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Services We Offer
Traveling Farm Services
Send a unique surprise delivery to your loved one! A special dressed-up animal will arrive to celebrate their special day! Once you have experienced it, there is no questioning why this is our favorite service! Adults of all ages LOVE it!
Traveling Petting Farm Tents
Our Small Farm Tent option is perfect for backyard birthday parties or small private events! We also have a Large Farm Tent option for large festivals. Adults and children alike love to enter and get hands-on with all of our sweet farm pets!
Pony and Horse rides
The unique thing about our ponies is that they are our children’s riding ponies! We can bring a pony to you for rides around your yard or our four pony carousel for larger festivals! Adults want to ride? We bring big horses too!!!
Your guests won’t forget your event anytime soon if a friendly llama was present! We can bring two llamas to you for a unique visit or our Llama Photo Booth for larger festivals! Not just for kids, adults of all ages LOVE it!
Services We Offer
Services at the Farm
Open Farm Fun Days
While we don’t have regular open hours we do open our farm to the public once a month. Plus we host other special ticketed events throughout the year! Stay up to date on farm happenings by checking out our event page!
visit the farm
While we don’t have regular open hours we do love to host scheduled visitors most anytime! We have four ways to visit. We can take a walking tour of the farm (or on horseback) with so many fun additional activities to choose from!
farm venue rental
Birthday? Celebration? Meeting? Have the farm all to your self with a rental for your private event! Includes use of 1800s farmhouse, petting pen, animal food, horse rides, staff and access to the entire farm.
We love hosting classes, groups and homeschool co-ops at the farm! We will take a tour of the farm, feeding all the animals along the way, visit the petting pen, ride ponies and milk a cow! You can bring a lunch for a picnic at the farm!
Farm Camp for kids
When school is out for Summer Break, Spring Break and Winter Break we host an animal activity-packed farm camp! Drop your kids off for a full day or week of fun at the farm! Ride horses, play games, cuddle animals, do crafts & MORE!
Schedule a pressure-free, fun and educational toddler pony-time or beginner horse riding experience for children! Our goal is boost confidence and allow kids a fun, safe place to ride and learn all about horsemanship.
Farm Babies for Sale
Every spring we we welcome several farm babies! We often have full waiting list before they are born. We list them here:
Why Redemptive Love?
Redemptive love is the highest form of love. It is a sacrificial gift. It recognizes that judgment is due, but instead releases mercy. We experienced redemptive love from our Savior, Jesus Christ. In turn we have expressed redemptive love thru the adoption of our children, by redeeming the abandoned, trashed property we turned into our farm and we strive to offer redemption to the animals and people that cross our path.
Redemption refers ultimately to the saving work of Christ, who came to accomplish our redemption by giving his life in substitution for our own as the ransom price.
The Carroll Family
Shannon Carroll, before founding the farm she has a history working for Chick-fil-A, City of Tallahassee Animal Shelter and Special Events before becoming an instant homeschool mom to seven foster then adopted children. In 2013, after moving their family to the country in pursuit of homesteading and debt free living, their first farm animals joined them. From there Redemptive Love Farm was established in 2016 and has been growing and changing ever since!
Brian Carroll, before joining his wife to work full-time at the farm in 2022. Brian worked in management with Chick-fil-A for 30 years. He now balances his time between his family, farm, rescue and running the Miccosukee Volunteer Fire Department as their volunteer Fire Chief.
Risa Carroll, the farm was founded when she was just 10 years old and she has grown up helping her mom with chores, animal training and events, learning so many life skills and growing in responsibility and empathy along the way!
Samuel Carroll, the farm was founded when he was just 10 years old and he has grown up helping his mom with chores, building projects and events, learning so many life skills and growing in responsibility and empathy along the way!
Sarah Hardison has been helping out with weekend events on the farm and traveling since 2018! She primarily works as a Peer support specialist at Apalachee Center, Inc.
Savannah Vickery joined the farm team in May 2021, first part-time then full-time. After a year of working diligently in all aspects of the farm she moved onsite where she is very involved in all the farm happenings! |
Building a home may take a couple years, but getting a mortgage only takes days. I’ll help you understand the options available for a self-build mortgage.
NEW CONSTRUCTION FINANCING OPTIONS:
1. Self-Build Home
Self-Build Home is when you act as your own contractor; hiring subcontractors to complete the work. Your mortgage options are:
- Progress Draw Mortgage – The bank lends money to the builders in three stages. First is advanced at rough-in completion, second advance at the finishing stage, and third at the possession stage.
- Completion Mortgage – The mortgage will not be in your name until the possession date.
2. Self-Build: Builder/Contractor (turn key)
This option is available when you are dealing with a contractor to build your home. In this scenario there are the same two mortgage options (Progress Draw Mortgage and Completion Mortgage). Generally the builder will request to take the Progress Draw option. That way the mortgage will help him financially at each stage of construction.
3. Buying from a Builder (take out)
This is likely the easiest option as you purchase the ready-made home directly from the builder. In this case the only option is a Completion Mortgage since the home is already built.
Self-build mortgages are taken for the property in which you are building. Mortgage funds are given to you in stages, rather than as a single lump sum. Initially to buy the land, again at the start of construction, another at the stage of completion, and finally at the time of legal possession. It’s very important to thoroughly plan for the construction of your home. Ensure you understand every stage involved from start to finish.
6 Tips for a Successful Self-Build:
1. Take neighboring homes into account. Having the most expensive property in the area can make the home difficult to sell.
2. Build for resale. No matter how long you intend to stay in the house, it will be sold at some point. It’s generally not a good idea to build everything customized to you.
3. Get the best contractor your budget will allow. When building a house, quality is the most important thing.
4. Be prepared for delays. There’s a lot of moving parts in the construction of a home, all of which rely on each other and the environment.
5. Monitor the progress. During construction, a lot can be accomplished in a short amount of time. Catching mistakes early on can save a lot of headaches later.
6. Watch construction allowances. Generally, within the total cost of building you will be given allowances for items such as flooring (carpeting and vinyl), lighting, plumbing fixtures, etc. Be certain you can get the materials needed within the allowance amount.
Progress Draw Mortgage
A Progress Draw Mortgage provides funds upon completion of different stages of construction. This mortgage will be under your name only when possession has been given to you. There are usually 3 draws at 35%, 65% and 100% completion.
- After completion of each draw, a Progress Inspection Report is conducted. This report gives details of the percentage completed before advancing money for the next draw.
- Most lenders assign two mortgage numbers in a progress draw. One that represents the actual draw of funds and another for the final advance of funds. Once the house is 100% complete and final funds have been advanced. Mortgage two is the “completion” mortgage.
- The last advance will not be released until the final inspection confirms completion. Also the final mortgage documents must be signed by you and returned to the lender by your lawyer (notary).
Please note– This feature is not available in Quebec.
This option is when you are buying a 100% complete home.
- When submitting an offer to purchase a property you are required to make a down payment.
- Often, the down-payment is required in several installments.
- Once the house is complete and ready for occupancy, you will require funds from a mortgage to pay the builder the balance. Example: A client submits an offer to purchase their new build. The total cost of the home is $300,000. It will be ready in 12 months.
Payments are due as follows:
- $5,000 With Offer to Purchase
- $5,000 In 30 Days
- $5,000 In 60 Days
- $5,000 In 90 Days
- $280,000 Due on closing date 12 months from now
In the event that home completion takes more than 90 days, rate caps are available for up to 12 months, depending on mortgage type and location. A rate cap locks in the maximum interest rate a client will receive for their mortgage. This is based on the rates at time of application. Rate caps are available on both Progress Draw and Completion Mortgages. All mortgages are subject to eligibility requirements and will vary by lender. |
One Farrer Hotel
Marketing Communications Manager
Reporting to the Director, of Sales & Marketing, the incumbent shall be responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating the hotel’s communication objectives and strategies including advertising, public relations, online activity, graphics, and collateral.
- Be responsible for overall marketing communications and public relations strategies of the hotel’s targeted markets and audiences, including planning and strategizing marketing and communications objectives.
- Develop media and relevant product partner contacts, and act as the hotel’s liaison with the media to manage publicity through the development, organization, and coordination of promotional activities, press releases, media, and partnership activities.
- Manage the online arena including social media and guest feedback forums.
- Manage internal communications effectively.
- Enhance the image and awareness of hotel branding and maintain brand standards.
- Develop communications manual, media relations, crisis communications, branding, and other relevant guidelines and standards during the hotel’s pre-opening.
- Support all departments on promotions and events at the hotel.
- Assist with the preparation of the annual marketing plan, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Support OFH’s portfolio in major events and A&P projects.
- Translate and proofread various correspondences/releases in English and Chinese.
- Develop PR strategies, story angles, and media collaterals including media releases, fact sheets, and FAQs.
- Liaise with various departments and work with vendors when required.
- Assist with the development of new opening hotels’ marketing plans, where necessary.
- Track and monitor coverage and effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
- Manage and execute the marketing communications plans and ensure it adheres to the hotel’s objectives.
- Develop and propose appropriate channels of communication in order to achieve the marketing communication objectives.
- Develop and manage branding/tactical campaigns and promotional tools to provide support for other departments to achieve the business targets, including joint marketing efforts with other strategic partners.
- Develop and manage good local and international media networks in order to enhance the brand image and heighten brand awareness.
- Handle media inquiries, press releases and the organization of media events and press conferences within a specific time frame as and when required
- Initiate new marketing opportunities to grow the hotel’s revenue potential in terms of marketing communication.
- Oversee collation of competitive market research to ensure the hotel’s promotional offerings remain competitive and relevant.
- Handle photography schedule and ensure that the image library is consistently updated.
- Conceptualize, develop and uphold the quality of all marketing collaterals.
- Ensure that the production and quality adhere to the corporate branding identity guidelines.
- Manage the accuracy and coherence of all information/communication across all channels of the medium.
- Perform all duties and responsibilities in a timely and efficient manner in accordance with established hotel policies to achieve the overall objectives of the position.
- Maintain the highest standard of professionalism, ethics, and attitude towards all hotel guests, clients, colleagues, and owners.
- Uphold the integrity and confidentiality of all information when handling key information.
- Perform related duties and special projects as assigned.
- Maintain a positive working relationship with fellow team members within and across Department/Section.
- Degree in Business Administration/Marketing/Mass Communication/Branding, or its equivalent professional certification.
- Minimum 4 – 5 years of experience in the Hospitality industry or Public Relations agency, with at least 2 – 3 years of experience in the capacity of Manager, Marketing Communications.
- Proficient in MS Office, Photoshop, and Graphic applications.
- Excellent organizational, presentation, and project management skills.
- Willing and able to work on weekends and public holidays, when required.
- Good media contact.
- Strong strategic capabilities combined with creative tactical skills.
- Analytical and mature, with an eye for details.
To apply for this job please visit sg.linkedin.com. |
How the New York Knicks Got Better, By Getting Worse, Last Night
It's fair to say, that no team was more active during last night's NBA Draft, than the New York Knicks.
The Knicks were slated to pick at No. 11 in the first round of last night's draft, which they did, selecting Ousmane Dieng out of New Zealand. Once that happened, it seemed as though the Knicks were content to wait until their 2nd round pick, at No. 42, to make their next move.
What ended up happening was the complete opposite, and a quiet evening turned into a franchise-altering evening for New York.
New York Knicks Make Multiple Trade in Order to Get...Better?
As we look back on the Knicks' draft night, the question among fans is simple: did the team get better, or worse, with the moves they made? ESPN broke down the moves they made in this article, and we'll take a moment to recap them here.
So, here's what happened, and we can answer that question from there. This night unfolded in multiple acts, with the first being the selection of Dieng at No. 11. Act two happened when the Knicks then traded Dieng to the Oklahoma City Thunder, acquiring three future conditional first-round picks from the Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards and Detroit Pistons. OKC now had the youngster Dieng, and the Knicks had draft capital.
They were far from finished, though.
New York then traded the Nuggets first-rounder they received from Oklahoma City, plus four second-round picks, to the Charlotte Hornets for the rights to Jalen Duren. Duren had just been selected at No. 13, and was now a New York Knick.
Not for long, said Leon Rose and Company.
THEN, the big move happened. New York then traded Duren and aging guard Kemba Walker to the Pistons for a 2025 conditional Milwaukee Bucks first-round pick. The Pistons absorb all of Walker's $9.2 million salary, and get the highly-touted rookie Duren, as well.
So, Did the New York Knicks Get Better Last Night?
In the short-term, no, I do not believe the Knicks got better. In the long-term, however, the potential of this franchise grew because of these moves.
Check this out from Ian Begley, who covers the team for SNY:
As Ian Begley explains, this is the first of will likely be multiple moves from the Knicks this offseason, all of which will be geared toward freeing up salary cap space. They knocked a good chunk of money off of their payroll last night, and in the process, acquired the kind of draft capital that can help land you a star.
This was the right thing to do for the New York Knicks. You don't need another unproven youngster in your mix; you need a star in order to compete for a championship right away. There are still other shoes left to drop, but in my mind, an important step was taken. |
Aircrafts have been around for a long time. The first aircraft was invented by the Wright brothers in 1903. Since then, many significant developments have been made to make aircraft more efficient and faster. The latest development in this regard is the electric aircraft. An electric aircraft is an aircraft that uses electricity to power its engines.
The development of electric aircrafts has been rapidly growing in the past couple of years. The technology that powers electric aircrafts has been developed over time, and it is improving as we speak. There are some companies that are developing their own brand of electric planes to sell, but there are also companies that are investing in the electric aircraft industry. Furthermore, it is crucial to reduce the carbon footprint of the airline industry!
Developments in Electric Aircrafts
At the beginning of the 20th century, there was a great deal of interest in electric aircrafts. However, electric aircrafts were not able to develop because of the lack of battery technology and power.In recent years, however, there has been a lot of progress in battery technology and power that is making electric aircrafts possible.
We will talk about most significant achievements in this regard. NASA started a project called “X-57” to develop an electric aircraft that can fly for 1 hour with a maximum speed of 175 mph. The X-57 is an experimental plane, which has been designed to study the efficiency and reliability of electric aircraft. Furthermore, In 2019 MagniX and Harbour Air announced the first successful flight of their electric craft.
Many big fishes of the airline industry have made investments in electric-powered airplanes. These airlines include United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Japan Airlines, Connect Airlines, Icelandair, etc. Until now, the main problem with electric aircrafts is that they require massive batteries to charge them. Carrying these gigantic batteries in the plane is another issue.
Private companies like Tesla are working to produce batteries of desired power density. It is claimed by Elon Musk that these batteries will be lightweight and high-power motors. For jumbo jets, the future of electric aircrafts may seem like a few decades away, but it is a sure thing to keep the skies clean!
Usage of Electric Aircrafts to reduce CO2 emission
It is not only the cost of fuel that needs to be considered when comparing electric aircrafts with conventional ones. It is also essential to consider the impact on the environment. The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, used data from NASA’s Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) to assess the impact of different types of aircraft on the environment. The researchers concluded that the emissions from electric aircrafts are half those of conventional aircrafts.
A flight of fancy to the world of electric aircraft! If you’ve ever wanted to fly a plane but don’t want to deal with all that pesky jet fuel, then you’re in luck. The future is now, and it’s filled with battery-powered airplanes!
Would you also like to be part of the EV revolution? Check our job page and apply! |
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This can be achieved through published blogs, customer testimonials and business awards about your business to create awareness on the internet leading potential customers to know about you.
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Calvin Lim is a professional blogger and founder of TheCalvinLim.
He enjoys helping others learn about various internet marketing tools and dedicated to helping people achieve success online. |
Some friends and family keep on asking how is Matilda doing. Coming from one of the safest countries in the world when the worst thing that might happen to your cat outside is that she gets wet, people wonder how is she coping with the new environment.
This is of course an important question for anyone that is planning (or at least considering) dragging his/her pet over the ocean to a different country. Well, not only a different country but a tropical country. And not only any tropical country but one that is considered one of the most biodiverse intense hotspots in the world.
Translated to cat terms: many different smells, sounds and creatures that she has never met before. From tarantulas to vipers to howler monkeys.
And yes, we let her out. So the concerns of friends and family about how our fur ball is doing are well founded.
So, let me start by saying that I was expecting a huge reaction from Matilda to the unknown sounds. In my head, I had pictured a thousand times how she would react the first time that she would hear the cry of the howler monkeys. It always ended up with her flat on her belly, eyes wide open and running home for safety.
I had it totally wrong. She didn’t react at all. Neither did she have any noticeable reaction to the VERY noisy scarlet macaws. Today, there were four perched on the tree just above where she was sleeping and she was not concerned at all. My only possible explanation is that she does not recognize the sounds or link them to a particular animal. Hence, in her head the sounds are not associated with anything dangerous.
I am guessing this because she does react fast to noises that she can recognise. For example, dogs approaching the house, birds tossing leaves, a lizard.
Of course, my fear is that if she does not react to new, unknown sounds or smells, she will not see danger coming. And we have been told stories of owls hunting (succesfully) cats and small dogs. Not to mention the jaguars and pumas that are in the area….but so far so good.
May be it will not work for all cats but Matilda is an extremely careful cat. She will fly rather than fight, she hides marvelously well when there is danger and, very important for us, she always comes when we call her. ( It might take a while, depending on whether she is in hunting mode or not, but she comes. It helps that she stays close to the house, of course.)
We have seen her walking around the house at night and we think she is well aware of snakes. Walks very carefully and smelling before making any step.
All in all, I think she is having a good time. Her glucose levels are going down, her eyes are also recovering and she loves to lay down on the porch watching the garden. Not to mention pooing between the leaves under the mango tree.
She needs brushing everyday to help adjusting her winter fur (which she had when she arrived) to tropical summer at an accelerated pace. And some extra care with renovating the Bravecto every 3 months. But other than that, she seems to have adapted to the new life as well as we have.
And even much better than us to our home confinement due to the Corona. She likes to have a garden but she likes to have company during the day even more. Maybe because she knows that we are watching over her shoulder, so she can sleep safely within the heliconia bushes. |
OUR STRATEGIC PRESENCE
SIN EL FIL
Acres creates destinations that give you the competitive edge. Our real estate developments combine a solid approach with proper planning and intelligent design to provide solutions to the main concerns tenants face, draw visitors and increase sales opportunities.
GOOD ACCESSIBILITYOur developments are in strategic locations, attracting locals and people from nearby areas.
We select busy roads with high traffic and design interior layouts that encourage circulation.
All our destinations boast Azadea’s highly popular brands plus different retail and food and beverage options.
WHO'S BEHIND ACRES
Acres was originally born from the idea to create a shopping experience that brings together trendy stores in one location. The first venture, LeMall Sin el Fil, was a massive success and was quickly followed by other thriving developments. Today Acres has evolved into a full-fledged real estate powerhouse with strong ties to the vision and leadership of both Acres & Azadea.
PARTNERS & CUSTOMERS APPRECIATION
Karim Miknas, Managing Partner
Firstly, Acres has a broad and dynamic presence on the digital front and we benefit from their social media platforms to promote our products and reach our core audience. Also, the team is cooperative, young, flexible, and open to new ideas. They are not as rigid as other malls. I would recommend working with Acres since the team is marketing minded and are ready to support any initiative we might develop. From an operations perspective, we have enjoyed a good working relationship with the team at Acres. Requests are handled in a timely manner and anything within reason is always considered and usually approved quickly. All of us wish them all the best.
Aline Chabenne, Country Manager
Acres targets specific tenants that are within their market segment and they understand their tenants’ business and commercial needs while catering for their people. This is advantageous and makes it safe to invest with Acres because they are legally and financially well structured. What I like most about working with Acres is that they are customer oriented; enjoy and practice high levels of integrity and accountability; and have procedures that are strict yet simple at the same time. We would surely recommend working with Acres because they are leaders in their niche market; have an effective and efficient response time to tenants’ needs and inquiries; and highly honor their commitments.
Donald Batal, Chairperson
It all started with LeMall. Classic Burger Joint chose this high footfall location, at the heart of Dbayeh, to open its first traffic branch. LeMall was selected for its unique environment consisting of a very wide variety of shops featuring a range of high retail brands, cafés, restaurants, and entertainment zones combined. At LeMall, Classic Burger Joint reaches its peak while experiencing a very positive relationship with both LeMall and its customers.
Joe Awad, Sales & Operations Director
There are many benefits of working with Acres: such as the great tenant mix, the return on investment, the management professionalism, attentiveness, diligence, and friendliness. What stands out the most is that the team is entirely supportive and available: just a phone call away when any problem may arise. They also encourage and listen to suggestions. Working with Acres is a win-win situation since they know how to differentiate the consumer offering, with a focus on experience and convenience.
Mario Thoumy, Head of Communications
Our experience working with Acres for many years now has always been a positive one, based on mutual trust, respect and most of all work ethics. The team is very professional and always available, and made of a dynamic and vibrant work force that is eager to achieve, at all levels. We work closely on always providing our customers with a pleasant experience based on quality and innovation. We look forward to always strengthening and deepening our partnership and collaborating on future projects in and out of Lebanon.
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If you want to construct wooden outdoor furniture for your home, choosing the best wood for garden benches depends on your budget first.
Wood is priced based on its source and natural conditions. Secondly, consider how long your furniture will last and maintenance requirements.
Best woods choices for garden benches are between softwoods and hardwoods.
Although they require regular maintenance and waterproofing, softwoods are lightweight and smooth to the touch.
One can consider cedar or pine wood for the best finish, which has undergone pressure treatment. They are also cheaper.
Hardwoods require a lot of work to get a good finish but are long-lasting and do not need much maintenance.
When adequately treated, they can last you several decades.
However, the initial cost of purchasing hardwoods is high as they are tough, take longer to grow, and process into the timber.
Teak and Oak are the most common hardwoods for deck furniture.
List Of The Best Wood To Use For Outdoor Furniture
To pick the best wood for your garden furniture, consider one that is least affected by weather elements such as moisture and direct sunlight.
Here is a list of the most exemplary types of timber to make durable benches.
Grown in tropical parts of the US for over 100 years, African mahogany makes sturdy garden furniture.
It has a horizontal grain with an excellent finish despite being challenging to work with as it plucks a lot.
It lasts longer as it does not bend and is rot and pest resistant. You can get a foot of the board at about $9 or less.
Teak is a high-quality hardwood that smells good while new, has a beautiful finish, and is weather resistant.
Teak grows a lot in plantations in Southern Asia countries.
It is pretty pricey as a foot-long board retails at about $29.
Due to Teak’s significant amount of oil, it is durable and is not easily affected by harsh weather and wood pests.
It is thick with a deep and luxurious golden brown color, making it the most popular outdoor furniture wood.
Cedar is simple to work with, especially Spanish Cedar, a flexible and thin hardwood.
Brightly colored, Spanish Cedar is decay and termite resistant and ages well with a good finish or stain.
You can purchase this wood at about $8 a foot.
Western Red Cedar
This red and brown colored timber is rough to the touch but lasts long as it is resistant to rot and insects.
It is soft to work with and requires regular maintenance as it can quickly get scratches.
Western Red Cedar is affordable and goes for about $7 per foot.
Cypress is a beautiful golden-colored wood with a lovely grain pattern excellent for garden benches.
It is durable and decay resistant, perfect for high humid areas.
Moderately soft to work with, staining it gives it a pop of its natural color. You can buy Cypress timber at around $8 per foot.
White Oak is highly resistant to moisture and is terrific for outdoor garden furniture.
Its natural greyish color over time and straight grains look good after an oil finish.
You can get Oak boards per foot at below $10 at any timber store.
Acacia is affordable and lasts long outdoors.
It requires little to no maintenance if you keep it away from direct heat to avoid warping.
Ensure you oil it properly to give it that good shine and maintain its light brown color.
A natural hardwood that is more expensive than Teak but lasts as long and has a beautiful grain finish.
It has a floral scent when the timber is fresh and is a mix of red and brown color, giving it a warm look.
It is highly resistant to decay because of its thickness, and it doesn’t soak in moisture.
Eucalyptus is excellent for garden benches at it is durable, moisture, and insect resistant.
Compared to Teak, it is affordable and easy to cut.
It can last for more than two decades if you treat the wood correctly and cover it during winter.
Brown in color when fresh, polished, and treated, Shorea wood turns greyish if left outdoors and untreated.
This strong hardwood is durable, carves well, and is lovely for garden benches.
It is termite, weather-resistant, and is relatively cheaper than Teak despite being similar in structure.
What Wood Is Most Weather Resistant?
Teak is the most weather-resistant wood, followed closely by Cypress.
A quality that makes them the ideal timber for all outdoor furniture.
For wood to be considered weather-resistant, it must maintain its natural color and form when exposed to harsh weather elements.
Wear and tear especially scratches from regular use, should be minimal over time.
How Thick Should Wood Be For A Bench?
Ideally, about 3 to 4 inches thick.
When measuring the dimensions of outdoor furniture, consider its purpose, location, and longevity.
A wooden bench should be sturdy and resistant to harsh weather conditions.
It should be easy to move around if you need to change the layout of your garden.
Heavier wood lasts longer than the lighter alternatives. The legs should be more than 2 inches wide to accommodate several people’s weight when sitting on.
The proper width of the bench to accommodate at least four people should not be less than 80 inches.
The height should also be comfortable to accommodate people of all sizes for regular sitting.
Weatherproofing A Wooden Bench
It is crucial to protect your wooden bench or furniture from the effects of direct sunlight or harsh weather elements.
Weatherproofing of timber is necessary when the units are new. You can also regularly coat old outdoor furniture.
The main products used to finish wooden furniture include following.
Linseed or Tung Natural Oils
These oil finishes are plant-based and permeate the wood properly for long-lasting protection.
Tung oil is firmer and moisture-resistant than Linseed. Linseed, however, dries faster than Tung oil.
Stain and Sealer Combinations
It is a finished product that is easy to apply on outdoor wood furniture, giving it a beautifully polished and protected look.
They are available in different colors, and the polyurethane sealant protects the wood from moisture damage.
Clear Wood Coats
Varnishes outline the beauty and natural color of the wood.
The stronger polyurethane clear coats are excellent for weather-proofing wooden benches.
Lacquer is a good alternative but can quickly get scratches and not last as long.
What Wood Is Waterproof?
No wood is 100% waterproof. However, some species are more water-resistant than others.
Hardwoods like Teak and White Oak, naturally oily, can withstand moisture best.
Sealants and paint make outdoor wood furniture waterproof with regular maintenance and reapplication.
Although used to boost the color and appearance of luxurious wood, stains make it weather resistant.
Is pressure-treated wood suitable for outdoors?
Yes, pressure-treated wood is ideal for the outdoors.
Pressure treatment removes the air from timber and replaces it with preservatives mixed with water to protect it from rotting and termites.
It is safe to use, and besides outdoor furniture, it makes beds and indoor household furniture.
The paint is absorbed well, but you have to wait till the wood is completely dry to apply.
This wood can last for several decades.
For your pressure-treated wood benches to last long, protect them from excess moisture and polish regularly with protective sealants.
Please make sure the wood is clean and thoroughly dry before staining it.
Is Pine Strong Enough For A Bench?
Pinewood makes solid and durable benches for everyday use.
Although Pine is light, it does not shrink or swell quickly when treated.
It is elastic for easy folding and manipulation when building a bench.
Pine has appealing grain choices. However, it scratches and scars easily.
Is Plywood Strong Enough For A Bench?
Plywood is strong for a bench, but only if you laminate many blocks to about four inches thick.
Putting Plywood together in many layers makes it stronger.
Plywood is completely dimensional, therefore, easy to work with when making wooden benches.
It does not break easily and is weather resistant.
Outdoor benches made out of Plywood will last long as the wood is heat-treated during manufacture.
How Long Do Wooden Benches Last?
With proper regular maintenance and treatment, wooden benches can last up to 25 years:
- Ensure you purchase durable hardwood when making the furniture.
- Wash and dry the bars regularly. Coat them with suitable water-resistant and insect-proof products every few months.
- Ensure you cover your wooden benches during winter or when not used for long periods.
The best wood for garden benches should be durable and survive all weather conditions.
Wooden furniture, however, requires a lot of care to last long.
Therefore, one must dedicate themselves to the task.
Before making your final decision, consider all related costs, the availability of the wood in your area, and the purpose of your outdoor furniture. |
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Manchester United have confirmed Paul Pogba will depart the club this summer when his contract expires at the end of June.
The Red Devils made the announcement in a statement released on their website on Wednesday.
Pogba, an academy graduate, left Old Trafford as a free agent in 2012 to join Juventus and returned for a then world-record fee of £89m four years later.
But Pogba has had a topsy-turvy time during his second spell with United, who have confirmed the France international will depart at the end of his deal.
The statement from United read:”The club can announce that Paul Pogba will leave Manchester United at the end of June, upon the expiry of his contract.
“The Frenchman has enjoyed a long association with United, having joined the club’s Academy from Le Havre at the age of just 16.
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“Pogba quickly progressed through the ranks, first impressing in the Under-18s and then swiftly moving upwards to the Reserves.
“He first drew widespread attention as part of the Youth Cup side that achieved the club’s unprecedented 10th success in 2011, playing in both legs of that year’s final against Sheffield United.
“The following season, he was granted a first-team debut under Sir Alex Ferguson, in a 3-0 League Cup win away at Leeds United.
“But in the summer of 2012, due to strong competition for places at Old Trafford, Pogba joined Italian giants Juventus.
“He quickly became a success in Piedmont, helping La Vecchia Signora lift four consecutive Serie A titles and a couple of Coppa Italias.
“However, in 2016, he made the emotional decision to return to Old Trafford, in a bid to continue the nascent United career he had begun in that breakthrough season of 2011/12.
“He was immediately installed within the heart of Jose Mourinho’s new-look midfield, and his first campaign back in M16 was a strong success.
“After a sublime ‘second’ debut against Southampton, where he wowed the crowd with his all-round midfield mastery, Pogba started two cup finals that would both result in the Reds lifting silverware.
“First he starred in the 2017 League Cup final against Southampton, which resulted in a 3-2 win thanks to Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s dramatic late winner. The Swede scored twice and, at full-time, Mourinho singled out both Zlatan and Paul as United’s outstanding players.”
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The naive, suburban Carter family decide to drive off the beaten path into the desert hills, only to discover those hills… have eyes. And those eyes belong to a clan of nearly primitive people who’ve decided to have the Carters for dinner.
Following The Last House on the Left, his shocking gore-fest of a debut, Wes Craven decided to never make another horror movie again. But that didn’t work out, so he wrote and directed this film. The Hills Have Eyes is about a stupid bunch of WASPs who boldly decide to drive into the middle of the desert in search of an abandoned silver mine. Now, it’s not that I was rooting for the cannibals to kill and eat the Carters, I’m saying I understand it. I can almost even get behind it–they’re a bunch of morons.
But that’s one sign of a great writer, let alone a filmmaker. While I absolutely abhor The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in just about every way I can, Wes Craven has penned a film that feels uncannily familiar to Tobe Hooper’s cult classic. And one I like much better. The premise is the same: a bunch of annoying, repressed idiots stumble into the waiting cookpots of a cannibal clan. The two films share a production designer (who reused props from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in this one). Gunnar Hansen (the original Leatherface) was offered a part here. There’s even the same gas station that acts as bait for unsuspecting fools to fall into. Somehow, Hills feels tighter and more well-crafted, though it shares significant aesthetic flavour and has a slightly longer running time. I found each and every character in Texas utterly intolerable, while at least here I could sympathize with the bumbling nature of the Carters.
Weirdly, the Carters epitomize Middle American repression and the worst of its values. At Brenda Carter’s (Susan Lanier) insistence, they play at prayer, when moments before patriarch Big Bob Carter (Russ Grieve) has literally been cursing the very existence of his entire family, including their infant granddaughter. Papa purposefully thumbed his nose at the archetypal soothsayer of doom, Fred (John Steadman), who told them that if they strayed from the main road they’d die. But unlike Crazy Ralph in Friday the 13th, he doesn’t spout random lines about a death curse but tells them specifically what will happen to them if they forge ahead. Regardless, as upper-middle-class white men in film do, Big Bob bull-headedly knows best, doing what he pleases, damning his family as a result.
They then encounter the Hill people, savage cannibals who live in the desert and are determined to terrorize and torment the Carters in every way possible. They rape one of the daughters, crucify and burn Big Bob alive, eat parts of Big Bob, and make off with the baby (thank goodness they don’t eat her!). They’re wholly brutal, and done up in animal hides, dirty faces, horrid teeth, some decent prosthetics, and they have Michael Berryman (a classic horror bad guy) to boot. This juxtaposition of the passive-aggressive, white bread Cleveland natives and the filthy desert-dwelling savages should make people ask, much like zombie movies do, who are the savages?
The Hills Have Eyes is a shocking piece of terror, not shying away from the genuine fear that suburbia feels when it strays off the civilized path (especially in a pre-GPS time). In that way, it taps into that nearly-extinct part of the collective unconscious: the fear of being lost. I critique the premise of the cannibal-hill people clan as urban (or is it rural?) legend. They’re just a bit too caricaturish for me, at times. But then again, so are the Carters. And so, maybe, are we. |
I went to Radical Networks in Berlin (19-21 October 2018). It was a very inspiring experience and I took notes feverishly for 3 days. The program was diverse and inclusive, in-depth but accessible to non-techies. I worked out the notes of the talks that I found especially interesting a bit further and added references below.
Workshop by: Saraswathi Subbaraman & Sarah Friend
In the introduction to their workshop, Saraswathi and Sarah pinpoint an issue that is central in thinking about new economic systems:
“All of the networks we hope to build sit atop or are funded within a financial system that was designed neither for us, nor by us.”
How can we start to think outside of what we know, what gets funded, or what we take for granted? Oftentimes when I take part in a discussion about future, fairer economies, it’s relatively easy to agree on some shared values in a small group, but when that has to be transformed into a larger ecosystem, diversity either gets squashed or capitalist logics creep back in. To open up new ways of thinking about currency and economic systems, we were presented with a series of ‘what ifs’ and examples of those imaginaries actually existing:
What if it was impossible to hoard money
For example: The Miracle of Worgl. During the Great Depression in the 30s, the town of Worgl in Austria introduced banknotes that had to get an official stamp every month denoting that the owner payed their taxes for owning the banknote. In effect, this meant that banknotes would decrease in value the longer you store them, dis-incentivizing what is known in the cryptocurrency world as hodling.
What if care work were valued?
For example: Fureai Kippu, Japanese systems for making care work transferable and storable. These systems rewards care for the elderly with a complementary currency. You might exchange this currency to pay for care of your own parents (for example if you live in a different city than they do), or story the currency to pay for your own care needs later on in life.
What if sustainability were rewarded?
For example: Regen Network, which is a blockchain-based system that aims to “create a systemic multi-stakeholder, market-driven solution to facilitate verifiable ecological outcomes.” (Regen Network whitepaper) Although this example doesn’t break with basic market logics and profit drive, it does try to establish a more holistic understanding of industry and value, tying varified ecological impact to end products.
What if currency was an oral history?
For example: Rai stones, a currency system on the Micronesian island of Yap that had its hayday between 1000 and 1400 AD. Giant stones were used to represent value, and ownership needed to be recorded in oral history, meaning that stealing the physical stone didn’t mean stealing its value, it would still be known who the owner was. This went so far that stones lost in the ocean could still be used, because their stories would not be lost. In fact, stones that were hard to make, or had a lot of history to them were worth more.
What if currency were equally distributed?
For example: Circles, a project that Saraswathi and Sarah are involved in through their work at ConsenSys. It is a blockchain-based system that distributes a basic income and incentivizes cooperation and spending within the network in order to make a global and equally distributed economic system.
After these examples, we split up into groups to discuss our own imaginary future societies and their currencies (my group imagined a network of alien squids that used information about food and danger as a currency 🐙💾).
Common themes among the groups were
- reputation as a system of reward
- webs of trust as central features, where the system as a whole might be scaled, but the trust circle remains human-sized.
- it might be difficult to interface between the different system (one group actually imagined ‘harvesting’ (i.e. killing) our group’s squids, because the squids had needs that didn’t fit in their system).
Talking to one of the groups afterwards, I learned that they had defined their core values before doing anything else, which led to a well thought-out system.
Talk by: Clusterduck
Clusterduck is an interdisciplinary filmmaking, design, research collective that investigates internet content, its creators and the platforms its spread on.
This year the idea that the alt right got connected through the means of memes gained traction. Soon after, responses to this idea critiqued the way it took responsibility away from the left. Clusterduck wants to investigate what the actual influence of the memes is, and advocate for new methods to do this research.
A lot of the data that alt-right memes research is based on, comes from Reddit and Twitter, because their APIs allow for the most thorough extraction. Only a subsection of alt-right people are based on these platforms though, and it is important to look at places like Facebook and YouTube as well.
Although Facebook gave scholars access to petabytes of data on misinformation after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, this data is only accessible to institutionalized academics. Experimental forms of research like Clusterduck is doing are excluded from investigating it. This limits the types of knowledge that can be created.
In their research, Clusterduck adds several databases together (e.g. data from Know Your Meme, 4chan, Twitter, Reddit, and Gab, the ‘alt-rights answer to being censored on Twitter’) to create a wider body of resources. Their algorithm clusters the images and annotates them with information about where they first appeared for instance to allow for further analysis.
While it is interesting to research these memes, they are floating signifiers: they constantly change in meaning and connotation. Memes are appropriated by the left and the right, and defy definite meaning, so classifying them as for example hatespeech is very difficult to do.
Talk by: Sarah Friend
In her talk, Sarah Friend (of ConsenSys) problematized the decentralization movement. Decentralization has become a hyped word, used without actually thinking about what it means and which phenomena might benefit from not being decentralized.
The ‘de’ in decentralization suggests that it is everything/anything that is ‘other than’ centralized, but this obscures the fact that it is actually not such a binary space. Decentralization is often defined politically (local governments) or organizationally (large organizations that decentralize), but it also holds within it a certain free-market rationale (away from centralized regulation).
While the web is often perceived as having started as a very decentralized system that has been centralized during the past decade through platformization, the original Arpanet was actually quite centralized: accessible only via universities and some large corporations.
Sarah wants to think about the possibility of an intersectional kind of decentralization: one made up of several decentralized systems (geographically, architecturally (IT), in governance, wealth, etc). Before we can build these kinds of systems there are several things we need to consider:
- there is no 1 canonical decentralization, so which one(s) do we want, and for what purpose?
- Tony Sheng has argued that there are so many different uses of the word ‘decentralized’ that it’s better to ditch the term altogether.
- what happens to social responsibility in decentralized systems
- what to do with the free market rationale in decentralized systems? E.g. forking is a kind of free market element: if you don’t like it, just move elsewhere.
- there are competing motivations for decentralization, and it is important to look at the specifics.
An area that is often left out of decentralization discussions is hardware manufacturing. These processes are in fact highly centralized, and vulnerable to political shifts and natural disasters. There are some examples of decentralized hardware (e.g. Librerouter and Makerbot) but they lack the precision that’s needed to build computers.
While open source is often used as a way to signal decentralized software buidling, but there are actually only a few contributors (e.g. 52% of Github commits are made by 1% of contributors and similar statistics exist on other platforms). Not everyone has the time or the skills to contribute, and it’s worth contemplating whether it would be beneficial to society if many more people did spend time building software. At what cost to other specializations would this come?
Sarah ends her talk raising questions about what is enough decentralization, what kind of decentralization is needed, and who it is serving.
Digital / physical colonization
Talk by: Taller de Casqueria
Artist Taller de Casqueria talks about his project Black Islands, that investigates the land disputes over islands in the South China Sea in which digital means are used to prove ownership.
There are international standards for determining which country owns which parts of the sea, based on how many miles away it is from a coast. Being surrounded by Vietnam, China, the Philippines and other countries, and being rich in natural resources, islands in the South China Sea are especially valuable. If a country can claim ownership over it, that means their ownership over the surrounding waters can also be claimed.
Traditionally, to claim ownership a country would need to physically occupy the island, but the ‘war’ can now also be waged through digital means: writing and rewriting Wikipedia articles, tagging images to a specific location on Google Earth. This is particularly present in some of the errors that exist on Google Earth, represented by black spots over islands on the map. The representation of a certain ownership of a locality around the internet becomes a method to colonize them as actual territory.
Talk by: Larisa Mann
Larisa Mann researches the use of pirate radio (broadcasting without a license) by minority communities in the UK and USA. In England, poor people historically live in high-rises at the edges of cities. This is especially practical in pirate broadcasting, because listeners will be geographically concentrated and the radio waves will be less obstructed by trees and other buildings.
Larissa is interested in the economic systems that exist through these pirate stations, the identities that are constructed, and the way people interact and claim space. She sees that often stations come into being around specific diasporic communities, like Haitian-Americans or British-Caribean people.
The term ‘exilic spaces’ refers to the way people are making relationships between each other in these diasporic communities that are not wholly defined by colonial systems or local dominant cultures. In these spaces, borders are important and need to be defended, access is regulated. This means that anyone that enters this exilic space, enters on the terms of the people that constructed the space. (This clashed with the spirit of openness that reigns e.g. in the Bay Area.)
Even though web radio and podcasts made the phenomenon of a limited radio spectrum a thing of the past, pirate radio is still a flourishing scene. This may be due to the central cultural significance of the radio (in relation to low literacy rates) in some of the countries of origin of these diaspora (Larissa gives the example of Haiti).
By broadcasting and listening to pirate radio stations, Larisa says people are:
- claiming space
- circulating resources and information specific to their minority
- continuing specific cultural histories
- creating community (listening to radio might be done individually, but because of the shared time, people feel a connection, a shared experience)
Alternative ways that radio technologies are used are:
- using mobile minutes to call into radio stations (not to talk, but just to listen). This was for instance done a lot in the aftermath of the earthquacke in Haiti to get access to important information.
- Cambodian people have a system where they conference call with 1000 people and use the call as a way to broadcast a pirate radio station.
Central figure in NYC (pirate) radio scene: David Goren
Speculative Network Topologies
Talk by Max Symuleski, with simultaneous video performance by Rebecca Uliasz
<I was so wrapped up in the talk / performance that I forgot to take notes, but I do want to mention this here because it left a big impression. I will add the video when it is published.>
Networks are generally visualized as a collection nodes interconnected by edges. Max reimagines networks through a more Deleuzian lens, and asks us to let other senses than the visual guide the representation of the network. In the description of the talk they write: “What would a social network look like if it were modeled after the fluid dynamics of water?” and “Following network theorist Tiziana Terranova, we suggest that contemporary internet network models derived from graph theory and based on the diagrammatic “node” and “edge” deploy economic reductions of society that re-inscribe capitalist logic.” How can we make a model of a network without conforming to this logic? What can we learn from the tactics of culture jamming, from moments of radical connection and from the existence of noise?
- Not necessarily represented in these notes, but a recurring topic was the importance of thinking about the natural resources needed to make these systems work (e.g. the Low Tech Magazine mentioned below).
- It is necessary to consciously break out of current parameters in order to come up with radically new systems.
- Decentralization is not an end in itself, it needs to be questioned and used to serve a specific purpose.
- Local networks are important to support specific needs of local communities.
- Who are these networks build by and for? Who is included? Who needs to be heard to make more inclusive networks?
- Don’t forget what we know from older media (radio waves were central, but also things like PiratePad, on the ground activism and community building) and be aware of the large geopolitical employment of digital tactics.
Additional interesting projects that were presented at Radical Networks
Boattr: mesh networks on the canals of the UK
Sea-watch.org: fighting fortress Europe by mapping and rescuing in the Mediterranean, collaboration with Forensic Oceanography
Low-tech Magazine: building a low-tech website that is so small it can be solar powered and raises awareness about the use of energy while browsing.
Scuttlebutt: an off the grid, p2p gossiping protocol
ISEMS: independent solar energy mesh systems.
Pocket FM: connecting internet and radio, to use in hard to reach areas.
Rootio: community radio as a means in crisis response.
Networks of One’s Own: collective, periodical writing
Tactical Archives: making the counter-cultural history of the internet in Brazil accessible.
Floating Swarm: art in the interstices of networks, to be viewed using Beaker Browser.
Weaponized Design: how interfaces direct us |
It isn't the tidiest of desks, but it is better than usual! I did take the photo in it's natural state, rather than getting the Pledge out. It does get tidied periodically, honest.
On the left is an AOC 34 inch 3440x1440 monitor, which is driven by a Titanium in picture by picture mode, to give a full resolution image. It's very often used to display a Windows 10 PC, either at the same resolution or in a RISC OS window using the long-in-the-tooth RDPClient. The PC itself is located in another room altogether.
The next monitor along is another AOC model, this time a 25in 2560x1440 version. This is permanently connected to an ARMx6 and also connected to whatever I'm working on at the time. in the photo, it's connected to the cluster of Raspberry Pi boards which work with each other over VNC and all sharing a single 120GB hard drive. I make extensive use of VNC and am quite looking forward to Adrian Lee's Evince.
It's fair to say, I'm a convert to AOC monitors as the one in the corner that isn't switched on is my 'show monitor' that was last seen at The SouthWest show. It's an identical 25in model. All of them have four inputs usable to RISC OS (with appropriate adaptors to convert the DisplayPort inputs).
Also on the desk is a Pi 4 RISC OS system, which was documented on riscosbits.blog recently.
There are a few other 'in development' projects on the desk too, including a mini-wifi model and an oak case, as well as a few containers of various bits and bobs used in building cases.
There's also the now near-ubiquitous 'work' laptop, since my day job has confined me to 'working from home' for the duration of the Covid-19 episode.
What can't be seen under the desk is the Titanium, ARMx6, various RISCOSbits machines, a re-cased Iyonix and a black four-slice RiscPC containing the original motherboard and ViewFinder plus a Qadro, Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, Windows PC and a network switch. All of these run from two RiscPC PSUs. There's also a RiscStation tower which hardly ever gets switched on these days.
Also not in shot are two ARMbooks (both sizes) and a PineBook Pro running the RISC OS Linux executable.
The desk itself is on its last legs, having barely survived four house moves. String, brackets and gaffer tape are the only thing keeping it upright.
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I can see a lot of info on here regarding the Harmony 650 so apologies for starting another thread but I have had no useful success following any of the advice. I currently use an old Sky remote with FLIRC to control XBMC and all works great but I invested in the Harmony so I could also control other hifi boxes and turn off all the system at once. However, its not working half as well as the old remote did. I'm using 2.6 stable version on Ubuntu 64bit. I've chosen allow built in profiles in the advanced settings which is the closest thing I can find to all the mentions on here of a Harmony profile being built into FLIRC post 2.4 builds? Where is this? Is it something that has to be chosen?? I've then proceeded to add all my devices to the Harmony and chosen a Media Centre PC with Flirc build and XBMC model. Firing up XBMC at this stage is a bit of a let down. The direction buttons, number buttons, play / pause and info buttons work but most of the rest do nothing. Most importantly neither the back or exit buttons do anything so you cannot get out of menus in XBMC or clear the screen. However, there is a back shortcut on the LCD activity display that works but thats pretty useless when I have a back button one push away on the remote itself! I've then tried going into FLIRC and reprogramming some of the buttons without much success. Some buttons will record with no problem. Others just simply won't record. 'Back' on the remote won't do anything when trying to record to it. I also wanted, as on the sky remote, to programme keyboard letter E to the 'TV Guide' remote button so it brings up the EPG in XBMC but again nothing happens when pressing it to record a button to it. This is also the same for the red, blue, yellow, green 'colour' buttons that I used on the other remote for TV / Radio / Recordings / Timer screens. I choose the letter in full keyboard view that launches those screens in XBMC but nothing happens when I press them on the remote to record. I've read that they have to have functions assigned to them in Harmony for it to be programmable in FLIRC and ive double checked this and they do indeed have functions assigned. I then tried using the latest beta RC candidate listed here: to see if this would improve the situation but unfortunately I cannot run it on 64bit linux as it looks for shared library files that cannot be found. Is there a 64bit build available? Will it actually improve the situation any if there is? Any help greatly appreciated! |
The UGOOS AM6 is the high end Android TV box manufacturer’s latest TV box powered by the new Amlogic S922X. With UGOOS typically high quality hardware and powerful processor, is the UGOOS AM6 worth it?
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UGOOS AM6 Specifications and Features
|CPU:||Quadcore Amlogic S922X|
|Storage:||16GB (expandable via Micro SD)|
|Ports:||HDMI, Composite Video Out, SPDIF, Ethernet, microSD, 3x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0, Aux In|
|Connectivity:||Gigabit Ethernet, 2×2 MIMO 802.11ac Wi-Fi (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 5.0|
|OS:||Android Pie 9.0|
|Size (Lx W x H):||115x115x20mm|
The UGOOS AM6 is UGOOS’ latest Android TV box and their first based on the Amlogic S922X.
With the powerful Sporting the increasingly popular hexacore Amlogic S922X processor. As we’ve seen in other chipset comparisons, the S922X is a beast so you’ll get plenty of power for watching movies in Kodi, gaming and browsing the web.
The 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage is on the light side but shouldn’t be an issue for most users. The biggest issue is the limited onboard storage. If you’re a gamer or install lots of apps, you’ll probably want to expand your storage using a micro SD card.
Networking a real strength however, with fast wireless AC and Gigabit ethernet offering plenty of bandwidth for HD streaming.
What’s in the Box?
Inside the box, you get:
- UGOOS AM6 Android TV Box
- 2x Wifi Antennas
- 12V 2A Power Adapter
- IR Remote
- HDMI Cable
- English User Manual
UGOOS AM6 Design
The Ugoos AM6 is an impressively solid Android TV box. It’s all metal construction results in a box that not only feels high quality, but has enough weight to keep it in place when everything is plugged in.
Ports are located on the 3 sides of the box. The right side houses a USB 3.0 port, USB 2.0 port , micro SD card slot, aux in and AV out. On the left is two antenna connections and the power button.
Around the back is an Ethernet port, two extra USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, SPDIF and DC In.
UGOOS have included their usual IR remote which works well enough. You’ve got all the main Android buttons, volume controls and more. It can also be used to wake the box from sleep.
For those of you that prefer to use your smartphone, Ugoos also provide a remote app (though you’ll have to sideload an APK as it isn’t available on the Google Play store).
You can also use the UGOOS’ own remote app to control the box but I’d recommend you get an air mouse for the best possible experience.
UGOOS AM6 Software
The UGOOS AM6 ships with Android 9.0 Pie – one of the most recent versions of Android available. Interestingly, UGOOS opted to ship the AM6 with stock Android rather than their TV-optimized UGOOS Launcher.
Based on discussions I’ve had with UGOOS, this was due to incompatibilities with the UGOOS Launcher and Android 9.0 which have been fixed. This means I was able to install the launcher from the Google Play Store.
There’s surprisingly few pre-installed apps which is nice to see, with basic apps such as a file browser and media player available out of the box. You can use the Google Play store to install your favorite apps such as Kodi, though I did have a couple of benchmarking apps that were marked as incompatible.
- Pre-Installed Apps: App Installer, Chrome, Media Center, File Browser, Total Commander
- Power On/Off: You can power the Ugoos AM6 on and off using the remote. However, the “power on” signal is being transmitted via IR so you’ll need line of sight.
- Google Play Store: The Google Play store is available, granting you access to a comprehensive selection of apps.
- Root: The Ugoos AM6 isn’t rooted out of the box. However, Ugoos provides a helpful Root toggle in the settings menu
- Storage: 11/12GB free out of the box
UGOOS AM6 Firmware
UGOOS are one of the best Android TV box manufacturers in terms of software support, often providing regular firmware updates for months after launch.
There’s already been 4-5 OTA updates since I recieved the box, with each one adding features and fixing bugs.You can also download the firmware from the UGOOS download page.
There’s also a few custom roms including a port of Android TV available.
UGOOS AM6 Video Playback Tests
Video Playback Using Kodi
Video playback was tested using Kodi 18.4 downloaded from the Google Play store.
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Video playback on the UGOOS AM6 was excellent, playing pretty much everything I threw at it. I was impressed to see that even my 1080p Hi10p videos played back perfectly – likely due to the extra CPU power the Amlogic S922X provides.
- HDMI CEC: Available in Settings
- Automatic Refresh Rate: Available in Settings
|Format (Resolution / Codec / Container / Framerate)||Status||Notes|
|1080p 3D SBS H.264 (1920×2160 / AVC / MPEG-4 / 30fps)||Ok|
|1080p 3D ABL H.264 (1920×1080 / AVC / BDAV / 23.976fps)||Ok|
|1080p24 H.264 (1920×1080 / AVC / MPEG-4 / 24fps)||Ok|
|1080p High Bitrate H.264 (1920×1080 / AVC / Matroska / 23.976fps)||Ok|
|1080p60 H.264 (1920×1080 / AVC / MPEG-4 / 60fps)||Ok|
|720p50 H.264 (1280×720 / AVC / MPEG-TS / 50fps)||Ok|
|1080i25 H.264 (1920×1080 / AVC / MPEG-TS / 25fps)||Ok|
|4K 30FPS H.264 (3840×2160 / AVC / MPEG-4 / 30fps)||Ok|
|4K 60FPS H.264 (3840×2160 / AVC / MPEG-4 / 60fps)||Ok|
|1080p24 HEVC (1920×1080 / HEVC / Matroska / 24fps)||Ok|
|4K 30FPS 8-bit HEVC (3840×2160 / HEVC / MPEG-4 / 30fps)||Ok|
|1080p VP8 (1920×1080 / VP8 / WebM / 25fps)||Ok|
|720p Hi10p (1280×720 / AVC / Matroska / 23.976fps)||Ok|
|1080p Hi10p (1920×1080 / AVC / Matroska / 23.976fps)||Ok|
|1080p MPEG2 (1920×1080 / MPEG Video / MPEG-PS / 25fps)||Ok|
|1080p VC1 (1920×1080 / VC-1 / Windows Media / 25fps)||Ok|
|Unencrypted Bluray ISO (Sintel) (1920×1080 / AVC / AVC / 24fps)||Ok|
5.1 Audio Passthrough
Dolby Digital 5.1 passthrough over HDMI worked when set up in Kodi.
|Amazon Prime Video||SD (480p)||Stereo|
|Google Play Movies||720p||Stereo|
As the UGOOS AM6 isn’t a Netflix-certified device, you’ll be limited to 480p streaming. You’ll need to install Netflix manually as the Netflix app won’t appear in the Google Play store.
For more information about Netflix on Android TV boxes, check out my HD Netflix on Android guide.
UGOOS AM6 Gaming Performance
Gaming performance was excellent with the S922X’s more powerful GPU boosting performance across a range of gaming titles. I was able to play titles such as Beach Buggy Racing playing well at maximum settings.
Thanks to the boosts across both the CPU and GPU compared to it’s predecessor, the Amlogic S912. This translates to significant improvements to emulator performance.
Testing across a wide range of emulators including Super Nintendo, Super Nintendo, N64 and PS1 showed excellent results. Even PSP emulation via PPSSPP was playable at 3x PSP resolution for a clean image.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to test out gaming perfomance on Dolphin as it requires a 64-bit OS.
Steam In-Home Streaming
With its excellent wireless hardware inside the AM6, I didnt have any issues playing Steam games via Steam In-Home Streaming using the “Beautiful” preset over wifi. Just install the Steam In-Home Streaming app, hook up your controller and you’re good to go.
UGOOS AM6 Benchmarks Comparison
|GeekBench 5.0 Single Core||Not Compatible|
|GeekBench 5.0 Multi Core||Not Compatible|
|3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited||23968|
|3DMark Ice Storm Extreme||Max|
UGOOS AM6 Power Consumption
|Operating State||Power Consumption (W)|
|1080p Video Playback||-W|
Should You Buy The UGOOS AM6?
The UGOOS AM6 is a solid Android box that’s well suited for both average users and power users alike – as long as you’re not looking for support for HD streaming on services such as Netflix.
The UGOOS AM6 offer their usual combination of excellent hardware and software, with their heavily customised Android firmware adding tonnes of useful features. Coupled with the powerful hexacore Amlogic S922X under the hood results in a excellent performing Android TV box (as long as you’re ok with its limitations).
Where to Buy the UGOOS AM6
The UGOOS AM6 is available from GeekBuying.Check Price at GeekBuying |
Campaigns have been launched across the nation to document and address chronic deficits in state-level education funding. Undoubtedly, the intentional underfunding of our public schools is a serious concern. One such campaign was recently announced in my home state, PA Schools Work. According to their website, the coalition, which includes a number of union and child and education advocacy groups, builds upon previous work done around Pennsylvania’s 2016 Campaign for Fair Education Funding.
What immediately jumped out at me when I received the August 8 email inviting me to join was the use the word “Work” in the campaign name. What I’ve come to realize is that the ed-reform landscape can often be deciphered if you understand the language they’re using. Once you unravel that code, you can figure out where things are headed.
There is tremendous pressure now to align curriculum to the needs of industry, and the research I have been conducting around outcomes-based contracting indicates that “Work” often equates to data-driven metrics tied to outsourced public services. See Bloomberg Philanthropies’ “What Works Cities” for example. In education this is increasingly manifested in the adoption of ed-tech “solutions.” So, for me at least, “Work” in this context becomes an extremely loaded term. As a parent, I can think of many other words I’d prefer to see used to describe an optimally funded K12 education. Pennsylvania schools could just as easily empower, nurture, sustain, excite, imagine, or create. Work? There’s plenty of time in post-secondary education, once children are old enough to make informed decisions about their futures, before that word needs to take center stage.
It’s also important to note that since last fall Pennsylvania has been battling legislation aimed at creating Education Savings Accounts. Senate Bill 2, not yet passed, would establish a program run through Pennsylvania’s Department of the Treasury that would award quarterly payments to families of children enrolled in (or in the catchment of if a kindergarten student or first grader) schools documented as “low-achieving.” Schools that score in the bottom 15% on annual achievement tests fall into this category.
If passed, families that chose to participate in the program could use state funds to purchase “qualified” educational services like private school tuition, tutoring or “teaching services,” curriculum, books, uniforms, testing fees, and a big loophole “other valid educational expenses approved by the department (of the Treasury).” This would be in lieu of enrolling their child in a local public school or participating in the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (voucher lite) program. Thus far the legislation has not progressed, but continued vigilance is required.
When I received the email about the campaign, I inquired if organized opposition to ESAs and voucher programs would be part of the PA Schools Work action plan. I was told that it would not and that the focus was exclusively on securing funding. Given the direction things are headed, I find this to be of grave concern.
Many statewide campaign programs are pushing “student-centered” funding, which hews closely to the concept of “weighted-funding,” which Pennsylvania adopted in 2016. The latter is a program whereby students that meet certain criteria receive additional education funding. This makes sense. Students who live in poverty, for whom English is not their first language, or who have special learning needs will require additional resources if the goal is an equitable funding stream that allows each child to reach their full potential. I support that premise wholeheartedly.
But here is an interesting wrinkle. ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, a pro-corporate bill mill, ALSO supports “student-centered” and “weighted” education funding. In fact, they developed model legislation for it way back in 2010: The Student-Centered Funding Act. Jeb Bush’s reform entity Excelined funded by Gates, Walton and Bloomberg (all impact investing backers) put out a policy brief in June 2017 on Student Centered funding, too.
Additionally, the Nellie Mae Foundation has been issuing grants to New England states to investigate education finance models that would support “student-centered learning,” in other words Ed Reform 2.0. They are using their considerable financial resources to push systems change that will preference competency based education over traditional seat-time models. They aim to normalize “innovative” learning that takes place “anytime, anywhere,” NOT in a school. For this model to work, state funding must follow the student (as with a voucher or ESA) rather than the school or district. The images below are two grants funded by Nellie Mae that indicate their intent to shift existing narratives around public education.
These three images feature grants made to entities in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont to explore new models of education finance that would support such a shift.
At first glance it might seen somewhat contradictory for ALEC, Jeb Bush, Bill Gates, Nellie Mae and their partners in crime to be promoting student-centered, weighted education funding. But I invite you to take a step back and consider that the future of public education that ALEC members and philanthro-capitalists envision is a free market, “hackable” network where there are no more neighborhood school buildings with age-based grade cohorts and report cards. That “old” system would be supplanted by an open ecosystem of educational “opportunities” offered online and via complicit non-profit partners who will accept digital Education Savings Account payments.
They need to create a system that ultimately funds students NOT school districts or schools in order to operationalize the model. They need for each child to be linked to their own “personalized” pot of money for a Pay for Success, human capital ROI directed model to emerge. An interim step will be to have weighted student funding flow to districts. That will ease the transition and allow people to gradually adjust their mental framework. Meanwhile hybrid learning, badging, out of school time learning and other aspects of Ed Reform 2.0 will move forward, slowly becoming routine and expected.
The screenshots below are footnotes from the ALEC “Student-Centered Funding” model legislation. They clearly show ALEC sees “student-centered funding” as a tool advancing school “choice” where funding “portability” is a key feature.
Within a decade, students may be issued digital identities tied to e-wallets (perhaps on Blockchain if they are able to bring it to scale) that would hold BOTH virtual education currency AND demonstrated credentials or competencies. In December 2017 the Heritage Foundation issued a report (viewable as a PDF here) that examines the state of fin-tech digital payment systems in education. The screenshot below describes Class Wallet, a programmable digital payment service offered to teachers and students as a means of purchasing a limited number of classroom supplies and as a behavior management reward system. The last line references Class Wallet’s entry into the Education Savings Account arena.
Through analysis of such e-wallets, returns on human capital investments could be more readily tracked, comparing public and private expenditures to student “results” as identified by industry expectations. Within a social impact investing context, students who demonstrate extra need will also present more room to demonstrate “growth.” The greater the potential of a student to move the numbers on the data dashboards, the more profit impact investors could make. Therefore motivated, high-need students will become attractive portfolio additions IF they have the proper mindset are agreeable to being molded to the vision of “success” industry demands.
I suspect most participants in these statewide funding campaigns are not looking the ten steps ahead required to understand how weighted funding programs will groom vulnerable students to be pawns in a predatory impact investing game. This is unfortunate, because I would really like to fight for fair funding while ALSO putting up guardrails to prevent any victories from inadvertently advancing the Ed Reform 2.0 agenda. I welcome advice from the PA Schools Work folks on how to go about that. Public school advocates and ALEC are not on the same side. We cannot simply ignore the fact that a campaign like PA Schools Work, if the above factors are not taken into account, could ultimately advance a terribly destructive privatization agenda. |
Mangifera indica (known as mango) is a flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. Mango is originally from the Indian subcontinent, where it is a widespread plant. Still, there are also other warm areas throughout the world where we grow mango successfully, for example, Brazil and Mexico.
And yes, mango is such a popular fruit that it is a national fruit of even three countries! These countries are India, Pakistan, and the Philippines.
|Botanical Name||Mangifera Indica|
|Plant Type||Perennial (An Evergreen Tree)|
|Size (Fully Grown)||115 To 131 Feet (About 35 To 40 Meters) High|
|Sun Exposure||Full Sun|
|Soil Type||Well-draining And Aerated Soil That Contains A Lot Of Organic Matter|
|Soil pH||From 5.5 To 7.5|
|U.S. Hardiness Zones||10b, And 11|
|Native Area||Southern Asia (Indian Subcontinent)|
How Many Mango Varieties Are There?
Mango is a widespread and famous fruit in the Indian subcontinent, where it is called “the king of fruits.” Due to the warm environmental conditions in the region, the orchards grow massively. This is also why Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh are the leading mango growers and exporters in South Asia.
In recent years, China has increased its mango production and export massively. Some regions in East Africa and Central America also produce mangos where the climatic conditions are warm. We grow many mango varieties (over 500!) throughout the world, but these might be the most familiar to you if you live in the U.S.
- Tommy Atkins
Origins And History Of The Mango Tree
Mangoes are native to the Indian region. And humans have cultivated the tree there for over 4000 years. India and Pakistan, where wild mango forests are still a thing, are the main cultivation areas for this fruit. Mangoes dominate almost all the tropical regions.
Examples of these areas include South and Southeast Asia, Australia, Madagascar, East Africa, Brazil, and Central America. It also grows in subtropical regions such as Florida, South Africa, Israel, Cyprus, and Egypt.
As far as the subtropics are concerned, this crop was probably introduced in the south of Africa in the sixteenth century B.C. It reached the Canary Islands and Madeira until the second half of the eighteenth century and the United States (Florida and Hawaii), Australia, and Israel until the nineteenth century.
Via the Portuguese, who brought it to Brazil in the eighteenth century, this fruit entered America. But it’s also worth noting that the plant was also introduced in western Africa.
The Spaniards contributed to the expansion of mangoes in America since small generating trees were transported from the Philippines to Mexico. Their introduction to Southern Spain could not have happened until the twentieth century. And the opening of the excellent “Haden” cultivar in Florida in 1910 was the beginning of this crop’s modern production.
Mangoes are among the most produced and imported fruits globally. And only a bit ahead of mangoes are plants like bananas, pineapples, and apples.
How To Identify A Mango Tree?
With a thick trunk and long, rounded canopy, the mango tree is erect and branched. The tree’s leaves are lustrous and dark green. With long petioles and a leathery feel, they’re either elliptical or lanceolate. With cream-pink petals on branched panicles, the tree produces thick clusters of flowers.
The tree’s leaves are bright and dark green. With long petioles and a leathery feel, they’re either elliptical or lanceolate. With cream-pink petals on branched panicles, the tree produces thick clusters of flowers.
The flowers in broad terminal panicles (loose clusters) are small, pinkish, and fragrant. Some have stamens as well as pistils, and others only have stamens.
In size and character, the fruit varies greatly. The fruit can be oval, circular, heart-shaped, kidney-shaped, or slender and long in shape. The smallest mangoes are no larger than plums, while others can weigh even 4 to 5 pounds (1.8 to 2.3 kg). With shades of red and yellow, some varieties are brightly colored, while others are dull green.
Best Growing Conditions for Mangoes
As we know, mang trees like to grow in warm climates. But are there some other growing condition needs you should be aware of? Let’s find out!
What Temperature Do Mangoes Need To Grow Well?
In regions with very high temperatures, mango trees can grow and produce well. Remember, though, that the tree’s vegetative growth ceases when the temperature exceeds 115°F (about 46°C), and this situation gets even worse if there is an extended dry period present.
To grow this tree well, it needs an average largest temperature of 80 to 97°F (about 27 and 36°C). This is a temperature range that ensures the best growth and development, and if you live in the USA, Florida is one of the places where mangoes are even grown commercially.
Soil And Sun
The soil pH is essential when it comes to growing plants. That’s why, when you are growing a mango tree, the soil pH needs to be somewhere between 5.5 and 7.5. So, before you plant a mango tree, determine the soil pH by using a soil testing kit. If the pH isn’t optimal, mix in some organic materials such as peat moss a year before planting to increase the soil’s acidity.
Mango needs bright but indirect sunlight. After that, the plant needs as much light as possible when it begins to grow. If you want a specific amount of sun mango tree wants per day, here me out. At least six hours is a must, and eight to ten hours is a preference. With this in mind, choose the growth spot carefully!
Water And Fertilizing Needs
Because mango trees like to grow in places that drain well, watering two or three times a week should be enough. But keep in mind that prolonged irrigation on sandy soils, for example, might result in water runoff. This means that the water goes deeper than the roots, which is a waste of water and leaches nutrients.
When the plant is still young, mango trees need higher nitrogen doses, but they need less after bearing fruit. I recommend using an industrial organic fertilizer with a high potassium percentage for fruit-bearing plants, such as 5-8-10. But if that doesn’t sound good to you, you can also add these nutrients to your compost or other organic materials you spread over the tree if it’s necessary, of course!
Is It Safe To Eat / Consume Mangoes?
We all know that eating mangoes has multiple health benefits. Still, here we have mentioned the safety details of eating or consuming mango if you have some common medical problem or develop a new life inside you. Do you have pets? You can also figure out if the plant is pet-friendly from the details below.
Pregnant And Breastfeeding Women
Don’t overeat mangoes during pregnancy, even though they are a healthy fruit. This is because mangoes contain plenty of vitamin A, which means you can get an overdose, although this is a rare condition. With this in mind, it’s good to have mango in your diet if you are pregnant, but remember to eat in moderation.
Mangoes are also beneficial if you are breastfeeding because the plant is high in vitamin K and antioxidants.
The good news is that babies can eat mangoes! And once your baby turns about six months old, you can introduce mango to your baby. This is an age when your baby can start to eat other foods than breast milk and infant formula.
People With Allergies
Some people may be allergic to mangoes, and the reactions can be mild, but even a severe anaphylactic reaction is possible. So, if you know or notice that you are allergic to mangoes, avoid contacting the plant.
Try also to stay away from other plants in the Anacardiaceae plant family, plants like poison oak and poison ivy. But remember that plants like cashew shells and pistachios can posses a similar risk.
People With Diabetes
Mangoes are rich in carbohydrates and have high-calorie content. But when you eat them in moderation, they don’t influence your blood sugar levels too much.
As a good side note, if you have diabetes and want to keep your blood sugar levels a healthy level, the amount of mangoes you should eat is about 1 to 2 per day.
Besides being high in vitamins A, B6, C, and E, mango is also high in fiber, making it a nutritious plant for humans and animals. It’s a good snack, so your pet is going to enjoy it. Even though the fruit is soft when it’s ripe, but you should always break it into small pieces and remove the pit to prevent the possibility of choking.
Featured image credit – © claudia Otte – stock.adobe.com |
I'll Have a Cosmopolitan
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"I'd like a cheeseburger, please, large fries, and a Cosmopolitan.” - Carrie Bradshaw
Need we say more? Just like a Cosmo is a signature drink for every gal pal gathering, this L.E. bracelet is your new perfect pinky red accessory. She dresses up any night out in high heels, and also goes great with every day fashion.
- 10mm Gold Brushed Dottie Bead
- 8mm Lavender Opal Bead
- 8mm Pink Opal Bead
- Red Bead
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Please allow a timeline of 2-3 weeks to process your custom order, as we handcraft each bracelet!
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Tips for keeping your jewelry looking its best
FIRST! Check the “details” or description of each item your are purchasing - if “waterproof” is stated feel free to wear that piece in rain or shine!
If the piece doesn’t state “waterproof” - please follow the instructions below…
Plated metals naturally tarnish over time when exposed to body oils and other natural elements.
Limit exposure to water, body oils, perspiration, cosmetics and cleaning agents as these can cause discoloration and dull the finish.
Apply makeup, lotion, perfume and hairspray before putting on jewelry.
Do not wear jewelry while bathing or swimming.
After each wear, gently wipe the surface of your jewelry with a soft cloth to keep it clean and polished.
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When a community leader is elected by ROC Boards in their region for one of the three ROC Association Board seats, it’s a big deal for them personally. A big deal in the sense that it requires quite a bit of time and attention.
At a minimum, it requires three mid-week trips to Washington, D.C., for Board meetings and attending the national leadership institute, which beginning in 2018 will be in Manchester, N.H. That means: Travel, lost work, and time away from family, home and pets.
Before and after you arrive, you then have the challenge of thinking about our mission and organization from a national perspective, and contributing in Board meetings. There’s not short path to learning, it takes time and effort.
And, because these are co-op leaders, they have responsibilities to their own communities in addition to ROC Association and ROC USA. These are busy people!
So, when I asked how many of the current and past Directors of ROC Association could join us on May 2 and 3, 2018, in DC for two really big deal events, I was psyched that all six said, “Yes!”
Lois Parris who, along with Natividad Seefeld, founded ROC Association, will join us from Laconia, N.H. Lois is no longer a member of the Lakes Region Co-op but she’s a ROC legend in New Hampshire. Liz Wood from Duvall, Wash., will take time off from work to join us, as will Colleen Preston from Carver, Mass. They of course will join our current Directors, Lorie, Kim and Natividad!
So what’s happening, you ask? First, we’ll be all adding the Cooperative Hall of Fame Dinner at the National Press Club. This is a fancy sort of event. I am being inducted into the Hall of Fame but really the induction is about all of the communities and community leaders and long history of staff, contributors, investors and partners who make resident ownership successful. Someone has to be the face of it – and while mine isn’t nearly as George Clooney-esque as I’d like – it’s the only one I have!
On May 3, ROC USA will celebrate its 10th anniversary at the National Cooperative Bank’s annual meeting at the National Association of Home Builders hall in DC. There will be a video of communities – maybe yours! – and a few speakers. MHC co-ops are a big deal in the co-op sector. Few co-op sectors are growing as quickly as ROCs and fewer still are as deeply invested in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, helping build economic security.
There will be pictures and some video footage that will follow. Thank you to all of you for what you do to make resident ownership successful. ROC on! Paul |
Even the best follower of reason will, at times, act irrationally, perhaps due to the person’s base impulses, drives, instincts, emotions.. for example those being sexual in nature. An individual has a conscience and ego, I assume, yearns for his life not to be finite, wants to be remembered for his greatness achievements for all time, BUT KNOWS that death is certain, therefore clings to the notion of an Eternal Soul. A Conscience, a notion of what is right and wrong, can be reinforced in society by Public Shaming, EVERYBODY MUST GET STONED.
the Idea of Majority Rules can create injustice to those who do not rule..seems to always happen, creating an Underclass that may Rebel, or just ‘done blowed up!’ I don’t have the answers, but a society with an educated, rational people guided by a sense of morality might have a miniscule chance of survival.. perhaps guided by a balanced approach combining Love Hope Faith with Reason.
Humans are flawed and selfish. Even those who strive towards elimination of self-centeredness become so obsessed with the notion, perpetuate it, and become PERVERSELY SELF-ABSORBED. “whatchagonna do? IMA HUMAN.” People who have compassion and empathy towards others, at some point, will hit their limit, hit their wall, and act in their own interests, MY OWN HAPPINESS/NEEDS SUPERCEDES YOURS. I was asked in a Sociology course by my teacher who was a WW2 Veteran, in relation to Altruism, IF the Nazis had me and my sister at gunpoint, and I was given the choice to either take the bullet and die to let my sister live, or if I would choose to live and watch her get shot to death, WHAT WOULD I CHOSE? Keep in mind I was a suicidal kid at the time the question was posed. My response was I WOULD TAKE THE BULLET AND DIE. The point of the query was to dispel the notion of pure altruism, that humans who are relatively sane, unlike me, have an INSTINCT to SURVIVE, and most would chose to live despite familial relation. WE ARE BEASTS LIKE THAT…
There exists an idea of a Perfect Moral God with All Virtue as a Personification of the Ideal Man that helps to Reinforce how a person should act Ethically (it’s a good tool, so I can be a good boy.)
Justice and Love for Everybody. The day will come when the Lion can Lay Down with the Lamb in Peace and Tranquilty! … and NOT TEAR IT UP TO BLOODY BITS, MAUL THE LIFE OUT OF IT AS HE DROOLS IN MURDEROUS DELIGHT, FOR LUNCH! so.. I’m thinkin’ the idea of idea of the lion and lamb hangin’ out on a blanket in the shade together drinkin’ sugary tea singin’ love songs to each other, is AGAINST NATURE, the natural order of things.. ANYWAYS, LIONS GOTTSTA EAT!
Religion can be described as a Message of Universal Brotherly love and best speaks to the Individual for betterment, but has yet to result in Justice for a Global Society. When Religion is used as a TOOL/WEAPON of the State, Political, Economic or Class Powers EVIL SHIT HAPPENS.
a Social/Political Movement, be it in the Majority or Minority, even acting in their best sense of Love and Justice will inevitably act toward their own SELFISH INTERESTS, once again creating more inequality to those they subjagate. Like sayin’,”I do not mind if we live in Fascist State, as long as it’s MY CAMP’S FASCIST STATE.” and I scream BOO, BOO!!
All this makes me inclined to shrink away from the World and Humanity so I can tend to myself, cuz it’s like singin to a one day old baby, “WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE, BABY! YOUR GONNA DIE!”
and Moses came down from the Mountain Top and declared, “YOU FUCKERS ARE DOOMED, so CONCERN YOURSELF WITH THE AFTERLIFE. YOU ARE FUCKED ON THIS PLANET, amen..”
People who benefit from Social Injustice are less likely to Admit, See, Cognize, and Understand the Feelings of those who suffer that Abuse and THAT MAKES THE SUFFERERS REALLY REALLY PISSED OFF. Especially when the Exploiters do this while saying, “I Love You, God Bless.” An example is when United States President Lyndon Baines Johnson secured the right to vote for African-Americans in the 1960’s and was incredulous when the population was still protesting, and demonstrating. He couldn’t even see that these people had been enslaved for hundreds of years, and set free, only to be ripped off by Jim Crow, Murders, other atrocities and some were just a frickin’ WEE BIT PISSED AFTER ALL THAT. I can imagine LBJ sayin in a long Texas Drawl, ” I gave em the right to vote, why they so mad? Why aren’t they bowing in Grateful Humility to MASSA (master) LBJ? For what I done for em? ..well I better go play with my tallywacker..” and the Audience Recoils in Horror…
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The Perfect Board of Directors for a Private Company
By: Lynn S. Scott, King & Spalding LLP
In today’s regulatory and business environment in the aftermath of Enron and Sarbanes-Oxley, much attention is focused on the composition of a public company’s board of directors. Although private companies are not subject to the same regulations or public scrutiny, board composition is important and lessons learned through years of observation may provide guidance in putting together a “perfect board” that properly governs the company and provides optimum protection to its members. Since the board determines the direction of the company, its composition is subject to competing interests during a company’s growth cycles.
The Start-Up Company Board
Often the founders of the company decide to be its board members and may ask friends or family to be members as well. This formulation may be workable unless a founder decides to go in another direction or the friends and family members become too busy or too completely aligned with one of the founders so as to not be objective. The perfect board at this stage could include a small number of founders and management balanced by a lesser number of persons with expertise in the industry and contacts with financing sources and strategic partners or investors.
The Angel-Backed Company Board
The traditional start-up company board described above likely changes upon an angel investment to have some or all of the friends and family replaced with some number of the individual angel investors or representatives of a group of angel investors. For the first time, the founders will likely face an actual or a potential loss of control of the board. The perfect board at this stage could consist of 2 representatives of the founders and/or management (or their designees), 2 angel investors (or their designees) and 1 to 3 independent members (not affiliated with management or the investors) with expertise or contacts as described above.
The Venture-Backed Company Board
If the company attracts venture capital investment, board composition and control will be a part of the negotiation process. The likely board will consist of one or two members of management (the CEO and one designated by the holders of common stock, who may not be the founders); one to two representatives of each venture investor or group venture investors, and possibly some small number of independent members. A typical board would be composed of the person serving as the CEO, one member of management designated by the common holders, 3 members designated by the investors and one independent member. The perfect board at this stage could consist of two designees of the common holders (the CEO as one), 3 designees of the venture investors and 2 independent members.
Why have a Perfect Board?
The “perfect board” acts to protect the interests of the founders, management and investors but has enough independence to allow the board to form a special committee if a transaction involving management and/or the investors is proposed, such as a merger or a new financing. If all members of a board are affiliated with either management or the investors, the board may have no members not interested in a transaction and would need shareholder approval (where investors may vote differently than their director representatives would vote) or be subject to an “entire fairness” higher standard of review if the transaction were later challenged (instead of a “business judgment” standard). The “perfect board” may allow the company to make contacts in its industry that facilitate its growth and exit strategy.
To form a “perfect board” requires a willingness to allow control to shift based on the judgment of its independent members in certain situations. Although this result is desirable from a corporate governance standpoint, it will likely be very difficult to have management and/or the investors agree to put the future of the company in the hands of those members with little or no financial stake in the outcome of their decisions.
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“It was about 22-years ago today that Sargent Pepper taught the band to play”, well not quite that was more like 50 years ago when John, Paul, George, and Ringo were singing that cool tune, and it made them a fortune. (again)
It’s fair to say that “Billions of dollars” have been spent by music lovers on Beatles songs over the 50 years.
10 TIMES BIGGER THAN THE BEATLES
And speaking of “22 years ago” that was literally how long ago, I discovered a very “hushed up secret” that is worth 10 times more than our singing friends have sold over their 50 years.
Now if you are like me, and didn’t have the raw talent to make music like the fab 4, you’ve most likely had to work doing a job to make money (or more to the point spend your TIME) which is infinitely much more valuable (the money comes and goes, time just goes)
480 mins per day YOU SPEND
Just so you know, every day you SPEND / LOSE another 480 mins per day (at 8hrs per working day) that’s 2,400 mins per week of your life, GONE forever WORKING for another person’s dream at whatever rate they tell you is fair for your LIFE???
IS THAT A PLAN???
I mean really, does that calculation sound like a plan to you???, because it sounds like a real tragedy to me…” one that we are determined to fix for everyday Australians”.
And just so you know there is an alternative, to this endless job rat-trap, in fact, it’s not so much an alternative as more like the POLAR OPPOSITE to what you’ve had to do until now!
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Today we leave you with 4 quick tips for turns and spins by Felipe y Tiago at Role Rotation Academy.
Note: all these tips are part of different online dance classes at the online dance academy: www.rolerotationacademy.com so enjoy the sneak peeks 😊
⭐Squeeze The Legs⭐
Very self-explanatory but it will make all the difference, check it out a bit of our online dance classes:
⭐ Hook turns tips ⭐
If you dance salsa then this one is for you:
Are you already using hook turns in your dancing? You can also use it in bachata!
⭐Turn Tip with Role Rotation Bonus⭐
Some turns in salsa you might see as a contragiro. That will help you focusing on the general dance technique of turning instead of trying to seperate each turn you do in different dance techniques.
In this case we are doing a full turn and 45′ with the action of #RoleRotation (the action of rotating roles mid dance – find out more at www.rolerotation.com), which makes it harder because your brain also has to switch from follower to leader during the turn. But hey, it’s dance. Anything is posible and we know you can do it.
Note: If you don’t know both roles you can just not rotate and go for dile que no. Just finish it and go for normal bachata or salsa basic with you maintaining the same role (everything explained in the same class).
⭐Versatility is the key⭐
Finally, the last tip for you today
Versatility is probably one of the hardest things to improve as a social dancer as the majority of the time it’s spent learning partnerwork skills. Ending up leaving for last, one of the most important parts which is self development of ourselves.
@felipeytiago_official are true believers that one of the best things you can do to improve salsa and bachata is definitely do other dance styles.
So today we leave you here a quite interesting variation of a turn you can use and learn that will help you improve your balance, your core and your spotting skills.
⭐Interested in improving your turns and spins? ⭐
There is a full online dance program/course at @rolerotationacademy on turns and spins 😜 so if you still get dizzy when you spin or you still only manage one or two turns give that course a look. All the online dance classes are pre-recorded so you can do it at your own time and wherever you are. By the way, we definitely don’t recommend doing all the online spinning course in one go or even in the same day. It might be just too much!!!
In case you don’t know, at the www.rolerotationacademy.com there are NEW PRE-RECORDED ONLINE DANCE CLASSES EVERY WEEK for you to improve your dancing. Alone or with a partner. And everything from the comfort of your house! More than 150 classes already there. And again, pre-recorded, no schedules no nothing. Take your time, repeat, stop, fast forward. You decide! ❤ |
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If you are thinking just what an installment mortgage was, you’ve come to the right spot. Discover more about exactly how fees financing functions, the benefits and you can drawbacks, and ways to score an installment loan.
What exactly is a payment Loan?
A payment financing is a type of loan one allows you to borrow cash and pay it off when you look at the equivalent monthly payments otherwise in respect to some other predetermined schedule. You have to pay right back the main loan amount, including notice, in fixed monthly obligations up to you paid the borrowed funds.
Repayment money often have a fixed rate of interest that doesn’t changes about lifetime of the loan. not, some cost financing, eg personal student loans, have a varying interest that transform while you are paying back the borrowed funds.
Certain cost money and charge origination fees to help you processes the job. According to sorts of payment loan, you’ll be able to owe prepayment charges for folks who pay the mortgage early. But when you dont generate repayments with regards to the payment words or you generate late repayments, you might sustain most costs and you may damage your credit score.
Installment funds work in different ways than simply rotating borrowing, eg a credit card. Revolving credit, such credit cards otherwise a line of credit, enables you to borrow funds and you will pay it back over and over repeatedly once more, although you create costs for the an installment mortgage until it’s repaid out of completely. Pay day loan are also distinct from payment finance in this you repay a quick payday loan for the a lump sum payment rather than repaired installments.
Version of Fees Fund
Installment loans should be secured finance, and therefore these include supported by guarantee, otherwise unsecured loans, which aren’t supported by security. Mortgage loans and you can vehicles funds are a couple of kind of payment money one to is actually safeguarded. Examples of unsecured cost fund are college loans, signature loans, and you may debt consolidating funds.
A mortgage is one of the most popular type of fees loans which might be familiar with purchase a home, condo, or belongings. Most mortgage loans is actually paid back at fixed interest levels more periods of fifteen years otherwise three decades. You reside the latest equity on home financing, so if you neglect to generate costs, their financial can be grab your home.
Auto loans also are cost loans which might be secured personal loans. Since your automobile serves as the loan collateral, it could be repossessed if not build car finance repayments. Cost conditions typically include couple of years in order to 84 months, with the most common getting 72 days.
A student loan was an installment mortgage, whether you’re credit about authorities or an exclusive bank. The high quality payment term to own a national education loan was ten years. Federal student education loans features a fixed interest rate. To possess individual student education loans, new payment conditions will vary from the financial. Personal student loan rates of interest are repaired otherwise adjustable.
A consumer loan try a type of fees credit you takes out for each and every need. You obtain a lump sum payment of cash, up coming pay it back into the regular intervalsmon things about taking right out a personal bank loan are scientific costs, home improvement programs, debt consolidating, or spending money on a wedding otherwise trips.
Debt consolidation Financing
A debt settlement financing is actually an unsecured loan which you use to combine several bills and that means you have one monthly payment, commonly in the less interest. Due to the fact more of the payment would go to the main harmony, a debt settlement loan can aid in reducing enough time it needs so you’re able to pay personal debt. APRs start around 6% in order to 36%, based your credit rating.
Home Equity Money
Property collateral mortgage, or 2nd financial, is a kind of protected financing you to definitely lets you borrow secured on your residence guarantee. You only pay it off within a fixed rate of interest more than good place schedule. It’s exactly like a home equity personal line of credit (HELOC) for the reason that each other let you borrow on your house collateral, yet not, a good HELOC is a kind of revolving credit one to typically has a variable interest.
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Pick today, pay after services, such Klarna and AfterPay, render a form of fees credit. You generally speaking split the purchase price into the four appeal-totally free repayments. The new installments is energized on the debit cards otherwise credit card.
Repayment Mortgage Professionals
- Predictable payments. Personal loans enjoys a predetermined percentage plan and more than features repaired rates of interest. As you understand level of the monthly payments, you can work her or him to your budget.
- Down interest levels. Cost money often have aggressive rates that are lower than just bank card interest rates, especially if you has actually a good credit score. An educated cost fund have pricing as little as dos.99% Apr. That’s that cause fees loans are a good choice for debt consolidating.
- Enables you to money significant sales. A cost financing is usually the best possible way so you’re able to obtain sufficient to invest in a primary pick, such a home, vehicle, otherwise motorboat.
- Smaller impact on your credit score. Taking out fully a cost financing hurts your credit score faster opposed in order to battery charging upwards a charge card otherwise credit line. The borrowing from the bank usage proportion, or perhaps the amount of open revolving borrowing you will be using, is the reason 29% of your own credit history. You would like your own borrowing usage is as low as you’ll. Rather than revolving borrowing, fees credit will not apply to their utilization ratio.
Fees Mortgage Disadvantages
- Danger of borrowing from the bank excessive. In place of a credit line where you could acquire normally otherwise only you desire, with a payment financing, you have to determine how far so you can obtain initial. This might lead you to use too much money.
- Costs. Many repayment fund provides costs, instance origination charge, documentation fees, and prepayment costs that can increase the price of borrowing. Overlooked repayments also can trigger later charge and you will hurt the borrowing.
- Chance of losing guarantee. Of a lot installment funds are secured finance, meaning they have been supported by security. A home loan and you can auto loan are a couple of advice. If you don’t create payments, you can clean out your own equity.
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As of WebObjects 5.3, the deployment of WebObjects built server applications is now permitted on any platform. The XCode license (within which WebObjects is included) reads:
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Sections 6 and 7 are standard Apple license disclaimers of warranty and limitations of liability clauses. Deployment to other platforms requires WebObjects software be built as Java servlet for deployment on a servlet compatible server such as Apache Tomcat.
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The Music Ministry welcomes singers and instrumentalists who want to share their gifts to help foster the sung prayer of our parish. Over 100 adults and children participate in one or more of the six choral ensembles, which provide music for weekend liturgies as well as all solemnities and special occasions. The Music Ministry also provides musical leadership, through our cantors and organists, for all weddings and funerals. In addition to choral, instrumental and cantor programs, St. Mary continues to foster the performing arts through Concerts at St. Mary, a concert series which features internationally renowned solo recitalists and performing ensembles as well as programs presented by the choirs of St. Mary.
The St. Mary Parish Choir provides music primarily for the 10:30 a.m. Sunday liturgy as well as all solemnities. In the past, the Parish Choir has presented programs at other area churches and in 2017, made a performing tour in Italy. The repertoire of the Parish Choir includes a broad range or choral literature from chant and polyphony through contemporary compositions of the 20th and 21st centuries. Members of high-school age and above welcome. The Parish Choir rehearses on Thursday evenings from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. and on Sunday mornings at 9:50 a.m. prior to singing at 10:30 a.m. Mass. Those interested should contact David Uschold, Director of Music and Organist, [email protected] or 540-373-6491, ext. 217.
The St. Mary Festival Choir is a group composed of members of the Parish and Magnificat Choirs as well as singers who wish to be a part of special liturgies and choral programs presented by the music ministry. Often times individuals, for various reasons, can’t commit to the weekly rehearsal and Mass schedule of the Parish Choir for the entire year. The Festival Choir gives those interested an exciting opportunity to be involved with the music ministry with a limited rehearsal and performance commitment. Often the programs are presented in conjunction with other musical ensembles and are part of Concerts at St. Mary. For those interested in upcoming programs and opportunities please contact David Uschold, Director of Music and Organist, [email protected] or 540-373-6491, ext. 217
The St. Mary Schola Antiqua is a smaller mixed ensemble which provides music for special liturgical celebrations and concert programs. With a concentration on more advanced choral repertoire, with an emphasis on early-music polyphonic compositions, membership to Schola Antiqua is by invitation or audition only. For those interested please contact David Uschold, Director of Music and Organist, [email protected] or 540-373-6491, ext. 217
St. Cecilia Choir
The St. Cecilia Choir provides music primarily for the 8:30 a.m. Sunday liturgy and, on occasion, for solemnities and special occasions throughout the church year. The St. Cecilia choir follows the instructional model set forth by the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM). The RSCM model implements instruction of proper vocal production, music theory and liturgical aspects. Membership is open to children grades 2-8. The St. Cecilia Choir rehearses on Thursday evenings from 4:45 – 6:00 p.m. and on Sunday mornings at 7:50 a.m. prior to singing at 8:30 a.m. Mass. Those interested should contact David Uschold, Director of Music and Organist, [email protected] or 540-373-6491, ext. 217.
The Spanish Coro is a group of singers who provide music for the 2:30 p.m. Spanish liturgy on Sunday and various solemnities and events throughout the church year. Singers who enjoy singing in Spanish are most welcome to join. The Coro rehearses on Saturday evenings from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. and on Sundays at 1:00 p.m. prior to 2:30 p.m. Mass. Those interested should contact David Garrison, [email protected] or 540-376-1401. |
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Of Mouse and Magic is an engaging tale of Manny the Mouse, his family, and many other animals including both friends and predators. Manny is the smallest mouse in a new litter of mice. His parents fear for his survival as he seems very fragile. But Manny does not see it that way. He is born with a jagged white fur mark that, in his eyes, makes him feel like Zeus. And he acts accordingly showing both courage and leadership through his and his sibling’s many trials and tribulations.
Admirably, the books does not shy away from addressing ‘survival’ – a daily struggle for these mice as they are hunted by predators on land and from the sky. Young readers will be astonished by how many other animals are trying to make a meal of Manny and his siblings – a snake, a cat, an owl, a fox, a hawk not to mention the deadly ‘mouse trap’ in Farmer Frank’s house and Dal the dog where the object is simply to kill them.
And then there are the friends such as rabbit and the gopher who share the homes and hideouts to protect the Manny and the others from being eaten.
The habits and habitats of all of these animals are presented in detail and in a way that children naturally and easily assimilate into their knowledge base. It is a tutorial on small and farmyard animals, and even adults will learn much from the book.
The book also does not shy away from addressing the topic of death – from Macon who dies of old age to brother George who, after being partially trapped (his tail) in the mousetrap, is ultimately killed by Flora the cat.
Manny is the consummate hero. He saves Rachael the rabbit from the jaws of Dal the dog and later saves Dal from the bear. As a result, Dal becomes his friend and protector. Manny demonstrates again and again that he is clever and fearless. The implicit message here is that you do not have to be the biggest and look the strongest to accomplish great things – a wonderful message for youngster trying to cope with a not always friendly world as they grow up.
One of the most refreshing aspects of Of Mouse and Magic is that Gall does not “write down” to young readers. He uses what I would call ‘adult vocabulary’ to convey the story. This is the right choice as I am a firm believer that children at all ages can understand stories far beyond what many adults think is their limit with respect to both syntax and vocabulary. In addition to being an engaging, fast paced story, Of Mouse and Magic also extends the language learning experience significantly.
Of Mouse and Magic will be enjoyed by young readers.
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Applesauce Bars with brown butter icing are the perfect quick dessert recipe for fall. Moist, cakey bars are filled with applesauce and cinnamon and topped with a sweet brown butter icing.
Fall has some of the best and most comforting flavors and spices. These applesauce bars are no exception - they're sure to get you into a fall state of mind!
These cake-like bars are so soft and moist from the addition of applesauce. They're filled with fall-favorite spices, like cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg - like a mini-spice cake in bar form.
Arguably the best part? The brown butter icing. It's silky, sweet, and filled with caramelized flavor. Plus, it's surprisingly simple to make!
All you need are a few simple pantry staples to get started. A great recipe for a novice baker! Plus, the applesauce does the heavy lifting in this recipe, so these bars are egg-free.
Ingredients and substitutions
Baking is an exact science, and each ingredient serves a purpose. I do not suggest making any substitutions (other than what I've listed here) for best results.
Melted butter - Unsalted butter can be substituted with salted butter (omit the salt listed in the recipe).
Applesauce - Homemade or store bought unsweetened applesauce can be used in this recipe. If using sweetened applesauce, you may want to reduce the brown sugar by 2 tablespoons.
All-purpose flour - Adds structure and stability to your bars. I have not tested this recipe with other types of flour. If you do not have AP flour on hand, I highly suggest searching for a recipe that includes the ingredients you do have on hand. This recipe was written specifically to work by using all-purpose flour.
Brown sugar - Adds sweetness, moisture, and a caramelized/molasses flavor to your bars. Also adds a bit of acidity that works with the baking soda. I do not recommend substituting with granulated sugar as you'll lose the added flavor and change the acidity of the recipe.
Spices - Salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg add depth of flavor to your bars. The spices could be substituted with an apple pie spice blend or pumpkin pie spice blend in equal amounts.
Baking soda - Helps your bars rise slightly, making them less dense. Make sure your baking soda is not expired. Can not be substituted with baking powder - these ingredients are different and not interchangeable.
Vanilla extract - Adds depth of flavor to your bars. Can be omitted if needed.
Brown butter icing ingredients
Confectioner's sugar - Also known as powdered sugar or icing sugar. Sweetens and thickens your frosting, adding stability. Using less confectioner's sugar will result in a runny frosting.
Milk - Any milk you have on hand will work in this recipe, like skim milk, whole milk, almond milk, or oat milk.
Brown butter - Icing can also be made with regular softened butter, if you don't like the added caramelized flavor of brown butter.
Vanilla extract - Adds depth of flavor to your icing. Could be substituted with maple extract for a slightly different flavor.
Making brown butter
Making brown butter is as simple as adding butter to a pan and allowing it to brown. No extra ingredients needed!
Keep a close eye on your butter and stir frequently. Eventually, it will turn a golden color and small brown flecks will form at the bottom of the pan.
Once you see a good amount of brown flecks in the pan, remove from the heat and allow to come to room temperature.
I suggest pouring your butter into a bowl and refrigerating for 10 to 15 minutes, or until it just begins to solidify. Ideally you want a "softened butter" texture.
Baking tips and tricks
- Properly measure your dry ingredients, especially the flour and confectioner's sugar. This is the most common issue I see in baking. Too much flour will make your bars dry. Too much confectioner's sugar will make your icing very sweet. To properly measure dry ingredients, either use a scale and weigh your ingredients, or gently spoon the ingredients into the measuring cup and level off with a knife. Scooping with the measuring cup from a bin compacts the ingredient into the cup, adding up to 25% extra to your recipe.
- Do not substitute ingredients. Using less/lower fat ingredients can dry out your baked goods. This recipe relies on the use of butter, brown sugar, and applesauce to add moisture to the bars.
- Ovens can run hotter or colder than the next oven, so it's important to look at your bars and test for doneness, rather than rely on time alone. Use a toothpick inserted into the center. Once it comes out clean, your bars are done.
- Allow the bars to cool to room temperature before frosting. Warm baked goods will melt frosting.
- Do not slice into hot baked goods. This releases steam/moisture, making your bars dry.
How to serve applesauce bars
Applesauce bars are very moist and cake-like, and can be served a few ways. First, they can be served as snack bars. Meant to be picked up and eaten like a brownie or cookie - no utensils needed. For this, I suggest cutting your bars into small, two to three bite squares.
If your bars turn out extra moist (this will depend on how wet your applesauce is), they may be too tender to pick up and eat by hand. These bars are practically like a piece of spice cake. In this case, your bars can easily be served like a slice of cake, with a fork.
Applesauce Bars with Brown Butter Frosting
Applesauce Spice Bars
- ⅓ cup (75 g) unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup (107 g) brown sugar
- ½ cup (128 g) unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (120 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ginger
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
Browned Butter Icing
- ¼ cup (57 g) unsalted butter
- 1 ½ cups (170 g) confectioner's sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons (28 g) milk
Applesauce Spice Bars
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line an 8x8 pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a bowl, add wet ingredients: melted butter, brown sugar, applesauce, and vanilla. Stir to combine. Add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Stir to combine.
- Pour into 8x8 pan and use a spatula to spread evenly to the edges. Batter will be thick.
- Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean (or with crumbs, not batter). Allow to cool completely before frosting.
Browned Butter Icing
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter and stir frequently. Butter will begin to foam and boil. After 3 to 4 minutes you will see brown flecks appear in the bottom of the pan. Continue to stir until butter is golden and flecks are a medium brown color. Watch closely, butter will brown quickly. Process will take about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Remove butter from heat and pour into a small bowl. Refrigerate for 10-15 minutes, or allow to set until butter is room temperature.
- Whisk confectioner's sugar in a bowl. Add cooled butter, vanilla, and 2 tablespoons of milk. Beat until light and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add more milk if needed, 1 tablespoon at a time until desired texture is reached.
- Pour icing onto bars. Use a knife to spread evenly over bars. Allow icing to set before cutting into bars.
- Bars can be served alone or with a fork to eat like cake. Depending on the moisture in your applesauce, bars may turn out more cake-like and tender.
- Leftover bars will keep for 2-3 days at room temperature in a sealed container. |
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Best Overall Fence Material
Selecting the right fence material for your place will boil down to desired use and functionality. Out of the various types of outdoor fencing materials, Composite Fences have a lot of advantages and a few downsides. Composite Fencing not only provides privacy but is also simple to erect and is cost-effective, as well. The material can be cut to length easily and also offers a sturdy, secure boundary that is environmentally friendly.
Outdoor Fence Material Options
1. Wood Fences
Wood fences are a timeless and classic feature of any property. Wood fencing comes in various shapes and styles depending on the wood type. Wood is the most common kind of fencing found in properties mainly due to its cost-effectiveness and high privacy level. Make sure to check the merits and demerits of this fencing before buying, including durability and quality of the wood. The best wood fence is made from hardwood like redwood or oak and will be at its best when green treated, either pressure-treated or dipped, to provide lifelong advantages. The main benefits of wood fencing are the distinctions in design and style, from horizontal and vertical slats with gates to contemporary, attractive paneling and lattice designs at the top. All of these can assist accentuate the appeal of your outdoor space. Also, keep in mind the disadvantages of wood fences like wood’s tendency to contract and expand, causing it to crack and split, which diminishes its shelf life to around 10-15 years.
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Composite fences are an excellent alternative for a low-maintenance outdoor fence. Posts and panels can come in a range of colors to match your outdoor design, accentuate your standing decking space, or even outdoor furniture. Trex Composite Fences are completely recycled, made out of 60% hardwood fibers and 40% recycled plastics, with bonding agents and tints. There are a lot of merits and few demerits to Composite Fencing which makes it an ideal option for property owners looking to enhance the look of their outdoor space. The fence panels provide great privacy levels thanks to their solid exterior with no gaps. Given how this fence is made out of composite substances, the main advantages include durability, insect and rot resistance.
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As with composite fencing, vinyl fences require little to no maintenance and are durable. A vinyl fence can be made to suit a range of functions, from balconies to picket fencing. It is truly a versatile and contemporary fence alternative. The fence material is adaptable and can be tailor-made to fit your place with posts and gates. Vinyl fences provide little privacy and security, given how this fence is frequently used for its allure. One major advantage of putting up a vinyl fence is that it requires little to no maintenance.
-Broad range of design options
-Solid fencing design offers privacy
-Hard to repair
4. Aluminum Fences
Aluminum fences are well-liked in both residential and commercial settings providing a range of designs and styles to fit the property. It is versatile and durable and be customized to meet the height and color you are going for. Often appear with vertical uprights traversing the fencing length, the metal build of these kinds of fences can be tailored to offer an extra security element.
The metal railing can encompass spiked caps for additional security or include a design that bolsters the aesthetic allure of the perimeter. There are various merits and demerits to take into account before buying this fencing, some of which include low-maintenance and low-cost advantages, along with ease of installation as a result of its lightweight nature and resilience to weathering.
5. Steel Fences
This kind of fence usually comprises strong, vertical bars which offer increased protection from a broad range of external variables. Steel is one element that guarantees security from any likely perpetrators. Often fitted surrounding the edge of manufacturing plants and factories, assisting to highlight the industrial allure. Given how their heavy-duty nature, steel fences are tough compared to other types of fences and provide an additional layer of security to any property it is put up. The main benefit of this type of fencing includes total and secure gates that can be fitted in the design from one post to another, though not suited for decorative purposes and seldom seen in yards.
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-Hard to handle
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Today I have my second scrapbook page for you using the Snowflake Splendor Suite from the 2020 Stampin' Up! August to December mini catalogue (previously called the Holiday Catalogue). This suite doesn't just have to be for Christmas cards. This is a photo of my husband and boys in the snow on a short break to Mt Buller this year. I also want to share a cool tip with you about how to create your own custom foam alphas, which will save you time and money and give you perfect colour coordination every time.
It's a 5x7" photo, so I just cut a strip of the Snowflake Splendor DSP the same height and added it either side. My base cardstock is Balmy Blue from the Subtles 12x12 pack (you get 2 12x12" sheets of each of the subtle coloured cardstock). I wanted subtle embellishments, so I die cut some snowflakes from the Stampin' Up! Window Sheets using the So Many Snowflakes dies, and layered a smaller Balmy Blue snowflake on top with a Blue Adhesive Backed Gem on top. All of these product are in the Snowflake Splendor Suite and you can see them using the links at the end of the post.
For the title, I have used the totally awesome new Playful Alphabet dies, and the adhesive foam sheets. By adhering some of the DSP to the top layer of the foam sheets before cutting, I made my own custom colour coordinated dimensional foam alphas that are adhesive. This is so totally cool. The letters are a great size too and can be used on cards as well. The dimension created by using the foam sheets makes all the difference, and having them already adhesive, saves so much time and messing around.
Here's a closer look at the Playful Alphabet Dies. Love these, especially as they contain numbers, symbols and extras of commonly used letters as well. Such a versatile die set.
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Edit: To be be more clear, the main info in the session that I’d like to pass is the authenticated userid, but possibly some other session variables as well.
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For the session check this: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/Sharing_session_state.aspx
Complement with this so the cookie is shared: http://mgrzyb.blogspot.com/2007/12/aspnet-and-subdomains.html
It’s not clear from you question if you’re just concerned about logons, or if you really need to share session data between applications.
Assuming the latter, you could try something like this:
first, make sure all the appliations are running in the same domain. If not, all bets are off. I don’t know if there’s a simple way to configure the domain property of the session cookie yet, so you may have to do it yourself, by setting the cookie domain property to the domain:
Response.Cookies[“ASP.NET_SessionId”].Domain = “.mydomain.com”;
- you’ll need to make sure that each application is configured to use either a common state server, or a db-backed session.
Sharing a sign-on between applications (covered above) is quite a different ball game to sharing ASP.NET Sessions between applications.
Why do you want to share Sessions between applications?
ASP.NET Session is a metaphor for a user’s current interaction with one ASP.NET application. It exists in ASP.NET to give us a place to store temporary state data between the various page requests that a user makes while using your application.
If your applications are very closely related, e.g. the user uses both at the same time, or almost the same time, you could consider merging them into a single ASP.NET application.
If your applications are not that closely related, perhaps they should be sharing the same database as a means to exchange data, or using an API e.g. based on Web Services to exchange information.
Hope that helps. |
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Fallon is a city in Churchill County, Nevada, United States. The population was 8,606 at time of the 2010 census. Fallon is the county seat of Churchill County and is located in the Lahontan Valley.
Fallon and Churchill County are mostly agricultural areas. Although the area is arid, approximately 50,000 acres (200 km²) of its pastureland are irrigated with water from the Truckee–Carson Irrigation District. The principal crop grown is alfalfa for livestock feed. The "Heart O' Gold" cantaloupes of Churchill County were once distributed across the United States, but are now grown mostly for consumption in Nevada.
Fallon is located in western Churchill County at the geographic coordinates 39°28′22″N 118°46′44″W (39.472792, -118.778826). It is in the Lahontan Valley, a former lakebed into which flows the Carson River, which passes north of the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, Fallon has a total area of 3.65 square miles (9.45 km²), of which 3.63 square miles (9.41 km²) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km²), or 0.49%, is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,536 people, 3,004 households, and 1,877 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,474.1 people per square mile (954.0/km²). There were 3,336 housing units at an average density of 1,095.2 per square mile (422.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 76.50% White, 2.00% African American, 3.00% Native American, 4.70% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 0.3% from other races, and 3.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.9% of the population.
There were 3,004 households out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.7% were married couples living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.06. |
I never liked roller coasters and I’m ready to get off this one right now. Really. No joking here.
I won’t say that I was ok with my illness fluctuations when they occurred over weeks or months, but at least I learned to handle them. Having fluctuations every day, or even every hour, though, is so much more difficult. Let’s take the last few days, for example.
Friday morning I felt blah, but I pushed myself to keep my lunch plans with a friend. That cheered me up, and the fresh air helped a lot, and I felt fantastic for several hours. By the time I got home I was completely exhausted. I crashed on the couch for the night, watching tv and knitting. So, that was a down-up-down-down day.
I felt lousy on Saturday, then felt worse, then felt much better for a while. I pushed myself to go out. Unfortunately, I wore myself out and spent the evening and night watching two different movies and knitting. So that would be down-down-up-down-down. Lovely.
Today was bad, but I was able to pick myself up for a while and keep plans with friends, then I felt worse, then better, then worse, then better. So…. down-up-up-down-up-down-up.
How is anyone supposed to adjust that quickly? Making plans with friends is getting harder and harder. I had to leave a movie tonight partway through to rush to the bathroom. This was worse because I was on a date! I still haven’t figured out how to bring all of this up with him, but that’s a topic for a different post. In the meantime, I’m just trying to figure out how to not constantly cancel on people. Blah.
While I’m not working, I need to be busy every day so that I don’t get too lonely and/or depressed. But it’s hard to make plans when I seem to feel lousy at some point every day, and most days I have a period of exhaustion where I don’t want to move at all. Last night I didn’t even feel up to typing a quick blog post!
I didn’t like roller coasters as a kid at the amusement park and I don’t like them now. I can’t wait to get off this one.
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[This is the text of a lightning talk I gave this week at an event organised by my colleague Dr Saeko Yazaki, ‘Thistle and Sakura: Glasgow-Japan networking event’, attended by Mr Nozomu Takaoka, the Consul General of Japan in Edinburgh.]
My interest in anime is bound up with my interest in fantasy and the fantastic: the art of the impossible, books and films whose creators choose to turn away from mimetic realism to represent things that never existed and never could exist. Anime movies in particular interest me because they’re more immersive than TV shows, and can be more easily watched in my spare time. I’ve taught courses on anime, lectured on it at Masters level, and published a couple of essays on the genre.
The question of what can or can’t exist is answered differently by different cultures, and by different individuals within each culture. Anime gives me the sense that Japan has more available gateways between what’s possible and what isn’t possible (such as the symbolic gateways of shrines) than the Western cultures that have embraced its art.
Animation makes the distinction between the real and the unreal, the material and the immaterial, a seamless one. You can transition from cityscape to dreamscape, from the near and familiar to the far and strange, without even noticing the moment of transition if nearly everything is drawn by hand.
Animation encourages us to think about the ways we affect and transform the things we imitate or dream up. The peculiarities of character drawing, for instance, lend a distinctive flavor to entire movies or TV series. Each frame in a well-made anime is carefully composed, and draws attention to that fact (pun intended).
I like to think of anime as a way of telling history. Thanks to its famous period of isolation, followed by an equally famous accelerated industrial revolution, Japan has gone through faster and greater changes than the Western cultures I know best. Japanese artists seem to me to have used anime to articulate the effect of these radical changes in radical new ways, through memorable stories and evocative images.
I’m also fascinated by the way anime collaborates with other art forms, especially literature. I’m interested in the way Western writing has been adapted to Japanese concerns in films like Panda Go Panda! (Pippi Longstocking), The Castle in the Sky (Treasure Island and Gulliver’s Travels), Tales from Earthsea (Ursula le Guin’s Earthsea sequence), Arrietty (The Borrowers), and Mary and the Witch’s Flower (The Little Broomstick). Anime’s intimate relationship to books and reading delights me; Whisper of the Heart, for instance, is about writing fantasy fiction, while Giovanni’s Island is about how a book helps two young boys endure terrible things.
In terms of future plans, I’ve invited Jonathan Clements to give a talk here at the University of Glasgow to mark ten years of the Scotland Loves Anime Festival, perhaps the most important anime festival in the UK; that’s on the 10th October 2019. And I hope one day to write a book on anime, if that doesn’t sound too presumptuous coming from a scholar who hasn’t visited Japan and doesn’t speak Japanese. I’ll need a lot of help with it! |
Elegant: wine fridge with glass door and seamless stainless steel frame. Odourless: activated carbon filter removes unpleasant odours from the cold space. Innovative: bottles are placed on two support rails for optimised cooling. Fits perfectly: for installation and substructure mounting in the kitchen line.
Easy to use: touch control panel for temperature and light. Voluminous: 16 litres volume and space for 7 wine bottles. Economical: energy efficiency class A for climate-friendly continuous operation.Space for 7 bottles (Bordeaux bottles). Glass door with stainless steel frame. With 15 cm width suitable for installation in narrow cabinet parts.
7 cm height adjustable for perfect alignment. Dimensions: about 15 x 82 x 59 cm (WxHxD). Power cable length: about 200 cm. English user manual (other languages: German). Elegant wine refrigerator with glass door and stainless steel frame in seamless design with space for 7 wine bottles.Economical and climate-friendly with energy efficiency class A and easy operation via touch control panel for temperature and light. Compact dimensions and functional, modern design for installation and substructure mounting. Elegant design and smart in consumption: the Klarstein Vinovilla Smart wine fridge is a small and practical refrigerator that enriches every living environment with its modern glass door and seamless stainless steel front, standing out easily from the competition. A special highlight of the mini wine refrigerator is an activated carbon filter that removes cork and other odours from the fridge. This helps maintain the taste of the wine, ensuring that no odours enter the bottle through the porous cork.
The unadulterated bouquet of the best wines can now be enjoyed with the Vinovilla wine fridge! Another highlight is the storage of the wine bottles themselves, because these are not on an intermediate floor, but are stored on two side-mounted brackets. As a result, the support surface is smaller and the bottles are cooled evenly from all sides. The Klarstein Vinovilla 7 built-in refrigerator has a capacity of 16 litres and can hold up to 7 bottles of wine (Bordeaux bottles).
The temperature is adjusted via a self-explanatory touch control panel, thus ensuring perfect cooling in a simple way. With its extremely compact dimensions, the wine refrigerator is extremely space saving and is predestined for installation or substructure mounting in the kitchen unit. With a width of just 15 cm, it fits in particularly narrow cabinet elements. Thanks to the adjustable height of 82 to 89 cm, it also visually finds the right centering for the installation and substructure mounting.In addition, the switchable interior lighting sets the stored bottles in scene and provides an overview. With energy efficiency class A, it is also extremely economical and environmentally friendly. For wine lovers and absolute connoisseurs: the Vinovilla 7 by Klarstein offers a stylish storage place for wine and sparkling wine. The item "Wine cooler Refrigerator Fridge drinks chiller 7 bottles Touch Slim Standing" is in sale since Tuesday, September 22, 2020. This item is in the category "Home, Furniture & DIY\Appliances\Fridges & Freezers\Wine Cabinets & Fridges". The seller is "hifi-tower" and is located in Berlin. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom. |
Trying to choose the best red wine grapes in the world is an impossible task – but probably one you’ll have a lot of fun with. Red wine grapes come in such fruitful and fantastic varieties all around the world, that you will never stop being surprised about what they can produce.
So, put a group of wine experts in a room and ask them to pick the best red wine grapes, and that’s a discussion that will never end. From classic French grapes to American newcomers, the red wine grape is a diverse fruit.
With that in mind, this list covers 5 of the more popular grapes that produce a fantastic variety of wines. Understanding the grape can help you understand the wine, from the blends it can be used in to the dinners it pairs with.
Bear in mind, this is just the red wine grapes, and not the red wine itself. The 5 best red wines in the world is a question that can never be answered (although we all enjoy the discussion).
The illustrious Cabernet Sauvignon is a grape found across the world, producing wine from the exquisite to the average. Known as either Cabernet or just Cab, this is an incredibly popular grape.
Its true home is the Bordeaux region of France, where it’s made into elegant wines with a refined age.
However, producers of Cab to rival Bordeaux have appeared around the world, with some fantastic varieties being grown in California’s Napa Valley, or Coonawarra in Australia.
In the new world, Cabernet Sauvignon tends to be big and bold, with a powerful fruit finish matching the depth of the body.
The primary flavors of Cabernet Sauvignon wines are dark berries – think blackcurrant and blackberry. But this is a grape that tastes of where it’s grown. In France, expect to find more savory notes, with a smokey undertone.
In Australia, a pepper and spice quality can be tasted in the depths. Elsewhere, herbs and fruits find a different balance.
Cabernet Sauvignon produces wine of a deep red color, with a moderate acidity and a heavy body. The tannin structure is moderate to good, and you’ll often see Cab mixed with other grapes to reduce the tannins.
The rounded flavors of a Merlot makes this grape a popular starting place for those new to red wine. It’s considered to make easy drinking wines, with an earlier ripening that means it often produces inexpensive bottles.
Even first-timers can appreciate the heavy plum notes and slight hint of chocolate that sets a Merlot apart.
However, this is only part of the story of Merlot. This grape can produce some of the finest wines, with the silky texture and smooth finish adding to the luxury. A good Merlot ages in the bottle, gaining a complexity that can be missed on the first sip.
Merlot is another grape from the Bordeaux region, with the best varieties grown on the vines of Saint-Emilion or Pomerol. Outside France, California, Washington, and Northeastern Italy are all known for producing fantastic Merlot.
A cousin of Cabernet Sauvignon, the two are often blended together. The lighter tannins pair well with a richer Cab, and similar flavor profiles make for an easy blend.
One of the highlights of Merlot is how well it pairs with foods. A few bottles around the holidays can match almost anything you might be serving up.
To try a really spectacular wine, a Grand Cru Burgundy red made with Pinot Noir is the way to go. The Burgundy region in France is known for producing some of the best red wine in the world, with Pinot Noir being the primary grape.
A complex flavoring, with notes of strawberries, plums, and cherries, the popularity of Pinot Noir has led to it being grown across the world. Varieties from New Zealand, Oregon, and California can match the richness of a Burgundy Pinot Noir.
However, this is a notoriously fussy grape, which grows badly without the right conditions.
When you get it right, it’s easy to see why Pinot Noir has become so popular. The delicate finish and soft tannins create a wine that is elegant and enigmatic. For that reason, it’s very rarely blended.
Pinot Noir is also a grape with terroir – the flavors of the region it’s grown in. A slightly lighter color, Pinot Noir produces wine with a medium body and higher acidity. Pair with pork, and enjoy a glass on August 18th aka Pinot Noir day.
If Syrah seems a strange choice, then you may know this grape by another name – Shiraz. Syrah is the term often used when the grape is grown in the Old World, particularly in the Rhône Valley of Southern France.
In the New World, the name Shiraz is more commonly used. This is a truly international grape, with fantastic varieties coming from Australia and California.
Syrah is a grape that varies in flavor depending on where it’s grown. Old World Syrah is spicier, but New World Shiraz bursts with fruit. The common thread is a plum and blackcurrant depth, joined by a spicy finish and an unexpected meatiness.
Syrah tends to have a full body, with a medium to high tannin level. New World varieties can be a little lighter. This is a wine that pairs fantastic with heavy meats, and is a popular choice when eating steak.
Tempranillo is the red wine grape of Spain, most well known for being the base of Rioja. It can produce some incredibly distinctive tasting notes, such as vanilla and tobacco, which become clear as it ages in the barrel.
One of the top qualities of Tempranillo is that it produces wine that can age magnificently. A well-made Tempranillo can age for over twenty years, with the flavors becoming more intense every year.
While this grape doesn’t produce the deepest wines, it has a surprising complexity to the body. Even young varieties pair red fruit flavorings with subtler savory notes.
A high acidity level balanced by high tannins is what distinguishes the grape, and as it ages the flavors and finish grow bolder.
This Spanish grape might actually be more popular than first expected, as some vineyards thought to be growing a different grape were actually growing Tempranillo. Best known as a mixing grape, popularity as a standalone is increasing.
But That’s Just That Start
These five grapes produce wines of variety and quality – but there’s so much more out there. From the playful Zinfandel to the grip of a good Sangiovese, red wine grapes are excelling world over. Take a look at our more extensive guide on the major red wines all over the world.
As well as the grape variety, the growing conditions can have a huge effect on the flavor and body of a red wine.
Pinot Noir grown in two different regions of Burgundy will have unique characteristics, and an Australian Shiraz can sometimes taste like a completely different grape to Old World Syrah.
The pleasure of red wine is in discovering these unique complexities. Finding the best red wine means considering everything from the original grape, to the growing conditions, to how you intend to drink it. The best news is that there’s always something new to try.
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The primary purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of an intensive physiotherapy exercise rehabilitation program commencing at day 5 after ICU admission, progressing daily on the acute hospital ward and except being administered twice weekly for 8 weeks in the outpatient setting, compared with usual care, on physical function as measured using the Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) at 12 months after ICU discharge. Secondary aims were to assess differences in function using the Timed Up and Go (TUG) Test, Physical Function in ICU Test (PFIT) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at 12 months using both the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) Instrument and the Short Form 36 Health Survey, version 2 (SF-36v2). A detailed study protocol has previously been published and is available online .
The specific details of the physiotherapy intervention have been published elsewhere , and the results were previously reported in abstract form .Materials and methodsHuman Research Ethics approval was obtained from Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia. Informed consent was obtained from the patients or their substitute decision-makers prior to enrollment, and the trial was registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12605000776606). The conduct and reporting of the trial conforms to CONSORT extension guidelines .We conducted a single-center, stratified, phase II, randomized controlled parallel group trial with assessor blinding in a 20-bed tertiary ICU in Melbourne, Australia.
The hypothesis for the primary aim was that, compared with patients who receive usual care, patients who underwent intensive rehabilitation in ICU, hospital and community settings would demonstrate greater improvement in physical function as measured using the 6MWT at 12 months. To be eligible for enrollment, adult participants had to reside within a 50-km radius of the hospital; to have no neurological, spinal or musculoskeletal dysfunction preventing participation in physical rehabilitation; and to have an ICU length of stay (LOS) of at least 5 days. An ICU LOS more than 5 days was deemed to represent a prolonged ICU stay. This was defined as double the average LOS for ICU survivors in the previous 18-month period (2.5 days) at Austin Health, Melbourne (Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) portal .
Individual participation was agreed upon by the attending Entinostat intensivist. Within strata, participants were randomly assigned to receive either usual care plus exercise rehabilitation or usual care alone. An independent statistician performed the randomization by creation of a random numbers table and use of color-coded (for stratification), opaque, numbered envelopes. Physiotherapists other than those who provided usual care performed the trial intervention across the trial continuum.
Compared to non-carriers, Asp299Gly/Thr399Ile carriers demonstrated a blunted decrease of forced expiratory volume in one second in response to LPS inhalation [16,17], and significant lower plasma Dovitinib IC50 levels of the inflammatory markers IL-6, IL-1�� and C-reactive protein (CRP) in response to LPS injection .Cardiac surgery leads to the activation of both the immune system and the HPA axis. In particular the application of extracorporal circulation, that is, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with distinct contact between blood and artificial surfaces induces complement system, leucocyte activation and the release of cytokines, nitric oxide and oxygen-free radicals [19,20]. The latter pathophysiological changes lead to a systemic inflammatory response and are associated with the release of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), cortisol [21-23] and various cytokines .
In this prospective observational clinical cohort study we aimed to asses the impact of TLR2 and TLR4 polymorphisms on HPA axis regulation and cytokine release related to systemic inflammation during/following cardiac surgery. Primary endpoint was the influence of TLR2 and TLR4 SNP on ACTH and cortisol regulation. Secondary endpoint was the influence of TLR2 and TLR4 SNP on systemic cytokine release.Materials and methodsPatientsThis prospective single center observational clinical cohort study was approved by the local ethical review committee (University Hospital Duesseldorf) and carried out in compliance with the principles established in the Helsinki Declaration.
Written consent was obtained from 383 patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery (coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and/or valve surgery (VS) including replacement and reconstruction). Inclusion criteria: age 18 or older, elective cardiac surgery, on CPB. Exclusion criteria: cardiac surgery performed without CPB, history of diseases affecting the HPA axis, systemic or local treatment with glucocorticoids within 30 days before surgery.Clinical managementFollowing standard oral benzodiazepine premedication the night before surgery and one to two hours preoperative on the day of operation, standard monitoring, peripheral venous and arterial access were established prior to induction. Anesthesia was induced with fentanyl (3 to 4 ��g/kg) and thiopenthal (1 to 2 mg/kg).
Following muscle relaxation with pancuronium bromide (100 ��g/kg), the patient was intubated, ventilated and general anesthesia was maintained using fentanyl and sevoflurane (0.8 to 1.5 vol% end-tidal). Central venous access was established, a rectal temperature probe and a urine catheter were inserted. Prior Cilengitide to CPB the patient was fully heparinized with 300 IU/kg heparin i.v. achieving an activated clotting time (ACT) of longer than 400 seconds. Every patient underwent standard nonpulsatile, hypothermic (28��C to 32��C) CPB (roller pump: St?ckert, Munich, Germany; membrane oxygenator: Cobe, Arvada, CO, USA).
MeasurementsOedema fluid obtained by means of the s-Cath was filtered through a 100 ��m nylon cell strainer (Falcon 2360, Becton Dickinson, Frankling Lakes, NJ, USA). One aliquot (200 ��l) was used for cell count (white blood cells (WBCs) and red blood cells (RBCs) respectively, including cell differential), with a Sysmex NE 1500 and the Sysmex K 1000 hematocytometer http://www.selleckchem.com/products/BAY-73-4506.html (Sysmex Europe GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany). Total protein concentration was measured after centrifugation by the Biuret technique. After recording the total volume of mini-BAL fluid, we filtered it through a 100 ��m nylon cell strainer; at least 15 ml of the filtered solution was used for measurement of total and differential leukocyte counts. Cell count (WBC, RBC) was performed with a Sysmex NE 1500 and a Sysmex K 1000 hematocytometer.
A centrifuged portion of mini-BAL fluid was used for measurement of total protein (Biuret method). The protein content was computed, after centrifugation, by taking into account the total BAL fluid volume for a given patient. The same strategy was used for all patients. The plasma total protein concentration was measured in duplicate by the Biuret method. A protein concentration ratio of oedema fluid:plasma was calculated.Statistical analysisData are reported as means �� standard deviation or as medians and ranges. Comparison between groups was performed using the non-parametric Mann-Whitney-U test; normally distributed variables were compared by using the unpaired Student t-test.
Continuous variables (variations of respiratory and haemodynamic variables during mini-BAL) were compared by using Student t-test, Wilcoxon signed rank test, analysis of variance or Student-Newman-Keuls test. Categorical variables were compared by using chi-squared analysis or Fisher’s exact test. Finally, Bland-Altman plots were used for assessing the mean bias and the limits of agreement between the two sampling techniques, using protein content and neutrophil percentage.ResultsPatient characteristicsThere were 30 mechanically ventilated patients; 21 with ALI/ARDS (5 with ALI and 16 with ARDS) and 9 with ACLE were studied. The clinical disorders associated with the development of primary ALI/ARDS (n = 14) were pneumonia (n = 11), carmustine-induced lung injury (n = 1), methotrexate-induced lung injury (n = 1) and cryptogenic organising pneumonia (n = 1).
Secondary (indirect pulmonary) ALI/ARDS (n = 7) was caused by sepsis (n = 6) and necrotising pancreatitis (n = 1). ACLE was associated with acute coronary syndrome (n = 6), exacerbation AV-951 of congestive heart failure (n = 2) or left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (n = 1). Patients with ACLE were older than patients with ALI/ARDS and had similarly high SAPS II and LIS. Both groups (ALI/ARDS and ACLE) had a similar impairment in oxygenation (PaO2/FiO2) at admission and at inclusion in the study.
Even though there are now many alternatives, the concept of GDT is still considered to be synonymous with the PAC. Furthermore, there is some conflicting evidence. The largest and perhaps most controversial trial to date purporting to provide GDT for surgical patients was published by selleck chemical Ponatinib Sandham and co-workers [40,41]. Despite this controversy, the meta-analysis, even when including all available studies, confirms an improvement in mortality .There has also been confusion inadvertently extrapolating results from other trials providing GDT to different patient groups. For instance, Gattinoni and colleagues demonstrated that aggressive GDT is not effective for patients once organ failure is established in the critically ill.
Hayes and colleagues demonstrated a worse outcome , although this study involved very high levels of dobutamine that would not nowadays be considered reasonable to meet these goals. Benefit has not been seen in patients who are not considered as high-risk , or if supranormal DO2 targets were not used [44,45]. Individual variations of critical oxygen delivery or anaerobic thresholds may be a major reason for the heterogeneity of some of these studies and patient populations.A major and more realistic limitation to the adoption of GDT is that of limited critical care resources. Many units are unable to admit high-risk patients pre-operatively to institute GDT and, similarly, many high-risk patients do not return to a critical care environment following surgery. Currently, only a small proportion (fewer than 15%) of high-risk patients are admitted to intensive care .
Numerous trials have shown that length of hospital stay and complications can be reduced by instituting GDT. As critical care resources are slowly expanding, it can be argued that it is not only better for the patient but also economically sound to justify this. Encouragingly, it has been shown that it is possible to select patients who would most likely benefit from pre-operative Dacomitinib intensive care admission based on high-risk criteria . Pearse and colleagues showed that initiation of GDT post-operatively and after ICU admission confers significant benefit, which is reassuring considering the potential difficulties of implementing it pre- or peri-operatively. Paradoxically, nearly all of the studies that have assessed GDT have demonstrated a reduced incidence of complications following surgery with a subsequent decreased need for critical care services. It will take a paradigm shift in many clinicians (and their managers) thinking though to convert a rationale of reacting to problems to one of preventing them happening in the first place, even though this may reduce the overall demand for this expensive resource.
AnalysisMeans for continuous data were compared using the Kruskal-Wallis test or one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) where appropriate. Categorical data was compared with use of Fisher’s Exact test.Given the significant heterogeneity in baseline patient and Intensivist characteristics, the use of regression analysis was appropriate. However, selleck chemicals typical regression models are unable to account for clustering of patients, so we utilized generalized estimating equations (GEE) to control for correlation between individual observations. For these analyses, two sources of correlation were identified and accounted for in each model: those related to the hospital site the patient was admitted to and those related to the individual physician who cared for the patient.
To evaluate variables associated with ICU and hospital mortality, we used a model built on a binomial distribution with a logit link function. As ICU and Hospital LOS were skewed, they were natural-log transformed to approximate statistical normality, and subsequently entered into separate linear scale response models with identity as the link function. Evaluation of number of procedures performed utilized GEE based on a Poisson distribution, while the model for change in level of care was built on a binomial distribution.Given the size of the cohort, all relevant variables felt to potentially impact the dependent variable in each of the models were included .
Therefore, the following independent variables were included in all of the models: patient age, gender, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score, mean Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS) over first 24 hours of admission to ICU, year of admission, time of year of admission (by 28-day block to coincide with trainees’ length of rotation), level of care at time of admission (full care or DNR) and discharge, admission diagnosis, Intensivist gender, Intensivist base specialty of training, years since completion of Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, and ICU occupancy at admission and at discharge. In addition, the number of invasive procedures performed per patient was included as Brefeldin_A an independent variable in all models except the one where it was the dependent variable, and ICU LOS was included as an independent variable in models assessing ICU and hospital mortality, number of invasive procedures performed, and the change in level of care. Separate analyses with adjustment for the variables listed above were completed for the entire cohort and the subgroup of patients who were admitted and managed by a single Intensivist. Detailed results of these analyses are provided in Additional file 1.All P values < 0.05 were considered significant.
2g co-amoxiclav in the absence of allergies) was given and the patient placed onto a bean-bag in a Trendelenburg position with both arms tucked to the side. Epidural anaesthesia was not used. After standard skin preparation (povidone-iodine) and draping, a vertical 2-3cm skin and fascial incision centred on selleckchem Navitoclax the patient’s umbilicus was used to access the abdominal cavity. The incision was later extended if necessary to deliver the bowel and perform the resection and anastomosis. The abdominal cavity was entered carefully under direct vision. A ��surgical glove port�� was then constructed at the table as previously described . In brief, the internal ring of a wound protector-retractor (Alexis O, Applied Medical, Rancho Santo Margarita, CA, USA) was inserted.
The external ring was placed in traction and folded over itself until 2-3cm from the abdominal surface. The surgical glove port itself was then made with one 10mm and two 5mm laparoscopic trocar sleeves inserted and secured in each glove finger. The glove was then stretched onto and around the outer ring which was then itself folded over again until it was in contact with the abdomen (Figure 1). The abdomen was insufflated with CO2 to a pressure of 12mmHg. A 10mm straight laparoscope with a 30�� optic was used to visualize the abdominal cavity and standard rigid laparoscopic instrumentation used thereafter. Both surgeon and assistant stood to the patient’s left side, with the camera stack to the right side. The operating table was then placed in a mild head up and right side-up position.
Figure 1 The assembly of the surgical glove port. A wound protector-retractor is placed into a 3cm transumbilical incisions. A standard sterile surgical glove is snapped on the outer ring of the wound protector. Standard trocar sleeves are inserted into … Careful inspection of abdominal cavity sometimes revealed an obvious pathology in the small bowel without further exploration (Figure 2(a)). If no pathology was seen, a thorough examination was commenced at the ileocaecal junction using two nontraumatic graspers until the pathology was located. Adhesions were divided when encountered especially in cases where they would interfere with small bowel examination Cilengitide or extraction. When the pathological loop of small bowel was identified, its mobility was assessed. Mobilization of right colon was only performed in cases of limited right hemicolectomy and distal ileal pathology to enable exteriorization of bowel. For exteriorisation, the bowel immediately adjacent to pathology was grasped with nontraumatic graspers. The abdomen was then deflated, the glove port disassembled, and the diseased bowel segment brought out directly through the wound protector (Figure 2(b)).
Figure 2 New gallbladder patient pathway introduced in February 2007. Patients were admitted on the day of surgery. Antibiotics were not used routinely sellckchem intraoperatively. Patients received either total intravenous or inhalational (volatile) general anaesthesia according to anaesthetists’ preference, in addition to intraoperative fentanyl. Postoperative intravenous or intramuscular morphine was avoided, with oramorph used preferentially if required. All patients received two intraoperative antiemetics. Local anaesthesia was injected at the port sites. Dissolvable sutures or glue were preferentially used for skin closure. Postoperatively patients were managed on the day-surgery recovery ward. Those not suitable for discharge required an inpatient bed, since no twenty-three hour stay facility was available.
Patients were discharged with cocodamol 30/500 and a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). Where NSAIDs were contraindicated or patients required greater than two doses of oramorph in recovery, sublingual prochlorperazine and oramorph were used instead, in addition to cocodamol. Routine follow-up outpatient appointment was not offered, however a comprehensive information leaflet was provided to patients on discharge. Where complication arose, patients were advised to call the day-surgery ward between 8AM and 8PM or alternatively attend their General Practitioner or Accident and Emergency Department. Data was collected prospectively for all patients undergoing cholecystectomy, independent of their referral pathway, between 1 January 2007 and 30 June 2009.
Patients in whom cholecystectomy was performed as part of a hepatopancreaticobiliary resection were not included in this analysis. The following outcomes were measured: total number of procedures, elective versus emergency, inpatient versus day-case, laparoscopic versus open, conversion rate, and readmission rate within 28 days of surgery. This included an interim audit, which was conducted between 2 September 2008 and 31 October 2008, to examine further the referral source, proposed surgery, timing of surgery, length of stay, and conversion rate. Changes resulting from this audit are presented in the Results section. Additionally a short patient questionnaire was designed to examine postoperative analgesic requirements, incidence of nausea and vomiting, in addition to wound complications.
This was administered to 40 consecutive patients postoperatively and their responses returned in a stamp addressed envelope. The NHS Institute for Innovation and Batimastat Improvement visited our institution in January and March 2009 to review our patient pathway and facilitate process mapping. 3. Results A total of 1326 cholecystectomies were performed during the study period (Table 1). 1,130 (85.2 per cent) were performed as an elective and 196 (14.8 per cent) as an emergency procedure. 1,197 (90.2 per cent) were performed laparoscopically and 129 (9.
The relationship between NI rates and various extrinsic etc factors was analyzed using a chi-square test when there was a need to compare proportional data, using a level of 95% confidence interval. 4. Results 4.1. Population Characteristics We collected data of 707 admissions (6561 days of hospitalization) during the study period (Table 1). Fifty-four percent were males with a mean age of 6.9 years (range: 3 months�C15 years; SD = 4 years). The most common neoplastic disease on admission was ALL (59%). Eighty-seven percent of patients had leukopenia, 52.2% had an absolute neutrophil count of less than 500/mm3, and 58.7% had thrombocytopenia. Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study samples. 4.2. Rates of NIs Nosocomial infections were reported among 46 admissions (6.
5/100 admission episodes; 7 episodes/1000 days of hospitalization). There were 13 episodes of urinary tract infections per 1000 days of urinary catheterization, 21 episodes of pneumonia per 1000 days of endotrachial intubation, and no episodes of bacteremia among patients who had central venous catheterization. Episodes of NIs were most frequent among patients with ALL (41.3%), and patients with AML (34.8%). 4.3. Sites of NIs The most common sites of NIs were the blood stream (30.5%) and the ear/nose/throat (19.6%) (Table 2). Table 2 Types of nosocomial infections. 4.4. Causal Organisms of NIs Causal organisms of NIs were identified in 34 episodes (73.9%). The most common were gram-negative bacteria (47.1%), followed by gram-positive bacteria (29.4%), and fungi (14.7%) (Table 3).
Table 3 Causal organisms of nosocomial infections. 4.5. Procedures Related to NIs Patients who developed NIs were more likely to have had endotracheal intubation (mean duration: 10.2 days; range: 1�C15 days), urinary catheterization (mean duration: 5.8 days; range: 1�C10 days), nasogastric tube (mean duration: 4.9 days; range: 1�C17 days), and central venous catheterization (mean duration: 1.7 days; range: 1-2 days) (P < .001) (Table 4). Table 4 Comparison of procedures related to nosocomial infections. 4.6. Outcomes of NIs The mean time from admittance until time of diagnosis of an NI was 22 days (range: 2�C126 days; SD: 23 days). The majority of NIs (74%) occurred between the 2nd and the 30th day of hospitalization. Nine patients died (19.6%): 4 with ALL (44.4%), 4 with AML (44.4%), and 1 with an astrocytoma brain tumor.
Four patients (44.4%) had bacteremia, 3 (33.4%) had soft tissue infections, 1 (11.1%) had pneumonia, and 1 had both bacteremia and pneumonia. Three patients (33.4%) were infected with gram-positive bacteria, 2 (22.2%) with gram-negative bacteria, 2 (22.2%) with Dacomitinib fungal organisms, and 1 patient (11.1%) was found to be infected with gram-positive bacteria and a fungal organism. 5. Discussion A total of 707 admission episodes were included in the study. Forty-six episodes of NIs were reported (the incidence of NIs was 6.
In patients with severe sepsis or septic shock, BNP and NTpBNP values are highly elevated [47, 48] and, despite significant selleck screening library hemodynamic differences, comparable with those found in acute heart failure in adult patients. It remains to be determined how elevations of natriuretic peptide levels are linked to inflammation and sepsis-associated myocardial dysfunction [37, 48]. NTpBNP may also serve as useful laboratory marker to predict survival in patients presenting with severe sepsis . Additionally, NTpBNP seems to be an early predictor of myocardial dysfunction in patients with septic shock . NTpBNP may serve as a marker of cardiac dysfunction associated with sepsis in preterm neonates and be a useful adjunct in the diagnosis of sepsis.
In preterm infants, NTpBNP rises in the presence of late onset sepsis without the presence of a PDA or ventricular dysfunction. The interpretation of NTpBNP levels in the presence of a PDA and sepsis warrants further study. 7. Conclusion NTpBNP has a major diagnostic role in the adult population. In children, NTpBNP serves as an indicator of cardiac disease and may be used to monitor response to treatment. The potential benefit of these NTpBNP in neonatology is immense. It has a role in PDA screening, treatment response and may also offer prognostic information. More studies are needed to explore the possible roles of NTpBNP in the management of sepsis and monitoring of cardiac performance. These two possible confounding factors may limit its reliability in the diagnosis of PDA and its response to treatment.
A characteristic male fraction is associated with SIDS. Because of difficulty in detecting congenital anomalies and other subtle causes of death in <28-day neonates, postneonatal SIDS are usually studied to avoid false positives . The CDC reports there were 62,933 male and 40,952 female postneonatal SIDS during 1979 to 2005 for a male fraction of 0.606. Figure 1 shows the male fraction of US postneonatal SIDS of all races over this period fluctuating slightly about the mean value of 0.606 as the SIDS rate decreased markedly from the discovery that the prone Anacetrapib sleep position was a major SIDS risk factor which was followed by a back-to-sleep campaign in 1992. Figure 1 US postneonatal SIDS during period of change from prone to supine sleep position showing that the male fraction remains constant at or about 0.61. Naeye et al. first hypothesized that the male excess in infant mortality could be X-linked.
Our result reveals that Znf179 can inter act with the endogenous Plzf inhibitor Pazopanib protein. Mapping the sites of interaction between Znf179 and Plzf To determine the region in Plzf that was required for its interaction with Znf179, various deletion constructs of Plzf were generated and cotransfected with EGFP Znf179 into COS 1 cells. Cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with anti Flag antibody, followed by Western blot analysis with anti Znf179 antibody. As shown in Figure 3A, two fragments of Plzf interacted with Znf179, which was consistent with the findings in yeast two hybrid assay. In contrast, the N terminal fragment and the last seven zinc fingers of Plzf did not interact with Znf179. We also generated the N and C terminal fragments of Znf179 and found that the C terminal but not N terminal fragment resulted in the recruitment of Znf179 protein from the nucleoplasm to the Plzf localized nuclear bodies.
Taken together, these results indicate that these two proteins indeed interact with each other in vivo and the sub cellular localization of Znf179 is influenced by the expression of Plzf. Overexpression of Znf179 does not affect Plzf mediated transcriptional repression Plzf can function as a transcriptional repressor. To examine whether Znf179 affected the transcriptional re pression activity of Plzf through protein protein inter action, we used a Gal4 based transactivation assay. The constructs consisting of Plzf or Znf179, fused with the DNA binding domain of the yeast Gal4 transcrip tion factor, were cotransfected with the Gal4 response element containing luciferase reporter.
In agreement with its transcriptional repressor function, our results showed that Gal4 DBD Plzf inhibited the Gal4 luciferase reporter activity. However, we did not observe a significant difference of Gal4 luciferase reporter acti vities in cells cotransfected with Gal4 DBD Plzf and ei ther a control vector or Znf179 expression plasmid. We also found that although Gal4 DBD Znf179 did not dis play autonomous transcriptional regulatory activity, the Gal4 luciferase reporter activity was inhibited by coex pression of Plzf, suggesting that Gal4 DBD Znf179 might recruit Plzf to the Gal4 reporter gene and was required for the interaction of Znf179 with Plzf.
Effect of Plzf co expression on subcellular localization of Znf179 To further determine the sub cellular localization of Znf179 and the interaction of Znf179 and Plzf, HeLa cells were transiently transfected with individual constructs or co transfected with combinations of the HA tagged Plzf and EGFP tagged Znf179 constructs and subsequently stained with an anti HA antibody followed by an im munofluorescence analysis. As shown in Figure 4, Plzf was mostly localized in nuclei and concentrated in nuclear Batimastat bodies as previous studies reported, while Znf179 was predominantly localized in nuclei with faint cytoplas mic staining. |
Important news for people using Dolphin Guide
When it was originally developed around 20 years ago, Dolphin Guide stood out as a pioneering example of easy-to-use assistive technology. It introduced many people who are blind and partially sighted to technology.
Dolphin Guide was built and run on functionality in Microsoft Windows which - as time has passed and Windows has improved - no longer operates. In addition, Google has recently given notice that its services are no longer available to customers using less-secure apps. This includes all versions of Dolphin Guide (versions 1 to 9). As a result of these Windows and Google changes, many of the key features of Dolphin Guide, including access to Google email accounts, will no longer work.
To continue to provide the high standards we – and our customers – expect from all Dolphin products, Dolphin has made the difficult decision to withdraw support for all versions of Dolphin Guide, with immediate effect.
The decision to end support for Dolphin Guide is a direct result of the older technology it uses, and the fact that it no longer operates in Windows, or works with the latest services provided by Google.
Best alternative to Dolphin Guide versions 9 or earlier
Three years ago, Dolphin introduced GuideConnect. This software enables people with sight loss to stay in touch with their friends and family, access entertainment and retain their independence. It’s intuitive, easy to use and is available on a range of devices, including through the users own TV.
To continue to benefit from easy-to-use assistive technology. We invite customers who are currently using Dolphin Guide to upgrade to GuideConnect.
To find out more about GuideConnect, and learn more about what it can do, you can book an appointment to have an online demonstration of GuideConnect with Dave Salisbury. Dave is an experienced assistive technology adviser who will be able to answer any questions you have.
Upgrading to GuideConnect
Dolphin GuideConnect assistive technology is designed for people with sight loss. It empowers people who might not be used to using computers, so they can remain independent for longer.
GuideConnect is available on a desktop computer, a laptop, Windows tablet and even through the TV, operated with a special remote control. GuideConnect has an intuitive, menu-driven user experience. It supports Windows 10 and Windows 11, so we’re confident it’s a platform that is sustainable and future-proof.
Dolphin Guide customers can try GuideConnect free for 30 days. Simply download a GuideConnect trial at the Dolphin website.
Customers who upgrade to GuideConnect from Guide will also benefit from a 35% discount off the retail price. This special discounted price also includes:
12-month Premium Plan
- Includes priority support
- Premium features such as video calling
- Immediate access to new product updates
Two hours free training
- Delivered over the phone by an assistive technology expert.
- Training is flexible:
- You choose the areas of GuideConnect you want to learn
- choose to take your training in one go or split into different sessions
- There are options to purchase additional training should you need it
New computer equipment now available
If you are using Dolphin Guide on an older version of Microsoft Windows, it might be a good time to upgrade your computer. Dolphin provides affordable PC and laptop packages especially for GuideConnect, which use the latest technology from Microsoft and comes with a range of useful computing accessories, designed to make it even easier to use.
Our range of GuideConnect packages start at £800 and include everything you need to get started.
Personalised Package Set Up
For customers upgrading from Dolphin Guide, Dolphin can personalise your new GuideConnect package with your email address, address book contacts and more, so it’s set up and ready to use straight out of the box.
How it works:
- Purchase a new GuideConnect package from Dolphin
- We arrange for you to send us your old laptop or PC.
- We set up your new GuideConnect package with your data and ship it to you, ready to use.
- We recycle your old computer in line with the WeRecycle scheme.
GuideConnect is user-friendly tech for people with sight loss. Use GuideConnect to send emails, make video calls, browse the internet, read print, listen to audiobooks, radio stations and more.
GuideConnect Free Trial
Try GuideConnect free for 30 days and discover how easy it is to stay independent, connected and entertained. The trial of GuideConnect includes product support to help answer any queries you have.
If you are looking for help and advice on assistive technology, explore the Dolphin Blog to discover how assistive technology helps people with sight loss succeed in education, at work and at home. |
Sweet Secrets™ Chocolate will showcase their new Chocolate Pretzel Pizza™ at the 2nd annual consumer Chicago Fine Chocolate & Dessert Show and trade National Chocolate & Dessert Show. The unique creation is a finalist for "Best New Product" for the show's Chocolate and Dessert Innovation (CADI) Awards. The winner will be announced at the start of the show. Consumers and industry professionals will have a chance to sample artisan chocolates offered by Sweet Secrets Chocolate at booth #506 during exhibit hours on October 18-20 at Navy Pier in Chicago.
Owners of Sweet Secrets Chocolate, Terri Kinney and Dede Barnicle, got the idea for their Chocolate Pretzel Pizza when they combined their kids' love of chocolate and pretzels into a "pizza" full of their favorite sweet, snackable toppings. They took their signature pretzel bark, added a base of chocolate, and covered it with crunchy pretzel pieces, broken sugar cones, sugar-coated chocolate candies, chocolate cookie chunks, double chocolate chips, sprinkles and more chocolate. Their pizza's crunchy pretzel "crust" is so loaded with toppings that a special mallet is included to break it up and eat it.
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Slated to start its run on the silver screen on 15 January 2023, fans of the video game adaptation have already been treated to rave reviews on the production; some saying how it may very well be the most ‘true-to-its-source’ of any adaptation yet! As such, it only makes sense for fans around the world to want to dust off those subscriptions, tune in those televisions, and get the midnight oil on their bandwidth chugging. While the Americas have it easy with HBO and its in-house streaming service (HBO Max), many countries around the world have to resort to other means. In this little guide, we show prospective fans and veterans alike exactly where they may get their The Last of Us fix.
The Last of Us fans who live in South Africa have been stressing and worrying about how they would be able to catch the show since its iconic announcement. Fortunately, Showmax has them covered! The Last of Us on Showmax will release in tandem with the air dates set forth by HBO, and fans around the world will be able to watch the episodes as they become available, without any risk of running into spoilers!
Unfortunately, HBO does not offer its in-house streaming service in Australia either, which means The Last of Us fans down-under have to rely on third parties. Fortunately, there are services coming to the rescue, namely Binge and Foxtel. Furthermore, fans will also be happy to know how the episodes will also become available as they air on HBO, once again making it easy for fans to get their fix.
The monarchy has provided its kingdom with many things… sadly HBO is not one of them! Like South Africa and Australia, British The Last of Us fans now have to rely on third party streaming services. Luckily for picky users, there are two to choose from! Both Sky Atlantic, and NOW will be offering same-day availability for the upcoming adaptation.
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When not gallivanting around the north of England, I’ve been gardening frenetically these past few weeks. Why, I’ve barely had time to file my nails and flick through ‘Hello’ magazine.
Some jobs are annual tasks, such as …
… the mulching of the beds. I normally try to get them all finished during the winter but I seem to be playing catch-up this year. I also finally got round to …
… digging the vegetable beds and adding three barrows of compost to each; except the one that holds, frankly, disappointing over-wintering onion sets. I also added two barrows of manure to four of them – from the infeasibly large manure pile out on the drive.
I’ve used up most of my leaf mould now. It went as a mulch on some of the beds (the kidney beds in particular) and on the young beech hedging. With the leaf mould all but gone, I started to use the compost that I made last year. I’m terribly pleased with it. It is almost entirely composed of grass cuttings but regular turning and the adding of green waste, paper and cardboard has made it into the above.
I’ve also been digging up herbaceous plants and relocating them into gaps in the borders. Splitting and dividing where they have been large enough to do so, moving plants to more suitable locations and generally striving for more cohesion. The trick though, is to remember what’s planted where – something I have yet to master; though it’s been fun trying to work out which dormant plant is which.
I finally dug up the Gunnera manicata (see earlier post – ‘Gunnera manicata’) which was struggling on the east lawn. It split easily into three parts which I barrowed over to the meadow and re-planted next to another gunnera that is much happier (as much as a gunnera can be happy).
Hopefully, I shall end up with a large bank of huge stately leaves.
And in the space vacated by the GM? Well, I put in a Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple.’ I’ve been meaning to plant a Smoke Tree/Bush for a couple of years now. When I saw one recently reduced by 50%, I grabbed it quicker than quick can be, clasped it tightly to my chest and scowled at anyone who came too close. Here, with plenty of space available, it can attain any size it pleases.
The Priory has a rose tunnel. Not a gorgeous, elegant rose tunnel but a rose tunnel nonetheless. It is old and rustic and made from chestnut posts and top-rails. I would prefer something more architectural and curvy but hey, it is a rose tunnel – not something I’ve ever had the chance to play with before. Some rotten and some missing posts were replaced last year and it was extended in length too.
I’ve dug nine more planting pockets for David Austin roses and I’m now awaiting their delivery; all disease resistant, repeat flowering whites. Edging the planting spaces are snowdrops and I’ve ordered more to plant in the newly cut squares. I’ve had a murderous glint in my eye ever since I first spied the evergreen honeysuckle (above) and was finally given permission (after much nagging on my part) to despatch it. Hoorah!
A quick unravelling of stems and …
… a maniacal whizz-whizz with the chainsaw and the deed was done. A few swipes with the mattock and out came the roots. Hoorah again.
In leaf and flower, the roses will, with luck, hide much of the tunnel structure.
The Iris Bed hasn’t worked. I’ve tried but have decided that, like the honeysuckle, its time has come. I inherited three patches of bearded irises with planting spaces in between. I then added two more patches – creating five planting spaces. When the leaves were tidy, the irises could look rather good and provided some structure in the bed all year round.
But the flowering season was terribly short and the amount of time needed to weed in amongst the rhizomes and take off dead shrivelled leaves meant that the bed as a whole was simply too labour intensive. They had to go.
So the iris bed is to become a new tropical border. I planted a small one last year and the owner was rather taken with it; so we’ve decided to expand into this bed.
I spent quite some time digging up irises and some double tulips I didn’t much like (though I re-used a few Carnival de Nice) and then replanted sedums, rudbeckia and other bits and pieces in various parts of the garden. I’m now almost ready to dig it all over, incorporating manure and compost. I do though need to remove a few inches of soil; it is banked up too high against the outbuilding wall and causing internal damp.
Nearby is a relatively new path; looking like nothing so much as a runway. I’ve ‘painted’ it with watery manure and a broom (fun job) in an attempt to age it and it isn’t quite as shocking as when it was laid. I’m cutting two new borders along side it in order to soften the straight lines. Excess soil from the Iris Bed will be incorporated into them when ready.
This is a big job as you can imagine; the path is about twenty metres long and the new beds will have curved outside edges when I have finished. I’ve got some ideas for the planting plan but I also have a big pile of books and gardening design mags to thumb through for inspiration – while filing my nails. |
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Best known for starring in 10x times Award Winning Film – Dream Racer, Inspirational Speaker Christophe Barriere-Varju is a combination of adventurer, motorsport racer, business man, and entrepreneur. His speaking engagements are related to Personal Performance and/or Business Related topics, and Business Coaching.
The gist of it is that Christophe loves a challenge, so much that he spends his time turning his and people’s dreams and/or business ideas into reality. The key he says is “learning how to learn and using challenges, failures and the fear of the unknown into developing your own self-inspiring mindset.”
- Within the business world:
- Holds a triple major MBA in Finance, Supply Chain Management, and New Venture Management from the University of San Diego, California.
- 2001. Founded his business and consulting company BvW Global — BvW Global advises Australian Government Agencies and large Corporations in Complex Procurement and in implementing Performance Management Frameworks. Has saved companies close to $1 billion.
- 2010. Founded Dreamracer Pty Ltd — which distributes Dream Racer (the Film) worldwide and offer a line of Dream Racer lifestyle apparels — with a current customer reach across 145 countries.
- 2016. Founded Dream Racer Television — a Netflix / iTunes type Video-on-Demand platform. Dream Racer TV hosts inspirational and true-story films. Since its launch, Dream Racer TV has a current audience spanning 77 countries.
- 2017. Founded PS Branding. PS Branding has been set up to bring life to ideas from new and upcoming entrepreneurs.
- 2017. Launched christophebarrierevarju.com— this website is a brief repository of speaking topics that are available to clients. Christophe is also a regular host on radio stations across Australia.
Outside of the business world:
- Former motocross champion, Christophe once raced in front of 220,000 spectators in West Africa, winning the race for the Ivory Coast.
- Has raced the Dakar Rally 4 times both in Africa and South America as a privateer representing Australia. The Dakar Rally is the toughest and most dangerous motorsport race in the world.
- Is the subject of 10x award winning film Dream Racer. Dream Racer is the most awarded motorcycle film of all time viewed by audiences across 145 countries.
- Co-hosted a National Geographic production. Co-hosted Riding Morocco: Chasing the Dakar along with former Miss Universe Australia / Miss World / Miss Australia / Australian TV Presenter, Laura Csortan. The film was broadcast across 190 countries.
Born in the south of France, Christophe’s early life was shaped with a move to the Ivory Coast in West Africa. Growing up on the African continent created an incredible drive and competitive spirit within Christophe, which saw him become a National Motocross Champion at the age of 18, and winning the African Motocross des Nations five times in a row for the Ivory Coast.
With competition came discipline, physical, mental and emotional training, self control, and knowing that failure is only learning in the never ending pursuit of self-perfection.
At 21, with two suitcases in hand and not a word of English, Christophe headed to California, where despite the barriers, he completed a MBA with triple major in Finance/Supply Management/New Venture Management by the age of 27, and then began build a successful business consulting career with Coopers & Lybrand and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in New York.
Always one for adventure, his next move was to Australia, creating in 2001 the highly successful business consulting practice BvW Global. BvW Global assists Government Agencies and Large Corporate reduce cost through advanced procurement techniques and performance management frameworks.
Despite his business success, the racer never left Christophe, electing to take on the most dangerous race in the world, the Dakar Rally — which he has now competed 4 times, one of them whilst starring in the film Dream Racer, a film that has been watched by audiences in over 145 countries.
Using BvW Global consulting approach, a new and additional business venture was born, Dreamracer Pty Ltd. Dreamracer Pty Ltd is a worldwide distribution and marketing company. The company was established to independently produce, promote, market, and distribute Dream Racer. Early successes included international broadcast on Discovery World, FOX, and featured in international in-flight movies at Qantas, Virgin, and Emirates.
Today, the film Dream Racer has won 10 International Awards including Los Angeles, Barcelona, Milan, Marina del Rey, New York, New Delhi, Oregon, Toronto, French Riviera and has also been nominated in Austria, and Australia for Best Edited Film – making Dream Racer the most awarded motorcycle film of all time.
The venture Dreamracer Pty Ltd that was formed by Christophe to release the film Dream Racer worldwide is also the catalyst for Dream Racer TV – an online video platform allowing viewers to stream and download inspiring documentaries with an experience equivalent to Netflix and iTunes – whose advanced marketing framework is also the subject of keynote speaking engagements for online digital marketing. Since its launch in July 2016, Dream Racer TV has reached audiences from 77 countries.
The learnings gained as a combination of adventurer, motorsport racer, business man, and entrepreneur are now available as speaking engagements to inspire and motivate your audience.
Sample Topics Include
- Your only competitor is yourself!
- You never fail, you always win… or learn.
- The physical, mental, and emotional intelligence you need to succeed.
- It’s at the edge of who you are, that you learn who you can be.
- Entrepreneurship – Mind & Set-up, from beginning to end
- Digital Marketing – How to connect it all to be successful
- Business Improvement – Managing people and processes efficiently
- Cost Savings – Examples on how we can save your organisation millions of dollars
- Procurement – Advanced procurement techniques (Business Conferences)
- Please contact us with your brief + the intended message for your audience, and we will propose various topic themes, free of charge.
Christophe took the time to learn about our audience prior to his presentation to ensure he would resonate with their interests. He provided a captivating presentation as well as subtly introducing a message pertinent to our event.
His personal story was inspiring and kept our guests entertained. Christophe interacted well with the audience, and took the time to liaise with people before and after the event. His warmth and ability to communicate are just a couple of Christophe’s strengths. I would highly recommend him.” Kay Eade, Executive Officer of Chamber of Commerce Northern Territory
“It was a real pleasure meeting Christophe Barriere-Varju at the RE/Max Platinum + Forum in Queenstown New Zealand. I very much enjoyed the insight he provided as keynote speaker with the title of Mission Possible. I particularly resonated with his dissertations around the need for discipline, physical, mental and emotional training, and the continuous focus to self-improvement. My time with him over lunch sharing our passions for current and future projects felt like I had met a kindred spirit. Thank you for a terrific presentation.” Adrian Lane-Mullins, Chairman – RE/MAX Australia & RE/MAX New Zealand, and Author of The Boy from Ashfield.
“I had the pleasure of working with Christophe on an event in New Zealand just recently and the feedback we have received has been extremely positive. Christophe provided practical examples that will assist delegates with moving their businesses to the next level. If only we could have had more time with Christophe to learn more about the adversity that he faced which he turned around to achieve anything he put his mind to. He was a true professional leading up to and during the event and I look forward to working with him again.” Tara Davoren – Event Organiser and Owner at Imagine Experiences
“I have had the pleasure of listening to Christophe speak about his life and Dakar experiences in public forums on two occasions. His story is a compelling one and he tells it with passion and humour. When you see the adversity Christophe faced to achieve his dream you are inspired. Christophe takes the listener onto the journey with him. You feel his pain and his exhilaration. Hear Inspirational Speaker Christophe tell his story and you will be motivated to get out and achieve your dreams.”
Shirley Hardy-Rix, Writer, journalist and publicist.
“I was fortunate to hear Christophe speak at a recent conference and deliver two very different presentations both in style and content. One was a practical, workshop style session and the other was a keynote motivational speech. In both sessions the audiences were captured, myself included. He has a very natural way of connecting with the audience and connecting the audience participants with each other – giving you the feeling that you’re all in conversation together. Eloquent, entertaining, inspirational.”
Lisa Woodward, Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council
“I first heard Christophe speak at a dinner and quite frankly – he was the highlight of the night. His story is truly inspiring and proves that with sheer determination and focus anything is possible. His down to earth nature and openness engages everyone, draws them in and leaves them uplifted. Talking with Christophe is like talking to a long time friend. He immediately creates rapport and you can’t help but be inspired by this great achiever.”
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Since Labor Day, I’ve been reading a lot about our country’s minimum wage. This is probably not a newsflash (but just so we’re clear), it’s at $7.25, and is not a livable wage. Even here in Washington State, where our minimum wage is the highest in the country at $9.19, it falls short for many working families. The Self Sufficiency Standard calculates what it actually takes to make ends meet in each county. It takes into consideration things like household members’ ages, and cost of housing, food, and childcare. For example, a single mother with 2 kids in Seattle needs to make $26.94 an hour to meet the needs of her family. That same mom in Pend Oreille county needs an hourly wage of $16.33. Even for two working parents, the minimum wage doesn’t work. In Seattle, two working parents with two kids would each need to make $14.58 an hour. In Pend Oreille, more than $10 an hour each.
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What happens if you try
--checkers=1 --transfers=1 --check-first, it also removes concurrent checks and transfers.
How much data is typically needed to make this happen? (no of folders, files, avg file size, total size)
I am collecting info to possibly reproduce using
rclone test makefiles
I think we need to find and fix the root cause, seems to be some kind of race condition. We may just be seeing the tip of the iceberg.
Can you confirm that the issue doesn't exist if using this tip:
I am experiencing the same symptoms as
@wdp, also with macOS Ventura 13.1 (Intel) and rclone v1.61.1.
But, in my case it is not with a SMB mount, but with an external disk connected by Thunerbolt.
Neither ram nor processor usage is high. It just seems that everything freezes until the computer becomes unresponsive.
Thanks, very useful information.
Did you test and see the issue in the immediately following release, that is
How do I get the logs? -vv just dead ends in mid flight, so there's no useful info there. Is there something I can export from the console in macOS that would be useful?
You can add --log-file=rclonelog.txt to write the log to a file that can be examined after the crash.
I read the logs you have posted so far and did some searching on the error messages.
Most of what I see points towards an issue with Mac hardware/software or cabling to the disk/network triggered by the high I/O load generated by rclone.
The only thing indicating an issue with rclone/cgofuse/macfuse is
@vicmarto experiencing no issues if going back to v1.59.2, but this haven't been confirmed by anyone else yet.
I therefore suggest you try verifying no issues when using v.1.59.2 and reappearing issues when using v1.60.0. That will allow us to narrow down on rclone changes that may have introduced the issue.
It would also help troubleshooting if you could check
--checkers=1 --transfers=1 --check-first has any stabilizing effect.
--bwlimit=10M (or similar value significantly lower than normal speed) has any stabilizing effect.
if adding adding both the above has any stabilizing effect
Today I did some testing with the 11 latest versions of rclone:
The source is from a macOS 13.1 Ventura.
The destination is local, via sftp, to a TrueNAS machine with zfs.
And... the pattern on all of them is the same:
Lots of activity for about 70 seconds (with CPU usage close to 200% usage on the source and destination machine).
A dry stop (apparently on the source machine?) until CPU usage drops to 1%. The target machine drops to 50%.
The resulting log has the same weight on all 11 versions of rclone.
This time, unlike before, version 1.59.2 also failed to complete the process!
I'm not quite sure why... The only major difference is that I rebooted both machines before and now I did not.
Here are the logs (modified to preserve privacy).
I will look into the logs, can you meanwhile test these flags (on the latest version):
@vicmarto In your earlier post you wrote:
however the command your are executing:
2023/01/23 20:03:41 DEBUG : SOME_FILE_IN_SOURCE :Version "v1.61.1" starting with parameters ["/usr/local/bin/rclone" "sync" "--copy-links" "--create-empty-src-dirs" "--track-renames" "--local-no-check-updated" "--progress" "-vv" "--log-file=/Users/vicmarto/rclone_1.61.1.log" "--exclude" "SOME_PATH" "/Volumes/Users/vicmarto" "nas:/mnt/zbackup/Users/vicmarto"]
has this target: "nas:/mnt/zbackup/Users/vicmarto" which seems to be an SFTP backend. Could you please post the redacted output from
rclone config show nas: to make it clear exactly what your target is?
Is /mnt/zbackup/Users/vicmarto a local disk on the SFTP server or something mounted? What? How?
EDIT: I now see you posted this:
So you are referring to
local network transfers, not local machine/disk transfers like the original post:
type = sftp
host = 10.0.1.150
user = vicmarto
key_file = /Users/vicmarto/.ssh/id_rsa_nas
key_file_pass = EDITED
md5sum_command = md5 -r
sha1sum_command = sha1 -r
shell_type = unix
That's true: transfer is to a SFTP backend.
I am looking in the log from rclone 1.61.1 which starts 20:03:41 and has an abrupt end after 67 minutes at 21:10:35. At what time starts the 70 seconds where CPU rises to 200%?
Were there any ongoing transfers at that point or just checks (with checksum calculations)? (I cannot see in the log)
Yes, I forced to cancel the 11 transfers, due to its extreme slowness.
The issues seem to appear when the rclone checkers performs a series of md5 calculations to see if files have changed. Perhaps (some) Mac's can be overloaded by doing many concurrent md5 calculations.
Are you able to observe something similar when executing this command:
rclone check "/Volumes/Users/vicmarto" "/Volumes/Users/vicmarto" "--exclude" "SOME_PATH" "--progress" "-vv" "--log-file=/Users/vicmarto/rclone_check.log"
It will stress the Mac by calculating and comparing checksums for all the files in /Volumes/Users/vicmarto. It is intentional that I compare the files with themselves, that will eliminate the network and SFTP server - and increase load.
I ran the same test again with v.1.61.1 after upgrading to macOS 13.2 Ventura.
Here is the log (modified).
In summary, the sequence would be:
@wdp, I have no hangs. At startup, rsync seems to behave as expected (CPU usage at 200%, transfer 200MB/s
About a minute later: gradually the transfer rate drops to 0Mb/s, and CPU usage suddenly drops to 1%.
The transfer becomes so slow that it never ends.
I manually cancel the transfer.
I have the feeling that the problems start in the md5 calculation phase (but this is not certain).
@Ole for your help.
That "rclone check" test seems to be fine. I ran it for about an hour with a constant 200% CPU usage, as expected.
@vicmarto both tests are very useful.
I am not sure you see the same issue as the others. What you see could also be related to a networking issue, so
@wdp and @Marcelloh please chime in if you have supporting or different observations.
Now, let's try narrowing down the possibilities again:
What happens if you start your command with
--check-first which will make rclone complete all the checks before starting the transfers?
If --check-first makes it
succeed without issues, then test using
--check-first --checkers=12 --transfers=12 to increase concurrency.
fail during the checking, then test using
--check-first --checkers=1 to reduce concurrency during checking.
fail during the transfers, then test using
--check-first --transfers=1 to reduce concurrency during transfers.
Unfortunately, I don't see any major change using '--check-first': at some point the CPU usage of rclone drops to 1% and the transfer process takes forever...
Right now we are not trying to solve the issue, we are trying to locate the cause of the issue to be able to (hopefully) solve it.
Does it happen while checking or transferring?
@Ole, I'll try it another time and report back.
Something that happens often and I would like to report, is what it seems, difficulties in completing the files when reaching 100%:
rclone calculates and compares the checksums after transfer, which can give this picture if one (or both) remotes takes some time to calculate it.
You could try adding
--ignore-checksum to prove/disprove this. Please be aware of this in the docs:
You should only use it if ... you are sure you might want to transfer potentially corrupted data.
You could also try executing 4 concurrent "md5 -r" commands on your SFTP server on the above files, to see how fast your SFTP server can do it. And similarly on your Mac.
Maybe the problem is in the SFTP server and rclone is working fine?!
The Mac can calculate the four md5 in 70 seconds. And the server needs 4 minutes and 20 seconds...
Yes, that is one out of several open possibilities. We need more tests/observations to say for sure.
Can you tell if the manual md5 calculations on the server is limited by CPU, disk or something else? Which is (almost) at 100% usage?
Perfect, some things to pay attention to during the test:
First of all, is it the checking or the transfers that are slow? Does the speed vary during each of the phases? If so please note the time when good and bad speed, so we can compare to the activities we see in the debug log.
Secondly, can you identify the limiting factor during each of the two phases? Is it Mac CPU, Mac Disc, Network speed, Server CPU, Server Disk, or something else? |
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The product, which feels oddly sticky when you work with it, has less moisture than real ground beef. That means that here, more than ever, the burgers should be cooked to medium-rare or medium, never well done. … Don’t let your Impossible burger hit the well-done zone.
Is it safe to eat impossible Burger raw?
Impossible burgers still need to be cooked to temp!
Despite the fact that these new burgers have no meat in them, they still need to be cooked to a proper internal temperature. The proteins that they are made of are not pleasant to eat raw but become more palatable as they cook and coagulate.
Can impossible burgers be pink in the middle?
For the Impossible Burger, however, it is created in a lab. Heme, which makes the Impossible Burger “bleed” and appear pink in the middle, is the “magic ingredient” that enables the product to satisfy meat lovers’ cravings, according to Impossible Foods.
What happens if you undercook impossible burger?
If your Beyond Meat is truly undercooked, meaning it’s basically cold, it could make you feel sick. If you’re eating it raw, you’re eating uncooked pea protein powder among other things, so it’s not surprising that you won’t feel well.
Can impossible meat be pink?
The Impossible Burger has changed that with its pink color, juicy dribbles, smoky flavor and the ability to get that characteristically charred crust that previously only a grilled beef burger could offer. Oh, and this meatless patty even bleeds like beef.
Why is impossible Burger bad?
According to Samuels, Impossible meats are particularly problematic. “This product is highly processed,” she says. … “It has a similar nutrition profile to Impossible Meat, but does not contain soy and has less micronutrients because it’s not fortified with as may vitamins and minerals,” Samuels says.
Are impossible burgers healthy?
While an Impossible Burger is a good source of fiber, calcium and potassium, and they have zero cholesterol, they are high in saturated fats and sodium, both of which are linked to serious health issues like obesity, heart disease and high blood pressure.
Can you overcook impossible burger?
Like beef from cows, Impossible Burger can be overcooked. We recommend cooking it to medium and slightly browned.
Why is my impossible Burger pink?
The ingredient is also referred to as genetically engineered “heme,” soy leghemoglobin. It is the color additive Impossible Foods uses to make its plant-based burger appear to “bleed” as if it were beef. … The GE heme is a color additive preparation that also contains more than a dozen yeast proteins.
What happens if you overcook a beyond burger?
Will never make this recipe again but I look forward to playing with Beyond Meat some more. Overcooked beyond meat turns to rubber. … Some plant-based meat alternatives cook faster or differently than you might be used to, and so it can be easy to overcook them.
Can you get sick from undercooked veggie burger?
Ensuring the burger (and the rat DNA) is properly cooked is the most important step to ward off illness. “Safe cooking is the one thing that’s in the control of the consumer — as long as you cook it properly, you likely won’t get sick because you’d at least be eating cooked rat DNA,” says Feist.
How long do you cook an impossible burger?
How do I cook Impossible Burger?
- Form patties, or if you’re using one of our pre-formed patty packs, no assembly required!
- Pre-heat your well-oiled pan to MEDIUM-HIGH or your grill to HIGH.
- If you’re using thawed patties, cook for 2 minutes per side. If your patties are frozen, they’ll need just a little longer — 4 minutes per side.
How can you tell if impossible meat has gone bad?
You can suffer from cramps and fever. If they smell foul or bitter, they’ve probably gone bad. You really don’t want to wait until it smells or shows signs of spoilage to discard it,” Magoulas said. Impossible Burger.
Can impossible meat be undercooked?
Yes, you can eat Impossible’s “meat” totally raw. Honestly, it tastes pretty good uncooked. If you’ve ever eaten a terrine, or a Thai laab, or another type of chopped-meat dish, you’ll be right at home eating Impossible’s “meat” raw.
Why is impossible meat red?
Impossible Foods’ burger uses protein from soybeans and potatoes. Their controversial “blood” source is soy leghemoglobin, the red-colored protein found in the nodules attached to the roots of soybeans and other leguminous plants.
Does impossible Burger have blood?
On Jan. 28, the Center for Food Safety filed a legal brief in its challenge to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 2019 approval of soy leghemoglobin (heme), a color additive used to make Impossible Foods’ eponymous plant-based burger, the Impossible Burger, appear to “bleed” like real meat. |
Extreme weather from climate change triggered hunger in nearly 100 million people and increased heat deaths by 68% in vulnerable populations worldwide as the world’s “fossil fuel addiction” degrades public health each year, doctors reported in a new study.
Worldwide the burning of coal, oil, natural gas and biomass forms air pollution that kills 1.2 million people a year, including 11,800 in the United States, according to a report Tuesday in the prestigious medical journal Lancet.
“Our health is at the mercy of fossil fuels,” said University College of London health and climate researcher Marina Romanello, executive director of the Lancet Countdown. “We’re seeing a persistent addiction to fossil fuels that is not only amplifying the health impacts of climate change, but which is also now at this point compounding with other concurrent crises that we’re globally facing, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis, energy crisis and food crisis that were triggered after the war in Ukraine.”
In the annual Lancet Countdown, which looks at climate change and health, nearly 100 researchers across the globe highlighted 43 indicators where climate change is making people sicker or weaker, with a new look at hunger added this year.
“And the health impacts of climate change are rapidly increasing,” Romanello said.
In praising the report, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres put it even more bluntly than the doctors: “The climate crisis is killing us.”
New analysis in the report blamed 98 million more cases of self-reported hunger around the world in 2020, compared to 1981-2010, on “days of extreme heat increasing in frequency and intensity due to climate change."
Researchers looked at 103 countries and found that 26.4% of the population experienced what scientists call “food insecurity” and in a simulated world without climate change’s effects that would have only been 22.7%, Romanello said.
“Can I say that every bit of food insecurity is due to climate change? Of course not. But we think that in this complex web of causes, it is a very significant contributor and it’s only going to get worse,” said pediatrician Dr. Anthony Costello, Lancet Countdown co-chair and head of the University College of London’s Global Health Institute.
Computerized epidemiology models also show an increase in annual heat related deaths from 187,000 a year from 2000 to 2004 to an annual average of 312,000 a year the last five years, Romanello said.
When there’s a heat wave, like the record-shattering 2020 one in the Pacific Northwest or this summer’s English heat wave, emergency room doctors know when they go to the hospital “we’re in for a challenging shift,” said study co-author Dr. Renee Salas, a Boston emergency room physician and professor at the Harvard School of Public Health.
The air pollution from burning coal, oil and gas also pollutes the air, causing about 1.2 million deaths a year worldwide from small particles in the air, the scientists and report said. The 1.2 million figure is based on “immense scientific evidence,” Harvard’s Salas said.
“Burning gas in cars or coal in electricity plants have been found to cause asthma in children and cause heart problems,” Salas said.
“Prescribing an inhaler isn’t going to fix the cause of an asthma attack for a young boy living next to a highway where cars are producing dangerous pollutants and climate change is driving increases in wildfire smoke, pollen and ozone pollution,” Salas said.
Both air pollution and heat deaths are bigger problems for the elderly and the very young and especially the poor, said University of Louisville environmental health professor Natasha DeJarnett, a study co-author.
Sacoby Wilson, a professor of environmental health at the University of Maryland who wasn’t part of the report, said the Lancet study makes sense and frames climate change’s effects on health in a powerful way.
“People are dying now as we speak. Droughts, desertification, not having food, flooding, tsunamis,” Wilson said. “We’re seeing what happened in Pakistan. What you see happening in Nigeria. ”
Both Wilson and emergency room physician and professor of medicine at the University of Calgary Dr. Courtney Howard, who wasn’t part of the study, said report authors are correct to call the problem an addiction to fossil fuels, similar to being addicted to harmful drugs.
The Lancet report shows the increasing deaths from air pollution and heat yet people are “continuing in habitual behavior despite known harms,” which is the definition of addiction, Howard said. “Thus far our treatment of our fossil fuel addiction has been ineffective.”
“This isn’t a rare cancer that we don’t have a treatment for,” Salas said. “We know the treatment we need. We just need the willpower from all of us and our leaders to make it happen."
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Troon North Pinnacle Course Review
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Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Year Last Reviewed: 2013
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Troon North Pinnacle Course Summary: Tougher than its older brother the Monument Course, this Weiskopf designed golf course is an exercise in decision making followed by required precision. With clever tee positions, about half of the golf holes feel like doglegs where club choice off the tee and execution can create a myriad of scenarios and scores. Green sizes alternate between tiny and huge and are either tough to hit or tough to putt or both, making a day spent on this track one of either well-deserved honor for a job well done, or confidence crushing blows to the golfing psyche. The most memorable golf holes are reviewed below:
Troon North Pinnacle Hole 1: A fairly docile driving hole, the approach is what matters as the green is on the other side of a desert wash and is narrow with a large false front. Anything missing short, left or right will be shot down a hill leaving an uphill chip to the tight green.
Troon North Pinnacle Hole 2: Downhill and not particularly long, but tight, this par four gives the second approach of the day over a desert wash. However, the green here is more shallow and wide, with two bunkers short and one long and right to gather the wayward shot.
Troon North Pinnacle Hole 3: Longer than the first two holes, this hole offers a nice view from the tee. The fairway pinches in for a huge drive, but other than that, it's fairly open from the tee. The green is likewise open, but it is deep and narrow, with more undulation than most on the course, so short-siding the approach is very bad.
Troon North Pinnacle Hole 5: One of the best scoring opportunities rewards an aggressive play from the tee that hugs the left side of the fairway. From there, its relatively short to clear the desert wash and go for the green in two. However, a shorter drive may force the player to lay up short of the wash. The defense of the green is two-fold. First, there is an enormous bunker short-left of the green and a steep drop off to the right towards the desert. Then, the very deep green rises to the middle and then runs away towards the back half.
Troon North Pinnacle Hole 8: This uphill par three greets the player with a unique Saguaro cactus to the right, a big boulder center and short and a deep bunker between them. The putting surface is then flanked by a couple of more bunkers long for shots that don't hold the green. Too far left or right is desert.
Troon North Pinnacle Hole 9: This sneaky little dogleg left is tight from the tee and pinches in severely at about 130 yards from the green between bunker left and desert right, which will force most players to hang back, leaving a longer approach to the angled green with bunkers short left and right and desert waiting behind.
Troon North Pinnacle Hole 10: The namesake hole has a great view of Pinnacle Peak from tee to green. Off the tee it seems easier to lay-up short of all the bunkers, but the uphill green is behind two huge, deep bunkers and is also only 19 yards deep with a downslope behind it. Thus, only high shots will hold the green so the player should challenge the bunkers to have a better shot at par.
Troon North Pinnacle Hole 11: This great driving hole is a sweeping dogleg right where the player can cut the corner of the desert to go for the green in two. However, there is a wash that crosses the fairway from left to right about 100 yards from the green and continues right up along the right side of the green. Thus, if the player goes for it and misses (with desert also left) penalties will be racked up. Played as a three-shot hole, the stress levels can generally go down a bit. The green is also very deep, undulating and narrow.
Troon North Pinnacle Hole 17: This long par four has desert on both sides of the fairway (as usual) and two bunkers that cut into the fairway from the right side: one that needs to be cleared and one that needs to be steered short of. The green is then wide open with no traps or desert to speak of.
Troon North Pinnacle Hole 18: The last hole is reminiscent of the first as it is a dogleg left with an approach over desert. This one is longer, but the approach is actually quite a bit easier with the main problem being the bunkers left and right of the green or the fear of large galleries from the clubhouse or the shared putting green. |
If you have ever been in a car accident, you understand how stressful the experience can be, even if you aren’t injured. When people think of car accident injuries, many tend to think about whiplash, neck pain, back pain, and even broken bones. But have you ever wondered about nausea after a car accident? A car accident can be stressful and even traumatic, which can lead to responses you may not expect. It is also common to not realize you have pain or other symptoms of an injury until hours or even days after the initial accident. If you experience nausea or vomiting after a car accident, then you want to get checked out by a doctor right away.
What Can Cause Nausea After a Car Accident?
Some common car accident injuries can include symptoms like headache and nausea after a car accident. Here are three car accident injuries and their symptoms that include nausea after an injury.
If you suffer a blow to the head during a car accident, you are at risk of a head injury like a concussion. A concussion is the most common type of traumatic brain injury, and it can cause symptoms like headaches, dizziness, confusion and disorientation, and even nausea and vomiting. It can take time for symptoms of a head injury like this to appear, which is why you want to see a doctor right away after a car accident to rule out a head injury.
Whiplash is a type of car accident injury that occurs when your head and neck are flung violently forward and backward with the force of impact. This can put a severe strain on your neck muscles and tendons, and even lead to tears. This sudden jostling of the head can also result in headaches and nausea.
If you suffer a broken bone during a car accident, then you might experience sudden nausea or vomiting. This may be your body’s response to the pain of an injury like a fracture. Sometimes the body can cause nausea after an injury to distract from the shock and pain of a fracture.
Other Symptoms That May Accompany Nausea After an Injury
Nausea after a car accident is a relatively common symptom, whether due to the stress and shock of the incident or related to a specific injury listed above. Other symptoms that may accompany nausea after an injury include headaches, neck pain, dizziness, and disorientation. Any injury that causes you to feel disoriented, dizzy, or off-balance can also cause nausea and vomiting after a car accident. Headaches and nausea after a car accident are also common responses to trauma and accompany one another. Some people also experience a rush of pain relief after vomiting after a car accident before other aches and pains set in.
Treating Nausea and Vomiting After a Car Accident
Because nausea and vomiting are often signs and symptoms of an underlying injury, it is best to get treatment from a car accident doctor right away. Whether you have a strong anxiety response to the accident or are suffering from internal injuries to the abdomen, a car accident doctor can diagnose the reason for your nausea and vomiting and get you the care you need. Don’t wait to seek medical attention because you may risk a condition you aren’t aware of getting worse. In order to treat nausea and vomiting after a car accident, your doctor will diagnose your car accident injury. This may include using diagnostic tools like X-ray or CT scans to get a clear picture of your abdominal area and rule out serious injuries. Treating the root cause of your symptoms is the best way to experience lasting relief from nausea after a car accident.
Treating Car Accident Injuries
Visit a car accident doctor near you to get started on treatment for car accident injuries right away. AICA Orthopedics has locations across metro Atlanta with car accident doctors available to meet with you and diagnose your injuries. Don’t wait to see a doctor for headaches and nausea after a car accident; instead, meet with our team of doctors and get a comprehensive exam to determine the diagnosis of your symptoms and get started on treatment right away. |
After breakfast, I sit on the living-room floor and play with my Lincoln Logs, thinking about the fairy tales my mother reads to me and how so many of them begin with a step back in time—there was a poor woodcutter and his wife and his two children; a sweet little maid, much beloved by everybody; a man and his wife who had long wished for a child, but in vain. I love a good story and the way it begins at a point where anything is possible. I’m an only child, often left to entertain myself, and as a result I often live inside my imagination.
School has let out for the Christmas holiday. Outside, snow drifts in our lane and falls over our barn lot, where my father scatters hay for our cows. Soon he’ll take an ax to the pond and chop away the ice so they can get to water. I don’t think a thing about what it takes for him to be out in the cold and snow doing these chores. I’m six years old, and I’m intent on building a cabin. I love the way the logs lock into place, every notch squared, every piece fitting together. The logs pile up until I can put on the slanted roof.
So much of the life that I live in our real house is ragged and uncertain because my father is an angry man. I watch television and read storybooks and build cabins with my Lincoln Logs to keep myself from thinking about what might happen if I say or do the wrong thing. I dream of other places, other lives.
Soon I go into the kitchen, where my mother is ironing clothes. She keeps a bowl of water on her ironing board. She dips her hand into the bowl and then sprinkles droplets across one of my father’s twill work shirts. She doesn’t have a steam iron, so she relies on the curve of her wrist, the graceful shake of her hand, to dampen the cloth and make the wrinkles easier to straighten.
I ask her to play a game with me. She says, “Can’t you see I’m busy?”
Then, because she’s a good mother, she says that one day, come summer, she’ll play with me all day long. She promises.
She’s a schoolteacher who spends her days giving her attention to the children in her class, children I envy because I don’t like sharing her with them. I love her because she’s kind, and a little shy like me. She’s different from my father, who will take off his belt or pick up a yardstick and whip me on my legs when I don’t behave or when I do something that displeases him.
My mother never spanks me. She makes strawberry preserve and butter sandwiches when I ask for a snack, or graham crackers with vanilla icing between them. She bakes gingerbread cakes and whips real cream. We have no air conditioning, so she sits beside my bed on hot summer nights, stirring the air by waving a Look magazine over me until I fall asleep. I trust her when she says she’ll pick a summer day when she’ll do nothing but play with me. I have no way of knowing that this will never happen. Eventually I’ll stop reminding her of her promise so as not to embarrass either of us any further.
My mother’s hair is gray. I don’t know how old she is. I only know she’s older than my friends’ mothers. As time goes on, I’ll learn that she was forty-five when she had me. I’ll know that my conception was unplanned. After my father is dead and I’m a man close to thirty, she’ll tell me that the first thing he said to the doctor upon learning of her pregnancy was, “Can you get rid of it?”
When I’m six, my life sometimes feels like that, like I wasn’t meant to come along, like I’m a stranger in our home, a foundling taken in by this aging couple. I hold on to what’s familiar. My mother’s hair is gray, and she has a set of metal clips that she sometimes uses to set a wave. I know where to find them in her dresser drawer. The clips have sharp teeth that hurt when I close one around my finger.
My father has no hands. A cornpicker took them when I was barely a year old. He wears hooks—steel pincers that curve from the ends of flesh-colored plastic holsters. Each morning, he slips his stumps into these holsters and my mother helps him settle into the harness of canvas straps that he wears across his back. Thick rubber bands wrap around the base of each hook. A tension cable connects to a lever and runs up the holster. When my father extends his arms, the muscles in his shoulders draw on the cable, and the pincers open. The number of rubber bands determines the degree of tension. I’ll learn all of this later.
When I’m six, the hooks are mysterious. When my father lies down for a nap, my mother drapes them by their harness over a straight-backed chair. Sometimes, I slip my slender arms down into the holsters and try to make the hooks open. Sometimes I pry the pincers open with my fingers, careful not to let the hooks snap closed and pinch me between them.
I’m too young to draw a line of cause and effect from my father’s accident to his anger. I only know he has no hands. He can’t hit fly balls to me the way my friends’ fathers do. He can’t shoot baskets. He can’t throw a football. He manages, though, to grasp his belt or a yardstick when I misbehave, and in spite of that, I love him because he’s my father whether he wants to be or not.
“You’re just talking to hear yourself roar,” he says.
We’re in the living room, and I’m trying to tell him about my Lincoln Logs. “I built this cabin today. A big cabin. A cabin that used every log I had. That big.”
My father is worn out from his chores. His face is red from the cold. The legs of his overalls are wet from the snow. He’s forty-eight, and he has a son he never meant to have. A son who’s often oversensitive—some would call him delicate. A pantywaist, my father sometimes says. Don’t be such a pantywaist. A son that requires energy that he simply doesn’t have. A son he can’t touch.
“Tell your mother about it,” he says.
“I did,” I tell him. “She said this summer we’d have a day when she plays with me all day long.”
He says it again: “Talking to hear yourself roar.”
I let myself hate him just a little because I understand now: he’s just called me a liar.
My father goes into our woods and cuts down a cedar tree. It fits into a stand in our living room. I help my mother hang icicles from its branches. We decorate the tree with lights and ornaments—shiny balls and bells and stars.
I decide I want to have a party, a Christmas party. I’ve seen people have parties on television. I love watching shows like Leave It to Beaver, I Love Lucy, The Donna Reed Show. I know how parties work. You set a date and ask people to come. They show up looking nice and happy. Everyone has good things to eat and drink. They play games. Sometimes there’s music, and then the people dance.
“I want to have a party,” I tell my mother. “Tonight. Start calling people.”
“Who should I call?” she says, the tremor of a grin twitching at the corner of her mouth. I don’t register the fact that she finds this amusing and is trying her best not to laugh.
“Everyone,” I say. “We’re going to have a party.”
I’m determined. I keep pulling Christmas decorations from the cardboard box where my mother keeps them. I am a boy who wants what he wants. I hold a string of silver beads in my hand.
Finally, my mother stops me. She explains that a party can’t just come together in a whipstitch. People have busy lives; they need more than a few hours’ notice. “And what would I offer them?” she asks. “I don’t have time to prepare anything.”
I won’t hear of it. “We’re having a party,” I say again, my voice rising, the tears starting, a tantrum about to break.
My father is suddenly there. “Just keep it up, Mister, and I’ll give you something to cry about.”
I curl up on the sofa, still clutching the beads. This is the sofa that folds out into a bed. It’s where I sleep. Now I turn my face to the sofa’s back. I hear my father’s belt buckle come undone, and I try my best to stop crying.
“Roy,” my mother says, and then the two of them go into the kitchen, leaving me alone in the living room.
Soon the light grows dim, and I know that the afternoon is lengthening toward evening. We’re having a party, I keep telling myself, and at some point, I fall asleep.
When I wake, the room is dark except for the lights on the Christmas tree. My mother has taken the beads. She’s covered me with a quilt. In the glow of the Christmas lights, I can make out the familiar furnishings of our living room. The Philco television in one corner, the desk in another, the overstuffed chair by the window, the rocking chair near the end of the sofa, the oil heating stove along the wall. It’s a room unlike any I’ve seen on television. No winding staircase to a second floor, no grand piano, no built-in bookshelves. I wake to the small room of our modest farmhouse. I try to imagine it filled with partygoers like the ones I’ve seen in my shows, but, of course, I can’t manage it. I can’t imagine the farm women wearing pearl necklaces, their husbands in snazzy suits and neckties. There are the people on television, and then there are people like us: farm people, people worn down by the hours of worry and work, people like my father who tried to unclog a shucking box without first shutting down the power take-off, people like my mother who never planned on having a son in the middle of her life and at a time when she has to do so much for my father. They have no time for the fantasies and tantrums of little boys like me.
I go into the kitchen where my mother is putting supper on the table—a square oaken table made smaller by the absence of the two leaves in the middle. An oil-cloth-covered table just large enough for the three of us.
“We were going to have a party,” I say.
My father is sitting at the table. He taps the place to his left where I always sit. The point of his hook makes a knocking noise.
“Honey, sit down,” he says. “It’s time to eat.”
My mother says, “Goodness, I bet you’re hungry.”
What can I do but pull out my chair and sit? “We were going to have a party,” I say again in a whisper. “Now it’s too late.”
At bedtime, my mother helps my father take off his hooks. They’re in the bedroom. I’m lying on the sleeper sofa in the living room. I’m supposed to be asleep, but I’m not. I hear the points of the hooks scrape the floor as my mother drapes the harness over a chair. I hear her mumbled voice, and I know she’s unpinning the white cotton arm socks that my father wears over his stumps. She’s taking the safety pins from his T-shirt sleeves. She holds each opened pin between her teeth as she moves on to the next. Soon the light goes out in their room, and I hear the bedsprings creak as my mother and father settle down beneath the covers.
I call for my mother.
“What’s wrong?” she says.
“I can’t sleep.”
This has been my habit ever since my parents bought the sleeper sofa for me and got rid of the crib where I used to sleep at the foot of their bed. I call for my mother, and she comes and sits beside me until I finally nod off.
My father’s patience is wearing thin. He says, “Do you want to be a baby all your life?”
“I’m not a baby,” I say.
“Then hush up and go to sleep.”
I’m not a baby, I say to myself. I’m not.
I wait. “Mom?” I say again.
She comes to me, then, and she tells me I have to learn to fall asleep by myself. She says, “Just close your eyes and count your blessings. Think of all the good things from your day.”
My Lincoln Logs, my mother’s hair clip, the string of silver beads, the Christmas tree. Its cedar smell is all around me. It smells like somewhere else, like somewhere I might go one day.
I have no way of knowing that this scent, years and years in the future, will always take me home, will leave me standing on the porch of that farmhouse, knocking on the door, knowing that once upon a time there was a family here, wishing for just a few hours more with my parents, wanting to tell them how sorry I am that I once hoped that my mother might be young and pretty and my father might have hands he’d use to ruffle my hair while he called me “sport,” or “buddy,” or “pal.”
Fifty-one years have gone by since the day I’m recalling. I’m older than my parents were then. I have no children of my own. Sometimes I wake from dreams in which I’m knocking on the door of our farmhouse, even though it long ago went to ruin. My voice is small and afraid. I say, “Mom? Dad?” I say, “Don’t you know me?” I say, “Please, won’t you let me come in?”
I close my eyes and I can almost hear them. If only they’ll open that door, throw their arms around me, I’ll be able to say, “There we lived long and happily.” “We went cheerfully home and came to no harm.” “There was all care at the end, and we lived in great joy together.”
Instead, I’m a little boy knocking on a door that no longer exists anywhere in the real world. I listen; I wait. I knock again. |
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Wiccan practice revolves around the worship of two gods, a god and a goddess. However, the identities of these deities vary from group to group and even Wiccan to Wiccan, which causes no small amount of frustration in non-Wiccans trying to understand us.
Western religious views are primarily monotheistic. As such, everyone in the religion worships the same god, because it’s understood that only one exists. With that cultural experience, we expect people in other religions, even polytheistic ones, to be united by the identities of their gods.
But Wiccans are united primarily by practice, not belief. Different Wiccans find themselves called by different deities. This is not uncommon among polytheists. Hinduism, for example, recognizes millions of gods. Imagine trying to personally honor all of them! Hindus honor gods most appropriate for themselves, for the time and for the place.
Wiccans have no single pantheon. Instead, individuals draw from any number of historical pantheons, plus some figures who have only modern understanding. So a Wiccan might honor Isis or Apollo or Mars or Freya. The fact that I don’t follow Isis doesn’t mean I find it foolish for others to do so. There are a great many gods or at least the potential for gods out there. They just don’t all call to me.
How does one know who to follow?
Traditionalists follow the gods of their coven. Eclectics – those who pull together their own personal practices – commonly say that their gods found them, not the other way around. It was just a question of understanding the call. Some stories are dramatic; most are not. For me, it came in small stages. First was the sense that someone was there for me. Over time, I started to identify more distinct qualities about them, and eventually I learned names for them.
This process may be totally separate from whom a Wiccan might simply like or identify with. Throughout childhood, for example, I was always fascinated with the Greek goddess Athena when we studied mythology in school. I liked what she stood for, and I still do, but she is not who called me. Spiritually speaking, there is no connection between Athena and me at all.
The God and Goddess
We often talk of the God and Goddess. What we mean can be complicated.
The first Wiccan authors were Traditionalists who had taken oaths to not make the names of their gods public. As such, they used a variety of descriptions, including simply “God and Goddess.”
Since different Wiccans worship different deities, books often continue to use these terms to reflect whatever pair you are personally following. The concepts are also useful in discussing metaphorical concepts revolving around gender.
Some Wiccans simply address their deities as God and Goddess, either because they haven’t found suitable names, or they see them as the sum of other deities: all gods are aspects of one god and all goddesses are aspects of one goddess. For a variety of reasons, this view has become widely popular in Eclectic Wiccan literature, giving many the erroneous impression that it is the only view of deity that Wiccans have.
Who are the Horned God and the Triple Goddess?
These are additional terms adopted by early Traditionalist writers for their gods. They are descriptions, not names, although some Wiccans today have adopted them as names.
Because they are descriptions of specific, publicly unnamed deities, it is not expected that all, or even most, Wiccans would use such terms to describe their gods. For example, the Triple Goddess is a moon goddess, with the phases of waxing, full and waning representing childhood, adulthood and old age. Most goddesses are not moon goddesses, and we are not expected to transform them into such.
Again, there’s also metaphorical value in these figures. The symbolism of the moon phases is something every person can connect with, even if they don’t actually follow a moon goddess.
The Horned God is generally depicted with horns or antlers springing from his head. He represents both hunter and hunted and rules the winter, when food traditionally could only be gathered by hunting. He is also lord of the underworld.
Besides being strongly associated with the moon, the Triple Goddess is also tied to the earth and agriculture and rules summer, when the land is in bloom and can provide sustenance.
What are nature spirits and do you worship them?
“Nature spirits” is a very vague term. To me the term suggests localized entities such as something that resides in a specific tree, rock or river. Some Wiccans believe in them and some don’t. Those who do believe in them may interact with them and show respect toward them, but neither of these actions equate to worship. (After all, I interact with and show respect toward my parents, but no one has suggested that I am worshiping them by doing so!)
The term might also be referring to elementals, non-corporeal creatures composed entirely of one of the four elements (Fire, Air, Water or Earth). Again, some Wiccans work with them, particularly in circle casting, but they not worshiped. In fact, elementals are more often commanded than asked to accomplish something.
Do you worship trees?
No. Trees are just physical shells. Worshiping a tree would make no more or less sense than worshiping a toaster. (We don’t do that either, just to be clear.)
Do you worship “nature,” and if so, how is that not worshiping trees?
Western culture thinks of “nature” as merely being those things that have not been created by man. When we talk of getting “back to nature” we usually mean doing away with some modern conveniences and spending time appreciating trees, rivers, and clean air.
What we can see and touch and smell, however, is just the outer shell of something greater. Nature has a spirit and/or soul as well as a body: there is a spiritual essence residing within the physical shell.
Many of us also hold a much wider view of nature. Nature is all that occurs naturally, which is everything: the planet, the stars, and universe. The motions of all these things ultimately come from the will of the gods. The connection between physical nature and the gods is intimate: the gods did not just create the universe, step back and observe but continue to reside and work within it.
So while some Wiccans speak of nature as a goddess, they are ultimately speaking of a powerful spiritual being, not trees. |
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3 key autumn statement changes you need to be aware of for the new tax yearPublished: January 4, 2023 by Jennifer Armstrong
Last year, chancellor Jeremy Hunt made some key announcements during the autumn statement that could affect how much tax you pay from April. Reviewing your financial plan could help you understand if you’ll be affected and make changes if necessary.
In sharp contrast to the mini-Budget delivered by former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in September, Hunt’s statement, delivered just two months later, increased taxes. As a result, you may find that you need to update your existing financial plan or that the amount of tax you pay increases.
The new tax year starts on 6 April 2023 and there are three changes to thresholds and allowances you should keep in mind when reviewing your tax liability.
1. Additional-rate Income Tax threshold
Your Income Tax liability may increase for the 2023/24 tax year because the threshold for paying the additional rate of tax has been lowered.
From April, the 45% rate will now apply for earnings above £125,140, this compares to the previous threshold of £150,000. The tax rates for the 2023/24 tax year are:
- Personal Allowance: 0% (up to £12,570)
- Basic rate: 20% (£12,571 to £50,270)
- Higher rate: 40% (50,271 to £125,139)
- Additional rate: 45% (more than £125,140)
Income Tax rates and thresholds have also been frozen until 2028.
The combination of these two factors means that 4 million more people are expected to pay a higher rate of Income Tax than they are currently, according to a Telegraph report. It’s estimated that the number of taxpayers paying the higher- or additional-rate of Income Tax will double to 8 million.
How much you’ll be affected by this change will depend on your income. The lowering of the additional rate threshold means that if you earn £150,000, you will pay just over £1,200 more in tax each year.
Being aware of the changes ahead of the tax year means you can adjust your budget if needed and there may be steps you can take to lower your tax liability.
2. Dividend Allowance
The Dividend Allowance will halve over the next two years. It could affect you if you’re an investor or business owner.
As an investor, you may receive dividend payments from companies you invest in. Dividend-paying companies are usually well-established businesses that have stable earnings. How much you receive through dividends is often linked to performance and stock prices.
As a business owner, you may choose to pay dividends to yourself to boost your income in a tax-efficient way.
In April the amount you can receive in dividends before tax is due will fall from £2,000 to £1,000. It will then halve again to £500 in April 2024.
How much tax you pay on dividends that exceed the allowance depends on your Income Tax band.
- Basic rate: 8.75%
- Higher rate: 33.75%
- Additional rate: 39.35%
So, if the Income Tax changes mean you’re now an additional-rate taxpayer, you could find your tax liability increases more than you expect if you receive dividends.
If dividends form part of your income, you should review how your tax bill will change in the upcoming tax year. Taking dividends may no longer be as tax-efficient as it once was, and may not be right for you anymore.
3. Capital Gains Tax annual exempt amount
The Capital Gains Tax (CGT) annual exempt amount represents how much profit you can make each tax year before CGT is due. The annual exempt amount will also fall significantly over the next two years.
CGT is paid when you make a profit when you sell or dispose of certain assets, including investments that aren’t held in an ISA, second properties, and personal possessions worth more than £6,000, excluding your car.
In the 2022/23 tax year, the annual exempt amount is £12,300. It will fall to £6,000 in April 2023, and then to £3,000 in April 2024.
The rate of CGT depends on your other taxable income, but it can substantially reduce the profit you make.
- Standard CGT rate: 18% on residential property, 10% on other assets
- Higher CGT rate: 28% on residential property, 20% on other assets.
If you plan to dispose of assets, it could make sense to do so before the annual exempt amount falls. For long-term plans, you should be aware of how the changes could affect your wealth.
Could the changes affect you?
If the changes could affect your financial plan or you have questions about what they mean for you, please get in touch. We’re here to help you create a plan that suits your needs and reflects current legislation to help you get the most out of your money.
This article is for information only. Please do not act based on anything you might read in this article. All contents are based on our understanding of HMRC legislation, which is subject to change. |
Carlos Corrada, Member-at-Large for the class of 2022, requested for a last-minute Urgent Discussion to be placed on the SGA Agenda. Corrada spoke of a Wheaton female student of color who had been detained and arrested, and was currently awaiting information on her legal hearing. Corrada stated that the student had then been asked to leave campus, waiting on information concerning a Wheaton College internal conduct hearing, having been informed that expulsion was a possibility. He went on to mention that the student had several witnesses, including character witnesses, who spoke to her innocence.
Corrada’s summary of events is as follows, “A queer woman of color who attends Wheaton College MA was arrested for assault and battery of an officer after he grabbed her when they had told her she was not being charged with anything. When the police arrived on the scene, she asked them, “Am I being arrested?” And they replied, “No.” She proceeded to walk away and an officer grabbed her. She did not lay a single hand on the officer, just tried to maneuver around them. There were more than three officers at the scene and they just watched. There is no footage that they have released to us and no proof that there was an assault against an officer. The college has since suspended her until she has a conduct hearing with the school, which is not for at least another week. If she is seen on campus she will get arrested and she has nowhere to go right now with no funds. She is still paying for tuition and food even when she cannot be attending the college. Once the college makes the decision, she will either be expelled or be able to come back.” Corrada’s entire statement is included below.
Corrada brought up the student’s concerns about being able to afford the various expenses associated with the situation, specifically when it came to money for transportation to and from court, groceries, and employing an attorney. Corrada referenced his firm belief in the college’s dedication to students’ safety and equity, and asked for the Student Government’s support to allow SGA-recognized clubs to speak out, suggesting potential platforms, including chalking, and flyers. Corrada also spoke of the student’s concern about the conduct policies and suggested a hope that the ensuing conversation would include a discussion of the current policies.
Sofie Weston, the Communications and Marketing Chair for the Class of 2022, spoke of her worry that action had been taken too quickly. Sophie Waters ’23, SGA Secretary, pointed to administrative presence at the protest, speaking of her hope that SGA, as a student organization, would take a clear stance of student support. Guthrie Hartsfield ’23, SGA Treasurer, asked that SGA keep in mind that they were not administration and that they, therefore, had a responsibility to openly advocate for the student body. He spoke of his belief that SGA had a responsibility to the students to do more with their voice than simply not intervene.
Aba Lypps ’21, SGA President, spoke of their worry when it came to the student’s incredibly vulnerable position of homelessness, citing the pandemic. They suggested that it was highly irresponsible of the administration to ask the student to leave campus, redirecting the conversation towards a focus on figuring out the path forward for the student’s safety. Mikaela Savarese ’22, Accessibility Chair, suggested that a Town Hall with the arbiters of the conduct process might be an appropriate path forward, to bridge the space between the students and the administration. As SGA, she suggested, they could create this platform to empower the students and get the answers to questions being asked about the conduct process.
Eva Danielson, 2022 Class Council Chair, asked after the student in question. She questioned what would be the most helpful route for the student, stating her understanding of the need for anonymity, but the hope of communicating effectively with the student to ensure that any action taken would be helpful for the student. Corrada brought the conversation back to the student’s need for money for the various aforementioned expenses. He also spoke about concern for the conduct process, as the student had been informed that the decision for or against expulsion would be a unilateral decision made by one member of the Wheaton administration.
Mason Willix, a Member-At-Large for the Class of 2024, referenced her belief that the students should remain loyal to Wheaton, suggesting that she believed the information provided was inadequate, and she did not yet feel well informed enough to vote on any decision regarding the situation. Corrada responded, saying that he was attempting to keep the student’s identity private, but any other omitted information was the college’s lack of communication. Victor Edwards ’22, Education Council Chair, asked that the students refrain from engaging in a protest without further information, suggesting that financial support might be a more useful intervention on the part of the student government.
Meshal Muzzafar ’21, Chair of the College Hearing Board, spoke up at the point, providing information about the conduct process itself. She stated all her training suggested that it would not be a singular person making the decision. Several students, including Emily Dionne ’21 and Ben Goho ’24 expressed their desire for more information.
Emiliano Herrera-Rosa ‘23 expressed apprehension about the seemingly arbitrary nature of conduct hearings, speaking of the inconsistency in the outcome of past sexual assault allegations, a topic which several other members referenced as a comparison to the situation at hand.
Lypps stated their clear belief that the most important task at hand, as SGA, was to represent “what Wheaton is.” They pointed to the necessity for SGA to follow Wheaton’s values and spoke of these values as taking absolute precedence in any discussion, speaking self-determination, of equality, and the student-created honor code, suggesting a responsibility to be community-focused at all times.
Corrada’s response led to back and forth comments about SGA procedures with regard to finance. During which, SGA Vice-President Abby Cook ’22 played a key role in setting out the options available to the association at the time. She stated that access to SGA funds would require the creation of an Ad-hoc committee to put together an itemized budget that would have to be voted on by the Senate. Given the time constraints of the Friday hearing, the Senate voted on a motion to have an emergency meeting the next day, with enough voting members agreeing to reach a quorum.
Savarese suggested that a clear conversation with the administration would be vital for any path forward, referencing Corrada’s previous points about healthy and respectful discussions being important in finding out more information. Edwards at this point, took the parallel to sexual assault allegations in a different direction, suggesting that perhaps the lack of information spoke to a possibility of the student being at fault.
Danielson spoke up again, pointing to the maxim of “innocent until proven guilty,” stating that she believed the association simply had to help out a student in need. She then motioned for the creation of an Ad-hoc committee to fulfill four points. The first being the sending of an email regarding the situation to administration to ensure that the student was receiving a fair hearing through the conduct process and express dissatisfaction at the decision to remove the student from campus, with the second clause stating that the committee would update the Senate during the next meeting. The third concerned future interaction with the administration, given the collaborative projects in the works, and the fourth being an exploration of ways to support this student’s immediate needs including food and shelter that she had been deprived of.
The motion passed, with the discussion concluding with the creation of an Ad-hoc Committee for Institutional Accountability, chaired by Carlos Corrada. The Class of 2022 Class Council made the decision to hold a food drive, to collect groceries and Uber gift cards for the student.
The report on the other projects and proposals discussed at this week’s SGA Senate meeting will be published at a later date.
Corrada’s Message to the Senate:
“I wish to address you all in a formal manner for the purpose of the record. A female, person of color student in Wheaton was recently detained and arrested, falsely charged with assault and battery of a police officer. We have witness accounts stating otherwise, and character witnesses of her personality also add to her defense.
She has been suspended from campus with no financial assistance; meaning that Wheaton College suspended her, knowing that she does not have a nearby residence. She has had to gather money to fund her stay off-campus and her transportation to and from the court.
Wheaton has addressed this inappropriately and has threatened this student with expulsion.
This is all due to Wheaton College’s Conduct process. They have targeted her because of the violent nature of the assault and battery charge, and this is regardless of the legitimacy of the charge itself. If the question is about violence, what about the sexual assault and harassment claims on behalf of students over the summer? When put in comparison with how Wheaton managed these sexual harassment cases, it is unacceptable and absurd how quick they were to jump on this student’s case. Yet, rapists continue to live on and freely tread through our campus. Whether it is a topic of the sexual offenders’ white race compared to this student’s person-of-color race is another point of notable discussion.
I ask of you, the Senate of SGA, the following:
To give the whole of the student body permission to express themselves peacefully and respectfully over the subject matter. To create flyers and posters, to write and draw on the walks of the school campus with chalk, and to protest peacefully.
I know you all to be responsible, intelligent and determined, yet most of you hold some degree of resent over recent developments within the school. I urge you all to please take part in this, as it is clear that some policies in our institution need serious reform and adjustment.” |
Let’s walk through sending your first email using Amazon Simple Email Service (SES). In this article, you’re going to learn, step-by-step how to set up Amazon SES to send email.
There are three ways you can send an email using Amazon SES:
- using the console
- using the Amazon SES SMTP interface
- using the API
In this AWS SES tutorial, we’ll be using the SES console to send emails.
From the AWS Management Console, search for a “Simple Email Service” and bring up the Amazon SES console.
Verifying an Email Address
The first thing we need to do is set up an email address that we will be sending from to do this. We need to first verify that we, in fact, own the email address that we’re using.
Let’s go ahead and click on Email Addresses on the left.
We currently don’t have any verified email addresses, so click on Verify a New Email Address.
A dialog will appear telling us that the verification email has been sent to that address.
Let’s switch over to the email client.
Once that verification is complete, go back to the SES console. Now, when I refresh my list. You can see that my new email address has a status of verified.
We’re now able to send an email.
Sending a Formatted Test Email
Select the verified email address and then click Send a Test Email.
In this dialog we’re given a few options for email.
I can toggle more options by clicking on the More Options link to see some additional fields that I can fill out as you can see below but let’s stick with a simple email for now (no pun intended).
In the To field, input the email address you just verified. If you are a new user of SES you will only be able to send to verified recipients because your account will be in a test environment called Amazon SES Sandbox. You can later apply to move out of the sandbox to lift the recipient address restriction.
In the subject, input SES formatted test and then add some text in the body. Now click on Send Test Email. You should receive an email.
Sending a Raw Email
Let’s now send a raw formatted email. I’m going to send this email to the same verified address again. One thing you’ll notice is that I no longer have an option to view more options and the Subject field is no longer available. These fields will need to be specified in the message box.
I’m going to paste some sample formatted text for this email. Notice that I’m specifying the subject within the message field. This is also where you would specify some of the other options you saw earlier under More Options.
Send the email and then check your email client. When you open it, you’ll see that the text has been formatted just like you specified back in the SES console.
SES Sending Statistics
Going back to the SES console, click on Sending Statistics. The first thing you’ll notice is the big, blue text box telling us that this SES account currently has sandbox access.
To start sending emails without the sandbox limitation, you will need to click on Request a Sending Limit Increase. Then you’ll need to fill out this form to submit a new case. I’m not going to go through that here.
If we scroll down the sending statistics page, we have some stats related to our sending limits. You can see here how you’re doing on our current sending limit. I have a few sent emails in here from testing for this article, but I can see I’m well under my 200 emails per 24 hour period.
A little further down, we can see some SES metrics that will show the number of emails delivered, rejects, bounces and complaints.
Amazon’s SES feature is a great way to send emails in bulk. I hope this article has given you a head start on becoming familiar with SES and how to use it to start sending emails. |
Friday, May 13, 2016
“Thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again” (Ezek. 37:21–22).
After being non-existent for nearly 2,000 years the nation of Israel was reborn on May 14,1948 setting into motion the final generation of this present age. WWII was still too fresh for many to see that this was God’s sign of the end of the age. Tomorrow, Israel will have been reestablished and independent among the table of nations for 68 years! That’s significant. The time is short.
Here’s the backstory: God repeatedly warned ancient Israel that if she forsook His law, He would “scatter you among the nations” (Lev. 26:33, Deut. 4:27, Neh. 1:8 and Ezek. 22:15). That’s just what happened. Soon after Israel rejected Christ, Titus the Roman Emperor destroyed Jerusalem in AD 70 and Israel ceased from being a nation and the Jewish people were scattered globally.
Yet, just as surely as God’s Word of Ezekiel 37 came to pass, so too will the Words of Jesus Christ come to pass as He instructs His saints that the rebirth of Israel is “the” marker in time that lets us know of a certainty that the final generation of this present age is now here. Saints, ours is “that” generation and we will see Jesus Christ rapture the elect, “Immediately after the tribulation” (Matt. 24:29–31) just like He promised! Are you ready to endure to that end?
“Now learn this parable from the fig tree: [Israel] When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, [things of Matthew 24:4–28] know that it is near – at the doors! Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place” (Matt. 24: 32–34).
What’s a generation for mankind? In biological terms it’s, “one complete life cycle”. This agrees with Almighty God that, “The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years” (Psa. 90:10). Generally speaking this is true, for we know that some people live a little longer and others a little less, therefore a generation is 70 to 80 years.
Jesus promised the 70 to 80 year generation that sees Israel restored which began May 14, 1948, that that, “generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place”, meaning the things of Matthew 24:4–31, things which include the first 3 1/2 years of tribulation with great natural disasters, the Antichrist, the falling away, the last 3 1/2 years of great tribulation under the iron teeth of the Antichrist, and then, and only then, the return of Christ for His elect saints.
Read Jesus’ prophesy for the end-times, do the “general” math, and take special note of world conditions. Today we see end-of-the-age signs Jesus gave. Our generation models the heedless days of Noah. Our generation models the sexually immoral days of Lot. Our generation models end-time fulfillments exactly as Jesus Christ foretold thousands of years ago. Praise God!
Now, lest I’m accused of date-setting, let me be clear that I agree with Jesus, that, “of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only” (Matt. 24:36). But just because “that day and hour” is unknown, does not mean that we cannot know the “general” time frame of Christ’s return. In fact Jesus rebukes those who cannot read the signs of the times.
With God’s prophetic fulfillments come challenging end-time prophetic promises that men like John Darby (1800–1882) and all his followers of the pre-trib rapture refuse to believe as being applicable to them. They’ve deluded themselves believing they do not need to prepare for the end-time tribulation events as Christ foretold. But they are just like the five foolish virgins.
Our generation promotes and glorifies the existential threat to humanity via homosexuality and transgenderism. These are the days of Lot. This is Satan’s mission, “to steal, and to kill, and to destroy” (John 10:10). And much of the lukewarm church has already fallen prey to these evils as they heedlessly take the way that seems right to man, confirming, again, the days of Noah.
Soon, millions will die from Revelation 6:4 wars and Satan will sift the church by the reign of Antichrist in his seven-year attempt to overthrow God. But we must, “be wise as serpents and harmless as doves” (Matt. 10:16). “And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matt. 10:28).
We must prepare for these final seven years, their start is very near. Jesus clearly said, “But he who endures to the end shall be saved” (Matt. 24:13). Do you know what that entails? Are you expectant of these things? What preparations have you made? Have you studied and discussed Jesus’ plainly described end-time events with your family? If not, please do so immediately!
Note this headline from SecureIDNews, “Will biometric payments become reality?” The article continues, “Making a payment using a part of your body is no longer science fiction. These are exciting days in the world of biometrics and payments. Visa and MasterCard are both working on specifications that will impact consumers globally.” Listen, the world is excited about the Revelation 13:16–17 mark of the beast in the hand or head, it views it as a progressive good!
Have you noticed that Christians are losing the struggle against the world’s tide of evil? God promised the end would be like that. In fact, God tells us at Daniel 7:21 and Revelation 13:7 that Antichrist overcomes the saints. Note this Christian Today headline, “Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended for opposition to gay marriage licenses”. Judge Roy Moore is a devout Christian, and many like him are now being routed from their local, state and federal government positions.
Satan wants to eradicate Christians. Just note this 5/10/2016 Breitbart headline: “HARVARD PROF URGES LIBERALS TO TREAT EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS LIKE NAZIS”. Dear saints, unbelievers want removed from their minds every shred of conviction that their disdain for God and His Word will one day force their knees to bow and their tongues to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. But until that day we must love them as people without God’s Word.
Surely you’re familiar with the fact that Christian bakers, florists and numerous businesses are steadily losing against the evils of our U.S. government and that all things Christian are rapidly being banned in America. Surely you’ve noticed evils creep into the church as pastors embrace the same on the guise of love, when in reality its hatred, because love would boldly tell people with antichrist agendas that they are headed for an eternal hell of unquenchable fire.
Pat Robertson of CBN said concerning the transgender issue, “It’s the constant driving of the agenda of anti-Christian bias. We’re going to destroy any semblance of the Christian morality that exists in our country, and our government is going to be at the forefront of it. That’s what you’re looking at. It’s one more attempt by the so-called progressives to destroy the Judeo-Christian fabric of America”. (5/9/2016 cnsnews.com) We’re seeing Dan. 7:21 and Rev. 13:7.
Have you noticed the increased earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, sink holes and wild weather? The rise of terrorism, violence and hatred resulting in many deaths is now the new normal. Jesus foretold all this. Due to unbelief and wickedness people and nature are both in revolt under the lessening restraint of the Holy Spirit, while the hostile spirit(s) of Antichrist will increase until “the first resurrection” (Rev. 20:4–6), “at the last day” (John 6:40, 44, 54).
Surely you’ve noticed nations in perplexity as more and more become fiscally insolvent. Central banks can no longer bail out bankrupt cities and nations. Gone are the illogical days of, “they’re too big to fail”. Fiscal death is setting upon economies with no help in sight. Thus, Pope Francis’ U.N. 2030 Agenda is the One World Order, bringing a one world currency, with a one world ruler. It’s all foretold in God’s Word, but sadly, many Christians brush it aside as irrelevant.
Surely you’ve noticed that an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) threat to America is very real. An EMP is a nuclear detonation high above the heartland that could destroy the electrical grid. All electric-dependent devices would be rendered useless. We would revert to the mid nineteenth century without electricity. That realistic threat comes from Russia, China and North Korea.
The Cascadia Subduction Zone, an under-ocean fault off the west coast, threatens an imminent earthquake followed by a tsunami that could destroy everything west of Interstate 5. Thomas Jordan, director of the Southern California Earthquake Center also said that the San Andreas fault appears to be in a critical state and as such, could generate a large earthquake imminently.
Terrible earthquakes and volcanic threats are as real in America as an EMP. God has watched America murder 60 million infants. God watched as U.S. President Barack Obama bathed the White House in homosexual pride rainbow colors. How long will God’s judgment be withheld? What have you done to prepare for these end-of-the-age events Christ promised?
As we celebrate the 68th birthday of Israel, tomorrow, let’s be reminded with sobriety that we are the final generation of this present age; let’s be the wise virgins of Matt. 25:1–13 and prepare to endure to the end as Jesus taught. I urge you to believe Jesus Christ by faith, heed His every teaching, and in knowledge and power of the Holy Spirit endure to the end as Jesus taught.
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An empty gas tank is another simple reason why your car will crank but won’t start. If you were low on fuel before (or your gauge is broken), it’s possible you’re just on “E” and have run out of gas.
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I know that I was not the first Protestant to learn the truth about the Catholic Church; I am sure that this is a story you could probably hear from countless other people, changing only the names and places. I know that many have walked the road that I have; that road which leads home, to Rome!
I was born in 1975 to two God-fearing Southern Baptists in Dallas, Texas. My father had grown up Methodist, but became Baptist when he married my mother in 1968. From what my father has said, his family was mostly Methodist. His father and his paternal grandfather were both Thirty-Third Degree Masons. My father’s paternal grandfather’s father was even the founding pastor of the First Methodist Church of Dallas. Though I have heard the history of my father’s family, I myself knew only a very few of them. A great majority of my mother’s family was Baptist, with a smattering of Methodists here and there. I am fairly certain of one thing, however: there were no Catholics.
Since a very young age, I can remember going to church and Sunday school on Sunday mornings to listen to the preacher and my Sunday school teachers talk about Jesus, and how He would save us from the fires of Hell. Every Sunday morning, my parents and I would sing in church and listen to the sermons. Though we didn’t usually attend the Sunday evening services, I knew that once a month on a Sunday evening, an event called The Lord’s Supper would happen. At this Lord’s Supper, the preacher would begin passing around large round trays made of chrome. One of the trays had tiny crackers on it, and the other one had little cups of grape juice. I can remember that before I was baptized I wanted to take part in this event, but my parents would not let me. They did not explain why I shouldn’t, other than I hadn’t been baptized yet. Just as it is in the Catholic Church, Baptism is an initiation of sorts into the active life of the church community. (Of course, to a Catholic, it is that and much more. I would not know this until much later.) A few years went by, and when I was about eight years old, I decided that I wanted to be “saved” and get baptized. To get “saved,” you would pray a little prayer like, “Dear Jesus, please come into my heart and forgive me of all of my sins. I ask you to become my personal Lord and Savior. All these things I pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.” From a Baptist viewpoint, being baptized is only a symbol, and nothing more. In other words, for a Baptist, baptism isn’t really necessary for salvation. After I got baptized, I was able to partake in the Lord’s Supper. I asked my father what the Lord’s Supper meant, and he said that it represented the body and the blood of Jesus. That is to say, it represented the sacrifice that He made for us on the Cross. My father then read the passage from a King James Bible that told about the establishment of what we called The Lord’s Supper: “And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. (Luke 22:19-20, KJV)” I asked why it was that we only did this once a month, and even then at the evening service (most people went to the morning service). My father thought about it for a minute, then he said that the Catholics do it every Sunday at all of their services. (In actuality, most Catholic churches have at least one Mass every day except Good Friday; Catholics are bound to attend Mass only on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation.) He said that perhaps we do it less often so as not to imitate them. As you can imagine, I did not understand this for what it was. The Baptists, and many other Protestant groups, were concerned that the “Lord’s Supper” would become the focus of the church service rather than the sermon. Though there are some Protestant churches that have communion every Sunday, none of them place the same importance on the Eucharist that the Catholic Church does.
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As a mental health professional, you may be familiar with some of the issues faced by teens who identify as LGBTQIA+: bullying, harassment, rejection, and physical and emotional violence. One lesser known and often undiscussed issue is teen dating violence (TDV). Violence against LGBTQIA+ teens is usually categorized as a hate crime–but much of the harm experienced by this population is inflicted by a dating partner. February has been designated as TDV awareness month, and each year, we acknowledge the millions of teens who endure violence in their dating relationships. This article looks specifically at LGBTQIA+ youth, who are often omitted from statistics.
TDV is a significant public health and social justice issue (Murray, King & Crowe, 2016). It is, in fact, the most common form of youth violence, and recent statistics have estimated that roughly 1.5 million U.S. high school students experience TDV each year (LoveisRespect.org, 2015). When these issues are not addressed adequately and early on, they can lead to intimate partner violence later in life (LoveisRespect.org, 2015). Since violent behaviors often begin between 6th and 12th grade (Louisiana Department of Justice, 2015), school administrators, mental health providers, and others who interact with teens should be aware of the warning signs of TDV. Additionally, they should become familiar with best practices to meet the needs of youth. These include acquiring an understanding of how dating violence affects young people who identify as LGBTQIA+ and gaining familiarity with the available resources.
The Centers for Disease Control estimate that about 10% of high school students have reported experiencing physical or sexual dating violence (CDC, n.d). While there are many studies that examine TDV, the unfortunate reality is that most of these studies fail to take into account the sexual orientation or gender identity of the respondents (Dank, Lachman, Zweig & Yahner, 2014). For this reason, accurate data on LGBTQIA+ TDV is still largely unknown (Dank, Lachman, Zweig & Yahner, 2014). Some studies have suggested that LGBTQIA+ youth have greater odds of experiencing violence and victimization within intimate relationships than their non-LGBTQIA+ peers (Dank, Lachman, Zweig & Yahner, 2014); rates of cyber and psychological dating abuse as well as physical abuse are significantly higher among LGBTQIA+ young people (Zweig, Dank, Lachman & Yahner, 2013).
The adolescent years are generally a time in which identities are developed and the pursuit of intimacy is negotiated. This developmental period can be filled with uncertainty, anxiety, and a rush of unfamiliar emotions (Espelage, Merrin & Hatchel, 2018). For LGBTQIA+ youth, adolescence can entail significant social isolation and victimization because their dating practices are often deemed socially unacceptable. As a result, these teens are less likely to talk about their dating experiences for fear of further victimization (Espelage, Merrin & Hatchel, 2018). When these teens do open up about negative dating experiences, they are more likely to receive dismissive and demeaning responses (Marrow, 2004, as cited in Espelage, Merrin & Hatchel, 2018). Espelage, Merrin and Hatchel (2018) suggest that the best approach for addressing the needs of LGBTQIA+ youth is to understand their unique experiences with intimate partner violence, and the association between these events and future adverse mental health outcomes.
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Many therapists are woefully unaware of how common teen dating violence is. Approximately 1.5 million high school students in the U.S. report being intentionally hit or physically harmed in the last year by someone with whom they were romantically involved (Murray, King, & Crowe, 2016), while one in three young people are reported to be in an abusive or unhealthy relationship (Gellar, 2018). Meantime, one in 10 teenagers involved in romantic relationships report being nonconsensually kissed or touched, or physically forced to have sexual relations with their partner (CDC, n.d.). These statistics are even more striking among LGBTQIA+ teens: nationwide, 17.8% of gay, lesbian, and bisexual high school students–in comparison to 5.4% of heterosexual students–reported being forced to have sex (Kann, et al., 2016). A 2013 study conducted by the Urban Institute Justice Policy Center found that 23% of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth, as compared to 12% of heterosexual youth, have experienced sexual coercion (Zweig, Dank, Lachman & Yahner, 2013). Affirmative therapists, especially those who work with adolescent populations, need to be aware of this problem in order to properly assess their clients and create safety plans.
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TDV extends far beyond physical abuse–it also includes financial, digital, sexual, mental, and emotional abuse (LoveisRespect.org, 2017). Financial abuse involves using money as a form of control. In financially abusive relationships, the abuser may coerce their partner to use their credit card or debit card; withhold money, thus requiring their partner to beg for allowances; or control what their partner can buy and how their money can and should be spent (LoveisRespect.org, 2017). Financial abuse often begins with subtle acts; these are generally warning signs that should not be ignored.
Digital abuse is becoming more common between teens, though the warning signs are often dismissed. In this type of dynamic, the abusive partner may dictate who their partner can and should be friends with on social media; request passwords to access accounts; constantly text and require immediate responses; pressure their partner to send explicit photographs; and look through their partner’s phone or emails to keep tabs (LoveisRespect.org, 2017). In LGBTQIA+ relationships, digital abuse can also entail an abuser publicly posting relationship status without consent, thereby outing their partner, who may not be ready to disclose their sexual orientation (LoveisRespect.org, 2017).
Emotional and mental abuse in LGBTQIA+ relationships can differ greatly from the ways in which they show up in heterosexual and cisgender relationships. In most relationships, mental and emotional abuse occurs when the abuser constantly puts down their partner, makes threats of harm, or constantly accuses the other person of cheating. The abusive person may assume control of their partner’s behaviors and actions (LoveisRespect.org, 2017). Meantime, in LGBTQIA+ relationships specifically, the abuser may also use tactics involving fear, shame, and threats of loss of community to control their partner. If the abuser is aware that their partner feels any shame about their sexual orientation or gender identity, they may use this to exert power and control in the relationship (LoveisRespect.org, 2017). Additionally, if the abuser is aware that their partner belongs to a religious community or a traditional family structure, the abuser may use the fear of outing their partner to assume control or cause them to lose their support system.
Limitations in the Laws
At the school level, many of the laws currently implemented fail to provide adequate protection for LGBTQIA+ youth. Quite frankly, some of the laws have done the opposite of protecting them, instead putting them at significant risk (Lenson, 2015). One law currently in place is referred to as “No Promo Homo,” and nine states have implemented it. The law requires school officials to take a neutral stance on sexual and gender identity, and prohibits any discussion or services to promote the well-being of LGBTQ students (Lenson, 2015). 22 states have implemented laws requiring school boards to include curricula on TDV, but none of these provide guidance on sexual minority dating violence (Plichta, 2018). At the clinical level, the American Academy of Pediatrics outlines their recommendation for the assessment for intimate partner violence, but these recommendations do not include guidelines for sexual minorities (Plichta, 2018).
Given the gaps in the research, the lack of adequate reporting of TDV statistics affecting LGBTQIA+ youth, and the necessity for development of best practices to address the concerns of this population, mental health providers and school officials are in an optimal position to begin meeting these needs. TDV is a developmental stepping stone in the pathway toward adult intimate partner violence (Dank, M., Lachman, Zweig & Yahner, 2014), which can lead to poor mental health outcomes such as increased rates of depression, alcohol and drug abuse, and suicidal ideation among survivors. Prevention and early identification are key, as the primary risk factor for future victimization is early victimization (Plichta, 2018). Further research is needed for a better understanding of the circumstances that place LGBTQIA+ teens at higher risk for dating violence and the consequences of this type of abuse. Such research will assist with the development of prevention and intervention programs that specifically target the current and future needs of this population.
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Espelage, D. L., Merrin, G. J., & Hatchel, T. (2018). Peer victimization and dating violence among LGBTQ youth: The impact of school violence and crime on mental health outcomes. Youth violence and juvenile justice, 16(2), 156-173.
Gellar, L. (2018). Dating Violence Affects 1 in 3 Teenagers. This Is What You Can Do To Help. Retrieved from: https://articles.aplus.com/a/5-common-signs-teen-dating-violence?no_monetization=true
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Tulip Mania: Bubble Trouble
A historical analysis of the world’s first recorded market ‘bubble’.
Market ‘bubbles’ are a relatively common topic of conversation these days. With the diversification of goods and seemingly endless market opportunities, the desire to consume is at previously unthought levels. An intense propensity to buy means the value of goods can increase or decrease quickly, leading to economic speculation and the creation of market ‘bubbles’. A ‘bubble’ is an economic cycle that is characterised by the rapid escalation of market value, particularly in the price of assets. This intense inflation is followed by a decrease in value that is known as a ‘crash’ or ‘burst’. Globalisation has increased the possibility of market ‘bubbles’ as it is easy for international investors and consumers to take part in these markets. Whilst seemingly positive as global trade and commerce booms, the likelihood of ‘bubbles’ increases, which can be devastating for both consumers and investors when the ‘bubble bursts’. But, this is not a contemporary phenomenon. The first example of this was in the 1600s, involving imported tulips into the Dutch market. This would be the first recorded market ‘bubble’ and would exemplify capitalist economics to the world for centuries to come.
But how did the import of a flower become the first recognised market ‘bubble’?
Tulips, which are native to Turkey and other regions of central and west Asia, were first introduced to Europe in the 16th century. Improved trade routes between Central Europe and the eastern reaches of the Holy Roman Empire led to an influx of plants, vegetables, and spices, which became extremely popular in the United Provinces (which is now the Netherlands). The Dutch were responsible for pioneering innovations in the economic, business, and financial history of the world, and therefore became the perfect birthplace of the world’s first formal stock exchange, which paved the way for the tulip market. Dutch merchants were particularly prevalent and, resultantly, successful as the state moved into a ‘Golden Age’ of economics and culture, with some voyages yielding profits of 400%.
Tulips became a desired commodity as they can survive in harsh European conditions, and also produce petals that are saturated in colour. This instigated what became known as ‘Tulip Mania’, and the price of multicoloured tulips shot up exponentially as professional growers started paying higher and higher prices for bulbs that were of the colour changing variation. This, with fresh demand from the French, encouraged speculators into the scene and eventually the price of normal tulip bulbs began rising. The Dutch then developed a futures market in response to chaotic levels of trade, which allowed the contracts for bulbs at the end of the season to be bought and sold. The development and interest in this market turned tulips into the fourth leading export product of the Netherlands by 1636.
As popularity reached its peak in 1637, some tulip contracts were alleged to have been changing hands as much as ten times a day. Eventually, growers were unable to fulfil these contracts and the chain of commerce abruptly came to a halt, triggering a crisis scenario. Routine tulip auctions became desolate, and the presence of the bubonic plague had an adverse effect on consumerism – some historians argue that high degrees of fatality in the period led to reckless spending which drove the price of tulips. The crisis left hundreds of contracts unfulfilled, forcing the Court of Holland to freeze contracts and order private arbitration.
Tulip mania, in relation to contemporary examples, was a relatively contained ‘bubble’. Now, market ‘bubbles’ are globalised and on a scale that dwarfs the Dutch propensity for tulips, thus having graver implications for its investors should things go wrong. An example of this is the Dot Com ‘bubble’ burst in 2000. Speculators clambered to cash in on the internet boom and were recklessly investing in Dot Com companies, but the market failed, and stocks had lost $5 trillion by the end of the stock market downturn of 2000. On the other hand, there are currently several markets which experts tip to ‘burst’ at some point. Cryptocurrency, with its lack of centralised liability and low barriers of entry, is reportedly set to crash, which will create a difficult time for its young, inexperienced investors. This shows the dangers of contemporary market ‘bubbles’ and the negative effects they can have when they burst in a modern, globalised economic system. The history of market ‘bubbles’ is crucial to understanding why they happen and why they ‘burst’ – if modern speculators in decentralised assets considered this, they’d understand the dangers of their investment and the inevitable drop of value.
To conclude, tulip mania was a harsh but needed experiment in the early forms of speculation. Although it was a great example of successful intercontinental commerce, it was unorganised and allowed to run rampant, thus demonstrating a need for financial regulation. But have we learnt our lessons from the past? Although ‘tulip mania’ was the first of its kind, the world still promotes and nurtures the existence of market ‘bubbles’, and little is done to mitigate the potential fallout that can occur when it bursts. Accordingly, greater education and control is needed to make these markets safe for investors in a contemporary economic climate, especially when considering advances in technology have encouraged young, inexperienced investors into the scene. |
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EXCHANGES AND RETURNS
There is a lot of hard work and love that goes behind each piece that goes out of our studio. We make sure that each piece is well made, is inspected for any defect and packaged with a love note before sending it to our customer. However sometimes things don't work out, and in such cases we are happy to help you get that perfect outfit for you.
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Summertime is a favorite season for so many people. It is when beaching and boating are most popular, and everyone works on their summer tans.
Here is the first piece I made…..
I filled the heart pendant with sea glass and shells, then sealed it all in with resin. I also hung one of the mermaid charms in the front of this pendant.
I used 3 strands of the TOHO seed beads
and mixed the Crystal Fish Beads
with them. I then continued the necklace with the Picasso Square Beads and the Glass Nautilus Shells beads.
On the other side I did some sterling silver wire work along with some of my lamp worked beads and a glass disc and sterling silver hook for a clasp.
I absolutely loved the nautilus shell beads and the square glass beads and will be ordering more of these. The heart bezel pendant will also be in my next order. I was making these myself from sterling silver, but these are so easy to work with and can keep my costs down.
Here is a close-up of the pendant…..
And another picture of the entire necklace…..
I also think the Crystal Fish Beads
work so well with the seed beads and add just the right amount of sparkle. Who doesn’t like *sparkle*!?
Of course no necklace is complete without a matching pair of earrings, so here is what I made using the seed beads and Sterling Silver Mermaid Charms
. These mermaid charms are the perfect size for earrings.
From another angle…..
Still having beads left over from Artbeads.com
and ideas popping into my head I came up with this abstract, art quilt which I am calling “Bahama Bubbles”.
After piecing and quilting this art quilt, I hand stitched the seed beads
on to look like bubbles and then stitched on the Nautilus Shell Glass Beads
, as if they were on the ocean floor. Both the lined seed beads and the glass shell beads add just the right amount of quirky-ness to this piece which measures about 7″ x 11″. Here is another picture of the quilt before I added the blue nautilus shell beads, and when the sun was out…….
So even if you are a quilter, or mixed media artist, remember to try out other objects on your artwork. Even items that are normally considered for jewelry artists! Think outside the box!
I hope these items inspire you to make something summery and get ready for the summer season!
The Artbeads.com products in this post were provided as a promotional gift by Artbeads.com, as part of their Design Partner & Blogging program. I have been asked to review these products and give my honest opinion – good or bad. My comments and opinions about these products are my honest, personal opinion and I have not been paid for any endorsement. |
Chief Automotive Technologies has launched its new LaserLock live mapping system. Featuring a portable laser scanner with out-of-level measuring capabilities that can be used for blueprinting throughout the shop, the LaserLock frees up the frame rack to be used exclusively for repairs.
“When you measure every vehicle up front instead of just conducting a visual inspection, you reduce the chance that ‘hidden’ damage will crop up and delay the repair,” said Bob Holland, Chief director of collision in North and South America. “Hidden damage can lead to supplemental estimates, lost time waiting for additional parts and unhappy customers. LaserLock’s design allows it to be easily moved between the estimating bay and frame rack, leading to better estimates and quicker repairs.”
In addition to the laser scanner, LaserLock includes 45 targets with a range of attachments, dual flat screen monitors, a computer, color printer and Chief software. An aluminum collet kit is available for use with aluminum vehicles like the 2015 Ford F-150 pickup. The system is contained within its own rolling cabinet so it can be moved throughout the shop without having to be dismantled or loaded onto a cart. An optional tripod is available for raising the scanner to measure a vehicle mounted on a two-post lift. To accommodate any bay layout, the scanner connects to the rolling workstation with a 20-foot cable.
The LaserLock scanner can map the entire vehicle at once, reducing the time it takes to compile data for an estimate on vehicles with both front and rear damage, or diamond and twist damage. Once the vehicle is measured, estimators can print full-color maps of all the collision damage on a vehicle to create a thorough estimate.
LaserLock’s main flat-screen monitor is dedicated to the live mapping system, while the secondary monitor can be easily switched between an estimating program and OEM repair procedures.
“With LaserLock, a shop operator who wants to start blueprinting doesn’t have to dedicate a frame rack to measuring or even purchase a second measuring system for the estimator,” said Holland. “The estimator can wheel the system over to a two-post lift, which is the most cost-effective way to get most vehicles in the air. When the estimate is complete, LaserLock can be wheeled back to the repair bay and set up for frame rack use in less than five minutes.”
During the repair process, technicians can use LaserLock to monitor dimensional changes in real time, which Chief says saves time by eliminating the need to recalibrate after every pull and reduces the risk that a pull will put more damage into the vehicle. After the repair is completed, LaserLock can be used to create a final inspection report that shows the vehicle has been returned to OEM specifications. |
OPENSHIFT, KUBERNETES, AND DOCKER: A QUICK COMPARISON
Containerization and microservices have exploded in popularity in enterprise application delivery in recent years. Many CXOs of firms that want to stay ahead in digital innovation and bring agility to new service launches have turned their attention to containers. According to Portworx’s container adoption study, 89.7% of survey respondents are putting containers into production, which is significant.
Still, CXOs and IT managers face a few challenges with container solutions in terms of administration, scaling, agile deployment, and maintenance.
For containerization, there are three options: Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
Docker is a container technology and a container image runtime provided by Docker. Its ecosystem helps it manage and operate Docker container images and their dependencies. This is handled by Docker Enterprise Engine. Mirantis recently purchased the company.
Docker snuck into the data centers of several private and public clouds, bringing the container concept into sharp view. Docker Swarm was later released to handle orchestration and serve as Docker image schedulers. A Docker Enterprise Engine was made available as a commercial solution. However, for the images it was orchestrating, Docker EE was unable to deliver effective scaling and external load balancing.
Cloud-Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) hosts Kubernetes, an open source container orchestration technology endorsed by Google, AWS, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Cisco Systems, and Red Hat.
Where Docker EE has limitations, Kubernetes offers the ability to run containers on multiple servers, auto-scale containers, distribute load amongst containers, manage container storage, give container robustness in the event of failure, and more. Kubernetes provides features that complement Docker.
Kubernetes makes container runtime easier by managing Docker-based applications that are deployed on an underlying system that keeps many replicas of running applications. Kubernetes has made it possible for developers to design cloud-native applications faster and has built a self-driving and reusable ecosystem of services. As a result, we may see a variety of Kubernetes-as-a-service platforms being offered by vendors of various sizes.
Kubernetes is a community-driven project, as we all know. If you install Kubernetes on your infrastructure and run into problems, you’ll need to seek help from the community. Red Hat’s OpenShift platform as a service is based on Kubernetes and contains Docker for managing a wide range of workloads. Red Hat’s OpenShift solution is based on the Kubernetes and Docker projects. Red Hat OpenShift provides paid support for any bugs or help with implementation.
Let’s go over some more topics that will helps decision-makers understand the distinctions and relationships between Docker, OpenShift, and Kubernetes to assist them in choosing container management solutions.
Types of Workload
Docker EE is container management and orchestration tool from Docker. Because it is intimately linked with Docker API for intercommunication, Docker EE is best suited for orchestrating Docker images. However, Kubernetes can manage both Docker images and standalone containers, and it has a feature set that is suitable for all workloads. All workload types are supported by OpenShift, including Docker images and Kubernetes.
Patches and Upgrades
Kubernetes and Docker initially release upgrades and patches. After the release of Kubernetes, Docker, and other open-source platforms, OpenShift makes minor updates to its repository.
Operation of CI/CD
External extensions or tools, such as Jenkins, are supported for CI/CD in Kubernetes and Docker and must be installed separately. OpenShift comes with a pre-integrated Jenkins framework, making CI/CD setup a breeze.
Enabling Multiple Clouds
Public clouds such as Google Cloud, AWS EKA, and Azure AKS all support Kubernetes and Docker. OpenShift is accessible on Azure and as a dedicated online platform. Kubernetes is frequently regarded as a top choice for multi-cloud deployment.
Management and Deployment
When compared to Docker EE and OpenShift, which are known for their ease of setup and streamlined user interface, Kubernetes container deployment and maintenance might be complicated.
There is several RHCSA training institute in Kochi that can help you gain sufficient information on this subject. The best teachings and talents come from the best solutions courses. As a result, prepare for the future with RHCSA courses in Kochi. |
Online lotteries are becoming increasingly popular in the United States. This is due to the rapid growth of the internet, which has facilitated the ability to stream multiple events from around the globe. As a result, the online lottery market is expected to grow considerably. In fact, more states are attempting to introduce the concept of an online lottery.
Online lotteries are a great way to increase your odds of winning. Unlike a traditional lottery, you can choose your own numbers in the online version. Several websites offer games of this kind, including Lottoland and Powerball. Buying tickets can be done on your desktop, smartphone or tablet. These sites also have a range of promotions. Some are even free. Depending on the game, you could win up to $1 million.
The best lottery sites allow you to play different games in different states, and they are a good way to learn about the various online lotteries in your area. Moreover, these sites are a safe way to play lottery. When purchasing tickets, you can rest assured that you’re using a reputable company that uses SSL encryption software. Alternatively, you can visit an official state lottery website. They will provide information about upcoming draws and past results, and can make it easier to buy your ticket.
Several online lotteries also offer Instant Games, which are casino-style games that can be played on a mobile device. They can be played for as little as $0.05. Several states have their own Instant Game lottery, so check your state’s website for more details.
Another interesting aspect of online lotteries is the fact that the jackpot amount is guaranteed by the insurance company. This is unlike a traditional lottery, where you could lose your entire investment. It’s possible to pool your money with other players and share the prize. However, in order to claim the prize, you must be in the state of the online lottery operator.
Other than the jackpot, you can also win smaller prizes. For instance, the single version of Keno has a top prize of $100,000. Depending on the site, the minimum win can be as low as $20. If you’re a new customer, you can receive 10 free games with the bonus code ONLINE10.
Buying your ticket from a state lottery website can be a safe and easy way to participate in a draw. Licensed lottery sites are regulated by the state gaming authority, and they provide secure payment methods and password protected accounts.
Some online lottery sites require you to sign up for a subscription before you can play. The price of a subscription varies depending on the number of drawings. Also, some sites will automatically withhold a 24% tax from your prize. Typically, you will need to fill out a form to claim your winnings. But most states will allow you to play if you’re within the state.
Although the online lottery is not as popular as betting on sports, it is still one of the most popular forms of Internet gambling. In the United States, Illinois was the first state to introduce an online lottery. |
How to set up Amazon Fire TV
Update: With the recent Amazon Fire TV OS update (to Version 5.0.5), Fire TV devices (boxes and sticks) will ignore IPv4 DNS settings in favor of IPv6 if available. Given that IPv6 beaks our service, if you see an IPv6 address for DNS in your device's network settings, then you'll need to disable IPv6 on your router in order to allow your Fire TV to use our DNS.
First, you need to find the IP of your router. Please use the appropriate method below and note down the IP of your router.
Find Router IP on Windows
- Open up the program command prompt
- Type “ipconfig” without the quotes and press enter
- The IP address from default gateway is most likely the IP address of your router
Find Router IP on OS X
- Open System Preferences
- Go to Network
- Click Advanced
- Go to TCP/IP – here you will see the routers IP
Change the DNS on the Amazon Fire TV (Wireless)
- Go to Settings
- Select Network
- Select your WI-FI network and forget WI-FI network by Pressing the button with 3 lines on it.
- Press the select button.
- Select your WI-FI network.
- Enter your WI-FI password and Click on advanced
- Enter the first three groups of numbers exactly the same as the IP address of your router. As an example, if your router IP is 192.168.0.1, then use the IP address 192.168.0.7 or something to that nature. The important part is to change the last digit so you get an IP from the same IP range as the router.
- For the Default gateway enter the IP of your router
- Input 24 for the Network Prefix Length and Click Next
- Enter 220.127.116.11 for DNS 1
- Enter 18.104.22.168 for DNS 2
Change the DNS on the Amazon Fire TV (Wired)
- Go to Settings
- Select Network (wired)
- Select Configure Network
- Enter a valid IP from your home network. Find the IP of your router in the guides above.
- Set prefix length to 24. Press Next.
- Set gateway to the router IP (You can find the correct gateway by following the guides above). Press Next.
- Set DNS 1 to 22.214.171.124. Press Next.
- Set DNS 2 to 126.96.36.199. Press Next.
Other Things You Need
- Make sure you have a 1-click US address in your Amazon Account.
- Also on Amazon.com go to Your Account > Manage Your Content and Devices > Country Settings and set country to United States |
Cultural & Traditional Values
The goal of the program is to raise awareness and interest in learning about traditional Hindu culture, beliefs, values and practices. We at Vidyaranya Memorial Trust believe that Hinduism has strong cultures and traditional values. By instilling these values into children mind we feel that they can be made responsible citizens. To achieve this we conduct programmes which will help children to ascertain their area of interest so that can we can encourage them to excel in their field they choose. With the help of this programme they get good recognition, shine better in their area of interest.
To learn to live together in today’s increasingly globalized world, we need to develop the skills and values to live in a very diverse cultural and linguistic environment. Once we may have seen such diversity as a feature of far-off societies, but it has now become part of our own daily life. Right in our own homes our lives are being touched by otherness, by different cultures
An intercultural focus such as we propose would have to begin by promoting the development of values directly related to the issue dealt with here: the diversity we should be sharing with all human beings. A development of this type should ultimately lead us to conceive of diversity as wealth and the promise of harmonious relations between men and women of different cultures and languages.
Vidyaranya Memorial Trust also undertakes music classes for relaxation. The music sessions at Vidyaranya Memorial Trust is meant to relax the mind and fill the spirit with soothing music and spiritual readings. Music has the power to affect your thoughts and feelings. Soft, soothing music can help you relax and lower your stress level. Music classes are conducted every evening at Vidyaranya Memorial Trust office premises, which helps people relax the mind, and to experience the real happiness from music.
Our spiritual program forms the core of what we do. Through the spiritual program, we strive to follow and implement the advice of proven age-old treatises. We offer a wide range of study and practice opportunities. Our goal is to meet the varied spiritual needs of our community. Thus we have programs for beginners as well as for those who have been practicing for a number of years. We have weekly practice sessions including silent meditation and special Mahayana practices.
The role of spirituality, considered by many to be an integral part of the mind-body phenomenon, is emerging as the next point of study and debate in this growing movement. More doctors are embracing the idea of encouraging patients’ faith as a way to promote healing, but some resist it, saying it raises ethical concerns and can weaken science’s role in care.
As a part of expanding Vidyaranya Memorial Trust service activities they also conducted a Veda Brahmin Vivah parichay vedika where many people from males to females to search for their life partners with a trust and confidence that any person can become life partner and were happy with their arrangements and had also successfully searched for their life partners and then later, they married each other. This indicates that Vidyaranya memorial trust covering all aspects of service activities free of cost to people and to see that their lives are happier and living healthily. |
I've been working on pulling together a bunch of the circuits showcased in the first few months of the Logic Noise series and making something coherent out of them. Here's a place for you to follow along, make suggestions, and take from it what you will.
Making sound with a single logic chip is really quite easy. Let's take a look at the most basic sound producing circuit we cover in our serise. The full details of this are covered in the first installment of Logic Noise, but here we're going to boil it down even further. You need:
40106 Inverter Chip
2x 0.1uF capacitors
2x 100k potentiometer
1x 100k resistor
1x 10k resistor
powered speakers, like computer speakers
Some way to connect everything together (a breadboard and jumper wires)
Here is a connection illustration:
When connecting your computer speakers you will also need a connection to ground (the blue lines in the diagram).
The heart of the circuit is shown below. The circuit makes sound using a concept called Hysteresis. This is a type of delay found in some integrated circuits. The 40106 chip we're using has a time delay between producing a low signal and a high signal; this is an oscillator. This change from low to high is at a frequency that produces a note. The protentiometer can change this frequency, making the sound higher or lower.
To make a permanent system from the Logic Noise potpourri, there's a ton of choices that need to be made. Here's a record of what I've been thinking.
Chips: Clearly, we'll need at least one of each chip that's been featured in the Logic Noise series so far. That is to say: 40106, 4051, 4040, 4015, 4017, 4070, and a 4069UB.
Hard-wired and convenient vs Flexible: This is the crux of the biscuit: what separates a Moog Modular from a Minimoog. So far we've been doing everything on a breadboard, which is the extreme of flexibility, but suffers for convenience. I'd like to be making simple sounds with three or four patch cords, and sequenced things with five or six. Not patch-cable spaghetti, but flexible.
Special Functions: Flexibility is great, but re-wiring up the cymbal or bass drum circuit every time would be silly. Some things will just have to be hard-wired modules. We use a few 40106 oscillators every time -- they should just work out of the box.
Connectors: Ideally, we'd all be rich, have huge workspaces, and the every input/output would have a well-labelled banana jack. With eight chips and 10-12 pins per chip, assuming 1in^2 and $0.50 per jack, that's something like 200 in^2 and $100 just in connectors for the whole system. That won't do. The compromise is to break everything out on male pin-headers and use female-female "Dupont" wires as patch cables. It's cheap, small, and easily compatible with breadboards.
Multiples: Many connections to the chips will need to be doubled or tripled. Example: you'll want a tempo oscillator that can feed multiple clocks. I'll put two or three outputs where necessary and make up the rest with a few well-placed multiples.
Power: Easy. 9V battery. Small, cheap, convenient. Works with rechargeables if necessary.
Overall flow: Oscillators -> clocks / switches -> special modules -> output mixer. Not that it needs to be hardwired, but that keeping the order in mind will help layout.
Audio Out: Ideally, headphone and line out jack. In practice, it's easy to do the line out correctly, but headphones really want a dedicated driver/amplifier and their specs are all over the map. So we'll fudge and do something with the 4069UB chip that'll probably work for both. Wish I had space for a speaker, but anything plausible will have crappy bass response anyway.
Fine points: Inputs/outputs in the same order as on the chips, or grouped into logical sets, or grouped and ordered. Since space for writing legends is going to be tight, I think re-organizing stuff to make as much intrinsic sense is the only way to go.
Luxuries: It's nice to have some LEDs around to help debug. A few tie points to VCC and GND never hurt. Pulldown resistors on all the sensitive inputs?
Art / labels: It'd be nice to describe all the chips on the board artwork. OTOH, we're going to be cramped for space. Sexy artwork for the back side is a must. |
Cheap & Easy Lego Birthday Party
I recently hosted a Lego Playdate Birthday Party for my just-turned-five-year-old son, and thought I'd share the party plans and resources for anyone who may be interested in a similar party.
I asked my son and daughter to create a Lego scene from their minifigures and toys. This is what they came up with:
With a little bit of Photoshop magic, I put together this 5" x 7" invitation and printed them on white cardstock (they would have looked better professionally printed on photo paper, but I was short on time!) and sent them to school with my son.
I planned several games and activities that would work inside or outside. We lucked out with good weather, so we held the party in our driveway and set the games and tables up into "stations".
Free Play with Blocks: I borrowed two giant buckets full of Duplo blocks from my sister-in-law and the boys had a great time just making their own creations and playing with the blocks. I was surprised at how such a simple thing entertained them for so long!
Coloring Sheets: I downloaded several Lego Movie coloring sheets as an emergency quiet activity, and was surprised when several of the boys migrated to that table completely unprompted!
Lego Movie Coloring Sheets: Download at Lego.com
Lego Toss: I used the top of a 4 ft plastic table, 6 blue paper plates (taped to the table to look like a Lego brick), and labeled the plates with points. Then the kids each took turns tossing a Duplo blocks (bean bags would have worked better -- less bounce) trying to get the most points. The boys each did about 3 rounds of this, trying to perfect their toss. I didn't give prizes...but you could. :)
Pin the Head on the Lego Man:
I used cardstock to made a paper-pieced version of this LegoMan coloring sheet from HappilyUprooted.com and glued it to a piece of cardboard.
To make the heads, I started with this Lego Faces Printable image from blueflombingo.com, and adjusted the colors, sizes and layout in Photoshop to create this printable that would work better directly onto yellow cardstock and cut them out.
Each boy picked the face he liked best (they skipped over the girl faces), I blindfolded them with a scarf and turned them around 5 times each. We ended up with a pretty silly looking Lego guy and the boys thought it was pretty entertaining.
Lego in a Spoon Relay:
Somehow, this particular group of 5-year-old boys didn't know much about how relay races work, so this game kind of fell apart. But..we attempted it anyhow.
What you need: Two wooden spoons, two duplo blocks, two teams and two chairs.
How to play: Each team tries to get all of their players around the chair and back without dropping the Duplo block, balancing it on the wooden spoon.
Build Your Own Race Car:
This was the big "finale" activity, and also served as the boys' party favors, since they got to take home their Lego Race Car creations and extra pieces.
I ordered 8 race car "kits" made from used Legos on Ebay. The seller, robertpack, worked with me to create a perfect kit for 8 kids, but essentially, it was one each of these three listings:
- 8 Lego Race Car Kits
- 1lb of random Lego pieces
- 8 race car driver Lego minifigures (This listing is just for a misc. Lego minifigure -- If you message robertpack and ask specifically about Race Car Drivers and he'll help price it out for you!)
Before the party, my husband and kids helped me divide the pieces out into "kits" which we put into ziplock bags for each boy (4 wheels, a bottom, a windshield, a driver, a seat, a steering wheel, lights, fins, etc.). Then I put a bowl of all the extra pieces in the center of the table for "flair" and they got to work.
The boys had a blast building (with a little bit of help from the adults) their own completely unique cars that they then raced down an 8ft table set up as a ramp:
When we were finished, we put their cars and exta pieces back into the ziplock bags, labeled them with their names, and added a few pieces of candy to them to take home as favor bags.
Five year old boys don't require much of anything fancy! I could have themed all the food out, but frankly, you end up throwing a lot of it away and it takes so much time and energy to make all those cute Pinterest-y recipes and decorative foods. I did feed them all lunch, but we kept it VERY simple:
- 1 Family Sized Papa Murphy's Take & Bake pizza
- 1 bag of Cheetos
- Lemonade & Apple Juice Boxes
- sliced strawberries
I don't bake (at least not for presentation). So, I went to the Target bakery the day before the party and picked out a pre-made and decorated sheet cake (it had some red, blue and yellow balloons on it).
To personalize the top of the cake, I printed a simple banner onto yellow cardstock and taped it to two straws. Then my son designed 5 of his Lego minifigures to run across the cake. SOOO simple.
Eh...he was turning 5 and the party was outside, so I skipped the decorations almost entirely. I did buy blue & red plates and yellow napkins from the Dollar Tree, as well as a single green star balloon for the mailbox. But that was it. So freeing. So easy. And decorations weren't missed AT ALL.
I estimate that in-all, I spent less than $120 on the whole party. He and his friends had a fantastic time, and I wasn't stressed about planning it at all. Not too shabby. |
The Big Ones
Spend enough time in venture and you can see the transformation in startups and the economy almost as if time has speeded up.
GCV’s first article on Coinbase, eight years ago to the day, described it as “a digital wallet for Bitcoin transactions”, which “had raised $600,000 from accelerator Y Combinator and publisher International Data Group’s corporate venturing unit IDG Ventures.
“Bitcoin was set up without central bank backing but with a predetermined limit of 21 million available to be issued from its software and has seen fluctuations in its value from $9 in January to $200 on 9 April 2013 and back down to $150 a day later.”
Now, Bitcoin’s price is $63,063.90 and investors have valued Coinbase at $75.9bn after its debut on Nasdaq stock exchange on Wednesday.
The Financial Times described it as “the first listing of a major cryptocurrency exchange and a moment of validation for the digital asset class some 12 years after the creation of bitcoin”. After a direct listing of Coinbase shares – rather than the more traditional initial public offering which raises new capital – the price fell to $328 from an opening price of $381 to give a market capitalisation of $85.8bn, including options and other kinds of stock-based awards.
However, after early support from CVCs, such as IDG and USAA’s Victor Pascucci and Jon Cholak, Coinbase cashed in with a $75m series C round in 2015 including from BBVA, NYSE and NTT and not looked back. Coinbase’s big investors include venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz, Ribbit Capital and Union Square Ventures.
Coinbase’s financial fortunes have surged with the cryptocurrency markets, producing a nine-fold jump in revenues to an estimated $1.8bn in the first quarter, translating to about $1.1bn in adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, the FT said.
But while still primarily a business-to-consumer exchange for people to buy and sell bitcoin and ethereum based on the blockchain, financial services firms are more interested in the underlying technology than its value as a monetary store or gold equivalent.
Jay Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, said: “No one is using them for payments, for example, like the dollar. It’s a little bit like gold . . . Human beings have given gold this special value that it doesn’t have from an industrial standpoint, but nonetheless for thousands of years they’ve done that. Bitcoin is much more like that.”
Behind the scenes, however, and the big asset managers and financial groups are working on pragmatic implementations of blockchain and crypto as platform or infrastructure to trade, price, settle and be the custodians. From there, products to deploy and engage on alternative assets and how even venture capital is affected can flow.
Similar riches are now being reaped from early investments in other emerging fields created in the past two decades.
Tuesday’s daily leader looked at the $25bn of cash returned from Naspers/Prosus selling four percentage points of its holding in Tencent over the past few years.
Netherlands-listed technology investor Prosus, formed out of the corporate venturing assets collected by South Africa-listed media group Naspers, has sold 2% of China-based gaming and social media group Tencent for $14.7bn.
This is the world’s largest-ever block trade – 191.89 million shares for HK$114.1bn – but leaves Prosus still holding 28.9% of Tencent, according to newswire Reuters.
The block trade – or the usually private, single trade of a large amount of securities – surpassed the previous record set in 2018 when Naspers also sold 2% of Tencent for $9.8bn, Refinitiv data showed. Its remaining stake is worth about $200bn, from an original $31m corporate venturing deal struck 20 years ago.
Bob van Dijk, CEO at Prosus, said: “The proceeds of the sale will increase our financial flexibility, enabling us to invest in the significant growth potential we see across the group, as well as in our own stock.”
Prosus, which also invests in online food delivery platforms, classified marketplaces and digital payments businesses, has built up its warchest for new and existing investments given the rapid scaling up of the innovation capital ecosystem at the later stage.
Global venture capital investments hit $125bn in the first quarter, the first time the figure has surpassed $100bn in a quarter, according to data published by Crunchbase, even though deal volumes held relatively stable.
The opportunity for social network or “platform economy” companies to dominate across sectors or verticals remains, especially as Tencent peer Alibaba’s share price rose on Monday after it was able to have the term written into law.
This is particularly the case as finance becomes embedded into media. As James Thorne, a venture capital reporter at PitchBook, noted at the weekend, Angela Strange, general partner at VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), made the case in 2019 that most people would be working in financial services soon, even if we don’t change jobs, as finance becomes embedded into software.
At that point, media and content becomes the differentiator, which is why A16Z calls itself a media company that monetizes through venture capital.
In his annual letter last week, Jamie Dimon, CEO at bank JPMorgan Chase, said: “Fintech’s ability to merge social media, use data smartly and integrate with other platforms rapidly (often without the disadvantages of being an actual bank) will help these companies win significant market share.”
And this helps explain why even in a world where media advertising is dominated by Facebook and Google that there remains so much attention and focus on social media and networks.
Things are heating up in Italy’s media landscape as a microcosm of wider changes in the sports and gaming ecosystem. The country’s main phone operator, TIM, has returned as a “long-term investor in venture capital” through the anchor commitment to a €100m UV T-Growth fund managed independently by United Ventures, while Nerio Alessandri, founder and executive chairman of Italy-listed fitness equipment supplier Technogym, has launched Wellness Ventures.
UV T-Growth, managed by Fabio Pirovano and Damiano Coletti, targets a wide swathe of digital innovation, including gaming. Similarly, Wellness is targeting digital projects in general but in particular in sports and fitness.
There are plenty of opportunities in sports and gaming in the digital age. Online gambling and advertising, electronic as well as physical sports and gaming and unbundling of viewers from cable or television packages are coalescing to create plenty of disruption.
The latest being Amazon, which acquired Twitch for in-game streaming and chats, paying $11bn for exclusive rights to stream Thursday night National Football League games on its Prime service.
There are now dozens of VC funds targeting games, which is a far bigger market than films. Most recently, the Games Fund has raised $50m for a game-focused venture capital fund to invest in early-stage games in both Europe and the US, according to VentureBeat.
Maria Kochmola and Ilya Eremeev started the fund having both previously worked at Russia-listed internet group Mail.ru’s My.Games division, which started a game fund called MGVC, VentureBeat said. Kochmola was the investment director at MGVC since its inception in 2017, and she led more than 35 investments (with six exits).
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“Give, and you will be given to you. (…) For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” What you put in is what you get out. What you sow is what you harvest. Some of the oldest, most fundamental spiritual principles spell out a universal law of reciprocity, that states that the generous heart will receive back in equal measure. Now, it is so easy to attempt to apply this law from a contractive, egotistical way. As with most spiritual principles, the truth lies deeper. Entering the cosmic flow of givingness and receptivity is an advanced practice. The secret of the liberated souls is to give without the expectation of return. Another, related principle is embodying a state of receptivity and openness to the flow of providence and abundance. The 6 of Pentacles walks us through the balancing point between these two truths.
It is no wonder that the 6 of Pentacles carries such multidimensional lessons. Number 6 is composed of a pair of Number 3s (2×3=6). It brings the harmonizing energies of 2 as the balancing point between the points of growth and expansion implied with Number 3. Governed by the earth element due to its Pentacles suit, the 6 of Pentacles offers complex lessons in existing within the channels of the material realm from a balanced state of flow in which the heart freely gives while the hands are most gratefully open to receive—all while transcending the limitations and expectations of the separate self. Although the 6 of Pentacles is a minor card, its truths are nothing short of major.
In our personal lives, the 6 of Pentacles is a reminder that what we put in is what we get out. Meaning, a situation may not change unless we put in our tangible efforts and resources into it. Particularly, stagnant and conflicting circumstances may not flow again until we put the weight of our actions behind them. Note that the cards preceding the 6 of Pentacles are the 4 and 5 of Pentacles which can represent stagnation and conflict, respectively.
Giving from a place of expectations may be a fool’s errand, ripe for disappointments. However, when we give from the heart, without expectation of return, that’s when miracles take place. Hence, generosity of heart is the highest advice of the 6 of Pentacles. The scales being held by the figure in the card represent the fine equilibrium between effort and surrender; and the balanced inner state that is required to give without the expectation of return. Only a centered heart is able to successfully undertake this delicate practice.
But, again, giving with strong expectations of return is something that will contract us and entrench us within the confines of the ego. Giving with trust and openness is the tricky part. It requires us to transcend ourselves. It calls for an open heart. The 6 of Pentacles guides us through that softening of the heart, and nudges us towards an open, flowy, plainly abundant state of being. Here, we give for the sake of giving. We donate and pour out our talents as a sacred offering of generosity of spirit.
Giving isn’t just about charitable giving, although it very much includes that. Rather, it’s a larger concept connected to every gift and benefit that we pour into the world through our deeds, energy, thoughts and words. Given that the Pentacles suit guides us in the building of our legacy; the 6 of Pentacles shows a vital step in that journey, in that giving is an important building block of our creation.
6 is a number of flow and harmony. 6 of Pentacles shows that we truly enter a state of harmony with the material world as we freely give from the goodness of our hearts. As we give of ourselves like Spirit gives of Itself, we enter into a dance of flow with the universe. Energy circulates freely in the universe, and as we give, we are entering that vortex of abundance. We receive in like measure. In a world of givers and takers, the 6 of Pentacles beckons us to rush to the side of the givers. |
December 9, 2020
IntelBrief: Boko Haram Massacre Indicates Frailty in Nigeria’s Counterinsurgency Strategy
At the end of November, the Boko Haram faction, led by the ruthless Abubakar Shekau, massacred farmers in the village of Koshebe, resulting in the deaths of at least 110 civilians. While the village was mostly deserted as a result of the war between Boko Haram and the Nigerian army, migrant farmers based in nearby Zabarmari still tend the fields in Koshebe and return to Zabarmari by nightfall. Boko Haram is known to operate around Maiduguri, Borno State’s capital. Boko Haram’s more powerful rival, Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), also remains highly active around Maiduguri. Thus, it was somewhat surprising that Boko Haram could carry out such a large operation in Koshebe, which is 15 kilometers from Zabarmari and 27 kilometers from Maiduguri.
The presence of both ISWAP and Boko Haram near Maiduguri leads to a more pessimistic assessment of Borno’s security than previously existed. If both factions can readily move their fighters around Maiduguri, it demonstrates how unsafe Borno’s own ‘green zone,’ Maiduguri, actually is. This security situation is concerning not only to civilians and the military, but also to the humanitarian agencies that are based in Maiduguri and travel to rural areas to provide services. For example, ISWAP killed five aid workers in July, after they were kidnapped in northeast Nigeria. At the same time, the massacre might have been avoided if the military had communicated more effectively with the farmers. The massacre occurred just as Borno elections were underway and the military restricted travel to Koshebe in order to provide greater security to populated areas, including Zabarmari town. Details remain murky, but it seems the farmers were unaware of these restrictions and the military was unaware of the farmers’ movements; therefore, soldiers were unprepared to protect the farmers from Boko Haram attacks. Boko Haram itself may not have initially planned the massacre. According to local reports, vigilantes near Koshebe had arrested a Boko Haram member and handed him over to the security forces, who then killed the Boko Haram member. The massacre, which included the decapitation of more than 40 farmers, was likely a form of retaliation. It also shows how military abuses of Boko Haram members can be counter-productive.
Boko Haram claimed the massacre in a video released by a veiled commander, who was not Shekau but was loyal to the terrorist chieftain. Speaking in the Hausa language, the commander stated, ‘You think you can take our brother and hand him to soldiers and live in peace… You should know that, unless you repent, what happened to your people is what you will get from us. We will finish you all.’ This video also ended any speculation that it was ISWAP that conducted the massacre. Although ISWAP is generally more lenient toward civilians than Boko Haram, the Islamic State offshoot has also massacred civilians who collaborated with the military, including north of Maiduguri in Gubio earlier this year. This massacre will further reduce the confidence of people in Borno, and Nigerians generally, that the military will be able to defeat Boko Haram, to say nothing of the challenge posed by ISWAP. For years, Nigeria’s political leaders have promised that the jihadists’ defeat was imminent. In addition, civilians will be further dissuaded from collaborating with the military and reporting jihadists’ movements. These massacres do not help push civilians to the jihadists’ side, but they at least force civilians into submission or a state of muted neutrality.
On the most basic level, to prevent another massacre like this, the Nigerian military must ensure it communicates more effectively with civilians, especially around key events such as elections. There is also talk of allowing farmers to arm themselves, which would enable them to defend themselves if Boko Haram attacks. On the other hand, should farmers clash with Boko Haram and kill any of its members, there is a low probability that the farmers will be able to withstand numerically and tactically superior Boko Haram fighters when the terrorists retaliate. There are no easy answers to counterinsurgency warfare, especially given recent trends in Borno. However, the massacre highlights the urgency for Nigeria’s leadership to rededicate itself to finding better solutions. Solutions may involve shaking up the military leadership and devolving more power to Borno’s governor, Babagana Zulum, to influence military strategy, legal and justice procedures, and development initiatives. Although Zulum favors a humanitarian and development approach to winning the war, he is reportedly considering more drastic measures, such as hiring mercenaries. Whether that idea or other strategic or policy changes will be successful, however, remains to be seen. |
Canadian work visa extension in 2022 : Work visa extension updates: The latest updates on the Canadian work visa extension for International students: Latest updates have been made as IRCC announced that it’s extending until February 28, 2022, a measure allowing visitors to get a Canadian work visa in 2022 (coronavirus-related).
Since August 24, 2020, temporary residents who are in Canada with valid visitor status have been able to apply for an employer-specific work permit from within Canada. This is a short-lived regulatory change as normally foreign workers who are in Canada on a visitor’s visa cannot change their status without leaving the country.
Canadian Work Visa Extension 2022
The main purpose was to extending the work permit/ visa for workers in Canada is to assist employers who were having difficulty finding workers and to permit visitors facing visa status challenges thanks to the pandemic to enter the market. There has been limited travel worldwide lately . Due to this reason, some visitors were unable to depart the country, and a few foreign workers had to alter their status to “visitor” because their work permits had expired. In addition, they couldn’t apply for brand new ones because of a lack of employment.
- have valid temporary status after they submit their application and remain in Canada with status;
- intend to work for his or her employer and within the occupation specified on their working papers application;
- complete an IRCC Website form.
To be eligible for an employer-specific work permit, those with visitor status must:
- be in Canada with valid temporary resident status as a visitor, which has maintained status, at the time they submit the work papers application;
- have submitted an employer-specific working papers application;
- remain in Canada with a legitimate status;
- submit the appliance no later than February 28, 2022.
The policy also allows foreign nationals who meet the above criteria and who have held a valid Canadian work visa in the previous 12 months to use for interim work authorization for the new employer while their application is pending.
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Philadelphia Wedding Photographer | Free Library on the Parkway | Lisa + Stephen
It was a stupendous August day in Philadelphia. There were a few sunny showers that morning as
Lisa was coming back from SoulCycle but otherwise it was blue skies all the
way. The morning was relaxed and breezy
as Lisa and Stephen got ready in their respective suites at the Logan Hotel.
Lisa wore a fabulous wedding g ...
September 27, 2019
Main Line Wedding Photographer | Overbrook Golf Club | Jessica + Rick
This was a fairy tale. A fairy tale wedding of a beautiful princess in a shimmering ballgown with her handsome prince on an incredible sunny day. Everyone said so. There was a majestic church, a carriage, a grand estate, lush flowers, fair maidens, sweeping ballroom dances, and surprises. The only thing miss ...
September 6, 2019
Philadelphia Wedding Photographer | Free Library on the Parkway | Lisa + Stephen [teaser]
It was only right that Lisa and Stephen's wedding should be at a library in Philadelphia.
August 7, 2019
Main Line Wedding Photographer | Overbrook Golf Club | Jessica + Rick [teaser]
Just so, so, SO many incredible pictures from this day. I can't wait to show you more of the love and beauty of Jessica and Rick's wedding day at Overbrook Golf Club.
July 18, 2019
Philadelphia Wedding Photographer | City Hall | Emily + Dan
Weddings at Philadelphia City Hall aren’t easy to
navigate. There are rules and
regulations that you’ll only discover after you’ve gone through the process
since they’re not posted online or in an easy phone call. Ah, bureaucracy…
Now let’s talk about Philadelphia City Hall weddings on
Valentine’s Day, an entirel ...
March 1, 2019
Bucks County Wedding Photographer | Aldie Mansion | Kat + Dan
Kat and Dan married on a crisp, sunny day in December at one of my favorite venues in the area, Aldie Mansion.
The space was perfect for Kat who looked like she stepped
out of a glamorous 1920s novel. Her soft
blonde hair fell along her face with an antique hair clasp. Her gown (the 49th one she tried
on!) was ...
February 21, 2019
Philadelphia Wedding Photographer | City Hall | Emily + Dan [teaser]
I have photographed many weddings at Philadelphia City Hall before but never on Valentine's Day. It was a different situation altogether. Stay tuned for the details of the madness.
February 18, 2019
Bucks County Wedding Photographer | Aldie Mansion | Kat + Dan [teaser]
It was a sparkling, beautiful, jewel-toned winter wedding for Kat and Dan at Aldie Mansion. More to come!
January 17, 2019
Philadelphia Wedding Photographer | Morris Arboretum | Amy + Zach
I’m going to go backwards with this one. I’m going to show you the wedding before the engagement pictures. So be prepared for a two-parter. You’ll understand soon enough! (Update here!)
Amy and Zach were married at Morris Arboretum on a day that brought down sheets upon sheets of rain. Think dark skies and monsoons and y ...
October 8, 2018
Philadelphia Wedding Photographer | Morris Arboretum | Amy + Zach [teaser]
Sometimes you get a few minutes of dry weather on a day of monsoons. Amy and Zach had one of those days and it was beautiful. More soon!
August 20, 2018 |
The Mets did more than retire a famous baseball number Saturday afternoon, stunning a nostalgia-nourished crowd at Citi Field when it was revealed that Willie Mays’ No. 24 would formally be retired. The team honored its recent vow to recognize its rich franchise history on the day it celebrated the return of Old Timers’ Day. And did so note-perfectly.
Yes, 24 was Willie Mays’ number, and no athlete in American sports history is more closely identified with that digit than the “Say Hey Kid.” But it was also an essential piece of the heart of a woman named Joan Whitney Payson, a New York Giants fan to her core and a member of the team’s board, the lone “no” vote when the time came to decide on whether the team should move to San Francisco.
A few years later, Payson became the Mets’ charter owner, a fixture in her field box, the first woman to ever own a ballclub. And although she lived and died with her Mets, Willie Mays remained her favorite. It was her dream that Willie finish his career in New York. And in May 1972, when it became clear the Giants would make Mays available, she pounced.
Mays himself, comfortable in San Francisco, was unsure about moving East, knowing he was no longer the breathtaking force of nature who’d once roamed center field at Coogan’s Bluff. But Joan Payson made him a promise.
“Willie,” she said, according to team lore, “you’ll be the last Met to ever wear No. 24.”
That was good enough for him. Famously, he hit a home run in his very first game as a Met — against the Giants, of all teams, on May 14, 1972. He was 41 by then, no longer a kid, but it didn’t matter. Mets fans were delighted to have him back home. He hit the final 14 of his 660 lifetime homers as a Met.
But Payson died not long after Mays retired in 1973. Twenty-four disappeared for a while, but Payson’s wish was never granted. Someone named Kelvin Torve was somehow issued the number in 1990. The backlash was immediate, and Torve was soon wearing 39. Rickey Henderson and Robinson Cano were given special dispensations when they became Mets.
The number was in repose, but not retired. Not until Saturday.
History has often been cruel to Mays’ final days as a Met. Any aging ballplayer, any sport, the simile is always the same: Willie-Mays-falling-down-in-the-outfield. It is also a grossly unfair stigma. Yes, Mays lost a ball in the sun in Game 2 of the 1973 World Series. But so did Oakland’s Joe Rudy (who was 27) and Reggie Jackson (also 27).
The Mets were only in the World Series because Mays drove in a key run in decisive Game 5 of the NLCS. And in that wild Game 2 in Oakland? Mays’ two-out single in the 12th inning broke a 6-6 tie in a game the Mets would win 10-7.
Booth 24, in truth, isn’t being taken out of circulation for Mays’ 491 plate appearances with the Mets. It will hang forever next to 14, 17, 31, 36, 37, 41 and 42 because of what he meant to baseball New York, especially when he was young and he’d play stickball with the neighborhood kids in Harlem in his civvies after grinding nine innings in his uniform. It’s why Joan Whitney Payson fell in baseball love with him. And she wasn’t alone.
It will honor the .312/.387/.593 slash line he had as a New York Giant; toast the .345/41 HR/110 RBIs he accumulated when he won his first MVP, at 23, in 1954; exalt the greatest defensive play of them all, the one he made that fall, in the World Series against Cleveland, running down Vic Wertz’s fly ball in the deepest pocket of the Polo Grounds.
Mostly, it will be a permanent reminder that the Mets were, indeed, descended from two baseball fathers. Past ownership was unabashed about the team’s ties to the Dodgers, but the Mets’ colors are orange in addition to blue. Perhaps Mays’ best days came in a uniform other than the Mets, but so did Jackie Robinson’s. And now 24 and 42 will be tied to New York’s National League team forever. As they should be.
Forty-nine years ago next month, a tired Mays walked to a microphone at old Shea Stadium and told a weepy crowd, “Willie, say goodbye to America.” But a part of New York’s baseball soul never truly said goodbye to him. And now it never will. |
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With two weeks of the format behind us, Alchemy Horizons: Baldur’s Gate (HGB) limited formats start to crystallize. We have enough data from 17Lands to see which cards we undervalued, which ones were overhyped and which synergies work well or not. Knowing which cards make each archetype tick gives you an edge over the competition.
Today I will look at each of the 10 color pairs. For each of them I will give you an archetype star (card with the highest win rate), hidden gem (a card that is still relatively underdrafted, but has a relatively high win rate), a trap (card picked highly that doesn’t win a lot) and a sealed hero (card doing better in sealed format than draft).
To draft successfully you need to understand the power, or lack thereof, of individual cards but also have a good understanding of the overarching plan each deck wants to have. That is why I will try to put my four selected cards in the context of the color pair and use them to showcase the plans you want to consider while playing. I will focus on the commons, as they are the bread and butter of each format and you will see them more frequently.
I will start with the ascending win rate order for the color pairs. And Izzet has the arguable pleasure to be first here. The archetype is struggling. No clear plan, poor blue commons that don’t interplay well with the red ones, this all spelled disaster from day one and there is no happy ending this time. UR is doing very poorly.
49.2% win rate for the color pair is way below the average 17Lands user win rate of 56.5%. Best common in the pair, Valor Singer has a Game in Hand win rate (GiH WR) of 54.3%. Hardly a number to call it a star. But that points to Izzet as wanting to be aggressive even if blue doesn’t deliver the tools to be so.
For the hidden “gem” I picked Lizardfolk Librarians. GiH WR of 51.9% is not impressive but it is above average for Izzet and the card routinely wheels.
The biggest trap is playing the archetype itself, but individually Charmed Sleep is a card picked relatively highly by Arena users that has a 45% GiH WR making it a waste of a high pick in most cases.
If you play Sealed, of course you will need to have some great high rarity cards to get tempted into UR, but on common level Air-Cult Elemental delivers some solid numbers with 55% GiH WR. Mind – this is across all archetypes as UR sample size is just too small.
53.5% color pair win rate is much better than Izzet was, but still far from impressive. But not all is doom and gloom for Dimir decks. The win rate markedly improved in week two. Successful Dimir decks seem to lean heavily on black cards, using blue as a support color or source of bombs like Tasha, Unholy Archmage or Snowborn Simulacra. Dimir wants to survive the early onslaught and play a longer game based on attrition.
The archetype star is Sewer Plague at solid 59% GiH WR, with multiple removal spells close behind.
The hidden gem is Rimeshield Frost Giant. Picked late in drafts it still has a respectable 55.3% win rate and will help you survive till late game. The giant, Young Blue Dragon and Juvenile Mist Dragon all costing 5 mana makes the pseudo-mana dork, Clever Conjurer an interesting inclusion in the decks letting you cast those cards on turn 4.
The biggest trap in UB is Prophetic Prism. The card beloved by many is not delivering in HBG in general and with 50.1% win rate in Dimir it definitely disappoints. The format is just too fast for it and with no artifact synergies to back it up, it falls flat.
For Sealed – again based on data from all games, Armor of Shadows looks promising, being able to blank some of the removal spells for a bargain price of one mana, while also being a decent combat trick in racing situations.
Gruul is tied with Dimir in terms of win rate, but I gave it a slightly higher position as it does better with a small splash. Green has some excellent tools for splashing and you want to use those tools in the deck anyway, so frequently you can put 1-2 off color cards almost without a deckbuilding cost. In AFR RG was all about Pack Tactics (abilities that trigger when attacking with creatures total power 6 or greater) and early aggression.
In HBG it is supposed to be one of the dragons archetypes, but data strongly suggests it is neither of those. Despite two key Pack Tactics cards in Gnoll Hunter and Hobgoblin Captain still being in the set, other support for that strategy is lacklustre. Especially green creatures are not aggressive enough with defensive and mediocre two drops. The Dragons are more of an add-on and might play sometimes but as a pocket of synergy rather than the main theme. Good Gruul decks are all about ramping. And best win rates are dominated by ramp enablers, payoffs and cheap interaction that lets you live untill you can start dropping your big creatures.
The archetype’s trap is the Young Red Dragon. Picked way too early by the Arena drafters for what it does in the game – you will have to waste your earlier picks for a card that does little to promote your game plan.
Last but not least – Gruul looks slightly better in Sealed than it is in Draft and the star card in RG in sealed looks to be Heard Gorger Giant with 56.5% win rate.
Blue White decks don’t do very well in HBG, especially taking into account how good white seems to be. Despite being supported by the best color in the set, Azorius is not even the best blue archetype. And that to me suggests two things: the main archetype theme does not work well and both colors try to do different things and therefore combining them does not work too well. What Azorius seems to do well is being a mid-range deck. A bit of aggression, a bit of control to be able to play both game plans.
True to that statement, best card in the archetype is the Priest of Ancient Lore with 60.5% GiH WR. Card is just a solid creature with great abilities, and doing exactly what you want it to do.
In fact the blink spells apart from Oji are my biggest traps in the archetype, with Blur winning at 50.2% being a highlight. The showcase for that is Pegasus Guardian – on paper a prime payoff/enabler for a blink archetype, that has only ~50% win rate. The stranger as the card has really good numbers in all the other white archetypes.
For the Sealed, note the Young Blue Dragon winning around 54% of the games it is in hand. The more impressive as sealed win rates are generally lower than the draft ones. It is relatively good in UW and better there than in other blue archetypes.
Simic, with the 54.3% win rate is the last of the lowest tier decks. Head and shoulders above Izzet, but definitely not living up to the top 5 most winning decks. On paper it is supposed to be Dragon themed, but HBG is not a paper set. I am here all week if you want more of that type of humor. Simic looks like a ramp deck, similar to RG, but in this case both colors synergise better. Red in its nature is a more aggressive color, and in RG combination it was contributing mainly very good early interaction. Blue does much more – having good early interaction (Undersimplify), great ramp payoffs (Sword Coast Serpent) and in crisis times even some ramp in Clever Conjurer.
However, it is not the blue that stars in this archetype. Yet again blue should be more of a support than a main color. The star of the archetype is yet again Undercellar Myconid. Ramping while generating 1/1 speedbumps for the opponent? Yes please. And 59.8% win rate confirms that the mushroom is the way to go.
But right on the heels of Myconid, just a mere 0.1%p lower, we have my hidden gem: Arcane Archery. A combat trick that leaves something behind, and it is what it leaves that is probably most of its value. Playing Archery to win combat and following it next turn with an 8/7 trampling Hill Giant Herdgorger is a very efficient play pattern.
A slight trap in my eyes is the Ambitious Dragonborn. It has some theoretical amazing scenarios with a 7/7 creature on board on turn 4, but in reality it requires playing some bad cards to sometimes get a good outcome. And in UG that will not be a good thing. I can see a merit of trying it in BG though.
As for Sealed, Simic is the worst archetype in Sealed data. It does splash well though so world is your oyster if you opened some Myconids. Why not spicing your deck with some Summon Undead if you have any tools to fill your graveyard early?
Golgari is exactly like all the other ramp decks so far except for one thing. It is actually good. Not great, mind you. If it was – I would not miss such an alliteration in the header. Golgari is better than Simic or Gruul because black is just a better color. As simple as that. It also has a potential to actually do what the archetype is supposed to do.
Pairing up a couple of Dread Linnorms with Summon Undeads and some self mill is not a terrible idea and all the pieces in this sub-theme you either want in your deck anyway (large ramp payoff creatures) or go late in the draft so are easy pick-ups at low opportunity cost for your draft (Reanimate spells, self mill enablers). Golgari combines the green ramp package with black’s attrition and that is enough to make it the best slow deck in an ultrafast format.
Technically Undercellar Myconid is the archetype star, but I will recognise how close a second place Dread Linnorm was in all of those races so far especially that at 60.9% GiH WR it is just 0.1%p behind the fungus. Linnorm is one of the two most important green commons in the set and as having ramp payoffs on higher rarities is not a given, I just want to remind you not to ignore it when seen in later picks.
My hidden gem for Golgari is the Baleful Beholder. With 57.3% win rate it is performing much better than in any other archetype it is played in. The combination of ramp and playing longer games makes both abilities of the Beholder a little bit better and that might be what pushes it over the line here.
The archetype trap is Underdark Basilisk. Card that has some OK results in other color combinations performs pretty bad in BG. Is it because of the card itself? I doubt it. It is probably a sign that something went wrong. BG should not need the basilisk, having access to infinitely better black card in Guildsworn Prowler and if you don’t have that access you probably shouldn’t have been in BG to start with.
Pure Golgari is not a particularly good archetype in Sealed, but one card that stands out in it is the Grim Bounty, which not only provides a much needed removal but also helps you fixing for potentially welcome splashes.
We finally arrive at the archetypes that are actively good. Rakdos, with 58% win rate, is not as dominant as it was in AFR but still is pretty good. 17Lands data suggests that black commons are the key to its success, with a mid-range on the aggressive side for a plan. Incessant Provocation still works well with the sacrifice outlets so steal and sac is a valid game plan for the deck if you can get all the pieces. There is still enough of treasure generators to be able to produce some explosive starts but the quality creatures and removal at common can cope without acceleration.
The star of the archetype is a bit arbitrary. Grim Bounty is a top common at 60.1% GiH WR, but Guildsworn Prowler, Shambling Ghast and Vampire Spawn are within 0.2%p from it making any differences insignificant. All of the cards mentioned are an excellent counter play against aggressive strategies, and despite being relatively fast itself against more controlling archetypes, Rakdos get an edge against aggro by utilising them. If you ever played against BR with a Boros deck you will know how backbreaking a turn 1 Shambling Ghast can be against your hand full of 3/1 creatures.
The hidden gem of the archetype is the Earth-Cult Elemental. At a respectable 58% win rate, it does better in Rakdos than anywhere else. If you can ramp it out early it puts opponents in a precarious spot, and with a bit of a luck on the rolls can end the game on spot.
The trap I selected for the archetype is the Reckless Barbarian. This is not the early drop you want to be playing. It doesn’t contribute to your plan greatly, and you probably need to sacrifice some better picks to get it based on Arena users preference in drafting the card.
Guildsworn Prowler is not only one of the better commons in draft but has by far the best stats in Sealed with the GiH WR of 59.4%.
WG made the top 3 in terms of win rate with 58.6%. But there is more in that, the archetype didn’t lose much in the second week of the format and in my opinion is the best thing to be drafting at the moment if cards align. As the top 2 archetypes lost some of their power due to the self-correcting nature of the draft, Selesnya stayed strong. It is also the best home for splashing the third color, giving you flexibility in draft. It also, unlike Boros, Rakdos and Orzhov, performs very well on the draw, which means you reduce the variance related to coin flipping in best-of-1.
Selesnya is supposed to be all about life gain synergies, but data shows that you should play it as a go-wide slower aggro deck with some ramp and a solid top end, as life gain payoffs are few and far between. That doesn’t mean you will not draft decks that lean heavier of life gain if you get some Prosperous Innkeepers and Trelasarra, Moon Dancer, but it is a bonus rather than the main plan you should be focusing on.
The star of the archetype is Patriar's Humiliation at 62.8% GiH WR. The cheap and efficient removal deals with many creatures even if it doesn’t kill them and is suits the deck’s game plan fantastically. You should pick this card highly anyway as it is good all around. Of note Humiliation is tied in 1st place with both the Undercellar Myconid and Dread Linnorm.
The not-so-well-hidden gem for Selesnya is the Steadfast Unicorn at 60.9% win rate. The card is a one drop of dreams. Relevant early but even better late allowing you boosting your team, racing efficiently and suiting the proactive plan of WG. It is also accidentally synergizing with the ramp of the deck, bringing you faster to the realm of double activations, making opponent’s blocking choices a nightmare.
A bit less intuitive gem is the Icewind Stalwart. If you manage to get several Owlbears, Priest of Ancient Lore, blinking your creature provides you with plenty of value and coming on a 3/3 creature, it fits perfectly with your game plan. Blink in general looks better in WG than it does in WU, where it should have been in theory supported.
The archetype trap is Dawnbringer Cleric. It does potentially gain life but don’t let it fool you. 51.5% win rate tells me to avoid it in my WG builds where possible. 1/3 body is not exactly what this aggro deck wants, especially with many 3/1 creatures being around. Your lifegain synergies should be more something that happens incidentally than something you force into your deck.
In Sealed Blessed Hippogriff shines. It has the highest win rate of any common at 60.6% GiH WR. In a format with more bombs the protection it offers is more relevant, as is 2-for-1ing your opponents. And the griff provides both and can swing games and break board stalls at the same time. What is not to like?
Boros was a clear winner of week 1 of the format and now it is paying the price. Important cards for the archetype are picked much earlier that before so you will not likely have access to the builds as powerful as in the week 1. But still it stays one of the archetypes to beat at 59.4% win rate and, especially on the play it is a force to be reckoned with.
Boros is the definition of aggro in HBG. Both colors want to attack and were provided with great tools to do so. Good early creatures, potent and mana efficient removal package, strong uncommons and busted rares – all is there. WR has also a very flat power level. There is at least 5 great two-drops (and two one-drops) at common that can be interchangeably used.
It is maybe this breadth of early creatures that makes Blessed Hippogriff the star of the archetype as it provides two unique and very important features. The adventure allows you racing very mana efficiently and the creature provides a very needed reach (as in ability to deal last few points of damage, not ability to block flyers, although it can also do that). At 62.4% GiH WR it is quite a bit better than any other creature in Boros. It is even better in that aspect than all but two uncommons. A little horse-lion-eagle that definitely could.
The very hidden gem for Boros is an AFR reprint – Dueling Rapier. It has a really solid GiH WR of 58.3% for a card that wheels routinely. You might want to test it and see if it delivers, I would warn against playing multiples though.
There are several under-performers in Boros, but the trap I selected is the Icewind Stalwart. A gem in Selesnya does not deliver in the same way in WR. The synergy level is just not the same. Red doesn’t have Owlbears, and the plan of the deck is to end the game as fast as possible rather than play around with blinking creatures. You are much better served by Devoted Paladin as your top end creature.
Boros is not only a top 2 archetype in Draft. It excels in Sealed as well with 57.5% win rate second to Orzhov only. The card that beats all the commons in Sealed is the Patriar's Humiliation. 64.8% win rate is no joke, it actually beats all the uncommons in that respect, so if you open a pool with several of them and a good creature suite – consider playing a fast, aggressive deck and you may be positively surprised.
What happens when you mix the two best colors in the set? Well it seems you get a winning archetype. Despite a complete lack of a theme (sorry Minthara of the Absolute, that is the truth) Orzhov gets there on the sheer quality of the cards. With best win rate in Draft (59.4%) and Sealed (58.2%) you can’t ignore it. Good Orzhov deck uses its card quality to out-grind the opponent.
Capable of aggression but with powerful card draw and a selection of 2-for-1s it can play an adaptive gameplay: able to capitalize on the opponent stumbles but also able to weather an early offensive and take over the late game. Orzhov has a stunning range of good uncommons, with 14 of them having a GiH WR higher than 60%. Not that it is bad in the common department either: 9 of them exceed 60%.
In this quality field, Priest of Ancient Lore is the one that stands out. 63.8% GiH WR is amazing for a common. Just imagine if it had flying. Priest is a perfect card for the archetype. Fixes your game with the draw, provides a body, gives you a natural 2-for-1 for the attrition games. Later it can also become a sac fodder if need be. Given the high quality in the archetype, any draw effect becomes that little bit better as it draws you gas, not mediocrity.
That is probably why my hidden gem is Valiant Farewell. 59.5% for that combat trick is head and shoulders above its numbers in any other color pair. Combination of being able to deal with larger creatures with the extra value the boon priovides with the draw a card effect is again something that Orzhov wants to be doing. All from a card that frequently wheels – that is a bargain.
The trap for that pair is the Flaming Fist Officer. Unlike their colleague, the Flaming Fist Duskguard, which is good in any archetype and a great card altogether, Officer is a disappointment. But especially so in Orzhov where technically it was supposed to be at its best and synergize with the archetype theme. With a paltry 51.4% win rate it didn’t deliver, and yet it is picked quite highly by Arena users. According to my observations, cards like the officer tend to do so. Unruly Mob was also a crowd favourite despite bad numbers. Probably it offers a dream of turning a small cheap creature into a behemoth – a dream that maybe sometimes comes true, but is not worth the many failures needed to achieve it.
In Sealed there can be only one card which can win. Vampire Spawn. With a whooping 64.2% GiH WR spawn looks to be a Sealed all-star common. Even it the best archetype it stands out. The 2/3 body, the life swing, the capacity to stabilise the board, all is in favour of the Spawn. The card that was initially overlooked in AFR, but later in the format became one of the top commons, delivers also in the HBG and this time it doesn’t surprise.
Look, I know it is a tautology, but at least I stay in the alliteration theme, OK? I really hope that this article gives you a slightly better grasp of the format and also gives you an idea on how to use the 17Lands data to interpret the card power and help you see some synergies in the archetypes that will guide through your next drafts. HBG is not a perfect format but so far it was fun to play and knowing which traps to avoid and which gems to pay attention to can bring more fun to your experience too. Even though blue is not great, it is by no means unplayable. Even though white is strong it is by no means unbeatable. And if you follow the advice above you may realise it yourselves. Let me know if you do! |
Definition of Lesson Plan
A lesson plan is a teacher’s detailed description of the course of instruction or “learning trajectory” for a lesson. A daily lesson plan is developed by a teacher to guide class learning. Details will vary depending on the preference of the teacher, subject being covered, and the needs of the students. There may be requirements mandated by the school system regarding the plan.
A lesson plan is the teacher’s guide for running a particular lesson, and it includes the goal (what the students are supposed to learn), how the goal will be reached (the method, procedure) and a way of measuring how well the goal was reached (test, worksheet, homework etc.).
Herbartian approach of lesson plan
Fredrick Herbert is called the father of lesson plan. According to Herbart, there are eight lesson plan phases that are designed to provide “many opportunities for teachers to recognize and correct students’ misconceptions while extending understanding for future lessons.” These phases are: Introduction, Foundation, Brain Activation, Body of New Information, Clarification, Practice and Review, Independent Practice, and Closure.
- Preparation/Instruction: It pertains to preparing and motivating children to the lesson content by linking it to the previous knowledge of the student, by arousing curiosity of the children and by making an appeal to their senses. This prepares the child’s mind to receive new knowledge. “To know where the pupils are and where they should try to be are the two essentials of good teaching.” Lessons may be started in the following manner: a. Two or three interesting but relevant questions b. Showing a picture/s, a chart or a model c. A situation Statement of Aim: Announcement of the focus of the lesson in a clear, concise statement such as “Today, we shall study the…”
- Presentation/Development: The actual lesson commences here. This step should involve a good deal of activity on the part of the students. The teacher will take the aid of various devices, e.g., questions, illustrations, explanation, expositions, demonstration and sensory aids, etc. Information and knowledge can be given, explained, revealed or suggested. The following principles should be kept in mind. a. Principle of selection and division: This subject matter should be divided into different sections. The teacher should also decide as to how much he is to tell and how much the pupils are to find out for themselves. b. Principle of successive sequence: The teacher should ensure that the succeeding as well as preceding knowledge is clear to the students. c. Principle of absorption and integration: In the end separation of the parts must be followed by their combination to promote understanding of the whole.
- Association comparison: It is always desirable that new ideas or knowledge be associated to daily life situations by citing suitable examples and by drawing comparisons with the related concepts. This step is important when we are establishing principles or generalizing definitions.
- Generalizing: This concept is concerned with the systematizing of the knowledge learned. Comparison and contrast lead to generalization. An effort should be made to ensure that students draw the conclusions themselves. It should result in students’ own thinking, reflection and experience.
- Application: It requires a good deal of mental activity to think and apply the principles learned to new situations. Knowledge, when it is put to use and verified, becomes clear and a part of the student’s mental make-up.
- Recapitulation: Last step of the lesson plan, the teacher tries to ascertain whether the students have understood or grasped the subject matter or not. This is used for assessing/evaluating the effectiveness of the lesson by asking students questions on the contents of the lesson or by giving short objectives to test the student’s level of understanding; for example, to label different parts on a diagram, etc. |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and European Union agreed Monday to intensify talks to resolve EU concerns over major subsidies for American companies contained in a U.S. clean energy law.
Although no deal was reached at a meeting of the bilateral bilateral Trade and Technology Council, the two sides pledged to continue work on preliminary progress and said they would push for a solution that benefits both U.S. and European firms, workers and consumers as well as the climate.
“We acknowledge the EU’s concerns and underline our commitment to address them constructively,” the two sides said in a joint statement after the meeting at the University of Maryland in College Park, located just outside Washington.
“We underline the TTC’s role in achieving this and in supporting a successful and mutually supportive green transition with strong, secure, and diverse supply chains that benefit businesses, workers, and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic,” it said.
The dispute revolves around the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act offers about $375 billion in new and extended tax credits to help the the U.S. clean energy industry as well as buyers of qualifying electric vehicles made in North America.
But European leaders have expressed alarm that the subsidies would be an enormous setback for European companies. French President Emmanuel Macron raised the issue directly with President Joe Biden during his state visit to Washington last week during which Biden and other U.S. officials said they were willing to address the matter, including “glitches” in the law.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken noted that as soon as the U.S. became aware of the EU’s concerns it set up a task force to deal with them.
“Today, I think we advanced that discussion,” said Blinken, who co-chaired the meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai along with European Commission Executive Vice Presidents Valdis Dombrovskis and Margrethe Vestager.
“Coming out of these conversations and feeding into the work of the task force, I’m convinced that we’re continuing to give momentum to that conversation and to working through the differences,” he said.
Vestager agreed, saying Monday’s discussion was “really helpful to show that there is a real concern.”
“To have the discussions that we have had today, to have the feedback from our U.S. partners, I think that is of critical importance to enhance the relationship that we have created within the framework of the Trade and Technology Council,” she said.
And, she said that as the U.S. and EU continue to cooperate on the subsidy issue while opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. commitment to fighting climate change was even more welcome.
Democrats included the tax credits in the expansive climate law as a way to encourage domestic battery and electric vehicle production. But manufacturers in Europe and South Korea, which sell millions of vehicles in the U.S., have threatened to lodge legal complaints with the World Trade Organization.
And, thus far, congressional Democrats have said they have no intention of reconsidering the climate law, which passed after more than a year of negotiations without any Republican support. |
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I met Jeremiah due to the fact that he was working with friends of mine on their home in Beverly Hills. After seeing his work, I’ve since hired him on all my building and renovation projects. What’s so great about Jeremiah is his creative ability and that he’s capable of handling any type of decorative paint work. I’ve hired him to do faux stone and woodgraining to very a elaborate detailed trompe l’oeil ceiling as well as incredibly detailed Empire Style gold leaf ceiling. Both of which he designed! He even hand painted bricks on the outside of a Beverly Hills residence to match the existing brick, as those types of bricks were no longer available for the addition. They match perfectly! Those projects are just a few examples of his work. He can do anything! As a contractor, it’s very important to me to have people to work with who are reliable, knowledgeable, professional and easy to work with. Jeremiah is all these things and more. I can’t recommend him highly enough!
Major League Builders
Los Angeles, CA
Jeremiah brought magic into our home and redefined our living spaces. Besides his immense artistic ability, what sets him apart is his ability to really listen to and understand what you are dreaming of, and make it become reality. There is nothing this man can’t do. Making an investment in fine painting means putting trust in that painter. Jeremiah has earned ours.
Beverly Hills, CA
I first met Jeremiah as a result of a referral from my friend Rita. I was unhappy with a ceiling mural in my kitchen that was done by someone else. Jeremiah addressed my concerns and added some suggestions. I was very pleased with his work and felt his price was fair. I then had him work on the pool house I was building. He did some faux finishes on inexpressive furniture that I had bought for the pool house and made the pieces look great! I accepted his suggestion for the wall finishes which were a teal and iridescent pearl striation effect. It almost as if the walls were made of water and they looked fabulous! I have since used him in commercial settings as well. He has refreshed tired furniture in a health care facility. More recently, I called him for advice on a skylight area in a lobby. I had no idea what I wanted but Jeremiah had a brilliant idea about how to enhance the area and I let him run with it. Everyone was thrilled! To summarize, Jeremiah is a talented artist, great worker and a really nice guy. Definitely my go to guy for murals, faux finishes and artistic touches!
Beverly Hills, CA
When we bought our beautiful townhouse in Marine Del Rey we loved everything about it except one thing, the kitchen! In fact, it was almost a deal breaker. However, we proceeded in buying the house regardless. We meet Jeremiah through a referral and we’re so glad we did! Jeremiah was able to turn our hideous yellow and gray cabinets into beautiful antique mahogany cabinets. No one suspects that they’re wood grained and not actual antique mahogany. He even painted in the wood pores! By woodgraining our cabinets, he saved us a fortune. Not to mention the time consuming and messy ordeal of having a redo our kitchen. He also did several other projects for us including a beautiful faux stone fireplace that matches the floor marble exactly. Working with Jeremiah was easy, seamless and has proved to be a major blessing as we appreciate his beautiful work everyday.
Marina del Rey, CA
Jeremiah is just fabulous! As a designer, it’s crucial to work with people who can bring your vision to life as well as bring their own creativity to a project to make it even more beautiful. Jeremiah’s vast knowledge, artist skill, taste and experience enable him to do both and so much more. He’s also a perfectionist. Working with him is a joy!
Amato Design and Development
Jay rocks! I had him paint several pieces of furniture for me. Some of the pieces were brand new and I wanted them to have a metallic industrial look. he listened to me and was able to interpret my vision and produce exactly what I wanted! They look fantastic and I’m very, very pleased with the work he did. I would highly recommend him for any decorative painting you would like to have done. The quality of his work is amazing. He’s truly an artist!
Los Angeles, CA
I hired Jeremiah through a recommendation. He was absolutely amazing, professional, creative, dedicated and a complete perfectionist. My guest powder room in my best room newly renovated home. I didn’t know what I wanted. However, he was patient and talented enough to work with me to come up with the most outrageous and wonderful concepts. He’s a true artist and I’m going to use him for every room in my house. I recommend him if you want something unique and spectacular!
Bevely Hills, CA
Working with Jeremiah has been a wonderful experience. My client wanted to paint her old wood floors in a stunning Malibu New England style estate. The floors were not perfect and I wasn’t sure they could be salvaged. Not only is Jeremiah an amazing artist he is also a technical genius. He knew exactly what needed to be done to treat, paint and seal the floors! As an artist he collaborated with everyone on the team and brought amazing concepts to the table. The floors are the main attraction in the room. I can’t wait to work with him again.
Furniture Designer and Interiors
Los Angeles, CA
Jeremiah is the consummate decorative artist! I’ve hired him to work on my own home, as well as clients. Everyone loves his work and personality! Besides being incredibly talented, he’s a great guy!
San Diego, CA
Jeremiah and I met as we were working on a large project in Boston together. Since his move to Los Angeles, I’ve brought him in on several additional projects here. With limited time and a lot of fine detail required, Jeremiah sailed happily through the projects with a great sense of ease and professionalism. I have recommended him on additional projects where he always shows the same consistent attitude. His ability to create masterful artworks is amazing. He can paint ANYTHING!
Los Ageles, CA |
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Classroom Teachers Need Fun Halloween Activities to Use For Homework Assignments
Halloween comes at the perfect time of the school year to give students a break. Teachers can give their students homework that includes fun Halloween activities without losing progress in their curriculum. Some teachers will take the time to create them themselves, others will purchase an activity to download. Here’s a list of the kind of fun activities teachers should look for in products they create, buy, or download as printable worksheets or games.
- Word Search Puzzles These are easily created with programs found online or customized by hand using graph paper. Pre-made puzzles can be purchased, downloaded and saved for future use. The key here is to make sure the words are at your students’ reading level. Never just assign a word search puzzle without also including a way for students to use the word independently. An example would be to write ten sentences, trying to fit two or three words into each sentence.
- Fill in the blank word puzzles These usually involve a particular word with a few letters left blank and extra activity to find the correct letter. It may be confusing. Often these worksheets include secret messages that are solved using the letters of the words. Again, in order to help build vocabulary, students should use the words from their homework, perhaps during class review or orally reciting a sentence while doing their homework in class.
- Math Worksheets Normally, math worksheets for Halloween are worksheet pages decorated with pumpkins or ghosts and possibly a secret word. What would be perfect for math Halloween homework is something different, where you could work with place value, or factors or review the order of operations. Take the time to research quality math ideas to use as a fun Halloween activity assigned to homework.
- Write prompts Teachers are always looking for new and different prompts to use when writing assignments. A motivational writing prompt pre-written on a Halloween-designed worksheet that students can use for homework is an essential resource to have on hand.
- Story starters It is very common for upper elementary and middle school grades to start the school year with a plot diagram review. Halloween is a great time to use these and have students write their own short story, complete with characters, conflict, climax, and resolution. Using graphic organizers to plan plot elements in advance provides a great review of these terms. It’s a perfect long-term mission, with the story set for Halloween.
- Brain teasers and logic puzzles Having a supply of puzzle cards to use with students the week before Halloween will give students opportunities to problem solve. Sending each student home with some of them and challenging them to come up with solutions is a simple but effective way to get them to use their problem-solving skills and also involve their families.
Halloween comes once a year, whether the teacher likes it or not. The closer the holidays approach, the harder it is to keep the student focused. Having fun Halloween activities to use as homework may be just the thing needed to tap into that energy and keep their brains focused on academics.
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