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Ahmad Tea has landed no fewer than five awards at Great Taste 2018 – bettering any of the previous years’ results. The judges singled out blends including Darjeeling Loose Tea and Teabag, Ceylon, Mint Mystique and Special Blend for star ratings in a bumper year for Ahmad Tea.
Often described as the ‘Oscars of the food and drink world’, the Great Taste Awards are one of the world’s most coveted accolades of their kind. Organised by the famous Guild of Fine Foods, Great Taste is also one of the world’s most trusted food and drink accreditation schemes. In 2018 over 500 judges, including specially trained food writers, came together over 65 days from March through to July at testing centres in London and Dorset, UK. The judging was conducted blind, in teams of three or four ensuring there was a balance of expertise, age and gender and each product was tasted by no fewer than eight experts.
Darjeeling is often described as the ‘Champagne of teas’ as only tea leaves from the Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India, go into producing this delicate tea. Ahmad Tea’s Darjeeling Tea produces a floral aroma with a warm, golden colour when brewed. Both our teabag and loose tea Darjeeling blends have won Great Taste Awards in 2018.
Ahmad Tea’s Mint Mystique, also known as Mint Green Tea, is one of the most popular blends within the Green Tea range, combining delicate leaves from china with smooth minty flavours and real mint leaves. Our Tea Experts designed this blend as the perfect after-dinner palette-cleanser or a beverage for moments of calm during busy days. The blend won a ‘one star’ rating at the 2018 Great Taste Awards.
Designed as a tribute to the rich history and heritage of Sri Lanka, our Ceylon Loose Tea is a well-balanced blend of high-quality teas grown on this beautiful Island in the Indian Ocean. Delicate yet bright in flavour, the loose tea leaves create an amber-coloured liquid when brewed. Our Ceylon Tea Loose Tea can be served with milk for a mellow taste, or with a slice of lemon to unite its exotic flavours.
Teas from Sri Lanka and Assam are blended with a subtle touch of bergamot oil to produce this strong and powerful brew. The blend makes a wonderful dark, reddish colour when brewed, yet the aroma is delicate and quite flowery. Our Tea Experts designed it as a breakfast and daytime brew and it produces a fresh, revitalising feeling. Special Blend has received a ‘one star’ recommendation by the Great Taste judging panel.
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Known as the 'Champagne of Teas', Darjeeling tea is characterised by its delicate taste and shimmering golden colour. Enjoy our wonderfully light Darjeeling, carefully grown in the foothills of the Himalayas. | 2019-04-20T22:49:28Z | https://www.ahmadtea.com/blog/2018/09/07/five-ahmad-tea-blends-recognised-at-great-taste-2018/ |
Just in time for the playoffs, illustrator Chris Edser has put together a great series of gifs capturing the awkward magic of Joakim Noah, the gangliest of the NBA's elite talent. You couldn't ask for a better representation of player who does many things well and few things gracefully.
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Muzak Rock & Minimalism is compilation of the first 3 → ↑ → EPs released between 1979 and 1980.
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The LP is sequenced so that each side runs the original sides of the 7" in the sequence of Muzak (the Venitian Rendezvous EP), Rock (the Nice Noise EP) and Minimalism (the self-titled → ↑ → EP). | 2019-04-18T22:49:30Z | http://philipbrophy.com/projects/muzakrockminimalism/infoM.html |
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LOCATION: The village of Trastikovo is situated in South-East Bulgaria and it is part of Kameno Municipality, Bourgas District. Kameno Municipality is situated in the fertile lowlands of Bourgas, on the lower reaches of the river Aytoska. The territory of the municipality stretches to the Mandra Lake in the east and the uplands of Kara Bair in the west. The Mandra-Poda complex includes the Mandra Lake and its adjacent wetlands. The Mandra Lake is located on the Black Sea coast and is the southernmost one of the three Bourgas lakes. The complex also includes the cascade-like located fishponds in the north-western part of the lake valley. Farming is the main economic branch in the area of Kameno. A priority has the grain production. The climate is influenced by the closeness of the sea. Near the town of Kameno, in the Aytoska Valley, there is a conservation area, called Koriyata. It is 150 decares in area and includes a forest of field elm trees. A few kilometers away is located the famous village of Debelt, where you can see Archaeological excavations of the Roman Baths and also archaeological Museum.
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: Regulated plot of land located at the end of the village facing asphalt road. The land is rectangular plot. From the property is opening an amazing view. In the property are connected electricity and water. You can build here the home of your dreams at the end of this lovely hamlet in a peaceful place just a few kilometers from the sea coast.
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When it comes to people in business, it has always been very un-predictive, but still we look at trends, focus and challenges for HR professionals every year. Some issues have been on the list for long and some have been addressed. This year too we intend to understand as to what can be the foremost few challenges for HR that need to be addressed.
In India, business is passing through a different phase, with certain amount of uncertainty in terms of Govt. policies about required labour reforms. Much noise has been created about and hopes have been aroused but nothing substantial has come out. There should not be much hope now because time left is very little for bringing out changes as country is heading towards next general elections. So HR professionals should learn to remain with present labour regulations and address their needs accordingly.
In diversified workforce, handling sexual harassment issues will be an emerging challenge. Employers need to invest on trainings and building a gender neutral work culture. It is directly linked with the brand image of organisation. Time is to move from collective to personal when it comes to building effective network, employee development and talent retention because one side, organisations want to retain the talented employees but on the other side, we expect them to take their own responsibility for development. HR professionals need to understand employee's expectations and aspirations and match them with organisation's opportunities and business reality. No doubt, technology is in mainstream as far as HR processes are concerned but challenge would be to stay unaffected from overhyped technology and use them selectively keeping in mind the overall effect on people behaviour. HR is expected to contribute strategically towards business. Need is to explore the minimal efforts that bring high business impact rather than with high efforts and low business impact.
Along with HR trends, focus and priorities of CHROs in 2019 in a special feature, this edition carry much sought-after yearly compilation of around 700 important labour judgments of 2018, which is a must for all HR people to know about. These have been selected after going through thousands of pages from different law journals and comprehending central point into few lines. The judicial trend has been the same as it was during last year with a clear message that no one would be allowed to abuse the process of law with zero tolerance on unethical practices and indiscipline.
Manager or sr.manager is eligible to make a complaint against their employer in labour court?
Is there any hr magazine which gives latest information practical knowledge & highlight of hr trends?
2017 Predictions Trends And Statistics Associated With Human Resource Management Are All In.
What are the best ways to hire a telecallerFemale?
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Retention Security clause in appointment letter to trainees? | 2019-04-22T10:32:53Z | https://www.citehr.com/608287-important-labour-judgments-2018-feb-2019-issue.html |
We place a high value on knowledge management, which is the effective application of knowledge, experience and software. By using these three components, we will help you solve your energy efficiency challenges.
It’s our way of life. So, when you hear the words “Smart Building Technology,” think of us. Our comprehensive knowledge management system informs the development of our proprietary building commissioning software. It’s through these of these tools that National Facility Specialists custom designs the right solution for your facilities and team.
As your partners in facility performance, we rely on smart building technology. As a result, we provide high-value, realistic engineering solutions for more efficient buildings and a healthier planet.
It’s this knowledge management system that enables National Facility Specialists to capture and leverage lessons learned from one project to the next. We have developed our software over years of experience commissioning, retrocommissioning and retrofitting buildings. Doing so has enabled us to utilize our comprehensive, real-time database of practical knowledge to benefit our clients.
Experienced, empowered teams lead our building energy management practices, and we provide you with more face time and field time. Our energy conservation measures start with our proprietary energy audit checklist. This checklist provides a pathway toward building energy consumption reduction by guiding our every activity, along with the activities of your staff.
True knowledge management can only be achieved when you have just the right blend of people sharing relevant information with each other through. This happens when a well-documented process directs the application of the right technology in order to create the right outcomes. By using this information throughout subsequent measurement and activities, you’re assured that your facilities are being maintained. And better positioned for their ongoing operations.
Your buildings and staff benefits from these sound, time-proven knowledge management practices National Facility Solutions provides. By sharing these practices with your teams, we help you ensure optimal performance of your facilities. | 2019-04-23T09:58:56Z | https://www.natfas.com/knowledge-management-3/ |
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has named Dr. Jeffrey Moore of the Marshfield Clinic Merrill Center a 2018 Childhood Immunization Champion. Dr. Moore was nominated and selected from a pool of health professionals, community advocates, and other immunization leaders for making a significant contribution to public health in Wisconsin.
Dr. Moore was nominated by Lincoln County Public Health Nurse Jennifer Johnson who cited his leadership, collaboration, and tireless work to promote vaccine preventable disease in the community.
Dr. Moore said he is honored to be recognized by the CDC and his colleagues for promoting childhood vaccinations. “Vaccinations are vitally important to the health and well-being of Wisconsin’s children and the public, and encouraging childhood vaccinations is just the right thing to do,” Moore said.
In addition, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is pleased to announce that 50 health care providers from around the state are the recipients of the second annual Wisconsin “BigShot” Award to health care providers who vaccinate 90% or more of their young patients.
Winners received a certificate to display in their waiting rooms to show patients that they are committed to immunizing children against a variety of illnesses to protect the child and the community.
Parents can find out which vaccinations their child needs and at what age on the Wisconsin Immunization Program webpage. They can also keep track of the shots their children have had and shots they may still need through the Wisconsin Immunization Registry.
The “BigShot” Award winners are determined by the immunization data that is collected by DHS. Find the complete list of award winners here. | 2019-04-18T14:59:01Z | https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/news/releases/042318.htm |
Stayzilla has got on board with Assam Tourism Development Corporation for the joint promotion and development of homestays in the state. The MoU was signed in the strategic presence of Ankit Rastogi, Vice President Marketplace, Stayzilla and Anurag Singh, Managing Director, Assam Tourism Development Corporation. With this association, Stayzilla becomes the first aggregator to associate with governments in the East. Under this agreement, Stayzilla will lend its expertise to Assam Tourism Development Corporation to conduct verification procedures and jointly boost homestays and unique stay experiences within Assam. ATDC as Implementation Agency for Department of Tourism, Assam will be one of the first state tourism bodies to launch a model Rural Homestay scheme providing financial incentive for development and standardization of new Homestays in Assam. This partnership will also enable verification and training of these New Homestays being developed right from the start. Stayzilla’s team in the North East, headed by Regional Office of Kolkata, will be part of the Service and Quality Assurance Committee under ATDC for Inspection which includes property verification and screening. The Tourism Board & Stayzilla will also jointly conduct educational and training sessions for registered homestays on best practices such as online usage, content management, operations and expense management. Stayzilla team will also be involved in imparting Hospitality and Skill Training to all the New Homestays under the ATDC scheme.
Two of Asia’s most iconic luxury hotel groups, Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts and Mumbai-based Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, announced that they have formed a ground-breaking strategic alliance to broaden their reach and offer more unique experiences to guests across Asia and the world. The alliance will officially launch in March 2017 with the introduction of the “Warmer Welcomes” programme, which integrates Taj InnerCircle and Shangri-La’s Golden Circle guest loyalty programmes and will provide members reciprocal and seamless benefits at a scale never seen before under a hospitality alliance. Both Taj and Shangri-La are renowned worldwide for their exceptional service philosophy that is deeply rooted in, and inspired by, the cultures and traditions of the markets they operate in. | 2019-04-25T22:17:02Z | http://tourismbreakingnews.com/category/hotels/page/50/ |
Washington, US (BBN) – Here are the top five things you need to know in financial markets on Tuesday, December 12.
Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, passed the $65 mark on Tuesday to hit their highest level since June 2015 as a shutdown of a North Sea pipeline raised concerns of a supply shortage, reports Investing.com.
The UK’s Forties oil pipeline, the country’s largest at a capacity of 450,000 barrels per day (bpd), shut down on Monday after cracks were revealed.
The pipeline carries about 40% of UK North Sea crude oil, Britain’s largest capacity transporting about 450,000 barrels a day.
The news sent the London barrel soaring to an intraday high of $65.70. At 6:07AM ET (11:07GMT), Brent oil was last up 1.38% at $65.57, while futures for the U.S. benchmark gained 0.53 % at $58.30.
The Federal Reserve kicks off its two-day monetary policy meeting on Tuesday and is widely expected to raise the fed funds target range by a quarter point at the conclusion a day later at 2:00PM ET (1900GMT).
The U.S. central bank will also release its latest forecasts for economic growth and interest rates, known as the “dot-plot”. The Fed has forecast three rate rises for next year, and it is expected to keep its outlook about the same even though the market has been skeptical it will hike as much as it expects.
The dollar showed cautious trade on Tuesday as market participants waited for the big event. Later on Tuesday, investors will also digest factory gate prices out at 8:30AM ET (13:30GMT).
At 6:08AM ET (11:08GMT), the U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, slipped 0.13% at 93.82.
Wall Street managed to shrug off a terror incident in New York city’s Times Square (NYSE:SQ) with the S&P and Dow closing at new record highs. But U.S. futures pointed to a cautious open on Tuesday as traders opted to refrain from bigger moves higher ahead at the start of the Fed’s two-day meeting. At 6:08AM ET (11:08GMT), the blue-chip Dow futures edged forward 17 points, or 0.07%, S&P 500 futures inched up less than a point, or 0.01%, while the Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 1 point, or 0.01%.
European equities showed cautious gains as market participants prepared for local monetary decisions from both the European Central Bank and the Bank of England on Thursday. At 6:09AM ET (11:09GMT), the benchmark Euro Stoxx 50 advanced 0.18%, but Germany’s DAX wavered around the unchanged mark, while London’s FTSE 100 gained 0.28%.
Earlier, Asian shares took a small step back gaining for three straight sessions, with markets consolidating in the hope an upswing in global growth could outlast a likely hike in U.S. interest rates this week.
CBOE Bitcoin futures pulled back on its second full day of trading Tuesday as the hype appeared to momentarily die down and volume on the January contract eased with less than 300 contracts traded so far compared to nearly 4,000 on the first day.
Meanwhile, on the U.S.-based Bitfinex exchange, the underlying Bitcoin was also taking a breather, nearly unchanged at $16,766.0, by 6:11AM ET (11:11GMT) Wednesday, after having risen as high as $17,443.0 a day earlier.
Consumer price inflation (CPI) in the UK hit a fresh five-year high in November, putting pressure on the Bank of England to tighten policy, official data showed on Tuesday.
In a report, the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the rate of consumer price inflation rose from the year before by a seasonally adjusted 3.1% last month. That was the highest level since March 2012 and settled above forecasts for the reading to match the 3.0% increase seen in October.
The data reflects a constant cost of living squeeze in the UK as wages have only increased by 2.1%, meaning that British salaries are unable to keep up with price increases.
The Bank of England will announce its rate decision at 7:00AM ET (12:00GMT) on Thursday, with analysts expecting no major change in policy, as policymakers grapple with uncertainty over Brexit, low wage growth and weak productivity, which are all weighing on the economy. | 2019-04-22T11:06:05Z | https://businessnews-bd.net/top-5-things-know-market-tuesday-2-2/ |
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Melt butter in pot over low heat.
Add mustard to melted butter and mix in.
Add flour to the butter, stirring to mix it thoroughly into butter mixture.
Slowly add milk to butter mixture, stirring constantly. Stir over medium low heat until mixture thickens, then take off the heat.
Add grated cheese to the milk mixture, and stir well. Reserve some of the cheese for topping the pasta.
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This season in the Primera División (Venezuela), Monagas SC stats show they are performing Very Poor overall, currently placing them at 0/20 in the Primera División Table, winning 0% of matches.
On average Monagas score 0 goals and concede 0 goals per match. 0% of this Monagas's matches end with both teams scoring and their average total goals per match is 0.
• Monagas has scored a total of 0 goals this season.
• Monagas has conceded a total of 0 goals this season.
Today Monagas host LALA in the Primera División from Venezuela.
Today Portuguesa host Monagas in the Primera División from Venezuela.
Today Monagas host Carabobo in the Primera División from Venezuela.
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Monagas SC's stats indicate that ?% of their matches accumulated over 9.5 total corners. While 2019 season of Primera División has an average of ?% for over 9.5.
?% of Monagas SC's matches had over 3.5 cards. Compared to this, Primera División has an average of ?% for over 3.5 cards.
Over 2.5 ~ 8.5 Corners For are calculated from corners that Monagas SC has won during a match.
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Over 0.5 ~ 6.5 Cards Received are calculated from cards that Monagas SC has received during a match.
Monagas SC received over 2.5 cards in ?% of their matches.
Over 2.5 ~ 8.5 Corners Against are calculated from corners that Monagas SC's opponent has won during a match.
Over 0.5 ~ 6.5 Cards Opponent are calculated from cards that Monagas SC's opponent has received during a match. | 2019-04-26T07:57:01Z | https://footystats.org/clubs/venezuela/monagas-sc |
Consumer DNA testing companies, including 23andMe and MyHeritage, are offering genetic kits as a way to reunite immigrant parents with detained and separated children at the border.
Immigrant rights groups are wary of the privacy risks involved for already vulnerable communities.
One DNA testing technology, from Thermo Fisher Scientific's Integen X, could alleviate some of the concerns.
The fight to reunite immigrant families took a genetic twist this week as tensions increased over detained children. The same consumer DNA testing kits that trace ancestry and offer genetic risk assessments were proposed as a way to reunite families separated at the border. But the idea created its own minor furor — for one, the fact that the government would even need DNA tests to match a detained child to a parent. Second, the fear over privacy and security risks.
After more than 2,700 children were taken from their parents by officials at the border under President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance policy,” it became clear that there was no solid system in place to bring families back together.
When immigrant children are separated from families, they are placed in government facilities or foster care while officials try to identify the nearest relative in the United States. But there are suspicions about how carefully these “relatives” are filtered. With facilities overflowing, there are allegations that many children may had been lost in the system or handed to traffickers.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement told Congress in April that of the 7,000 children returned to relatives in fall 2017, it had lost track of 1,475 children. A PBS Frontline investigation called “Trafficked in America” that aired in April also discovered cases of teenagers being released to labor traffickers by the ORR.
DNA testing kits could solve the issue by identifying relatives accurately. Google-backed 23andMe was prompted to offer its genetic-testing service by California Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), joining the same initiative as other genetic companies, such as MyHeritage.
“I continue to be blown away by the outpouring of support from my constituents and companies in my district, including 23andMe,” Speier said in a statement to CNBC.
23andMe and MyHeritage are among the genetic-testing companies donating thousands of kits and working with relevant government and nonprofit organizations to distribute resources. But these companies also provoke fears about privacy and ownership of DNA.
Both RAICES Texas and the Texas Civil Rights Project, prominent civil rights groups in the immigration movement, declined DNA kit offers.
“These are already very vulnerable communities, and this would potentially put their privacy at risk,” RAICES spokeswoman Jennifer Falcon told the San Francisco-based national public radio station KQED.
Security concerns are a primary reason for hesitation. Typically, if an individual under the age of 18 wants to provide a DNA sample, authorization by a parent or guardian is required. In this case, because the children cannot find their parents and are considered under the authority of the government, the question of who grants authority and gains access to the information is up in the air.
“There are problems giving it to a commercial testing company. They do recreational genetics,” Caplan said.
MyHeritage recently suffered a hack involving 92 million records. Law-enforcement agencies across the country and State Department and the U.S. military have also begun requesting the results of genetic-testing kits for their own purposes.
Despite the risks, the DNA-testing companies are all promising privacy and claim to be in contact with nonprofit and legal aid organizations to distribute resources as soon as possible.
MyHeritage claims to be following the same trajectory, with the genetic-testing company planning to work with “relevant government and nonprofit organizations” to distribute the resources, according to spokesperson Rafi Mendelsohn.
There may be a viable alternative, however. Testing company Integen X, cited by Congresswoman Speier, uses a testing technology that potentially eliminates the risk of other DNA testing methods. Integen X is part of Thermo Fisher Scientific and has also offered to donate DNA testing services to help reunite families.
A main risk of DNA kits comes from companies like 23andMe and MyHeritage building business models around detailed ancestry information and genetic risk analysis, which requires the use of offsite equipment. Once individuals' DNA is sent off site, there is a risk of losing the chain of custody, said Rosy Lee, vice president and general manager of the human identification sector of Thermo Fisher.
The analyzers are called the RapidHIT system, a 50-pound instrument that analyzes the contents of a cheek swab in a cartridge. The instrument can be set up in the field in a matter of minutes, and the cartridge can be destroyed on-site or handed back to the individual. The data is then sent to another authorized figure manning a software hub, which can be set up right next to the instrument.
The 50-pound piece of equipment is not the only alternative to the more popular consumer DNA testing kits. Academic testing supervised by an oversight group would also work, Caplan said. Picking an academic health center near Texas, for example, would protect the samples analyzed and could provide necessary counseling for many of the children, according to Caplan.
Caplan said the rise of the DNA testing technology belies a larger point about the dialogue medical experts are now being forced to engage in: immigration has succumbed to the drastic — and in his view unacceptable — measure of using genetics. | 2019-04-19T22:49:14Z | https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/28/the-least-bad-way-to-use-dna-test-to-match-immigrant-parents-children.html |
An optical fiber (or fibre) is a glass or plastic fiber that carries light along its length. Fiber optics is the overlap of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of optical fibers. Optical fibers are widely used in fiber-optic communications, which permits transmission over longer distances and at higher bandwidths (data rates) than other forms of communications. Fibers are used instead of metal wires because signals travel along them with less loss, and they are also immune to electromagnetic interference. Fibers are also used for illumination, and are wrapped in bundles so they can be used to carry images, thus allowing viewing in tight spaces. Specially designed fibers are used for a variety of other applications, including sensors and fiber lasers.
are used for most communication links longer than 550 meters (1,800 ft).
To measure the Numerical Aperture (NA) of the Given Optical Fibre.
Numerical aperture accounts for the light gathering ability of the fibre and it amounts the light accepted by the fibre. NA refers to the maximum angle at which the light incident on the fibre end is totally internally reflected and is transmitted properly along the fibre. NA depends only on the refractive indices of the material of the core and the cladding.
NA is also called the figure of merit of optical fibre. The cone formed by the rotation of angle of acceptance along the axis of the fibre is the cone of acceptance of the fibre. The light should strike the fibre end within its cone of acceptance else it is refracted out of the fibre.
For short length of straight fibre, light ray incident at angle θ at the input end and must come out at same anglerom th output end. So, at the output end of the fibre also a cone of the same angle appears. Hence, NA can be determined by making measurements on the cone at the output end for fibre.
1. Connect the power to the board.
2. Connect one end of the fibre cable to the outut socket of the emitter and other end to the numerical aperture measurement jig.
3. Hold the white screen facing fibre such that its cut face is perpendicular to the axis of the fibre. Hold the white screen with two concentric circles (0.8cm & 1.6cm diameter) vertically to a suitable distance to make the red spot coincide with small circle.
4. Record the distance of the screen from the fibre end and the diameter of the spot.
5. Compute NA from the formula given above.
6. Vary the distance between the screen and the fibre optic cable so that the sot coincides with the bigger circle. Note the distance of the screen from the fibre end.
Optical fiber can be used as a medium for telecommunication and networking because it is flexible and can be bundled as cables. It is especially advantageous for long-distance communications, because light propagates through the fiber with little attenuation compared to electrical cables. This allows long distances to be spanned with few repeaters. Additionally, the per-channel light signals propagating in the fiber can be modulated at rates as high as 111 gigabits per second, although 10 or 40 Gb/s is typical in deployed systems. Each fiber can carry many independent channels, each using a different wavelength of light (wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM)). The net data rate (data rate without overhead bytes) per fiber is the per-channel data rate reduced by the FEC overhead, multiplied by the number of channels (usually up to eighty in commercial dense WDM systems as of 2008). The current laboratory fiber optic data rate record, held by Bell Labs in Villarceaux, France, is multiplexing 155 channels, each carrying 100 Gbps over a 7000 km fiber.
For short distance applications, such as creating a network within an office building, fiber-optic cabling can be used to save space in cable ducts. This is because a single fiber can often carry much more data than many electrical cables, such as Cat-5 Ethernet cabling. Fiber is also immune to electrical interference; there is no cross-talk between signals in different cables and no pickup of environmental noise. Non-armored fiber cables do not conduct electricity, which makes fiber a good solution for protecting communications equipment located in high voltage environments such as power generation facilities, or metal communication structures prone to lightning strikes. They can also be used in environments where explosive fumes are present, without danger of ignition. Wiretapping is more difficult compared to electrical connections, and there are concentric dual core fibers that are said to be tap-proof.
Although fibers can be made out of transparent plastic, glass, or a combination of the two, the fibers used in long-distance telecommunications applications are always glass, because of the lower optical attenuation. Both multi-mode and single-mode fibers are used in communications, with multi-mode fiber used mostly for short distances, up to 550 m (600 yards), and single-mode fiber used for longer distance links. Because of the tighter tolerances required to couple light into and between single-mode fibers (core diameter about 10 micrometers), single-mode transmitters, receivers, amplifiers and other components are generally more expensive than multi-mode components.
Fibers have many uses in remote sensing. In some applications, the sensor is itself an optical fiber. In other cases, fiber is used to connect a non-fiberoptic sensor to a measurement system. Depending on the application, fiber may be used because of its small size, or the fact that no electrical power is needed at the remote location, or because many sensors can be multiplexed along the length of a fiber by using different wavelengths of light for each sensor, or by sensing the time delay as light passes along the fiber through each sensor. Time delay can be determined using a device such as an optical time-domain reflectometer.
Optical fibers can be used as sensors to measure strain, temperature, pressure and other quantities by modifying a fiber so that the quantity to be measured modulates the intensity, phase, polarization, wavelength or transit time of light in the fiber. Sensors that vary the intensity of light are the simplest, since only a simple source and detector are required. A particularly useful feature of such fiber optic sensors is that they can, if required, provide distributed sensing over distances of up to one meter.
Extrinsic fiber optic sensors use an optical fiber cable, normally a multi- mode one, to transmit modulated light from either a non-fiber optical sensor, or an electronic sensor connected to an optical transmitter. A major benefit of extrinsic sensors is their ability to reach places which are otherwise inaccessible. An example is the measurement of temperature inside aircraft jet engines by using a fiber to transmit radiation into a radiation pyrometer located outside the engine. Extrinsic sensors can also be used in the same way to measure the internal temperature of electrical transformers, where the extreme electromagnetic fields present make other measurement techniques impossible. Extrinsic sensors are used to measure vibration, rotation, displacement, velocity, acceleration, torque, and twisting.
Fibers are widely used in illumination applications. They are used as light guides in medical and other applications where bright light needs to be shone on a target without a clear line-of-sight path. In some buildings, optical fibers are used to route sunlight from the roof to other parts of the building (see non-imaging optics). Optical fiber illumination is also used for decorative applications, including signs, art, and artificial Christmas trees. Swarovski boutiques use optical fibers to illuminate their crystal showcases from many different angles while only employing one light source. Optical fiber is an intrinsic part of the light-transmitting concrete building product, LiTraCon.
Optical fiber is also used in imaging optics. A coherent bundle of fibers is used, sometimes along with lenses, for a long, thin imaging device called an endoscope, which is used to view objects through a small hole. Medical endoscopes are used for minimally invasive exploratory or surgical procedures (endoscopy). Industrial endoscopes (see fiberscope or borescope) are used for inspecting anything hard to reach, such as jet engine interiors.
In spectroscopy, optical fiber bundles are used to transmit light from a spectrometer to a substance which cannot be placed inside the spectrometer itself, in order to analyze its composition. A spectrometer analyzes substances by bouncing light off of and through them. By using fibers, a spectrometer can be used to study objects that are too large to fit inside, or gasses, or reactions which occur in pressure vessels.
An optical fiber doped with certain rare earth elements such as erbium can be used as the gain medium of a laser or optical amplifier. Rare-earth doped optical fibers can be used to provide signal amplification by splicing a short section of doped fiber into a regular (undoped) optical fiber line. The doped fiber is optically pumped with a second laser wavelength that is coupled into the line in addition to the signal wave. Both wavelengths of light are transmitted through the doped fiber, which transfers energy from the second pump wavelength to the signal wave. The process that causes the amplification is stimulated emission. | 2019-04-21T11:04:03Z | https://www.seminarsonly.com/Engineering-Projects/Physics/optical-fibre.php |
Daily Boater Boating News: Is it OK to be a Pirate?
Little kids running around the neighborhood dressed like Johnny Depp ... well, that's pretty cute. But the numerous boats in every US harbor flying the Skull and Bones.... well, that's just stupid. There have always been pirates and they have always been outlaws.
I think we can reasonably "take" boats that identify themselves as pirate, though what we'd do with them has not been resolved.
Don't get me started on the smiley face flags.
I'd type this comment in Pirate talk, however, I am concerned I may offend someone. Happy Halloween.
I hope the British Couple is well.
Love it - sounds like a fun event. I wouldn't change a thing about it, Matey. Arrgh.
Real pirates probably never were as much fun as our fabulous folkloric versions anyways.
Same legend-building process as King Arthur & Robin Hood. If a kid dresses up as Robin Hood for Halloween, do mugging victims get upset? Naaaah. | 2019-04-19T13:05:49Z | http://www.dailyboater.com/2009/10/is-it-ok-to-be-pirate.html |
Sweet things to say to make him melt.
You like him, a lot and you want him to like you, too. However, taking the initiative and getting your crush to notice you much less fall in love with you takes patience, honesty, and respect. LoveToKnow chatted with Jacqueline Nichols of Intuitive Matchmaking LLC, a professional matchmaking agency about how to make a guy fall in love and she said, "There is a lot of power people have with a healthy dynamic. There is a lot to do that can show others why it would be good to fall in love with you. You need to be proactive."
Liking someone doesn't always mean they will return that affection. Every relationship starts somewhere, so letting the object of your affection know you care through your actions, attitude, and words can help jumpstart the relationship you desire.
This may sound simplistic, but your attitude is one of the first things that people notice about you. Smile, be positive and cheerful. You don't have to just grin at the guy you like, but smiling frequently and laughing gives you an air of approachability.
"You cannot force someone to fall in love with you, but there are ways to entice them," said Nichols. "If a guy walks up to a group of women, he's going to focus on the one who follows through."
Eye contact is huge. Guys need that. Nichols emphasized that when women want to be noticed, they have to be proactive and let men know they are available.
"When I asked guys they said eye contact was very important. It lets them know it's okay to approach and strike up a conversation. The smile and laughter is important, they like bubbly women. They like lighthearted and fun. You need to stand out-guys want to be with a woman that other men are interested in."
Walk with your head up, shoulders back, and a little bit of a sway. In a way that says confident and secure. "Guys are always looking for who notices them and keeps eye contact," said Nichols. How a woman reacts to those glances and how she carries herself tells them a lot.
Men like physical contact - such as touching the arm. Men are physical; they roughhouse, shake hands and slap each other on the shoulder. They need that physical contact. This helps start the progress to get a man interested in a woman.
According to Nichols, who has interviewed single men and women looking for the right match, men know a woman is enjoying herself when she communicates it physically. "When a woman is talking to a man, a light touch on his arm tells him she is listening and she is receptive to him."
Nichols emphasized that men want a woman other men want and they want someone who is fun to be around. "They want to hear you laugh, that you are exuberant - even if it doesn't go anywhere it will be a positive time with you."
Guys like to laugh and smile as much as you do, and they are far more likely to want share your laughter and give you a reason to smile. If you're shy and you struggle with the jokes and the pithy remarks, focus on the people you're talking to and let their amusement buoy yours. If he sees you and makes eye contact, let a slow smile cross your face-in this case body language works wonders.
Once you have a guy's attention, you want to keep it. Nichols recommends that you go out for at least three dates, to get to know the person through natural progression. Don't quit too soon.
Women are confused about the difference between pushing and being elusive. The thing is the guy wants you to be interested. Don't give them a lot of mixed messages as being needy or desperate. Focusing on be responsive and let them know even if you're missing them that you were thinking of them, simple but not needy.
Nichols points out that feigning being busy all the time isn't a good plan. "It can backfire because a guy can think she won't have time to have the relationship. Most men will not ask you to drop things for them even if they want to-you want to sound like you enjoy life, but you want to sound open availability. Men want to know if you're free or interested. Society has conditioned men to give up if women are playing too many games. They're not complicated thinkers, do you want to go out or not?"
Men want a woman who will be there and they're going fall head over heels for the woman who wants him there.
"Get involved with what he likes, whether you're into it or not. Learn a little bit or sit there and read. Men just want time and it's not always about what they are doing. It doesn't have to be exciting, it just has to be time," said Nichols.
Falling in love means you need to know each other, work together, and be compatible. So take every opportunity to plan together whether it's chatting on the phone about the weekend or just sitting in the same room while doing different things. Take the pressure off of him to provide you with romantic dates and plan what you do together.
Constant complaining puts negative toxins in the air and it's not attractive. Take a step back and listen to what you're saying. A guy wants positive, light, and upbeat.
After three dates, you'll both know if you're still interested. Cultivating the relationship, building on this foundation can help you both fall in love. Remember, when you make yourself valuable, they stop looking and then it's about taking care of the relationship you've built. | 2019-04-25T05:25:37Z | https://dating.lovetoknow.com/How_to_Make_a_Guy_Fall_in_Love_with_You |
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A request was made that requires access to the Approval Signature form, but no Approval Signature form exists on the system. Generally, this means that the Approval subsystem is not installed. The command is invalid without the Approval subsystem. | 2019-04-19T03:06:33Z | http://lotar.altervista.org/wiki/bmc/remedy/message-catalog/4565 |
You choose which direction you would like to go.
Arrive in Christchurch. There will be a courtesy bus pick up at the airport. You will be taken to your hotel that you booked prior to arriving in NZ. This will enable you to catch up on some well needed sleep.
You will be picked up from your hotel in the morning of (Day 2) and taken to your bike, then its off to the New Zealand vehicle testing station (VTNZ) for a temporary registration and WOF (warrant of fitness inspection). Then you will be on your way. Ride 112 miles/181 km to Kaikoura (2 hours 30 minutes). Go whale watching. Book in advance for this if you can. Cruising time on the water is 2.5 - 3.5 hours. Booking times 12.45 pm, 1.15 pm and 3.30 pm.
See www.whalewatch.co.nz Stay the night.
(1 hours 40 minutes) to Nelson via Queen Charlotte Sound and stop for lunch. Then ride 34 miles/60 km to Motueka via Tahuna Beach and don't forget to check out Rabbit Island on your way. Stay the night when you get to Motueka.
Ride back to Motueka 16 miles/20 km (30 minutes) via Marahau hill.
Ride 51 miles/83 km (1 hour 15 minutes) to Collingwood via the marble mountain (Takaka Hill). Take a Farewell Spit lighthouse tour. See www.farewellspit.com then ride back to Motueka. Stay the night.
Have dinner by the lake front. Either stay the night or ride over the Crown range 42 miles/68 km (1 hour) to Queenstown and stay the night there instead. You decide.
Take a ride on a jet boat or try a bungy jump or take your pick of exciting things to do.
Stay another night in Queenstown or Wanaka.
Ride 106 miles/172 km (2 hours 10 minutes) to Te Anau.
Then back to Te Anau. Stay the night.
Ride 13 miles/22 km (30 minutes) to Manapouri. Take a boat ride to the underground power station (3-4 hour tour).
Then ride 89 miles/143 km (2 hours) to Invercargill.
Ride 19 miles/31 km (30 minutes) to Bluff. This is at the bottom tip of the South Island. Closest to the South Pole. Then ride 51 miles/82 km (1 hour 15 minutes) to Waipapa Beach lighthouse. Then ride 16 miles/26 km (45 minutes) to Curio Bay while riding through the Catlands for more spectacular scenery. Stay the night. Book before you get there if you can.
Ride 126 miles/203 km (2 hours 30 minutes) to Mount Cook.
at the church on the lake edge. Stay the night.
Ride 82 miles/133 km (1 hour 45 minutes) to Christchurch passing through Waipara. Put your bike into storage ready for the return March shipment back to the UK and then relax for another nights sleep in Christchurch.
Or take a 3-4 days excursion to Melbourne/Phillip Island for the 2019 World Superbike rounds during your New Zealand trip. Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th February 2019.
Do some shopping in Melbourne for the day.
Transalpine train ride/return for a relaxing day from Christchurch. | 2019-04-24T06:52:27Z | http://www.newzealandmotorcycleadventures.co.uk/self-guided-17-day.html |
VR is expected to make a big splash in the gaming industry, with many studios already well underway with development of games that support the new VR experience. Clearly, VR will have a profound impact on the visual side of game development, and certainly sound design and voice performances will be impacted by the demands of such an immersive experience… but what about music? How does music fit into VR?
At GDC 2015, a presentation entitled “Environmental Audio and Processing for VR” laid out the technology of audio design and implementation for Sony’s Project Morpheus system. While the talk concentrated mainly on sound design concerns, speaker Nicholas Ward-Foxton (audio programmer for Sony Computer Entertainment) touched upon voice-over and music issues as well. Let’s explore his excellent discussion of audio implementation for a virtual space, and ponder how music fits into this brave new virtual world.
Nicholas Ward-Foxton, during his GDC 2015 talk.
All three VR systems feature some sort of positional audio, meant to achieve a full 3D Audio Effect. With the application of the principles of 3D Audio, sounds will always seem to be originating from the virtual world in a realistic way, according to the location of the sound-creating object, the force/loudness of the sound being emitted, the acoustic character of the space in which the sound is occurring, and the influences of obstructing, reflecting and absorbing objects in the surrounding environment. The goal is to create a soundscape that seems perfectly fused with the visual reality presented to the player. Everything the player hears seems to issue from the virtual world with acoustic qualities that consistently confirm an atmosphere of perfect realism.
All three VR systems address the technical issues behind achieving this effect with built-in headphones that deliver spatial audio consistent with the virtual world. The Oculus Rift licensed the Visisonics RealSpace 3D Audio plugin to calculate acoustic spatial cues, then subsequently built their own 3D Audio plugin based on the RealSpace technology, allowing their new Oculus Audio SDK to generate the system’s impressive three-dimensional sound. According to Sony, Project Morpheus creates its 3D sound by virtue of binaural recording techniques (in which two microphones are positioned to mimic natural ear spacing), implemented into the virtual environment with a proprietary audio technology developed by Sony. The HTC Vive has only recently added built-in headphones to its design, but the developers plan to offer full 3D audio as part of the experience.
To get a greater appreciation of the power of 3D audio, let’s listen to the famous “Virtual Barber Shop” audio illusion, created by QSound Labs to demonstrate the power of Binaural audio.
According to Nicholas Ward-Foxton’s GDC talk, to make the three-dimensional audio more powerful in a virtual space, the VR systems need to keep track of the player’s head movements and adjust the audio positioning accordingly. With this kind of head tracking, sounds swing around the player when turning or looking about. This effect helps to offset an issue of concern in regards to the differences in head size and ear placement between individuals. In short, people have differently sized noggins, and their perception of audio (including the 3D positioning of sounds) will differ as a result. This dependance on the unique anatomical details of the individual listener is known as Head-Related Transfer Function. There’s an excellent article explaining Head-Related Transfer Function on the “How Stuff Works” site.
Head-Related Transfer Function can complicate things when trying to create a convincing three-dimensional soundscape. When listening to identical binaural audio content, one person may not interpret aural signals the same way another would, and might estimate that sounds are positioned differently. Fortunately, head tracking comes to the rescue here. As Ward-Foxton explained during his talk, when we move our heads about and then listen to the way that the sounds shift in relation to our movements, our brains are able to adjust to any differences in the way that sounds are reaching us, and our estimation of the spatial origination of individual sounds becomes much more reliable. So the personal agency of the gaming experience is a critical element in completing the immersive aural world.
Now, here’s where we start talking about problems relating directly to music in a VR game. Nicholas Ward-Foxton’s talk touched briefly on the issues facing music in VR by exploring the two classifications that music may fall into. When we’re playing a typical video game, we usually encounter both diegetic and non-diegetic audio content. Diegetic audio consists of sound elements that are happening in the fictional world of the game, such as environment sounds, sound effects, and music being emitted by in-game sources such as radios, public address systems, NPC musicians, etc. On the other hand, non-diegetic audio consists of sound elements that we understand to be outside the world of the story and its characters, such as a voice-over narration, or the game’s musical score. We know that the game characters can’t hear these things, but it doesn’t bother us that we can hear them. That’s just a part of the narrative.
VR changes all that. When we hear a disembodied, floating voice from within a virtual environment, we sometimes feel, according to Ward-Foxton, as though we are hearing the voice of God. Likewise, when we hear music in a VR game, we may sometimes perceive it as though it were God’s underscore. I wrote about the problems of music breaking immersion as it related to mixing game music in surround sound in Chapter 13 of my book, A Composer’s Guide to Game Music, but the problem becomes even more pronounced in VR. When an entire game is urging us to suspend our disbelief fully and become completely immersed, the sudden intrusion of the voice of the Almighty supported by the beautiful strains of the holy symphony orchestra has the potential to be pretty disruptive.
So, what can we do about it? For non-diegetic narration, Ward-Foxton suggested that the voice would have to be contextualized within the in-game narrative in order for the “voice of God” effect to be averted. In other words, the narration needs to come from some explainable in-game source, such as a radio, a telephone, or some other logical sound conveyance that exists in the virtual world. That solution, however, doesn’t work for music, so it’s time to start thinking outside the box.
During the Q&A portion of Ward-Foxton’s talk, an audience member asked a very interesting question. When the player is assuming the role of a specific character in the game, and that character speaks, how can the audio system make the resulting spoken voice sound the way it would to the ears of the speaker? After all, whenever any of us speak aloud, we don’t hear our voices the way others do. Instead, we hear our own voice through the resonant medium of our bodies, rising from our larynx and reverberating throughout our own unique formant, or acoustical vocal tract. That’s why most of us perceive our voices as being deeper and richer than they sound when we hear them in a recording.
Ward-Foxton suggested that processing and pitch alteration might create the effect of a lower, deeper voice, helping to make the sound seem more internal and resonant (the way it would sound to the actual speaker). However, he also mentioned another approach to this issue earlier in his talk, and I think this particular approach might be an interesting solution for the “music of God” problem as well.
“I wanted to talk about proximity,” said Ward-Foxton, “because it’s a really powerful effect in VR, especially audio-wise.” Referencing the Virtual Barber Shop audio demo from QSound Labs, Ward-Foxton talked about the power of sounds that seem to be happening “right in your personal space.” In order to give sounds that intensely intimate feeling when they become very close, Ward-Foxton’s team would apply dynamic compression and bass boost to the sounds, in order to simulate the Proximity Effect.
So, if simulating the Proximity Effect can make a voice sound like it’s coming from within, as Ward-Foxton suggests, can applying some of the principles of the Proximity Effect make the music sound like it’s coming from within, too?
This was the thought that crossed my mind during this part of Ward-Foxton’s talk on “Environmental Audio and Processing for VR.” In traditional music recording, instruments are assigned a position on the stereo spectrum, and the breadth from left to right can feel quite wide. Meanwhile, the instruments (especially in orchestral recordings) are often recorded in an acoustic space that would be described as “live,” or reverberant to some degree. This natural reverberance is widely regarded as desirable for an acoustic or orchestral recording, since it creates a sensation of natural space and allows the sounds of the instruments to blend with the assistance of the sonic reflections from the recording environment. However, it also creates a sensation of distance between the listener and the musicians. The music doesn’t seem to be invading our personal space. It’s set back from us, and the musicians are also spread out around us in a large arc shape.
So, in VR, these musicians would be invisibly hovering in the distance, their sounds emitting from defined positions in the stereo spectrum. Moreover the invisible musicians would fly around as we turn our heads, maintaining their position in relation to our ears, even as the sound design elements of the in-game environment remain consistently true to their places of origin in the VR world. Essentially, we’re listening to the Almighty’s holy symphony orchestra. So, how can we fix this?
One possible approach might be to record our music with a much more intimate feel. Instead of choosing reverberant spaces, we might record in perfectly neutral spaces and then add very subtle amounts of room reflection to assist in a proper blend without disrupting the sensation of intimacy. Likewise, we might somewhat limit the stereo positioning of our instruments, moving them a bit more towards the center. Finally, a bit of prudently applied compression and EQ might add the extra warmth and intimacy needed in order to make the music feel close and personal. Now, the music isn’t “out there” in the game world. Now, the music is in our heads.
The simple music of this demo, while quite sparse, does include some deep, bassy tones and some dry, close-recorded percussion. Also, the stereo breadth appears to be a bit narrow as well, but this may not have been intentional.
The music of this tech demo is limited to a few atmospheric synth tones and a couple of jump-scare stingers, underscored by a deep low pulse. Again, the music doesn’t seem to have a particularly wide stereo spectrum, but this may not have been a deliberate choice.
I hope you enjoyed this exploration of some of the concepts included in Nicholas Ward-Foxton’s talk at GDC 2015, along with my own speculation about possible approaches to problems related to non-diegetic music in virtual reality. Please let me know what you think in the comments! | 2019-04-20T08:52:57Z | https://winifredphillips.wordpress.com/tag/binaural-audio/ |
There is a narrowing focus on enterprise safety and security of both physical and logical assets. Increasing demand for enhanced security and government policies for security issues is driving the finger & card based electronic access control system market. According to recent market forecast report by Markets and Markets, the biometrics industry is estimated to grow from $4,217.2 million in 2010 to $11,229.3 million in 2015, at an estimated CAGR of 21.6 percent from 2010 to 2015. However, lack of interoperability with existing security systems is affecting the market growth. Also, high upfront cost and growing market for alternate technologies such as near field communication (NFC) and biometric control access are posing challenge to the market growth. Riding through the ups and downs of the market, Star Link Communication, based in New Delhi, enables organizations to keep the track of employee activities through Biometric Attendance & Access Control System.
Most organizations seem to have regarded absence of employees from work as unpredictable and uncontrollable which affects the overall productivity of the company, Star link facilitates Star Time Office Software to help organizations suffice the requisite. The software helps companies to streamline the workforce by keeping the track records of attendance thereby assisting HRs to reduce the managing cost while increasing the efficiency. Moreover, Star Link’s Leave Management Software is based on SQL server database with multi-Level leave approval policy that aids in automating employee’s leave management process. Additionally, Bio Link 09, a finger based access control system offered by Star link, avails multiple communication modes that allow users to get data easily without any hassle. Star Link Access control software simplifies management of access and generates various reports Door wise as well as User wise. Attendance report can also be generated with the help of Star Link Time Office Software.
The outdated HR systems with loose or no integration with accounting and ERP systems create inefficiencies and hamper visibility into business trends. Gaining visibility of HR performance is a growing challenge. Pertaining to that, Star Link renders customizable Payroll Software System that reduces the human effort and enables every process to be done in a single click. The software offers Single click salary processing with in-built compliance related reports & data.
Star Link endeavours to evolve quality products by accentuating on delivering clarity & transparency through implementation and automation. The company works to add new features to the products that are available on web and mobile platforms with effective process orientation and fully IT enabled operations. “We are planning to come up with solutions based on Adhaar authentication. Along the same lines, we are focused to expand our security domain at home level by integrating IoT with our systems to make it more intelligent”, asserts Vipin Yadav, Managing Director, Star Link. Ensuring security and reliability, the organization puts efforts in exploring the latest innovations for enhancements in the global market and takes all necessary steps to do justice to the clients. | 2019-04-21T15:06:50Z | https://www.starlinkindia.com/blog/star-link-assisting-organizations-to-boost-employee-productivity/ |
NO SURPRISES that some readers are going back on the land. The rigours of what is the first real winter since about 2010 is a real test of willpower and stamina, writes Kevin McNiff.
Thankfully we had an 'emergency' cassette toilet which helped a lot. I remember hearing of several boaters in the Banbury area who were totally dismayed that they had no access to water or toilet disposal. Seemingly the picture of tranquillity and peaceful sunny days depicted by ITV’s 'Waterworld' programme missed the bad bits out—well they would!
That programme was the start of an influx of dreamy eyed newbies to the canals and, looking at the number of boats languishing in marinas, some not visited for a long time, the bubble has burst. When visitors to our long-term mooring in Lower Heyford asked about the lifestyle, I would carefully point out both the good and the bad bits. I particularly suggested they hire a boat if not already done so and try to do it in winter, not just summer.
Our boat has a 240V generator so is fine for bringing out in the sticks, though I agree that 'big' shopping can be a bind if you haven’t set up a supermarket delivery or have no vehicle to hand. Our decision to liveaboard came after 24 years of hiring and shared ownership, the latter proving we were able to withstand winter and in a confined space of 70ft. (Well actually 48 when you discount the engine room and back cabin!).
In fact, the results of Tim and Pru’s antics banging around and into anything and everything in the latest waterway programmes, combined with the air of entitlement rather than courtesy and etiquette that today’s boaters exhibit will eventually send more boats to the brokers.
After 42 combined years of boating, we are looking to split our retirement years between our boat and a new land base. Apart from the practical aspects as we get older and less able to leap about, 'cabin fever' is too prevalent in the other three seasons, much more now that climate is changing for the worse. And many canals and areas are becoming no-go because of the explosion of continuous moorers and wide beams.
When Farmer’s Bridge and Gas Street Basin were inaccessible to Joe public, that was the good time. It’s long gone now. RIP. | 2019-04-23T14:05:23Z | https://narrowboatworld.com/10591-a-real-test-of-willpower-and-stamina |
The first communications satellite to be owned by a developing nation, a $12 million Indonesian craft called Palapa, is scheduled to be launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., tonight by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Indonesia is investing $180 million, including more than $130 million spent in the United States, in its domestic communications satellite system. The craft to be launched today and a twin scheduled for launching in the fall of 1977 are to link 40 earth stations in the Indonesian archipelago at points up to 3,000 miles apart.
Perumtel, the Indonesian telecommunications agency, expects to begin service via the Palapa satellite by Aug. 17, the 31st anniversary of Indonesian independence.
Today's launching is expected to be the first of many for developing countries. Many are establishing or considering satellite systems to set up nationwide electronic communications earlier, and at far lower cost, than would be possible with terrestrial wire, cable or microwave.
Algeria already has estab lished a network of 14 earth stations, linked through spare transmission devices aboard satellites of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization.
And Brazil, Zaire, Malaysia, the Philippines and Chile have already used Intelsat craft for domestic service or have applied to do so. India has been discussing the use of spare channels aboard one of the two European communications satellites, called Symphonie 1 and 2, which are stationed above the Atlantic.
Indonesia is the fourth nation, after the Soviet Union, Canada and the United States, to establish its own domestic communications satellite system.
The Soviet system largely relies on low‐capacity craft called Molniya that circle the earth over the poles. The single Canadian system and three American ones use craft that are established at stations 22,300 miles above the Equator, where their motion is synchronized with that of a point on the earth's surface.
Canada's array of three Anik craft, similar in design to the Palapas of Indonesia and launched in 1972, 1973 and 1975, is considered the first full‐fledged domestic system.
Also similar in design are the two Westar satellites, launched in 1974 and owned and operated by Western Union.
Like the Palapas, the Aniks and Westars were manufactured by the Hughes Aircraft Company of El Segundo. Calif. Hughes also made the Intelsat 4 and 4‐A craft and the Cornstar domestic satellite that is expected to begin service between Hawaii and the mainland. United States in a few days.
The Indonesian contract with Hughes for the two Palapas was for $23.6 million.
Under another contract for $47.5 million, Hughes conconstructed the Indonesian system's master control station at Cibinong, outside the capital City of Jakarta, and nine other earth stations.
The International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation and the Aeronutronic Ford Corporation each built 15 earth stations under $30 million contracts. The fee paid to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the Delta’ launching rocket and launching services is expected to be $13 million, according to the agency. | 2019-04-24T08:40:11Z | https://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/08/archives/indonesian-satellite-to-be-launched-communications-craft-is-first.html |
The articles in this issue of the journal tackle important subjects of the field, but each also has a history that is important and instructive, indicative of the journey of ideas to the published page.
Ideas for research projects come from lots of directions and sources and evolve through a unique mix of education and experience, extensive reading, creativity, persistent analysis, conversations with colleagues, meticulous attention to annoying details, and the right inspiration at the right time. As I speak to prospective authors about their projects or discuss with authors the manuscripts accepted for publication, I am always interested in the origin stories of their manuscripts.
The four articles in this issue of the journal are four impressive journeys.
Tina Kister’s “Improving the Information Development Process: A Refined Iterative Development Model” is a comprehensive review that generates important new thinking. Writing as a project manager, Tina examines scores of development models across a wide array of industries and identifies defining characteristics and stages. The findings of this systematic analysis are the foundation on which she composes a flexible but rigorous process that integrates iterative efforts of progressive elaboration, feedback, and validation as well as specific stages directed to innovation, efficiency, and completion.
My career path has been unconventional, because I’ve worked as a professional information developer for about 16 years but only entered a traditional corporate environment in 2011. In many ways, I was very naïve. As an entrepreneur, and having worked within smaller groups of people (20–30), I was always focused solely on the quality of the work (process and product).
I actually didn’t even know that “project management” was a thing. I had managed large and small projects with groups of people spread all across the country. I had been a small-business owner, managing schedules, clients, payroll, etc. Regardless of the setting, my focus had always been on the final outcome. For example, while I would break a large project into smaller segments, anticipate problems, and base the work on deadlines, I never thought of it as creating a “work-breakdown structure,” managing an “event chain,” or making a “backward pass.” I just did what needed to be done—what made sense.
On entering the corporate world for the first time, things didn’t make sense. We were delivering low-quality work in order to comply with bloated corporate policies and negotiate corporate politics. My colleagues were confused and demoralized. As a former business owner, it was excruciating to watch the company bleed money due to wasted resources, lost talent, poor processes, and downright dishonesty.
So, being a generally curious and proactive person, I decided to dive in and learn about communicating “best practices” in a language that my new colleagues could understand. As I continued to work in the corporate world, it became clear that the visual nature of development models provide an excellent starting point for discovering the more complex processes that lead to healthy development.
My biggest challenge in writing the article was finding a way to articulate ideas that seem obvious to me and to do so in ways that resonate with technical communicators. I think this is important, because that’s often what technical communicators must do to create quality information products—we have to work with experts who are so well-versed in a particular area that it’s difficult for them to identify and express the assumptions, shortcuts, and previous experiences that provide the foundation for their expertise.
It was (and is) very difficult for me to be aware of my own assumptions, shortcuts, and previous experiences, and to translate them into language that is meaningful. For example, because I have spent a lot of my life making furniture, building sheds, laying tile, and doing other hands-on work, I tend to make analogies between information-development processes and building things. At the STC Summit in 2015, I presented this same information and tried to create an analogy between the preparation phase in the model and creating a jig for a table saw so that you can quickly repeat standardized cuts. (I think it’s safe to say that the analogy was generally ineffective.) While I’m pretty good at getting other people to reveal what seems obvious to them, it’s a constant challenge to identify and articulate what seems obvious to me.
The Vice President that I was working with more or less insisted that I explore process modeling notation. She was less than happy with my initial attempts at data and workflow visualizations, and she wondered why I wasn’t using technology that supported open standards. I hadn’t used process modeling in at least 10–15 years (when I worked in industry as a software engineer). The VP seemed almost alarmed that I didn’t default to using an open standard, so I took her feedback quite seriously.
Process modeling gets minimal discussion in TC journals even though notable members of the field like Jackie Damrau have identified its rising importance. There has been more discussion lately (on TC listervs) about the rise of Business Analyst positions and their overlap with TC jobs. A basic understanding of process modeling notation is important, so practitioners can participate and/or compete for these jobs.
In an article discussing the importance of process modeling I had to offer at least one model, so readers had a basic understanding of what something like BPMN can do. I am by no means an expert, and it is likely that a business analyst would correct my ‘grammar’ in the visualization in order to make it more efficient. I chose to include the model that I did because I wanted to emphasize that with a limited time investment (and the use of free, open source tools), someone can get a draft of a model ready to show. It isn’t perfect, but a practitioner or academic could get started and/or contribute to a conversation in short order.
I gave an early presentation on working with Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) and the importance of working with open standards at the International Writing Research Across Borders conference in Paris in February of 2014 and an updated presentation on the data visualization at the 4th Annual Symposium on Communicating Complex Information run by Mike Albers at East Carolina University. Both presentations (and feedback from Kirk St.Amant as well as outside reviewers) helped me reshape the piece.
Two years and several revisions later, the idea emerging from a project for a client is the published article in this issue.
Baotong Gu and Meng Yu’s “East Meets West on Flat Design: The Convergence and Divergence in Chinese and American User Interface Design” investigates the shift from the previously ubiquitous skeumorphic (or mimetic) icons and images to the flat (or abstract) illustrations that dominate user interfaces across almost all devices at this time. Using examples from China and the United States for clarity and emphasis, Baotong and Meng consider the social, rhetorical, cultural and ideological influences on user interface design and find merit in the skeuormorphic, the flat, and the integration of the two. Their advice is to allow cultural sensitvity to guide the choice of design.
User interface design is one of the most important topics in technical communication, especially in this digital age where UX design is at the forefront of technical communication design. Of particular interest to technical communicators are cross-cultural aspects of interface design intended for a global audience. The convergence and divergence in user interface design approaches over the last few decades warrants a close examination of what cultural factors are at play in the shifting trends. But one of the greatest challenges in writing this article was translating our theoretical conclusions about user interface design into operationalized guidance for practitioners. We do take satisfaction in arriving at some practical advice that we hope will be helpful to our field.
There are obviously millions of user interface design examples available out there. Selecting samples representative of both the American and Chinese cultures wasn’t an easy task. We did agonize over selecting the most illustrative and representative samples without being prejudiced for or against any of them. We started with hundreds of possible sample designs and decided on the ones we used after much deliberation and careful assessment. We’re glad with what we used and hope they illustrate well what we theorized about user interface design in different cultural contexts.
Claire Lauer and Eva Brumberger’s “Technical Communication as User Experience in a Broadening Industry Landscape” builds on their article in the November 2015 issue of the journal (“The Evolution of Technical Communication: An Analysis of Industry Job Postings”). This new article focuses on 502 industry job postings for user experience specialists, identifies the necessary skills and abilities of appropriate candidates, determines that technical communicators are especially equipped for this growing field, and addresses the challenges for individuals and academic programs in making the transition.
We got interested in the subject for two reasons. One being that when we conducted our initial study of technical communication jobs, many of the jobs that came up were UX jobs, and these jobs shared a great many qualities with the jobs for which we were already preparing technical communication graduates. But even before that, we had been interested in the continued expansion of tech comm and the inclusion of UX as a viable area of expansion within the field.
We appreciated that UX was centrally about attending to audience, which is a strength that is also absolutely central to the work of technical communicators. Additionally, we have also focused our research agendas on issues of visual communication, visual literacy, and multimodal composing. Visual, Web, and multimodal texts are where UX work is most visible, so it was naturally an area to which we were attracted. In this way, UX is a synthesis of all the best parts of being a technical communicator: audience, research, design, content.
The greatest challenge in writing the article was by far the time it took to code the hundreds of job ads. Because of the versatility of language (i.e., the ability to describe one competency or characteristic in many different ways using many different terms and phrases), we had to closely comb through each job ad and code it for the dozens of competencies and characteristics we were looking for. The research and writing of the article went fairly quickly compared to the collecting, coding, analysis, and visualizing of the data.
We didn’t exactly know what we were going to find when we started, so we had to remain flexible and ready to expand, yet not expand so far out as to make the data collection unmanageable. But we greatly benefitted by working as a pair because we were able to brainstorm ideas thoroughly, vet approaches and methods, and more broadly determine the paths we would take. We also benefitted working as a pair by being able to embed interrater-reliability in our coding and analysis.
The origin stories of the four articles here give voice to the human beings who have navigated the rapids of research and writing to bring their ideas to this journal.
I am proud, and STC subscribers ought to be proud of the human-centered submission process this journal uses to greet the authors who bring us their ideas: authors attach their files to a simple email message addressed to tceditor@stc.org, and I answer. I believe that authors submitting manuscripts—manuscripts that might be years in the making, manuscripts in which professional identities are invested, to which irreplaceable time and effort are committed—deserve to pass their manuscripts to a living human being who replies with a sincere message of appreciation.
We also ought to be proud of the 30–day review cycle that this journal offers: Authors submitting their manuscripts deserve a timely review. I ask reviewers for comments in 30 days and, though the deadline slips from time to time, reviewers are typically on time and nevertheless generous with their perceptive advice. In the age of digital manuscripts and email, review periods of 60, 90, 120 days are unnecessary and inappropriate for this field.
As technical communicators assure that technology is designed for the human beings using it, I believe this journal must also make sure that it is designed for its contributors as well as its subscribers and that the humanity of writers and readers is always conspicuous in the journey of ideas. | 2019-04-21T06:28:25Z | https://www.stc.org/techcomm/2016/08/01/the-journey-of-ideas/ |
This is unlike any oracle you've ever experienced. The Lenormand has a story to tell and it tells it very well. This form of cartomancy uses simple symbols combined with intuition and gives you clear and concise answers on everyday questions.
Derived from Europe in the 1700's this oracle has quite an intriguing history and has been all the rage in Europe and now is making its way to the United States. This beginner class will get you feeling confident with the 36 cards and how they work together.
Four consecutive weekly classes will be provided. You will be provided with a recommended deck to purchase. I will provide the link and the deck costs $14 If you already have a Lenormand deck you can use it. If you are inclined you can make your own out of a regular deck of playing cards as well.
I've had a love affair with the Lenormand so much so that I made my own personal deck after learning from Four Lenormand master teachers one in Brussels, Belgium on from the United Kingdom and two from the United States I was swept away on an adventure that will probably continue throughout my lifetime. I hope you'll join me and if you do I bet you'll share this new passion for the Lenormand too!
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Asleep in Jesus. Wilbert John Fuerman passed away on September 20, 2014 at the age of 87. He is survived by his two brothers: Leonard (Dorothy) Fuerman of Kirkwood, MO and Eugene Fuerman of O'Fallon, MO; sister, Ann Marie (Kenneth) Knoernschild of Quincy, IL and several nieces & nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Clara Fuerman nee Cowan; parents: William and Adelia Fuerman nee Brockmann and sister-in-law, Jean Fuerman. Mr. Fuerman was a member of the Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Chesterfield. He worked for Anheuser-Busch in Flight Operations, where he retired after 26 years. He enjoyed flying and giving flying lessons. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him. | 2019-04-24T10:54:43Z | http://pitmanfuneralhome.com/view.php?id=2430 |
Once again, I didn't stick to my menu plan last week. However, with my folks here for most of the week we still ate at home with the exception of one night when we ordered in Pizza.
My calendar is free this week. We have camping booked for the weekend, but might need to cancel it, we'll see how much I can get done this week preparing our trailer.
As always, click on the pictures to be directed to the link.
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The Agustinas Misioneras (Augustinian Missionary Sisters) are celebrating their 125th anniversary with a year-long series of celebrations and activities.
6 May 2015: Opening ceremonies for the Anniversary.
6 – 31 May 2015: Vocational month, Restless women for educational and developmental projects.
18 October 2105: Retreat begins, History and Charism of the Congregation.
14 November 2015: Lay training route.
2 – 15 November 2015: Meeting of the AM Commission of Spirituality.
1 – 31 May 2016: International course for Agustinas Misioneras in Formation and Youth ministries.
The objective of these varied activities is remembrance and prophecy; it is to return to the charismatic roots of the Congregation and to receive the project of life of being Augustinian missionaries. This is being pursued through three priorities: (1) To revitalize the life of individual Sisters and of Agustinas Misioneras communities, (2) To recreate our life according to Interiority, Community and Mission, and (3) To give impetus to the evangelical mission of the Church and of the Agustinas Misioneras Congregation.
Today Agustinas Misioneras work in seventeen nations. Internationally there are approximately 440 Sisters, novices and postulants. The AM presence in the Asia-Pacific includes China (1925-1950, and again from 1998), India (since 1985), Taiwan (2001) and the Philippines (since 2010).
In the Asia-Pacific, the Agustinas Misioneras have a total of seventy-five Sisters. Of the sixty-one of them in India, fifty-nine are locally born and one is Spaniard and one Portuguese. Of the four in Taiwan, two are Indians, one is African, and one a Peruvian.
The specific mission of the AM Congregation is to evangelize through education and human development programs is fulfilled today in the schools of the Congregation and in other schools, in working with children in need, in day-care centers, in residences for youth, in pastoral activities, in human development programs for women, and in health-care and social work. | 2019-04-21T08:29:20Z | http://apacweb.org/news/178-id351-agustinas-misioneras-125-years |
Donna is one of Hamilton’s Family Services Coordinators – teaming with the funeral director to help our client families who have had someone die.
Donna is originally from Belmond, Iowa. She graduated from Hamilton Business College and The Institute of Financial Education. She is currently a member of Lutheran Church of Hope and the Des Moines Network Breakfast Club.
Donna has one son, Anthony and one daughter, Ciara. Outside of work Donna enjoys spending time with her family and friends, cooking, and any U of I sporting event! | 2019-04-23T15:57:27Z | http://hamiltonsfuneralhome.com/about_us/staff_detail.aspx?rid=1 |
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The quality of the writing in Reborn is all right. Despite this, Reborn is one of the worst s-f novels that I’ve ever read.
In 1982, the mystery author Bill Pronzini wrote Gun in Cheek, a collection of hilariously bad excerpts from mystery novels that he had read over decades. Their writing was good enough, but they included such things as bank robbers who stole a fortune in $100, $50, and $25 bills. The U.S. government has never printed $25 bills. A private eye drives in his sports car from downtown Los Angeles to Catalina Island. Santa Catalina Island is 22 miles off the coast; it’s only reachable by ship. There are countless cities whose police forces consist of the most arrogant, inept, and stupid policemen imaginable, to make the amateur detectives look more intelligent.
Granted the Normandy Spaceport on Ceres is described as old-fashioned and in dire need of being modernized, but can you imagine any spaceports ever being built using lots of mechanical gears? Reborn is not the first s-f novel where a transporter accident puts a human into a furry body; that’s Bernard Doove’s Transformations (Fauxpaw Publications, July 2005). But in Transformations it’s the result of a freak accident combined with deliberate sabotage. In Reborn it seems like poor transporter maintenance &/or inept operators; you wonder why it hasn’t happened before.
The Chancellor of the TIE has an original Van Gough painting in his luxurious spaceship. It’s spelled Van Gogh. Cardinal Erik of the Vatican is “a sour-faced man who looked to Rhys with an expression of intense dislike.” (p. 10) He always wears his sumptuous scarlet-&-gold robes, and speaks with an “oily voice”. “Cardinal Erik licked his lips maliciously.” “Cardinal Erik said with a smile that filled Rhys with dread.” “Cardinal Erik twisted his face into a look of concentration; it appeared to be quite an effort for him not to look disdainful.” “With an unnecessary flourish of his robes, Cardinal Erik stalked off […]” (pgs. 16 and 17) Can you guess that Cardinal Erik is a villain?
More pertinently, the 3- or 4-foot tall furry starats have been omnipresent for over 250 years, performing menial labor, but nobody in the Terran Interplanetary Empire has ever noticed that they are more than just simple and happy “rodents”. (In the rival Centaurian Governance of Planets, they have full equality and can openly hold complex jobs.) The parallels with 19th-century African-Americans is obvious, but while the South may have worked to promote the “happy but simple natives” image into the mid-20th-century, the social leaders in the South knew the difference. Here everyone in the TIE government and military is taken by surprise that the starats are intelligent enough to be unhappy about being held down and patronized as morons.
Reborn (cover by Samuel Hogan) is dramatic and well-enough written to hold your interest if you don’t have anything better to read; and it’s a feel-good adventure to identify with the furry starats as they get humans in the TIE to pay attention to them. | 2019-04-26T15:38:19Z | https://dogpatch.press/2018/03/07/reborn-review/ |
This paper compares the role of innovation and economic performance across European and Latin American countries, using firm level data from France, Spain, Switzerland, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. We implement a standard structural model linking R&D intensity, innovation and productivity. We find evidences revealing structural differences between regions, but also presence of heterogeneity within regions. In particular, firms tend to face innovation activities to achieve a better economic performance in similar terms along regions, but their interaction with national systems and environments is weaker in developing countries. A heterogeneous effect of foreign subsidiaries is found regarding innovativity whereas it induces better productivity in every country.
JEL classification : O12, O57, O3. CDM Working Papers Series. Published in The European Journal of Development Research, 20(2), June 2008, pp. 219-239. | 2019-04-25T08:04:30Z | https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/116372/?ln=fr |
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In a recent review article for Nature Communications, Jeff Kenvin from Micromeritics and fellow authors explore the complexities in materials synthesis and various techniques to characterise these materials in regards to distinguishing features and catalytic impact.
The article revealed interesting information concerning the porosity and structure of zeolites and how older characterisation techniques did not provide precise information necessary for individuals looking to modify the molecular structures.
Micromeritics fellow group leader Jeff Kenvin said: "People often use standard methods to characterise the porosity of new or modified materials and these methods are not addressing key textural issues like connectivity of the pore network."
The research required to contribute to a review article provided clarity on the tools available, but also raised questions that are unresolved. One of which was the ability to present a coherent picture of characterisation results instead of looking at each aspect independently.
Dr Kenvin said: "Take zeolites. These materials are molecular sieves with well-defined structures.
"Researchers want to be able to modify these structures so the molecules can move freely.
"Often these modifications have undesirable effects and create difficult to characterise small windows that control entry to a large cavity, like a door to enter a gymnasium.
"We are in the process of unravelling some of these challenges for characterisation in the next six to 12 months."
Using this information, a scientist can effectively define and differentiate new materials, which will result in valuable information to guide research, development and engineering.
Micromeritics Business Development vice-president Dr Jeff Sherman said: "We’re honored to have one of our scientists contribute to this research area and co-author this review article in such a prestigious journal as Nature Communications.
"This type of collaboration with academic and industry leaders has been a hallmark of Micromeritics for more than fifty years.
"It continues to provide us the insight necessary to design and build instrumentation, which researchers require to answer the most important scientific questions of the day." | 2019-04-20T14:36:24Z | https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/contractors/lab_equip/micromeritics/pressreleases/pressjeff-kenvin-identifies-key-elements-material-characterisation/ |
I find the little obsession of painting small and on paper has turned into a ritual that much like breathing….has become necessary….it is as if I’ve left someone standing on a dark corner…if I don’t paint in the morning…perhaps I’ve forgotten something…and there it sits…just out of my brains reach…wondering…what is that small little tiny thing that keeps biting me…as I’m staring at the string tied around my finger…..all of the notes written on my mirrors…just the things that make the everyday…unlike every other day…..just like last night….did….
we all held tickets …”L3″….around midnight the “I’s” were being taken…I guessed 2 am before we’d see her…it was not until 3… if all of us had been told we’d wait almost 9 hours….we probably would have left…yet looking back today…I would never consider leaving…next time we have a better plan…I said to my friends before it was my turn to see her…”This had better be transformational”…it was beyond that….
I laid in bed at 4:45 this morning…I could hear the truly “early birds” beginning their day…and could hardly close my eyes…even though I was very tired…it was wonderful….
I asked and it was given… and was invited to the ashram…. | 2019-04-19T19:10:14Z | https://robertredus.wordpress.com/tag/religion-and-spirituality/ |
I recently had the opportunity to visit Durango, (my college hometown!) with my colleagues for a site visit. We had meetings lined up with people from top to bottom and left to right, but nothing could’ve prepared us for what we received while we were there.
We had a two day whirlwind tour starting up at Fort Lewis and working our way down into town….
All to end with a Happy Hour finale with two of Durango’s finest tech groups; Durango Coders and Durango Tech at the Lost Dog! By the end of that night, we were running on adrenaline but ever so happy about it!
Let me tell ya, Durango, you’ve got it goin’ on. Twenty minutes north to get to Purgatory, twenty minutes south to get to New Mexico and running through you is the beautiful Animas River. I fell in love you with you all over again and everyone in town was so amazingly helpful. The entire visit we had an overwhelming amount of support and enthusiasm, so much so that the other small towns in this challenge should be worried! I think I’ve found where some developers have been hiding… Not only did we double our numbers that night, but we did it AGAIN last night. They’ve been hitting up Twitter promoting their event and getting people pumped up!
In addition, the community has really open up to show their support; we’ve been getting lots of positive feedback, and we had a great time meeting the mentors, volunteers, and partners.
Needless to say… our main event organizers are jealous of my cohort DJ and I because we have this amazing town to spend 4 days with for the 2014 Go Code Colorado Apps Challenge. We are so excited to bring this down to you and so thankful for an amazing trip this past weekend.
15 days and counting until we will see all your stellar faces again! Keep up the good work Durango, and to everyone else… Watch out! Little D-town is in it to WIN IT. | 2019-04-20T12:49:31Z | https://gocode.colorado.gov/dtc-durango-tech-center/ |
26 November 2013 Physio, at last! I went to the doctors at the end of August with my ‘issues’ (arm, hip) and today I finally had my first apt. at the Physio Dpt. at Saint George’s hospital. Had a 90 minute assessment with Dr. David Burnett… After asking a lot … Continue reading Physio, at last! | 2019-04-22T14:11:12Z | http://capoeira.tootington.com/2013/physio-at-last/embed/ |
The 12th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 24 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. After the regiment mustered out another 12th Indiana Regiment was formed for three years service, serving entirely in the Western Theater.
June 11 Moved to Evansville, Ind.
July 23 Left State for Baltimore, Md.
July 28 Moved to Sandy Hook, Md. Attached to Abercrombie’s Brigade, Banks’ Dept. of the Shenandoah. Duty at Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., Williamsport and Sharpsburg, Md.
April 3-May 5 Duty at Warrenton Junction, Va.
May 5 March to Washington, D.C. | 2019-04-19T11:38:33Z | http://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/indiana/12th-indiana/ |
This design services studio enables the exchange of finite element models between different brands of software.
Collaborating with architectural partners, Octatube simulates stresses and loads and meets build specification and compliance codes.
Radio telescope and astronomic instruments maker uses CAD-neutral finite element analysis to cut processing time 30 percent.
Using sophisticated structural analysis, Cometal optimized weights and materials of its aluminum foundry machinery and minimized or eliminated the need for physical tests. | 2019-04-18T15:16:10Z | https://www.geoplm.com/news/57-simcenter |
Q: What do I need to bring with me from my country when I enroll at New Trier?
and/or copies of the course syllabus with an index of specific math skills taught.
Q: What information is required to show domicile residency in New Trier Township?
If you are unable to furnish the above documents, you will need to contact the Dean of Students.
Q: I know that New Trier is one school on two campuses-Northfield and Winnetka. If I am placed within the ESL program, what campus would I be located at?
A: The ESL program is based at the Winnetka campus for all students; however, students may be enrolled in specific course offerings at the Northfield campus, depending upon their academic needs. Shuttle bus service is provided between campuses on an on-going basis during the academic day.
Q: Are the students who are enrolled in the ESL program from a variety of countries?
A: At the present time, we have students who represent 16 different languages. | 2019-04-22T01:30:40Z | http://www.newtrier.k12.il.us/Academics/English/ESL/New_ESL_Student_Registration_FAQ/ |
1 Gasquet has an unusual take-back – the face of the racket is open as if he is preparing to slice the ball, adding disguise – but his fundamentals are spot on. He has turned his shoulder and set himself behind the ball.
2 With his front foot now landing as he steps into the shot, Gasquet’s weight starts to move forward, bringing him up to the baseline. The racket face begins to straighten so he can hit the ball flat or with topspin. Check out the size of Gasquet’s step forward into the shot - his head and shoulders soon follow, shifting his monentum.
The single-handed backhand is a tough shot to master, particularly when dealing with high-bouncing balls. It is difficult to create power when the ball reaches you anywhere above shoulder height – on these balls just focus on returning deep with plenty of height over the net onto your opponent’s weakness. Once you get a shorter ball, step in and go for it.
4 As he makes contact with the ball, his shoulders remain side-on while his back leg is to the right of his body. His eyes are focused on the contact point, while his right leg has straightened, transferring power into the stroke. Notice that Gasquet’s head remains focused on the contact point even after the ball has been struck - this helps him maintain balance through the stroke.
5-6 Even after completing the shot Gasquet holds the shoulders, hips and back leg in place. The side-on shape has directed the ball down the line, while his momentum has carried him inside the baseline.
If you’re just starting out with a single-hander, use an eastern backhand grip like Gasquet. The knuckle of your first finger should be on the bevel of the handle – the surface perpendicular to the strings – so that the racket face is slightly closed on contact. It is not a million miles from the chopper grip, so you can quickly adjust if you decide to hit with slice.
Playing with a single-handed backhand means sacrificing the extra power you could produce with a two-hander, so making the most of your body’s momentum to generate power is crucial. As Gasquet demonstrates, the key to this is positioning yourself behind the ball as you prepare, and transferring your momentum forward so all your weight is over your front foot as you strike the ball out in front.
Aim to make contact with the ball out in front. from this position, with your hips side-on as you strike the ball, you can hit down the line – as Gasquet does here – or open your hips as you follow through to hit cross-court. | 2019-04-18T12:16:27Z | http://tennis4everyone.com/index.php/tennis-tips-learn-to-play/150-hit-a-backhand-like-richard-gasquet |
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Kandiah Francis is best remembered for umpiring Sri Lanka's inaugural Test against England at the P Sara Oval in February 1982. He was a member of the ICC international panel of umpires and officiated in 25 Tests between 1982 and 1999, and 56 ODIs in that period which included two World Cups in 1996 and 1999.
He started his career as a railway guard and played football and cricket for the Ceylon Government Railway in the Government Services tournaments for 40 years.
Reflecting back over the years, Francis once said, "Because of cricket I am known today in Sri Lanka and sometimes outside the country. If not for cricket I would have been an ordinary guard in the Railway and would have been a non-entity, nobody would have known me. Cricket has given me so much that I was prepared to undergo everything."
His last years were dogged by illness, and suffering from diabetes he had to have both his legs amputated below the knee. | 2019-04-22T16:30:35Z | http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/48811.html |
HAVERHILL -- Andover High School edged Chelmsford High to capture the title at Thursday's Merrimack Valley Conference Swimming and Diving Championships.
Andover finished with 408 points, while the Lions had 374 points. Central Catholic (196), Lowell (149), North Andover (147) and host Haverhill (118) followed.
Sophomore Aaron Zhu had a big day for Chelmsford, setting a meet record in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 59.03. He also won the 200 IM (1:55.33) and helped the Lions win the 200 medley relay along with Colm Sheerin, Ben Cote and Luke March.
March, a senior, picked up first-place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle (22.63) and the 100-yard freestyle (49.52). Cote, a junior, earned a win in the 100-yard butterfly (54.32).
200 MEDLEY RELAY: 1. Chelmsford (Colm Sheerin, Aaron Zhu, Ben Cote, Luke March) 1:44.15. 6. Lowell (Issac Petruzziello, Devin Jozokos, David Martin, Timothy McCabe). 200 FREE: 2. Ben Cote (Chelmsford); 6. Timothy McCabe (Lowell). 200 IM: 1. Aaron Zhu (Chelmsford) 1:55.33; 4. Jimmy Shaw (Chelmsford). 50 FREE: 1. Luke March (Chelmsford) 22.63; 4. Felix Huang (Chelmsford); 5. Jonathan Santos (Lowell). DIVING: 2. Sean Hayes (Chelmsford); 3. Owen Busser (Chelmsford); 4. Andrew Phillips (Chelmsford). 100 FLY: 1. Ben Cote (Chelmsford) 54.32; 3. David Martin (Lowell); 6. Nickolas Chan (Chelmsford).
100 FREE: 1. Luke March (Chelmsford) 49.52; 6. TJ Scalese (Chelmsford). 500 FREE: 4. Nickolas Chan (Chelmsford); 6. Jimmy Shaw (Chelmsford). 200 FREE RELAY: 2. Chelmsford (Ben Cote, TJ Scalese, Felix Huang, Luke March). 100 BACK: 4. TJ Scalese (Chelmsford); 6. Connor Young (Chelmsford). 100 BREAST: 1. Aaron Zhu (Chelmsford) 59.03 400 FREE RELAY: 3. Chelmsford (Nickolas Chan, Jimmy Shaw, Felix Huang, Aaron Zhu); 5. Lowell (Timothy McCabe, Jonathan Santos, David Martin, Issac Petruzziello); 6. Chelmsford (Ryan Hayes, J.R. Boudreau, Luke Abraham, TJ Scalese). | 2019-04-19T15:05:06Z | http://www.lowellsun.com/sports/ci_31638357/lions-power-second-pool |
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When November 6 rolls around, American voters will have only three meaningful choices in the presidential election: We can vote for Barack Obama, we can vote for Mitt Romney, or we can opt out of voting for a president altogether. There will be other presidential candidates on the ballot but there's not a snowball's chance they'll win. If we choose to vote for anyone other than Obama or Romney, it'll have the same effect as not voting at all. That's the reality--that's the way it is.
To this dedicated, lifetime Democrat (yes, I've talked about this before) that's like saying they'll give up being an American until America comes to its senses. Being a member of a major political party--one with power and clout and the potential ability to make real societal change--is not a part-time, fair weather pastime; it's a privilege and an obligation. It requires commitment and hard work. It requires a studious analysis of past and present performance in order to understand our role in strengthening our platform and choosing our stable of potential leaders.
It requires that we honor the heroes of our party and work to keep the fruits of their hard labor relevant, sustained and not in vain. It requires that we vet our candidates, draw out the very best, and support them to the hilt.
As Democrats we've signed on to stand firm against our enemies--the enemies of the people--and form a coalition that can't be broken. It's the only way we can fight against the privateers and build our country back again. So we work to maintain our party and when our leaders disappoint us or go against what our party stands for (not unheard of, sorry to say), we're required to set them straight. We never let up. We make them act like Democrats.
The problem is the Democratic Party has lost touch with the people. What's happening in Wisconsin is a prime example of that. The national party has to be dragged kicking and screaming into a very popular populous movement in recalling the governor. They have given very little support if any to the state party. Kinda reminds me of what happened here when Feiger won the primary and the party didn't support him because he wasn't the establishment candidate.
Kulkuri, the problem is the Democratic LEADERS have lost touch with the party. The people of the Democratic Party are still here, working hard to rescue the poor and re-vitalize the middle class. WE are the Democratic Party. They'll come and go but we'll always be here. That's why it's important that our voices be heard.
Why it took so long for a populist movement among the current Democrats is anybody's guess. It's what we've been known for throughout our history. It's why we're one of only two major parties in the U.S.
Well David Seaton said the exact same thing. (Which I agree) and got trash by a number of progressives.
The left are not happy campers. But they still believe...rightly or wrongly...that they have to take a top down approach.
When working from the bottom is the bes and really the only way.
Yes, Chris, they're working me over at dag tonight, ha ha!
But, as I asked them over there, what good did it do for the Left to howl at the moon for four years? What did they accomplish?
I have my issues with Mr. Obama, but I look at my choices and I don't see a better choice. And voting for second best is just beyond my comprehension. Voting for someone that I despise, someone who has promised to hurt me and my family is totally irrational. No argument can reverse that.
Sometimes I vote in self defense. That's the argument I make to the fair weather Dems. Defend yourself dammit!
I know what you mean, Ralph. The thing is, if we vote to keep the Dems in we at least have a chance to work them over and get them to do what's right. If they're out, we're out, too.
Doesn't seem all that complicated to me.
I do not understand why Obama's entire appointment schedule was not put into force by the 2010 elections.
There is a new movement; a movement so depraved and so lacking in social consciousness that I am fixed in a nauseous fit!
No one can predict the future; unless you are a member of the Wall Street establishment that has the proper software of course!
We might lose in 2012 like we did in 2010.
How many Shamwows might the repubs sell with a billion dollars and no respect for the truth?!
How much angst should be pointed at Baucus when his constituents are ready to lynch minorities?
I still feel that our President is doing the very best he can.
I could go on and on like I normally do but I do know this.
There is an enemy out there.
They call themselves republicans and we are labeled as part of the Democrat party. And they are experts at selling manure to the general public.
And since we are a democracy, shamows win out sometimes!
Richard, my friend, I miss you! How are you?
I don't understand why everyone who is not Right Wing or Republican isn't out there trying to build vast armies to combat that total evil out there. Instead, they waste all their energies lashing out at Obama, practically guaranteeing a loss for the Dems in November.
What do they think is going to happen then? Is life going to be good because Obama is gone? Do they live on the same planet we do?
They are trying to wash us away, they're trying to wash us away.
First comment---great blog! I especially appreciate how you participate in the comments section----that's the sign of a true blogger.
On the subject---I disagree that Democrats saying they will opt out of the election until 2016 is similar to saying that we will opt out as Americans until America comes to its senses. Being Democrat does not mean we owe our vote to whomever the Party nominates.
I believe that Obama is a con man, and WE DEMOCRATS are the marks of his con! It is not a conclusion I have reached lightly. But seriously, the man is no fool. He is a former professor of Constitutional law at Harvard! How can someone with such a background send his AG out to make some ridiculous claim that the Constitution ony ensures "due process," not "judicial process?" (The Constitution actually ensures "due process OF LAW"). There is no way to reconcile such a statement with a man that obviously knows better, unless it is part of a con game.
I haven't exactly made up my mind if I am going to vote for Obama anyway as the lesser of two evils---as Al Gore said, a presidential election is a choice, not a referendum. But I can see something in the argument that rejecting Obama will demonstrate that Democrats will not be conned by their leaders, despite the dreadfulness of the alternative. How else can we make that point? If we reelect Obama, we are simply conceding that Obama can continue to con us. Might it be better for the country in the long run if we demonstrate that we only will tolerate true Democrats, not con men, and suffer through four years of Romney?
"I believe that Obama is a con man, and WE DEMOCRATS are the marks of his con!"
I agree with JosephP completely. I bought Obama's snake-oil about "change" in 2008. I'm not buying it in 2012.
One thing that has astounded me these past 4 years is how the Democrats kept carrying on about what awful shape the country was in after 8 years of George W. Bush. To hear them tell it, it was as bad as the US was in 1932 after 4 years of Herbert Hoover. Yet, when Obama got into office with his Democratic majorities in both the House and Senate, he did nothing except to continue the same policies that the Democrats claimed were failing. Obama was supposed to have been a scholar regarding FDR; yet he acted more like Hoover than FDR.
I personally can not handle 4 more years of Barak Obama. My vote is Mitt Romney's to lose. Maybe if the Democratic Party can purge the Republican wannabes and get some REAL progressives into office, and if it can choose a TRUE Democrat who has the smarts to occupy the Oval Office in 2016, then my vote will be the Democrats' to lose.
I'd rather vote against a REAL Republican, and bring in Progressives in the House and Senate, go for a more Progressive President in 2016.
Or maybe Romney is your kind of Progressive.
JosephP, thanks for your comments. I have to agree that calling Democrats "Fair Weather Friends" probably wasn't my best move. Having said that, equating Democrats threatening to leave the party because the party isn't working for them with Americans leaving America because it's not working for them makes a lot of sense to me.
As a Democrat unhappy with the shenanigans of my party I don't see how it helps to either stand by the Republicans and blast them together or outright leave the party. We build a strong party by working together, just as we have to build a strong country by working together.
I obviously don't agree that Obama is a con man, but you have a right to your opinion. You also have a right to vote for whomever you wish.
I'm addressing Democrats who want to make our party relevant and essential to the people who need a strong party so badly. I'll say it again: Our leaders aren't the main elements of our party--the people are. The leaders can be replaced and they can be "persuaded" until they act like Democrats again, but we can't do it without having majority power.
We can't do anything if we're not in the majority, and that's the issue. We have to win in order to make positive change. Otherwise it's a backward slide until we reach the bottom, and then we're not in a position to help anybody.
So, as you can see, I disagree with almost everything you've said but I'm glad you took the time to comment. Really.
To Unknown: I'm curious about how we'll work to get more Progressives in our party when our party becomes so decimated it no longer functions?
I'm also curious about how it helps us as Democrats to teach Obama a lesson by giving the presidency over to Mitt Romney and the Republicans?
If you personally can't handle four more years of Barack Obama, how do you think you'll be able to handle four years of Mitt Romney? You can't honestly believe it won't be any worse. It will be terrible. Every forward step we've made will disappear. The poor and disenfranchised will be sacrificed to these fits of pique, when the obvious remedy is to work within the party to build a more progressive leadership.
It won't happen overnight but it won't happen at all if the Republicans win.
Also, I would like to say that the headline "Fair Weather Dems will be the Death of Us Yet" is insulting. I am not a "Fair Weather Dem," I am a "Principled Dem." And insisting on our Democratic leaders to actually support those principles, or else they don't get our vote, is not the same as "taking our toys and going home." This is not a petulant reaction---it is a desperate and frustrated one. Not rewarding Obama for his treachery to our principles is perhaps the only way to save the Republic in the long run.
On the left, I have a person who (some feel) hasn't upheld (some? many?) Democratic principles and ideals.
On the right, I have a near-weathervane that, when it does act, it acts directly against my well-being.
A choice between a person trying to help but not always getting there, and a person who is trying to hurt you should not be hard to make.
Certain aspects of the Obama presidency such as the NDAA and the attacks on whistleblowers have been scary. Its hard to endorse someone who in some ways has taken the war on terror and the power of the presidency beyond Bush. We wanted a solid reversal of those policies. I would shudder to think what a Romney would do with this power, now that presidents can execute Americans without due process.
Makes sense to me, Anonymous. Thanks for writing.
JosephP, I'm baffled and disheartened by some of the edicts coming out of the White House, too. I just don't get it, and I applaud anyone who tries to shine light on the motives.
But at the same time, I can't disregard the successes, meager as they may be in the eyes of some. They're not that meager to those without hope, and they may be life-saving in the end. I give Obama credit for working to make some changes that help the poor and middle class. That is isn't enough isn't in dispute. It's not nearly enough, but if we don't work to give him four more years every advance will be lost. We won't be able to start over again, and the people counting on us to keep the momentum going are going to be lost.
We're in such trouble in this country the direction of this election will impact everybody who is not part of the 1%. That's almost all of us.
For that reason I'll work my tail off to make sure the Democrats win. Then let the smacking around begin.
I'd like to suggest to all the Anonymii out there that it's easy to sign up with Disqus and create a username. It gets really confusing when there are more than one commenting on a post. I don't know if I'm still talking to Anon One or if there's an Anon Two out there--or maybe an Anon Three.
I'm not happy with some of the things Obama has done and not done but a vote for Romney or not voting at all means another 2 or possibly 3 Scalias, or Roberts, or Thomases on the Supreme Court.
In addition there are federal judges in the lower courts to be considered.
We progressives just can not allow that.
registered, that point might be more important than anything else we can come up with. We're still waiting to undo the logjam of department heads, as well. We deserve a government that works for us.
I would accuse them of committing 'suicide by principle' except it isn't suicide. Most of the FDL Posse, The Hamster Herself, GG, and Arevosis in particular, are well off. They could lose SS, and there is no reason to imagine they've ever even met someone who personally needed Medicare.
No, it's not suicide but homicide. If Romney and the Republicans are elected, people are going to die from the cutting of the safety net. I can't tell these progressives from the fabled 'religious policemen' in Saudi Arabia who, acting on THEIR prnciples, allowed a school full of teenage girls to burn down rather than to permit the girls to appear in 'religiously inappropriate dress in public.
Jim, FYI, there is a "Contact" button under the banner that gives my email address, but it is ramonasvoices at gmail dot com. I look forward to hearing from you.
You make some excellent points, not least of which is the reason the DNC tends to play safe and stay centrist. I long ago removed FDL from my blogroll when I saw how destructive their rants were, but that doesn't mean I don't wholeheartedly agree that a liberal populist movement with millions of members willing to make their presence known is absolutely essential to any form of Democracy.
I want the Democratic Party to be a leader in the liberal populist movement and I'll keep working to make that happen. When the unions began moving away from the Democrats, not trusting them to put labor first, I knew our work was cut out for us. It's the party leaders who need to be made to understand who we are and what we stand for. And it's up to us to make sure they understand that.
We are Democrats. We are NOT Republicans. Any thought of a merger in any branch or in any office is repugnant and totally unacceptable.
Thanks for this post. I get SO discouraged by the "cut your nose off to spite your face" crowd that I could scream.
I'm sorry to comment as another "Anonymouse" but when I tried to use my WordPress URL I kept getting a message saying it contained illegal characters. I go by Marion in Savannah.
Marion, thanks so much for taking the trouble to comment. I've had problems with the comment section here on Blogger forever. I thought I had it fixed by adding Disqus, but I guess not.
I'll have to see what else I can do to make it easier to comment. No point in having a blog if people can't comment.
Well, it appears that Disqus has disappeared from my blog. Trying to figure out where it went and how I can get it back. Stay tuned.
Heh... It's hard to stop an old fart like me from saying what she wants to! I just love the fact that you're so very responsive to the folks who comment -- even newbies like me. Trust me that you're on my "read every day" list of blogs.
Marion, my doors are always open. I HATE when people walk on by without stopping in. Looking forward to seeing you here. I don't post every day but the bloggers and media folk on my sidebar are very active and come up with stuff by the minute. Come on in and read the noos.
This was a really good post and I, along with a lot of other progressives are very disillusioned by the President. I have had similar conversations with democrats and they will not vote for president Obama again. I have actually been looking at the Green Party, and your probably right, they don't stand a chance.I guess the biggest problem in politics is people run for office with a certain platform, then either do nothing about it or complete reversals. Maybe it's because no one is accountable for their actions any more. And we are not allowed to "look back". Certainly,Romney is a train wreck. I don't know how President Obama is going to convince the people who feel almost betrayed by him, to get out and vote for him again.
Patricia, there are many Democrats going vocal about their feelings of betrayal by President Obama, and much of if is justified.
For the record, Democrats have always felt betrayed by their leaders--going back in my lifetime to FDR, who, while a great president, nevertheless undermined projects that would surely have alleviated intolerable misery for many who were waiting to be saved. His administration put thousands of Japanese-Americans in internment camps. When they were finally released they found they had nothing. Their homes weren't theirs anymore and their belongings had disappeared.
JFK and Johnson had to be pushed hard in order to recognize the need for their input on civil rights.
I'm not making excuses for Obama, just pointing out that even Dem presidents aren't perfect! Still, I'll take a Dem president any day over a Republican.
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The time has come to put our tech in check.
Technology, however enticing, is not and will never be a quick fix to all of our educational challenges and no, it will never replace great teaching.
Since 2011, Lookstein Virtual Jewish Academy has partnered with Jewish schools, providing the opportunity to expand, enhance, and supplement their existing curricula with online courses that serve as a compliment to the amazing teaching already taking place in each school. We have continued to emphasize the importance of excellent teachers (in fact- many of them are on the Lookstein Virtual Jewish Academy team!) and we have developed an online model that stresses the role of the teacher.
But technology does have the power to make learning more engaging and relevant, to enhance and improve upon what we are already doing, and to provide learning opportunities that weren’t possible before. With careful planning, selection, and implementation we can harness technology to achieve and exceed so many of our educational goals!
So let’s acknowledge that there is no one easy solution to all of our issues, and let’s focus on three ways that technology can transform our classrooms. Read the first of a three-part series on Increasing Access below. Look out for more on Extending Connections and Improving Quality in the coming blog posts.
It’s easy to forget what classrooms were like before SMART boards, 1:1 devices, and educational apps galore, but let’s take a minute to really think about how technology continues to advance our classroom experience. Students and teachers today, in every geographic location, and for every budget have access to an unprecedented wealth of knowledge. We have the ability to bring into our classrooms information to which we have never before had access. Programs like The Global Classroom Project, Skype an Author Network, and even Ted Talks and YouTube enable us to retrieve information from around the globe and use it to enhance and expand student learning.
We have access to authors, scientists, experts, and students from different backgrounds, but this access doesn’t just work in one direction. For the first time, we are also able to create something in our own classrooms and reach a global audience. The difference we see in quality of work and student engagement when an assignment is produced for a wide audience, as opposed to one’s own teacher and classmates, is astonishing. With blogs, YouTube, and other tools for publishing and sharing both student and teacher work, our reach is limitless and the potential to create great work increases tremendously.
The tools available that enhance our accessibility are also unprecedented. Students who are hearing and visually impaired can be easily integrated into classrooms, and more and more technology-based tools are being developed to help students with a range of learning disabilities. With Closed Captioning, Multiple Translations, Audio Description, Screen Reading, and more, this increased access that we are experiencing reaches an even broader audience of users with various disabilities and learning needs. For more on this, please email us.
As you are wrapping up the school year and starting to plan for fall, consider making a few minor, but powerful, changes in your classroom next year. Choose to watch a live stream of a major event rather than read about it or watch it later. This small augmentation will enable your students to develop their own opinions and engage in debate that is authentic and immune to outside factors.
Ask your students to record a presentation at home or “on set” and upload it to your school’s YouTube channel instead of making an in-class presentation. Modifying this assignment will completely transform how your students approach and engage with the task.
Or maybe join the Global Classroom Project, create a class Twitter account, and connect with classrooms in other parts of the world to expand your students’ world view. Now this is revolutionary.
The possibilities are endless, and we think you’ll be quite pleased with the results.
Stay tuned for Parts 2 and 3 of this series.
Please email me at chevi@lookstein.org for additional ideas to increase access through technology in your classroom and in your school. | 2019-04-26T02:25:28Z | https://www.looksteinvirtual.org/3-ways-technology-can-improve-classroom-part-1/ |
Stage fright is not in Keith Harris' veins.
Step inside Main Stage Theatre or the Black Box Theatre at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside on any given weekday and you'll likely see one of the area's longest running shows in action.
Since 1984, Harris has been directing and mentoring the performances required to design and build stage sets for the school's theater productions. It's virtually a non-stop operation of concept, design, build, showtime, disassemble, repeat.
The stage called out to Harris while in junior high school when he noticed the ninth-grade students had an annual play and the eighth-graders did not, so he got one organized and played the lead role.
"I realized most of the other kids were afraid of putting themselves out there, and that was something I was not afraid of, so I found my niche," Harris said.
After a theater-centric high school experience, Harris went off to Northeast Missouri State University — now Truman State University — and took only general education courses with the goal of becoming a teacher. He stayed away from theater courses.
"I burned myself out actually," he said.
That all changed during his second year of college when he signed up for an acting class.
"I was gone. I was hooked," he said.
But after failing to make the cut for a male-dominated production, Harris set a new course for himself.
"If I'm going to be a school teacher then I'm going to be a more well-rounded one. I'd been doing the acting thing all my life," he said. "It's time for me to start building."
As a junior high teacher in Muscatine, Iowa, he organized Super Saturdays for theater students to gather and build sets each Saturday for upcoming plays.
"I really enjoyed that environment," he said. "I realized that was where I found my joy, so I applied to graduate schools for scenic design."
Three years later Harris became the first Master of Fine Arts graduate from the University of Kansas' scenography program and headed to Parkside.
Q: How many sets do you work on per year?
A: I average two shows a year. Our focus is to have students design the shows if they are ready for the challenge. If we have the students and the horses to do it, then we want to be mentoring. Our Christmas show that we did in our Black Box Theatre was a student design that I mentored, and we used it two times. That student graduated, and we've got that set stored. and we're going to use it one more time.
Q: Is there a curriculum here at UW-Parkside for this work?
A: For doing scenic design? Sure. There are design classes. You're in theater and you have a focus part of your degree where you get more intensive study in the design world or the acting world. A lot of our students cross over. The woman who painted this set with me was in the last show as an actress. That's not an uncommon thing. That gentleman up there with the hat on is building scenery and he's been in six out of the last seven shows.
Q: How did the collaboration with the Fireside Dinner Theatre in Fort Atkinson happen?
A: That began 28 or 30 years ago. They were looking for someone to build their scenery, and they were willing to hire a technical director, a shop foreman and three or four students to execute that work. When I first got here the shop was only open on Thursdays and Fridays. Our shop now is open and available eight hours a day, five days a week, and it's named after the Klopcices (Fireside owners). We've been building their sets ever since, and we're able to share props. We build seven shows a year for them out of that shop, and we do four (for us).
Q: What other big changes have you noted during your time here?
A: A huge building project (Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts & Humanities) that added the Black Box Theatre and a shop five years ago — that's massive. We just had a $1 million renovation during the fall where this (Main Stage Theatre) was closed down for six months, and they renovated all our circuitry, all our fly system and installed LED house lighting. The last big thing that needs to happen in here is replacing all the seating, but it's held up pretty good. When I got here the building was probably 16 years old, and that's pretty interesting to come into a place that's that new. It's already gone through two complete re-wiring jobs in that time because the lighting has changed so much and what its expectations are and the loads they can carry. Both of those projects were huge.
Q: What keeps you interested in this line of work?
A: I still enjoy working with the students. It's hard on me in the spring when we lose people. That's not a good thing. How many other professions are there where you work with people and you train them and you try to get them to be the best you can get them to be and then say "please leave." (Laughs) "We need you to move on to the next step." It's very difficult.
Q: Do you attend the performances?
A: Oh yeah. There's never been a show here I haven't seen even if I wasn't involved with it. We have a unique situation where we're a theater company. We only take in 55 to 60 students, and we make a company out of that. When people audition here we have a cap. We're looking for people who are stage managers; we're looking for people who are actors.
Q: What's a typical timeline for each production?
A: The show we're working on now ("A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum") was selected last year at this time. I started working on the design before Christmas. We started building it during Christmas break, then we put it away in the basement. We brought it back up two weeks ago, and we're in a 5½-week building period to finish the set for performances at the end of April and the beginning of May.
Q: How many students have gone on to professional careers?
A: We've been really successful. One of our former students played Benjamin Franklin in a recent Steinhafel's ad. Some of our folks have been in New York, including a painter on the prop crew for Jimmy Kimmel's show. In the technical world we've been fairly successful with people finding places to land and work.
Q: Do former students just stop in on occasion?
A: I have that happen all the time. I'll have people show up before my time (here). Just the other day I had a guy come in and I asked "Can I help you?" and he said, "Well, yeah I graduated from here." One of the things I did when I first got here was to grab all these posters that were duct tapped to the wall and arranged them along the top of a dressing room wall, and this guy went, "Oh yeah. I was in that show, and I was in this show." It's nice to have a piece of your history. I love it. There have been some really good people here. We've been blessed, and we get to do our work, and this is really good work.
Snapshot is a weekly feature introducing a Kenosha County resident. If you have someone who may be a subject for the feature, email the Kenosha News photo staff at photo@kenoshanews.com. | 2019-04-18T12:29:36Z | https://www.uwp.edu/explore/news/snapshot-all-the-world-is-a-stage-for-uw-parkside-scenic-designer.cfm |
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Whether you're actually writing something "dramatic" (be it sweet, tragic, or suspense) or something "comic", the element of drama is there. It has something to do with your approach to the subject. When we say begin with action then provide some background - these are all part of the dramatic approach.
But, what comes after background when you've articulated the conflict?
Well, next in line with the dramatic approach is to the climax. The climax is the highest point of your piece - the clues to who murdered who becomes clear, the philandering lover finally gets caught, etc. You write this in an escalating fashion to grip your readers.
Creative Writing Project Now, it's time for you to heighten the drama in your chosen piece of work. Highlight it and see how you can incorporate various techniques to make your piece more dramatic. | 2019-04-19T07:05:25Z | http://www.ewritelife.com/2010/03/d-is-for-drama-abcdes-of-writing-part-4.html |
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If you’re having audio issues with Sococo, here's a list of settings to check to confirm that your audio configuration is set correctly on your Mac.
Let's start with the very basics: be sure that the mic icon in the top right corner of the nav bar is set ON.
The mic icon (labelled 1 in the screenshot below) will be bold when your mic is on. Remember you must turn on the mic each time you enter a room.
Next, check that the Audio/Video settings in Sococo are set to the correct audio device by clicking the gear icon (labelled 2 in the screenshot above) in the top nav bar.
Select your desired microphone. Use the feedback indicators to confirm that your mic is valid. If you see the green "My. what a lovely voice you have!...", Sococo is picking up audio from your mic.
If your audio is still not working, by chance is your headset hard muted? Yes, it's embarrassing, but it happens. (Let's just say I know.) Some audio headsets have a volume/mute control on the cord and it is easy to inadvertently hit the mute button leaning forward against your desk. Double check the volume level and make sure your mic hardware is not mute.
There are a series of known Chrome issues in Chrome 50 that result in audio being sent to the wrong output device. Most of these will be fixed in near term releases of Chrome. In the interrim, please use the Sococo desktop client which can be downloaded at https://app.sococo.com/a/download.
On a Mac, quit FaceTime (or other RTC products).
Select ‘All Processes’ from the drop down menu next to the search bar (called ‘Filter:’) and type in ‘coreaudio’.
Restart Chrome or the Sococo desktop client.
Don't hesitate to visit the Sococo Support Center for additional assistance. A Sococo team member will be there to assist you Monday through Friday from 8am - 8pm ET. | 2019-04-25T02:25:42Z | https://support.sococo.com/hc/en-us/articles/213499217-Checklist-Tips-to-Solve-Audio-Issues |
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Hydroelectric dams contribute more to global warming in the short term than previously estimated, according to a study, published in BioScience.
The current and planned boom of hydroelectric projects would double the current cover of dams in the world and will aggravate the problem.
The research states that dams emit about a billion tons of greenhouse gas, which is responsible for 1.3 percent of total annual global emissions.
Within a 100-year timescale, dams produce more methane than rice plantations and biomass burning.
“We estimate that dams emit around 25 percent more methane by unit of surface than previously estimated”, Bridget Deemer, from the School of Environment of the Washington State University in Vancouver, and lead author of the study, told SciDev.Net.
“Methane stays in the atmosphere for only around a decade, while CO2 stays several centuries, but over the course of 20 years methane contributes almost three times more to global warming than CO2, a relevant period for policymakers”, she adds.
Methane is produced at the bottom of the reservoirs, where oxygen is low and bacteria decompose organic material, like trees and grasses, which is already present or carried by watercourse. Part of the methane becomes CO2; the rest is carried to the surface as bubbles.
Analyzing more than 250 dams (a quarter of the total global occupied area) and including bubble-based emissions, the researchers found that dams also emit more methane than lakes and wetlands.
Emily Stanley, a professor in liminology and marine science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that the study is “very relevant” because it delivers the best available information about greenhouse gas emissions from dams. It shows that high methane emissions are not linked to the location or antiquity of the reservoirs, as other researchers suggest, but to the quantity of organic material.
According to the study, algae that proliferates in downstream dams may receive more nutrients such as nitrogen or phosphate, and therefore produce more methane.
Deemer is enthusiastic about the possibilities that this research presents for designing, situating and operating dams that emit fewer gases.
The researchers have suggested that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change consider these methane emissions in future budgets.
This article was produced on the Latin America and Carribean edition. | 2019-04-24T04:48:59Z | https://www.scidev.net/global/energy/news/dams-raise-global-warming-gas.html |
Hey @shawn - pieces left!
I just noticed that. I was about to panic.
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What makes a good Web index?
Last year I was asked to be one of the judges of the 1998 Web Indexing Prize offered by the Australian Society of Indexers. I assume that this request came to me since 1 am a member of the team which teaches the short course Indexing Web Documents through the Continuing Education Program of the School of Information Systems, Technology and Management, University of New South Wales. However, I would like to think that the request came because of my expertise in finding information on the Internet (the 2nd edition of Don't just surf: effective research strategies for the Net has just been published by UNSW Press).
The creation of information and the identification and discovery of information are the two sides of the coin. The first activity should not be carried out without a methodology for the second. Indexers and publishers understand that the creation of a book is a poor effort without consideration given to chapter headings, tables of content, footnotes, bibliographies and concept indexes: back-of-book indexes. It should be a logical step to transfer this understanding to the 'new' publishing medium, the World Wide Web, whether the published 'document' is an article, an individual web site or a reference tool such as a bibliography.
Classification is a process whereby similar material is placed together, either physically or conceptually. It is a process that enables the discovery of the existence of information by browsing. In the example of a traditional book, the information is classified by dividing the corpus of the work into chapters, often with further hierarchical divisions, represented by subheadings. On the Web this process is almost always carried out with individual 'documents', generally for the very simple reason that the document generally exists first as a word-processed document that has all these built-in features.
General subject directories sort Web sites into hierarchical subject categories, generally reflecting broad subject disciplines for example Britannica Internet Guide, Yahoo (homegrown), -BUBL (Dewey Decimal), and AustLII (adaptation of Moys).
Subject gateways (bibliographies, 'webliographies') often use home-grown classification schemes; others use standard schemes, for example OMNI (MeSH).
Web sites generally employ classification devices such as broad subject categories, site maps and alphabetical listings.
Indexing is the process that allows the retrieval of specific items of data from the entire corpus of information. Indexing is of two general types, keyword indexing and concept indexing. The traditional back-of-book index contains both types; the first, keyword, can be created by computer programs as easily as by humans, and generally more inexpensively. Concept indexing is most effectively created by human indexers, although there have been many experiments in computerized concept indexing.
alphabetical lists of both keywords and concepts.
The most effective strategy for finding information is to go to the site you know has the information. As an individual site is focused on a particular area or topic, a site search tool (generally a search engine) allows the information to be found quickly and directly.
Sites with valuable data in many pages. The exact number of pages is hard to define, as it depends on the density of the data. If you have more than 50 book reviews, for example, visitors will wish to search for other books by the same author, or other books they've heard about.
Sites which get many visitors arriving from search engines at pages deep within the site hierarchy.
Growing sites that are adding new and valuable information.
The technology of search engine indexing is still relatively primitive. It is therefore important that documents are indexed with good metadata, as these automated indexers will become more sophisticated in the collection and searching of metadata elements.
ll metadata aid the identification, description and location of information and are generally specified as elements or attributes. Many of the current descriptive metadata schemes list these attributes as 'core elements', for example the Dublin Core, AGLS, and ANZLIC metadata schema. Some elements facilitate the discovery of a known document such as title, creator/ author, date, etc. - these attributes are identifying metadata. They describe the document as a unique object.
In order to facilitate the discovery of information about a specific subject (as in the case of the information seeker who does not know of an existing document) further metadata attributes need to be used. The attributes, variously named subject and/or description, give some indication of the data content held within the document - its 'aboutness'.
HTML provides the meta tag content but at this time very few documents on the Web use metadata at all. When there is metadata it is generally a string of keywords, or a phrase. Dublin Core and AGLS provide for exhaustivity and specificity by allowing subject terms form a recognized scheme such as Dewey or MeSH to be added. Such authorities of course can be used without using the Dublin Core elements.
An annotation is not 'indexing' but a long-standing bibliographical tool - a type of descriptive metadata. It is even more valuable if the content is evaluative in nature and as such is an excellent addition to subject gateways.
The types of metadata discussed so far facilitate the discovery of potentially satisfactory documents; however they do not provide direct access to the exact information held within those documents. This access requires 'rich discovery tools', which may be a simple alphabetical arrangement of single document titles held on a Web server or a professionally created back-of-book-type index which provides access not only to specific words, but to subject concepts. Such an index can be more effective than the automated indexing of a site, but it is expensive and should only be considered for important sites or for compelling reasons.
Whatever tools are used to give access to Web documents, in the online environment more help is required. The familiar aids of 'see' and 'see also' references are translated to hyperlinks, but must be logically organized and judiciously applied. And always at the end of a list suggestions of further possibilities are very welcome and useful.
Maureen Henniger is Coordinator for Continuing Education, School of Information Systems, Technology and Management (SISTM), Sydney 2052, Australia. | 2019-04-19T03:25:05Z | http://imem01.tripod.com/webindex.htm |
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It's apparently really hard to form planetesimals where the Kepler circumbinary planets are. The planets we see likely migrated.
Well these systems, in particular Kepler-34 and Kepler-35 have the gas giant located closer to the stars than the expected formation region for such planets (the ice-line would be further out), so some migration is pretty much expected. This work adds to the confirmation of planet migration.
I see no particular reason to expect the outer systems around these close binaries to be any poorer in multi-planet systems than single stars, unless of course these are binaries formed by Kozai migration + tidal friction in higher-order multiple systems.
Apparently the accretion-hostile conditions extend into the outer disc (4—10 AU). Circumbinary planet formation appears to be impossible without making some non-standard assumptions. Similar assumptions seem to also be required for the formation of S-type planets in close binaries.
Including the gravity of the gas disc makes things worse.
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Russian Helicopters, part of state defence holding Oboronprom and a leading global designer and manufacturer of helicopters, announces that its companies won a number of awards at the inaugural Aviation Builder of the Year competition in Moscow on December 5.
Winners included Rosvertol, which manufactures the Mi-28NE Night Hunter attack helicopter and the super-heavy Mi-26, and was cited for training young specialists for scientific and industrial organizations. First place in the Personal Contribution to the Development of the Aviation Industry category went to Vadim Ligai, CEO of Kazan Helicopters, builder of the medium Mi-8/17 series and the light Ansat.
Other outstanding results were achieved by Evgeny Feofilov of the Kamov Design Bureau, the developer of the civil and military Ka brand helicopters, who took second spot in the Creation of New Technology category for “An algorithm for calculating the maximal allowable flight parameters for the Ka-52 helicopter”. In the Contribution to Regulatory Structure Development in Aviation and Aviation Manufacturing category, third place went to a group of authors from Rosvertol, Tatiana Tokareva, Sergei Schennikov and Natalia Serzhenko for “A database of typical technological operations (TTO), typical technological processes (TTP) and normative times for TTO and TTP in assembly work”.
The awards were presented by representatives of the competition organizers: the Union of Aviation Industrialists, United Engine Corporation, Novikombank and Russian Helicopters.
The Aviation Builder of the Year competition was established in late 2011 to develop a system of social incentives for aviation industry staff who have achieved exceptional results in the scientific, industrial and social fields and have made a substantial contribution to the sector’s development. In total 116 companies and individuals took part in the competition. | 2019-04-19T10:41:09Z | http://www.russianhelicopters.aero/en/press/news/3868/ |
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Three to five days after the start of symptoms, a red or reddish-brown rash appears. The rash usually begins on a person’s face at the hairline and spreads downward to the neck, chest, arms, legs, and feet.
The virus lives in the mucus in the nose and throat of the infected person. When that person sneezes or coughs, droplets spray into the air. The droplets can get into other people’s noses or throats when they breathe or put their fingers in their mouth or nose after touching an infected surface. The virus spreads so easily that people who are not immune will likely get it when they come close to someone who is infected.
There is no specific medicine to cure measles.
The best way to prevent measles is to be vaccinated against it. Two MMR injections are needed to be completely immunized.
Adults who do not know if they are protected against measles should ask their doctor or clinic about the MMR vaccine.
All women of childbearing age should avoid anyone with measles.
A person who was recently diagnosed with measles may have exposed people in Ingham County to measles. The potential exposure occurred on Thursday, April 11 at the Speedway Gas Station located at 6041 S. Pennsylvania Avenue in Lansing between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
People who have not been vaccinated and who visited the gas station at this time are encouraged to contact their health care provider or the Ingham County Health Department at (517) 887-4308. | 2019-04-25T14:34:43Z | http://hd.ingham.org/DepartmentalDirectory/CommunicableDisease/Measles.aspx |
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Many people think babies are not interesting in anything since they spend most of the day doing nothing but eating, pooping and sleeping. In fact, your baby’s brain is fully active every second of his/her waking time (some say, even during sleeping time).
Every piece of stimulation your baby is exposed to will be absorbed and registered in their brain. The more you stimulate your baby when he/she is awake, the more synaptic connections will be formed in the brain. The more connections that exist in the brain, the easier it will become for your baby to absorb new information.
It is a never-ending cycle that you can use to your baby’s advantage. The first year of your baby’s life is a critical period. Don’t waste any second of it. Make sure you expose your baby to as much stimulation as you can.
1. Talk to your baby all the time. Tell them what you are doing, explain your motives, and share your ideas and thoughts.
Secure and insecure attachment styles in babies produce different life styles in adults. Researchers have found that the relationship between babies and their parents (mainly moms) has a direct impact on their self-esteem and relationships as they grow older. Children who have a secure attachment will be more independent, have healthy connections with others, show higher emotional intelligence, perform better at school and have strong, steady relationships as adults.
If the world we live in is full of stress (which it is), then children with secure attachment will experience less depression and anxiety as adults, because they can manage their feelings better.
Through verbal and non-verbal communication, the relationship between parents and their babies in that first year of life gives the child a map with which to navigate the world and their experiences. This bond between parent and child during this critical time will shape their future relationship, teach them ways to calm themselves, manage stress, build their resilience and teach them how to find happiness and success in life.
I have often heard that babies only need to be fed, put to sleep, and changed in order to grow healthy. In fact, it is how we feed them and the way we put them to sleep or change and bath them that shapes the formation of attachment. It teaches them how life works and how they should behave.
In a famous experient titled the “Stranger situation” psychologists Mary Aninsworth (expanding on work done by Bowlby) observed children between the age of 12 to 18 months. She was interested in their response at being left alone and then reunited with their mothers. The results led her to 3 major attachment styles. In 1986, researches Main and Solomon added a forth attachment style. A number of studies since then have confirmed that the attachment style that developed in a child’s early years of life will determine their future relationships and connections with other human beings for years to come.
The main idea of attachment theory is that the caregivers provides the baby with a safe and secure base from which to explore the world. The baby knows that it is safe to venture out and explore the world, and that the caregiver will always be there to come back to for comfort in times of stress and discomfort. | 2019-04-19T11:15:38Z | https://www.ronitbaras.com/tag/baby-babies/ |
The final months of 2014 where a a busy time for Marcel’s and the Caffeine Nights group, .
One of the most important changes was the move from the platform recreating a Parisian street and square (la Place des Cerises…), to the sea level, which gave the whole build a bigger sense of space outside, and wonderful views, while keeping the intimate cosy feel inside that our friends have enjoyed so much as they discovered the bistro.
We arrived by the end of Summer, which still allowed for some nice outdoors activity.
But soon Fall was upon us, and fallen leaves suddenly where everywhere (inside the bistro too!) and allowed Anouk to add a moody feel to the whole set, (which reminds me of a perfect tune to watch these pictures by, a song about the passing of time and the changing of seasons by Sandy Denny.
Everyone tried to stay outside for quiet evening chats at Marcel’s terrace as long as there where some warmth left and before the snow settled in.
Eventually Halloween arrived and Marcel’s rose to the occasion with some great sets from our dj’s and yet some more awesome decorations by Anouk!
The Matelots where also active, and in true pioneer fashion sailed out to discover new lands, and were treated by team Captain (G-WINZ) to some wonderful routes, sampling all the seasonal beauty of SL’s winter wonderland. There was also an unusual trip to the Great Wall of China, where we were kindly hosted by Selena Nirvana of the Heartbreakers Entertainment group, and her wonderful Chinese pavilion venue which held the cruise party.
And we finally got to Holiday season. Anouk once again showed her skills in decorating Marcel’s and all of Croissantville, and all ye merry group enjoyed a time of warm friendship inspired by outstanding musical shows which conveyed according to each dj’s style the spirit of the season.
We can’t wait to see what it will bring to Marcel’s and the Caffeine Nights group, and take this chance to wish you all, once again, a Happy New Year!
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Home Navy Replacement training base command.
The Exchange ceremony over the arm held earlier this week. Colonel Yuval eylon, incoming Commander, replaces Colonel Sammy plant, which continues to the role as head of naval personnel, it will begin next month.
“This was part of my life,” said the Commander of the wing, Colonel Sammy, in his farewell speech. “The Navy command of the folds in it influence people, fighters and commanders, training and achsntam. You cannot control based on like this without having to be moved, you cannot lead people without harness them and make them partners. People are named in the deposit. Valuable deposit, perhaps the most expensive possible entrusting creative control. I’m proud of the people in it, all you’ve done done modestly, because there is no better way.
Colonel plant said that the change of command of the sea wing conducted a week featuring sea Wing Commander, Gen. RAM Rothberg, senior staff and guards the sea arm. “The role of Commander of the BA is duty related to the future and fate of the Corps. It applies all the properties of its missions, “said Wing Commander, Gen. RAM Rothberg. “People want quality arm must invest and contribute to their training and ashbachtam. -Contacts you are shaping human face of an arm of the sea. You stand in the entrance, the force for professionalism, sensitivity and in order to build the human resource quality vehicle, one that would be able to withstand the very diverse tasks of an arm of the sea. On collapsible hand the right design every soldier and every soldier and Officer Officer, every Warrior and a fighter “.
In the sea wing contains all the training and courses are held in the arm of the sea, whether missile ships, fighters in the chemical control of false cadets Naval Academy. It’s divided into the schools responsible for specialised training, whether medieval Warrior school, naval intelligence school or med school. The Commander of the BA is responsible for all training and coordinates the work of all the different schools and led the appliance arm the next generation of the sea. | 2019-04-20T08:34:31Z | https://israelforeignaffairs.com/2015/12/replacement-training-base-command/ |
The healing capacity of quiet minded, loving sensuality.
Sensuality is a way of healthfully, appreciatively experiencing & relating with ourselves, life and each other naturally, as consensually enjoyed. With consciousness free from the distorting, depleting noise of mental chatter, inhibiting self-consciousness & emotional guardedness enough to quietly allow ourselves to be nourishingly, lovingly embraced & filled deeply with pure loving feeling awareness through our unified heart and body. No "reasons" needed. Such nurturing experiences are good, appropriate and worthwhile in and of themselves.
To open to the deep natural wisdom & wellness enhancing qualities of freely allowing & prioritizing timeless space for ourselves to luxuriously soak in pleasurable emotionally & physically nurturing, sensual feeling experiences. Free of artificial, learned shame, guilt & self-consciousness, purely for the sake of deepening our appreciation & enjoyment of the divinity of our sensual nature on this earth.
In this we learn to more fully accept ourselves in whole, rather than fragmenting our embodied selves into acceptable and "unacceptable" "parts". Shedding the artificial, damaging stigma that how and who we naturally are as naked beings is bad, dirty, sinful, unacceptable to ourselves and others. If others don't accept our right to be fully who we are that is only an expression of their own limited love, appreciation & respect for nature and people.
Modern "civilization" has brought some wonderful, helpful things such as surgery, modern communications, etc..
Yet in the rushed pace and drive for conformity to external & unnatural, inhibiting "rules", our culture has also normalized a disconnection and sometimes even fear of the earths ( and in connection with sensuality - feelings, so has "feminine" energy been devalued by an unbalanced, overly mentally oriented cultural world view ), our own and each others fundamentally, unapologetically sensual, naturally earthy, feeling nature and capacity.
As we give ourselves permission & quiet, focused space to really slow down, deeply breathe and feel love & pleasure for, in and relationally through our sensualizing consciousness that is our body, we reawaken & resensitize the unique wisdom which is only experienced through our body.
Remembering that life can be and is meant to be deeply pleasurable in emotionally, embodied ways.
Not only in theory and thought, but deeply, savoringly felt in our body.
Opening ourselves up to freely, deeply awaken, experience & feel our beingness & relating with life and people as desired, with luscious sensual aliveness, sensitizes & opens us to receive the pleasurably nourishing energies - feelings of love into our embodying consciousness.
Transforming from a conditioned mental idea of love, to a deeply feeling, direct embodied, feeling experiencing of love & acceptance at an essence level. | 2019-04-26T02:28:58Z | http://www.harmoniousembodiment.com/blog1/mon-may-19-2014 |
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The Emerging Leaders program is designed to educate and empower 20-25 first year students for positional leadership roles at Winthrop University. The program is designed to offer incoming freshmen the opportunity to explore their leadership potential and abilities through education of leadership theories and practices, as well as personal leadership exploration.
This program is highly selective and an opportunity for Winthrop's new students to enter into a world of leadership. Those interested in applying for 2019 are encouraged to select Leadership Explorers on their Housing Application and must attend Orientation Session 1,2,3 or 4. Orientation Session 5 conflicts with the Emerging Leaders Retreat. Click here for application Application is due by June 28, 2019.
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If you already sound like a great choice for you, wait for more exciting details! The selection of foreign channels can be expected from satellite providers is very limited, and in most cases, you need a commitment by signing something that is not worth watching for the simple fact that you have that channel in their native language. You are more likely to find what you want with the PC satellite TV software, which offers thousands of channels from around the world in dozens of languages. What’s more – you can not only find the type of channel you want from those offered by satellite companies. However, given the wide range of options for satellite television to the Internet, you’re bound to find a channel of interest and preferred language.
The advantage of a program like this is that now people can watch international programs, without going into bankruptcy. The whole family may be subjected to various cultures and languages, which becomes not only fun but also educational. Over the past two years, advances in satellite television observed in the international market for programming are simply incredible. Quite often, a software program is downloaded, making this an inexpensive way to view international television channels. As a result, television viewing is from a couple of hundreds of channels for literally thousands of people around the world, all in seconds or minutes. Best of all, the software solution is very cheap, so it’s an option that anyone can afford. The way the software works for the international display is receiving what is known as “free to air television” stations from around the world.
In return, they have a simple download process, no equipment costs, and are on track to see any kind of programming that interests them most. People are surprised by the clarity of programming and operation. International satellite TV, consumers can have the world to them as never before. Taking this together with other high definition channels and satellite TV do not by chance that is changing the way you watch television, a phenomenon that will only continue to grow. Therefore, if a family wants to know other cultures and countries through the programming experience, you can. International satellite TV is evolving from a basic type of program with thousands of channels, an incredible, and all waiting to be enjoyed.
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In a truly magical setting and sitting proudly on the banks of a river nurtured by soaring limestone cliffs, is this quite remarkable stone built ensemble, dating back many hundreds of years,and surrounded by some of the most beautiful countryside in all of Europe.
Renovated to an extremely high standard, using only the finest materials the location demanded, the accommodation is made up of three main properties,The Old Miller’s House, The Tower and The Cottage - situated at either end of the tree lined driveway. In total there are five double en-suite bedrooms, with a sixth room which can be made up as a double or three singles for children (also en suite) providing accommodation for up to 13 guests in total The gentle flow of the river, running through the eastern end of the properties 30+acres of meadow-land and mature trees, continues to provide a sheltered, bountiful environment teeming with wildlife and gives any prospective owner the opportunity to dine on their very own private sandbank!
Enjoy a game of tennis on the grass court or should you feel the need to explore, the valley provides the perfect backdrop for endless bicycle rides, walks and picnics, with the renowned and remarkably beautiful villages of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie and Rocamadour, both within 30 minutes’ drive. Everyday needs are close-by, with the property well served by Cajarc a quintessential French market town just 10 minutes away, that provides everything that could be needed, a number of notable restaurants, a high quality butcher, wonderful boulangeries, a fabulous wine merchant and a number of small boutiques.
This unique accommodation lends itself perfectly to two to three families, a group of friends or larger family gatherings, or indeed a business opportunity for the investment minded as the current owners have the infrastructure in place to enjoy a serious six-figure income. Early viewing is recommended to appreciate all this property has to offer.
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Customer represents and warrants to Our Company that the information he, she or it has provided and will provide to Our Company for purposes of establishing and maintaining the service is accurate. If Customer is an individual, Customer represents and warrants to Our Company that he or she is at least 18 years of age. Our Company may rely on the instructions of the person listed as the Primary Customer Contact on the Order with regard to Customer's account until Customer has provided a written notice changing the Primary Customer Contract.
Unsolicited commercial advertisements ('SPAM') are not allowed in e-mail, and will likely result in account cancelation. Our Company takes a zero-tolerance approach to SPAM originating from its servers or for spam advertising of domains hosted within our network. If found, YOUR account may be deleted.
NOTE - If YOU use the services of another provider to promote a website hosted by or through Our Company ('spamvertising'), then the provisions of the above policy shall apply as if the SPAM were sent through our servers.
(1.) COVERAGE - This 99.99% uptime guarantee applies to any Customer in good financial standing with Our Company at the time of a service outage.
(2.) SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT ('SLA') & SPECIFICATIONS - Our Company endeavors to have the content of YOUR website available for http access by any party in the world 99.99% of the time. Network downtime ('unavailability') is defined as 100% packet loss from Our Company to its backbone providers. Downtime is measured past 10 minutes after notification of network failure via Our Company's online ticketing system. If the ticketing system itself is unreachable, the ticket must be started by calling the Our Company NOC.
Our Company's administrators will determine the end of the downtime by a traceroute to YOUR machine from outside the our Company network.
(3a.) SHARED HOSTING CREDITS - In the event that YOUR website is unavailable for less than 100%, Our Company will credit the following month's service fee as follows. YOUR credit shall be retroactive and measured in 24 hours a day of a calendar month, with the maximum credit not exceeding 50% of the monthly service charge for the affected month.
- YOU breaking any agreement policy in Our Company's 'Terms & Conditions and AUP' causing a machine to fail as a result.
Our Company provides technical support for YOU that encompasses within our area of expertise only. Such expertise includes assistance, troubleshooting, and debugging of our cPanel control panel interface, servers within our immediate responsibility and any other hosting related issues.
Unlike many hosting companies We do our best to help with scripts, templates and programing languages. However, under no circumstances is our Company obligated to help YOU in the installations of new application modules, templates and/or programming languages, nor in providing assistance for any errors produced by any applications that have been modified by YOU previously.
Customer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Our Company, Our Company's affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, fines, punitive damages, amounts in interest, expenses and disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys fees) brought by a third party under any theory of legal liability arising out of or related to the actual or alleged use of Customer's services in violation of applicable law or the AUP by Customer or any person using Customer's log on information, regardless of whether such person has been authorized to use the services by Customer.
(1) ANY INJURY TO PERSON OR PROPERTY CAUSED BY ANY PRODUCTS SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTED IN CONNECTION WITH Our Company'S SERVER.
(4) ANY DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS SOLD TO CUSTOMER FROM Our Company'S SERVER.
Our Company does not warrant or represent that the services will be uninterrupted, error free, or completely secure. To the extent permitted by applicable law our Company disclaims any and all warranties including the implied warranties or merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. To the extent permitted by applicable law all services are provided on an "As Is" basis.
Notwithstanding anything else in the agreement to the contrary, the maximum aggregate liability of our Company and any of its employees, agents or affiliates, under any theory of the law (including breach of contract, tort, strict liability and infringement) shall be a payment of money not to exceed the amount payable by customer for the three months service.
Customer agrees that our Company may suspend services to Customer without notice and without liability if: (i) our Company reasonably believes that the services are being used in violation of the AUP; (ii) Customer fails to cooperate with any reasonable investigation of any suspected violation of the AUP; (iii) Our Company reasonably believes that the suspension of service is necessary to protect its network or its other customers, or (iv) as requested by a law enforcement or regulatory agency. Customer shall pay Our Company reasonable reinstatement fee if service is Our Company following a suspension of service under this subsection.
The Agreement may be terminated by Customer prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term without further notice and without liability if our Company fails in a material way to provide the service in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and does not cure the failure within ten (10) days of Customer's written notice describing the failure in reasonable detail. The Agreement may be terminated by Our Company prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term without further notice and without liability as follows: (i) upon five (5) days notice if Customer is overdue on the payment of any amount due under the Agreement; (ii) Customer materially violates any other provision of the Agreement, including the AUP, and fails to cure the violation within thirty (30) days of a written notice from Our Company describing the violation in reasonable detail; (iii) upon one (1) days notice if Customer's Service is used in violation of a material term of the AUP more than once, or (iv) upon one (1) days notice if Customer violates Section 5 (Customer Information) of this Agreement. Either party may terminate this agreement upon five (5) days advance notice if the other party admits insolvency, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, files for bankruptcy or similar protection, is unable to pay debts as they become due, has a trustee or receiver appointed over all or a substantial portion of its assets, or enters into an agreement for the extension or readjustment of all or substantially all of its obligations.
Customer agrees that our Company may, without notice to Customer, (i) report to the appropriate authorities any conduct by Customer or any of Customer's customers or end users that Our Company believes violates applicable law, and (ii) provide any information that it has about Customer or any of its customers or end users in response to a formal or informal request from a law enforcement or regulatory agency or in response to a formal request in a civil action that on its face meets the requirements for such a request.
Customer agrees to maintain a current copy of all content hosted by Our Company not with standing any agreement by Our Company to provide back up services.
Upgrades and other changes in our Company's network, including, but not limited to changes in its software, hardware, and service providers, may affect the display or operation of Customer's hosted content and/or applications. Our Company reserves the right to change its network in its commercially reasonable discretion, and Our Company shall not be liable for any resulting harm to Customer.
Notices to our Company under the Agreement shall be given via electronic mail to the e-mail address posted for customer support. Notices to Customer shall be given via electronic mail to the individual listed as the Primary Customer Contact on the Order. Notices are deemed received on the day transmitted, or if that day is not a business day, on the first business day following the day delivered. Customer may change his, her or its notice address by a notice given in accordance with this Section.
Our Company shall not be in default of any obligation under the Agreement if the failure to perform the obligation is due to any event beyond Our Company's control, including, without limitation, significant failure of a portion of the power grid, significant failure of the Internet, natural disaster, war, riot, insurrection, epidemic, strikes or other organized labour action, terrorist activity, or other events of a magnitude or type for which precautions are not generally taken in the industry.
Each party acknowledges and agrees that the other party retains exclusive ownership and rights in its trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, and other intellectual property. Neither party may use the other party's name or trade mark without the other party's prior written consent. The parties intend for their relationship to be that of independent contractors and not a partnership, joint venture, or employer/employee. Neither party will represent itself to be agent of the other. Each party acknowledges that it has no power or authority to bind the other on any agreement and that it will not represent to any person that it has such power or authority. This Agreement may be amended only by a formal written agreement signed by both parties. The terms on Customer's purchase order or other business forms are not binding on Our Company unless they are expressly incorporated into a formal written agreement signed by both parties. A party's failure or delay in enforcing any provision of the Agreement will not be deemed a waiver of that party's rights with respect to that provision or any other provision of the Agreement. A party's waiver of any of its right under the Agreement is not a waiver of any of its other rights with respect to a prior, contemporaneous or future occurrence, whether similar in nature or not. The captions in the Agreement are not part of the Agreement, but are for the convenience of the parties. The following provisions will survive expiration or termination of the Agreement: Fees, indemnity obligations, provisions limiting liability and disclaiming warranties, provisions regarding ownership of intellectual property, these miscellaneous provisions, and other provisions that by their nature are intended to survive termination of the Agreement. There are no third party beneficiaries to the Agreement. Neither insurers nor the customers of resellers are third party beneficiaries to the Agreement. Customer may not transfer the Agreement without Our Company's prior written consent. Our Company's approval for assignment is contingent on the assignee meeting Our Company's credit approval criteria. Our Company may assign the Agreement in whole or in part. This Agreement together with the Order and AUP constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement between the parties regarding its subject matter and supersedes and replace any prior understanding or communication, written or oral.
All files stored on Our Company's servers must be legally-owned and be accompanied with a valid license and/or copyright. This include and is not limiting to MP3, AVI, MID, MIDI, MPG, MPEG, MOV, EXE, ISO. Should we discover any unlicensed and/or illegal files within YOUR account, the files will be subjected to deletion.
Our Company reserves the right to cancel a service at any time. All fees paid in advance of cancellation will be pro-rated and paid by Our Company if we institutes our right of cancelation. Any violation of policies which results in extra costs billed to YOU.
Our Company may offer subsequent promotional rates or special offers, the terms of which may or may not be more favorable than the terms and conditions for YOUR Services. Any such promotions or modifications shall not effect YOUR obligations under this Agreement. Promotional fees may be subject to additional terms and conditions which, to the extent they conflict with the terms of this Agreement, shall govern. Different promotional fees and special offers may not be combined together.
Material accessible to you through Our Company's services may be subject to protection under the United States or other copyright laws, or laws protecting trademarks, trade secrets and proprietary information. Except when expressly permitted by the owner of such rights, YOU must not use Our Company or its servers and network in a manner that would infringe, violate, dilute or misappropriate any such rights, with respect to any material that you access or receive through the Our Company network. If YOU use a domain name in connection with Our Company or similar service, YOU must not use that domain name in violation of any trademark, service mark, or similar rights of any third party.
Customers may not use the Our Company network with an attempt to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account. This includes, but is not limited to, accessing data not intended for YOU, logging into a server or account YOU are not expressly authorized to access, password cracking, probing the security of other networks in search of weakness, or violation of any other organization's security policy. YOU may not attempt to interfere or deny service to any user, host, or network. This includes, but is not limited to, flooding, mail bombing, or other deliberate attempts to overload or crash a host or network. Our Company will cooperate fully with investigations for violations of systems or network security at other sites, including cooperating with law enforcement authorities in the investigation of suspected criminal violations. Users who violate system or network security may incur criminal or civil liability.
Our Company shall maintain and control ownership of all IP numbers and addresses that may be assigned to YOU by Our Company. Our Company reserves, in its sole discretion, the right to change or remove any and all such IP numbers and addresses.
YOU agree to pay Our Company prior to the effectiveness of the desired domain name registration, the then-current amount set forth in the Our Company price schedule for the initial registration of the domain name and, should YOU choose to renew the registration, subsequent renewals of the registration. All fees are non-refundable, in whole or in part, even if YOUR domain name registration is suspended, canceled or transferred prior to the end of YOUR then current registration term. Our Company reserves the right to change fees, surcharges, renewal fees or to institute new fees at any time, for any reason, at its sole discretion. YOUR requested domain name will not be registered unless and until we receive actual payment of the registration fee, and have confirmed YOUR registration in an email from Our Company to the email address indicated in YOUR registration application. In the event of a chargeback by a credit card company (or similar action by another payment provider allowed by Our Company) in connection with the payments of the registration fee for YOUR domain name registration, YOU agrees and acknowledges that the domain name registration shall be transferred to Our Company as the paying entity for that registration to the registry and that we reserve all rights regarding such domain name including, without limitation, the right to make the domain name available to other parties for purchase. Our Company will reinstate YOUR domain name registration solely at Our Company's discretion, and subject to our receipt of the initial registration or renewal fee and our then-current reinstatement fee.
Our Company reserves the right to change fees, surcharges, renewal fees or to institute new fees at any time, for any reason, at its sole discretion. YOUR requested domain name will not be registered unless and until we receive actual payment of the registration fee, and have confirmed YOUR registration in an email from Our Company to the email address indicated in YOUR registration application. In the event of a chargeback by a credit card company (or similar action by another payment provider allowed by Our Company) in connection with the payments of the registration fee for YOUR domain name registration, YOU agrees and acknowledges that the domain name registration shall be transferred to Our Company as the paying entity for that registration to the registry and that we reserve all rights regarding such domain name including, without limitation, the right to make the domain name available to other parties for purchase. Our Company will reinstate YOUR domain name registration solely at Our Company discretion, and subject to our receipt of the initial registration or renewal fee and our then-current reinstatement fee.
YOU agree and acknowledge that the failure or success of a domain name transfer will be his/her sole responsibility, and our Company will not be held liable for the failure of a domain name transfer for any reason.
Our Company reserves the right to refuse service to anyone. YOU may only use our Company server for lawful purposes and our services may not be used for illegal purposes or in support of illegal activities. We reserve the right to cooperate with legal authorities and/or injured third parties in the investigation of any suspected crime or civil wrongdoing. If anything is not legal in the United States of America, it is not permitted to reside on our servers. Transmission, distribution or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law or regulation is prohibited. This includes but not limiting material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right used without proper authorization, and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws. Examples of non-acceptable content or links: 'Pirated Warez', OGG, AVI, MPEG, ISO, 'Hacker programs or archives', 'Copyrighted Digital Movie Copies (DIVX)' and 'Unlicensed MP3'. The designation of any materials as such described above is left entirely to the discretion of Our Company management.
If illegal content or usage is found, the account will be suspended and/or terminated. YOU agree that our Company may disclose any and all YOUR information including assigned IP numbers, account history, account use, etc. to any law enforcement agent who makes a written request without further consent or notification.
Regardless of the place of signing this agreement, YOU agree that for purposes of venue this contract is entered in Fremont, California, and any dispute will be litigated or arbitrated in Fremont, California. Defendants further waive all objections to venue and acknowledge that venue in any such litigation will be held in Fremont courts. IN NO EVENT SHALL Our Company'S MAXIMUM LIABILITY EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED ($500.00) DOLLARS.
Our Company follows the strict guidelines of our customer privacy statement. Please make sure you understand this statement fully. | 2019-04-22T11:57:22Z | https://hostmy1stweb.com/billing/whmcs/terms-of-service.php |
Bigger and Better is a team building activity in which teams compete by trading ordinary objects. The winner is the team that ends up with the biggest and best items when time expires.
This active teambuilding exercise requires six people at minimum, and can support very large groups if the teams are divided evenly. Teams should be about three to six people in size. This game involves interacting with lots of strangers in a public place such as a school campus. Props required include small objects such as paper clips or pens (one for each team). Recommended age is 18 and up. This game can be played with adults and even in corporate settings. When playing with younger people, please be sure to provide proper supervision when necessary.
To prepare for Bigger and Better, get several paper clips or some small objects that are low in value. Be sure to have enough to provide one per team.
Explain the rules to everyone: You will give each team a small object, and their job is to keep trading and upgrading their team’s object to obtain the largest and most valuable item possible. They may not offer anything other than the item they have, and they must stick together as a group. Set a time limit, such as one or two hours, and tell everyone that they must be back in time or else they will be disqualified. Announce that each team’s item will be judged in three categories: size, value, and creativity.
Divide the group into teams of three to six. Pass out the paper clip (or other small object) to the each group and send them off. When time expires, the judging process begins. Each team presents their item before the entire group. They explain why their item is biggest and best. At the end, choose winners for each of the three categories, or judge the items in any other way you wish. This activity involves good teamwork and creativity as each team coordinates their efforts and decides what strategies they will approach when playing. Camaraderie will be built, and surprises will come out of the activity. Who knows, a group might be able to turn a paper clip into a car! Well, maybe a toy car.
Be sure to visit our online store for various useful supplies, such as paper clips and items for the Bigger and Better activity. | 2019-04-25T12:24:29Z | https://www.icebreakers.ws/team-building/bigger-and-better.html |
There is perhaps nothing as warm and inviting as a log home for escape from our hectic, fast-paced lives. Place it on Lake Superior’s North Shore and you’ve got the perfect destination for family vacations, a couples’ retreat or friends’ getaway.
Temperance Landing is nestled on the edge of Lake Superior and set against the backdrop of the Sawtooth Mountains in Schroeder, MN. And yes, it gets its namesake from nearby Temperance River State Park. Two-and-half-story vaulted ceilings, Ponderosa Pine log walls, a grand ledgerock stone fireplace, plush beds with custom bedding, a whirlpool tub, granite and tile shower, a big porch overlooking the lake, and incredible Lake Superior views – all beckon you to relax, enjoy and unwind.
These 3,000 square foot, distinctive log homes on the edge of Lake Superior’s shoreline offer three levels of style and space, sleeping six to eight comfortably. They’re perfect for family vacations, holidays or a friends’ getaway. Did we mention the views?! | 2019-04-20T20:27:49Z | https://www.bluefinbay.com/temperance-landing/ |
The Sanders are confortable and compact - perfectly balanced, easy to handle and excellent power.
The wire brush sanders are specialized wire-brushing machines. These are used to remove rust and paint or to descale beads after welding.
The CNS Grinders are most suitable for removing block scale, oxide layer, or paint and provides uniform and beautiful facing. | 2019-04-23T03:54:31Z | http://www.mowerssell.com/Air-tools/kheruxng-khad-lm |
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