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The day after the Brexit referendum I went to visit a museum dedicated to two German immigrants, and some of England’s most prolific astronomers.
Siblings William and Caroline Herschel lived in Bath during the 18th century, in New King Street. Two and a half centuries later, the street was quiet, with recycling bags outside every door, and a few straggling hopeful “Vote Remain” posters in some of the windows. The Herschels used to live at number 19, where the front door was now partly open.
I stepped inside, into a very normal corridor of a very normal terraced house. Normal, aside from a man standing behind a desk in the room at the far end of the corridor, welcoming me to the museum, and explaining that I could walk around the house, which was entirely converted to a museum devoted to the Herschels’ life and work.
I started at the basement level, which had access to the garden. This was the very garden in which William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus in 1781.
Until his discovery, there were only six known planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. All of these could be seen with the naked eye, and had been recognized as planets from the way they travelled across the night sky and changed position in relation to the stars.
The remaining planets were too far away to see. There were telescopes at the time, but none were good enough to see that far into space with enough detail. William Herschel developed a telescope that made it possible to see further into space in more detail. He had a workshop attached to his home, where he worked on his telescopes, and he soon became the world’s foremost telescope maker.
But despite discovering a whole new planet, astronomy was just Herschel’s hobby at the time. His day job was as organist for the Octagon Chapel in Bath. The organ is no more, but a set of pipes from the old organ are on display in the music room, upstairs in the museum.
The music room also has several objects related to the life Caroline Herschel. She initially came to England to help her brother around the house and to pursue a professional singing career. When William’s astronomy hobby slowed turned into a full career, she became more involved with that, and made a few astronomical discoveries of her own.
When William discovered the planet Uranus, he proposed to name it Georgium Sidus (George’s Star) to honour England’s King George III, who was also Duke of Herschel’s hometown Hanover. The name didn’t stick, because other astronomers preferred a more international name, but in 1782, William Herschel was employed as King’s Astronomer. A few years later, the king also paid Caroline a salary for her assistance to William, making her the very first woman in the world to receive a salary for scientific work.
In the gift shop on the ground floor of the house I picked up two booklets about the Herschels’ musical careers, before heading back to the train station.
In the following days, it quickly became clear that in the wake of Brexit it has become quite difficult for European scientists in the UK, when nobody knows whether they will need visas, or whether new researchers will even want to come. Even British scientists are already having trouble applying for collaborative grants with their EU colleagues, as they might not qualify for the funding in a few years, and hinder the joint application.
So how did the Herschels get to work in England so easily, centuries before the EU? There may not have been a Europe-wide open borders scheme at the time, but there was an arrangement between Hanover and England, since they shared a ruler (King George III), so it was an obvious and easy choice to move between the two places.
I wanted to visit the museum because I was interested in the Herschels’ dual interests in music and science, but the date of my visit couldn’t have been more poignant, as the Herschel story is a textbook example of the work that foreign scientists have contributed to the UK. | 2019-04-22T06:55:23 | https://thefinchandpea.com/tag/william-herschel/ |
The Potomac, in Virginia and Maryland, completely cuts through the Blue Ridge Mountains on the way to the Atlantic, forming an impressive gorge at Harpers Ferry. But the Blue Ridge, as large as the range is, is only one range of the Appalachians and the Potomac does not cut completely though the Appalachians.
In California, the San Joaquin River, the state’s second longest, cuts completely though the immense Sierra Nevada Range, the major mountain range of that state with many peaks over 14,000 feet elevation. The San Joaquin is the major river of California Southern Central Valley, and it eventually flows into the Sacramento River before emptying into San Francisco Bay.
The San Joaquin knifes dramatically, from east to west, through the Sierra Nevada between Yosemite and Kings Canyon. However, immediately east of the San Joaquin headwaters, there is an immense, 11,000 foot volcano unrelated to the Sierra Nevada, called Mammoth Mountain. Mammoth Mountain prevents the San Joaquin headwaters from eroding further into the great basin and perhaps capturing the headwaters of the Colorado.
It is the gap created by the San Joaquin that causes the abundance of snow of Mammoth Mountain, in an area that normally would be desert, making it one of the world’s great ski areas.
There was also considerable discussion of mountain building processes. The three major kinds of mountain building, according to Art, are (1) volcanic, (2) compression (where the land is squeezed together) and (3) tension (where the land is pulled apart). All three are represented in Southern Oregon with the Cascades, the Siskiyous and the interior basin ranges such as the Warmer Mountains. | 2019-04-19T20:42:26 | http://1dryeyes.com/rivers-that-cut-through-mountains/ |
Catholic Charities of Buffalo officials and volunteer leaders announced an $11 million goal for the 2016 Appeal Jan. 6. Monsignor David S. Slubecky, Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia for the Diocese of Buffalo, representing The Most Reverend Richard J. Malone, Bishop of Buffalo who was unable to attend, made the announcement at a kick-off event held at the new Catholic Charities Health Care Center for refugee clients and the community, located in the former Nativity Roman Catholic Church on Buffalo’s West Side. The theme for the 2016 Appeal is “Find Good Within” and the patron saint of the 92nd annual Appeal is St. Nicholas.
The Appeal helps fund Catholic Charities’ 70 programs across 61 sites in the eight counties of Western New York along with Bishop’s Fund for the Faith.
Two important dates during the 2016 Appeal include First Report Sunday on March 13 and the culmination of Appeal Week on Palm Sunday, March 20. Although Appeal Week marks the strongest push for parish donations, volunteers will work to achieve the final goal by the conclusion of the organization’s fiscal year on June 30.
The location for the Appeal kickoff offered a sneak preview of the just completed reconstruction of the church sanctuary, retaining much of the space’s architecture, into a primary care health clinic. The facility will be operated by Mobile Primary, with dental services provided by Baker Victory Dental Services, along with offices for Catholic Charities’ Immigration and Refugee Assistance case managers and a community meeting room. In addition, D'Youville College students will assist in the provision of clinic services.
Bishop Malone and Sister Mary appointed Nicholas and Nicole Tzetzo as chairs of the 2016 Appeal. Other members of this year’s volunteer leadership team are Gerard and Barbara Mazurkiewicz, vice chairs; Kellie Ulrich, community division chair; John and Suzanne Berger, corporate chairs; and Rick Cronin, parish chair.
Stressing the importance of donations to the Appeal, Monsignor Slubecky spoke about the example set by this year’s patron saint.
“St. Nicholas was a fourth century bishop born in an ancient Greek town off the coast of Turkey,” Monsignor Slubecky explained. “His wealthy parents died in an epidemic while Nicholas was young. Taking to heart the words of Jesus in Luke 18:22 to ‘sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor,’ Nicholas used his inheritance to assist the needy, the sick and the suffering. He became known throughout the land for his generosity and concern for others. His reputation for gift-giving became the model for Santa Claus.
Since its founding in 1923, Catholic Charities has helped individuals and families in need. That need is varied and widespread – from emergency assistance to counseling and from specialized services for the elderly to help with job training and education.
As the most comprehensive human service provider in Western New York, Catholic Charities makes a difference for people of every faith and ethnicity. Catholic Charities empowers children, families and seniors to achieve meaningful, healthy and productive lives. In all situations, Catholic Charities delivers support to meet immediate needs, and then assess its clients for other needs to ensure long-term success.
Catholic Charities is an excellent steward of the contributions it receives. Catholic Charities receives the highest-possible rating (four stars) from Charity Navigator for transparency and sound fiscal management. Catholic Charities also receives the highest ratings from the Council on Accreditation for quality service.
To make a donation or learn more about Appeal 2016, contact Catholic Charities at (716) 218-1400 or go to www.ccwny.org. You can also check out Catholic Charities on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ccbuffalo and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ccbuffalo. | 2019-04-24T13:55:32 | http://niagaracounty.wgrz.com/news/events/264591-catholic-charities-launches-2016-appeal-new-west-side-health-care-center-sets-11-million-goal |
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Industrial policy is back on the political agenda, but remains highly controversial. Some industrial policies are heavily criticized, while others are drawing broad support. This paper offers a typology of industrial policies, which aims to clarify the issues involved and the theoretical foundations for different policies. Four types are distinguished. It is argued that that all four are practiced today, but that they made their first appearance in different periods in history.
Therefore, the typology is called ‘quasi-historical’. The second half of the paper focuses on modern discussions about the role of the state, mainly in relation to the fourth and latest type of industrial policy, the so-called ‘transition policies’. It is argued that discussions about the role of the state have changed in character. Debate is much less about yes or no and more about how. Moreover, these discussions are not simply concerned with political doctrines, but with real challenges faced by modern economies that need to find ways to move to a sustainable development path. This discussion contributes to a theory of the modern ‘entrepreneurial’ state.
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Gee Whetsel is joining the Chronicle-Independent team while continuing her duties as editor of Camden Media Co.’s Lee County Observer. Beginning today, Whetsel will attend and report on Kershaw County Council and Kershaw County Board of School Trustees meetings for the C-I. She will join the C-I as Camden Media Co. Senior Writer.
Whetsel is a life-long resident of Lee County with more than 35 years of experience in journalism. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English and began her career as the editor of the Lee County Messenger in 1982. She also worked at the Sumter News and The Sumter Item, and taught English on the high school and college level for many years.
Whetsel has covered every type of community news from school board, city and county councils; politics; human interest features; and much more. She has earned numerous awards for her writing and reporting from the S.C. Press Association.
She and her husband, Dr. Carl Whetsel, reside in Bishopville. They have five children between them. One son, Dustin, is an attorney with the solicitor’s office in Beaufort. The other, Cody, is an attorney in Athens, Ga. Their three daughters are Dabnee, a registered nurse with Palmetto Health Baptist; Jordan, a registered nurse with McLeod Regional Medical Center; and Haley, a paralegal with Ogletree Deakins in Greenville. | 2019-04-19T14:45:52 | https://www.chronicle-independent.com/news/business/whetsel-joins-c-i-team/ |
With a diverse housing market, Jefferson County and Ranson is more than just one of the top locations in West Virginia for business. From upscale, golf course communities to chic apartments, Jefferson County offers affordable land that fits any lifestyle.
Ranson was recently named as one of the best cities in West Virginia for home ownership. NerdWallet ranked Ranson as the 20th best place in West Virginia for homeownership. The area has a homeownership rate of 65.9%, and median monthly homeowner costs are $1,390. Ranson was the third fastest-growing place on our list, boasting a population increase of 3.66% between 2010 and 2012.
To locate a Jefferson County real estate professional, visit the Eastern Panhandle Board of Realtors. | 2019-04-22T21:07:46 | https://www.cityofransonwv.net/370/Housing |
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How can we provide better midwifery education? That’s the interesting topic Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah Adnani is exploring through her PhD research.
“My study aims to provide a better understanding of the experiences of those involved in midwifery education, and the barriers and enablers to enhancing midwifery education in Indonesia,” says Qorinah who came to AUT as an international student from Indonesia.
Qorinah has already presented her research at a number of international midwifery conferences, including the Midwifery Symposium in Auckland, the Australian College of Midwives Conference at Charles Darwin University in Darwin, the 10th Annual Virtual International Day of the Midwife, 12th Biennial Conference of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery in Cairns, and the International Midwifery Scientific Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia. She will also present at the National Conference of the Australian College of Midwives in October.
She was attracted to AUT by the reputation of its midwifery department, says Qorinah who received a scholarship from the Indonesian government to support her studies.
Qorinah says she would highly recommend this programme to other postgraduate students interested in research in midwifery.
She loves the supportive environment AUT offers for postgraduate and research students, Qorinah says.
“Being an international PhD student can be challenging, especially if you have English as a second language. Fortunately, AUT provides a supportive environment to boost my skills as a novice qualitative researcher. For example, AUT has various workshops for postgraduate students at all stages of their PhD.
She also appreciates the guidance from her supervisors, Qorinah says. | 2019-04-18T18:41:07 | https://www.aut.ac.nz/student-profiles/qorinah-estiningtyas-sakilah-adnani |
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We started Kleenerly out of our own experience managing vacation rentals and the need for a service that we now proudly provide to so many hosts who understand the importance of a professionally managed turnover.
While at Sonder, one of his responsibilities was managing the turnover process in between guest check-out and check-in. In his over four years in the short-term rental industry, he realized that the average cleaning company doesn't have a great understanding of the Airbnb model, that individual cleaners are often unreliable and too inconsistent and that there isn't a service provider who would additionally offer much needed turnover services like linen service, re-stocking, staging, key-exchanges or a welcome gift service.
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Political commentator Alex Kane explains why quotas for female politicians will never get his vote.
In the past week female representation in politics has been at the forefront of debate. But has a new Stormont report moved anything forward - and was it wrong to rule out quotas? Scope examines the issue. | 2019-04-19T22:45:12 | https://www.nicva.org/topics/equality?page=1 |
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When using Model-Based Design, engineers can create physical system models at various levels of abstraction to enable analysis at different stages of the design process. As a result, development of the embedded controls system is carried out with minimal reliance on expensive prototype hardware. This paper outlines the requirements and considerations for developing and deploying physical system models. | 2019-04-24T10:50:02 | https://ch.mathworks.com/company/newsletters/articles/physical-modeling-considerations-for-control-system-development.html |
I used my Heat & Stick powder and various glitters I was hoarding in the craft room! The pink hearts are the exception -- those were punched from Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper!
If you have never used Heat & Stick Powder, I highly recommend it -- so easy and inexpensive with such pretty results!
Cute! I've never tried the Heat and Stick Powder, but it sounds like a must-have for glitter. I don't use loose glitter at all. I use Stickles and other things with the glitter embedded.
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Do you need to know how to get rid of a timeshare? Let our timeshare exit team guide you through the process of doing a timeshare cancellation. Read on to learn why a cancellation may be a better option than a timeshare resale or donation.
If you own a timeshare, the chances are that you are looking for ways to get rid of it. Most consumers end up regretting their timeshare purchase. In fact, timeshares have consistently topped various consumer lists as the single most regretted purchase. There is a good reason for this. Despite what you were promised during your timeshare presentation, most timeshares cannot be used flexibly. You often won’t have enough flex points to spend on longer vacations and premium locations and times of the year cost premium points. Unless you plan to skip your vacation entirely for a few years, you will be relegated to second rate destinations.
You may also find that the financial implications of your timeshare are becoming increasingly more of a weight and a strain on your bank account. High monthly payments, interest, fees, and increasing maintenance costs can add up. A change in your financial situation due to retirement or changing jobs can make it so that you cannot afford your timeshare anymore.
Or, maybe you can afford your timeshare still but find that you can’t afford actually to use it. By the time you pay for the timeshare, you can’t afford the other expenses that come with a vacation. Whatever you reasons, you now find yourself needing to know how to get rid of a timeshare to save your money, your vacation, and your sanity.
Whatever your reasons for wanting to get out of your timeshare, you have options. The first and most commonly known option is to sell your timeshare. In some cases, a timeshare resale is the best way to get rid of a timeshare. If you own a timeshare at a limited resort in a high demand destination, you may actually make some money when you sell your timeshare. In fact, a timeshare at a resort in Hawaii recently sold for over one hundred thousand dollars.
However, most people don’t own limited edition timeshares in Maui. They own regular timeshares where the retail market is a fraction of what the new market is. Basically, for most people, they will lose money if you try to sell your timeshare.
Another answer to how to get rid of a timeshare is to donate of gift your timeshare. This can be difficult because you have to find someone who is capable of taking over your payments and wants your timeshare. Often, it is not a very desirable gift. So it can be hard to even give your timeshare away.
As you can see, selling and gifting a timeshare are less than ideal options. There is a third way to get rid of a timeshare, one our timeshare exit team are experts at. Timeshare cancellation is usually the best way to get rid of a timeshare that you don’t want. Unlike a timeshare sale, a cancellation gets rid of your contract. You stop making your payments, and you don’t owe the timeshare company any extra money.
I would, however, caution that you try not to cancel your timeshare on your own. We have seen some timeshare cancellations that have been so jumbled up that even our timeshare exit team can’t get a timeshare cancellation.
Instead of trying to do it on your own, call our experts. Our timeshare exit team cost is reasonable, and you get what you pay for. We will cancel your timeshare, and you can get your vacation back. We are not high priced timeshare attorneys, and we are not some timeshare resale scam. We are the real deal when it comes to timeshare cancellation.
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The Arab world today is home to millions of young people with hopes, plans and the desire to work. With more than 100 million young people between 15 and 29, representing 30 per cent of the total population, the region is facing an unprecedented ―youth bulge.
Accordingly, two organizations—Silatech, the Arab region’s largest youth microenterprise support provider, and Kiva, the world’s largest online microlending platform—have together created Kiva Arab Youth, an online platform that offers a way for people throughout the world to help young Arab entrepreneurs start or grow their businesses through small microloans of as little as $25. An example of how this works in practice is Shawgy, a 26-year-old man who lives in Taiz, Yemen.
Sustainable giving models such as ―revolving loan funds‖(which are loaned, repaid and returned to the lender to be reinvested to help more people), or ―social investments‖(which direct investor attention towards projects which generate social, as opposed to purely financial, returns), provide an opportunity to use these technology platforms to enable more impactful giving. These can be created for the young, and potentially by the young as well.
Organizations such as Silatech – through its stakeholders, sponsors and partners in Qatar and elsewhere in the Arab region – have an opportunity to spark such a discussion and influence strategies and mind-sets about innovative uses of technology, as well as new forms of social giving.
Ramakant Vempati is Senior Advisor and Justin Sykes is Manager for Social Innovation at Silatech.
This article was written for the Common Ground News Service (CGNews), www.commongroundnews.org. | 2019-04-21T16:50:41 | https://silatech.org/a-new-platform-of-hope-for-arab-youth/ |
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During the Geography of Possibilities workshop in Newcastle Bill O’Hanlon told the following story.
He had worked with a disruptive teenager who was in danger of being thrown out of school. The teenager repeatedly got into fights. Bill had no idea what to do with this boy and to make matters worse he was due to see another boy with the same behaviour problems in a few days.
He asked the first boy what advice he could give to the new teenager to help him change his behaviour.
“He’s got to think before he acts!”.
Bill thanked him and passed on this suggestion to the second teenager – who was completely unimpressed.
When he saw the first teenager again he hadn’t got into any fights or been thrown out of school. Bill asked him what was different.
In short, he had followed his own advice.
By inviting the first teenager to give advice for someone else in the same situation Bill had tapped into the boy’s own reservoir of resources and wisdom.
Bill adopted this as one of his techniques. A few minutes later we were given an exercise to use some of the techniques that Bill had just described. Now it was our turn to try this technique out.
We sat in a small group humming and haahing the way workshop participants do when they don’t want to volunteer anything too personal. I finally offered that I had trouble doing the book work, handling receipts, accounts and all the rest of the drudge minutiae of managing a business.
The members of the group started offering suggestions and asking questions, some of which were helpful, some not.
The people around me talked on, offered more suggestions and ideas, but I didn’t pay much attention.
I thanked her for her words of wisdom and sat back marvelling at how simple that had been.
All it took was a moment to step outside myself and suggest a solution to the same difficulty for someone else to find some wisdom about the situation.
So if someone comes to you with some problem or difficulty. Here is one way to help them that is both simple and respectful.
Let them tell you what their advice to your (imaginary) friend would be.
They may, or may not, have a flash of the blindingly obvious as I did, or they might need to chew on it for a while.
From the helper’s point of view it’s simple. You don’t need to think too hard about what to say because they are doing all the hard work for you. The advice is more likely to be relevant and effective because it comes from them.
If you have a problem you could ask someone to ask you the same question. I think it helps to have someone on the outside asking the question about somebody else, it makes it easier to be wise.
You could, at a pinch, ask yourself the same question and see what happens.
You might be wondering, did it work? Am I just getting on with it.
Funnily enough I have just been getting on with it. I don’t think I’m going to become an accountant any time soon, but it’s definitely better than it was.
Thanks for the mention. Good story. Now I’ll need to get some of my paperwork done!
I noticed when I asked for my invoice, the unusual happened and a got it straight away!! Well done you! it was amazing to watch you when the lady said that to you, as you immediately went in to trance, and Paula and myself were smiling and giggling at some point, as we had never seen you like that before!! Even when you went back to being camera man, you were just in trance!! fascinating!!
Thanks Jackie and Bill. It’s was indeed an interesting experience. I remember thinking at the time: “quiet please I’m thinking” (or trancing).
This reminds me of a useful technique in supervision when the therapist is wrestling with how to work with a particular client. The question to ask the therapist is: ‘What would you really like to say to that person (client) if you could forget you were a therapist and you didn’t have to worry about being rude or direct etc?’ Sometimes the answer can be quite instructive! and may eventually lead to a more appropriate and well worded intervention being constructed for the client.
Thanks, that’s an interesting variation on the theme. They are all examples of stepping out of ourselves to access a different perspective. | 2019-04-25T00:06:24 | https://practicalwellbeing.co.uk/why-dont-you-just-get-on-with-it/ |
Embeda 60/2.4 is a topic covered in the Davis's Drug Guide.
Quiring, Courtney, et al. "Embeda 60/2.4." Davis's Drug Guide, 16th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2019. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/110069/all/Embeda_60_2_4.
Quiring C, Sanoski CA, Vallerand AH. Embeda 60/2.4. Davis's Drug Guide. 16th ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2019. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/110069/all/Embeda_60_2_4. Accessed April 18, 2019.
Quiring C, Sanoski CA, Vallerand AH. Embeda 60/2.4 [Internet]. In: Davis's Drug Guide. F.A. Davis Company; 2019. [cited 2019 April 18]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/110069/all/Embeda_60_2_4. | 2019-04-18T13:19:01 | https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Davis-Drug-Guide/110069/all/Embeda_60_2_4 |
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Are you sharing too much online?
With so many options to upload videos and images, blog about your little one’s milestones, or find support on the internet, it’s all too easy to share every aspect of your family’s life with your online community. In fact, according to a recent survey by marketing research firm Ipsos, almost a quarter of social media users around the world share “everything” or “most things” online. But do you really know who’s looking at the images you post, or what they’re doing with them?
Before you post cute images of your children bathing or swimming naked in a swimming pool on social media, stop and think whether you would put these same images on a billboard across a busy highway for everyone to see. “When I ask parents this question, their answer is always a resounding ‘no’. The truth is, if their privacy settings on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram are open to all, then they’re doing just that,” explains Jacqueline. “Those images are there for the whole world to see. And it’s even worse on the internet, because the image remains there,” she adds.
“Unfortunately, we live in a world where there are a lot of mentally ill individuals who trawl the internet looking for these types of images of children – either to sell online or to view themselves, and the risk is growing all the time, so you can never be too careful,” says Jacqueline.
Basically, you have three options to share images safely. You can enable stricter privacy settings on the social media platforms you’re already using. Jacqueline also suggests creating closed family or friend groups on WhatsApp. You could also sign up to a more secure, password-protected photo service, such as Photobucket, which will allow you to store, edit, share and print photos of your loved ones safely.
Whether you’re happily snapping pictures of your child’s birthday party or concert at nursery school, remember the law states, under the Child Protection Act as well as the Films and Publications Act, that you don’t have the right to post images of other people’s children online without their permission, says Jacqueline. This also applies to holiday photos or images taken at a group class such as Clamber Club or Moms and Tots. On the flip side, know when your child’s right to privacy has been infringed, so that you can take it up with the police and parties involved.
You can also use the timeline review function to review posts your children are tagged in before the posts appear on another user’s timeline. If your child is tagged in something you’re uncomfortable with, you can remove the tag or ask the person to take the post down.
In South Africa, Jacqueline explains that the online world is still a young democracy and we have different legislation that governs the cyber world. But the good news is, a new bill called the Cyber Crimes and Security Bill should be passed soon. The bill puts all these pieces of legislation together in one act, including cyber bullying and protection of children online. The bill will also address the posting of images that can be hurtful to parents and children on the internet, explains Jacqueline.
If you decide to create a profile on a social media platform, make sure you only offer minimal information. An innocent location “check in” post could easily be used as intelligence by criminals who are looking for an open house to target. Check your privacy settings so your posts don’t land in the wrong hands. If you prefer an open profile, avoid tagging your location.
“We also need to teach older children not to post that kind of information online,” says Jacqueline. If your kids are old enough to have their own social media accounts, make sure they don’t reveal where they live, go to school or any personal family details.
Update your security settings regularly. Keep your software up to date to prevent cyber criminals from hacking into your PC, tablet or smartphone.
You might be able to insure your device, but you can’t insure your information. Always back up your images, contacts and private information to Google Drive, so that if your phone goes missing or falls into the wrong hands, you can wipe it remotely immediately. There’s software you can download that will allow you to do this the minute you lose your phone.
Smartphones and tablets are high-value items. Secure your phone with at least two patterns – an emergency password and pin, plus a fingerprint. It might sound excessive, but you should make it as difficult as possible for people to obtain access to your phone.
Always download apps and games from a trusted source such as Google Play or the iTunes Store. Avoid downloading from websites. Some apps can contain malicious software or viruses that can track your location and pick up all your personal details without you realising it.
Change your social media passwords often. If, for example, you see that your Facebook account has been hacked, change your password immediately and notify Facebook.
Check who can look over your “social media fence”. Be aware of who you befriend on social media.
Don’t allow friends of friends to see your posts. By being friends with those who have open accounts, strangers will be able to see your posts too, especially when you’re tagged in photos.
Remember public is public. If you use internet cafés or Wi-Fi hotspots, remember that these services are public, and can expose your personal information without you realising it. Using your own mobile data or a secure Wi-Fi connection is safer.
Always take note of the websites you use, as well as your transaction history. Scrutinise your bank statements for odd transactions – especially if you shop online regularly.
Don’t use your bank card or banking details on websites you don’t trust. If you see anything unusual on your statements, call your bank immediately.
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Challenge: Change the original layout of several small offices into an inspiring and professional learning environment. Smart classrooms, technology needs, culinary classes, bring it on.
Growing need: Madison College worked with the building landlord to move their west campus location to the Old Sauk Business Park. The Excelsior Drive building was remodeled by Iconica during the fall and completed in time for spring semester classes.
Creative layout: Previously the building held several small offices. Iconica’s architects took details of the existing structure and worked on a plan to fit the needs of the school. The final design solution allowed for technology-filled classrooms, science labs, a commercial kitchen for culinary classes, offices and updated bathrooms.
Heating and cooling recipe: The engineering team created a detailed plan that would serve the mechanical needs for the culinary and science labs (think multiple sinks, power to multiple industrial outlets, handwashing stations, eye wash shower) and all of the new technology needed. To achieve this complete upgrade, several new electrical panels were installed along with a very detailed plumbing plan to bring water through to multiple classrooms.
Interior solution: The Iconica team worked in conjunction with the school to make sure all their needs were met for student accessibility, durability, and future growth.
Remodel is back in session: Madison College is remodeling again to bring more classroom space to the west side campus. Iconica will be building more offices for staff, meeting rooms, and classrooms to help keep up with the growing need for students and staff. | 2019-04-26T04:19:15 | https://iconicacreates.com/projects/madison-college-west-campus/ |
Queensland Reds rookie Liam Wright says being brought into the Wallabies camp this week was ‘completely random’.
Wright was the bolter in Michael Cheika’s squad for the Barbarians match in Sydney on Saturday, the only player in the 28-man group without a Super Rugby cap to his name.
Rugby has long been an obsession for South African-born Wright, who grew up idolising Springboks and watching Tests with his dad, before his family moved to Australia.
It wasn’t until the Queensland U20s captain began to watch mates graduate into the gold jersey that he truly switched his allegiance, but he is well-entrenched in Australian rugby.
If punters were surprised by Wright’s call-up, they’d have nothing on his shock when the email landed in his inbox on Friday morning.
“(It was) completely random,” he said.
“I got an email Friday morning before we took off to Fiji (with Queensland Country) so it was on my mind a bit all weekend but I’m pretty excited and glad to be here but the boys are all really nice and helped me out so it’s really good.
Wright, who captained Queensland to a second straight Super U20s title this season, watched as his former underage teammates Lukhan Tui and Izack Rodda graduated into Super Rugby and Wallabies ranks this year, and has been keen to pick their brains.
“They're pretty young heads as well and they're getting a real crack,” he said.
“It's good to see them come back with a bit more experience and pass it down to us.
Wright isn’t exactly sure what put him in Michael Cheika’s sights, but he reckons he has Queensland U20s and Country coach Brad Thorn for at least part of his improvement this year, with the former All Black not a fan of taking shortcuts.
“He's just been all about that mindset and attitude, (making sure you’re) wanting to be tough and grow your game and everything,” he said.
“I think that's a massive key that separates between that ability to improve your game or not.
Wright plays mainly as a seven, but is taller than many of his openside counterparts, hoping to develop the versatility to play across the backrow.
He could be in contention to follow players like Izaia Perese and Jack Dempsey as a development player on Spring Tour, but he’s happy to just learn what he can in camp.
“Any opportunity to be in this sort of environment is one you really relish. I'm enjoying this week so far but I don't want to get too far ahead of myself,” he said.
The Wallabies take on the Barbarians in Sydney on Saturday October 28, kicking off at 3pm AEDT, LIVE on FOX SPORTS and Network Ten. | 2019-04-20T09:15:20 | https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2017/10/24/wallabies-barbarians-wright |
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I'm sorry if this is a double post, but when WAN 1 fails, cellular is taking atleast 5 minutes to fail over.
-114 dBm is 1 bar .
When I plug in the usb modem to my laptop and run a speed test, I'm getting 60 Mbps down and 15 Mbps up. Shouldn't that be sufficent?
How are you simulating failure? Pulling out the WAN cable?
If so that is abnormal. This may be related to the carrier you are using or the USB stick. Have you got a different kind of USB stick that you can try?
When the comcast connection goes down, I unplug the comcast cable from the modem and plug back in. I can see the usb modem is trying to connect but it takes a while, and even when the dashboard says cellular active, everything is slow.
If the dashboard says cellular is active - then it must be online because it sent this status update over the 4G connection. | 2019-04-21T20:58:15 | https://community.meraki.com/t5/Security-SD-WAN/cellular-fail-over-taking-too-long/m-p/40258 |
The billing period for any account is always from the 1st until the last day of the month, and invoices are created on the 1st of each month. But what happens if you subscribe in the middle of the month? In that case, your first month is always prorated.
When you subscribe to VIF Internet, we ask that you send your first payment by mail or by make the payment by phone. The payment of course covers one month billing, so a credit is applied to your following invoice. That is the reason why that invoice is less than you expected on your first month. | 2019-04-21T19:00:20 | https://web.vif.com/technical-support/billing-questions/ |
The 1987 Corvette Convertible paint job and colour change.
Having and working on one custom car is often not enough. With each car you own there will additional distractions. In December 2008, I purchased a 1987 Corvette convertible from Les Stanford Chevrolet in Dearborn Michigan from George Armos. One of the previous owners did a considerable amount of work on the car. It had a rebuilt engine, custom exhaust, new shocks, upgraded rims and tires, new convertible top, and new carpets inside. I felt this was a decent deal for what I paid for the car.
Now I need to divide my time between the everyday car, the 1929 Ford Roadster, or the 1987 Corvette convertible. To add into the mix, there are always renovations on my 142 year old Victorian house. Not only that, I still have a day job as a Coordinator and Professor at a local community college. There is not much time left at the end of any day!
In the fall of 2009, a team of 2nd level apprentices lead by Reg Chavis the Coordinator of the Auto Body Programs for Fanshawe College in London, Ontario took on the task of the paint job. In short, the apprentices preformed an amazing event on the Corvette. It was dismantled, with many coats of paint removed. The hood alone had 6 coats of paint on it, with many of the coats sprayed on without even wet sanding the previous coat of paint. It peeled like a banana! Minor repairs were completed and the door handles shaved off with a shiny new coat of paint. Changing the colour from a chocolate brown to the new light beige gold that has a mild silver flip was no easy task. To look at the car today, you would never know that there was a colour change made on the Corvette.
1987 Corvette Convertible - after a paint job - The Corvette was Overhauled by students at Fanshawe College in London Ontario. The car was dismantled, many layers of paint removed, with minor body repairs, and the door handles shaved off.
My 1987 Corvette at the Strathroy Turkey Fest Summer 2009 - A great show with lots of very nice cars.
These students did an amazing amount of work in 8 weeks. At times I wondered if the Corvette would be finished before the apprentices finished their school term and headed back to their own shops. Reg mentioned to me, that this was the first time a class of apprentices took on such and big job. Congratulations fellows, you did well.
Check out the above video to view the entire process form the beginning to the finished product and finally at a local cruise. | 2019-04-19T04:39:36 | http://1929fordhotrod.com/johnsblog/category/my-1987-corvette-convertible/ |
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Today, Vivek Kundra, our nation’s first federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) announced that later this summer he will be leaving the post for a fellowship at Harvard University.
When President Obama appointed Vivek Kundra as the first U.S. CIO, he said, "Vivek Kundra will bring a depth of experience in the technology arena and a commitment to lowering the cost of government operations to this position. As Chief Information Officer, he will play a key role in making sure our government is running in the most secure, open, and efficient way possible."
When he began at the White House, he brought with him the promise of good ideas and a hard-charging style focused on getting things done, necessary qualities to tackle the difficult issues facing Federal IT – an aging infrastructure with rising operating costs, too many major projects failing to deliver, and increasing vulnerability to outside threats. Two and a half years after joining the Administration, Vivek has delivered on that promise. He has cracked down on wasteful IT spending, saved $3 billion in taxpayer dollars; moved the government to the cloud; strengthened the cybersecurity posture of the nation while making it more open, transparent, and participatory. His work has been replicated across the world from 16 countries that have deployed the data.gov model to tap into the ingenuity of their people to multiple countries that have deployed the IT dashboard to save money.
I want to congratulate him on his move to Harvard in mid-August to serve as a joint fellow at the Kennedy School and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. We are planning for a smooth transition, continuing these remarkable gains in changing the way the Federal government manages IT and Vivek’s impact on cutting waste and making government work better for the American people will continue to be felt well beyond his departure from Federal service.
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I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving & you had enough Turkey to last for awhile.
I have the dive report from yesterday provided by Paul.
Good dive, we broke into two groups as Rand suggested we looked for the reef past Deadman's which we nearly found on another dive. The other two decided to stay on the reef. We went to Deadman's and swam out based on a map that Rand had found. We looked around in 70ft for quite some time. We then gave up and headed back to the back of Deadman's reef and went back. The viz was good around 20 to 25 feet due to particles in the water and some spots viz was much better. Surf was around 2 ft with a few rough waves.
The other group found a hidden turkey as part dive treasure hunt.
Thanks Paul for the report. I read another dive report that someone said those "Rubber turkeys" were part of a promotion by Orange County Scuba Center in Orange, great idea. I am glad people have found some of them.
Current diving conditions in Laguna Beach. Looking at the live cams, surf looks pretty good at 1-3 feet. The viz should be good too at 15-30 feet depending on where you go. Keep an eye on the surf and you should have a good dive. Send me your dive reports.
Our plans for tomorrow are ON. I see in the weather forecast that rain is due in around 1 PM. So we are going to "Beat the storm" and get our dive in before it starts to rain. The surf should be ok at 1-3 feet and viz good at 20-30 feet. Louis & I are usually there at the meeting spot by 7:10 or so, info on the web pate under "Directions". So "Join us" tomorrow & BE THERE!!! | 2019-04-22T17:09:04 | http://southcoastdivers.com/cgi-bin/blog.pl?func=view&file=20161125070019-RichP.txt |
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St. David’s Health & Wellness Center is hosting a Healthy Holiday Cooking Class on Monday, December 13 from 6pm to 7:30pm and again on Wednesday, December 15 from 11am to 12:30pm. Topics Covered: How to eat healthy at holiday parties How to host a healthy holiday dinner or buffet There will be cooking demos of appetizers, buffet foods, cookies, etc. The cost is $15 per person, per class and pre-registration is required. Handouts and recipes will be provided. For more information or class registration please call 512-478-3627 or 1-888-868-2104.
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It’s grillin’ time in Winter Park, so we’re featuring a spicy chili-rubbed ribeye with lime butter and jalapeño mashers for you to try out. This recipe is from Winter Park’s very own Mirasol Cantina. Mirasol Cantina is now featuring weekly entrée specials for the summer.
Check out our recipe page for step-by-step instructions on how to prepare this delicious meal. By the way, if you have a recipe you’d like to share, just put it in the comments below or a link below will work and we will share with all our guests and owners. | 2019-04-19T16:55:09 | https://www.winterparklodgingcompany.com/recipe-of-the-month-from-winter-parks-mirasol-cantina/ |
Being smack bang in the middle of Autumn, we thought we’d take a look at some Autumn colour inspiration that you can add to your home. As the leaves change and the weather gets gradually cooler, Autumn is typically the season for warm and rich colors. Burnt orange, rich reds, olive green and pale yellow are typical colours we associate with Autumn but they are colours that will stand out in your home all year round. | 2019-04-25T18:06:59 | https://www.onefineprint.com.au/autumn-art-print-inspiration/ |
Dandridge Elementary School: Spotlight - Mrs. Childress is Volunteer of the Year!
Mrs. Childress is Volunteer of the Year!
Mrs. Margarent Childress was awarded the Volunteer of the Year by our local JCEA at a recent award night. Mrs. Childress was once an educator and assistant principal at Dandridge Elementary school. For the last two years, she had volunteered her time each and every day in a first grade class at DES. She truly makes a difference in the lives of many students at our school. Thank you Mrs. Childress for taking the time to continue to serve our children. You are a treasure! | 2019-04-23T18:07:03 | http://des.jc-schools.net/?PageName=LatestNews&Section=Spotlight&ItemID=55410&ISrc=School&Itype=Spotlight&SchoolID=5393 |
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation at a dose of 1200 milligrams per day for four years did not, on average, slow the course of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in adult RP patients already taking vitamin A supplements (vitamin A palmitate 15,000 IU/day), an established treatment for RP. These findings, reported in the September 2004 issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, are from a randomized clinical trial conducted at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston and supported by the National Eye Institute (NEI) and in part by the Foundation Fighting Blindness.
RP is a group of inherited diseases that cause degeneration of the retina. In RP, photoreceptors, the light-sensing cells in the retina that initiate vision, degenerate and die. Over time, RP patients begin to experience difficulty seeing at night and progressively lose vision. At this time, there is no known cure for the diseases.
DHA is a long-chain omega-3 fatty acid abundant in fish such as salmon and tuna. DHA is also present normally in very high concentrations in the retina. Study investigators wished to answer the question of whether supplementation with DHA among patients already receiving vitamin A slowed the course of photoreceptor degeneration in RP. This question was motivated because DHA likely plays an important role in normal photoreceptor function. Some patients with RP have been found to have decreased levels of DHA in their plasma and red blood cells, and some limited observational data has been consistent with this hypothesis.
Over a four-year period, patients in both the DHA treatment group and control group experienced a similar loss in central and peripheral visual fields, visual acuity, and retinal function as assessed by electroretinography.
"This was a well-designed and well-conducted clinical trial," said Dr. Paul A. Sieving, director, NEI. "While a treatment benefit of DHA was not found for this condition, this trial has provided extremely valuable clinical information about RP, particularly regarding the dynamics of the loss of visual fields in these patients." A companion paper also published in the September 2004 issue of Archives of Ophthalmology reports exploratory, post-hoc analyses of data derived from subgroups of RP participants in the DHA trial, namely those who at entry into the trial were or were not taking vitamin A supplements. There are likely many differences, mostly unknown, between individuals with RP who take vitamin A supplements and those that do not. Findings from such analyses, however intriguing, should be interpreted with caution. Accordingly, NEI makes no specific treatment recommendations based on the results of these subgroup analyses.
Citation: Berson EL, et al. Clinical trial of docosahexaenoic acid in patients with retinitis pigmentosa receiving vitamin A treatment. Arch Ophthal 122:1297-1305, 2004. Berson EL, et al. Further Evaluation of Docosahexaenoic Acid in patients with retinitis pigmentosa receiving vitamin A treatment: subgroup Analyses. Arch Ophthal 122:1306-1314, 2004. | 2019-04-19T09:10:38 | https://nei.nih.gov/news/statements/vitamin_a |
Cosentino has launched Glacier, Fiord, and Tundra which are three new additions to the Dekton® XGloss series. They were inspired by nature and natural stones. These three new types of surfaces are incorporated into Dekton® XGloss which is an innovative line of ultra-polished high-tech, ultra-compact surfaces, with a dazzling crystalline shine. All these polished and glossy surfaces can make enhance the space, giving it that lustrous and clean shine – like as though every kitchen table top or flooring is brand new.
Glacier is inspired by natural stone and it displays a fine marbling of a golden color against a white background. It gives off a sense of purity and elegance.
Fiord is inspired by nature and it encapsulates the beauty of the most luxurious cream tones of Onyx. It has yellows, earthen colors and other intense tones that exude warmth. I feel that this is great for making wall surfaces as the subtle natural hues in wavy pattern helps to tone dark the industrial gray walls of the room or offices. If you are going for that black and white theme, this is a nice surface to add more texture and dimension to your interior space.
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Born in Turin, Italy, from a young age Marco had a genuine passion regarding Nature and Landscape Architecture, which led him to study Agriculture, with a specialisation in Landscape Architecture, at Turin University, gaining a first-class Bachelor degree in 2014. Understanding the key role that Landscape Architecture will play for cities and citizens in the upcoming years, Marco completed a two years Master Degree in Landscape Architecture and Urban Design at Genoa School of Architecture and Design in 2017, he was awarded with distinction for his Research Master’s thesis concerning the rehabilitation and usage conversion of the past site of one of the biggest and most discussed Italian steel factories in Naples.
During his early professional Landscape Architecture experience, Marco got involved with many workshops and design competitions concerning urban communities and their relationship with green architecture. He has been involved in getting people closer to Nature, believing the integration of these two fields could powerfully shape cities and people’s lives, by means of a harmonious blend, hoping to provide people with a whole new level of experience and excitement, as they get in touch with the external space.
Marco joined OPEN London in August 2017 and is working on a variety of projects, for both public and private clients. Marco intends to develop his knowledge and experience of Landscape Architecture whilst providing his understanding and passion, particularly within Post-industrial Rehabilitations, Masterplanning, Urban Realm, Planting Strategy and Graphic Design. | 2019-04-21T14:51:29 | http://www.optimisedenvironments.com/people/marco-bonanno/ |
I read this book when it was first published and it was a pleasure to read it again. Anthony is a great character, a man who has the reputation as a rake and believes that he is not worthy of the love of his life. Celia is a widow who has known Anthony a long time and knows that he is a good man but she has lost confidence in herself in the years that she was married. They have a second chance at their own HAE. Will they have the courage to try?
Caroline characters have depth, intelligence, and a solid moral core. Anthony is honorable and Celia is strong, and they are better together than apart. That is what I loved about this story. Everyone deserves happiness and Caroline knows how to feed your craving for an absolutely wonderful love story.
Received a Complimentary Copy for an honest review.
I read this some years ago and really loved it. I think I need to do a re-read. | 2019-04-26T10:01:51 | http://thereadingwench.blogspot.com/2017/09/review-of-rakes-guide-to-seduction-by.html |
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Michael Jai White is a martial arts actor who has appeared in many Hollywood films such as "Spawn", "Exit Wounds" and "The Dark Knight" (Batman). He is also holds seven black belts in different martial arts. His new movie "Cops and Robbers" is out now on DVD, digital and on demand co-starring former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. To listen, left click on the link below. To download, right click and choose "save link as". | 2019-04-21T09:09:01 | http://fightbox.com/en/podcast/item/9470-fbp-146-michael-jai-white |
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There are two sides to every coin and these night and day checks are a perfect example of that. What would light be without dark to show us the contrast? Celebrate both sides of the day with this beautifully illustrated check series. A little whimsical and a whole lot of fun, writing checks is a delight! | 2019-04-25T04:53:19 | https://www.123cheapchecks.com/product.asp?id=ADH-31 |
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Lord Perumal of the temple is praised in the Mangalasasanam hymns of Vaishnavite Saints Poigai Azhwar, Peyazhwar, Nammazhwar and Tirumangai Azhwar.
Brahmmotsavam is grandly celebrated in the temples in the months of Purattasi (September-October), Aipasi (October-November) and Panguni (March-April).
This is one of the 108 Divyadesas of Lord Perumal and has the added reputation of being the birth place – Avatara Sthala of Mother Bhoomadevi.
The temple is open from 6.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and from 4.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m.
Sri Oppiliyappan Temple, Thirunageswaram, Kumbakonam- 612-204. Thanjavur District.
Near to this temple Thirunageswaram Naganathar temple is situated.
Among 108 Divya desam, This sthalam had a no salt in prasatham for lords. This perumal had a seperate suprabatham like Thirupati Venkadachalapathy.
It is believed that praying to Lord and Mother in the temple would ensure unity among the couples and cultivate in them the quality of tolerance.
Devotees perform Tirumanjanam to Lord.
Lord Vishnu-Perumal came to Sage Markandeya on a Panguni (March-April) Tiruvonam star day seeking his daughter’s hand in marriage. The wedding took place on Aipasi (October-November) Tiruvonam Star day. Remembering this event, on Tiruvonam Star day each month, special pujas are performed with Aganda Deepa (big deepa) and Long deepa – Vaal deepa lighting. It is believed that Mother Mahalakshmi graces devotees from these lamps. This darshan is considered a lucky one by the devotees.
On Aavani Tiruvonam star day, Perumal grants darshan – Udaya Garuda Sevai. Then He bathes in the Nattaru River praised as Dakshina Ganga. Special pujas are performed after this event. The practice of soothsaying before the lamps is followed even these days.
The slogan uttered by Lord in His Gita Teaching “Maam Charanam Viraja” is written on His right hand pointing to His feet. This means “I take care of those surrendering to me”. Saint Thirumangai Azhwar had praised this Perumal as such. Perumal granted darshan to Azhwar in five forms – Tiruvinnagarapapan (in sanctum sanctorum), Ponnappan (procession deity), Maniappan and Ennappan in Prakara shrines and Muthappan. Of these, Muthappan shrine is not in existence. Discus and Conch are with the Lord in Maniappan shrine.
Nivedhanas are prepared in this temple without salt. It is believed that taking salted food into the temple is a sin. As Sage Markandeya, ever 16 in age, worshipped in this temple, special homas as longevity and Mrutyanja homas are performed in the temple. Ahora Pushkarini Theertha is revered high. Devotees can bathe in this thertha both in day and night.
Generally Mother Bhoomadevi is on the left side of Perumal. As Lord wedded her in this place, She has the right side here. Also, while offering his daughter to Perumal in marriage, Sage Markandeya took an undertaking from the Lord that He would not part with Her even for a moment. Accordingly, during all processions, Lord appears with Mother Bhoomadevi.
Mother Bhoomadevi expressed Her grievance to Lord Perumal that She had not the privilege of being in the chest of Lord though she too had all the dignity features of Mother Mahalakshmi and demanded that right for Her too. Lord replied that She would have that position as the daughter of a Maharshi Markandeya and that She would be known as Tiruthuzhai (Tulsi). Meantime, sage Markandeya was also performing penance to have Mahalakshmi as his daughter. He saw a little child Bhoomadevi having all the attributes of Mahalakshmi near a Tulsi plant. He was too happy to take the child and bring Her up. When She attained the marriageable age, Lord Vishnu in the guise of an old man called on the sage seeking his daughter in marriage. Sage simply turned down His request saying that his daughter was too young for Him and did not know even cooking with correct quantity of salt to be added to the preparations. Adamant Lord said that he would accept the food even without salt. Sage understood that the visitor was no other a person than Perumal Himself, was happy to give his beloved daughter to Him.
As Perumal accepted food without salt (Uppu in Tamil), He is praised as Uppili Appan and also as Oppili Appan as none equals Him. Oppili-no equal. Thus Tulasidevi-Bhooma devi came to stay on the chest of Lord in the form of Tulsi garlands offered by devotees in all Perumal temples.
The temple in Tirunageswaram is 6 km far from Kumbakonam. Bus facilities are available. | 2019-04-22T11:09:32 | https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=426 |
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This is the slide deck of "Personal Branding for Developers" talk by Edin Kapic at MVP OpenDay in Palma de Mallorca, March 13th 2015.
4. Why Should You Market Yourself?
7. You already market yourself • With your CV • In your interviews • In your interactions with other people • Every time you want to convince somebody to do something • But, do you choose what do you project to other people?
25. How to spread your brand? EXECUTE YOUR PLAN Consistence Monitor your metrics ACTION PLAN Pick your channels Make baseline metrics Establish deadlines Establish milestones STRATEGY AND GOALS Where do you want to be in X years? Which is your desired situation? What is your end objective with your brand?
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Oral tumors (growths) are very common in dogs and cats. These pet oral growths can be benign or malignant (cancerous). In many cases pet oral tumors are treatable with good long-term results. Correct treatment depends on obtaining a small biopsy sample to identify the particular tumor type, determining if the tumor has spread to the lungs or lymph nodes, and obtaining detailed dental radiographs to show how far the tumor has spread locally. After this information is gathered, a detailed treatment plan can be formulated. As part of training for board certification, veterinary dentists receive extensive education in treating oral tumors. We have performed many oral surgical procedures for the treatment of oral tumors. | 2019-04-18T14:39:43 | https://www.wellpets.com/services/17-oral-tumors |
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If you want to make the most of your business travel budget, keeping up with travel trends is essential. In 2017, we’ve seen the sharing economy continue to grow, and several changes to popular credit cards and rewards programs. Here are the major trends set to make an impact on business travel in 2018.
Airbnb may have started by disrupting the personal travel market, but recently it has been making headway in business travel, with 10 percent of bookings dedicated to business purposes.
It now offers an Airbnb for Business service that includes only listings considered business travel-ready. To make the cut, the home must meet specific requirements, including amenities that business travelers often need.
The company is also building relationships with travel management companies, and allows businesses to set up their own accounts to manage bookings.
With current travel trends, hotels already tend to be more expensive than comparable accommodations on Airbnb, and their prices are expected to increase in 2018. If you’ve stuck with hotels up until now, Airbnb is worth checking out. You can spend less and stay somewhere that feels more like home.
Credit card signup bonuses have always provided the best bang for your buck when it comes to earning rewards. A good rewards card may earn you three points per dollar in select spending categories, but bonuses can earn you 50,000 to 100,000 points just for meeting minimum spending requirements.
With those bonus opportunities in today’s travel trends, the best strategy to maximize your rewards has been signing up for cards, collecting the bonuses, and later downgrading the cards to avoid the annual fees.
Card issuers are making this more difficult, though.
American Express and Chase both updated their policies in August to crack down on accounts that take advantage of signup bonuses. American Express adjusted its terms and conditions to state that it may not issue a bonus if it feels the cardholder is gaming the system, and Chase set up new rules limiting cardholders to only one Sapphire card bonus every 24 months (and only one Sapphire card at a time).
With signup bonuses harder to come by, it’s more important to choose credit cards that offer bonuses in your typical spending categories.
American Express credit cards are particularly useful here, as several of them allow you to choose which spending categories earn bonus points.
Airlines and hotels design their rewards programs to build loyalty among travelers — but loyalty is losing its place among travel trends. These programs often devalue their points or miles by raising the cost of award bookings, which means any rewards you saved could be worth less with little warning.
Reaching elite status tiers is more difficult, especially with airline rewards programs.
Every major carrier now uses a fare-based awards system instead of a mileage-based awards system. For the typical business traveler, the value of reaching an elite status tier won’t outweigh the cost of getting there.
Another issue is the limitation of using only one airline and hotel. If you’re the type of traveler who tends to fly the same routes, the best way get the biggest return from your travel spending is to sign up for an airline credit card or hotel credit card with a brand you like.
Stay loyal, and you will find loyalty pays.
However, for other travelers, one airline might have limited flights available for the route you want. Hotel chains you sign up for could be farther from the city center than you’d like.
For travelers who prefer flexibility, the smartest option is getting a credit card in the Chase Ultimate Rewards or the American Express Membership Rewards programs. Each of those has quite a few airline and hotel partners. When you want to book award travel, you can transfer your points to whichever partners you want.
The growth of rideshare companies has made finding ground transportation much more convenient and less expensive compared to the days of getting a taxi or car service. For business travelers, the only problem has been airport regulations prohibiting rideshare pickups and drop-offs, but Uber and Lyft have both made progress in that department, and they’re getting approved at more and more airports.
In most major cities, you’re better off sticking with rideshares over taxis or rental cars.
And with several companies developing their own driverless cars, rideshare costs could go down even more in the coming years.
There are always ways to cut your business travel costs. As rewards programs and technology change, certain money-saving techniques won’t work anymore, and others will take their place. By staying on top of travel trends and adapting to them, you can get the most value from your travel spending. | 2019-04-24T00:46:44 | https://www.godaddy.com/garage/travel-trends-how-business-travel-will-change-in-2018/ |
TAMPA, FL – July 19, 2018 – Alcohol beverage law and food law attorney Hannah Becker, an associate in GrayRobinson’s Tampa law firm office, has been selected to The Tampa Connection Class of 2018-2019. The Tampa Connection is a year-long leadership program that exposes professionals to community service and leadership development opportunities while immersing class participants in the local community. To see the full list of professionals in the upcoming class, please visit Tampa Connection class page. | 2019-04-23T23:55:01 | http://www.gray-robinson.com/blog/post/1787/hannah-becker-selected-for-the-tampa-connection-class-of-2018-2019 |
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The mattress is non-turn and has a firmness rating of Soft. The mattress depth is 25cm. | 2019-04-23T20:12:30 | https://www.endurancebeds.co.uk/products/adaptive-luxury-1500-mattress |
So just, y’know … a new form of mater was discovered that’s made entirely of photons. That’s something that is probably worth mentioning for posterity, don’t you think? I do.
Man … quantum computing just gets closer every day. That weirds me out. I’m constantly reminded that when I was a kid we were barely using TRS80s. It’s really scary impressive how far we’ve come in such a short period of time. It’s scarier that we still spend a lot of that time trying to blow each other up, but this is the kind of story that just makes you think we might make it after all. | 2019-04-19T23:05:25 | http://zxh-creative.com/are-lightsabers-possible/ |
Julius Caesar was written in 1599 in England by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare has born in 1564 and died in 1616. Nobody really knows when exactly he was born but for the records it is assumed that he was born in April, creating an interesting coincidence with his death. He is the greatest writer of his century and probably of the modern era. He influenced many contemporary writers and created a new point of view in the poetry. He wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets. In his work Julius Caesar Shakespeare shows us the change of power in Rome and the problems that Rome had there. Power is the ability to act with force. Shakespeare makes visible the abuse of power and the struggle to gain power in the biggest empire at the time. Shakespeare also shows that the power itself is more than a name or position. It is something that the people exercise. There is not absolute power, every power has limitations. Besides the servants every character in some way has his power. Although the biggest argument in Julius Caesar is the change of power in the rulers of Rome, Shakespeare tries to show us many different kinds of power and the use of it. As we can see during the play, people with power use power just for their convenience.
"The cause is in my will. I will not come. / That is enough to satisfy the senate.
Hath begged that I will stay at home today" (2.2. 76-87). In the Roman times the women did not have the complete freedom and they were consider like a second class person. In the situation that Caesar was performing the point of a woman, was view bad, even more in the case of the ruler of Rome. Shakespeare make visible that the conspirators had power before the ides of March, maybe not as much as Caesar. In a dialogue between Cassius and Brutus show us that Brutus is powerful enough and is more apt to be the ruler of Rome than Caesar ."..there was a Brutus once that would have brooked / Th' eternal devil to keep his state in Rome / as easily as a king" (1.2. 168-170). Although Cassius was talking about one ancestor of Brutus, he made Brutus think of the change of power in Rome and in a dark way about the conspiracy. If Caesar would not abuse of his power, the conspirators would not planned the conspiracy and to try change the power of Caesar for Brutus's power.
The act 3 became the most important act of all the play, for Caesar's death and also for some interesting passages of power. During the Cesar's funeral, Brutus shows us his power in his speech and in the response of the people "Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak, for him have I offended. I pause for a reply. Plebeians none, Brutus, none" (3.2. 34-37) Brutus justified the conspiracy and make that the people of Rome agree with him. After Antony's speech the plebeians realize "there's not a nobler man in Rome than Antony" (3.2. 128) and the power that Brutus had already gained was Antony's. After that speech we can notice of two interesting things that probably could change the direction of the play. The first one is if Brutus would not let Antony have a speech, in that point Brutus had enough power to decide that. The second one is if Brutus would make his speech more emotional and show that he was nobler than Antony. Although let Antony have a speech was for showing respect for the friend, the results were so much different.
In the act 4 we can see that the main decisions are being taken for the future of Rome. Antony, Octavius and Lipidus became the rulers of Rome. They have so much power that they can decide the life of the people. They are doing everything for keep their power, even killing members of the family if it is necessary. Octavius asked Lipidus if it's fine killing his brother for the future of Rome. "Your brother too must die. Consent you, Lipidus? Lipidus I do consent" (4.1. 3-4). The power corrupts the people who get it. The Ides of March for Brutus and the conspirators was a movement for freedom. The conspiracy against Caesar was for the good of Rome and not for the good of the new rulers itself. Although Brutus and Cassius got more power after the ides of March, they were not the rulers of Rome. The ambition and the necessity to gain more power make them forget the objective of the ides of March. In a discussion between Brutus and Cassius, Brutus tells Cassius what was happening and remember him the objective, reminding him the ides of March "Let me tell you, Cassius, yourself are much condemned to have an itching palm, to sell and mart your offices for gold to under servers" (4.3. 9-12). In the two last acts is where all the change of power itself changes in the struggle between Brutus' and Antony's forces.
Although Mark Antony was the most important leader after the Caesar's death, Octavius got the power of Rome after Brutus and Cassius died. Octavius was the new emperor for being Julius Caesar's great nephew. A few years after Octavius was in power, his friend Mark Antony became his rival of power. Antony combined forces with Cleopatra, the Egyptian ruler, against Octavius. Octavius won that war against Egypt. The senate gave Octavius the name of Augustus. Augustus was a wanted emperor for the Romans. Although he was the most powerful person in Rome, he worked for Rome and made the Roman Empire stronger but he had as well as powerful leader made huge mistakes. He got married thrice for political convenience. Shakespeare lived in the renascence when the history, the arts and the science of the ancient cultures stopped to be forgotten. Four centuries the people read Shakespeare and became a symbol of the mankind with his literature. The problems of the power as Shakespeare shows us have had place since the firsts cultures appeared. The leaders and the powerful people always were corrupted for the power, and they used the power for their convenience. | 2019-04-20T10:49:32 | https://www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=16379 |
Turn based fantasy strategy game played on hex grid.
Windows version of World to Conquer.
Stealth action game starring Yami, a female ninja. Requires a Gameboy Advance emulator or flash card to run.
Fight your way through a maze of killer robots! Old school arcade fun new school FPS action! | 2019-04-22T09:01:40 | http://northernbytes.ca/downloads/downloads.html |
The Perspective is published three times during the academic year and is emailed to members working in the community college. We welcome unsolicited articles, letters, and story ideas. Please send letters, submissions, or other inquiries to editor, Matthew Hardy , CFT Communications Director. | 2019-04-25T20:52:31 | https://www.cft.org/perspective |
All your childhood dreams have come true. As a kid, I was told never to eat my toys. A life lesson that I have come to accept no matter how real my Barbie cupcake looked. | 2019-04-26T16:52:49 | http://nyctastemakers.com/food/?m=201408 |
Download current version here. You can also download source code from here. After downloading, simply unzip the file. Genotick doesn't need any special installation. Zip file contains example data files and trained population for SPX and Eur / Usd.
In terms of RAM and Cpu Genotick has rather low requirements - you should be ok with just 2GB RAM and 2 core Cpu. As for disk space it's even better - 100MB should suffice for a couple of populations.
You also need Java 8 installed.
Genotick was tested on Windows Vista / 7 / 10, Linux and Mac. | 2019-04-21T14:51:30 | https://genotick.com/download/ |
The median home value in Bayville, NJ is $265,000. This is lower than the county median home value of $266,600. The national median home value is $185,800. The average price of homes sold in Bayville, NJ is $265,000. Approximately 75.5% of Bayville homes are owned, compared to 11.04% rented, while 13.47% are vacant. Bayville real estate listings include condos, townhomes, and single family homes for sale. Commercial properties are also available. If you see a property you’re interested in, contact a Bayville real estate agent to arrange a tour today!
Sonata Bay Mozart model, open, bright floor plan, offers EIK opening to formal diningroom, masterbedroom has 2 walk-in closets and masterbath with dual sinks. Livingroom has lots of room for everyone!! 1.5 car garage gives plenty of storage!!gas heat, central air, and sprinklers for irrigation. Enjoy beautiful clubhouse, with outdoor pool and lots of activities. | 2019-04-24T22:09:58 | http://www.sellbuyrodney.com/homes-for-sale/NJ/Bayville |
As part of our ongoing investigations into the decarbonisation of various sectors, our latest study looks at the emissions from the steel and cement industries (previous publications focused on transport, buildings, power). It’s a difficult nut to crack, as large chunks of the emissions are not related to conventional fossil fuel combustion.
With decarbonisation, we normally think of energy-related measures such as higher energy efficiency, electrification of demand, zero-carbon fuels and a zero-carbon electricity supply in order to move towards net-zero CO2 emissions. While such measures could set, say, the buildings and transport sectors onto an emissions pathway compatible with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C long term warming limit, this is not so easy for industry, especially in steel and cement production.
We looked at three different scenarios for both these industries, using country case studies for each. One follows current trends, one represents a shift towards decarbonisation of the energy supply, and one represents steps towards circular value chains. We also highlight the extent by which other step-change technologies can “close the gap” to net-zero emissions.
What we found was that decarbonisation of both the steel and cement industries with technologies currently available—even when including some kind of shift towards a circular economy (which involves moving away from linear to circular value chains, generally meaning a shift from “Take, Make, Waste” to “Reduce, Reuse, Replace, Recycle”)—would not be enough to achieve the deep cuts in GHG emissions needed to be in line with the Paris Agreement. The combined effect is estimated to be an around 30%–50% reduction compared to current trends by 2050, which is a good start. However, further measures are needed to reach net zero emissions across the economy, including the industry sector, in the second half of this century.
If we are to reach the Paris Agreement’s so-called “net zero” emissions by the second half of this century, we are going to need solutions to both of these industries. We need an increase in research and development (R&D) into innovative new processes, as well as materials substitution.
In 2015, around five percent of greenhouse gas emissions came from the steel industry – accounting for around 2.8 gigatonnes of CO2. Worldwide, roughly 70 percent of steel is produced through the blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace system (BF-BOF), which converts raw materials such as coal, iron ore and limestone, to pig iron in the blast furnace, and subsequently into steel in the basic oxygen furnace.
The other third is produced through an electric arc furnace (EAF), which primarily uses electricity to make steel, mainly from scrap steel feedstock. A shift towards EAF would thus help the steel sector move towards a circular value chain. The energy intensity of this process is around one third of the BF-BOF process.
Due to its electricity-intensive nature, the EAF route combined with renewable power could contribute to the decarbonisation of steel making. In contrast, the decarbonisation potential of the BF-BOF route is more limited due to the integral role of coal in this process, which can only be partially replaced by lower carbon fuel sources.
We modelled three different scenarios to look at how the steel industry could reduce emissions in the future based on existing technologies. We focused on China and the EU – two steel producers in different stages. In the EU, steel production peaked in 2007, dropping by 21 percent to 2015, but is expected to grow by a small amount to 2050. In China, steel demand doubled from 2005-2015, and is expected to peak in the next decade. These projections do not take into account reductions in steel demand from material efficiency measures.
China will most likely achieve large emission reductions due to decreasing demand for steel. Energy efficiency improvements will also contribute. By contrast, emissions in the EU will only modestly decrease even under our most ambitious scenarios, as production is not projected to change strongly from today’s levels, and scrap recycling is already at comparatively high levels today. Overall, none of our scenarios can reach net zero emissions by 2050. One of the main barriers to decarbonisation identified by this analysis is the limited availability of scrap steel which prevents a larger share of EAF steel production.
Decarbonising steelmaking therefore requires looking beyond these scenarios based on currently available technology. To rapidly decarbonise the steel sector, investments must be made to intensify R&D, demonstrate and introduce to the market innovative steel production routes such as processes that integrate carbon capture and storage (CCS), electrolysis using renewable energy or a route using renewables-based hydrogen.
Transitioning to circular economy strategies can further reduce steel demand. This could include implementing measures to increase material efficiency, such as lightweight product design, increasing product lifespans, using products more intensively, and better manufacturing processes. In addition, transitioning to circular product designs that enable the re-use of steel without melting and the substitution of steel with lower emissions-intensive materials, such as aluminium and plastics in vehicles, can also lower steel demand.
Cement-related emissions have nearly doubled their share of global greenhouse gas emissions, rising from nearly 1.0 Gt in 1990 to over 2.6 GtCO2e in 2010, from 2.8 percent to 5.5 percent of global GHG emissions This increase was largely driven by the growth of cement production in China (which increased more than tenfold since 1990).
Worldwide, cement production is projected to keep rising, mainly driven by growth rates in the developing world—chiefly in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, where cement industry has boomed in recent years.
For cement, we looked at three very different regions: the EU, China and Nigeria.
European cement production has been mostly stable, decreasing recently in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. China’s production has risen continuously since the turn of the millennium, but is projected by some to peak very soon and according to others may have already done so. Nigeria’s cement production took about a decade longer to reach comparable growth rates; it is now the largest cement producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, and exceeds the growth rates of China observed in the last two decades.
Cement making consists of two distinct steps: clinker production, followed by blending of clinker into cement in a cement mill. Emissions from the cement industry can be grouped into three categories: process emissions, direct energy-related emissions and electricity-related emissions.
The process emissions occur when limestone is converted into clinker, and CO2 is released as a by-product, making up around 50 percent of cement-related emissions. Therefore, substantial emissions remain in even the most ambitious of our scenarios, as decarbonisation in the form of efficiency, electrification, and a shift to zero-carbon electricity supply cannot address these.
The presence of process emissions means that even under decarbonisation and a limited move towards circular economy measures (partial substitution of clinker in the cement production process, and partial substitution of cement needed to make concrete), substantial emissions will remain. To help mitigate these emissions, innovative options for low-carbon products as replacements for cement or for concrete, such as Cross-Laminated Timber, and possibly the large-scale use of CCS, will be necessary.
Figure 1: Emissions from steel and cement production can be mitigated with various measures of decarbonisation and moving towards circular value chains, but with currently available technologies, not to the extent needed to be in line with the Paris Agreement.
In summary, the options conventionally implied by decarbonisation—efficiency increases, electrification, and shift to zero-carbon power supply—will not be enough to set heavy industry on a Paris-compatible pathway. Substantial chunks of emissions would remain unaddressed by such measures.
In the steel sector, the limited availability of scrap for electric steel recycling constrains the possible shift away from blast furnace steelmaking. In the cement sector, the chemical reaction involved in clinker production results in emissions that cannot be reduced unless the need for clinker itself is reduced.
A significant and immediate increase of research and development into innovative low- or zero-carbon production routes, materials substitution (e.g. aluminium, wood), and the use of CCS, are needed if steel and cement—global demand for which is projected to continue rising in the coming decades—are to be Paris-compatible.
For more information, read our memo “Manufacturing a low-carbon society: how can we reduce emissions from cement and steel?“. | 2019-04-21T07:04:42 | https://newclimate.org/2017/10/27/decarbonising-the-global-steel-and-cement-sectors-requires-more-than-zero-carbon-fuels-now/ |
Seventh year of Broadway Academy toy donation…and seven holiday concerts took place at the Broadway Academy on December 8 & 9, 2018. Our students presented what they have learned in past 13 weeks. It was once again a great success.
Congratulations to all students for their fabulous work during the fall semester that resulted in such great performances! Our extended gratitude goes to all students’ supporters for all their endless encouragement as well as for the greatest toy donation in history of our concerts. Big thanks to all teachers who have been simply amazing and have prepared fabulous performances.
All toys were delivered to Montreal Children’s Hospital on Monday, December 10, 2018. We are greateful for all your generous gifts!
Cheers to all of you! Happy New Year 2019! | 2019-04-25T18:42:01 | https://www.broadway-academy.com/holiday-toys-recitals-2018/?lang=fr |
Scientists believe they are close to a blood test for pancreatic cancer – one of the hardest tumours to detect and treat” BBC (2015).
BBC report “Scientists believe they are close to a blood test for pancreatic cancer – one of the hardest tumours to detect and treat. The test, which they describe as “a major advance”, hunts for tiny spheres of fat that are shed by the cancers. Early results published in the journal Nature showed the test was 100% accurate. | 2019-04-26T03:53:18 | http://www.ivteam.com/intravenous-news/blood-test-to-diagnose-pancreatic-cancer-a-possibility/ |
Millions of people use anybody to stay organized and work more. This is a free to-do list, calendar and reminder application one by one. On any Android device (NYTimes, USA Today, WSJ and Life Hecker) must have "an app".
Any.do users can add tasks to and track, create reminders, create smart lists, plan their day plans and collaborate on joint projects, reduce common problems and costs.
The list to do that you will actually stick to.
Work with your favorite devices. | 2019-04-24T19:01:34 | https://grandapk.com/com.anydo/any-do-to-do-list-calendar-reminders-planner |
HouseMate Lite is a stand-alone switch accessible Infra-red remote control with auditory feedback using recorded speech.Practical and easy to use HouseMate can be operated by external switches or directly by pressing the keypad.
• Records up to 20 Infra-red commands from other remote controls. • Can record long sequences and macros. • Programmable scanning options. • Single or two level operation. • Built in microphone and speaker deliver good quality speech output with 5 seconds record time per command. • Jack sockets for single and two switch scanning. • Bright LED display with slide-in pocket for keypad label. • Easy to mount attractive robust enclosure. • Runs on 3 x AA batteries. | 2019-04-24T14:25:17 | https://www.helpicare.com/housemate-lite/?lang=en |
So much has been happening these last few weeks of 2016–I finished school, took a mini-vacay to Costa Rica, and moved from Miami to Atlanta–but, I’d be remiss if I let 2016 end without reflecting on all that’s happened.
I’ll let these pictures do most of the talking. They tell the story of all the great places I was able to visit (Seoul; Washington, D.C.; Cleveland, OH; Chattanooga, TN, and Costa Rica), the friends I reunited with, and the major accomplishments I earned this year.
I couldn’t be prouder of how my 2016 turned out and I can only hope 2017 will be bigger and better. To all my readers, I want to wish you a very Happy New Year!! I’m hoping the best for you in 2017!
First reunion of the year! These people made Miami feel like home.
Loved Korean food so much in Seoul, I had to have some in D.C.
My sister came to visit me in October! | 2019-04-18T21:22:58 | https://tolathetraveler.com/2016/12/31/2016-a-photo-review/ |
Redtech Offshore will be having a multipurpose diving construction support vessel, VAN GOGH that will be delivered by May 2018. The vessel was designed for Diving Intervention activities, Decommissioning activities, Flowline Installations, ROV Services, Subsea Inspections and Subsea Constructions. It will be reflagged with MALAYSIA Flag and this unit will be the most economical vessel in executing projects with low fuel consumptions.
Equipped with diesel electric frequency controlled propulsion, highly efficient azimuth thrusters, dynamic positioning system and 150t offshore cranes (3,000m water depth). A large platform deck 1,000 m2 deck space suitable for wellhead servicing, inspection & construction diving and ROV support. Moreover, it can also accommodate up to 120 personnel.
Services include : Subsea project evaluation and solutions, Subsea project engineering and procurement, Subsea project supervision and inspection, Subsea installation, Construction, Subsea repair & maintenance, Offshore hyperbaric welding.
Inspection of pipelines and other structures for damages, corrosion and stress defects.
On-going process of maintenance such as marine growth removal, seabed conditions, pipeline stabilization, etc. | 2019-04-22T22:44:46 | http://redtechoffshore.com/assets/ |
KELT XO is the House of Kelt’s flagship cognac. It is a blend of over twenty eaux-de-vie from the Grand Champagne appellation in the Cognac region of France. Kelt XO is barrel aged in Limousin Oak barrels that are 12-18 years old. Kelt XO is further aged for three months on an ocean voyage that brings out the oak qualities of the Limousin barrels. Kelt XO was the first cognac that Kelt sent on an Ocean Maturation cruise. This cognac has an oaky nose with flavors of raisins, candied fruit and apricot on the palate. | 2019-04-25T21:53:23 | https://www.cognac.com/p/kelt-xo-cognac |
Always + Forever, handstamped balloons, ink, dimensions vary, 2016.
Always + Forever explores the physical connection between ourselves and our devices. Beginning as an attempt to count my interactions with my iPhone for the course of the week, each balloon represents an accumulation of small encounters. Stamped with suggestive phrases, such as “finger your phone” or “I want to touch your interface,” each balloon, though appealing from afar, appears shriveled and bodily upon closer inspection. | 2019-04-22T20:15:47 | http://www.hannah-newman.com/always-forever/ |
CHINA is eager to aid Brunei’s diversification efforts by lending financial support to develop local infrastructure and industry. His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam hosted Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at Istana Nurul Iman yesterday for wide-ranging talks covering economic, political and security issues.
CHINA hopes “to see specific results soon” from discussions with Brunei on maritime cooperation, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said yesterday. Wang said joint ventures in the contested waters would send a “positive signal” to the international community that countries could shelve differences for mutual economic benefit.
BRUNEI needs to actively market and promote the BioInnovation Corridor (BIC) in China if it wants to attract more investors. According to Xu Ning Ning, executive president of the China-ASEAN Business Council, the BIC has a lot of potential and can attract Chinese investors. | 2019-04-20T21:20:43 | http://sqwchinagroup.com/tag/brunei-darussalam/ |
For honor of your sister? I don't think so.
hahah hitler i frogger land lol thats what I see great parody please make more! | 2019-04-26T09:52:15 | https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/489374 |
The Learning Network | Should Voting Be Mandatory?
A healthy representative democracy depends on citizens exercising their right to vote. Yet here in the United States, usually 40 percent of eligible voters don’t vote during presidential elections, and typically 60 percent don’t vote in congressional midterm elections.
Jury duty is mandatory; why not voting? The idea seems vaguely un-American. Maybe so, but it’s neither unusual nor undemocratic. And it would ease the intense partisan polarization that weakens our capacity for self-government and public trust in our governing institutions.
Thirty-one countries have some form of mandatory voting, according to the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. The list includes nine members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and two-thirds of the Latin American nations. More than half back up the legal requirement with an enforcement mechanism, while the rest are content to rely on the moral force of the law.
Despite the prevalence of mandatory voting in so many democracies, it’s easy to dismiss the practice as a form of statism that couldn’t work in America’s individualistic and libertarian political culture. But consider Australia, whose political culture is closer to that of the United States than that of any other English-speaking country. Alarmed by a decline in voter turnout to less than 60 percent in 1922, Australia adopted mandatory voting in 1924, backed by small fines (roughly the size of traffic tickets) for nonvoting, rising with repeated acts of nonparticipation. The law established permissible reasons for not voting, like illness and foreign travel, and allows citizens who faced fines for not voting to defend themselves.
The results were remarkable. In the 1925 election, the first held under the new law, turnout soared to 91 percent. In recent elections, it has hovered around 95 percent. The law also changed civic norms. Australians are more likely than before to see voting as an obligation. The negative side effects many feared did not materialize. For example, the percentage of ballots intentionally spoiled or completed randomly as acts of resistance remained on the order of 2 to 3 percent.
— Should voting be mandatory?
Most people believe that more voting causes better government. This is an article of faith, not fact. Social scientists have shown that higher quality government tends to cause higher turnout. But higher turnout does not cause higher quality government.
— Is mandatory voting undemocratic? Is it unconstitutional?
— Instead of mandatory voting, would you support other ideas to increase turnout, such as tax breaks for voting or making Election Day a public holiday so workers get the day off, as readers suggested in these letters to the editor? Or would you recommend using automatic voter registration, so that when an eligible voter gets a driver’s license, he or she is automatically registered to vote? | 2019-04-20T22:59:22 | https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/should-voting-be-mandatory/?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Flearning-student-opinion |
Art Forums - A Singular Creation Art Community • h610 pro pen lag in sai?
the only reason i made this account is to try to get some answers.
i have the huion h610 pro and i downloaded sai, but when i tried to draw anything there was a lag/delay in the pen where it would create a straight line, and i couldn't draw anything without big strokes. can someone help? i don't really know if this is a traditional art site but i just need some answers at this point.
Re: h610 pro pen lag in sai?
Well, I feel like I'm stupid now; I thought that the title was some phrase in Malaysian or Tagalog... I work a lot with people from Oceania and Southeastern Asia and it is beginning to take a toll on my mind.
But to come back to the topic, I have the same issue on this tablet, and have had the very same issue on every drawing software I've tried. I think it's just something that's built in the software of the tablet.
I counter it by zooming in closely and drawing the small thing I wanted to do in a long stroke accross the screen. It may be annoying but it's good in the long run as it gives your final drawing cleaner, neater lines. | 2019-04-25T22:42:41 | http://www.asingularcreation.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=11955&p=65518 |
The Faith Community Nursing program offers a unique partnership between two healing entities; our hospitals and the faith community. Faith Community Nurses partner with clergy and healthcare organizations to advocate for the health and well-being of the congregation. While the focus of the program is on preventative healthcare, some of the ways members are helped to lead healthier lives is through education, screenings and referrals to community resources.
Faith Community Nursing (FCN) is the specialized practice of professional nursing that focuses of the intentional care of the spirit as well as the promotion of wholistic health and prevention or minimization of illness within the context of a faith community.
Congregational benefits include allowing the church to reaffirm its role in ministering to the whole person--body, mind, and spirit, enhancing the ability of the church to respond to the health needs of the congregation, thereby impacting the wellness of the faith community.
Recognized as a specialty by the American Nurses Association, a Faith Community Nurse is a spiritually mature, professional registered nurse, called and committed to the healing ministry of the the church. Completing a basic preparation course lays the necessary foundation for successful health ministry.
OSF Care-A-Van is a mobile health center staffed by members of OSF HealthCare and its Faith Community Nursing program. Our Team is ready to assist individuals in the community with access to care, health education, physician visits, and even assist with tasks such as signing up for health coverage and exploring advanced care planning.
We travel to where people work, pray and play to connect patients to care when they might not be able to get to the doctor on their own – or even know where to start when they have a health need.
If you'd like to support the OSF Care-A-Van and our Faith Community Nursing Program through a monetary donation, you can do that, too. Thank you!
Growing in space and harvest each year, St. Ann’s Garden of Hope is a place where people gather to celebrate life, build friendships, beautify their neighborhood and promote good nutrition by growing healthy food for people who live in the area.
To learn more about establishing a Faith Community Nursing program in your congregation, call (309) 282-1692. | 2019-04-21T12:12:36 | https://www.osfhealthcare.org/saint-francis/services/wellness-services/faith-community-nursing/ |
DoughRoller » Insurance » Life Insurance » Should You Consider Permanent Life Insurance?
My wife and I both have life insurance. First purchased when we adopted our children seventeen years ago, we have 20-year term policies. As hard as it is for me to believe, our policies are just a few short years away from lapsing. And that’s caused me to ask whether we would have been better off purchasing permanent life insurance.
Permanent life insurance, as the name suggests, is a form of life insurance that lasts for the life of the insured. It’s distinct from the more typical term life insurance in two very important ways. First, term policies last for a fixed term, typically ranging from one to 30 years. As I mentioned, my wife and I have 20-year term policies.
Second, term policies are barebones life insurance policies. You pay a premium during the term. If the insured dies while the policy is in force, the beneficiaries receive the death benefit. If the policy expires while the insured is alive, there is no cash value. In contrast, permanent life insurance has an investment component above and beyond the insurance. Since a permanent life insurance policy lasts for the insured person’s entire life, a payout is guaranteed. Your permanent life insurance premiums are invested, so the policy accrues cash value.
While permanent life insurance may sound like a great deal, it comes with hefty price tag. Buy a permanent policy today, and you’re guaranteed to pay a much higher premium than you would for a term policy. While the actual premium depends on a number of factors, premiums for permanent (sometimes called whole life or universal life) policies can be five to 10 times higher then term life insurance. Those extra dollars paid in the early years of a permanent policy get invested and grow. That growth is tax-deferred if the policy is cashed in during the insured persons lifetime. Proceeds are usually tax-free to the beneficiary upon the insured person’s death.
Is Permanent Life Insurance a Good Option?
Most don’t need it. Most people need life insurance when somebody depends on them for support. This is typically the case when parents are raising children. But fast forward to the couple’s golden years, and the children should be self-sufficient. And with retirement savings and social security, each spouse shouldn’t be depending on the other for financial support.
You don’t control the investments. As promising as permanent life may seem, you have very little control over the investment choices. For this reason, it’s typically better to buy a term policy and invest the difference on your own.
Expense are high. Most insurance companies take a significant portion of the premium in the form of expenses. It’s only what’s left that actually gets invested. These expenses can be steep, rising to as much as three percent or more. This is another reason why investing on your own is generally the better choice.
So when is permanent life insurance a good choice? In some cases you need insurance for your entire life. One example would be if you care for handicapped children. A good friend of ours has two grown children who will need care for the rest of their lives. Because they will never be self-sufficient, a permanent life insurance policy may be a good choice.
There are also tax considerations. Because the proceeds of a permanent policy are often distributed free of taxes, such a policy can be part of wise estate planning. But a tax or estate lawyer should be consulted before making any decisions.
Traditional Whole Life Policies are the simplest, and offer the most guarantees. The premium is guaranteed, as are certain death benefits and cash values.
Universal Life Policies have varying premiums (with a guaranteed maximum) and minimum guaranteed cash values and death benefits. Instead of the dividends paid to traditional whole life policyholders, universal policies accrue interest at a credited rate determined each year.
Variable Life Policies offer the fewest guarantees, and the highest possibility for increasing in cash value.
Finally, if you are considering a form of permanent life insurance, speak to an insurance expert who is not trying to sell you insurance. An insurance broker would love to sell you a permanent policy because he or she stands to make a substantial commission. That’s not to suggest that life insurance brokers aren’t honest, but you’d be better served speaking with an expert who has no self-interest to bias his or her opinion.
In the end, do your homework, shop around online for life insurance, and make an informed decision. For us, I’m confident we made the right choice with term insurance.
First, I liked the article. I have a hard time deciding whether I need life insurance and I saw one place where it was saying that if your kids are grown you may not need insurance. I do not carry life insurance as I have prepaid cremation services and the rest of the funeral services is a waste. i will not go into what I want in this forum, just suffice it to say I don’t think that I need insurance. Please make sure the readers understand that insurance companies are making profits. They use actuaries and analysts to determine the odds of you dying. The insurance companies will always win.
I think it is better to invest the money on a monthly basis and watch it grow. Young people investing today on a regular basis would have a sizable amount by the time they are 70 or 80. Of course the insurance selling point is the foreseen. this is true, but many people do not buy enough insurance to cover “the unforeseen.” So the spouse and kids are still left high and dry.
I was a little surprised to see that most of the comments are from 2010-2011. I guess it goes to show that nothing has changed in the insurance business.
I find the comment about buy term invest the rest is a little short sighted. Insurance companies invest in long term investments, typically interest based investments such as mortgages. These investments are more stable then say STOCKS. what we have seen in the stock market is volatility. Investment firms such as Morgan Stanley and Goldman rely on volatility to make money. They rely on positions being opened and closed and use grey markets to liquidate many of these positions that do not show up in normal trades. There are so many layers of people trying to make a commission that your stock investments are at risk all of the time. There is too much incentive to oversell a stock. Banks make billions on interest and if they are doing it, maybe you should too. Buying a small paid up whole policy and including “enhanced Paid up Additions” can build a very nice nest egg. With rates so low, now is a great time to get into these types of policies as insurance is still the most important part of the family plan, but the benefit of a whole policy is that at the end, there is a hefty sum that can be tapped for retirement. it is a conservative approach that accomplishes many important goals. The stock market will continue to change at a far faster pace as a result of the obsolescence of technology. Where is digital equipment, polaroid, Compaq, Circuit City, The post office. Buying substantial amounts of mutual funds is risky as they may hold positions that cannot keep up with technology and will end up like many names we grew up with. Interest based investments are here to stay, and they deserve a second, third, fourth and final look, but when prrotecting your family is a high priority, you can have your cake and eat it too with a good quality whole policy, with enhanced paid up additions!
You forgot to mention that permanenet or whole life policies purchased at a young age with a fixed premium are an option to assure that your heirs will have funds to pay legal fees to settle your estate and pay off outstanding debts thereby relieving them of that financial burden.
What is your view on purchasing longterm care insurance?
When I decided on 20 year term life insurance I made the bet that my net worth would exceed the benefits after 20 years. If I felt like it would take 30 years I would’ve increased the term. If I were in a dead end job without any retirement I probably would’ve gone with permanent (but the catch22 is someone with little future net worth probably can’t afford permanent).
At age 30, I purchased a $100,000 participating (dividend-paying) whole life policy. I also had a significant amount of term offered through my employer. I stopped paying my roughly $1000 annual premium after eight years. I have now owned the policy for 20 years, and the death benefit is still roughly the face amount and will likely be so until my death. I can leave it in force for life and pay the death benefit to my children, surrender it today for around $14,000 (which will likely continue to increase), or I can sell it when my life expectancy reaches 10-15 years for around 4-5 times the cash value. If I had purchased a 20-year level term, I would have paid a total of about $4000-5000 dollars in total premium and had nothing to show for it. If I had purchased a 30-year term, it would have cost me more in total premium than I paid for my whole life.
Choosing between Term Life Insurance and Permanent Life Insurance is often a heated and emotional discussion. There is no doubt that the phrase “buy term and invest the rest” makes sense for many.
Now I can make a case for going either way, but what it all comes down to is personal choice and freedom. Saying that Term life Insurance is “The” right way for most people to buy life insurance is like saying that everyone should drive the same kind of car. After all, it will probably get them from point a to point b, until it doesn’t any more. Then you have to go out and buy a different car.
The key is in actually talking with a knowledgeable, licensed professional who is able to understand not just what your “needs” for life insurance are but take into consideration your “Wants” as well. Life insurance calculators and online quoting engines have a hard time helping you determine what your Wants actually are.
No; one should NOT assess one’s own needs; one should consult with a properly qualified financial planner or advisor. Neither the individual nor most insurance agents are qualified to perform a proper analysis of life insurance needs.
Rob, while some situations are so complex that seeking professional advice is a must, I’m not sure why most people can’t assess their life insurance needs on their own. There are plenty of tools that can help you determine how much life insurance you need. My wife and I made this assessment on our own, and it wasn’t difficult at all.
While there are plenty of tools that do a questionably adequate job of determining the amount of coverage needed, there are absolutely none that properly determine the type or mix of coverage. Most professionals will provide this type of guidance at little or no cost, so why not consult with one?
I would tend to disagree with this advice on permanent life insurance. Most often, the true return rates on these policies are miserable at best. Most consumer organizations point folks toward fixed rate term insurance. We have two of these policies, the premium rate can’t increase one penny over the 20 year life of the policy. Some of these permanent policies don’t even pay out the accrued amount if the policy holder passes away, they only pay the face amount of the insurance. Bottom line – any life insurance policy that is not fixed rate term in a gamble. You will be much better off down the road to pay off your debt and build an emergency fund than to try to use one of these fancy, high agent commission non-term policies.
Thanks Dave, for your unoriginal (ie, regurgitated) analysis. The only way one determines that “the true return rates on these policies are miserable” is by overlooking that the expense charges which are normally blamed are reasonable costs of insurance and policy guarantees. The raw rates of return are identical to those of the investment vehicles within them. Also ignored are the tremendous tax advantages available only with life insurance cash values.
You are correct that most term policies today are level term with a guaranteed premium, but the author was obviously referring to the often prohibitively higher premiums that result from renewing a policy after the end of the initial term. Bottom line: There is such a thing as a permanent need for life insurance, though that need does not apply to everyone. If the life insurance need exceeds twenty years, that need is almost always met more cost effectively using permanent insurance.
Permanent insurance offers a steady growth with no taxation. If you can find something else that grows with no risk at 4-8 percent a year then please, clue us in. By avoiding taxation on these dollars, you need to understand that this can be the equivalent of 6-10 percent growth in a 401k or stock market type investment.
Also, having a place where your money can be accessed easily is the best place to put your emergency fund.
For some reason, people still listen to Dave Ramsey. Besides his get out of debt advice, the guy is ancient history. Step into the 21st century and take a look at the options you have. The market is a horrible place to put your money, and you don’t have to take excessive risk to become wealthy. | 2019-04-19T03:11:13 | https://www.doughroller.net/insurance/life-insurance/should-you-consider-permanent-life-insurance/ |
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This looks like the first stage in our evaluation process, Helen, and gives the OLDSMOOC team some good starting points for our own reflection.
The positive points you mention in relation to Sheila’s prototyping and the link you built up with Penny were among the highlights of the MOOC for me. That kind of organising principle being introduced into a potentially chaotic discussion is very important for this kind of course. And I very much enjoyed your and Penny’s independent narrative reflections.
You also rightly ask the pertinent question of the extent to which the course designers practice what they preach – and on that issue I’ve been wondering if we really do have something to learn from your review – as Yishay has suggested to the team. In fact, I think some of the negative points you mention confirm the principles we preached, even though our practice of them fell short of ideal – at least for me that was true.
Two of the issues you raise will stay with me – (1) how structured should it be (an issue raised by other participants as well), and (2) how best to assist participants in organising groups.
(1) For the first, I think I’m quite happy to offer structure in case it’s of use, including estimating the minimum time a participant might spend on it. We know very well that students do not always do what is suggested, and that is their prerogative to decide. But they cannot decide if we have not suggested and designed it. So I would argue that it is the learning designer’s responsibility to design what they think is the optimal sequence of activities to support the achievement of the intended learning outcome. And that means structure. The timings I agree were minimalist, and to do the tasks properly would require more time. Perhaps it would be better to suggest the minimalist time (enough time to get a sense of what the task is, what use it might be, and cursory understanding of it), and the optimal time (the time needed to achieve the learning outcome in full)?
(2) We did try various ways of organising groups – with Sheila’s upgrading of Cloudworks maybe that would work better. We do have to think about promoting the forming of groups – crucial for the overall success of MOOCs. I’m not sure what you learn from the experience you and Penny had – that seemed extremely fortuitous!
So thank you very much for the review, which will serve our iterative learning design process very well!
Thank you for such a rich overview of the course. Your narrative provides a good framework of thinking about the MOOC and not only the ways of thinking about what we have been doing but taking it forward.
Hi Helen, OLDS MOOC buddy. Without the “social glue” of twitter I would have found it difficult to make it through the OLDS MOOC. Sharing tips, jokes, weather forecasts, fine dining ideas, badge applications, verification requests, links and images was so much part of my learning experience. Once people get the hang of twitter (it took me some time), this form of microblogging isn’t time consuming yet is such a powerful way of keeping the conversation going in a MOOC.
Thanks for being part of my learning journey, I look forward to continuing our connection into the future. | 2019-04-18T18:59:50 | http://helencrump.net/learning-design/a-review-or-two-giving-the-heads-up-for-social-learning-designs-oldsmooc/ |
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China Grain Reserves Corp. (Sinograin) said it is investigating whether local crushers profited by selling oil processed from cheaper imported rapeseed instead of from domestic supplies as Beijing’s subsidy programme stipulates.
The probe underscores the potential for manipulation of China’s farm products stockpiling program, where a minimum purchase price set by Beijing to support farmers has caused local prices to be artificially higher than international prices.
To profit more from the subsidies, local crushers have sold edible oils processed from imported rapeseed to Sinograin, the state reserve agency, as overseas supplies were cheaper, local publication the 21st Century Herald first reported last week.
Margins to process imported seeds were more than 300 yuan (US$49) per tonne while they were below 100 yuan per tonne to crush domestic seeds with Beijing’s subsidies. Without the subsidies, crushers would be making losses processing domestic seeds, officials at crushing organizations said.
Sinograin has sent inspection teams to major rapeseed-growing provinces of Sichuan, Hunan and Hubei to investigate the allegations, it said on its website seen on Tuesday, adding that it would deal with any violations severely.
Beijing this year pledged to pay 5,100 yuan (US$830) per tonne to farmers and buy five million tonnes of domestic rapeseed, which is allocated to crushers with subsidies to process into edible oil.
The price was about 18 per cent higher than imports, which were quoted at around US$703 per tonne for August imports. Imported rapeseed oil in China was quoted at about $1,273 per tonne in July, about 13 per cent lower than the domestic physical price.
Local media, which first reported the alleged rapeseed irregularities, did not identify the crushers involved. COFCO, which owns the country’s largest crushing capacity, denied that its crushers have been involved.
China imports rapeseed, which is similar to canola, from Canada and Australia. Imports in the first seven months of the year rose 15 per cent to 1.77 million tonnes, while rapeseed oil imports jumped 73 per cent to 1.07 million tonnes, according to official customs data.
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Jason Day is determined to win the Pebble Beach Pro Am this week after five top-six results in nine starts at the event, including a runner-up last year.
Jason Day is on a mission at this week's Pebble Beach Pro Am after a series of close calls at the US PGA Tour's iconic California tournament.
Day's five top-six finishes in nine appearances have been the closest anyone has come to ending Australia's title drought at the celebrity-studded event on the Monterey Peninsula.
That drought stretches back to 1993 when Brett Ogle became the second Australian to win it after Bruce Crampton (1965).
Former world No.1 Day's recent results at the Pebble Beach event include joint runner-up to Ted Potter Jr last year, sharing fifth behind Jordan Spieth in 2017 when Day held the 36-hole lead, and a tie for fourth in 2015.
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This year's field includes surfing great Kelly Slater, retired NFL quarterback Tony Romo and comedian Ray Romano.
But Day says the event's profile, and long rounds due to amateur participation, have not contributed to his inability to win it.
"I've had a lot of top fives and top-10s and played really well here, but I don't know what has stopped me from winning," Day said.
"All three courses suit my eye, but I guess I just have to be patient and let things unfold.
"Sometimes you just get beat on the day, even though you played well. Ted Potter played better than everyone last year."
Day is joined this week by a large Australian contingent including fellow former world No.1 Adam Scott, as well as Aaron Baddeley, Rod Pampling John Senden, Matt Jones, Curtis Luck, Ryan Ruffels and Cameron Davis.
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New York playwright Leslie Bramm remembers looking at the World Trade Center from just hundreds of yards away on 9/11 and seeing objects falling from windows.
"The guy standing next to me asked why they were throwing furniture out the windows, and I told him, 'It's not furniture, it's people.'"
That was one image that stuck with him. Another was a photograph from that day, proof of what Bramm for a while believed was only an urban legend: a couple holding hands as they jumped.
So when off-off-Broadway theater group The Present Company asked Bramm to write a response piece to the tragedy, he created Lovers Leapt. His director in New York City was Scott RC Levy.
Now performing arts director at the Fine Arts Center Theatre Company, Levy was walking through the FAC museum when Bramm's play suddenly popped into his head. A glance at Joellyn Duesberry's World Trade Center paintings brought Bramm's "short jewel of a piece" to mind, and the idea of performing the play in front of the artwork was born.
"The play is a perfect companion piece to the art," Levy says. "And it's a wonderful way to connect the theater and the gallery."
Duesberry has an intimate connection with the tragedy. The Denver artist received a grant in the '90s to study and paint cityscapes in New York City. Provided a studio on the 91st floor of the North Tower, she painted scenes of the city from her window for five months.
The artist who replaced Duesberry in the program was killed in the attacks.
Three of Duesberry's paintings will serve as a backdrop for Lovers Leapt, along with a scene she painted of Ground Zero years later. The actors in the short two-character play will represent both victims of the tragedy and, standing on two blocks, the towers themselves. Levy hopes that viewers will connect to the event in a different way by seeing what the experience may have been like inside the building.
"It's what's going on inside their heads," says Steve Emily, who plays one of the lovers. "Lots of 'what-ifs.'"
"These two people had wanted to connect," says Bramm, describing the plot of the play. "But for reasons of their own, they never did. It's about not putting off love; don't wait for tomorrow."
Although the subject matter is naturally sad, both actors say there is also humor and lightness. "For me, the takeaway is hope," says Kara Whitney, who plays the second ill-fated lover. "It's about saying you love the people you love, and not taking anything for granted."
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Discussion in 'The Projects Forum' started by Geoffr67, Feb 13, 2012.
I have a circuit i made and am having a problem, It keeps hanging up when i shut power off and then reapply power, while this wont ever really happen in real world,its causing the pic chip to lock out a input when power is reapplied within a few seconds. When the capacitor is discharged after power is removed it works fine. Can anyone suggest a good way to bleed down the cap, are there better options besides useing a resistor between the cap? something that will bleed it down almost instantly?
A dead short will certainly do the trick. However, it may not be terribly convenient. Use a relatively high value of resistor across the capacitor, so as not to load down the input of your circuit. You need to know the equivalent resistance of your working circuit, then pick a resistor value 20-30 times that for the bleeder.
" You need to know the equivalent resistance of your working circuit, then pick a resistor value 20-30 times that for the bleeder."
So how would i determine this, measure the resistance at the input? and then go 20-30 times that number? Forgive my ignorance on this first time ive ever had to do this.
The equivalent resistance is simply the supply output voltage divided by the supply output current into your load.
Could you use a pnp fet and smaller resistor to dead short the cap when the power is turned off?
When I need something for a breadboard I do something really simple and foolproof. Here that would be a relay on the power input and a diode separating the power in from the cap. When power goes off, the relay opens and the NO contacts can do anything you wish from dead short on the cap to a small resistor or something else.
Worked this up as a concept. A couple of open collector inverters would probably work also.
Where is the cap connected? It might help if you provided a circuit. Why not remove the cap? Another solution is to install a POR (Power-On Reset) circuit.
Edit: Did you enable the Power-On Reset delay on the PIC?
The PIC should have BOR and WDT options, either or both can probably save you from the latchup situation, although it does also depend on oscillator type.
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