser has led to a renaissance in the use of minoxidil tablets, as doctors can now effectively manage the unwanted hair that was previously a deal breaker. Low doses of minoxidil, as low as one-40th of a tablet, can still grow hair with minimal effect on blood pressure and no need to put anything in your hair.
Men whose hair is too far gone to be saved by tablets and lotions might consider hair transplantation surgery, a cosmetic surgical procedure that has improved dramatically in recent years.
Various techniques are available, but all involve taking hair-bearing skin from one part of the scalp and grafting these pieces of skin onto bald or thinning areas of the scalp.
The main downside, apart from the cost ($5000 to $10,000, depending on the number of grafts required) is the linear scar left behind on the back of the head, locking men into long-hair styles.
Another option is follicular unit extraction. Rather than a strip of skin and a scar, donor tissue comprises multiple tiny punch grafts that heal invisibly by wound contraction. Further dissection of these grafts releases single hair follicle units that can be implanted one by one into the bald scalp to recreate a natural hair line.
The only limiting factor for follicular unit extraction is whether there is enough remaining donor hair to transplant. While chest and body hair have been used when donor hair is poor, artificial hair implants, also TGA-approved, remain the last resort. Artificial hairs cover the scalp but do not grow and grey and regenerate like hair transplants.
What about other suggested treatments such as vitamins, dietary supplements, lasers, stem-cell therapy and platelet-rich plasma? At this stage the most generous interpretation of the available data is that they are unproven, expensive and poor value compared with the TGA-approved treatments.
The take-home message for boys staring at their bald fathers' scalp and wondering what their genes have in store for them is, don't panic, but don't leave it too late.
Rodney Sinclair is Professor of Dermatology, Honorary, Epworth Hospital at the University of Melbourne. | 2019-04-25T21:08:42 | https://www.smh.com.au/technology/starting-to-thin-out-hair-loss-doesnt-have-to-lead-to-baldness-20150119-12tg15.html |
> I've used the A button.
I would use a button on touch screen.
/dev/input/event0 gets data when aux is pressed. | 2019-04-23T22:12:49 | http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/openmoko-devel/2008-July/003497.html |
I have been wanting to do a Podcast for some time, I love working with virtualisation and the community and any opportunity to discuss virtualisation is fantastic. What has typically stopped me doing this is having the correct person to team up with to get it off the ground. Around a year ago I purchased the domain http://www.handsonvirtualization.com (Yeah I know virtualization is spelt the American way but I was aiming this at a global audience) I had a number of ideas around what I wanted to do with this domain but never got around to it.
I revisited my ideas just over a month ago and decided it was time for me to get started with a podcast, the topic was easy to choose with virtualisation being the primary topic, but with my love and knowledge of Equallogic storage I also wanted to make this a key aspect of the podcast. Once this was decided I knew the Jonathan Franconi (@S1xth) would be the man to approach as we have been involved in many discussions on twitter around these subjects. To my pleasure Jonathan was really up for it and had been wanting to do something similar for some time. Without any further ado we starting planning, chatting on Skype and our first episode has been recorded, edited and accepted by iTunes. The submitting the podcast to iTunes but was a learning curve as I had never really looked into it before, unfortunately not all my meta data has gone across yet but I am hoping as of the next episode there will be full descriptions and a more relevant logo etc.
Jonathan has managed to secure Will Urban from Dell Storage to be our first special guest, with the recent release of the Equallogic VMware Host Integration Toolkit it made for a very relevant interesting subject for us to discuss.
Also in the podcast you will hear introductions from Jonathan and myself, discussion on our current challenges and work with virtualisation and Dell Storage.
For more information on the podcasts and blog posts regarding the subjects we discuss please visitwww.handsonvirtualzation.com the site is currently a work in progress but hopefully we will have it up to speed within the next week.
Jonathan and I are hoping to make this podcast a monthly thing, if not more often when relevant, we would love to hear your feedback and anybody that is interested in becoming a guest please get in touch barry(at)virtualisedreality(dot)com. Even though this first podcast has a heavy slant on Equallogic / Dell Storage we would love to broaden our horizons and cover other VMware friendly storage solutions amongst other products. | 2019-04-23T00:09:37 | https://virtualisedreality.com/2011/04/15/new-podcast-new-partnership-handsonvirtualization-com/ |
Tanzania has a surface area of 945,203km2 and with National Parks and game reserves covering an estimated 101,620km2 around 10,75% of the country is protected area and as much as a total of 20% falls under some form of land under conservation.
There are 16 National Parks which cover 42,000km2 and 5 significant Game Reserves and conservation areas covering a further 59,620km2, including the Selous, which at 44,800 km2 is the largest game reserve in Africa.
Unlike minerals, the contribution of the tourism sector to the Tanzanian economy is steadily rising year after year.
Tanzania is the home of the world-famous Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain. The country has dozens of beaches such as those found in Zanzibar and national parks like the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which generate tourism income.
Tanzania has considerable wildlife habitat, including much of the Serengeti plain, where the white-bearded wildebeest and other bovids participate in a large-scale annual migration. Up to 250,000 wildebeest perish each year in the long and arduous movement to find forage in the dry season.
Tanzania is also home to 130 amphibian and over 275 reptile species, many of them strictly endemic and included in the IUCN Red Lists of different countries. | 2019-04-19T10:38:29 | http://andersonwildlifeproperties.co.za/tanzania/65/ |
Please read and then sign the petition form below and forward this linked petition to everyone you know, particularly other sustainability or global warming (aka climate change,) organizations.
With one click you can both sign the petition and, if you use the share button, it will be electronically sent to your friends as well as people in power who are responsible for addressing the global warming emergency. If any of your friends need to be informed about why this emergency meeting needs to be called, you can refer them to the global warming educational materials on the Job One For Humanity website.
Based upon a preponderance of scientific evidence, we recognize our global climate is rapidly warming and becoming increasingly unstable due to human-caused carbon pollution from the burning of fossil fuels. If we do not change course before global warming tipping points are crossed, this destabilization of our climate will continue to cause ever-increasing suffering and potentially irreversible devastation for both current and future generations. If left unresolved, it could cause the extinction, or near extinction, of the human species.
We further recognize that rapidly escalating global warming emergency and its consequent climate destabilization is the greatest current active threat to the security of all nations, comparable in the scope of impact to global nuclear war. Escalating average global temperature rises will lead to destabilization affecting first millions, then billions of people forced to deal with ongoing climate catastrophes, food and other resource depletion, and mass migrations.
Nearly all of the major problems our world faces today worsen and multiply due to escalating global warming. All of the ecological, economic, and political problems listed below will cross-intensify and therefore worsen as average global temperatures rise.
Despite 30 years of education, study, and discussion about the possible irreversible effects of human-caused carbon and methane pollution of our atmosphere, global warming temperatures have escalated to levels that may have already passed or be close to passing global warming tipping point with impacts that are irreversible. We must immediately reverse the continued rise of average global temperature by decreasing the human-caused production of greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels. Failure to resolve global warming for ourselves and future generations is simply not a survivable option.
Publicly declare that the national and international criteria for planning and implementing new laws to resolve the global warming emergency are to do only what is essential and effective in the properly prioritized sequence to keep us from crossing any critical global warming tipping points.
create a revenue neutral, Fee and Dividend-based global warming reduction program.
remove all government subsidies from fossil fuel energy generation.
incentivize divestment from the fossil fuel energy generation industry.
tax all fossil fuel profits at significantly higher rates.
mandate that the fossil fuel corporations pay for all past and current environmental damage.
mandate using Fee and Dividend revenue or other global warming-related revenues to provide generous government subsidies and incentives for expanding green energy generation and use.
mandate using Fee and Dividend revenue or other global warming-related revenues to fund employee job retraining, as well as a business and nation recovery fund to assist all individuals, businesses, and nations that will suffer significant financial losses because of the rapidly falling use of fossil fuels.
mandate using Fee and Dividend revenue or other global warming-related revenues to fund a global education and public relations campaign on why the public will have to comply with many new and difficult global warming reduction laws soon to be enforced by our governments.
mandate using Fee and Dividend revenue or other global warming-related revenues to increase natural and technological carbon sequestration.
authorize the International Monetary Fund, The World Bank, and other national and international bank transaction clearinghouses to impose and collect global warming law violation penalty fees.
mandate the creation of a separate global warming emergency recovery reserve fund equal to 5% of national GDP.
fund research into new, appropriate technologies that may become our last hope and backup plan to remove toxic carbon and methane pollution from the atmosphere before we go over the climate cliff.
call for the immediate creation of a more accurate and complete global warming risk analysis, as well as mandating annual global warming risk analysis updates to be done by the respective intelligence agencies of each nation.
As global citizens of every nation on Earth, we ask you, our national leaders, to immediately convene with all other national leaders from every country to pass effective, verifiable, and enforceable new laws to resolve the escalating global warming emergency before it is too late, and to sustainably protect, preserve, and advance the continued evolution of humanity and life on Earth.
Standing for the Future urges secular and religious people to unite in common cause: sparing our grandchildren climate chaos and sparing ourselves their condemnation. Standing for the Future views the climate emergency as the most urgent moral issue of our time. Together with Job One for Humanity , we invite people of all faiths, and none, to sign the petition below and share this link with others. | 2019-04-24T06:50:39 | https://www.joboneforhumanity.org/stevenkauai |
Help teach visually impaired people how to type.
I was thinking about social good and what obstacles people might face and it sorta just came to me.
It is a python program that is specifically for visually impaired people how to type. It has essentially three sections: learning the alphabet, practice words, and freeform where you can type whatever you want and it will say what you have typed.
We used google's text to speech api and python. | 2019-04-24T09:08:32 | https://devpost.com/software/learntotype |
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The Emergency Services Show will be returning to Cotswold Airport on Sunday 16 September 2018.
The Show is organised by a charitable trust, made up of volunteers drawn mainly from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, Wiltshire Police and South Western Ambulance Service.
One of the main drivers of the Show is to raise money for organisations that support the work of the emergency services, and donations totalling more than £150,000 have been made since the first event in 2005.
To find out more about taking part in the Emergency Services Show, visit www.emergencyservicesshow.com – on-line exhibitor and trader registrations, as well as advance ticket sales, will open later in the year. | 2019-04-24T08:49:44 | https://www.dwfire.org.uk/news/2018-emergency-services-show-date-confirmed/ |
We at Treemendous Tree Care are one of the leading companies in this space and are highly focused on providing our customers the best and cheap tree lopping services Cecil Hills.
General lopping– At times professional tree lopping services Cecil Hills are used as a means of improving the appearance of the property in some way that isn’t directly related to landscaping. For instance, a tree may have to be lopped because it is an obstruction to a great view, from the indoor spaces of a home. At times the tree may be leaning over a swimming pool area or growing very close to the house structure and will need lopping.
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Map indicating the world's polar regions (i.e. Antarctica and area within Arctic Circle), based on Image:LocationAntarctica.png.
2006年3月31号 (五) 11:42 2,759 × 1,404（55 KB） David Kernow~commonswiki Map indicating the world's polar regions (i.e. Antarctica and area within Arctic Circle), derived on Image:LocationAntarctica.png. | 2019-04-26T07:51:37 | |
LAS VEGAS, March 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment today announced a new virtual reality co-financing and production agreement to develop and release three premium, interactive VR experiences based on some of Warner Bros. Pictures' most highly anticipated upcoming blockbuster films, including Justice League, Aquaman and a third experience that has yet to be announced. The companies plan to launch one experience each year – beginning with Justice League VR in late 2017 – with all to receive an exclusive window in IMAX VR centres before being made available to other VR platforms, including in-home and mobile offerings.
"It's fitting that with IMAX and Warner Bros.' shared history of launching Hollywood movies in IMAX theatres, today we're entering into our first studio deal to bring original VR content to the multiplex," said IMAX Corp. CEO Richard L. Gelfond. "A key component of our vision for VR is to help usher in the first wave of high-end blockbuster-based content. Justice League and Aquaman feature some of the most beloved characters on the planet, providing iconic properties to launch this effort. This type of premium content will introduce audiences to virtual reality in standalone and multiplex-based IMAX VR centres as well as other platforms."
"We are excited to be partnering with IMAX to develop and deliver premium VR experiences, and believe that capitalizing on Justice League and Aquaman characters from our well-known DC properties will broaden the appeal of this fast growing technology," said Ron Sanders, President, Warner Bros. Worldwide Home Entertainment Distribution. "Using content and characters from these upcoming films and incorporating creative direction from some of Hollywood's most innovative filmmakers will help us to bring a groundbreaking experience to audiences and consumers who are hungry for a cutting-edge virtual reality experience." | 2019-04-23T04:58:06 | http://totnaija.blogspot.com/2017/03/imax-and-warner-bros-home-entertainment.html |
your body will love you for this one!
Good morning world let’s do this thing! Today has been a really wonderful day. Aren’t endorphins amazing? I made a delish smoothie complete with (kale, carrots, banana, some other fruit, splash of tomato juice, coconut milk and protein powder).
Here's why your body will love you for Elana's Jubilant Juices!
Use berries (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries) for their antioxidant properties.
Use kale & spinach because hey, they're great for the body- packed with vitamins and kind to the digestive track.
Use coconut milk or almond milk because it's better on my intestines than dairy.
Use some tomato juice for added vitamins.
Use Turmeric because it reduces inflammation.
Use organic carrots because they are packed with vitamins and give the smoothie great flavor/texture.
Use bananas for potassium and they make for great consistency.
I rewarded my power packed breakfast with a trip to the gym! Take that MS! | 2019-04-23T14:39:55 | http://www.thegreaterpurposeproject.com/elanas-kure/archives/06-2015 |
Tampere, Finland — Leo Kinnunen, the first Finnish Formula 1 driver, died July 26 in Finland at age 73.
He participated twice in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and won the 1970 Rolex 24 at Daytona. Nicknamed Leksa, Kinnunen competed in the Grand Prix of Sweden at the Anderstorp circuit in 1974 with a Surtees TS16 lent by constructor John Surtees. Despite four additional attempts, Kinnunen was unable to qualify at another race.
After a brief stint in moto racing, Kinnunen competed in rally before dedicating himself to endurance. His title in the Nordic Challenge Cup mini-championship with a Porsche 908 in 1969 allowed him to join the John Wyer Automotive Engineering team that entered two Porsche 917Ks for the German constructor in the World Marques Championship.
The Finnish driver’s first run with the Wyer team was a triumph when he, Pedro Rodriguez and Brian Redman (who reached the second step on the podium with the sister car, but did a stint for the duo) won at the 1970 Rolex 24 at Daytona. He repeated the feat with Rodriguez at Brands Hatch, Monza and Watkins Glen.
Kinnunen set the lap record at the Targa Florio during the European Interserie championship — which he dominated with three consecutive titles between 1971 and 1973. It was also in 1973 that the Finn claimed third at the Rally of Finland, known then as the Rally of 1,000 Lakes, behind two legends of the discipline, Timo Makinen and Markku Alen. He retired from competition in 1977 but remained involved in racing. | 2019-04-23T13:03:02 | http://www.vintagemotorsport.com/2017/08/remembering-f1-driver-leo-kinnunen/ |
situated in tacuri, in the nayón area of quito, ecuador, the tacuri house by gabriel rivera arquitectos has been designed by drawing inspiration from nature to create a family home amongst the trees. the tacuri house was developed after substantial analysis of the site and surrounding environment, resulting in a design that complements the topography of the site and a house that gives the impression of having grown from nature itself.
gabriel rivera arquitecto approached the design of the tacuri house with the idea of living amongst nature, which was inspired by the local algarrobo trees that surround the site of the new family home. this concept materialized during the construction process by adapting to the natural topography of the site and maintaining all the algarrobos that were already on the site.
the house is composed of three elements which effectively divide the functions of the house whilst retaining a connection by a continuous outdoor path that winds around the entire house. the first component contains the social spaces and is formed at the front of the house. the family and private spaces are formed within the second element, and the third is a study which overlooks the main courtyard. the structure of the house is composed of concrete slabs and metallic columns which hold the slabs together and resemble the foliage and trunks of a tree. the glazed elements serve to enclose the interior spaces whilst also creating a direct connection to the natural surroundings. the tacuri house has been inspired to create an effective connection between the indoor spaces to the nature outside.
Is it the photographer or the building? …it’s beautiful. You’d have to be a mile from any other structure to be able to sleep in such an open room, but it looks like it is in a neighborhood? I could not accept the exposure. | 2019-04-25T02:36:41 | https://www.designboom.com/architecture/gabriel-rivera-arquitectos-creates-house-amongst-trees-ecuador-10-30-2018/ |
ref] the channel matrix with the two isotropic antennas at the BS and the '2-ISO' at the MS, respectively.
For an isotropic antenna, the gain is unity, so the effective area is simply [[lambda].
The proposed method has been applied to generate two different beam pairs from a single concentric ring array of isotropic antennas.
A real antenna's gain often is quoted relative to the field produced by a perfectly isotropic antenna.
The spreading loss formula is the ratio of the whole surface area of the sphere to the area of the isotropic antenna (at the operating frequency).
For example, if a lossless isotropic antenna had half of its radiation pattern pointed at the earth ([T.
Theoretically, non-directional radiation pattern is known as isotropic radiation pattern; but, isotropic antennas are practically not available. | 2019-04-22T20:45:02 | https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/isotropic+antenna |
This Q & A is with sports dietitian Leslie Bonci, the owner of Active Eating Advice- be fit, fed, fearless- a nutrition consulting company. She is a nutrition consultant for Carnegie Mellon University athletics, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and the WNBA . She was the sports dietitian for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Steelers, Toronto Blue Jays and has also worked with the Pittsburgh Penguins, University of Pittsburgh Department of Athletics, and the Washington Nationals.
Q: What is one tip you can suggest for athletes when selecting a supplement?
What is great about NSF is that it helps athletes to be SAFE, SMART, SELECTIVE, and SURE about the supplements they choose to take, which is so much easier. Plus it is a better guarantee for the athlete and sigh of relief for me as the sports dietitian.
Q: What is the biggest mistake you have seen athletes make when adding in supplements?
A: The biggest mistake that I have seen athletes make is the thought that the supplement is going to magically going to enhance performance and that it doesn’t matter what they eat because they are taking a supplement.
If athletes are over doing with supplements, athletes have a well-supplemented crappy diet. Supplements are not a replacement, rather they are supposed to be a compliment to a well-balanced eating routine. Plus, less is more when it comes to how much of a supplement to take, you don’t have to always have the largest amount.
Q: What resources can you suggest for athletes when it comes to selecting supplements?
Download the NSF Certified for Sport App!
A: There are lots of great resources including: NSF Certified for Sport App, Drug Free Sport and Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN).
When you are making the decision about supplements – meet with sports dietitian, they will look above and beyond the basics and can customize a plan based on the athletes goals. Sports nutrition and supplements are not a one size fits all.
Q: What third party certifications should athletes consider?
A: I am a big believer in giving athletes the best guarantee and third party certifications like NSF are a great way to do that. Again, it ensures that the athlete is being: safe, smart, selective, and sure. You really need to know that the product has in it what it said and in a form the body and utilize and absorb. It should never be a guessing game for what is in the bottle.
Q: What are other tips you can share with athletes regarding supplements?
A: Athletes need to remember that a focus on diet is what should come first, the state of the plate is a must to focus on before supplements are added. This isn’t necessarily a safety issue, rather placing the priority on the plate. For example, if an athlete is fatigued you can look at if there is an iron intake issue. Or if an athlete is overly restrictive with their eating, maybe you could add-in omega-3's.
I like to encourage athletes to think of their eating plan like a slice of cake - the cake is like their day-to-day eating routine and the foundation, while supplements are like the icy on top, to complement the cake.
About NSF - NSF International to meet the growing demands of athletes, coaches and all those concerned about banned substances in sports supplements, created the Certified for Sport® program. The program certifies that what is on the label is in the bottle and that the product does not contain unsafe levels of contaminants, prohibited substances or masking agents. Certification also means that supplement manufacturers and their suppliers meet stringent certification guidelines developed through a consensus process involving regulatory, sports industry and consumer groups. | 2019-04-24T08:39:29 | https://fuel2win.com/blog/tag/safety |
Ray was a proud veteran and a member of the Legion. He was an honest person who didn’t hold back on his feelings. He fought in Vietnam and loved to tell stories about his experiences over there. The first thing that comes to mind about Uncle Ray is how much he was loved how in love he was with Aunt Bea. He was everybody’s favourite Uncle in my life and all of my 7 siblings. My kids adored and respected him. .
Ray was an electrician. He loved mysteries on TV. He loved to take walks to the park and he fed the squirrels; he had one favourite squirrel that always came back! Uncle Ray will be missed by all who knew him..and we are very lucky we had him for the time we did.
This is terribly sad news. I had lost touch with Ray a few years ago, but will always remember when my aunt Bea first introduced him to “the family” back in early 1970’s. As a child I remember him being great fun. | 2019-04-25T00:22:59 | https://www.drakecremation.com/cousineau-raymond-1935-2015/ |
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Of course, the next piece in evaluating performance is measuring risk, right?
provides an appropriate compensation for the risk involved in the investment.
So in this lecture, we're going to revisit how we measure risk.
If you've taken the previous courses, this should be a refresher for you.
If not, it should help you get up to speed.
All right. So what creates risk?
There are several different sources of risk or risk factors.
Right? What we call risk factors.
fluctuations in the overall economy.
Others only apply to some asset classes more than others.
that can be identified when investing.
exchange rate risk, political risk and so on.
Now, this list is by no means a completely exhaustive list for every asset class.
And not every asset class is exposed to each type of risk.
But you can see that there's a wide range of risks that might be encountered.
that cause asset prices to change as the factors change.
every type of these risks.
assets can be exposed to.
With that brief introduction to sources of risk, how do we measure risk?
we define risk as the variability or the dispersion in returns.
therefore, the most common measure of risk is the volatility of returns.
Which is measured as the standard deviation of the return distribution.
So, given a sample of N returns.
How do we estimate the standard deviation, sigma, from a sample of N returns?
by going from 1 to N.
All under the square root.
the return for observation i.
And is the number of observations we have.
Why is this N minus one?
This is the sample standard deviation.
the bias since r bar is an estimate itself.
If you replace N by N minus one with N.
In other words, with one over N then you would get the population.
So remember, what is the standard deviation.
Well, it's the square root of the average squared deviations from the mean.
Then the standard deviation has various useful statistical properties.
minus one standard deviation around the mean.
minus three standard deviations from the mean.
how often good or bad events are expected to occur.
measure of risk for distribution of asset returns.
March 2003 to December 2005.
which, by the way, is pretty high by historical standards.
And the sample standard deviation was 16.13%.
minus one standard deviation from this mean.
So, in the second column, I computed the deviation from the mean for you.
within this plus or minus one standard deviation.
about 8 out of these 12 observations to fall within this range.
9 quarters out of this 12 quarter period.
We're indeed within the range.
we usually convert them to a standardized measure such as annualized returns.
one holding period to a annualized measure.
So say you have a monthly volatility measure.
How do we annualize this volatility?
volatility measure by the square root of the number of holding periods in a year.
multiply it by the square root of 12 to get the annualized volatility.
of the Russell 3000 quarterly returns was 16.13%.
This is the quarterly volatility.
right, which is going to give us 32.26%.
by multiplying it by the square root of the number of days, weeks etc.
in this lecture we revisited how we measure risk.
Volatility is the most common measure of risk that we use.
And we measure volatility by the standard deviation of returns.
We also have the normal distribution.
depending on how widely distributed, how far away from the mean, they are. | 2019-04-23T15:31:40 | https://www.coursera.org/lecture/investment-strategies-portfolio-analysis/basic-measures-of-risk-0hoze?authMode=signup |
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Dan Conner's Comics and Art – Page 6 – Get your project out there. I'll produce it the way you want. Guaranteed.
I’m Dan Conner, one of LinkedIn’s top 5 Comic Book Colorists. Currently, I am the color artist for Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero’s Journey, published by Disney Manga and TokyoPop and I often color the Three Stooges comicbook for American Mythology.
My Gal, the Zombie is the most prominent comic series of my own creation and some of my proudest work includes cover colors for Casper’s Ghostland and Archie Meets Ramones. I’ve also worked on Underdog, Pink Panther, Cleopatra in Space, and a variety of other titles. Musical groups for whom I’ve provided art include the Misfits and Five Iron Frenzy. As a comics writer, I’ve done adaptations of Shakespeare plays, the Picture of Dorian Gray, and Dracula for ABDO (check your local library!) and various other comics like Pirates vs. Ninjas for Antarctic Press.
I’m also approved by Nickelodeon as an artist for IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic. I’ve done one published ninja turtles cover thus far and I draw lots of TMNT sketch covers. Just so, so many turtles sketch covers.
While I am not currently looking for new projects, I’m always interested in noteworthy endeavors.
I am especially interested in convention type appearances. If you have an event which you would like me to join, please do contact me!
Below are properties owned and developed by Dan Conner, available for licensing, animation, and publication. Contact [email protected] with serious inquiries.
Three sea fairing adventurer young ladies must fight monsters as they search for treasure! Original comic published by Lamp Post, Inc., 2013.
A king decrees that whoever can rescue his imprisoned child will rule the land. Franchesca takes on that challenge and frees the prince! Original comic published in 2011 by Crazy Good Comics.
What would happen if Hercules attacked Jesus? Original comic published by Crazy Good Comics, 2012.
When cattle are driven crazy by evil spirits in the old west, can notorious vaqueira, Desiree Flores, drive them back into submission? Comicbook previoulsy published by Crazy Good Comics, 2011, and Lamp Post, Inc., 2013.
Chelsea won’t let being a zombie ruin her afterlife! This is Dan’s flagship property, a variety of comics have been published by Antarctic Press, Lamp Post (2015), 8th Wonder (2015,16), Denver Westword (2014, 16), Stay Sick Pictures (2015, 16), and Crazy Good Comics (2013, 16). Currently available for a new comicbook publisher.
When Marigold Clawson finds enchanted earrings, could they be connected to the werewolf legend at her summer camp? Unpublished, middle school grade graphic novel. | 2019-04-21T08:14:59 | https://connercomics.wordpress.com/page/6/ |
Autumn (or Fall) is without a doubt the prettiest time of year to break out the camera, get up early and capture some local beauty. With a little planning, and keeping an eye on your favorite vistas, you can be sure to capture something spectacular. But once you’ve shot those moments (and those moments can be brief… sometimes it’s just a matter of days between the trees looking like fire and them looking like skeletons), you need to bring them into the computer to have a little enhancement fun. Here’s a photo shot at the peak of fall in North Carolina. The leaves are brilliant, and the sky was a little bit cloudy, so we have a relatively flat image to start with. And that’s good. It’s almost always better to start with something a bit flat so you can control where the shadows and highlights appear.
Using DxO PhotoLab, let’s start with basic exposure. Sometimes, and image that is a little underexposed can look more dramatic than one that is properly exposed. The darker shadows will offset the colors of the leaves, making them really pop off the screen. My favorite way to adjust exposure for a scene like this isn’t to use the exposure slider, but to instead use Tone Curves.
With the curves adjustment, you have more control over which parts of the shadows get darker, and simultaneously protect or even brighten the brighter leaves in the scene.
A little curves goes a long way!
Sometimes when you use curves, it can desaturate the image. This is pretty typical of curves; they tend to pull color out of the scene. This photo didn’t get affected by that too much, but it’s still worth playing with the Color Accentuation > Saturation or Vibrancy to see if it has a positive effect. It’s easy to overdo this, so don’t forget to toggle the before and after a few times while adjusting to ensure you’re not hurting anyone’s eyeballs.
Next, I’ll play with micro contrast. This adds contrast to the fine details in the scene, which makes an image appear sharper and more contrasty without crushing the blacks or highlights. It can be pretty dramatic, so again be sure to toggle the effect off and on so you don’t get carried away.
The difference is subtle, but it is noticeable.
Finally, I’m going to selectively darken and brighten some areas. Some may consider this cheating a bit, adding and removing light that was or wasn’t there in the first place, so that’s up to you. I’ll call this a creative decision, and you can do it if you want! In DxO PhotoLab, the way to do this is through Local Adjustments. Fans of Nik’s plugins may recognize these tools, and that’s because the Nik “U Point” technology is now inside of DxO PhotoLab! Here’s a step by step on how to apply an effect: 1. Enable Local Adjustments 2. Click anywhere to add a Control Point. The size of the circle is adjustable, so have it cover the area you want. Don’t worry about it being too big or only round; the tones that will be affected are determined by where you drop the point (i.e., if the point is on an orange leaf, all orange leaves within the circle will be adjusted). Once you start adjusting it, you may want to move it slightly to ensure the effect is applied where you want it. 3. Adjust the sliders! In this case, I’m brightening up some of the rocks in the waterfall 4. You can add additional Control Points to the same adjustment by simply clicking again elsewhere in the scene 5. If necessary, you can add negative adjustments, too. This will block an area from getting the effect. First select the negative adjustment tool, then click anywhere in the scene that’s being effected but you don’t want it to be. 6. Create additional Control Points with their own settings by click the New Mask button, then clicking again anywhere in the scene to add another U Point, and repeating steps 3 to 5. 7. When you’re done, click Close.
The final version is so dramatically different from the original!
And you, where’s your favorite place to photograph fall colors? | 2019-04-25T03:59:38 | https://blog.dxo.com/the-colors-of-autumn/ |
Z-test for two means , Z-test for two proportions , T-test for two means , T-test for paired samples , Chi-Square Goodness of fit , and Chi-Square test of Independence. Thanks to a guest writer, I just added a great article about online accounting curricula. You can check it here. Accounting Help November 11th, Found a very informational article about the do's and dont's of Accounting Homework Help. News November 11th, Great changes to improve user experience are coming very soon.
I have written recently many math and stats solvers that I'll be adding to the site. I've been polishing the scripts we already have and this is almost turning into a full time job. As many users are aware, we have had ads for the last few months, and even though I don't like ads, it is the only way to support the site, which is turning into a full time job by now. I'm looking for a more efficient way of using ads so that the site can be ad-supported and it continue being free that way.
Various Statistical Tests November 2nd, More stat tests done. I have finished a t-test for one population mean with unknown population standard deviation and a Chi-Square test for one population variance. Pretty much as the other solvers I have added, they are simple to use: Z-tests October 31st, I've been working on these for a while and I finally finished them.
I added a z-test for one population mean and a z-test for one population proportion. Very user friendly, define hypotheses, and parameters of the test, and a detailed step-by-step calculation is performed.
Histogram Maker October 20th, I just added a working histogram maker. You enter the dataset and the number of bins and a properly scaled histogram is rendered by the script. Bar Graph Maker October 9th, I have added a very cool bar graph maker. You enter the categories, the values associated with each of the categories, and a bar chart rendered by the script.
Mortgage Calculator October 8th, Not exactly the typical calculator we do, but I have had some requests for it, so I added a simple mortgage calculator tool to compute the monthly payment for a mortgage, under basic assumptions without considering PMI and insurance.
New math solver October 4th, I have uploaded a 2x2 system of linear equations solver. Update October 4th, I have updated the pie chart maker script. Confidence Interval Calculators October 2st, I have added two confidence interval calculators. Two more more probability calculators October 1st, We have two more probability calculators.
They are a binomial distribution calculator and a Poisson distribution calculator. Added two more probability calculators September 30th, I have added two new probability calculators, based on a couple of requests I had. They are a exponential distribution calculator and a uniform distribution calculator.
Tips for finding math help September 9th, I have added a new article. Check it out here. Grade Calculator Online June 9th, I have added a correlation coefficient calculator. This time, the script is more user friendly, and checks for errors in the data before processing them. Grade Calculator Online June 4th, I received a whole lot of e-mails asking for a tool to calculate grades. Well, I just did it. More material June 4th, After some time of silence, I'm back. As many of you know, I run this site on my spare time trying to keep it as updated as possible.
I'm very pleased to see the positive effect the math tools we offer in our site are having in the community. Countless e-mails thanking me for the work I put in the site make me want to keep working even harder. The free online math calculator we provide in the site have even been used as references in scientific papers. That is very cool indeed!
I have great plans for the site. From references given by users of our community, they are very reliable.
Summer is over Sept 24rd, Summer is over, and time is back for some math. We have great plans for this year.
Our aim is to offer the best quality free math help, for which reason we will continue adding more and more useful content. We also expect to materialize some very interesting partnerships. More Online Stats calculators May 24rd, As promised, a couple of critical values calculators have been added: This is the first delivery of a series of scripts that will be added.
Coming soon a couple of online calculators for critical values for the z-distribution and the t-distribution. New Article March 8th, I just added an article about math problem solving techniques.
See article List of Calculus Problems March 8th, I found a new site offering sample solved calculus problems: Calculus Problems Scripts Fixed January 30th, We have added more than solved statistics problems Scripts Fixed January 21th, Due to a problem with a configuration file the scripts in the site were not working for a while, now they are working fine. Sorry for the inconvenience. New Tutorial December 18th, A good tutorial about the normal distribution was added.
The normal distribution and the standard normal distribution More Solved Statistics Problems December 7thd, I added a good list of solved statistics problems. Fixed scatterplot tool and added regression line tool November 3rd, I made a few adjustments to the scatterplot module, and added a new regression line tool, to complement the existing tool.
For problems out of my control the site was down for a couple of weeks. We'll be back with new material. Thanks to everyone New section added May 17th, I have found a good collection of free solved math problems and math answers.
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Lake Wichita Park is a large 234 acre park located on the north shore of Lake Wichita. Within the park itself is a 2.6 mile concrete hike and bike trail that runs from the southern tip of the park at Fairway Avenue to the dam on the lake. The trail continues northward all the way to Lucy Park. There are public restrooms, a modular playground, basketball goals, drinking fountains, and many picnic areas.
The park has a large reservable picnic shelter with 10 picnic tables that will seat approximately 60 people. There are also 2 lighted baseball fields, 2 lighted softball fields, 3 lighted football fields, and an 18 hole disc golf course. Lake Wichita Park has the only model airplane landing strip in the park system. The park is also the location of the new Off-Leash Dog Park. | 2019-04-24T10:24:10 | http://tx-wichitafalls2.civicplus.com/70/Lake-Wichita-Park |
The U15 girls made it through to the 6th Round of the National Cup by beating Notre Dame High School from Sheffield 2 - 0.
Notre Dame was the first to get a shot away on goal, but a great stop from keeper Rachel Fox prevented them from taking an early lead. From then on it was Sirius that dominated the play and was camped in the Notre Dame half for long periods of time. Sirius had many shots on goal but saw them either go just wide or well saved by the keeper. Holly Dodsworth was running the show in the centre of midfield and it was her through ball to Danny Waters that put the home side in the lead after Waters finished in style in the top corner. It was all Sirius until the halftime break but they could not double their lead.
The second half started well for the visitors and some great defending from the back three of Beth Dixon, Chloe Dunn and Tegan Whitney ensured that they did not get an equiliser. Sam Tomlinson was playing a new role in front of the back three and was outstanding in breaking down the Notre Dame attack. The victory was sealed with ten minutes remaining as Holly Dosworths shot found its way into the bottom corner with precision. The Notre Dame side battled hard to try and get a goal back but Sirius worked hard to get bodies behind the ball and make things difficult for them. The final score ended 2 - 0 in favour of Sirius Academy in a great team performance that will see them go through to the 6th round of the National Cup for the first time.
Rachel Fox, Tegan Whitney, Chloe Dunn, Beth Dixon, Katie Clark, Holly Biggadyke, Georgina Robertson, Danny Waters, Holly Dodsworth, Sam Tomlinson and Sophie Murray. | 2019-04-24T07:02:46 | https://www.sirius-academy.org.uk/news/sirius-academy-west-u15-girls-through-to-round-6-of-the-national-cup |
There is an old saying “clear desk, clear mind”. Whether it’s work, our home or our bedroom, our environment can have a huge impact on our wellbeing. Cutting down the number of ‘things’ in your life, means you become less distracted by thoughts such as “I should find a home for that, this needs to be fixed, I don’t really like that, but it was a gift” etc. These are just extra thoughts about ‘things’, which you don’t need mentally or physically.
When you have fewer things, but things you love, tidily displayed, it is easier to enjoy your surroundings and relax! Who doesn’t feel happier in a fresh, clean and light space?
The BEST thing about it is saving time searching for lost things and tidying. Searching for things and trying to clean a cluttered room / home / office is time consuming and actually quite draining! Yes, cleaning can in itself be a mindful activity, but not when it is a never-ending, unbeatable battle against the clutter!
Many people keep things as memories or for sentimental reasons and that’s OK, but consider which items really add VALUE to your life. Marie Kondo, the tidying guru, recommends you hold each item and keep it only if it ‘sparks joy’.
Freeing yourself from existing clutter, means time and freedom are regained, time which could be spent making memories with friends, going somewhere new or doing some exercise or a hobby.
Not BUYING clutter, reducing the amount of ‘stuff’ coming into your home, therefore frees up your time and funds to DO and experience new things that make you far richer.
1) Set yourself a treat.
At the end of this I will have a cup of tea, head out to the cinema or perhaps buy a beautiful, fresh bunch of flowers or plant to finish off the new space.
2) Get Some Music on!
Find some tunes to make you feel upbeat and motivated. Time will whizz past as you work away while singing or even dancing along.
Before you start, stand in the doorway or corner of the room and take a good look around. Think about what your friends/parents see when they stand in the same place, looking into your room! What is the first thing you notice?
· Recycling – paper, plastics etc. in here!
· Rubbish - things broken beyond repair, food waste etc.
· Donation / sell / re-gift – things in good condition that someone else could use. This includes new items you’ll never realistically wear / use!
· Have I outgrown this?
· Do I really need this item? Have I used it in the last 12 months?
· Does it spark any joy for me?
· Is this item just taking up space or do I (not will I) actually use it?
Really go for it! Be positive about each thing you free your space from. You’ll have this done in no time. Each item out is one step closer to a tidier, healthier space and mind!
When you’ve finished, give it a quick vacuum, dust and RELAX.
Hayley Barnard is confirmed as the guest speaker for the Shine Health and Wellbeing event 2019! | 2019-04-26T14:15:57 | http://shineproject.org.uk/blog/2019/1/14/time-to-organise-amp-declutter |
One of the great benefits to my job is the flexibility to take off for 90 minutes during the middle of a Monday afternoon to hike the full length of the 9th Avenue Trail when it is -2°C and sunny.
Here are a few pictures after I was able to warm up my iPhone enough to turn on and take photos.
Next PostWe have a Ski-doo! | 2019-04-26T10:31:16 | https://lisa.blog/2016/02/22/monday-afternoon-hike/ |
In the public imagination, the electric car – and the hybrid car before it – has been hailed as a key solution for consumers to reduce their environmental impact and help slow climate change.
As one indicator, web searches for Tesla are up over 450% from 2012 to 2018 peak, and the company is now valued at over US$54 billion on the stock market. The cars are selling, too: Tesla sales are up seven-fold from Q3 2015 to Q3 2018. | 2019-04-19T04:24:23 | https://www.jussipasanen.com/category/consumption/ |
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Here are a few practical tips to help curb unhealthy food cravings!
1. Never go anywhere without packing a healthy snack, like fruit or nuts.
2. Keep water with you at all times. Drinking water can often curb hunger pangs.
3. Think of a healthy alternative. Instead of ice cream, choose frozen yogurt, instead of chips and dip, choose baked chips and salsa. Any healthy change is a change in the right direction.
5. Eat well balanced meals 3 times a day. Make sure they are high-fibre content meals. Fibre helps curb sugar cravings.
6. Distract yourself. Go for a walk, call a friend, etc. | 2019-04-22T23:00:49 | http://greengirlygarden.blogspot.com/2012/08/conquer-your-cravings.html |
Facebook users old enough to remember watching their oxen die while fording a river, or the time when M. T. Pockets stole “the banks of the Nile” will be pleased to hear that both The Oregon Trail and Carmen Sandiego have been reborn on the popular social media site.
The Oregon Trail for Facebook was launched on February 2 and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? launched today, February 9. Both titles make use of the Facebook credit system and allow players to team up with friends, à la Zynga hits CityVille and FarmVille.
The core games are free, but as with Farmville and CityVille, extra features will cost you.
To give you an idea of the staying power of these titles, consider that The Oregon Trail was first developed by a group of college students in 1971 — 40 years ago — and debuted on the Apple II in 1981 — 30 years ago — with a series of releases occurring every few years since. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? was first released in 1985 — 26 years ago — with a series of games following that were based in different geographical regions.
Interested gumshoes can check out the Carmen Sandiego Facebook game trailer below. | 2019-04-23T17:56:36 | https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/the-oregon-trail-and-carmen-sandiego-arrive-on-facebook/ |
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BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister will meet industry captains and attend an investment roadshow in Mumbai on August 8, in the run-up to the second edition of the ‘Make in ‘ conclave.
The industries department and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) will organize the roadshow that will focus on showcasing the state‘s investment potential and business ecosystem, official sources said.
More than 300 companies have confirmed their participation in the Mumbai meeting, which will explore investment opportunities in food processing and seafood, ancillary and downstream industries in the metals sector, textiles, electronics system designing and manufacturing, chemicals, plastics and petrochemicals. Industries minister Ananta Das, chief secretary A P Padhi and senior officials will meet the investors on August 7 and 9.
The delegation will highlight the strategic advantages of investing in Odisha. It will present a comparative picture on factors such as cost of doing business, incentives for investors, dedicated sector-specific clusters and over 1.25 lakh acre of land bank available for industrial development.
Industrial infrastructure like the National Investment Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) at Kalinganagar, the food processing park at Khordha, the textile and apparel parks at Ramdaspur in Cuttack and Dhamnagar in , the aluminium park in Angul and the plastics park in Paradip will be showcased at the roadshow.
“We are pleased to receive an encouraging response from the business community of Mumbai. We are positive about attracting significant investments from Mumbai-based companies,” said an official statement quoting industries secretary Sanjeev Chopra.
The chief minister on Saturday also reviewed preparations for the ‘Make in Odisha‘ conclave and asked departments to organize sector-specific workshops to highlight the state‘s investment potential.
“Odisha is fast becoming one of the preferred investment destinations of the country and the thrust is on bringing more diversified industries to provide higher employment opportunities to the people,” Naveen said at the meeting.
Sources said the chief minister would attend similar roadshows in three other metro cities before the ‘Make in Odisha‘ conclave, scheduled from November 11 to 15. The state government is also planning roadshows in China, Japan and . | 2019-04-19T21:12:18 | https://glenwoodguardian.com/naveen-sets-august-8-date-with-industry-bosses/9601/ |
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It’s possible for an individual to receive Social Security disability benefits and Workers’ Compensation benefits at the same time. Disability benefit payments from private pensions or insurance benefits do not affect Social Security benefits. However, when an injured worker receives workers compensation benefits in addition to Social Security disability benefits, it may reduce the Social Security benefits.
If you receive workers’ compensation benefits and Social Security disability benefits, the total amount of the benefits cannot exceed 80% of your average current earnings before you became disabled. The monthly Social Security disability benefits are added to your workers compensation benefits. If the total amount of these benefits combined exceeds 80% of your average current earnings, the excess amount is deducted from your Social Security Benefit. This is referred to as an offset.
Navigating these complex waters requires consulting with an experienced attorney. | 2019-04-21T00:42:23 | https://www.odonnell-law.com/2016/09/27/interplay-workers-compensation-benefits-social-security-disability-benefits/ |
LOUISVILLE — The next Mr. Kentucky Leather will be July 20-22 in the Louisville metro area. There will be some excitement this year since last year’s winner, James Lee, went on to win International Mr. Leather last month.
The meet and greet will be at C2 at 225 E. E. Breckinridge St. in Louisville on Friday, July 20. The party goes from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. with a $5 cover.
Kink U with Titans of the Midwest will be at PRIDEBar in New Albany, Ind. from 2:30 to 6 p.m.
The contest will be back at C2. The doors open at 8 p.m. and the contest will start at 9:30. The victory party will start immediately afterwards and go to 4 a.m. Entertainers include Karen Forecox, Tova Uravitch and Nicole Jackson Valentino. There is a $10 cover charge.
Sunday will be a celebratory cookout at Chill Bar, 1117 Bardstown Rd. in Louisville. The bar opens at 2 p.m. and the cookout starts at 3.
Vendors include Abraided Leather, Torso Menswear, Mookies Bindings, and more.
Overnight accomodations are available at Vu Guesthouse which is on the same premises as C2. Call 502-785-0815 and mention Mr. Kentucky Leather to receive a discount.
You can follow and RSVP for the event at the Facebook event. | 2019-04-24T00:17:46 | http://www.greatlakesden.com/mr-kentucky-leather-on-july-20-22/ |
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Dashboards are displays that summarize details in a concise management summary all in a single project tracking software. These displays show color-coded indicators and a collection of project statistics. The six standard project indicators shown are Project Time Tracking, Cost, Effort, Progress, Issue and Risk. For each project you set targets for the Completion Time, Budget and Completion Effort.
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These days, smartphones and tablets are commonplace in the office. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives are widespread and many organizations issue company-owned smartphones and tablets to employees, as well. Unfortunately with corporate data residing on mobile devices, enterprises now face new sources of potentially unrecoverable data loss and an increased need for mobile data management.
Traditional approaches to enterprise backup simply aren’t well suited to mobile data. Many organizations rely on the following process: users sync their smartphone or tablet with their computer and then the computer is backed up using the system-wide backup solution. Unfortunately, most users don’t sync their devices every day and when employees are on the road it could be days or weeks before their data is safely backed up.
An app that can be easily downloaded to employees’ smartphones and tablets. This should facilitate automatic backups, invisible to the user, as well as on-demand backups that users can launch.
Secure backup of mobile devices, as long as the devices are connected to a local network or WAN connection.
Data reduction techniques, such as compression and block level deduplication, which reduces the amount of WAN bandwidth required for backups.
The ability for mobile users to restore their own data anytime.
Smartphones and tablets are making businesses more productive. If your data gets stranded out in the world, however, mobile devices may increase enterprise risk. It doesn’t have to be that way. Adopt a data backup solution that addresses all data created on mobile devices and sleep a little easier, no matter where your organization’s data roams. | 2019-04-19T17:26:27 | https://cloudpost.us/data-backup-mobile-data/ |
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I am currently on travel in Amman, Jordan. Prior to my departure, I contacted AT&T to see if they had an international data roaming plan for the iPhone similar to the one I have had for Blackberry devices for several years. With my Blackberry devices, I paid a flat fee for unlimited international data on my device (no tethering, etc). However, AT&T offers no unlimited international data plan for the iPhone. Instead, I was offered a data plan that caps out at 20meg per month and then charges for incremental data after that.
After three days of use only checking my mail (no web browsing, no stock or weather checking) I had reached the 20meg mark which resulted in me turning of the email checking on the phone and eliminating one of the key functions of the phone for the remaining 7 days of my stay.
As an business user that travels internationally, I can’t recommend the iPhone over the Blackberry to those that require international email on their phone. AT&T needs to release an unlimited data plan or at least implement reasonable rates for incremental data used internationally so customers don’t wind up like this guy. | 2019-04-19T18:47:25 | http://www.devost.net/2007/08/08/why-the-iphone-fails-as-an-international-business-phone/ |
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16th July : Albert area. Works in Ovillers sector.
21st-31st July : In Work and in action West of Pozieres.
20th-28th August : North of Ovillers.
November : Le Sars / Eaucourt-l'Abbaye sector.
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Tropical Yogurt Popsicles – Pineapple, Mango and Banana combine for a tropical, fruity, and yummy popsicle.
I saw mangoes on sale at the store and just couldn’t pass them up, as I love Mangoes! When I decided to make popsicles with them I knew I wanted to go tropical with the flavor. So I combined the mangoes with bananas and pineapple Greek yogurt and I LOVED how these tropical yogurt popsicles turned out!
I love including fruit in my popsicles as it makes for a healthier treat for both me and my children. I added Greek yogurt into these as well, adding protein into our snack as well!
Pour into popsicles molds and freeze overnight.
Looking for more popsicle? Try Jamie’s Pure Fruit Popsicles or check back later this week for more popsicle goodies! | 2019-04-23T14:41:26 | https://www.coffeewithus3.com/tropical-yogurt-popsicles/ |
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Research indicates that children and youth in foster care are far more likely than other children to experience traumatic stress, putting them at risk for negative health, behavioral, educational, and social outcomes. High quality, evidence-based services that focus on building protective factors can help children face and overcome trauma or adversity, increase resilience, and contribute to improved well-being and positive long term outcomes.
See a full list of the Levy’s 8 Foster Care investments.
PCL publishes annual performance reports on foster care programs for each fiscal year. Performance of foster care programs during the previous Levy period (2009-2014) is covered in PCL’s 5 year Report.
In 2014-15, 2,191 children in Multnomah County spent at least one day in foster care.
Native American and African American children are overrepresented in foster care as compared to their proportions in the general population due to historical inequities. | 2019-04-21T12:06:29 | http://www.portlandchildrenslevy.org/program-area/foster-care |
Ideally located within the road frontage of the main highway of Gerehu, we have this property consisting of 3 bedroom high set house, a 2 bedroom room unit and a bed-sitter unit downstairs now available for immediate sale. This property has plenty of potential. Suitable for those investment buyers who are thinking for using it as an opportunity to turn it into a commercial shop or investment apartments. For inspection, call our sales team on 3112121 or 75002121. | 2019-04-26T08:40:32 | https://century21.com.pg/en/4616690 |
Christine Colley and Paige Engeldrum are a force for action in Cushman & Wakefield Future Leaders (CWFL), as Co-Presidents of the tri-state chapter. With 3.5 billion square feet under management, 400 offices in 70 countries, 2017 revenues of $6.9 billion and 48,000 hardworking innovators, this is where the power of real estate is unleashed on behalf of the world’s top owners and occupiers.
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Start your MINI FARM! NO HOA & NO RESTRICTIONS! Gorgeous 6.7+- acres with 2 ponds and mountain view! Back has fencing, 4 bdrms, 3.5 baths, +bonus room and has been remodeled w/new fixtures and fans, plantation blinds, cherry hardwood flooring, carpet, fresh paint, chimney, convertible gas-log fireplace in Family Room, and more! Kitchen has granite, refreshed cabinets w/under cabinet lighting, new SS double oven & Dishwasher, island w/b'fast bar, and HW floors. Master has HW floors, triple trey ceiling, walk-in closet, sitting room with gas log fireplace and deck access. Downstairs is all HW and tile, upstairs has carpet. New ceiling fans, fixtures, and hardware. Granite in master bath. | 2019-04-19T11:07:53 | http://realestate.montgomeryadvertiser.com/property/al/new-market/35761/-/130-standing-oak-drive/5c835ce6a78e9246ee000098/ |
and looks like you purchased it at a French pastry shop!!
Combine ingredients for crust in food processor and press into 9-inch spring-form pan.
Bake crust for 15 minutes or until it starts to brown.
Meanwhile peel and shred apples by hand or with a food processor.
Combine apples, sugar, cinnamon, and flour.
Cut remaining apples into consistent slices.
of cake in fan-like or other decorative pattern.
help get cake out easily.
Melt apple jelly and paint on top of cake for a finishing touch.
Place in fridge for at least 30 minutes to allow apple jelly to set.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine ingredients for crust in food processor and press into 9 inch spring-form pan. Bake crust for 15 minutes or until it starts to brown. Meanwhile peel and shred apples by hand or with a food processor. Combine apples, sugar, cinnamon, and flour. Spread evenly over crust. Cut remaining apples into consistent slices. Mix lemon juice, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon and dip apple slices into mixture. Arrange on top of cake in fan-like or other decorative pattern. Bake approximately 1 hour. Cool and remove from pan for immediate use, or freeze in pan and remove while frozen to help get cake out easily. Melt apple jelly and paint on top of cake for a finishing touch. Place in fridge for at least 30 minutes to allow apple jelly to set. | 2019-04-20T18:58:22 | https://plan-itvicki.com/apple-tart/ |
Space Panic is a 1980 arcade game designed by Universal. Chris Crawford calls it the first ever platform game, as it pre-dates Nintendo's Donkey Kong from 1981, which is often cited as the original platform game. Space Panic lacks Donkey Kong's jump mechanic, disqualifying it as a platformer for some. The main character digs holes in the platforms that he must lure the aliens into. He must then hit them to knock them out of the hole and off the screen. In later levels, two holes must be lined up vertically in order to dispose of the aliens. There is also a limited supply of oxygen.
Source: Wikipedia, "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Panic," available under the CC-BY-SA License. | 2019-04-19T20:51:12 | https://videogamegeek.com/videogame/90236/space-panic |
Ciao gorgeous people. I am so sorry for the lack of updates. I've been busy eating and doing nothing while I'm home. Yes if you're following me on my TWITTER you must know that I'm currently in Balikpapan. And now, as an apologise from me, I'd like to share you my kind of airport outfit. I guess I could describe my style as a mix of feminine, bold, chic and edgy. In term of fashion and comfort, I never overdo either of the four at the same, it's the key to my personal style. When it comes to choosing pieces of my airport outfit, for whatever reason, I have always gravitated towards skirts/dresses more than pants (except for leggings/shorts). But I agree that skirts/dresses are more for comfort and ease if anything. I love the ease of wearing a skirt/dress. Just like everything else in my life and for most people, I like to do whatever is the quickest and easiest to save time whenever I go to the airport for travelling. And to me, dress is a quick solution to an airport fashion item. Well, this is my little tips for you, fashionable traveler. Please dont mind with my oily face on some photos below, trust me, I wasnt sweating, it's my night face cream.
The silhouette of your jacket reminds me of a Chanel jacket. So classy!
Great pictures, and super cute outfit! Do you have Bloglovin? I'd love to follow you.
Gorgeous! You look so chic and comfortable!
Wow your dress is way too cute!!!!
Great style dear! You look gorgeous! | 2019-04-18T11:02:40 | https://www.somethingrealserious.com/2014/08/airport-fashion.html |
Father & Son. minato + Naruto = father & son. HD Wallpaper and background images in the Naruto Shippuuden club tagged: naruto shippuden.
Ummm... What does this has 2 do with Minato-sama? | 2019-04-22T06:30:19 | http://fr.fanpop.com/clubs/naruto-shippuuden/images/28103086/title/father-son-wallpaper |
Play online without registration Francois Douris all albums in mp3 download a single file or separately.
Caution! All audio materials of Francois Douris are presented solely for information. After listening to the trial version, you must remove the file mp3 or buy the product from an authorized supplier. | 2019-04-21T14:10:35 | http://musecat.ru/music-artist/hgicbid/Francois-Douris |
During my stay as a researcher-in-residence at the KB, I applied techniques from the field of Computer Vision to gain insights into non-textual trends in the Dutch advertisements landscape. The research produced a dataset of advertisements as well as a tool (SIAMESE) to find visually similar images in a large corpus of advertisements. You can read more about the project here. | 2019-04-18T20:19:44 | https://melvinwevers.github.io/project/kb/ |
Islanders and day trippers alike are invited to attend a festive book celebration for Peaks Island author/illustrator Beth Rand on October 13th to launch her 123 Gulls (Islandport Press). This picture book companion to Rand’s ABC Gulls will be available for the first time this Saturday and she will be present to sign them.
Author/illustrator Beth Rand at her Peaks Island home with her almost-human dog, Charlie.
Campfires, snow ball fights, tubing, winter hikes through the trails, and frisbee on bright, sunny days are activities that children lucky to live in Maine get to enjoy. Inspiration for 1,2,3 Gulls came from the setting where I live, here on Peaks Island. As a follow up to ABC Gulls, this is a companion book with a twist. Since gulls are hardy and don’t flee the winter, I thought it would be fun to show them enjoying the snow and ice. The gulls remind me of islanders–coming and going on foot, on skis and snowshoes, with carts and sleds–all bundled up and embracing the winter! Even the guitar, ukulele, and harmonica players were added as a nod to our island musicians.
One moon to light the night.
The illustration of the gulls snow-tenting under a crescent moon reminds me of many nights snuggled in a sleeping bag while backcountry snow camping. Parents and grandparents will rediscover their own winter memories as they share this colorful picture book with the new counters in their lives.
There will be a coloring activity for children and door prizes, including a seagull shirt, jigsaw puzzle, handmade mittens, and more.
Refreshments will include bagels and coffee. The event is free and open to the public.
Saturday, October 13, 2018, 9:45-11:45 a.m.
For more information about the book or the event, please call 207-846-3344, visit www.islandportpress.com, or email [email protected].
For ferry schedules, see www.cascobaylines.com. | 2019-04-18T14:47:24 | https://peaksislandpress.com/2018/10/10/book-launch-for-beth-rands-123-gulls/ |
See a picture card and decide which “special sound” (digraph) is in the word and whether it comes at the beginning or end of the word. Then put the picture card in the appropriate sack.
Print the picture cards and sack labels onto sturdy card-stock paper and cut them apart. Attach one label to each paper sack. The word list is for the adult’s reference only.
Place the labeled sacks in front of the child, arranged in two rows of four. Go through the picture cards with your child to be sure he is using the correct word for each picture (e.g., ship instead of boat). Then shuffle the picture cards and put them in a face-down stack.
*Option: Print out the eight labels, prop them up, and let the child match the corresponding picture cards. Call this activity Sorting Stacks instead of Sacks.
Before starting the game, do a quick review of the digraph sounds, using the labels on the sacks. Explain that on the sack labels, a dash in front of the sound (e.g., -ch) means the special sound comes at the end (or tail) of the word, but a dash after the sound (e.g., ch-) means the special sound comes at the beginning (or head) of the word. Use the pictures on the label cards to demonstrate.
/ch/ is at the start — the head — of cheese.
Now introduce and demonstrate the game for your child. He will turn over a picture card, say the word, and decide which sack it should go in.
Adult: Okay, turn over the first picture card. What is it?
Adult: That’s right. Which sack does it belong in?
Child: [points to ch-] That one?
Adult: Are you sure? Say the name of the picture.
Child: Cheese. It has a /ch/!
Adult: Yes, but listen to where the /ch/ sound is: cheese.
Is the /ch/ sound at the beginning or the end of cheese?
Adult: Now look at your picture card and say the word.
Adult: Is the /ch/ sound at the beginning or the end of watch?
Adult: Right. So which sack has the /ch/ sound at the end?
Adult: Good job. Put the watch card in the peach sack.
Go through at least 20 words in a session, in random order so the child gets a mix of special sounds at both the beginning and end. Make note of any words or digraphs the child is struggling with, and revisit those words at the end.
Time how long it takes the child to correctly sort 20 picture cards into sacks. Then shuffle the picture cards and play the game again, challenging the child to beat his own time by sorting the cards faster!
Lesson Objective: Aided by picture cards and digraph letter cards, children will say the name of the pictured item, isolate the digraph phoneme, determine whether the phoneme comes at the beginning or the end of the word, and sort the picture into sacks labelled with beginning and ending digraphs.
You can play this game in a circle on the rug. Go through all the picture cards with the group, explaining the meaning of the dash before or after the special sound.
Give each child three picture cards at a time, face down. “What is your picture? What sack does watch belong in?” Make sure the children get several opportunities for practice.
If the children struggle with identifying the location of the special sound (at the beginning or end of the word), focus on that by playing the game with only the ch- and -ch sacks and picture cards. Once they understand this concept, add the other sacks.
Reinforcement: Place the game in a center for independent partner practice. Check their work when the game is finished.
This was a great tool. However, I wish it separated them by beginning and ending. It is too difficult for students to navigate BOTH. | 2019-04-26T02:13:34 | https://sightwords.com/phonemic-awareness/digraphs/sorting-sacks/ |
Are you looking for a fun new way to get your kids to eat better? Eat, Drink, Play by color: Red. Check out my Rainbow Dinner Project where we ate a meal featuring every color of the rainbow.
This post is all about the color RED.
This meal was my husbands favorite. The Meatloaf and Red Smashed Potatoes were perfect for my meat and potato loving husband.
I tried to have around 5 things for each color including a meat, starch, fruit, veggie and dairy item (we are dairy farmers you know!). For this post the dairy came in the potatoes that were perfect with lots of butter!
We used red raspberries to spell out “red” so we could work on our letters. We rounded out the plate with our veggies, red peppers and tomatoes.
Our oldest son (3 years old) isn’t a big potato fan, believe it or not, but he did take a bite. Eating the raspberries was fun because they are the ultimate finger foods! He liked the meatloaf but was the most excited to grow red peppers in his garden this year!
Looking for a red drink for your meal? My friend Leah at Farmwife Drinks has you covered with this Frozen Strawberry Lemonade!
Need a red dessert to complete dinner? Jent from Farmwife Feeds has the perfect Easy Cherry Dessert!
Sarah from Farmwife Crafts has the perfect red craft to make after dinner a Handprint Red Cardinal. I am a sucker for handprint crafts! | 2019-04-23T18:26:07 | http://www.farmwifecooks.com/red-eating-the-rainbow-meatloaf-red-potatoes/ |
The disciples of the Burning Heaven Clan in front gave a loud shout and quickly rushed forward, moving into formation and blocking the route ahead. An impenetrable cylindrical formation swiftly formed around Fen Juecheng. Although it looked as if they were about to face a formidable enemy, there wasn’t a single hint of panic on any of their faces, because they were the Burning Heaven Clan! Within the Blue Wind Empire, they had absolutely no need to fear anyone. If this person in front of them was truly here to make a ruckus, then he would definitely just be courting death.
The soundwave made when the person in the air had landed caused everyone in his surroundings to be dumbstruck. Among them, let alone landing with this sort of momentum, just by that frightful vibration, it would have been enough to kill a large portion of them.
As the dust that had been swept up settled slowly, Yun Che’s face, which was cold as a frozen lake appeared. A terrifyingly cold light was hidden in his eyes and that enormous Dragon Fault was all the more unmistakable.
Yun Che’s name had already spread like fire in the Blue Wind Empire and he was practically known to everybody. His portrait had long been circulated widely. Upon seeing his face, the people were already struck with a sense of familiarity, and all the more, Fen Juecheng’s words caused the entire street to explode directly in a burst of raucous frenzy.
The roar of noise from the crowd drowned out all legible hearing. Regarding this person who had clearly already passed away, while others might treat him as someone who was possibly an imaginary person, Fen Juecheng would never recognize wrongly. Facial features might be similar, but that Sky Profound heavy sword with that frightening aura… In this world, there was only one! Also, he had been enclosed under the same Sword Management Terrace as Yun Che then. His gaze, his demeanor and that completely inexplicable manner, all of these matched the Yun Che he knew exactly!
These few lines that Yun Che and Fen Juecheng exchanged set off an even bigger explosion through the surrounding crowd again.
As Blue Wind Empire’s peerless legend, Yun Che once caused almost unprecedented controversy about him, and right now, news that this legend who was originally dead was now back alive, it was clear as day how big a commotion it would stir up. Almost everyone who had a Sound Transmission Jade began making transmissions at the first possible moment. Only a dozen or so breaths had passed since Yun Che’s appearance, and news of him being still alive had quickly dispersed like an invasive ripple.
Not far ahead, Qin Wushang and Qin Wuyou exchanged glances with eyes filled with shock and incredulity. After which, both became gusts of violent winds, and rushed towards the outside of the Imperial Palace.
The entire street was currently in a mess. The main character of today was originally supposed to be Fen Juecheng, but with Yun Che’s appearance, all the attention and spotlight had been stolen by him. How large of an impact he had made in the period after his “death”, could clearly be seen.
Fen Juecheng’s expression and intonation was like that of an aloof judge. After all, beside him were two thousand elite Burning Heaven Clan disciples, as well as eight Sky Profound Realm experts. This surmounted to a strength that was enough to make the entire Blue Wind Empire walk sideways. If it was him alone, he would definitely be restraining fear while talking to Yun Che, but with such a troop by his side, how would he even seen Yun Che as anything of a threat… However, wanting to let Yun Che off today, of course, wasn’t because he was “feeling happy”. Rather, it was because the influence Yun Che had amassed and left behind this past year was simply too large. Even if he was from the Burning Heaven Clan, it still wasn’t good for him to lay hands on Yun Che in front of such an audience. If he did, it would be extremely easy for him to be publicly denounced.
While she was speaking in a voice that was moved emotionally to the extreme, Cang Yue had already jumped down from the palanquin, rushing forward without a care towards Yun Che. In her rush fueled by desperation, Fen Juecheng was left only being able to reach an arm out subconsciously, unable to hold her back. He could only watch as she rushed in front of Yun Che, and locked both her arms around him tightly.
He was but mere inches away from her, yet Cang Yue just couldn’t believe her eyes. Her tears sprung forth like a lake and in her agitation, her speech was incoherent. His features, eyes, sword, aura… Everything about him spoke volumes to her, telling her that truly, he was the Yun Che she had once thought she had lost forever, and he was wholly, in the flesh, back here, by her side. This immense fantasy-like surprise caused her to almost faint.
“There’s no need to say anymore, I understand.” Yun Che cut her off, allowing her no chance to continue. His expression remained calm, so calm that it made Cang Yue flustered and terrified at the same time… He had returned so miraculously, yet his first look at her was the sight of her being escorted to the wedding ceremony. Even she, herself, knew how unforgivable she was being right there and then. However, it really had not been her intention to marry Fen Juecheng, yet in her fright, she was unable to explain her situation… However, the fact that she was marrying out today was an indisputable fact, firmly cast in stone.
At this, Yun Che reached a hand out lightning fast, grabbing at Cang Yue’s chest. His hand reached straight away into her wide red clothing, and subsequently, swiftly pulled out… Held in his palm, was a slender dagger with a three inch blade. Upon the tip of the blade was a faint flicker from a smear of mild green… It was the luster of an extremely toxic poison!
Yun Che’s nose was extremely sensitive to poisons, so when Cang Yue approached, he could immediately smell the highly toxic scent, and this dagger, which had been covered with extremely toxic poison had been hidden by Cang Yue right under the lapels of her clothes in front of her chest!
Pinching the dagger, which had been dipped in poison, Yun Che did something that astonished everyone. Under a blanket of alarmed cries, he flipped his palm and ruthlessly drove the dagger into his own chest… In that moment, drops of blood splashed out of his chest, and the three inch blade was driven entirely into his body. | 2019-04-23T14:35:36 | https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/against-the-gods/atg-chapter-302/ |
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Our lab has been using your product Rat monoclonal [7/4] to neutrophil (phycoerythrin) (ab105157) for a while. The first two Abs worked well, but the last one we got did not work as good. The flow cytometry could not detect a clear population of neutrophil out of the lysed blood (please see data comparison attached).
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Our lab has been using your product Rat monoclonal [7/4] to neutrophil (phycoerythrin) (ab105157) for a while. The first two Abs worked well, but the last one we got did not work as good. The flow cytometry could not detect a clear population of neutrophil out of the lysed blood (please see data comparison attached). Could it be anything wrong with this specific bottle?
Thank you for contacting Abcam. I am sorry that the current lot of ab105157 is not working in flow cytometry. The data you provide clearly shows that there is a difference in the results between the old and the new antibody. Would you be able to send me the lot number for the current antibody you have and the lot number for the old antibody, if you still have that information? I would like to see if there is any information about these specific lots that could account for such a difference. I look forward to your reply and helping you resolve this issue. | 2019-04-23T14:46:30 | https://www.abcam.com/neutrophil-antibody-74-phycoerythrin-ab105157.html |
King County’s Bridges Lake is located about 6 ½ miles N.E. from Snoqualmie and about 1700 feet N. from Boyle Lake. It covers 34 surface acres, reaches depths of about 25 feet and lies at an elevation of 1045 feet. Fish species include cutthroat trout, largemouth bass and yellow perch. I only fished it for bass and caught several smaller bass up to about 12 inches. Several years ago, Son Donald and I hiked in with a canoe, and sleeping bags and fished the series of three lakes, Klaus, Boyle and Bridges. We both caught bass from all of them including a 6 pound, 4 ounce bass from Klaus. | 2019-04-24T04:25:41 | http://www.northwestfishingreports.com/Area/Details/7295 |
Anyone up for a resistance welder mystery?
Dear Susan: Yes I made it thru but I am sorry I am not going to be much help. I have little background with welding, but if I get this right the 0 to 10 DC input controls the 230 AC out which runs the generator which creates the actual welding voltage. Is this correct? Did I also read that your data logger shows no change in the 0 to 10 DC but the 230 output from the control board does drop. THis means to me that either your board is experiencing a thermal condition or the inputs are telling it to cut the voltage back. My only input would be on your search for a constant AC transformer. Controlled Power company in Troy MI makes units for NASA and has a great product at a reasonable price. And no I don't work for them, jsut used their units before.
I spec'd out the Sola Hevi-Duty 7.5 KVA to be able to handle 3HP at full load. It's approx $5000 which is just the level where capital requests kick in and the general manager has to scrutinize the expense to death. The plant manager realizes that it should improve weld quality, but the GM doesn't believe it will solve the problem of the welder dropping out for those 4 seconds. I have to admit I have my doubts too, but it would be one more layer of noise insulation.
I haven't seen any spikes on the power line due to the beadwinders going on or off (they're on 480), but I'll check it on the datalogger this morning. I doubt the line supervisor will let me try to induce the fault, but he might if I catch the mill starting up for a new tube size. I know there's a bunch of HF noise on the 480VAC power line. I have induction welders & annealers in the plant (including right behind this resistance welder) so noise is a constant concern. The Focus 2 has a 480/240 transformer without any line conditioning in front of it and all the power noise goes straight through it to the output to the DC motor. That alone shouldn't make the output drop so drastically. I'll put up more info when I get to work.
The potentiometer itself has been changed. In fact, I think every piece in this part of the mill - beadwinder motors, contactors, solenoids, switches, pots, Focus drives, and wires - has been changed at least twice in the last 6 months. The electricians & supervisors were taking a "shotgun" approach to this problem long before I arrived here almost year ago. I just had enough time this morning to add monitoring for the trim tool solenoid & the beadwinder motor voltages. I'll add another data point for the potentiometer supply voltage next time the machine is down for a change over. Question: Could the pot voltage going down be a result of something else happening inside the drive? The pot supply voltage is generated from inside the Focus 2 drive which has many, many op-amps & resistor-capacitor networks. I tried doing some analog feedback analysis from the schematic on p.53 in the drive book and managed to make my head hurt alot. I keep thinking that there's some kind of cascade going on in the control board that has something to do with the SCR output to the DC motor, but I can't figure out what starts the whole thing off. It has to be an impulse type of thing. I'm sorry if I sound frustrated, but I am. Thanks for hanging in with me!
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I have some experience with resistance welding, but only with spot and projection welding. Never did any continuous seam welds. Nonetheless though, I feel compelled to chime in :) The first thing that strikes me as odd is this motorized generator you're using. Is that common in your industry, or is it just very, very old? I've never seen anything like that in an auto plant.. The only thing I've seen that comes close is an old Lincoln arc welder at the community college I attend. It has a huge DC generator as the power source. It was from the mid-60s. Would it be feasable for your company to install a modern mid-frequency DC inverter welding control? That is what is considered commonplace in the auto industry, and would probably eliminate all your problems. (again though, I'm not familiar with seam welding.. not sure if MFDC offers the same advantages to your process) Here's some information on what I'm talking about: http://www.medar.com/welding_concepts/controls_mfdc.html Of course, this would be a major redesign of your process, so it may not be practical or possible for your company to do it. Just a thought though!
While you're at it adding measurement points, can you also check the GND of the control board. Many of the problems in that area I encountered were due to bad grounding.... I have learned to check this the hard way.
This is just very, very old - mid 70's approximately. There are 3 resistance welders in the plant with 100HP (or bigger) MG sets. The rest of the tube mills are induction welders. The company is heading toward induction welders - cleaner non-contact welds, less daily maintenance, etc - but it will take some serious shoehorning to get a new induction welder into this spot. I've been working on the planning the changeover for 6 months and it may be another 2 years before it actually happens. Until then, I have to keep plugging on this. Beegee - Thanks. I've already checked the control board GND. I'm a stickler for shielding & grounding so I know that's not it. But it's a good thought.
caveat : I'm no welding expert. If I understand correctly, the control board regulates the speed of a DC motor that is driving a DC generator that supplies the welding current. I've studied the schematic and the plot. If the scaling is correct, you seem to be operating at the low extreme of the speed pot - approx. 140 millivolts in a 10 volt range. The dip is approx 80 millivolts. Perhaps other gain settings on the board are too high, giving you no span to work with. It would appear from the plot that the motor is attempting to stop (control o/p goes to zero). The generator output doesn't reach zero (coasting perhaps?). With the "power cube" supplying the motor in parallel with the control board's supply, any load disturbance at the motor that strains the 230V supply transformer will be seen by the controls. The reference for the speed pot comes from a simple zener regulator and unregulated 24V. If installing a CVT, I would be inclined to only supply the control board from it, therefore it would be small.
I can personally vouch for removing every last one of those constant voltage transformers from my plant. All you are buying is an autotransformer. So it fails to provide even the small protection that an isolation transformer gives you since one leg is tied directly to the primary side. In theory it will help cut down on some sags and the collapsing field MAY help it muddle through mild brownouts that last for less than a cycle. That's about it. I can demonstrate case after case after case of strange electrical failures and voltage sags that I've tracked down to CVT's. However, it will do a wonderful job of overheating anything around it, including itself. It also does an excellent job of failing on a regular basis, requiring replacement. You may as well pay for some cheap line reactors or something like that because it's going to give you just as much of an improvement as those overpriced heaters that Sola sells.
Mybe some ideas. If you can measeure voltag on potenciometer bitvin pin 8 and 10. It mast bee steade at 10V. How old is drive thet is replaced, ther is some problem with elektrolit if it's older then 10 year.If so tray to replace it with new, I have some result with this.
Do your 10/24VDC stay ok during the drop of speed or haven'tv you been able to log that?
the Hamlin relays used in focus drives start logic on the main pcb, can be a bit of a pain. I have replaced too many. If you are looking for a better solution, look seriously at a 3 hp VFD and a marathon black max motor. I recommend the V7 or 3G3 MV Yaskawa/Omron for your situation. At the 3 hp level you should be able to get both for around a grand. The drive can have external controls and speed pot or use the built in operator if so equipped. Using a 3% reactor on the VFD input helps with noise both ways. I have seen many single phase 5 hp and less DC drives on welders and on the ones converted to VFD, they run much steadier and smoother too. The DC bus in a VFD helps with line voltage variations. A DC drive with no tach like the Focus 2, have 5% speed regulation characteristics. The VFD has about a 0.5% or better speed regulation characteristic. If you do not want to convert to a VFD, I have seen using a regualr single phase transformer, rated for at least 50% bigger than the drive/motor help out quite a bit. The xfmr helps smooth out noise and eliminates line grounds from getting to the drive and motor. It also helps when the motor grounds or drive has issues by limiting what gets put back to the line.
That is why I said V7 as it is a vector drive and has excellent low speed torque especially when wired to a Black Max motor. Typically these welders do not require tremendous starting torque as they tend to have a large gear reduction. ssommers, Glad to hear some of your "headaches" have been cured. BTW, by going to an inverter, you might be able to eliminate the MG set. Unless it powers multiple units. Even at that, you will me SSSSSOOOO far ahead to dump the MG set and get some newer equipment in there. Cost to operate alone by going to the VFD's drops dramatically.
I guess I'm still curious about the whole using-a-motor-for-welding concept. Is that still the state of the art for this type of weld? It seems to me that if we're talking inverters, we should be directly converting line voltage to welding current and leaving the mechanical stuff out of it! That's how all the spot, projection, and MIG welds are done in all the plants I've been to. | 2019-04-23T02:24:19 | http://forums.mrplc.com/index.php?/topic/10748-anyone-up-for-a-resistance-welder-mystery/&do=findComment&comment=51012 |
To add an example to my last note, here’s what happened recently.
And they lived happily ever after, right? Wrong. This is a great example of why asking the uneducated crowd to help you solve technical challenges is the best way to shoot yourself in the foot.
I doesn’t take rocket surgery to figure out that PolicyKit won’t allow certain actions to be accessed by certain users. In this case it only allows active local sessions to mount removable volumes. What constitutes an active local session? A session logged in locally (which is the case) and connected to ConsoleKit (which is not the case since FOO desktop environment does not seem to use ConsoleKit).
Now do you see the problem? The original thread in a more illustrative form: if my aunt comes to visit and she does not have the keys, how does she come in? Oh, that’s easy, just remove the locks.
Many people point to places like Ubuntu forums or Fedora forums or insert-your-distro-here resources as an example of how great Linux support is. It goes like this: if you have a problem just go and ask other people, wait for their replies and assemble the arcane scripting languages to publish a definitive HOWTO. This way if something doesn’t work you have a high chance of finding a thread or two with all the necessary scripts and workarounds. Great, huh? That’s where people fail.
Having a usable desktop system is all about having stuff working out of the box, not about being able to find a good enough workarounds. The latter often add to the confusion and FUD by offering the right console incantation backed up by technical descriptions that are utterly wrong. If you have a problem, file a bug. If something does not work, file a bug. If you see a ghost, call Ghost Busters. Filing bugs means fixing stuff at the proper place and by people with the right knowledge.
If you are afraid to file bugs upstream (where the software authors live), file them in your distro’s bug tracker. Nice developers should be able to forward it to the right place (and Launchpad makes it so much easier by allowing one to track upstream bugs). Just file it. Sure, do check if the exact same bug was reported earlier, do check if you have the latest packages available. But when everything else fails, file a bug. The worst it can get is that some developer will close it as already fixed or ask you for further details.
There’s no other way the developers know about your problems. It’s not like they spend 12 hours a day reading various forums and looking for problems to solve. In other words: if you don’t file a bug you have absolutely no right to complain about how your issue was not solved in the latest release. Be it Linux, GNOME or Windows, we can’t fix stuff unless someone tells us it’s broken.
PS: blog posts are no better than forums.
Edit: I certainly didn’t mean to ditch GIMP HOWTOs and other resources showing you how to use the tools effectively. The point is HOWTOs are not the proper way to get the stuff working as intended.
Integrate videoscale with pitivi’s wonderful smartvideoscale element. The main difference is that the latter keeps the aspect ration untouched by adding black stripes to the appropriate sides when scaling. The logic here is pretty straightforward so any gstreamer hacker should be able to merge these two (smartvideoscale uses videoscale internally and is implemented in Python).
Pipeline="queue name=input input. ! ffmpegcolorspace ! x264enc ! queue ! output. input. ! queue ! audioconvert ! faac ! queue ! output. queue name=output"
The element itself would only have to enumerate the profiles and use the one indicated by the profile property. Placing the profiles in a common %_datadir location would allow external packages to add profiles for both common container formats and for specific devices (gaming consoles that only handle certain formats, mobile devices that require lower resolutions etc.).
Ideally the encodebin element should accept video, audio and subtitle streams (as choosing a font size requires you to know the output resolution). This would allow one to build a re-muxing application while focusing on the GUI and not on all the devices to support.
All comments welcome. Disclaimer: I am certainly not a gstreamer hacker so I don’t know poo about gstreamer’s internals. Please be kind.
Unfortunately it turns out the mp4 muxer does not work as intended. Either that or all the sound encoders are broken. The resulting file plays fine in mplayer but any attempt to use it with gstreamer gives you smooth video with broken audio (one sample per half a second). Playing it bac on the PS3 is impossible as it claims the file is simply corrupt.
Then I thought well, I can still use xvid, right? Wrong. xvidenc + lame + avimux = broken file. Again, mplayer plays the video without any sound, gstreamer just hangs on the first frame. This time I’m pretty sure it’s my fault but I have no idea what params to pass to the encoders and the muxer. Even the avimux example from the gstreamer docs results in an unplayable file on my machine.
The new GUI rocks and the experience is great including all the little animation bits here and there. Hooah to the Banshee team. The Rhythmbox community has a new target to follow (and beat!).
Has a useless step 1 that tells you the total number of updates available. In theory it groups updates by severity. In reality such information is only available in two distros or so.
Same step 1: I think we are trying to dumb the interface down too much so we ended up adding more buttons than necessary. Even Apple does not hide the list of updates from the user.
Every time you click anything the windows resizes itself. Usually moving along to try and stay within the screen boundary.
When you try to update anything, another small window appears in a different part of the screen. The main window is gone so what is exactly the point of having multiple windows here?
When the update is done the smallish window disappears and yet another small window appears. This time offering you to go back. I think we all agree that if the update is successful a notification would be enough. And the go back button is only there because the UI is broken and hides the interface while doing the work.
Every time you click a package, half of the window gets covered with package details and buttons. These are all stacked vertically so they take a whole effing lot of useful place. Not to mention the package you clicked suddenly scrolls out of view.
Every time you install or remove anything the window blanks for a brief moment then it gets repopulated with packages, putting you back at the top of the results list. Doesn’t sound bad unless you try to install a bunch of gstreamer packages (and there are 195 matching results in PLD).
Try to keep it each interface in one window.
Really try to keep it all in one window.
Don’t show technical details each time I click.
This is the update mockup I came up with some time ago. Think of it as the main part of the window that allows you to select packages to update. The point is once you click update instead of hiding the window, we can hide unselected packages and show live progress in the very same window. Without resizing it. And then hide it if the update is successful.
If it’s not? Well, see that Failed button? The label is wrong but it should be able to show you the details. We all agreed that update is really a background process so popping a big cryptic Update failed window in the middle of my solitaire session is not a thing to do. Just pop a critical notification and I’ll get back to the window to check the details once I’m done with my current task.
Bonus: It also lets you see the whole queue while updating which is quite useful.
Oh and by the way. One failing update should not immediately break the transaction. This forces me to update packages one by one and is actually slower than typing upgrade * in poldek’s interactive shell (not sure if single failed package breaks transaction applies to other backends as well).
Here’s a mockup for Add/Remove Software. The main difference is that instead of annoying users with a panel that pops up each time you select anything, once you click a package, it shows more info inline. Here more info does not include files and dependencies. How often do users choose their software basing on a number of packaged files? There’s an Information button for that. The one below Install (it actually says Add on the picture above but that’s because there is no stock Install button and I’m lazy).
Bonus: clicking install on any package should just display a small progress bar beside that package. See previous mockup for details. And when it’s done, just update the icons of affected packages instead of refreshing the whole window. This way I can scroll and click Install on any number of packages without having to go through the whole install-wait-refresh-wait-scroll-to-previous-position cycle. | 2019-04-22T10:04:45 | https://blogs.gnome.org/patrys/2008/06/ |
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Although I studied the truth of this matter until I became clear, I still did not understand the factual and experiential aspects. How could we be in Christ? I understood these words in the original Greek, but I still did not know what they meant in reality because I lacked the experience. I could only do my best to read spiritual books, hoping to obtain an answer. In the 1930s I purchased Andrew Murray’s book Abide in Christ, but after studying it, I still did not get the explanation. Andrew Murray did not present the matter in a thorough manner. At the end of 1941, because of the world situation, I had an opportunity to buy many Greek dictionaries and spiritual books to study. However, after reading them, I still did not get the answer.
Later I went to Taiwan, and I continued to pay much attention to this subject, but because I lacked the experience, I was not able to speak on this aspect of the truth. From 1935 until today, nearly fifty years, I can say that I have thoroughly studied the commentaries and language of the Bible concerning this matter of “abiding in the Lord,” but I was unable to find a book that clearly and deeply explained this truth. In the beginning the best book I could find concerning this experience was the biography of Hudson Taylor. From what this book describes about his experiences of John 15, we can say that up to that time he had the deepest experience of anyone in the history of Christianity. Regretfully, though, the language in this book is not clear enough, so I myself could not find the way in. Thus, for the whole of thirty-five years I always felt that I had a lack whenever this matter was mentioned.
Finally when I came to America, I touched on this basic and central truth in the Bible yet again, and because I had more experience, I was able to understand it a bit more clearly. Now, nearly twenty more years have passed, and I can say with assurance that it is easy to speak on this matter because I feel that I completely understand it. For example, in the past I did not know that to abide in the Lord is to enjoy the Lord’s life, nor did I know that the real enjoyment of the Lord is to abide in Him. Now, not only do I know this, but I also can speak about it clearly.
For example, when electric wires are connected with the electric power, the lightbulbs and the electrical appliances all “abide” in the electricity. To say “abide” may not be so clear, but if we change the word to “enjoy” or “apply,” then it becomes clearer. Whenever the electrical appliances “enjoy” or “apply” the electricity, they can operate. When the electrical appliances “enjoy” or “apply” the electricity, they “abide” in the electricity. In the same way, we, the saved believers, have not joined a religion but have been “connected” with the Lord. The Lord is the spiritual electricity, the electricity of life. We are the electrical appliances, and the word of the gospel is the electrical wire. When we hear the gospel and by the Lord’s mercy believe and receive the Lord as the electricity, immediately, just like electrical appliances, we are connected with the “electricity,” and we are saved. Therefore, to be saved is to be connected with the “electricity” after the wires have been laid and the appliances have been installed. After the electrical connection has been made, we, the appliances, should take another step to “enjoy” and “apply” the electricity. In other words, Christ has already entered into us, so we should take another step, which is to abide in the Lord.
Some elderly ones have been saved for a longer time, and perhaps they are thinking inwardly, “I am already a person who is successful and famous, and here I have to listen to this preacher teach me how to wash myself.” But this is really practical. I have now passed the age that the Chinese call “ancient,” that is, seventy years of age. I am almost to the age Moses spoke of when he said, “If because of strength, eighty years” (Psa. 90:10), and I have had a rich experience of human life. However, I am here testifying to you that I am like a little child every day. For example, this morning I woke up before six o’clock. Because I had received an inspiration, I immediately rose up and quickly sat down, praying to the Lord silently, “O Lord, it is a new day, and I still would live by You.” It is very difficult to describe my feeling, but it was in such a spirit, such a heart, that I began to write the footnotes to the Gospel of Mark. As I wrote, I looked to the Lord, saying, “O Lord, I am not writing by myself, I am writing by You.” This is the way I practice living by the Lord.
Suppose my wife saw me writing there and said, “A little over a month ago you were so tired that you could not speak. This morning why can’t you stay in bed and rest until 7:00?” How should I react? I could get angry and answer, “What? What are you trying to do?” Or I could follow Confucius’s moral theories and try to hold my temper and keep quiet, saying in my heart, “Forget it, you are always like this.” Or I could neither react nor be annoyed; rather, I could be tolerant, considering myself to be a strong hero, a manly person who should not act like a woman, so I should forgive her and let her go. However, we Christians have the Lord in us, so our reaction should neither be to get angry, nor to behave in a cultured manner, nor to be tolerant. Our reaction should be that “the Lord abides in me.” Not only is the Lord abiding in me, but I also live by Him. When I come to my desk, I do not write footnotes first; instead, I first pray to the Lord, saying, “Lord Jesus, thank You for a new day; I want to live by You.” Then when my wife comes, it is not I but Christ who lives in me. No matter what she says, I do not get angry, nor do I live according to culture or forbearance. This is because it is no longer I who live, but it is the Lord who lives. In this way I live by the Lord.
When I live by the Lord in this way, the result is that I abide in the Lord. If I do not live by the Lord in this way, even though I am a saved person, I am neither in the Lord nor abiding in the Lord, but I am totally in myself. In the end I will react by being polite, by getting angry, by being tolerant, or by arguing until I am red in the face. Whether I am polite or angry, whether I am tolerant or quarrelsome, I am still in myself. If we are in the Lord, then we will not have these kinds of reactions. We are in the Lord, and the Lord is in us, so we can live by Him. | 2019-04-18T20:49:31 | https://www.ministrysamples.org/excerpts/THE-EXPERIENCE-OF-ABIDING-IN-THE-LORD.HTML |
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I don't think Tahu Master counts as a titan in my opinion.
Wow. You had some cool first sets. I'm jealous of some of these.
First Vehicle Set: Takunuva and Ussanui.
@Rockho I just never bought them.
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My first two sets were Kohrak Kal(Ice Bohrok) and Kopaka.
I personally really like him....so rip. | 2019-04-25T08:54:36 | http://board.ttvchannel.com/t/first-bionicle-sets/20547?page=4 |
June 27, 2016 – Chemicals found in Martian rocks by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover suggest the Red Planet once had more oxygen in its atmosphere than it does now.
Researchers found high levels of manganese oxides by using a laser-firing instrument on the rover. This hint of more oxygen in Mars’ early atmosphere adds to other Curiosity findings — such as evidence about ancient lakes — revealing how Earth-like our neighboring planet once was.
This research also adds important context to other clues about atmospheric oxygen in Mars’ past. The manganese oxides were found in mineral veins within a geological setting the Curiosity mission has placed in a timeline of ancient environmental conditions. From that context, the higher oxygen level can be linked to a time when groundwater was present in the rover’s Gale Crater study area.
Lanza is the lead author of a new report about the Martian manganese oxides in the American Geophysical Union’s Geophysical Research Letters. She uses Curiosity’s Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument, which fires laser pulses from atop the rover’s mast and observes the spectrum of resulting flashes of plasma to assess targets’ chemical makeup.
In Earth’s geological record, the appearance of high concentrations of manganese oxide minerals is an important marker of a major shift in our atmosphere’s composition, from relatively low oxygen abundances to the oxygen-rich atmosphere we see today. The presence of the same types of materials on Mars suggests that oxygen levels rose there, too, before declining to their present values. If that’s the case, how was that oxygen-rich environment formed?
“One potential way that oxygen could have gotten into the Martian atmosphere is from the breakdown of water when Mars was losing its magnetic field,” said Lanza. “It’s thought that at this time in Mars’ history, water was much more abundant.” Yet without a protective magnetic field to shield the surface, ionizing radiation started splitting water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. Because of Mars’ relatively low gravity, the planet wasn’t able to hold onto the very light hydrogen atoms, but the heavier oxygen atoms remained behind. Much of this oxygen went into rocks, leading to the rusty red dust that covers the surface today. While Mars’ famous red iron oxides require only a mildly oxidizing environment to form, manganese oxides require a strongly oxidizing environment, more so than previously known for Mars.
Lanza added, “It’s hard to confirm whether this scenario for Martian atmospheric oxygen actually occurred. But it’s important to note that this idea represents a departure in our understanding for how planetary atmospheres might become oxygenated.” Abundant atmospheric oxygen has been treated as a so-called biosignature, or a sign of extant life, but this process does not require life.
Curiosity has been investigating sites in Gale Crater since 2012. The high-manganese materials it found are in mineral-filled cracks in sandstones in the “Kimberley” region of the crater. But that’s not the only place on Mars where high manganese abundances have been found. NASA’s Opportunity rover, exploring Mars since 2004, also recently discovered high manganese deposits thousands of miles from Curiosity. This supports the idea that the conditions needed to form these materials were present well beyond Gale Crater.
Los Alamos National Laboratory leads the U.S. and French team that jointly developed and operates ChemCam. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, built the rover and manages the Curiosity mission for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. | 2019-04-20T07:00:34 | http://www.coloradospacenews.com/nasa-rover-findings-point-to-a-more-earth-like-martian-past/ |
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! She that was great among the nations and princess among the provinces, how is she become as a widow? The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandments. Woe now unto us, that we have sinned. Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress, my bowels are troubled, my heart is turned within me for I have greviously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death. Woe now unto us, that we have sinned. What thing shall I take to witness for thee? What thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea; who can heal thee? | 2019-04-22T04:31:23 | https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/tw.asp?w=W2630 |
We've worked out an easy system to use Intervals as our bid tool.
We use The Profile to Email as our Bid delivery. It's as easy as assigning a bid number to the name of the project and then edit it to a job number once it's a job. Also Deactivate it as a bid, Activate it as a job.
This is reducing our reliance on third party applications and keeping everything within the Intervals system.
It's too bad that Expenses only get's coverage on The expenses page and the dashboard.
Since "Profile - Details" is just information can "Grand Total" be added to the details info?
I know Estimated work Total is at the bottom of the page, but it would be nice as a quick view to see it at the top also. It would also be nice if we could customize this area in our settings. | 2019-04-19T07:26:08 | https://www.myintervals.com/forum/discussion/224/flush-out-profile-details-with-grand-totals/ |
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Episode Info: Includes the articles "Firefly: Robbin' Banks or Robin Hood?", by Ben Thorp, and "Book: Son Of A Preacher Man Or Stone Cold Shepherd?", by Jeff Bailey. Plus more convention goodness with Ron Glass, our new Media Verse segment, and discussion of the recent comment by Nathan that has stirred up the browncoat community into a frothy frenzy! | 2019-04-21T06:41:53 | https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/firefly-talk-podcast/firefly-talk-a-firefly-podcast/e/10935978 |
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And we ourselves cannot take it away." (WA.231) There are two ways in which our relationship with God is broken. The work of Christ is the operative power, and our works novanglus essays no. 7 represent the operation of that power. A theologian of glory judges by appearances. For they appear to the doer and others good and beautiful, yet God does not judge according to appearances but searches »the minds and hearts. After the fall, the will is bound by sin, not by determinism or fate, but because the will does what it wills to do, and it will not do otherwise (cf. But that these are not venial sins is clear because these passages state that confession and repentance are not necessary for venial sins. | 2019-04-26T07:21:45 | http://internetlawguide.info/17214-thesis-on-love-and-hate.html |
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International Conference : "Astronomical Heritage of the Middle East"
International Conference on “Astronomical Heritage of the Middle East” is devoted to the role of astronomy in culture and other fields of human activity and development of these fields due to the knowledge obtained from the Universe. In modern era, astronomy is probably the field of science, which plays a leading role in the formation and development of inter- and multi- disciplinary sciences. For a long time, the Astrophysics has reached high level of development, recently new science disciplines have been created, such as Astrochemistry, Astrobiology, Astroinformatics, Astrolinguistics. Archaeoastronomy plays an important role in culture and in the heritage of nations, chronologies and calendars created on the basis of astronomical knowledge, etc. Cultural Astronomy also plays an important role in the development of scientific tourism and scientific journalism. The meeting is aimed at the development of problems of astronomy-related interdisciplinary sciences in the countries of European and Asian regions and preparation of a basis for further possible collaborations by means of presentations of available modern knowledge in various areas of culture by experts from different professions and by joint discussions.
The history of Astronomy in Armenia goes back to very old ages. Since ancient times Armenians accumulated astronomical knowledge and have left this heritage in the forms of rock art, ancient observatories, calendars and chronology, records of astronomical events, medieval sky maps, astronomical terms in the language, etc. Nowadays Armenia is one of the developed countries in astronomical sense as well, though by its economic level Armenia is among the developing countries, and it is situated in a region (Middle East) where efforts are needed to develop and promote cultural astronomy. The famous Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) founded in 1946 made a significant contribution in the fields of research of non-stable phenomena and evolutionary processes in the Universe. | 2019-04-23T08:21:20 | http://heritage.aras.am/ |
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My name is Nader Dalbani.
I am a paper money (banknotes) collector from Beirut, Lebanon and this website is an archive for my collection.
My goal is to collect at least one banknote from all the countries of the world.
I get my notes from countries that I go to, swap meet and flea markets, and from friends who help me in my quest. This collection is more than a hobby...it is a Passion!
This is a list to acknowledge the people who helped me in my collection by either giving me , swapping with me, selling me, or facilitating the arrival of some banknotes... Thank you for your help in making my collection what it is now, it wouldn't be the same without you.
What is a pick number and why is it needed? The pick system allows banknote collectors and dealers from all over the world to easily recognize exactly which note is being discussed, sold or traded. It is a universal system to understand a certain note that can cross any boarder or language barrier.
After a deep study and analysis of various sources, this is the list of all the world countries that a collector may have. A country in a union is kept in the list if it has a different subscript in the union banknotes. Some of these banknotes are not legal tender but are collectible items. | 2019-04-20T13:11:18 | http://ndbanknotes.com/index.php |
Duration: 5 weekly 1-hour classes, plus an initial 2-hour, people-only orientation.
Does your dog bark, pull, jump and lunge at other dogs while on-leash? Do you want to take a training class or just enjoy your walks but can't because of your dog's behavior? Are you ready for solutions? Reactive Rover 1 and 2 are classes for dogs who don't get along well with other dogs and can't work in a regular class environment.
In a small-group, highly structured environment with visual barriers, Reactive Rover 1 will give you powerful, dog-friendly techniques to prevent your dog's over-reactive behaviors while helping him to relax, focus on you, and learn from you. You will decrease stress and increase enjoyment for both you and your dog. The overall goal of this class is to have your dog behave politely and calmly around other on-leash dogs. Reactive Rover 1 will not get to dog interactions, meet-and-greets or off-leash work. Students can repeat this class as often as desired to meet their goals and advance to the next level. (See Reactive Rover 2 below).
PLEASE NOTE: the first week of class is a mandatory 90-minute training skills workshop with people only (dogs stay at home). The workshop gives students a head start with key concepts, skills practice and safety procedures before the first class with dogs.
* This class is not suitable for dogs with aggression issues toward people (fearful, growls, threatens or bites) or for dogs with a history of serious, injurious bites to other dogs. If this describes your dog, contact Carmen for private, in-home behavior consulting .
Cost: $238 for 6 weeks (6.5 hours of instruction).
Duration: 6 weekly, 1-hour classes.
With instructor approval and completion of Reactive Rover 1, you and your dog will be ready for the next step. Reactive Rover 2 teaches more advanced obedience skills, more control, focus and confidence-building exercises, and more natural activities around other dogs. It provides a great transition to real world environments. Depending on class make-up and individual dogs, this class may progress to on-leash meet-and-greets, including teaching your dog better doggy social skills. Students get more advanced instruction on recognizing and responding effectively to the myriad social cues and body postures that indicate good, low-risk interactions versus higher-risk interactions.
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PLEASE NOTE: the first week of these classes is a mandatory 90-minute training workshop with people only (dogs stay at home). The workshop gives students a head start with key concepts and skills before the first class with dogs. | 2019-04-21T08:07:34 | http://www.dogdaysnw.com/carmen.html |
In this third post in the series Creating Good Work, Schultz examines how real change for good really happens.
With the publication this week of the book Creating Good Work: The World’s Leading Social Entrepreneurs Show How to Build a Healthy Economy (Palgrave Macmillan), the beginning of a new era of shifting what refuses to shift has been formally launched.
Now that may seem like a wild and unsupportable prediction of the possible, but the wisdom shared in this book by some of the foremost social innovators operating today is worth making that calculated forecast. These people are about doing, and what they are sharing is not only how they have done it, but the ideas that drive that doing, and how they are able to sustain their development.
From the very first chapter of the book in which Craig Dunn, Associate Dean of Business at Western Washington University, lays out the driving force of social entrepreneurship – deliberate disruptive design – to subsequent chapters in which innovators like Dorothy Stone, Karen Tse, Todd Khozein, Billy Shore and a dozen more show how they have manifested this thinking to create not only a thriving organization dedicated to serving others, but a healthier economy, the power of this way of doing business radiates beyond its social aspirations.
Paul Herman, another of the contributors and founder of the HIP Index, in which thousands of businesses have been rated as to how they have incorporated human impact and profit into their operations, details how those companies typically out-perform the market by 5 percent.
If deliberate disruptive design is the model, then nurturing resilience becomes the hallmark. Resilience is our ability to change and allow change in others and, in doing so, not burst through the boundaries within which we operate.
It is the pliability of those boundaries to accommodate change, to shift and redirect as innovation emerges and stretches them out that marks the difference between industrial production and human interaction. Industrial production is predictable, human interaction not so much, which is why the same models that run our operations cannot always be used to work with our people. When our modus operandi is a conscious and continual shifting of the way things are done, we had best understand why change happens and why it sometimes doesn’t.
This understanding is not exclusive to social innovation.
Business is continually amazed by the failure rate of change initiatives. Employees have become increasingly skeptical about yet another round of strategic redirects because they know in another year or so, there will be yet another.
It is little wonder that a notion like deliberate disruptive design might bring about a reaction of, that’s all well and good in the social sector, but that’s no way to run a business. Actually, it is, as long as there is a clear and conscious interaction between our principles, models, rules and behaviors.
Principles: the ideal we ultimately want to accomplish in our work, in its most pristine state.
Models: what we construct to deliver on those principles.
Rules: what we put in place to make sure we adhere to the model.
Behaviors: what we do to execute the model within the guidelines of our rules.
When we change the model to better mirror our principles, we must always change the rules that govern behavior. If the old rules are left in place there are no new behaviors and the new model fails and nothing changes.
When behaviors can’t accommodate the new model, nothing changes.
If we change the rules and keep the old model, we simply get more of the same, and nothing shifts. Resilience is about having a system that facilitates shifting the models, rules and behaviors with every design change, deliberately disruptive, or not. It’s not magic, it’s comprehending how change happens and it applies whether we are shifting a social challenge or an organizational strategic redesign.
Social entrepreneurs recognize that in order to shift the intransigent nature of things like homelessness, poverty, poor educational processes, medical inequality, and social injustice, they have to innovate new ways of doing things. They have to build new guidelines to govern those operations and they have to shift behaviors to make them happen. They, of course, have to do that for their own ways of doing business as well.
Continuous improvement may have been a catch phrase that has echoed down from Edward Deming and his cohorts, but for any change, social or otherwise, to be implemented and effective, the resilience of the system to accommodate the process of change is imperative to success.
The business world sees corporate social responsibility as something that benefits the community. But perhaps there is a reciprocal benefit in what corporations can learn from social innovation.
In a time when our economy is still recovering and research and development funds are still not flowing as they once may have, the processes and operations of social entrepreneurs may provide a multifold payback for their efforts. Deliberate disruptive design isn’t simply an intelligent description, but a means to recovery that leaves in its wake a healthier economy.
It could be just the competitive edge in the business world, as well. | 2019-04-19T14:48:17 | http://www.csrwire.com/blog/posts/705-shifting-the-unshifting-the-course-of-social-innovation |
Audemars Piguet managed to impress everyone by coming out with this lovely Arnold Schwarzenegger watch, apparently a watch that was made in limited edition for him. The series also included T3 and End of Days as watches so everybody who was a fan or simply liked the design was allowed to buy these pieces. However, this series, called The Legacy is very limited as it only contains about 1,500 watches, so if you want one, you should probably hurry. Another interesting thing about these watches is the fact that the money will be going to a charity foundation so it’s definitely a good thing to buy a watch if you want to help. Also, let’s not forget the fact that being a limited edition, this watch will have a better and better value in time, so don’t see it as just buying an accessory, see it as an investment.
The design of the watch is definitely timeless, you can easily see the beautiful curves on the watch and the stylish approach the lead designer Octavio Garcia managed to do on this piece. Also, it seems that the design is definitely more simple than in other years and each focus is on the bigger details rather than the smaller ones, as we were used to. Also, the watch contains amazing high tech materials like titanium, ceramic and gold, so you will certainly get value for your money. If you were wondering about its size, the 48mm wide would make it a big watch so it’s only suitable for men with bigger wrist and it will surely stand out. The ceramic bezel has a beautiful finish that looks polished and brushed but also has some lovely set titanium elements that make the watch stand out even more. Also, the hour indicators and a lot of parts and details of the watch are made of gold, which gives it an interesting touch and a nice look overall. Also, the watch features automatic chronograph movement.
This is definitely an exquisite watch and behind it there’s a wish to make some people’s life better so you are not just investing in a wonderful accessory, you are helping through charity. | 2019-04-23T15:51:27 | http://www.mikesworld.net/royal-oak-offshore-arnold-schwarzenegger-the-legacy/ |
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Use this handy checklist to decide if your horse needs a blanket.
Some horses are happy in all but the most bitter temperatures, while others shiver on the first cold night of fall. To figure out if your horse needs a blanket, answer the following yes-or-no questions. A "yes" answer to any one means your horse would appreciate a little extra insulation.
1. Is it below 50 degrees Fahrenheit? Even if your horse has a natural (unclipped) haircoat, he may appreciate a blanket at this temperature. This is just a general rule of thumb, since other factors (such as wind, humidity and/or precipitation) may call for a blanket when it's warmer. On the other hand, some horses acclimate to colder temperatures, especially those with thick haircoats.
2. Is his coat clipped? If so, your horse may need a blanket (or at least a sheet) when the mercury drops below 60 degrees F.
3. Does he usually live indoors? If your horse lives even part of the time in a warm barn, he'll feel the cold more than a horse that lives outside full time.
4. Does he live in an open pasture? A full-time outdoor horse will grow a heavy coat to ward off the elements, but wind and rain can destroy that insulating effect. If there's no shelter in his pasture, he may need wind- and water-resistant horse clothing to stay warm.
5. Is his stall drafty? Drafts in your barn may have the same effect as outside breezes--they blow away that layer of warm air next to your horse's skin, making him feel colder.
Dr. Hower-Moritz is an associate professor of equine science at University of Minnesota, Crookston.
This article originally appeared in the October 2000 issue of Horse & Rider magazine. | 2019-04-22T05:58:00 | https://horseandrider.com/gear/blanket_101904-13191 |
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This painting is a memoir of an Eastern European painter exploring and reflecting on California. The memoir is a off course a visual snapshot of sorts, as well as an intellectual and aesthetical vision of the bay area. Coming from a former communist country what strikes me here is the extraordinary light, sun, color, warmth, nature and general happiness and abundance in California.
California is as close to an artistic promised land as it gets. David Hackney writes about the various virtues of California over Europe in terms of light, scenery, imagery, symbolism and topics. I began to understand this only here, otherwise I would have dismissed this as naïve and banal. A lot of my paintings so far have been an observation of America from the outside. Right now I am on the inside. I am here and want to share what I see and how I see it. Maybe that is, why you might call this painting my vision from San Francisco Bay.
This painting is definitely a lot more then a vision or an interpretation, but a reality. The lush and exotic flowers, plants, scents are what I discovered during house visits with collectors and my walks through Hillsborough, Atherton, Palo Alto, Los Gatos and Burlingame. Looking at the painting you can feel the midday temperature sun, sounds of daily life, hummingbirds and smell of the flowers. A day in California is never just another day, it is a day in sunny California, with potential and opportunities. The colors, temperature and saturation are not accidental here but provide the essence of California. Observation here is important. you cannot be unreflective in California. There is so much going on. Although many places in California have suburban feel to it there is a lot of energy that make this place feel cosmopolitan and well connected. California is fool of tunes. From iTunes in Cupertino to Looney tunes in the studios in Los Angeles.
California is well balanced. Humans respect nature and civilization is kept at bay. Humans respectably transform nature and technology leads back to nature. From flower power to tech and from tech to landscape, nature and flowers. Welcome to iFornia. | 2019-04-20T16:16:45 | https://justynakisielewicz.com/california/ |
My personal ethics can be simply summed up as 1) Treat others how you want to be treated and 2) happiness must be pursued with an awareness of the people around you. As Eleanor Roosevelt says, “Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.” In the study of Ethics, like all areas of philosophy, there is never a definitive answer and different people will have different opinions on what is right and wrong based on their own unique experiences. I believe that as long as you have good intentions and you can make peace with your decision, it can be considered the “right decision”. Every moral dilemma is unique and there are more variables than could ever be properly represented in an ethical calculus equation, I don’t there is or ever will be the perfect formula.
In terms of the essays we have studied in class, I agree most strongly with John Rawls’ Theory of Justice because I feel it is closest to my personal morals. When the Veil of Ignorance comes into play it forces people to have compassion for all areas of humanity and develop rules for a society where all are given basic liberties and equal rights. I also appreciate the idea that some inequalities must exist so long as they are beneficial to everyone, especially the disadvantaged. I believe that slight inequalities, so long as they are not excessively harmful, help move society forward and motivate people to work to improve themselves and increase their own success and happiness. Additionally, the happiness gained from helping empower those who are less fortunate is a higher level happiness than can ever be purchased.
In theory Utilitarianism seems like a good idea, especially when carried out by self-aware thinkers full of integrity, however these conditions aren’t common in the real-world. Pursuing one’s own pleasure and avoiding pain are the perfect conditions for creating a crude, narcissistic and stagnant society. I believe it is far too easy for utilitarianism to be abused and used to justify unethical actions. From genocides to nuclear bombs, some of the most horrible things in history have been done for “the greater good”. While “majority rules” may be good for deciding what type of pizza to order, it is too simple to make decisions pertaining to human lives.
I align with Kant’s ideas regarding Good Will and that the right things must be done for the right reasons. If you have good and noble intentions it is easy to live with your decisions regardless of the outcomes they may create. I also agree that people, or more specifically rational beings, should not be used as a means to an end and that everyone has value. However, this point becomes murky when it comes to the topic of my ethical inquiry: deceased organ donation.
A large misconception about deceased organ donation is that it is condemned by most religions but this is not the case. Major world religions including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, and Buddhism all support organ donation or encourage their followers to act on their own conscience. In many cases these religions refer to organ donation as an honourable act of charity and love.
When it comes down to it there is really only one big problem: no one wants to think about dying. According to the Canadian Transport Society, 90% of Canadians say they support organ donation but less than 20% have made plans to donate. People tend to avoid conversations regarding organ donation with their loved ones and put off making plans until it is too late. This issue is only exaggerated by Canada’s current Opt-In System for organ donation.
There are currently two types of models in place for organ donation globally: Opt-In, where citizens are required to sign up on registry to express their wishes to become a donor and the more controversial Opt-Out system. In an Opt-In or Presumed Consent system all citizens are assumed to be organ donors unless they sign up on a registry to express their wishes to not donate their organs. While presumed consent may seem extreme, it has successfully increased the organ donation pool in countries including Spain, Greece, Finland, and most recently France. On January 1st, 2017 the presumed consent law came into effect in France and since then Canadian politicians have begun to express their interest in implementing similar laws. This idea is especially popular in Saskatchewan where less than 1% of eligible people are registered organ donors.
Taking organ donation systems a step further, some people believe that consent is not necessary for organ donation and that people should have a duty to donate organs for the good of the society. Some ethicists even go as far to say that it is immoral for a person to decline consent for donation of their organs. These ideas support the Conscription Model, simply put the state owns your body and anyone who can donate must.
In a utilitarian society I believe the most likely system for organ donation would be an opt-out system. The happiness resulting from people gaining extra years of life would likely override any unhappiness regarding presumed consent. Additionally, the ability to register to abstain from donation would at least appease those against organ donation and provide them with a personal sense of happiness. However, in a utilitarian society I believe there is a serious risk for abuse happiness for the majority that could lead to inhumane methods for obtaining organs more extreme than organ conscription. For example, supporting the needs of “the greater good” could lead to the justification of the sacrifice of a living person in order to save the lives of 8 sick people. When laws only exist to uphold the happiness of society the rights of individuals are not protected.
A main point of Kant’s Categorical Imperative is “Act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end…” This may seem to be in conflict with organ donation as it can be interpreted as literally using someone as a tool to survive. However, under an opt-in system and even an opt-out system where people can easily abstain, I believe Kant would support organ donation. Organ donation is done with a good will, it is meant to save the lives of others and therefore it is good. Furthermore, once an individual is in a braindead or has suffered a cardiac death they are no longer able to really Be or exist as a rational being.
I believe that behind the veil of ignorance everyone would recognize the demand for organs and agree to put policies in place to increase donation, knowing full well that they may be the person in need or the person donating. I believe that the most likely system put into place would be the opt-out system because it would provide a larger donor pool and increase the chances of sick people receiving an organ in a timely fashion. I also believe that there would be a focus on government regulation of organ donation in order to ensure the distribution of organs is as fair as possible. In a Rawlsian society illegal organ harvesting and trade wouldn’t occur since it is the powerful preying on the vulnerable.
I believe that every theory of ethics or moral system would support organ donation in one way or another. Can’t it be assumed that for an otherwise terminally ill person a new lease on life would be the ultimate happiness for not only them but their loved ones as well? For this reason I support organ donation and the implementation of a Presumed Consent Law. I also encourage you to look into becoming an organ donor and have the uncomfortable but necessary conversations with your loved ones.
When starting to think about “what is philosophy”, I found myself pulling up the Google webpage and searching exactly that. What I found was a solid definition stating that “Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with reality, existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.” After reading this definition, I still found that it had changed nothing about the concept of philosophy for me. So I searched a bit deeper and come across another more casual definition. “Philosophy can refer to the most basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes of an individual or group”. Now here is a definition I can talk a little bit more about. Now this is a definition that I can actually picture in my mind. It helped me imagine and think about my basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes as an individual. I believe that everyone has a purpose on this planet physically and mentally. I believe that I, as an individual will lead my own path based off of my decisions, values, and ambitions in life. With this definition to go off, the wheels started turning in my head. I started to truly recognize what philosophy was to me. Are you ready?
Philosophy is like a collection of books, each with different ideas, storylines, and dialogue. However when you bring all of these novels together you get an enriching plethora of knowledge, reasoning, and arguments. Philosophy is whatever people want it to be, whether it’s talking about whales (and yes, I just had to fit whales somewhere in this talk), or what is the meaning of life. It’s all relevant and important in terms of philosophy. When you talk about a thought with someone, for example; “why not just weigh the fish?” you can talk and talk and bring your own ideas to the table, your own beliefs, concepts, and attitudes on the subject. That is what philosophy is all about, bringing your ideas to the table and saying “why not this? This is what I believe.” Philosophy is the organic breaking down of a subject influenced by your own beliefs, concepts, and attitudes.
If you had to choose between (1) killing one person to save the lives of five others and (2) doing nothing even though you knew that five people would die right before your eyes if you did nothing—what would you do? What would be the right thing to do? Thats the hypothetical scenario Professor Michael Sandel uses to launch his course on moral reasoning. After the majority of students votes for killing the one person in order to save the lives of five others, Sandel presents three similar moral conundrums—each one artfully designed to make the decision more difficult. As students stand up to defend their conflicting choices, it becomes clear that the assumptions behind our moral reasoning are often contradictory, and the question of what is right and what is wrong is not always black and white.
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This video was one episode of a T.V. show on CNN called Crossfire. The debate at the time was to discuss the proposed ideas of censorship on albums in music. The argument written down below is on the side of censors, represented here by John Lofton, newspaper journalist. The argument at the time was spearheaded by the “Parents Music Resource Center,” which was an organization of concerned parents who were targeting specific musical artists for releasing what they deemed to be inappropriate content in their music. One of their main targets was musician Frank Zappa who is shown in this video fighting against this argument below.
This argument as it follows the form described above, is valid. And as with most arguments, the debate seems to boil down to the factual correctness and soundness of the argument. The premises here are completely subjective in this instance. Morality is completely an idea of your own mind and/or the ideas that were instilled in you by others as you grow up. Even the very idea of “inappropriate” is completely subjective to everyone’s own individual ideas. So on this ground, we can’t really say if these premises are true are not. Only your own personal opinion can decide whether it is factually correct or sound in your own mind. In my own personal opinion and as the title of this video (ripped from a Rush song) might suggest, I would have to say I am in a certain degree on the side of Frank Zappa, being completely bias since he is a personal hero of mine, but I also think that a great point is brought up by Zappa in the way of an anti-censorship rebuttal (4:35 in the video.) He basically says that hearing the deemed “inappropriate” side can help you make up your own mind on what is inappropriate to you. And I am completely for people making up their own personal decisions on any subject for themselves. But again, that is just an example of one person’s opinion on this subject. The factually correctness of this argument is completely up to you.
The result of the argument ended up becoming the Parent Advisory sticker put on album with lyrics deemed inappropriate. I think that this is an excellent argument to look at. The whole idea of censorship is such an important idea to discuss as humans. How far do we want to go in controlling other people’s work? Is it moral to censor things because we deem them immoral? And who gets to decide what constitutes as immoral? As I stated before, I personally believe that an artists work should be left up to the artist and that. But then again, is it for there to be a label to warn people about inappropriate lyrics in a piece of music so that they have a fair warning? Should there be a line of protection against things deemed inappropriate? Should there be censorship in music?
Converging on an aesthetics unit, I expected only absurdity from my philosophy class. Of course, beauty is something wonderful to talk about, and works of art are something fascinating to spend your time analyzing. The problem is that I don’t appreciate art, to the extent that people would expect.
I made this opinion very clear in the opening days of discussion, given the topic of art. I don’t feel art possesses everything that the majority of society typically pertains to it. It’s just art, don’t you realize? But it seems to be a popular topic of discussion, and is commonly perceived as ‘deep and meaningful’, regardless of any purpose behind its creation.
Obviously, my viewpoint on this was opposed, despite my self-proclaimed clever retorts. Regardless of my opinion, I still wondered why art gathers such attention, and is analyzed so often for meaning. And I concluded with this: art’s meaning is sought for because of its intangibility. People seek the meaning because the meaning cannot always be easily found.
A common parallel to this is society’s changing opinion and reflection on the meaning of the passages of the Bible. The way that we assess the verses given in the Bible changes with the transformations that our paradigms experience, as well. And we often seek far beyond, what could potentially be, a simple message.
Anyway, back to art. What’s important is that we examine art rigorously due to its intangibility. Which leads into the next point that philosophers examining art have made: all art possesses moral qualities.
“Wait, what?!”. When first reading this idea, I was blown away with the stupidity these philosophers exemplified. While there were a few who had concluded all art had to have moral qualities, I found other rational ones (mainly Plato and Kongfuzi) who stated that art should inspire morality, but not necessarily be created for the purpose of. I felt this to be somewhat reasonable.
This ties in to my original conclusion, that people seek meaning because meaning cannot be easily found. I believe that while art (usually) does not possess inherently moral or immoral qualities, and external source can often gather one from their viewpoint. The only problem is, is there a way to assess the morality ‘well’? Works of art can be interpreted in many fashions, and the moral principle resulting from that interpretation could be vastly different depending on the viewer.
This is the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai. It is currently the tallest standing building in the entire world. I’ll get into the details later, but pertaining to morals: what moral statements could you conclude from this photo?
I could say that this tower stands above the rest, and it is a metaphor for life: that one person should and could stand above the rest, towering over them, with great power and size. Or I could say that humans are capable of great things – look at the size of this building! We can do anything we set our minds to. Comparing the outskirts of the photo to the center, I could come to the conclusion that some people are meant to live poor, and others rich.
I could also reverse all those statements – that this photo is an example to show that we shouldn’t…(insert conclusion here). What I am getting as is that there are no normative aspects to assessing art in terms of morals. So why should we pretend like there are?
Often, critics will decide that a specific piece of art is portraying a specific moral concept. What we need to realize is that morality is not something definite. It is not certain. So we cannot treat it as such, when considering works of art.
The image used above is, as said, a photo of the Burj Khalifa, and the surrounding city. Dave Alexander, a professional photographer, took it from a touring helicopter in 2008. Dave took it for the love of photography (art for art’s sake – first brought forth by Aristotle). Or you could say, the love of beauty, not just for art’s sake (George Sand). Either way, this photo can be viewed in a series of ways, consisting of metaphorical and literal, moral and aesthetic as well as descriptive and normative aspects. Seeing as this was taken for the purpose of normative appeal, here’s a quick analysis of its normative components.
This photo possesses a lot of the material necessary for a stellar photograph. The colour contrast and density in specific sections of the city make the photo truly breathtaking… as well as interesting to look at. In addition to that, the tone of the weather, the use of horizons, and the depth of field are tuned to perfection. This photographer definitely took advantage of his opportunity. I am impressed – in a normative sense, this photo has every component necessary to be classified as ‘perfect’.
In today’s time, people are always trying to find something knew, everybody is bored of doing the same thing each day. The one thing that sets the current generation apart from the last few however is that we now have what’s called network marketing, it’s recently become popular especially among teenagers. The idea of “being your own boss” is much more appealing than having a job (just over broke). The concept of network marketing is that you don’t move forward with you making all the money, it’s your entire team/company developing a decent income together as one.
What I see from this article is that young adults/teenagers should go out and start investing in a business now while their still young. Is this a good idea? How would this impact their lives if they succeed/fail? Think to yourself, how often do young adults make millions now a days, it’s starting to become more popular. What this article leans towards is that we should hop on now and invest into this “legitimate business opportunity”. So I leave you with this, should teenagers take the leap into life and take the lead as a role model for future generations to come or should they wait and go study in university first then working for someone else’s business allowing the next generation to take the leap instead?
One last point is a quote made by Albert Einstein stating that you should “try no to be a man of success, but a man of value”. Is it good for these teenagers to be developing their own business at such a young age? How would this impact their morals and personal opinions on finances?
Jennifer: When Can I Grab My Purse?
We live in a world of abundance. From ipods to Purdy’s chocolate to ornamental shrubs, objects that far exceed the basic requirements for life (and for happiness) are commonplace. Meanwhile, fellow citizens in our own backyard and around the world are suffering from preventable diseases, malnutrition, and exposure.
This solemn reflection should pull on our heart strings and cause us to reevaluate, then significantly alter, our lifestyles. But somehow, we remain largely unaffected. Most people, myself included, have the ability to quickly avert their eyes and ears, turning away from the plight of other human beings and back towards the tech toys, the chocolate, and the fake plants. This disturbing attitude caused me to wonder: How can we compartmentalize, blocking out the needs of others in order to satisfy our own desires? When is it okay to do this, if it is at all?
In the middle of the flight you are on there is a change in cabin pressure, triggering oxygen masks to drop down from a panel above you. As per the instructions given at the beginning of the trip, you put on your mask before assisting the child beside you. Many people would argue that this action is not selfish because you must take sufficient care of yourself before beginning to help another person. In a larger context, we are fully righteous in assuring that we are feed, housed, and healthy in advance of giving aid. But wait a second? I never even suggested that fulfilling our own needs could be in any way wrong. It is our desires that are in question.
After putting on your own mask, you reach up to help the child who is travelling alone by grabbing their oxygen bag and helping secure it to their face. You’ve done good. The action you just performed was thoughtful, caring, and morally right, just like the volunteer hours and charitable donations shared by millions each year. Despite the dire situations billions of humans are subjected to, many still have been assisted by the kind hearts and giving souls of those who find themselves in more fortunate circumstances. Sensing a need, tons of people are willing to pitch in, do their part, or help the best that they can.
Now, you’ve helped one child, but you see that another a row back can’t reach their mask either. Suddenly, the pilot’s voice is in the cabin, warning of more stormy weather ahead. The kid will probably be helped by someone else, you think. I’d rather grab my purse and make sure I have everything I need, just in case.
In the words of moral philosopher Peter Singer, “Should [you be praised] for giving so much or [criticized] for not giving still more?” Where do we draw the line? How much does a person have to give to have given enough? Does “fair share” matter?
First, let’s discuss the idea of “doing our part.” Personally, I think that that statement is ridiculous, just a high-and-mightly approach to humanitarianism. Compared to what we have and what we have the ability to do, most of us in the position of helping aren’t doing crap. And since this is the reality of most, someone doing their “fair share” will still see a massive hole not being fixed. Would there really be more children than capable adults on the plane? No. But just because you’ve done your part does not mean that the other child is not still aimlessly reaching for air.
In the airplane analogy, nothing in your purse was probably of enough consequence to justify ignoring the needy youngster; similarly, nail polish or a gold wristwatch are unlikely to be as important as the purchases a Red Cross of World Food Programme could make with the same sum. Yet, we make those trivial purchases all the time. They make us feel good as buyers or make others smile as receivers. They make our lives easier or add beauty to a space, just as the designer of the item intended. But how can we compare any of those outcomes with the life we could have saved?
Adding another layer to an already complex debate, there comes the idea of saving for a purpose. What if the money someone is neglecting to donate is going towards their retirement, or their child’s university, or even an emergency fund? There is no assurance that giving it all away means that we’ll be cared for in the event that we need aid ourselves. However, some people are willing to take that risk. A few years ago, a man named Zell Kravinsky decided to donate his kidney to a random stranger after he learned of the horrible wait list times. But what about the risk? Well, “he says that the chances of dying as a result of donating a kidney are about 1 in 4,000. For him this implies that to withhold a kidney from someone who would otherwise die means valuing one’s own life at 4,000 times that of a stranger, a ratio Kravinsky considers “obscene.” ” Shall we consider Kravinsky to be the new Mother Theresa?
I agree with Peter Singer that, as paraphrased by Wikipedia, “people living in abundance while others starve is morally indefensible.” Building on this statement, it only seems logical to conclude that luxuries are wrong and “we should keep on donating money until the cost to ourselves is more than the benefit we would give.” Singer knows that many people feel that such restrictions are too demanding, or are too great of a change to their current lifestyle. I think I fall in the second boat, practically. However, I also feel strongly about aligning my actions with my thoughts. Right now, the “shameless idealist” in me is trying to figure out where to go. Is it ever okay to grab my purse?
Aside from the many Global Issues or Me-to-We club members taking up the study of Philosophy at our school this semester, I think there is something to this notion of ‘care’ within social constructivism, where each of us bears a responsibility to ‘maintain the world of, and meet the needs of, ourself and others.’ Isn’t this at the heart of learning through dialogue, through sharing our thoughts and vulnerabilities toward the betterment of ourselves and our societies?
What is all of this thinking for if it is not to help us light the way toward a better world?
And how do we go about creating this better world without the structures of our existing democracies?
I suggest the Supreme Court is using the Charter to implement ethics at an individual case level, while keeping the law intact at the general level […] much as the old courts of equity did. When the King’s courts’ strict application of the common law caused unconscionable outcomes for unsuccessful litigants, equity, as the “court of conscience,” acted in personam to prohibit victorious parties from enforcing their judgments. It put a “gloss on the common law.” Although operating in a very different way legally, the Charter can be viewed as allowing 21st-century judges to realize similar goals.
Those of you chomping at the bit to begin to bridge our work toward the culminating Social & Political Philosophy are humbly invited to beging playing with these ideas, as well as other notable current events that may find their application in politics, but whose origin comes from ethics. | 2019-04-19T02:54:09 | http://philosophy.talons43.ca/tag/morals/ |
From the green valleys of the Bernese Oberland to the glacier-clad giants that ring Zermatt, this deluxe tour is a superb intro to the Swiss Alps.
From the verdant green valleys of Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland to the glacier-clad giants that ring Zermatt, this deluxe tour is a superb and varied introduction to the Swiss Alps. We’ll stay in 3 different villages over our 5 night stay – Kandersteg, Leukerbad and Zermatt – as we make our way from north to south across the Alps. With numerous options for daily activities, it’s a great trip for hikers and non-hikers alike. Our hikes can be easy or hard, depending on your desires, while at night we have will bask in luxury in 4-5 star hotels with spas and gourmet meals. This tour includes a 1st class rail pass for your convenience that you can use to travel to and from the airport.
Our first stop will be Kandersteg, a bit off-the-beaten-path in a quiet corner of the lush Bernese Alps, with a stunning nearby lake and waterfalls galore. From here we’ll cross the historic Gemmi pass, on a centuries-old mule trail that winds its way improbably over the huge cliffs that separate Kandersteg from Leukerbad in the south. Leukerbad itself is a pleasant surprise, a charming low-key resort famed for their thermal spas. Then we’ll spend 2 nights in Zermatt, Switzerland’s famous mountain village at the foot of the powerful Matterhorn, surrounded by the highest peaks in the country. This deluxe tour will stay in a beautiful 4-star hotel in Kandersteg, a 5-star spa resort in Leukerbad, and high above Zermatt in the world-class 5-star Riffelalp Resort, just above treeline with views in every direction.
A typical day starts with a continental buffet breakfast at your hotel – a bounty of delicious fresh baked bread and croissants, local meats and cheeses, eggs made to order, cereal, fruit, coffee and juice – which gives us the energy needed for the day ahead. Soon we’ll be out on the trail, where you’ll get to choose between an easier or more strenuous hike for the day. Each morning, you’ll be handed a lunch to carry, and at a mid-point along the way we’ll choose a beautiful spot to stop and enjoy our picnic. We get a lot of compliments on our imaginative lunches – making them something to look forward to as well!
We should finish our hike around 4 pm, giving you time to wash up, relax at the hotel, visit the pool and spa, or perhaps do a bit of shopping in town. All of our hotels on this tour have great facilities and gorgeous pool and spa areas, so we’ll look forward to having time each day to enjoy those. Later, we’ll enjoy dinner together at our hotel or another local restaurant. These are true gourmet, multi-course feasts, sometimes centered on local specialties, prepared by some of the finest chefs in the Alps. Our hotels all serve fabulous food, and our dinners will be exquisite, memorable affairs.
Kandersteg – The Gemmi to the Matterhorn Tour starts with your arrival in Zürich or Geneva and a train ride to Kandersteg.
The trip takes about 3 hours and will be covered by your first-class railpass. Kandersteg is a quiet and scenic village surrounded by mountains, lakes, waterfalls and miles of hiking trails. We’ll stay in the 4-star Hotel Doldenhorn, a lovely chalet-style hotel on the outskirts of the village with a new pool and spa and gourmet meals.
Kandersteg – One of the must-see hikes in the region starts with a gondola ride up to the Oeschinensee lake, an emerald-green jewel of a lake, surrounded on three sides by mountains.
Cowbells jingle and waterfalls plunge over dramatic cliffs into the lake below. Hike up above the lake for bird’s-eye views through meadows and forest on a scenic loop back to Kandersteg, where we return to our hotel for a second night.
Leukerbad – Hike over the historic Gemmi pass on a mellow approach trail beneath the pyramidal Balmhorn and Altels peaks.
Views of the Valaisian Alps to the south spur us on as we wind our way down the serpentine mule-path to the village of Leukerbad, where we stay in an elegant 3-star hotel and enjoy a relaxing soak in one of the town’s thermal baths. Convenient cable cars can be utilized for an easy hike.
Zermatt – After breakfast, we’ll say good-bye to Leukerbad, and travel a few hours to nearby Zermatt. You’ll have a chance to check out the atmospheric village center, and perhaps a visit to the Matterhorn museum, before transferring by historic cogwheel train to Riffelalp.
Enjoy wonderful views of the Matterhorn before settling in for dinner at the luxurious 5-star Riffelalp Resort, one of Switzerland’s finest hotels.
Zermatt – Taking quiet trails through fields and forest, we have a range of choices up to the wide ridge of Gornergrat, past marmots and small glacial lakes, to unforgettable viewpoints along the Gorner ridge.
The jumbled mass of the Gorner glacier stretches out before us, and behind that, Monte Rosa, Lyskamm, the Breithorn, and the Matterhorn form a spectacular backdrop.
Depart – After breakfast at our hotel, we’ll say our good-byes and leave for our post-trip destinations.
Check out our Grand Tour, staying in 4 and 5-star hotels and traveling by 1st class train between Mürren, Zermatt and Pontresina.
This 6 night guided tour takes us off-the-beaten-path to some of the wonderful hidden treasures of Switzerland’s Valais region.
The full Haute Route can be too long and strenuous for some folks, so we’ve designed this combo tour that gives you the best of both worlds. | 2019-04-22T22:43:55 | http://alpinehikers.com/guided-tours/guided-gemmi-to-the-matterhorn/ |
We're all feeling a little desensitized now, aren't we?
Another mass shooting. Ho hum.
Nothing will change, so why bother making noises about the gun sickness that pervades this country?
Congress won't do anything to tighten up gun regulations.
Politicians who advocate for stronger gun measures will be tossed out of office.
The mentally ill will continue to fall through the cracks (with or without Obamacare).
Background checks for military contractors will never be up to par.
Young men who tell police they hear voices, are being followed or sent vibrations through microwaves will never be forced into 72-hour mental health holds.
Guys who shoot up people's cars and fire bullets through ceilings into their neighbors' apartments will never have searchable arrest records.
We will simply have to make peace with the idea that mass public shootings are the price we pay to live in a "free" country.
We are so very sorry for the victims and their families (especially the little ones at Sandy Hook Elementary School). It was just terrible what happened to Gabby Giffords. And of course, we are praying for them all the time, which makes us feel so much better.
But these shooters are madmen. They watch too many violent video games. What can you do?
All we have are symbolic gestures, like the one made Tuesday by Starbucks.
In an open letter couched as a "respectful request," Starbucks President and CEO Howard Schultz announced that his chain does not want people bringing guns into its stores or outdoor seating areas anymore unless they are law enforcement personnel.
Until now, Starbucks' policy has been to welcome armed customers in states that allow people to openly carry weapons.
Schultz said that the coffee chain has grown tired of being used as an unwilling pawn in the gun debate.
"Pro-gun activists have used our stores as a political stage for media events misleadingly called 'Starbucks Appreciation Days' that disingenuously portray Starbucks as a champion of 'open carry.' To be clear: we do not want these events in our stores. Some anti-gun activists have also played a role in ratcheting up the rhetoric and friction, including soliciting and confronting our customers and partners."
People who continue to bring guns into Starbucks, wrote Schultz, will not be asked to leave. Nor will the company put up any signs about its new policy.
So what will change? Not much. It may tick off a few gun toters. It may endear Starbucks to those who have grown sick of our swaggering gun culture.
But in the end, will it prevent the next mass shooting?
When it comes to policies aimed at preventing gun violence, we're just shooting blanks. | 2019-04-20T14:53:35 | https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-navy-yard-gun-control-20130918-story.html |
As a group, vegetarians tend to be leaner than meat-eaters. That could be because some vegetarian diets are rather extreme and eliminate so many higher-fat foods. Many vegetarians are also very health conscious, and they pay particular attention to the amount of food they eat. But there are as many types of vegetarians as there are reasons for following a vegetarian diet, so the rule doesn’t hold true for all.
Vegans, or strict vegetarians, eat only foods from plant sources. Macrobiotic vegetarians are vegans who eat a very limited variety of foods. Lacto-vegetarians include dairy products in their diets while lacto-ovo vegetarians eat dairy products and eggs. Pesco-vegetarians, or pescatarians include seafood in an otherwise vegetarian diet; fruitarians include only raw or dried fruits, seeds and nuts in their diets. Semi-vegetarians or “mostly” vegetarians eat animal foods but not on a regular basis.
While some of these diets are inherently lower in fat and/or calories than others, they aren’t necessarily healthier because they aren’t nutritionally balanced. Since most people can’t stick to any type of overly restrictive diet, vegetarianism is destined to become just one more thing that didn’t “work” for anyone who tries to use it solely for the purpose of losing weight.
To keep this menu as nutritionally balanced as possible, make all substitutes within the same food group, substituting fruit for fruit, grain for grain, veggie for veggie, in equal amounts. And remember to drink lots of water with and between meals.
You can access their Web site for free for a weeklong trial, I believe. You could use that time to download some of their vegetarian recipes and start creating your own meal plans.
I did South Beach many years ago as the catalyst for my weight loss. I wasn't vegetarian then, but I have been for a very long time now, and I still follow SB principles. Understanding the science behind that diet is what's helped me maintain my weight loss and make good choices that fit in with my diet no matter if I'm cooking or at a restaurant or at a party or whatever. That's going to be the biggest takeaway for you: rather than just reading recipes, make sure you understand why they want you to eat the kinds of foods they want you to eat.
I lost 70+ pounds. i didn't know what i was doing when i started, either. if you are willing to try, accept that it takes time and effort to make lasting changes, and are ok with learning as you go, you'll totally get there.
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I have maintained my weight for a year now and still do the same things. I think it's possible to still be a foodie and eat in a healthful manner. Moderation really -is- key.
Has lost 10 lbs in the last two months with just balanced diet and occasional walks (tho some walks/hikes were very long).
He tried doing exercise a few months ago, but it just isn't a habit he is willing to develop at this time (mainly because it interrupts the flow of his day and makes it difficult for him to focus on projects). When he has less on his project list, we will try to make exercise a part of his life.
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