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$300 Oil by 2020: Scary but Unlikely
As if the uprisings in Egypt, Libya, and the surrounding MENA (Middle East & North Africa) region are not enough to set off oil prices, Charles Maxwell, a veteran energy analyst (since 1957), is now predicting oil prices will climb to $300 a barrel in 2020, or around $225 in today’s dollars due to supply constraints….regardless of what happens in Egypt and MENA.
Many of us probably can still recall the gasp when we first learned about the prospect of $100 oil form Goldman Sachs back in 2007. Goldman subsequently made a $200 prediction in March of 2008, right before crude oil eventually peaked at $147 in July of 2008. Of course, we know that $200 mark is yet to materialize.
$300 Oil by 2020?
In a recent interview with Barron’s, Maxwell puts the world’s production capacity at about 92-93 million barrels a day (bpd), peaking at 95 million bpd around 2015 and pretty much plateauing from there (Peak Oil):
“… By 2020, I'm looking for about $300 a barrel, which is closer to $225 a barrel in today's dollars.”
Double Digit Oil Burden
In early February, the International Energy Agency (IEA) already warned about the rising oil burden. Oil burden is defined as nominal oil expenditures (demand multiplied by the crude price) divided by nominal gross domestic product (GDP).
According to the IEA, the world’s oil burden rose by roughly 25% in 2010 to 4.1%, and could rise to 4.7% in 2011, under current assumptions. The highest world oil burden rate was 8% reached in 1980. (Click charts to expand).
Using the U.S. EIA projection in a high oil price scenario of $210/bbl, the global GDP is expected to reach $97.43 trillion by year 2020, while oil demand is projected to reach 96 million barrels per day. That translates into an oil burden of about 7.5%.
So, the $300 oil in Maxwell's scenario could mean a double-digit global oil burden. The consensus among experts is that the economy typically has an increasingly hard time handling oil burden above 4%.
However, I don’t believe this $300 price point will come to pass by 2020 (nine years from now) as Maxwell predicted, and here is why.
Interest Rate Normalization
One thing most people seem to have forgotten is that after 2+ years of loose monetary policy, eventually there will be a 5-to-6-year cycle of interest rate normalization… ongoing speculations of QE3 notwithstanding.
We are talking about interest rate rising from the current near zero levels to around 5% and maybe as high as 8% if inflation ends up running rampant. That would most certainly kill the prices of oil and other commodities, while dragging down equities, as well as precious metals.
High Prices Cure High Prices
Historically, oil price and inflation tend to have a high correlation (See Chart), and oil and petroleum product prices are highly sensitive to macroeconomic conditions.
Prolonged high petroleum product prices and inflation could bring about a marked response from the demand side where behavior from all consuming sectors would change drastically before crude would even hit $150.
We have already seen (in 2008) how oil prices could drop from almost $150 to $40 in six months due to the Great Recession. The same boom and bust cycle could take place again so the market may achieve equilibrium.
Drill, Baby, Drill!
Then, there’s also the response from the supply side.
Crude oil staying expensive and long enough, as described in Maxwell’s scenario, would incentivize new technologies and productions, similar to how new shale plays burst onto the energy scene in the last five years or so.
Furthermore, gas pump price shock would drive global government policy changes so that more off-limit resources and incentives would become available and oil production would increase.
Alternative Tech to Mushroom
High oil prices would also greatly improve the competitiveness of alternative and emerging energy sources, and would only accelerate the consumer adoption of alternative transportations such as electric, compressed natural gas and fuel cell vehicles.
When the ultra-luxury British brand Rolls-Royce has gone green with its 102EX, or Phantom Experimental Electric (EE), it just sent a clear message as to the future trend of passenger cars. Facing high fuel prices, jet and vehicle engines would get totally redesigned very swiftly to be even more efficient and perhaps use multi-fuel sources.
Likewise, solar panels would become mainstream sitting on every roof top imaginable, while others such as wind turbines and algal biomass would mushroom offshore as well as onshore.
Energy Efficiency to Accelerate
Furthermore, the evolution of technology and human civilization would improve the overall energy efficiency and lessen the energy intensity as a contributing factor to bring down the overall consumption trend.
In the United States, the EIA in its Annual Energy Outlook 2010 (pdf) noted in the Reference Case that as energy use becomes more efficient, its share declines from the 9.8% share of GDP reached in 2008 to 6.5% of GDP by 2035. Steroid-charged oil prices would only push up the timeline that much faster.
Shock to the System
However, while the response from both supply and demand would most likely put a stop to $300 oil, the process nevertheless could be quite an unpleasant shock to consumers and the global economy.
On the other hand, this may be just what the world needs to jump start conservation and more aggressive R&Ds to mitigate the gloomy yet very costly prospect.
Producers, Capital Goods & OSX
The Wall Street Journal noted BofA Merrill sees the U.S. markets unlikely be derailed by higher oil prices, and that the higher oil prices could be a boon for U.S. capital goods exporters and the energy companies.
Maxwell also believes the world economy would stay on track despite his $300 oil projection mainly because the rise is on a more gradual scale. As for investment, he suggests the Canadian Athabasca oil sands producers--Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU) and Cenovus Energy (NYSE:CVE) - due to their superior production growth projection, 8% to 8½% per year and 9½% to 10% per year respectively, in the next 10 years.
I believe another sector worthy of a spot in any investor’s portfolio would be oilfield services as this is a sector that's indispensable in oil major's global hunt for energy. Here, you can't go wrong with investing in the Big 4--Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB), Halliburton (NYSE:HAL), Baker Hughes (BHI) and Weatherford (NYSE:WFT)--on any pullbacks.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
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That combination of fibre and protein was my lunch a couple of days ago. It was lunchtime and I was rather ravenous as usual. Since I was at home, I decided to cook my usual fish and veg fare. For those who think that’s boring, I would beg to differ! haha… it really depends how you cook it I guess.
This dory was marinated in dijon mustard, paprika and black pepper. It turned out quite spicy but hey that’s the way I like it! The vegetables were kind of impromptu. I opened the fridge and there was some chinese cabbage, carrots and tomatoes. And whatddya know… I chopped them up in quick time and started to stirfry them in the wok… not before adding garlic of course.
I know it seems a bit weird, to pair up grilled fish with vegetables. Not that western and not that asian either eh? I think it’s a mix of both. I love western cuisine but sometimes I think that there’s just not enough fibre in it. Don’t get me wrong, I love my carbs (think bread, pasta, potatoes), but I do think there should be a balance. Okay I hope i make sense! 🙂
Anyway I’ve been eating out too often, what with my long hours on campus; that’s why I try to take every opportunity I have to cook at home, when I’m actually at home.
Oooo I’m going to help cook some food for a small event next weekend. I can’t wait to get started on it. Will post pictures after… Till then, cheerios!
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Here’s a look at what is in the pipeline. Reminder: all dates subject to change, no guarantees. A few new things. First, we’ll be doing some cask beers on Fridays in Sterling now that the weather is cooling down. Second, we don’t have as many new beer releases since we are currently putting a lot of stuff in barrels for winter time. I think we’ll all like the results! Lastly, after a long hiatus from cans we’ll be firing up our brand new canning line soon!
Our brewhouse is only 10 BBLs. That puts us way on the small side–a step above a nanobrewery–and with two busy taprooms we don’t have a lot of beer to distribute. I am incredibly thankful for this, because distribution is incredibly hard. If you are opening a brewery and are planning to distribute a lot of beer, you want to read this.
After four years of operating on a tiny system, sizing up has allowed us to finally distribute some beer. With good quality beer, some years in business, and not much beer to have to sell, things should be easy, right? Absolutely not. Since we’ve hired a new full-time brewer, I have been spending more time focusing on sales. I cannot emphasize enough how hard it is to sell beer in today’s market.
Generally, we send about 6-8 barrels of beer into distribution per week. That’s about two pallets of beer, really nothing for most breweries. It is a struggle to sell the beer. Three years ago, local beer sold itself. If you are opening a brewery and still believe this is how things will go, you need to rid yourself of this misconception immediately.
First, the market is over-saturated. Good accounts are getting hit by reps several times per day. With so many choices, many beer buyers prefer to constantly rotate. Most of the time, we get picked up once. If we do get picked up again, they want a new beer. This works OK for us since we only do one year-round beer and the rest are rotators. But this lack of permanent lines and dependable accounts makes it difficult to manage production. Fortunately, we sell the vast majority of our beer in the taproom, and can throttle back distributing if we need to. But I have a constant fear of having to buy back out-of-date IPA.
Second, good beer is not enough. There simply are not enough accounts with educated beer buyers. Time and again I sample our beer out and it does not get picked up. I do not mean to sound arrogant, but it is frustrating when a place is running an inferior beer to yours. Also, many times I want to tell people how quickly our beers will move once they go on tap. I can maybe understand a little bit of hesitation on running a new, relatively unknown brewery, but we are offering approachable, in-demand styles that really should not be a hard sell.
Third, every place wants samples. Chalk this up to the herds of reps roaming all over the place now. I really do want to tell people that if they’ve run our beer and liked it before, they should not need a sample of our latest IPA. But this is the norm, and if they want to try it first, you have to try to make it happen.
Lastly, we cannot compete price-wise against breweries 1000 times bigger than us. A lot of bar managers are not going to understand why a beer with higher hopping rates from a tiny brewery costs more than Lagunitas IPA. You can mostly avoid places that are all about cost, but there are some places I wish would pick us up because I believe they’d see the difference in increased velocity.
What can you do as a brewery to make distribution run smoother? Number one, brew styles that are not a hard sell. If you are new to the industry, let me make this plain and clear. You do not know something other people do not. Your ESB or biere de garde is not going to succeed just because no one else is making them. No one else makes them because they are not popular. If you want to make styles like that, keep them taproom only. We do a lot of styles we don’t distribute, and that works fine. I am not saying with enough work you might be able to get some momentum on an esoteric beer, or that you might stumble on something that does really well for some reason. I just believe in setting yourself up for success, and European styles are tough to sell.
Another important part of distribution is your relationship with your distributor. The industry is full of bad blood between breweries and distributors. We are lucky to have a really good relationship with ours. I’ve tried to be as easy to work with as I can be, being a small brewery that doesn’t make them very much money. Our value as a brand is more based upon the prestige we bring as a very good local brewery, rather than volume. Your distributor can really help sell your beer, or if things go south, potentially sink your business. I’ve tried really hard to go out with our distributor reps, introduce myself to everyone, and make sure people know how much I care about our beer and relationships with our accounts. I want people to know that I am there to support everybody that wants to sell our beer and will do whatever I can to help, and I think it has led to a lot of goodwill for us.
We are continuing to scale up, with a 40 BBL tank and canning line currently in production. I believe we can continue to grow, even if the market shrinks. I may sound pessimistic about distribution, but with hard work, good beer, and good marketing, you will eventually see a change. Last week, I sold all of our beer from my laptop. It takes time, but things are starting to move.
Last week we installed our new sour tank! A 750 gallon (~23 BBL) stainless IBC from Custom Metalcraft, this new tank has allowed us to double batch kettle sours. Previously, when brewing a kettle sour, we could only brew 10 BBLs–the size of our kettle–at a time. We opted for a small customization of a 3” rather than 2” port on the top to accommodate a Stout spray ball/tri-clamp adapter we already had, but otherwise it is a simple square tank with no insulation or cooling.
The plan was to suspend the tank up above the brewhouse so that we could gravity-feed it back to the kettle for pasteurization/whirlpool additions and avoid running bacteria through a pump. We took some metal shelving and cut and welded the crossbeams to be the right size for the tank, along with some additional pieces for reinforcement. We put the shelving in place, and then lifted the tank up into place with a chainfall, using straps to pull it out and then over the shelves. After setting it down, we strapped the tank down with ratchet straps, put some 6×6’s underneath the legs of the tank for additional support, and chained the uprights to the nearby building upright. This amount of additional reinforcement could support several more tons than the weight of the filled tank, so we felt safe.
The process worked like a charm. We knocked out two batches of our sour IPA into it at 100 degrees, pitched a big starter of lactobacillus plantarum, and hit our target PH 36 hours later. I would like to cut this time down but I am OK with it for now. The soured wort had zero off-flavors or aromas. Once we hit our PH, we did exactly as planned, draining 10 BBLs at a time to the kettle for pasteurization and a big whirlpool addition of Mosaic hops.
After draining, I hit the tank with some 180 degree water from our HLT through the spray ball we hooked up to the top. I took the sample valve on the side off before to make sure the tank could vent steam adequately. They cannot hold much pressure, so I was a bit worried about this, but it was fine. After hitting and draining it repeatedly, I felt satisfied that everything was dead inside and proceeded to run a cycle of hot caustic. Afterwards, I rinsed with ground water. Here is where I nearly messed things up. The cooler ground water immediately created negative pressure, and the sides of the tanks started shuddering. I only had it on for a half second before I cut it. Next time I will start it very slowly. A bit of rinsing and a visual inspection later, and the tank was mirror clean–the key to a good kettle sour.
Some key parts to our process.
Your souring vessel needs to be absolutely clean. Kettle sours are very risky because the beer is not protected against unwanted yeast and bacteria during the souring process. That is why a separate tank is superior to your kettle. It’s hard to get your kettle as clean–there are way more ports, vents, etc, plus the buildup on your kettle is hard to remove completely. The secret to success is a clean vessel.
You need to hit your target PH as quickly as possible. You cannot add too much healthy lactobacillus. Make a big, healthy starter a day or two beforehand. The more time your beer spends unhopped without yeast, the more likely it is to become wrecked by unwanted stuff.
No pre-acidifying, no CO2 purge. There are acid-tolerant strains of Clostridium bacteria, so pre-acidifying your wort to 4.4 or under isn’t a total safeguard, and the idea that it aids in head retention is asinine to me since I always use lots of wheat, rye, or milk sugar which aids in body. Furthermore, the point of kettle souring is to avoid adding food grade lactic acid to your beer. But the big one so many people swear by is the CO2 purge. There is no purpose to this. Clostridium, the main culprit in ruined kettle sours, are anaerobic. So purging does nothing. Lactobacillus only creates off-flavors in heavily oxygenated wort, so some air in the head space is not going to do anything bad in that area, either.
You can really crank your yeast after a kettle sour since PH suppresses esters. I let mine run to 76 and our yeast seems to really love acid beers, absolutely ripping through them. So even with the souring, the turn time is really fast.
So that’s our process. I’d like to also take a minute to talk about what makes a good kettle sour.
First, a kettle sour is a kettle sour. Sounds obvious, right? Well, a kettle sour is not just made by adding food grade lactic acid to a beer or using acid malt. Every beer I have had made this way has been obvious and disappointing. Beers either are not sour enough or have a harsh, throat-burning sensation. Unfortunately, many breweries are passing these beers off as sour beers.
Second, a kettle sour should never have a cheesy or vomit-like aroma or taste. Man, oh man, are there a lot of offenders here. I do not want to name names, but some big, respected breweries have put out some very bad kettle sours that should have been dumped. Uneducated consumers don’t seem to notice as much as one would hope, maybe writing these flavors off as “funk,” but these are unpleasant flavors that should not be tolerated.
Making good sours isn’t extremely difficult, but it does require more sanitation and care than a regular beer. Our fast sours are clean, and we also use a lot of real fruit. They’re some of my favorite beers we make. If you’re planning on making one, again, the key is clean real estate, big starter, fast sour. Do that and all will be well!
Here’s a look at what is in the pipeline. You may notice some classics in here–we are going to step back a bit from brewing so many IPAs and get back to our roots a bit. Don’t worry though, there will still be plenty of IPAs in the mix.
*Note ALL DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE. They probably will change. Please do not call me or staff and get upset when beers don’t adhere to this schedule–yeast is a living organism and not 100% predictable.*
8/4 Dulce De Leche dessert stout. Stout fans, this one is for you! We’ll do some cool variants as well.
8/11 Supernatural hibiscus saison, Another You IPA
8/18 Best Days Hefeweizen, Raspberry Empress and Verdant Force return!
At Crooked Run, we’ve definitely gone more IPA heavy. I have a stressful job juggling brewing, production management, and distribution, and to make my life easy, I started brewing more IPA since a) it sells way easier in distro and b) I need to reuse the same yeasts.
However, I do also really enjoy IPA, and I think there can be more nuances to it than just either bitter or hazy and double dry-hopped. With the right blends of hops and/or malt bill, both can really shine.
Two weeks ago, we had four similar IPAs on tap, but you could tell them apart pretty easily if you were familiar with them. That’s the result of picking interesting hop bills, and using the right malts that will actually show up in a juicy, highly-hopped beer.
First, I’d like to talk about the style of IPA I like to make. We do some very hazy, low bitterness double IPAs in the NE vein. However, those are for the taproom or on-premise cans only. Our other IPAs are generally 6.5-7% ABV with a fairly big but not obscene level of dry-hopping. These are my favorite beers, and also what we distribute. They straddle the line between New England and West Coast IPA: all ranging from 20-35 IBU, with a moderate level of suspended yeast.
This is done for two reasons. First, it’s the style of IPA that I like. There are two other very good breweries in Virginia that produce similar beers. Second, these beers don’t fall off immediately. This ties into number one. I’ve had some very bad NE IPAs. Drink fresh? OK fine, but if it’s on tap in your taproom and it tastes like a phenolic, sickly sweet mess, that’s on you. And if you plan to distribute these beers at all, you need to create something that has a shelf life greater than two weeks. Sometimes some super hazy low IBU beers hold up, but it’s really luck of the draw on that.
Even though our top seller is always whatever DIPA we released, I’ve really been enjoying just our single IPAs. We keep one standard IPA, Heart and Soul, on tap, with a couple of rotating IPAs. For these rotators, I keep messing around with different hop and malt combo. The idea is to get a beer that doesn’t just taste like a juicebomb, one where you can tell them apart by hop flavor, malt flavor, and color. Here are some examples:
Still Searching: Citra and El Dorado. Very juicy tasting. Biscuit malt gives a real nice contribution to the malt flavor.
The key with hops is finding combinations that are unique, but still good. Yeah, we all love Citra/Mosaic/Galaxy, but it gets old if that’s all you use. For malt, I find that using either a combination of two row and Maris, or two row with kilned malts such as Vienna, Biscuit, Aromatic, etc can differentiate the flavors and colors.
Watch for more of these beers from us, as well as re-issues of ones that really work.
So, as pretty much everyone knows, Wicked Weed sold to AB-Inbev this week. Everyone has their own two cents on what this means. In my opinion, Chris Herron from Creature Comforts has offered the best synopsis on what this and other sales to the megabrewers means. You can read it here.
This is the perfect time for me to write this post and talk about some related things I have been meaning to for a while. First, I’d like to talk about the word “craft.” The Brewers Association offers it’s own definition of craft beer–forgoing the entirety of the criteria, the main point I look at is “annual production of under six million barrels per year.”
So you know, our production level should peak around two thousand barrels per year. We are a very small regional brewery that sells the majority of its volume on premise. We are not playing the same game as many other breweries, since we don’t rely on distribution for the bulk of our revenue. This was always my goal.
However, this doesn’t mean that we don’t pay attention to developments with larger breweries and the industry as a whole. Years ago, we saw the trend towards hyper local, and our business has been based around this. I’ve never really like the term “craft beer,” and it is starting to mean less and less. If I had to divide the brewery industry into two categories, I’d pick “large breweries” and “small breweries.” Large breweries would be ones that have distribution in five or more states. Small is anyone else.
I have zero ill will towards breweries such as Stone, Sierra, or New Belgium, but the reality is that these breweries are very, very big, and really aren’t anything like a brewery such as ours, despite the fact that they are classified as “craft.” They are in a really difficult place, because they are facing pressure from AB-Inbev and Miller-Coors, and also from tiny local breweries like yours truly. They can’t compete with the megabrewers on price or distribution networks, and they can’t compete with smaller breweries who can take advantage of taproom sales margins to offer beers with extremely costly ingredients that are more exciting and in demand right now.
This is where I knew we would end up. It’s one of my core principles in business, which is: if you can’t beat someone at one game, play a different game entirely. It’s a lesson that many smaller manufacturers of any product have either learned the hard way over the last 50 years, or have done from the outset and have been successful as a result. Right now, you hear a lot about outsourcing jobs and the loss of American manufacturing, but you can hardly throw a rock without hitting a business that has figured out a way to compete by playing a different game. We have small, direct-to-consumer businesses of every stripe, from clothes and razors to cars or accounting services.
One way smaller breweries are doing this is cans. Can sales have been a huge development. Cans sold directly from the brewery have become a huge (and in some the cases the only) source of revenue for some breweries. I used to think that people standing in line and trading cans online was silly, but then I realized how tremendous this has been for a lot of breweries. They essentially turned their customers into distributors–a big group of people buying cases of cans may only consume a small amount themselves, and trade the rest to other regions of the country. Margins remain super-high, and freight costs incurred by the brewery are zero! Amazing. Furthermore, the era of a $16 four-pack of cans is here to stay. No one seems to mind paying more for beer that legitimately is very costly to produce and in limited quantity.
The idea of target markets is a simple premise that has been accepted in other industries, but seems to be causing massive disruption now. Small, independent restaurants have not really tried to compete with McDonald’s. Why would they? Beer is no different. Larger regional breweries expanded during the unlimited growth era of the 00’s, but are now paying a price in a saturated market. Some breweries grew slowly and more organically, and are reaping the rewards. Hill Farmstead, Russian River, and Treehouse come to mind.
What does the future hold? I see reigns-tightening and layoffs in store for the larger breweries, and more buy-outs. I think some of the tiny local breweries will either flourish or grow tired of long hours for little reward.
For a brewery our size, the three most important things we can do are:
Behave more like a big, publicly-traded company. Be acutely aware of costs and maximize production. Good breweries don’t have empty tanks. They also figure out how to balance brewing the beers people want while bringing costs down.
Keep thinking of what you can do that other people aren’t doing. If you’re successful, you shouldn’t rest on your laurels. Innovation, whether it be new styles of beer or creative and fun events or collaborations, should never stop.
Be adaptable. We’ve shifted routinely, and will continue to do so. We are still in a sense throwing stuff at a wall and seeing what sticks. Beer trends are so short-lived these days, it’s important to always try to keep your finger on the pulse, or better yet, be one step ahead.
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Sadly, Google Reader is leaving the world next week. They are calling it “retirement” but that’s a nice why of saying they are killing it. But, we’ve all mourned and we knew this day would be coming. July 1st is just about here, and for those of us that are procrastinators are freaking out about transferring RSS feeds and finding a new reader that we like.
Before doing anything, and definitely before July 1st, make sure to make a copy of all of your data through Google Takeout. You’ll receive the data as an XML file and it will be easily transferrable to whichever reader you choose to use.
Speaking of choosing a reader, there’s a lot out there. Feedly seems to be a favorite alternative to Google Reader for many. However, make sure to look around and do your research before choosing one. After all, you’re going to be spending a lot of time with this program. Here’s a good list of readers to check out.
When choosing which program you want to use, consider the following:
How important are images?
Do you want to be blasted with ads? Do you mind ads?
How do you want to consume your information?
Do you want something that is similar to Google reader or are you ready for a big change?
Do you want a program that has been around for a while and has fixed all major glitches?
These questions are important because it can help you weed out many of the new startups that rushed to create a program in only a few months that would replace Google Reader. You don’t want to get stuck with something that will die on you again, or won’t be reliable.
Finding a feed reader that works for you might be a little frustrating, but it will be worth it in the end. You’ll be able to consume news the way you want and tailor it to your needs.
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Every day in the news, you hear about the United States federal budget and the potential political complications if something is done or if nothing is done. And every day in the news you hear about possible cuts in Medicare. What you don't know is that some cuts in Medicare can significantly impact the training of future Family Physicians. What do I mean by this? Well, did you know that residency programs are paid Medicare funds (called Graduate Medical Education funds) going to hospitals? Check out this great article about how residency programs are funded.
So, let's play this out with its potential complications for Family Medicine. If GME funds are cut as they are proposed, then many hospitals with only one residency program (usually a Family Medicine program), may be forced to close the program - thereby decreasing the number of Family Physicians being trained. In those hospitals with multispecialty programs (like large university hospitals), cuts in GME funding would force hospitals to cut their Family Medicine residency slots in favor or more specialty residency slots, which are more lucrative for hospitals. Again, this would decrease the number of Family Physicians being trained.
With GME funding being cut, there are two other disturbing possibilities that may happen. First, residency programs may need to actively seek out financial support from pharma to just keep the program open. Or, some Family Medicine residents may need to pay tuition to complete their training. If not, then those Family Medicine Programs would close as well.
Now, I'm not a part of a residency program. I'm a practicing physician in a community office and a community hospital. How will GME cuts affect me? Well, with less Family Residents being trained, recruiting efforts for our practice just got a lot more difficult - especially since the more veteran physicians will likely retire earlier with the proposed Medicare cuts for physician payment. In addition, with the lack of Family Physician workforce, practices like mine may be forced to look toward midlevel providers to pick up the slack. Now, don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with midlevel providers. It's just that it would be nice to be able to choose between a Family Physician and a midlevel provider when the time is right for our practice.
What can be done? Great question. The first step is to educate our Family Physician friends and colleagues of this potential tragic situation. I admit that I didn't know much about this until some good friends alerted me of the situation. The next step is to contact Congress to let your federal legislator know about our concern and our need to #SaveGME. You may have noticed on twitter the hashtag #SaveGME. This is our way to raise awareness about this legislative issue and the future of Family Medicine. I encourage you not only to spread the word, but also to contact Congress via the AAFP Speak Out website. This is the easiest way to locate and to contact your specific legislator. Another way is to use this link for the House and to use this link for the Senate.
Here are the key points that we need to convey to the legislators about #SaveGME:
There needs to be an "unlinking" of GME funding from hospitals. GME funds need to go to the primary care residency program directly
Finally, I would like to tip my hat to my Family Physician colleagues who have written blog posts on this issue. Please drop by the blogs below and leave a comment. We're also having our friends on twitter help spread the word about #SaveGME. Feel free to join us with your tweets and retweets. In addition, Dr Pat Jonas will be talking about this issue on his podcast on Tuesday night. And, there may be a twitter chat from #FamMedChat that could be taking place on Thursday night as well. We're trying to spread the word on this issue throughout the social media universe. Please help us do that! The future of Family Medicine could be at stake here. Let Your Voice Be Heard and Make A Difference Today!
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In this project, I practiced using shape classes. I learned how to make classes inherit aspects of other classes. Specifically, I started out by writing a new class for a tree, which is an lstring of commands for drawing read in from a file. This tree class inherited information from a shape class, which contains the draw commands itself. In the init function for the tree class, I included a field which stated that the lsystem file would come from the command line. In lab, we had created a dictionary which allowed different rules to be used for the same lsystem. So, when I created a for loop to draw trees in a test method, each of them looked slightly different:
I made two new shape classes like the square and triangle. Mine are a pentagon and hexagon. I created a test function in the shapes file which creates a grid of the four shapes. Shapes change by row. I used for loops for each of these single shape rows. In the hexagon, I utilized the curly brackets which turn fill on and off.
I created an indoor scene. The wall is brick, and is formed from a new rectangle object I put in the shapes file. I called the object in a for loop, and created a list of random brick colors to be called in the for loop as well. I spaced the bricks based on a constant offset and their place in the for loop in order to allow the cement to show:
I drew trees using my tree object. I put a tile from my mosaic (explanation below) on the wall as a painting.
In order to create a mosaic, first I used a for loop to create a single 10x10 tile which could be scaled. This is in a function specifically for creating a tile:
This loops over columns and rows, placing one hexagon, one square, and 8 rectangles in each spot. The position of each object is dependent on offset, position relative to the rest, and scale in order to make the tile scalable as a whole.
Next, I made a mosaic function, in which a quadruple for loop places tiles as above in a 5x4 grid. I added variables in order to make the tiles be properly offset, using variables for rows and columns of tiles.
I learned how to make shapes classes inherit aspects of other classes, as well as how to overwrite specific portions of classes. I created images which are based on both lsystems and non-changing stings which are typed into code.
Extension 1: I made a triangular tile. I did this by creating "if" statements for each possible value of x, and subtracting the value of x from the value of y for each column. i.e.:
Here is the triangle:
Extension 3: I made droopy branches by changing the angle in the tree object to be 30, rather than 22.5
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Bob Murray of the Ducks was named NHL General Manager of the Year during the 2014 NHL Awards on Tuesday. ETHAN MILLER, GETTY IMAGES
Making hard decisions behind the scenes is Bob Murray's thing. Making speeches in public isn't.
But the Ducks general manager had to take center stage Tuesday night in Las Vegas as his colleagues honored him as the NHL General Manager of the Year over two other strong finalists, the Kings’ Dean Lombardi and Montreal's Marc Bergevin.
Murray, 59, was a finalist last year for the six-year old award, which is voted on by the general managers along with other league executives and selected media members. Now a winner, a speech was required during the NHL’s awards show at the Encore hotel.
“Speeches are always difficult for me, as you know,” Murray said in a conference call. “It's not one of my strengths. (laughs). But it was an honor. It doesn't come along often. It's a wonderful thing.”
Murray has earned praise for his ability to retain cornerstones Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry long term while surrounding them with key acquisitions and young talent, setting the Ducks up to be an annual playoff participant. The Ducks established club records with 54 wins and 116 points.
“When you're voted by your peers, it makes it all the more special,” Murray said. “When the people you work with and work against vote for this, it's very special. It means that my team – my off-the-ice team – is doing a good job.
“That's something we've tried to create in Anaheim, and we seem to be getting better and better at it.”
This comes while Murray is preparing for Friday's entry draft. The Ducks want to acquire a center – their target is Vancouver center Ryan Kesler – but Murray said any trade talks should intensify once he arrives in Philadelphia.
"I have a feeling it's going to come down to Thursday and eventually things start happening," Murray said. "But as of right now, I can't see anything happening in the next 24 hours."
The Stanley Cup, however, belongs to the Kings and that's one swap Murray would love to do with Lombardi.
"There's a mutual respect there," Murray said. "I told him I'd trade this one for that one if he wants to make a deal."
Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf was shut out of any hardware. Getzlaf finished second to Sidney Crosby in voting for the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player and also lost out to Crosby for the Ted Lindsay Award as the most outstanding, as voted by the players.
The Kings' Dustin Brown also took the Mark Messier Leadership Award, which Getzlaf was also a finalist. "He was deserving of something this year," Murray said. "It's too bad."
Defenseman Hampus Lindholm and goalie Frederik Andersen were named to the NHL's all-rookie team.
Crosby also collected the Art Ross Trophy as the league scoring champion and the Ted Lindsay Award as the players’ choice for the NHL’s most outstanding player.
Boston goalie Tuukka Rask won the Vezina Trophy, and Bruins teammate Patrice Bergeron won his second Selke Trophy as the NHL’s best defensive forward. Chicago’s Duncan Keith won his second Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenseman.
Colorado coach Patrick Roy won the Adams Award as the NHL’s top coach, while Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon became the youngest player to win the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie.
Crosby cleaned up at the NHL’s awards show after a fruitful season that included a gold medal as Canada’s captain at the Sochi Olympics. He led the league with 104 points, including 68 assists in his fifth career 100-point season. Crosby scored in 60 of his 80 games, never going more than two games without a point for the Metropolitan Division champion Penguins.
Crosby hadn’t won the Hart Trophy since 2007, but the 26-year-old center handily beat out Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf and Philadelphia captain Claude Giroux. Crosby received 128 of the 137 first-place votes from a panel of hockey writers, while Getzlaf finished second in the balloting.
In his acceptance speech, Crosby thanked his teammates and family.
“I appreciate all the sacrifices you’ve made to allow me to play the game I love every day,” Crosby said.
The winners of the league’s statistical awards also were recognized at the ceremony in the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas. Washington’s Alex Ovechkin accepted his fourth Richard Trophy as the NHL’s top goal-scorer, while Jonathan Quick and the Stanley Cup champion Kings won their first Jennings Trophy for the NHL’s fewest goals allowed.
Dominic Moore of the New York Rangers won the Masterton Trophy, an award for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. Colorado’s Ryan O’Reilly won the Lady Byng Trophy for his sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct after scoring a career-best 64 points while committing just one minor penalty all year.
Roy was chosen the NHL’s top coach in his first season behind the Colorado bench. The Hall of Fame goalie led the Avalanche from 29th place in the overall league standings to third this season, going 52-22-8 and winning the Central Division.
Bergeron beat out the Kings’ Anze Kopitar and Chicago captain Jonathan Toews for the Selke, which he also won in 2012. The smooth two-way forward, who also won the NHL Foundation Player Award for his charitable work, won a league-high 1,015 faceoffs while finishing second in the NHL with a career-best plus-38 rating.
Rask went 36-15-6 and finished in the top five in every major statistical category to win his first Vezina for Boston, which claimed the Presidents’ Trophy with the NHL’s best regular-season record. The NHL’s general managers chose Rask in a narrow vote over Colorado’s Semyon Varlamov, who finished fourth in the Hart Trophy balloting.
Keith comfortably beat out Boston captain Zdeno Chara and Nashville’s Shea Weber for the Norris, which he also won in 2010. Keith, who led all defensemen with 55 assists while leading the Blackhawks in ice time for the ninth straight season, is the only active NHL defenseman with multiple Norris wins.
MacKinnon was a runaway winner of the Calder, receiving 130 of the 137 first-place votes. The No. 1 overall pick doesn’t turn 19 until Sept. 1, beating Carolina’s Jeff Skinner in 2011 as the youngest player to claim the trophy.
Moore returned to the NHL this season after sitting out a year to be with his wife, Katie, who died from a rare form of liver cancer in January 2013. The 33-year-old forward thanked his family and teammates.
“I’ve had a lot of good examples of perseverance over the years, and none more so than my wife, Katie,” Moore said. “So this award is very meaningful, and I’m very grateful.”
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Forget contracts, users can now snap up Apple's iPhone 5 at Walmart with Straight Talk Wireless. The major retailer announced today that it will be offering users a contract-free iPhone 5 or iPhone 4 for $45 a month starting on Friday.
"We believe customers shouldn't have to choose between saving money and having the latest technology," senior vice president of Entertainment for Walmart U.S. Seong Ohm said in a statement. "Now customers can have the coveted iPhone with unlimited talk, text and data without a contract."
According to Walmart, the iPhone 5 and 4 will be available in more than 2,000 stores and at Walmart.com. The iPhone 5 will be 16GB and sold for $649 and the iPhone 4 will be 8GB and cost $449. Straight Talk is offering a $45 per month no contract unlimited talk, text, and data plan. Additionally, users can buy the smartphone over time with a financing offer of $25 per month.
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Re: Wolf XXXI: Silent Hill GAME THREAD
Ummm, no. I am not a proven scum but in fact you paint me as one. Tell me, what kind of things I did to make me scum? How about you? You think everyone thinks you are a townie? What townie-like did you ever do?
-You know Deathblade is a townie because only a wolf knows who are the townies.
-You never made input about my role hint suggestion because you are afraid that would make the wolves lose.
-I role hinted before Deathblade and you consider him as a townie than me? Oh right you did not notice my town claim. Bad move.
-You are still alive and I would get rid of you if I was a wolf. I have been at risk of dying two times now and keeping me alive is what you ought to do because I became a fodder for the wolves.
-Pyramid Head's possession? I don't believe such crap to make you seem innocent. Everything is just as planned.
Re: Wolf XXXI: Silent Hill GAME THREAD
Originally Posted by Jozette Loves Grell
you can kill me but I will be back~ >3<
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Re: Wolf XXXI: Silent Hill GAME THREAD
Originally Posted by DenjaX
Ummm, no. I am not a proven scum but in fact you paint me as one. Tell me, what kind of things I did to make me scum? How about you? You think everyone thinks you are a townie? What townie-like did you ever do?
I'm not painting you anything, I'm just know you're a wolf. Everything you've done this game just screams scum. As for what I've done, I offer scumreads bro, instead of being fixated on one person. You lynch me, then town is done, which is probably what you want.
Originally Posted by DenjaX
-You know Deathblade is a townie because only a wolf knows who are the townies.
-You never made input about my role hint suggestion because you are afraid that would make the wolves lose.
-I role hinted before Deathblade and you consider him as a townie than me? Oh right you did not notice my town claim. Bad move.
-You are still alive and I would get rid of you if I was a wolf. I have been at risk of dying two times now and keeping me alive is what you ought to do because I became a fodder for the wolves.
-Pyramid Head's possession? I don't believe such crap to make you seem innocent. Everything is just as planned.
-Nah man, I came to that conclusion because he made a call out to the lie detector EARLY in the phase, unlike someone. Would a wolf take such a dare that early? I think not. You called out with only one hour left in the phase, giving the LD little time to choose your post and then send in the action. Which I've pointed out, like, 4 times already.
-What rolehint? I thought you said you weren't going to, so of course I wasn't looking for it. <_> Hell once Scruffy was lynched yesterday I thought you may have been hinting at Laura by saying "you can't lynch me". But, oh look, Laura's dead. I don't recall DeathBlade ever rolehinting either. You should probably put more thought into your accusations and lies. ;3
-That's nice. I'd probably get rid of you too if I were a wolf. But saying that proves nothing on either of our parts. You're also one of the players who gets night killed fairly early, so why haven't you? My guess is that the wolves won't off me because they know that in doing so the people who I suspected the most (you, Sev and Albear), will immediately be on the chopping block. Which says... what? It says that at least one or more of you are scum.
-Good for you. Possessing me but not killing me would make it seem like a perfect set-up on my part, huh? You sly wolf, you~
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And that was just a reply. Further Denja scumreads incoming.
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Re: Wolf XXXI: Silent Hill GAME THREAD
Ryu's argument against DenjaX(color coded based on severity for your convenience!! =D):
-Post #17: "Random" vote on Albear. Probably to throw suspicion off of themselves just in case either of them flipped scum. Mere assumption as of right now.-Everything before post #72: Passive approach, pretty down-low.-Post #72: Says he'd "get serious", yet only asks the host questions. No initiative to start scumhunting at all.-Post #77 S: Asks for people to switch their votes from him. No defense. No contribution put forth to lynch anyone else.-Post #96: Voted for CrimsonMoon (townie), then acted like he hadn't.
-Post #103: "Got" CM's clue, but didn't explain it to the town. Probably hiding something.-Post #114: More "getting serious", then just asks another question about the lie detector. Again, no initiative.-Post #120: Explains that his prime suspects are Kagami Sama (town) and Arbacyk (likely town), then immediately tries to shift the focus to me when I start pressuring him (Post #173), with no reasoning given whatsoever. From then on drops all accusations on his two former suspects.-Post #130: Continues to dwell on the lie detector and nothing/no one else.-Post #194: Decides to stop trying to "convince" me. Of course I'd come to the same conclusion of you being a wolf. Why? Because everything before and after this post doesn't do anything to make me think otherwise. Probably just wanted to get me off his back so he'd have a shot at convincing other townies.
-Post #201: Says he'd "accept his fate", by allowing the town to lynch him, then...-Post #219: ...backtracks and votes for Kona-Chan (a defenseless inactive) in order to save himself.
-Post #234: Rejoices after the LD was lynched lol.-Post #239: I asked him to tell us how Kona's lynch contributed to town's information, but never obliged. >w>-Post #258: Says he'll just ignore me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Obviously wanted to avoid me digging his grave any deeper. Also gives "reads" on only townie players, Jozette and Xey (who had already rolehinted anyway). Still, no scumreads.
-Post #261: Votes for another inactive (Shini). If you're gonna scumhunt, start off with the people who are actually there.-Post #300: Says "give up on getting rid of me", after we failed lynching him (again). Here to me it sounded like he was hinting at Laura, who can't be lynched. Yet DeathBlade died and was revealed as Laura the next phase.Also says he'll just "play for survival". Um, guess what, wolves gotta live to win yo. Town needs to live and scumhunt, which he has YET to do.
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There you are. I could give some other hypotheses about your interactions with the other players, but those would probably just be conjecture, since we don't know who the other wolves are. I'm pretty sure at least Albear and/or Sev are your scumbuddies though.
So now, your turn, Denja. What dirt you got on me? Enlighten the town, if you can.
The Reunion at hand may bring joy, it may bring fear
But let us embrace whatever it brings
For they are coming back
Re: Wolf XXXI: Silent Hill GAME THREAD
I am still reading your post Ryu but I will respond Xey first xDD
Originally Posted by Arbacyk
He also didn't role-hint because he couldn't. o3o
[Vote Lynch DenjaX]
Compared to you, I don't want to role hint because that would be disadvantageous for the townies. Because you and Jozette role hint, you guys will be ignored by the wolves. Both of your roles would be beneficial if the wolves kill you and failed because you two have two lives. >.>
Re: Wolf XXXI: Silent Hill GAME THREAD
Originally Posted by DenjaX
I am still reading your post Ryu but I will respond Xey first xDD
Compared to you, I don't want to role hint because that would be disadvantageous for the townies. Because you and Jozette role hint, you guys will be ignored by the wolves. Both of your roles would be beneficial if the wolves kill you and failed because you two have two lives. >.>
Excuses excuses... if anything we could always protect you, tonight, you know?
Re: Wolf XXXI: Silent Hill GAME THREAD
Originally Posted by RyuTama
I'm not painting you anything, I'm just know you're a wolf. Everything you've done this game just screams scum. As for what I've done, I offer scumreads bro, instead of being fixated on one person. You lynch me, then town is done, which is probably what you want.
-Nah man, I came to that conclusion because he made a call out to the lie detector EARLY in the phase, unlike someone. Would a wolf take such a dare that early? I think not. You called out with only one hour left in the phase, giving the LD little time to choose your post and then send in the action. Which I've pointed out, like, 4 times already.
-What rolehint? I thought you said you weren't going to, so of course I wasn't looking for it. <_> Hell once Scruffy was lynched yesterday I thought you may have been hinting at Laura by saying "you can't lynch me". But, oh look, Laura's dead. I don't recall DeathBlade ever rolehinting either. You should probably put more thought into your accusations and lies. ;3
-That's nice. I'd probably get rid of you too if I were a wolf. But saying that proves nothing on either of our parts. You're also one of the players who gets night killed fairly early, so why haven't you? My guess is that the wolves won't off me because they know that in doing so the people who I suspected the most (you, Sev and Albear), will immediately be on the chopping block. Which says... what? It says that at least one or more of you are scum.
-Good for you. Possessing me but not killing me would make it seem like a perfect set-up on my part, huh? You sly wolf, you~
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And that was just a reply. Further Denja scumreads incoming.
- I town claimed before Deathblade. Heck, the lie detector could even check it on the second phase if he wants. Why would I risk like that? You made a mistake with your accusation because you never saw my town claim. muehehe
- haha thats the part where you made accusation. Trying to get rid of me TWO times, yes two times and failed means you guys should give up. Jesus doesn't want me in heaven. T_T
- too bad you are the only active one who NEVER made insights about my suggestion. Everyone did and all of them are innocent. And you? You never said anything, probably scared. heh, most likely xDD
- Heh. You think that possession would make you seem innocent. Nice try though but I see through on it. xDD
Excuses excuses... if anything we could always protect you, tonight, you know?
Fine fine, I get it. I will role hint so that townies will have an easier chance to win:
I NEVER role hint myself because the wolves will ignore me. I want them to kill me! Damn it townies! The mere denial of role hint is ACTUALLY the role hint so the wolves could target me tonight! -sigh-
Re: Wolf XXXI: Silent Hill GAME THREAD
Originally Posted by DenjaX
- I town claimed before Deathblade. Heck, the lie detector could even check it on the second phase if he wants. Why would I risk like that? You made a mistake with your accusation because you never saw my town claim. muehehe
Okay dude, I will say this for the last time. Your town claim was earlier in the game, sure, but it was within the last hour of the phase (check the times between this post and Maru's endphase post), giving the lie detector little to no time to go through the process of catching up, reading your claim, and sending in the LD action to the host. You did that TWICE. DeathBlade did it within the first few hours of Day 2, giving his claim a lot more credibility, seeing as how the LD would have more time to decide on what to do. A smart wolf wouldn't risk that.
Originally Posted by DenjaX
Jesus doesn't want me in heaven. T_T
What, are you an agent of God or something? xD
Originally Posted by DenjaX
- too bad you are the only active one who NEVER made insights about my suggestion. Everyone did and all of them are innocent. And you? You never said anything, probably scared. heh, most likely xDD
About what, rolehinting? Or town claiming? I DID give an insight about the townclaiming (Post #137 and #148). As for rolehinting, I don't believe I did, but having a mass role-claiming just makes the game dull. Not to mention it outs power roles. But then again, scum would want that, wouldn't you?
Originally Posted by DenjaX
- Heh. You think that possession would make you seem innocent. Nice try though but I see through on it. xDD
Anyhow I look forward to seeing what your thoughts are about my awesome color-coded scumread on you. Don't tell me you're just going to ignore it. ;3 That and your rebuttal to my defense. However I must be off to class as well. Good luck townies.
The Reunion at hand may bring joy, it may bring fear
But let us embrace whatever it brings
For they are coming back
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This final rule makes non-substantive changes throughout Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The purpose of this final rule is to make conforming amendments and technical corrections to Coast Guard navigation and navigable waters regulations. These changes will have no substantive effect on the regulated public.
The collection of information requirement under 33 CFR 155.5023, 155.5025, and 155.5055 through 155.5075 can be enforced beginning November 8, 2013.
33 CFR Part 151, 155 and 160
Summary
On September 30, 2013, the Coast Guard amended regulations on response plans for nontank vessels. The amendment triggered information collection requirements affecting an existing OMB-approved information collection requirement on vessel and facility response plans. This notice announces that the collection of information has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and can now be enforced. The OMB control number is 1625-0066.
This final rule is effective October 30, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register on October 30, 2013.
33 CFR parts 151, 155, and 160
Summary
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, is promulgating this nontank vessel response plan final rule to further protect the Nation from the threat of oil spills in U.S. waters. This final rule requires owners or operators of nontank vessels to prepare and submit oil spill response plans. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act defines nontank vessels as self-propelled vessels of 400 gross tons or greater that operate on the navigable waters of the United States, carry oil of any kind as fuel for main propulsion, and are not tank vessels. This final rule specifies the content of a response plan and addresses, among other issues, the requirement to plan for responding to a worst case discharge and a substantial threat of such a discharge. Additionally, this final rule updates the international Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan requirements that apply to certain nontank vessels and tank vessels. Finally, this final rule requires vessel owners or operators to submit their vessel response plan control number as part of already required notice of arrival information. This rulemaking supports the Coast Guard's strategic goals of protection of natural resources and maritime mobility.
This is a list of United States Code sections, Statutes at Large, Public Laws, and Presidential Documents, which provide rulemaking authority for this CFR Part.
This final rule makes non-substantive changes throughout Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The purpose of this final rule is to make conforming amendments and technical corrections to Coast Guard navigation and navigable waters regulations. These changes will have no substantive effect on the regulated public.
Comments and related material must either be submitted to the Coast Guard's online docket via http://www.regulations.gov on or before February 13, 2014 or reach the Docket Management Facility by that date. Comments sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on collection of information must reach OMB on or before February 13, 2014.
33 CFR Parts 97 and 160, and 46 CFR Part 97
Summary
The Coast Guard proposes requiring cargo securing manuals (CSMs) on vessels of 500 gross tons or more traveling on international voyages and carrying cargo that is other than solid or liquid bulk cargo. The proposed regulations would authorize recognized classification societies or other approval authorities to review and approve CSMs on behalf of the Coast Guard. They would also prescribe when and how the loss or jettisoning of cargo at sea must be reported. The proposed regulations would help fulfill U.S. treaty obligations and could help prevent or mitigate the consequences of vessel cargo loss. This rulemaking promotes the Coast Guard's maritime safety and stewardship missions.
The collection of information requirement under 33 CFR 155.5023, 155.5025, and 155.5055 through 155.5075 can be enforced beginning November 8, 2013.
33 CFR Part 151, 155 and 160
Summary
On September 30, 2013, the Coast Guard amended regulations on response plans for nontank vessels. The amendment triggered information collection requirements affecting an existing OMB-approved information collection requirement on vessel and facility response plans. This notice announces that the collection of information has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and can now be enforced. The OMB control number is 1625-0066.
This final rule is effective October 30, 2013. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register on October 30, 2013.
33 CFR parts 151, 155, and 160
Summary
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, is promulgating this nontank vessel response plan final rule to further protect the Nation from the threat of oil spills in U.S. waters. This final rule requires owners or operators of nontank vessels to prepare and submit oil spill response plans. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act defines nontank vessels as self-propelled vessels of 400 gross tons or greater that operate on the navigable waters of the United States, carry oil of any kind as fuel for main propulsion, and are not tank vessels. This final rule specifies the content of a response plan and addresses, among other issues, the requirement to plan for responding to a worst case discharge and a substantial threat of such a discharge. Additionally, this final rule updates the international Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan requirements that apply to certain nontank vessels and tank vessels. Finally, this final rule requires vessel owners or operators to submit their vessel response plan control number as part of already required notice of arrival information. This rulemaking supports the Coast Guard's strategic goals of protection of natural resources and maritime mobility.
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The cold is still in full force here and I was freezing as I shot this look over the weekend. Layering pieces is still key to keeping warm this time of year. I can’t say that I hate layering because it gives you a chance to really get creative with your look and it also makes you stop and think about what you want to put together and how it will look. In the summer, rompers and dresses are a throw on and done, so winter can be quite the adjustment.
A trend I’ve seen pop up on a few of my fav bloggers is the fishnet trend. I was iffy about trying it because it seems like one of those trends that could go horribly wrong. So, I decided to style my look first, from coat to shoes and then see if the fishnets would enhance it or make it a faux-pas. I felt that layering them under jeans, making them only slightly visible, was the best way to wear these without looking like a Halloween-wannabe. It’s a different thing to try and perfect for a night out look. Not sure, if I’ll be wearing them again anytime soon but had fun trying out this trend.
Also want to point out this cute choker from Ettika! I’ve been wearing it with everything lately. I love how dainty and subtle it is. It’s so versatile that it can be worn by itself or as a layering piece. This is a great idea if you’re looking for a Valentine’s Day gift for her. Shop this piece here.
Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your weekend! Saturday I plan on going to Valenzano Winery with my boyfriend for their ‘Wine and Chocolate Trail’ event. Can’t wait to have two of my favorite things at the same time xo
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Saas-Fee. Saas Valley
We can see the Saas Valley in the Swiss canton of Valais. High mountains are on both sides of the valley, so it is not surprising that many ski resorts are built in this region. A panoramic camera is installed between the ski slopes of the communities of Saas-Fee and Saas-Grund. Also in the valley are Saas-Balen and Saas-Almagell.
In addition to popular ski resorts, the Saas Valley is known as the site of the original sheep dwelling of the Saaser Mutte, which are now under threat of extinction.
The mountains around the valley are about 4,000 meters high, and there are many mountain peaks that exceed 4,000 meters above sea level.
We are looking at the panorama of the Saas Valley from the station of the Hannig lift. It is located at an altitude of 2,340 meters above sea level and was built in 1969. Until 1992, ski slopes had been built there, but with the development of neighboring resorts, the trails ceased to be serviced.
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Creative Movement Class
April 6, 2013 @ 10:30 am - 11:00 am
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This unique library-based program offered through the City of Grand Rapids’ Parks and Recreation Department, allows kids ages 3-6 to be creative physically as well as mentally. The first thirty minutes focuses on dance movements, including rhythm and coordination. Following the dance will be the library’s Pre-Reading Class for Kids. Classes end with a fun and creative art activity. Requirements: parent/guardian participation. Register at www.recreationgr.us or call 616.456.3232, option 4.
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Closing a real estate deal can be a complex, lengthy process, but also very rewarding if you like and trust the people representing you. Owners choose to work with PernaFrederick, because they have firsthand experience with the firm’s work and results. They trust PernaFrederick to act as their representative and to pursue their best interests at all times. Companies we represent include:
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Affordable care lives: a benefit and challenge for Maine
Theda Skocpol is a professor at Harvard University, member of the National Academy of Sciences and former president of the American Political Science Association.
By Theda Skocpol, Special to the BDN •June 29, 2012 1:31 pm
The Supreme Court majority surprised many on Thursday by affirming the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, with twists that give states like Maine an even more important role in shaping implementation.
Let’s start with the major news. The nonprofit group Families USA estimates that, by 2019, more than half a million Maine households will be better off by an average of $1,685 a year because of the key reforms:
Insurance policyholders benefit from rules to prevent insurance companies from avoiding or dumping people who are sick, to require free preventive-care checkups and to allow young adults to stay on parental health plans.
Eighty percent of insurance premiums must now be spent on actual health care, not CEO salaries or bureaucracy, or else companies must give refunds. This summer, more than 10,000 Maine families are getting rebates averaging $463 apiece.
More than 200,000 Maine senior citizens are already benefiting from improvements in Medicare, including more generous prescription drug coverage and free health checkups for all seniors. By 2020, the “donut hole” in Medicare drug coverage will be entirely closed.
Almost 100,000 Maine families with low or modest incomes who do not now have health coverage will get new coverage through MaineCare or by using generous tax credits to purchase private health plans of their choice.
So far, 139 community health centers in Maine have gotten grants totaling more than $18.7 millions to serve patients in underserved or remote areas.
Maine has received $6.8 million in federal grants so far to plan for new “health insurance exchanges” to let businesses and people easily comparison-shop for health coverage and use tax credits to reduce the price.
Maine, like all other states, now faces important challenges. The state health exchange must be set up, and Maine voters and lawmakers need to decide whether to accept 100 percent federal funding for an expansion of MaineCare to cover more disabled, poor and elderly people. The Supreme Court said that states are free to decide whether to accept the new federal money — and states cannot lose prior funding if they refuse.
In some states, Republicans want to decline the federal money for ideological reasons. But those states that decline will watch Medicaid money go instead to other states, such as Massachusetts, and they will force their own hospitals, doctors, nonprofits and communities to absorb more costs for helping the poor and disabled.
The Supreme Court majority also upheld the individual mandate. But so what? That means a lot less than we might imagine after all the public brouhaha. Once reform goes into full effect, about two Americans out of every 100 will still not have health insurance through work, Medicaid or Medicare, or by using new tax credits to buy insurance. This tiny sliver will be subject to a small tax fine, so uninsured people cannot just go to the emergency room and shift the cost onto the rest of us. Opponents of reform are trying to make voters believe that most people will be subject to higher taxes for Obamacare. That is simply not true. In Maine, the vast majority of people will never have to think about the mandate — and will save thousands a year through reform.
Political battles will go on for a while. Republicans promise to repeal Affordable Care if Mitt Romney becomes president and they run all of Congress in 2013. But repeal is impossible unless opponents gain 60 seats in the U.S. Senate — not likely in our lifetimes. Opponents can delay funding and mess up implementation for a while, but they cannot make the law go away.
Affordable Care’s very popular features will not remain hidden for long. Sixty to 80 percent of all Americans — including a majority of Republican voters — favor the new rules for insurance companies, the tax credits and subsidies to make insurance affordable for all, and the state-level exchanges to allow comparison shopping. As the months and years pass, people will rely on the benefits of reform, and doctors and hospitals will carry through experiments in quality care and cost control encouraged by the new law. U.S. health care will be better for everyone — and we will look back and wonder what all the fuss all about.
Theda Skocpol is a professor at Harvard University, member of the National Academy of Sciences and former president of the American Political Science Association. She is the co-author with Lawrence Jacobs of “Health Reform and American Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know.” She has a home in Maine and is national director of the Scholars Strategy Network, which has a regional group in Maine and brings together scholars across the country to address public challenges and their policy implications.
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The 5 Best New Vegan and Vegetarian Cookbooks for College Students
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Fall is my favourite season because it’s the season of change: the change of leaves, hair colours, Starbucks drinks (pumpkin spice lattes, obviously), and the change of people like you and me. I always try to change up something about myself because discovery is the only way to grow. This year, I wanted to explore going vegan and vegetarian and see what affect it could have on my health.
To do that, given that I work at a bookstore, I decided to find some of the newest and best books to learn from. Perhaps you'd wanna take a shot at veganism and vegetarianism too? You've come to the right place.
Here is a list of the best new vegan and vegetarian books you need to read ASAP. Cherish these treasures in your personal bookstagram collection and, in return, they will guide you into this wonderfully healthy path of veganism and vegetarianism.
Everyone who is a vegan or vegetarian tells me to start with Angela Liddon books first. If you ever walk into a Chapters or Indigo bookstore, there are a gazillion copies of her books EVERYWHERE.
If you’re a lazy chef like me, you probably wouldn’t want to read complicated and lengthy recipes that seem more overwhelming than fun. However, Oh She Glows Everyday features over 100 simple and basic recipes for busy college students like you and me.
Almost every recipe is attached to a bright and stunning picture of the food or beverage, so you’ll definitely have a clear image to follow. There is a nice variety from colourful creamy smoothies, leafy green salads, snacks, entrees, and even pretty desserts. She also includes a section in the back for homemade staples that you can definitely stock up for this upcoming winter.
My manager at work swears by the “Golden French Lentil Stew,” and as the rookie chef that I am, I followed the recipe and I agree with her 101%.
Are you so sick of boring commercial and mainstream campus food like me? But also sick of soggy crumbled sandwiches or bland leftovers from the other night? Well then this book is for you if you said YES to any of those questions. Vegan Bowl Attack has over 100 one-dish recipes that you can definitely fit in a cute mason jar or a bento box to make it more transportable.
Literally every recipe in this book is so colourful and Instagram-worthy, you’ll have the next hit foodie Instagram in no time. Most of these recipes will take you less than 20 minutes, so if you want to make them the night before, it’s definitely doable.
Everyone around you will be so jealous of your lunch boxes now, and all these recipes are so healthy and will give you enough energy to get through a long lecture--filled day
When I asked my coworker to tell me his favourite new vegan book of 2016, he disappeared within a crowd of people of our cooking section and came back within seconds with this book in his hand. If he can find this book out of the million cookbooks that we have, then clearly it is a good sign.
The title says it all: easy, whole, vegan. When I flipped through the book, all the steps in the recipes were so concise and easy to follow. This book is meant for busy families to create no-stress meals, but just from looking at the gorgeous and colourful pages, I know this is 100% true.
These recipes feel very homey and memorable. They feel like things I would have eaten as a child, if I were vegan then
I know this book has many everyday recipes for the three main meals of your day, but I can’t even begin to tell you how delicious and mouthwatering the recipes are. The No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake Bars is definitely my favourite. I made them for my friend one weekend and she couldn't stop devouring them, so it's a telling sign.
Every recipe in the book is so simple to make and requires less than 10 ingredients and 30 minutes of your time—and the end result feels like restaurant-quality food. This is perfect for the newbie chefs like me. With this no-fuss approach to cooking, you will be the next Masterchef in no time.
If you’re a thug kitchen fan, you’ll know that the motto to these books is eating like you don’t give a f*ck because the recipes are THAT easy, and you SLAY too much to be eating trash food. All the recipes are guaranteed to take less time than a Domino's Pizza delivery. Thugs eat #boss food that’s meant for Beyoncé and Kanye West because your hustling is worth a lot.
The motto for this book is: fast as f*ck, so my top reason to get this book will also be the same: EAT LIKE A THUG. BUY THUG KITCHEN 101. TREAT YOSELF.
I am not sponsored for this article, but I fully endorse each of these books and recipes that are mentioned. So get cooking
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his life but tired in the 7th and in a scene that was to be repeated throughout
the tournament, the relievers got bombed. Cuba took a 5 to one lead into the
9th.
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Factday Friday: Xmas Edition
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! A time for joy! A time for merriment! A time for total factual accuracy!
From George Eastman House.
FACT: Live Christmas trees have been sold commercially in the United States since 1850, with the first retail tree lot opening in New York in 1851. [Source]
Photo by Wade Brooks.
FACT: 1.76 billion candy canes are produced in the United States each year. [Source]
Photo by Rakka.
FACT: The annual tally of candy-cane-spear-related fatalities and/or injuries remains undocumented at this time. My guess, however, is that most candy-cane-spear-related injuries are self-inflicted and, therefore, go unreported. [Source]
Photo by Ben McLeod.
FACT: The two weeks prior to Christmas are the year’s peak season for the break up of romantic relationships. However, if you can make it to Christmas Day, you’re home free! Statistically, Christmas Day has the fewest break-ups of any day all year. [Source]
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Private renters are twice as likely to have no savings than mortgage holders and regularly cut back on food, new figures reveal.
According to the latest Financial Wellness Index which are produced by the financial services company Momentum UK and researchers from the University of Bristol, one-in-three private renters have less than £100 in savings, compared to one-in-seven people who have a mortgage on their home.
The report estimates that on average, private renters send half their salary to their landlord each month while one-in-five have to cut back on their food in order to meet the rent.
Fourteen per cent of private renters admitted having to borrow money from friends or family to get by while 8 per cent said that they had to sell some of their possessions to raise funds.
The figures come as more than four million households in the UK now rent their home from a private landlord, a figure which is nearly twice as many as 10 years ago.
House prices in the UK are set to hit record highs later this month despite the uncertainty created by June’s Brexit vote.
Dominic Baliszewski, director of consumer strategy for momentum UK, said: “With home ownership in decline, the number of people facing these financial challenges and seeing their living standards fall is only going to grow. That’s why it’s so important that the government delivers on the pledges made in its housing white paper. For those who have only recently moved into private rented accommodation and are not used to living on a budget, there are now apps and online tools available which can help to make your money go as far as possible.”
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INTRODUCTION
Nutritional poverty during development has long-lasting effects on the growth and behavior of an animal. Although under-nutrition causes overall body size to decrease, the brain grows to near-normal size, a process termed ‘brain sparing’ (Dobbing and Sands, 1971). This suggests unique mechanisms in neuronal tissues to weather nutritional stress. Drosophila is an attractive model system to uncover these mechanisms because larvae subjected to nutrient restriction exhibit ‘brain sparing’ (Cheng et al., 2011) and nutritional effects on larval-to-pupal development are easily monitored. Additionally, growth signaling pathways activated by dietary cues such as insulin receptor (InR) and TOR signaling, are conserved in Drosophila (Padmanabha and Baker, 2014).
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
In Drosophila, a large subset of NE cells express the transcription factor DIMM (Park et al., 2008). We downregulated InR, TOR and intracellular Ca2+ signaling pathways in dimm+ NE cells using the UAS-GAL4 system (Brand and Perrimon, 1993), and monitored pupariation of larvae on a sucrose-only diet from 88 h after egg laying (AEL; Fig. 1A), a time point used previously (Cheng et al., 2011).
Less than 25% of larvae pupariated on sucrose either after InR knockdown or after overexpression of a negative regulator of InR signaling, Pten (Fig. 1B). Manipulation of InR/TOR signaling components by overexpression of dominant-negative versions (TORTED, S6KKQ) or RNAi (Akt1, Rheb) affected pupariation mildly or not at all (Fig. 1C). Unlike NSCs (Cheng et al., 2011), neither overexpression of dominant-negative Alk (AlkDN) nor reduction via Alk RNAi, in NE cells, affected larval development, regardless of diet (Fig. 1B,C). Perhaps because NE cells are differentiated, they employ another mechanism to maintain insulin signaling during starvation. InR/TOR signaling affects NE cell size (Luo et al., 2013) and, interestingly, the pupariation rate that we observed in larvae on a sucrose-only diet correlates with the observations of Luo et al. For example, InR knockdown resulted in a NE cell size reduction of ∼18% (Luo et al., 2013) and gave a strong phenotype in our assay, whereas reduction of Rheb or Alk, which does not change NE cell size, gave no phenotype in our assay (Fig. 1B). Robust pupariation on normal food for the above genetic manipulations (Fig. 1C) suggested that dietary nutrients compensate for reduced InR/TOR signaling in NE cells. Together, these observations underscore the importance of NE cell function in overcoming nutrient stress.
Reducing intracellular Ca2+ signaling in NE cells by knockdown of either IP3R or dSTIM, or overexpression of a dominant-negative form of Orai (OraiE180A) (Pathak et al., 2015), reduced pupariation on the sucrose-only diet (Fig. 1D) but not on normal food (Fig. 1E). The similarities in outcome upon downregulation of either InR/TOR signaling or intracellular Ca2+ signaling prompted us to test the genetic interactions among components of the two pathways. Overexpression of IP3R in NE cells with InR knockdown led to increased pupariation on sucrose, compared with InR reduction alone (Fig. 1B), suggesting that under nutrient stress, IP3R can compensate for InR. Next, we investigated the IP3R mutant, itprku.
IP3R mutant larvae are deficient in protein metabolism
Although itprku exhibited robust pupariation on normal food (Fig. S2A), its pupariation was sensitive to reduction of yeast, the major source of dietary protein in ‘normal food’ (Fig. 2A). Pupariation was also reduced on sucrose (Fig. S2A), and rescued by supplementation with amino acids (Jayakumar et al., 2016) or amino acids and vitamins, but not lipids or vitamins alone (Fig. S2A).
At 88 h, an equal proportion of second (2L) and third (3L) instar itprku larvae co-exist (Fig. S2B), suggesting pleiotropic development delay. Additionally, when the pupariation rate of 88 h 3Ls was monitored, itprku displayed a lag of ∼24 h (Fig. 2B). Surprisingly, longer development time did not result in greater pupal volume (Fig. 2B; Fig. S2C), typically seen when larvae spend more time feeding (McBrayer et al., 2007). Although the weight of 3L itprku at 88 h, 112 h and as wandering larvae were not different from control (Fig. S2D), protein and triacylglyceride (TAG) levels were different (Fig. S2E,F). At 88 h and 112 h, itprku had higher TAG levels and lower protein levels. In wandering 3L, these levels were near normal (Fig. S2E,F). When plotted as protein/TAG ratio (Fig. 2C), it appeared that itprku had a slower rate of protein assimilation. Increased developmental time on normal food by itprku might therefore be a strategy to accumulate sufficient protein, and also explain why it does not result in increased body size.
Abnormal protein/TAG ratios suggested perturbed insulin signaling in itprku. We therefore measured transcript levels of Drosophila insulin-like peptides (dILPs) 2, 3, 5 and 6 from larval brains on normal food (Fig. 2D; Fig. S3A). Except Ilp5, which varied temporally to a significant degree (Fig. 2D), the trend for other dILPs (Fig. S2F) was similar to control. Although produced in the same set of NE cells (insulin-producing cells, IPCs), Ilp2, Ilp3 and Ilp5 transcripts are independently regulated. Ilp2 transcription is considered to be a systemic response, whereas Ilp3 is regulated by sugar (Kim and Neufeld, 2015), and Ilp5 by protein concentration (Geminard et al., 2009; Okamoto and Nishimura, 2015). Selective variation of Ilp5 thus indicated dysfunctional protein sensing in itprku. Overexpression of Ilp2 results in larger adults (Sato-Miyata et al., 2014); in contrast, the size of itprku pupae (Fig. S2C) is similar to that of controls, suggesting that the small increase of Ilp2 at 112 h (Fig. S2F) could be a response to Ilp5 upregulation.
We next downregulated IP3R in various cells/organs known to coordinate metabolism and development (Fig. S3B). As expected, IP3R knockdown in the prothoracic gland (PG) decreased pupariation on sucrose (Fig. S3B) because IP3R is required for ecdysone release from the PG (Venkatesh and Hasan, 1997; Yamanaka et al., 2015). However, unlike itprku or larvae with reduced IP3R in either NE cells or all neurons (Fig. S3B), supplementation with amino acids did not improve viability. This suggested that IP3R functions differently in PG cells and neurons. It is also likely that PG function in itprku is not as compromised as it is in the PG-IP3R-knockdown condition, as Ca2+ release in itprku neurons is reduced but not abolished (Joshi et al., 2004; Srikanth et al., 2004; Venkiteswaran and Hasan, 2009). Notably, reduction of IP3R in the fat body, or oenocytes (Fig. S3B), other sites of metabolic regulation in Drosophila, had no effect on larval development on sucrose.
IP3R reduction in NE cells also resulted in larvae with a lower protein/TAG ratio (Fig. 2E) and elevated Ilp5 expression (Fig. 2F). These features were similar (although reduced in magnitude) to itprku (Fig. 2C,D), suggesting the contribution of non-NE cells to itprku phenotype. Indeed, a set of glutamatergic neurons have been identified in which overexpression of IP3R is sufficient to rescue lethality of itprku on sucrose (Jayakumar et al., 2016).
Because itprku displayed abnormal transcript levels of Ilp5 and Ilp2, loss of IP3R specifically in the IPCs was tested, and was found not to affect pupariation on sucrose (Fig. S3B). This is consistent with previous observations that IP3R knockdown in IPCs does not phenocopy IP3R mutant phenotypes (Agrawal et al., 2009; Subramanian et al., 2013a). Together, these data suggest that IP3R in the IPCs does not affect dILPs directly. Increases in Ilp5 and Ilp2 transcripts in itprku (Fig. 2D; Fig. S3A) might instead be diet-dependent compensatory systemic responses. This is supported by the modest rescue of itprku pupariation on sucrose, with overexpression of either Ilp2 in IPCs (Jayakumar et al., 2016) or Ilp5 in NE cells (Fig. S3C).
Next, we tested the effect of upregulation of InR and intracellular Ca2+ signaling components in NE cells of itprku. Overexpression of positive regulators of either the InR (InR, PI3KCaaX, Akt1) or the TOR (S6K, Rheb) pathway rescued itprku development under nutritional stress (Fig. 2G; Fig. S3D). These manipulations increase growth by promoting ribosomal biogenesis (Grewal, 2009), and in NE cells by increasing their size (Luo et al., 2013). Restoring intracellular Ca2+ signaling by overexpression of wild-type IP3R or STIM, as well as overexpression of CaMKII, a kinase that propagates Ca2+ signaling, in NE cells of itprku, also rescued larval lethality on sucrose (Fig. 2G; Fig. S3D).
At the systemic level, overexpression of either InR or IP3R in NE cells (dimm>InR/IP3R, itprku) was sufficient to increase protein/TAG ratios of itprku (Fig. 2H) at 112 h to levels similar to wandering stage itprku on normal food (Fig. 2C), suggesting that both pathways ultimately affected systemic protein metabolism. Protein/TAG ratios of rescues (dimm>InR/IP3R, itprku) are compared with dimm>InR/IP3R because non-linear increases in weight, protein and TAG levels were observed when either InR or IP3R alone were overexpressed in NE cells (Fig. S2D-F). Of note are TAG levels in dimmGAL4;itprku control and dimm>InR/IP3R itprku rescues (Fig. S2E). In both rescue conditions, protein levels increase (Fig. S2F), whereas TAG levels remain high (like dimmGAL4;itprku). Thus, insufficient protein, and not higher TAGs, correlates with the pupariation defect of itprku on sucrose.
IP3R positively regulates protein translation in NE cells
As systemic protein levels in itprku were rescued by overexpression of IP3R in NE cells, a cellular role for IP3R in protein translation was investigated. In itprku NE cells, obtained by culturing larval CNS, protein translation was reduced by ∼50%, similar to NE cells treated with the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide (Fig. 3A,B). This reduction was rescued by overexpression of IP3R (Fig. 3A,B), strengthening the idea that IP3R, like InR, has a positive effect on protein synthesis.
Unlike NE cells, the rate of protein translation in itprku neurons was found to be no different from control neurons (Fig. S4A,B), suggesting that IP3R compensation of InR signaling is cell specific. Consistent with this, InR overexpression in cholinergic neurons of itprku did not rescue its viability on sucrose (Fig. S4C).
Peptide release from a subset of NE cells is regulated by IP3R-mediated Ca2+ transients from a subset of glutamatergic neurons (Jayakumar et al., 2016). Our results show that IP3R-mediated Ca2+ release also regulates protein translation in NE cells. Together, these observations illustrate the plurality of cellular processes controlled by IP3/Ca2+ signaling in the context of nutrient stress.
In summary, IP3R-mediated Ca2+ signaling helps maintain normal protein translation levels in NE cells, and this activity promotes systemic protein metabolism during larval development. On a nutrient-rich diet, loss of IP3R signaling is not detrimental, because dietary cues maintain insulin/TOR signaling, and thereby keep protein levels normal for completing development. Under starvation, dietary cues are lost. IP3/Ca2+ signaling possibly provides a nutrient-independent mechanism in order to maintain protein synthesis in cells essential to surviving nutrient stress, such as NE cells in which increased levels of cell surface receptors or neuropeptides might be required for modulating relevant neural circuits. As yet, there are no receptors or neuropeptides reported to be upregulated upon starvation in dimm+ NE cells, but there is precedence to suggest that they might exist. For example, in starved Drosophila, the receptor for short Neuropeptide F is upregulated in the antenna (Root et al., 2011), and in starved mammals levels of agouti-related peptide, which affects appetite and feeding, are increased (Henry et al., 2015). A recent screen identified IP3/Ca2+-coupled neuropeptide receptors, on glutamatergic neurons, that are required for larval adaptation to nutrient stress (Jayakumar et al., 2016). Neuropeptides from NE cells that couple to such receptors might function during starvation in our model (Fig. S5).
By focusing on animal development, this study integrates cellular observations and organismal phenotype. Therefore, it sets the framework for the discovery of mechanistic details of how stimulus-coupled increases in cytosolic Ca2+ can regulate protein synthesis in a cell-specific manner, and how that consequently regulates protein metabolism in the whole animal.
Larval nutritional stress assay
Eggs were collected on normal laboratory food for 6-8 h (depending on cross fecundity; ∼100 eggs per bottle) and allowed to mature for 88 h. For each genotype, six batches of 25 third instar larvae of similar size were transferred to a fresh vial of normal food or 100 mM sucrose in 1% agar. Pupae were scored 10 days after transfer. For development time, pupariation was scored every 24 h.
Pupal volume measurement
Pupal volume was approximated by measuring the width and height from pupal pictures, and applying the volumetric formula for cylinders, πr2h.
Weight, protein and TAG measurements on whole larvae
Thirty larvae were weighed on a microbalance (Shimadzu, Libror AEG 220). From this, ten larvae were homogenized in 1 ml of 0.2% Tween 20, followed by heating at 70°C for 10 min. Lysates were spun for 4 min at 4000 rpm (1500 g). For the BCA assay, 5 µl of the supernatant was withdrawn and protein estimated following the manufacturer's protocol (Pierce BCA Protein Assay Kit). To 50 µl of supernatant, 150 µl of enzyme-substrate mix (BeneSphera GPS TAG Kit, Avantor Performance Materials) was added to measure TAG levels.
RT-PCR
RNA was isolated from 10-12 larval brains at specified time points. cDNA synthesis was carried out as described (Pathak et al., 2015). All mRNA levels are reported as fold change normalized to rp49 (RpL32 – FlyBase). Primers are listed in supplementary Materials and Methods.
In vivo protein translation assay
Neuronal cultures from late third instar larval brains were prepared as described (Deb et al., 2016). After 16-18 h, cultures were processed for in vivo protein synthesis labeling using the manufacturer's protocol provided with the Click-iT Plus OPP Protein Synthesis Assay Kit (C10458). Confocal fluorescence images were collected using an Olympus FV1000 at 60× with 0.5 µm z-stacks. Between 10 and 15 cells were imaged per dish and at least three independent dishes were cultured for each genotype. Identical confocal settings were used for all imaging. Total fluorescence in each channel for the entire stack was measured using ImageJ and the background in each channel for each individual cell was subtracted for the measured region of interest.
Footnotes
M. performed the experiments. M. and G.H. designed experiments, analyzed results and wrote the manuscript.
Funding
This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance (Early Career Award IA/E/12/1/500742 to M.) and National Centre for Biological Sciences core funding (G.H.). Deposited in PMC for immediate release.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.
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Anatomy of a Scene: Jurassic Park's T-Rex Introduction
We don't see it until about an hour into the movie, but the Tyrannosaurus rex in Spielberg's Jurassic Park -- and the scene that builds up to its violent arrival -- is the best in the film, the 3D version of which hits theaters on Friday. We break down the suspenseful introduction -- the screaming children, the running lawyer and that goddamned flashlight -- of the film's lumbering monster. By Voice Film Club.
We don't see it until about an hour into the movie, but the Tyrannosaurus rex in Spielberg's Jurassic Park -- and the scene that builds up to its violent arrival -- is the best in the film, the 3D version of which hits theaters on Friday. We break down the suspenseful introduction -- the screaming children, the running lawyer and that goddamned flashlight -- of the film's lumbering monster. By Voice Film Club.
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NSA collects 200-M text messages a day globally
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. National Security Agency has been gathering nearly 200 million text messages a day from around the world, gathering data on people's travel plans, contacts and credit card transactions, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported on Thursday.
Code-named "Dishfire," the NSA program collects "pretty much everything it can," the Guardian said, citing a joint investigation with the UK's Channel 4 News based on material from fugitive former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
The newspaper said the documents also showed that the British spy agency GCHQ had used the NSA database to search the metadata of "untargeted and unwarranted" communications of people in the United Kingdom.
It added that communications from U.S. phone numbers were removed or "minimized" from the database, while numbers from other countries, including the UK, were kept.
Citing a 2011 NSA presentation subtitled "SMS Text Messages: A Goldmine to Exploit," the Guardian said the program collected 194 million text messages a day on average in April that year.
"The NSA has made extensive use of its vast text message database to extract information on people's travel plans, contact books, financial transactions and more - including of individuals under no suspicion of illegal activity," the Guardian report said.
U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to announce reforms on Friday to NSA eavesdropping programs, prompted by disclosures from Snowden.
Questions about U.S. government spying on civilians and foreign officials burst into the open in June when Snowden leaked secrets about mass collection of telephone data and other secret eavesdropping programs to newspapers before fleeing to Hong Kong and then to Moscow.
Asked about the Guardian article, the NSA said, "As we have previously stated, the implication that NSA's collection is arbitrary and unconstrained is false."
The agency's activities "are focused and specifically deployed against - and only against - valid foreign intelligence targets in response to intelligence requirements," the NSA said in a statement, adding that Dishfire processed and lawfully stored collected text-message, or SMS data.
"Because some SMS data of U.S. persons may at times be incidentally collected in NSA's lawful foreign intelligence mission, privacy protections for U.S. persons exist across the entire process concerning the use, handling, retention, and dissemination of SMS data in DISHFIRE," the agency said.
"In addition, NSA actively works to remove extraneous data, to include that of innocent foreign citizens, as early as possible in the process," it said.
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Welcome New Trustee
By ConsiderChapter13, on October 29th, 2017
Lauren A. Helbling comes to the Chapter 13 world from private practice where she served as a Chapter 7 panel trustee. Helbling was appointed as a Chapter 13 Standing Trustee for the Northern District of Ohio on October 1, 2017. Helbling was appointed subsequent to the retirement of Craig Shopneck who served the Cleveland district for fifteen years.
Helbling is an Ohio State graduate, receiving a B.S. in finance, cum laude. She received her juris doctorate from Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 1987. She began her legal career as a ‘gator’ (litigator) for the law firm of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur. She served consecutive Law Clerkships. One for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas and one for the Honorable Judge Randolph Baxter.
After earning her stripes, so to speak, she opened her own practice in 1997 and was appointed as a Chapter 7 Panel Trustee. She was also appointed Chapter 11 Operating Trustee in the A.E.M.M. Properties, Inc. bankruptcy.
Helbling was awarded as one of The Best Lawyers in American, Bankruptcy Law, for 2016 and 2017.
She is co-author with the Honorable Christopher M. Klein of The Emerging Harmless Innocent Omission Defense to Nondischargeability Under Bankruptcy Code Section 523(a)(3)(A): Making Sense of the Controversy Over Reopening Cases and Amending Schedules to Add Omitted Debts. And she is the author of What Constitutes a Timely Response to a Complaint? A Close Review of Bankruptcy Rules 7004, 7012 and 9006.
Helbling is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars on bankruptcy law issues for a variety of professional groups including the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, United States Trustee, and the Ohio Association of Magistrates.
In her personal life, Helbling is a speed freak . . . no, not drugs . . . boats and motorcycles. She is married to her husband Ken. They spend much of their free time boating on Lake Erie and the Keys. Perhaps we can persuade them to bring the boat to Miami for NACTT 2018! When getting to the water is an obstacle, they hop on their motorcycles and go wherever the wind takes them.
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Plugged In
Researchers: Playing shooters with gun controllers can help real-world aim
Gamers who are great shots in Call of Duty or Battlefield 3 might be surprised to find themselves accurate shooters at the local firing range.
New research from the Ohio State University School of Communication finds that extensively playing shooters with gun controllers can have a direct impact on shooting actual weapons in the real world.
Authors Jodi L. Whitaker and Brad J. Bushman tested 151 male college students between 18 and 25 at OSU by having them play different types of games, including the violent shooter Resident Evil 4, the non-violent target practice mode in Wii Play, and the non-violent adventure game Super Mario Galaxy. The group with the two shooting games played with a pistol-shaped controller, while the others used the traditional Wii remote controller.
Whitaker said that each student, most of whom were gamers, played the game for 20 minutes on the Wii and then was handed a paintball gun that looks and feels like a real pistol (not unlike the much lighter version created by game manufacturer Nyko for the game). Each participant was able to shoot 16 rubber balls covered with Velcro at a life-sized mannequin approximately 20 feet away.
"What stood out from this research was that gamers who played the violent shooter with the gun controller had 99% more headshots than other participants," said Bushman. "If you take a firearms training course, they tell you to shoot for the center of mass or torso because if you miss you'll still hit the shoulder or stomach. If you shoot for the head, which is such a small target, and miss, you hit air. We didn't tell participants where to shoot, they could aim anywhere they want. But the game rewarded players for headshots and that notion carried through with the real gun."
The gamers who played Super Mario Galaxy and Wii Play aimed for the torso.In addition, participants who played Resident Evil 4 using the gun controller hit the mannequin 33% more often than did other participants. Researchers believe this demonstrates a correlation between violent video games and real-world ability.
"We began this research before he went on a shooting spree, but if he used Modern Warfare 2 as a training simulator maybe he did pick up tricks on how to fire a gun and where to aim at a real body," said Whitaker. "I think our research shows that he could have learned from playing the game."
"It's impossible to say for an individual case," said Bushman. "We'll never know if Modern Warfare 2 helped or caused him to engage in that behavior. He claims it did. I'm not sure. We do know that people who play violent shooting games are more accurate shots and they're more likely to aim for the head."
Whitaker said it's important to realize that playing games isn't passive, and that gamers are learning skills in the virtual world that can be applied to real-world situations.
"It's been well documented that the mere presence of a weapon can increase aggressive behavior -- it's called the weapons effect," said Bushman. "Video games are great trainers, which is why the military and police academies use them. But I'm not sure we want to train teens how to become better shots. If I'm a parent, this is another red flag for potentially harmful effects of games."
Bushman refers to 2010 study he did for the American Psychological Association, "Violent Video Game Effects on Aggression, Empathy, and Prosocial Behavior in Eastern and Western Countries: A Meta-Analytic Review" that was a comprehensive review of over 381 statistical tests from 136 articles. That research found that violent games increase aggressive thoughts and angry feelings, decrease feelings of empathy and decrease helping behavior.
He said coupling those findings with the new gun findings could be troublesome for kids who play shooters.
"Parents should be aware that as targets become more realistic and controllers more closely resemble real guns, kids can more easily learn how to fire a real gun," said Whitaker.
Of course, the debate as to whether or not violent gaming leads to violent behavior is still very much alive. For every study that seems to prove the connection, another study seems to contradict the findings.
Moving forward, Whitaker would like to explore the impact of the high-definition graphics that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 add to shooter experiences. She believes that as targets get more human-like, players learn more and transfer skills more easily to the real world.
"I think the next step is to look for longitudinal effects to see if people who constantly play shooting games over a number of years if their accuracy when firing improves," added Whitaker. "In this study participants only played for 20 minutes. I'd like to look at people who come to lab every day for a long time and see how much aim improves."
The shooter genre is as popular as ever, with games like Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Halo 4 and others expecting to make a big splash at the upcoming E3 game expo in Los Angeles.
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The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday granted former Adamawa governor, Murtala Nyako, permission to travel abroad for medical treatment.
The court also granted Zulkifik Abba, who is the 3rd defendant in the suit, permission to travel abroad.
Justice Okon Abang gave the permission after hearing two applications filed by Messrs. Nyako and Abba’s counsel seeking permission to travel.
Justice Abang in his ruling said that he granted the application since the prosecuting counsel raised no objection.
The judge further said he was inclined to grant the permission because Messrs. Nyako and Abba as well as the other defendants were always in court for their trial.
“The 1st defendant has not taken any step to truncate or frustrate his trial; and has always conducted himself well and obediently before the court.
“In the case of the 3rd defendant, he has been granted leave to travel abroad before and he honoured the conditions given him by the court, especially by returning his international passport to the court authority as ordered.
“I have no reasons at all to doubt the sincerity of the 1st defendant in travelling abroad for medical check-up and the 3rd defendant to see his family overseas.
“I am inclined to grant the two applications and therefore make the following consequential orders.
“The Chief Registrar of the Federal High Court, Abuja is ordered to temporarily release the international passport of Nyako to enable him travel to Germany for a routine medical check-up.
“The passport of the 3rd defendant should be released to enable him travel to the United Kingdom to see his children who are citizens there.”
Mr. Abang ordered that the two defendants shall return their passports to the chief registrar on or before September 25.
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Comment by Tempura
Comment by kronchev
Haste is like MP5, on one item its not really effective, but if you stack it, you can get a LOT of reduction.
Comment by LordThurisaz
Downranking to Holy Light rank 4 is a terrible idea. Your +heal coefficient for spells gets lower the further from your current level the spell's level is. I'm not sure by how much, but I do know that it is pretty severe.
Comment by Nameme
Comment by PoetikDragon
Both of the math posts at the top are wrong. Haste numbers being changed in 2.2 and the haste rating on this item aside, the math itself is still incorrect. Speed is not the same thing as Cast Time, and you cannot directly multiply Haste by a spell's Cast Time.
Haste increases Speed and decreases Cast Time. Speed is defined as number of casts per second. Cast Time is defined as number of seconds per cast. Thus, Cast Time and Speed are inversed of each other. The new cast time of a hasted spell is the inverse of the new speed, which is the inverse of the base cast time multiplied by 100% + haste.
Note, also, that Light's Grace makes a special case for Holy Light. Normally, Haste effects the Cast Time of a spell after talents are taken into consideration, such as with the Bane talent for Warlocks. However, Light's Grace is different - it does not reduce the base Cast Time in your spellbook, but instead applies a temporary buff. Because of this, Haste for Holy Light is based on the 2.5 second Cast Time, not 2.0 seconds! (To put it another way, the -0.5 seconds is applied after Haste.)
With those two corrections in mind, here's the actual Cast Times for various paladin spells with 2.41% Haste:Holy Light 1.94sFlash of Light 1.46sRedemption 9.76sAvenger's Shield 0.98sHoly Wrath 1.95sHammer of Wrath 0.49sTurn Undead 1.46sSummon Charger 2.93s
This may seem similar to the original values posted. However, the discrepancies grow larger the more Haste you have and the longer the Cast Time. For example, lets take a base 30% Haste - doable with some Haste gear and gems, as well as the Black Morass trinket - and a long casting spell like Redemption.
Comment by Nameme
Excuse me good sir, but where exactly in my post did I say ANYTHING pertaining to cast time? I merely stated the percentage haste this gives you based on ratings. My math is not wrong. Your interpretation of my post is wrong.
To find the cast time, one would just subtract the percentage haste from 100, divide that figure by 100, and multiply that figure by the original cast time.
Next time you criticize one of my posts, please make sure you are certain of your accusations. Once again, my math is NOT wrong. Your interpretation is wrong.
Comment by zothar
I thought these were bind on equip? Has that changed?
Comment by vexis58
According to MaxDPS.com these shoulders are the third best pally healing shoulders in the game, better than T5. The pattern will appear on the AH from time to time, so if you're a blacksmith with plenty of money to spend, it's possible to get BT-quality gear without ever setting foot in a raid just by watching the AH long enough. Expect to spend a LOT on the Hearts of Darkness if you ever see them.
Comment by RipperGand
I made a set using these shoulders, Brighthelm of Justice and the Paladin Tier-1, Lawbringer. Hope you like it.(It's only for the looks!)
Comment by blademon64
How paladin tier gear should look.
Comment by doctoral
Tranmoggers beware! I was looking for a nice set of golden shoulders to go with my mainly gold armour and these shoulders look truly amazing. I found the Blacksmithing recipe on the auction house and was blown away. Of course I purchased it along with all the mats (luckily not that expensive apart from the khorium), mailed it to my BS and made them.
When I tried to mail them to my plate wearer I had a nasty suprise. "You cannot mail soulbound items".
And my blacksmith is a mail wearer. Doh!
Comment by oscarucb
This crafted item is bind-on-pickup (BoP). This means you must learn the pattern and craft the item on the toon who wants to wear or transmog it.
The BoP Craft Confirm addon helps save you from accidentally crafting BoP items that you intend to trade or auction.
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Tag Archives: memoir as a historical source
[For earlier posts in this series, see Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, and Part V.] Betts’ work as family historian and memoirist ended in 1995, with the completion of her memoir, which carried the story of her life … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is the first in a series of posts drawing on a family history and a memoir compiled by my mother, Elsie Elizabeth Knighton Lamplugh (1923-2013). Mom, known as “Betts,” lavished upon her kids what we would later describe … Continue reading →
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Constantia Flexibles Invests Nearly Four Million Euros at its Site in Weiden, Germany
Published on 2016-04-25. Author :
SpecialChem
Vienna -- Constantia Flexibles is investing in new capacity at its manufacturing site in Weiden, Germany. The total investment is approximately four million euro. The new 10 color rotogravure printing machine will start production in the second quarter of 2017. The investment will serve growing demand from the confectionery industry for film-based packaging.
Fig. 1: Constantia Flexibles
The Weiden site is the home to Constantia Hueck Folien, with more than 800 employees. It is Constantia Flexibles’ second largest plant worldwide. The company has invested roughly 60 million euros in the plant over the last 10 years, including the opening of a new state-of-the-art research and development center for polymer films and film laminates in 2015. In the second half of 2016, the Duplex lamination machine installed in 2014 will be extended to a Triplex machine. It will be able to produce 3-layer laminates for various applications in a highly-efficient and cost-effective way in just one operation.
“Weiden has developed into a key strategic site for Constantia Flexibles’ film-based packaging and we are delighted that our owners The Wendel Group support this new investment, which will supply our confectionery customers in Europe with the highest quality of packaging,” said Stefan Grote, Executive Vice President of the division Food Europe.
Constantia Flexibles ranks among the leading providers of confectionery packaging. The company serves the market with laminated and printed multilayered substrates of film and foil, including chocolate bars, biscuits & wafers, seasonal products and pralines, coin foil, chewing gum, inner- and outerwrappers, as well as twist film.
About Constantia Flexibles
Constantia Flexibles is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of flexible packaging products and labels. The Group supplies its products to numerous multinational corporations and local market leaders in the food, pet food, pharmaceuticals and beverage industries. In total, Constantia Flexibles has over 3,000 customers and more than 10,000 employees worldwide. The company produces at 53 sites in 23 countries.
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This is quite a long post elaborating on a bit of work I’ve been doing with Greg Morley and his group, which was published in Scientific Reports. I hope it provides an accessible introduction to a fairly complicated set of experiments and simulations.
Background
Ablation is a treatment for some abnormal heart rhythms, which works by killing areas of the heart that we think are misbehaving and giving rise to abnormal rhythms. The idea behind ablation is that if you identify and kill a region of tissue that is allowing electrical signals to propagate ‘the wrong way’, then afterwards you will have created a non-conducting wall of scar tissue that prevents any abnormal electrical activity. As a treatment strategy, there’s clearly room for improvement; I hope we’ll soon look back on it as Dr McCoy does for dialysis in the scene in Star Trek IV. But at the moment, it’s the best we’ve got for certain conditions.
Usually, and ideally, you stop ablating when the arrhythmia terminates, so it is very effective in the short term. Unfortunately the success rate in the long term isn’t great – after a single round of atrial ablation people stay (for at least 3 years) arrhythmia free in only about 50% of cases1. So why do people re-lapse after ablation? Well it can be because electrical waves somehow get through the scar regions (see 1 for further references to this).
You also get similar scars forming after a heart attack – in this case the cardiac muscle itself doesn’t get a blood supply, and dies because of that, leaving a scar region. This damage leads to scars with larger border zones than in ablation, as in these border zones have low but not-zero blood supply, so you get semi-functioning tissue where some of the muscle cells (myocytes) survive, and others don’t. The problem now is the opposite to ablation – you’d like to restore conduction in these regions to get the rest of the heart beating as well as it can, but electrical activity is disturbed by the presence of these scar regions and their border zones, and arrhythmias become more likely (or even occur instantly in the case of big heart attacks).
Greg works on optical mapping for whole hearts in various species to study what happens around these scars. This is a clever technique where you put a dye into a tissue, it sticks to the membrane of cells, and when excited by an external light source, it emits light at an intensity dependent on the voltage across the cell membrane. So you can excite the dye with light at a certain wavelength, and record the light emitted at another wavelength in a camera to create a map of electrical activity in your sample, and you can do this in real time to see how electrical waves move across the heart. Here’s a simulation of electrical activity that Pras did with our Chaste software, and it includes a comparison with optical mapping at 39 seconds in the video below (this is for a completely different situation – just to show you how optical mapping works!):
Experimental Results
Greg found that in some intact hearts from mice recovering from ablation he could observe the optical mapping signal appearing to go straight through the middle of the scars. This is unexpected, to say the least, and required a lot of further investigation. I’ll let you read the full story in the paper, but suffice to say we confirmed that:
there aren’t any myocytes (normal heart muscle cells) left in the scars (shown by doing histology and using an electron microscope) and there are lots of what are largely fibroblasts left there, the cells in the scars are definitely ‘non myocytes’ anyway;
the observations aren’t just optical mapping artefacts (shown by doing direct micro-electrode recordings, showing that local electrical pulses from a suction electrode diffuse in, and even putting black foil in the middle of the hearts!);
the observations depend on electrical coupling between myocytes and fibroblasts, as it goes away if you don’t have this (shown by specifically breeding a strain of mice where you could knock out Connexin43 in just the non myocytes – clever stuff!). In fibroblasts, Connexin 43 is thought to form gap junctions electrically coupling them to only myocytes, not to other fibroblasts. If you knock out Connexin43 proteins in the non myocytes with this special mouse strain, then the optical mapping signal you record is much smaller in the scar region; the electrical signal no longer diffuses in from a suction electrode, indicating that fibroblast-myocyte junctions are required to see conduction into the scar.*
To quote from the article, this is “the first direct evidence in the intact heart that the cells in myocardial scar tissue are electrically coupled to the surrounding myocardium and can support the passive conduction of action potentials.”
Where mathematical modelling comes in
When Greg presented the experimental results at conferences he had a hard time convincing people that the experimental results were real, and not some odd artefacts of the experimental set up! It seemed that nobody expected electrical waves to travel through these regions, even if they were populated with cells, as these cells weren’t cardiac myocytes. It was counter-intuitive to most cardiac electrophysiologists that any signal would get across this gap, because that’s the whole point of ablation! This is where we thought it would be quite interesting to see what you would expect, from the standard model of electrical conduction, if there are neutral non-myocyte cells in a lesion that are coupled together. By neutral we mean not providing any ‘active’ transmembrane currents, and just providing passive electrical resistance.
Our standard simplest model for the reaction-diffusion of voltage in cardiac tissue is the monodomain equation (so-called because there’s an two-domain extension called the bidomain equation):
There are a few terms here that need defining: V is voltage across the cell membrane – which is the quantity that we consider to be diffusing around, rather than the individual types of ions themselves. Iion is the current across a unit surface area of the cell membrane at any point in space (varies across space), Istim is any external stimulus current which is applied to a unit volume of the tissue, Cm is the capacitance of a unit surface area of the membrane (the bigger this is, the more current is required to charge up a bit of membrane the same amount), and σ is the conductivity of the tissue – how easy it is for voltage to diffuse (expressed as a vector as there can be preferential conduction in different directions). χ is a scaling factor of surface-area-of-membrane-per-unit-volume-of-tissue, required to change the current across a unit-of-surface-area membrane into current across all-the-surface-area-of-membrane-in-a-unit-volume of tissue. So you can think of χ as the amount of membrane packed into a little cube of the tissue.
So, what will be different in the lesion?:
𝜎 , the cell-cell conductivity, could be varying. This would represent how much Connexin was present to link the lesion cells together with gap junctions.
𝜒 , the surface area of membrane in a unit volume of tissue, could also be varying. This would represent non-myocyte membrane density in the lesion.
𝐶𝑚, the capacitance of a unit of membrane area, probably won’t change (membrane made of same stuff). Beware though, a maths/biology language barrier means experimentalists might call 𝜒 ‘capacitance’ to confuse us all!
Iion will be small compared to myocytes, these cells aren’t actively trying to propagate electrical signals. So we did the study twice, once with this set to zero in the scar, and once with it set to use a previously published model of fibroblast electrophysiology (didn’t make any visual difference to the results).
Now in the scar region we aren’t applying an external stimulus so Istim = 0, and we can divide through by χ to get:
A nice property springs out – that the entire behaviour of the scar region (in terms of difference to the rest of the heart) is determined by the ratio of 𝜎/χ. So we introduce a factor ρ that will scale this quantity.
Even before we run any simulations, we’ve learnt something here by writing down the model and doing this “parameter lumping” (see nondimensionalisation for a framework in which to do this kind of thing rigorously!). Just by looking at ρ = 1 we see that there are an infinite number of ways we could get exactly the same behaviour. The scar cells could be just as well coupled (𝜎) and just as densely packed (χ) as the rest of the heart (incredibly unlikely to Greg), or they could be 1% as well coupled with 1% as much membrane present (more plausible to Greg); before we even do a simulation we can state definitively that this would give exactly the same behaviour: as ρ = 1 in both cases, and we’re solving the same equations! So this scaling is interesting, as we didn’t know whether the value of ρ would be increased or decreased in the scar, despite strong suspicion that the cells in the scar will have both reduced gap junctions and reduced membrane surface area available.
So we did a simulation with a mouse ventricular myocyte model, on a realistic sized bit of tissue 5mm x 5mm, with a 2mm diameter lesion in the middle. There are no preferential fibre directions here, something that could easily make the conduction more or less likely.
So what behaviours did we predict with different values of ρ? First for ρ = 1; the 𝜎/χ takes the same value as usual case (even though both could be reduced/increased by any factor):
In the video we see that conduction does indeed ‘get across’ the scar, even though it is not ‘driven’ as such as it is in the rest of the tissue, but instead is simply diffusing across that region. We predict the wave will get across a 2mm scar easily with this value of ρ.
What about with more membrane (or less conductivity): ρ = 0.1 (Remembering this would happen whenever 𝜎/χ is ten times less that the normal muscle: so both when 𝜎 is 1% of normal and χ is 10% of normal; or when 𝜎 is 0.1% of normal and χ is 1% of normal, for instance).
This time, you can see that the wave struggles to get across the lesion, but the membrane voltage still gets high, and that would probably still be high enough to record in optical mapping.
With less membrane density relative to the well-coupled-ness of the lesion cells (ρ = 10)? (Remembering this would happen whenever 𝜎/χ is ten times more that the normal muscle: so both when 𝜎 is 10% of normal and χ is 1% of normal; or when 𝜎 is 1% of normal and χ is 0.1% of normal, for instance). We see that the wave even appears to accelerate across the lesion region and conduction sets off earlier than before at the far side, as there is less membrane to charge so it is easier to do it:
So our conclusion was that it’s perfectly possible that a voltage signal could be recorded in the lesion, and a voltage signal could effectively travel straight through the scar, and conduction carry on out the other side. We’re not entirely sure about the value that ρ should take – but this behaviour was fairly robust, and matched what we saw in the experiments.
This simple model predicted many of the features of the recordings that were made from the scar region – see Figure 7 in the paper, and compare with experiments in Figure 4. So, it helped Greg answer accusations of “This is impossible!” that he got when he presented stuff at conferences, as he could reply that “If the cells have gap junctions, even without any voltage-gated ion channels of their own, this is exactly what we’d expect – see!”.
References
*Incidentally, I’d like to do a sociology experiment where I give biologists and mathematicians logic problems to do mentally. My hypothesis is that biologists would beat mathematicians, as they are always carrying around at least ten “if this then that” assumptions in their heads. Then I’d give them a pen and paper and see if the situation reversed…
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Giving college drama students a shot at the big time
April 5, 1983
By Ward Morehouse III
New York
Timothy Woodward of Broken Bow, Neb., wants to be on Broadway. He's not alone. Thousands of university students like Timothy have the same aspiration.
They may appear in ''Our Town'' or ''Oklahoma'' in high school and then graduate to a part in ''Hamlet'' in college. They work behind the scenes in local theater groups, take acting lessons, voice lessons, and dance classes. These students play walk-ons in regional theaters and occasionally, as understudies, stand in for the stars of the ''straw-hat'' summer theater circuit.
Timothy's career may indeed follow this time-honored pattern. But thanks to a unique opportunity here recently, he may find his pathway in the profession a bit easier, and perhaps considerably shorter.
He was one of 150 of the nation's most promising young actors, actresses, and stage designers who presented their work to some 200 prominent casting directors , producers, agents, and theater owners.
The acting presentations, along with the designer portfolio review sessions, took place at the Juilliard School in Manhattan. They were sponsored by the League of Professional Theatre Training Programs, a national consortium of theater training institutions, through grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and private corporations. The league's training schools include the Yale School of Drama, Carnegie-Mellon University's department of drama, the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University (SMU), the Juilliard theater center, and many others.
In a nutshell, talent was on trial. Some careers would be made; others delayed.
Each school presented its actors in a sequence of scenes, ranging from Shakespeare to Sam Shepard. Each auditioner had barely three minutes to display his or her technical ability, vitality, range, and dimension in scenes either alone or with others. Some split that time into segments, doing a brief soliloquy and then a scene with another actor. Each actor had his or her chance to suspend space and time; to stir compassion, create laughter, and possibly land a job in the big time.
At times, throughout the two days of auditions, clues of disinterest and disenchantment couldn't be kept secret. Change might jingle annoyingly, or here and there there would be a disdainful shaking of heads.
But for the most part, the audience was a good one. Most were scouting for new talent for current or, more frequently, future projects. But many were looking for very specific qualities. Jack O'Brien, artistic director of the Globe Theatre in San Diego, wanted actors with highly developed skills in the classics. A casting director from a soap opera said she was looking for one thing: ''Pretty people.'' But Zelda Fichandler, producing director of the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., was looking for overall artistic merit, actors who were as much at home doing Tennessee Williams as they were with George Bernard Shaw.
Timothy Woodward, who is a senior at SMU this year, chose to do a scene from Shaw's ''Candida.'' He played the juvenile lead in this piece vigorously and humorously. But afterward he wasn't entirely happy with his performance.
''The scene went well,'' he said, echoing what several casting directors had said earlier. ''But how well it went is another question. I know that when you start saying that it went very well, that's when someone says, 'Oh, no, it didn't!' ''
What does Timothy hope will result from his participation in the presentations?
''It would be nice to have some interviews with agents,'' he said. ''While I've already got some training, I'm not as good as I need to be. I don't plan on moving to New York City yet. What I need is . . . some experience in regional theater.''
It is possible he may be called before he packs his bags for summer or regional theater. On the other hand, two years may pass by before he hears from anyone.
This is the fifth year the League of Professional Theatre Training Programs has conducted auditions. The record shows some participants have indeed ''made it.''
Issy Monk, who attended the Yale School of Drama, was seen in 1981. Since then she has acted at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, toured Europe in a one-woman show, and landed a part in the movie ''The World According to Garp.''
Next up
Here are more stories that look at the news with empathy, insight, and hope.
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For almost three years, a serious vulnerability in the Linux kernel could have allowed attackers to take full control over Linux-based PCs, servers, Android phones and other embedded devices.
The flaw, which stems from the kernel's keyring facility, allows applications running under a local user to execute code in the kernel. As a result, an attacker with access to only a limited account on a Linux system can escalate their privileges to root.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2016-0728, was found and reported to the Linux kernel security team and several Linux distribution maintainers by researchers from an Israeli threat defense start-up called Perception Point.
The Linux kernel is the core of all Linux-based operating systems, including Android. Its keyring facility provides a way for applications to store sensitive information such as authentication and encryption keys inside the kernel, where other user-space applications cannot access it.
The Perception Point researchers found a way to trick the kernel into freeing a still-referenced keyring object and then to overwrite it with malicious content so it gets executed. According to them, the vulnerability was introduced in kernel version 3.8, released in Feb. 2013.
Linux distributions will release security patches for this vulnerability this week, so users should update their kernels as soon as possible. However, some systems will likely remain vulnerable for some time to come, if not indefinitely.
For example, automatic updates are not enabled on many Linux-based production servers, said Yevgeny Pats, co-founder and CEO of Perception Point. In such environments administrators sometimes have to test the updates before deploying them, which can introduce significant patching delays.
What makes this vulnerability stand out compared to other Linux kernel privilege escalation flaws is that it affects all architectures, including ARM.
This means that many embedded devices that run one of the affected kernel versions released over the past three years are also vulnerable. This includes devices running Android 4.4 (KitKat) and later, which currently account for almost 70% of all Android devices.
The Android ecosystem is known for its version fragmentation and long update delays. Google shares security patches with Android device manufacturers, which then have to apply them to their separately maintained source code trees and build updated firmware packages for each of their products. Some of the updates then need to be distributed to users with the help of mobile carriers.
Most Android devices receive software support for only 18 months, after which they're cut off from patches. This means that a considerable number of devices will never receive a fix for this vulnerability.
The situation is not very different with consumer routers and other embedded devices that need to be manually updated by users and for which firmware patches are rare to begin with.
CPU-based protections like Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) and Supervisor Mode Execution Protection (SMEP), or features like SELinux on Android can make exploiting this vulnerability harder, but there are ways to bypass such mitigations, Pats said.
Perception Point is not aware of any attack exploiting this vulnerability in the wild, but the company believes that computer emergency response teams and larger security vendors might be in a better position to discover if such attacks have happened.
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The UC Berkeley Quiz Bowl Club is a student group acting independently of the University of California. The student organization is the host of the 2017 NAQT Northern California State Championship and takes full responsibility for the guests.
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Download
Electric circuit diagramming tool
My first semester work in PC graphics.
The goal was to learn GDI+ drawing in C# .NET, however, the difficulty of programming was far greater than intended. This program is most probably not suitable for real use (it has many bugs and few features), so it might be used just for study purposes.
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Screaming Match – SE01TR02
April 13, 2017 7:39 am
Social media and the culture of outrage have created the conditions where we reflexively pick sides and rush to judgment in a binary debate – no shades in the middle. What happens to perspective when the world has become a screaming match?
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March 27, 2011
The March 2011 Daring Baker’s Challenge was hosted by Ria of Ria’s Collection and Jamie of Life’s a Feast. Ria and Jamie challenged The Daring Bakers to bake a yeasted Meringue Coffee Cake.
For this month's Daring Baker challenge we were given a recipe for a meringue coffee cake. Ugh--I thought, this will be my first non-mix attempt at a gluten-free yeasted bread and it has to rolled, formed into a ring and filled with meringue!! Seeing that I really could live the rest of my life without ever having another taste of coffee cake I should have known better and just made a wheat flour version and given it away. But then that wouldn't be "daring" enough would it?
I began researching gluten-free brioche dough online. I really wanted to try a coconut flour version but my searches found a very popular gluten-free brioche recipe from Jeff Hertzberg MD and Zoe Francois, of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day fame. I own that book and loved playing with the recipes in it (all with wheat flour) but I hadn't tried any recipes from their follow up book, Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day. Apparently there is a gluten-free section that had just the recipe I was looking for and it was available online.
The recipe online is already dairy-free, which was a plus, but I think I was tackling too big of a project to try a full sized coffee cake on my first try. The dough was sticky and lacking the familiar structure that gluten provides. I managed to wrangle it into a ring-like blob with the meringue and filling sorta sandwiched inside but there wasn't any need to score the dough because it was splitting apart everywhere! It browned nicely in the oven but only barely rose and remained quite dense.
In the end I think the chocolate saved this from being a complete disaster. Yeasty dough and chocolate are hard to resist, even with a pitiful shape and without the flavor of wheat flour. It was super sweet to me and I'm not sure how I would easily alter the recipe to remedy that. If I were going to try this again I would make individual cinnamon roll style buns and not try to form a large ring. I don't really think I like the meringue part and because it adds a lot of sweetness I would probably not use it again. Chocolate chips in my cinnamon rolls might be a new fad though.
I had a third of the dough left over and fermented it further in the fridge. After a few days I baked it plain in a mini loaf pan with only a simple egg wash on top. I thought it was really delicious but Alex thought there was a winy taste, not the sour yeasty flavor he wanted, and he didn't like it. I should be ashamed to say I threw the half a mini loaf out for the birds so I wouldn't be tempted by it but right now I'm down a little over five pounds and quite happy about it.
Links:
-For my dough, I made the gluten-free brioche found on Wasabimon!. The recipe is from the book Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg MD and Zoe Francois. For my filling, I used Enjoy Life chocolate chips, the meringue and cinnamon sugar but I left out the nuts. I made the 2 egg sized batch and then used two thirds of the dough for my ring. For the filling amounts I used only one egg white and scaled down the chocolate and cinnamon sugar to match.
-To see what this cake was supposed to look like and find the original recipe take a look at the Chocolate Meringue Coffee Cake recipe on the blogs of our hosts, Ria's Collection and Life's a Feast.
-When I get over my baking trama, I want to try making this Gluten-free Sourdough Boule for Alex.
-To see a dairy-free baker who truly enjoyed this month's challenge visit The Crafts of Mommyhood. She made 5 different flavors!!
-Visit the Daring Kitchen to join up and do some of your own daring baking. And don't forget to look at the Daring Baker Blogroll for the other delicious baked goods made this month. I'm betting 90% are way better looking than my blob.
March 26, 2011
Today was all about Penny. We woke up in bed together and almost immediately Alex, her older brother, came bounding in. After a little snuggling Alex snuck off to help John/daddy wrap a present. Once her gift was opened we rounded out our day with a lot of play time, some picture taking, dress-up, a little baking, a nap (which I also took) and of course singing and the cake ceremony. Penny was eager to have tastes of frosting and nibbles of cake all morning. After the actual singing she carefully tasted icing and a little more cake but wanted out of the chair so that she could play once more. The rest of the cupcake fell to the ground and was quickly devoured by Karmal, our beagle mutt.
I struggled with choosing a cake to make today but in the end decided to go ahead and give her a little white sugar. The frosting was decent but nothing to write home about but this chiffon cake came out perfectly. Ethereally light, just sweet enough and by no means compromised by not having wheat flour in it. It is a keeper recipe. I plan on making them again for strawberry shortcakes when Michigan finally gets fresh strawberries. Or maybe I don't have to wait that long and could serve them with rhubarb instead!
Gluten-free Chiffon CakeThis was good frosted but I think it would be best with a fruit compote or sauce or even plain. Based on the recipe from Chocolate and Zucchini, please take a look there for a wheat flour version.Makes 7 cupcakes
-Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Set 7 cups on a baking sheet. You can choose to use oven-safe mugs lined with parchment or unwaxed paper cups to tear away.
-Sift the brown rice flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, baking powder and salt. Sift twice more and set aside.
-Separate your eggs. The yolks should go into a stand mixer bowl with a whisk attachment and the whites into a clean medium-sized mixing bowl.
-Add three tablespoons of sugar to the yolks and beat with the mixer until pale yellow in color, scrape the sides as needed.
-Beat the whites until they reach soft peaks and then start adding your remaining sugar (3T) bit by bit whisking in between each addition. This can be done by hand with a balloon whisk or with an electric hand mixer.
-Add the vanilla, water and oil to your beaten yolks and sugar and beat to blend together. Then add in your sifted dry ingredients and mix until smooth.
-Fold in a third of the beaten egg whites and then after they are incorporated fold in the rest of the whites. Carefully pour the batter into your prepared cups.
-Bake for 25-30 minutes, until they pass the toothpick test. Cooking time may vary depending on your choice of cup.
-After removing the cups from the oven invert them on a cooling rack. When they are cool run a knife around the inside of the cup and give them a shake to release the cakes.
Penny's perfect lips
Lots of attention from Big Bro today
*More 1st birthday photos on this Flickr set
**To see my chiffon cake history check out these Mead Chiffon Cupcakes. I missed the honey flavor but liked the richer cake that the above recipe had. Perhaps a combination of the two is in order?
March 23, 2011
Psst, guess what-- I have a little girl!!! And that means that I can dream of talking about clothes, of having tea parties and sleepovers and maybe even of playing together with makeup, when she's 18 of course. In anticipation of all this we took the first step and bought Penny her first tea set recently. So far she loves carrying around the cups and hiding things in the teapot but I thought I'd put it to better use and make some mini teacakes.
The idea came from the recent request from Foodbuzz for tea party recipes. Foodbuzz is donating $50 to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund for every tea party inspired recipe created by a feature publisher before March 23rd and I'm making it just under the wire. I really had no idea what a "teacake" was and in this case the internet wasn't much help, even Wikipedia struggles for an answer. So I went to the source of all baking knowledge, Martha.
I based my mini teacakes on Martha's recipe but tweaked them to be nut and dairy free. We are just beginning to try coconut oil on Penny and this is really her only taste of sugar so far, outside of a little maple syrup. But it's her birthday week and I feel like being indulgent. The mini cakes are not too sweet, a little denser than your average muffin with a slightly crisp exterior. I love the oat and raspberry combination and it completely won over Penny and her older brother. Now we just need to whip up some deviled eggs, one of Alex's favorite things to make on his own, and a spot of tea to have our petite fête.
Links:
-Visit Kelly Confidential and you can play make believe and host an imaginary tea party at Kelly's Tea Party for a Cause. When you do, Electrolux will donate $1 to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.
-A friend runs a tea directory online at Now Serving Tea. Take a look at her site for information on tea rooms, tea houses, tea shops, tea crafters, tea farms, tea retailers, and restaurants serving tea.
-How about some homemade chai tea with your tea cakes? This recipe from intellectual relish uses black cardamom.
*I ground rolled oats in a food processor to a cornmeal consistancy. Please be sure that your oats come from a gluten-free source if you have health concerns.
-Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Grease and flour a mini muffin tin with coconut oil and potato starch.
-In a small saucepan, melt your coconut oil and then remove from heat.
-In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk together your oatmeal, sugar, rice flour, potato starch and salt. Set aside.
-In another medium sized bowl, whisk your egg whites just until frothy. Add in the dry ingredients and vanilla extract and whisk until the batter is smooth. Then drizzle in the warm coconut oil and beat until a uniform smooth batter is created.
-Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tin and then press a frozen raspberry into each cake, you don't need to push the raspberry all the way into the batter.
-Bake for 11-12 minutes until they toothpick test done. Cool for 5-10 minutes in the pan and then remove to cool on a rack.
-Serve with tea and maybe some deviled eggs, if that tickles your fancy.
Penny gives me staging advice, right before she made off with the teapot lid!
My thoughts:
I'd like to think it's possible to have a passion for something like food, without being obsessed to the point of it being detrimental to your life or the lives of others. I've read two of Steingerten's books and all of Bourdain's. While I have never seen anything other than the persnickety curmudgeon persona from Steingarten, Bourdain has developed viewpoints further in his writing as well as in his TV commentary. He asks the question, How can we be so enthralled with food when there are children out there starving?
March 22, 2011
Sometime in January I found a link to a food book reading challenge and in my head I joined in right then and there, but I neglected to post about it. This year I'm committing to myself to read at the Glutton level of more than 12 food themed books. I know I'm unlikely to take the time to write more than a few quick sentences about each book but I would like the chance to add my picks. For a slew of suggestions for food reading please visit the site Foodie's Reading Challenge built by Margot better known as Joyfully Retired.
This is what I've read so far this year: Confections of a Closet Master BakerI know I've mentioned this book before (and it's sorta cheating because I just reread it in Jan) but I really loved her writing style and the recipes are beautifully written. It's the narrative of a Hollywood exec, who just happens to be Sanda Bullock's sister, who drops out and turns to baking full time. The author is releasing a cookbook called Sugar Baby next month, which I'm desparately trying to resist buying.
Hungry MonkeyThis is a quick read but I liked the author's self effacing attitude and sense of humor. There are recipes with each chapter and some creative ideas for cooking with your little ones.
The Primal Blueprint Cookbook Full of a lot of fairly simple recipes this would be a good introduction book for someone not used to thinking outside the meat, starch, veg/food pyramid way of looking at meals. There are quite a few slow cooked recipes that are a little time consuming and I was annoyed that despite it's promise there are recipes that call for dairy. I like looking at it for ideas when I'm drawing a complete blank on what to make for dinner but I don't think it was worth the price. Do go to Mark's Daily Apple and sign up for his newsletter so you can get the free downloadable recipe ebooks. They are worth looking through.
Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About ItA follow up to Good Calories, Bad Calories, this new book by Gary Taubes definitely reads more like a diet book. If you can't get your family to read his previous epic tome then maybe you can pique their interest and get them asking questions with this book instead. That being said, I can't help but feel deep down that even if I was supremely healthy and vital, life would just be a little sad without some sugar.
Eating Animals
I felt I needed to interject another viewpoint and reassess things if I was really going to try eating lower carb, which inevitably means more meat. I found this book well written and easy to read but often redundant. I absolutely agree with his views on factory farmed animals but have a hard time agreeing with much of the rest of his arguments.
The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability
I thought this would be a nice counterpoint argument to the previous book and I'm working on finishing it now. The personal stories are interesting but I find her presentation of the facts to be a little dry. It is a perspective that isn't readily found elsewhere and I'm happy to see it out there.
Request for children's book suggestions
I'm pulling out more and more of our stashed away baby books for Penny now that she is old enough to be interested in them. That got me thinking about my list of My Favorite Children's Books with Food. I think it's been long enough since I wrote that post and since it gets a decent amount of traffic I'd like to make a part two. I know there are many more books to add. If you haven't checked it out before please do so and add any of your favorites that I have missed to the comments.
*I came across this fundraiser yesterday and thought I'd pass word along. I'm not sure if any of the bakers are dairy-free but there are several that are gluten-free. Bidding is on March 30th at The Tomato Tart.
March 21, 2011
Michigan's Spring has just barely poked her toe out from under the blanket of winter. So when Shayne of fruitcake or nuts asked us to post about our favorite spring food it all had to come from memory. As much as I'm enjoying tapping our maple trees what I really long for is the first green things sprouting up and one of the first is ramps!
In past years ramps have become something of a foodie cliche because of their rabid fans, but I think most of the adoration is well deserved. Fresh and green with that pungent combined garlic/onion flavor, who could hate this gift that pops up from under the leaf litter. My favorite part is the leafy greens. Like garlic scapes, they have a verdent flavor that I love. Here is my favorite quick meal to make with them.
Ramps and Beans
Rinse and spin or pat dry a bunch of ramps. Chop your ramp stems and bulbs separately from your greens. Add the chopped bulbs and stems to a pan with a couple of glugs of good olive oil and salt and pepper. Cook until softened. Add in about two cups of cooked white beans (navy or cannelini) and cook to warm up the beans. Add in the ramp greens and cook just until they are tender. Add a splash of lemon juice, more olive oil and more salt and pepper to taste. Great served with a fried egg on top or spooned onto crusty bread.
March 20, 2011
This is our inaugural year of maple syrup production on Dog Hill. I purchased a kit from Tap My Trees last year but due to my very pregnant state at the time and John's desire to hurry and finish a project before the birth it never happened. So the sap buckets collected dust for a year.
Alex was very eager to start and so we put in the taps at the beginning of this month. In the first few days we got a small amount, enough to make a 1/4 cup of maple sugar, and then the temperature dropped. Finally, this past week was wonderfully warm and the sap was flowing. Unfortunately, I'm ridiculously stubborn and wanted to try judging the doneness of the syrup by look instead of being smart and getting out a thermometer. Hence the three jars above of crystallized maple goo.
It doesn't matter though, it's been a tremendously fun learning experience. In all we've collected enough maple sap to make over three pints of goo, which I think would translate to a little more syrup if I could master the last half an hour of sap boiling. Now if I can just keep the kids (and myself) out of these jars so they last a little while, I may cook with some and use the rest to make maple sugar candies or some maple candied ginger.
One of our sap buckets
Penny likes peeking
Perfect was helping too
I received no compensation from Tap My Trees but I do get some amount if you purchase through the Amazon links below.
March 19, 2011
I never got around to posting further about my experiment cutting out wheat in January. Part of the problem is that I haven't yet tried to reintroduce wheat (yes I am aware that it is now the middle of March) and the rest of the problem is that I just have too many conflicting thoughts about the subject of food. But my purpose for blogging, other than to have fun, is to share my food experiences and perhaps "talking" through our current situation here will be helpful.
The dynamics of food for my family is complex, let me begin with some up to date introductions.
Me: Nursing (avoiding dairy, peanuts, most soy and spicy food for that reason) also trying out wheat-free/low sugar/low grains since the first of the year to see if I feel differently or the extra pounds melt away and I suddenly have Heidi Klum's physique. I want to lose some weight in a healthy way but gnerally, I want to eat real, whole foods from good, known sources and mostly seasonal and local. Of course, I also really love to bake and baking without wheat is interesting but not nearly as fun, or as easy.
John (hubbie): Off dairy and wheat for sinus issues/general health/weight, he flip flops between paleo and carb cycling (I think of the latter as paleo with regular cheating.)
Alex (my eight year old): Dairy allergic, tests low for peanut and peas but still has contact reactions so we avoid them. In the past six months, I've been trying to get soy out of his diet (especially the fake dairy processed evil) and lowering his wheat intake because we're concerned that he has digestive issues that may be wheat related. Also we've been lowering sugar, increasing nutrient dense foods. He's a serious ice cream addict.
Penny (will be one in a week!): Very interested in food (way more than Alex at this age), has so far had rice, corn, eggs, meats, fruits, vegetables, potato and beans. Has not had nuts, soy, coconut, or dairy, yet. Has had wheat but only in communion. She loves bacon, raspberries and rutabaga.
When January came to an end, I was eating no sugar, only a little fruit and for the last two weeks of the month no grains. Instead of going ahead and having a slice of real bread to kick off February I decided to try making a gluten-free sandwich bread mix I had been saving. This resulted in major overindulging-- half the loaf in a day! I then craved carbs like crazy even though I tried to go back to my low sugar/grain-free diet. That was followed by the whole house getting sick and me personally knocked down for over a week. As soon as I felt better I pushed myself to get back to exercising at least five days a week and started doing Weight Watchers lower carb and still kept wheat-free. The exercise made me feel great and the WW wasn't too bad and I lost a few pounds. Then Daylight Saving time hit me like a ton of bricks.
A baby with a sleep schedule all screwy, a whiny older brother, the hour in the morning that I use to exercise and keep things tidy-ish lost, and to top it off I weighed in and gained a half a pound. This last week was a bit discouraging and a lot exhausting and I felt like I was losing the game of catchup in spite of all my best efforts.
So I can't make up my mind about what to do about wheat and grains and our food in general. More than anything I'd like to introduce dairy in my diet (cheese is way more tempting than bread) but with Penny nursing that thought is anxiety inducing. I don't believe that I can control whether she has food allergies but I can't stand thinking if I try dairy and she's fussy how do I know if it's the food?
Since I can't make up my mind the plan for now is to keep up with the lower carb WW and stay on my exercise routine. Oh and somehow I'd like to find a way to take a long vacation somewhere warm and sunny, with no snow and green things growing.. someplace with beaches and fruity cocktails... That I'll have to make myself because I don't want that garbage, sugar filled mix-- Man, I'm ruining my own daydream!
March 18, 2011
This month's Spice Rack Challenge was cardamom. Cardamom seemed like a simple spice to pick a recipe for but I've always used it in a prepared spice mix (like garam masala) or in a sweet baked good. When I saw the many types of cardamom listed for the challenge I was determined to give a new one for me a try, black cardamom. Not directly related to green and white cardamom, I'm still making up my mind about this interesting spice. I love it's smokiness, especially since I'm avoiding my beloved spicy smoked paprika while nursing, but when I tried using the inner seeds ground I found it too camphorous and unpleasant. I'm going to use the rest of my stash to make some homemade garam masala or maybe some more of this cod, which was my one success.
-After you toast and grind your coriander, add the oil and onion with all the spices including salt and pepper to a heavy saucepan. Cook to soften slightly. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant.
-Add the coconut milk and carrots and taste for salt and pepper. Then bring up to a strong simmer, cover and cook until the carrots are almost done.
-Add the fish and cover. Cook until the fish is just cooked through.
-Serve over rice or cauliflower rice. Either remove the black cardamom pods and bay leaf before serving or warn your diners that they are not to be eaten.
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Local News
Police urge winter road safety
With winter weather upon us, Sitka police say road safety is a growing concern. The days are shorter – today the sun rose at 8:11 a.m. and set at 3:29 a.m. – so the streets are dark during peak traffic times. Lt. Barry Allen says the limited visibility makes accidents more likely.
“Everybody’s going to and from work and to and from school in the dark,” said Allen. “So, yeah it does make a difference especially if you get a light rain and light snow at the same time. That’s actually caused a couple of pedestrians to get hit, even on the main roads where they’re fairly well lit.”
Allen says another problem is when drivers park on the side of the road. It blocks plows from keeping snow off the road and narrows the streets, so it can be difficult for two cars to pass at the same time.
This happens when it starts to get colder and snow more, and people have a hard time getting in and out of their driveways, especially if they live on a hill.
Police say they’ll be enforcing parking regulations so they can keep the roads as open as possible. If the Department of Transportation deems a car a hazard, police will impound the car and issue a citation.
Allen says that while there is some lag time between when it snows and when they start writing tickets, people need to move their cars as soon as possible, regardless of whether snow is still on the ground.
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From February 13 - February 15, 2015, music director Sarah Martensen brought students from Sitka High School to the NAfME Biennial Northwest Division Conference in Spokane, Washington. According to the one of the students, Misha Bekeris, the conference was an opportunity for accelerated music growth over one weekend with new teachers and players. Downloadable audio.more
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Dick Cheney tries to rewrite history
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, left, is interviewed on the "Fox & friends" television program, about his book "in My Time.". (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Dick Cheney‘s autobiography presents a robust defense of his push for the U.S. invasion of Iraq without critically examining two issues central to America’s near-failure in the war: the Bush administration’s decision to disband the country’s army and banish all members of Saddam Hussein‘s Baath Party.
Cheney has said that “In My Time” would cause “heads to explode” in Washington, and it is juicy reading for its harsh criticism of two secretaries of state, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, and one defense secretary, Robert Gates. Not surprising was Cheney’s adulation of Gates’ Pentagon predecessor, Donald H. Rumsfeld, the vice president’s political mentor.
Cheney’s parting shot after decades of public service comes in the run-up to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The book has rekindled debate over the rationale to attack Iraq in 2003 and the cost in American lives and dollars. It also has focused attention on whether the war diverted U.S. attention from catching al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and eradicating the group’s hide-outs in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Cheney and former President George W. Bush had said invading Iraq and removing Saddam was imperative after Sept. 11. They insisted Saddam was working with bin Laden and that Iraq had amassed weapons of mass destruction to use against its neighbors or to give to al-Qaida for use against America.
But the bipartisan Sept. 11 commission, which Congress created, found “no credible evidence that Iraq and al-Qaida cooperated on attacks against the United States.”
Despite that and other solid evidence to the contrary, Cheney insists that Iraq was a nexus of terrorism and Saddam was working hand-in-glove with bin Laden.
Confronted by the failure to find weapons of mass destruction, Cheney does accept that Saddam did not have such armaments, an error that Cheney blames on faulty U.S. intelligence. Some critics say he carefully selected intelligence material that made the case for Saddam having those weapons while ignoring evidence on the other side.
Cheney virtually ignores the conduct of the war effort to the point where the Bush administration began to realize that the U.S. was on the verge of failure in 2006, three years after the invasion.
Sectarian violence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims raged. It was not uncommon in late 2006 and into 2007 for authorities to find as many as 100 dead bodies in the streets of Baghdad each morning after a night of savagery. Al-Qaida-linked fighters had flooded into the country and were inflaming the Sunni insurgency. Iran was deeply involved in arming, financing and encouraging Shiite radicals.
The proximate causes of that chaos were the lack of a national organization to keep order and an interim government to put an Iraqi face on political decision-making. Cheney deals with this in a single paragraph.
“There were also some things we failed to anticipate. Based on intelligence reports, we believed we would be able to rely on the Iraqi police to keep the peace and prove security. That turned out not to be true. The Iraqi police were among the least trusted, most infiltrated institutions in Iraqi society. We also thought that once we removed the top Baathists leaders from Saddam’s government, we’d be able to get things up and running relatively quickly, but we discovered that many people were so accustomed to acting only on orders from the top that they were paralyzed without them.”
Cheney says nothing about disbanding the military. He doesn’t detail the wholesale banishment of Baath Party members — not just government figures — from positions of leadership and authority. Membership in the party was key to career advancement in Iraq, much as was Communist Party membership in the former Soviet Union. It did not necessarily prove political beliefs.
Without a viable military, the job of policing an alien culture fell to U.S. forces, trained to fight wars but not enforce civil order.
Without an interim government that had support from both Shiites and Sunni Muslims, the country was under the one-man rule of American L. Paul Bremer. He ran the occupation until June 2004 and then was involved in a long and destabilizing struggle to elect a government and write a constitution.
The Sunnis, the heart of the insurgency, felt sidetracked in the new power structure and were angry. While a minority of Iraq’s population, they wielded power under Saddam. The Shiites majority had been brutalized by Saddam and wanted revenge.
Cheney deals with the crisis tangentially as he details the political back and forth when Bush, with his vice president’s full backing, was deciding to send even more American forces into Iraq, beginning in early 2007.
Before that, the administration had been running a policy that was headed toward a reduction of U.S. troop strength in the midst of unimaginable violence, brutality and a near-civil war.
Once additional troops were decided upon, Bush put Gen. David Petraeus, the new CIA director, and his U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker in charge.
In time the gamble paid off and The Associated Press was among the first American news organizations to report declining violence. But as many as 100,000, perhaps many more, Iraqis had already died and the death toll among American forces continues to rise. It now stands at 4,474.
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Steven R. Hurst was bureau chief in Iraq for The Associated Press from 2006-to early 2008.
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They always fail to mention that Gen. David Petraeus was so successful due to his use of Iraqi torture and death/terror squads trained under him as he was first commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command Iraq. This week he takes over as Director of the CIA, which continues to torture in “black sites” in multiple nations overseas.
“If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.” — Thomas Jefferson
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Monday, February 27, 2012
We spent the weekend in style. And by that I mean we stayed in our jammies well after breakfast time, we were unproductive, we napped with babies.
Pure delight.
We had a fabulous week that set up the weekend for its lovely, always faithful performance. We're week 2 into our stay with the Ho's and this weekend, they were away photographing a wedding in Texas. So we spread out throughout their house for sleep and cozied up even more. I whipped us up a Saturday morning breakfast, a tradition that has been put on the back burner the last month but it's return was gladly welcomed.
I found a recipe for breakfast pizza and we're already scheming on improvements and additions for the next one. Additions as in, we'll be adding country gravy to be hosed down on top. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
For now, here's what was served.
Breakfast Pizza...tweaked a bit
1 can pizza dough
1 package breakfast sausage
8 eggs
1/4 c. half & half
salt and pepper
green onion and red pepper (as much or as little as you like)
2 handfuls cheddar jack cheese
1. spread out dough on cookie sheet
2. cook sausage in skillet, set aside
3. beat eggs, half/half, salt/pepper and veggies
4. scramble egg mixture
5. spread sausage, eggs, and cheese all over dough
6. bake according to directions on can
Enjoy.
The hubs took all of us on a date to our favorite Mexican restaurant.
Barbie was invited too. I've come to grips with the fact that lip gloss, Barbies, and accessories are just a part of anything we do.
We stopped by the OU women's gymnastic meet. And to our luck, we even sat near the pom pom girls who, in our house, have celebrity status.
Sophie seized the opportunity to bust out her dance moves in the aisle.
Sister can move.
My mom came for the day and we piddled around town, a little shopping, a little lunch, and maybe a few cupcakes.
I saw a picture of a cupcake on a gift card and could not be detoured.
We decided to take our sweet morsels back to our new house and sit on the back porch to enjoy, steps forward in making it home.
It worked. Peanut Butter and Jelly cupcakes have that kind of influence.
And then it was time to celebrate this special one, Halle Beth.
This precious baby turned 1 and her family celebrated with a huge party complete with little touches that reflect her sweetness and powerful influence.
She's a world changer already. What an honor it is to know Halle and be in her world. She is a blessing to all. Happy birthday sweet girl, you are loved.
Amidst all the fun, we had some logistics to do at the house. It's coming along, fast and efficient, just how I like it. Here's a sneak peek at the progress.Entry and living room before...A few more steps in...Entry and living room mid-after progress...
Oh, and a little taste of one of the strawberry milkshake rooms.
We're on schedule to move in about 4 weeks. Hip hip hooray!
After the house, we moved onto more fun endeavors. We went ran into friends at Target, cuddled on the couch, and picked out Easter dresses. And being in any sort of store right now immediately sends me into cravings for things I don't even like but somehow still want, like Peeps, Cadbury eggs, and cheesy Easter door wreaths.
Spring is approaching and with it will bring many changes of season and in life. We'll soon leave the Ho's, move in with the Waggoner's, and the grand finale, the last move into our house.
Until then, we're grateful and learning the ropes of house hopping and family mushing.
The week holds a quicker pace we must succumb to. And I love the week, the pace, the going and doing. And deep inside my heart, I will make plans for the Saturday to come because I'm convinced there's nothing better than a jammied babied body cruising around with a belly full of pancakes and syrup. Weekend delightfulness for the taking.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Chris had the day off for President's Day.
A bit of a last minute surprise that welcomed in shrieks of joy from the girls, unlocking heart swells of hidden plans tucked away for a dreamy day together as a family.
We began our day with breakfast at a local Mexican diner. The girls played it safe with their selected choices of pancakes while Chris and I went for the gold. Huevos Rancheros. Not sure if my nausea is tapering off or if my taste buds were on target, but I promise you it's the best breakfast I've ever had.
A trip to Starbucks to see Alicia and load up on my long lost love of coffee. Hot cocoa requests were met and we set off for the girls' next choice on the agenda.
We quickly gulped down our drinks and cozied up at the dinosaur museum.
I love the questions that come from little curious minds.Mama, what happens at night? I mean, where to the dinosaur bones sleep?Why is he angry (referring to the T-rex)?Where's his mommy?
And then without a doubt, the supreme answer is given to put an end to any possible query.Oh, he must be hungry. Courtesy of Sophie's logic and explanation.
I like this kid. I liker her a lot.
Alice was indifferent on the dinosaurs or any exhibit for that matter. The children's exploration center on the other hand, was just her style. Sister colored, played, and took the grand opportunity to practicer her mad skills of pushing a chair around the room.
All in all, we love this place. A family favorite for sure.
We visited the deli for lunch, running into friends. Exchanging hellos and catching up on adventures to Africa and updates of kids.
A few tasks still needed to be done, so we did them together, including getting groceries. And in my opinion what is usually a tetris task to be executed in speed and efficiency, today, we more relished and soaked in. We piddled and strolled through aisles, stopping by the bakery for freshly baked cookies on our way to picking out our favorite fruit.
Our house construction is underway and decisions are being made. Today, I made the executive decision to paint all of the bedrooms upstairs pink. Each room will soon look like a strawberry milkshake poured over the walls. I'm excited about this raising 4 baby girls adventure we're on. Embracing with joy the many shades of pink and pink. I can almost hear Shelby's southern twang in her voice...I like pink, Mama. Pink is my signature color.
My thoughts exactly.
My girl was headed out to school, proudly dressed in her self-chosen attire. So proud and independent. Sometimes I still catch myself packing her lunch and thinking to myself how I can't believe I'm already a mama. Driving carpool, running babies to ballet, filling sippy cups, and writing notes in her lunch like my sweet mama used to do. It's surreal to me even now.
We've chosen this life of changing diapers, watching your waistline expand to accommodate a growing nugget, and being on the never ending rotation of meals and baths. Because the truth is we've been entrusted with royalty, every parent has been. We've got babies to raise up so that when their little feet hit the ground, the enemy's heart trembles with fear.
They're awake and they're coming.
They're coming to lay hands on the sick and see them healed.
They're coming to shake up the foundation of the kingdom of darkness and forever change the world around them.
And it begins in a diaper gripping sippy cup.
I loved this day, every minute of it.
Even though sprinkled with tantrums and whining...I didn't want it to end.
And so it has, the norm has resumed and we are filled with an inexpressible joy we can't contain. We get mini versions all week long of this glorious day chalked with play and togetherness.
And while we're on the topic of joy, my girl has added a second word to her list of things to say. Hi. Sounds more like Hi-yee and it's about the sweetest sound I've ever heard. Doesn't matter if you are coming or going, she'll say it to you and it will wreck you. She's thinking about saying Mama, I can just tell.
Shrieks of joy and heart swells for sure.
Speaking heart swells, here's a bump pic for the family and friends, far far away. We're 14 weeks in and we can't wait to meet her.
She'll come along on our dreamy days soon enough.
Happy week to you!
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Lesotho
Lesotho is a democratic, sovereign and independent country, totally surrounded by its neighbour, the Republic of South Africa. The former Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the UK in 1966. In 1993, after 23 years of military rule, a new constitution was implemented, leaving the King without executive authority and prohibiting him from engaging in national political affairs4. In 1998, violent protests and a military mutiny following a contentious election prompted military intervention by Botswana and South Africa. Constitutional reforms have since restored political stability and peaceful parliamentary elections were held in 2002. Lesotho is one of three remaining monarchies in Africa (the other two being Morocco and Swaziland).
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Google has scheduled an event for 10 a.m. Pacific time March 19 at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. That is reportedly where it will unveil more details of Project Stream.
Code-named Yeti, the project will reportedly enable gamers to stream high-quality games to any device, fulfilling the promise of cloud gaming services that made this promise more than a decade ago. The group is headed by former PlayStation and Microsoft game executive Phil Harrison, who joined Google as a vice president in January 2018.
“Project Stream is geared toward home internet connections capable of 25 megabits per second,” Google manager Catherine Hsiao wrote in a blog post back in October. “For this test, we’re going to push the limits with one of the most demanding applications for streaming — a blockbuster video game.
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What We Like About Time Management Games
इस लेख का मूल्यांकन करेThe time management genre is one of the most successful video games genres out there today and definitely one of the oldest as well. There are lots of things to like about time management games and in this article we’ll be covering all the things that we enjoy so much when playing these games.
The time management genre is one of the most successful video games genres out there today and definitely one of the oldest as well. There are lots of things to like about time management games and in this article we’ll be covering all the things that we enjoy so much when playing these games.
The key thing everyone, including us, likes about this genre is simply the fact that every single game that it provides is fast-paced. There’s basically never a dull moment in a time management game. During a level you have tons of things to keep track of like how much resources you have, where your workers are, what your next move will be and these things always keep players on their feet. Anyone who’s ever played a good time management game before will tell you that when playing these games you should expect to never ever have a single idle moment. This fast-paced nature makes the gameplay highly engaging and attracts a pretty large audience of players.
One of the defining aspects of this genre, and one that we certainly enjoy the most is that it forces players to adapt as quickly as they can. If you’ve played any time management game before then you’ll know that no two levels are ever the same. Every new level that you play will pose its own new challenges and have its own unique strategy that you must figure out in order to complete it. This constant changing in level design makes sure that players have to adapt on the fly whenever they’re presented with a new level and if they’re unable to do so then they’ll have to try again until they have finally done so.
Time management games aren’t just known for their stellar gameplay though. This genre has many highly popular series that come with gripping plots as well. 12 Labours of Hercules comes to mind when discussing such a series. This series follows the adventures of the mythical hero Hercules as he goes against all odds to do the things that normal people would consider straight up impossible like going head to head versus fierce demons or fighting hellish beasts that can chomp him up in a second if he isn’t careful.
Moving further, another thing we enjoy quite a bit is that they usually come with some really high quality visuals and sounds. Every single time management game worth its salt will not only give you some incredible gameplay experiences, but it will also provide you with some of the most crisp and immersive graphics that you’ve ever come across alongside some really high quality sound effects that enhance the game to a whole new level.
All said and done, the things we’ve mentioned above barely scratch the surface in all honesty. There are multitudes of things to like about the time management genre that haven’t been covered here and in light of all this we’d like to recommend that you try a few of these games out for yourself to see first-hand how great they are.
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Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
The Ranking
Description
Before Reinhardt Schneider and Carrie Fernandez confronted Dracula, a magical warrior embarked on a quest that would ultimately lead him to Dracula's lair. Take control of Cornell, a powerful werewolf, who is seeking out the evil minions responsible for his sister's disappearance. Armed with the power to morph from human to werewolf, Cornell is destined to rescure his sister from a sinister plan and rid the world of Dracula once and for all. Will he succeed or fail? Will the past unravel the future? Discover the legacy in this exciting prequel.
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Speaking Up From Coast to Coast
“My goal when I’m up there is to be the guy who presents meaningful information in an innovative way…I want the audience to genuinely feel something, to have an experience. I want it to be personal and I want it to make a difference,” says Vance Taylor (BA ’01). Taylor has been public speaking since he was a teenager, getting his start at a stake Storytelling Festival and quickly expanding to EFY and non-secular venues. By the time he started at BYU, Taylor was a seasoned veteran.
While the topics and the audiences change; much of what Taylor speaks about is rooted from his experience living with a neuromuscular disease, muscular dystrophy. When he was diagnosed at age seven, his specialist told Taylor to set the bar low. “He said I’d never graduate high school, that college would be an impossibility, and that I’d rely on my mom for care for the rest of my life.” For a child facing a rare and potentially fatal condition, this interaction did nothing to lessen his anxieties. Luckily, his second doctor took the complete opposite approach. Warm and friendly, the neurologist, Dr. Robert Miller, built a strong rapport, encouraged him to succeed, and envisioned an optimistic future for Taylor.
“[He] had a really big impact on my life,” says Taylor. Incredibly, almost twenty-five years later, after having overcome the odds to graduate from high school, college, and grad school – not to mention having a wife, kids, and a successful career as a homeland security/emergency management expert and disability advocate – Taylor was giving the keynote address at a national scientific conference and saw Miller in the audience. “It’s funny,” Taylor recounts, “He always wore a bowtie [when I was a kid] and when I spotted him in the sea of people, he still had one on. So I shared my story and then I said to [the crowd], ‘Ladies and gentlemen, I want you to meet Dr. Robert Miller, the man that changed my life.’ Then I asked him to stand and right there, in front of thousands of his colleagues, he started crying, and I started crying and everyone started crying. Everyone jumped to their feet and gave him a standing ovation…I couldn’t have scripted it any better.”
Taylor has instilled similar strains of kindness and optimism in both his professional and personal interactions. This ability, along with his professional expertise, made Taylor the perfect candidate to lead California’s mission to integrate the state’s emergency management systems to better meet the needs of people with disabilities. So, after years of working in Homeland security in Washington D.C., Taylor accepted a Gubernatorial appointment in 2015 and moved with his wife and two daughters across the country to California. “My job is to ensure people with disabilities have their needs met before, during and after disasters,” Taylor explains. Although he knew the work would be meaningful, and he felt the hand of the Lord leading them, it was still hard to move away from the friends and home in Washington D.C. that he and his family loved. Taylor jokingly says, “We drove three thousand miles and probably cried 2,999 of them.”
Only a few weeks after he arrived in California, several fires broke out, forcing Taylor to hit the ground running. “[They] were the third and fifth worst fires in state history,” Taylor explains, detailing the strenuous days, sometimes upwards of 15 hours, he spent aiding those who had been affected by the fires. This experience, and the life-saving work he did, helped confirm to Taylor that moving had been the right decision. “Whatever sadness or sorrow we had felt in leaving the place we loved has been swallowed up in the joy and satisfaction of knowing that this is where the Lord wants us to be,” Taylor says.
When Taylor isn’t actively combating disasters, he gives presentations throughout California, helping educate organizations on how they can better accommodate the needs of those with disabilities. Between his experience, expertise, and talent as an engaging public speaker, Taylor has seen the fruits of his labors grow. “It’s wonderful because people have gone from ‘okay, what do I need to know?’ to ‘Help us understand how to serve our communities better.’” Taylor recounts a particularly hard presentation which occurred in the wake of an active shooter: “It was a hard speech to deliver because emotionally, the wounds were still there.”
Working in a field that focuses on disasters can be draining, but Taylor has found that adopting an eternal perspective has helped him stay afloat. “Being able to spend time with [my family] recharges me spiritually and emotionally,” Taylor explains, “[But] I don’t know that [life] is ever 100% balanced. It’s an effort, a constant effort, but it’s one that I’m fortunate to be engaged in. No matter who you are or where you are, use whatever voice God has given you to make a difference and happiness will follow.”
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Latest Badminton News and Articles
If you saw the tall and elegant Anup Sridhar waltzing around the courts in Kuala Lumpur, you wouldn’t believe the biggest success story of this year’s Badminton World Championships was actually playing with a career-threatening foot injury.
Big scalp: Sridhar celebrates his win against Hashim in the third round.
The World No 40 — he will have made considerable progress when the new rankings are released — is inflicted with Plantar Fasciitis, formerly known as Policeman’s Heel, an inflammation condition on the underside of the foot.
The injury knocked off almost seven months of playing time last year after the Thomas Cup in February and although he has managed to pull through so far with custom-made orthotic devices, in his case in-soles, Sridhar knows he needs the right size soon to capitalise on his success at the World Championships.
"I will be getting one that will fit me perfectly in a couple of days, before the camp for the India Open starts on Monday," he said from Bangalore, where he was given a fitting reception on his return last Sunday.
The insoles Sridhar wore during the World Championships weren’t perfect fits and he had to play through the pain.
"The good thing about playing in Kuala Lumpur was that the pain was less because of the heat, although it did bother me throughout," said the 25-year-old who knocked out world and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia and All–England champion Mohammad Hafiz Hashim of Malaysia, before being stopped by eventual champion and World No 1 Lin Dan of China in the quarter-finals.
"For me, it would have been silly to get excited after I had beaten Hidayat. I had made the semi-finals of the German Open and Asian Championships earlier this year and so I needed to prove it was no flash in the pan. Against Dan, the difference was the fitness after I ran him close in the first game," he said.
Sridhar’s next assignment is the high-profile Indian Open which begins on September 4 and understandably, expectations will be high from the current India No 2 and reigning national champion.
"Right now, I am only looking at my first match. Being in front of my home crowd, I know there will be a lot of pressure, but I don’t want to put extra pressure on myself by thinking how far I can progress," he said.
Sridhar’s new-found confidence is the result of his stints in Denmark, where he played for Elite division club Skaelskor and rubbed shoulders with the likes of World No 6 Peter Gade.
"That stint has definitely helped me. I was always ambitious, but the Denmark stint taught me to believe in myself. It’s one thing to have ability and quite another to actually put it to use," he said.
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Abstract
Objective: To compare people's ability to detect peripherally presented stimuli on a monocular head-worn display (HWD) versus a conventional screen. Background: Visual attention capture has been systematically investigated, but not with respect to HWDs. How stimulus properties affect attention capture is likely to be different on an HWD when compared to a traditional computer display. Method: Participants performed an ongoing perceptual task and attempted to detect stimuli that were displayed peripherally on either a computer monitor or a monocular HWD. Results: Participants were less able to detect peripheral stimuli when the stimuli were presented on a HWD than when presented on a computer monitor. Moreover, the disadvantage of the HWD was more pronounced when peripheral stimuli were less distinct and when the stimuli were presented further into the periphery. Conclusion: Presenting stimuli on a monocular head-worn display reduces participants’ ability to notice peripheral visual stimuli compared to presentation on a normal computer monitor. This effect increases as stimuli are presented further in the periphery, but can be ameliorated to a degree by using high-contrast stimuli. Application: The findings are useful for designers creating visual stimuli intended to capture attention when viewed on a peripherally positioned monocular head-worn display.
abstract = "Objective: To compare people's ability to detect peripherally presented stimuli on a monocular head-worn display (HWD) versus a conventional screen. Background: Visual attention capture has been systematically investigated, but not with respect to HWDs. How stimulus properties affect attention capture is likely to be different on an HWD when compared to a traditional computer display. Method: Participants performed an ongoing perceptual task and attempted to detect stimuli that were displayed peripherally on either a computer monitor or a monocular HWD. Results: Participants were less able to detect peripheral stimuli when the stimuli were presented on a HWD than when presented on a computer monitor. Moreover, the disadvantage of the HWD was more pronounced when peripheral stimuli were less distinct and when the stimuli were presented further into the periphery. Conclusion: Presenting stimuli on a monocular head-worn display reduces participants{\textquoteright} ability to notice peripheral visual stimuli compared to presentation on a normal computer monitor. This effect increases as stimuli are presented further in the periphery, but can be ameliorated to a degree by using high-contrast stimuli. Application: The findings are useful for designers creating visual stimuli intended to capture attention when viewed on a peripherally positioned monocular head-worn display.",
N2 - Objective: To compare people's ability to detect peripherally presented stimuli on a monocular head-worn display (HWD) versus a conventional screen. Background: Visual attention capture has been systematically investigated, but not with respect to HWDs. How stimulus properties affect attention capture is likely to be different on an HWD when compared to a traditional computer display. Method: Participants performed an ongoing perceptual task and attempted to detect stimuli that were displayed peripherally on either a computer monitor or a monocular HWD. Results: Participants were less able to detect peripheral stimuli when the stimuli were presented on a HWD than when presented on a computer monitor. Moreover, the disadvantage of the HWD was more pronounced when peripheral stimuli were less distinct and when the stimuli were presented further into the periphery. Conclusion: Presenting stimuli on a monocular head-worn display reduces participants’ ability to notice peripheral visual stimuli compared to presentation on a normal computer monitor. This effect increases as stimuli are presented further in the periphery, but can be ameliorated to a degree by using high-contrast stimuli. Application: The findings are useful for designers creating visual stimuli intended to capture attention when viewed on a peripherally positioned monocular head-worn display.
AB - Objective: To compare people's ability to detect peripherally presented stimuli on a monocular head-worn display (HWD) versus a conventional screen. Background: Visual attention capture has been systematically investigated, but not with respect to HWDs. How stimulus properties affect attention capture is likely to be different on an HWD when compared to a traditional computer display. Method: Participants performed an ongoing perceptual task and attempted to detect stimuli that were displayed peripherally on either a computer monitor or a monocular HWD. Results: Participants were less able to detect peripheral stimuli when the stimuli were presented on a HWD than when presented on a computer monitor. Moreover, the disadvantage of the HWD was more pronounced when peripheral stimuli were less distinct and when the stimuli were presented further into the periphery. Conclusion: Presenting stimuli on a monocular head-worn display reduces participants’ ability to notice peripheral visual stimuli compared to presentation on a normal computer monitor. This effect increases as stimuli are presented further in the periphery, but can be ameliorated to a degree by using high-contrast stimuli. Application: The findings are useful for designers creating visual stimuli intended to capture attention when viewed on a peripherally positioned monocular head-worn display.
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Meghan:
I've seen others with that stroller and there are plusses and minuses. THe plus is that you don't have to haul a car seat with you throughout the airport, etc. The minus is that the stroller then is a bit large to fit into a cruise ship cabin, since it's wide enough to be a car seat. We usually take a small fold up stroller (has an awning to keep the sun out, etc.) so that we can store it in the entrance way to our cabin. Sometimes we'll keep it folded up in the hallway but some cruise lines don't like the hallways being blocked...
Hope this helps?!?
Smooth sailing,
Luisa Frey Gaynor
Family Cruise Editor
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Yorkshire music blog
Palmes – For You And I
2017 has been a big year for Huddersfield band Palmes releasing “El Capitano” and “Tourism”. They have given us all an early Christmas present though by releasing new track “For You and I”.
After taking a bit of a break from their earlier heavy synth style, For You And I reverts back, to an extent, to this genre, mixing their newer guitar sound with strong electronic vibes. Whilst closer to Oslo than El Capitano, new fans will be able to recognise how much Palmes have grown since their earlier releases. For You And I is their most musically sound effort so far and tests vocalist Ryan Smith more than previous releases.
Slowly becoming experts at building a track, For You And I showcases all three members’ talents. Drummer Callum Taylor is more prominent on this release than previously providing a driving drum track that isn’t overshadowed by the guitar and Ash’s harmonies and bass bring life to the song.
“We’re more Tom and Jerry than Bonnie and Clyde”
Lyrically the song is different to past releases too and stands out for us as the best song the band have written yet. Back in May we compared Palmes to 30STM and Pulp, this track though is much more reminiscent of a later Killers track showing just how diverse the young band from Huddersfield really are.
We predict a big 2018 for Palmes and wish them every success next year. Listen to For You and I right here
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In 2001 Barclay won the GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Stephen F. Kolzak Award for his work in combating homophobia. He has also supported the Human Rights Campaign, the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, and Project Angel Food, among other causes.
Barclay is the long-time partner of Christopher Mason, an executive in the food industry. The couple had airline tickets for a flight on September 11, 2001 but opted to fly to California a day earlier; otherwise, they would have been on one of the planes that were crashed into the World Trade Center.
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"After that, Paris and I came to the conclusion that we needed to make a difference in the world," Mason told Anne Stockwell of The Advocate. "For us, that meant adopting some kids."
Mindful of the fact that African-American boys are the least likely children to be adopted, Barclay and Mason chose to add two such sons to their family.
On September 14, 2008, Barclay and Mason were married in a ceremony that was at once personal and political. Their sons, William and Cyrus, served as ring-bearers. Barclay and Mason also used their nuptials as an event to raise funds for the election of Barack Obama and for Equality California's campaign against Proposition 8.
When asked by Shulman about his views on the comparison of the movement for glbtq rights and the movement for civil rights for African Americans in the 1960s, Barclay stated, "I feel that if we really believe in civil rights, just as Jesse Jackson was always saying with the Rainbow Coalition, we believe in them for everybody, and that's that. End of story. It actually irritates me when people are upset about the parallel as if, in some way, it cheapens the black civil rights movement. To have true equality for all men and women in the United States means everybody. It doesn't mean you get to pick your constituency."
In response to a further question from Shulman, Barclay expressed his support for the transgender community, declaring that "if they are people who are discriminated against, people we have a relationship with, then we should put them on our list of people that we're going to go down with."
American television sitcoms have consistently reflected the presence of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people, often in distorted and stereotyped ways, but occasionally in ways that acknowledge our humanity and complexity.
The musical has been a significant aspect of American gay male culture, manifesting itself both in diva worship and, more recently, in the presentation of openly gay characters and shows written by gay writers primarily for gay audiences.
There has always been homosexual involvement in American musical theatre and a homosexual sensibility even in straight musicals, and recently the Broadway musical has welcomed openly homosexual themes and situations.
Lesbian and gay couples have been fighting for the freedom to marry since the dawn of the modern glbtq struggle for equality; despite some success abroad, progress toward same-sex marriage in the United States has been slow.
Proposition 8, also known as the California Marriage Protection Act, was the ballot proposition that amended the California state constitution to ban same-sex marriage; after prolonged litigation in both state and federal court, it was finally struck down in June 2013.
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Dawn of a New Day
Shoghi Effendi
He has been most encouraged by the increasing evidences of
the activity of the Baha’i youth of India and their determination
to play their part in the great teaching campaign which the believers
of that country have undertaken.
The responsibility of the Baha’i youth is very great indeed,
as they constitute the generation of Baha’is who will be called
upon to help re-construct the world after this devastating war
is over. They should devote their lives to the supreme objective
of perfecting themselves as members in Baha’u’llah’s divine
World Order.
The Guardian hopes that during the coming year an ever-increasing
number of young believers will devote themselves to
teaching the Cause and helping the Six-Year Plan to be fulfilled.
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In March, 436,600 people received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, down 4,400 (one per cent) from February 2019. On a year-over-year basis, the number of EI beneficiaries in Canada decreased by 33,500, down 7.1 per cent, with declines in all provinces except Manitoba, where the number of recipients increased by 2.7 per cent. (Black Press File)
Province’s largest population areas saw 5.7 per cent drop in EI recipients year-over-year
2,140 received regular EI benefits in March 2019, a drop of 3.2 per cent
This decline in the number of recipients appears across British Columbia. The province’s four CMAs (Victoria, Vancouver, Abbotsford–Mission, and Kelowna) saw their collective number of recipients drop 0.3 per cent from February 2019 to March 2019. Year-to-year, the number of recipients has declined 5.7 per cent.
Census agglomerations — communities with populations in excess of 10,000 — dropped by 0.4 per cent from February 2019 to March 2019. Year-to-year, the number of recipients has declined six per cent. Communities outside census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations also recorded a small month-to-month drop and a drop of 4.4 per cent year-to-year.
The number of EI recipients in British Columbia dropped by 5.5 per cent year-to-year, below the Canadian rate of 7.1 per cent, with declines in all provinces except Manitoba, where the number of recipients rose by 2.7 per cent.
Statistics Canada says in its analysis that variations in the number of beneficiaries can reflect changes in the circumstances of different groups, including those becoming beneficiaries, those going back to work, those exhausting their regular benefits, and those no longer receiving benefits for other reasons.
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The Birth of a Dream (Part 4/4)
Hey, stc019 one last time. Please do not commit any murder, this is not the intent of that comic ok? But more seriously, this is a dear story to me. Sleep terror is something I still struggled with, being afraid to go to sleep, to dream… I’m trying to accept that it is what it is, it is part of who I am. After all, I lived hundred of lives through dreams and nightmares already…
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Originally Posted by BengaliPagol
I think if Mushfiq or even Shakib marries an asian or white lady then the Bangali community would be break the trend of thinking that Bangali's have to marry other Bangalis.
Well I can see shakib marrying a non Bangali but Mushfiq? no way. He doesn't even seem to be able to go out with a girl without his father's permission it seems. His father has to look for a bride for him and give ads on newspaper.
Originally Posted by maysun
Best time to tie the knot. Before any further scrutinization of his captaincy, why not tie the knot now?
Might be cynical but you are probably right, couple more failures and his status as a cricketer will diminish (whatever is left) greatly.. might as well get married soon or won't have any good choices left who are under 5 feet 3...
Yes mominul at 5 and mushy at 6, we've tried mushy higher up and he's always proven better down the order, if he scores mountains of runs got awhile at 6 then we can think about moving him up again but for now we need to keep him lower down.
I dont know why he decided to come ahead of the debutant when team was in a good position. And he isnt scoring tons of runs either. He should have given mominul a bat, seemed kind of selfish to me. His position is at number 7 (in both Tests and ODIs) period, He can do those late order hitting. Mahmudullah should bat at 6, I consider him better than Mushfiq
^I think he did the right thing. He stayed not out and finished the game with Nayeem rather than taking chances with Shourobh.
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Shourobh is a very decent player but I think he's being a bit overhyped here. I think he'll have a harder time than Bijoy adjusting to international cricket, and will take more time becoming the consistent performer he may become. He's definitely better than Rocky from what I've seen but that really isn't saying much.
I'm not sure how much time he'll have to do that once Shakib returns and bats at number 3 or 4. If Nayeem manages to rotate the strike with ease against quality attack in challenging conditions, something I feel he's capable of doing once relaxed, he'll fit nicely into the other slot.
That leaves 6 and 7 for Shourobh. Unless Mushfiq fails over a long period of time, 6 won't happen anytime soon. Riyad takes time to settle in but once he does, he can finish with the best of them. Shourobh also takes time to settle in, so unless we have an extraordinarily superior international cricketer in him, it would be better to go with the more experienced Riyad IMO.
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Originally Posted by Sohel
Shourobh is a very decent player but I think he's being a bit overhyped here. I think he'll have a harder time than Bijoy adjusting to international cricket, and will take more time becoming the consistent performer he may become. He's definitely better than Rocky from what I've seen but that really isn't saying much.
I'm not sure how much time he'll have to do that once Shakib returns and bats at number 3 or 4. If Nayeem manages to rotate the strike with ease against quality attack in challenging conditions, something I feel he's capable of doing once relaxed, he'll fit nicely into the other slot.
That leaves 6 and 7 for Shourobh. Unless Mushfiq fails over a long period of time, 6 won't happen anytime soon. Riyad takes time to settle in but once he does, he can finish with the best of them. Shourobh also takes time to settle in, so unless we have an extraordinarily superior international cricketer in him, it would be better to go with the more experienced Riyad IMO.
The problem with Mominul is that the middle order department is pretty much settled. Once Shakib comes back, most probably Mominul will have to take the fall since Riyad and Mushy are captain and VC. Then Nasir obviously is needed. The weak link is Naeem but he's done pretty well so far. So tough ask for Mominul once Shakib comes back.
If he was a #7 batsman it would be a different story since we lack big hitters down the order but Mominul is more of a #4-6 batsman. It's good though that we have competition in the middle order.
^Very true. Shourobh has to be given the chance to do significantly better than Nayeem to make it at this point. Nayeem must continue to get better in order to keep him out.
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^Jury's still out Naeem. Yesterday during a chase of 200, he obviously did the job but his big test is how he does if the target is 250 or higher. We saw how much he struggled last year against the WI when we were chasing 300. If he can rotate the strike more often so that he doesn't get bogged down in the middle overs, then he'll be an asset, if not he'll be a liability. Naeem should feel the pressure though and remember Mominul could take his spot if Naeem fails to sustain his consistency.
Originally Posted by Rifat_02
I dont know why he decided to come ahead of the debutant when team was in a good position. And he isnt scoring tons of runs either. He should have given mominul a bat, seemed kind of selfish to me. His position is at number 7 (in both Tests and ODIs) period, He can do those late order hitting. Mahmudullah should bat at 6, I consider him better than Mushfiq
Mushy coming ahead was the right call. He needed to get some run under his belt. He has been struggling for a while. Although he didn't score much, but he had a pretty good partnership going with Nayeem and saw the innings through. This should give him a little more.confidence. In this series Mushy's batting is a much bigger concern for us than Mominul's batting, so in that sense it was the right call.
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Originally Posted by Tiger444
^Jury's still out Naeem. Yesterday during a chase of 200, he obviously did the job but his big test is how he does if the target is 250 or higher. We saw how much he struggled last year against the WI when we were chasing 300. If he can rotate the strike more often so that he doesn't get bogged down in the middle overs, then he'll be an asset, if not he'll be a liability. Naeem should feel the pressure though and remember Mominul could take his spot if Naeem fails to sustain his consistency.
Couldn't agree more with everything you said.
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Originally Posted by Tiger444
^Jury's still out Naeem. Yesterday during a chase of 200, he obviously did the job but his big test is how he does if the target is 250 or higher. We saw how much he struggled last year against the WI when we were chasing 300. If he can rotate the strike more often so that he doesn't get bogged down in the middle overs, then he'll be an asset, if not he'll be a liability. Naeem should feel the pressure though and remember Mominul could take his spot if Naeem fails to sustain his consistency.
Remember, we still had about 10 overs left for the match yesterday.... So I think, we don't need to do anything radically different than what we have done yesterday, to chase a target upto 300. We only need the guys coming @ 6/7/8 to be able to score @ a bit healthier...or start stepping up the RR after 35 overs onwards... And if Tamim stays longer, then the others need to do the same thing that they did yesterday... To chase down 300+
Originally Posted by Tiger444
The problem with Mominul is that the middle order department is pretty much settled. Once Shakib comes back, most probably Mominul will have to take the fall since Riyad and Mushy are captain and VC. Then Nasir obviously is needed. The weak link is Naeem but he's done pretty well so far. So tough ask for Mominul once Shakib comes back.
If he was a #7 batsman it would be a different story since we lack big hitters down the order but Mominul is more of a #4-6 batsman. It's good though that we have competition in the middle order.
As a specialist batsman #7 isn't his place. But when Shakib will come back, I think he won't have a place in the team.
Originally Posted by BANFAN
Remember, we still had about 10 overs left for the match yesterday.... So I think, we don't need to do anything radically different than what we have done yesterday, to chase a target upto 300. We only need the guys coming @ 6/7/8 to be able to score @ a bit healthier...or start stepping up the RR after 35 overs onwards... And if Tamim stays longer, then the others need to do the same thing that they did yesterday... To chase down 300+
Banfan bhai, while our 6/7 batsmen at important, our 1-4 batsmen also have to set the tone. If Naeem plays the way he did the 1st match while he chase a big target, we'll most likely lose. He had 50 dot balls out of the 79 he played which is a 62% dot ball percentage.
Obviously, you have to also watch the match to completely understand what happened during the match and its was quite clear that Naeem could've easily placed the ball in to the gaps and pick up the ones. Instead, he was blocking most of the deliveries with a dead bat. Those are runs he could've easily had. He would've ended up with a score that would be much more sufficient without taking much risk. That's still the big knock I have on Naeem for ODI's and that's why I'm far from being sold on him. I know Tamim also plays a lot of dot balls as well which is something he needs to work on but when he bats, there are far less open spaces in the field compared to when the middle order batsmen bat. On top of that, Tamim can make his SR up with his boundary hitting ability which I don't see Naeem doing.
You can't blame Nayeem for playing slowly. It was his first game back after a while and we were only chasing 199. It's good that he got the best out of the situation and picked up a 50. That will give him some confidence, and also selectors faith in him.
Nayeem is a very capable batsman. And if he is batting at 3 after opener gets out he might be batting with Tamim, runrate won't be an issue with Tamim on the other side. But off course will have to start picking those singles quicker. And if Tamim gets out than he will be batting with Shakib. Again run rate won't be an issue. On days Tamim, Mushy, Shakib clicks we will be good with Nayeem playing the anchor role and holding wicket on one side. But he will need to be able to play more aggressively when those guys around him fail. It will take some time. But we'll see where this goes. I think we have a much better chance with Nayeem at 3 than morons like Junaid or SN.
Originally Posted by Ajfar
You can't blame Nayeem for playing slowly. It was his first game back after a while and we were only chasing 199. It's good that he got the best out of the situation and picked up a 50. That will give him some confidence, and also selectors faith in him.
Nayeem is a very capable batsman. And if he is batting at 3 after opener gets out he might be batting with Tamim, runrate won't be an issue with Tamim on the other side. But off course will have to start picking those singles quicker. And if Tamim gets out than he will be batting with Shakib. Again run rate won't be an issue. On days Tamim, Mushy, Shakib clicks we will be good with Nayeem playing the anchor role and holding wicket on one side. But he will need to be able to play more aggressively when those guys around him fail. It will take some time. But we'll see where this goes. I think we have a much better chance with Nayeem at 3 than morons like Junaid or SN.
I agree with you Ajfar. I think Naeems a capable batsman as well. Since we chased a score of 200 yesterday, Naeem didn't have to play quickly. I'm just worried whether he can play quicker if the target is bigger or if we need to set a big total. I know he has the ability and the smarts, but he needs to be more sufficient in scoring his runs. I understand it was his come back in ODI's after a while, so he wanted to get some runs under his belt. Hope he can continue to improve on his performances.
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Greetings everyone. Been out of the gaming loop for 5-6 years and am in the process of selecting parts for a new build. Getting down to the final selections and need some help.
I want this to be quiet and fast to play all games on 1980x1080 maxed out. I don't plan on overclocking from the start, but would like the option down the line and mabye the option of SLI. Here's what I have so far:
First off, your stress loaded power use will be under 300W and worst case gaming will be in the 250W range. Ideally, you'd want a PSU that's inaudible in idle/low load/gaming. The M12 is a great supply, but dated. For a similar price, you can get Seasonic's G 550 and have gold level efficiency, quieter fan, better idle/standby power. Spend a little more, and you can get the X-400 fanless or the X-560 semi-passive (fan doesn't turn on until ~50% load or higher than normal ambient temp). The Kingwin LZP-550 platinum is another great choice (also semi-passive).
The i5-3570K is the gaming sweet spot.
Asus mobo: Get the -V ($185) or higher if you want Fan Xpert2 and the ability to turn the fans off. Go to a lower model in ATX or go uATX and get Fan Xpert+. I've seen quite a few builds using the uATX P8Z77-M ($125) and -M Pro ($140). If you want 802.11 included, the least expensive are the -I Deluxe Mini-ITX (only 2 RAM slots and 1 PCI-E slot, $195) or the -V Pro ($210.)
Fractal R4: goodSamsung 830 128GB:good. Three months from now, when there's some reliability data, the answer should be the 840/840 Pro.WD Green 1TB is good. There's also the WD Red 3TB.RAMCPU cooler: Scythe Mugen 3 Rev B is a decent $40 cooler. There are others that will do better and cost more if you plan to overvolt.
CPU: sweet spot is the 3570K, especially if you want the overclocking option. Even if you did not overclock or use the iGPU, the price gap to the other models is very small over here at least, so no reason not to get the full-featured model.
GPU: 660 Ti for sure if you want maxed-out games. Higher is diminishing returns and lower (7870 or 7850 maybe) is more cost-effective, but maxing out not as guaranteed. SLI can be accomplished with µATX boards, just as an aside, but again - diminishing returns in some cases and more potential problems with SLI.
Mobo: I like my P8Z77-M Pro (you can find my user review if you dig around in the subforum). The Fan Xpert+ fan control is enough for my needs (see sig). SLI compatible. Has given me zero grief.
Case: I approve of Fractal cases, solid, quiet and excellent value for money. I have the Define Mini, as mine is a µATX build, was pleasant to build in. Very nice to live with a compact case, I tell ya!
Memory: whatever mobo you pick, see its compatibility list. I recommend G.Skill sets (I use Snipers for the 1.25 V, 1600/CL9), Steve usually recommends a Samsung set that is excellent value and overclocks too.
Storage: have WD Green, like it. Reds might not be bad either, they just won't park (as fast or at all, I forget), so might be more in the way of constant noise. Should relegate storage to NAS if possible, remove the last of those harsh noises (my next step when I upgrade my NAS).
PSU: Seasonic is good. Steve already pointed out the most appealing models in their range. I've used Nexus PSUs with great satisfaction and usually recommend Cooler Master Silent M Pros for others to build with (great value for the original M, not M2, modular). Go for the Gold rating if you can afford it, and see the SPCR Recommended Power Supplies list. All the info is there.
OS: Win7 HP most likely best for now. Win8 not looking that hot, just lots of nonsense and Microsoft trying to cash in on the App Store/iTunes lock-in approach.
SSD: Crucial m4 should be good value at this point, robust performer and established as reliable. Samsung 830s are another good choice, fast, reliable and affordable. I'd steer clear of the Everest controller drives, they have had some compatibility issues (BIOS not seeing drive). Previous (still current?) SandForce generation should be ready and reliable now too. Get 256 if you can afford it, absolutely - it is not only more spacious, but slightly faster than a 128. I've filled my 128 GB SSD halfway without even having the OS on it.
Q&A1: Unless you're building mini-ITX, the wireless is going to up the price considerably. I see it as a waste of money, as Gigabit ethernet will beat the snot out of it, especially for gaming (latency, stability) or with NAS storage. If you're bothered by wires streaking across the room, go with powerline ethernet kits (lose out on some of the performance, wires go to wall socket).2: No big loss with Green vs 7200 RPM drives. HDDs should not be used for gaming these days. Get that SSD!
PS. Cooler: I like the Thermalright Macho, personally. Clever design to avoid RAM heatsink interference, top notch performance, especially with low airflow. I've had my Noctua through three rigs now, so recommend that very much too - fantastic value for money, even if the initial investment is costly.
CPU: OKGPU: OKMobo: Full ATX is a waste of space and money with just 1 card in the system, Gene V has Fan Xpert 2 in µATX. Fan Xpert+ boards still good.Case: OK, but see Mobo.SSD: OK, personally prefer mature models.HDD: Switch to WD Red with longer warranty and possibly better acoustics (see the SPCR reviews, my 3 TB is fantastic).PSU: OK, but note Seasonic whine risk. See if you can get a deal on the Rosewill Silent Night 500 Platinum 80 Plus if in the USA.RAM: G.Skill. 2x4 GB is okay, DDR3-1600/CL9 if you're not overclocking.
Monitor: IPS, TN only if completely out of money. My sights are set on an Eizo Foris, but you can get away with a Dell Ultrasharp or similar. Make sure to read reviews (prad.de etc.) first.
Powerline: I've got both a Netgear and a D-Link Powerline AV ("500 Mbps", what a lie) kit in use. Speeds are around 50 Mbps average with a range of 40-80 Mbps. I'm okay with the speed loss over Gbit (100 Mbps fibre internet), as the kits are convenient and faster and more stable than WLAN (D-Link rock-solid so far, Netgear plug-through has some issues).
It seems like 3tb drives are the sweet spot for GB/$, I would suggest that 3tb red if you can stretch your budget a bit.
If you like modular power supplies that run pretty quiet, Newegg has a Rosewill Capstone 650m I think which was actually cheaper than the 450m ($72 shipped) and its 80+ gold...
For ram, its hard to go too wrong with decent brand name stuff. I'm happy with my Samsung green ram and Crucial Ballistix vlp. Both are low voltage and low profile for good CPU cooler clearance and low power usage. I haven't been able to test memory over clocking yet but they should have potential.
Couple updates and a couple questions. Appreciate all the great responses so far and please pardon my lack of knowledge!
- Going from Fractal R4 to Fractal Mini.- Decided on Dell U2412M for 24" monitor.- Will do the Samsung 840 Pro 128 gig for SSD but still undecided on best 1TB HD. Leaning toward the green series still I think. I don't fully understand how the WD Red's work or understand if that would be best for my use. Do these use the internet to access the files like a network? What are the downsides to Red if I want to use this HD like a normal HD and keep photos, music, movies, photoshop on it.- I think I'm going to try Windows 8, since I need to buy an OS anyway and run startmenu8 or similar addon if I hate metro. Any reason I should get pro over the regular version?- For the PSU the Seasonic X Series looks good but newegg says the x-560 is sold out and / or discontinued? Is the x-650 Gold overkill for this setup? - The Samsung Green Ram looks good but I'm confused between all the models on amazon, would someone mind linking me to whats recommend for 8 gigs overall?- CPU cooler, Thermlright HR-02 macho or COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO?
Fractal Mini: I like mine. Not the smallest out there, but very solid and plenty quiet. Shouldn't break the bank.
Dell monitor looks good for gaming, nice stand, okay picture quality.
Red is just another HDD. It differs mainly in firmware (the programming), which is aimed towards continuous use and non-PC setups, mainly "home servers" (NAS, HTPC - this is the network aspect, the server machine). Greens "rest" more, Reds stay ready. Both fine for desktop use, confirmed this from WD myself. Red uses something called TLER to make it more compatible with RAID setups. TLER essentially means the drive only tries corrupted data recovery for a limited time, which is not a real concern - if corruption can't be fixed right away, chances are it's permanent. You must have backups to keep your data safe, TLER or no.
Windows 8 arguably offers no increased functionality, may still have compatibility issues and why run addons when you can have a workable package right away? If you'd still like to go for it, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8_editions#Comparison_chart. Main difference is encryption support and remote desktop, which most people don't use (I use both).
The X-560 is part of the "New" X series, so should not be end-of-life. Gold-rated 650 W is massive overkill, but it's even on sale on Newegg right now for $110, which is an absolute steal, so why not go for it. The G series could save you about $50, but they're not as quiet - the SS-650KM is an SPCR Editor's Choice to boot. The passive Platinum-rated PSUs are around the same price point though.
For memory, first pick a motherboard and then pick a RAM kit or stick from its qualified memory list.
Macho is my personal cooler favourite of the two, but it is heavy (0.9 kg). 212 Plus (or EVO) can get you going for less, and if you're worried about bending the board or have to move the machine around, I'd say lighter is better (0.6 kg in this case). Check out http://www.silentpcreview.com/Thermalright_TRUE_Spirit_120M (0.5 kg). Both the Thermalright and the Cooler Master should have their fans swapped out for a nicer-sounding model (Scythe Slipstreams are nice and affordable).
All in all I'd say you're ready to go. Don't be scared of the Red, it's really just another HDD with a few software tweaks and a longer warranty. If you can't find a cheaper copy of Windows 7, Windows 8 is fine too, but it's a bastard of a concept (not a desktop OS, mandatory App Store etc.). Ordering the PSU while the offer lasts might be a good idea.
PS1. I compared your choices on Newegg, and it's down to the P8Z77-M PRO and the Maximus V Gene, as Newegg does not stock the P8H77-M PRO.P8Z77-M PRO. Fan Xpert+ is quite good for fan control, personally own the board, has not given me any grief. Newegg offers FREE low-profile, low-voltage DDR3-1600/CL9 8 GB Crucial kit with the board - what are you waiting for!Maximus V Gene. Offers cool looks and Fan Xpert 2 for $60 more. Does not come with a memory kit. Fan Xpert 2 has a wider adjustment range than + does, but you can silence a rig with both.
Its up to you, both are good cases. I like more the R4 as it is newer iteration with 140mm fans, then there are more options on 120mm fans, so its up to you. There are always more motherboards on ATX size, but there are good mATX mobos like the ones Das_Saunamies linked. I also like more R4 and ATX mobo with 1 pcie slot in between the 16x, so the Macho has some space, with mATX its very close, making it have to install the fan certain way or it will touch, but can be done not a big deal either, just the ATX will be easier to deal with. If you go with R4, check ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard cheapest asus mobo that comes with FanXpert2 for better control of your fans.
HawkSight wrote:
- Will do the Samsung 840 Pro 128 gig for SSD but still undecided on best 1TB HD. Leaning toward the green series still I think. I don't fully understand how the WD Red's work or understand if that would be best for my use. Do these use the internet to access the files like a network? What are the downsides to Red if I want to use this HD like a normal HD and keep photos, music, movies, photoshop on it.
REDs are just like Greens with better support for NAS. Recent reviews place it as good or better than greens in terms of noise, it should be a very good drive for storage having the ssd do all the OS/programs.
HawkSight wrote:
- I think I'm going to try Windows 8, since I need to buy an OS anyway and run startmenu8 or similar addon if I hate metro. Any reason I should get pro over the regular version?
I dont like 8, but thats just me.
HawkSight wrote:
- For the PSU the Seasonic X Series looks good but newegg says the x-560 is sold out and / or discontinued? Is the x-650 Gold overkill for this setup?
as Das_Saunamies siad, hard to pass by the X-650 @ $110, its a nice PSU. If you want cheaper, check SeaSonic G Series SSR-550RM, its a nice psu for the money, the fan is always on, but its quiet still. I just did a build with it for a friend no complains, but X650 will be better imo.
HawkSight wrote:
- The Samsung Green Ram looks good but I'm confused between all the models on amazon, would someone mind linking me to whats recommend for 8 gigs overall?
Thermalright HR-02 Macho would be my pick here, really good cooler for the money and the included fan is decent, can be drop down to 700rpm if the mobo can control pwm fans. And it will match the black n white theme of the R4/Mini.
- Forgot that going to the Fractal Mini changes the mobo to mATX so staying with the regular Fractal R4 (this pc is never moving). I like the idea of being able to expand / upgrade in the future also.
- Ok screw Win 8, will just get a copy of 7.
- Is there anything special you have to do when setting up a Red drive or will it setup the same as a regular drive. I've only built one system before and am not that good at troubleshooting if something goes wrong or needs a complicated setup.
- Will try the HR-02 Macho for cooler, as I don't plan to move this around.
You're never going to expand beyond what mATX can offer, it's pretty much a fact of life for anyone but the craziest triple-card SLI/CF setups, as even the midrange PRO supports dual-card SLI/CF. It would also have to be a pretty serious server for you to need more than 6 SATA connections (note the number of 6 Gbps links vs 3 Gbps links though).
Red drive setup is the same as any other drive.
Macho should not interfere with a dual stick memory kit at all, so any height is okay. Recommend avoiding tall heatspreaders though - it's all for looks - and going low-profile if you can. Low-profile is nicer to navigate when installing and more compatible. The memory compatibility list is here: http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/P8Z77V/#support_QVL. Picking tested RAM can avoid potential incompatibility issues, as rare as those are nowadays.
The Dell is plenty fine, it is very fast and has good angles, eIPS is about as good as it gets in the budget sector. If Prad.de gives it 4/5, it's an excellent monitor - and about the best you can expect for budget and even midrange.
For the memory go into Asus P8Z77-V support webpage, then click on the tab "Memory/Device Support" and dl 2nd file, P8Z77-V_QVL. In there you will find all the memory that its already tested and even with the rated speed. If you want standard 1600mhz memory scroll down, now buy whatever brand you like, all should work fine with the mobo from that list, try not to buy tall memory heatsinks, standard or low profile should be great, i like the one i suggested on my previous post, but its not on the list, so go with something on the list to guarantee the compatibility.
On the storage hdd, read SPCR Western Digital Red 3TB & 1TB Hard Drives, the 3tb go the editors choice, no 2tb was tested and 1tb got silver, so i would probably just go with 3tb. On the SSD, the sweet sport in performance on the 840pro is 256gb, so that would be my pic, the last gen the Crucial M4 and Samsung 830 had their sweet spots at 128gb, but now they are balancing the drives so 256gb is the sweet spot, even then new Curcial M500 has the 480gb as their sweet spot... so newer gens will have higher and higher their top performance spot, even if you dont need that much space, you can over provision the ssd with extra space so it will end up lasting you longer and its performance remains in top form for more time. But dont get me wrong if you feel 128gb is good enough for your needs, go for it, im not trying to go overbudget.
In case you are interested, this is what im doing with my R4, im also going to buy the Thermalrigth HR02 Macho (comes with TY-147 fan black n white) and im going to buy an extra Therlamright TY-147 140mm PWM fan, and im going take out the R4 back fan and pass it to the front (the R4 only comes with 2 fan, both the same one in the front one in the back, but you can add a second to the front), and install the extra TY147 on back to kinda create a pull push, the Asus P8Z77V has twin 4pin CPU fan heathers so i would connect each TY147 to each connector, this is going to make both fans move at the same speeds, and you can control them with FanXpert2 software, i would probably maintain them as close as you can to 700rpm, maybe increase them some if the load is high, but even at 700rpm is very hard to pass the i5 3570 pass 60C even under prime95. The frontal fans (both of the fractal included with the case i would also remove the top hdd cage and leave direct air for the gpu), i would connect them to the bottom and side case fan connectors on the motherboard and also control them with FanXpert2, they are rated 1000rpm at 12V but they can run 5V easily around 500rpm, so i would just drop them 500rpm for idle and ramp them to 700rpm for load, all this is very easy to setup on FanXpert2. If you wish to learn more about it, check this video, Cool Tech: ASUS Fan Xpert 2 Demo - Take Control of Your CPU Fans.
WD makes many flavors of hard drive. The red is kind of a hybrid between the green drive and the RE enterprise drives.
It has the low rpm and a few of the energy saving features of the green and some of the anti-vibration and reliability features of the RE and a warranty that splits the difference.
The important thing is that green drives die when they stop and start which has killed many raid arrays. The reds consume just a little more energy idling than the greens do asleep so its the best of both worlds and they run quiet and cool too.
One note about available sata3 ports, only a ssd can take advantage of the higher speed than sata2, so HDD storage is fine on sata2 with your optical drives.
If you research green ram you can find over clocking results by build week. They all do well but some are really good. Look for 1.35v 2x4gb and you've got it.
Newegg has a bundle deal going on for the i5 3570k with the ASUS P8Z77-V LK for $50 off. Would I see many downsides going to the LK version over the regular ASUS P8Z77? The LK version is $50 less on newegg and with the $50 combo I'd save $100. What do you guys think?
Newegg has a bundle deal going on for the i5 3570k with the ASUS P8Z77-V LK for $50 off. Would I see many downsides going to the LK version over the regular ASUS P8Z77? The LK version is $50 less on newegg and with the $50 combo I'd save $100. What do you guys think?
Its good savings i would probably go for it, the only downside i see it doesnt come with FanXpert2 but with FanXpert1, which is still fine software just not as capable (i was never able to drop below 60% fan speed restriction of the bios with fanxpert1 on other chasis fans, cpu fan is like 20% so its fine), but thinking that you have the fan controller on the front of the case (12/7/5V on a switch) and you should be able to control easily the PWM fans on the CPU (with the bios and/or with fanxpert1), A little light on the heatsink but since you dont plan to overclock, you should be fine.
If you are considering different motherboards to reduce cost, I'm trying an Intel dz75ml-45k which I got for $79 from Superbiz.
Its mini-ATX so expansion is slightly limited but the only other feature missing compared to a z77 board is the ssd hard drive caching which I wouldn't use because I'm going all ssd all the time. I think the second PCIe x16 slot is electrically an x4 slot (it could be x8, I'm not sure) which would work with crossfire I think but isn't the ideal setup. I'll never run crossfire or SLI so that doesn't matter to me.
Z75 is an over clocking chip set so I expect it will also be good if I try to under-volt or do the four speed bin over clock on non-k processors.
If it works like I expect it to, I'll never notice the difference between z75 and z77 and its Intel so I expect good power consumption, general stability and reliability.
- Well I jumped on the deal that NCIX is running for the Define R4 at $69.99, so I'm going full ATX. Alot of the uATX boards I saw have mixed reviews and it looks like Fan Xpert 2 is pretty awesome so I'm going with ASUS P8Z77-V.
- Also decided on the Samsung 840 Pro 256gb SSD and will hold off on a second harddrive for now. Will I have to reformat windows when / if I add another drive to the system, like a 3TB red?
- I'm now looking for a slightly less expensive PSU than the X-650 I had originally chosen, something in the $70-90 range. As mentioned earlier, Seasonic's G 550 looks like a good psu for this price. Any others to check out?
- Looking at Windows 7 Home Premium, OEM means I can only install it once, correct? Amazon has Windows 7 HP for $89. Any better deal out there?
- Thanks for the fan advice Abula! I will probably follow you here and get the extra fan. I think I will love the customization options fan xpert 2 provides.
Full ATX is fine, especially if you can get a deal. I just value the small mATX footprint highly, as the board inside is the same hardware (chips, channels, slots etc.), just in a more compact package. Mini-ITX is where the real compromises start.
256 GB SSD is excellent if you can afford it. Bigger, faster, and theoretically lives longer than a smaller drive - not that regular consumer use should wear any modern SSD out.
You only need to reinstall your operating system like Windows if you are moving the OS installation itself to another drive. If you just add a new data drive, you won't need to do anything to Windows - just format and partition the new drive and you're good to go.
The Seasonic G series is just about the best deal right now, especially the G360. I would recommend Nexus, but they're not available in the States and are only Bronze-rated (Bronze is still very good, mind you). My only gripe about the G series is that their fan profiles seem to be plotted to be aggressive rather than silent, but they should by no means be loud, especially with loads as low as yours.
OEM versions you can install multiple times, but only on that one machine, and apparently only as a fresh install (cannot reinstall on top of an older installation). From experience I can say it imprints on your hardware based on the motherboard and CPU, and to a lesser extent the other components. I fried my mobo and CPU and had to reinstall, activation threw a hissy fit, but I got through fine in the end. OEM versions are also not eligible for free Microsoft support, but who uses that anyway.
If you can afford it and are unsure, I would aim for a retail license if possible. OEM and other special licenses can be a pain - I had to fight against Microsoft's and Digital River's storefront for half a day to get my special sale license MS Office 2010 Professional activated. I also have a promotional copy of Assassin's Creed 3 that I haven't activated fully (i.e. gotten to download and install) because the process was so convoluted.
- Well I jumped on the deal that NCIX is running for the Define R4 at $69.99, so I'm going full ATX. Alot of the uATX boards I saw have mixed reviews and it looks like Fan Xpert 2 is pretty awesome so I'm going with ASUS P8Z77-V.
Well the price of the R4 is really good, i got mine on sale at $80, but $70 is the best i seen, so good buy, really well worth more than that. Now on the mobo, its up to you, $100 is a lot of money (cpu combo + LK mobo), as i said you got work arounds, fanxpert 1 is still good, just has some limiations. The R4 comes with 140mm fans and a frontal fan controller, you can lower the frontal fans with it, its not a big deal, the nice thing about fanxpert is that you can dinamically control all the fans depending on certain conditions, but for $100 saving... i would probably just deal with the manual fan controller that the case already brings for free. The CPU 4pin heathers are much easier to work with, as asus bios restricion is in my case drop down to 20%, so it should drop down the TY147 easily to 700rpm that most can (although on paper says 900 by thermalright). Overall I dont want you to go with neither, just that i would weight the $100 vs what else you gain besides fanXpert2, personally i do want fanXpert2 when i rebuild on a GENE VI, but i just waste money on this hobby.
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- Also decided on the Samsung 840 Pro 256gb SSD and will hold off on a second harddrive for now. Will I have to reformat windows when / if I add another drive to the system, like a 3TB red?
This imo is a good call, there is nothing better atm, and i doubt we will see anything significantly better until we see SATA Express on Skylake. You don't need to reformat/reinstall windows, to add the 3tb, just go start>computer(right click)>manage>disk management, search on the bottom for the 3tb and initialize it as GPT (needed for 2tb+ hdds) and then just quick format it and windows should be fine to see it and use it.
HawkSight wrote:
- I'm now looking for a slightly less expensive PSU than the X-650 I had originally chosen, something in the $70-90 range. As mentioned earlier, Seasonic's G 550 looks like a good psu for this price. Any others to check out?
Is a nice option, i just did a build on PS07 and no complains at all, very quiet, but worth mentioning that the fan is always on, very low on idle and still decently quiet under load with a similar setup as what you are building, but it wont be as quiet as X series in terms they are semi pasive PSU, i own a X660 and i never ever heard the fan, i do stand up sometimes to see if it is on, and very few times i see it spin... really nice PSU the X series. But if you are looking to save some, i think the G550 is the best choice at that price range. I was hopping we see a review from SPCR on it, but no luck, but they did review the lower Watt, Seasonic G360 PSU: High efficiency & performance, low price. If you wish to read more reviews, check
Weather the extra $30 is worth it its up to you, i do prefer the X series passive and very quiet design, not to say is G series is loud, but not the same. But one thing that can came up positive from the G series is if you do mount it with the fan down, as the R4 can and even has a fan filter on the bottom, i would prefer it like the G series that have the fan on all the time as it wont let the heat stall inside the PSU.
HawkSight wrote:
- Looking at Windows 7 Home Premium, OEM means I can only install it once, correct? Amazon has Windows 7 HP for $89. Any better deal out there?
A little cheaper if you are confortable dling and making USB bootable, Purchase Windows for your HTPC, you can install it as much as you want, but only in one PC, and in my experience like the first 10 format no issues, after i had some times that i had to call microsft for them to validate it, but since then i dont reformat that often.
I would suggest the 450m but it works out more expensive without the 20% off and free shipping. There is a non modular but platinum certified 450 watt PSU for the same price if you want even more efficiency. If its not on 24-7 and idles at more than 40 watts, the energy costs should be almost identical.
Rosewill Capstone has gotten several good reviews it terms of efficiency, ripple and noise. I don't think you can find anything much better below that price and its not a huge premium over a standard decent quality PSU.
Looking over Asus's official P8Z77-V memory compatibility list, I couldn't find one low profile 1.5v 1600 8 gig ram from Corsair or G.Skill. Am I missing something or is not much of an issue? Ram is really the last thing I need to decide on.
That Rosewill Capstone 550m looks like a great psu for the price. Will probably pick that one up!
Looking over Asus's official P8Z77-V memory compatibility list, I couldn't find one low profile 1.5v 1600 8 gig ram from Corsair or G.Skill. Am I missing something or is not much of an issue? Ram is really the last thing I need to decide on.
I wouldnt worry too much, in the recent build that i did with Macho + low profile memory, the fan on the macho doesnt reach the banks of the first 3 slots (i have my doubts on the 4th) but in my build i could have used even tall memory and wouldnt have been an issue, my recomendation toward going low profile was more in case down the road you decide to fully populate the 4 channels and not have any issues with memory height, but i think you should be fine with standard size, just get whatever you have available that its cheap and not so tall (standard height should be fine), that its on the compatible list.
HawkSight wrote:
That Rosewill Capstone 550m looks like a great psu for the price. Will probably pick that one up!
I heard good things about rosewill using Superflower for their high end PSUs, SilentNight500 is getting great reviews, it seems this PSU also made by SuperFlower and have good user reviews. Found a review from it, in case you are interested, HardwareSecrets Rosewill CAPSTONE 550M Power Supply Review
The cabling is nice with braid and heat shrink to keep things clean, the exterior has a nice black crinkle finish, the 140mm fan is very quiet but not completely silent.
The things I can't see but like knowing are the low ripple and Japanese caps.
I'm not sold on passive cooled PSUs. They are expensive and they really need some air flow if you want them to last. The platinum rating can justify some of the cost but if you need a case fan to keep enough air going through your "passive cooled" PSU, why not build it in to the PSU with thermostatic control? Since you can save money at the same time, passive won't be on my shopping list until the situation changes.
For ram, look for 1.35v sticks, that's usually where you will find short sticks.
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Some highlights from the timeline of events leading up to the September 27, 1998 launch:
In 1995, Larry Page visits Stanford. He has graduated from the University of Michigan and is considering Stanford for grad school. As fate would have it, Sergey Brin is his campus tour guide. “According to some accounts, they disagree about almost everything during this first meeting,” says Google.
An early Google logo, as found on Sergey Brin’s archived Stanford homepage.
In 1997, Page and Brin decide to rename BackRub to something else. “Google” is born. It’s “a play on the word ‘googol,’ a mathematical term for the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros. The use of the term reflects their mission to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web,” says Google.
Can you imagine if they kept the original name? “Let me BackRub that real quick.”
By 1998, Google is building up steam. In August, “Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim writes a check for $100,000″ so Page and Brin can get down to business. The check is written to “Google, Inc.” but Page and Brin don’t officially incorporate until early September. They then open a bank account so they can deposit the check.
Page and Brin begin working out of Susan Wojcicki’s garage in September as well. Today, Wojcicki is a senior vice president at Google. After the check clears, presumably, Craig Silverstein – a computer science grad student Page and Brin know from Stanford — is hired as Google’s first employee. And though there’s no mention of it in the company timeline, Google apparently becomes officially official on September 27, 1998.
The entire timeline is worth a read if you’re interested in Google’s history. And, as mentioned, Sergey Brin’s archived Stanford homepage is pretty fascinating. There are links to some of his personal photos and fun quips such as “My Mom and Dad are on the WWW. My brother’s elementary school is also online.”
I still find it amazing that 15 years afte its launch, Google has not been sued for copyright infringement over its name by either the estate of the late cartoonist Billy DeBeck or by King Features Syndicate.
DeBeck (1890-1942) was the creator of the newspaper comic strip, "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith," which has run in more than 900 newspapers since1919. The strip was tremendously popular in the 1920s and 1930s. I remember reading "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith" while a child growing up in New York City in the early 1960s. It was one of my favorite Sunday comics in the long-since-defunct New York Journal-American.
Although the character Barney Google was rarely seen in the strip by the late 1950s (Snuffy Smith had become the dominant character) his name remained in the strip's title. So I'm surprised that when founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page launched Google in 1998, that they didn't hear from King Features Syndicate's lawyers over the name.
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Executive Summary
Testimony of
Rob Bradley
Director, International Climate Policy Initiative
World Resources Institute
To the U.S. House of Representatives
Select Committee On Energy Independence And Global Warming
February 4, 2009
Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the deliberations of this Select Committee. My name is Rob Bradley, and I am Director of the International Climate Policy Initiative at the World Resources Institute. The World Resources Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan environmental think tank that goes beyond research to provide practical solutions to the world’s most urgent environment and development challenges. We work in partnership with scientists, businesses, governments, and non-governmental organizations in more than seventy countries to provide information, tools and analysis to address problems like climate change, the degradation of ecosystems and their capacity to provide for human well-being.
I am very pleased to be here to speak to what I consider the most pressing environmental issues faced by the world – and to what I consider a major opportunity for the United States to assume a role of international leadership. In this testimony, I would like to make three points, each of which I will expand on below:
First, that the time is very ripe for the U.S. to reengage internationally on the issue of climate change and take up a leadership role. Further, that the engagement between the U.S. and major developing countries will be a critical factor for success.
Second, the world has changed dramatically from the days of the Kyoto Protocol. Major developing countries are ready to take significant action on limiting emissions and the Bali Action Plan provides a solid foundation for a new international climate agreement that meets key U.S. interests.
Third, I want to discuss key features of the new agreement for engaging developing countries. These include how different countries will take on actions and commitments, and funding for international adaptation, forests and technology. In conclusion, I also want to flag some ways in which these considerations might affect features of U.S. climate legislation.
1. There is no time to lose
Let me begin by commenting on the urgency of the challenge. The science is compelling. Engaging major developing countries is critical to success. Finally, conditions are right for a major reengagement by the US.
The science is compelling
The Earth is warming, primarily due to human activities. The cheap, plentiful fossil fuels that have enabled huge increases in human productivity and great improvements in human well being over the past 200 years together with significant deforestation have been the most important causes of global warming. The buildup of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) is accelerating, and unless we act very soon to control emissions during our children’s lifetimes warming will rise to very dangerous levels.
In February 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC - the official science process sanctioned by the world’s governments and participated in by the United States) released its report on climate change science. The report states that it is “unequivocal” that Earth’s climate is warming, and confirms that the current atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide and methane, two important greenhouse gases (GHGs), “exceeds by far the natural range over the last 650,000 years.” Further, the IPCC concludes that it is now “very likely” (greater than 90% probability) that greenhouse gas emissions from human activities have caused “most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century.”
In the two years since this alarming conclusion, further compelling evidence of the impacts of warming have been seen. Indeed, the impacts of warming have become increasingly evident to non-scientific observers. Sea ice in the Arctic is shrinking, and Greenland’s massive ice sheet is melting – far faster than predicted. Glaciers are rapidly shrinking from the Rockies to the Alps. WRI annually reviews the latest in climate science. This review confirms that our climate system is changing. Jonathan Lash, WRI’s president, provided several examples in his January 15, 2009 written testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Committee. These include:
According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), levels of Arctic sea ice from June through September 2007 were at a record low of 4.13 million km2.1 In 2008, while there was some modest recovery, the world still saw the second lowest recorded ice extent since record-keeping began in 1979. Still more worrisome, the extensive losses during the past two summers have led scientists to speculate that the Arctic Ocean may be ice-free in the summertime much sooner than anticipated. Furthermore, in October 2008, scientists reported that the thickness of winter sea ice plummeted after the 2007 minimum, showing that the ice pack is not only shrinking but is decreasing in overall volume.
The British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range, in their 2007 report on the mountain pine beetle outbreak , shows that in 2007, the impacted area had increased to 13 million hectares (from 4.2 million hectares in 2003). Mountain pine beetles prefer mature lodgepole pines and while they typically die off with cold snaps, warmer temperatures in the region have allowed them to persist. They cut off the nutrient and water supply of the trees by burrowing in trees’ bark. The Ministry finds that 40% of merchantable pine volume – 12% of total merchantable volume on the timber harvesting land base in British Columbia – has been impacted from 1999 to 2006. They project that if the pine beetle outbreak continues at the same pace, it will kill off 78% of the pine volume – 23% of total merchantable volume on the province’s timber harvesting land base – by 2015.
These and countless other observations make it clear that everything we thought we knew a few years ago about climate change has been superseded. All of the trends are proceeding more quickly than we anticipated. Rising temperatures and the consequent impacts are all taking place faster than the models predicted. That means that our long-range projections of what might happen are off. While of course we cannot yet know with complete certainty what will occur 20 (much less 50) years from now, according to our best current work, everything is trending to the high end. And the consequences we are observing today are the product of a mere 0.8 degrees centigrade of warming. Even very aggressive action will only barely forestall two degrees centigrade of warming. The science is telling us we have to act with extraordinary urgency – and that our action must be more than the modest marginal efforts made to date – it must fundamentally change the course of our energy infrastructure, it must address land use and forestry, and it must build a regime that can have global effect, not merely address U.S. emissions.
The importance of developing countries
The importance of such a global effort is illustrated by Figure 1. (NOTE: All figures can be found in the PDF version.) China is of particular importance in terms of emissions, having superseded the United States as the world’s largest emitter (though it remains at barely a quarter of US emissions per person). Almost 80% of global emissions are produced by fifteen countries (counting the European Union as a single country). Of these, nine are developing economies and two (Russia and Ukraine) are post-communist countries still wrestling with economic transformation. Without a viable means of engaging these countries in the effort to cut emissions we cannot avoid catastrophic climate change.
The UNFCCC action on climate change to date
The need for global action has been recognized for at least two decades, and was the basis for the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to which the U.S. is a Party. The UNFCCC commits all countries to the fight against climate change on the basis of “common but differentiated responsibilities.” This puts the responsibility of the richest and most polluting countries to lead, and to provide support to the less capable, but for all to participate.
While the UNFCCC commands wide support as an articulation of the climate challenge and a global response, it did not set specific goals for individual countries to deliver emission cuts. For that reason the Kyoto Protocol was agreed in 1997, including binding emissions targets for industrialized and post-communist countries.
The Kyoto Protocol has had a significant impact, in particular in moving the European Union to adopt climate policies, including a cap-and-trade system. It has generated an international market for carbon offsets, and has given a major signal to business in many countries that a world of constrained emissions is coming.
However, Congress raised several concerns with the Kyoto Protocol structure, and the treaty was not ratified by the United States. The concerns included:
Concerns about economic impacts. At the time targets were set, few countries had a clear understanding of what meeting those targets would mean in economic terms. Congress feared that Kyoto would cause undue damage to the U.S. economy.
Lack of developing country commitments. Congress similarly insisted that major developing countries such as China and India should have commitments to limit emissions.
These objections were most famously expressed in the Byrd-Hagel resolution of 1997. Although this Resolution was adopted before the Kyoto Protocol was agreed, there has been a wide perception that the Protocol did not meet Byrd-Hagel’s provisions. The Protocol was never submitted to the Senate for ratification. In fact, diplomatic leadership by the Clinton Administration may have overreached Congressional support for legislative action domestically.
A new opportunity
The Kyoto Protocol sets targets until 2012. The United Nations, including the U.S., have agreed to a timetable (the so-called “Bali Action Plan”) for negotiating the post-2012 climate arrangements, with the deadline of a meeting to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009. This Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP15) aims to bring together the countries within and outside the Kyoto Protocol in a more inclusive agreement, although it is not yet clear exactly what form that agreement will take.
What is clear, however, is that the negotiating mandate provided by the Bali Action Plan provides for a radically different agreement from the Kyoto Protocol. In particular, it provides for mitigation actions from both developed and developing countries. This is a major departure from earlier models of climate action internationally, and it reflects real changes in the world outside the negotiations. In the next section I will discuss those changes and what they mean for an international climate agreement.
2. The transformation in developing country action
For many years, developing countries have been clear in their view that they expect a clear lead from rich countries before they take action on emissions. There are sound reasons for this stance. They are far poorer than developed countries; they have played a far smaller role in creating the climate problem; and their emissions per person remain in the main much lower than those of developed countries (see Figure 2).
However, in the last 2-3 years there has been a flood of developing country plans for addressing climate change. Most major developing countries have now brought forward climate plans. I want to highlight some interesting examples:
Brazil announced it would reduce its deforestation rate over 50 percent from recent levels by 2017, avoiding an estimated 4.8 billion tons of CO2 emissions. Deforestation accounts for about two thirds of Brazilian GHG emissions.
China set a target of reducing national energy intensity (energy use per unit GDP) by 20% in the five years to 2010. It has already reduced in each of the past three years: by 1.6% in 2006, 3.7% in 2007, and 4.3% in 2008. Thus China looks likely to be approximately on target to meet its goal. Together, the industrial and building efficiency programs supporting this goal are expected to yield 550 million metric tons CO2 in GHG savings. Addition savings are expected from measures in the transport sector. China also has ambitious non-fossil plans, including wind, hydro, nuclear and biomass, all of which are expected to save 640 million metric tons CO2 by 2010.
Mexico pledged to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, employing a "cap-and-trade" policy like the one recently considered by the U.S. Congress.
South Africa has presented a detailed plan to peak its national emissions by 2020.
Motivations
Why are developing countries taking these actions? As in the United States, there are a number of drivers that interact.
First, they are increasingly aware of the risks that climate change presents to their development. China’s National Climate Change Programme goes into considerable detail on the risks to its coasts, fresh water supply, agricultural output and other critical concerns. There can be little doubt that even in the midst of pressing development concerns climate change is viewed as an important challenge. However, it is important to recognize the limits of this thinking. Although, to differing degrees, these countries are taking action, they all still look to the United States to lead, given its wealth and historical emissions.
Second, climate concerns align in many instances with broader worries about energy. With the greater energy intensity of their economies, high energy prices have been even more onerous of developing economies than on the U.S. energy security, costs, and pollution are top-level political concerns. Just as here, policy makers are looking for ways to intelligently tackle all these issues.
Third, many countries see opportunity in the new energy technology landscape that is emerging. Countries such as China and India do not see their future in old technologies and businesses. They are keen to position themselves as leaders in the clean energy revolution. Indian wind companies, Chinese solar manufacturers, and Brazilian biofuels companies are all among the world’s leaders.
It is important to keep these motivations in mind. Any international agreement depends on the signatories choosing to carry out the provisions of the agreement. An alignment of national and international interests provides at least some prospect of genuine participation, and the Bali Action Plan provides a new way to take advantage of this growing alignment. There is a broad interest in seeing the climate agreement succeed, suggesting that countries will take their international commitments seriously.
However, significant questions do remain. Many of these countries have a very mixed record of implementing the goals in their national plans. Reliable data are hard to obtain even on such broad indicators as energy use or economic growth. There are important initiatives in all these countries to implement GHG monitoring, but today very large uncertainties remain in a lot of the emissions data. Furthermore, standards of enforcement, governance and transparency are very viable. It will certainly not be enough for countries to take each others’ plans at face value.
How the Bali Action Plan includes developing country action
This is where the international negotiations are important. Creating robust reporting and verification structures can help build trust among countries that bold commitments are really being turned into action. The opportunity provided by the Bali Action Plan (BAP) structure is to align international commitments with national development goals and to create reporting programs that also align with the countries' own abilities to collect and disseminate information. The BAP calls for:
“enhanced national/international action on mitigation of climate change, including consideration of:
(i) “Measurable, reportable and verifiable nationally appropriate mitigation commitments or actions, including quantified emission limitation and reduction objectives, by all developed country Parties, while ensuring the comparability of efforts among them, taking into account differences in their national circumstances;
(ii) “Nationally appropriate mitigation actions by developing country Parties in the context of sustainable development, supported and enabled by technology, financing and
capacity-building, in a measurable, reportable and verifiable manner.”
The phrase “measurable, reportable, and verifiable” (MRV) was critical to the agreement of the BAP, and how MRV is reflected in the post-2012 agreement will have significant implications for the effectiveness of that agreement for stakeholders in both developing as well as developed countries.
At the heart of the new agreement therefore is the question of how to measure, report, and verify different actions in a way that gives real confidence that promises are being kept and that real action is being undertaken. In the next section I will discuss the key elements of a successful deal.
3. What is needed in the new agreement
Much like the United States, most countries are not going to design their domestic energy and climate policies in a United Nations negotiation. A new agreement will not – and cannot – force countries to take actions that they actively want to avoid. Rather, it can build trust by allowing countries to compare and assess their own progress in implementing agreed commitments, and those of their international partners. And it can provide structures for specific international needs, such as support for adaptation efforts or international registries for emissions trading.
For the engagement of developing countries, my particular focus here, I want to discuss two issues in particular.
What to expect in terms of the actions that countries bring to the table, and the ways in which they are measured, reported and verified.
Support, in particular financial support, that the U.S. will need to bring to the table.
What should we expect from developing countries?
There are three things to think about as we look at a country’s climate commitments:
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How ambitious are they? What do they deliver in terms of lower carbon emissions?
What form do they take?
How credible are they? Do countries have confidence in each others’ capacity and intent to implement the actions, and is there a reliable and transparent way of measuring this?
As I discussed above, many developing countries are indeed bringing forward such actions. The role of an international agreement is to turn these actions into a set of commitments that can be mutually verified, so that all countries can have confidence that what is being promised is also being delivered.
Ambition
How much effort should each country make? This is a complex and highly politically-charged question - I want to offer a caution on what can be expected.
While all major emitters will be expected to bring actions to the table, it does not follow that all make the same effort. The average Indian still produces just over one twentieth of the emissions of the average American. Some 550 million Indians still lack any access to electricity. Vehicle ownership in developing countries remains a small fraction of levels in the United States or even Europe or Japan. It follows that developing country actions are mostly going to be about reducing rates of emissions growth, at least at first, rather than absolute emission cuts from today’s levels.
Form
The United States should seek commitments from our international partners that they will undertake ambitious actions to reduce emissions. We need to recognize that the solutions that we adopt here, such as cap-and-trade, are not necessarily going to be the most suitable right now in developing countries, and that their actions may therefore take a different form. The types of actions a country undertakes will be driven in significant part by the institutional capacity in that country, as well as by political traditions and priorities. Indeed, as I argued above, actions that are firmly rooted in national priorities will be more likely to be effectively implemented.
In the longer term, we need to ensure that the world is moving on the right low-carbon path, and should help all countries to develop the capabilities to cap emissions. But in the post-2012 climate agreement it is important to recognize ambitious actions of all kinds.
Credibility
Making climate actions into credible and verifiable parts of a deal is at the center of the “measurable, reportable and verifiable” approach of the Bali Action Plan.
Although the Kyoto Protocol includes targets that are legally binding, and is equipped with compliance mechanisms, the teeth of an international agreement are generally not sharp. Kyoto’s penalties for not meeting a target are not strongly dissuasive: they amount to a penalty against a later target, which itself has not yet been negotiated. It is striking therefore that most countries are on course to meet their Kyoto targets, and in some cases have made considerable efforts to do so. An international agreement does seem to bring a significant political incentive to comply. Enforcement of commitments within a climate agreement is likely to be based on two trade-offs:
Mitigation action based on recognized mitigation action by others. Countries will feel bound to their own emissions cuts to the extent that others are delivering theirs. Experience with the Montreal Protocol suggests that a progressive building of trust as countries see each other meeting their commitments can be a powerful means of encouraging international action.
Mitigation action linked to financial or technological support. Countries hoping for support in the form of finance or technology cooperation (see below) will need to demonstrate real action on emissions, or lose that support.
One vital role for the agreement is to a credible mechanism for sharing and monitoring national actions. This “registry” of actions will be needed that sets metrics by which implementation will be measured, reported and verified. Frequent reporting and robust verification should help build trust among participants.
In addition, the registry would be used to measure, report and verify the support being given to developing countries in undertaking their mitigation actions. It is important to note that such support is a critical part of the BAP deal in the eyes of developing countries. Specific needs will vary considerably. Richer developing countries may need assistance primarily with the monitoring systems that will help them implement their policies. Poorer countries will look for more direct support in reducing emissions. The G77, a grouping of developing countries within the negotiations, has placed significant emphasis on access to cleaner technologies. Finding appropriate structures for this will require further negotiation, not least because countries have very different expectations. Some may seek mainly to acquire clean technologies on favorable terms. Others have a greater interest in building the capacity to manufacture and innovate in new sectors.
Financial and other support
Although both developed and developing countries are called on to take mitigation action under the Bali Action Plan, the Plan promises developing countries support for their actions. Furthermore, that support also needs to be “measurable, reportable and verifiable.”
Financial support is the most obviously measurable of these, and contributions from the U.S. and other developed countries will be essential to a successful deal. Perhaps the most important priority in this regard is adaptation. With climate impacts already being felt, and with the poorest countries and communities likely to be hit hardest, there is a real need for such support. But support will also be needed in developing countries to mitigate emissions, and to implement the measuring, reporting and verification systems needed to enshrine these actions in an agreement.
There is a wide range of assessments about the scale of resources required for mitigation and adaptation globally. Within the context of the UNFCCC negotiations, there are high expectations on the part of the developing countries for support and finance for mitigation and adaptation from Annex I countries. This expectation is based on the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities” from the 1992 Framework Convention. Non-Annex I countries feel that Annex I parties should be responsible for a greater portion of the solution to climate change, given that their historical contribution to the problem outweighs the contribution by Non-Annex I countries. Responsibility for the solution would take the form of financial support for developing country mitigation and adaptation.
Figure 3 (see PDF for all figures) shows the needs and expectations for global mitigation, based on the UNFCCC’s 2007 assessment of the level of funding required for global mitigation, and on the G77 and China’s proposal on finance submitted to the UNFCCC, which calls for Annex I countries to commit to funding equal to 0.5-1% of their GDP to cover mitigation and adaptation. The figure compares some of the existing and proposed sources of mitigation funding, including existing clean technology funds, the UNFCCC’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Official Development Assistance (ODA), and global investment figures, against these expectations and needs. Clearly, the existing financial flows for climate change mitigation are inadequate relative to the scale of the challenge. However, ODA and foreign direct investment (FDI) are both adequate in terms of scale, which indicates that the necessary finance for mitigation is available but must be steered toward climate-friendly investments.
The figure also shows an indication of possible U.S. contribution to developing country mitigation, based on provisions in recent legislative proposals. The figure includes the 2030 values for allowances allocated to international mitigation and adaptation efforts from the 2008 Boxer-Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (S.3036) and from Representative Markey’s 2008 bill, Investing in Climate Action and Protection Act (H.R.6186). These bills reserved a portion of allowances to fund international forestry, international technology deployment, and international adaptation. This illustrates the size of the gap between the needs and expectations of the developing world for finance from Annex I countries versus what the U.S. has offered to date.
However, it is not clear at this stage what level of finance will be needed in the near term to ensure a successful climate deal.
Conclusions
The U.S. is seeking a new leadership role on climate change, both through adopting national climate policy and by engaging internationally. These two aims are linked: domestic policy will give the U.S. credibility abroad, and participation by other major emitters will help the U.S. undertake ambitious action itself.
The moment is ripe for international engagement. Other major emitters, including all the largest developing economies, have presented national climate change plans, targets or policies. Some have gone much further than others in implementing these, but all have made a major leap from the era of Kyoto.
The international agreement to be negotiated under the Bali Action Plan offers scope to include actions by developing and developed countries that are measurable, reportable and verifiable. This, combined with the national plans being brought forward by developing countries, should answer Congress’ major criticism of Kyoto.
In national policy, Congress should seek to support constructive international engagement. Provisions that take a more confrontational approach, for instance through trade measures, should be considered with caution. A successful climate negotiation will also require financing. Use of allowance value, as has been considered in a number of recent climate bills, may provide one way to address this.
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(Reuters) - McDonald's popular $1 McDouble cheeseburger, which has lured customers to the Golden Arches since 2008, is getting hard to sustain as rising beef prices threaten the company's profit margin.
The world's biggest restaurant chain launched a competing $1 Grilled Onion Cheddar Burger in December. It also made the new sandwich - with one beef patty rather than the McDouble's two - a star of current television commercials, a status it shares with the McDouble.
The dilemma for McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) restaurant operators is that the McDouble has the highest ingredient costs on the Dollar Menu, making it a bad financial proposition unless customers add high-margin sides such as french fries or soda.
"If the McDouble is all the customer buys, you lose money," said Richard Adams, a former franchisee who now advises the chain's restaurant operators. "Depending on what happens to beef prices, McDonald's management should be open to taking the McDouble off the Dollar Menu."
The decision would be a significant one. McDonald's gets 10 to 15 percent of its sales from the Dollar Menu and experts say the McDouble is one of the most popular items on it.
Many franchisees, who pay royalties to the parent company based on overall sales, have exercised their option to move the McDouble off the Dollar Menu by raising its price over $1.
It's not just beef prices rising, it's everything that depends on corn. Going to see rising food costs across the board this year all because we use corn for fuel.
This is true. Here in the US, we had a horrible drought this past summer which ruined crops and forced farmers to sell off livestock.So we all knew here that prices of meat and produce would go through the roof.
the ratio of soy to beef is just going to get higher. I hate nothing more than when I go to buy just a regular box of burgers at the store, see it says "Beef patties", and only to find out when I get home that yea its beef, as well as half soy. All the people who claim you cant tell the difference when soy or turkey is substituted for beef are idiots. Now I either buy the ground beef myself and make the patties or only buy frozen ones that say specifically on the box "100% beef", and list only beef under its ingredients.
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will navigate to the "New Order" form in the current app. It will pre-fill the [Store] column with the value "Main Warehouse" and the [Type] column with the value "Wholesale". You can include any number of column name, column value pairs in the function.
will navigate to app "MyOtherApp-123" and display the "Other New Order" form. It will pre-fill the [Store] column with the value "Main Warehouse" and the [Type] column with the value "Wholesale". You can include any number of column name, column value pairs in the function.
Linking to a view with filtered values:
LINKTOFILTEREDVIEW("Order View", [Order Status] = Open)
will navigate to the "Order View" and display Orders whose Order Status is "Open". The second argument to LINKTOFILTEREDVIEW is a filter expression over the rows in the view. This is similar to the filter in SELECT expressions.
will navigate to the "Customers Table View" and display high-priority Customers associated with the current sales rep.
LINKTOFILTEREDVIEW("Students Table View", [Age] < [_THISROW].[Age])
will navigate to the "Students Table View" and display Students having ages younger than the current student.
Manually Constructing Deep Links
You can manually construct deep links.
Your deep link can specify the app name. When no app name is specified, the current app name is assumed.
Your deep link can control which view and row is displayed by specifying optional link parameters following a # symbol. Link parameters are separated using the & symbol. The following link parameters are supported:
view (formerly "control")
If any link parameters are specified, this parameter is required. It specifies the name of the UX view to be displayed.
row
This parameter is required for some views and is optional for others. It specifies the key of the row to be displayed.
mapcolumn
This parameter is used for Map view controls. It specifies the name of the Address or LatLong column on which the Map view is based.
at
This parameter specifies a timestamp and is used to require the data be at least as fresh as that timestamp. The most common use for this parameter is in sending a workflow email, SMS, or push notification with a link to a particular data entry in the app. This can force the app to sync to pick up the data change rather than work with stale data.
Whitespace or other HTTP special characters in a deep link must be URL-encoded using the ENCODEURL() expression.
A deep link is a text value, not an app expression. The link must be enclosed in quotes.
Linking to a particular app:
"MyApp-123"
will navigate to app "MyApp-123" and display its default starting view.
Linking to a particular view in the current app:
"#view=New Orders"
will navigate to the "New Orders" view in the current app.
Linking to a particular view in another app:
"MyOtherApp-123#view=Other New Orders"
will navigate to app "MyOtherApp-123" and display the "Other New Orders" view.
Linking to a particular view and row in the current app:
"#view=Order Details&row=order456"
will navigate to the "Order Details" view in the current app and display the row having key "order456".
CONCATENATE("#view=Order Details&row=", ENCODEURL([Order Detail ID])) will navigate to the "Order Details" view in the current app and display the row having the key value contained in [Order Detail ID].
Linking to a particular view and row in another app:
"MyOtherApp-123#view=Other Order Details&row=order456"
will navigate to app "MyOtherApp-123" and display the "Other Order Details" view for the row having key "order456".
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Support for super-keys
You can now map super-keys via <D-...>, also known as command-keys on OSX, and window-keys on Windows.
Suppose, for example, you wanted to map <D-i> to Goto Symbol in Project. That command is available out-of-the-box in Sublime Text via goto_symbol_in_project, and in NeoVintageous we can map to any command by camel casing it, upper-casing the first letter, and appending <CR>. We can create the map in our vintageousrc file:
nnoremap <D-i> :GotoSymbolInProject<CR>
For more details on the vintageousrc file, see the help docs via the help command :h vintageousrc.
Remember to enable the super-keys when you want use them. Menu > Preferences > Settings:
Note: operating systems make extensive use of the super-keys for desktop commands. If you find a super-key is not working in Sublime Text, then it's probably bound to a desktop command, and if that's the case then ST won't receive the key event. You can check if ST is receiving the key event by running sublime.log_input(True) in the console (Menu > View > Show Console). If it's not receiving the key, then you need to clear whatever desktop command the key is bound to. If you use Ubuntu here is some help on managing Ubuntu keymaps.
Command-line editing and search history
Search history for / and ? has been added (currently only supports current session). Use the arrow keys <Up> and <Down> to recall recent and older history.
Various Command-line editing commands have been added, including <C-b>, <C-e>, <C-h>, <C-n>, <C-p>, <C-u>, and <C-w>. Also a popular request: CTRL-c and CTRL-[ now exit Command-line mode.
Toggle Side Bar
A toggle side bar command is now provided out-of-the-box (NeovintageousToggleSideBar). When you use a toggle side bar mapping it's recommended to use this command, because it will receive fixes and tweaks tuned for NeoVintageous.
Suppose, for example, you wanted to map ,d to toggle the sidebar when you're in normal mode (where we'll use a comma leader key). Create the mapping in your vintageousrc file:
Removed
The recursive mappings were removed because they were not implemented as recursive mappings, and removing them now in preference of the non-recursive may prevent some potential problems in the future if the recursive mapping commands are ever implemented.
Here is a table of the recursive, which have been removed, and the non recursive mapping commands that you can use instead:
For anyone wanting to get more of a vim feel I made a plugin which replaces the long Saved + path string with the word written.
One downside which I haven't managed to figure out yet if you save the file any other way other than :w the default message will flash up for a fraction of a second, but saving with :w it works exactly like vim.
nnoremap mm :w<CR> also shows it flash up so you would have to save it using :w manually.
In your second screenshot the file name is on the left of the status bar, by default ST doesn't show the file name, do you have a plugin installed for that?
devcarlos:
One downside which I haven't managed to figure out yet if you save the file any other way other than :w the default message will flash up for a fraction of a second, but saving with :w it works exactly like vim.
You'd need to override the other ways of saving e.g. if you use CTRL-s to save you'd setup a mapping:
nnoremap <C-s> :w<CR>
Overriding the command palette commands and the context menu commands is much harder and probably not worth doing.
This is what i'm talking about, notice how the first time I save the file using the nnoremap command the second time I do it manually and it doesn't flash up.
What do you mean by manually? I can't see from the gif.
If you run save from the menu, Menu > File > Save, that will invoke ST's save command i.e. it bypasses the command run by :w. Similarly, if you run save from the command palette, or a context menu the same will happen i.e. it will bypass the command run by :w. Nonetheless, your event should still be triggered on post save.
Your plugin event is running after the original message is display, and overwrites it. There is always going to be some time between the original message showing, and overwriting it with your custom message. So, you will sometimes see a flash of the orignal message. There's no way around that. Neovintageous needs to solve this in the core, or provide an way for users to customise the message (which is probably not worth it once the correct message is fixed). But even if Neovintageous solves this for ex commands like :w, it will not display the same for save commands run via Menu's or the command palette.
When I say manually I mean opening command line mode using : and then typing w and hitting return, although the mapping nnoremap mm :w<CR> is technically the same thing with fewer button presses they both work differently.
In the gif you notice when I save the file the first time using the mm mapping the original message displays for a fraction of a second but the second time I manually open command line mode and then type w and press return and the original message never displays eliminating the flash.
I'm not sure why they work differently but i'm happy to save the file the second way as this never shows me the original message.
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This approach is different.
You will experience deep changes when you understand the how and why. This starts with understanding your embodied experience of the world. By organizing your experience of gravity, light, sound, and pressure, you can restore yourself in ways you hadn't known were possible.
We'll forge a path to resolve your issue while you develop embodiment skills along the way. You will learn to self-learn, to improve daily experience of your body, to move towards a new normal.
Stress reduction and self-care are rooted in practical and embodied self-observation.
The body is capable of self-regulation, self-healing, and health maintenance.
Embodied health is the cornerstone of mental health.
Attention to detail matters. Not one of my prior craniosacral therapists in the past can compare with the expertise and intuition of Sue Choi. With her, there is no ‘paint-by-number’ approach; she pays attention to the individual and responds accordingly. Worth the hour drive for me to reach her.
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Abstract
The cytotaxonomy of three species in the Prosimulium hirtipes group in Morocco is presented. Each species - tentatively referred to as P. latimucro, P. rufipes, and P. tomosvaryi - is chromosomally unique and characterized by a low level of polymorphism. Chromosomal data indicate that one or more of the Moroccan species are distinct from the European species of the same names.
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The PositionTo seize new opportunities for ministry and service to the Church, the Chicago-Detroit and Wisconsin Provinces will soon merge to form a single, larger province responsible for the care and oversight of Jesuits and their apostolates across the region. Work on the legal and canonical aspects of the envisioned consolidation has already begun. This position is based in Chicago.
In anticipation of this event, which will be completed by 2017, the provinces are beginning a search for an Assistant Treasurer to oversee the finance and accounting operations of the combined provinces.
ResponsibilitiesReporting to the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer will be responsible for actively directing and overseeing all financial operations for the organization including
In the subject line please reference
Midwest Jesuits Assistant Treasurer
Please, no phone calls
About the
OrganizationThe Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and
brothers popularly known as "The Jesuits." It was founded by St.
Ignatius of Loyola in 1540 when Pope Paul III officially established the Jesuit
Order. Today the Jesuits, the largest religious order in the world, continue to
serve the Church through its diverse ministries. About 18,000 Jesuits serve the
Church in 112 nations on six continents.
The Chicago-Detroit and Wisconsin Provinces of the Society of Jesus are
two of nine Jesuit provinces in the United States. Each province is led by a
provincial superior whose standard term of office is six years. Through the
U.S. Jesuit Conference, the nine provincials coordinate communications, higher
and secondary education, pastoral and spiritual ministries, native American
ministries, social and international ministries, and the formation of men to
become Jesuit priests and brothers.
The Chicago-Detroit and Wisconsin Provinces are comprised of nearly 600
men serving the Church in educational, pastoral and spiritual ministries across
twelve states of the midwest – from Ohio to Wyoming.
Educational ministries include sixteen high schools, six universities
and colleges, and four middle schools. Jesuits also sponsor nine
spiritual/retreat centers. Jesuits
minister in parishes and as chaplains in prisons, hospitals, nursing homes and
the military throughout the region. They provide spiritual direction to
colleagues and individuals at a number of locations. Additionally, some Jesuits
serve in ministries throughout the United States and abroad, including Africa,
Central and South America, Europe, India and China.
The Jesuit priests and brothers in both provinces collaborate with
various colleagues, civic organizations, local dioceses, and other religious
orders. As catalysts for change, the provinces invest personnel and funding in
those areas of society where they believe the greatest good can be achieved and
the greatest need is not being met. Provincial ministeries express the power of
faith doing justice by combining belief in fundamental human dignity with
advocacy for the poor and marginalized.
August 21, 2018 – As we reckon with the Grand Jury report on sexual abuse by priests in Pennsylvania and the failures of bishops to protect the children entrusted to their care, our hearts and prayers—first and foremost—are with the victim-survivors.
January 17, 2019 — Let us pray in thanksgiving for the life of Fr. Eugene F. Merz, SJ, who was called to eternal life on January 16, 2019, around 5:30 a.m. Gene died at Zilber Hospice in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. He was eighty-seven years old, a Jesuit for seventy years, and a priest for fifty-seven years.
January 16, 2019 — It was a homecoming fifty years in the making. In 2016, Fr. Casey Bukala, SJ, moved to the Colombiere Center near Detroit, where elder Jesuits live in community, receive the healthcare they need, and pray for the Church and the Society. It was not Fr. Bukala’s first time at Colombiere, however.
January 9, 2019 — Let us pray in thanksgiving for the life of Fr. John “Jack” R. Crocker, SJ, who died on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at Colombiere Center in Clarkston, Michigan. He was 88 years old. May he rest in peace.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042000723614537261.post3904768560209039190..comments2019-05-11T17:21:39.612-07:00Comments on MerchantCircle | Blog: 200,000 Strong - Together We StandMerchantCircle Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042000723614537261.post-47668940899208299572007-08-17T14:47:00.000-07:002007-08-17T14:47:00.000-07:00Great Work Merchant Circle. Now we need more of th...Great Work Merchant Circle. <br><br>Now we need more of those members actively participating on the Merchant Circle Forum. So if you've signed on, come on over and tell us about your business, and get to meet some of the other merchants just waiting to connect and learn about you and your business too. <br><br>LindyLindy Asimushttps://profiles.google.com/[email protected]
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What the Frack is wrong with Consumer Reports. Did Steve Jobs drown their puppies before running off with their wives? Because Consumer Reports clearly has become biased in their reporting of the iPhone. And this is really clear with the BS post they put up on the 11th.
They recommended against the Verizon iPhone because it is "middle aged" - ie a new one is likely coming in June - and yes we know that - but that there are new versions of phones from all other manufactures released in shorter periods was not mentioned. Mac Observer had this great observation to make about Consumer Reports "Middle Aged" comments.
By the reasoning they supplied, no one should ever buy a new phone unless it’s the iPhone, and only when it’s a few weeks old.
Consumer Reports also pointed out the issues with CDMA - but did not say that is true of all the smart phones on Verizon. And the craziest of their issues was:
"the iPhone 4 has a 3.5-inch screen in an era where the number of smart phones with 4-inch-plus screens has swelled"
Huh - What the Frack? Did Consumer Reports mention the Retina display has better resolution than the two 4 inch smart phones on Verizon - NOPE. And did they mention those two 4 inch smart phones came out in June & September - You know being "Middle Aged"That was also be a big NOPE.
Did Consumer Reports - report about the lack of Crapware on the iPhone on Verizon - and that it is the only SmartPhone on Verizon without the Crapware - NOPE. They did point out there are 4G Phones out there and listed the CDMA iPhone as a disadvantage compared to 4G. Did Consumer Reports talk about the sparse coverage of 4G at this time? or the battery sucking issues with 4G phones? or that 4G phones on Verizon will not be out until mid-2011?. NOPE, NOPE and NOPE!!!
What did they report about of substance? Well that is not clear - other than they don't like the iPhone 4 and they miss their puppies and wives. When all is said and done I think Antenna Gate and the iPhone 4 will have taken a much bigger toll on Consumer Reports than Apple. At the post on Consumer Reports - the comments are filled with people saying they are canceling their subscriptions to Consumer Reports - and Rightly so.
Everyone is entitled to an opinion and it's sad
to say even the uninformed. The sad part about
it some are journalists whose job it is to inform
other people and then you have a pile of missinformed
people. The sad part of all this is the reporter
didn't take the time to do enough research and talk
many iPhone users. Sometimes reporters are
under pressure from an editor to crack out a
story or too lazy to do some fact finding.
I have a 3GS and I can update it next Aug at
reasonable price and plan to stay with Apple
posted by: Earl Long on 2011-01-17 16:52:13
Richard - Best way is to cancel your subscription if you have one. The other way is to go to the post in question and leave a comment.
posted by: [email protected] on 2011-01-17 15:14:13
How do we voice our displeasure with Consumer Reports?
posted by: Richard on 2011-01-17 10:33:56
you're absolutely right...they clearly don't have the consumer in mind, which is shocking given their name. such trolls...
posted by: Eric on 2011-01-16 21:52:26
Consumer reports has jumped the shark. I do think that people should probably wait to get an iPhone if they can though. As pertains to the screen size...some android phones are silly. They are almost iPad size. Battery life with android is so terrible... Why don't they bring that up?
Anyway, they have an apple hater on staff. Keep up the good work... I love your podcast.
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Arrangements for children
Separating is an emotionally difficult time for adults and sometimes even more difficult for the children involved. It is in everyone’s interest to avoid conflict but we are human after all and disputes do happen.
There is an expectation that parents will make their own decisions about the arrangements for the children on separation but where this is not possible (through direct discussions, solicitors’ correspondence or mediation) the Court can make a range of orders, as follows:
Parental Responsibility Order
Giving an unmarried parent or step-parent shared legal rights (shared with the mother) in respect of a child.
Child Arrangements Order
An order which sets out how a child will spend time with each parent. The order can specify that the child lives with one parent (formerly known as a residence order) or it might specify the arrangements for the child to spend time with each parent (formerly known as a contact order).
Special Guardianship Order
An order which appoints someone other than a parent, (often, this will be a relative, for example and an aunt/uncle or grandparent) to be the child’s special guardian. This order is intended for children who cannot live with their birth parents.
Prohibited Steps Order
Preventing a parent from doing something in relation to a child. For example, removing the child from the country or from the parent’s care and control.
Specific Issue Order
Directions to resolve a particular issue of dispute about the child. For example, permission to relocate with the children outside of England & Wales, choice of school, medical treatment or religious upbringing.
We understand how difficult it can be to sort out and manage the arrangements for the children. We can offer clear and constructive advice with a view to trying to reach an amicable outcome between you and your ex-partner.
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Introduction
The Zeiss Distagon T* 25mm f/2.8 is a moderate ultra wide-angle lens available in Nikon- (ZF) and Pentax- (ZK) mount. To date the lens has not been released as a ZE version. According to the rumor mill it has been already been discontinued in order to improve the design so it's also unlikely that we'll ever see a Canon variant. However, we're currently having some Zeiss days here at PZ at the moment and with the Nikon version at hand we thought it was worth to have a brief look at its performance characteristic nonetheless. Obviously we had to use the ZF version via adapter (manual focus, working aperture).
The build quality of the full-metal Zeiss (brass with chromium-plated brass front bayonet) is superb. The fluted focus ring feels exceptionally well damped. The physical length changes (extends) when focusing towards close distances. The supplied metal hood doesn't seem to be overly efficient due to its plain barrel shape. However, Zeiss Z lenses are comparatively flare resistant.
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Report: Opioid epidemic keeps jobs unfilled
According to a new report, the opioid epidemic is costing Massachusetts businesses more than $2.5 billion annually.
The report from Boston public policy nonprofit Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation said that figure comes from lost productivity and absenteeism and presenteeism.
That's not the only place where businesses are feeling the full weight of the epidemic, however. Healthcare costs related to opioid usage are estimated to exceed $2 billion, the MTF said.
The economy is improving and more jobs are being created, but the difficulty in filling those positions is exacerbated by the opioid crisis.
The total financial burden on the state is skyrocketing, with that figure reaching $9.7 billion in 2017.
Opioid-related deaths declined in 2017 for the first time with 2,069 after six straight years of growth since 560 deaths were reported in 2010. The state has been able to reduce the number of opioid prescriptions written by 51 percent since 2013, but data shows the state's population is already at a higher risk of opioid misuse.
"When these statistics are viewed in the context of the number of people who binge on alcohol (1.6 million), report a substance use disorder (574,000), or need but are not receiving treatment for substance use (490,000), it is clear that the epidemic could continue to spread at any time," MTF said in the report.
According to the report, opioids have kept an estimated 32,700 people from participating in the state's workforce over the last seven years. Another 142,000 who have a job (4.2 percent of the state's workers) reported pain reliever misuse and an average of 18 more days off from work.
Of adults who report misuse of pain medication in the last month, 68 percent are in the workforce.
According to MTF, there is no room for more jobs to go unfilled, as rapid economic expansions and recoveries have driven the state's unemployment rate to just 3.5 percent in 2018, the lowest figure since April 2001.
"On top of that, for much of 2015 - 2017 there were more jobs available in Massachusetts than unemployed residents, a highly unusual and frustrating situation for companies seeking qualified workers," the report said.
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Quickies: Young Adult Fiction – Paradise Birds EP
This is a low-fi band from Richmond, VA that remind me of Pavement and Built to Spill. They are relatively peaceful to listen to for being a rock band, but that might just be their recording style. I’ve read they put on a good live show. Enjoy!
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Hey there! My name's Chris and I'm from New Jersey. Music is kinda my thing, so I figured 'why not write about it?' I hope to spread music that isn't radio garbage, no matter how obscure. I promise not to be too biased (no hipster BS here!) and to keep an open mind, and I ask that you do too. Enjoy!
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Giant Egg in Boijmans
It weighs 200 kilos and is more than 6 cubic metres. The enormous Easter egg with a magenta ribbon arrived in Rotterdam carefully packed. Two days after its arrival, the many layers of packaging and stickers were removed from ‘Baroque Egg with Bow (Orange/Magenta)’. Under the watchful eye of the press and several curious visitors, the showpiece by Jeff Koons was placed in its new habitat. A week earlier the museum’s technical team had built a podium for the work and the protective film could be removed. For the next three years you can enjoy this colourful load of überkitsch, as Koons’ work has been described’ free of charge in the museum’s entrance area. The American artist has made a series of ten eggs, four of which have a baroque surface. In addition to these mega-eggs, Koons has made giant rabbits, religious pigs, blue dogs and other controversial works.
Around Easter the museum is launching a competition giving visitors a chance to win a mysterious trip to the egg’s birthplace. Read more about Jeff Koons’ egg here. You can send an e-card here and soon you can watch the film on ArtTube.
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The world’s increasing reliance on renewables has dominated the energy headlines in recent years, and new research from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has shown that renewable energy is generating more electricity than ever.
The share of electricity generated by renewables has increased by 1% since 2012, rising to 12.3%. However, this is still below the figure of 12.6% recorded in the final quarter of 2012.
Bioenergy is leading the way with a 35% share of electricity generation, according to the DECC figures, followed by onshore wind (32%) and offshore wind (20%).
Renewable energy capacity is also on the up, rising by 33% (4.4GW) compared to the same period in 2012, while solar power increased by 261MW to 2GW during the first quarter of 2013.
The first three months of the year also saw wind and anaerobic digestion contribute figures of 31MW and 7MW to the government’s feed-in-tariff scheme.
However, while the majority of renewables saw increases, a decrease in rainfall in Scotland of 21% meant that hydro-generation plummeted by 32%, eventually falling from 1.9TWh to 1.3TWh.
The figures from the DECC demonstrate that renewables are definitely increasing in dominance when it comes to meeting the UK energy’s needs. However, the data also raises the question of what role fossil fuels, such as those that are used to create domestic heating oil, will play in the UK’s future energy mix.
A report by Carbon Connect on the future of power from fossil fuels outlines that gas rather than coal will play a more pivotal role in a de-carbonised power sector. Figures contained within the report show ‘coal is over time twice as carbon intensive as gas power’, meaning that gas is more likely to dominate fossil fuel power stations by 2030.
With fossil fuels set to play a part in energy generation for some time to come, heating oil users should find the best heating oil suppliers for their needs.
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The ‘killer’ speadbreakers spread across Pimpri-Chinchwad have claimed yet another life even as the PCMC administration is yet to wake up to set things in order.
Saying that he was sorry to hear of the death, Municipal Commissioner Rajiv Jadhav said he would hold an emergency meeting of all civic executive engineers on Monday and insist on putting in place “rumble strips” instead of the jumbo-sized speedbreakers.
While at least six residents have lost their lives due to the ill-designed speedbreakers in the last three-four years, the latest victim is Anjana Sawant (43), a resident of Chinchwad, who met with an accident last month and died on Sunday.
On June 16, Anjana was riding pillion with her husband on a two-wheeler that hit an unmarked and bulky speed-breaker opposite MIDC office in Chinchwad. A day before Sawant met with the accident, another woman rider was injured at the same spot. Both had suffered head injuries and were admitted to Niramaya Hospital. While the other woman recovered and was discharged, Anjana was shifted to the YCM Hospital as her family could not afford the expenses of a private hospital. YCMH Superintendent Manoj Deshmukh said: “The woman suffered injury to her brain…she was in an unconscious state when brought to the hospital. The end came around 2 pm today (Sunday).”
Like Anjana, 21-year-old Amit Waghere too was riding pillion and suffered a serious head injury after his two-wheeler hit a similar speedbreaker on the Pimprigaon-Pimple Saudagar Road on May 7. He has been in coma ever since. He has undergone at least three surgeries and his family has spent over Rs 8 lakh on his medical bills.
“Amit has started opening his eyes, but does not speak…he is slowly coming out of the coma,” said uncle Prabhakar Waghere. In April 2012, Mangesh Badhane (31) from Panvel, who had come to meet his brother Mahesh Badhane at Padmavati Apartments in Indrayani Nagar, died when his two-wheeler hit a speedbreaker. He fell on the road and suffered serious head injuries. In September 2013, Tanabai Elvande (50) of Nigdi, lost her life after she fell off her son’s bike at Triveninagar Chowk on Nigdi-Talwade Road. In Nigdi-Pradhikaran area, at least three deaths have been reported due to speedbreakers.
Despite loss of several lives, PCMC’s response, said residents and activists, had been one of an uncaring, unconcerned and negligent authority. “It is shocking that…PCMC seems to remain unconcerned and not bothered. Why can’t it construct speedbreakers that do not cause injury or kill people,” asked veteran activist D G Baliga.
Refusing to flatten the speedbreaker opposite MIDC office that claimed Anjana’s life, the PCMC has marked it with white paint.
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This is not specifically related to hardcore but an idea that came to me that would be cool to see in game is faster gem leveling. For example the percentage should scale above 100% so that you might get more than one level. That way if you complete a rift level 60 and pick a level 1 gem you might get 2 or 3 levels instead of just 1
Love D2 HC! Only 20-30% of my deaths were due to lag and other technical issues (lost connectivity, pc error, etc.).
Still staying alive in D2 was much more rewarding exatcly because all of this. This is how hardcore should be.
A lot of people will understand what I mean. Quitting hardcore after dying only means that you do not like the hardcore mode. Dying in hardcore is key part of the challenge. Now this death ratio has been greatly reduced which brings more people to hardcore only to disappoint them after hundreds of hours playing.
I remember attempting Duriel on my old PC. It had like 1 minute loading time! On single player it was fine, but in battle net the game was going in the back while my PC was loading it, so I was kind of seeing screens of my dead body while waiting to load
I know there's (generally) two ways to play in most of the "no end"(where you can play hundreds of days) games such as Diablo 3, World of Warcraft and mmos in general:
'Standard' - serious, semi-serious (usually called causal). This is where most players fit in, it's the gameplay where you run levels up to max relatively fast and then start gathering gear and experimenting with builds based on it. This includes farming, fast runs, ladder competition, i.e. getting maximum gear/xp value for the time spent.
Story/Content Driven. This is much smaller group. Usually it's experienced in the beginning by everyone who starts the game for firs time. It's when you read through quests, listen conversations, explore the maps, look at the graphics, the way your glowing sword swings in the dark, watching movies, enjoying the soundtrack, enjoying every skill and class, etc. In general - enjoying the full game, rather than the gear/xp progression alone.
For Diablo 3 the second category is somewhat limiting as the game is pretty short (in comparison to other games, such as mmos which have much more content).
I enjoy the Story/Content driver game playing much more (mainly because I have limited time), however at points I'm kind of pushed to the first category of gaming.
I was wondering if you can share your experience with your game play types?
What is hooking you up to play Diablo?
Is your gameplay fitting in any of these categories?
I love the game and I don't want it to be repetitive and "speed running".
Well since some time passed since Diablo 3 release... we all know what happened. Let's hear the community voice.
My vote definitely goes to original Diablo 2 - The expansion introduced nothing more than 800x600 resolution, same applies for Diablo 3 at some degree (no more ladder, easy level up, boring "end game", easy hardcore, boring skill system and many more flaws).
If it only could have considered dodge as % based - in long term(the way you feel you character) 30% dodge is 30% dodge, which is 30% less damage. Yes, if you have 1hp and 99% dodge their damage doesn't get reduced by 99%, but it feels like they do no damage to you, doesn't it.
Losing a HC character because of disconnection is something that really gives you..
Nothing, not a single good gaming emotion.
It's the same feeling you got at least once, overwriting a 200+ hours savegame on console when you was a kid. It's pure shame, nothing gained.. Nothing learnt.. Because it's not your fault this time. You can't imagine how FRUSTRATING it is until it really happens to you personally.
..HC's existence is insulted by this happening. I am sad as a gamer.. Frustration will soon become sadness, I know this by experience.
Actually it gives me all the thrill I play for! Lost numerous characters because of lag - play softcore!
D2 :
-Linear talent tree, you end up with 2 - 3 skills.
-Characteristics kind of useless, it's only used to gain more mana, health and be able to wear the best stuff.
D3 :
-A freaking LOT of different skills, with each different runes that can change the whole skill, you have to make a lot of choices, and still be able to use 6 different skills at a time, plus 3 passive skills, and you can still change it whenever you want, try another combination, try every skill to know exactly which is the best for you.
-Characteristics useful, you have to seek for more strenght, dexterity or willpower to be able to deal more damage, gain more evasion and elemental resistances, etc.
D3 is just way better than D2. You can't argue with that.
Easier to understand, but still way more complexe and complete.
For the barbarian by exemple, instead of waiting for lvl 30 to be able to pick Whirlwind ( Like EVERY other barbarian in the world ) and wait 30 more lvl to have it maxed out and have enough mana to be able to spam it., you will be able to pick a lot of different skills from the beginning, at lvl 13 only, you already have a lot of choices between 6 - 7 skills and their runes, all of those having their own particular utility.
Plus, I find the "Battle system" way better this way, it's smoother, you really hit the ennemies, in D2 you were just swinging like it wasn't of any effectiveness.
Hello,
The thing is that the current Diablo 3 skill balance is very bad(similar to Diablo 2), e.g. you have 5-10 skills certainly the few you use are way better than the others you picked (not what Blizzard said though). So we end up in the same situation as Diablo 2, however in D2 you had much more skills and synergies.
Solving the skill balance problem would make Diablo 3 much more customizable.
I've been drinkin` lately as I'm now... I just wanted to pour in some of my thoughts...
I f*ed up and order on a game retail site for Guild Wars 2 - so I don't have beta access now - I'm kind of broken now... feeling bad.
Anyway this is for Diablo - I expected to have Diablo 3 Collectors edition pre-order by.... three weeks in the past?! Guess what! Nothing happened and I'm gonna get normal edition (crap!).
*Filling up my glass with rakia (strong alcoholic beverage)*
Uhh... where was I? Oh yeah, so I guess this thread is so meaningless that it will end up into trash or moved into "some other more appropriate place" by the admins. Well - It doesn't matter as long as I have shared the things I want to shared... or at least tried to.
Witch Doctor - nice fella. I like him(still hate they put genders in the game), reminds me of the Necromancer (the real one - not the crappy version in Baldur's gate).
Still I think they should have named it - Necromancer, instead of "Witch Doctor" - I mean ... wtf is this Warcraft? Should we have shaman and warlock also?
Looks fancy... and "warcrafty" as the whole scenery in Diablo - the game is going sooo much warcraft/starcraft style that I cannot bare it anymore. Not to mention the childish, colorful, funny graphics... eeek! Take Path of Exile instead - that's the spiritual heir of Diablo 1 and 2. Well but... what we can do, Blizzard North are not coming back, Interplay are not coming back, many good companies died, but that's how the world it is.
Don't get me wrong Diablo 3 is still going to be awesome game, however nothing like the old versions. Pretty much what happened with Fallout series - Fallout 3 is awesome 3D shooter with RPG elements and voice acting. However the only similarity with the old Fallout series is the "post apocalyptic" environment, which could have easily been medieval one (as they just renamed the bows to guns and swords to energy fists.
Oh yeah I started with the Witch Doctor - I'd love to have a mod which turns him into real necromancer, with armor and stuff and summons. I could spam Bone Spirit instead of fire bombs and summon real skeletons instead of "dogs". Not to mention the curses.
Before I fall down sleeping on my keyboard - one last thing: Deckard Cain... ?!!? He's not supposed to be "crazy", "funny" fella to play around and have fun with!!! This is Deckard Cain for Christ sake! He's the living library, he had lived through dark times, he's serious, he's an example of great person!
Starting to have hard time typing here... Will continue tomorrow if I have a chance.
Disappointed. Yet again. Everything Blizzard does from Cataclysm to here - it's all pathetic and against the real gamers. Just to clear it - "playing" 18 hours a day doesn't make you a gamer.
So this game will become mini WoW? If I don't spend my whole time playing like mad I will never reach the area where the good gear drops, just like WoW.
... and I assume at some point you will release "content patches".
I also get the feeling that there's a lot of people that found refuge in HC just because they thought there was no RMAH.
It makes perfect sense and I'm one of those. I seriously think of abandoning the game if RMAH comes to Hardcore.
I also felt let down that I need to play softcore in order to unlock hardcore mode.... I really don't want to go near those people using the RMAH... it's disgusting.
Or at least please make "no RMAH mode". You'd say "but the black market..." NO! People stay away from the Black Market, it's unsafe, it's expensive, it's just not worthy. Yes, there are people who buy the life they don't deserve - but this is life and in most of the cases is not legal.
Imagine the scenario someone wants to do an assassination - it's illegal, it's unsafe, it's expensive. Too few people do it.
Now imagine assassinations are legal and the government even provides you with terminal to issue kills - all safe and cheap. A lot of people will do it for one reason or another.
That is what Blizzard aimed There should always be couple of dark horses, which usually appeal to other to more unruly people. I'm sure that things will even in the game (remember Necromancer in big part of the patches).
So besides not being announced, what is your greatest fear with Diablo3?
For me my greatest fear is that Blizz makes the graphics too cartoony. For some reasons this has become Blizz's style since WC3. Damn, just compare WC1 and WC2 with WC3 you'll see what I mean.
I remember when they announced SC2 last year I almost couldn't believe it was Starcraft. Well since then they made huge progress and it looks way better now and I hope it will look even better when it's release.
There's no question here, Diablo3 graphics needs to be as dirty and gritty as it is aesthetically possible. Still today when I play D2 or D1, just looking at the graphics gives me the creeps, and I deeply hope that D3 will look like its predecessors in this way, even if it's in 3D.
I fully support you. Diablo 3 looks more like Warcraft universe. I've complained numerous times that they should make it more gloomy and reuce coulours.
So adlast i been choosen along lucky ones to go and fight with evil.I been waiting for long time ,just over 10years. and a big disapiotment!!!!! Skills system WTF? are you serious what is that . Looks like been created for 7 year old. and Runes? where are those awsome features that i been shown couple months before . Where are the world drops runes? New runes looks like been created and designed by a guy that had 5 minutes to do it?Are you seriously rushing so much to get game shipped that you really dont care about mechanics ?Comunity wake up lets do something about it !!! THAT IS NOT A D3 SKILLS SYSTEM that is a joke.I cant belive that hapend. And now one of the blizzard representatives will say thats ok . that was a plan and theres always must be someone that is unhappy .Thats bullshit i dont belive om the only one that hates cartoon like skill system.
Please dont rush it with realease if game will look lile that.
This is discrase.
Unfortunately some of us have been ramming this from the beginning, but Blizzard are really after broader audience - which often means that hardcore gamers will remain unsatisfied. It's business, simple enough.
I'm kind of disappointed, I don't know is it the luck to blame, is it Blizzard, is the communities I participate in I really feel down about beta going for so long time and I didn't have chance to participate .... even though I'm active fan, participating in tens of contents, contributing to communities, playing all of their (Blizzard) games.
I really don't know what else to do... what people do to actually "deserve" such key...
Witch Doctor Build
Frogs, chicken, zombies and fetish creatures - all running around like mad horrified into flames! If I had only once sentence to describe the build
I love chaos, craziness and fire! I picked all kinds of creatures which come on stacks, plus having hexed the enemies.
Common Fight Scenario
Witch doctor runs in the middle of the large pack of enemies supported by Jungle Fortitude and Hex Rune. When doctor is sitting nice and tight surrounded by enemies the firework show starts: Hex! > Horrify! > Fetish Army! > Zombie Charger! > Plague Toads and Firebombs! ... the result everything running around pointless dying one by one, while the witch doctor stays in the middle laughing and throwing fire and frogs!
Blizzard were never good in Collector's Editions - fact. As with their other games the CE is a little bit upgraded normal edition of the game.
If the game RRP is 60 euro, I would expect the so called "collectors edition" to be 80-90 euro.
P.S. I really hope they make a collector's edition for a game some time near. I will not hesitate to pay the full price deserved, even it is hundreds of euros.
Ah this reminds me of the old days. My and my friends were playing in a game club, since we didn't have the original game or internet. There were only 4 computers with Diablo 2 on them and we were crazy grinding Chaos Sanctuary in games called "ama pala bang"(1 paladin and 4-5 amazons).
The uniques at that time were pretty retarded(pre LoD), so the best stuff found was yellow Cho-ko-nu. I remember find one near perfect (can't remember percents) with mana and life steal, it was awesome - my multishot was melting through the mobs
There are basically two mods that are staying strong over the years:
- Median - the download link is at the bottom left.
This mod changes the whole game. It is still being supported and updated.
- Eastern Sun - There is whole thread about this one here on the forum.
Making loot individual creates some really weird moments in the game as far as im concerned:
think about you and a bunch of friends walking the world killing monsters...
with this messed up mechanism you'll probably see the other players walking from one place to another with no apparent reason (while in truth the actually collecting dropped loot only they can see).
that's kinda stupid, don't you think?!?!?!
i rather the loot is universal.
Have you played WoW? If you do - you must have seen people running to corpses that you cannot interact with to get their "12 silver coins". It will be the same with Diablo 3 - yes, I know corpses disappear faster, but you will kind still remember where the battle was hot and assume he's going to get his loot.
Disappointed. Yet again. Everything Blizzard does from Cataclysm to here - it's all pathetic and against the real gamers. Just to clear it - "playing" 18 hours a day doesn't make you a gamer.
So this game will become mini WoW? If I don't spend my whole time playing like mad I will never reach the area where the good gear drops, just like WoW.
... and I assume at some point you will release "content patches".
I'm kind of disappointed, I don't know is it the luck to blame, is it Blizzard, is the communities I participate in I really feel down about beta going for so long time and I didn't have chance to participate .... even though I'm active fan, participating in tens of contents, contributing to communities, playing all of their (Blizzard) games.
I really don't know what else to do... what people do to actually "deserve" such key...
I'm still an advocate of the 2011 release date. It will release this year if no major problems with the game are found. Blizzard isn't one to make major mistakes as of late. I still expect it as late as possible, with a December release being the most probable and a November release being more ideal (and more unlikely).
I highly anticipate the beta to officially begin in August. Even as early as August 1st-2nd when the NDA for the press release is lifted.
If beta begins August and you expect December release - it will be around 4 months beta testing. As we know Blizzard delivers very high quality for betas. More extensive period of testing 3+ months is needed only for competitive games such as Starcraft and Warcraft. Diablo would not need that deep level of balancing - they will be focused more on Battle.net and in-game bugs.
As we know, Battle.net was tested indepth (an still is being tested/fixed) with Starcraft beta and release.
Additionally Blizzard performs average 3 months beta tests (could be less).
Having the facts above I would expect 2.5 months beta test, 2 weeks stress test (as they did with Diablo 2) and 2 weeks gap between beta end and release date.
If beta starts on August 1st I would expect the game to be on the shelves mid November.
The domain transfer synergizes with a rumor I found over on diabloii.net:
1. A new game will be announed at the Worldwide Invitational in Paris.
2. It won't be related to Starcraft or WoW.
3. The next gen MMO they're developing is several years away.
4. The game they're announcing won't be an MMO.
My conclusion: since D3 has already been in development for so many years and since Blizzard will have the diablo3.com domain just in time for the Worldwide Invitational, this is imo the game they'll most likely be announcing. This would also mean D3 won't be an MMO.
Look out for June the 28th!
Diablo 3 is already been in development for so many years?!?!?! How is that???
Then you qualified the statement and said only half the gaming sites would link to diablo3.com in 14days... Not a single mention in kotaku.com, joystiq.com, ign, 1up etc
You sir, mislead people. Very unprofessional behavior. Classic example of amateur internet losers running a mickey mouse operation saying whatever they want because there is no repercussions.
You manufactured peoples expectations with hyperbole, napkins, drooling, ZOMG etc pffffft I can't beleive i stayed up all night for this crap
I totally agree. You can not make such advertisment on our backs! "Something really big"?!?! WTF! Blizzards is taking over sites all the time... they got diablo7.com SO WHAT??
I'm totally pissed!
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I got one statement for you.
GTFO.
MedievalDragon said, nobody should be hyped to much about the Countdown, Diablo Fanz will mostly be blazed, but not all. And that you shouldn't except to much. Stop this shit, and stop Flaming.
When you were excepting to much, ITS YOUR FAULT, not Medievaldragons. And if you wanna flame, just gtfo and go onto the street and flame some real life guys, but i guess that you would shit your pants. Flaming is always easy, but has anyone of you done better?
MD put much work into at, also Umaro, wtf are you thinking that they feel like, when they read shit like your posts? If something is wrong for you, and you don't like things as they went, GTFO. But don't make fun of people's hard work, and stop whining!
You have no idea what it takes, to put such things through, and what it means to real fans, so i get you waste your time here. So senseless what you are talking..
Nobody disapointed you, except you yourself, MD said don't get to much hyped, so i haven't got much sympathy for you..
And no, I'm not getting out of here, the only way it will happen if you ban me. I enjoy the community and I AM NOT MOVING! I'm just pissed at Umaro and MD, I know they do hard work and spend their own money on that but that counter and explanation of it was way overhyped. And this was done on our backs, the real fans. If I weren't such I won't be feeling that bad and sad now!
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Flag of Friendship ceremony 2016
A family tribute
Friends of John Gatens gathered at the monument for the remembrance ceremony. In the center is Bernadette Lejeune, who's mother was present during the battle in 1944. With her daughter Esmeralda she operates the Auberge du Carrefour and was considered by John Gatens to be his 'Belgian daughter'. John's portrait was gifted to Bernadette to be displayed at the Auberge du Carrefour.
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Monday, September 15, 2008
weather's good there in the fall
Fall.For whatever reason, when the chill starts in the air and the leaves are suddenly at my feet instead of overhead, I start to get a little home sick. I start missing the smell of poplar leaves and the way the Alberta sun hits the yellow leaves. I want to have one of those perfect Calgary fall days where the sun warms you to the core (through your sweater of course) and the air smells just right.Maybe it is because I left in the fall, after two glorious weeks of perfect autumn weather...maybe that's why this time of year makes me miss it. Perhaps fall reminds me of being a kid and of new school years and just makes me think of the past. Maybe fall in Ottawa reminds me that an Ottawa winter is just around the corner.Or maybe it is Ian Tyson's fault and I just can't seem to get that lyric out of my head.
Regardless of the reason for missing "home", I'm glad I'll be heading back out to Alberta soon- to see it in the fall.
(but before that...TORONTO. yes-I will finally be taking my first ever trip to Toronto. Now people can stop making fun of me)
about me
This is my space. I tend to fill it with little tidbits about me, about what I'm doing, what I'm thinking, and what strikes my fancy. I like fish (especially when served raw), I like beer, and I'm a recent bourbon convert. I like to laugh, I like to run, and I try my best to be a good person. I'm from Alberta and I desperately miss the mountains, but where I am isn't so bad. I work full time and I go to school - so right now I'm a little crazy. Feel free to comment- but please play nicely.
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'Everything's changed over there'
Tuesday, Elliott returned home to a 14-month-old boy who is walking, talking and eating real food.
"It's weird to see him walking and talking," Elliott said, smiling as he held on to Connor.
Elliott was one of about 500 Marines from 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment who returned home Tuesday after a seven-month deployment to Iraq. It was his second deployment.
Elliott's wife, Sarah Elliott, said this deployment was a little easier than the first - when she was pregnant with Connor. Still, she said, it is difficult to never have a break.
"I can't just run to the gas station," she said, or get help fixing dinner.
Jacob Elliott said the deployment itself went well, "a lot better environment" than his previous tour.
"Everything's changed over there," he said. "It was a real significant change from last time."
Maj. Gordon Miller, executive officer of 1/2, said the deployment went extremely well and there were no combat casualties.
"The last seven months were great," he said. "This was my sixth deployment, and every time it gets better and better, bringing families home."
The unit started out in Habbaniyah, and after stabilizing the area, moved to Rawah, which is also in the Anbar province. After stabilizing that area, they moved to Ninewa province, north of Anbar province, where they helped with elections, Miller said.
"The country's doing amazing things over there," he said. "Everyone's taking control of their country ... taking charge for themselves and what they want their country to be."
Seaman Michael Skrypchyk, who is set to deploy in a few weeks with 2nd Supply Battalion, came to the deployment to welcome back his friend, a fellow corpsman. The pair went to boot camp and corpsman school together, and both young men are Russian.
"Time flew by really fast," Skrypchyk said. "It seems like he was just getting on the bus ... now he's coming home."
Skrypchyk said he was able to talk to his friend often during the course of his first deployment, and is ready to ship off for the first time himself.
As he looked for his sea bag in the grass outside the barracks, Lance Cpl. Andrew Hamm said he was happy to be back from his first deployment. It was difficult to be away from family and friends, he said.
Plus, Hamm said, in Iraq "you have to watch what you say, watch what you do."
"It's not just normal life," he said.
Contact interactive content editor and military reporter Jennifer Hlad at [email protected] or 910-219-8467.
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BREAKING: Failure of Hawley’s Confide Investigation Even More Apparent with Latest Lawsuit Development
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Today, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that St. Louis County attorney Mark Pedroli is seeking information from Confide related to Governor Greitens’ use of the text message deleting app. This news comes more than a month after Josh Hawley cleared the Governor of any wrongdoing through a botched investigation that did not attempt to retrieve any of the text messages in question, relied heavily on staff testimony, and did not attempt to interview the Governor or challenge the Governor’s assertion of executive privilege.
“This is the latest proof that Josh Hawley’s investigation into Governor Greitens’ use of Confide was a hasty sham designed to protect the Governor. Why didn’t Hawley attempt to obtain evidence from Confide? There’s simply no excuse for Hawley’s decision to protect his friend and donor instead of doing his job for Missourians.”
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Reality hacking
No 181
The interior of the radio tower’s glass house on Mt. Uetliberg will be illuminated in blue. The lamps are serial connected to a control panel, which allows dimming the light in a two-minute rhythm from bright to dark and dark to bright. Temporary intervention for 30 days.
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10 Facts about Teenage Drinking
Facts about Teenage Drinking talk about the alcohol consumption among the teenagers. Ethanol is considered as the primary liquid found in the alcohol. The person’s DNA can be damaged or harmed because of alcohol consumption. In the world, it is considered as one of the risk factors of death, disability and disease. That is why the people especially teenagers should give up drinking alcohol. The teenagers abuse it a lot. They are curious and want to taste alcohol. Let us find out other facts about teenage drinking below:
Facts about Teenage Drinking 1: puberty
Teenagers are in the state of puberty. It means that they are in the transitional state of changes psychologically and physically.
Facts about Teenage Drinking 2: binge drinking
Binge drinking is one of the negative consequences of drinking alcohol among the teenagers.
Teenage Drinking
Facts about Teenage Drinking 3: the rate of alcohol consumption
The consumption of alcohol is increased at the age of 12 to 21 years old. Moreover, the research also finds out that the binge-drinking pattern was noted due to the consumption at young age.
Drinking alcohol has negative consequence among the teenagers. Some teenagers are not interested to have good grades. They tend to skip class the school. Others are involved in drug abuse, free sex activity and automobile accidents.
Facts about Teenage Drinking 5: the underage drinking
The underage drinking is dangerous because it leads into 5,000 deaths per year. It consists of 300 deaths because of suicide. The homicide accounts for 1,600 deaths. The motor vehicle accident is involved in 1,900 deaths.
Teenage Drinking Pic
Facts about Teenage Drinking 6: legalization
There is a suggestion to legalize the underage drinking. They believe that it will make them lose the interest to drink. However, the suggestion is still controversial since alcoholic drinking may lead into the damage on the human body.
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Reviews Posts
Before writing this Kinzd Wallet review, I have a question for you. Usually what are the things do you consider before buying a wallet? Is it all about secure storing of your belongings or do you also check the gorgeous designs? I am sure you look for both secure storage and beautiful designs same as me. If so, read on this Kinzd Wallet review based on my recent experience.
Kinzd Wallet review
Usually I use one wallet for my cards and notes together with small coin purse to keep the coins. That is fine when I travel with the handbag. However there are times that I need to travel or go around with minimum things on hand. This is why I was looking for a wallet which I can use both notes and coins without dropping.
Kinzd Wallet review: Accordion Wallet
Kinzd RFID Leather Card Wallet for Women
This Kinzd wallet I received recently does the job. It is really convenient for me to use all my cards, notes and even coins making my life comfortable.
I selected this Accordion Wallet which is mentioned as RFID Leather Card Wallet for Women Credit Card Holder from Kinzd when I was asked for a review. I simply love the elegant design and its usefulness. After using it for few weeks, now it is time for me to share my review post.
This Kinzd wallet comes with compartments for cards,notes and coins
If you look for buying a wallet, you can check this RFID Leather Card Wallet which comes with below features.
Kinzd Wallet review: Women’s Large Makeup Bag
Kinzd Women’s Large Makeup Bag review
Kinzd is not only a place to shop women’s wallet. It is also a place for buying other storage products too including makeup bags. This makeup bag is large enough to store all the necessary makeup items for a long trip or even for a short holiday. I really love this as this is helpful for me to pack everything for makeup when I travel to Sri Lanka for long holidays. Inside the makeup bag, there are compartments including a zipped compartment which is helpful for organizing the stuff. The zippered pocket is also suitable to store money or jewelry securely.
This cosmetic bag also comes with soft and clean waterproof material which is easy to use. You can check more details of this Kinzd Makeup Bag here.
Few months ago if you asked me ‘Does your preschooler need any extra support than his preschool sessions?’ I would have said a big ‘NO’! Because I believe my kid needs to learn without much stress and much force. Therefore for me it’s enough for sending him for daily preschool!
But? Now I send him for Pingu’s English program once a week. Isn’t it an extra class or tuition or enrichment program for preschooler? Yes, it is. This is because our decisions are changed lately. From the beginning of this year, we started sending our kid to Pingu’s English program. So, here is our story and the experience.
How we found Pingu’s English?
Last year our kid attended Apple Tree playgroup and his changes were really amazing. He improved in many skills including arts & crafts and social skills. At the same time, though we didn’t expect from him he also learned to write during the playgroup year. That was something we never expected from the playgroup age kid. But he did as the playgroup was based on Pingu’s English Level 1.At the end of Playgroup year; he completed the Pingu’s English Level 1 including the activity books.
Though the teachers introduced the Pingu’s English level 2 for the next year as an extra class, we decided not to send the kid thinking preschool is enough for him. But our first preschool experience was not up to our satisfaction! That was the time I reminded the Pingu’s English program again.
I contacted Apple Tree and registered the kid for the Pingu’s English program. Here is our experience as we are happy with the outcome!
Our Experience with Pingu’s English
Not a beautiful photo of him,but this is how he attends the classes each week.He is really excited! 🙂
Our kid is very happy to attend the class each week and he loves talking with me the things he learned during the day. He improved his writing skills and at the same time he also learns phonics. Teacher gives him 1-2 pages homework each week and it is a good way to revise and to prepare him for the next session. As the program includes playful moments, my kid is happy to attend the classes saying he also wants to play with Pingu and the friends.
A page from his Pingu’s English activity book (Level 2)
Other than the child’s interest in attending the Pingu’s English class, I am also happy with the teacher parent communication. After each session, the teacher explains the things he learned during the session including the homework to do. That time is always helpful to talk with the teacher about any matters we have regarding the kid’s performances.
Overall we are happy with the Pingu’s English. As our new preschool experience is good, I asked the child if he needs to stop the Pingu’s English. But, it was a Big No!! 🙂 He says he wants to attend the Pingu’s class, play with Pingu and learn from the teacher. It seems he likes his teacher so much!! 🙂
Flowers say thousands words. Flowers convey messages. Flowers make others cheerful. That is why most people like to choose flowers to celebrate moments. It was the right time when I received this beautiful flower bouquet from A Better Florist which is a Singapore based flower delivery company. I am just after a month long holiday in Sri Lanka and I didn’t have mood to start writing the blogs. However these beautiful flowers could make me cheerful and could brighten my day.
The Lilah Flower Bouquet comes in a glass vase as in the picture.It is really convenient to keep the blooms in any place.
The beautiful Lilah floral bouquet could give me positive energy with its view and soft touch. I could spend time with the feeling of soft scents while the cheerful flowers could send me good vibes.
So if you look for flowers to send to your loved ones or even for yourself, check www.abetterflorist.com as they have different options and designs.
Still these fresh flowers spread scents throughout my home!
Do you like to learn flower hacks? With the knowledge of basic floristry, you will sure have good times creating beautiful flower arrangements. With A Better Florist, now you can easily learn the basic floristry! Here is how!
Tired of bland and boring floral arrangements? Why not learn floristry hacks and professional flower arrangement so you can personalise bouquets for your loved ones! Sounds good, right?
A Better Florist is opening its doors every Saturday for its weekly Flower Jam Session. Whether you’re looking for fun date activities, quality time with the family or searching for a new hobby—they’ve got you covered. Each week has different them. So visit their website to check this week’s jam session theme!
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Disclaimer: This post is a collaboration with abetterflorist.com .I received the flowers from them.No monetary compensation received.
Are you ready for Lazada GSS Sale? Every year the annual shopping event GSS or Great Singapore Sale is the time for shop till you drop! And yes, you will not drop because GSS is a great opportunity to buy your best products for really great discounts. Most of the discounts are up to 90% and that is why most Singapore residents don’t want to miss this opportunity.
Lazada GSS Sale Campaign dates: 6th -8th June
So, it is same with me. Most of the time I use such discounts to shop quality products for unbelievable rates. However this time before I get ready for a great shopping experience during the Great Singapore Sale period I got the opportunity to receive the Lazada x Beautiful Me Mum & Bubs Box!! What a Surprise! The Lazada x Beautiful Me Mum & Bubs Box contains really useful and quality products for both mom and the kid. So, here is the news revealed! Get ready for the coming Lazada GSS sale and you can grab products with up to 90% discounts!!
Well, now I know that even if it is few dollars, it is always good to know what is inside the surprise box. But, truly it is a surprise box and if I reveal everything inside, it won’t be a surprise any more.
So, here is a partial reveal!!
What is inside the Lazada x Beautiful Me Mum & Bubs Box?
Inside this surprise box I found items over $100 and all the items are useful. Below are 3 items I want to show you which you can find inside the Lazada x Beautiful Me Mum & Bubs Box.
What are those?
YumeTwins Kawaii box arrived to our home direct from Tokyo and we love all the stuff inside the box 🙂 .It’s a cute surprise!Anyway what is Kawaii? This can be your doubt if this is the first time you hear about a Kawaii Box. However YumeTwins Kawaii box from Tokyo Treat is a so much popular Kawaii box for those who love surprises each month. So, before the YumeTwins Box review, I’d like to share some details about Kawaii and Japanese cuteness.
As you know, Japan is so much popular for cute items. If you receive any gift from Japan there must be cute stuff inside. So, what is Kawaii? Kawaii can be best translated as ‘cuteness’ and now it is a global trend and concept. Most of the people love these Kawaii products or cute products from Japan. There are many Kawaii collectors who love such cute characters. At our home not only my kid, I too love cute Kawaii items from Japan. So, I love the latest cuteness came to our home from Japan inside the YumeTwins Box. That’s why, here I want to share our Yume Twins review which will sure inspire you with the Kawaii cuteness from Japan!
YumeTwins Kawaii Box from Tokyo
What is YumeTwins Box?
YumeTwins is a monthly subscription box from Japan, Tokyo which includes high quality Kawaii products inside. As a subscriber of YumeTwins, you will receive super cute kawaii products from Japan which will sure bring smile on you. The cute products will not only make a kid surprise, those are good for girls, teens and even adults who love Kawaii items Check more details on Kawaii Subscription box from YumeTwins by visiting here.
YumeTwins Review
Few days ago we received a YumeTwins subscription box filled with Kawaii items and it is full of cuteness. My kid is the happiest at home to open this cute kawaii box. And more than the kid, I love such Kawaii products simply because those are so cute.
We are going to unbox the YumeTwins Kawaii Box! 🙂
So, here is our experience.
The YumeTwins Kawaii surprise we received was their April subscription box which included the Kawaii products with the theme Gudetama.
Who is Gudetama? Gudetama is the lazy egg character who was able to gain more followers around the world. Though it is a lazy egg character, Gudetama is full of Kawaii cuteness. So the kawaii items inside the YumeTwins box with Gudetama theme could attract us and we love Gudetama!
What is inside this Gudetama themed YumeTwins Box?
Do you like to see inside the box? It was the best part for us. Opening the box was so much fun for our kid and for me too. So here it is!!!
Aren’t these Kawaii items really cute?
YumeTwins box usually comprise of plushies, lifestyle goods and premium anime character goods. YumeTwins April box included below Kawaii items.
Shinada Easter Baby Nature
This cute porcupine plush could go to the preschool with my kid 🙂
We received this cute porcupine plush with cute bunny ear headbands which is really of high quality. This huggable Kawaii product could bring so much fun for my kid.
Gudetama Cup
With the lazy Gudetama on the cup, my kid is not lazy!He enjoys his meal time 🙂
Isn’t this Gudetama character Cup so cute? We received the Gudetama Omelette cup and with the lazy Gudetama in the cup, we are not lazy! The cup is for my kid to use daily and he enjoys his mealtime with drinks in it!
Character Bento set
The 2 tier lunch box we received is really beautiful and cute. With two tiers, it is really easy to pack meal without mixing. We received Alice in Wonderland bento box which is cute and pink. So, kid decided that for his cousin sister, so she would love the bento box for her school snack time.
Gudetama Ball Pen
Isn’t the Gudetama Ball pen so cute for me? I love to use cute items so this kawaii product from Tokyo could win my heart!
Gudetama Rubber Magnet
Though Gudetama is a lazy character, it is so cute and lovely. So this Gudetama magnet from YumeTwins box is really cute and now it is on our fridge door.
Inside the YumeTwins magazine,you can read all about the Kawaii items you receive in your subscription box.
All above kawaii products from Tokyo are not only lovely and cute. All these are of high quality too. That is the main reason to love this YumeTwins subscription box. Other than the cute products, I love to have their monthly magazine which includes details of each product and character. That is so much fun to learn about the Kawaii characters and products before using. The YumeTwins magazine also includes the details about the photo contest and also a Tokyo treat coupon .This is a fun way to enjoy the products in the subscription box.
Our thoughts and YumeTwins Kawaii box review
Above are the details of the items we received. These items are really of high quality and cuteness is overflowing. Considering the price for the monthly subscription, the items inside are really worth. You can’t buy all these Kawaii items for this price if you buy from retail shops. And after all these are from Tokyo!!
How to subscribe for your YumTwins subscription box?
I am sure you love these Kawaii items from Tokyo. If so, the best way to get the Kawaii cuteness direct from Japan is to subscribe the kawaii box from YumeTwins. They offer different plans starting from $29.99 which includes over $50 value items. While you can subscribe for 1 month plan, you can easily save when you subscribe with 3 months, 6 months or 12 months plans.
When the kid started his preschool, one of the tasks I had to do was to label all his belongings. However, so far I didn’t use any printed name labels, instead I used hand written labels with sellotape on it to paste on his bag, bottle and meal boxes. But, that wanted me to label the stuff again and again after few days simply because of labels removing once I wash those. And it doesn’t look nice too 🙂 That is the time I received the opportunity to review personalized labels from Bright Star Kids. That’s timely when I was thinking of having durable and washable name labels for my kid’s belongings!
Personalised bag tag from Bright Star Kids
So, here is our experience with Bright Star Kids.
Personalised Name Labels from Bright Star Kids – Review
We received the Mega Name Labels Value Kit which is personalized with the name of my kid together with personalized bag tag which could make my kid exciting! A name label printed with his name could make my kid so excited. The best part is that I could personalize the name label design with the thoughts of the kid.
Mega Name Labels Value Kit
This Mega Name Labels Value Kit is really value for the money as it contains 385 labels in different designs for different functions. As we received 385 labels in this pack, it is really good enough to use throughout the school year for different labeling requirements.
To create the personalized labels, all you need to do is visit Bright Star Kids website and visit Mega Name Labels Value Kit page. The instructions are easy to follow. You only need to select the colour options and share the name that you want to appear on your labels.
Personalising the name labels is really easy using the facilities at Bright Star Kids website.
As my kid likes lion toys and lion figures so much, he wanted his labels to personalise with his favourite animal, the lion! So, we could easily create a set of personalised name labels which feature his name and a beautiful lion!
These labels are 100% waterproof and dishwasher safe. So, now I don’t have to label his stuffs again and again.
Use of Personalised Name Labels from Bright Star Kids in different kid’s stuff
Personalised bag tags from Bright Star Kids
The next product we received is this personalised bag tag. It is really cute and also helpful for labeling the bag of our kid. This bag tag is helpful for preschool bag labeling or eve for luggage when we travel for holiday.
Personalized bag tag is also comes with many features. It is really easy to personalise it as the site shares different designs. We selected this safari theme as our kid likes to have anything with animal pictures. 🙂
Personalised bag tag from Bright Star Kids
Overall we are happy with these name labels. By visiting Bright Star Kids website, you can check more details including many different product ideas!
Why we like these Personalised name tags from Bright Star Kids?
For me,I found that this is really easy and convenient way to label the kid’s stuff.As I mentioned at the beginning I used one of the old school method to label the stuff spending so much time.But,now it is really easy when I have to label new stuff such as books,dress,shoes and even his meal boxes using the sticker labels I have.It saves me time.
As the labels are water resistant,I don’t have to label the stuff again for a long time.After all,this is a cute and neat way to label the kid’s belongings keeping the appearance of the product.
Discount Code for Bright Star Kids Products
Bright Star Kids is not only for personalised name labels and bag tags.They offer a wide range of personalised items including wall art,clothing,bags & accesories which you can use as customized unique gifts or for your personal usage.In their range of stationary designs,you’ll find different ideas to use personalised products.
So,use the code AMILA and enjoy 10% off from your items when you shop with Bright Star Kids.(No minimum spend)
Below are the details which you can easily connect with Bright Star Kids.
Personalized gifts and keepsakes are always my favourites. Isn’t this Personalized Drawing Necklace from Ninetwofive Jewelry too cute? If you notice, I always share products and services that is helpful for creating personalized gifts or keepsakes that creates precious memories for the entire lifetime.
Ninetwofive Jewelry is such another online shop that you can create personalized jewelries for you or for your loved ones. It is a great place to find unique gift ideas. If you visit their online shop, you will notice a beautiful collection of stylish designs which includes necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings and all sort of jewelries which are easy to customize as you wish.
Personalized Drawing Necklace from Ninetwofive Jewelry
Some of the personalized jewelry ideas include, name, foot prints, fingerprints and even handwriting. Isn’t this a cute idea to preserve one of my kid’s drawings in a customized pendant? Inspiring with all the design suggestions of Ninetwofive Jewelry, I decided to create a personalized necklace with my kid’s drawing on it. It is so precious. It is a great keepsake. It makes me proud always. Don’t forget that my kid is really proud of his artwork on a stylish pendant!
So, here is how we did!
Creating Personalized Drawing Necklace with Ninetwofive Jewelry
From birth I could spend every single minute with my kid. I could watch how he started writing. I collected all his early days’ scribbles and I always noticed the development of his drawing skills from just lines and scribbles to drawings which shows facial features. If you check this post you will see one of the early stage drawings of my kid.
Now, his drawings are more developed. Few weeks ago when he was drawing pictures I asked him to draw ‘Amma’ (mommy)
He was drawing his family and relatives. When I asked for a drawing of ‘Amma’ this is what he showed me.
This is my kid’s drawing of ‘Amma’ (Mommy) at his age of 3 yrs 5 months 🙂 This was featured on a Personalized Drawing Necklace from Ninetwofive Jewelry
Does it look like me? Absolutely it is an early stage drawing of my kid. But this drawing is bit different from his other sketches. It doesn’t close. For me it looks like a snail. 🙂 I asked again.
Is this Amma?
He said, yes this is you. This is Amma.
I asked ‘can you draw Amma again’?
He refused. No. This is you. This is your eyes, nose, mouth…He started describing the sketch. I understood that he has drawn this sketch with unique features. This drawing is different from the way he drew other members of family. I understood that he wanted to make my picture special.
So, I decided to preserve this special moment in a personalized pendant with Ninetwofive Jewelry.
Personalized Drawing Necklace from Ninetwofive Jewelry
Our experience with Ninetwofive Jewelry
Working with Ninetwofive Jewelry was really easy. Once I sent a photo of the drawing with name of my kid, they created this piece of jewelry. Isn’t it so cute? The design is exactly same as the drawing I sent.
Check this necklace design. I am proud to see that my little kid is capable of designing a unique necklace. 🙂 At home he is proud of having his artwork on jewelry. This jewelry could make him excited same as me. He proudly spends his time on creative artwork and as his mommy I enjoy every minute of these moments.
Isn’t this a great way to boost the confidence of any kid other than usual methods? These days as my kid is more on role playing activities and loves to pretend like his teacher or other roles, I found our jewelry designing experience was really helpful for him to expose his creativity!Isn’t it another brain boosting activity with his creativity?
Unique features of Ninetwofive Jewelry
It is a great place to find unique personalized gift ideas
Quality products and friendly customer service
They ship to international destinations too. Check here for shipping details.
You can find different keepsake ideas including Breast milk jewelry .Check here for the details and designs of DIY breastmilk jewelry kits. These are really affordable too.
Prices are really affordable.
I know, now you are with lot of personalized gift ideas and keepsakes. Having such keepsakes will cherish your memories. Your kid will sure appreciate these pieces of jewelries once he is grown up.
So, check ninetwofivejewelry.com for more designs and details. Don’t wait until your little kid is grown up. Preserve those beautiful memories for him to admire in future!
If you look for mother’s day gifts or any gift for a new mom, I am sure you will find lot of ideas in their website!
Discount for all readers
Use the code DIARYOFANEWMOM and enjoy 15% discount storewide when you shop personalized jewelries with Ninetwofive Jewelry.
Giveaway time (1 lucky winner)
Now its time for the giveaway. Management Team @Ninetwofive Jewelry happily sponsors 1 free personalized drawing necklace to one of the readers of Diary of a New Mom.
Few days ago I received our latest Mixbook photo books. Always it’s a cute surprise to receive by mail. It seems Mixbook has become my favourite photo book company simply because of the easy to use photo book making software, quality of the books, appearance and finally don’t forget the price. From few years I use Mixbook for our photo books and I also saved money by using the Mixbook coupon codes which is sometimes upto 50% off. This time I used a Buy 1 get 1 free offer to order our photo books. So, I received 2 photo books at the same time. Simply it’s a good deal, isn’t it?
Although I’ve shared a Mixbook photo book review last year, here is our latest experience with Mixbook. Mother’s day is reaching. If you are looking for a unique gift for your mom, wife, cousin, sister or any friend who is worth appreciating on this Mother’s day, I guess a photo book can be a great idea! And it doesn’t cost much considering the other gift ideas around.
Playgroup memories Photo book for our kid
Few months ago I created a photo book for preserving our kid’s playgroup memories. For this photo book I used the arts and crafts photo book template and customized it using our photos. Although this photo book template shares art and crafts of kids, I used memories and moments from our kid’s playgroup year.
This includes photos of his first day to Playgroup, photos with teachers, some of his favourite arts and crafts, celebrations and festival moments from Playgroup and finally the playgroup graduation photos. Completely it is a memory keepsake for playgroup year.
I included moments from his playgroup year for the arts and crafts photo book.I used this template.
Year in Review photo book for 2016
I created another photo book for our 2016 memories. Last year I ordered a photo book for our 2015 memories. That was so good because we always go through these memories and enjoy precious moments. Inspiring from that experience, I created another photo book for 2016.I really love these photo books. I used this photo book template and customized it with my choices. So beautiful and so cute!
With this 2 photo books, here is my Mixbook photo book review which may be helpful for you too.
Mixbook Reviews with our Photo Books (Review 2017)
Quality of the books
This time I ordered square shape books of size 8.5*8.5’’ hard cover glossy finish photo books. The pages are thick and quality. Colours of the photo prints are natural and similar to the photos I uploaded. I ordered hardcover glossy finish, so the appearance is different from leather or premium lay flat design. However, although this is not a lay flat photo book, still it is easy to turn pages and use. If you like lay flat designs, you can upgrade your order at the time of completing the order!
Well, this is something that I need to mention. There are different size options which you can select when you create a photo book with Mix book. In my previous year order, I ordered landscape photo book. This time it is square and 8.5*8.5’’ in size. When I compare the sizes and shapes of the books, I really like the recent photo books which are of square shape. These books look better in appearance than our previous landscape book which is also large in size. Anyway, that is up to you to select the best size for you. I may continue with same size even in my future orders too.
Easy to use photo book making software
Mixbook photo book software is always easy to use. I always start with a photo book template from their photo book collection. But, I customize the photo book including backgrounds, changes for fonts and letter sizes. These are really easy with the photo book software which anyone who is even a beginner can follow. This is one of the reasons for me to continue with creating photo books each year.
In this Mixbook photo book review, I can’t stay away from mentioning the price. It is really reasonable comparing with the other photo book companies I worked with. Photo books starts with the rate $15.99 which finally creates a durable photo book than a conventional album. Considering the price of photo albums and costs for printing photos for the album, creating a photo book with Mixbook is really cheaper. And don’t forget, printing photos is something never happen to most of us although we want to print. So, I prefer creating photo books online using the digital files. After spending few hours, it is done!
Above are some of the qualities I admire while creating photo books with Mixbook. Other than that, I always love to use Mixbook coupons to save money from my orders.
Mixbook Coupons
This photo book company is awesome when considering the coupons and offers they give time to time. Their discounts are amazing and up to 50% or over. Sometimes they offer buy one get one free offers too.(BOGO).Actually this time I ordered 2 photo books using Mixbook coupons and that results me having 2 photo books for the price of one! Simply awesome!
To get the latest Mixbook Coupons, you can check below image ad.
Finally, my experience with Mixbook is always awesome. I really like creating memories with this photo book company. Don’t forget they also offer other items such as photo cards, home décor, photo prints and Calendars. Visit for more details. Don’t forget to start your photo book right now!
Don’t forget to order with a promo code.That will save you some money! 🙂
Disclosure: I received shopping credits from Mixbook and I ordered photo books using the credits.No monetary compensation received for sharing this review.All opinions are mine.Also this post contains affiliate links.
Little Planet Playland is the best place for pretend play activities for kids in Singapore! Yes, I am telling so because I spent time with my kid at this wonderful indoor playground and it is a great place for pretend playing. With soft colours and spacious rooms, the Little Planet Playland is equipped with mainly facilities for 6 pretend play activities. But, you know the behavior of kids. They will create lot of imaginations into the reality when they are surrounded with lot of toys. It was same with us. My kid played happily in these pretend play activities and even he created some of his inventions! This is why pretend playing is important for kids as a brain activity!
About Little Planet Playland
Located at the Centrepoint shopping mall, Little Planet Playland is a wonderful place for kids to engage in imaginary play and pretend play activities. With themed play stations which includes a farm, a market place, a kitchen & cafe, a fishing area, a castle and a forest maze ,Little Planet playland aims to provide the young kids entertaining and educational environment while promoting the safe and hygienic place to play.
Little Planet Playland review
As my kid is so much into pretend playing these days, our visit to the Little Planet Playland was remarkable. Though there are hygiene practices and health checks at the entrance, he couldn’t wait to enter into the playground as he was much excited just by the view of it! Below is our Little Planet Playland review and experience. Hope you love to visit this amazing playland after reading our experiences because we also love to visit there again!
Fishing area
Although the farm area is located near the entrance, my kid ran into the fishing area. May be it is because fishing is a new experience for him. He loved to try fishing while sitting on the boat.
The fishing area is one of the pretend play stations in Little Planet Playland which provide facilities for fishing. There are lots of sea creatures around the boat which kids can use to catch them using the magnetic fishing rods.
It’s really interesting. Not only the kids will play with fishing activities, they also will learn names of the sea animals and also the different colours.
Market Area
This market at the Little Planet Playland is full of vegetables, breads & buns, fish and other groceries which kids can enjoy their time in shopping. There are trolleys for them to collect all the things they buy from the supermarket. It is really fun and I could see most of the kids in the playground enjoyed this activity.
Farm & soil ground
Farm is another interesting play station which provides facilities to pretend like harvesting the crops and planting those again. With the provided wheelbarrows and other farm tools kids can easily pretend like a farmer.
Busy farmer!
Next to the farm, there is a soil ground. At first I thought this area is for sand playing. But, it is not sand. This soil ground is with some clean seeds which is helpful for kids to use as the soil medium.
Kitchen & café
Though my kid is a boy, he loves cooking. Usually he spends time at the pantry area with his own cooking when I prepare our meal. So, the kitchen area is one of the best places for him to play.
The kitchen and café area of the Little Planet Playland is a complete kitchen. It includes pretend play kitchen items such as cookers, oven, sink and also necessary pots, pans and cutlery.
Busy at the kitchen!
Once cooked, kids can enjoy their meal at the café area. Isn’t this a fun activity for little kids?
Castle
Let your kids to role play like a prince and princess at the castle area. In this play station, you will not only find a castle but also costumes to pretend as royal members! The photo booth is really great to capture a snap of the kids with their royal dresses. But, I am sure instead of posing for a photo, they will sure run around the castle same as my kid did!
Costumes for kids!
Forest maze
The forest maze area is really interesting. It is located near the entrance and just before the fishing area. Kids can walk through the forest maze and pick fruits in to baskets. They can even enjoy time with picnic activities. And don’t forget the hide and seek! We loved our experience there. So, I am sure you will!!
Party Room
Little Planet Playland also includes a party room which you can book for your kid’s party. The party room is clean and neat with decorations. If you like to host your kid’s birthday party at the Little Planet Playland, you can choose one of the party packages!
Our thoughts about Little Planet Playland
We enjoyed our time there. Not only my kid, I also joined with pretend play activities to encourage my kid. It was so much fun. And it was great as I could spend time with my kid with activities he likes. This is a great playground for parents to spend time with kids. Unlike with active playing, you may need to talk, pretend and play with kids when they are role playing or in pretend play activities. Finally, that will improve the bonding time!
Playkeroo indoor playground is our newest finding. 🙂 These days I like to visit playgrounds with my kid. We visit both outdoor and indoor playgrounds in Singapore to create the best playing environment for our kid.
It is no secret that playing is really important for growth of kids. There are many benefits of active playing. That is why as parents we have responsibility to create opportunities for our kids to play actively and happily. So, there is another indoor playground in Singapore which you can bring your kids to play. It is Playkeroo indoor playground!
Playing is really important in early childhood stages.What do you think?
About Playkeroo indoor playground
I think it is good if I share some details about Playkeroo indoor playground before sharing our experiences there. Playkeroo is located at 100AM Mall which is near to the Tanjong Pagar MRT. It has some unique features including facilities for nail pampering. So, mommies, if you want to find some ‘me time’, you can visit Playkeroo! Let your kids play in the playground while you are having a nail session at the salon. Isn’t this sound a good idea to relax yourself? Well, let me share our experiences at the Playkeroo indoor playground!
Kangaroo inspired
Playkeroo is inspired by the growth of a baby kangaroo. It provides safe and beautiful play space for little kids below 7 years old. There is a special area for each age group to involve in play, be it running, crawling, sliding or just imaginary playing!
Here are some of the highlighted play areas at the Playkeroo indoor playground.
Baby-Roo Forest Land
Playkeroo Indoor Playground Review: Designated area for babies under 18 months old
This area is for infants and young toddlers to play actively while improving skills such as fine motor skills and other skills including crawling and walking.
In this area we found activities such as slides, ball pit and other play items which help little babies to be active.
On one side of the play area, there are activity boards. These colouful boards are with different activities which babies can experience.
Joey Hills
Joey Hills is the active play area of Playkeroo which is designed for active walkers and toddlers. They can happily run around as the play area is really spacious. A lot of obstacle courses to experience! A trampoline to shed the energy till they feel tired! 🙂
Ball pit, slides and there are other activities which creates Joey Hill is an attractive play area for toddlers and grown up kids.
Lot of obstacles to pass! 🙂 But it was so much fun!
Kangaroo City
We were busy at the Kangaroo City! 🙂
This can be the most attractive area for my kid. As he mostly love on imaginary play these days, my kid spent most of his time in the Kangaroo City.He also loved all the ride on toys at the Kangaroo City area.
Busy at the Fuel Station! 🙂
In the Kangaroo City, kids can experience the city life. They will experience driving along the city while following the traffic signals. There are many vehicle toys in this area which kids can play. The fuel station and car wash area are really interesting.
Its time to clean the car!
Kiddy Rides
Kids can also enjoy kiddy rides when you visit Playkeroo. It is completely a play area for kids with different play activities.
Do you like a ride? (Playkeroo Indoor Playground Review)
Other attractions and services in Playkeroo
Other than the main play areas, you will see many services and facilities in Playkeroo indoor playground.
Party Room
You cannot forget this spacious party room in Playkeroo. It is really spacious and with beautiful backdrop which you can easily plan your birthday parties or any other kids events. There are different party packages available which you can easily select the best package for your kids party. You can check the details on their website.
Party room is really spacious!
Nail Services
Attached to the playground, there is a nail salon which moms can pamper themselves or spend time with little cuties. Manicure rates start at $15 and there are different services available.
Mommy,do you want to pamper here? Or are you looking for some ‘Me time’ ? 🙂
Nursing rooms
Moms, don’t worry visiting the Playkeroo and spending long hours! There is a room with nursing and diaper changing facilities.
Playkeroo Indoor Playground review
Well, so far what I explained are the details and facilities of the Playkeroo playground. However, I am sure you found that this playground is another interesting play area for kids. You can see how my kid is happy with Playkeroo. As a summery we love our experience there at the Playkeroo.
Things to highlight.
Playkeroo is an indoor playground which is suitable for both infants and young kids (including toddler age)
There are play facilities for each age group.
It is a clean space and you don’t have to worry about hygiene issues.
Kangaroo city is our kid’s favourite play area which I want to highlight in Playkeroo review. You will find other active play facilities in other Singapore indoor playgrounds too. But this city life experience is unique for Playkeroo. Young kids will love such experiences for sure. I could see this area with many kids who were playing with ride-on toys. While imaginary playing opportunities are there, kids can also spend time actively on ride-on toy vehicles.
Nail Salon is one of the interesting things to highlight for my review.
And don’t forget the friendly and helpful staff. They offer a really friendly service for the playground visitors.
At the entrance,there is a photo booth which you can capture a beautiful moment.We tried too! 🙂
Say Cheese! 🙂
Useful information about Playkeroo Indoor Playground
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 10am to 8pm
Location:
100AM Mall
100 Tras Street
#04-16A
Singapore 079027
It is few minutes walking distance from Tanjong Pagar MRT
For more details including the admission rates, please check the website: playkeroo.sg
Giveaway time (5 Lucky Winners)
It is time for another giveaway. Management Team @Playkeroo is happy to sponsor 5 free entry passes to the readers of Diary of a New Mom. (1 free entry for 1 winner, total 5 winners)
Simply use the rafflecopter to enter into the giveaway.
Giveaway will end on 13th April 2017, 12am.We will contact the winners through a Facebook message or email.
In case we do not hear from you within 72 hours, we’ll select another winner.
Disclosure:We received free entry for the Playkeroo indoor playground in order to facilitate this review. However all opinions are mine.
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Exercises That Strengthen the Abs and Lower Back
Work your core area from the lower abdominal muscles to the hips with twists, jumping jacks and stability ball exercises to strengthen your abs and lower back muscles. View a professional demonstration in this free video of abdominal exercises.
Video Transcript
Hi, I'm Emily Wenzel with Body and Mind Enrichment. I'm a personal trainer and a Pilates instructor, an herbalist and an organic gardener. We're here at the Pilates Loft, and today, we're going to go over some exercises to strengthen the abdominals and the lower back. The first that you'd like to do with the exercise is, is find your lower abdominals. So, you want to feel right where your hip bones are, go two inches in and two inches down. Draw the, those abdominal muscles towards the midline of the body, try to avoid tightening the back too much. So, the idea is, you're going to be on your belly. And in that position, it might be a little precarious to find the lower abdominal muscles. So, connect with your body, good. So, you're going to lower all the way down. Feel again, where those hip bones are, visualize and connect from the lower abdominals, without hiking the glutes up. You want to keep the head in the same natural, long position. Without the head lifting up and down too much. And start with the arms behind and lower down, and bring the thumbs up, almost like you're hitchhiking, just slightly. So, inhale as you prepare, as you exhale, keep the abdominals working. And feel that you're reaching out at the lower and lifting up. The thumbs come up and activate the shoulder blades together. Inhale and hold and then, exhale, lower down. And if you want, you can get yourself to one side and then, lower down to that cheek. But then, make sure you alternate to the other side. So, inhale here, and as you exhale, reach out at that lower back, and lift the heart up. Instead of just extending back. And then, make sure you switch to the other side and the other cheek and lower it back down. So, more of a progression would be, as you lift up, bring the arms forward and just one at a time. So, inhale here, and as you exhale, you're going to lift the opposite arm and opposite leg. But again, keeping the neck long, and the focus still on the lower abdominals, with the lower back assisting, slightly. Inhale and lower, exhale, reach out at the lower back, and lift, light on the opposite arm. Inhale, and then, more of a progression would be both legs and both arms are going to lift up. And then, lower, inhale and exhale, reach out at the lower back, lift the chest up. And then, you can go into jumping-jack. So, you can widen and reach, inhale. And then, swim the arms and the legs. And then, carefully lower it back down. The next exercise, we're going to use the stability ball, and you'll see some of the similar positions. Position the ball, so your belly button and the hip bones are just slightly off, of the ball. And then, position your legs, where they're about shoulder width apart. But the heels come inward and the toes come outward, a little bit. The neck again, is nice and long, the arms are going to be back. And activate the lower abdominals, inhale as you lower. And as you exhale, you want to reach out at the lower back, lift the heart up. And then, just, just make sure that the head isn't swinging up and down too aggressively. Inhale and lower, if you want more of a progression. Reach one arm up and then, of course, switch to the other arm, so exhale and reach. And then, if you want more, reach both arms up, as you exhale, and circle them out and around. And then, do the opposite, so inhale and exhale. Reach them forward, inhale and then, exhale and then, reach the other direction, exhale. Then bring the arms, just safely behind the head, try not to pull too far forward. And take a breath in as you exhale, you're going lift and reach out and twist side to side. But try to avoid just twisting the neck and the head. It's going to be a small rotation, side to side. And then, back to the center, inhale. And then, exhale and lower, and just relax over the ball. Those are some exercises that you can do to strengthen the lower abdominals and the lower back. I'm Emily Wenzel with BodyAndMindEnrichment.org.
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Guidance range for branded postpaid net adds increased to 3.4 to 3.9 million
Maintaining target of $6.8 to $7.2 billion of Adjusted EBITDA
Maintaining target of $4.4 to $4.7 billion of cash capex
Financial guidance excludes any impact of JUMP! On Demand
BELLEVUE, Wash. – July 30, 2015 – T-Mobile US, Inc. (NYSE: TMUS) today reported second quarter 2015 results reflecting continued strong momentum, industry-leading growth, and continued low churn. The Company again outperformed the competition in both customer and financial growth metrics. T-Mobile generated 2.1 million total net customer additions, marking the ninth consecutive quarter that T-Mobile has delivered over one million total net customer additions. Additionally, the Company delivered 14% total revenue growth and 25% growth in adjusted EBITDA compared to the second quarter of 2014.
“While the carriers continue to use gimmicks to confuse consumers, T-Mobile continues to listen to customers and respond with moves that blow them away,” said John Legere, President and CEO of T-Mobile. “On top of adding 2.1 million new customers in the second quarter, we delivered 14% year-over-year revenue growth and 25% year-over-year Adjusted EBITDA growth. Overall, I think our results speak for themselves.”
Operational and Financial Highlights for the Second Quarter 2015
T-Mobile continued to deliver strong customer growth and ended the second quarter of 2015 with 58.9 million total customers. In the second quarter of 2015, T-Mobile added 2.1 million net new customers, including branded postpaid net customer additions of 1.0 million, comprised of phone net customer additions of 760,000 – expected to be the highest in the U.S. wireless industry once again – and mobile broadband net customer additions of 248,000.
Branded postpaid phone churn was 1.3% in the second quarter of 2015, down 16 basis points year-over-year and essentially flat sequentially. The year-over-year improvement in churn reflects ongoing improvements in the Company’s network, customer service, and the overall value of its offerings in the marketplace, resulting in increased customer satisfaction and loyalty.
T-Mobile’s branded prepaid net customer additions were 178,000 in the second quarter of 2015, which represents a significant improvement both year-over-year and sequentially. Branded prepaid to branded postpaid migrations were 175,000 in the second quarter of 2015, down from 195,000 in the first quarter of 2015.
Total device sales, including both branded postpaid and prepaid customers, were 8.3 million units in the second quarter of 2015, of which total smartphone sales were 7.4 million units.
In addition to strong customer growth, T-Mobile delivered outstanding financial results. In the second quarter of 2015, the Company expects to again report the fastest year-over-year revenue growth in the industry for both service and total revenues. Service revenues for the second quarter of 2015 grew by 12.0% year-over-year, primarily due to rapid growth in the Company’s customer base. On a sequential basis, service revenues grew by 5.6% primarily due to higher branded postpaid phone ARPU and growth in the customer base. Excluding the impacts of the non-cash net revenue deferrals for Data Stash™, service revenues in the second quarter of 2015 increased by 3.7% sequentially.
T-Mobile’s total revenues for the second quarter of 2015 grew by 13.8% year-over-year and 5.2% sequentially. The increase was due to continued growth in both service revenues and equipment revenues, which grew by 19.7% year-over-year and 3.5% sequentially.
Branded postpaid phone Average Revenue per User (ARPU) increased sequentially by 3.8% to $48.19, driven primarily by the impacts of the non-cash net revenue deferrals for Data Stash in the first quarter of 2015. On a year-over-year basis, branded postpaid phone ARPU declined 2.3%. Excluding the impacts of Data Stash, branded postpaid phone ARPU in the second quarter of 2015 increased by 1.0% sequentially.
Branded postpaid Average Billings per User (ABPU) was a record $63.29 in the second quarter of 2015, up 5.9% year-over-year and 3.9% sequentially. The increase was primarily due to growth in Equipment Installment Plan (EIP) billings.
Branded postpaid Average Revenue per Account (ARPA) was $113.50 in the second quarter of 2015, up 6.0% year-over-year and 5.1% sequentially. The increase was due to growth in branded postpaid service revenues as well as an increase in the number of branded postpaid customers per account.
Branded postpaid Average Billings per Account (ABPA) amounted to a record $152.31 in the second quarter of 2015, an increase of 15.6% year-over-year and 5.0% sequentially. The increase was due to growth in EIP billings as well as an increase in the number of branded postpaid customers per account.
Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2015 was $1.8 billion, up 25.2% year-over-year and up 30.9% sequentially. Year-over-year, the increase was primarily due to higher service revenues from growth in the customer base combined with strong cost control, especially in cost of services, partially offset by higher selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses. Sequentially, the increase was primarily due to higher service revenues and decreased losses on equipment sales, partially offset by higher SG&A expenses. Excluding the impacts of Data Stash, Adjusted EBITDA in the second quarter of 2015 increased by 21.3% sequentially. The Adjusted EBITDA margin was 30% for the second quarter of 2015, up from 26% in the second quarter of 2014 and 24% in the first quarter of 2015.
Net income amounted to $361 million, a strong improvement from a loss of $63 million in the first quarter of 2015 and down from net income of $391 million in the second quarter of 2014. Earnings per share (EPS) in the second quarter of 2015 was $0.42 compared to EPS of $0.48 in the second quarter of 2014 and a loss per share of $(0.09) in the first quarter of 2015. The year-over-year decrease in net income and EPS was primarily due to gains on disposal of spectrum licenses of $747 million recognized in the second quarter of 2014, partially offset by a decrease in income tax expense primarily due to the impact of income tax benefits for several discrete items recognized in the second quarter of 2015. T-Mobile expects EPS to be positive for all the remaining quarters and the full-year of 2015.
J.D. Power Recognizes T-Mobile for Customer Care
On July 30, 2015, J.D. Power recognized T-Mobile for its leadership in Customer Care Performance, awarding the Company the highest ranking among full service wireless providers in the J.D. Power 2015 Wireless Customer Care Full-Service Study – Volume 2. Regaining the highest ranking reinforces T-Mobile’s track record as an organization with a strong focus and commitment to providing an outstanding customer experience whether you call in, come in to the store, or access online.
Un-Carrier Delivering Results
Since launching Un-carrier™ in 2013, T-Mobile has disrupted the wireless industry with innovations such as no annual service contracts, equipment installment plans, the JUMP!® device upgrade program, free international data roaming, Contract Freedom™, T-Mobile Test Drive™, Music Freedom™, Wi-Fi Un-leashed, Data Stash, and Business Un-leashed. Over the past month, the Company introduced a series of Un-carrier Amped announcements that extend the lineup with:
JUMP! On Demand: T-Mobile updated its JUMP! program to enable customers to have a low monthly payment that covers the cost of leasing a new device and the freedom to swap it for a new one up to three times in twelve months with no extra fee.
Mobile without Borders: T-Mobile’s Simple Choice plan now extends coverage and calling across the United States, Canada and Mexico at no extra charge. The upgrade makes Simple Choice the first and only wireless plan to span the entire continent.
10 GB for All: T-Mobile updated its Family Plan program to enable qualifying family plan customers to get 10 GB of 4G LTE data at a great rate. Plans start at $100 per month for two lines, each with up to 10 GB of 4G LTE data, and each additional line is $20 per month. For a limited time, the fourth line is free.
Amping Music Freedom and iPhone®: T-Mobile updated its Music Freedom program by adding Apple Music to its list of services that stream free on T-Mobile. In addition, every customer who gets a new iPhone 6 with JUMP! On Demand™ this summer can lock in the promotional price of $15 per month and simply swap it for the next comparable iPhone, if they upgrade before the end of the year. Lastly, all customers who get a new iPhone 6 with JUMP! On Demand will have exclusive priority access among T-Mobile’s customers to the next iPhone.
Network Expansion and Capital Expenditures
T-Mobile’s 4G LTE network – America’s Fastest – now covers 290 million people and the Company is targeting coverage of 300 million people by year-end 2015. T-Mobile is rapidly deploying Wideband LTE, while at the same time rolling out 4G LTE on its 700 MHz A-Block and 1900 MHz PCS spectrum. Wideband LTE is currently available in 212 market areas and is expected to be available in more than 250 market areas by year-end 2015. The Company continues to deploy its 700 MHz A-Block spectrum with major market launches in Miami, Denver, Baltimore, Kansas City, Austin, and West Palm Beach during the second quarter of 2015, bringing the overall total to 141 market areas.
Cash capital expenditures reflect T-Mobile’s continued investment in the expansion of its 4G LTE network. In the second quarter of 2015, cash capital expenditures were $1.2 billion, up from $982 million in the first quarter of 2015 and $940 million in the second quarter of 2014.
MetroPCS Combination
On July 1, 2015, T-Mobile decommissioned the CDMA portion of the MetroPCS networks in Dallas, New York, Miami, and the remaining Florida markets, officially completing the shutdown of the MetroPCS CDMA network. 100% of the MetroPCS spectrum has now been re-farmed and integrated into the T-Mobile network.
Total decommissioning costs for the CDMA network shutdowns amounted to $34 million in the second quarter of 2015. The Company expects to incur additional network decommissioning costs in the range of $350 to $450 million with substantially all the costs to be recognized throughout the rest of 2015.
2015 Outlook Guidance
T-Mobile expects to drive further customer momentum while delivering strong growth in Adjusted EBITDA. With the success of its Simple Choice plan and the continued evolution of the Un-carrier strategy, branded postpaid net customer additions for 2015 are now expected to be between 3.4 and 3.9 million, an increase from the previous guidance range of 3.0 to 3.5 million.
For the full-year of 2015, T-Mobile expects Adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $6.8 to $7.2 billion, unchanged from previous guidance despite the increase in branded postpaid net customer additions guidance.
Cash capital expenditures for 2015 are expected to be in the range of $4.4 to $4.7 billion, also unchanged from previous guidance.
T-Mobile’s financial guidance for 2015 excludes any benefit from the impact of JUMP! On Demand. The Company intends to disclose the aggregate non-cash impact from JUMP! On Demand and Data Stash in future quarters. In the second quarter of 2015, there were no significant impacts to financial results from JUMP! On Demand and Data Stash.
Quarterly Financial Results
For more details on T-Mobile’s second quarter 2015 financial results, including the Investor Factbook with detailed financial tables and reconciliations of certain non-GAAP measures disclosed in this release to the most comparable measures under GAAP, please visit T-Mobile US, Inc.'s Investor Relations website at http://investor.T-Mobile.com.
T-Mobile Social Media
Investors and others should note that the Company announces material financial and operational information to its investors using its investor relations website, press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. The Company also intends to use the @TMobileIR Twitter account (https://twitter.com/TMobileIR) and the @JohnLegere Twitter (https://twitter.com/JohnLegere) and Periscope accounts, which Mr. Legere also uses as a means for personal communications and observations, as means of disclosing information about the Company and its services and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. The information we post through these social media channels may be deemed material. Accordingly, investors should monitor these social media channels in addition to following the Company’s press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. The social media channels that the Company intends to use as a means of disclosing the information described above may be updated from time to time as listed on the Company’s investor relations website.
About T-Mobile US, Inc.:
As America's Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NYSE: TMUS) is redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services through leading product and service innovation. The Company's advanced nationwide 4G LTE network delivers outstanding wireless experiences to approximately 59 million customers who are unwilling to compromise on quality and value. Based in Bellevue, Washington, T-Mobile US provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile and MetroPCS. For more information, please visit http://www.t-mobile.com.
Submit Questions via Text or Twitter:
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Access via Webcast:
The earnings call will be broadcast live via the Company's Investor Relations website at http://investor.t-mobile.com. A replay of the earnings call will be available for two weeks starting shortly after the call concludes and can be accessed by dialing 888-203-1112 (toll free) or 719-457-0820 (international). The passcode required to listen to the replay is 1978931.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. Any statements made herein that are not statements of historical fact, including statements about T-Mobile US, Inc.'s plans, outlook, beliefs, opinion, projections, guidance, strategy, integration of MetroPCS, expected network modernization and other advancements, are forward-looking statements. Generally, forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "anticipate," "expect," "suggests," "plan," “project,” "believe," "intend," "estimates," "targets," "views," "may," "will," "forecast," and other similar expressions. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, are based on current assumptions and expectations, and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could affect future results and cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to compete in the highly competitive U.S. wireless telecommunications industry; adverse conditions in the U.S. and international economies and markets; significant capital commitments and the capital expenditures required to effect our business plan; our ability to adapt to future changes in technology, enhance existing offerings, and introduce new offerings to address customers' changing demands; changes in legal and regulatory requirements, including any change or increase in restrictions on our ability to operate our network; our ability to successfully maintain and improve our network, and the possibility of incurring additional costs in doing so; major equipment failures; severe weather conditions or other force majeure events; and other risks described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 19, 2015. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Military band cuts affect some WWI events
New Zealand's military bands have had to turn down offers to play at some World War One commemorations after funding cuts have left them stretched.
The New Zealand Army Band performing at Westpac Stadium, Wellington. Photo: NZ Defence Force
In 2012 the Defence Force announced it would axe funding to seven of the 10 military bands in an effort to save more than $2.6 million over five years.
Three military bands still receive Defence Force funding - one each from the army, navy and the air force.
International Military Music Society New Zealand Branch spokesperson Bob Davis said those bands would struggle to meet the demand to appear at WWI commemorations.
"There's so much more demand because everyone is marking events such as Gallipoli.
"One band can only be in one place at any one time. The demand for buglers and drummers is considerable."
Mr Davis said the remaining bands had been stretched without the other seven helping with the work.
"The savings made weren't very big in the first place because [they were] the reserve bands and those bands are not the expensive bands," he said.
But in a statement, the Defence Force said $1.82 million had been saved as of June last year and the money reinvested into front-line military activities.
A spokesperson said the military bands had been able to meet all official celebrations so far, but some non-official events were turned down because there were too many requests for the bands to cope with.
An ex-territorial force band member told Radio New Zealand the funding cuts had taken their toll.
"Initially we lost a lot of people in the band - they felt quite upset about how the whole process had been handled and it was really unfortunate.
"It had a real big negative effect on the camaraderie and the commitment to the band and we lost a lot of people."
The woman, who asked not to be named, said the cuts had decimated the military music culture in New Zealand.
She said the bands had helped reach the hearts of New Zealanders, and the military should take another look at whether the cuts had been worth it.
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In April 1968, the assassination of Martin Luther King was followed by a wave of urban riots. Troops were sent in to in Chicago, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. to quell unrest. Two months later, author James Baldwin appeared as a guest on Dick Cavett’s television show. “It’s getting so much better. There are negro mayors, there’s negroes in all of sports, there are negroes in politics,” Cavett observed. “The negroes, why aren’t they optimistic?”
Baldwin rubbed his chin and grinned at Cavett’s joke that blacks had even been granted “the ultimate accolade” of starring roles in television adverts. Then, when it was his turn to speak, he demolished the consoling notion that the arc of American history bends towards justice.
“You want me to make an act of faith, risking myself, my life, my woman, my sister, my children, on some idealism which you assure me exists in America, which I have never seen.” he said, pointing out that whites did not welcome blacks into their churches, unions, neighbourhoods or schools. “It’s not a question of what happens to the negro here, the black man… The real question is what’s going to happen to this country.”
Raoul Peck’s award-winning documentary, I Am Not Your Negro, cuts from this talk show scene to recent confrontations between heavily armed police and Black Lives Matter protesters. Its message – Baldwin’s message – is clear: until the USA’s white majority confronts its complicity in a system that holds down and brutalises African-Americans, progress will remain an illusion.
Peck discovered Baldwin’s writing in his late teens. I Am Not Your Negro is a condensed version of a conversation he’s been having his whole adult life. “Baldwin is not somebody you just read and forget: he’s somebody you come back to,” Peck says.
The words in his film, all of them, are Baldwin’s, read with authority by Samuel L. Jackson. Many are taken from a book the author never finished called Remember This House, linking the lives and untimely deaths of King and fellow civil rights leaders Malcolm X and Medgar Evers.
Peck also draws extensively from The Devil Finds Work, Baldwin’s essay about the ways the movie industry justifies white supremacy and absolves white cinema-goers of blame. Baldwin’s argument is underscored with clips, from John Wayne gunning down Indians and Stepin Fetchit’s grotesque caricatures of negritude to Sidney Poitier’s performances in Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? and In The Heat Of The Night – films considered progressive at the time.
What would Baldwin write about Hollywood in 2017? “You have the answer already,” Peck says. “When you hear those words, written forty or fifty years ago, and they ring exactly accurate today, the conclusion is that nothing has really changed.”
After two slates of all white nominations in the major categories, the Academy signalled its commitment to diversity this year by awarding Best Picture to Moonlight, a story about growing up gay, black and poor. I Am Not Your Negro was nominated for Best Documentary, but Peck scoffs at the idea the awards represent meaningful change.
“I had to fight at every stage of the process, because I was not dealing with an industry that was ready to acclaim me and claim me. That happened when it was finished,” he says. The film took him ten years to make: it took Jenkins seven years to get financing for Moonlight. “What we need and what we claim is a share in the power, meaning the decision to green light films.”
In one of the documentary’s most powerful sections, Peck edits together shots of the violent police response to uprisings in Watts, Newark and Detroit in the 1960s with clips from Ferguson, Oakland and Baltimore in 2014-15.
James Baldwin
We see Malcolm X holding up a Nation of Islam newspaper headlined ‘Seven Unarmed Negroes Shot In Cold Blood by Los Angeles Police.’ Medger Evers carries a sign reading ‘Stop Police Brutality’. It is hard to make the case for progress when three unarmed black fifteen-year-olds were killed by police just last month, in separate incidents in Texas, Connecticut and California.
In 1957, Baldwin was living in Paris when he saw a photograph of fifteen-year-old Dorothy Counts surrounded by a hostile mob on her first day at a formerly all white school, and resolved to come home to join the struggle. Peck hopes his film will have the same effect on its viewers, expanding the ranks of people protesting against institutional racism and white supremacy.
“We have been consoled repeatedly by small successes, but when you look back to the fundamentals – the amount of black unemployed, the number of blacks in prison, the number of blacks living in bad neighbourhoods, police brutality cases… Whatever the statistic is, you need to face that reality,” he says. “The crazy thing about the film, and I keep repeating it, is how come something that was written forty years ago rings so true?”
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Danube Properties Celebrates the Completion of Dh570 million Starz and Glamz Projects
With the twin completion, Dubai-based developer Danube Properties will have completed six projects worth Dh1.69 billion in five years, nearly half of its Dh3.82 billion portfolio of 12 projects.
By SMART Expo, May 14 2019
Both the projects – Starz and Glamz – were launched and sold out in 2016 and completed in record time in 2019 that reflects the developer’s strong commitment to customers. Once the planned hand-over of 880 units in Starz and Glamz are completed, Danube Properties will have delivered 1,711 residential units, worth Dh1.69 billion, part of its portfolio of 5,019 residences, worth Dh3.82 billion, in less than five years after it launched its maiden project – Dreamz in June 2014.
Built with the latest green and sustainable building technologies, the smart homes within both the projects are fitted with the latest state-of-the-art facilities and amenities including built-in wardrobes, the latest modular home furnishings with upgraded materials used during the construction phase – more advanced than those promised during the launch of the projects.
The 880 homes come with the best-in-class lifestyle amenities, including fully-fitted gymnasium, health club, swimming pool, large reception area, community areas with landscaped greenery, ample car parking and other facilities – all offered at a very affordable price and with a 1 percent monthly payment plan.
Once handed over, the residents will also enjoy easy access to Dubai’s public transport with a metro station within 2-minutes walking distance from the Glamz and three minutes from Starz. Residents will be able to reach the Expo 2020 site in just 7-10 minutes through the metro station and catch a flight at Al Maktoum International Airport – which could be reached in 15 minutes from the nearest metro station.
“As we move closer to the Expo 2020, we see renewed confidence in the UAE real estate market. The complete sell-out of our projects reflects strong investor confidence in not only the Dubai real estate market, but also in Danube Properties,” Rizwan Sajan, Founder and Chairman of Danube Group, says. “Today we are not only delivering homes, but delivering promises we made to home buyers who have put their faith in us.
“We are a firm believer in the long-term sustainable development of real estate projects and there is no better market than the UAE, especially Dubai. With our projects, we have defied the odds and demonstrated our ability in offering affordable homes that have been snapped up by buyers.
“Despite some negative perceptions about the market, I am happy to announce that all our properties have been well received by buyers and are sold out. As the market matures, we see good opportunities in the market in which developers with long-term commitment will do well.”
Danube Properties’ new home deliveries come at the backdrop of its stellar performance in 2018 – its best year so far – when a whopping 78.5 percent jump in sale of the number of residential units has boosted Danube Properties’ market share of off-plan sales to 10.6 percent in 2018, compared to the 5 percent in 2017.
The company last year sold a total of 1,869 residential units, according to its annual report. Among the total number of properties sold by Danube Properties, 89 were ready-to-move-in while the rest 1,780 units were off-plan properties. The sales price of 1,869 units increased by 19.26 percent to Dh978 million last year, compared to the sales price of 1,047 units worth Dh820 million in 2017, the report shows.
Atif Rahman, Director and Partner of Danube Properties, says, “A developer’s strength of character and commitment reflects on the quality of construction and the number of project deliveries. Our record of continuous development and timely delivery of properties speaks volumes about our strong commitment to quality, timely delivery and our solid commitment to our home buyers.
All the apartments within Starz and Glamz are offered at an affordable price and with a convenient payment plan of 1 percent – something that Danube has pioneered in the UAE’s real estate market.
“However, we have not compromised on quality. What Danube has achieved over the last five years, is that it has changed the perception of affordable homes. What we are offering is – affordable luxury. Our properties are luxury properties, but offered at affordable price.
“With the launch of Starz in 2016, we pioneered in introducing specially designed modular furniture. This will help the residents maximise the use of available space by converting the living room into a bedroom at night. We remain committed to delivering happy communities with phenomenal value addition. I am confident, buyers of properties in Starz and Glamz will be extremely delighted with the quality of finishing and timely delivery,” Atif Rahman concludes.
Danube will be at SMART Expo, Booth A05, at Hall 3G, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, from 15-16 June 2019. Get your FREE pass now.
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Blizzard of 2009 Photos
Photos from midday....when we still just had a taste of it. I'm pretty sure we now have about 9 feet of snow. Don't listen to reports saying there are 15 or 18 inches. It's more like 80 or 90 inches. EASILY.
Just hours earlier there were palm trees here, and a Tiki hut.
I paused for some java at Snowbucks.
Snow so deep only the top floor of the two-story garage is visible!!!!!!!!!!!!
Snow seems to be slowing down. I deliberately parked my car across the street so I could have the driveway clear for shoveling. Tomorrow I will start an expedition to find the white car buried in the plowed up snow.
From The Owl and the Pussycat:
'Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.'
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
I rarely haul a comment forward, but here's one from the tail-end of the last 'boodle -
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For anyone who hasn't already discovered this: More small (read: light) shovelsfull is generally preferable to fewer large/heavy shovelsfull, unless you're clearing a very short path. Might seem counter-intuitive, but it's the Word.
Speaking of the Word, I may have to re-think this whole theologically-skeptical thing. I feel silly saying this, because the pork is off the grill and ready for sandwiches, but I may have to "just say no" to the haram, and get down with the kashrut. There's something very appealing about the viewpoint that if God didn't have a very good reason for wanting two feet of snow on my sidewalk, It wouldn't have put it here, and I probably shouldn't mess with the Plan!
I like my car just fine, but it doesn't have garage privileges, so the the snow removal task is all about keeping the driveway clear so my wife can get her car out of the garage if and when school ever opens.
My car is tough. It stays outside in the parking space across the street covered in snow until I have to work, which is usually later the same morning, when I brush all the snow off and dig out two tire tracks so I can pull out into the plowed circle. Then when I come home, there is a fresh clean driveway to park in.
During the last big blizzard, I had dug out the 24 inches of the driveway to the street. I then had to wade across the street to my car. My dog who was completely devoted to me had to come along and he dolphined his way through the snow just to help me out. Despite being a roan cocker spaniel, he kept disappearing into the snow only to resurface. It was the most hilarious show of canine loyalty I have ever seen. I miss my dog.
Hi, all. You East Coast boodlers sound like you're enjoying your snow. I look forward to our first big snow in the Midwest. Yello, I had an old dog once (she was old when we got her) who absolutely loved snow. One big snow that year, the year we had her, I could just see a moving hump through the deep snow against the fence, all around the back yard, as she barrelled through it completely submerged, at full speed. She found it rather exhilarating.
I have a question for those who know Latin - I've googled and can't find an answer: what does per ipso mean? Someone I don't much like has used it in writing to me, and I can't figure it out and don't want to ask him.
I am very impressed with those powers, abeac, and wish I had them! My aim is not very good, and typo spotting is very hit or miss with me. Why do I have a vision of you bopping a student with an eraser from across the classroom? ( I know you would never do this, and only partly because they'd try to sue)
I'm glad you have access to a spot across the street, yello. I thought you might have left it on the street where it was vulnerable to passing caterpillars. I don't know exactly how snow savvy you guys are down there.
Thanks, Yoki. Abeac, I love the idea of you with those superpowers, too. I must admit to being a little jealous of women who usually have someone to shovel for them - I've really always done the shoveling, for various reasons. Luckily, I always need the exercise and it leaves you feeling virtuous. And then you make a batch of cookies and eat 4 or 5 with impunity.
The ScienceSpouse has conveyed to me a report from Simpsonville, MD on the National Weather Service web site that they -- we, because that is our area -- experienced 21.5 inches of snow (so far). What is odd about that is that Simpsonville doesn't really exist any more.
Don't forget the long soak in a bathtub full of hot water, abeac! That, Advil, and a good night's sleep should do the trick.
We're back from family Christmas party. As I was washing the dirty dishes, Geekdottir commented that these affairs are never long enough. You know family is a good thing when the younger generation feels that way.
I was surprised to see cheese straws left when I went to pack up the leftovers. But they were snapped up by the cousins, one of whom promised her snowed-in son to bring him some.
When we got home, we had an email from the neighbors of the mountain place, with pictures. A good foot or more of snow at our house, and 20 inches on western slopes, they said. Mr. T is dying to be there in the middle of it. Me, not so much.
Mmm. Hot chocolate with Peppermint Schnapps. The latter measured out with a shot glass from the National Museum of the United States Air Force located at the Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio. I dimly remember being sent there in the late 1990s, but I do not remember why. The whole trip is a blur. Perhaps this has something to do with "Hanger 18." Or, maybe I'm just getting old.
Thank goodness Nellie, I thought I had lost it even more than usual and had made cookies I didn't remember making and if I had, where did I hide them or did I eat them all in my sleep or something.
I have always shoveled too. When I was married, we lived on a hill for many years and I had to at least get started on it so that the ex could get the car into the garage. Now I shovel for fun and exercise. But we don't have a large driveway here and the snowblower does most of the work but I enjoy getting out in it.
When I was growing up, my dog and I would play in the snow for hours. He loved jumping in it and chasing me up and down snowbanks. He had long fur so when we came into the house, my job was to get all the balls of snow off the fur on his front legs and in between his toes. I loved that dog!
Hmm. A good day with the kids in the snow (everything shoveled and cleared), productive and delicious in the kitchen, and now I'm relaxing and enjoying the Cowboys and Saints with a mug of mulled wine. [Looks like the Saints may finally lose one...]
Not sure what tomorrow holds -- likely more of the same. And I'm Ok with that.
I made the mistake of trying to go to the post office this morning to buy stamps - hah! There were 20 people in line before me to use the automated stamp dispenser, at least 50 in line to get human help. Unless all of those people were merely hanging out there to get warm before resuming their hobo tramping, the economy has not yet ground to a halt. They looked fairly prosperous. I decided my bills and such could wait a few days to go out.
That reminds me, my last year of high school my parents rented a house for a year so I could finish school before they moved out of town. This house was just outside the built up area of the city. it had a long drive and big front lawn. That year we got a lot of snow, one storm that brought maybe a foot of snow, but this house was in the countryside and the winds made drifts three to four feet high, packed hard enough to walk on top of at times. Crazy cold windchill but my dog at the time a sheperd/lab mix loved bounding through that snow, also remember boyfriend at the time getting his car stuck in the driveway, and having his ear drum burst from the cold trying to get the car unstuck - think he had to stay at our house that night.
I know you, SciTim. You're that guy who always mentions breezily "I went on a diet last week - lost 11 pounds! Let's go out to lunch!" when I've been dieting and exercising for 6 weeks to lose a measly 10 pounds.
Ah, memories of storms. That house on the hill that I mentioned, we owned a snowblower but at least once every big storm the shearpin or something that controlled the turning of the wheels would break at the bottom of the hill and we never had a spare and we'd have to lug it up the driveway and shovel instead. We could never find anyone who would plow it, not a lot of 4 wheel drive trucks around at the time. And there were stone walls on either side of the driveway which necessitated a certain precision in plowing technique. The best thing about moving from that house was being able to hire someone to plow the driveway.
That's horrible about the boy's ear, dmd. Was he able to get it repaired or was he doomed to a life of no swimming? My uncle has a permanently ruptured eardrum - kept him from being allowed in the Navy.
Several of the neighbors around me had chipped in on a snowblower. One person was asking around about who had custody, but nobody knew. I suspect it went with the guy who just moved to Louisiana. It's not going to do him much good there.
dbG, I can never remember what recently expanded hours are at the Post Office, so I still always try to get there before noon on Saturday before they close. Maybe it's a stealth way to determine who's in premature dementia - only the mentally fit can go to the Post Office at 3:30 on Saturday because they're the only ones who remember it will still be open then.
Thanks to all you snowy Boodlers, and Joel, for the pictures and snow reports. From a distance it looks and sounds great.
We have the tree set up, though not decorated, and the floor has sacks with presents and addressed Christmas cards. The rabbit is beside herself; she doesn't know what to chew first. Christmas is a high-maintenance time of year for rabbit ownership around here.
After staying up too late caroling at a party last night, today has been a blur. The Boy rehearsed for tomorrow's church Christmas pageant (he's an instrumentalist) while I addressed etc. Christmas cards. Then the whole family did Christmas shopping for almost everyone on our gift list (with a little random caroling mixed in), got Ivansdad new glasses, picked out & set up the aforementioned tree. I also did grocery shopping, cooked dinner, and baked peanut-butter Hershey's kiss cookies. The Ivansguys are doing laundry while watching Cowboys.
Lots of ways to love that video, Yello, in the same way that I love the original "Little Shop of Horrors" or truly awful B-movies. Catchy little song, though. And lots of perky young women jumping up and down, which doesn't really move me but I've heard it can be a draw. Is it supposed to be in New Orleans?
OK, so an un-uniformed cop walked into a massive snowball fight in D.C., and ended up pulling a gun. That's definitely a Southern boy at work. Everybody who's ever been in the situation knows that if you get into the middle of a massive snowball fight, and all you brought was one piddling pistol, you are not going to like the outcome. You may be able to take out a few folks on your way down, but down you're gonna go.
Good morning, you all....I suspect the Dawn Patrol is fast asleep and although this is not your usual Sunday Morn Christmas music, I still enjoy "Wizards in Winter"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cXgASLciXc&feature=fvw
Joel, your photos are very nice. It seems to me that every window in every house, in every neighborhood is a very nice photo this morning.
I am extremely grateful that our sometimes finicky power was stouthearted through the storm. Rashers of thick applewood smoked bacon and egg & sharp cheddar casserole on warmer in the ready room, come and get it, coffee too!
(sarcasm) Congrats to the Saints on getting that monkey off their back so they can concentrate on the playoffs. (/sarcasm)
Sneaks, we had a long driveway that curved up a hill, and Dad was the only one trusted with the snowblower attachment for the 'ol Gravely... While shoveling, we would often attempt building a mini-bobsled run out of the piles of snow on the side of the driveway. And often fail. :-)
There is a simply darling photo on the Local home page of two crazy kids who plowed ahead (pun intended) with their wedding downtown, despite the storm:
Snow stopped overnight. Maybe I'll make it to Wake Forest today. Only if I can raise my arms high enough to finish packing and pull down the box full of Hanukah presents from the top of the closet. Advil, bath, wine, sleep, all helped, but not enough. I'm a mouse potato...
Yes, I threw erasers, but mostly, I threw candy. Sometimes to get someone's attention, sometimes to reward correct answers or interesting comments. Now that I usually teach kids with computers on their desks, I keep the throwing to a minimum.
Ipso: I always thought it meant "on its own" or "by itself" the way we use "solo" in Spanish.
My favorite Jr.H teacher threw erasers. Some parents tried to "deal" with this. We wrote letters to the PTA describing entire Mr. Mac* experience, which softened their blows enough that the eraser play continued.
I don't throw erasers; however, I can -- when absolutely necessary -- speak in perfect Munchkin and sing entire swatches of WoO songs.
I have yet to cackle-croon the "I'm melting" scene. But I am ready, so ready, to say something about my "beautiful wickedness" and melt into the floor.
Here is the classic moment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfV_ENR5IZE&feature=related
Last night's highly colorized (improved?) version was too too jewel-toned.
Most of Washington's palms should be pretty well insulated by snow this morning. They'll include needle palms (native as far north as central Alabama and Georgia, over to Beaufort SC), Sabal minor (native as far north as Currituck County NC), and a Trachycarpus (from China. They live happily in Tokyo, London, Seattle).
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Robert De Niro’s wildly successful Tribeca Film Festival will expand to nine days when it returns for a second year this May, organizers said yesterday.
“I have just one thing to say,” the bearded, tight-lipped movie tough guy and TriBeCa resident told a City Hall press conference.
“Come on downtown!”
De Niro and his business partner, Jane Rosenthal, who founded the festival last year to boost downtown businesses in the wake of 9/11, announced that more than 200 films would be shown in the second edition, scheduled May 3-11.
They were joined by Mayor Bloomberg and actor Kevin Spacey – whose GreeneStreet Productions will sponsor a new cash award for first-time filmmakers.
Rosenthal said the popular family street fairs that drew thousands downtown last year as part of the festival would be expanded from one to two weekends.
“This year, we’re going to do it even bigger and better,” she said.
Organizers estimated that 150,000 people attended the inaugural five-day festival, which included a comedy and rock concert at Battery Park.
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The creator of one of the fastest GeForce GTX 1080 Ti shared the secrets of overclocking
POSTER:computer news || THE CREATOR OF ONE OF THE FASTEST GEFORCE GTX 1080 TI SHARED THE SECRETS OF OVERCLOCKING
DATE:2017-08-15
Today we saw what the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti video card in the GALAX / KFA2 version is capable of, cooled by liquid nitrogen, but for a long time the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti K | ngp | n Edition video card, which is worn by "court overclockers" EVGA, also has the right to be considered one of the fastest representatives Of this family. In order to strengthen this conviction, EVGA engineer Ilya Tsemenko (also TiN) who developed this video card earlier this month published a detailed methodical manual
on the extreme overclocking .
What kind of power supply is better to use in experiments, how to gradually overclock the video card with liquid nitrogen, for which the board needs microswitches, and how to be willing to connect a monitor with a D-Sub (VGA) interface to the video card - all these questions can be found in the corresponding Material
. In addition, readers can learn that you can control the overclocking of the video card with the help of the Raspberry Pi microcomputer, and foreach cooling method , there is a BIOS version for overclocking.
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Thursday – $ 518,000 Friday – $ 905,000 2 Days Total – $ 1.43 million (10.1 crores) [19659010] Mission Mangal is far superior to Akshay Kumar starrers not only in Bangalore and Karnataka, but also in Kolkata and West Bengal.
The Mission Mangal is much better than last year's gold. It seems to have found the spectators in the metropolis multiplex.
Mission Mangal will spend 4 days weekend enough for this film to be a hit, but the actual trend of Mission Mangal will only be clear after the first weekend [19659003] 2 days
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Journalist Terry Anderson was kidnapped and then held prisoner by Muslim extremists for seven years. On the 20th anniversary of his eventual release, National Geographic investigates his near-death ordeal as a hostage. American Hostage reveals Terry Andersons harrowing experience from the man himself: "They beat on me. They threatened me.... They would come and sit on my chest and poke guns into my neck and say, 'We kill you, we kill you.'" Hear how the loneliness, boredom and feelings of total helplessness nearly drove Anderson over the edge. And hear from Andersons fellow hostages, his family?who spent seven long years uncertain of his fate?and the man who risked everything to free him.
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Addition, Multiplication, then Exponential GROWTH.
In most traditional businesses you get started and add one client at a time, one day at a time. No one knows who you are, so you have to establish a foothold in your niche.
In this growth phase your business is simple and easy to manage. It is also limited by the hours you can spend working every day. The hours you put in are much more than the profit you get out of the business.
Most self-employed people stay in this phase forever, earning a decent income, but they have to work 50-60 hours per week to maintain that level.
It’s very difficult to grow a business stuck in the addition phase if you also have a full time job.
Think realtor, plumber, corporate sales, etc.
When I was in sales 100% of my commissions came from my direct effort, but on the first day of the month I was always back to zero.
Phase Two: Growth by Multiplication
Balloon Distractions was in the Addition phase when I only had one team in Tampa back in 2004. When we started the Raleigh and Houston teams we were multiplying the Tampa business model.
My income went up, my time spent running my business stayed level.
To run a business in the Multiplication phase you need to become a student of leadership and systems, if you don’t understand basic leadership your growth in this phase will be limited.
Think realtor transitioning to real estate broker with 20 salespeople on the team, or a plumber starting a company and building a crew of plumbers.
If you work a full time job and your part time business can catapult to the Multiplication phase your business income will start to outpace your job income.
When you quit your job, and your business is growing via Multiplication you’ll have time AND your money.
Phase Three: Exponential Growth
This is the hardest phase to master, yet also the most lucrative. To get to Exponential growth your business has to have world class leadership training and proven systems that can duplicate your success anywhere and everywhere.
Companies that offer an internet based service tend to hit Exponential growth much faster than any other model. Instagram became a billion dollar business in 18 months, it took Wal-Mart almost 2 decades to reach the same point.
In order for a brick and mortar business to hit Exponential growth it has to be franchised globally.
Think Subway, McDonald’s and even 7-11.
The 7-11 chain has over 55,000 stores around the world, the highest number of franchise locations in the brick and mortar genre.
Can you own a business that grows exponentially?
One of the reasons I joined Life Leadership (LIFE) was to build a business that can easily go from Addition to Multiplication to Exponential growth without a large capital investment.
LIFE is internet/app based, with a product that will always be needed as long as human beings live imperfect lives.
My LIFE community was in the Addition phase for the first 12 months, recently it’s been starting to enter the Multiplication phase.
There will be a point in the near future when we go from adding 25 people per month to 25 new members per week, then each day, then each hour.
LIFE already has the systems in place to teach those new members leadership and how to grow a team, even when some of those folks might never meet me in person.
As I write this I’m 41 years old, I have time to grow my team to exponential growth, along with mentors who are willing to help me get there.
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An investigation into a doctor's treatment of hundreds of children suffering from epilepsy is due to report soon.
Consultant paediatrician Andrew Holton was suspended on full pay from his post at the Leicester Royal Infirmary in June.
The investigation centres around the strength of drugs administered to young epilepsy sufferers.
A helpline has been set up for worried parents.
Leicester Royal Infirmary said it expected to consider a report over next weekend before deciding on Dr Holton's future.
Parents worried
A spokeswoman went on: "The investigation is focusing on the clinical practices surrounding Dr Holton.
"The majority of his work revolves around the treatment of children with epilepsy so that will form the basis of the review."
The hospital has been contacted by concerned parents after news of the doctor's suspension was released.
"We are advising them not to stop, or alter, the medication they are giving their children."
'Full co-operation'
The Medical Protection Society, which is representing Dr Holton, said the consultant had always tried to provide the best possible care for his patients.
A spokesman said: "Dr Holton is disappointed that concerns have been raised about his work with epileptic patients, an integral part of his practice as a consultant paediatrician.
"Dr Holton is committed to providing his patients with high-quality care and will co-operate fully with any investigation that is carried out in the hope that this area of his clinical practice can be properly and thoroughly assessed and the matter quickly resolved."
Parents with concerns can call the Leicester Royal Infirmary's inquiry line - 0116 2587511.
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Not really relevant to the thread but something I felt like sharing anyway:-
What happened to games shipping in interesting-looking boxes with thick manuals, instead of boring DVD cases with a 3-page "manuals" inside? And Saturn Doom's box art is hardly the greatest artefact of 90's game box art, but as a product it looks so much more appealing than a generic case that all other games on all platforms are sold in. And don't get me started on the loss of the encyclopaedia-thick boxes that PC games once came in.
I mean, I think I know why DVD cases are used; they're durable and presumably cheaper to manufacture. But still. Both box art and game packaging used to be so much cooler.
scalliano said:I see the US version also has the PC Final Doom shots on the back.
DoomUK said:but as a product it looks so much more appealing than a generic case that all other games on all platforms are sold in.
Oh god. The Saturn (and early Playstation "Longbox") game packaging is horrendous. They needed foam inserts to keep the disc from popping out and they are too tall to fit on most shelves. Even as a fan of physical products I much prefer the standard CD jewel case, DVD keep case, or Blu-ray keep case. Having things standard like that makes it MUCH easier to store.
I'm kind of with you on the disappearing manuals, but honestly I would prefer it to just be replaced with an art book, poster, or something. Most people just ignored the manuals. Somehow even though we keep game boxes now, people still seem to discard manuals since it's not unusual for them to be missing in second hand copies.
Use3D said:Yeah, don't get me started. I could write a book on everything wrong with that port. How do you fuck up Doom? A total let-down.
And to top it off, from what I hear the Saturn port of Hexen was quite good.
DoomUK said:Not really relevant to the thread but something I felt like sharing anyway:-
What happened to games shipping in interesting-looking boxes with thick manuals, instead of boring DVD cases with a 3-page "manuals" inside? And Saturn Doom's box art is hardly the greatest artefact of 90's game box art, but as a product it looks so much more appealing than a generic case that all other games on all platforms are sold in. And don't get me started on the loss of the encyclopaedia-thick boxes that PC games once came in.
No one read the manuals and there was nothing special about cases back then either. Saturn Doom came in the same exact case that every other Saturn game came in. Most things that would've been in the manual are told to the player in-game now, which is a much better way of doing things.
DoomUK said:I dunno, buying a physical copy of a game doesn't have the same appeal for me as it did in the old days.
Thanks Kaiser, You sir are legend! I actually like TC because it has a different look. If I want to play old school Doom64 I just fire up the N64. I really started out just wanting to download the TC because of the extra levels I never got to play. But when playing the TC it made Doom64 feel new again!
Really wish DOOM 64 II got to be made. I grew up on Doom64 and Hexen on N64. Classic days.
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DoomUK said:
If I may ask, such as what? No two (factory) plastic seals are identical, surely.
Each console and region typically have their own way way of sealing games. Horizontal/Vertical seams, Y-folds, etc. Also, there are also can be signs of obvious tampering and resealing if it is not legitimate.
Also, if you send a sealed game to the grading authority (VGA) and it is inspected and graded, then that is further confirmation that you have a legitimate factory-sealed game.
DoomUK said:What happened to games shipping in interesting-looking boxes with thick manuals, instead of boring DVD cases with a 3-page "manuals" inside? And Saturn Doom's box art is hardly the greatest artefact of 90's game box art, but as a product it looks so much more appealing than a generic case that all other games on all platforms are sold in. And don't get me started on the loss of the encyclopaedia-thick boxes that PC games once came in.
To be honest I think it's an improvement that we now have DVD cases rather than big unnecessary bulky cardboard boxes. I remember back in the '90s when every single game came in one of those boxes - they took up so much space and of course nobody wants to just throw something like that away. You can probably fit at least three DVD cases in the same space. The fact that DVD cases are a standard size helps as well - you can pack more boxes tightly together, and use standard shelving designed for holding DVDs.
Other than convenience for the gamer it's also a matter of price points - a big box costs more to ship, is more expensive for games stores (who can fit fewer games on their shelves), etc. Being made of plastic I expect they're more durable as well.
So in pretty much every respect, DVD cases are superior. That said, I can understand the feeling of nostalgia about the old big boxes - there's something that feels more special about it, just like a vinyl LP feels a bit more special than a CD, and a CD feels a bit more special than a collection of MP3s. But just like in the music world, we're seeing special edition packs for people who really appreciate that kind of thing (eg. the Duke Nukem "Balls of Steel" pack or the Doom 3 Collector's Edition). The bonus is that special editions like that are specifically designed to be special, so can be much more interesting to collectors than just a big cardboard box.
fraggle said:Being made of plastic I expect they're more durable as well.
Forgot about this. One reason I would never want to see game packages revert. It's bad enough that "collector's editions" in the music industry are now the cheap digipacks. (I know I'm not alone on this one either.) Of course it's probably the misguided vinyl nostalgia that is driving the industry in that direction. Yay for unreadable spines!
Doom's artwork is identical between PAL and NTSC releases actually,its more the style of the case itself. But aside from that, many NTSC games had really horrific artwork changes compared to PAL/Japan. But thats not the point I was making, more the design of the case itself. PAL cases were much sturdier and very uniform in design, and instead of "Greatest Hits" we had "Platinum", where the black was replaced with silver. The one downside to Platinum was the disc itself lost the artwork and was all silver with text :/
zombi said:Depends really. Maybe not for PS1 games, but for almost any other console, PAL art is dreadful.
What I don't understand is why US boxart is almost compelled to make characters look more miserable and angsty, regardless of how light and/or cartoony the game is. This has infected some PAL releases, but not all.
I have a reasonable whack of JP/US imports for the PS1, and don't mind the fact that they come in the standard CD jewel cases, it's the likes of US Saturn games whose cases are just too big and unnecessary (PAL Saturn boxes are also oversized, but not as much).
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