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Weird but kinda cool. Agree the price is unfortunatly high for something that still appears like a calculator, but this link says (whether correct or not) "The 9830 was by far the most capable machine of this group and ran what HP called BASIC Plus. In many ways, it was one of the first true "Personal Computers" ever marketed." and it looks like it's from 1973-1977 which is cool.
lol.. this would be awesome if anyone here gets it here is a "Lunar Lander" game (basic source code) for it, although it may require the plotter card and addon.
Forgot about these..... I was a technician on the production line in 1972-1974. Standard machine came with a whopping 2K of RAM.... (If I'm remembering correctly).... The PCB was about 6" x 12" and 1/2 populated gave 2K... Fully populated gave 4K.
The fail rate of the RAM chips was pretty high. We'd "burn them in" for about a week in an oven to force failures on the boards until they could pass. | 2019-04-23T01:07:46Z | null | 536.4 | 942 | null | 0.18259 | [
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Use original soundtracks and add lyrics.
With Midico Karaoke maker, can I use my own music and add my own lyrics a line at a time and is there a video with step by step instruction?
MidiCo Karaoke Player and Maker features an online user guide that is accessible using this link. I recommend you go through all the available topics to read how to properly work with the software and its features.
Here is the way the Maker function is described. You can add your own lyrics and own music if you wanted to but need the files that you have need to meet the requirements because not every audio and subtitle file is supported. | 2019-04-24T00:56:22Z | null | 775.2 | 623 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
This cool, refreshing salad is the perfect light lunch on a hot day, and it highlights the delicious taste of summer tomatoes. This salad tastes best when the ingredients are fresh. Try using tomatoes of different shapes, sizes, and colors!
Add all ingredients to a large bowl and toss well. Spoon salad into serving bowls, and garnish with sprigs of basil and a slice of crusty bread to dip in the dressing. | 2019-04-25T10:15:04Z | null | 819.4 | 408 | null | 0.855392 | [
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How cooked are we by cell tower and wi-fi radiation?
Friends of mine recently moved their design company into a new suite of offices in Larchmont– a light, airy space tucked away but near enough to the village street and all of the charm and convenience it can offer. Good lunch and dinner spots, boutiques, a newly opened outpost of Crumbs (the Beverly Hills-based cupcake mecca they swear they’ll resist, as a daily habit anyway,) even Chevalier’s Books, the much reported site last week of a browsing Mayor V. and his new anchorwoman girlfriend.
There has long been an argument raging about the increased incidence of cancer and birth defects among people living near radiation that the towers emit, and some claim a rise in leukemia in children.
While the U.S. slowed to a crawl during the last administration when it came to regulating companies that posed possible health risks to its citizens, other countries have taken action. The United Kingdom, France, Israel, Japan, Russia, Tajikistan and India ban children from using cellphones due to radiation risks; India even made it illegal for pregnant women to use them.
But change may be on the way here too. In the U.S., activists are targeting Section 704 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, signed into law by President Bill Clinton, which greatly reduced state and local governmental control over the placement of cell towers and other commercial wireless transmitters. Since then, local governments have been powerless to stop telecommunications companies from constructing, erecting and modifying cell and wi-fi towers as they try to keep up with customers’ demands for better signals.
In January, President Barack Obama convened a panel to study possible cancer and other adverse health effects linked with both nuclear and electro-magnetic radiation. Developments on these issues are being exhaustively chronicled on several sites; among them, EMF Journal, CLOUT (Coalition for Local Oversight of Utility Technologies,) and EM Radiation Research Trust, which are international in scope and make evident the gathering momentum of the movement addressing concerns over technologies’ effects upon human health.
And telecommunications companies employ lobbyists, much like tobacco companies, whose job is to snuff out if not manipulate any business-negative data that results from ongoing research– their methods effectively brought to light in the recent movie satire, Thank You For Smoking.
In the film’s final scene, the foiled and out-of-work damage-control specialist for tobacco companies played by Aaron Eckhart next sets his sites on the cellphone industry, half-jokingly alluding to the claims against it for the alleged ravages of resulting radiation.
Read it, then send yours in….we do have a voice, however faint.
Crumbs is New York-based. You’re thinking of Sprinkles.
Figuring out how to navigate the Federal Communications Commission website or U.S. Rulemaking portal to submit comments for the FCC National Broadband Plan was frustrating, but I finally found an “express comment” page. Here it is.
and there’s space for comments. Since Sunroom did such a great job of spelling out his concerns which are also my main concerns, I read what he had written, and put it in my own words. The issues are pretty clear so just say what you think.
@Oren: You’re right. Damn death rays screwed up my cupcake lineage-deducing powers. | 2019-04-22T02:01:50Z | null | 365.3 | 3,401 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has made a move in decommissioning market by announcing its latest vessel concept, the Damen Decommissioning Series.
Damen said on Thursday that the design is based on an in-house research carried out at Damen by one of its undergraduate interns.
The new vessels will specialize in three core areas of the oil and gas decommissioning sector: topside decommissioning, offshore platform removal, and subsea cleaning and removal.
A Damen intern, Justin Rietveld, was assigned to investigate the potential niche markets for new vessel designs in the oil and gas decommissioning sector.
Rietveld said: “This research started off with the idea of developing a decommissioning vessel based on Damen’s existing portfolio. However, we soon found out that this market needs more.
Rietveld added that the new vessel design with a split stern will be able to reverse up to a jacket, where it will be ballasted to sink below the platform.
“Upon deballasting, the vessel will rise up to pick up the platform,” said Rietveld.
Damen said that primary estimates say that the vessel will be able to perform decommissioning work of platforms up to 1,600 tonnes. That means that the vessel will be able to handle a ‘significant amount’ of global fixed platforms, many in the North Sea.
Furthermore, the company added that the vessel can be modified with modular additions like a crane, helideck, and an accommodation module for increased personnel capacity or a platform for a solid stern. Such a stern can be used for transporting and installing monopiles and foundations for the offshore wind industry, the company said.
Posted on July 28, 2016 with tags damen, Decommissioning. | 2019-04-20T23:07:59Z | null | 403 | 1,694 | null | 0.22196 | [
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Top range comfort and protection with the Superalp GTX. The model is designed for true backpackers who prefer long distances, preferably alone and with heavy loads on their shoulders. The dual density PU in the IMS3-Exo sole provides cushioning even on rough terrain, ensuring a high shock absorption, protection and lightness at the top of the category. SUPERALP GTX is also available in the HI version with three hooks, for those seeking maximum stability and protection. | 2019-04-19T21:04:57Z | null | 400.1 | 473 | null | 0.638478 | [
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The kitchen arrives! It seems to take up so much space, I don't know how it's all going to fit in. It will be fitted before the tiled floor goes down.
It all fits beautifully, including my lovely island. It will contain an induction hob, and has an extractor over it.
The lighting is in, most of the floor is down (porcelain tiles), just waiting for the worktops. The utility room is in the background (B&Q).
And here comes the granite. A bit expensive, but worth every penny. | 2019-04-19T17:04:55Z | null | 265.4 | 476 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Catnip: Crush its stems and leaves to release an aroma that will drive your cat crazy. Not every cat is susceptible to this euphoria inducing plant but if you’re lucky enough to have a cat who is, a tiny sprinkle will go a long way. Once harvested and dried, catnip can be stored in the freezer to make it last year round.
Catmint: It’s related to catnip but it’s not the same. Since catmint is a pretty hardy plant, it does well in both pots and backyards. You can drink it as a tea while your cat enjoys the aroma released from a freshly cut sprig. Keep in mind that while the plant may be safe for cats, mint-flavored products like toothpastes or candies are not.
Cat Grass: You can buy a small pot at most pet stores or you can grow your own from wheat, barley, or oat seeds. Cats are instinctively drawn to it but we’re not entirely sure why. Many animal behaviorists believe it’s a source of fiber to help with hairballs. Cat grass also contains various minerals and vitamins that can be beneficial for kitty’s health. It must be pretty tasty too. | 2019-04-24T05:57:39Z | null | 283.5 | 1,053 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Spend-a-day student visits are ongoing. Please call to set up a time. We look forward to seeing you!
If dates have passed, please contact the Admissions Office, to set up an alternate test date.
Once your application has been received, you will be contacted to schedule an interview.
If the deadline has passed please ask teachers and school to submit as soon as possible.
Friday, March 1, 2019 if application was received by February 1st.
Late applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Late applicants will receive 2 weeks from date of admission to confirm acceptance and submit registration fee. | 2019-04-24T00:35:29Z | null | 935.3 | 605 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
We’re celebrating Spring Break with Extended Hours! Next week, Monday through Friday, we will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day! Join us for lots of playing in the Garden, seeds to plant & take home, and daily drop-in activities.
Children & adults with disabilities are always free! | 2019-04-26T16:01:16Z | null | 486.8 | 293 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Living the dream, indeed. That’s just what business owner, Sean Walters, is doing with his watersports company, LTD Watersports.
The current location at the foot of the Destin Bridge next to McGuire’s and across from the Emerald Grand, and they recently leased a new space in Navarre through NBI Properties, Inc., to expand their offerings and availability to that area. LTD Watersports is the headquarters for all things Kiteboarding and SUP including kiteboarding lessons, paddle board rentals, and the all of the gear needed for both of those watersport activities for all ages.
They provide only the highest-quality kiteboarding gear from BEST Kiteboarding, Axis, Mystic, F-One, AirRush, StarKites and RRD and offer a full line of Stand Up Paddleboards (SUP) for rent or purchase. They are affiliated with all major kite brands, so if a customer is in need of something other than what’s offered in store, LTD Watersports can call and get a quote. LTD Watersports provides gear, service and lessons to a large area of Northwest Florida including the Destin area, Pensacola Beach, Navarre Beach, Gulf Breeze and Fort Walton Beach. Their instructors range from pro-level riders to PASA certified instructors and some are sponsored by national and international kite manufacturer brands. From flat water riding to big wave kitesurfing, the instructors at - LTD Watersports. can teach every level.
They suggest the best time of year to kiteboard is between March-June and August-January and host several events throughout the year including a race series, fun jam style contests and demos.
The new space that LTD Watersports leased through NBI Properties, Inc., is located at 8783 Navarre Pkwy in Navarre, FL.
NBI Properties, Inc., is glad to help businesses expand and grow by exploring prime locations for additional locations and ensuring the process is efficient and smooth, and ideal for the business looking to expand. | 2019-04-25T20:19:37Z | null | 432 | 1,924 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Heather Childers interviews Kyle Reyes, New Boston Post contributor, on Fox & Friends First on Thursday morning.
New Boston Post contributor Kyle Reyes appeared on Fox News Channel on Thursday to discuss his column on New Boston Post describing Facebook’s censorship of conservative and pro-police content.
Reyes’s column, “Here’s Your Proof That Facebook Discriminates Against Conservatives,” has been causing a stir since it was posted on New Boston Post on Tuesday night.
Heather Childers interviewed Reyes on Fox & Friends First early Thursday morning.
“Facebook and Facebook advertising is like being in an abusive relationship. When it’s good, it’s good, and everybody’s happy. And when it’s bad, when they come down on you, when it’s a lousy situation, it couldn’t get much worse,” Reyes said on Fox.
Reyes talked about what he called “a Facebook lynch mob mentality” used by certain left-wingers who abuse the social media giant’s mechanism for reporting so-called fake news by sending complaints about legitimate content that they don’t like. When Facebook gets enough complaints, an algorithm kicks in that leads someone at the company to investigate, and if that person doesn’t like the content, he may suspend access to it even if it doesn’t appear to violate any stated Facebook policy, Reyes said.
Reyes documents in his column on New Boston Post a recent case concerning a pro-police video he made.
Childers during the interview on Fox News noted that Facebook is now part of the fabric of the country because so many people use it to communicate with friends and relatives.
Reyes encouraged readers to make their voice heard to Facebook.
“And share the content that you like, because that helps override the algorithm,” Reyes said.
To read Reyes’s column, click here.
To watch the video of the interview on Fox News Channel, click here. | 2019-04-22T11:56:56Z | null | 330.7 | 1,852 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
EXPANDO is an innovative bio-regulator studied by Green Has Italia Research that contains nutrients and organic components of purely vegetable origin. The components that characterize EXPANDO are hormone-like substances derived from seaweed extracts (Ascophyllum nodosum), amino acids and vitamins which are able to stimulate the fruit enlargement and to standardize fruit and vegetable crops size.
EXPANDO, thanks to the content in bioactive organic molecules and phosphorus, helps the metabolic and physiological processes that provide energy to the plant, particularly to the photosynthesis, which is essential to the growth of fruit. | 2019-04-21T04:07:13Z | null | 629.6 | 637 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. ABB in the UK operates from more than 20 locations nationally and employs around 2,300 people. ABB’s process automation business provides customers with products and solutions for instrumentation, automation and optimisation of industrial processes. The industries served include oil and gas, power, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, metals and minerals, marine and turbocharging.
Founded in 2007, Adents specialises in developing serialisation software solutions. Adents’ goal is to offer innovative solutions based on a standard software platform dedicated to unique product identification and traceability. Adents’ solutions provide customers with traceability of their products globally, to better control their supply chain and minimise counterfeiting. The company’s team members have more than 20 years of expertise in marking, control and packaging hardware in addition to software developments for product identification and traceability.
AspenTech is a leading provider of award-winning process optimisation software and services. AspenTech was founded in 1981, and has become the market leader in the provision of many of the software applications upon which today’s process industries depend. Aspentech’s range includes the Production Management and Execution application suite and InfoPlus.21, a plant information management system designed to improve the flow of information plant-wide, enabling companies to make more profitable decisions in their operations.
BPE is a UK leader in chemical and biochemical engineering design. BPE offers a full range of process engineering services, including process systems design, optimisation and modelling, scale up and process development together with safety and compliance support. BPE’s deep knowledge of process engineering and the principles behind it is unrivalled. The company’s support can extend from simple one-off consultations to the design, installation and commissioning and qualification of complete projects across a range of sectors including Life Sciences, Fine/Speciality Chemicals and Advanced Materials. By applying cutting-edge thinking and integrated technologies, BPE is able to deliver solutions that are safe, sustainable, efficient, cost effective and practical.
Cognex is a world leader in the design and manufacture of a wide range of machine vision solution systems for the automotive, medical, packaging, electronics, consumer product and continuous process industries. Cognex has developed an advanced range of reliable vision tools, with the flexibility to deal with variations in lighting, presentation and part appearance, and has supplied more vision products in the industrial machine vision market than any other company, over 350,000.
Founded in 1973, IAMTech (a CPD Limited Company) is a leading company, specialising in the development of innovative technology solutions for the Oil, Gas, Chemical and Power industries. IAMTech offers the world’s largest suite of industrial asset management software applications divided into four key categories; maintenance, risk, safety and hazard management. IAMTech do not just build technology for the enterprise to be accessed via a PC, they are also experts in the mobile space, enabling real-time on-site data capture, enabling real-time industrial asset operational awareness.
ICONICS is a solution delivery company that specialises in software for real-time plant operations. The 250+ employee company was founded in 1986 in Foxborough Massachusetts and is one of the largest suppliers of plant operations software in the world. The UK regional headquarters is centrally located in Dudley in the West Midlands with additional offices in Shrewsbury, Fife, Waterford (Ireland) and Surrey. The UK region provides sales and technical services which include consultancy and training for all real-time plant operations requirements.
Founded in 1987, Kroll Ontrack is the global leader in the provision of data management solutions specialising in recovery, restoration, erasure and investigative products and services. With 33 offices in 22 countries, revenues in excess of $300M, and over 50,000 successful recoveries completed globally every year, Kroll Ontrack is the trusted data management partner for many of the world’s leading organisations.
Microsoft, founded in 1975 in America, is established as the world leader in software, services and solutions. Microsoft has three core business areas: Platform Products and Services including its flagship Windows operating system, Business Division including the Office suite, and Entertainment and Devices including its video console Xbox.
Mitsubishi Electric is a world-leading manufacturer of electrical engineering and electronics products in aerospace, semiconductors, power generation and distribution, communications and information technology, consumer electronics, industrial automation and building services. Mitsubishi Electric is synonymous with cutting-edge high-quality products, including PLCs, CNC controllers, drive solutions, industrial robots and electrical discharge machining systems. For more than 80 years, it has supplied the world’s premier automobile makers.
Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company. For three decades, Oracle has provided the software and services that enable organisations to get the most up-to-date and accurate information from their business systems. Oracle's partner ecosystem, managed by Oracle PartnerNetwork, is fundamental to Oracle's success. Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global network of more than 19,500 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle's leading products.
Rockwell Automation is a world leading provider of industrial automation power, control and information solutions, from stand-alone, industrial components to enterprise-wise integrated systems, helping manufacturers achieve a competitive business edge. Rockwell’s portfolio of products features Allen Bradley process solutions and Rockwell Software information management systems, and its Partner Network includes over 5,600 regional and world specialists in distribution, system integration and product referencing.
Schneider Electric is a world leading supplier of electrical distribution and automation control products and services. Through a portfolio of market-leading brands, Merlin, Gerin, Telemecanique and Square D, it manufactures and markets a comprehensive range of products and services for the residential, buildings, industry, and energy and infrastructure markets. Schneider Electric’s automation controllers offer solutions for the simplest machine through to complex industrial, infrastructure and building sector applications.
Siemens was established in the United Kingdom 164 years ago. The company employs over 20,000 people in the UK, including about 6,500 in the manufacturing sector. As a leading global engineering company, Siemens provides innovative solutions to help tackle the world’s major challenges, including the shortage of natural resources, increasing environmental care, and a growing demand for healthcare, mobility and security. Siemens has offices and factories throughout the UK, with its headquarters in Frimley, Surrey. The company’s global headquarters is in Munich, Germany.
Wonderware United Kingdom the software division of SolutionsPT, has awarded Industrial Technology Systems Ltd the title of Certified System Integrator. This means they are Certified to work within the Wonderware product range to provide the end-user with the total solution. The Wonderware Certification program challenges individuals to strengthen their capabilities and skills which can make a significant impact. Wonderware's products include HMI /SCADA Software, Industrial Computers and Manufacturing Execution Systems. | 2019-04-24T10:41:43Z | null | 365.2 | 7,969 | null | 0.231648 | [
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See the festivities that went down at PRWeek's annual Hall of Fame dinner at the Grand Hyatt in New York City.
Celebrating its third year, the PRWeek Hall of Fame welcomed six new members to its ranks during a night of festivities on Monday, December 7. Six masters of PR – Mike Fernandez, David Finn, Joele Frank, Ginger Hardage, Gary Sheffer, and the late Betsy Plank – were honored for the profound impact they have had on the industry.
Scroll through the gallery above to view some of the night's highlights. | 2019-04-22T07:14:53Z | null | 528.6 | 512 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
"In 2002, we set out with a goal – to reinvent home audio for the digital age. Our vision was simple - fill every home with music and make listening a valued experience again. We’re making it easy for everybody to listen to the music they love in every room of their home. To hear the songs they love, to discover new music they never knew existed, and to appreciate it all with the highest sound quality.
We’re doing it all over the world – In more than 60 countries, in seven languages through thousands of retailers. We’re constantly looking for ways to improve the experience – with new products, new software and continually investing in ways to provide our customers the best experience possible. We’re doing what we set out to do. Changing the way people listen to music – one home at a time."
| Forget everything you’ve heard before. Get ready for some floorboard rattling, heart thumping HiFi sound. In the kitchen. The bedroom. Any room at all. Start with one Sonos® player, then expand wirelessly, wherever you want music. Now take control with your Android smartphone, iPhone or iPad and play whatever you want, wherever you want.
| Listen to Millions of songs and stations. Stream a radio station from Brazil in the bedroom, listen to Top 80s in the kitchen, and play your favorite song from iTunes all over. Sonos connects directly to the Internet, so you can blast a universe of music in every corner of your home. Play a different song in every room or play the same song everywhere, in perfect sync.
| Your music library : Play any music stored on any computer or NAS drive.
| Free Internet radio : Tune in to more than 100,000 Internet radio stations, shows & podcasts for free.
| Online music services : Stream millions of songs and stations direct from the Internet - no computer required.
| Play:3 : The smaller, sexier, tuck-in-the-corner and blow-your-roof-off, all-in-one player.
| Zone Bridge : Connect to your router so all players can go anywhere and work wirelessly.
| Sonos Control : The dedicated controller for your Sonos wireless HiFi system.
"Installation takes 10 minutes, the sound is exceptional. I have installed a sonos on each floor in my house and can control the whole system with my sonos control. I am gobsmacked and so are my guests!"
"It is incredible! Such quality in such a small size, the players are very discrete and the sound is sublime..."
"This, is genius at work. Such a small size for so pure, so rich a sound, this is technological prowess, just perfect." | 2019-04-25T13:45:50Z | null | 579.6 | 2,511 | null | 0.548387 | [
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learn how to make your own light bulbs, from the Thomas Edison bulb to the LED 120V AC light bulb.
Plans are available in .pdf Adobe Reader format and can be downloaded or sent to you on computer CD.
It is possible to make light bulbs that last 100 times longer using old burnt out bulbs or glass mason jars. Information that the light bulb manufactures may not want you to know!
Includes How to Make LED Light Bulbs and Photo’s of the Edison Bulb.
Edison originally made them to last a very long time. Did you know that if you ran a light bulb on DC it will last much longer and will be more efficient than running them on AC. Most people do not know that. By simply connecting a 200 v diode or diodes in the light circuit will cause the bulb to run on DC. Convert all the lamps in your whole house. There is also another method which is great for emergencies, By using super bright white L.E.D’s you can have emergency lighting that will not burn out for about 50 to 60 years. Super bright white L.E.D’s are the lighting of the future!
Build a smaller version of our SP500 DC low rpm generator and use as a hand crank to light your whole house using L.E.D white bulbs. 3 to 5 volt operation and because the L.E.D’s are super high efficient, the batteries can last for many days without a hand crank generator or a Fuelless SP500 free energy motor and generator needing to recharge them. The Sp500 Generator can also be used with a large metal or concrete flywheel and will be very easy and effortlessly to operate. Great for 3rd world countries and abroad!
Note: A flywheel could also be made out of 3/4″ plywood cut to about 24 inch diameter. Our SP500 can be built to run as low as 10 rpm’s and still output a large amount of electricity! See our SP500 Generator web page GET READY NOW! DON’T BE LEFT IN THE DARK!
Re-Light Burnt Out Fluorescent Light Bulbs! | 2019-04-20T08:41:32Z | null | 628 | 1,861 | null | 0.647501 | [
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That’s the point. Assume you have 20 frames and they are all named (Rectangle) it would not be possible to select the right one. So renaming everything would be helpful, but also time consuming. What is the purpose of creating frames and giving them no fill or stroke? Well, I didn’t say, that I would give them later such attributes or maybe put a picture in them, but I do not want to be limited with the standard-formatting (e.g. a light grey for everything). In my opinion it should work as in InDesign: 1. Normal or layout mode: You see invisibles (white space characters), guides, bounding boxes of every frames 2. Preview Mode: You see your final result that would be printed, without invisibles, guides and bounding boxes As mac_heibu described, this is what we learned 10 or 15 years from other layout programs. Allthough it is good, not to clone everything from other programs, this is something that I expect as InDesign-Trainer with experience of 20 years how visibilty of elements should work in Publisher too. It seems no good habit to me, to identify something in the layers panel or rename 20 frames to identify later one ;-). In the end, people would not move from InDesign to Publisher or even start with Publisher as their first app, if there is a another new cool feature, but think of usability and handling. Just my 2 cent, but displaying frame edges, colorizing guides, moving guides to a layer and distinguish between horizontal or vertical guides, magnetical columns guides, these are things that are pretty done in InDesign and hopefully come to Publisher as well.
This snapping works. How often do I use elements with no attributes: I never do use attributes at a first glance. Cause a visible bounding box is a basic element in InDesign since version 1.0, I’m wondering why such basic things are not possible (also why have guides no flexible colors or bleeds are simply grey). To select everything with cmd+A or hover over regions, where a element might be … really?
Hm, InDesign shows such frames in the color of the layer. Assume there are many pages with several objects on the page, it is not suitable to identify such elements in the layers panel. How should we identify empty frames? How should we layout something, if we cannot see the frame edges? It seems no good habit to give everything a fill color and remove that later.
Nice to see some well known names. Please implement GREP as it is in InDesign. | 2019-04-26T01:47:35Z | null | 774.5 | 2,441 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Stupid cactus. They pop Pancho's balloon! Help Pancho make a daring airborne escape by removing obstacles from his flight path. Be careful, though. Balloons are very delicate, and the desert is full of pointy things!
what is so great about this guys balloons?
too easy, waiting for amigo pancho volume 2.
this was fun! add meh!
this game was not hard. | 2019-04-26T04:38:31Z | null | 1,138.2 | 351 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Program: the first things to do once arriving at a meet are to locate where your team has gathered, set up your home base (chairs, cooler etc.) and then purchase a program (usually $5) which will let you know which heats your swimmer(s) will be racing in, in what lane and against whom.
Warm-Ups: These are an essential component to every single swim meet and it is mandatory that all swimmers attend, with the exception of the 6 & Unders. Our coaches are dedicated to the task of training our swimmers; they ask, in return, that all swimmers demonstrate their respect and commitment to improving through their guidance. Attending warm-ups is a part of demonstrating that commitment.
Warm-ups prepare the swimmer physically and mentally for the swim meet. They provide the opportunity to get used to a new pool, reduce nervousness and increase one’s comfort level.
Proper warm-ups decrease the chance of injury. There are some circumstances when the coaches will waive warm-ups for some or all swimmers but this is the coach’s call.
Marshaling: where swimmers are organized before their race. An announcer will call out the events over a public address system; sometimes these are very clear and sometimes they are not, depending on where you might find yourself in the swimming pool or the surrounding park. The announcer’s “call” is considered a courtesy only- it is the swimmer’s responsibility to determine when to proceed to Marshaling. To avoid missing your child’s race, check the program diligently, ask teammates or veteran parents, and watch when the younger kids head off to Marshaling (the meets proceed from youngest to oldest swimmers). Marshaling is always a chaotic area, especially for the young swimmers. There are parent volunteers from the host club who help organize the swimmers and sit them down on the proper bench with the other kids from your child’s race. To facilitate this process it is best not to crowd the area.
IMPORTANT! Make sure that your child has a towel and/or clothes during this process to stay warm or cool as it may take a while.
Heat: The first race in an event is called a heat where up to 6 or 8 swimmers race at a time (some pools have 8 lanes, CWK has 6). They can be competing against swimmers in their own division or against swimmers who may be from different divisions but have similar qualifying times.
Final: Most of the meets later in the season have finals in the afternoons where the top 6 or 8 fastest qualifying swimmers in the same division swim again in the afternoon “Finals” to determine first through sixth (eighth) place. The Regional swim meet has both A”and “B” finals where up to 16 swimmers get a second chance to swim again in their event. Not all swim meets have both preliminaries & finals- the early season meets tend to be “timed finals” meets where each event is swam just once to determine the winner.
Relays: these are almost always held at the end of each day of a meet. The kids really love these. Please, if you’ve indicated to the coaches that your child will be participating, do not leave the meet early! After a certain hour, usually 10:00 am, a coach cannot make a substitution; if your child is a no-show then the entire team will not be allowed to participate.
DQ: disqualification. Newcomers will become very familiar with this term as it is a fact of life in swimming. The racing strokes are not easy to perfect yet your child will be asked to exhibit proper form (or at least not illegal) as early as one month after training starts when the first meet rolls around in Mission. Please discuss with your child the role that DQ’s play in teaching the proper way to swim each of the strokes. There is no greater motivation to working hard in practice than the desire to swim a clean race in the next meet. Emphasize to your child that ALL of the swimmers have gone through this process when they were starting out. Have them ask the “big kids” about this. There are all sorts of reasons that DQ’s occur: illegal turns, one-hand touches at the wall, even swimming the wrong stroke! Rest assured that the coaches will work very hard with your swimmer to correct these inevitable mistakes and that with practice and hard work your child will eventually master the proper techniques required to swim “clean” races.
BT: a swimmer’s personal best time; When your swimmer is younger and first learning to swim they will probably achieve best times often. As children become older and more proficient swimmers best times tend to become more elusive. Best times are crucial in your swimmer’s development and should be praised over any actual meet result.
NS: No Show- the swimmer did not show up for her race. NT: No Time- did not complete race.
PQT: Provincial Qualifying Time- a swimmer posting a PQT during finals at the Regional Championships qualifies for the Provincial Championships regardless of his placement within his Division. PQT’s are pretty rare, only the best achieve these.
“O” Cat: there is a separate category for those swimmers who swim competitively with a winter club (the CHWK Spartans are a winter club who train heavily during our off-season) but also swim with a summer club. The idea is to promote fairness as summer swimmers are only allowed, once again in the interest of fairness, to train with a coach for a maximum of 2 hours each week during the off-season. There is no limit to the amount of training a summer swimmer may undertake from May 1-Sept. 30.
The BCSSA (the governing body of summer swimming in BC) governs three other water sports besides speed swimming: water polo, diving, and synchronized swimming. Prior to 2012, athletes who competed in water polo were deemed to be “O Cat” so were placed in their own division where they could not compete against summer swimmers. At this time, although controversial, there is still no restriction placed on the amount of in-pool training permitted by water polo players during the winter.
BCSSA: British Columbia Summer Swimmer Association. Check out the website bcsummerswimming.com for lots of information, including team and individual results, regional and provincial rankings, news, schedules, links to clubs etc.
Regions: the BCSSA consists of clubs from eight regions. We are part of the Fraser Valley Region, which includes: Haney (Maple Ridge), Langley, Mission, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Agassiz/Harrison, and new to the 2016 season, the River Monsters (Hope).
Take the weather into account! on cool or rainy days- lots of clothes, blankets and plenty of towels; hot days- keep out of the sun (which may be hard to do with so many fun things to do, playgrounds, spray parks, soccer games, etc), wear a hat, sunscreen and stay hydrated!
The swim meets are run almost entirely with volunteers. (the only people getting paid are the coaches and the life guards) It is expected that all families will help out by signing up for volunteer shifts. Some of the jobs do require some training but the majority do not. Timing shift sign-up sheets are available on the website and we strongly parents to become involved as officials (training clinics are offered on a regular basis). Please feel free to discuss what it means to become an on-deck official with our Director of Officials Sandra Owens ([email protected]). | 2019-04-20T15:13:24Z | null | 494.5 | 7,278 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
I built and designed the whole website from scratch. My clean design aesthetic and vision throughout the website makes it an enjoyable experience and an easy-to-use platform for any visitor to the site.
I am currently applying an extensive e-commerse section for the website to encourage online sales and boost page views.
The website is quite extensive and is readjusted via all interfaces, e.g. iphone and android, ipad, computer. Making it easy to navigate and control. Parallax Scrolling, along with my illustrations throughout the website, adds a unique look and feel to the site overall. | 2019-04-22T14:46:29Z | null | 339 | 593 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Cystic Fibrosis Canada put on the first ever Capes and Crowns Masquerade event, Sunday in the Grand Ballroom of The Fort Garry Hotel.
The magical event was full of fun activities for kids, including face-painting, a photo-booth and even a slime-making table. All funds raised will help support innovative research and vital care for those living with cystic fibrosis in Winnipeg.
Cystic fibrosis is the most common fatal genetic disease affecting Canadian children and young adults. It is a multi-system disease that affects mainly the lungs and the digestive system. | 2019-04-26T16:26:37Z | null | 199 | 567 | null | 0.333333 | [
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Reference was made concerning the frequency and occurrence of mycotoxic porcine nephropathy in various countries. The aetiology of the disease was refered. The main ochratoxin-producing fungi and the necessary condition for ochratoxinogenesis were also refered. The review was made in order to clarify the most commonly encountered nephrotoxic contaminants in various feeds and foods of animal origin, their contamination levels and their importance in development of mycotoxic nephropathy. The reference was made concerning the chemical structure and physicochemical properties of various ochratoxin-metabolites as well their stability in the storage conditions. The feeds and foods optimized growing of ochratoxinogenic fungi as well most suitable storage conditions were also refered. | 2019-04-19T00:36:46Z | null | 541.1 | 787 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Hi all! We’re nearing the end of the season and beginning to prepare for the next. If you’re interested in sitting at the table and sharing your favorite restaurant next season, here’s how you can apply! This week we take you to 5 Rabanitos in Pilsen; Boltwood in Evanston, and then we head to The Elephant Thai on Devon in Forest Glen. I spoke with Mexican restaurant 5 Rabanitos Chef/Owner Alfonso Sotelo with his translator Miguel Salgado about his first solo venture. Here’s what he had to say.
Are you a locavore? If you know what this term means without having to look it up (and consider yourself to be one), chances are you’re a fan of the “farm to table” movement. In honor of a Check, Please! featured eatery in this category, Evanston’s Boltwood, here’s a closer look at the what, when, and why.
Check, Please! host Catherine De Orio welcomes guest reviewers Terry Lavin, Angela Klipp, and Young Choi who weigh in on Chicago area eateries Chicago Cut, Café Marie-Jeanne, and Katy's Dumpling House.
Greetings! We are nearing the end of the season, and it’s packed with some gems! This week we take you to Café Marie-Jeanne in the rapidly developing area of California and Augusta in Humboldt Park; celebrity-swamped Chicago Cut in River North; and Katy’s Dumpling House in Oak Park. Cafe Marie-Jeanne Proprietor/Chef Mike Simmons and Proprietor/Wine Director Jamie McLennan chatted with me about their new venture. Here’s what they had to say.
Check, Please! host Catherine De Orio welcomes guest reviewers Amit Hasak, Andrea Sylvester, and Ariel Donegan who weigh in on Chicago area eateries The Bristol, Herb, and Peach's on 47th.
In recent years, the popularity of Thai cuisine has burgeoned in the Chicago area, and it’s easy to see why. Even a cursory glance at a menu in a typical Thai eatery will tell you that there is something available for just about every taste, from sweet to salty, bitter to spicy, sour to soothing.
Check, Please! host Catherine De Orio welcomes guest reviewers Joe Battaglia, Sumito “Ariyo” Ariyoshi, and Kady Johnsen who weigh in on Chicago area eateries Salero, Sankyu, and Tiztal Café.
Hello! This week, we had some great guests and three unique restaurant selections that will have you traveling all over town. We take you to Salero in the West Loop, Izakaya Sankyu in Mount Prospect, and Tiztal Cafe in Ravenswood. This week I spoke with executive chef Ashlee Aubin about Salero and Basque cuisine. And since I love watching new episodes of Check, Please! with a cocktail in hand, Salero bar manager Suzie Whitacre shared a recipe for a Spanish-style gin tonic. Here’s what they had to say.
Anyone who thinks of Spain only as the land of flamenco, bullfighting (olé!), and Antonio Banderas (or, if you prefer, Penélope Cruz) might be surprised to learn the place is surprisingly diverse in a variety of different ways. | 2019-04-22T02:24:38Z | null | 396 | 2,866 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
YES! We want to reward you for getting a large group together! So if you buy 6 tickets you can get another 2 tickets free (25% discount). Or buy 10 tickets and get 5 more free (33% discount). To redeem this offer – place and pay for your order as per normal. Then drop us an email telling us about your bulk order – then we will adjust your ticket quantity to include your free tickets and let you know we have done this. Note if your bulk tickets are a mixture of both Adult and Youth/Student tickets – then your free tickets will be the same mixture (e.g.: Buy 3 Adult and 3 Youth tickets and we will give you an extra one of each). Email us if you have any questions.
No. The registration process involves you giving us your personal details which we will use to identify you on the day. Simply come to the Welcome Desk on arrival and you will be issued with a conference program and wrist-band that will give you access to the conference.
Who qualifies for the Student/Youth/Pensioner prices?
Youth: Includes anyone 18 or under.
Students: Anyone enrolled in a tertiary or post-graduate program who can produce a student ID on the day of the conference. No Student ID on the day – sorry no admission.
Pensioner: You will have to show your Gold Card at the welcome desk on arrival.
Our ticket pricing only allows for us to break-even on all conference costs – but if you are also on a particularly tight budget then drop us an email explaining your circumstances and we’ll see what we can do.
We hope a small number of our key supporters will purchase some extra tickets for those who simply cannot afford to join us. Please drop us an email explaining your circumstances if you would like to apply for this. We can’t promise anything – so please also pray for provision in this.
We want to give people a teaser of what Saturday will be like by having our most popular speakers give the Friday night messages. The Friday night message is especially seeker-friendly with a gospel focus – so come and check us out – and bring some friends! But arrive early as we have limited seating and if we exceed capacity then we could be forced to turn latecomers away!
No – unfortunately some of our speakers are not able to attend all venues. We are working on this and will have details of which speakers will be present at which conference when we publish the conference schedule two weeks out from the conference.
We will attempt (subject to technical issues) to film or audio-record some of the talks and make them available afterwards on a USB stick. However this is arranged by volunteers so technical glitches can happen – so please don’t be upset if you find your favourite talk is unavailable for some reason.
A filled roll (ham or chicken), something sweet (cake/slice) and a piece of fruit. Tea and Coffee will also be served throughout the day. There is no cash-option for lunch on-site – but there are cafe’s within a few blocks of all our venues.
Is there a Gluten Free option for lunch?
We are working with our caterers to offer a gluten free option on the day – however this option will not be available for those who order later than one week before the conference (as this is when we need to give numbers to our caterer).
We are pleased to have a growing number of women speakers joining us this year – including our keynote speaker for the Auckland and Christchurch conference! If you have any recommendations for New Zealand female Christian apologists – please email us and let us know.
In the first instance we would suggest giving your ticket to someone else – they will just need to use your name to get the ticket from the registration desk on the Friday Night. They will also need to meet the minimum class of ticket purchased, e.g. Pensioner, Youth, Student, though a student, youth or pensioner can use an adult ticket.
Should you need to cancel a conference or event registration for any reason, a refund will be made less an administration charge of $15, provided notification is received 7 DAYS PRIOR TO the conference start date. After that date no refunds will be made. | 2019-04-25T22:03:55Z | null | 705.2 | 4,093 | null | 0.339849 | [
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A partnership between Darlington Borough Council and local businesses to develop a brand identity for Darlington and working with an expert consultancy in this field, Ingenious Darlington has been developed.
We have now rebranded all our Darlington funds to Ingenious Funds.
Ingenious has a broad meaning including: clever, resourceful, original, inventive, creative, nifty, inspired, imaginative and effective and therefore can cover donors’ philanthropic aims in a variety of ways. | 2019-04-22T12:39:43Z | null | 436.8 | 483 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
As it stands, Brave (v0.61.51 at the time of writing this) does not have Chromecast support enabled by default. We have an open issue to surface the option to do so manually in settings which can be viewed here.
However, if you’d like to enable the Chromecast function in Brave, you can use the following steps to do so manually until the issue linked above is resolved. The process involves setting a few specific flags in the browser that let Brave know to offer the option to cast when available.
#Views-cast-dialog - Set to Disabled.
I must thank you for this thread because I need this from last month.
New user here - just tried steps above= but has had no difference on browser still no cast icon on youtube videos and no cast destinations found when I try from menu bar on right. help please.
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For this issue (since I'm the only one who knew what I was trying to do) I've written all of the reviews myself, and some are kind of sketchy - some theaters I haven't been to in months. By all means, submit any details you have on theaters, and help get these documents as complete as possible. Just use the handy theater info submission form.
THX - the theater is THX-certified, which means it meets tight standards for sound reproduction and projection quality.
Mono - theaters are assumed to be Dolby Stereo equipped unless listed otherwise. Mono theaters can only play sound through one center speaker. Dolby Stereo is a four-channel sound format - Center, Left, Right, and a mono Surround - that is essentially the standard of the industry.
Ultra Stereo - another stereo sound format.
SR - Dolby Spectral Recording; a four-channel analog sound format like Dolby Stereo - Center, Left, Right, and Surround - with very clean sound and channel separation, mostly from better noise reduction. See the Dolby page.
SRD - the theater is equipped to show prints encoded with Dolby Spectral Recording Digital - consider it a CD over a tape. It's a six channel system - Center, Left, Right, Left Surround, Right Surround, and Subwoofer.
DTS - the theater has Digital Theater Sound brand equipment. This system is reasonably portable and usually you can't be sure which screen at a multiplex has it without checking their ad in the paper or asking. Also a six-channel system.
For more technical details, see the Movieville Theater Tech pages on both projection and sound. | 2019-04-18T18:21:33Z | null | 609.8 | 1,566 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
A House Made From Paper Were the Three Little Pigs Right After All?
Forget the old saying that people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Now you can live in a paper house that’s so strong stones won’t make a dent.
At Eve’s Garden Organic Bed and Breakfast and Ecology Resource Center in Marathon, Thayer and Curry showcase classical architectural designs made from paper. Aesthetically pleasing domed designs curve gracefully, forming rounded openings and high ceilings, many painted in brilliant hues of purple, orange and turquoise.
With readily available raw materials and short construction times, interest is growing in the concept of turning trash paper and cardboard into inexpensive houses that are strong, well insulated and easily built. “It’s a simple method of construction,” says Curry.
é out of shredded newspapers in grammar school art classes? That’s essentially what papercrete is: an ideal cheap building material utilizing unwanted newspapers, magazines, cardboard, and junk mail—plus local sand and dirt. Curry uses mortar as a surface-bonding agent on drystacked bricks to produce safe, structurally sound buildings.
Papercrete provides strength without the weight of concrete (it’s 80 percent air), making it an ideal material for building arches, domes and vaulted ceilings. The material eliminates the need for expensive and often insufficiently insulated roof systems and requires less mechanical construction.
Construction costs with papercrete (other versions are called padobe or paper block) are estimated at 20 to 30 percent less than conventional housing. Sean Sands built his ecologically responsible home in Columbus, New Mexico with $500 in materials. Papercrete structures also require only 50 percent of the energy needed to heat and cool conventional buildings.
Americans discard enough paper each year to build four 12-foot walls around the entire perimeter of the country, so using recycled paper for construction would save millions of trees and 40 percent of landfill space.
Papercrete advocate Barry Fuller worked with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to research sites in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, where structures have withstood a variety of climate conditions. He has written a technical paper based on that research and is producing a documentary on construction of a building with sensors connected to the Internet that allow anyone in the world access to real-time data about the structure.
Another innovation, the Cardboard House, is the brainchild of architects at Australia’s University of Sydney. It’s a fully recyclable house with its own water collection and composting systems, plus autonomous power service from low-voltage batteries. Assembly requires 12 to 24 hours, and the house can be altered, repaired or reconfigured according to changing needs. Recycling the house is estimated to save 12 cubic meters of landfill and 39 trees.
Because cardboard is extremely low cost, lightweight and transportable, it could be ideal for temporary applications including vacation cottages, student dormitories or emergency housing after natural disasters. The DuraKit Instant House, for example, includes all the necessary components: a flat pack of frames, floor and wall panels, plus nylon wing nuts, polyester tape and Velcro fastenings that hold everything in place. While current designs may be marginally acceptable to U.S. consumers, the prototype may lead to other options for alternative housing.
Fuller predicts a growing market for papercrete construction. “Given the skyrocketing costs of building materials and construction, and the pressing need for homes, it is just a matter of time before waste paper will begin to take its place as an acceptable and even desirable residential construction material,” he says.
BEVERLY BURMEIER supports alternative building methods from Austin, Texas. | 2019-04-25T03:54:39Z | null | 391.7 | 3,894 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
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TST, is sending news of their comeback with a fresh appeal.
TST introduced teaser video of their third single 'WAKE UP' through an official SNS channel on yesterday.
TST in the teaser video is drawing attention with the sensuous color, bright moods, and refreshing visuals that blend in with the cheerful melody.
Especially, the music video "WAKE UP" was created as a new piece by visualizing musical lyrics and collaborating with the filming of the Korean Modern Art. Director Lee Sa Gan of Zanybros participated in the production, adding to his strength.
Following "PARADISE," which was the first parting story, "WAKE UP," the new song of TST that heralds another transformation, a song that highlights exciting and cheerful rhythms.
TST is planning to introduce 'WAKE UP' on its various music websites at 6 pm. on the 11th. | 2019-04-22T08:08:06Z | null | 440.1 | 826 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Research breakthrough has implications for better targeted cancer treatment protocols.
A collaborative team of researchers lead by Dr. Jun Song, a member of CPLC, has uncovered the mechanisms by which mutations result in elevated TERT expression. The team’s findings, published in the May 14 issue of Science, have exciting implications for new, more precise and personalized cancer treatments with fewer side effects compared with current treatments.
The full story can be viewed at Institute for Genomic Biolgy. | 2019-04-25T10:28:04Z | null | 456 | 513 | null | 0.296296 | [
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Check out this site and try to figure out what it is. Don’t worry, we’re here to help. It looks like a cool promotional stunt for The Eraser. Our guess is that you have to go about looking for this guy who is holding a pair of headphones. Take a listen. Take a picture. Upload it.
We assume this is happening in London only. The image above should give you a hint on where to find him. | 2019-04-20T03:05:19Z | null | 235.7 | 385 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
I often receive a bewildered look from others when I share that I teach Equine Facilitated Learning. I’ve been asked if I am a “horse whisperer.” As this field of spending time with horses in ways other than riding or using them for sport is relatively new, Equine Facilitated Learning (EFL) gets lumped into a “woo-woo” category. I love being with horses, but I do not call myself a “horse whisperer.” I find that putting words to this pivotal work can be challenging as it is a modality that places the horse as a potential healer for humans. EFL is a gently guided experience in which humans learn how being present with horses can open profound learning opportunities from the horses themselves. EFL incorporates a series of self-awareness exercises designed to bring both deepening understanding and healing to those participating.
Linda Kohanov birthed the awareness that it was possible for humans to have a relationship with horses outside of riding or using them for pleasure. In her bestseller book The Tao of Equus, she shares the nature of her unconventional relationship with her horses. Linda started the movement that ultimately popularized Equine Facilitated Learning.
What’s an Equine Facilitate Learning Session Like?
Most EFL sessions are held on the ground around horses rather than participants sitting or riding on the back of a horse. (Some EFL instructors, who are trained in riding, do incorporate riding within their sessions.) I start my workshops by helping clients tune into their bodies before spending time with the horses. Once they connect through awareness to their breath and body, the next step is engaging with the horses through presence. In modern day society we are taught to operate from our minds and forget the presence of our bodies, which is why connecting to the horses can be so powerful.
The exercises range from reflective to active ones. The reflective exercises tend to be more passive and revolve around quietly tuning into the layers of subtle awareness within the client and the horse. The active exercises are leadership based and have the client engage in exercises such as leading a horse or doing round pen work (having the horse walk and trot), which can be incredibly empowering. Other topics we focus on with the EFL exercises are boundaries, the message behind emotions (Emotional Message Chart), and the authentic/conditioned self.
I am often astounded when teaching this work as I witness radical change taking place for participants with the horses. In my own experience, as well as from observing that of others, a few days spent engaging in EFL with the horses can surpass other forms of therapy and healing modalities.
It is a profound honor to hold space for people as they dive into the depths of their emotions with the horses. As a facilitator, I stand back and let the magic unfold between the horses and humans. The horses do the work, while I support people to open to the transformation that happens naturally in the presence of horses.
Boundaries help create a safe container to operate in within ALL of our relationships: friends, family, co-workers and in the everyday world. Having and exercising clear boundaries is an essential teaching of the horses. I have seen how incredibly empowering it is for my clients to learn they can hold their ground with a 1,500-pound horse. Exercising boundaries with a large horse has been great practice for me in standing in my truth in the world!
Equine Facilitated Learning also teaches emotional fluidity through the use of the Emotional Message Chart. This intelligent method teaches that emotions are moving through us and that it is possible to gain the message within a particular emotion without getting swept up in its current. For example, when I become angry with someone I can look for the message behind the anger—perhaps that my boundaries are being crossed—and change something in response. It is also a choice to stay stuck in anger and resentment for hours, weeks, months, or possibly even years. The Emotional Message Chart assists participants to be empowered by their emotions rather than become lost in them.
The authentic/conditioned self work of EFL revolves around finding what the true self wants and desires as opposed to what the conditioned (or false) self is. It is the voice free of the wishes of the programmed mind. It is liberated, open to experiences and trusting in the wonder of each moment. The conditioned or false self is the voice that is influenced by society, family, and religious upbringing. It is the voice that uses the terms “should,” “you always,” “you never,” “I know,” and “I can’t.” The conditioned self is limited by belief systems and what one thinks s/he should do.
Horses are a great example of embodying the authentic self as they truly are present in the glorious abundance of each moment. As Linda Kohanov says, “Horses use emotions as information to engage surprisingly agile responses to environmental stimuli and relationship challenges.” These beautiful beasts teach us to feel the emotion in its purest form. They show us this when they get the message behind the emotion, change something in response to that message, and then go back to grazing. They have the innate ability to let go of the emotion and return to living in the present moment.
It is said that civilization was built on the back of a horse. Six thousand years ago horses became domesticated and changed the trajectory of the human race. It is due to the assistance of the equine species that the human race has thrived. We can thank the horse for the development of agriculture and transportation during wars, as well as the ability to travel long distances. The term “horsepower” is still associated with how powerful an engine is.
Horses are magical creatures that have been present in the myths and stories of humankind since the beginning of history. As horses are not generally depended on for transportation now, there is a growing cultural awareness for how horses can help our fragmented psyches heal. The fields of equine therapy and Equine Facilitated Learning are slowly gaining recognition. Horses are now stepping forward as healers. It’s about time, as I believe the human race needs the assistance of horses in our collective healing. I have seen how they teach us to act from our hearts, to listen to the wisdom of our bodies and to embody grace and presence as our natural way of being.
It is an honor to teach equine facilitated learning with horses and humans. EFL is profoundly transformational and is deeply rewarding. I am exponentially grateful to Linda for pioneering this work and all the gifts it has given me and those I have worked with! | 2019-04-21T18:35:33Z | null | 370.6 | 6,713 | null | 0.016386 | [
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By Andrea Diamond. Mar 21, 2016. 9:00 AM.
Before sitting down to write this article, I tried to imagine a world without poets. I envisioned Romeo explaining his love to Juliet with a pie chart, and Maya Angelou’s gaze passing over a caged songbird with resigned indifference. Indeed, a world without poets would be a world painfully absent of artists who are fully awake to the human experience, allowing raw emotion to course through their veins and manifest itself through the ink of their pen. To honor their literary contributions on World Poetry Day, here are ten poets you should read.
“What happens to a dream deferred?” This question, posed by Langston Hughes in 1951, has no doubt served as an introduction to poetry for thousands of students over the course of the past 65 years. An artist and leader of the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes was a poet that inspired change during a defining era of American History.
Best known for his stunning creation “O Captain! My Captain!” Walt Whitman is the father of many free verse poems. Dancing on the line between transcendentalism and realism, his writing often evokes a powerful emotional response from the reader. With frequent sexual and political undertones, Whitman was a radical poet.
Billy Collins is the only poet on this list I’ve had the pleasure of meeting, and one of my favorite writers. Collins served as Poet Laureate from 2001-2003 and has written a number of collected poetry books including The Art of Drowning, Questions About Angels, Nine Horses, and Sailing Alone Around the Room. He provides a unique perspective on daily life, and often infuses his work with a dry humor.
Heavily focused on nature, Frost was a poet of the seasons. Taking notice of the trees, the dew, the snow, and the stillness, he seemed to give language to the outdoors. Some of his most popular poems include “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “The Road Not Taken."
Maya Angelou was an empowered woman, and that power radiates through her poetry. Self-assured and unequivocally wise, the writer of “Still I Rise,” "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," and “Phenomenal Woman” inspires resilience in the reader. Her poems take on a whole new level of intensity when read aloud: proclaimed unapologetically to a deserving someone, or when necessary, an empty room.
I would be remiss if I did not mention Shel Silverstein, the poet of so many people's childhood, mine included. Award-winning writer of Where the Sidewalk Ends, Falling Up, and The Giving Tree, Silverstein’s poems are full of life lessons, often disguised as something silly.
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948, Eliot is no doubt a prominent figure in literary history. His early works shocked the system of the poetry world, as they were not consistent with the more romantic styling of the time. Writing one of his most popular poems “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” at the age of 22, I cannot help but feel woefully insecure about the lack of my own poetic accomplishment—but I suppose we can’t all be T.S Eliot.
If a world without poets seems desolate, I tried to imagine how awful it would be to live in a world without poetry, only to realize it is not possible. Poetry exists all around us—whispering in the running creek after a long winter, echoed in the silence of a December night, and pounding in a young man’s heart as he waits for his date on the front porch. Wherever there is life, there is poetry; and thank God for the people who spend their lives writing invitations to the rest of us to experience it for ourselves. | 2019-04-23T06:46:18Z | null | 226.7 | 3,565 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
This producer-initiated conference is built around farmer to farmer skill sharing and attracts experienced growers from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, and beyond. Farmer panelists representing small, mid, and large scale operations will cover technical production information on garlic, onions, peppers, and one-cut salad heads. Management topics include vegetable no-till, greenhouse management, training and retaining labor, and variety selection. Detailed handouts provide an invaluable resource long after the conference ends. New this year will be summaries of farm employee compensation and variety data collected through optional participant surveys.
View Dane County UW-Extension’s event website for more information on the conference. | 2019-04-20T08:22:08Z | null | 499.4 | 760 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, Harowitz & Tigerman can help. Our trial lawyers have decades of experience fighting for people afflicted with this deadly disease. Maybe you are a daughter who wants to know why her father was hurt when he worked in California and who is responsible; maybe you suffered from asbestos exposure in California, or perhaps you are a Bay Area neighbor of ours whose family member worked with asbestos and brought asbestos fibers home on their clothes. In any case, there are some important facts that you should know.
Malignant mesothelioma is an uncommon tumor, but it is clear that virtually all cases arise in people who were exposed to asbestos fibers. Mesothelioma and asbestosis are life-threatening diseases: although new treatment protocols provide hope, the median duration of survival, according to the literature, is 14 to 18 months.
Despite the limited survival rate for mesothelioma victims, in most states it can take 3-5 years for a mesothelioma claim case to reach the trial stage. However, because of our extensive experience in complex asbestos litigation, the lawyers of our firm know how to take advantage of California’s special procedures, which can get a mesothelioma lawsuit to trial in just a few months.
Right now, you need expert and personalized mesothelioma help. It is not an accident that we lecture other attorneys and insurance adjusters at nationally recognized asbestos conferences. We have spent more than twenty years focusing on product liability, toxic injuries, asbestos, mesothelioma, and wrongful death, so we know this area well. In fact, some of our cases have shaped this area of law and have created precedent for other cases to come. Now, our asbestos attorneys have founded a new firm so that we can provide you with the personalized attention that you deserve.
Contact us today for a FREE initial consultation with one of our mesothelioma attorneys. We work on contingency, meaning that we charge you no attorney’s fees until we win you money. Also, if you are unable to make it to our San Francisco, CA law offices, we can come to you.
The San Francisco / San Jose mesothelioma lawyers at Harowitz & Tigerman represent clients diagnosed with mesothelioma and suffering from personal injury caused by asbestos exposure throughout California including San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento, Los Angeles and other communities in the state of California. | 2019-04-20T22:15:31Z | null | 282 | 2,462 | null | 0.056864 | [
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Words like fuel economy and carbon-dioxide emissions often come to mind when we discuss cars of the future. Whether they are manufactured to meet constantly-changing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines or to cater to potential buyers looking to save on fuel costs and go green, there’s always one option when it comes to future vehicles that seemingly goes ignored: diesel. Nowadays, many may be wondering why diesel (20 to 40 percent more efficient than gas and cleaner than ever) is never a part of the conversation in the U.S. We’ve taken on the challenge of getting down to the reasons why.
Diesel and gasoline come from the same barrel of oil, and given the fact that diesel is a more substantial, less refined product it should cost less, but that’s not the case. Why? The price of both of these products in the U.S. is determined by market forces, taxes, and fluctuating refinery constraints. The simplest way to understand the price difference between the two products is like this: the majority of vehicles manufactured for use in America run on gas, thus it’s in everyone’s best interest (producers and consumers alike) that gas prices remain within an accessible range. Of course it doesn’t hurt that recent trends indicate global supply for oil far exceeds the demand, gradually reducing the cost. Additionally, federal, state, and local taxes favor gas, therefore, making it less expensive. According to the Energy Information Administration, the average state and federal taxes combined per gallon of diesel add up to about 55 cents, while the same average for gasoline is about 47 cents. On the surface that may appear like mere pennies, but in the long run, it’s diesel that costs more per year, and when gasoline fuel is relatively inexpensive by comparison, it’s easy to see why gas reigns supreme.
Diesel engines cost much more to manufacture than gasoline engines. They cost more because they require additional equipment such as a turbocharger to be on par with the power levels of a gas engine. Heavier-duty internal components are also necessary for a diesel engine so that it can withstand higher compression ratios. Historically, diesel engines were more about providing torque than horsepower - hence the popularity of diesel-fueled trucks and tractors and the need for an added turbocharger when it comes to passenger cars. Additionally, heavier-duty materials mean a starting MSRP that reflects that, and when combined with the higher price of diesel at the pump, well, it’s no wonder why these cars tend to be overlooked.
Besides the obvious costs mentioned above acting as a deterrent for diesel-fueled vehicles, it is the bad reputation that diesel gained during the oil embargo of the 70s that seems to be etched on America’s collective memory. We’ve all seen the archival footage of those soot-belching vehicles leaving black puffs of smoke in their wake. It goes without saying that back in the day, diesel technology wasn’t what it is now, but unfortunately, diesel-powered passenger cars were branded as unreliable oil-burners with little chance at redemption. Some of the contributing factors to diesel's lousy reputation and subsequent decline were the following factors: lack of advanced fuel injection technology (necessary to start a diesel engine, but more expensive and less reliable back in the day), noisier engines, plumes of exhaust smoke, excessive rattling and vibration, and the need for additional glow plugs to start the engine in cold weather climates.
EPA regulations when it comes to diesel are strict. For car manufacturers to comply with U.S. regulations, they have to engineer engines that use complicated and expensive fuel injection and after-treatment systems. The more expensive an engine is to manufacture, the more expensive the car whose hood it goes under, which only makes us circle back to the point we made earlier: a higher MSRP combined with the higher cost of diesel provides little incentive for prospective buyers and in turn even less incentive for manufacturers. Realistically, no automaker wants to produce vehicles that aren’t going to sell, and no buyer will invest in a car that’s going to cost them more upfront and take several years to offset that initial cost (unless they need a heavy-duty pickup or something similar).
And speaking of EPA regulations, it appears the new rules to significantly reduce emissions from diesel-powered heavy-duty trucks are in the works. If true, the new nationwide rules would match those of the state of California, which has continuously been a leader in regulations when it comes to reducing emissions. While no formal announcement has been made yet, the industry backs this initiative as they want to avoid having to jump between federal and state standards and would prefer a national set of guidelines instead.
Do you have any experience driving diesel-powered vehicles? We’d love to hear about it from you on NowCar social media. | 2019-04-20T16:29:19Z | null | 268.7 | 4,965 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
View our A guitar chord charts and voicings in Open A tuning with our free guitar chords and chord charts. If you are looking for the A chord in other tunings, be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page. For over 950,000 charts and voicings, grab an account. | 2019-04-26T06:27:07Z | null | 465.1 | 259 | null | 0.972973 | [
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Always wanted to learn how to swing dance? Lindy KL organises this swing dance class for free. Put on your dancing shoes, bring along a partner (or not) and you can stand a chance to win Zalora vouchers. There will also be a performance by Douche Manouche. | 2019-04-23T16:28:27Z | null | 361.2 | 256 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
The aim of RE at Hawley Primary School is to foster in pupils a reflective approach to life and enable and enrich this process through their study of living faiths. We acknowledge the fact that the religious traditions in Great Britain are in the main Christian, and take account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in the country. Through this approach we aim to help children develop understanding and empathy as well as respecting the right of people to hold and practise beliefs different from their own.
Through RE we aim to develop the children’s skills, concepts and attitudes identified in the Agreed Hampshire Syllabus. In RE lessons we seek to promote reflection, empathy, comprehension, investigation, interpretation and analysis. We also aim to foster attitudes such as curiosity, open-mindedness, self-understanding, respect, wonder and appreciation, as these are fundamental to a fair minded study of religions and the spiritual dimensions of human life.
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Hope you guys are celebrating the green day aka Pakistan Day today (23rd March) and commemorating all the best efforts and sacrifices of your ancestors along with the finest leaders for the first constitution (resolution) of Pakistan. Therefore, we at ThemeReflex have brought new, state-of-the-art and innovative themes for the first time.
We’re introducing Urdu language which is also considered as national language of Pakistan. In addition to that, we’ve also included Nokia Belle icons in green color.
Apart from the theme, we also congratulate Pakistan on prevailing the dramatic final of Asia Cup, 2012.
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I'm writing as a member of the public and a retail investor in response to the SEC's request for comments on S7-06-16. I have never understood why corporate officials are able to spend corporate funds as if it's their own money instead of the shareholders. No corporation in which I own stock has ever asked my opinion before making a political donation. That should not be. | 2019-04-22T02:29:01Z | null | 454.2 | 374 | null | 0.323529 | [
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Below is a list of fun/interesting things in the Bitcoin blockchain. Some are historical firsts, others are just fun or cool.
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Trader Dan Zanger of Chartpattern.com first hit the media spotlight in December 2000 when he was featured in a Fortune article. The article, entitled "My Stocks Are Up 10,000%!" discussed how he had turned $11,000 into $18 million in 18 months (with a return of 164,000%), an unofficial world record for trading stocks (with the tax receipts to prove it). Not mentioned in the article was that in 23 months, the total grew to $42 million.
Also not mentioned except in passing was much detail about Zanger's trading techniques, indicators, and philosophies or an outline of his typical trading day. He uses chart patterns to find high-volatility ("frisky") stocks. The article piqued the interest of many readers about the art of technical analysis and provided insight into what is possible for those with the skill and dedication. How is he doing more than two years later? How does he trade and what motivates him? STOCKS & COMMODITIES contributor Matt Blackman caught up with Dan Zanger by telephone on April 23, 2003, at his home in Florida.
I use absolutely no indicators whatsoever.
I simply reply on chart patterns, price, and volume.
What indicators do you use? Do you use momentum or other indicators with your chart patterns?
I use absolutely no indicators whatsoever. I simply rely on chart patterns, price, and volume. Who has time to look at so many indicators when you're scrolling through 400 stocks a night? I look at daily bars intensely and dissect them and then add in the volume bars to come up with sort of a pressure factor that tells me what the stock wants to do next and when it wants to do it. Is it ready now or does it need more time? That's the job at hand every day.
You use price volume and chart patterns and that's it?
That's 100% of what I use.
How have you found trading chart patterns over the last few years during the current bear market?
Like most people in the market today, I learned about trading with the major secular bull market that started in 1982. All my learning was to the upside and knowing when to step aside when the charts predicted a correction was about to start. It took at least seven months for me to get the hang of the charts for a bear market, and other items took over two years. Even with the chart knowledge I learned, news stories and interest rate cuts would and could and did rocket stocks right out of the bear patterns. It was brutal, but a great learning experience.
What trading tools have you found to be most useful?
As far as trading tools are concerned, I like AIQ's proprietary moving average trading bands. When a stock breaks out of a base or pattern and if it blows through the upper trading band, that tells me it's a very strong stock. That also tells me I need to sell half or all of my position on the second or third day above the trading band. AIQ bands employ moving averages over a long time. No other bands replicate them that I know of. Bollinger Bands come close in some ways but not others.
Excerpted from an article originally published in the August 2003 issue of Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES magazine. All rights reserved. © Copyright 2003,Technical Analysis, Inc. | 2019-04-19T22:46:04Z | null | 709.9 | 3,173 | null | 0.031516 | [
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The JRF Squad is not something that happened overnight. In fact, it is a lifestyle that started over ten years ago by Johnny Favinger and his dad. As Johnny decided to take up stock car racing in high school, with the help of his father they put together a vehicle representing the black and pink colors and the pink panther logo. Johnny raced under the name “JRF Motorsports”. The black and pink colors were favorites of Johnny and his father and the pink panther logo was inspired by his neighbor Herbert.
To put it simply, the car and everything became a hit. People gravitated to the colors black and pink and the panther logo. Friends started to become involved as well, becoming part of Johny’s pit crew when he would race and help work on the stock car. All the friends embraced partying and living life to the fullest.
Starting in 2009, a bunch of high school friends who literally just graduated, decided to join a slow-pitch softball league. Since Johnny was part of this group of friends, his dad was nice enough to help sponsor the team. The team resembled the black and pink color with the pink panther logo and their shirts became popular immediately amongst peers. Over the years the group of high school friends has stayed together whether it be partying together, raising money for charities, or playing in sports leagues and has evolved in what it is today despite the unfortunate passing of Johnny’s dad in 2015.
The spirit of the colors black and pink and the panther will forever live with the tight-knit group of high school friends. It is a legacy that will be passed on to generations. Everyone that has encountered what we do embraces it. Now we love to share this special lifestyle with the whole world. #BlackandPink. | 2019-04-18T14:59:54Z | null | 303.4 | 1,744 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
I have created my first ever video tutorial and couldn’t wait to share it with all of you! I hope that you enjoy it and find it helpful.
Here are some close ups of the finished look!
Now you are all set to achieve this look yourself! Please let me know if you have any requests for future tutorials and I will do my best to make them happen as soon as I can.
Happy Academy Awards Day! You can bet I’ll be watching and taking note of all the fabulous makeup and to-die-for dresses that walk down the red carpet! | 2019-04-24T18:34:22Z | null | 398.8 | 510 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
We are so excited to share Prismera Design Couture. These stunning pieces are made from scratch. They start with bolts of Japanese chiffon to create the flowers or ruffles and some even contain vintage components. Prismera sculpts the pieces by either pinning or fabricating them around a dress form so that they lay on the body properly. There are so many options to choose from but below are our absolute favorites for weddings. These works of art can be worn with your beautiful wedding gown and then after the wedding they can be used to dress up a plain white tee. Enjoy! | 2019-04-26T02:56:44Z | null | 435.2 | 576 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Join us to continue the discussion on the patient visit in primary care as we focus on exam room to discharge best practices and approaches. We will also identify tools to support this step in the patient flow. This webinar is free and we encourage you to share this invitation. | 2019-04-24T19:48:34Z | null | 491 | 278 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
The Sound Lab aims to provide you with the best new music from all the latest up and coming artists across the country. Attending gigs and festivals and bringing what you, the listener wants to hear!
Tune in every week at 8pm on a Sunday evening to hear the latest and fresh new acts across the country. | 2019-04-22T02:18:35Z | null | 242.8 | 303 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
The CA3420 is an integrated circuit Operational Amplifier that combines PMOS Transistors and Bipolar Transistors on a single monolithic chip. The CA3420 BiMOS Operational Amplifier features Gate protected PMOS Transistors in the input circuit to provide very high input impedance, very low input currents (less than 1pA). The internal bootstrapping network features a unique guardbanding technique for reducing the doubling of leakage current for every 10oC increase in temperature. The CA3420 operates at total supply voltages from 2V to 20V either single or dual supply. This Operational Amplifier is internally phase compensated to achieve stable operation in the unity gain follower configuration. Additionally, it has access terminals for a supplementary external capacitor if additional frequency rolloff is desired. Terminals are also provided for use in applications requiring input offset voltage nulling. The use of PMOS in the input stage results in common mode input voltage capability down to 0.45V below the negative supply terminal, an important attribute for single supply application. The output stage uses a feedback OTA type Amplifier that CAN swing essentially from Rail-to-Rail The output driving current of 1.5mA (Min) is provided by using nonlinear current mirrors.
This is one package pinout of CA3420,If you need more pinouts please download CA3420's pdf datasheet.
This is one application circuit of CA3420,If you need more circuits,please download CA3420's pdf datasheet. | 2019-04-22T02:09:51Z | null | 1,410.2 | 1,498 | null | 0.614152 | [
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Looking for a professional Hail Mapping services to assist on your next project? Select from one of our affiliate partners below.
If you provide hail mapping services and want to join the SVG Affiliate Partner Network click on the button below. | 2019-04-20T16:38:02Z | null | 1,230.1 | 244 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Tucked in a posh locality on Kasturi Rangan road, this plush structure stands out for its opulent appearance. As per vastu principles, the entrance of the building is on the north-eastern side. The designer has extensively used glass for the façade with minimum opaque accents for the frontage to give a teaser of what lies inside.On entering, visitors are greeted with a life-like metal statue of a photographer. Leather sofas in the reception area, glass room dividers displaying artwork and the atrium in the rear end, where glass walls touch the double-height ceiling, lend an elegant and artistic feel to the space.
“Our sole aim was to focus on the artwork and hence, we kept the overall interiors minimal. The ceiling and flooring have straight, clean lines to achieve this minimalistic effect in the interiors. To incorporate the ‘follow-the-path’ flow, we had to break a few walls, connect all the three rooms and create a large display space,” Ramesh says.A.P. Shreethar did not want to clutter the gallery with too many design elements as it could divert the attention from the main focus. “A.P. Shreethar and Vincent wanted free-flowing spaces which would make it ideal to display artwork,” Ramesh adds. Besides, there were not many structural changes. The architect had to only do away with a few walls and windows and alter the exterior by using wooden panels. The building’s renovation was completed within a span of four months and it took another month for the finishing touches like landscaping, as a major part of the building overlooks this area. Besides, the use of polycarbonate gives the building a warm glow.One of the design highlights is the intelligent use of glass indoor, where 15-mm thick glass walls display artwork on either side. The glass can hold up artwork weighing up to 300 kg. The glass walls give the space a neat look and at the same time, are not obtrusive. “We have aligned all the glass walls. This is helpful if the owners want to display a painting that is 30-40 ft. in height or width,” Ramesh elaborates.
On the top floor, there is a lounge area for press briefings and a few artwork are on display here too. Besides, it also houses A.P. Shreethar’s workstation and office, and a balcony that is converted into a room. Due to the glass windows, there is a lot of natural light streaming in. Pressured laminated wooden flooring is used as a raised platform, where Shreethar has his digital workstation.Laminated veneer and wood is used for the exterior façade as well as in the interiors. The entire building has LED lighting fixtures indoors and focus lights on the outside. The lighting system is so effective, thus ensuring electricity consumption of not more than 400 watts.
The building’s imposing elegance and artistic elements makes it truly captivating. A visual treat, indeed! | 2019-04-24T08:06:34Z | null | 325.5 | 2,832 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Here is a fun Word Find activity for the kids. You could add this activity to a task about bones. Build a skeleton or locate the bones on their own body.
Right click the image above and choose 'Save Image' to print out.
Our friends over at Lucky Break Wishbones are ready to take your order before Wishbone Day!
Lucky Break Wishbones will donate a portion of the proceeds to Wishbone Day!
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Send a short note including dates, locations and contact details if appropriate.
We're happy to add interest stories, news and events.
Yes! That's right! We've updated our Wishbone Day Map again. More communities around the world have joined our international awareness day.
Our Hispanic Wishbone Day community has produced another fantastic living life with OI video. Watch the video and meet our Wishbone Day friends from Mexico to Argentina, Spain to Peru.
Wishbone Day is only a few weeks away! How will you celebrate?? | 2019-04-19T13:07:32Z | null | 864.2 | 1,004 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Lyrical narratives that chronicle a long marriage, and reach, with dark wit, irony, and poignancy, into the personal and political histories that belong to everyone.
In her much-anticipated new collection, Mary Stewart Hammond's lyrical narratives chronicle a long marriage rich with wit, dark irony, and poignancy, while reaching into personal and political histories that belong to everyone. Of Hammond's poems, James Merrill says "they brim with what the whole world knows."
Entering History opens on a middle-aged couple, modern-day travelers in an ancient setting. The collection follows their relationship through time and place, combining the personal and the historical in stories of the family―siblings, a daughter, and the very different marriage of the poet’s parents.
Hammond reaches into the past and present of the American family, closing Entering History where it began, with the couple in bed, now older, harkening back to the bed they shared when they were newlyweds. These powerful, beautifully crafted, lyrical narratives give depth to an examination of life―its joys, sorrows, laughter, and tragedies. | 2019-04-19T12:47:30Z | null | 278.3 | 1,122 | null | 0.092692 | [
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My client, based in London, are a leading Leisure & Tourism company who focus on creating boutique and bespoke travel packages for their customers who want to explore and travel the world in their own unique way. They are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join their Technology Team to assist with the move away from monolithic architecture styles to a modular framework focused around an API/service-oriented architecture approach within Azure.
They are embarking on an ambitious and exciting development programme that will see them become a truly digital enabled business. A critical role in this transformation will be played by a new internal platforms team that are responsible for deploying, automating, maintaining, troubleshooting and improving the platforms that keep internally developed and third-party applications running smoothly.
In this role, you will be required to have hands-on technical experience and a can-do approach towards environment automation / management and continuous improvement. This role will encompass the use of a broad range of Azure based technologies underpinning the company's bespoke in-house systems which cover core sales, reservations, operations, marketing, commercial and financial aspects of their business and operates over multiple offices based in the UK and US.
Detailed hands-on experience within the Azure platform, key services to include App Service Containers, Azure Functions, API Management Gateway and DevTest labs.
Deep understanding of CI/CD pipeline builds with the ability to design, build and maintain a CI/CD infrastructure and corresponding tools.
Container concepts and orchestration (preferably Docker).
Experience supporting and maintaining a complex, multi-server, micro service environment.
Integrity and Sensitivity - Maintaining integrity and discretion despite pressure from time and peers.
Results Focus and Initiative - The drive, determination and commitment to get things done. To move things forward, achieve, get results and do things better.
Rapid Response - An ability to think on your feet, focus quickly on the requirements of the situation while at the same time being able to relate to overall goals. Resolving problems under pressure.
Service Excellence - To recognise user need and identify ways of adding value. To consistently deliver to required standards. To exceed delivery standards.
If you are interested in this opportunity then please apply and I will aim to get back with 48 hours. Alternatively, you can contact me directly on [email protected]. | 2019-04-23T10:35:02Z | null | 415.4 | 2,557 | null | 0.266328 | [
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The VersaStack solution by Cisco and IBM is an integrated infrastructure designed for cloud and enterprise application deployments. It combines the performance and innovation of the Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with the versatility and efficiency of the IBM Storwize storage system. The VersaStack solution is backed by Cisco Validated Designs to provide a faster delivery of applications, greater IT efficiency, and less risk. Our new 5-day training is designed for system and network engineers and administrators implementing and administering VersaStack solutions. The course covers key implementation procedures, management and basic troubleshooting tasks on the Cisco Nexus 9300, Cisco MDS 9100, Cisco UCS, IBM Storwize V7000 Unified and Cisco Nexus 1000V.
● If you are familiar with some aspects of VersaStack Implementation Training (VSI), we can omit or shorten their discussion. | 2019-04-26T16:41:13Z | null | 1,082.1 | 894 | null | 0.833333 | [
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One look at this Hyundai Elantra GT and you will just know, this is your ride.
Everyone loves leaving the competition in the dust. With your hands firmly at the wheel of this powerful 1.8L L4 16V DOHC engine, you'll leave the competition wondering why they even tried. Driving has never been so much fun than with this sports tuned suspension.
We have checked and double checked the mechanics of this car to make sure it is perfect. Turn heads when you drive down the road in this beauty. The exterior of this car is incomparable. The condition of the interior will have you believing that you just bought a brand new car.
With amazing deals at Elvis's Autos LLC , you will be sure to drive away smiling. We are conveniently located near Cordova. | 2019-04-23T06:50:26Z | null | 488.7 | 746 | null | 0.931635 | [
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Why does the APR appear high?
At first glance the APR appears to be high. This is very deceitful, but there is a simple reason why this figure looks so high. APR is an Annual Percentage Rate, and as such is calculated over a whole year (365 days). However, a payday loan is taken usually only over a number of days or weeks.
The APR calculation was not designed to apply to very short term loans. It was designed to apply to long term loans in existence for a year or more. It is really a theoretical figure than enables people to compare similar longer term loan products, like mortgages or ongoing credit balances.
It is more advisable to look directly at the loan agreement to see exactly how much interest you will be charged for the period of your payday loan, rather than relying on the APR rate. Some companies have a standard interest charge for the amount you wish to borrow regardless of the duration of the loan. So, It is up to you to decide whether you will be able to repay both the cash advance you receive initially and the interest amount on the repayment date.
Many people just do not have sufficient savings or access to credit cards or more traditional loans because of poor credit history. So, for them using the services of regulated payday loan provides is the only way to get money you need quickly. Moreover, eligibility criteria make almost any person suitable for a payday loan.
If you need money in a hurry to cover your bills and you can not wait until payday, it's better to take a pay day loan than to pay any expiration fees because you didn't meet the deadline. Especially, it's an ideal solution if you are confident that you will be able to make the necessary payments on the repayment date. Overall, payday loans are convenient, easy to access and offer a viable option for people who require money quickly for whatever reason. | 2019-04-19T07:09:54Z | null | 238.7 | 1,863 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Join Lilian Rytt, highly experienced Yoga Teacher and Doula over 8 classes. Lilian will help you to enjoy a relaxed pregnancy while preparing the body for the natural process of labour.
Simply come along on Saturday morning and purchase the pass in class at our Bondi Studio. (Class starts at 10.30 am so please come 15 minutes prior to purchase.
See Prenatal class timetable here.
Yoga Synergy offers prenatal yoga classes specially designed to help mothers towards a healthy and less stressful birth process. Yoga practice during pregnancy creates a sense of well-being and helps prepare a mother’s body for the birth of her child.
Attending the prenatal classes at any time during your pregnancy is encouraged. Our students find it to be enormously helpful in not only experiencing a relaxed pregnancy but in preparing the body for the natural process of labour. If you are starting yoga for the first time and you are 30 weeks pregnant or more, then it is best to start with our prenatal yoga class at Bondi Junction studio on Saturday at 10.30am.
If you are less than 30 weeks, or can’t make it to Bondi Junction Saturday morning, then you are most welcome to come along to any of our Vinyasa (Level 1) classes at our Bondi Junction and Newtown studios.
All our teachers at Yoga Synergy are trained in pre-natal yoga practices and to safely teach pregnant women in these classes.
If you would like to discuss your personal circumstances please call us on (02) 9389 7399 or email us before coming to a different style class to check if it will be suitable for you.
Lilian Rytt Solomon Lilian Rytt is a practicing Childbirth Educator and Birth Assistant (Doula) and has a been a pre-post natal yoga teacher At Yoga Synergy since 1997. read more about Lilian.
Robbie Solomon Robbie Solomon is an experienced midwife and yoga teacher and has been teaching pre-natal yoga classes for over 20 years – read more about Robbie.
In 2008 during her pregnancy with her son, Bianca filmed and produced ‘Yoga During Pregnancy’ especially for pregnant women wanting to make sure they were doing Yoga correctly during pregnancy.
In this video you will learn about the safe practice and benefits of yoga during pregnancy and birth.
The video includes still pictures of beginner to advanced postures so you can practise in your own time and at your own pace.
This approach to yoga can be helpful to pregnant mothers in delivery, as it teaches how to let go and be in the moment. | 2019-04-19T05:31:24Z | null | 770.7 | 2,465 | null | 0.085193 | [
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Are you looking for a home with a main floor laundry room and spacious mud room? The Schult Chateau Elan Kensington may be the home for you!
The Schult Chateau Elan Kensington has just under 1700 square feet. This Schult modular floor plan has split bedrooms. The master suite includes a large master bath and walk-in closet with shelves. The additional two bedrooms are located on the opposite side of the house with the second bathroom close by. In the living room there is a picture window and has two entrances to the spacious country kitchen. The country kitchen includes a buffet, pantry, island, and an optional patio door. A convenient feature is the mudroom with a closet, cabinets, and storage bench with an entrance to the laundry room. The laundry room has space for the washer and dryer and space for a freezer.
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With a Side of Chocolate: Thoughts for Thursday: Thankfulness.
It feels weird just getting back to normal life after such a crazy Tuesday/Wednesday. I had some fun posts for this week but I think I'm going to wait. But, I also don't want to write about the election because it's heavy and enough people have written some great posts: Helene , Amanda, Maggie and Derek and Alyssa.
So today, I'm going to talk about what I'm thankful for.
one // This man. I'm thankful this man loves me for exactly who am - flaws and all. He knows that I get a little mean when I'm hungry but doesn't hold it against me. He knows that I HATE to clean the kitchen and vacuum so he does it most of the time so I don't have to. He just laughs and we get take out when I accidentally burn or undercook dinner because I was rushing to get it done after a long day of work and fitting in a workout. He supports my career goals and always pushes me to do more. He knows not to touch my mint chocolate chip ice cream unless it's specifically offered to him.
He knows the real, honest, completely flawed me and loves me every second in spite of that.
two // These two hooligans. Zuko and Ellie keep us entertained every day. They both have such distinct, sassy and ridiculous attitudes that absolutely kill me. I'm so thankful that we have such well behaved (well.. most of the time) animals that love us even when we accidentally forget to feed them occasionally. I'll be even more thankful for them when they one day become friends. We'll get there.
three // My job. How many people truly love their job? And how many people truly love their coworkers? It seems to be pretty few in my experience and I definitely used to be one of those people who dreaded work.
I still hate waking up early and Monday's - but once I get to go work, I'm so happy to be. My team is amazing and so supportive of each other and both of my bosses are incredible. Plus, I work for the most well known brand in the world. It doesn't get much better.
four // Friends. I have some amazing, loving friends that I can call at any hour of the day. Though my two best friends live far away, that doesn't change our friendship at all and I'm so thankful for that.
This one lives in Chicago.
This one lives in Charlottesville.
This year I've made some awesome new friends, too, and I don't know what I'd do without them. Friendships as an adult are hard but this year I've really learned it's the quality of friendships, not the number that matter.
five // My family. Although this election cycle has been rough on us, they are still my parents and family and we all love each other regardless. We are celebrating Thanksgiving next Saturday because all of my mom's siblings will be in town (from Hawaii, Asheville, Wilmington and Georgia) for the first time in awhile and we wanted to spend the holiday together. I'm thankful we all love each other enough to something like that just to be together.
My mom's parents, siblings, children and all the significant others in one picture!
So, let's take some time this week to reflect on what we're thankful for and continue to shine happiness out into the world. Lord knows, we all need it.
Awwww, those kitty and puppy pictures are adorable :) This week I've tried to take the time to remember to be thankful and find joy in any moment I can.
Such a positive post for this week!! :) That's awesome that you love your job so much! And your husband is a keeper with the vacuuming!! I HATE emptying the dishwasher so my husband does that most of the time, and it means so much to me!
OMG your pets are adorable. And I love that your husband doesn't touch your sweets without permission - will he teach mine? Is there anything worse than thinking you have something in the pantry and it being gone? NOPE. | 2019-04-25T22:44:36Z | null | 331.8 | 3,791 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
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Ghana has been selected to host the first mega showpiece of the 41st International Data Protection Conference in June this year for the African Network of Data Protection Authorities.
The selection by the International Conference of Data and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPC) is as a result of Ghana’s efforts in the enforcement and compliance of data protection regulation, this is according to the Data Protection Commission (DPC).
The Conference seeks to provide leadership at international level in data protection and privacy. It does this by connecting the efforts of 122 privacy and data protection authorities from across the globe.
Partners their participation include the United Nations (UN), African Union (AU), ECOWAS, Council of Europe, Commonwealth Data Commissioners, Microsoft, Facebook and a host of other data controllers and processors.
The Conference further demonstrate Ghana’s determination as a leading voice both on the continent and globally. The event is expected to position Ghana on the international stage as a champion of protecting data of its citizens. This also translate in the ease of doing business and boosting investor confidence as companies and institutions are assured of data protection of their respective staff.
In a keynote address read on behalf of the Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful by a Deputy Minister in the sector, Vincent Sowah Odotei during this year’s Data Protection and Privacy day celebrations in Accra, he said the Commission has opened a new chapter in enforcing accountability and empowering data subject and further creating awareness on the need for people the compliance status on the companies and institutions they are dealing with.
The Commission is an agency of the Ministry of Communications. | 2019-04-18T15:10:00Z | null | 296.4 | 1,772 | null | 0.117946 | [
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I used to be obsessed with the show “Undercover Boss” when I was in high school. Stay with me, this has a point ha! I was captivated each time a millionaire corporation CEO would throw on a pair of scrubs and get down and dirty with his company.
My favorite part was how they did this in secret until they revealed their identity at the end. It was always cool to see both how they were treated while working, but also the reactions of those when they revealed their true identity.
When the show comes to an end and they reveal their real identity there’s no difference for the CEO but the employees immediately realize who they were working with.
This reminds me of how God works. He makes himself known in the world around us, but doesn’t reveal His full majesty because it would be overwhelming – and something we can look forward to seeing in Heaven.
But God hasn’t left us to walk the earth with no idea of who He is or what great power He contains. He sent His son to the earth to walk among us, He inspired the writing of the Bible – a book that tells us all about His character, His love for us, and His will, and He gave us the church – a community of people that give us a small glimpse of Heaven.
When God finally reveals Himself in all His might to us, the show will end. Just like on “Undercover Boss” when the boss revealed himself, the credits rolled.
By leaving us bits and pieces of Himself, He allows us to freely worship Him. Not because we have seen Him in all His glory, but because we have gotten a taste of what is fully there.
He doesn’t want us to worship Him because we have to, but because we want to. He gives us free will with all decisions in life, and one of those includes deciding to worship Him.
Just like with the Undercover Boss episodes, if the CEO’s were to enter their workplace with their titles plastered on their chests, people would treat him differently. They would be nice, courteous, and charming because of the ‘CEO’ title, not because of who they were as people.
The same thing goes for God. He reveals Himself in tidbits because He doesn’t want forced worship, He wants us to desire to worship Him because of Who He is and what He has done for us, not just because His name is God.
Obviously, the metaphor of the “Undercover Boss” episode will be broken down if looked at closely, but you can understand the comparison.
coffee at my new home – Baltimore!
“But I wonder whether people who ask God to interfere openly and directly in our world quite realize what it will be like when He does. When that happens, it is the end of the world. When the author walks on the stage the play is over… That will not be the time for choosing; it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realized it before or not,” (p. 65).
God chooses to reveal Himself in pieces in order to continue to fuel our desire to seek Him further. If He revealed Himself in all His glory then we wouldn’t dedicate hours to reading about His character in the Bible, or praying in the late hours of the night, or gathering with our brothers and sisters in Christ to praise Him.
I simply love this comparison. I’m a writer so you can imagine, a huge part of why I fell in love with God was due to his poetic scripture. There’s something about the imagery, analogies, and metaphors that bind my heart to His.
That said, this analogy is one of my favorites. God inspires Solomon to write this passage, where he tells us that its simply impossible to understand the work of God. He compares it to the not understanding the path of the wind and how bones form.
I like the wind part the best because I instantly picture fall winds – the kinds that pick up red, orange, and yellow leaves, and drag them around in spirals until they land somewhere new.
That’s kind of like Gods activity. It’s impossible to predict where the wind will take the leaves, just like it’s impossible to fully comprehend God’s plans and His will for our lives.
This piece of scripture helps tag onto the previous verse. Why does God keep his activity a secret from us? Because He wants to keep us occupied and captivated by Him!
If God was to reveal Himself in all His glory to us, would we still seek and explore to find and know Him? Probably not!
I think about it this way: I love baking, I think that’s a given. I once spent a couple of weeks trying to perfect a single recipe. I worked tirelessly trying to perfect it, trying various ingredients, even researching chemical reactions in cookies (weird, IK). But once I perfected the recipe I stopped spending time on it. I got to a point where I didn’t even need to follow it anymore because I knew everything about it.
If God revealed Himself in all His glory to us, we would do the same thing I did with the cookies. We would stop seeking, stop learning, and stop striving to know God because we would feel that we already knew Him.
We would have seen it all and would have lost the freedom to worship Him genuinely.
The answer is: God has revealed Himself in the most perfect and brilliant way, to allow us to choose to willingly praise Him lovingly each and every day, not because we have to, but because we desire to.
P.S. Last Saturday I moved to Baltimore to go to Maryland Bible College & Seminary where I will be studying a whole lot of Jesus and seeking His wonder every single day. I feel so incredibly blessed to be here and cannot help but think of how good God is. The day before I left home for school, I wrote a blog post on the importance of reflection because that’s exactly what I was doing! | 2019-04-20T06:48:05Z | null | 364.6 | 5,583 | null | 0.069138 | [
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Get an Early Start on Your Garden with a Cold Frame!
In the last article, I discussed several different designs for building your own cold frame. Now, let's delve into information on how to put your new cold frame to use!
The basic premise of a cold frame is to absorb warmth from the sun all day, and then retain that heat overnight to prevent the temperature inside from dropping below freezing. As the real estate moguls will tell you, the most important consideration is location, location, location!
If at all possible, place it in a sunny location against a south wall. If this is not an option in your garden, you can also stack bales of straw on the northern side of your cold frame, to provide some insulation and a barrier from those cold north winds! If you have one of the storm window varieties, be sure to face the lower side, or front, toward the south, to maximize the amount of sunlight it can absorb throughout the day. For the hoop-style frame, I'll place the long sides running east-west.
For extra insulation, you may set the cold frame down into the soil a few inches. Depending on how you plan to use the cold frame, you can excavate a few inches of soil from the inside of the frame. This leaves the plants inside better insulated and protected from the cold air and wind temperatures.
Good drainage is of the utmost importance! Either place your cold frame on a gradual slope, or provide drainage away from the cold frame so moisture doesn't pool in the cold frame after a rain and rot the roots of the plants inside. This is especially important if you are planting directly into the soil inside the frame. If you are setting potted plants or flats of seedlings inside, a nice layer of gravel or sand in the bottom will help keep them up off the damp ground in a rain, and provide the necessary drainage.
If you are at the borderline of a hardiness zone, and are concerned about losing precious plants, you could use your frame to overwinter those semi-hardy plants and cuttings. Sometimes the few degrees difference in temperature provided by the retained solar energy can mean the difference between frost-damaged leaves and healthy plants!
An exterior-rated rope light, a heating cable, or an exterior trouble light with a 60-watt bulb can add additional warmth to your frame for the coldest nights. I saw online an explanation for how to line a wooden coldframe with chickenwire, and weave traditional (not LED) exterior Christmas tree lights throughout to provide even heat to the entire cold frame, without the hot spots that can be caused by a single bulb. A quicker, cheaper, and definitely more low-tech alternative is to cover the cold frame with old blankets and sleeping bags at night during cold snaps late in the spring. Other options are to set large stones, cement blocks, or gallon jugs of water inside the cold frame to absorb heat throughout the day, and emanate it back into the cold frame at night.
My mother, Dave's Garden member EdyHill, built the hoop-style frame pictured above for my Christmas present. By using a cold frame, she is able to start her seeds indoors 4 to 5 weeks earlier than she would have without a cold frame. The extra heat it provided allowed her to set her plants outdoors almost a month early, giving her a headstart on production and harvest!
Depending on the needs of the gardener, there are many different ways you can use a cold frame. Some people plant directly into the soil inside the cold frame, using it as a nursery area to start plants for early planting. Many vegetable gardeners use them to get a jump-start on garden vegetables that are more tolerant of cold, such as spinach, lettuce, and broccoli, and peas. If you choose to do this, place the cold frame in the garden or other desired location a week or more before you intend to plant, to give the soil under it a chance to warm up sufficiently. Be aware that it may take several weeks to warm the soil if you are starting with frozen soil, and have cloudy, grey days. I'd suggest using a simple thermometer inside the frame to register the highs and lows. You'll be surprised at how warm it gets, even on cold days. Just think, you could be harvesting fresh salad greens shortly after the robins return to search out the first worms of spring!
Another common use is for hardening off flats or pots of seedlings that are accustomed to indoor temperatures, by placing them inside the cold frame before exposing the seedlings entirely to the harsher outdoor climate. To do this, first move them into a closed cold frame. After a couple of days, weather permitting, begin to open the cover slightly to allow the temperature to regulate with the outdoor temperature, and seal it back up at night. Continue to gradually accustom them to the outdoor temperatures over the course of 7 to10 days. This is not the time to get in a hurry; after you've carefully nurtured the seedlings inisde under growlights for weeks or months, you'd hate to lose them by shocking them with cold temperatures too abruptly during hardening-off!
This sounds like a lot of work, but believe me, opening and closing a cover morning and night is much easier than carrying armloads of flats in and out every day! I've done that, and I'm lucky if half of them still have their markers and their seedlings by the time I've finished battling the screen door, the kids, and the pets who are determined to either escape through the open door, or sample the tasty greens I'm sliding in at their eye-level.
I'd like to extend my thanks to yardqueen1948 and Sally G. Miller (sallyg), for allowing me to include their pictures of cold frames. All other images are my own.
I'd also like to extend a very hearty and well-deserved thank you to my mother, Edy Hill, who both built my cold frame and acted as my collaborator and chief resource for this article. Mom, you are my inspiration!
Angie was bitten hard by the gardening bug when she was just a child, and has been doing her best to infect as many people as possible ever since! She particularly has a passion for spring bulbs and home-grown vegetables, which she is teaching the next generation how to preserve. Her two sons have obviously inherited her interest in growing things, and her husband is starting to see the benefits of less lawn to mow, as long as he doesn't have to do the work of digging up new beds for her latest schemes! Follow Angie on Google. | 2019-04-20T21:11:51Z | null | 386 | 6,420 | null | 0.041121 | [
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Americans lead the world in charitable giving. In 2006 alone, we gave a record $295 billion, of which 76 percent came from individuals. That doesn�t even count time spent volunteering, which some sources value at $150 billion or more.
Half of all charitable contributions are made between Thanksgiving and New Years, whether because we�re reminded at this time of year to help those less fortunate, we�re feeling more generous or simply to lock in tax write-offs.
Do your homework. Not all nonprofits are well managed, so before contributing your hard-earned cash, visit the organization�s Web site and review its goals, programs it sponsors and how donations are spent. Ideally, at least 75 percent of contributions should go directly to beneficiary programs, versus salaries and expenses.
www.charitynavigator.org rates more than 5,000 large charities according to financial strength and money spent on programs and services. Although it doesn�t list smaller organizations, you can use the guidelines to formulate your own inquiries.
www.guidestar.org, shares information about programs and finances at more than 1.5 million IRS-recognized nonprofits.
The Better Business Bureau�s www.give.org rates whether organizations have met its standards of accountability, including ethical conduct and honest solicitation practices.
Remember tax deductions. If you itemize federal income-tax deductions, you can deduct money and property contributions to qualified tax-exempt organizations, within IRS guidelines. And, although your time spent volunteering isn�t tax-deductible, associated mileage may be. For complete details, refer to Publication 526 at www.irs.gov.
Be aware that IRS guidelines have gotten more stringent. For example, you now must obtain receipts for all charitable contributions, including small cash donations, like the amount you drop in church collection plates. For individual contributions under $250, a cancelled check or credit-card statement will do, but for amounts more than $250, you need detailed, written acknowledgement from the charity.
Clothing or household items are now only deductible if they�re in good condition or better. The IRS hasn�t yet defined what "good condition" means, so you may want to take digital photos and describe everything you donate, in case you�re audited. The Salvation Army�s valuation guide can help you determine the value of contributed items. Log onto www.satruck.com/ValueGuide.asp for details.
The government did institute one tax-favorable policy for charitable contributions: In 2007, if you own an IRA and are age 701/2 or older, you can transfer up to $100,000 from your IRA directly to an IRS-eligible organization, tax free. The distribution isn�t considered taxable income and such transfers count toward meeting IRA minimum-distribution requirements.
No word yet on whether this deduction will be available in future years. Consult a financial advisor for your particular situation.
Beware of scams. Unscrupulous people sometimes misrepresent themselves as legitimate charities, so be wary of unsolicited calls or emails seeking contributions. Visit the organization�s Web site independently, not through a link in the e-mail and never give out your credit-card information unless you initiated the contact.
Practical Money Skills for Life, a free personal financial management site sponsored by Visa USA, features information on credit-card fraud, privacy, identity theft and other security issues. It�s available at www.practicalmoneyskills.com/security.
If money is tight, you can always volunteer your time -- organizations appreciate the help, and you can connect more closely with the causes you support.
Jason Alderman directs Visa USA�s financial education programs. To sign up for a free monthly personal finance e-Newsletter, go to www.practicalmoneyskills.com/newsletter. | 2019-04-21T00:50:23Z | null | 698.8 | 3,856 | null | 0.112033 | [
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Backbone Hook – Bahun d.o.o.
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On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1927, which included the FACT Act, by a vote of 211-188. The vote came after a four-hour debate on the House floor and was mainly along party lines.
No Democrats voted for the bill, while most Republicans supported it. But 16 Republicans voted against the bill, about a three-fold increase in Republican opposition from the vote in the last Congress.
The legislation passed by the House actually combined the FACT Act, which was originally introduced by Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, with another pro-business piece of legislation, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act. Both the FACT Act and the class action litigation bill are now headed for consideration in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, has introduced a similar version of the FACT Act in the Senate.
The passage by the House of Representatives came despite strong opposition from asbestos patients and their families, veterans groups, firefighters and the Obama White House, which has threatened to veto the legislation.
After Friday’s vote, opponents reiterated that the FACT Act would delay or deny compensation to asbestos patients and their families and make them vulnerable to identify theft. And they criticized the House members who supported it.
Linda Reinstein, president of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), also sharply criticized the congressmen who voted for the bill.
However, Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, the sponsor of the FACT Act in the House, applauded the passage of the bill, which he said was necessary to help root out fraud. “The FACT Act helps ensure there are funds left for veterans and others exposed to asbestos that are not yet showing symptoms by curbing fraud and double dipping,” Farenthold said. “The legislation is carefully crafted to protect victims’ privacy while making enough information available to combat fraud and abuse.
Despite Friday’s vote in the House, opponents of the FACT Act were relatively confident that they will be able to stop it from becoming law. Among other things, they pointed out that an increasing number of Republicans voted against the bill in the House, that the legislation is likely to have less support in the Senate than in the House and that President Obama has threatened to veto the bill if it passes both the House and the Senate. | 2019-04-22T17:20:12Z | null | 196.7 | 2,362 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Ke-Li Wu received the B.S. and M.Eng. degrees from the Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, in 1982 and 1985, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada, in 1989. From 1989 to 1993, he was with the Communications Research Laboratory, McMaster University, as a Research Engineer and a Group Manager. In March 1993, he joined the Corporate R&D Division, COM DEV International, the largest Canadian space equipment manufacturer, where he was a Principal Member of Technical Staff. Since October 1999, he has been with The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, where he is a Professor and the Director of the Radiaofrequency Radiation Research Laboratory (R3L).
He has authored or coauthored numerous publications in the areas of EM modeling and microwave passive components, microwave filter and antenna engineering. His current research interests include electromagnetic modeling of high speed circuits, RF and microwave passive circuits and systems, robot automatic tuning of microwave filters, MIMO antennas for wireless communications, and IoT technologies and applications.
Prof. Wu is a Fellow of IEEE, a member of IEEE MTT-8 subcommittee (Filters and Passive Components) and also serves as a TPC member for many prestigious international conferences including International Microwave Symposium. He was an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on MTT from 2006 to 2009. He was the recipient of the 1998 COM DEV Achievement Award and Asia Pacific Microwave Conference Prize in 2008 and 2012.
This talk will present a physically derived micro-modeling circuit for signal integrity analysis of large-scale high-speed interconnection and packaging circuits and radiation problems. The derivation of the micro-circuit model starts from the Mixed Potential Integral Equation (MPIE) for EM problems, and is driven by a physically inspired equivalent circuit transformation. The derivation process inherently retains the essence of the original physical meaning in a lowpass or bandpass sense. Moreover, the derivation process does not involve any matrix operations and its computational overhead is dominated by outer products of a vector itself, which can be easily accelerated by the massive GPU acceleration technique. For time-domain simulation, the passivity of the derived circuit can be enforced by ensuring the passivity of the eigen matrices of circuit elements of resistors, inductors and capacitors, individually. The derived micro-modeling circuit is with the size of one order of magnitude less than the conventional PEEC circuit model, therefore, the time domain analysis of a signal integrity problem can be reduced by three orders of magnitude. The full-wave micro-modeling circuit can also be derived using the same circuit transformation, which can be used to reveal the working mechanism of an antenna problem. By retaining the physical essence in the micro-modeling circuit, the field couplings are modeled by mutual inductive and capacitive couplings. The radiation effect is described by the radiation resistance embedded in self- and mutual inductance while static capacitance is preserved to ensure the passivity of the circuit.
This presentation consists of three parts. Part I focus on the theory, algorithm and the suitability of parallel computation of the proposed micro-modeling technique. In part II, some practical examples of interconnection and packaging circuit are given to demonstrate the versatility, scalability, accuracy, and the simplicity of the micro-modeling method. In part III, some examples of radiation problems will be given. | 2019-04-20T22:16:26Z | null | 303.7 | 3,635 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
The three minor scales: natural, harmonic, melodic. When you see harmonic; think chords. You need to spell the scale correctly. Make sure the roots are in alphabetical order: C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, C. This is the natural minor - meaning that it has the same notes as the relative major: Eb Major.... The harmonic major scale may also be considered a synthetic scale, primarily used for implying and relating to various altered chords, with major and minor qualities in each tetrachord. Thus the musical effect of the harmonic major scale is a sound intermediate between harmonic minor and diatonic major, and partaking of both.
(4.5) Melodic Minor Scale. We have seen two minor scales so far - the Natural Minor, which is a mode of the Major scale, and the Harmonic Minor, which has a distinctly different pattern of intervals.... These are the augmented seconds your mother forgot to warn you about! Learn all about the harmonic minor scale, harmonic minor modes, the formula to make them, and how they came to be.
Harmonic functions. If a musical function describes the role that a particular musical element plays in the creation of a larger musical unit, then a harmonic function describes the role that a particular chord plays in the creating of a larger harmonic progression. how to make the best coffee in coffee shop game The chord lacks the D# that would make it a major chord to create the tension and lead back to the tonic of the scale. In order to give this natural minor scale a more harmonic feeling, we need to make the dominant chord (the Bm) a major chord. We do this by raising the seventh degree, the D#, by a semitone � and thus we get harmonic minor.
Harmonic functions. If a musical function describes the role that a particular musical element plays in the creation of a larger musical unit, then a harmonic function describes the role that a particular chord plays in the creating of a larger harmonic progression.
Harmonic Minor Modes The seven modes of the harmonic minor scale are very close to the church modes (only one note changes between the harmonic minor and Aeolian modes). Let�s name them in a way that they relate to those church modes. | 2019-04-24T00:46:30Z | null | 312.9 | 2,176 | null | 0.76011 | [
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From the speaker-blowing noise of Boris to Kindness' danceable tunes, FYF Fest had something for everyone. Some of our staff members took part in the festival at its new home, next door to the station at the Colosseum, and wanted to share what they thought were the highlights of the festival. Below are reviews of their weekend favorites, as well as some pictures from the event.
Day one of FYF can be summarized shortly as “StressYF.” The lines to get in were almost unbearable and the lack of crowd control just made the wait worst. Day two however, made up for day one’s mistakes. FYF got it together and took great steps to fix their previous day's mistakes and everyone noticed.
The standout act for me for the weekend was Darkside, who are nearing the end of their touring days as a band “for now.” They solidified the temporary disbandment of their act by smashing this giant mirror utilized to create light effects for their set with a hammer at the end of their set, which was an amazing way to end a show. Darkside, I’ll miss you but I understand that you’re over... for now.
I am unashamedly a huge fan of Jessy Lanza. When I found out her set was at 2:30pm, the earliest of the day, I did all within my power to ensure that the dreaded FYF lines and Arena capacity limit didn’t prevent me from catching her set; I’ve never arrived to a music festival so early, but I’m glad I did. The KXSC Fest alum opened the disco-ball laden Arena with her early set, setting up the venue for an afternoon and night of danceable, bass-heavy sets. The basketball court-turned-dance floor provided an awkwardly large venue for the intimate and humble performance that Jessy was set to deliver, but was quickly remedied by the mass of bobbing heads and fans hailing the Hyperdub member. Her footwork-influenced introduction—perhaps a nod to the late DJ Rashad—reinforced her powerful beat-driven presence, soon to be joined by her ethereal high vocals.
Jessy’s status in the wave of female “future R&B” electronic musicians is hardly vanilla; her album from 2013, “Pull My Hair Back,” is a wave of glitchy bass-grumbling songs, with tingling, dissonant intros. As expected, she delivered nearly the entirety of the album, as well as her new single off of Hyperdub 10.2, “You and Me.” From the new-disco-esque “Keep Moving” to the slow-building “As If,” she kept the crowd warmed up and loose. With “5785021” (“you can call me when you’re on your phone/come on, call me”) I had to resist belting out something totally embarrassing (think “you can call me anytime you want, Jessy!”), not that other people weren’t. As her set came to her close, she looked up from her laptop screen—perhaps only the second or third time that afternoon—to shyly thank everyone for coming out so early. And I already started anticipating the next time I will get to see her again.
Despite the massive confusion and lack of organization involved in the Arena stage on day one I was able to battle security and massive crowds to get to the front for Todd Terje’s set. A process that involved over an hour wait and confusing conflicts with security, but as soon as Terje’s set began the crowd erupted in dance and all the issues of the day melted away.
The set built up beautifully as Terje made his way through tracks on It’s Album Time while mixing in the occasional disco classic. Terje kept the crowd moving the entire show before exploding into "Inspector Norse" at the end of his set an experience I can only equate to free falling through a rainbow cotton candy cloud. The set was like being transported to a silly tropical disco party.
Thundercat took me by surprise Sunday evening at the Lawn stage. He made his grand entry with a fox pelt on his head, but that was not the surprising part. He played on a six string bass, but that was not the surprising part either. The surprising part was witnessing such an amazing talent. It completely blew me away. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve listened to his albums. I thought I knew what to expect - some soulful and head-bobbing r&b grooves, and maybe a little free-form jazz thrown in there. I was surely unprepared.
Thundercat along with two other musicians, drummer Justin Brown and a keyboardist Dennis Hamm, tore it up on his six-string bass and tiny synth. He played songs from both of his Apocalypse-themed albums, most of which turned into full-blown jazz improv explosions. Free jazz fusion. His fingers were moving so fast I couldn’t even keep track of them. Not only that, but wow, the man has a voice. He went from crazy walls of sound to the softest, most harmonious melodies. I left his set dying to see the next Thundercat show. Few other artists in LA are quite as exciting and fresh as he is.
Navigating through a sea 5 panels towards the front of the crowd at FYF's Main Stage, the image of our lovable Canadian rock singer came into focus. The stage's vastness didn't seem to phase him and his band as they played favorites like "Still Together" and songs from his newest album Salad Days as comfortably and freely as ever. By freely I mean he also covered Bob Marley's "Jammin". What a little pisser. That's Mac for you though, and that's why we love him. Joking that Jennifer Anniston was back stage and sharing his experience watching Chef on the flight over, it was obvious that the limelight of the Main Stage in no way phased him.
Changing your performance for a larger stage doesn't have to be a bad thing, though. I danced, I sang and I laughed throughout the set, but the group's energy is notably better in a smaller setting, or at least for those in the front chunk of the crowd. As Mac continues to gain popularity and steal our hearts, I'm interested to see how he evolves as a performer. How will he balance increasingly larger events with his classic antics? In front of how many people is it acceptable to announce that your new 16 year old guitar player, Andy, is a virgin? Will Andy be a virgin the next time they perform? As with all things, only time will tell. Here's to you, Mac and Andy, and your futures ahead.
FYF marked the band's return to the general Los Angeles public, having only playing two nights sold out nights at the legendary Troubadour club in the past four years. Built to Spill went on at the Lawn stage slightly early around 7:00 on Sunday evening, to eager enthusiasm from their supporters. They wasted no time, quickly tuning and then launching into their set with the “Goin’ Against Your Mind.” The intricate guitar work that characterizes the bands was well represented in their opening performance. Led by singer/guitar player Doug Marsch, each of the three guitars was perfectly in synch with the others to craft a swooping, driving melody that perfectly accompanies singer Doug Marsch’s distinctive vocals over the punchy drums that move the song forward.
Although they did not work the crowd as diligently as other performers may have, their transcendent music stands far beyond the need for any kind of crowd pumping. After playing through several staples, Built to Spill began the somewhat more downtempo “Time Trap” as the sun set, casting an orange glow over the adjacent Natural History Museum. Although more laid back in tempo, this song did not lack for intensity as the guitarists launched into aggressive improvisational sections during the long instrumental stretches of the song interspersed among the more delicate sections that highlighted the bass work. During this section, the fans riding the rails gave way to enormous mosh pits and crowd surfing.
Built to Spill closed its set with the powerhouse back to back combo of “Carry the Zero” and “Car". "Carry the Zero's" powerful and climactic guitar chords in the final minute of the song were one of the highlights of the entire festival. “Car” closed out the set to great acclaim and some of the most questionable crowd surfing I’ve seen in a long time. As they walked offstage I found myself genuinely wishing that their set had been longer. | 2019-04-22T15:57:08Z | null | 354.5 | 7,996 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
The essence of Lyceum Alpinum – In the beautiful alpine village of Zuoz near St.Moriz, Our students from all around the world meet with local Swiss day students. Together they enjoy a holistic education that fosters talents, a healthy lifestyle and taking responsibility early on. Friends for life are made in Zuoz.
About three hundred students between 12 and 18 years of age from around the world follow programmes leading to the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB), the Swiss Matura (German) or the bilingual Swiss Matura (German/English or German/Italian) and German Abitur. Tolerance, fair play and respect for community values are at the heart of a Lyceum education. | 2019-04-21T18:03:51Z | null | 414.1 | 676 | null | 0.761834 | [
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At least 25 people were killed when a bomb blast ripped through a packed government office in Zaria, northern Nigeria, on Tuesday, in a suspected suicide attack likely to be blamed on Boko Haram.
The explosion occurred at about 9:00am (0800 GMT), as primary schoolteachers and public sector workers were queuing for identity checks, according to witnesses.
"I am sad to confirm that an IED (improvised explosive device) most likely carried by a suicide bomber exploded in the Sabon Gari LG (local government district) and killed 25 people, including a two-year-old," Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai said.
Mr El-Rufai added in the statement posted on his Facebook account that 32 others were injured and were being treated in hospital.
Zaria, a mainly Muslim city some 75 kilometres (47 miles) north of the state capital Kaduna city, is near the border with Katsina and Kano states.
But he been unable to stem the bloodshed from guerrilla-style attacks on "soft" targets.
With the latest blast, nearly 550 people have been killed since Buhari's inauguration, according to AFP reporting.
Local government worker Mahmud Abbas said public sector staff and primary schoolteachers were undergoing screening to identify potential ghost workers on the state payroll.
Another staff member who was waiting outside, Mohammed Abubakar, said: "We were taking turns going into the hall in batches for the screening and also to get our pay cheques.
"The first batch had gone in. There were almost 100 people there, including the staff, the screening committee and accountants from the banks.
"There was a huge explosion inside the hall followed by billows of smoke and dust. Now the area has been cordoned off by security men.
"I can't give you an exact toll but I believe that dozens must have died given the number of people inside and the sound of the explosion."
Mr El-Rufai, from Buhari's All Progressives Congress (APC) party, said people in Zaria should be vigilant and avoid crowded places such as mosques, churches and bus stations in the next few weeks.
"We call on our people to report any suspicious persons and movements to law enforcement agents, traditional rulers and religious leaders," he added in a post on Twitter.
His warning followed a countrywide order from the federal police chief, Solomon Arase, to state commanders to increase security at all places of worship/workshop.
"Adequate security has also been ordered for venues where Muslims break (the Ramadan) fast in the evenings," he said in a statement late on Monday.
Mr Arase also said street hawking and trading on roads in the capital Abuja had been banned, while unauthorised taxis and buses were not allowed to park in the centre of the city.
Zaria has not been known as a stronghold of Boko Haram, which has been fighting for six years to create a hardline Islamic state in northeast Nigeria, but it has been attacked before.
In March last year, a prominent Salafist cleric who had criticised the group was shot dead with his wife and son as he drove home from teaching a theology class.
An Islamic boarding school that he ran was previously hit by a bomb blast and gunfire in September 2012. | 2019-04-21T22:23:57Z | null | 288.1 | 3,166 | null | 0.43904 | [
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Are you a local cleaning company? More orders and new customers are just the beginning. To learn more about using Manor for your business, leave us some information about you and we’ll be in touch. | 2019-04-18T20:44:56Z | null | 659.2 | 197 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
Results for "C. M. Wood"
Harmonic morphisms and the Jacobi operatorNov 01 1999We prove that harmonic morphisms preserve the Jacobi operator along harmonic maps. We apply this result to prove infinitesimal and local rigidity (in the sense of Toth) of harmonic morphisms to a sphere.
A new construction of Einstein self-dual metricsSep 24 2001We give a new construction of Ricci-flat self-dual metrics which is a natural extension of the Gibbons--Hawking ansatz. We also give characterisations of both these constructions, and explain how they come from harmonic morphisms.
Cartesian Bicategories IIAug 14 2007The notion of cartesian bicategory, introduced by Carboni and Walters for locally ordered bicategories, is extended to general bicategories. It is shown that a cartesian bicategory is a symmetric monoidal bicategory.
Designs for Generalized Linear ModelsOct 18 2015This paper reviews the design of experiments for generalised linear models, including optimal design, Bayesian design and designs for models with random effects. | 2019-04-23T12:48:18Z | null | 724.2 | 1,034 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
I Have Reaffirmed a Debt, Can I Change My Mind?
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In both Oregon and Washington, a debtor in bankruptcy may rescind (cancel) a signed Reaffirmation Agreement at any within 60 days after the filing of the reaffirmation agreement with the court, or before the bankruptcy court enters a discharge order, whichever date occurs later.
Given the amount of money that is on the line in a reaffirmation, simply phoning the lender to let them know that you are rescinding will not do the trick. If a Debtor in bankruptcy wants to make sure that she will not be stuck on a bad loan that could have been discharged in the bankruptcy case, the Debtor should send mail a written notice of rescission to the creditor’s address listed on the Reaffirmation Agreement that simply states that “I/we hereby rescind the Reaffirmation Agreement for the ____________________” (the collateral). The debtor should also send the same notice by Certified US Mail Return Receipt Requested, and (5) keep a copy of the letter and the service receipt for her records.
When mailing in a Written Notice of Rescission, it is important to keep in mind that it is not enough to send in the notice prior to the deadline date. The creditor must receive the Notice of Rescission prior to the deadline. If your Discharge Date is coming up, it might be time to really think about whether you really need to stay on the loans that you have reaffirmed. | 2019-04-22T04:21:37Z | null | 281 | 1,472 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
The joint founder of online fashion chain Asos has sold £46 million in shares to pay for his divorce, resulting in stock dropping 2 percent.
Nick Robertson sold 1.305 million shares, which equates to roughly 1.6 percent of the business following a High Court ruling that Robertson will need to pay over a third of his £220 million fortune to ex-wife Janine, with whom he has two children.
Robertson has also been forced to forfeit the family home and move in with his former personal assistant, Charlotte Balin. | 2019-04-25T11:06:13Z | null | 625.6 | 511 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
The avalanche danger is CONSIDERABLE today above 2,000’ where wet snow has increased the stress on an untrustworthy persistent weak layer. Add a person into the mix and human-triggered avalanches are likely on slopes greater than 35 degrees. Moderate Easterly winds are also increasing the likelihood of wind slabs 12-24” deep in the upper elevations.
The danger is MODERATE below 2,000’ as it is important to recognize that an avalanche initiated in the Alpine can entrain enough snow in isolated areas (funneled terrain) to run debris well below our current snow line. This is an “overhead hazard” and important to keep in mind in places such as Portage Valley or the Byron Glacier trail.
Iron those Carhartts, break out the sequins, and dust off the bolo…its Snowball time! Please join the Friends of the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center and Alaska Avalanche School at Taproot for an “Alaskan Formal” night at 7pm on February 27th. You won't want to miss this event!
A perfect recipe for dangerous avalanche conditions exist in the 2,000 – 3,000’ elevation band where a uniform weak layer of faceted snow lies in wait 6” to 3+’ below the surface. Level 2 avalanche course students were experiencing large collapses (whumphing up to 100’ radius) on this faceted layer yesterday, proving there is a significant amount of energy within the weak layer. This translates to good potential for an avalanche to propagate across a slope if initiated.
Yesterday’s storm has increased the load overlying this weak layer with wet snow falling above 2,000’ (and rain below). Human triggered avalanches are likely on slopes steeper than 35 degrees. This most recent load may just be enough to initiate a natural avalanche cycle as well, though visibility yesterday was hampered to the point where no natural avalanches were observed.
If you travel in the backcountry today, it’ll be imperative to stick to mellow terrain and avoid steeper connected slopes or runout zones. If you are in a runout zone or on a mellow slope connected to a slope greater than 35 degrees, you’re in avalanche terrain. Remember, you cannot necessarily manage the weather or the snowpack right now but you can always manage your terrain choices to ensure a safe day in the backcountry.
Moderate Easterly winds combined with new snow in the upper elevation start zones have been, and will continue to actively build fresh wind slabs 12 – 24” today on leeward slopes. These could be a problem in and of themselves but also have the potential to step down into deeper weak layers, possibly creating large avalanches.
Below 2,000’ what snow that is on the ground has been well adjusted to the recent rain and warm temperatures. The greatest hazards at these lower elevations come in the form of avalanches initiating in the mid to upper elevations and debris travelling in funneled terrain well below our rain/ snow line.
Moreover as bizarre as it is to say in late-February, early season conditions do exist. Thin snowpack, icy approaches and water crossings are all real hazards right now in the lower elevations.
Yesterday was marked by another warm, wet North Pacific low pressure system that brought steady rain to southcentral Alaska below about 2,000'. Ridgetop temperatures were in the high 20's with sustained winds in the 20-35mph range from the NE. Girdwood appears to be the precip winner with 1.16" of water in the past 24 hours as temperatures remained in the high 30's at sea level throughout the day.
More warm air is on tap across our region though rainfall looks to be more intermittent today than yesterday. Expect temperatures to be in the upper 30's at 1,000' with up to a quarter inch of water forecasted. The rain/ snow line again will be somewhere in the 2000 - 2200' range today with ridgetop winds out of the east in the 15 - 30mph range.
On Monday the weather models hint at (relatively) colder air moving in from the west coupled with continued moist flow though precip amounts are quite nominal at this point. | 2019-04-19T14:30:42Z | null | 726.4 | 4,020 | null | 0.028109 | [
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Young can’t think about any of that right now, of course. He has a race to run. So he salutes the crowd and kneels down on the track and waits for the starter’s gun.
Back in Junction City, a proud mother who works as a minister’s assistant is crying the happiest tears you could ever see.
Isiah Young never planned on becoming a track star. Heck, track? Please. When you’re the oldest of four kids with a single mother you don’t have time for silly dreams like that. Isiah worked.
He worked at McDonald’s, at Sonic, jobs like that to help mom where he could. If he could make enough to buy his own clothes, that’s one less thing for mom to worry about. Isiah’s always been thoughtful like that.
If Isiah ever thought he was fast back in high school, he doesn’t remember it now. He only went out for track as a senior because Junction City High had a requirement for graduation. It was either a sport or the band, and track looked easy. So he did track.
Isiah didn’t think much of track at first, and the truth is track didn’t think much of him. His times weren’t great, he skipped some practices. His heart just wasn’t in it. Might never have been, either, but Isiah wanted to go to college and he didn’t have a better way to pay for it.
You could see some natural talent right away. Some people can just run. Neither of Isiah’s parents were ever athletes, but he had a gift. He just needed time to find it. He went to Allen County Community College and worked on his form and the improvements came, but slowly. His best times at Allen County wouldn’t have won the Kansas Class 6A state meet.
Allen County had an assistant coach named Clinton Fletcher who used to run at Mississippi. He used a similar training system, which is how Ole Miss came to know Isiah. The Rebels took a chance knowing Isiah was so new to the sport that he really didn’t know what he was doing. He needed someone to teach him.
Ole Miss is where Isiah exploded onto the track scene, like a comet nobody saw coming. He made All-America in indoor 60 meters, set a school record in the 200, and became the first in Ole Miss history to make All-America in both the 100 and 200.
This summer, three years after he first started the sport and two years after he first took it seriously, Isiah qualified for the U.S. Olympic team.
Isiah hears this question all the time. He doesn’t have a good answer. There is no good answer, not one that makes sense. Most of the athletes here have trained since they were kids. Isiah, now 22, stumbled into an Olympic career because he didn’t want to play in the band and he thought track looked easy.
Back home, a mother is crying those happy tears, updating the computer to see how her Olympic hero did.
Isiah Young tried to think of this as just a race. He kept telling himself that. Just a race. He saw Bolt backstage, with everyone warming up, but the ovation out on the track still took him back a bit. You should’ve heard it. Eighty-thousand people screaming at once. It’s not nerves, really. It’s fun.
Isiah knew this one would be tough. He knew his only chance was a quick start, his best start, to get far enough ahead that the field had to catch up. But it didn’t happen like that. Isiah’s start came a bit slow, and by the time they hit the straightaway he could see most of the field in front of him. Bolt, 10 meters or so ahead by now, was already downshifting.
Isiah didn’t run particularly well. He finished last in his group, in 20.89 seconds. That’s more than half a second below his best time, which would’ve qualified for Thursday night’s final.
But this is not a sad ending. Isiah did not hang his head. He looked up, into the stands. Looked around, at the other runners. He smiled a little bit. This is fun. He’s at the Olympics, for crying out loud.
Back home, that’s exactly what his mother is doing.
Isiah is still smiling 15 minutes or so after the race. He’s sweating a little, his heart still racing. Every now and then he takes a big breath, trying to catch up. He’s staying here in London through the weekend. This is the time of his life. He’s with the best athletes in the world, less than four years after deciding to become one himself.
Isiah doesn’t know. He can’t know. There is no way to answer a question like that. In the end, it doesn’t matter. Isiah is here now. He doesn’t care where this came from, not nearly as much as where it’s taking him. | 2019-04-25T03:02:14Z | null | 241.2 | 4,388 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
The Goldene Kugel is situated in the centre of Salzburg Old Town, at Judengasse 3, in a narrow and venerable building. Its first recorded mention, as “Guglbräu”, was in 1327. From 1870 it became the “Pfanzelterhaus.” Franz Pfanzelter the Younger ran a carpentry workshop here for a while and amongst other things designed the building’s art nouveau façade.
All the work done here, though, was in the service of beer: By 1869, the Guglbräu, the second largest brewery in Salzburg, had moved in and already had a restaurant attached.
When the Edith Haberland Foundation acquired the building in 2008, the intention was to revive the restaurant tradition once again. The subsequent conversion work revealed more brewing history than had been expected: a vaulted cellar in the basement dating back to the Middle Ages, which since then has had a new lease of life as the Bierkeller. Visitors can also marvel at the fresco‑secco wall paintings from the 18th century in the upper floor, and the façade has also been restored to its former glory. Conversion work concluded in 2013 and the Munich Augustiner Bräu Goldene Kugel tavern opened in the Old Town. | 2019-04-19T14:55:20Z | null | 471.6 | 1,148 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
“Junk gets precious when junk is all you got left.” International Horror Guild Award-winning author Caitlin R. Kiernan brings one of her most enduring and popular creations to comics. Starring an Albino monster assassin named Dancy Flammarion, this issue is full of quotable lines that crossover authors typically bring with them in their bag of tricks to the world of comics. Dancy is the total package of hotness, with a slight hint of creepy, but rest assured that she is nothing short of completely dangerous when a hungry werewolf crosses her path. The two play a bit of the troll under the bridge riddle game to which our monster hunter proves she is as clever as she is strong. The writing is truly what soars in Alabaster Wolves and if you ask me, the best character in the first issue wasn't the sassy knife wielding heroine Dancy, but the opinionated bird that gives unwanted advice to her; it reminded me of the theater critic balcony guys from the Muppets and I loved it. With lots of premieres this week, this one was my favorite.
Courtney Crumrin is back and in full color! Cute as a button as always ready to keep those night things in line, Courtney’s got a new neighbor and maybe finally, a real friend…or so she thought. At first little Courtney was so excited to have a gal pal around to share her secret spells with, but once the raven-haired troublesome Holly starts abusing Courtney’s magic spells for personal gain, everything changes. The perfect blend of Mean Girls and Harry Potter, it's an absolute thrill to be following the Crumrin series again. However, do not fret new Crumrin readers! Even if this is your first foray into the world of Hillsborough Middle School and Goblin Town, Ted Naifeh does a skilled job of introducing old characters as well as the new and issue #1 is certainly a great place to start.
At the end of Saucer Country issue #1, Governor of New Mexico Arcadia Alvarado had just announced to the world she is running for President while in the same breath, revealed the shocking news to her small group of advisers that she had been abducted by aliens. Making credible people, like presidential hopefuls, sound rational while admitting they’ve been abducted by UFOs is a tricky business but Paul Cornell succeeds once again in this sophomore issue of Vertigo’s latest ongoing series Saucer Country. Not only does Cornell portray the Governor as a sane woman, but the reader is left feeling that if any one person where to champion the earth’s cause against a threatening alien race, thank goodness we have Arcadia Alvarado. Vote early, vote often…Alvarado for President and leader of intergalactic relations.
Commonly referred to as the Oscars of the comics world, the 2012 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominations (aka the Eisner Awards) have been formally announced and the comic book community is all a-flutter with excitement and worry. Comic-Con International, the official host of the awards show shin-dig in San Diego, have added and dropped a few categories this year leaving may comics artists and creators wondering why the change?
According to CCI’s website, Eisner Administrator Jackie Estrada explains the category flip-flops were due to lack of content, “The judges chose to not have the New Series and Painter categories this year because they didn’t find enough contenders that reached the level of quality they were looking for." In the same breath as what most new creators and painters will undoubtedly find as a scathing insult, Estrada then goes on to praise the overwhelming talent in the often overlooked categories for Early Readers and Educational Work, “the extent and quality of the material submitted in the Kids and Teen categories was so high that the judges felt dividing these books into three categories was warranted."
Daredevil landed the largest single number of nominations with a total of 6 including the high honors of Best Continuing Series, Best Single Issue and Best Writer (Mark Waid) to name a few. Close behind Marvel’s superhero mega-saga with an impressive 5 nominations is Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand, “an original graphic novel of an unproduced, feature-length screenplay written by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl, adapted by artist Ramón K. Pérez, published by Archaia.” Tale of Sand is up for Best Graphic Album -New, Best Penciller/Inker, Best Coloring, Best Lettering and Best Publication Design.
A complete list of all 2012 Eisner Nominees can be found at the Comic-Con International website.
TNT and Dark Horse Comics have partnered again for the Falling Skies season two digital comic. Even though Season Two of the popular alien apocalypse drama doesn’t air until June 17, the comic will be available beginning April 18 on FallingSkies.com and Dark Horse Digital.
Dark Horse Comics began working with TNT over a year ago, publishing a free webcomic prequel to Falling Skies. The inaugural comic quickly sold out and was a fan favorite in advance of the series premiere.
Falling Skies: The Battle of Fitchburg will be released as free eight-page, biweekly comics featuring art by Juan Ferreyra (Rex Mundi) and scripts by Paul Tobin (Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four, Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man). Fans can get a sneak peek of the animated trailer by visiting EW’s Shelf Life. | 2019-04-24T19:45:12Z | null | 425.9 | 5,281 | null | 0.181405 | [
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The 2015 Billabong Pro Tahiti is in the books! It was an amazing final day of competition with raw emotion from start to finish.
The day started off with round 5 action in overhead surf and clean offshore winds. The highlights of the round included strong performances from Italo Ferreira, Owen Wright, CJ Hobgood, Jeremy Flores and last year's champ, Gabriel Medina. CJ Hobgood used his last minute heroics more than once on the final day dispatching wildcard Aritz Aranburu from the competition in his early morning heat, and again in the form of a win over Josh Kerr in the dying moments of their heat.
In the semifinals it was Owen Wright vs Gabriel Medina and Jeremy Flores vs CJ Hobgood. Gabriel came out of the gates swinging and used his competitive tenacity to have Owen up against the ropes the entire heat. Gabriel easily saw his way to the final after Owen failed to get into rhythm. In semifinal number two CJ went to work right off the bat mid range scores that kept him busy as Jeremy waited patiently out the back for bigger scores. In the end, Jeremy's patience paid off, but not without CJ putting up a fight in the end.
The final was a one sided affair with Jeremy coming out firing with a near-perfect 9.87 on his first wave. He then backed this up with a 7-point ride and left Gabriel needing a 9.71 for the remainder of the heat. Jeremy proved to be the victor as the final horn sounded, and it was a fitting ending as Flores had racked up some of the highest heat scores throughout the comp, surfing with perfect technique on his backhand. CJ Hobgood was also awarded with the Andy Irons Commitment Award for his hard charging throughout the contest, and expressed his appreciation for the award and how much it meant to him in a post heat interview.
It was another successful Billabong Pro Tahiti event with beautiful waves and wonderful vibes throughout the whole contest. A huge thanks goes out to all of the local Tahitian people for always welcoming the event and people into their homes. We'll see everyone again next year!
With huge upsets, tricky conditions and an intense battle to steal the top spot from Adriano de Souza (BRA), the 2015 Billabong Pro Tahiti was action-packed to the very end. Watch the highlights from the final day of competition, featuring event winner Jeremy Flores (FRA), runner-up Gabriel Medina (BRA) and more. Check out the highlights! | 2019-04-21T02:35:10Z | null | 596 | 2,393 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
We are quickly approaching my baby’s 1st birthday and this has me overly emotional 😢and reminiscent about the day he was born. I could remember as if it was yesterday, the day I got to hold my baby boy in my arms for the first time. I thought it would be nice to record all the little details of that unforgettable day.
It was Monday, October 17, 2016. After returning home from walking my boys to school, I did not have time to shower like I usually do on this morning because I had to go to the hospital for a NST (nonstress test), to monitor baby’s heart rate since I was passed my due date and measuring at 45 weeks pregnant (my doctor was sure I would deliver an over 10 pound baby).
The test recorded my contractions that I had been getting on and off for a few weeks and the resident decided to check if I was dilated. He found out that I was dilated 3 cm and asked me to come back in 2 hours to see if there was any change. I raced home to shower and eat lunch, thinking that the day had finally arrived when I would get to meet the next love of my life.
After getting checked once again, hearing that there was no change and this was not the day I had been waiting for in anticipation for four weeks now, I left disappointed and went to the park to meet my boys and husband who had picked them up at school for me. We had an ordinary afternoon at home which included supper, baths, books, cuddles, and once the boys were asleep I did my nightly yoga routine, cuddled with dear hubby and watched some TV. Like I said, ordinary.
It was 10:00 PM and time for bed. We turned off the light, cuddled, gave each other a goodnight kiss, and rolled over to enter la-la-land. At 10:15 PM I was startled after hearing a loud pop. I ran to the bathroom to open the light and check if my water had broken but to my dismay, nothing had happened. While standing in the bathroom, I got a huge unbearable pain in my lower back and abdomen and I quickly started panicking!
Due to my previous c-section, this would be a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) and my doctor told me to rush to the hospital if I felt any pain around my scar because this could be a possible uterine rupture (a separation of the uterine wall at the site of a prior cesarean incision). She also wanted me to go to the hospital when my contractions were 10 minutes apart and labor mostly there under expert supervision. This pain that I had was so intense that I thought I had ruptured. But then, out of nowhere, it went away. I ran back to my room, woke my husband up to tell him what had happened. Then it came back! We started timing them.
I had truly never imagined contractions to feel like this. I had practiced hypnobirthing with both of my pregnancies and really wanted to attempt a natural birth, free of pain medication. But after being bent over on all fours on the floor of my room, not being able to talk only minutes after my labor had started, I quickly realized this was not going to go as I had planned and that I should just keep an open mind and take it one contraction at a time. We realized that my contractions were coming every 4-5 minutes, which was sooner together than my doctor wanted for my state arriving at the hospital. We called my mother-in-law to come and stay with the boys and we were off to have a baby 👶!
I remember arriving at the hospital and being hooked up to the monitor to make sure my contractions were regular and finally at 12:30 AM being checked by the resident. I was happy to hear that I was now dilated at 6 cm. Yes my contractions were intense, but they got the job done.
The nurses kept asking me if I wanted the epidural but I was adamant that this time I’d go “au natural”. “Au natural”, it turns out is french for “hurts like a motherlover”. While I was having a contraction, I could not speak, I could not move, I could hardly breath, I kept asking myself, “how am I going to push during one of these?” But then, the contraction would dissipate and there would be so much relief that I instantly forgot how bad it felt just a minute earlier, I could carry on this way. And I did, for a while. And then it happened! A nurse asked me for the umpteenth time if I wanted the epidural, only this time, it was right smack in the middle of a contraction and I heard the word escape my mouth, YES. That was it, it was ordered, they were on their way, and I was so disappointed. Why did they need to ask me so many times? Why couldn’t they just wait for me to ask for it myself?
By the time I got my epidural it was 3:30 AM. “I LOVE the epidural!”, “Why would anybody not want to get the epidural?”, “I’m so happy that I got the epidural!”, is all I kept saying to my husband after the effects kicked in 😊.
At 5:00 AM I had reached 8 cm and started to get really excited, “we would be looking at our baby in our arms shortly!” Cut to 3 hrs. later and I was still at 8 cm. I don’t know if it was the epidural that slowed my progress but my doctor decided to start me on a slow pitocin drip, which she had been trying to avoid because it is dangerous with VBACs, since it strengthens the force of the contractions.
At 9:30 AM I was fully dilated and ready to push. After setting up and getting all the appropriate people in the room (couldn’t believe I had 3 people staring at me down there), I began at 10:00 AM. I have never been so happy in my life to have remained so incredibly active during my entire pregnancy (thanks to my high-energy boys). You don’t think that pushing while laying down could be so demanding, but it required a great deal of stamina. The pushing phase lasted for a whopping 1.5 hours and all I could remember was the muffled counting from 1-10 by my husband, the encouraging words after each push by my nurse, doctor, resident, and medical student, and the severe shivering that came over my entire body after each push, lasting 2-3 minutes until my next contraction.
Finally, my baby boy entered the world at 8 pounds and 4 ounces. He was placed directly on my chest, which was an amazing experience for me. The boys had been taken right away after birth to make sure they were healthy, being born at 36 weeks. He was born alert, adorably plump, and stole my heart in seconds 💓. | 2019-04-23T18:58:08Z | null | 512.9 | 6,217 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
1800 Club Miami was designed for your comfort and ease. Please see below which are just some of the perks you will receive when you choose 1800 Club as your home.
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Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Facebook, IBM, and Google-owned British artificial intelligence firm DeepMind last year established the non-profit organisation, called “Partnership on AI,” which will have its inaugural board meeting in San Francisco on February 3. A technology industry alliance devoted to making sure smart machines don’t turn against humanity said Friday that Apple has signed on and will have a seat on the board.
Creation of the group came amid concerns that new artificial intelligence efforts could spin out of control and end up being detrimental to society.The companies “will conduct research, recommend best practices, and publish research under an open license in areas such as ethics, fairness, and inclusivity; transparency, privacy, and interoperability; collaboration between people and AI systems; and the trustworthiness, reliability, and robustness of the technology,” according to a statement.
SpaceX founder and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk in 2015 took part in creating nonprofit research company OpenAI devoted to developing artificial intelligence that will help people and not hurt them. Musk found himself in the middle of a technology world controversy by holding firm that AI could turn on humanity and be its ruin instead of a salvation.A concern expressed by Musk was that highly advanced artificial intelligence would be left to its own devices, or in the hands of a few people, to the detriment of civilisation as a whole. | 2019-04-26T13:47:20Z | null | 270 | 1,468 | null | 0.88624 | [
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This article is the fourth installment of Back to Basics, a series of articles that discuss the fundamentals of popular NetApp technologies.
NetApp® SnapMirror® software has been the preferred technology for replication and disaster recovery in a wide variety of NetApp storage environments for years because of its proven efficiency, simplicity, and modest cost when compared with other DR solutions. Over the years, NetApp has continued to enhance SnapMirror with new features and capabilities to make the product fit an even broader range of requirements and to use network bandwidth even more efficiently.
Efficient. Block-level updates reduce network bandwidth and time requirements. Starting with Data ONTAP® 7.3.2, volume SnapMirror also offers native network compression to further reduce bandwidth costs.
Flexible. Data can be replicated between dissimilar NetApp storage systems. One-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, or many-to-many replication topologies are supported with async mode.
More productive. When you use SnapMirror in combination with NetApp FlexClone®, you can use the data stored in your DR environment for dev/test, data mining, or other purposes.
Consistent. Through integration with the NetApp SnapManager® suite, application data can be replicated while making sure of full consistency for quick recovery.
Safe. Your DR plan can be tested without affecting production and ongoing replication so you can test more frequently to make sure there aren’t any surprises should disaster strike. To protect against application data corruption, your DR site can keep multiple Snapshot® copies on hand and quickly and easily restore to a point in time before the data corruption occurred.
There are two operating modes for SnapMirror: volume and qtree. Volume SnapMirror is generally the preferred mode. Because of its relative popularity, much of our development effort, including integration with the SnapManager suite of products, has focused on volume SnapMirror. As a result, volume SnapMirror offers greater flexibility and efficiency. This chapter of Back to Basics explores how volume SnapMirror technology is implemented, the most common use cases, best practices for implementing SnapMirror, and more.
Volume SnapMirror operates at the physical block level. It replicates the contents of an entire volume, including all Snapshot copies, plus all volume attributes verbatim from a source (primary) volume to a target (secondary) volume. As a result, the target storage system must be running a major version of Data ONTAP that is the same as or later than that on the source. If deduplication or NetApp data compression (added in Data ONTAP 8.0.1) is running on the primary system, the destination volume inherits those savings, since the volume is identical and the savings are experienced on the WAN as well.
Volume SnapMirror begin with a baseline copy in which all data in the volume is replicated from source to target. Once the baseline is completed, replication occurs on a regular basis. Should it be necessary, the target can be made writable. In other words, if a failure occurs that affects the source or primary systems, you can fail over operations and start writing to the target. Once the failure has been corrected, you can do a failback resync to copy delta changes back to the source and restore normal operation. This capability is a key differentiator versus NetApp SnapVault®, which is intended primarily for disk-to-disk backup.
Table 1) Key differences between asynchronous volume and qtree SnapMirror.
Volume SnapMirror supports asynchronous, semi-synchronous, and synchronous replication; asynchronous replication is by far the most commonly used.
In async mode, Snapshot copies of the volume are created periodically on the source. Only blocks that have changed or have been newly created since the last replication cycle are transferred to the target, making this method very efficient in terms of storage system overhead and network bandwidth.
Sync mode sends updates from the source to the destination as they occur, rather than according to a predetermined schedule. This helps data written on the source system to be protected on the destination even if the entire source system fails. NVLOG forwarding and consistency point (CP) forwarding are used to keep the target completely up to date. NVLOG forwarding enables data from the write log that is normally cached in NVRAM on NetApp storage to be synchronized with the target. Consistency point forwarding keeps the on-disk file system images synchronized.
Semi-sync mode differs from sync mode in two ways. Writes to the source aren't required to wait for acknowledgement from the target before they are committed and acknowledged, and NVLOG forwarding is not used. These two changes speed up application response with only a very small hit in terms of achievable recovery point objective (RPO).
On the source system, data blocks that need to be replicated are handed off to a compression engine, which compresses them. The compression engine creates multiple threads corresponding to the number of CPUs on the storage system. The multiple compression threads compress data in parallel. Compressed blocks are then transmitted over the network. On the destination system, compressed blocks are received and decompressed using a similar multithreaded approach. Decompressed data is then written to the appropriate volume.
Figure 2) SnapMirror network compression.
The compression and decompression engines can either be configured to conserve network bandwidth or complete a transfer in the shortest time possible, depending on user preference.
SnapMirror network compression is supported on all NetApp storage platforms (including V-Series virtualization systems and the IBM N-series) in the asynchronous mode of operation only. The semi-synchronous and synchronous modes of SnapMirror operation are not currently supported with network compression enabled.
You can learn more about all the functions of volume SnapMirror by referring to TR-3446: SnapMirror Async Overview and Best Practices Guide and TR-3326: SnapMirror Sync and SnapMirror Semi-Sync Overview and Design Considerations. You can also read more about network compression in a previous Tech OnTap® article.
In addition, the ability to utilize FlexClone volumes and the ability to replicate them is becoming an important emerging use case.
Disaster recovery. Using volume SnapMirror, data can be mirrored to another NetApp storage system at a DR facility or secondary data center. If a DR version needs to be made operational, applications can be switched over to servers at the DR site and application traffic redirected to these servers for as long as necessary. When the production site is back online, SnapMirror can transfer the data efficiently back to the production storage systems, and SnapMirror transfers can resume.
Volume SnapMirror supports multihop or cascading configurations. For example, a volume can be replicated from a system in San Francisco to a system in New York City and then from New York City to Singapore.
Remote data access/data distribution. SnapMirror also facilitates the distribution of large amounts of data to geographically remote locations, allowing local read-only access to data. FlexClone technology can be used when locally writable replicas are required. One-to-many and many-to-one configurations are supported with async SnapMirror.
Remote data access not only provides faster access to data for local clients, but also results in a more efficient and predictable use of expensive network and server resources. This allows you to replicate source data at a chosen time to minimize overall network load. The ability to control when data is replicated is also valuable in cases where you need to make sure that a dataset is in a consistent state.
Figure 3) Using volume SnapMirror for remote data access.
Use cases in conjunction with FlexClone. SnapMirror provides particular benefits when used in conjunction with FlexClone technology to support application dev/test environments and for DR testing. Performing application dev/test on your DR storage allows you to get more use out of resources that might otherwise sit idle much of the time. This was described in some detail in the FlexClone chapter.
Testing your DR processes without interfering with ongoing replication mechanisms can be problematic. With FlexClone you can easily clone your DR volumes and fully test your DR processes without interfering with ongoing SnapMirror replication processes.
Some environments make use of FlexClone volumes to provide space-efficient copies for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), data warehousing, and local development and testing. In many cases, it might be desirable to replicate such clones to protect them. Before Data ONTAP 8.0.1 (7-Mode), when a FlexClone volume is replicated using volume SnapMirror, space savings are lost. The FlexClone volume on the target requires capacity equal to the size of the parent volume. Starting with Data ONTAP 8.0.1, when operating in 7-Mode, FlexClone volumes can be replicated using volume SnapMirror without the need for additional capacity on the destination system as long as the parent of the FlexClone volume is also replicated.
Figure 4) Starting in Data ONTAP 8.0.1, FlexClone volumes can be replicated with SnapMirror without losing storage efficiency as long as the parent volume has been replicated.
Volume SnapMirror can achieve recovery time objectives (RTOs) ranging from seconds to minutes and recovery point objectives (RPOs) as low as a few minutes. If you need a more aggressive RPO than async SnapMirror can achieve, you must then choose from either MetroCluster™ or synchronous or semi-synchronous SnapMirror. Keep in mind that synchronous solutions typically require much greater network bandwidth and specialized network equipment to implement, so this makes them significantly more expensive.
MetroCluster is the preferred solution for distances up to 100km since it offers continuous data availability and automatic failover and recovery. SnapMirror Sync doubles the supported range to 200km, and SnapMirror Semi-Sync can reach further than that to achieve the lowest RPO over a longer distance. Sync and semi-sync SnapMirror do not support the same feature set as async SnapMirror; for instance, network compression and SnapManager integration are not supported when using these modes. You can find more information on the use of MetroCluster in conjunction with SnapMirror in a recent Tech OnTap article.
Pay attention to the Data ONTAP version requirements for the operating mode you are running.
Async volume SnapMirror: Destination must be of same or higher major or minor version.
Sync or semi-sync volume SnapMirror: source and destination systems must be running the same version.
Table 2) Data ONTAP source and destination requirements for async SnapMirror.
Starting Data ONATP 8.1, Volume SnapMirror supports replication between 32-bit and 64-bit aggregates. For more information, refer to section 3.16 in TR-3446.
SnapMirror operates over both Ethernet and Fibre Channel. Refer to the switch support matrix (requires NOW™ access) for Fibre Channel requirements.
Sync and semi-sync modes are sensitive to distance and round trip time (RTT). RTT should be less than 2 milliseconds for sync and less than 5 milliseconds for semi-sync.
SnapManager suite. The SnapManager suite is designed to provide data protection and DR services for important applications, including Microsoft® Exchange, SQL Server®, and SharePoint®; Oracle®; and SAP®. The VMware® and Microsoft Hyper-V™ hypervisors are also covered. When using the appropriate SnapManager product (or Virtual Storage Console for VMware), you can make sure that application and/or hypervisor data is replicated in a consistent state so that operations can be restarted at the remote site.
FlexClone. See the earlier section on use cases for information on using SnapMirror and FlexClone. Also refer to the FlexClone chapter of Back to Basics.
In some instances, the space-efficient volume clones will contain critical data that warrants replication.
Deduplication. When you replicate a deduplicated volume with volume SnapMirror, the destination volume inherits the space savings.
NetApp SnapMirror technology is an important disaster recovery and general-purpose replication tool that can be used alone or in conjunction with other solutions such as the NetApp SnapManager suite. To learn more about NetApp SnapMirror, be sure to refer to TR-3446: SnapMirror Async Overview and Best Practices Guide and TR-3326: SnapMirror Sync and SnapMirror Semi-Sync Overview and Design Considerations.
Srinath joined NetApp in 2004 and has been a member of the Data Protection group for over four years. He has 10+ years of experience in IT, managing servers and storage infrastructure. Srinath has authored or coauthored multiple technical reports on SnapMirror, MetroCluster, VMware, and Exchange and speaks at various technical conferences. He is also a core team member involved in NetApp IT's disaster recovery implementation.
Illegal destination filer specification: smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6h.
Destination filer, if specified, must match the local host: smoke6-vsim-pbc7b6g.
Have you tried the command (snapmirror status -l) to find the issue? Also are the VSims the same version?
If that doesn't help I would look on the support site and find the documentation related to the version that your VSims are running and go through the Data Protection Online Backup and Recovery Guide. | 2019-04-22T10:37:28Z | null | 568.8 | 13,617 | null | 0.21833 | [
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Remove unwanted weeds, grass, algae and moss from your garden with Weed-Aside™ Herbicidal Soap, an eco-friendly, concentrated solution that comes in 16- or 32-oz bottles. Weed-Aside will never contain harmful metal salts such as iron or zinc. It's perfect for use on weeds in vegetable and flower gardens, around fruit trees, and on sidewalks, fences and driveways. Weed-Aside does not stain concrete, and is most effective when used on weeds less than 5" high. Catch them early and often! It's effective on dandelions, stinkweed, thistle, chickweed, corn spurry, sheep sorrel, annual bluegrass, and many more! See the included information sheet for details about the full range of weeds, moss, and lichen. | 2019-04-23T02:02:13Z | null | 527.9 | 750 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
This is a time when we are inundated with news that is not uplifting, and certainly not encouraging. But, let not your heart be troubled, because this weekend is all about the Good News about the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
If you were to sum up the Holy Bible in four words, they are the Four Rs: Reconciliation, Redemption, Resurrection, and Restoration.
First, we must realize that when Adam and Eve were forced to leave the Garden of Eden, it was God’s desire to reconcile man back to Him. Early on there was the “law,” as laid out in Leviticus and handed down to Moses. The only way that man was able to find reconciliation to God, propitiation for our sins, was animal sacrifice. It was normally by way of a young lamb, an unblemished animal whose blood would serve as substitute for our failings. It is the remembrance of the Jewish people the night when the death angel came upon Egypt, and the blood of lambs was placed over the door entrances so that he would “pass over” those dwellings.
Jesus took our sin, forever, and it died there on that cross. But, that is not the end to this amazing story that has survived 2100 years of history. It is all about the Resurrection. In Christ, we become new, and in Him, we are able to arise a new creation. Through baptism we are washed, but only with His saving grace — His blood — are our sins washed away.
Understand, Christianity is not about a sense of invincibility, it is all about humility. It is all about knowing that we are all just sinners saved by God’s grace. And yes, we can mess it up. But, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we have been restored to God, our Heavenly Father. We can now once again be with Him in eternity. Now, to the secular humanists this is foolishness, but guess what, I ain’t playing Russian roulette with my eternal life. If I am wrong, which I am not, I have a blessed assurance, as opposed to if secular humanists are wrong.
Reconciliation, Redemption, Resurrection, and Restoration, that is what Good Friday and Easter Sunday is all about. But, the title of this Easter Old School Patriot Memo is a message of faith.
Aftab was 16, working as a call operator in a tiny store in Pakistan a decade ago , when a man confronted her about the silver cross dangling from her neck. She and the man argued, and he returned to the store with a friend and doused her with battery acid, leaving her with bone-deep burns on much of her upper body.
Aftab was 17 when she came to the U.S. for treatment at Shriners Hospital for Children, scared and unable to speak a word of English. She was ashamed of the swirling scars she suffered over much of her face and upper body in an acid attack in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
In Houston, Aftab built a new life with the support of a loyal host family and a devoted church congregation. She underwent dozens of surgeries, all donated by doctors and hospitals in Houston. She graduated from high school, and then from San Jacinto College, before enrolling at the University of Houston – Clear Lake.
Julie Aftab, a young 16 year-old Christian girl in Pakistan was told to denounce Jesus Christ, and she refused. She was not only doused with acid, but it was also poured down her throat. Julie was taken to a local hospital where they refused treatment, while the crowd accused her of mocking Mohammed. They were seeking to hang her and shoot her, but somehow she escaped and made it to America. I met Julie at an award ceremony sponsored by ACT for America in Washington DC in 2013. I stood on the stage with her and just cried. She was the example of Christian faith that I could only aspire to possess. See, God’s plan for our reconciliation, redemption, Christ’s resurrection, and our restoration is all worthless without faith, an unwavering faith that a young 16 year-old girl would show before men who wished her dead.
This is my Easter message of faith. Julie Aftab is a living example of an Old School Patriot, one who is Steadfast and Loyal to our Lord, her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And, I bet that if she is asked in a census question if she is an American, she would enthusiastically respond yes. We already know that when asked about her Christian faith, she resolutely responded.
Happy Easter y’all! And God bless you, Julie Aftab! | 2019-04-24T19:25:36Z | null | 283.3 | 4,273 | null | 0 | [] | [] | true | [] |
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Our General English course is delivered by qualified English teachers and is designed to help our students to communicate more effectively and confidently in everyday situations.
We believe in small class size learning (maximum 15 students per class) as the best route to success in learning English. As one of the longest established language schools in England, we attract students from a wide range of nationalities.
Our students benefit from this rich cultural mix and we encourage multilingual classes where we aim to mix 4 or more nationalities per class. This creates a dynamic learning environment for our students and broadens their learning opportunities.
Improve your English grammar knowledge.
Develop your English communication confidence.
Discover culture and places in UK, and in other students’ countries.
Share and report your summer experiences.
Demonstrate your progress and recycle the language you have learnt.
3 Excursion, Activity & Review lessons (60 minutes each).
During English language lessons we focus on accuracy, developing grammar knowledge and usage. Learning English in these lessons typically includes the use of Cambridge University Press course books such as: Your Space, English in Mind and Interactive.
All content is reviewed in weekly Review Lessons and Progress Tests.
Our English Communication classes are fun and engaging lessons that focus on conversational skills and fluency. Giving students useful strategies to help improve their overall verbal communication. Learning is dynamic and students are given practical opportunities to learn about their other students’ lives, contemporary topics, current issues, etc.
Appropriate levels for every child. We provide classes for all levels of ability, but we assume students have already had some exposure to English (either formal education or informal experience).
We provide 3 classes for each of 6 levels: beginners to advanced (or Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) levels A1 to C1).
Accurate level placement test at the start: We use a ‘Quick Placement Test’ (it tests grammar, vocabulary and reading) and an interview to assess oral ability. Students are placed into classes according to their language ability, nationality and age.
Review lessons and monitored learning. At the end of each we review each students progress and at the end of their stay we provide each student with a Manor Courses certificate of attendance and progress report.
Each morning students have 2 teachers and 2 different kinds of lessons – this gives students a variety of teaching styles, accents, ages, nationality, gender etc. After break students change classrooms and teachers.
Lessons 1 & 2 – from 9:30-11:00am and 11:30am-1:00pm (5 times per week). These are 90 minute ‘Language’ or ‘Communication’ lessons.
Breaks – students leave class for a 30 minute refreshment break, 11:00-11:30am.
Lesson 3 – from 2:00-3:00pm (three times a week). These are 60 minute ‘Excursion’, ‘Activity’ or ‘Review’ lessons. After lunch students return to the same room as lesson 1.
Variations: Once a week 2 classes may be combined for a joint lesson with one teacher. Students may only receive a full complement of 18hrs per week tuition only if they depart after lesson 2 on their day of departure. | 2019-04-22T22:07:14Z | null | 870 | 3,288 | null | 0.328771 | [
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Charles Warren Stoddard was born today, August 7, in 1843. He was an American author and editor best known for his travel books about Polynesian life.
Stoddard was born in Rochester, New York. He was descended in a direct line from Anthony Stoddard of England, who settled at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1639.
While he was still a child, he moved with his parents to New York City. In 1855, the family migrated to San Francisco, California when his father found a job at a mercantile firm. Stoddard was 11 and was immediately smitten with the city and, as he recalled, its "natural tendency to overdress, to over-decorate, to overdo almost everything." In 1857, he joined his ill brother Ned on a restorative trip in the East Coast, where they stayed at their grandfather's farm in western New York. He rejoined his family in San Francisco by 1859.
Stoddard began writing verses at a young age amid the growing literary climate of California. His first published work saw print in The Golden Era for September 1862 under the pseudonym "Pip Pepperpod." He later recalled how he clandestinely slipped his contribution into the Era's mailbox without anyone knowing: "No member of my family suspected that I was so bold as to dream of entering the circle of the elect who wrote regularly every week for the chief literary organ west of the Rocky Mountains." His writings were well received and were later published as Poems by Charles Warren Stoddard. Poor health compelled him to give up his plans for a college education. He tried a career on the stage without success.
Stoddard was gay. He praised South Sea societies' receptiveness to homosexual liaisons and lived in relationships with men.
In 1873, he started on a long tour as special correspondent of the San Francisco Chronicle. His roving commission carried no restrictions of any kind. For 5 years he traveled through Europe and went as far east as Palestine and Egypt. He sent considerable material to his newspaper, much of which it never printed, though some of it was among his best work.
In 1885, having decided to settle down, he accepted the position of chair of English literature department at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He resigned, officially citing malaria. Literary historian Roger Austen has written that the real reason behind Stoddard's decision was the Catholic Church's position on homosexuality.
He stayed on in Monterey, where he was diagnosed with heart disease, until his death from a heart attack on April 23, 1909. | 2019-04-24T14:14:33Z | null | 211.3 | 2,505 | null | 0.146507 | [
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