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How can you expect to have a NEW body continuing your OLD ways?
My thought when writing this was that people don't seem to have a problem starting new healthy habits. People start working out, eating healthier, etc but they do it IN ADDITION TO their bad habits – as if they can do enough right to erase their wrongs. But it really doesn't work that way.
Is cheating OK? That depends. It depends how you define cheating. For me, cheating means occasionally eating 200-500 calories more than I budgeted. If I cheat often, that's not cheating. That's a bad habit.
However, for others, cheating means going crazy and totally splurging, or cheating a little every day. People often sabotage progress by cheating on their diet too much, too often, or too soon – justifying every bite.
My mom had some really good input on what cheating meant to her just yesterday, saying, "Cheating comes from a type of 'denial'. Saying to ourself: this won't hurt, or this is only just a taste, or I haven't eaten that much today, or I deserve this, or this is healthy. The definition of cheating is: Act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage. The only advantage is 'taste & enjoy temporarily'….the disadvantage is 'fat and miserable'" – and that's not temporary at all.
Unfortunately for many, cheating does hurt because most people don't cheat responsibly. If you compare eating to spending money, maybe you can have a better grasp on what is really going on. Weight management is a numbers game, but most people don't track their calories on their cheat days, or meals, like they'd balance their checkbook after shopping. The "out of sight, out of mind" mindset is an attempt to dodge reality – but the reality is, it affects you whether you know the extent of the damage or not.
1. Budget around 250 calories a day for fun stuff, including coffee, protein bars, fruit, cheese, nuts, sweets or salty snacks. Dieting shouldn't be miserable – and if it is, it won't last. Give yourself a little leeway. This allows even the strictest dieters to still have around 1,000 calories a day in food (300-350 calories per meal), which is plenty (if you are eating quality food) to keep you satisfied.
2. Find a healthy replacement for an unhealthy eating habit. Many people struggle to resist snacking or drinking at night. For others, it may be a coke or coffee habit. At first it will be difficult to stop some of your favorite treats, but if you stick to your plan, you can get rid of your bad habit in a matter of a couple of weeks. Instead of quitting cold turkey, try finding a new healthy habit to replace the bad one. For instance, replace you nightly downfalls for a late night walk, sipping on hot tea, drinking as much water as possible (almost making it a game), sticking to low-calorie healthy snacks that fit your budget and long candlelight baths. Keep troubleshooting until you find what works for you.
2. Cheat with a purpose. Instead of just going wild and spontaneously cheating, plan your cheat meal. Count the calories ahead of time and decide exactly how many calories you plan to eat. If you research your cheat meal ahead of time, you are less likely to go overboard and<|fim_middle|>1200 calories a day, and that's great! But are we supposed to be including our calories burned during exercise in that 1200 calories?
For example, if I burned 200 calories on the elliptical, do I still stick to just 1200 food calories that day, or do I aim to consume 1400 calories to make up that caloric deficit? I just want to make sure I'm doing the absolute right thing. Thanks!
Personally, I don't include exercise because I know my body only needs 1000-1200 to get the nutrients I need – and any extra calories burned is just going to BOOST me to my goal FASTER ….and I'm ALL ABOUT getting results faster!!! Once you are in maintenance, then you can include calories burned more. Otherwise, I think it slows progress.
Thanks! That helps a ton!
YES!! I love this post. Great tips. I try to give my clients the same advice, but this post needs to be shared. Thanks girl!
Great advice! This is essentially what I did as I was losing weight (90+ pounds!) and now that I'm in maintenance. I had one 'cheat day' as I was losing but tried to keep it to no more than 500 calories over my normal days. I'm a bit more liberal with my weekly cheat days on maintenance, but I'm not trying to lose anymore so I can afford them and it's working! | more likely to stay more accountable.
3. Avoid big cheat days until you reach your goal. Cheating can severely slow progress. A person can literally wipe out an entire weeks's worth of dieting and exercise with one "off day". Instead, plan small occasional mini-cheats, totaling no more than 500 extra calories, that will keep you happy along your journey.
4. Don't rely on exercise to erase bad decisions. Let me say it a little louder: DOOON'T RELYYY ON EXERCIIIISE TO ERAAASE YOUR BAAAAAD DECISIONSSSS!! Many people don't control their eating as they should and use exercise to erase their diet sins. Not only does it rarely work, it also is not fixing the problem. If you want to control your weight, you have to control your tongue. Continuing your old ways are not an option if you are wanting a new body. Quit fooling yourself. You can't have "I can have my cake and eat it too" mentality. Some people may be lucky enough to live this way, but the majority cannot.
5. You need to know if you are ON a diet or IN maintenance – because there is no "OFF". If you struggle with your weight, it is likely you will always have to manage calories. Of course, when I talk about "diets", I'm not necessarily speaking of a specific diet, I'm speaking of self-control. I'm talking about counting calories, purposeful healthy eating, and/or staying accountable for what you eat. One of the biggest mistakes I see is people do is go "ON" a diet and, after they reach their goal, they go completely "OFF". ORRRR, they go ON a diet during the week, and OFF their diet on weekends. Ask your husband if he'd be OK with you cheating on him on the weekends – I bet it wouldn't fly with him either. Like marriage and finances, you'll have to have limitations if you want to be successful – whether on a diet or in maintenance.
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Hey Bonnie! I love the post! So many of the things you say are very true … especially about using exercise to negate poor eating.
I do have a clarification question, though, if you have a second. You say to stick to about | 487 |
Don't put your job search on ice come December. Instead, see this time of year as a perfect time to meet new people and sell yourself.
For women<|fim_middle|>ability: Relationship Networking . . . Because People Do Business with People They Like," suggests organizing a toy drive, in which you put a callout to friends and their friends to bring a toy for a needy family or food for a local shelter to your home and enjoy coffee, tea and cookies upon dropoff.
Or, "host a gift buying or wrapping party," she says. "Invite friends to a jewelry or trunk show at your home or just get together and wrap presents." By suggesting your friends invite one friend you don't know, you are expanding your circle and chances of networking with someone you haven't yet met.
Finally, close the loop. "When given a lead, idea, support, or recommendation, follow up on it. Thank the person who's giving you the idea or lead," via email, a call or a holiday card," says RoAne.
The key here? Keep every new acquaintance in your orbit so you can tap them when you next need to.
What Is an Online Presence—and How Should You Build Yours? | looking to re-enter the workplace or undergoing a career change, December can seem daunting. There's a lot to prepare on the home front for the holidays, and a feeling that hiring managers have checked out in the weeks leading to Christmas and Hanukkah.
As a result, many job seekers put their searches on pause until after the New Year.
This is a mistake. That's because, although interviewing can take a dip in December, it often accelerates in January and February when budgets are finalized and new projects are given the green light. That means if you take advantage of networking opportunities that arise in December, you may be primed to capitalize on a hot job market come January.
One place to start: holiday parties.
Indeed, by following a few strategies, women can use these invitations to cocktail parties and cookie swaps as networking opportunities while being respectful of the many folks that will not be in work mode.
It sounds obvious, but once Thanksgiving passes, many women feel pulled in ten directions, with gifts to get, kids out of school and last-minute travel plans to make, all of which can leave less time for socializing.
Just like you would a job interview or networking chat, prepare for each party you're attending.
When it comes time to talk shop, make sure, in addition to discussing work or your job search that you inquire about your audience.
In that spirit, if you don't have as many holiday party networking opportunities as you would like this year, create them.
Michelle Tillis Lederman, author of "The 11 Laws of Lik | 314 |
Interview: Creepin' With Trinity Square
29 April 19 interview: Rachael Halab<|fim_middle|> What do you think about the video?"
It's not even a big group discussion, it's very natural. So I'll just be like "yeah I think we should do like a 'purge' thing, masks with lights". He was feelin' it and next thing, we announced it to the group and they were feelin' it too and that was that. The next video will be similar, just put an idea forward and see what everyone thinks. Shout to JP Clear Vision for that one.
Finally is there anything exciting you've got coming up that you'd like to share with us?
Shows, we're going to be everywhere this summer. TS going to be everywhere.
Trinity Square website. | urda
Notts Lads Trinity Square are moving up fast in the hip-hop grime world. Rachael Halaburda heard all about it…
Huey, ZIA, YD, B5IVE and Trizzy VS are up and coming urban act, Trinity Square. Notts born and raised, these guys are making some serious noise in the music world already, especially with new single Creepin' and its huge video to accompany it. Already named Track of the Week on the likes of BBC Radio 1Xtra, Rachael Halaburda caught up with the group to learn about their latest release, and plans for the future:
When did you first form and how did it come about?
We formed by accident because we most of us went to the same school. One day, we were around my friend's house, we just started rapping and it sounded good. We thought, you know what, let's try to make a song out of it. We put it out there and we got a good response.That was about a year ago now, from there we just kept making songs.
So you're a hip hop and grime act, beyond this how would you describe your sound?
It's very unorthodox, there's no specific way to describe it. I think we sound different because we've got five people in the group. One member might sound more like rap, another like hip-hop, and there's elements of R&B in our music as well - it's really just a mish mash of everything. All I know, is that it just sounds good!
Who would you say have been your biggest musical influences as a group?
Lil Wayne, because he's my favourite rapper and Tory Lanez because he's very versatile. Drake as well - he's more like an idol, just the way he carries himself. I like Blue Face Baby a lot right now, I can't lie. Lil Baby as well, I like the way they carry themselves, it's proper. They are always making songs; I like the work rate and I wanna be like that. Young Adz and LB too, the way they've got the UK on a lock right now is good, and that inspires you to do better.
When you perform what reaction is it that you really want to see and feel from
your audience?
I'm tryna see energy in the audience, because if you have that, it brings a lot more vibe to the stage.
Which of your songs would you say you are most proud of and why?
I feel like we get better with every song we do, so probably Creepin', our most recent track. We didn't like the original beat so we just had to stop. We spent a lot of time on it. Hours and hours in the studio just to come out with nothing. Until we thought, okay, we're
just gonna write to something, so we slapped a random beat on. And we were like, "yo this sounds hard", so that's why we are most proud of that particular track.
Am I right in thinking you have recently changed your name from 5IVERS to Trinity Square?
Yeah, we had to for copyright reasons, legal stuff. Stuff that my managers deal with...
What made you choose the new name?
Trinity Square is in the heart of Nottingham city centre. It's also a good name; I don't hear Trinity Square said too often, but you know where it is, even if we don't hear it. It always tells you that we're from Nottingham city.
Can you tell us about the writing and recording process you go through when making a track?
We'll be in the studio and will have the beat on repeat for like an hour. You don't want to come in the same as someone else in the group, and that's good because we all are versatile; so we will come on with a different flow, we all bring something different to the table. We do choose a topic so we are all talking about the same thing, not specifically but roughly. With five different people in the group, you can think of anything.
Creepin' came out this March and already has over 20K views on YouTube. What do you want to tell us about your new single?
I think it's a banger, the video and the song replicate each other very well. It's gritty but smooth - that's what's weird. I don't hear anything else like it.
The visuals of your music videos are amazing. Is it your own ideas that goes into what we see?
I'm in the studio with YD and Chev comes in, our manager. He comes in like, "boom so lads, we're recording Creepin' next. | 971 |
By combining lowpass<|fim_middle|>, near ideal lowpass response can be realized. Table 2 shows the physical parameters for this lowpass filter.
Figure 4 shows the configuration for the bandpass filter based on the SIW and CDGS circuit approaches. In the design process of the proposed filter, the geometric parameters for SIW and the CDGS cells are selected independently, which increases the design flexibility. The dimension of the whole length is determined by the CDGS elements. Compared to filters fabricated with cascaded lowpass and highpass filters, this new approach leads to a bandpass filter with compact size, occupying a circuit area of only 34 x 20 mm.
Based on CAE simulations, the bandpass filter designed by a combination of SIW and CDGS circuit elements should provide a relative bandwidth of 78.18% (from 6.7 to 15.3 GHz). The computer simulations suggest insertion loss of 0.95 dB within the passband at 10 GHz and 1.41 dB at 14 GHz. The predicted return loss is better than 13 dB for the bandpass filter. Even though it uses a combination of SIW and CDGS elements, the bandpass filter can be designed and fabricated with standard PCB material processing techniques.
A prototype bandpass filter built in this way is shown in Fig. 5, while Fig. 6 shows simulated and measured results for the prototype. Over the wide frequency range from 6.7 to 15.3 GHz, the predicted and measured results are in close agreement. According to the measured results, the filter features good return-loss performance with low insertion loss across the whole passband.
In conclusion, the similarity between SIW and rectangular waveguide has helped to define parameters for constructing the highpass portion of a broadband bandpass filter, while CDGS elements have been used to form the lowpass portion of the filter. Combined, the two filter segments form a compact bandpass filter with broad passband.
Fermin Mira, Jordi Mateu, Santiago Cogollos, and Vecente E. Boria, "Design of Ultra-Wideband Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Filters in Zigzag Topology," IEEE Microwave And Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 19, No.5, May 2009, pp. 281-283.
Sio-Weng Ting, Kam-Weng Tam, and R.P. Martins, "Miniaturized microstrip lowpass filter with wide stopband using double equilateral U-shaped defected ground structure," IEEE Microwave And Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 16, No. 5, May 2006, pp. 240-242.
G.M. Yang, R. Jin, J. Geng, X. Huang, and G. Xiao, "Ultra-wideband bandpass filter with hybrid quasi-lumped elements and defected ground structure," IEEE Microwave Antennas & Propagation, Vol. 1, No. 3, June 2007, pp. 733736.
Z.C. Hao, W. Hong, J.X. Chen, X.P. Chen, and K. Wu, "Compact super-wide bandpass substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) Filters," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory & Techniques, Vol. 53, No. 9, September 2005, pp. 2968-2977.
L. Yan, W. Hong, K. Wu, and T.J. Cui, "Investigations on the propagation characteristics of the substrate integrated waveguide based on the method of lines," IEEE Proceedings on Microwave Antennas & Propagation, Vol. 152, No.1, February 2005, pp. 35-42. | and highpass filters, it is possible to design and fabricate an extremely compact bandpass filter with relative bandwidth that exceeds 78%.
Filters are essential for sorting signals in both transmit and receive functions in communications, although modern system requirements demand that filters constantly be made smaller and with wider bandwidths. Fortunately, work at China's Xidian University has led to the development of a compact bandpass filter, formed by combining circuits for highpass and lowpass filters. It draws from substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology for its highpass characteristics and cascaded defected ground structure (CDGS) technology for its lowpass characteristics. The novel filter, which measures only 34 x 20 mm, has a relative bandwidth of 78.18% with low insertion loss and strong out-of-band rejection.
Microwave filters have been fabricated with low profiles, small size, and low cost by means of SIW technology on standard printed-circuit-board (PCB) materials. An SIW structure consists of a dielectric substrate which is comprised of a pair of metal plates and connected via holes.1 This configuration confines the filter's electromagnetic (EM) field inside the structure.
The use of defected-ground-structure (DGS) elements in microwave circuits can provide numerous benefits, including a size reduction over conventional planar circuits and high suppression of unwanted spurious responses. Conventional DGS elements feature a dumbbell-shaped pattern etched in a circuit's ground plane. The CDGS elements employed in the proposed bandpass filter are based on a conventional U-shaped DGS unit.2 As with traditional DGS elements, this type of CDGS element can significantly suppress the spurious responses in the stopband, at the same time leading to a filter much smaller in size than would be possible with traditional planar circuit techniques.
Bandpass filters have been widely used in various wireless communication systems. For example, in ref. 3, the researchers created an ultrawideband (UWB) filter by combining individually designed highpass and lowpass filters. Since both of the filters were fabricated in a cascaded configuration, this approach did not lend itself to small size.
In this article, the authors present a new compact bandpass filter that is formed by the combination of SIW and CDGS technologies. The field distribution in the SIW circuitry is similar to that in conventional rectangular waveguide, forming a highpass filter.4 And since CDGS supports the construction of a lowpass filter that can be fabricated in the ground plane of an SIW circuit, the proposed bandpass filterwhich combines SIW and CDGS approachescan be fabricated with a relatively compact size.
The proposed bandpass filter combines individually designed highpass and lowpass filters. The highpass filter is based on a SIW approach, while the lowpass filter is based on the use of CDGS circuit elements. The broad passband of this novel bandpass filter extends from 6.7 to 15.3 GHz. A prototype of the bandpass filter was fabricated on a commercial, high-frequency dielectric substrate material with 1-mm thickness, relative dielectric constant (er) of 2.65, and loss tangent of 0.0027.
On this material, a microstrip line width of 2.7 mm corresponds to a 50-O microstrip transmission line on a conventional ground plane.
The SIW has a width of a. The metallic via has a diameter of d and the space between the adjacent via is p.
er = the relative dielectric constant of the SIW structure.
According to Eqs. 1-5, it is possible to design a highpass filter using an SIW approach, with the physical parameters of the highpass filter listed in Table 1.
The proposed double equilateral U-shaped DGS unit is shown in Fig. 2. It has a 50-O microstrip line on the top and two equilateral U-shaped patterns symmetrically etched in the ground plane. Each U-shaped pattern consists of three etched lines with the same widths (g) but different lengths (L1, L2, L3, and L4). By setting these two U-shaped patterns with different lengths, the smaller ones can easily be embedded inside the larger ones using an open-end alignment.
The two U-shaped structures offer dual finite attenuation poles with reduced defected ground area. Similar to two dumbbell-shaped DGS lines connected in a cascade configuration, this proposed CDGS circuitry can be designed as a lowpass filter, and was used to form the CDGS-based lowpass circuitry shown in Fig. 3. By properly choosing of the length of the cascaded two U-shaped structures | 963 |
I'm producing some educational songs for kids. Many of them will have my own lyrics but I want to use or adapt some popular<|fim_middle|>see Section 12(3) et seq CDPA 1988) is to take the date the music was first published and if this was before 1 Jan 1947 (ie over 70 years ago), then you can assume the work is out of copyright in the UK. However beware that newer arrangements of old melodies may still be protected by a later copyright. | tunes to make them more relatable.
The bit that's confusing me is that many songs seem to share the same tune, for example the tune from Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star can be heard in a huge number of made-up songs, so while I can probably find out which lyrics are copyrighted, finding the copyright on tunes is proving more difficult.
I don't think there's a simple answer to your problem. Each tune or melody will have a different provenance and would need to be researched individually. Many will no doubt be attributed to that well known composer Anon.
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is a popular English lullaby. The lyrics are from an early 19th-century English poem by Jane Taylor, "The Star". The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann. It is sung to the tune of the French melody Ah! vous dirai-je, maman, which was published in 1761 and later arranged by several composers including Mozart with Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman".
The composer of Ah! vous dirai-je, maman is not known but since the work was published in 1761, I think we can safely assume he or she is now dead and the melody is out of copyright, assuming it was ever in copyright in the UK (the Berne Convention of 1886 was the first international treaty to establish mutual recognition of the copyright of other nations).
Wikipedia has entries for many other nursery rhymes and popular tunes, so that may be a good place to start, bearing in mind the usual caveats about the reliability of Wikipedia entries alone. I would suggest using the articles to find the scholarly or other sources they cite, and use the latter to establish the true provenance of the melodies you are interested in. In the case of the French tune Ah! vous dirai-je, maman the citation is <a href="istserv.bccls.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0112B&L=OPERA-L&D=1&P=78015&F=P">this</a> written by Bob Kosovsky, who is or was Librarian of the Music Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Where you are sure that a composer is anonymous, then the rule of thumb ( | 512 |
Care4Kids is a new Medicaid benefit that provides comprehensive health care for children in out-of-home care (OHC) that reflects the unique health needs of these children. To strengthen the quality, access, and timeliness of care, Care4Kids creates a "medical home" for each child entering care. This "medical home" is not a physical place, but rather a philosophy that children in OHC deserve coordinated and comprehensive healthcare that addresses their unique needs. Care4Kids provides children with access to primary care physicians who are trained in needs of children in OHC, and also creates a health care coordination team who coordinate care for the child.
Facilitated by a health care coordinator, this team is comprised of the county child welfare case managers, health care professionals, foster parents and other applicable OHC providers, and the child's family. This team works together to ensure that children entering OHC will receive timely individualized and developmentally appropriate care by physicians trained in trauma-informed care practice when providing services to youth in OHC. This new approach to healthcare is designed to improve physical and mental health outcomes for children, as well as promote improved resiliency and create stronger natural support systems for children in OHC.
The Care4Kids benefit recognizes that children in OHC deserve healthcare that reflects their unique needs, and therefore emphasizes the importance of using providers trained in these needs. Children will be provided with an OHC Health Screen within two business days of entering care, preferably at a Children's Hospital of Wisconsin child advocacy center or child protection center.
A comprehensive initial health assessment will be provided by a primary care physician within 30 days of entering care, preferably at an identified center of excellence. A<|fim_middle|> is pleased to offer Together with Children's Community Health Plan—a new, local health insurance plan for everyone. Available both on the exchange and off the exchange, Together with CCHP has affordably priced plans and offers access to high quality healthcare from a broad network of providers in southeast Wisconsin. | center of excellence is a centralized location for the provision of medical care from the initial screen to the 30-day exam, and ongoing well-child health checks. Center of excellence medical providers will be specially trained in caring for children in the foster care system that have been victims of trauma, abuse and/or neglect. Centers of excellence provide a coordinated care delivery system. Center of excellence providers will partner and share information with all parties involved in a child's care and participates in a team process to enhance communication and coordination of care. For more information about Care4Kids please visit the Children's Community Health Plan web site.
Children's Community Health Plan (CCHP), an affiliate of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, | 141 |
Green tea is well known for its health and beauty benefits. Millions of people all around the world drink it daily (despite the not-the-best flavour) and swear by the results of it. With a huge amount of nutrients and antioxidants, green tea is one of the best and easily accessible beverages that will turn your life into nothing but positives!
Green tea is made from Camellia sinensis leaves, that go through a different withering and oxidation processes than black tea or oolong. Green tea originally comes from China, where for thousands of years it has been used as a medicine for many common illnesses.
Why is this tea so healthy and what can it do for you? Get yourself a cup of (green) tea, sit comfortably and check our 10 reasons to drink it!
One of the most known benefits of drinking green tea is that it helps to fight with the extra weight. Although one cup a day will not replace being active, eating healthy and cutting down on sugar, it can improve your metabolism and increase fat burning. Catechins are great metabolism boosters, caffeine will give you more energy, and the polyphenol will intensify oxidation of your fat. But still, have a tea and then hit the gym.
Drinking green tea can help you reduce the bad cholesterol level in your blood. How? It is believed (and found in various studies, don't worry) that the catechins found in green tea can prevent your organs from absorbing the bad cholesterol (low-density cholesterol) and in the same time they will improve the absorption of good cholesterols (high-density cholesterols). Tannins from the tea can naturally lower the cholesterol in your body.
Nowadays, with the enormous sugar consumption and unhealthy products easily found in every supermarket aisle, diabetes is one of the most dangerous diseases threatening people. Green tea is really helpful with regulating the level of glucose and reducing the levels of blood sugars. Drinking green tea is proved by various studies on 286,701 people (!) to be lowering the risk of type II diabetes by 18%. Sounds good, doesn't it?
Ladies, don't you love when your skin is just glowing and looking great? Have some tea! The antioxidants found in green tea<|fim_middle|> avoid is bottled green tea from the supermarkets. This drink has nothing to do with real, healthiest green tea and is loaded with sugar and artificial flavors. | will improve your skin and make it more resistant to solar radiation. What's more, they will also help you delay the process of skin ageing. Green tea maybe won't erase the wrinkles from your face, but it will definitely fight with the new ones coming. In one of the recent studies in Germany, the researchers discovered that women drinking up to 6 cups of green tea in a day had a lower level of redness after exposure to a solar simulator. What else you can do, is soak cotton pads in the tea, let it cool down, and place it under your eyes. That will help you reduce your dark circles in an instant.
Another reason to drink green tea regularly is maybe less serious than saving your life by protecting you from diabetes, but also VERY important. Your breath. Green tea is a great warrior when it comes to bacteria. Catechins will inhibit some of the viruses and bacteria growth in your mouth area, which equals fewer throat infections and better breath.
If you are someone, who constantly forgets about meetings, house chores or (dear God) anniversaries – go get some tea. Green tea is great for preventing brain cells from dying. An amino acid called L-theanine, which increases dopamine and the inhibitor of GABA neurotransmitter.
Caffeine, which is an important brain stimulant and improves brain functioning in many ways, is found in a lower percentage in the green tea, then it is of coffee, so you won't get a huge kick, but will see the effects in the future, by, for example, avoiding Alzheimer's disease.
Speaking of – Alzheimer's disease is a terrible threat to all the people facing getting older (so basically, all of us sooner or later) and although green tea will not make you bullet-proof, it can help. Polyphenols in green tea will improve parts of the brain responsible for learning and memory. They can also prevent the cells damage and may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease, as well as Parkinson's disease.
Anxiety and panic attacks are common syndromes in today's stressed world. Here, once again, to the rescue come caffeine and polyphenols. The first one improves plenty of brain functions, like mood improvement. The other one helps you keeping glucose on a good level, which is basically keeping your brain fueled. Last, but not least, theanine is an amino acid, helpful when it comes to reducing stress and anxiety.
Not only you get relaxed from a cup of green tea, your blood vessels feel it as well. Green tea can prevent them from getting clogged, which is the main cause of heart attacks. Chinese studies proved, that antioxidants found in green tea, the same ones that are fighting with the bad cholesterol, reduce the risk of getting a heart attack by 11%. That's worth a cup, isn't it?
are in the group with the lower risk of cancer. So again, drinking this beverage may help you, it can be useful, but it won't make you immortal and resilient to serious diseases.
As you can see, there are enough reasons to drink green tea. The list could go on and on, but the message is simple – a cup or two per day can help you in many ways, some of which you may not even know. If you are not a big fan of the flavor, you can try adding a little bit of honey, milk or natural fruit syrup to it. What you should | 699 |
ANDREW SULLIVAN has a thoughtful piece in The New Republic this morning on the relationship of gay rights and the civil rights movment.
I think the key issue is not that I personally refuse to accept the "one China" principle. It's the 23 million people of Taiwan who cannot accept the so-called "one China" principle.
If they insist on having dialogue and consultation based on such a precondition, the "one China" principle, I think it will be rather difficult for<|fim_middle|> sides to sit down and talk.
Therefore, in the year 2006, we will hasten the birth of a new constitution for Taiwan, and in 2008, we intend to enact this new constitution, a tailor-made, efficient constitution that is suitable for Taiwan. And this is just a timetable for our constitutional reform. It is not a timetable for independence or any attempt to change our status quo.
It is difficult not to feel sympathy for Taiwan, as an island of democracy and liberalism which has come far in the past decade toward modernity. Still, the current course which President Chen has set toward steers quite close to a military conflict in the Straits, in which the legal and moral duty of our nation would and ought to be on the side of a free allied republic against nuclear-armed China - a possibility no one can contemplate without trouble.
THESE ARE PROVING ADDICTIVE: Today's selection of Jewish humour is brought to you by the blogosphere's resident ventriloquist, Joe Gandelman.
I tried selling a Jewish game show to NBC but they didn't like it. I thought it was a great title: The Price Is Too Much.
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Among other things, they'll be discussing the concept of grand strategy, and its different forms and useful applications. Rob has a list of suggested readings and other background materials over on his website. Our San Francisco chapter had their first meeting last weekend, so now there are all kinds of places you can go to in California for friendly and bipartisan discussion of foreign affairs!
DISSERTATION ART: This goes out with warm wishes and sympathy to all the academics, doctoral students, and writers out there.
ALL OF OUR READERS IN OXFORD, or within driving distance, should make some time to get out to the Oxford Literary Festival which the Sunday Times and Blackwell's are cosponsoring, and which is being organized by a good friend of mine. Seamus Heaney is speaking on Friday at 5:30 at the Sheldonian; also on Friday, Orlando Figes is socialising with students and talking about Tolstoy at the Union. On Saturday, Fiona Shaw reads Andromache's speeches from the Iliad and Euripides, at the Holywell Music Room at 5. On Sunday, Karen Armstrong talks about religion at noon, at Town Hall, and a film of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard will be screened at the Phoenix at 4:30, with its producer present to discuss Chekhov and the play after. These are only a few of the events going on; it really is a marvellous festival, and Brenda Garvey, of whom I'm quite fond, is to be congratulated enormously for having brought it to Oxford.
Next door, Uzbek militants, possibly from the IMU, have been found among Al Qa'ida fighters in their hive of villainy in tribal Wana; Uzbekistan's Karimov has requested their extradition to deal with them himself. (He has, after all, had lots of practice before now with his own people.) Also, MMA's general secretary is decrying the incursion of federal troops into tribal areas, as an act threatening to the country's territorial integrity and something which the Brits never even succeeded in doing. | both | 1 |
Yeah, yeah - Louisville is cool. We're, like, the next Portland! Yuck. There's a lot to hate in Louisville and I've whittled my list, with difficulty, down to ten things. Don't hate me, Louisville - hate these lousy things about our town.
. Every time I want to go out and get a meal I struggle to find a place to eat - there's so many places I haven't visited yet! If we could slim down the amount of unique eateries to one or two per neighborhood, I'd be happy. I would also like to see a few more Chili's or Red Robin's around town since we don't have enough of those. I don't know about you, but there's only so much unique and interesting food I can stand.
! And like the food, It's nearly impossible to hit all of them - lots happen on the same weekends and I'm forced to split my time trying to get to all the stuff I want to see. I don't like this, so I propose eliminating all events that don't include elephant ears.
. This would be fine, but what if I want to get my groceries, ammunition and top 40 CDs all in one place? I have to drive clear across town! We really need to put a WalMart or Meijer on Bardstown road, preferably with a massive parking lot. Maybe we could take out that block with Val<|fim_middle|> unless we're the weird old lady at the Salvation Army. Even then she'd probably just scowl. Can't we be more like Minnesota and just be passive aggressively nice and secretly hate each other behind our backs? It's much easier and requires less effort.
Last winter was "harsh," according to my sources - if you think that was a bad winter, you haven't seen anything. It's pretty obvious that the mild, friendly climate we have here in town has made us all weak and unable to handle extremes (aside from intense humidity and an overabundance of sunshine), so thankfully we have that polar vortex thing to worry about next winter. With any hope we'll be battered by ice and snow to balance out our warm and sunny summer, forced to drip our faucets and cover our windows with Toy Story blankets and saran wrap. You'll thank me when you can walk outside in negative ten degree weather in just a sweatshirt, I swear.
Maybe it's all of these horrible things I mentioned, but Louisville is absolutely obsessed with itself. The people here constantly try to improve every bit of every neighborhood, be it with unique shops or locally-owned and interesting restaurants. There's preservation efforts everywhere, and people going out of their ways to do something nice for their neighbors. Everyone I talk to seems to love living here, and doesn't hesitate to tell you. Louisville worship is pretty strong in every corner I find myself lost in, and it's a unique phenomenon in places I've visited. Yeah, people in Michigan like Michigan, but the praise this town receives from residents is over the top. | uMarket on it - no one shops there, right?
), tons of talented artists featured in some great galleries, and a music scene that puts anyone else to shame. All of the boundless talent in town makes me feel so incompetent that I want to curl up in the fetal position and never leave my house. Everywhere I go I'm reminded of the intense concentration of talent that Louisville boasts, and with every new gallery visit or show I go to I just grow more and more bitter. Can't we get a few third-rate bit players around town to water the pool down?
5 - What's With The Fantastic Parks System?
. We have the Jefferson Memorial Forest all the way down to tiny little Gnadinger. We have Cherokee Park, which is so big I got lost in it and spent twice as long on its cool trails and open spaces then I planned on. I was tired and warm and I had a good time, but I really wanted some food. Once I finally found my car I had to spend another hour deciding what to eat! Let's turn some of these unused spaces into another big box store, or just add a Bennigan's to one or two of them.
just make me bitter about my shotgun house. Just going downtown is enough to make me have a history geek induced panic attack. This is no way to live.
Louisville folks are really friendly, which is all well and good, except that it isn't. When I first moved here and told people I was new to the area, everyone was all "Oh, welcome to Louisville! Here's this thing for free," or "Oh, do you need to know anything about the area?" Where I come from we don't do that | 346 |
Firstly, in respecting one's own identity and that of others, we should not compromise on our beliefs just in order to please others. In other words, we should remain authentic and truthful to our religious convictions, expressing our faith with courtesy and respect for others. We should not engage in false compromise and irenicism. But this does not mean that we can impose our faith beliefs on others or denigrate others' beliefs. Faith is dependent on a personal religious experience of the Sacred or of God. Without which, there is no faith<|fim_middle|>elytism but an honest desire to show appreciation and mutual understanding of each other's religion and to strengthen our fraternal brotherhood.
May our respective Muslim and Christian communities continue to uphold the good relations we have enjoyed in our beloved nation. May we never take for granted the peace and harmony that we have but continually work towards enhancing our interreligious understanding and cooperation.
On behalf of the Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore, I wish you all a Happy and holy Hari Raya Aidilfitri! | but only religion and empty doctrines and ritualistic practices.
Secondly, we must also have the courage to accept differences, welcoming others as fellow pilgrims in the journey towards God, believing that the "good of each resides in the good of all". We have much to learn from each other. Rather than speaking of differences, we should share our distinctiveness and thereby enrich the faith of others and their religious practices and values. We all can learn from each other in loving God and neighbour.
Finally, there is the importance of sincerity of intentions because dialogue "is not a strategy for achieving specific goals, but rather a path to truth, one that deserves to be undertaken patiently, in order to transform competition into cooperation." Inter-religious dialogue is not a masked attempt at pros | 154 |
More than 40,000 fans flocked to Busch Stadium on Saturday for the NHL Winter Classic Alumni Game and more than 45,000 are expected Monday for the nationally televised game on NBC.
Blues defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk and his teammates felt the tradition and history while using the Cardinals clubhouse as their locker room. Some of the Blues, including Tarasenko, even took a few cuts in the Cards' batting practice cages beneath the stadium.
But people here love Blues hockey, and I think everyone in St. Louis knows it's a hockey town. People outside are starting to figure that out, and after (Monday), it's going to be a pretty big indicator to a lot of people around the country.
Blues defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk
"We're kind of blessed to have such a great baseball team, and they've been here for a long time; there's a longstanding tradition there for that," Shattenkirk said. "But people here love Blues hockey, and I think everyone in St. Louis knows it's a hockey town. People outside are starting to figure that out, and after (Monday), it's going to be a pretty big indicator to a lot of people around the country ... a lot of people around the hockey world, that this is a great place to play hockey."
Ready for the show
St. Louis prepared well for its time as the temporary center of the hockey universe. The Winter Classic pregame area at Ballpark Village gave fans without tickets to either game an opportunity to experience the event right along with ticket-holders.
While the Blackhawks have played in five outdoor games since 2009, this is still a completely new venture for the Blues and St. Louis.
The bulk of that experience is four outdoor games each for forwards Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane and defensemen Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook. Corey Crawford has been the starter in three straight outdoor games for Chicago.
The only Blues to play in an outdoor game are defensemen Carl Gunnarsson, Jay Bouwmeester and Robert Bortuzzo.
"From a hockey purist standpoint and being involved in the game so long, I think the crowd yesterday shocked the world," Blues coach Ken<|fim_middle|> Louis Blues to open season against Washington
They packed MetroLink and stood in the rain. These fans came to celebrate the Stanley Cup.
Despite the rain, thousands of Blues fans gather to celebrate Stanley Cup in St. Louis
Here's what you need to know about the Blues' Stanley Cup parade and rally Saturday
St. Louis celebrates, leaving other cities to sing the title drought blues
Congratulations pour in for the Blues, but Jenna Fischer puts the icing on the cake | Hitchcock said of the more than 40,000 fans watching the alumni game. "I don't think people expected that many people to come to the vent.
"This one tomorrow, I know it's going to be a great show."
The Blues-Blackhawks game has spanned four arenas and is about to enter a baseball stadium. The action was just as intense during the old days at the St. Louis Arena and Chicago Stadium as it is now at Scottrade Center and United Center.
The Blues eliminated the Blackhawks in a raucous seven-game playoff series last spring to help add a bit more fire to the festivities. Chicago (23-11-5, 51 points) leads the Blues (19-13-5, 43 points) by eight points in the Central Division standings.
"Our playoff run last year and the first round win against (Chicago) kind of set the tone for this game coming up," Blues defenseman Joel Edmundson said. "I know everyone in this city and Chicago is just buzzing about it. Everyone back home in Canada is going to be watching.
"It's a big deal back in Canada, too; they love their outdoor games so it's going to be fun to be part of that."
Shattenkirk talked about the adjustment the players will need while going at game-speed with no roof overhead and playing on a rink encircled by a sold-out baseball stadium.
"It felt like you were skating on a lake or skating on the pond again," he said after Sunday's practice session. "It's a very weird feeling not having the fans right on top of you and the stands right on you, but it's great.
"That will hit home tomorrow when we walk out of the dugout and you see thousands of fans there. Then you realize what's going on. That's when everything will start to sink in, that it's still a game."
Not just any game, but Blues vs. Blackhawks.
"The first couple shifts might be a little strange with the sightlines and taking in the speed of the game, but after that it will turn into a regular Blues-Blackhawks game," Shattenkirk said.
Hitchcock couldn't help but get emotional thinking about growing up in Western Canada.
"I grew up on an outdoor rink," Hitchcock said. "My dad was a caretaker for two outdoor rinks back in Edmonton. It just brings you back to the old days."
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An overall view of Busch Stadium in St. Louis, the site of the NHL Winter Classic outdoor hockey game Monday between the St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks. Billy Hurst AP
Fans celebrate at St. Louis Blues Stanley Cup Championship parade
Patrick Maroon with the Stanley Cup
Blues remove 'interim' tag from Berube's title with new, three-year contract
By Todd Eschman
The Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues extended coach Craig Berube a three-year contract to remove the interim tag from his title. The 17-year NHL veteran was a finalist for the Jack Adams Award after 63 games.
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Elipson Planet M 5.1 review | What Hi-Fi?
As style packages go, the Elipson Planet M 5.1 certainly pushes the envelope. The satellites' sealed enclosures are smooth and solid, and look great in any of their three finishes of glossy black, white or red.
They have metal support rings for shelves or stands, and Elipson also offers optional dedicated stands, wall-mount brackets, in-ceiling and hanging supports, so you can unleash your inner interior designer.
The satellites are a two-way configuration, with a 20mm silk-dome tweeter and 10cm treated-paper cone hidden behind the grille.
No 5.1 speaker system is complete without a subwoofer, of course, and Elipson's Planet Sub is designed to match the Ms sonically and aesthetically. Its cylindrical enclosure<|fim_middle|>. But as it is, they fall just short of heaven. | houses a 200W Class-D amp and a 20cm downward-firing driver.
Spin the wholly appropriate Blu-ray of JJ Abrams's Star Trek – a test favourite in our offices – and the Planets deliver a smooth, pleasant sound. Integration between the satellites and the sub is great – they easily steer the thundering Dolby TrueHD 5.1 soundtrack around the room.
The Planets will struggle to fill a large listening room, but they do have a decent amount of weight to their sound. There's also no overt hardness to the top end. There's enough detail on offer to keep you listening, but the Ms can't dig up the finest detail for that truly immersive movie-watching experience.
Similarly, they don't have the fluid dynamism and pure drama that comes so easily to class-leading speaker systems, such as our Award-winning Bowers & Wilkins MT-50 setup.
With a touch more attack and punch, the Planets would be true stars | 201 |
You can use IBM WebSphere MQ to enable applications to communicate at different times and in many diverse computing environments.
What is IBM WebSphere MQ?
IBM WebSphere MQ is messaging for applications. It sends messages across networks of diverse components.
Your application connects to IBM WebSphere MQ to send or receive a<|fim_middle|> MQ provides a messaging backbone for deploying an enterprise service bus (ESB) as the connectivity layer of a service-oriented architecture (SOA). This course also explains how IBM WebSphere MQ responsibilities can include the management of topic-based publish/subscription information.
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Mindmajix provides quality, robust training while equipping you with the necessary knowledge and skills to excel in your profession. What makes the Mindmajix learning experience stand out is hands-on experience that is immediately applicable to one's job function. Our core mission is to develop courses based on the needs and challenges that are relevant and applicable to the specific role of today's professional. | message. IBM WebSphere MQ handles the different processors, operating systems, subsystems, and communication protocols it encounters in transferring the message. If a connection or a processor is temporarily unavailable, IBM WebSphere MQ queues the message and forwards it when the connection is back online.
An application has a choice of programming interfaces, and programming languages to connect to IBM WebSphere MQ.
IBM WebSphere MQ is messaging and queuing middleware, with point-to-point, publish/subscribe, and file transfer modes of operation. Applications can publish messages to many subscribers over multicast.
This course provides a conceptual understanding of messaging and queuing as implemented by IBM WebSphere MQ. The participants will learn how IBM WebSphere | 138 |
Q: Using scope, defined in parent model, inside it's child (STI pattern) I implement a class hierarchy using STI pattern
class A
scope :aaa, where([<|fim_middle|>So, if you have STI in Rails Please put the scopes in the Base class, not intermediate classes
| someField]:[someValue])
end
class B < A
end
The problem is that when I try to call something like:
B.limit(5).aaa
=> SELECT "[table]".* FROM "[table]" WHERE "[table]"."type" IN ('A') AND ([someField] = [someValue]) LIMIT 5
So I am getting 5 objects of type A, which satisfies scope :aaa
But I need to do the same with rows where type = "B"
Is there any way to use scopes from parent, without redifinning it in childs in STI pattern?
Thanks in advance
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I just discussed it with my frind and he showed me one important thing. A in not the root class of STI. IN fact whole hierarchy looks like
class O < ActiveRecord::Base
end
class A < O
scope ..... .....
end
class B < A
end
maybe the reason is in hierarchy itself?...
A: You are correct that this is a result of the multi-level hierarchy.
The scope would work as expected if you had just one level of inheritance (i.e. if A inherited from ActiveRecord::Base instead of inheriting from O).
STI in Rails does not always work as expected once you have intermediate classes.
I'm not sure if this is a bug in Rails or just a result of it not being feasible to infer exactly what should be done. I'll have to research that more.
The scope issue you experienced is just one example of the unexpected behavior. Another example is that querying the intermediate class will only query for the class types it is aware of, which may not include all of its subclasses unless you specifically require them:
See the following thread for more information, especially the post at the bottom by MatthewRudy: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/hkror/iCg3kxXkxnA
If you still want to use scopes instead of class methods as suggested by @Atastor, you can put the scope on O instead of A. This isn't ideal since the scope may not be applicable to every subclass of O, but it does seem to cause Rails to query the correct classes in the type column, and is a quick workaround.
A: I would switch to using a class method instead of a scope, e.g. in class A
def self.aaa
A.where([someField]:[someValue])
end
and afterwards in class B
def self.bbb
self.aaa.where("type = ?","B")
end
A: Watch out for STI intermediate classes because it can mess the scope you're trying.
In my case I had:
class A < ActiveRecord
blabla
end
class B < A
scope :dates, ->(start_date, end_date) { where(:date => start_date..end_date) }
end
class C < B
<call scope_dates>
end
class D < B
<call scope_dates>
end
And the scope was actually including class C and class D combined.
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Installing equipment and wiring in a new audio facility is never an easy task, which is why so many top studios prefer to leave the job to the experts rather than tackle it in-house. And the company that many turn to when they are either opening a new studio or refurbishing an existing one is Newfield King Ltd (NFK), a specialist design and technical installation company headed by Bill Ward.
Over the years NFK has worked with studios such as Abbey Road, Angel, Mayfair and Sarm in London, as well as high profile Soho-based post production facilities such as 750 mph and The Production Factory. Its list of UK and European clients extends from concert venues, educational institutions and law courts through to internationally acclaimed recording artists such as George Michael and William Orbit for whom NFK has installed private studios.
According to Bill Ward, one of the main factors in NFK's success is its relationship with key suppliers such as VDC Trading, through which is sources all of its cabling and connectors.
"We always use the highest quality products because that's the only way to ensure first rate results for our customers," Ward says. "VDC Trading has been my principle cable supplier since I started the company six years ago. The staff at VDC understand the technical issues involved in the business and are always willing to act quickly in order to fulfil orders."
In recent months NFK has completed three major projects, all with VDC Trading's help. The first of these was the installation of a Solid State Logic AWS 900 analogue digital workstation into Greenhouse Studios in Iceland, which is owned by producer Valgier Sigurdsson, whose credits include extensive work with Bjork.
"VDC's support was vital whilst out in Iceland because shipping was incredibly expensive, so complex orders needed to be executed without hassle," Ward explains. "As we were not in a situation where we could 'nip back next week to finish things off', it was imperative that stock was available in quantity and next day. Added to this, our client was taking a no compromise attitude to the technical designs, therefore we needed top end quality as always."
NFK has also completed a project in Glasgow – installing a Solid State Logic SL4048G+ Series console in Mixing Rooms, a new three-studio facility owned by producer Stuart McCredie that also houses a Solid State Logic AWS 900. Mixing Rooms, which opened just before Christmas, is now Scotland's premier recording facility.
Bill Ward says: "Although this installation didn't require an abundance of cabling – most of it was supplied by the client - there was a whole host of connectors, racking and custom made studio looms and cables required, all of which were effortlessly supplied by VDC."
Another studio that has benefited from the combined resources of NFK and VDC is Riverlight in Chelsea, London, which<|fim_middle|>bay incorporating eight full width bantam strips so that Leo's extensive collection of outboard equipment could be linked to the desk. Once again, our client took a no compromise approach to the technical installation and was happy to return to both NFK and VDC to ensure the job was done properly."
Audio-visual cables | is owned by film music composer and producer Leo Cottakis. This installation was a re-fit of an existing NFK/VDC control room, in which the old console was replaced with an SSL AWS 900 analogue workstation, which also includes the first UK installation of the new SSL X-Rack dynamics package.
Ward says: "This was a massive technical installation – in fact the largest and most comprehensive AWS 900 install we have carried out so far. It involved a complete system re-wire plus a new a patch | 109 |
First day of spring, another 'year of musing' … 11 years behind me. Fingers keep moving, ideas find their way to this page - Day 1, Year 12. I never have a plan. I write. My mood, my belly, things going on in my life inspire me plenty. I just start. By the end of the page it sometimes looks very different – but that doesn't matter. It is what I make of it, and I sign my name. It is the best thing I do every day. Happy to share it with so many, but make no mistake – I do it for me.
When we create, what we create, we create from nothing. Sure, architects might use concrete and steel – but first they use paper. And a pencil.
Financiers move mountains of money and build commerce – but first, they use a napkin and a pen. And they call lawyers, who put it all on paper.
It all starts with lines and designs. And paper, and pencils. Just like a child drawing about their trip to grandma's house. With paper, and crayons.
Creativity is not just about art. There might be more art in a complex negotiation than in a fine painting, more nuance in a romantic adventure than a heralded piece of architecture. And, the play, can create and re-create so much for us all.
I'm just writing a little column and I get enormous creative fulfillment from it – energy from it, inspiration from it.
It is about doing things that interest you because you want to do it without regard for whether anyone will say it is good or fine or superb – but because you need and want to do it.
Creativity and energy are linked to happiness – I'm convinced of that. We start – as beautifully creative children – when we have no rules. Until rules are given to us.
Play and creativity are fostered in early childhood – we are growing but declining at the same time because rules of conformity are given to us. Stay inside the lines. Be nice. Be obedient. Behave. Be on time. Be a team player. Be considerate. Be … be, be, be … so many things that most of us lost it all before we left school and then, the world of work and organizations drummed it out of us a little further. Go along. Get along. Conform. Comply.
How is it then, that by middle age the creativity in so many people has been diluted, diminished and nearly destroyed. Docility of the spirit is sad. By middle-age most of us have lost all memory of it and have little confidence we have any creativity left.
Can that playfulness, that creativity – in it be re-constituted? Good question.
What does it need, what<|fim_middle|> see the awesome TED talk by Chris Hadfield? Canada's astronaut extraordinaire talks candidly about fear, about danger, and how to measure the difference.
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What does creativity need to survive, thrive and become alive?
I think I'm getting more creative. But, at the same time I'm getting older. Not to say that I'm losing a step or two, but I realize I'm more set in some ways than are good for me, more habituated – which restricts me, naturally, from acting 5 again.
If there is a page I want to write on it, if there is a wall I want to paint it. If there is a time, I want to live it. If there is a place I want to own it.
Who we are, what we attempt is no accident. It is deliberate, decisive and creative. Or it is nothing. It is so easy – at any age – to put our creative horses out to pasture and say we have nothing left, we are spent, used up and tired. We've all had that kind of a Wednesday from time to time, but some people feel that way every day. My recipe is – 'get over yourself'. You are only as good as you try to be.
There is no try, unless we describe our failings and failures.
But when we describe what we do, what we've done and what we are doing – when we do, every day is victory.
Every day can be the first of day something.
So too, tomorrow will be.
I am in complete control of me.
You are in complete control of you.
The rest … what Yoda said.
If you know someone who needs a boost, buy them crayons and point them to any wall at all, and don't be afraid to join in.
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If any single role in game development could lay claim to being the glue holding projects together, it's that of the producer. It's the producers' job to steer the project, manage workflows and generally work to keep everything on track. But while producers are an established part of game development process, it is a role that is far from fixed.
Some producers toil away within development studios, handling the daily task of managing a project and -- in smaller studios at least -- often getting involved with work that goes beyond the tighter remit of simply producing a game. Others work for publishers, overseeing the games being developed by external studios.
"The main difference between an external and an internal producer is that the team of an external producer sits outside of the company and that he nearly always has less authority over them than with internal teams," says Thorsten Stein, an external producer at online game publisher Bigpoint.
Regardless of where they work, project management is a core part of the producer's job but, says Steve Finn, head of production at online multiplayer specialists RedBedlam, "just coming up with a Gantt chart and going 'there you are, that's that done' reduces the role down to one of time keeping.""
A lot of the job is managing people," he says. "In the office environment you're a combination between mum and dad, and in the business environment you are very protective of your team, and trying to make the client as happy as possible."
Since producers are often the bridge between the business and creative sides of game development, producers need to be able to cope with stress from all angles.
"It can be super stressful," says Jeff Riggall, senior games producer at Cartoon Network Digital. "You've got the team members that are looking to you, and if you don't have something you can do right away or if things are falling behind you've got that stress.
"On top of that, you've got people that are higher than you who are looking<|fim_middle|> that pressure coming down on you too to figure things out. Producers are a unique type of individual that can take those stressful situations and not blow up."
So what steps can producers take to keep things moving along and ease that pressure? Gamasutra asked Riggall, Stein, Finn and Sega Studios Australia's Darius Sadeghian for their top tips for producers.
"It helps if you've had experience on the shop floor, because otherwise people think 'Well, what does he know?'" says Steve Finn, head of production at RedBedlam, the British developer behind MMO The Missing Ink.
"One of the greatest advantages in coming into my current job was that I had to do some of the pieces of work that ultimately ended up being my team's role when we started because there was no one else at the time to do it. So I did some 3D art, some 2D art, some UI design, some programming, a bit of all of it.
"Most of it was balls, of course, because I'm by no means an artist or programmer -- but if you want to instruct someone on what you would like them to do, it's good to have even a smidgen of understanding of the lingo, what they do, and the challenges they come up against."
Prototyping is a game development basic, but it's something that cannot be neglected -- even when development cycles are short, says Jeff Riggall, senior games producer at Cartoon Network Digital.
"It helps tremendously to at least do a quick prototype of your core features rather than going in blind and hoping something is going to work the way you want," he says. "With Dreamworks' Dragons: Wild Skies we didn't have long. It was a six to seven month development cycle. But we had to prototype some of the flight stuff and QuickTime sequences because it was the only way to see if it was going to work the way we wanted it to. You might not have much time to do it, but as a producer you've really, truly got to squeeze it in." | for results and | 3 |
My work does not<|fim_middle|> from those of the day's excessively bland, unreasonably rational, machine made urban mass humanity. In their import the drawn images are almost iconic and as such their presiding paradigm is the contemplation of the twilight zone's protean, creatively restless minds. His predisposition towards envisaging the vibrating sea of our inner world is timely. He manifests it as charged with the traces of the fabulous, much as is realized, for instance, via a theatre of meaning-pregnant, surprising possibilities, of strange specters and visitations Goyal has, in sum, been at pains to personify experiences, to reveal the identity, the nuance, the composite being of humanity. He is interested in transforming the humdrum surface events and in taking us aback with his liner personages. Normality is well and good for practical purposes, but beyond that, surely, is our life of hidden apprehension and suspense, with all its attendant joys and dangers. And yet instructive wisdom issues out of it all. Thus, the artist's, as if, metallic images serve by withdrawing the viewer from the world of objects, and that for his charged responses to them. He brings his viewer up against the unpredictable itself and nothing humdrum. This enactment, even when in modest space, plays the drama of our ebullient or erratic souls. Those by whom such a 'theatre' of lovely specters is peopled, have as their task the search and prefigurement of the mysterious sitting right in the middle of our sometimes now too cozy T.V. fitted living rooms.
When the images of much of contemporary art become too self-regarding to the point where their sole obligation is to claim that they are no more nor less than what they are, as even also in the case of pure abstraction, then they are shut off from the seamless matrix of values and meanings which give them life. So they diminish their claim upon us, which ultimately negates the very conditions for their own survival. They have to pretend that it is not the condition of the human communication to involve intelligence, perception, conviction, memory and so on. But an image is not some sort of quasi absolute, rather it carries a burden of timeless meaning and so must, of necessity, stand in sound relationship to the strange but yet core truths of our deeper lives.
This artist's, craft wise artistic mastery is undoubtedly characteristic in the realized perfection of his images. These indeed are a contribution to the art of our day. The contribution is an esthetic with a beating heart.
The comparative youth of the artist, all the more contributes to the energized nature of his visual language. His exploration of a kinetic territory is courageous and it has certainly yielded authentic results, which even as they offer us the necessary jolt, extend the duration of the missing mind. He makes no standard, or merely good gallery art. Along with a few others of his craft companions, he carries the living ghost of life right into the broad daylight of the present rather dry, desiccated times, thus enriching our kitty of the creative imagination.
Keshav Malik | directly engage with any particular social or political issue, it takes on a more individual, introspective and autobiographical role in terms of a mental response or reaction towards the issues that we as humanity are trying to grapple with. My work engages with the constant changes that we collectively have to adjust and adhere to, my paintings move from chaos and hysteria, to depiction of hope and serenity, emotions every individual would feel in different circumstances and situations, to finally realization and comprehension of life's processes, of understanding that everything is, has been and will be in a constant state of Flux (change). And even in destruction and chaos something new and stable is created. My work tries to explore the changing mental landscape of the human mind.
dhanurgoyal@gmail.com
PERFORMATIVE FORMS
This work? A design of pure rhythmic movement. The thrust and sweep of forms, spreading from a spiral core, and as are often perfectly organized in relation to one another, One may perhaps trace suggestions of natural movement--a dancer poised on heel or toe; the sweep of upraised arms; the line of a scythe; the curve of a sail filled by the wind; the spread of a bird's wing. From such things and from spiral formation of certain growths, the vortex of movements. These forms, then, seem to have been extracted, assembled or woven together into new vital units.
Or let us say, over here is an attempt at beauty of sheer velocity expressed in terms of the human torso in the dance. Poise, grace and vitality personified and given their fullest expression in the techniques of some performative forms. So that this work could be compared to the somewhat similar compositions in all abstractly geometric art patterns or of dynamic designs.
The premises of the latest in line digital compulsions have, in one way, little to contribute to an assessment of this artist's work. We can only avoid bringing to his organically informed, mesmerizing invocations, irrelevant pre-conceptions of appreciation and judgment if we attempt to situate them in relation to such current artistic meanings to which he, by choice, does not align his spirit.
While Goyal is no outsider to whatever is loosely deemed as 'Modernism', the imaginative qualities that he frequently seems to project in his work are drawn from the still living Nritya tradition and which is so largely reflected in the Indian dance forms. Forms, both art wise in their higher rung, as much as in the rites, rituals and 'spiritistic' communions of the folk. You just have to watch his key images to realize this aspect of his genre. Well, even if any other artists happen to share his unusual vision, his own acute, spare symmetry steeped manner takes his compound creations to an elevated plane. They become artistically compelling; his geometrical rhythms suggesting a movement which energizes and quickens our pulse.
So that this art is a sort of resurgence; its rapidity facing forwards and inwards; is of images of crisp equilibrium and suspense, where the natural and the supernatural are as if engaged in a tete-a-tete. The works owe only a little to the apparent or observed reality. The ovoid images exist purely to act as the vehicle of a visionary world that is the instrument of possession and emotive purgation. In other words, they exist as an interior analogue which seeks to orientate and drive the viewer's contemporary consciousness towards the realization of awakened primal possibilities, and away | 701 |
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See how hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, releases petroleum or natural gas trapped in shale rock formations.
Earth Science, Geology, Engineering, Geography, Human Geography, Physical Geography
The video above is from the March <|fim_middle|> source of natural gas, and renewable options like solar power and wind energy. Each energy resource has its advantages and disadvantages. Explore nonrenewable and renewable options with this collection on energy resources. | 2013 iPad edition of National Geographic magazine.
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a drilling method used to extract petroleum (oil) or natural gas from deep in the Earth. In the fracking process, cracks in and below the Earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting water, chemicals, and sand at high pressure.
Some resources extracted through fracking are called "tight oil" or "tight gas," because these pockets of fossil fuels are tightly trapped in hard shale rock formations. By accessing tight oil and tight gas, the sophisticated technologies used in fracking are rapidly expanding petroleum and natural gas production in the United States.
This video explains the technology of fracking using the example of the Iverson oil well, which drills into the Bakken shale formation near Williston, North Dakota.
A handful of other nations are investing in hydraulic fracturing to extract petroleum and natural gas.
Fracking is used to extract natural gas from the Montney shale formation in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.
Fracking is used to extract natural gas from the Sichuan basin in China.
Fracking is used to extract petroleum from the Taranaki shale formation in New Zealand.
One of the most active sites of fracking for oil is the Bakken shale formation, stretching from western North Dakota and Montana through the southern part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
Fracking is used to extract natural gas from the Marcellus shale formation in the northern Appalachian Basin, extending through the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia.
One of the first places hydraulic fracturing technology was used was the Barnett shale formation in northern Texas.
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National Geographic Magazine: Bakken Shale Oil
National Geographic Magazine: The New Oil Landscape
National Geographic News: The Great Shale Gas Rush
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coal, oil, or natural gas. Fossil fuels formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals.
process usually used to extract oil and natural gas in which fractures in the Earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting water, chemicals, and sand at high pressure. Also called hydraulic fracturing.
type of fossil fuel made up mostly of the gas methane.
fossil fuel formed from the remains of ancient organisms. Also called crude oil.
type of sedimentary rock.
knowledgeable or complex.
the science of using tools and complex machines to make human life easier or more profitable.
unconventional gas trapped in impermeable rock formations.
tight oil
petroleum trapped in often-impermeable rock formations.
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Coal, one of humankind's earliest fuel sources, is still used today to generate electricity. However, over time, there has been a shift in demand for cheaper and cleaner fuel options, such as the nonrenewable energy | 576 |
<|fim_middle|> Isha Yoga Center. Guided by the influence of Sadhguru, a reputed yogi, mystic, and spiritual leader based in South India, the Isha Yoga Center hosts programmes for both budding yogis (its Inner Engineering Retreat offers a wonderful and immersive chance to hone your techniques) as well as more advanced retreats for those who are already well-schooled in yogic practices. The center's thriving community atmosphere, its sprawling meditation hall and beautiful grounds all assist in fostering a spirit of wellbeing.
With a center accessibly located in South Chennai, the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram offers a philosophy of so-called 'Viniyoga,' which here refers to yoga programmes that are tailored entirely to the individual practitioner – from personal goals to physical limitations, everything is taken into consideration to ensure that the guest enjoys optimal care and access to expert teachers. Guided by the philosophy of modern yoga guru Krishnamacharya, daily sessions as well as residential retreats are on offer.
Settled on 12 bucolic, forested acres north of Madurai, the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Meenakshi Ashram is ideal for those who are serious about practicing yoga in Tamil Nadu. Founded in honour of Swami Sivananda, an early 20th century yoga master, the ashram hosts multi-week 'yoga vacations' that are designed to promote complete relaxation and inner peace. In addition to the Madurai-based ashram, a number of the organisation's other yoga centers can also be found across the country. | Though the Western world is still in the process of acquainting itself with yoga, in India they've been subscribing to the practice since ancient times, with some estimates dating it to more than 5,000 years old. For those looking to strengthen their stretches, align their chakras, and hone their mindfulness, there are few better places to get immersed in the restorative yogic arts than Tamil Nadu. The southern state hosts a number of intensive ashrams, restful retreats, and other expert courses that are certain to give you a new understanding of the discipline. From downward dog and beyond, these five destinations for yoga in Tamil Nadu will leave you feeling fit and renewed.
Auroville may be best known to Tamil Nadu visitors as a striking landmark – an experimental, utopian town near the border with Puducherry, it's certainly unlike anywhere else in the country. But for those looking to explore the yogic arts, it also serves as a one-of-a-kind backdrop. For those who are stopping by to soak in the town's atmosphere, one-week classes or private yoga classes are available for guests. You're certain to leave feeling more limber – and perhaps with a new world view, too.
Hidden away in the scenic Nilgiri Mountains, Ayurveda Retreat Hospital promotes a three-pronged approach to wellness. The center's Ayurvedic meals and therapies will restore your inner balance, its evening meditation sessions will clear your mind, and the yoga programming will ensure that you feel at your most radiant, inside and out. With professional healers on staff and lush, tropical nature all around, the South Indian destination promises rest and renewal.
For students of all levels, there are few more desirable places to practice yoga in Tamil Nadu than the reputed | 359 |
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I'd like to request a showing of 319 Ellis Rd, MIRAMAR BEACH, FL, 32550 (MLS® #811582). Thank you! | has a 420 SF trailer located on S.E. corner of property on Ellis Rd. Minimal contribution attributable to improvements. All dimensions are approximate, buyer needs to verify.
MLS®# 811582 is a 3 bedroom, 2.00 bath Detached Single Family located at 319 Ellis Rd, in the METES & BOUNDS neighborhood of Miramar Beach. This 1056 square foot Detached Single Family was built in 1987 and is currently priced at $2,50 | 114 |
OUR BRIEF – to design an affordable mobile tiny house for a 'kisaan', a farmer, from central India, as the Client. The design is based on the idea of Build, Live and Earn, thus promoting a sustainable lifestyle for a farmer.
PLANNING – The house is envisaged as two<|fim_middle|> available wooden framework with easily replacable bamboo infill panels, resting on a sturdy MS I-frame. The floor and ceiling is made of light weight fibre reinforced cement panels(aerocon), walls internally finished in chipboard. The entire house is envisaged as a Dry Construct, to curb damage during mobility. Modular / foldable seating, beds, tables, chairs ensure space optimization / functional adaptability. | cuboids, one public, one private, separated by a small green court inbetween, while connected by a stair. The 3M high Living+Kitchen cuboid overlooks this court as the immediate view ensuring privacy when needed. The two shorter sides of the living can drop down to become two cantilevered decks, connecting the inside to the outside, also channelizing the breezes to flow through the house. The second cuboid, 5m high, houses a toilet on lower level, and a bedspace on the upper level.
STRATEGY APPLICATION – A kisaan could place this tiny abode anywhere on his farm, work here, rest here. He could also tow the house to a nearby town, to sell his yield directly to the end user, where the house transforms into his shop. He could also transfigure it into a homestay by inviting citydwellers to stay here, establishing a symbiotic relation, where the guests learn / live a countryside farm life while the farmer earns by hosting them.
CONSTRUCT – The house is built as a composite of locally | 222 |
She's savvy enough to have chosen stories—including one of my own childhood favorites, the Billy Goats Gruff—that fall into repeating patterns, allowing for the kind of musical repetition that hooks preschool-age kids immediately. They learn the simple melody the first time through, and then can sing along themselves each time the pattern comes around again.
Yes, Pete Seeger and hundreds before him have been using this technique for years, but there's a reason for that: It works. As proof, I offer up my three-year-old, Griff, who was mesmerized by The Good Ms. from hello. Since he is not, as a rule, mesmeriz-able at this age by anything, even ice cream, for much more than a minute, that's a pretty serious recommendation right there.
Didactic books for beginning readers...well, just look at the phrase. Sounds like the kiss of death already, no? Yet in the right hands, books that teach basic linguistic concepts—like author-illustrator Ethan Long's<|fim_middle|> of those books that the adults adore but the kids are bored by. But Dash seized upon it as a toddler and didn't let go for years; it was a recurring favorite for a long, long time. Now Griff has done the same, and despite being a very different personality, seems to respond just the same way Dash did to Ehlert's simple text and multifaceted collages.
The book also seems to magically survive toddler reads in a way most books with cutouts don't—somehow, mysteriously, those work-glove pages don't have torn fingers. Since Hands is not made of heavy-duty cardboard or anything like that, I can only attribute this to a weird respect the boys have for the book...realizing as I type it how very bizarre that statement is! | Up, Tall and High—can be both irresistibly charming and remarkably effective.
In this book, a cast of three Mo Willems–esque birds demonstrate the practical meaning of the three somewhat related words in the title. Each lesson is very short and very simple, yet manages to get across surprising levels of complexity (the relativity of the word tall, for example). And each ends with a little punch line, revealed by opening a flap.
It's the kind of book our three-year-old keeps coming back to; the whimsical characters delight him. And while I don't plan to test the depth of his knowledge of the book's three keywords, the way he studies each little story have me convinced that the mini lessons are penetrating. Not that it matters, to be honest—his pure delight in reading the book is plenty.
Turns out the band's lead vocalist and songwriter, Debbie Lan, hails from Cape Town herself, and thus has a closer tie to kwela music and the African-style harmonies that inform Grenadilla's sound than the influence of any mere New York City band. Lan also happens to have a marvelous singing voice, clear and warm, that will make parents who are fans of Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, and Natalie Merchant feel right at home; the group's ensemble vocal harmonies are likewise marvelous.
And the kids? Suffice it to say that within 12 bars of the first track on Can't Wait—the infectious "Sitting on Top of the World" (an original, by the way, not the '20s classic made famous by Al Jolson)—my son Dash had left the breakfast table to start dancing in the kitchen. A song that can distract a seven-year-old from pancakes? I'm not sure there's any higher praise for its creators.
We've recently reached yet another fascinating stage (aren't they all, really?) of parenting: Our three-year-old, Griffin, is starting to pick his way through many of the books his older brother, Dash, read back when he was three. It's interesting to see which he loves more than Dash did, and which of the old favorites he has little time for; there are ample examples of both. But the best endorsement our family can now give a children's book is that both kids have independently taken it to their hearts.
Hands: Growing Up to Be an Artist, by Lois Ehlert, is a 2004 book we'd almost forgotten about—it's been that long since Dash read it much. But Griff picked it off the shelf recently, and now it's again one of the new regulars at bedtime.
It's written from the perspective of a girl whose mother and father both work around the house in various handy, crafty ways—painting, sewing, building, planting. Ehlert illustrates this abstractly with busy close-up photo-collages of the materials and items being worked on, and cutouts of the different types of work gloves they use. The narrator then explain how she's been allowed to pitch in and learn how to do all these tasks, with a work space and tools of her own. The book ends with a series of work gloves that tie mother, father, and daughter together: one big crafty family.
This message of family creativity is, of course, nearly irresistible to parents of a certain bent, and this could have been one | 692 |
SAINT VITUS To Kick Off Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Tour This Week
Band To Perform Born Too Late In Its Entirety
Legendary doom metal dignitaries, SAINT VITUS, will celebrate their thirty-fifth anniversary with a short run of live rituals later this week. Sponsored by Scion AV, the trek inaugurates on May 8th in Albuquerque, New Mexico and will wind its way West and back again, coming to a close on May 25th in Dallas, Texas.
SAINT VITUS will be performing the planet-fracturing Born Too Late album - the first VITUS recording to feature the imperious<|fim_middle|>osta (drums). They soon changed their name to SAINT VITUS after the song "St. Vitus' Dance" by Black Sabbath. Their main influences were Sabbath and Black Flag, the latter of which SAINT VITUS toured with during the 1980s. Under this lineup, VITUS recorded two albums (Saint Vitus and Hallow's Victim) and an EP (The Walking Dead). Scott Reagers fled the band following The Walking Dead and was replaced by The Obsessed frontman Scott "Wino" Weinrich.
Wino went on to record three studio albums -- Born Too Late, Mournful Cries and V -- a live album (Live), and an EP (Thirsty And Miserable, featuring the Black Flag cover of the same name) with VITUS. Weinrich left the band in 1991 to reform The Obsessed.
Following Weinrich's departure, the band went on hiatus before recruiting former Count Raven singer, Christian Lindersson, as Weinrich's replacement. Lindersson would record only one album, C.O.D., before being replaced by original VITUS vocalist, Scott Reagers who recorded vocals for the band's final album, Die Healing. SAINT VITUS decided to call it a day in 1996.
On July 1st, 2003, the classic Born Too Late lineup -- Weinrich, Chandler, Adams and Acosta - reunited for one show in Chicago as a warm up to their appearance at the With Full Force Festival in Germany later that week and as of 2008, SAINT VITUS had officially returned. Sadly, Armando Acosta passed away from ongoing health issues shortly thereafter. The band moved forward, adding basher Henry Vasquez to the fold and has remained behind the drum kit ever since.
http://www.facebook.com/scionavmetal | voice of Scott "Wino" Weinrich - in its entirety alongside other renowned VITUS anthems. Support will come from Portland stoner rock power trio Sons Of Huns.
In celebration of the trek, Scion AV will be giving away two pairs of tickets to every club show via Twitter. See www.scionav.com for details.
SAINT VITUS w/ Sons Of Huns
5/08/2014 Launch Pad - Albuquerque, NM
5/09/2014 Club Red - Phoenix, AZ
5/10/2014 Cheyenne Saloon - Las Vegas, NV
5/11/2014 The Observatory (Psycho De Mayo Fest) - Santa Ana, CA
5/13/2014 The Echo - Los Angeles, CA
5/14/2014 SLO Brew - San Luis Obispo, CA
5/15/2014 Strummer's - Fresno, CA
5/16/2014 Thee Parkside - San Francisco, CA
5/17/2014 Branx - Portland, OR
5/18/2014 Highline - Seattle, WA
5/20/2014 In The Venue - Salt Lake City, UT
5/21/2014 Marquis Theatre - Denver, CO
5/23/2014 Red 7 (Outside) - Austin, TX
5/24/2014 Fitzgerald's Downstairs - Houston, TX
5/25/2014 Three Links - Dallas, TX
SAINT VITUS:
Dave Chandler - guitar
Scott Weinrich - vocals
Mark Adams - bass
Henry Vasquez - drums
Regarded as one of the first bands of the doom genre, starting out as early as the late 1970s along with Pentagram and Trouble, SAINT VITUS was formed in 1979 under the name Tyrant, with Scott Reagers (vocals), Dave Chandler (guitar), Mark Adams (bass), and Armando Ac | 459 |
Lover of Cheese
By Marilyn McCray
Photography by Bill Albrecht
Cathy Strange considers food to be one of the few universal languages, much like music. And if food is a language, then cheese might just be interpreted by Strange as the word for "passion." She's the cheese buyer for Whole Foods Market, and a fervent advocate for an industry that respects the regions, seasons, animals that contribute and the artisans involved.
A self-described picky eater, Strange didn't set out to become a turophile (lover of cheese). But a temporary job in a friend's Northern Italian/French-style restaurant piqued her interest. In 1991, Strange took a part-time job in the wine section of the Chapel Hill Wellspring Grocery; Whole Foods Market bought the store a month later. Strange continued through the transition and quickly moved up to regional coordinator for beer, wine and cheese. Shortly after, the position of global cheese buyer was created specifically for her.
"Cathy is not a traditional buyer for a large organization," says Jason Hinds, director of sales for Neal's Yard Dairy in the U.K. "She creates relationships and understands the industry like no one else." And her buying decisions sometimes have a broader impact than simply culinary. For one small Lancashire, England, farm that's been producing traditional cheese for three generations, the cancellation of an order by a British supermarket chain threatened to force them out of business until Strange stepped in. "Within three months," continues Hinds, "Cathy had created a promotion that took 500 wheels of the unpasteurized Lancashire cheese to the U.S."
Keeping an eye on the larger picture is important to Strange. "I try to learn as much as I can about the product, farmers<|fim_middle|> emergence of the Slow Food movement, the heightened awareness of natural/organic foods and the introduction of the Food Network. "There's definitely a new culture of food starting to develop," she says.
Whatever the reasons for the new appreciation, it certainly doesn't hurt to have someone with a keen eye, an advanced palate and an appreciation for tradition on your side if you're a cheesemaker. "There's something in Cathy's being that lets you know she can and will help you," says Sweethardt.
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In Search of a Raw (I)deal | , organizations and people in a region," she says. And sharing that knowledge with customers could change everything for the next generation of cheese maker. When the Jeune Montagne dairy cooperative in the small town of Laguiole, France faced a profound decline, Strange—with the support of Whole Foods—helped them reorganize and create a sustainable market for their cheese. "The cooperative is the last and only producer of Laguiole cheese made from the milk of the Grand Aubrac cow," says Diane Sauvage of importer Interval USA. "Every year, there's a Whole Foods promotion and they tell the story of the dairy and the Laguiole cheese to their customers." As a result, not only is the cooperative making a strong comeback, but Laguiole is now considered a culinary destination.
One of few Americans inducted into the prestigious International Guilde des Fromagers de Saint-Uguzon, Strange has pursued her passion to the Roanne, France caves of world famous affineur (cheese ripening expert) Hervé Mons, and to Bra, Italy for Slow Food's Premier Cheese International Exhibition and Show. "I'm constantly amazed by the number of artisans Cathy knows around the world," says Laura Werlin, the James Beard-nominated author of New American Cheese. "Many of whom are now her friends."
Still, Strange considers herself firmly committed to U.S. cheese artisans, and to stocking their closer-to-home regional specialties. As a past president of the American Cheese Society, she says she's encouraged by the recent upswing in popularity of American cheeses, as well as by the burgeoning appreciation of artisan cheese.
"Cathy is a powerhouse for artisan cheeses across the country and right here in Texas," says Amelia Sweethardt of Pure Luck Goat Dairy in Dripping Springs. "She's made it possible for many small producers to bring their cheese to market."
When asked why Americans are embracing artisan cheese now more than a decade ago, Strange says it is partly due to Americans traveling more and being exposed to developed food cultures—especially in Europe. Other reasons include the | 427 |
The future belongs to the passionate
What started off as a 3 week holiday<|fim_middle|> too small. To quote Ryunosuke Satoro,
'Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.'
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Mangrove rehabilitation: Magangani, Watamu
The fishers community of Watamu and surrounds
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Getting ready for visitors as lockdown eases
Covid-19 Jobs for Conservation | in Watamu has turned into a magical 5 month experience with the Local Ocean Conservation team. No one could have predicted the effect that Covid19 would have on the world and the massive shut down it would have on travel.
While 'stuck' here during lockdown, I have been blessed to see baby turtles hatch, mother turtles lay eggs and have even been privileged enough to aid in the successful release of a turtle clinic patient from LOC back into the ocean. But one of the most touching encounters was with a young boy from the Watamu village. He had found a baby Olive Ridley hatchling battling to make its way out to the ocean. Heavy storms and rough conditions were making it's fight for survival even harder than usual. Luckily for this turtle, he had a passionate young Eco Warrior come to its rescue.
He was so concerned for the turtle's welfare that he did not want it kept at his home. They had a dog and he wanted to make sure that not only was his turtle friend safe, but also not subjected to any more environmental stress. His uncle was tasked with the very important duty of keeping the baby hatchling safe at his house until the Bycatch & Release Team from Local Ocean Conservation arrived.
When we arrived, the young boy showed us the location of the turtle hatchling. I could feel he was sizing us up to see if we were up to the task of helping his turtle buddy. On handing over his turtle friend, this young eco warrior made me promise to keep the turtle safe and make sure it got released back into the ocean. It touched my heart how important the future of this creature's welfare was to him. What fulfilment to spend these 5 months being part of the wonderful work LOC does, and to meet one of Watamu's young passionate conservationists.
It can be easy to feel like one person cannot make a difference when it comes to saving our oceans, but no deed is | 388 |
The NFL conference championship games this weekend are set to be a showcase for the league. The New Orleans Saints<|fim_middle|> kind of bounce.
"The potential upside of Games 6 and 7 of a Yankees World Series is like rocket fuel with the unplanned inventory of ads and how the series builds," Crakes said. "With football — even with the Cowboys in the Super Bowl — there's just fewer ads to sell and the game is already going to do well, anyway." | , Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs boast the four highest-scoring offenses and loads of star power — from quarterbacks Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Patrick Mahomes to wunderkind coach Sean McVay to fantasy football stars like Alvin Kamara and Tyreek Hill.
And so, after a season in which the NFL's TV ratings have rebounded following two years of declines, Sunday's games figure to produce big audiences for FOX and CBS.
But what exactly does a single playoff game mean to a network's bottom line? As good as these matchups are — the Saints hosting the Rams and the Patriots visiting the Chiefs — did Fox potentially lose money when the Dallas Cowboys, the league's top national ratings juggernaut, couldn't pull off an upset against the Rams last weekend? And do TV executives root as hard for Brady and Mahomes as they do, say, for a Game 7 of a baseball playoff series?
The answers are more complicated than some vague notion of a Brink's truck backing up to CBS's loading dock should those two quarterbacks trade touchdown passes late into Sunday evening. In fact, the NFL playoffs, according to a handful of current and former TV executives, are not when the networks do their hardest rooting.
"The networks are rooting for the marquee teams in the NFL playoff, but perhaps not as much as you might think," said Patrick Crakes, a former Fox Sports executive. "The intensity is higher in other sports."
For starters, neither CBS nor FOX is raking in some incredible bounty of ad dollars right now for their appealing Sunday games, because the vast majority of the ads for the conference championship games — at least 80-90 percent of them — were sold last summer, before the season started.
"The price doesn't change depending on the rating," said Neal Pilson, former head of CBS Sports. "If you promise a 25 rating and you deliver a 30, it's the advertiser who gets the great value."
The same phenomenon is in play when Tiger Woods makes a surprise run in a golf tournament and is in contention on Sunday. TV networks don't see a bonanza that day (the advertisers do); any windfall would come in the future, but only if they can sell ads with an expectation for continued Woods success.
It's not as if TV networks aren't rooting for big ratings numbers in the NFL playoffs. Big audiences will help them tout total viewership numbers when they sell ads next year, and promotional spots for their own shows will reach more people.
And if a game is a particular dud that doesn't meet the minimum viewership guaranteed by the network, it could owe advertisers what is known as a "make-good," which usually come in the form of free advertising on a follow-up telecast or on other programs on the network. (Though this is highly unusual for the NFL playoffs.) But even the following year's ad prices won't be hugely impacted by a single highly rated game because the rates are calculated based on the previous several seasons. In other words, one Cowboys game won't reset the market.
The NFL's playoff format of single games also limits the variance between seasons. Last year's ad revenue from the AFC championship game between the Patriots and the small market Jacksonville Jaguars ($100 million) was down only two percent compared to a Patriots-Pittsburgh Steelers game the year before, according to the advertising intelligence company Standard Media Index.
On the flip side, there is far more risk and reward in the Major League Baseball, NHL and NBA playoffs. Networks usually sell advertising packages that assume a seven-game series will last five only games, which means when a series reaches Games 6 or 7, there is new revenue coming in that hasn't been budgeted for.
"And if you don't get the Game 6 or 7 what are you putting on the air? Reruns," said Kevin Collins, senior vice president for sports investment at MAGNA Global, a marketing consulting firm. "You're never going to win the night doing that."
The Holy Grail, though, is when a network can combine marquee teams with a long series. Consider the 2016 World Series when the curse-breaking Chicago Cubs battled the Cleveland Indians for seven games. The series was epic and Game 7 went to extra innings, which meant even more commercial time to fill, and it likely earned Fox and its affiliates nearly $100 million in unplanned revenue, according to industry experts.
Even if the Patriots and the Cowboys were to meet in a dream Super Bowl matchup, there wouldn't be that | 932 |
Kids Welcome: Smoke Jazz & Supper Club Brunches
Aya Tanaka
Published: February 1, 2011 Last Updated: August 28, 2020
"Saturdays are decidedly kid-friendly; Sundays are not."
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Smoke Jazz & Supper Club
2751 Broadway, New York, NY 10025 (at 105th Street; map); 212-864-6662; smokejazz.com
Kids' Amenities: High chairs (1), stroller storage, kid's menu on Saturdays
Best Dishes for Kids: PB&J Sandwich, Sliders
Cost: $15 for children, $19 for adults on Saturdays; entrées $6.95 to $13.95 on Sundays
Jazz clubs are essentially adult places, where people go for the music and food is a second thought. Smoke Jazz & Supper Club uptown on Broadway and West 105th, as noted in Ed's review last year, proves that "great jazz and great food are not incompatible". Smoke also offers jazz brunches on weekends where children are not only welcome but the target audience. In addition to the regular Jazz brunch on Sundays, Smoke has recently launched a Jazz for Kids brunch on Saturdays. The result? Saturdays that are decidedly kid-friendly—and Sundays that are not.
The "every inch and ounce a star" of both brunches is vocalist and actor Lea Delaria, who along with her band delivers age-appropriate sets of jazz, swing, and blues numbers on each day. Ms. Delaria's warm and often hilarious stage presence is testament to her early career a stand-up comic. According to her, the Saturday show is "not educative", but it seemed (even if incidentally) structured with a pedagogical narrative in mind. Throughout the set Ms. Delaria encourages and engages the children to look for Boom Boom's (the bass player's) misplaced bow—reminding them of the perils of not putting away important items. The band also introduced the concepts of "singing the blues" to children—"singing about something bad that happened to you"—and sang "Old Macdonald" to jazz, bebop, reggae and swing beats.
Chef Patricia Williams' brunch offerings also vary by day. On Saturday, there is an all-organic menu for kids, while on Sunday the selection is that of a typical brunch menu, with a few twists. On both days the brunch starts out with a noteworthy bread basket that includes cranberry-lemon muffins, cinnamon-sugar toasts, and Nutella sandwiches, as well as jams and butter. Both the muffins and the Nutella sandwiches were an instant hit with my daughter.
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Smoke's space is cozy and tight, and on both days the house was full—reservations are probably a good idea. The staff is very nice and accommodating, from the French hostess to the waitresses who smilingly navigated the narrow space. Arriving early, a half hour before the 45-minute sets (11:00am and 1pm on Saturdays, 11:30 and 1:30 on Sundays) is probably a good idea in order to get the best spots in the house.
The Kids' Brunch menu features the usual suspects like chicken wings, PB&J sandwiches, and mini sliders. There are also a couple of more adult-like dishes such as Eggs Benedict and Smoked Salmon Platters for accompanying grown-ups. My daughter chose the Chicken Fingers, which were sided by chips, salad and a rosé sauce. A couple of the chicken fingers were a tad over-fried and dry, a bit too hard for my daughter to bite, but she enjoyed what she was able to eat.
I chose the Smoked Salmon Platter—two pieces of smoked salmon, a lightly toasted bagel, two slices of tomato and a few capers, satisfying albeit not memorable. The choice of dessert was Root Beer Float and Chocolate Pudding, and we both definitely preferred the second, which in my estimation was actually generously served bittersweet chocolate mousse, poked with air bubbles.
The Sunday brunch food was considerably better, at least for adults. The Spanish Eggs Benedict had poached eggs on a brothy, light stew of chorizo and fingerling potatoes topped with a justly-measured amount of hollandaise<|fim_middle|>Hello Eater!
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Kids might be interested in the oatmeal or granola plates; most other plates, however, include one or two ingredients that might not be so popular with the little ones (such as chives and peppers on the scrambled eggs, or the rum-laced bananas foster on the French toast). On our waitress' recommendation, we ordered a side dish of moist and soft scrambled eggs for my daughter and she shared some of my fingerlings as well as some of her father's ham and pork. We ended the brunch on a high note with a thin apple tart accompanied by caramel ice cream.
My two and a half year-old daughter unsuspectingly enjoyed both experiences but parents should be warned that the content of Ms. Delaria's Sunday brunch is decidedly for adults, with some raunchy comments and double-entendre references that might incite "complicated" questions from older children (Ms. Delaria is famously controversial in her political commentary).
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The US Government's decision to relocate their embassy from Grosvenor Square to the Nine Elms district of Battersea has been widely hailed as recognition that this part of the borough is poised to become London's most vibrant new business and leisure destination.
As well as the new embassy, tech-giant Apple is also moving its UK headquarters and around 3,000 staff to new offices at Battersea Power Station, while the Nine Elms regeneration as a whole is expected to create 25,000 new jobs and thousands of new homes including around 2,400 new affordable homes. It is Europe's biggest regeneration project.
The new US embassy. Image courtesy of Richard Bryant / arcaidimages.com
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"Where the State Department led others followed – of particular note for us was the subsequent announcements that Apple will be moving to Nine Elms and that the Royal College of Art is expanding its campus and innovation centre in Battersea.
"These high-profile digital, design and technology institutions coming to Wandsworth will open up untold opportunities for our residents and become another catalyst spurring on other businesses to make a similar move.
"Couple this with the transformation of Battersea Power Station – itself an icon of the past getting a new lease of life as the anchor for a new town centre; a remodelled New Covent Garden Market starting its third incarnation as London's supplier of great produce, and many more making Nine Elms an icon of post industrial regeneration.
"As if this was not enough – tunnelling works to deliver the Northern Line Extension are complete and we will soon have two new tube stations linking the area with the rest of London. Nine Elms is set to become one of the best connected places in London.
"The Embassy has also already established roots in the local community with its volunteer programme and already many of the Embassy staff have made Wandsworth their home underlining the commitment to become a part of our community.
"Dare I say we are developing our own special relationship!"
According to KieranTimberlake, the architect behind the embassy's design,"The State Department envisioned a new embassy in London that would serve as the centerpiece of one of America's longest-standing and most valued relationships.
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UHN Blog: Emergency! Coping with a Broken Ankle Overseas
UHN's Editor-in-Chief recounts the surreal story of an emergency situation in a foreign land. Along the way, he describes what to expect when that international trip is interrupted by a serious injury, a hospital stay, a battery of transoceanic doctor consults, and a precarious trip home.
By Timothy Cole • August 25, 2016
Ouch! This radiograph, taken within an hour of the accident that broke the left ankle of our editor-in-chief's wife, shows a serious compound fracture. The impact broke the malleolar extensions (at the bottom of the tibia and fibula) that cradle and support the leg bones on top of the central ankle bone, or talus
Traveling to Turkey immediately following that nation's July 2016 coup attempt might not have been right up there on our vacation bucket list. But I was tapped to walk a family member down the aisle for her marriage to a wonderful Turkish gentleman. And it just so happened the bride is an active-duty U.S. service member with multiple tours to Iraq and Afghanistan under her belt. A trip to Izmir on Turkey's Aegean coast would be an honor and the very least I could do.
Accordingly, my wife, Sarah, and<|fim_middle|>0 years as chief content officer of Belvoir Media Group, publisher of University Health News. In addition to oversight duties on University Health News, … Read More
View all posts by Timothy Cole | I planned the trip for many weeks, and while the headlines of a Turkey in crisis placed us on high alert, the idea of supporting our bride and her fiancé took precedence.
Dr. Salih Müjde.
What we didn't count on was a vehicle-pedestrian accident on the morning of the wedding that put my wife in two separate hospitals with a compound ankle fracture. Getting right to the punch line, I made it to the wedding and walked the bride down the aisle. But it was a nail-biter while Sarah was introduced up-close and personal to the Turkish healthcare system.
Bottom line: The kindness of strangers, the professionalism of Turkish healthcare workers, and the skills of orthopedic surgeon Dr. Salih Müjde saw us through this perfect storm.
Rewind That Tape
Sarah was with the bride and the groom's family at a beauty salon on the morning of the wedding. She was tasked to return to our apartment for a few items. While she was walking back, she stepped off a curb between two parked cars and was clipped in the ankle by a motorist. The impact broke the malleolar extensions at the bottom of the tibia and fibula that cradle and support the leg bones on top of the central ankle bone, or talus. (See accompanying radiographs.)
Sarah's tibia and fibula were displaced, opening up a serious bleeding flesh wound (you don't want to see those photos!) on the inside of her left ankle.
The driver stopped and numerous passersby came to her aid—many speaking English. They dialed Izmir's urgent care center and offered to contact Sarah's friends and family. I was having lunch with my sons a couple blocks away, and when we got the call we ran to the scene. Sarah was on a gurney in the back of an ambulance with a stabilizing cardboard splint on her leg. I hopped in the front seat, and Sarah gave her to-do list to my son, Andrew. We bolted off to begin our odyssey.
Upon arriving at Izmir's Alsancak Hospital, she was wheeled into the ER, where we met a calm, efficient physician named Atilla. He ordered imaging, which necessitated wheeling Sarah out of the ER and across a city square to enter another building. First order of business was to charge my Mastercard a total of 494 Turkish lire (about $180 USD) and we were soon peering at the extent of the broken-ankle damage on Atilla's desktop computer monitor.
Our blogger hustled from hospital to wedding (pictured: happy couple Emre Akkaya and Lauren Almond ) and back to hospital on an unforgettable August day.
"I need to reduce the joint," Atilla told me in perfect English. So we pushed Sarah into an adjoining room and braced for Atilla to reset her fracture. We both closed our eyes and held on tight but resetting the joint actually gave her some pain relief. Atilla checked the blood flow in her foot, and she could wiggle her toes. We started knocking wood.
It was at that moment that we decided I needed to try to make it to the wedding when another lucky break materialized. The father of the driver of the car that struck Sarah arrived, offering translation help. "Soli" became a godsend as Atilla scheduled an operating room to close Sarah's ankle wound. After that we could take a breath and plan next steps.
Dr. Müjde's surgery involved resetting the patient's ankle using plates, screws, and pins.
With the bride now officially wed, I raced back to the hospital and found Sarah and her broken ankle out of post-op. We started dialing doctor friends back in the States, whose recommendations neatly divided into two camps:
The general practitioners and infectious disease doctors immediately stressed the infection risk associated with an open fracture.
The orthopedic surgeons stressed the importance of somehow stabilizing the joint with an external fixator to prepare the patient for a flight back to the States to have the work done. Sarah needed the necessary plates, screws, and pins to rebuild her ankle—a tough prospect for a runner, triathlete, and salsa dancer.
Another view of the repair job.
We learned we had a 12- to 18-hour "infection window" to have this reconstructive surgery—including an operative wound cleansing using an antibiotic serum. That window was rapidly closing. Getting back to the States would involve checking through Istanbul, an upgrade to business or first class to give Sarah room to elevate her leg—all with that infection clock ticking.
Enter Sirkan, a hospital administrator who helped us by working the insurance maze (we were covered 100 percent for the urgent care, and 80 percent for hospitalization). Sirkan suggested we get Sarah admitted to the private Tinaztepe Hospital in the Izmir suburb of Buca. He also managed to reach Dr. Müjde, who agreed to reconstruct Sarah's broken ankle first thing the next morning.
At 3 a.m. we placed our faith in this wonderful team of complete strangers—careening in an ambulance across the deserted streets or Izmir for a destination we could scarcely imagine.
A Medical Gem
The author's irrepressible wife Sarah, already on the mend after her broken ankle ordeal.
I somehow knew things would turn out alright upon entering the triage room at Tinaztepe Hospital. Everything was spit-shined, bright, and spanking new. The staff worked quietly and quickly to make Sarah comfortable, and the hospital's director of international relations, Funda Semiz, greeted us warmly despite the early hour.
Funda found us a spacious hospital room with two beds, ordered us food, rounded up the necessary releases and disclosures (in English), and had the nursing staff tuck Sarah in for the night.
At 6 a.m., the sun rose, accompanied by a call to prayers from the mosque down the street. We met Sarah's anesthesiologist (who chose a spinal block, fortunately) and Dr. Müjde, who reported he had repaired numerous fractures similar to Sarah's.
She was soon wheeled away, starting a four-day hospital stay that seemed to us a little like the movie Groundhog Day—time seemed to stand still. But the hospital staff was doing a great job managing Sarah's pain, infusing her with antibiotics, and changing her dressing. I worked the phones to upgrade our airline seats to business class—with great electrically activated footrests to keep Sarah's ankle elevated. (The free wine also kept her elevated, but that's another story.)
In the Aftermath
Sarah's choice for mobility while she recuperates: the all-terrain KneeRover Jr., which has a retail price of $250.
The proof in the pudding was our follow-up with Dr. Justin Greisberg at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital back in New York.
Dr. Greisberg was impressed with the quality of the hardware in Sarah's ankle and the skill with which it was installed. I was delighted when Dr. Greisberg put Sarah's fiberglass Turkish ankle cast in the trash (our only downside) and fitted her for a new neoprene and plastic boot.
He scheduled a CAT scan to check for soft tissue injuries and cleared her to start using one of those nifty ankle scooters. Sarah—being Sarah—chose the all-terrain sport model. It won't be long before she's back in her beloved garden in Battery Park City—with more stories to tell.
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CHCACT has been running its Chronic Pain and Addictions Project ECHO since August of 2018. Six of Connecticut's FQHCs are currently participating. Project ECHO utilizes a Hub and Spoke learning model developed by the University of New Mexico. Subject matter experts at the hub help primary care providers, the spokes<|fim_middle|> the UConn and health center subject matter experts followed by a deidentified case study presentation by a "spoke" participant. Some past topics covered in the didactic portion of the sessions include alternative pain management options, addiction within a chronic pain diagnosis, office-based screening tools, and depression and anxiety. Spokes bring forward cases to discuss medication regimens, alternative pain treatment options, how to deal with transient patients, and how to reduce medication overuse.
Project ECHO uses the ZOOM video conference platform to connect everyone in real time in the most efficient way to create an interactive environment where participants can share their questions, experiences, and best practices. We are looking forward to some upcoming didactic topics around biological fluid testing and emerging treatments. If you are interested in joining CHCACT's Project ECHO, please contact me! | , manage difficult disease processes within their primary care practices. CHCACT's subject matter experts come from UConn as well as the health centers. To provide support to CT health centers, CHCACT's Project ECHO centers on chronic pain and addictions, which aids clinicians in the treatment of patients who are experiencing complex pain and substance use disorders. In addition to the health centers, UCONN pharmacy students and residents participate along with clinicians from private practices to offer additional perspectives and experiences.
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3 Game-Changing Health Gadgets Spotted at CES
By Tim Bajarin
This year, I focused on a key area of health tech: products for those with vision problems.
With 180,000 people making their way around 2.5 million square feet of CES exhibit space, it can be difficult to cut through the noise and really zero in on game-changing technology that will have an impact on the way people work, play, or learn.
So this year, I focused on one key area of health technology: products for those with vision problems. I grew up with a totally blind maternal grandmother and understand the challenges that people who are blind or legally blind deal with every day.
In advance of CES, I was alerted to two products in this category that I wanted to check out. The first is called eSight, which are electronic glasses that let the legally blind see. In the demo I saw, a legally blind woman using these glasses could see the street from the 30th floor of a hotel suite and make out what people were wearing at street level.
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ESight uses a high-speed, high-resolution camera that captures what it sees in real time. Algorithms then enhance the video and project it onto two OLED screens in front of the user's eyes. They see full color video images with unprecedented visual clarity and practically no delay.
The legally blind woman who demoed the tech told me eSight has changed her life; they provided her new freedoms and will allow her to work in the future. They are costly, though. They sell for $10,000 and as of now insurance doesn't cover them. Some organizations provide grants, which is how the woman in the demo got her pair.
The second product of interest, OrCam, came from a co-founder of MobileEye, which Intel acquired for $15.3 billion to help jumpstart its autonomous driving program. The OrCam is a small camera that fits on the side of a pair of glasses; it can look at any text and read it back to you in<|fim_middle|> studies on PC, ... See Full Bio
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Tesla's New AI Chip Is Part of a Bigger Plan | real time. When I tested it on a magazine article, I used my fist to point to the article I wanted it to read. Within seconds, OrCam began reading it back to me through a tiny speaker at the end of the camera housing.
The $2,500 OrCam can also recognize faces; just point the camera at a person in front of you. You can also use it to identify products, credit cards, money, etc. What is astonishing is the fact that all of the processing is done internally. All you have to do is point and use a simple hand gesture; it then speaks the info you request.
One other product of real interest to me was the Omron HeartGuide, the first wearable blood pressure monitor. It looks like a watch with a large display, but the band inflates like a blood pressure cuff to get a reading on demand. Omron told me that it was working on what is now the HeartGuide at CES 2017, but this year it was able to demonstrate a model that is close to shipping once it gets FDA approval. It will be priced similarly to an Apple Watch, the company said.
Adding blood pressure monitoring to a watch/fitness tracker really extends the value proposition of wearable devices and in this case, it could actually be a life-saving feature for those managing heart problems and heart disease.
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Tim Bajarin is recognized as one of the leading industry consultants, analysts, and futurists covering the field of personal computers and consumer technology. Mr. Bajarin has been with Creative Strategies since 1981 and has served as a consultant to most of the leading hardware and software vendors in the industry including IBM, Apple, Xerox, Compaq, Dell, AT&T, Microsoft, Polaroid, Lotus, Epson, Toshiba, and numerous others. Mr. Bajarin is known as a concise, futuristic analyst, credited with predicting the desktop publishing revolution three years before it hit the market, and identifying multimedia as a major trend in written reports as early as 1984. He has authored major industry | 522 |
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If flying, plan to arrive in Portland, Maine no later than 2:00 p.m. so that you can get your luggage and have the Hampton Inn airport shuttle drop you off at the South Portland Hampton Inn. A short orientation and a basic equipment presentation will begin at 3:30 p.m. before heading to Nubble Lighthouse for sunset.
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Participants may leave for home at any time on this day. For those with later flights we will return to Portland Head Lighthouse for a second try at perfection. | We will start early to capture the rising sun at Portland Head Lighthouse before heading north to scout composition in the mid-day light. Depending on the weather and tide tables we will choose one of 5 lighthouses in the area to photograph at sunset.
We will begin our day by photographing the crashing surf and spectacular rock formations at Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. The remainder of the day we will return to several lighthouses in the area to lock in our sunset composition. Throughout the day we will work equipment setting and various filter highlight skills.
The 4th day we will begin early as we photograph Owls Head Lighthouse before driving north to capture the setting sun at Bass Harbor Lighthouse. Mid-day portfolio review and editing workshop.
On day 5 we head to the eastern part of Acadia where we will photograph the famous Otter Cliffs, one of the most spectacular sights along the North Atlantic Seaboard. Prior to driving north to West Quoddy Lighthouse, we will scout composition at Jordan Pond and Cadillac Mountain. If all members of the group have a passport we will photograph East Quoddy and Mulholland Point Lighthouse located on Campobello Island in Canada. Depending on weather conditions and the group's success rate we may decide as a group to adjust the itinerary for the final two days of shooting.
On the final day of shooting we will begin our morning by photographing Maine's West Quoddy Lighthouse. Depending on the groups energy levels we will either photograph or drive straight back to Portland, | 312 |
<|fim_middle|> and evolve together over time, with actions in both mediums driving the overall story of Defiance. | In a switch of recent acquisitions of Canadian productions by Syfy, Canada's Shaw Media announced today that they have acquired the Syfy/Trion Worlds production Defiance, to air on Showcase.
Defiance is nearing the end of filming of its first season, with it set to air in April on Syfy, with Showcase likely airing it around the same time.
Set on a future Earth, Defiance introduces players and viewers to a world where humans and aliens live together on a planet transformed by decades of conflict. The game combines the intense action of a "AAA" console shooter, with the persistence, scale, and customization of an MMO, while its TV counterpart weaves the rich tapestry of the world into a series with the scope, characters, and drama of a classic sci-fi epic. Because they exist in a single universe, the show and the game will influence each other | 177 |
VFW Post 551 located on<|fim_middle|> "right up against a neighbor" [Mr. DeSanto's home].
The JPCA now waits to see if the Post will honor the SLA ruling or if further action will be necessary. | 84th Street and 60th Avenue lost their bid to extend liquor license to their outdoor driveway (left).
(Middle Village, NY November 2, 2009) For more than a year, the Juniper Park Civic Association (JPCA) has received complaints from neighbors about noisy parties being held by the Haspel-Staab Veterans of Foreign War Post 551, located at 84-02 60th Avenue in Middle Village. The problems heightened when the Post ‒ no longer run by World War II veterans ‒ decided to bring their indoor parties outside, converting their fifteen-foot wide driveway next to their clubhouse into a place to party ‒ all set with tables, a tent, chairs, lights, and barbecue grills.
JPCA offered to mediate the dispute. Rather than meet with the neighbors and JPCA, however, the Post instead hired a lawyer, Thomas Monaghan of Broad Channel. Monaghan advised Community Board No. 5 he would file an application with the New York State Liquor Authority ("SLA") to expand the Post's existing liquor license into the converted driveway to permit the Post to erect four tables and allow at least 24 people to drink alcohol and hold parties on any day of the year. There were no restrictions on the number of parties, the time of day or night, and the rental of the driveway to non-members.
Forty-one neighbors of the Post, including JPCA members, signed a petition against the outside drinking application, and Community Board No 5 held a public hearing. The Post attended that hearing but then abandoned the Board and its Land Use Committee, immediately filing its application with the SLA. Thus, the Post denied the Board any further chance to try to resolve the matter.
The Post also rejected an invitation by Gene Burch, former State Senator Maltese's Veterans Affairs Advisor and President of the local American Legion Post, to sit down with the neighbors and discuss their concerns. The Post receives $10,000 in special State Funding sponsored by the former Senator to help pay for repairs and maintenance, including its heating and insurance bills. Residents also wrote to Senator Addabbo, who continues to fund the Post, but still no luck.
In the meantime, the SLA collected information and examined the application. On October 28, 2009, the SLA's Full Board, consisting of three commissioners, held a hearing. In attendance for the Post were Attorney Monaghan; Michael Brown, Commander of the Post; Harry Perks, Vice Commander; John Ginivan, Quartermaster; and Tom Lynch, another Post officer. Local resident Ralph P. DeSanto, whose home is adjacent to the Post's driveway, and Bob Holden, JPCA President, expressed the community's concerns about the noise being generated by the parties.
After hearing each side speak, the Board unanimously disapproved VFW Post 551's application. One of the Commissioners noted that the Post was located in an entirely residential area and, in fact, was | 624 |
What does the emerging church stand for?
Tim Leeson has initiated an interesting discussion about what the emerging church really stands for, which I think merits a stab at a more comprehensive and synthesizing response. The book Emerging Churches by Eddie Gibbs and Ryan Bolger lists nine characteristics of emerging churches: identifying with Jesus, transforming secular space, living as community, welcoming the stranger, serving with generosity, participating as producers, creating as created beings, leading as a body, and merging ancient and contemporary spiritualities. These are mostly practical in their orientation - they have to do with how Christian communities function and express themselves in the world. I imagine that most people who feel that they are part of the emerging church would happily locate themselves within that nexus of practices.
However, they do not attempt to capture - at least, not on the face of it - the serious philosophical and theological displacements that have been largely responsible for the phenomenon of the emerging church; nor do they help us to understand the historical context of its development. For that reason, I'm not sure they really get to the heart of what the emerging church stands for. What I want to outline here, therefore, is a broader set of values, though they may appear rather too condensed, a little idealistic in places, perhaps more prescriptive than descriptive, and may reflect a rather too personal perspective.
One of the questions that was repeatedly asked in the thread was whether the 'emerging church' actually stands for anything at all original. At one level, the movement, particularly in its more self-conscious and better organized forms, is a rather limited reaction to what has been perceived as the stifling intellectual and cultural environment of modern evangelicalism. Within that narrative it has proved quite shocking, controversial, and liberating to many. But this in itself does not make the emerging church unique. To others, approaching from different perspectives, much of it will seem depressingly familiar, even trite, a rehash of old debates, and so on.
Taken individually and in isolation from the larger narrative of the modern church, none of the ideals listed here is really exceptional or unique to the movement; certainly none constitutes an absolute departure from what has gone before. But I think it can be argued that we have a distinctive convergence of characteristics, tendencies, preferences, at a critical moment in the history of the church that may prove to have decisive significance for the future of the people of God.
1. The emerging church stands for a renewal of thought and praxis
The emerging church must stand, in the first place, for a far-reaching renewal of Christian faith. It is a response, on the one hand, to cumulative intellectual challenges - the combined impact of both the rational critique of modernism and the irrational critique of postmodernism. It is a response, on the other, to the progressive marginalization of the church, as it loses itself in the social and cultural confusion of postmodernity. In larger historical terms, it can be seen as a response to the long, slow disintegration of Christendom and the mindset that sustained it.
There is undoubtedly an apologetic and missional imperative at work here: How do we effectively communicate the gospel to a postmodern culture? But the real pressure for renewal is coming from inside the church, from people who have become bored with the safe, sterile routines of church life, who are no longer willing to squeeze their minds into the small box of the modern evangelical faith, who struggle to make sense of the moral and intellectual tensions generated by the modern experience of faith, who find in themselves a powerful, seemingly Spirit-driven urge to connect, engage, serve, think, create, question, explore, and frequently transgress the boundaries of their tradition.
2. The emerging church stands for a viable post-Christendom future
The emergent movement is probably not itself the future of the church. Rather, I think, it stands for something that is to come, something beyond itself, other than itself. The real significance of the 'emerging church', whatever form it presently takes, however credible, relevant or effective it may appear to be, is prophetic. It highlights the shortcomings of the current dominant modes of being Christian in the world and points forward, by practice and illustration, to a new paradigm. It is necessarily provisional, experimental, subversive, provocative<|fim_middle|>ized pampering of the individual which pervades both modern society and the modern church. But in the background may also be an appreciation of the fact that it is the concrete existence of a community that should be central and determinative for our theology. Biblical theology is, essentially, the story of a people, and our relation to it is primarily one of narrative continuity rather than of doctrinal conformity.
9. The emerging church stands for a renewal of discipleship
The emerging church stands for a renewal of discipleship, an activism in the name of Jesus, a preference for practical and missional expressions of faith over self-absorbed theologizing and the fussy oversight of personal beliefs. Although the lively pragmatism of the movement can easily lead to theological muddle and incoherence and a lack of clarity with regard to moral and spiritual boundaries, the emphasis on discipleship provides an important means of anchoring our more inclusive forms of community in an authentic biblical identity.
10. The emerging church stands for a grassroots theology
The emerging church stands for a way of doing theology, of developing a mindset appropriate to the missional task, that engages the whole community. Open Source Theology represents and supports this sort of approach, as does the recent Wikiklesia publication of the collaborative book Voices of the Virtual World. But more importantly, it is evident in the widespread emergence of localized, commununity based conversations, formal and informal, informed and uninformed.
11. The emerging church stands for a new type of ecumenism
Or in Brian McLaren's words, a 'generous orthodoxy'. The emerging church would dearly like to transcend the old dichotomies of conservative and liberal, evangelical and charismatic, reformed and catholic, high and low, public and private, political and pietist, black and white, east and west, north and south, lay and clerical.
12. The emerging church stands for a creational eschatology
The emerging church stands for a theology - and in specific terms an eschatology - that is creational in its scope, that encompasses, both actually and prophetically, social relations, creativity, and the place of humankind in its environment. We look to the final renewal of creation rather than a final departure to heaven. The challenge is to ensure that this more worldly orientation is not construed as a flight from the other narrative that hinges around the redemption and transformation of the community through the faithfulness of Jesus.
13. The emerging church stands for renewal of the imagination
There are two general reasons for the emphasis on imagination and creativity. The first is that the emerging church, dissatisfied with the artistic sterility of much contemporary Christian culture, is seeking to translate a creation-oriented theology into much richer, more vivid, more complex, more playful and adventurous forms of expression, not merely in the arts but across the spectrum of cultural and social activities. The second reason is that the reinvention of church demands the exercise of a radical imagination that will see things differently and conceive new ways of being, doing and expressing.
14. The emerging church stands for blessing
Mission is conceived, in the first place, not as bringing in, as saving the lost, but as mediating, through the communal presence of people of God, the original creational blessing to the nations and cultures of the world. This blessing arises from and is informed by the potential for the renewal of humanity in Christ. It is expressed eschatologically through a vision of a new heaven and a new earth, uncorrupted by wickedness, injustice, suffering and death, with the living God dynamically present in the midst of things.
15. The emerging church stands for public and political relevance
The emerging church stands for public and political relevance, generally under the rubric of the 'kingdom of God', though I have some reservations about how this programme connects with the biblical narrative. To my mind, too much of this has been developed on the basis of an outmoded theology, prior to a serious re-examination of the biblical narrative. Nevertheless, there is a general consensus that Christian faith is corporate and has implications for political behaviour. The theological challenge will be to show how the themes of gospel and social justice intersect.
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well thought out post, Andrew. THanks. Its excellent!
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In reply to Re: What does the emerging church stand for? by Andrew Jones
While I'm from mainline progressive Christian circles, I resonate fully with this statement of stances. These articulations of commitment help flesh-out the Reformation of the Church that is taking place. Thank you for this contribution to the cause! See also, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-roger-wolsey/progressive-christianity…; | , and very tentative in the way in which it articulates the new. It is not a bad thing, therefore, that the emerging church is slow to reach firm conclusions, that it still defers consensus. All will be revealed in good time. The post-Christendom church, I suspect, will be both more than and less than the emerging church as we know it at the moment.
3. The emerging church stands for a recovery of intellectual and moral integrity
It is part of the emerging church critique of the modern evangelical mindset that it suffers from dogmatic overload. Too many issues are addressed, too many decisions made, too many convictions formulated on the basis of a highly processed, rationalized theological end-product that has lost touch with its biblical, historical, moral, and social-cultural origins. The evangelical mind has become a closed loop. It has evolved into a 'Second Life', a vivid, exotic alternative reality, with its own intrinsic plausibility and coherence but only an approximate and in many respects spurious relationship to the real world. The emerging church, therefore, stands for a deconstruction of this alternative virtual reality and a wholesale rethinking of the reasons for asserting a Christian identity in the world.
4. The emerging church stands for a less confident epistemology
The emerging church stands for a less confident - and in that sense postmodern - epistemology, one that recognizes the problematic nature of truth statements, that understands that language is never neutral or innocent, that accommodates diversity of perspective, that appreciates the instabilities of rhetoric, that takes account of the role of context and genre in the construction of meaning, and that is not overly disturbed by contradiction, mystery and doubt. This admission of uncertainty can give the impression of a weakening of faith - and that may sometimes be the case. But in principle, it signals a realignment of faith from mental consent to existential trust.
5. The emerging church stands for a recovery of biblical realism
I hope that the emerging church stands for a renewal of belief and practice that is authentically 'biblical' and, indeed, potently 'evangelical', that is in legitimate continuity with the agenda of Jesus as it was understood and pursued by the early church. I appreciate danutz's patient and articulate contributions to this site enormously, but he represents a style of liberalism that has picked some juicy fruit of social justice from the ancient tree of the biblical narrative while at the same time doing its best to chop the tree down. I don't think that is the way forward for a church that professes to follow Jesus from Nazareth.
Key to the recovery of biblical realism will be the development of a forward-looking rather than backward-looking theology. We think prospectively - and therefore uncertainly - from the narrated humanity of the early community, not retrospectively from our over-developed theological vantage points. The emerging church will give priority to the biblical narrative, recounting it and indwelling it as a formative community epic, with an empathetic imagination, without suppressing its conundra and contradictions. But it will hesitate to translate it into assured, rational, normative categories.
6. The emerging church stands for a recovery of the narrative-historical context of scripture
This means, for example, that the significance of Jesus is drawn primarily from the narrative of ancient Israel, in all its historical, literary and theological complexity, not from the sub-biblical (and arguably gnostic) 'myth' of personal salvation that has tended to dominate evangelical preaching and teaching. This is not a matter merely of theological preference. It belongs to a broader recovery of integrity and realism. In this respect, I would hope that the outcome will be not a stripping away of the hard-to-swallow bits of Christianity but a better understanding of how they function contextually and contribute to the continuing effectiveness of the narrative as a whole.
7. The emerging church stands for a contextualized 'gospel'
The emerging church should profess to be 'evangelical', but the word 'gospel' cannot be deployed apart from a set of interpretive and grounding contexts: the narrative-historical context of scripture, in which it is the good news of Israel's redemption and transformation; the corporate context of the church as renewed humanity, an expression of social relations, creativity and ecology; and the eschatological context of a fundamental and persistent hope in the renewal of all creation.
8. The emerging church stands for authentic community
The emerging church is looking for authentic forms of Christian community that are less subject to the formal constraints and structures of modern church life. There is a desire for community to grow and be shaped by the natural dynamics of relationship rather than by superimposed programmes of management and development. This has resulted in a preference for inclusion, a blurring of both sociological and theological boundaries. The preference is, no doubt, in part a reaction against the commercial | 990 |
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In the second of a three-part series, CFO of the Year Michael Rousseau details the financial strategy behind the national airline's rebound
Jun 2, 2017 Author: Jeff Buckstein
Michael Rousseau, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Air Canada Corporation in Montreal, was recently selected Canada's chief financial officer of the year for 2017. In the second of a three-part series, Rousseau details the financial strategy behind the national airline's fleet.
OTTAWA – Michael Rousseau, CPA, CA, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Air Canada Corporation in Montreal, has presided over a remarkable financial turnaround at Air Canada since 2007. Aircraft fleet flexibility, including effective<|fim_middle|>, CPA, CA, shares the management strategies that has Air Canada soaring once again
Part Three: Pensions, planes & profits (profitability)
CFO of the Year Michael Rousseau discusses the procurement strategies behind Air Canada's profitability
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"We have a fleet of a couple hundred aircraft, and presently about 50 per cent of those planes are leased, and 50 per cent are owned and debt financed. There are advantages to both approaches. If I buy a plane, the cost of financing is lower, currently roughly four per cent to four and a half per cent, through some very efficient markets in the United States," says Rousseau.
"But in that case, I can only finance roughly 80 per cent of it, so Air Canada uses its existing cash reserves to finance the remaining 20 per cent," he adds.
Leasing offers the advantage of not having to fund with an upfront cash payment. Then, at the end of the lease term, the plane can be returned to the lessor, providing a cost-efficient way of reducing capacity if the economic environment has changed.
"The disadvantage is typically the interest rate built into a lease is higher than [the] four and a half per cent we can debt finance at, because the lessor has to make a return on their investment. That's why we like being 50-50, because it provides us a good blend of flexibility, risk management and cost efficiency," he explains.
Air Canada gained access to the Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificate (EETC) market in 2013. This is a U.S. based financing source used to finance aircraft and collateral assets such as engines and spare parts. It is a secured market, with the assets being financed acting as security for the loan. Structural enhancements to the loan result in a much higher credit rating for the asset than would otherwise be available on general debt, Rousseau explains.
The airline has issued approximately U.S. $2.3 billion in three deals in the EETC market over the past four years, financing seven Boeing 777, and 12 Boeing 787 airplanes, and saving approximately U.S. $80 million per year as a result, says Rousseau.
Bruce Waterman, a former CFO of the Year winner in 2008 and currently chair of Canada's CFO of the Year selection committee in Calgary, praised Rousseau and Air Canada's "innovative" use of the EETC market.
"He scored well in all the categories," Waterman says. "But if I had to pick the one where he really was quite outstanding, it would be in that whole vision and leadership area. That's why Air Canada [is] where they are right now in terms of their financial turnaround," he adds.
Jeff Buckstein, CPA, CGA, is an Ottawa-based business journalist. Michael Rousseau image courtesy Michael Rousseau. Air Canada Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner courtesy Air Canada media photos.
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Mint Cologne
It is obvious to everyone that a perfume is part of the image of a man. Fortunately, now the market gives us the opportunity to choose from a wide range of Scents. The scents of mint for example, are a very inspired choice. I give them very refreshing tone, exceptional wearer. Some examples of mint cologne:
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER LE MALE SUM<|fim_middle|> create a very sensual composition. Dancing exotic patchouli and warm, mysterious wood create a very charismatic point at the end. You will appreciate this exclusive and unmistakable men's perfume from the Thierry Mugler brand not only in the summer months, but also throughout the year, when the refreshing essence of the perfume will excite you and charge you with new energy. Experience a liberating feeling in the midst of two contrasts and strengthen your self-confidence and good mood with the extraordinary men's fragrance Thierry Mugler Ice Men!
Cool Water By Davidoff For Men
Fresh and sharp, simple and very masculine. Yes, this are perfect words to describe it. Cool Water impresses the male audience with fresh notes that possess an incredible refreshing acuity, evolving along the way from a simple, clean status to an extremely masculine accent. The notes that accompany the top of the perfume are representative for a paradisiacal garden, the freshness of mint and green leaves being an emblematic signature for the Davidoff brand. An essence that has delighted the male audience since 1988, being a safe choice for the summer season. With a relaxed freshness and a subtle aquatic vibe, Cool Water manage to stay in the top of men's preferences, regardless of age. On the one hand, it captures the canonical standards of elegance and refinement, aspects sought by adults, but it also guides teenagers who want to be surrounded by an invigorating but attractive aroma.
Versace Eros Eau de Toilette Spray for Men
Eros inspired by and deeply connected with Greek mythology. The aim of this edition is to reveal and release unrestrained passion and to accentuate desire. The fragrance was named after Greek god of love and son of goddess Aphrodite – Eros. It's truly very elegant. Something to wear to a club or with a suit. Projection and silage are awesome. Powdery yet masculine. You can also easily wear at almost any age. So, yes the range is very large. If you have 25 years or 50, yes, this scent looks good on you. Honestly, you can wear it without any fear. Created by perfumer Aurelien Guichard de Givadan, Eros is a fresh, woody statement, touched by an oriental shawl. Its lively composition highlights some of the most select ingredients, such as pure peppermint oil, green apple in its prime, but also lemon with Italian origins. For extra warmth and bodily closeness, Eros adds to the list of his olfactory symphony two flowers from the distant South American country Venezuela, respectively ambroxan and geranium. According to specialists, Eros opens with a rapid explosion, its smell being initially similar to that of a lemon meringue. Yes, we think of that lemon with a sweet, creamy aroma, which cannot be described by another adjective than "gourmet". But, as the veil deepens, our senses begin to notice the harmonious, intense and at the same time pleasant accords of sandalwood, citrus and white flowers. So, we are talking about a fresh and mentholated display, composed of apples and mint, which is immediately surrounded by metallic-ozone accents. However, what impresses is the antithesis that are established between the invigorating beginning and the spicy base – woody, carefully polished by slightly less predictable ingredients. Based on the perfume, reflections of Tonka, cedar and the accord of powdered patchouli with a vanilla powder are caught. Eros is also addressed to niche perfume enthusiasts, the emblematic agreement for this category of essences being ambroxan, a gray breath that invokes the special smell of aldehydes. Moreover, the architecture of the essence follows the process of strong contrast, this being established between the beginning formula of the perfume and the final one. Starting from a tart ennobled with green apples, we reach a warm and soft base.
Giorgio Armani Emporio Armani Stronger With You Eau De Toilette Spray
It smells amazing, and is very sweet – almost bubblegum like – so women will love it. Always be original and unpredictable. Emporio Armani Stronger With You men's eau de toilette is an energetic fragrance for modern men. The one who uses it lives the present intensely, is elegant and confident. Top notes: mint, cardamom, violet leaves and pink pepper. The perfume perfectly captures both the self-confident elegance and the carefree nonchalance of youth. Armani Emporio Stronger With You Eau de toilette has been paired with the women's version, Armani Emporio Because It's You. The perfumes complement each other and bring a dialogue together. They form a perfect balance and share the necessary power, as a symbol of eternal love.
Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male eau de toilette is a real weapon of seduction. The enigmatic essence is intended for attractive, charismatic and brave men. The top of the olfactory pyramid grows with intense accords of bergamot, lavender and mint. In the heart notes pulsate sublime motifs of orange blossom, cinnamon and cumin seeds, and the fragrant base fascinates the receivers with delicate shades of tonca, cedar, sandalwood and vanilla, which gives the composition an invigorating accent. Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male is an intensive, modern and masculine scent, suitable for a true gentleman. The perfume is part of the group of oriental scents and is designed both for ordinary days and for special occasions. It is based on sharp contrasts between classic and modern tones, enveloping the body in a sensual scent, absolutely irresistible to the female audience. As a whole, it is strong and sensual, reflecting a series of olfactory nuances that introduce us to a paradisaical atmosphere. The top of the composition shows the ingredients recognized for the immaculate freshness that it imprints on the modern and daring man, a trio of mint, lavender and bergamot being exactly the refreshing background that allows the evolution of the fruitful medium. The heart brings to the fore cinnamon, cumin and orange blossom, another coding of three static, revealing flavors. Most men who have tested Le Male perfume, launched by Jean Paul Gaultier, say an increase in vanilla notes after a period of about three hours of persistent mint. In the end, the heat and vanilla powder capture the breath of the essence, ending with an intense and provocative wood mixture. Starting with his first fashion collections, Jean Paul Gaultier showed the male public that he can overcome certain forbidden barriers, wearing the famous kilt with virility. An olfactory reminder that once again amplifies their belief in overcoming the limits imposed by a traditional mentality was made with the launch of the perfume Le Male, the original version.
Ultraviolet By Paco Rabanne For Men
Paco Rabanne Ultraviolet Man is an interesting men's fragrance, much more intense and challenging than the female version. The exciting aroma of gray, amber quickly reaches the spotlight and is enhanced by notes of mint, Vetiver and green moss. The design of the Ultraviolet glass deserves your attention, because in the same note with the female packaging it explores pretentious material textures, such as silicone, glass and metal. Violet embodies the ideological color for the third millennium, considered by astrologers and Paco Rabanne himself as the Age of Aquarius. Jacques Cavallier is the popular perfumer who influenced the composition of Ultraviolet, the male version being launched in 1999. An exotic blend of amber and mint captures the beginning sequence of the Ultraviolet essence, which manages to dry quickly under a sweet resin imprint. The bright background of the perfume materializes under the master orchestra of green muscle chords, thus bringing to the fore an airy, moist and clear tone. The classic spirit vibrates under the light touch of vanilla, but Ultraviolet remains a unique essence, meant to stand out under the radar of the general public. Undoubtedly it is an ingenious choice for men who want to impress with a refreshing summer vibe, which is massively different from the rest of the flavors on the market. Ultraviolet offers an overview based on woody and peppery olfactory accents, connected to an intense citrus plane, which explodes under the strong notes of lemon and mint. The ingredients at the core of the perfume are neutral, illustrated being coriander seeds, hazelnuts, spicy orange vibrations, along with a flat vanilla feeling. Refreshing with its citrus nuances and the frosted mint veil, Paco Rabanne's Ultraviolet defines a perfectly cohesive composition. Ideal for non-conformist audiences, the essence is fixed on the skin in the form of a classic, invigorating and seductive perfume.
Big Pony Green by Ralph Lauren
The nose behind this fragrance is Yves Cassar. The fragrance features lime, oak and grapefruit. Green and invigorating Big Pony 3 is one of Ralph Lauren's four Big Pony collectible fragrances. This collection of perfumes is inspired by the Big Pony polo shirt collection. The ad campaign represents a group of young sportsmen, ambitious and elegant, each of them represents a perfume. Big Pony 3 by Ralph Lauren is a Spicy Aromatic fragrance for men. The Big Ponys collection continues the Ralph Lauren tradition of redefining American style with modernity to a new generation of men. Its flask bottles come in four bold colors, each representing a fragrance that evokes a man's strength, empowering him to Get in the Game. Green is revitalizing and fresh. This crisp, outdoorsy scent blends mint with ginger root.
Azzaro Chrome Aqua Eau de Toilette
Chrome Aqua returns to the legendary freshness of Chrome, but with a new interpretation full of vivid, fragrant notes. As an invitation to jump into the cold blue ocean, this aroma envelops the skin with an intense, ephemeral sensation of marine freshness, which is felt when the body is first kissed by the water. Do not rub – spray. To preserve the qualities of the perfume (and keep it on the skin for longer), spray a small amount on both wrists and allow the liquid to be absorbed. Every drop of Eau de toilette – Azzaro Chrome Aqua embodies the masculinity, refinement and sensuality of a modern gentleman. The perfumers of the popular French brand Azzaro have created a delightful composition, based on spicy and green notes, which reveals an unforgettable image of its owner. The composition begins with fresh and tasty notes of Grapefruit and Green Apple. In the heart of the aroma are concentrated invigorating accents of Mint and Sea Notes, which highlight the energy, strength and masculine vigor. Among the basic notes are Cypress and Vetiver, whose irresistible combination mirrors the enigmatic and persevering character of its owner. The man who chooses Azzaro Chrome Aqua has impeccable taste and sophisticated manners. He is decisive and with a sharp mind and never refuses to set new goals.
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Very Irresistible Man By Givenchy For Men
Main scents are vodka which mixes beautifully with frozen mint, passion fruit, leather and caviar. Truly intriguing, isn't? Indeed… Givenchy Very Irresistible for Men is a perfume with woody and fresh notes perfect for men who appreciate the charm of French flavors combined in a unique way with typical American spontaneity. A masculine perfume full of energy that combines in a unique way refreshing essence of mint and grapefruit. The notes of the perfume are made from the essences of sesame seeds and coffee, which continue with warm tones of cedar and hazelnuts. Givenchy perfumes have fascinated the public for more than 50 years. Enter the world of Givenchy and become classic and modern, fresh and sensual, refined and direct! Get the Givenchy Very Irresistible for Men perfume and nothing will be impossible for you! Givenchy Very Irresistible Man is a woody oriental fragrance, launched in 2005 and created by Pierre Wargnye. This men's perfume is full of energy and vitality. You will not go unnoticed, being as original as the combination of freshness and classic that is found in this perfume. A perfume for the man who gives up his magical aura, becoming totally… irresistible. The spectacularly refreshing combination of mint and grapefruit in the opening, between coffee and sesame in the heart and between hazelnuts and Virginia cedar at the base, creates the ideal composition for a perfume.
Roadster by Cartier for Men
Roadster is perfect if you are a sporty, athletic and courageous man. Launched in 2008 thanks to Mathilde Laurent efforts. The fragrance features french labdanum, patchouli, vanilla, bergamot, a lot of mint and vetiver. Natural mint with a creamy smooth side to it and hint of vanilla. Roadster Cartier for Men Eau de Toilette perfume is a refined fragrance that evokes total freedom. Roadster Cartier for men revisits the traditional "fougère" accord (citrus, lavender, wood) to which it adds the surprising seductiveness of mint. A "casual-chic" version of the Roadster fragrance with refreshing mint and a brilliant explosion of citrus fruits. The Roadster bottle (held horizontally on its side), mimics the hand dial of the Roadster watch by Cartier (which itself mimics the design of a roadster automobile). Heavy, clear glass and polished chrome cap. It's worth noting that the bottle is VERY heavy. It feels solid in your hands. Perhaps too heavy, for easy application of the scent (held vertically). Fantastic smell – quite aromatic and a fresh and spicy (perhaps even citrus) tang. Well recommended and excellent value for money.
AnGel, Ice Men By Thierry Mugler For Men
Ange Ice Men is an amazing smell, as almost all fragrance from this House. It is a fun take on patchouli, which smells basically emptied from any "dark" earthiness and sweetness, while its leafy-dusty side gets enhanced in a peculiar sort of "cold-metallic" blend. The men's fragrance Thierry Mugler Ice Men radiates warmth and cold and is able to harmoniously complement a confident and modern man who knows what he wants from life. Ice Men is a natural gentleman, but he is also unfettered and not endangered. The fragrance was launched in 2007. The unique and carefully selected essences of the delicious nutmeg are perfectly intertwined with the precious pure musk and together they | 948 |
Given things as<|fim_middle|>! | they are, how shall one individual live?
…asked Annie Dillard. It's a good question.
Richard D. Bartlett, who I support via Patreon and who is better known as richdecibels, has started a newsletter. The process of signing up for it reminded me of a post he wrote last year entitled Hierarchy Is Not The Problem…
Is it a circle or a cone?
Ten years ago, in my first foray into senior management, I was told by a consultant to the newly-installed Principal that "he's very hierarchical". She meant it in a good way, but I almost quit on the spot. To me, that's shorthand for a very dictatorial style of management.
So Bartlett's post, which I think I've mentioned before, is one I keep coming back to. He says that:
I don't care about hierarchy. It's just a shape. I care about power dynamics.
These days I have mostly removed "non-hierarchical" from my vocabulary. I still haven't found a great replacement, but for now I say "decentralised". But again, it's not the shape that's interesting, it's the power dynamics.
That's quite a challenging notion for me, having been in situations within very hierarchical organisations where people try and put me in a box, tie me to a particular role, or otherwise indicate I should stick to my own lane.
It's something I'm continue to process. I'm not sure whether Bartlett's correct. It's a great argument, and I've certainly seen some great organisations structured by way of what I'd call the "default operating system" of hierarchy.
Perhaps the thing is that it's easy to show the difference between the way an organisation is structured (its nodes) as opposed to the the difference between the way those nodes connect with one another. Interactions between other human beings are complicated, and difficult to put in a neat diagram.
Recently, Sam Altman, President of the famed startup accelerator Y Combinator, wrote a Twitter thread which he entitled How To Be Successful At Your Career. It's what people do instead of blogging these days, it would appear.
One tweet in the thread really stuck out to me, especially in this context of hierarchy and coercive power relationships:
The most successful people (judged by history, not money) continually look for the most important thing they are able to work on, and that's what they do. They do not get trapped in local maxima, and they do not deceive themselves if they find something more important.
In other words, what you're attempting to do should transcend the organisation you currently work for and the people with whom you currently work. I believe Steve Jobs called this "making a dent in the universe". It's unlikely to happen if you're playing politics within your organisation, if you're abusing a position of power, or you're spending all day in meetings.
Fred Wilson, a VC, says he often gets asked what to work on. This is understandable, given it's his job to keep his finger on the pulse of companies in which he can invest. Wilson sums up by saying:
You must work on something that inspires you and others, you must work on something with a significant impact, and you must do it in a way that makes getting where you want to go as easy as possible and keeps you there as long as possible.
I think this is a good mantra, and I appreciate that he doesn't just consider 'impact' to be 'financial impact', but also "how it changes the way people think and how they react to your product or service or innovation".
Context is really important. It's the reason why there is no one-size-fits-all approach to organisational structures, and why, unless you're the founder of the organisation, you will never be 100% aligned with everything it does. And even then, if your organisation grows to make an impact, there will be a difference between you and the organisation you helped to gestate.
All we can do, at any given point, is to weigh up where we are, using principles such as Fred Wilson's:
Am I working on something that inspires me (and others)?
Am I working on something with a significant impact?
Am I working in a way that makes getting where I want to go as easy as possible (and keeps me there as long as possible)?
As Altman writes, that's likely to be in a place that doesn't play politics and, to Bartlett's point, it's important to pay very close attention to power dynamics. In short, it's important to ask ourselves regularly, "Am I best positioned to make the particular dent I've decided to make in the universe?"
Posted14 January 2020 — 12:00
TagsAnnie Dillard, context, Fred Wilson, hierarchy, job, organisations, power dynamics, Richard D. Bartlett, Sam Altman, success, Twitter, work, Y Cominator
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14 January 2020 — 12:49
This reminds me of a long-standing thread in Dave Pollard's work on looking for that sweet spot in work, the intersection of 'what needs to be done', 'what I am good at', and 'what I enjoy'. And means of evaluating each of those three domains (eg., How do I determine what needs to be done? How do I know what I'm good at?).
Doug Belshaw
Yes, like the Japanese concept of 'ikigai'! I think your questions are a lifelong project – but I reckon most people should have preliminary answers to this by the time they hit 40…
(he says, as a 39 year-old!)
Plenty to think about in this piece Doug, thank you. My only question is where family fits within all this? Always something to consider.
Thanks Aaron, do you mean in terms of hierarchy or details (like ensuring the mortgage gets paid?)
TERRY ELLIOTT
I like the discussion here as well as a recent one on Twitter between Jon Husband and Harord Jarche: http://impedagogy.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/pablo-2020-01-17T074338.198.png
Really like what Jarche says (and don't know if he is quoting Bartlett here): "Power is not needed to manage, only to coerce."
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Ranch conservation easement protects 329 acres
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The Mike Miniat Curtis Ridge Conservation Easement, as it appeared this spring before the leaves came out. Courtesy photo
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Middle Park Land Trust completed a transaction with Michael J. Miniat of MJM Enterprises Inc. recently for a conservation easement.
The agreement will protect the Curtis Ridge Property, a 329 acre tract of land located just east of County Road 34 in the Williams Fork Valley.
Under the deed of conservation easement, MPLT holds development rights to the property in perpetuity.
"The Curtis Ridge Property provides an important natural habitat for wildlife, especially mule deer and elk," explained Carse Pustmueller of MPLT. "This agreement will protect the open space and habitat values of the land."
Landowners receive benefits from the conservation of their private property, including state tax credits, federal tax deductions and reduced inheritance taxes.
Because they retain ownership and control, landowners may continue the historical and agricultural usage of their land.
"We are thrilled with the transaction," said Pustmueller. "Our mission is to work with willing land<|fim_middle|>." | owners to help save the environments of the Colorado River and its tributaries, and the Curtis Ridge Conservation Easement clearly meets this goal | 28 |
The Secret Society is a 1907 Victorian-era hall with a rich history that has housed two fraternal organizations, countless artists and musicians, and diverse events. Host to old-school society folks in the early 20th century,<|fim_middle|> unique and comfortable recording experience. Deftly balancing modern technology and its 1907 vibe, the studio is an ideal musical environment, inspiring a creative flow for musicians who are enveloped by their recording projects.
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Read more about The Secret Society, and its Eliot neighborhood roots here.
Food Discounts, $6 Cocktails on the Specials Board, $1 off Wine and Draft Beer. | The Secret Society embraces its old-world lodge mystique, and a historical past that is palpable throughout the cocktail lounge, ballroom, and recording studio.
The cocktail lounge, with its wood paneled club feel, provides an exceptional food and drink experience in a casual yet elegant environment that time forgot. With a menu that nods toward the classic and vintage, The Secret Society enthusiastically and affordably showcases the Pacific Northwest's bounty of local spirits, wine, beer and food.
The ballroom, a fraternal lodge meeting hall for roughly 90 years, now plays host to events, both public and private, from live music to private dining, weddings and parties. Draped in lush red velvet and vintage wood, the ballroom's history shines throughout, offering a spirit of ceremony and celebration.
The recording studio, expresses the same elegant, vintage elements found in the lounge and ballroom, offering a truly | 181 |
With limited time on this Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet road trip, and eager to cross the border into Croatia as soon as possible, I set up the ambitious plan to drive from Côte d'Azur to Zagreb in one day. I had to drive the first half of this road trip on my own, but 920 km on highway is still a realistic day's drive – although tiresome<|fim_middle|> municipality. A sunny day would have created better photo opportunities, but even on a rainy day it did not take much to convince me. Not only was the scenery spectacular, but if you are into driving you will find that some of the roads have everything you could possibly want from a good driving road – good quality tarmac on plenty of the road stretches, not too crowded, and a good balance between tight turns and long straights. Driving paradise. One moment you are driving through a dense dark forest and around the corner might be a green open meadow landscape with a straight line into the horizon, and your first thought when the road opens up – if seated in a driver's cars – is most likely "wonder if there are cameras".
But if I thought one day was excellent the next one usually turned out to be even better. The drive from Zagreb south to the Dalmatian coastline – finishing in the coastal town Senj – was an enjoyable journey on roads I never would have guessed even exist in Croatia. I was prepared for a road trip on breathtaking coastal roads, because those are the sort of images that are most often shared by tourists, but up in the mountains you can find roads that truly are worth a visit as well. Croatia is one of those countries that I am going to struggle to describe in a way that will do the country justice. My partner who flew there to spend a weekend with me described it as "Côte d'Azur before the people arrived". Maybe that is not the impression you would get if you chose to explore the country by car in peak season – most tourists apparently choose to visit Croatia in July or August. But if swimming in a warm Adriatic Sea is not on your list of must-do's, and getting some private time on some of Europe's greatest driving roads is more appealing, all I can say is what a fabulous destination Croatia is for a shoulder season road trip in Europe. | . However it is when you start to detour off the motorway on the country roads that you might end up with ridiculous driving times – but a small route change to my already long drive made a huge difference, and transformed what could have been a very monotonous motorway drive into a memorable drive exploring new winding roads.
After this road trip I am even more convinced that Slovenia is a country I need to discover with more time. Mostly because of lack of time I have on two road trips ended up just passing through the country briefly, without really detouring enough to enjoy the amazing back country roads you can find there. I always do my best to try to add interesting roads to my route plan, even if it might just be a brief exit from the motorway to spice up the journey.
On my 2013 road trip with a BMW Z4 I had a go on the beautiful Vrsic Pass, and this year I chose to test drive road number 103, which is a winding road following the Isonzo river in the Nova Gorica | 219 |
Sarah Burrow has spent the last 15+ years working in the immigration law field. She has an affinity for the most challenging removal and deportation defense cases. A passionate<|fim_middle|> Lewis Kappes PC, and continues to provide the dependable, high-quality representation for which she is known in Indianapolis' immigrant community. Sarah, her husband, Brendan, and their triplets reside near the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
For outstanding contributions made as a young lawyer in the field of immigration and nationality law.
Sarah is heavily involved in the immigrant community of Central Indiana. In the past year alone, Sarah has put together and delivered presentations for members of the Muslim Alliance of Indiana, students at Marian University, hospital social workers at the National Kidney Foundation of Indiana, and, through the Immigrant Welcome Center, members of several area churches.
Sarah appears often on local and national news networks. She has been interviewed on CNN, MSNBC, Telemundo, NPR, WFYI, Fox59, WTHR13, and WRTV6. | litigator, she spends the majority of her time defending families and individuals, many who have been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Sarah is excited by the opportunity to zealously represent foreign nationals in immigration court, opposite the Department of Homeland Security, and has successfully tried hundreds of cases involving nearly all types of relief from removal.
In addition to practicing removal defense, Sarah gladly accepts transactional immigration cases. She has spent years navigating US Citizenship and Immigration Services, having prepared and filed adjustments of status, green card renewals, naturalizations, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions, U visa applications, parole requests, affirmative asylum applications, waiver applications, and more.
While in law school, Sarah worked for a boutique immigration law firm on the city's northside. Upon graduation from law school, she joined that firm as an associate and practiced there for nearly two years. After a brief hiatus, in 2008, she opened her own office and worked as a solo practitioner until her brother joined her in early 2010. Sarah and her brother managed a successful immigration law partnership, serving hundreds of clients, until she made the decision to join Lewis Kappes PC in January 2012. Sarah is excited to be part of a larger firm, with a sizeable immigration group. She warmly welcome clients - to | 271 |
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Keefe Jackson Quartet
Seeing You See
Clean Feed CF 176 CD
Jeb Bishop Trio
Better Animal Recordings 1
One of the youngish Americans who have helped create a humanistic approach to trombone playing, Chicago's Jeb Bishop has been omnipresent in that city's improvised music scene as well as on gigs elsewhere and in Europe.
These CDs – serendipitously recorded almost exactly a year apart – show why he has been able to work in bands with leaders as different as saxophonist Peter Brötzmann and drummer Mike Reed. Bishop's first disc as leader in a decade, 2009 provides 11 instances of his composing<|fim_middle|>9: Jeb Bishop (trombone); Jason Roebke (bass) and Frank Rosaly (drums)
Track Listing: Seeing: 1. Maker 2. If You Were 3. Put My Finger on It 4. How-A-Low 5. Eff-Time 6. Seeing You See 7. Turns to Everything 8. Since Then 9. Word Made Fresh 10. Close
Personnel: Seeing: Jeb Bishop (trombone); Keefe Jackson (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet); Jason Roebke (bass) and Noritaka Tanaka (drums) | and improvising aided by bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Frank Rosaly, who individually or as rhythm team, work as often in the city as Bishop.
Part of the Roswell Rudd lineage of expressive brass playing that relates back to pre-modern stylists – New York's Steve Swell is his First City counterpart – Bishop's contributions are particularly notable on reedist Keefe Jackson's disc as well. Although Roebke is also on board, another contributing factor to Bishop's simpatico interaction with the tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist may be that both are originally Southerners – the trombonist from Raleigh, North Carolina and Jackson from Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Certainly on Seeing You See they appear to function at times as mirror images of one another. The most common strategy is for one – usually Jackson, since all the compositions are his – to state the melody and work out variations to it. Meantime the other front-line partner provides rococo and sfumato coloration. More often than not Roebke walks appropriately and drummer Noritaka Tanaka provides the necessary rolls, rebounds and pops.
With much of the material taken moderato and languendo, and most theme statements restated at the end, overall the band strategy reflects that of those unselfconscious, yet cool combos of the 1950s and 1960s, such as bands led by baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan with valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer. The slippery chromatic blowing and front-line contrapuntal voicing on a piece such as "Put My Finger on It" is a prime example, especially when à la Mulligan, an energetic drum break appears at one point. Rim shots and opposite sticking from Tanaka on "Turns to Everything", break up the tune with an unexpected bounce. Additionally, while the trombone part is Harmon-muted, Jackson, who in the past has ventured into non-mainstream territory with a band featuring Swiss tubaist Marc Unternährer, creates a nervy tour-de-force of flying altissimo and crying reed bites.
More empathetic sounds are created by the quartet on the intermezzo that is "Close" and which ends the CD. Taken at a dawdling, relaxed pace, the chronology maintains a balance among Bishop's restrained capillary puffs, Jackson's low-pitched bass clarinet slurs, and the bassist's barely-there strokes.
Limiting himself to a trio formation on his own disc, Bishop still makes the performances constantly interesting by using a variety of rhythms and voicings. Frequently employing stop-time and with Rosaly, at least here, seemingly a more aggressive drummer than Tanaka, the program flows agreeably.
One instance of this is "Dusk"; with the drummer emphasizing the back beat and the bassist slaps and slides. Here too the trombonist exhibits a collection of wide-bore licks, which are slithery and sturdy at the same time. In contrast, "Full English" depends on lightning-quick tonguing and plunger resolves from Bishop on top of Rosaly's brush work; while the 'boneman's spluttering and vibrated triplets nicely balance steel-fingered-like bass-string thumps and Latinesque rim shots on "11 AM Verti Marte".
Other tunes mix pressurized and soothing interface, usually from Bishop's trombone. He contorts his way through various brass slurs and clucks with low-pitched tonguing on "The Elliptical Blues" and burrows deep inside the tube with rubato blows and a series of a capella tones to enliven the interlude that is "#3 (Cleo)" and which match up with the bassist's guitar-like plunks.
The notable work on 2009 confirms that the trombonist has waited far too long to helm his own session; hopefully something that will be rectified from now on. Furthermore his playing and that of the others on Jackson's CD also confirms that the number of creative musicians in and coming from, Chicago remains unabated.
Track Listing: 2009: 1. 900 2. Dusk 3. Jacket Weather 4. #3 (Cleo) 5. Awomblyn 6.11 AM Verti Marte 7. Full English 8. The Elliptical Blues 9. Before and After 10. The Lateness Of The Hour 11. Round Two
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O Museu Casa Fritz Alt foi inaugurado em 1975 na cidade de Joinville, após a aquisição da antiga residência do artista Fritz Alt, construída na década de 1940. Sua localização privilegiada permite aos visitantes uma vista panorâmica da cidade e uma integração com a paisagem natural do Morro do Boa Vista.
O acervo do Museu conta com obras de arte produzidas por Fritz Alt, um grande número de<|fim_middle|>
Museus de arte do Brasil
Museus de Joinville
Fundações em Santa Catarina em 1975 | moldes, também móveis e objetos de uso pessoal ao artista. Além desse acervo institucional, muitos trabalhos estão expostos pela cidade de Joinville, tais como o Monumento do Imigrante na Praça da Bandeira, os murais em pastilha de mosaico localizados na Biblioteca Pública e no edifício do SESI, também o busto Dona Francisca e os monumentos de Getúlio Vargas e de João Colin. O Museu possui um programa de ações educativas e uma exposição itinerante que percorre as escolas do entorno de Joinville.
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Last year, between January and September, there were 30 accidents involving Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs)<|fim_middle|> Myanmar Amended Companies Act Affect You? Are You Compliant? | and pedestrians, out of a total of 110 accidents involving PMDs. Commonly ridden on footpaths, PMDs are able to travel swiftly and silently at high speeds. The consequences of a PMD collision can be severe.
In September last year, a woman who was run down by an e-scooter was left in a coma for a month, suffered numerous mini strokes and had to undergo two brain operations. Given the rising use of PMDs in Singapore, it is more important than ever to know what to do if you are involved in an accident with a PMD rider. Fret not, here are 6 general steps to follow if the need ever arises.
The first thing, you should definitely do is to make sure that you are okay. After getting into an accident, you may be in shock. Stay calm and take stock of the situation. If you are injured, call for an ambulance at 995. If you are seriously injured, seek help from other passersby to contact emergency services or your family members.
The second thing you should do is to ask for certain information from the PMD rider. Pursuant to the Active Mobility Act which came into full effect on 1 May 2018, users of PMDs (and even cyclists) must comply with certain rules if they are involved in an accident.
The PMD rider is legally obliged to stop immediately, render assistance if able, and provide their full name and residential address, as well as the full name and residential address of the owner of the PMD (if it belongs to someone else). Failure to do so is a criminal offence.
In addition, you should also ask for the PMD rider's identification number, telephone number and the details of his insurer (if any). Obtaining these details will make it easier for you to seek compensation against the PMD rider for your injuries in the future.
Any injuries you may have suffered.
Remember to take photographs before allowing the PMD rider to move his vehicle, as photographs showing the accurate position of the PMD will help you in your claim for compensation.
It is important to follow this step and collect all the necessary information, if you want to lodge a claim against the PMD rider in the future. This information will serve as contemporaneous evidence of the accident and your injuries, and will help to substantiate any claim you make against the PMD rider.
If you are seriously injured, you may be transported by an ambulance to a nearby hospital. Even if you have suffered only minor injuries such as bruises or abrasions, you should still consult a doctor if you wish to make a claim later on, as medical evidence is an essential part of any claim for personal injuries. When you meet with your doctor, you should inform your doctor that you were involved in an accident with a PMD rider, and provide details of the accident and how you were injured.
You should lodge a police report of the accident as soon as you are physically fit to do so. You may do so online or at your nearest police station. It is recommended to lodge a police report as soon as possible, while the details of the accident are still fresh in your mind. Also, a contemporaneous report – one that is made close to the date of the accident – will be seen as being more reliable than a report that is only lodged much later.
You should note that a PMD rider also has a legal duty to lodge a police report if there is no police officer present at the scene of the accident. This means that your lawyers may later be able to apply for the police report of the PMD rider, to ascertain how much compensation you may receive.
If you do decide to make a claim for personal injuries, there are two possible routes: filing a claim with your insurance company, claiming against the PMD rider, or both.
The first way you can obtain compensation for your injuries is by filing a claim with your insurance company. As insurance policies may differ, you should check the terms of your policy on whether you are covered for personal accidents.
After submitting your claims form, the insurance company will process it with a view to reimbursing you.
Pros: Speed – Your claim should be processed in a matter of days or weeks.
Cons: Limited amount of compensation – Depending on your policy, you may only be able to claim for part of your medical expenses, and you may not be reimbursed for other losses such as loss of income or pain and suffering. Your insurance premiums or no-claim discount may also be affected.
The second way you can obtain compensation is to bring a legal claim against the PMD rider. You may do this instead of filing a claim with your insurance company (for example if you wish to keep your no-claim discount intact), or you may do both. It is advisable to consult a lawyer if you wish to commence legal proceedings, as your lawyer will be able to provide a detailed assessment of your case and the likely compensation you should receive.
Pros: Several areas of claim – You may be able to claim for several types of losses such as loss of income, medical expenses (including future expenses), pain and suffering, and cost of damaged personal property, among others. Your lawyer can ensure that you are justly compensated for your injuries and losses.
Cons: Time – A legal claim may take a few months or more, depending on the severity of your injuries and complexity of your case.
If you have been recently involved in an accident and would like advice on your options, you can request a quote from Julian Neo. You can also get a Quick Consult with lawyers with similar expertise. With Quick Consult, you can check out in minutes and for a transparent, flat fee, the lawyers will call you back on the phone within 1-2 days to answer your questions and give you legal advice.
This article is written by Julian Neo from Clifford Law and edited by Rishika Pundrik from Asia Law Network.
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Julian graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Leicester in 2015. He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 2017. Julian's main area of expertise is in personal injury plaintiff litigation, and he has assisted in numerous high-value cases involving debilitating injuries such as amputation, spinal injuries and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
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Melbourne International Jazz Festival — Day 2 →
Melbourne International Jazz Festival: Opening concert
YOU could say that Charlie Haden, after relishing the opening applause — "Don't stop, don't stop" — and spruiking his Liberation Music Orchestra CDs — "You can't buy these any more… there are no record shops" — turned his back on the audience.
It was standing room only at BMW Edge on Sunday for Haden (Artist in Residence for the MIJF) and his LMO of Australian stand-ins in what was effectively the opening concert for the festival. In suddenly wintry Melbourne earlier that afternoon, the Mell-O-Tones treated Fed Square patrons to some lively swing and dancers Swing Patrol showed us some cool moves on the paving stones. Act<|fim_middle|> ben vanderwal, BMW Edge, charlie haden, dan gordon, jamie oehlers, jazz, julien wilson, melbourne international jazz festival, MIJF, paul grabowsky, paul williamson, phil noy, sam anning, scott tinkler, shannon barnett, stephen magnusson. Bookmark the permalink. | is Dato followed with their zany, fun-filled antics.
But Haden was the attraction. An annoying buzz, possibly caused by a nearby mic being left on, did not help initially, but this was rich music in which to indulge while contemplating the irony that Haden — and arranger/composer Carla Bley — intended the album Not In Our Name as a protest against George W. Bush and his values. There are some tongue-in-cheek references, of course, but this music is often serene and beautiful, albeit martial. Perhaps on this album the LMO was trying to show a better side of America in the dark days before Obama's rise.
So what were the highlights? Well, it was fantastic (though not surprising, given the standard of local players) to hear Australian musicians with hardly any rehearsal time bringing to life this music that had its roots in the Spanish Civil War. Franco would have been in more trouble had his opponents faced Scott Tinkler or Shannon Barnett. Barnett's trombone solos in This Is Not America and Amazing Grace were, resepctively, lively, energetic and so rich. Paul Williamson on trumpet was superb in Goin' Home, bending, soaring and mewling before Phil Noy's intricate solo on tenor sax. Stephen Magnusson's guitar shone in Amazing Grace, Andrew Young on french horn delighted during Sylvio Rodriguez's Tail of a Tornado, and Tinkler was let out to play in a long version of We Shall Overcome, which also demonstrated Haden's generosity to his fellow bass player in Sam Anning. Haden stopped playing to clap Anning, and earlier in the concert he expressed his enthusiasm for the younger player with "Yeah, man".
Haden seems to be a gracious fellow and a real charmer. And his composition Silence was a beauty, breaking from the traditional solo after solo structure to open with Tinkler's trumpet, add trombone, then french horn, then tuba, then alto sax, then the tenor saxes, then Anning's bass before Charlie's bass, Paul Grabowsky on piano (who never tried to push his presence) and Williamson's trumpet. When did the drums enter? I forget. It built a mounting sense of anticipation, then ended with only the piano and Haden's bass. It sustained interest and had great beauty.
The other thing of note was that Charlie Haden, in order to conduct his "Oz LMO", faced his musicians and not the audience, so that effectively they had a private performance from the master. We could hear the result — and not everyone thought the BMW Edge acoustics did the sound justice — but the musicians on stage could see Haden. And towards the end of Silence, while Grabowsky and Haden played, the others in the LMO seemed to watch, and listen, enthralled.
A great start to MIJF for 2009.
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Lakeland Regional Health hang origami swans to honor its 13,000 COVID-19 patients
Lak<|fim_middle|> Health for a few weeks for people visiting patients in the hospital. Then will be moved to the Polk Museum of Art so that the public can view them. | eland regional health is paying tribute to those that lost their life or livelihood to COVID.
By: Rebecca Petit
LAKELAND, Fla. — Lakeland Regional Health is honoring its patients impacted by COVID-19 and recognizing its staff working tirelessly on the front line.
"Looking at the swans hanging there, it makes a huge impact of emotion," said Regina Wilkins, Nursing Professional Governance Manager at Lakeland Regional Health.
The origami swans hanging on display at Lakeland Regional Health represent the more than 13,000 COVID-19 patients treated at the hospital since the beginning of the pandemic. As a managing nurse over the COVID-19 intensive care unit, Wilkins has been on the front line caring for those patients.
"It really represents how a lot of the healthcare team felt as we were rolling through the last year. It just felt like they just kept coming in and we were fighting so hard to take care of them and help them get better," she said.
The origami swans are a way of honoring those patients. The white swans represent patients who recovered from the coronavirus and about 600 blue swans are to remember the lives lost.
The hospital's Chaplain said the display is space needed to recognize not only patients, but the incredible care the medical team has provided.
"Seeing a tangible representation of each person that we've cared for. It can be overwhelming to see the number. To us those aren't just numbers. Those aren't just a piece of paper that's folded into a swan. They are names and faces and people attached to every one of those," said Holly Johnson, Staff Chaplain.
Members of the medical team, along with volunteers from schools, churches, and the community spent time making the swans. Some include a special handwritten note, thanking those on the front line. Wilkins hopes the display brings a feeling of resilience for hospital staff and the entire community.
"Despite all that we've gone through in the past year, we have made it through the past year. And we are here to see more white swans than we do blue swans," she said.
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\section{Introduction}
The strength of disordered materials depends on multiple characteristic length scales, ranging from the macroscopic size of the sample over the sizes of pre-existing cracks down to characteristic length scales of the disordered microstructure. Sample size dependence is commonly related to the concept of a 'weakest link': Larger samples on average contain more weak parts and thus, provided failure is governed by the weakest part of the microstructure (e.g., the largest crack), they are likely to fail at lower stress. This argument puts the size dependence of failure firmly into the realm of extreme value statistics. Samples containing a single large crack, on the other hand, fall into an entirely different category: As failure is governed by the super<|fim_middle|>, {\it Proc. Royal Society A} {\bf 332}, 527-548.
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| critical propagation of this crack, the behavior is expected to depend on the crack size but -- at least in the large sample limit where boundary effects are negligible -- not on the size of the sample.
In disordered quasi-brittle materials, the above arguments must be used with caution. In such materials, large flaws can emerge from the collective dynamics of interacting microcracks. Thus, the concepts of 'weakest link' or 'critical flaw' are far from straightforward -- rather than being fixed pre-existing entities, weak zones and the associated length scales may need to be envisaged as emergent features of the complex dynamics of interacting defects. At the same time, the properties of pre-existing cracks are strongly influenced by their interactions with the disordered microstructure, which may give rise to crack front roughening \cite{schmittbuhl99,zaiser09a}, the formation of self-affine fracture surfaces \cite{bouchaud03}, \cite{alava06b} and the correlated nucleation of microcracks in a process zone ahead of the crack tip \cite{alava08}.
The fracture behavior of structurally disordered materials has been studied in numerous investigations (for overview, see \cite{alava06a}). The size dependence of failure stresses in pre-cracked samples, which is in the focus of the present study, has been investigated for two-dimensional disordered sheets by Alava and co-workers \cite{alava08}. In that study, the crack was one-dimensional and contained within the plane of the sheet. In the present study, we also consider a two-dimensional system (a thin elastic film) but the crack is in the present case two-dimensional and runs parallel to the plane of the film. This can be envisaged as a delamination problem: we are dealing with a crack running along a weak interface where the film is tethered to a rigid substrate. Failure is induced by shear tractions that are applied to the free surface of the film. The considered geometry is found in several physical applications, ranging from abrasive wear of coatings and shear-induced delamination of thin films to geophysical problems such as the failure of slopes by shear band formation \cite{palmer73} and the initiation of snow slab avalanches by failure of weak interfaces in snow stratifications \cite{fyffe04,heierli08}. From a theoretical point of view, a motivation for studying this system lies in the fact that the two-dimensional crack has additional degrees of freedom which, as we shall see, may lead to behavior which differs from that of one-dimensional cracks.
\section{Formulation of the model}
We consider an elastic film of thickness $D$ tethered to a rigid substrate. The film is modeled as a regular network of identical coil springs of unit length and stiffness $I$. The (discrete) coordinates of the network nodes are denoted by $X,Y$,
the network size is $L \times L$, and the origin of the coordinate system is located in the centre of the system. The interface with the substrate is represented by breakable coil springs which connect each node to a rigid support as shown schematically in Figure \ref{thinfilm}. We assume that the coil springs restrict displacements to be in the $X$ direction only, thus we are dealing with a scalar displacement field $U:=U_X$. The system is driven by an external shear force $\Sigma$ acting in the $X$ direction. This force is applied uniformly to all nodes of the network.
\begin{figure}[tbh]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=8cm]{Figure1.eps}
\end{center}
\caption{Schematic illustration of the model studied in this paper: A thin elastic film is connected by a cohesive interface to a rigid substrate; the film is loaded by shear tractions applied to its free surface. The film is modelled as a regular network of identical coil springs, while the interface is represented by breakable leaf springs which connect the nodes of this network to a rigid support. }
\label{thinfilm}
\end{figure}
The leaf springs break at the uniform critical extension $U_{\rm C}=2$. Structural randomness of the interface is modelled as quenched disorder in the form of random variations of the fracture energies $W_{\rm F}$ or, equivalently, of the leaf spring stiffnesses $K = 2 W_{\rm F}/U_{\rm C}^2 = W_{\rm F}/2$. These are assumed as independent identically distributed random variables with Weibull distribution, $P(W_{\rm F})=1- \exp[-(W_{\rm F}/W_0)^{\beta}]$. The parameter $W_0$ is chosen such that the mean value $\langle W_{\rm F} \rangle = W_0 \Gamma(1+1/\beta) = 1$ where $\Gamma(x)$ denotes the Gamma function. Different degrees of randomness can be introduced by varying the exponent $\beta$ and thus the coefficient of variation $CV = \sqrt{\Gamma(1+2/\beta)/(\Gamma(1+1/\beta))^2-1}$ of the distribution. A crack is introduced by removing all leaf springs over the cracked area. We consider two crack geometries: (i) a crack of width $2A$ in the $X$ direction that is located in the system centre and spans the system in $Y$ direction, and (ii) a circular crack of radius $A$ in the centre of the system.
We note that a scalar model very similar to the present one was studied by Zapperi et. al. \cite{zapperi00}. The main differences between both models concern the crack geometry and driving method: Zapperi et. al,. consider straight cracks that cut from one edge of the system halfway into the interface, and drive these by imposing a growing displacement on the cracked edge of the film. This geometry could be adapted to study size effects in systems with straight cracks, but it is not well suited for circular crack geometries.
In the limit of slowly varying displacement fields, the force equilibrium condition
for our model can be written in the following continuum approximation:
\begin{equation}
I \left(\frac{\partial^2 U}{\partial X^2} + \frac{\partial^2 U}{\partial Y^2}\right) + \Sigma - T(U,X,Y) = 0\;,
\label{eq:forcebalance}
\end{equation}
where $T$ is the local characteristics of the leaf springs representing the interface:
\begin{equation}
T(U,X,Y) = \left\{
\begin{array}{l}
\displaystyle
\frac{W_{\rm F}(X,Y) U}{2}, \quad U \le 2,\\[.3cm]
0,\quad U > 2.
\end{array}\right.
\label{eq:stresstrain}
\end{equation}
We note that Eq. (\ref{eq:forcebalance}) can be obtained from a long-wavelength approximation to the continuum equations describing stress equilibrium in a thin film under shear loads. The non-dimensional variables of the present
model can thus be related to the physical and geometrical parameters of the thin film problem. The derivation has been
given elsewhere \cite{zaiser09a,zaiser09b} and we refer the reader to those previous studies for making the link with
'real' physical systems.
\section{Displacement fields, critical crack lengths and critical stresses for linear and circular cracks}
For analysing the behavior of cracks in finite disordered systems, it is useful to first consider the same crack geometry in
a system without disorder ($W_{\rm F}(X,Y)=W_{\rm F}$) and of infinite extension. We envisage two crack geometries, namely (i) a linear crack of extension $2A$ in the $X$ direction which spans the system in the $Y$ direction, and (ii) a circular crack of diameter $2A$.
We first consider a linear crack. A critical crack is characterized by the fact that the displacement on the crack line
(in this case the lines $X=\pm A$) has the critical value $U=2$. With the additional requirement that the displacement gradient must vanish at infinity, we find that the solution of Eqs. (\ref{eq:forcebalance}) and (\ref{eq:stresstrain}) is given by
\begin{equation}
U(X)= \left\{
\begin{array}{l}
\displaystyle
\frac{\Sigma}{2 I}(A^2-X^2)+2,\quad |X|\le A,\\[.3cm]
\displaystyle
\frac{2\Sigma}{W_{\rm F}} + \left(2-\frac{2\Sigma}{W_{\rm F}}\right)\exp\left[-\sqrt{\frac{W_{\rm F}}{2I}}|X-A|\right],\quad |X| > A.
\end{array}\right.
\end{equation}
The critical crack length follows from the requirement that the displacement must be differentiable at $|X|=A$:
\begin{equation}
A = \frac{\sqrt{2W_{\rm F}I}}{\Sigma} - A^*
\label{eq:sizestrength1}
\end{equation}
where $A^* = \sqrt{2I/W_{\rm F}}$ is a characteristic length which governs the exponential decay of displacement and stress fields ahead of the crack tip. We note that the present relation
\begin{equation}
\Sigma (A+A^*) \propto \sqrt{W_{\rm F}}
\label{eq:griffith}
\end{equation}
represents a scaling that is different from Griffith's classical relation $\Sigma \sqrt{A} \propto \sqrt{W_{\rm f}}$ for bulk cracks (which also holds for linear cracks in thin sheets as studied by Alava et. al. \cite{alava08}). The different scaling reflects the fact that in case of a thin film, stress relaxation due to crack opening is confined to a volume that is limited by the film thickness (which is unity in the present non-dimensional representation). The characteristic length $A^*$ enters the expression (\ref{eq:griffith}) as an extension of the actual crack length $A$, i.e., it acts in a similar manner as the process zone size $A_p$ in Bazant's generalization of Griffith's relation to bulk cracks in semi-brittle materials \cite{bazant98}, $\Sigma \sqrt{A + A_p} \propto \sqrt{W_{\rm f}}$.
For a circular crack we transform Eq. (\ref{eq:forcebalance}) to cylindrical coordinates. With $R = \sqrt{X^2 + Y^2}$ we have
\begin{equation}
I \left(\frac{\partial^2 U}{\partial R^2} + \frac{1}{R}\frac{\partial U}{\partial R}\right) + \Sigma - T(U) = 0\;.
\end{equation}
Again, for a critical crack we require the displacement to assume the critical value $U=2$ on the crack line $R=A$. The solution is then
\begin{equation}
U(X)= \left\{
\begin{array}{l}
\displaystyle
\frac{\Sigma}{4 I}(A^2-R^2)+2,\quad R\le A,\\[.3cm]
\displaystyle
\frac{2\Sigma}{W_{\rm F}} + \left(2-\frac{2\Sigma}{W_{\rm F}}\right)\frac{K_0(\sqrt{W_{\rm F}/(2I)}R)}{K_0(\sqrt{W_{\rm F}/(2I)}A)},\quad R > A,
\end{array}\right.
\end{equation}
where $K_n$ is the $n$th-order modified Bessel function of the second kind. The condition for matching the derivatives at $R=A$ becomes
\begin{equation}
U'(A)= \frac{\Sigma A}{2 I} = \left(2-\frac{2\Sigma}{W_{\rm F}}\right)\sqrt{W_{\rm F}/2I} \frac{K_1(\sqrt{W_{\rm F}/(2I)}A}{K_0(\sqrt{W_{\rm F}/(2I)}A)}.
\end{equation}
This is readily analyzed in the limit $A \gg 1$ where our underlying continuum approximation is expected to be valid. The first and second order modified Bessel functions have the same asymptotic behavior and their ratio rapidly converges to unity. Thus, we obtain the following condition relating stress and critical crack radius:
\begin{equation}
A = 2\left(\frac{\sqrt{2W_{\rm F}I}}{\Sigma}-A^*\right)
\label{eq:sizestrength2}
\end{equation}
This relation is (but for a factor of 2) identical to that for a linear crack. In both cases, plots of the inverse stress vs. the critical crack length are expected to produce a straight line with positive $A$-axis intercept, $1/\Sigma = sA + a$ where $a = A^*/\sqrt{2W_{\rm F}I}=1/W_{\rm F}$. The slope of this plot is expected to be $s=1/\sqrt{2W_{\rm F}I}$ for linear and $s = 1/(2\sqrt{2W_{\rm F}I})$ for circular cracks.
\section{Simulations of disordered systems}
In our simulations of disordered systems the coil spring constants $I$ were set to unity and leaf spring constants were assigned randomly from a Weibull distribution with exponent $\beta$ and mean value $\langle K\rangle =1/2$ ($\langle W_{\rm F}\rangle=1$). System sizes were varied between $L=10$ and $L=160$. To introduce a linear crack of width $2A$ we simply removed all leaf springs within a strip of this width in the centre of the system. Thus the crack widths investigated are integer numbers. Circular cracks were introduced by choosing a number $B$, removing all leaf springs for which $X^2+Y^2 < B^2$, and then evaluating the 'radius' of the crack as $A = \sqrt{N/\pi}$ where $N$ is the number of removed springs. For each set of parameters $(\beta,L,A)$ we performed -- depending on system size -- typically $10^3$ simulations with different realizations of the quenched disorder.
Simulations were performed in the standard manner for a random spring model. We solve the force equilibrium equations in the small-displacement approximation for unit applied stress and identify the leaf spring with the largest displacement $\hat{U}$. The external stress is then multiplied with $\Sigma = 2/\hat{U}$ such that this spring has the critical displacement $U=2$, and the leaf spring is removed. We then again solve the equilibrium equations and identify the leaf spring with the largest displacement. If this exceeds the critical level, this spring is also removed and the process is repeated until a new equilibrium configuration is found where $U < 2$ for all sites where leaf springs are still in place. We then again identify the leaf spring with the largest displacement, multiply the external stress with $2/\hat{U}$, remove the spring, and so on until global failure of the interface occurs, defined in this case as the failure of {\em all} leaf springs.
Results are shown in Figure \ref{sizeffectcircular} for circular cracks, and in Figure \ref{sizeffectlinear} for linear cracks. For circular cracks, two different types of behavior can be observed. At small crack radii, the failure stress is approximately independent of the crack radius $A$ and has the same value as in a crack-free system. This failure stress has a logarithmic system size dependence as shown in the inset of Figure \ref{sizeffectlinear}. At large crack radii, on the other hand, the failure stress is system size independent but depends on the crack radius. This dependence is similar to what we expect for a system without disorder: the plot of $1/\Sigma$ vs. $A$ shows a linear dependence. The slope $s$ and axis intercept $a$ of this linear regime do not depend on system size. They exhibit only a weak disorder dependence as shown in the inset of Figure \ref{sizeffectcircular}. The numerical values are close to the values $a = 1$ and $s = 1/(2\sqrt{2})$ expected in the continuum limit of a disorder-free system.
\begin{figure}[tbh]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics{Figure2.eps}
\end{center}
\caption{System failure stress versus crack length for circular cracks in systems of different size; $\beta = CV = 1$. Inset: Dependence of slope and axis intercept of the linear regime on the coefficient of variation of the fracture energy distribution.}
\label{sizeffectcircular}
\end{figure}
The failure stresses of systems with linear cracks shown in Figure \ref{sizeffectlinear} show different behavior. Here, the two distinct regimes manifest from Figure \ref{sizeffectcircular} are absent. Instead, the plots of $1/\Sigma$ vs. $A$ are nearly linear for all crack sizes, and the logarithmic system size dependence of the failure stresses persists at all crack lengths. The slopes of the plots do not depend on system size. Their value is practically the same as for circular cracks, in good agreement with the deterministic result.
\begin{figure}[tbh]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics{Figure3.eps}
\end{center}
\caption{System failure stress versus crack length for linear cracks in systems of different size; $\beta = CV = 1$. Inset: System size dependence of the strength of the crack-free system.}
\label{sizeffectlinear}
\end{figure}
\section{Discussion and Conclusions}
The behavior we observe for circular cracks is analogous to the behavior of linear cracks in thin sheets described by Alava et. al. \cite{alava08}. The cross-over between a system-size dependent but crack-size independent regime at small crack sizes, and a crack-size dependent but system-size independent regime at large crack sizes, can be understood in terms of a transition between crack-nucleation-controlled and crack-propagation-controlled failure. If the radius of the pre-existing crack is small, the stress needed for its propagation may be high enough to nucleate another critical crack in another part of a sufficiently large system. In this case, failure is not controlled by the initial crack but by crack nucleation in a 'weakest spot' elsewhere. This has been shown to give, in a thin-film geometry similar to the present one, rise to a logarithmic system size dependence of the failure stress \cite{zaiser09b}. If the radius of the pre-existing crack is large enough, on the other hand, failure is governed by propagation of this crack and does not depend on system size. The crack length dependence of the failure stress matches the expectation from deterministic fracture mechanics: We find a linear dependence of the inverse failure stress on crack length, $1/\Sigma = a + sA$. The parameters $a$ and $s$ of the linear fit exhibit a weak, approximately linear dependence on the coefficient of variation of the failure energy distribution. The slope $s$, which in deterministic fracture mechanics is proportional to $s\propto 1/\sqrt{W_{\rm F}}$, decreases slightly with increasing disorder. This indicates a disorder-induced increase of the effective fracture energy, which can be understood as a consequence of crack front roughening and crack pinning as discussed in \cite{zaiser09a}. The axis intercept $a$, by contrast, increases with increasing disorder. This behavior cannot be understood in terms of an increase in effective fracture energy. Rather, we may interpret the increase of $a$ (or of $A^*$) as a consequence of an advance of the crack beyond the initial crack line that is associated with crack front roughening under subcritical loads, an effect that becomes more pronounced as the disorder increases \cite{zaiser09a}.
How can we understand the different size-dependent behavior of linear cracks? The obvious difference between the two geometries is that, for a crack spanning the entire system, the length of the crack line is equal to the system size whereas for a circular crack, it is proportional to the crack radius. As demonstrated in \cite{zaiser09a}, crack lines in interface fracture exhibit self-affine roughening, but the regime of correlated roughening is confined to scales less than the crack width $A$. Above this scale, the critical crack can envisaged as a sequence of independently pinned segments of length $\sim A$. Supercritical crack propagation can be triggered by the depinning and expansion of any of these segments. Accordingly, the system strength is governed by the weakest link along the crack line. The validity of this weakest-link argument can be directly demonstrated by analyzing the probability distributions of failure stresses: If the argument is valid, the distribution $P_L^{(n)}(\Sigma)$ of the minimum failure stress determined from $n$ independent simulations of systems of size $L$ must be equal to the distribution $P_{nL}(\Sigma)$ of the failure stress of a system of size $nL$. The $n$-th extremal distribution $P_L^{(n)}$ is calculated from the underlying distribution $P_L$ using the basic relation of extreme value statistics: $P_L^{(n)}(\Sigma) = 1 - [1- P_L(\Sigma)]^n$. Results of a comparison between $P_{nL}$ and $P_L^{(n)}$ for different values of $L$ and $n$ are shown in Figure \ref{extremaldist}. It is evident that the weakest-link argument works quite well. We note, however, that the same is not true for system sizes that are comparable to the crack length $A$ (such as $L=20$ for the parameters used in Figure 4). We attribute this to the correlated nature of the dynamics on scales $< A$, which precludes the use of simple weakest-link arguments.
\begin{figure}[tbh]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics{Figure4.eps}
\end{center}
\caption{Comparison of the probability distribution of failure stresses for a system of size $L=160$ with the second extremal distribution for a system of size $L=80$ and the fourth extremal distribution for a system of size $L=40$. Parameters: crack
length $2A=10$, $\beta = CV = 1$. Full line: best fit using a Gumbel distribution with parameters $C=134.42, \Sigma_0=0.2197$.}
\label{extremaldist}
\end{figure}
Establishing the nature of the associated size effect requires understanding of the functional nature of the failure stress distribution. Fitting the observed distributions indicates that, among the stable extreme value distributions, only the Gumbel distribution $P(\Sigma) = 1 - \exp[-\exp(C(\Sigma - \Sigma_0)]$ does an acceptable job. Evidently, this implies a logarithmic size effect as observed in the simulations.
In conclusion, the present investigation demonstrates that the additional degrees of freedom associated with 2D as compared to 1D cracks may give rise to additional types of size dependent behavior. For 2D cracks as investigated in this study, the process zone width may be associated with crack front roughening rather than with preferential accumulation of damage ahead of the crack tip. The latter mechanism, which characterizes the process zone of linear cracks in 2D sheets where it leads to screening of crack-tip stress concentrations \cite{alava08}, is irrelevant in the present case where elastic couplings are short ranged: In the present geometry, stress and displacement fields ahead of the crack decay exponentially even in the absence of disorder, hence, the crack has negligible influence on its wider surroundings. In case of linear system-spanning cracks, failure is governed by the depinning of a crack-line segment with a width of the order of the crack length. Since system failure depends on the pinning strength of the weakest segment along the crack line, this gives rise to a size dependence of the failure stresses at all crack lengths. The nature of the failure stress distributions, as well as direct determination of the mean failure stresses for different system sizes, indicate a logarithmic size effect.
Of course, a most interesting question concerns the size-dependent behavior of 2D cracks in bulk systems where both crack front roughening and damage accumulation ahead of the crack tip are likely to operate simultaneously. The interplay of these two mechanisms, the concomitant process zone characteristics, and the resulting size effects remain a task for further studies relying on much more substantial deployment of computer power.
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Killer keynotes, fantastic food, and play-filled party. Yesterday marked the first ever Ottawa Game Conference (OGC), a showcase and forum for strengthening the development industry in the Ottawa area. Guess what: it was awesome.
We at Snowed In Studios were lucky to not only have Tim, Chris, Evan, Matt and myself attend the OGC, but also our very own JS participated as a speaker and panel member. The conference itself was organized by industry members including John Criswick (Magmic), Scott Simpson (Bitheads, Playbrains), Jean-Sylvain Sormany (Snow<|fim_middle|> even the corporate environment. A second great presentation.
The layout of the conference was neat, splitting into two tracks at points with one side of presentations focused on the business aspect of gaming, and the other the content. The tracks allowed for participants to hear discussions and presentations based on their field of speciality (which was great as any time I checked in on the content tracks I was incredibly lost!). Although some were not fantastic, some were interesting including a panel on console and desktop gaming with a discussion on multimedia vs. transmedia devices as well as industry changes in gaming platforms. Another favourite panel was that on mobile gaming where members highlighted the importance of building a game for your pricing model rather than 'slapping the model on after'. Lastly, the panel on moving to alternative funding models for games was interesting as well, as it discussed the challenge of getting your first dollar and the importance of 'sweat equity'.
Overall, the panels and presentations were both entertaining and educational. They weren't the only great thing about the conference though, the amenities were fantastic. Held in the Ottawa Convention Center, the facilities were brand new, and food and drinks were everywhere. Starbucks Coffee, Vitamin Water, Redbull, Monster, juice and smoothies: what more would you need? Add to that a lunch of burgers and pogos with freshly made potato chips and speciality mustards and ketchup (not exactly exotic but I'll take it!) and I'm satisfied.
And finally: the after party. First off, I think that all bars should have video games. How great is it to be playing indie games with other developers, beer in hand? It was a fantastic networking opportunity as well, I had the chance to meet engineers, business developers, and owners from all over Ontario. There was food, dancing, drinks and a great turnout.
Altogether, the Ottawa Games Conference was a success in my mind. Although it started a little early and went somewhat long, the organizers have already been talking about extending next year's event over two days. Even so, in the 11 hours that I was there not only did I learn more about the industry and meet some great people, I had fun! I am definitely looking forward to next year, and to see what amazing things the Ottawa games industry will accomplish by then.
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The conference kicked off with opening ceremonies including remarks from each of the above founders at 8:00 am (yes, 8:00 am). It was an early morning, but the day proved to be packed with interesting speakers and lots of information about an ever-changing industry. The founders excited the sold-out crowd of almost 400 people, waking them up with jokes and laughs.
Keynote speakers included Jason Della Rocca, founder of consultancy company Perimiter Partners and former executive of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA). Assisted by fly mating metaphors, Jason Della Rocca spoke about the gaming environment including how developers in today's industry need to adapt, evolve, and try new things, as well as establish an environment that fosters innovation and creation in order to succeed. It was a very strong presentation, and he finished it with the idea that game developers need to simply 'take many shots at goal and hope for success'.
Gabe Zichermann, author and gamification expert, was the second keynote speaker at the conference. He began by introducing the notion of fluid intelligence (gF) which is characterized by innovation and how it can be developed. One can raise that increase gF by seeking novelty, challenging oneself, thinking creatively, doing things the hard way, and networking. Wait, where can these activities be found? Video games! He discussed gF being incorporated into everyday life by gamification (the process of using game thinking and mechanics to engage users), including games in vehicles, education, exercise, and | 338 |
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Meanwhile, Ava runs a side hustle out of the school parking lot and Gregory, now a full-time teacher, is in over his head with the curriculum when season two of "Abbott Elementary" premieres WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21 (9:00-9:31 p.m. EDT) on ABC. (TV-PG, DL) Watch episodes on demand and on Hulu the day following their premieres. s02e01 2×01 2.01 s2e1
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ABBOTT ELEMENTARY Season 2 Episode 1 – "Development Day" – The teachers are back at Willard R. Abbott Public School for development week, a time to prepare for the upcoming year before the students' first day of school. Post-breakup, Janine is determined to start the year off right and leave her problems at home. With this new outlook, she takes on organizing the faculty mixer and announces a special celebrity surprise she planned for the kids' first day. Meanwhile, Ava runs a side hustle out of the school parking lot and Gregory, now a full-time teacher, is in over his head with the curriculum when season two of "Abbott Elementary" premieres WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21 (9:00-9:31 p.m. EDT) on ABC. (ABC/Scott Everett White) WILLIAM STANFORD DAVIS
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ABBOTT ELEMENTARY Season 2 Episode 1 – "Development Day" – The teachers are back at Willard R. Abbott Public School for development week, a time to prepare for the upcoming year before the students' first day of school. Post-breakup, Janine is determined to start the year off right and leave her problems at home. With this new outlook, she takes on organizing the faculty mixer and announces a special celebrity surprise she planned for the kids' first day. Meanwhile, Ava runs a side hustle out of the school parking lot and Gregory, now a full-time teacher, is in over his head with the curriculum when season two of "Abbott Elementary" premieres WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21 (9:00-9:31 p.m. EDT) on ABC. (ABC/Scott Everett White) JANELLE JAMES
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY Season 2 Episode 1 – "Development Day" – The teachers are back at Willard R. Abbott Public School for development week, a time to prepare for the upcoming year before the students' first day of school. Post-breakup, Janine is determined to start the year off right and leave her problems at home. With this new outlook, she takes on organizing the faculty mixer and announces a special celebrity surprise she planned for the kids' first day. Meanwhile, Ava runs a side hustle out of the school parking lot and Gregory, now a full-time teacher, is in over his head with the curriculum when season two of "Abbott Elementary" premieres WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21 (9:00-9:31 p.m. EDT) on ABC. (ABC/Gilles Mingasson) SHERYL LEE RALPH, JANELLE JAMES
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Charlize Theron Kicks Ass in "Atomic Blonde"
A stylish, brutal action spy thriller starring Charlize Theron<|fim_middle|> Road. But other films like this year's The Fate of the Furious, 2012's Prometheus, The Italian Job or the ill-fated Aeon Flux never made the most of her talent. Atomic Blonde feels tailor made for Theron, and would absolutely not work without her. Lorraine's icy exterior is matched only by the fire burning inside of her to achieve her mission. "I want my life back" she says after taking out a hotel room full of men trying to kill her and knocking back a shot of straight vodka. If we've learned anything, it's that Lorraine will come out on top, even if she's gotta take a few punches and nurse a few bruises to get there.
The soundtrack may be a bit on the nose at times ("Der Kommissar," "99 Luftballoons," and Depche Mode's "Behind the Wheel," just to name a few tracks) but it's choreographed to the heartbeat of the film in a similar fashion (albeit on a lesser scale) to Edgar Wright's Baby Driver that give the action sequences an extra kick. The neon colors that light the hotel rooms and clubs in Berlin feel transported from the world of Nicolas Winding Refn that disturbing the chilliness of Cold War Berlin. And while the twists and turns might do little to assist the audience in untangling the plot, I didn't really care in the end. The expertly executed action sequences, gorgeous cinematography all tied together by Theron's compelling performance were more than enough for me. Atomic Blonde aims to please, and goes straight for the jugular.
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From the moment I saw the trailer for Atomic Blonde for the first time, I knew that director David Leitch had made a film just for me. Set in 1989 just days before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Theron stars as Lorraine Broughton, a top level MI6 agent tasked with recovering a list of double agents who are supposed to be smuggled into the West after a fellow MI6 operative is murdered by the KGB. For someone as accomplished, and deadly, as Lorraine this should be no problem. But from the moment she lands in West Germany, our protagonist learns that not only has she been compromised, but that she can't trust anyone, least of all her wild card contact Percival (James McAvoy) who may or may not have ulterior motives. The story is told to us through Lorraine's interrogation, carried out by her superior Eric Gray (Toby Jones) and Emmett Kurzfeld (John Goodman) a CIA operative working with MI6.
There are as many twists and turns in Atomic Blonde as there are action montages featuring Theron and the nameless men she takes out, set to killer music. Within the first few sequences, Lorraine takes out a pair of KGB agents with her red heels, and orchestrates a car crash that takes out her enemies but leaves her visibly unscathed. In another, Lorraine escapes more KGB assassins using one's neck as leverage to swing from one balcony to the next. Her mission gets even trickier when she hooks up with the innocent looking and similarly mysterious rookie French agent Delphine (Sofia Boutella), and suddenly the already tangled web of deception and violence because a gordian knot. It's totally nonsensical and frivolous, but Theron's blinding star wattage and the film's slick sheen sticks is absolutely irresistible much like Leitch's Keanu Reeves vehicle John Wick has proven to be.
The camera loves Theron, who reportedly did her own stunts for this film. Leitch shoots the long, oftentimes uncut action sequences with sheer admiration for his leading lady. Even when Lorraine is strutting down the street, it's hard not to worship her in the way the movie does. This is not the actress' first foray into the action genre; she was brilliant in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury | 499 |
With the first of the Baby Boom generation having reached the traditional retirement age of sixty-five in 2011, the number of retirement age individuals is expected to grow by 10,000 each day for the next fifteen years.
By 2030, when the last of the Baby Boomers will have turned sixty-five, an estimated 18% of the US population, or sixty-five million Americans, will have reached retirement age.
Up In Smoke provides a startling examination of the status of each of our nation's retirement systems and explores how a pending retirement crisis could threaten the US economy. Those nearing retirement, as well as generations to follow will increasingly be seeking an understanding of how we arrived at this difficult place and what hope lies ahead. Up In Smoke provides those insights.
Richard DeProspo is an investment professional with over 30 years' experience advising state and local governments throughout the country. An expert on public employee pension management, he has lectured widely on the topic and advised numerous municipalities and public pension funds on the proper management of employee retirement liabilities.
Mr. DeProspo holds B. A. and M.B.A. degrees from the State University of New York. Up In Smoke in his first non-fiction work.
The rapid adoption of 401(k) plans by US companies in the early 1980s has left a generation of private sector workers unprepared for the expenses of retirement. The Baby Boomers are the first generation in 100 years to fund retirement solely through personal savings and Social Security. But what happened to corporate pension plans that had served previous generations so well in their retirement years?
One of the largest of these cases of the past thirty years, is that of United Airlines. When United received permission from the federal bankruptcy court in 2005 to terminate its four employee pension plans, Judge Eugene Wedoff sided with United, who argued to the court that the airline could not emerge from the bankruptcy process with its retirement plans in place. The ruling released United from $3.2 billion in pension liability for three years to 134,000 current and former employees. Those liabilities were transferred to the PBGC (interestingly, United's total pension liability at the time was estimated by the PBGC at $9.8 billion74). United was soon followed into bankruptcy by Delphi Automotive, Delta and Northwest Airlines, with unfunded pension liabilities in the case of the latter two, estimated at $16 billion.
As part of United's bankruptcy reorganization plan, the company migrated its current employees to a 401(k) plan, a move that the airline unions had steadfastly opposed. It remains an open and unanswerable question whether the bankruptcy would have still been necessary had United converted its defined benefit plan to a 401(k) plan in the early 1980s, following the lead of many other major US companies at the time. Perhaps United would have filed anyway, and perhaps the fact that early movers to 401(k) plan conversions like Honeywell, Hughes Aircraft, PepsiCo and Johnson<|fim_middle|> to limit exposure to defined benefit liabilities by freezing existing plans. While an outright conversion of an existing defined benefit plan to a 401(k) style plan is rare, and would face formidable legal challenge, companies have actively sought to freeze future benefit accruals to current or prospective employees by closing their plan to new entrants. Occasionally, these freezes have also encompassed the existing accrued pension benefits of existing employees, allowing those earned defined benefits to be paid out upon retirement, while future benefit liability would be funded through a 401(k) plan.
According to data compiled by the Center for Retirement Research (CRR) a total of seventeen large and healthy US companies froze their benefit plans in the period 2004 -2006. Included among this list were IBM, with 117,000 participants affected, Verizon Communications with 50,000, Sprint Nextel with 39,000 and Hewlett-Packard with 32,000 participants impacted. Each of these plan conversions were termed "partial" freezes, meaning the existing defined benefit plan was closed to both new employees and some existing employees (the exception was in the case of IBM, where the plan was closed to all new and existing employees). This list also excludes companies like GM and Northwest, then not in bankruptcy but facing considerable financial pressures, who also announced a freeze of their salaried pension plans. In its 2008 survey of defined benefit sponsoring employers, the Governmental Accounting Office found that half of these companies surveyed had partially or completely frozen their plans75.
The act of otherwise healthy companies choosing to freeze their pension plans has accelerated in more recent years with Macy's, Allstate, News Corp, Lockheed Martin, Walt Disney, Boeing, Bank of America, Kraft and Clorox all joining a long list of household names seeking to limit defined benefit plan exposure.
So why are so many companies seeking to limit their defined benefit liabilities to employees through bankruptcy or by freezing their existing plan? The answers are, at least in part, somewhat obvious. In an increasingly competitive business environment, many companies are seeking to limit their overall compensation expense. CRR found in its study that reducing the employer contribution to defined benefit plans, on average, reduced pension costs from 7–8% of payroll to a far more modest 3%, under a 401(k) employer match. Since these plan freezes were not met with salary increases to offset the reduced benefits, total compensation expenses were lowered. This shift in retirement liability, according to CRR, was far more likely to hurt mid-career employees than new hires, many of whom tended to prefer the portability of a 401(k) plan option. This would suggest very little impact of the freezes upon companies' ability to recruit and retain new hires.
Companies are also acutely aware of the changes in longevity and their impact on benefit payouts, as well as the increasing risk of managing those future liabilities through investments. The rapid declines in the stock market of 2000 and 2008 accelerated this concern for companies, who subsequently sought to "de-risk" their defined benefit pension plans.
But the Center for Retirement Research also found that a key goal in freezing plans was often an effort to restructure total compensation due to projected increases in health care costs. While this is especially true in those instances where companies would provide post-retirement health care benefits, the rapid growth in health care spending for even current employees has pressured the total compensation expenses of companies in recent years. On average, health care benefits had risen from 2.4% of total compensation in the 1970s to 8.4% by 2004.
Another important reason for the change was the introduction of governmental regulations, beginning with the Revenue Act of 1978 that ostensibly favored retirement tax breaks for individuals, but also favored corporations. Allowing employees to contribute to a 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax dollars allowed companies to ease the burden of their own responsibility for retirement funding. With more and more businesses offering 401(k) plans, competitive pressures to provide defined benefit plans quickly evaporated. | & Johnson have not similarly filed for bankruptcy protection, is simply coincidence. Or to be fair, it may simply be a function of industries with more favorable underlying economics.
Be that as it may, while many public companies have divested themselves of their defined benefit liability through the bankruptcy process, a great number of healthy US companies have similarly sought | 67 |
Boomer Sooner at the Alamodome? A look at who could play in the Alamo Bowl
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Nick Moyle, Staff writer
Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams (13) during an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma State, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, in Stillwater, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Since the creation of the Alamo Bowl in 1993, Oklahoma has never made the late December trip down to San Antonio for the game.
The Sooners did win the 2007 Big 12 championship game at the Alamodome. That happened, of course, when coach Bob Stoops was still in the midst of his sterling 18-year run.
And in a twist no one saw coming just a couple weeks ago, Stoops could be the one to finally bring the Sooners south to the Alamo City for bowl season.
Once again, this year's Valero Alamo Bowl will feature one representative from the Big 12 and one from the Pac-12. The game's possible selections range from College Football Playoff aspirants to first-timers like the Sooners.
And after nixing the usual pregame festivities and capping Alamodome capacity at 11,000 for last year's game due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's edition is expected to operate without any limitations.
"Obviously, we are open for business this year," Valero Alamo Bowl President and CEO Derrick Fox said Thursday. "And probably tourism is the main component, we certainly want as many people as possible coming in from out of town. And I think four of the five schools that are really in our most likely final pool are from out of state, and all are ranked somewhere between No. 5 and 17 today in the CFP poll. So great teams, great options. Now it's just a matter of watching the championship games, see how that shakes things out."
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"But yeah, we've had a lot of fun following these teams throughout the course of the season and talking to everybody down the homestretch here. So we're excited about the matchup opportunities we have and looking forward to Sunday when we can make it official."
As for the selection process, Fox said the committee takes into account head-to-head records, the potential "excitement level" of school fanbases and their willingness to travel, and which matchup could produce the most competitive atmosphere, among other factors.
From that standpoint, Oklahoma-Oregon seems like the best possible outcome for this year's game. But regardless of what teams the Alamo Bowl picks this Sunday, Fox said he's "really pumped" to put together a full-on production after last year's watered-down version.
"We can't emphasize enough the getting back to normal," Fox said. "I mean, we're in the business of hospitality events and having fun and bringing people to our community and really showcasing to the country or even the world, 'Hey, we're open. Come visit.'"
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Souley Boum had 22 points to lead UTEP to a 69-64 win over UTSA | Oklahoma State (11-1) and No. 9 Baylor (10-2) will square off this weekend in the Big 12 championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Regardless of the outcome, both are expected to play in a New Year's Six bowl game, with the conference champion heading to the Sugar Bowl if it is not ranked among the top four in the final College Football Playoff poll.
That leaves No. 14 Oklahoma (10-2), which just had its entire world flipped upside down by coach Lincoln Riley's decision to bolt for USC. Stoops, who retired in 2016, will serve as the Sooners' interim coach while the school conducts an unexpected search for Riley's replacement.
"Obviously, one of the biggest brand names in college football and a team that's very familiar with the territory and recruits in the area, as well," Fox said. "And coach Stoops obviously is synonymous with Sooner Football and going into the (College Football) Hall of Fame this year. So a great legend, and he would certainly have I think the Sooner fans excited about coming to San Antonio."
The Pac-12 pool could get a little crowded if No. 17 Utah (9-3) upsets No. 10 Oregon (10-2) in Friday's conference championship game in Las Vegas.
Arizona State (8-4), UCLA (8-4) and Washington State (7-5) are all within one loss of the Ducks in the conference standings, making all four eligible for selection should Oregon falter. But if Utah loses, Oregon goes to the Rose Bowl and the Utes come to San Antonio by virtue of their 8-1 record in Pac-12 play.
Of those five Pac-12 possibilities, only Arizona State has not played in the Alamo Bowl. Utah (2019), Washington State (2018), Oregon (2015) and UCLA (2014) have all been selected in recent years.
"Obviously, the game on Friday night will dictate a lot," Fox said. "We'll take a look at all those and kind of walkthrough the scenarios, see how things play out this weekend and then make our final decision on Sunday. Probably about 1:45 (p.m.) our time we start getting the calls from the conferences to | 491 |
Martin's rebuilt '57 Chevy takes top honors at Detroit Autorama
A 195<|fim_middle|> week's Courier for more details on the project.
A 1957 Chevrolet 150 hardtop owned by former Alamosa residents Greg and Judy Hrehovcsik and built by Johnny's Auto Trim and Rod Shop, Inc. of Alamosa collected the Don Ridler Memorial Award at the 2018 Meguiar's Detroit Autorama this past weekend. | 7 Chevrolet 150 hardtop owned by former Alamosa residents Greg and Judy Hrehovcsik and built by Johnny's Auto Trim and Rod Shop, Inc. of Alamosa collected the Don Ridler Memorial Award at the 2018 Meguiar's Detroit Autorama this past weekend. The show is presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts at the Cobo Center in downtown Detroit and placed Johnny Martin's creation first in the Pirelli Great 8.
Street Rodder News said, "we've seen a million '57 Chevys over the years, but few if any as completely and as imaginatively redone as "Imagine," Greg and Judy's extensively redesigned silver 150.
Among those in attendance for the show were, front from left, Steve 'Geezer' Wagner, Brian Nelson, Matt Wagner, Bruce Williams; back, Barry Meguiar, host of Discovery's Velocity series Car Crazy and president of Meguiar's Inc, Kris Gosar, Tom Stark, owner Precision Designs, Ryan Martin, main designer on the project for Johnny's, Craig Rogers, owner Greg Hrehovcsik, and Johnny Martin, builder and co-owner of the '57 Ridler winner.
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July 2017 The National Cathedral Bishop's Garden
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The most recent summer tour of the LDG was to the Bishop's Garden at the National Cathedral.
Our docent, Ann, met us near the Baptistery which had been the Herb Cottage until it was partially destroyed by a crane falling on it after the earthquake. The crane had been working on repairs to the Cathedral, and was toppled by wind, causing significant damage to the garden's Norman Arch, stone wall, and numerous trees. Everything was repaired and now the building is a café. Ann explained that the garden was designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr. and was executed by the amazing<|fim_middle|> Border where an enormous Blue Atlas Cedar is growing. It was brought as a seedling from Palestine. The Shadow House, built with stones from President Grover Cleveland's summer home, near the Lawn has lovely views of the lower Blue Perennial border with the Yew walk above it. We visited the Rose Garden with the Wayside Cross as it's focal point - so named because it was a large stone cross from Europe that would guide travelers. The Rose Garden has a Peace Rose planted in it that was a gift from Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia. The Herb garden, called Hortulus, is next to the Rose Garden. It is planted with herbs that were obtained from a plant list of Wilfred Strabo, a monk who wrote a book about the medicinal use of herbs called Hortulus. In the center of this garden is a Carolingian font from the time of Charlemagne. At one end of the garden is the Samuel Yellin gates - these were created by the wrought-iron master from Philadelphia. Near the gate is the Finial Garden where a finial that fell from the church during the earthquake has been placed. Photos from many of these sites are posted below.
The Bishop's Garden is a true gem in our area and should be visited by all. If you can get a tour even better so that you can understand and appreciate all that has gone into it's creation and maintenance. The LDG is thankful to Ann, our guide, and the All Hallow's Guild for their continued work in the garden.
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Q Street Green Alley was awarded the "Social Impact" Award from the Potomac Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. You can visit the alley at 4515 Q Street NW in Washington, DC | work of Florence Brown Bratenahl, the wife of the first Dean of the Cathedral. She formed the All Hallows Guild, the garden guild of the Cathedral, to raise funds. She brought many mature plants into the garden from nearby properties and also brought hardscape elements such as the pie stones from the Nelly Custis property. She received numerous medieval sculptures from George Gray Barnard's collection for the garden. His collection was the most extensive in America at the time and it later formed the basis of "The Cloisters" collection.
The Norman Gate and view once inside.
There are many beautiful garden rooms and views in the garden - it's difficult to write about them all. Ann took us through the Norman Court with high arch and lovely fountain. It was a cool shady spot on a hot day. Then we walked to the Bishop's Lawn and | 172 |
Hi there! It seems like once fall hits, I decide to start lots of new projects! Just wanted<|fim_middle|> Holt and I love your blocks and rows. | to share what I've been working on!
So my Quilty Fun quilt is coming along! If it wasn't for my mom, I probably would have given up on this quilt, but she has helped me get through all the rows by cutting everything out for me! Which takes a lot of time! I am glad she kept me going, because I love how it is turning out and I can't wait to finish it! I have two rows left (not all my rows are pictured), and the borders and I can quilt this baby up!
I've already decided that this quilt will be hanging on my sewing room wall. I just have spent so many hours piecing this quilt, I don't want to use it!
So a couple of days ago Lori Holt announced on Instagram that she is doing a Christmas inspired quilt using her Quilty Fun book. Well, I couldn't resist. I have no business starting another project, because I am already so busy--but seriously I love her stuff, and wanted to join in. So here is my first block.
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Did<|fim_middle|> hand to release the juice inside.
In each lemon, insert 1 nail and 1 small strip of copper wire. Leave a small section in each one out for the electrical wires to connect.
Using an electrical wire, connect the nail in one lemon to the copper strip in another lemon. Do this to each lemon to form a chain.
In the first lemon, connect the copper to the long leg of the LED light. In the last lemon, connect the nail to the shorter end of the LED light (the shorter leg comes out of the flat side of the LED).
Voila! You have made a battery.
Batteries are made of two different types of metal suspended in an acidic solution.
In this experiment, copper and zinc (galvanized nails are zinc-plated) are the two metals and the lemon juice is the acidic solution.
An electric current is created when the two metals have different tendencies to lose the negatively charged electrons.
Because zinc loses electrons more readily than copper, zinc is the negative electrode (anode) and copper is the positive electrode (cathode).
When the battery is connected with a LED bulb, the circuit becomes closed.
Electrons flow from the zinc electrode through the LED bulb to the copper electrode and the bulb lights up.
Obviously, this lemon battery cannot power up a camera or even a kid's toy. As you can see, our LED only lighted up slightly.
But it is a fabulous experiment to demonstrate how direct current (DC) can be generated.
Now it's time to explore more. Can you try the experiment again with the following modifications and see what differences they make?
Use a different type of fruit.
Use other substances such as a vegetable or a cup of tap water as the conducting solution.
Use different metals as the electrodes. | you know that you can easily make a homemade battery?
It's not hard at all. You don't need to buy any special equipment for that.
Ok, you may need some equipment, but I bet you can get them by rummaging the house (that's what I did 🙂 ).
I guarantee your kids will be all awe struck!
Warning: Do not consume the lemons after they are used in the experiment!!
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"The Writing Process, or Why I Am a Hedge-Fox" by Julie Schumacher
By Luis Diaz | September 7 2018 | Humanities & Social Sciences
It has often been pointed out – first by the Greek poet Archilochus, and then more thoroughly in an essay by Isaiah Berlin – that writers can be classified as foxes, who know and are interested in a wide variety of different things, or as hedgehogs, who specialize, burrowing deeply into a single issue or interest.
Of course most writers don't typically fit like wooden pegs into one category or the other; personally, I like to think of myself as a hybrid – perhaps a hedge-fox. Picture me with a low-riding, quilled chassis and a flamboyant, expressive and flame-colored tail.
Fox-wise, I've written a range of different works: short stories, essays, young adult fiction, a coloring book, an epistolary novel, and two academic satires. As the only woman who has (so far) received the Thurber Prize for American Humor, I've been called a "comic writer" – a curious designation, given that a good deal of my fiction is depressing or sad.
Hedgehoggishly, I stick to realism that emphasizes character and emotion. No matter the genre, I write to find out who people (myself included) are: how they think and what they believe or fall in love with or fear. The old writerly saw – "write what you know" – is invariably misunderstood in this context. It doesn't mean that writers should limit themselves to their own biographical experience, but that they should deeply understand the lives and emotions and psychology about which they write. A novelist with an intimate or insightful knowledge of loss can depict that emotion in her own back yard or on Planet Glyx.
The way in which I fail as a hedgehog regards research. To my mind, a true hedgehog is a writer who investigates the details of her material with a thoroughness I don't have the patience for. Look at (among the marvelous books I've read recently) Yaa Gyassi's Homegoing, or Kevin Powers's A Shout in the Ruins, or Joan Silber's Improvement or Rachel Kushner's The Mars Room. Just thinking about the amount of work Hilary Mantel must have done for<|fim_middle|>, Sociology | her novels makes me feel tired.
Because I lack that dedicated sort of attention span, my own idea of literary research would fall under the heading of dilettante-fox. Most of what I need in order to write my books can be found in my own jumbled brain or in Britannica Kids. That said, while writing Dear Committee Members I kept a beloved copy of Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words close at hand. And in the process of writing The Shakespeare Requirement, I spent some significant time on what might best be termed "research lite" via the net. Having kept tabs on some of the topics I investigated while writing the book, I offer the following list:
miniature donkeys, diet and behavior
how to make campaign buttons
vicodin vs. percocet – effects
Biblical concept of "headship"
komodo dragon vs. monitor lizard
cauliflower ears
types of yoga
choking sensations; drowning; Heimlich maneuver
Roman gladiator – gladiator wardrobe
at what height is a person considered a midget?
ten of the world's most erotic statues
are wasps insects?
Shakespearean references to grief
illnesses contracted from toilet seats
celebrity deaths, fall 2010
Latin translation of _______ [multiple instances]
international transport of tarantulas
The list is clearly more fox than hedgehog, especially if the fox in question has ADHD.
Fortunately, while writing the book, I also had access to primary sources: that is, undergraduate English majors, whom I quizzed about their attitudes toward the work of Shakespeare. For students concentrating in English, should a semester of the bard, I asked them, be required? Opinions were divided on the subject: some students believed it wasn't necessary to require a semester-long class dedicated to a single (dead white male) author, when there are so many important works to read; others worried that removing Shakespeare as a foundation of the curriculum would be akin to extracting the skeleton and leaving a lump of flesh behind.
I did find it reassuring to hear one student, discussing the relevance of centuries-old literature, explain that "Beowulf changed my freaking life."
Fox and hedgehog alike must equally aspire to any portion of that readerly zeal.
Julie Schumacher grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, and graduated from Oberlin College and Cornell University. Her first novel, The Body Is Water, was published by Soho Press in 1995 and was an ALA Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Minnesota Book Award. She lives in St. Paul and is a faculty member in the Creative Writing Program and the Department of English at the University of Minnesota.
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Neal Gabler on Teaching the Next Generation About Their Political Heritage
November 18 2020 | Humanities & Social Sciences
Contributed by Neal Gabler, author of Catching the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Liberal Hour, 1932-1975 What happened to America? What happened to bring us to this moment of deep and perhaps unbridgeable polarization, of disorder and chaos, of skepticism about science, institutions, even the very idea of fact itself, of rising white supremacy, of
Oxford Professor Margaret MacMillan Reveals How War Has Shaped Human History
October 6 2020 | Humanities & Social Sciences
Contributed by Margaret MacMillan, author of War: How Conflict Shaped Us Let me start with what my book is not about. It is not a history of war, although it contains many historical examples. Nor is it, unlike the many books that line the shelves of libraries or bookshops, devoted to a particular campaign or
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Aptly spoken words impart a little life, do they not? When words are chosen well, we find them giving direction to our souls. Look again at her last stanza and you will see she directs us to consider the "set of our soul" - for it decides the direction we take, the outcome of our endeavor, and the destination we reach. The same is true with our words - they determine the course of many a relationship, opening or closing us to endeavors, and revealing the distance we will travel, do they not?
The book of Proverbs is chocked-full of reminders to be very conscious of our words<|fim_middle|>'m going to look for more from her. You tied it well to Proverbs. Words are so much bigger than we think. | - to choose them wisely. This one verse alone presents us with enough "evidence" to chew on our words a little longer, does it not? Words kill - therefore, I need to be careful which words I choose to speak. Words equally give life - when chosen well, spoken with integrity, and directed toward those who benefit from their sharing.
Either poison or fruit - it is our choice. Now, I have to direct us to look back to the first book of the Bible for a moment. The first "choice" we see recorded in scripture dealt with "fruit" - did it not? Two trees sat in the middle of the Garden. One the tree of life, the other the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Only one tree "bore fruit" which was to be "avoided" - the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. What one thing led to the "tasting" of this "fruit"? Was it not a discourse of words between Satan and Eve - a twisting of words to fit the plan of Satan? In fact, this discourse between them is recorded for all eternity - simply because God knows the power of words and he wants us to learn it well! They can affect the choices we make.
Fruit or poison - the choice is how the words are spoken, how well they adhere to the truth, and the condition of the heart of the one receiving them. Words can be spoken with a "bent" toward one position or another. Schools everywhere teach the students to learn the "art of debate" - the presentation of one side of the story or the other with the intent of "swaying" the hearers to accept or adopt "your side". In fact, a good debater will learn the very "arguments" which appeal to the heart and mind. Sound familiar? Remember, Satan is always going to present the "argument" the way WE want to hear it, not the way God wants us to "remember" it!
The condition of the heart - or shall I say the "set of our sails" - determines the course words will take. We will do well to choose the "set of our sails" not so much with the prevailing wind, but with the wisdom of directing them into the winds of grace. Just sayin!
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I know one has to be careful with horses and that they can be unpredictable. But for those moments, they were giddy with delight in being given their afternoon treats.
I am so grateful to Barb for giving a city girl like me this opportunity to learn about horses and to be on the receiving end of a treat right along with the horses.
I'm glad you and Barbara are together having productive fun, and this is a fun read.
Thank you, Delores. Hope your adventure to Mississippi will fill you up with inspired writing as well. Safe journeys. | my friend's guest ranch just outside of Hill City. Barbara Majchrzak and I have each looked forward to this time set apart to do some serious writing at a cabin at the guest ranch she and her husband own.
I first met Barbara 14 years ago at the Minnesota Christian Writers Guild, a wonderful organization for fellow writers in the Twin Cities area. We became friends and through the years have become each other's cheerleaders as we each pursue our writing endeavors. Barb's plan is get as close to finishing her next novel as she can. My plan is to outline a novel idea.
In 2013, Barb and her husband, John, sold their Lakeville, Minnesota home and stepped into a dream to live out west. They run High Country Guest Ranch, just outside the town of Hill City, offering so many things for both individuals and families to do that you just need to visit their website to read about it. It is the perfect place to stay should you want to visit the Black Hills and the Mount Rushmore area. Its 17 acres are nestled between two ridges and it is a peaceful, majestic, incredible piece of paradise.
One of the many "moments" I've had since arriving is to watch the sun rise. Barb and I are staying in the Mountain View cabin, she is in one of the bedrooms upstairs while I am on the main floor bedroom. We've set up two long tables in the living room, facing each other as we write. She's by the fireplace, facing the kitchen and road into the ranch. I face the pasture.
My view, literally as I awaken each morning, is of a ridge lined with jet black Ponderosa pines poking upward against a pale yellow and sapphire blue sky. What a way to begin each day.
Our first day here, I had a hard time settling down to write. I guess I just needed to relax and get that "city" out of my system. The weather has been spectacular, Sixties during the day, high 30s at night, with not a hint of snow anywhere.
As I write each day, I'll look up from my computer and see five horses within fifty feet of me. I love animals and usually have a dog or two by my side every day. But to be able to watch Barb's horse, Dakota, and Ranger, Redstone, Cowboy, and Charlie walk to the creek or roll on their backs, or reach under the fence to grab the longer grass, is enough to make me know it will be hard to leave here.
One late afternoon, Barbara asked if I wanted to join her to check on the other eleven horses in the back pasture. It's something she does every day to make sure the horses are okay and haven't gotten out of the fencing. On the way, we passed some of the giant hay bales that will feed the horses and some hay bales that will be sold.
What a treat. We jumped in her Polaris Ranger ATV with a package of carrots situated between us.
On we went, startling five mule deer as we came around the bend.
Some misbehaving Angus cows, which are owned by a rancher nearby and had somehow broken into the pasture, were grazing on their neighbor's land. Barb radioed John to let him know he needed to give the rancher a call to collect them.
The horses, all eleven of them, with names like Moonbeam, Star, Dualley, Lady, Sunny and Rose, when they heard Barb's Ranger coming, stopped their grazing, knowing orange crunchy treats awaited them.
"Stay in the four-wheeler," Barb said. "The horses will jostle one another to get to the carrots and I don't want you to get hurt." Good idea.
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Below are the principles that guide how I partner with client organisations. My focus is on people staying connected to one another through change. This is because it is people who bring results,<|fim_middle|> partnering stance.
Alongside an understanding of systemic forces that shape behaviour in organisations – the human system – I bring an understanding of systems thinking, or 'how the work works'. This brings together leadership with grass roots engagement and accountability. Asking the right questions, from the principles above, will help people come together in conversations that actually enhance engagement and enable change. | and people who measure them. Therefore the design of leadership conversations is critical and a key part of my | 20 |
Greatest ever? Alabama, Saban offer strong cases in title win
Posted by Tommy Hicks | Jan 13, 2021 | The Score | 0 |
Nick Saban was smiling, really smiling. The usually emotions-in-check coach couldn't help himself. Following Monday night's College Football Playoff national championship game win over Ohio State, Saban also couldn't stop praising his team, which had dominated the Buckeyes in a 52-24 victory. There is video evidence he even shed a tear during the postgame trophy presentations and celebration.
The greatest college football coach ever — as his seven national titles (six at Alabama, one at LSU), not to mention Alabama's dominance on the field and in recruiting during his time as head coach, would attest — was quick to point out the 2020 national championship team just may be his best ever.
There's plenty of sentiment, and a good bit of evidence could be presented, the 2020 Alabama team may be the greatest college team ever, certainly in the modern era (sorry, 2019<|fim_middle|> at Alabama, The Process has been at the forefront of establishing the foundation for the program under his direction. In the 2020 team, Saban had a team that bought into The Process wholeheartedly. Other teams fulfilled aspects of The Process; this year's team followed every condition to the letter.
The result was a national championship, SEC championship, an undefeated season, tons of team and individual awards and navigating one of the most difficult seasons ever based on an all-SEC regular-season schedule and COVID-19 restrictions.
Players who could have entered the NFL Draft a year ago came back with the express aim of chasing a national championship, and they and their teammates bought into the steps required to accomplish that goal. Jaylen Waddle, considered one of the top receivers in the country heading into the season, was injured and DeVonta Smith stepped forward; boy did he ever.
Mac Jones was considered more a "game manager" than a complete quarterback, at least before he started breaking records and showing he could make all the throws with great accuracy and skill while directing a potent offense. Najee Harris hurdled opposing tacklers or simply ran through them, around them and past them. The offensive line, even when leader Landon Dickerson was lost to injury late in the season, showed its strength all season long.
Defensively, there were times, notably against Ole Miss and Florida, where there were some breakdowns, but try telling Notre Dame or Ohio State or many other opponents that Alabama's defense had issues. When needed, it made stops; at times, it dominated.
Even the kicking game was stellar this year. Placekicker Will Reichard didn't miss a single extra-point try or field goal attempt this season. The punting game and the return teams were strong as well.
Everything clicked; The Process worked to perfection — 13-0, scoring almost 50 points a game, winning games going away for the most part, almost to the point of being boring. Offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian was a wizard in finding ways to attack opposing defenses and Pete Golding's defense was stifling when required.
This team had everything — the Heisman Trophy winner as well as players voted the best running back, best quarterback and best offensive line in the country. Alabama had more first-team All-America picks than most schools had all-conference honorable mentions.
Saban can point to this team and note that when The Process is followed great things happen, not only from a team standpoint but from an individual standpoint as well.
And it's fair to note The Process doesn't just happen. It's made possible by Saban himself. Consider this: 11 of his former assistants are now head coaches, the latest being Sarkisian at Texas. He has won six national titles at Alabama with five different offensive coordinators (Jim McElwain, 2009, 2011; Doug Nusmeier, 2012; Lane Kiffin, 2015; Brian Daboll, 2017; and Sarkisian, 2020), and three different defensive coordinators (Kirby Smart, '09, '11, '12, '15; Jeremy Pruitt, '17; and Pete Golding, '20). Five of those coordinators are now head coaches.
Just as impressive, Saban joined a program where streets, buildings and even a museum are named for former head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, and he has carved out his own name, his own identity and his own legacy — another reason many now consider him the greatest coach ever.
Ohio State was no match for Alabama or Saban, certainly not The Process.
This championship sets the 2020 team and Saban apart from all the others, in Alabama history and college football history. This team was just that, a team, and despite the many individual awards that were won by Alabama players this season, it was their commitment to team, their next-man-up mentality, that separated them from their opponents and from historical comparisons to other teams.
That was evident Monday night when the team sent Dickerson out as the team captain for the coin toss, then celebrated when he went out on the field for the final two plays just to be on the field when the team won the championship. Dickerson then ran straight for his head coach, lifting him off the ground and carrying him across the field.
It was evident when a limping Waddle expressed his desire to play and contributed to Monday's victory and when Jones, also limping, refused to head to the sideline until he was called there by Saban in the final minutes so he could receive an ovation from the fans and his teammates.
Nick Saban was smiling. Big time. And it's a good guess he'll be smiling a while longer, breaking his own 24-hour rule for celebrating a victory. This win, this season, was one for the ages.
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"I just love this team so much and what they've been able to do. I can't put it into words," Saban gushed after the game.
There are plenty of reasons Saban holds the 2020 team so close to his heart, but it would seem one reason stands above the rest — this Alabama team proves, without question, The Process works.
When he arrived in Tuscaloosa in January 2007, Saban was quick to present The Process to the Alabama football vocabulary. Follow The Process, he said, and the victories and championships will follow.
And while racking up six national championships and 165 victories during his time | 152 |
DEMING – Right on time for the annual chile harvest, Luna County's third annual<|fim_middle|> Band and closing ceremonies. | Salsa Festival has a weekend packed with great food, music and fun to celebrate agriculture.
The festival is slated for 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday at the historic Luna County Courthouse Park, 700 S. Silver Avenue. The weekend's events include cook-off contests, salsa tasting, food booths, vendors, kid's zone and music throughout.
The Yarborough Band is scheduled to play at 4 p.m. on Saturday as the event headliner. At 8 a.m. Saturday, the Salsa Sprint will begin at the courthouse. Awards will be given out during opening ceremonies of the festival.
"Every year we've grown the festival and added exciting attractions," said Jessica Etcheverry, who heads the festival's organizing committee. "This year we are adding a car show and making improvements to our cookout area. A "Car Show & Shine" will be held all day Saturday with free entry for display vehicles.
A people's choice award will be given that day after a public vote.
Cook-off contests will also be held, with salsa and menudo contests on day one and chile – red or green – dishes on day two. Chiles and onions for the competition will be provided by local farmers.
Contestants will compete in two divisions, Amateur or Professional/Commercial. Awards will be given for the top three in each division, and the professional winner will receive a banner for ultimate bragging rights.
Visit the Festival website, www.tastedeming.com, for detailed information on entering the cook-off contests.
The always-exciting jalapeño and watermelon eating contests will be held at 1 p.m. on each day of the Festival. Participants can compete in youth or adult groups for cash prizes.
St. Clair Winery will offer its wine and beer garden on both days, and a wide mix of food booths will satisfy any palate.
For more information about the festival, sponsorship opportunities, or how to get involved, visit the website, call 575-546-2674 or follow us on Facebook @LCSalsaFest.
10 a.m: Opening Ceremonies, 5K awards and Prizes and DJ Sam Rodriguez from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.at the Gazebo.. Live Music by Cadillac Kings at the Pavilion Stage.
1 p.m: Watermelon eating contest and jalapeño eating contest .
2 p.m: Food cook-off dish is due inside Pavilion for judging.
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Bill would allow new Louisville civilian review board to get subpoenas in police complaints
Kala Kachmar
Legislation that would indirectly give Louisville's new police civilian review and accountability board subpoena power — or the ability to compel testimony — has been filed in the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Sponsored<|fim_middle|> said Councilwoman Paula McCraney, D-7th District, who co-led the effort to establish the board. "A lot of people didn't think it could even be discussed. I'm very pleased that they are looking at this and taking it seriously."
McCraney and other supporters say subpoena power is necessary for the board to properly function.
"If we were to directly give subpoena authority to the Civilian Review and Accountability Board, this bill would not pass," Kentucky Rep. Jerry Miller, R-36th District told The Courier Journal on Wednesday.
Miller said the Legislature gave the power to Metro Council through the body's government oversight committee in 2017, and while the bill doesn't directly allow the board to seek to compel testimony, this is an alternative avenue.
The bill doesn't provide information on how that process would work.
According to the bill, information about ongoing investigations must be handled in closed, executive sessions of the board. When that happens, open meetings must be held immediately before and after the closed session — with a summary of the meeting provided.
Testimony can only be given in executive session, but that privacy can be waived by the individual testifying.
The bill also set parameters for access to public records related to the board's investigations.
Records already confidential under state or federal law won't lose their confidentiality "by virtue of access" to the board, according to the bill. In other words, the public won't have access to records not created by the board; those records will need to be requested through the original agency.
At the conclusion of an investigation, the board will be required to destroy all outside information provided to the board, according to the bill.
A spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky said they're still analyzing the legislation and haven't taken an official position, but they're enthusiastic about the prospect of the board having authority to get a subpoena.
Kala Kachmar is an investigative reporter. Reach her at 502-582-4469; kkachmar@courierjournal.com or @NewsQuip on Twitter. Support strong local journalism by subscribing today: www.courier-journal.com/subscribe. | by four Republican legislators, House Bill 309 establishes that civilian review board with a majority vote can go through the city's government oversight and audit committee — which has subpoena power — to:
Compel testimony and documents.
Issue subpoenas to compel officers, appointees or Metro government employees to appear before the committee.
Petition the circuit court to compel compliance by issuing a subpoena.
Administer oaths to witnesses before the board.
The 11-member civilian review board, members of which are currently being chosen, will be able to initiate investigations into police complaints with a simple majority vote.
The mayor's office is sifting through hundreds of applications for several of the positions.
More: Why is subpoena power crucial for police civilian review board?
The board will also have the power to review the quality and adequacy of final reports and closed internal affairs investigations into incidents where someone is killed by police.
Metro Council established the board and inspector general position to increase accountability of the Louisville Metro Police Department, whose reputation has been rocked by the Breonna Taylor shooting and more than six months of protests by citizens who contend residents of color aren't receiving equal protection and justice under the law.
A committee of more than 30 local leaders and community members developed the parameters of the review board over the course of five months last year. It was approved by Council and signed into law by the mayor in November.
Neither the board nor the inspector general, who after the board is established will be hired to lead investigations, would have direct subpoena power; it would be sought through the Metro Council subcommittee.
"I'm very happy with the fact that it's even being considered in this session," | 334 |
The Link Between Mental Illness and Physical Illness
By Melissa Pandika
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Mind and body are more deeply intertwined than you might think.
"Heartache." "A gut feeling." "Butterflies in your stomach." Deride them as clichés, but the phrases illustrate a truth: the constant interaction between mind and body. By now plenty of research backs the mind-body connection, but a classic chicken-or-egg question continues to befuddle: Does mental illness cause physical illness, or vice versa?
A recent PLOS ONE study takes a stab at answering that very question. Its conclusion:
It depends on what illness you're talking about.
Based on data from nearly 6,500 teenagers in the United States, researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland found distinct patterns in the sequence in which they experienced various ailments: Those who suffered from one had a higher likelihood of developing another. For instance, digestive disorders and arthritis often followed depression and other mood disorders. And teens who had already suffered from heart disease were more likely to develop anxiety disorders later. The findings suggest the medical community should rethink its tendency to treat mental and physical disorders separately, says study investigator Gunther Meinlschmidt.
Studies have already shown that certain mental and physical illnesses tend to occur together, but Meinlschmidt's team wanted to tease apart the details — namely, whether one precedes another — by examining data from large numbers of people. Consistently seeing one disorder precede another in a large number of people doesn't prove a causal relationship between them, but it does suggest one. Meinlschmidt and his team also wanted to know whether these associations start early in life, during childhood or adolescence.
Teens who had depression, bipolar disorder and other mood disorders were more likely to suffer from arthritis and digestive disorders later.
So they analyzed data from the National Comorbidity Survey Adolescent Supplement, a survey of 6,438 U.S. teenagers ranging 13-18 years old. The teens completed diagnostic interviews to test for the presence of mental disorders. Their parents or guardians responded to questions about the teens' mental health, too. The teens also filled out a checklist of physical illness symptoms, and answered questions about diagnoses of physical illnesses they had received from their<|fim_middle|> is really speculative," he notes, but "might be worth looking at further."
Dr. Emeran Mayer, a professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and author of the book The Mind-Gut Connection, says the findings are consistent with earlier studies linking certain gastrointestinal and behavioral disorders, as well as studies finding an increased risk of depression after heart attacks and bypass surgery.
To be sure, the study didn't analyze data tracking the participants over time, which could have provided a more complete picture of the mental-physical health associations, Mayer says, a limitation Meinlschmidt's team acknowledges in their paper. Still, Mayer believes the large sample size is a major strength of the study and that overall, "it's an important study."
The researchers write that their findings support a more integrative approach to medicine. "Mental and physical health care are separate worlds," Meinlschmidt says. "Either you see a psychologist or psychiatrist, or you see your general physician." But health care should reflect patients' experience, he notes. "For people in the real world, they're not separate."
If you suspect that any mental and physical illnesses you've experienced are related, that might very well be the case. For instance, don't be surprised if your panic attack-prone child also develops gastrointestinal problems, Mayer says. "It's not just by chance that [mental and physical illnesses] are co-occurring," Meinlschmidt says. "There's a high probability they can trigger each other."
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Meinlschmidt's team ran the data through statistical software to search for trends in the timing of the onset and co-occurrence of various mental and physical illnesses. In some cases, mental disorders predicted physical disease. On average, teens who had depression, bipolar disorder and other mood disorders were more likely to suffer from arthritis and digestive disorders later, and those with anxiety disorders were more likely to develop skin diseases later. Substance abuse tended to precede seasonal allergies. But physical diseases also predicted mental disorders. Having a heart disease was followed by a heightened risk of suffering from anxiety disorders. The researchers saw the same association between epilepsy and eating disorders.
The latter association "was really astonishing," Meinlschmidt says. Only case studies have reported eating disorders following epilepsy; it's often thought that eating disorders cause nutrient imbalances that then lead to physical symptoms. Meinlschmidt's findings add to evidence that the opposite is true, suggesting the potential of anti-epileptic drugs to treat eating disorders. Of course, "this | 209 |
Baseball prodigy Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) is one of those sportsmen who, having failed to match the high expectations everyone had of him, ends up in management. But rather than becoming a coach, by 2001, he is now the General Manager at the Oakland<|fim_middle|> and Peter, but we don't really know whether it's working or not until where slapped in the face with a record-breaking run of wins. Oh – right – I guess the gamble paid off. And don't accuse me of dropping a spoiler on you – Hollywood doesn't put Brad Pitt in a big budget sport's film about losers – and besides, this is a true story, of course, so its target audience will already know everything they need to.
Two of Hollywood's sharpest writers – Schindler's List and Dragon Tattoo's Steve Zaillian and West Wing and Social Network's Aaron Sorkin – provide a snappy, dialogue-heavy script that frequently raises a smile and constantly keeps the pace brisk, as characters throw lines at each other and bat them away as quickly as players pitch and hit the baseball – these guys play sport with words.
Some of the scenes, though, seem a little contrived or convenient; all the trading is done on the phone, yet the very first meeting takes place in person – it had to, of course, or Billy wouldn't have met Peter. And Billy has to have a slightly difficult relationship with his daughter and an ex-wife who's marrying a smarmy geek – again, of course, you can't really argue with a true story, but it feels clunky, nonetheless.
There's passion and emotion in this film, but it's for statistics, not for people, making it hard to connect with any of the key characters.
Pitt and Hill do all they can with the material, while the other big names – Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Wright – have equally little to work with.
If you don't get baseball, you won't get this film. If you're a fan, you'll know the story already.
All of which makes for the odd situation of high profile actors effectively handling a sharp script about a fast-paced sport but turning out a meaningless movie that fails to stimulate the emotions.
The film-makers might think they've hit a home-run – but most British viewers will just want to run home. | A's.
Being one of the smaller teams in the league, the A's simply don't have enough money to compete with the big guys and when their three strongest players reach the end of their contracts, Billy can't afford to hire them back – or indeed buy suitable replacements.
In a desperate attempt to pick up some effective players for a good price, Billy visits his old friend Mark Shapiro at the Cleveland Indians but every time he nearly strikes a deal, a young figure at the back of the room shakes his head and it's all off.
This young figure is Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), a fresh-faced assistant, who uses a computer programme to analyse the playing statistics of the stars and values them accordingly.
Determined not to leave Cleveland empty-handed, unable to buy any players, Billy hires Peter and angers his coaching team by favouring Peter's statistics over their years of baseball experience to decide who to buy.
Billy puts his faith in Peter as one by one, his staff turn against him, and his whole experiment is jeopardised – even sabotaged – when his coach Art Howe (Philip Seymour Hoffman) refuses to use the players Billy's given him.
But when Billy goes to extreme lengths to force Art to play his new signings, the A's fortunes turn around and before long, this lowly, poverty-stricken team is breaking baseball records.
On one level, this is the typical story of the underdog comes good – both at the level of the poorly-funded A's finding success on the field and the shunned general manager eventually being proved right – or at least having his gamble pay off.
But while Moneyball is unquestionably a sports film, it's less about sportsmen and sporting action than it is about the men in suits and the management of the game.
Instead of cheering on players on the field, we're on tenterhooks, wondering whether Billy will be able to buy this player or sell that player for the right amount – and whether he can persuade Art to field the side he needs to test Peter's theory.
One the one hand, this makes it a sports film with a difference, but on the other, it could be argued that watching someone standing in his office shouting into a speaker-phone isn't particularly cinematic.
Brad Pitt does all he can to make Billy Beane interesting to watch, but character ticks – such as constantly spitting into a paper cup – don't necessarily make him any more sympathetic.
Billy Beane is a smooth talker – a better player off the field than on it – and Pitt is a perfectly good actor to bring him to life, but given some of his previous roles, the star doesn't have an especially broad canvas to work with.
Jonah Hill's Peter Brand is tremendously likeable – but again, he's a bit of a one-dimensional presence. At the start of the film, he's all about his computer programme, and nothing happens to change this.
It's refreshing, in a sense, for a film to take this approach; we're usually treated to protagonists who shun the computers and figures in favour of their emotions and personal experience – in Moneyball, decades of experience of some of the best minds in the game are rejected for the statistical analysis of a brand new computer programme.
While one of the biggest problems of sports films is whether the sport in question travels – and many people in Britain don't know the first thing about baseball – we can usually get a sense of who's winning and losing or even whether someone has hit the ball a long way or run very fast. But when most of the action is in the back-room, with people shouting jargon at each other, you really have to understand the intracies of trading players and the general managing of the game to know whether things are going well or badly.
For those who don't understand baseball, much of this has to be taken on trust, which isn't particularly satisfying for an audience.
We're certainly rooting for Billy | 798 |
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The router table is a great addition for anyone who uses a wood router and is what you depend on to create precise incisions in wood. We have looked at some good routers just recently here where we compared some of the best models and was really impresses with a Bosch model. When looking for the best router table, there are no shortcuts. You have to understand what you need before purchasing.
If this is your first time purchasing a router table, there is no need to worry. Here you will find valid information that you can use to purchase a dependable model. The buying guide especially will be of great use as you select the best model for you among the presented products. In this review we look at two types of router table, ones which are just a table of which most routers will fit onto and models which come with a router built in. Both are very useful so let us see what is on the table.
Before we get into the buyers guide and our top recommended models, we would like to bring your attention to the winner of our 'Best Pick' which is the Lumberjack RT1500 Router Table with it's Integrated Router. We think this model is the best router table for most people as it offers everything needed, however if you already have a router you may want to opt for one of the router tables which we recommend which can be used with a wood router you already own.
Features a built in 1500w router with variable speed control.
Offers durable storage compartment for tools such as router cutters.
Features a mitre guide, adjustable fence and guard assembly for clear cut procedures.
Offers an ergonomic wheel to control the rise and fall of the cutter.
Comes with compatible collets for easier bit attachment.
So what do you look for in a good router table? Do you understand what the different features are required to do? If you do then good for you as this will just be a refresher. If you know that you do not know much about router tables, we suggest that you go over this guide. It never hurts to have a little bit of insight.
First let us look at some of the benefits that router tables provide for the woodworker.
Router tables are perfect when you need both hands concentrating on a project. The router can continue processing different cuts depending on the bits and your guiding.
The router table was created to offer stability and an even surface for precision cutting. Uneven surfaces give wood surfaces an erroneous finish that lacks aesthetic.
Some projects are too large or too small to be handled manually. The router table provides a safe environment where the router cannot slip or impact unwanted areas. The better the routers position the safer the user feels.
Pressure is something we rely in woodwork to make the right impressions for different purposes. Whether it is joint work or pattern work, stability is essential. You do not want to work with a table whose legs are wobbly. If you apply too much pressure on an unstable unit you are likely to make irreversible mistakes.
Also be sure to check out if the table is fitted with rubber feet. These rubber fittings prevent the table from sliding across the surface when pressure is applied and help to absorb vibrations when using the rooter.
What material is used to construct the table?
MDF tables happen to the more popular type. Standing for Medium density fibreboard, these kinds of router tables are affordable and very accessible. The material is able to take impact without making deep adulteration. Considering that they have different types of finishes, the MDF tables happen to offer different aesthetic feels. Mostly you find that high pressure laminate or melamine is used to finish off the MDF material.
Cast Iron tables are another favourable kind. Known for their rigidity and stability, they tend to be used in commercial applications. Cast iron is known to have properties that are more appreciative than regular iron. They wont rust easily and you can trust that the vibrations wont overwhelm the table. If you can afford one it will last for many years to come.
Resin based router tables are another option if the two above don't appeal to you. The benefits of having these kinds of tables is the durability, stability and resistant to damage. You can find them in a wide range of colours and designs.
This title was bestowed upon the FERM PRA1011 Router Table. The reason that we picked this model can be easily see. The unit weighs around 5 kg which is way less compared to the larger table sizes.
Made for lightweight use, the router table has all the required accessories to facilitate effective operations. The price of the unit will not leave you bare even though the instructions will offer some frustration but its shouldn't be to difficult to work out. With a little tweaking and patience, this unit would make a fantastic beginner unit but remember it does not come with a built in router. This model us also one of the most affordable.
What of the base plate?
This is basically the unit that holds the router. Depending on the weight and the size of the router, you will notice that the thickness differs. It is very important to have a level and durable base plate.Materials that can keep up with this kind of pressure include aluminium or phenolic resin materials.
You can make sure that the material doesn't move by getting models that offer fixture. If you need a simple table, look for the ones with very heavy base plates. The heavier they are the less vibrations are able to rattle it out-of-place.
In the world of router tables, the fence acts as your guide. There are some applications that need you to produce precise work. There are two types of fences that you can access. These are the split and the one-piece fence.
Split fences offer a better option when working with angled projects.You have to be careful while using this kind of fence. A little problem in alignment will cost you the precision that you are looking for. High quality models taking the next step offer adjustable split fences. These help when working with smaller pieces of wood that need finesse.
One-piece fencing are simple to use. They can be found in basic models where intricacy is not needed. These types of fences are common and none the less effective. The good thing about these kinds of fences is that you will have no problem aligning your pieces of wood.
Not all the routing tables will come with these features. Some tables will have the bare minimum while others will have all these features. Walk through this list of these features and acquaint yourself with them. Even though you may not need them now, the information might help someone else.
Feather boards - these are here to support you on your quest for stability. What they do is clamp down on the piece of wood preventing it from moving<|fim_middle|> a woodworking or DIY enthuseast, this unit will prove dependable.
A dust extraction port is very important for a clean working environment. This unit features a 70mm dust port that can be connected to a compatible workshop vacuum using the universal adapter. You will also find feather boards to hold the fence and material in position. All these features are supplied with a 1-year warranty for full peace of mind.
Heavy and long-lasting, therefore, offers value for money.
Features usable collets of 1/2 and 1/4 inch sizes for standard use.
Offers an ergonomic wheel that makes precision attainable by rising the collet between 0-4cm.
Provides adequate working space and supportive features like fences and featherboards.
The adjustment wheel lacks a lock off feature to prevent accidental adjustments.
The PINGTEK BLUELINE Bench Top Router Table With Built In 1500w Router can serve both sides of the spectrum. For the professional user it has features that can be used to create different wood products. For the beginner, it offers an excellent ground for experimentation and growth. If you need a large unit with all the convenient features then this should be top of the list and with the built in router you don't need to attach your own router which is always a bonus in are eyes.
Since it does not come cheap make sure that you have all the necessary arrangements in place. This model, had it not been quiet as expensive would be been our 'Best Pick.
Overall you will struggle to find a better model but be prepared to pay a little expensive.
Selecting a router table for the first time can seem exceedingly daunting at first. The secret to combating this is by gathering all the information that you can on prospective models.
Router tables vary in size so be sure that you have proper storage for them. Those who want to mount the unit on a workbench should ensure that the fixtures are provided.
The main question to ask yourself is do you need a router table with a built in router of which we found two very good models or do you already have a router and want a router table to use with your own router, remember to check if its compatible wit your rooter first though, we found the Bosch router where compatible with most tables as a guide.
Below is a quick overview of two of our favourite models as a gentle reminder.
Though facing stiff competition, we came to the conclusion that the Lumberjack RT1500 1500W Bench Top Router Table with it's Integrated Router was the best router for most people as it easy to use, offers great features and comes at an affordable price.
You have all the required features such as an adjustable fence to aid with neat cuts. They also added compartments for tool storage which helps keep track of your tools. Whether it is to be used for light commercial purposes or domestic work, this is a great router table to have and we are sure you will find it a joy to use and very reliable.
Only the PINGTEK BLUELINE Bench Top Router Table With Built In Router is worth investing in over this model but it's also more expensive which is why it did not win our 'Best Pick' spot.
We hope you have enjoyed reading our guide to the best router tables and have gone away with some useful insights and a better understanding of which model would be the best choice for you. | against the fence. Whether you want to make a joint or engage in moulding processes, these feather boards are essential. They come in different sizes so you can select accordingly.
Dust Collection - this feature is a life saver. You can imagine having to clean up the floor at the end of a long day. It can be utterly frustrating. Select a table that has a dust port fitted. According to the workshop vacuum you have, a suitable adapter to make cleaning possible. If you are not sure which size to get, you can grab the universal adapter. It will do just fine for most models.
Adjustable features - in some cases you find that models come with adjustable height. This allows the user to find the right working posture. Another feature that is found in some models is micro-adjustment. This allows the operator to make tiny but remarkable changes when engaging in detailed work.
Mitre gauge - this feature cannot be found in every model. A mitre gauge comes in handy when you want to undertake bevelling or dadoing or mitre applications. Depending on the design some come with stabilised bases to avoid erratic movements.
Drawers - this is not essential but it is convenient. You can store away various tools that you need nearby. Some drawers are lockable to avoid any theft or misplacement.
Lockable fences - these are just additional support features. There are models that have these secured clamps. They wont cost you a fortune but they will ensure to avoid unnecessary slips.
The Lumberjack RT1500 Bench Top Router Table with it's Integrated Router which is powered by a 1500 watt motor and features adjustable speeds with varied speeds of between 8,000-26,000 rotations per minute for precise work.
To hold the bits into place, this router table features 1/2 and 1/4 inch collets. Accompanying the collets, are 3 featherboards that you can use to keep your work material in place. You also get access to an adjustable fence and a mitre fence. All these can be used when working different wood applications and make this model one of the most versatile router tables.
At around 19kg, its fairly substantial yet light enough to move around but heavy enough to be stable and robust, the multicoloured unit offers a table size of 59.7cm by 45.7cm. The height of the table 35.5 cm. For cutting applications, the vertical travel can be set between between 0-4 cm using a small wheel which ensures accurate step less adjustments to achieve that finer level of precision and accuracy you expect from the best routers. The table insert has a measuring a diameter of 7.5cm.
They have also made provisions for dust collection. With a dust collect tube having a diameter of 7cm, you can attach it to your dust vacuum. Find a suitable adaptor depending on the dust vacuum model.You also get 2 compartments that you can use to store tools for use.
This unit is supplied with a build in 1500w router, collets, a guide assembly, mitre guide, featherboards, storage compartments and an adjustable fence ensuring excellent value for money and is nearly ready to use out the box. Simply fix the rear rail and finger guides and your ready to go.
Powerful 1500w router which means you do not need a separate router.
Offers side compartments so you can store your collets safety away neat and tidy.
Electronic speed control for the best accuracy.
Features a mitre guide, adjustable fence and guard assembly for precision cutting.
Offers an ergonomic wheel to control the rise and fall of the cutter for better accuracy.
Instructions are a little poor which could lead to confusion during set-up.
Some have commented on the positioning of the featherboards tend to get caught up with the clamping knobs.
The Lumberjack RT1500 1500W Bench Top Router Table is a good choice to work with and a great choice for anyone buying them first rooter table or professional woodworkers alike. We like that it comes with a powerful 1500w router build in which features electronic speed control. This is perfect for those who don't have a router already or even if you do, this is still a great . choice as its nice to have the router built in anyway.
We love that it has an adjustable fence and mitre guide provided and comes with pretty much everything you need out the box and comes almost fully assembled. For such a sized machine, it will provide you with all the essential functions needed.
The quality of the machine is top-notch, we just wish that the instruction manual were better. Overall we decided that this was probably the best router table for most people which is why we awarded it our 'Best Pick' and it offers excellent value for money and is a top notch product. We never found that perfect router table during out research but this model was as close as it could get to perfect.
This is personal choice but another alternative to this model which is just as good, maybe even better, but its also more expensive, is the PINGTEK BLUELINE Bench Top Router Table With Built In 1500w Router which we review further down.
The SKIL RAS900 Router Table features an easy to fold design and can be stored in a small space making it a compact model. This design facilitates easy set up every time it is needed. This also affects easy storage and transportation from job to job if needed.
This unit features a 26 in. x 16.5 inches MDF table. The table is flat and smooth so that the wood moves smoothly. Together with this feature you get to experience the adjustable fence. The fence is created from MDF materials and features durable shims for jointing applications.
For more precise routing, featherboards and mitred guides are always advised. This unit features 2 featherboards which are impact resistance contributing to overall durability. Now when you need to make curves on wood you need a tool that will assist. That is why the starter pin and guard are present in this model, something our 'Best Pick' does not have which would be handy.
Mounting the router is not hard work and neither is bit placement. You can change in between your 1/4 and 1/2 inch bits in no time. When these bits are not in use, you need somewhere to store them. That is where the storage compartments provided come in.
You can adjust the height of the bit so as to make the right cuts. A dust port collects all the trimmings from the wood if connected to a vacuum dust extractor. The unit also features a dual outlet system that protects the unit from overloading. This unit weighs 14.5kg and measures 70.4 x 48.2 x 24.2 cm.
Supports a foldable design that facilitates easy set up and storage.
Includes bit height adjustment needed for different applications.
Features a dual outlet switch that is needed for overload protection.
Includes storage compartments to store tools.
Works with specific routers which makes it inconvenient for people owning other models so you may need to make some minor adjustments. Customisation is need to find the right fitting.
On Amazon it ships from USA so shipping is expensive and warranty may be void.
The SKIL RAS900 Router Table is a very convenient model and in truth probably as good as our 'Best Pick' but it has one problem, Amazon ship this model from the USA and we are sure it does not come with warranty for this reason. We especially enjoy the fold-able design. You can imagine how convenient it is to store this item when you are pressed for space. Simply, this model contains quaint but effective features.
The storage compartment, starter pin and mitre guide among others make this tool effective company for any DIY enthusiast. The build is stable and you can easily adjust it to your preference, ideally if you can find this model in a UK store it would be a great alternative to our 'Best Pick'.
The FERM PRA1011 Router Table is a dependable lightweight model perfect for the woodworking enthusiast looking for a table to use with a separate router. Weighing in at 5 kg its certainly one of the lightest router tables but don't forget the router you use will add a few kg's on. This unit measures 48 x 35 x 12 cm giving you plenty of space for most of your projects. The 250 watt corded electric unit is made of aluminium which ensures is lightweight while still be strong which is probably why it is so light compared to the other models.
To make sure that you are working smart, a dust port is featured. The dust port using the right adaptor can be connected with utmost ease. The routers that can comfortably fit on this table have to have a router with a plate diameter up to 16.2cm so be sure to check before purchasing or use with the FERM PRM1015 Precision Router. The dust free feature keeps the key active and away from dust obstructions.
The table is not so large but it offers a working table of 45.5 x 33 cm. You will find a mitred guide supplied for use. Together with the fence, you can be able to make precision cuts. The fence is not made of metal thus be careful not to damage it.
For those wondering about adjusting The table to fit the router, have no worries. This model uses secure clamps that wont dislodge easily. Finally the rubber feet keep the unit in position despite of the pressure being applied and also help obsorb the router vibrations.
Compatible with most routers from brands such as Bosch, Einhell, Hitachi and Black + Decker.
Lightweight thus simple to move and store away.
Made from strong and durable aluminium material.
Features rubber feet that keep the table from sliding during procedures.
Due to the design, it is easy to attach a router and it stays in position.
The instructions provided are poor thus complicating assembly.
Too small to cope with any serious /heavy handed-work.
No storage compartments offered for tool storage.
The FERM PRA1011 Router Table would make a good beginner model for anyone who already has a router. Being that it cannot handle heavy applications, it can only serve DIY enthusiasts and not really made for professional extensive use.
This model is made of light material and it is only capable of supporting a certain size of router. Check to see if your router specifications will be managed by the specifications of this table. It may have a few faults but the price that you are charged for this router table is very reasonable. If it is within your budget range and you are not engaging in heavy-handed wood work, this is a great model, if you have a Bosch router which we have also recently reviews then this table should be compatible.
The Charnwood W012 Bench Top Router Table would be perfect for a DIY/hobby enthusiast. The 8kg unit measures 40 x 43 x 45 cm, this unit is lightweight compared to large units and thus would handle light applications well.
As for the working table, it is constructed from MDF material with melamine sides. This provides a level and smooth surface to work with. The unit also features vertical clamps to hold the material in position against the fence.
The maximum route cutter diameter prescribed is up to 35mm. Also, this unit can accept compatible 1/4 inch routers. If you happen to own one of these it should be compatible.
The working table size measures 43 cm x 40 cm. Finally it comes with 2 year warranty for full peace of mind, vertical clamps, plastic plate, featherboard, an adjustable fence, and a mitred guard. Be sure to connect an appropriate dust vacuum supported by a compatible adapter for keeping the work area clean.
Provides strong and stable construction thanks to its steel legs and strong MDF table.
Should be compatible with any 1/4 inch router available.
Small and lightweight making it easy to store.
Adjustable horizontal feather board adjustable and mitre fence for clean cuts.
Includes 3 clamps to securely hold your workpiece to the table so you can simply feed through from left to right.
Space between the table and surface is a little shallow. You will have to raise the legs if the height of your router is longer which some reviews on Amazon have commented on.
No isolation switch has been supplied.
The Charnwood W012 Bench Top Router Table is not a large table but is perfect for most DIY enthusiast looking for a decent table. The build of the unit is dependable but could do with some few upgrades. The addition of adjustable legs would have made this unit just perfect for some works. We like that it is adaptable to a wide range of routers and support features provided.
What we do like is that it comes with a insert plate which you drill to suit your routers fixing points which is a great design.
For light handed work, this model would perform wonderfully. Those who need something larger than this can take a peep at the Charnwood W012 Bench Top Router Table.
The PINGTEK BLUELINE Bench Top Router Table With Built In 1500w Router is worth every penny and is probably the best router table with a built in router we have seen but its also the most expensive. Operating with a 1500 watt router, this machine is everything you need under one roof. It even offers adjustable speeds so that you have a wide range of finishing options to work with.
To provide easy working conditions, standard collets have been provided. The size of the collets are 1/2 and 1/4 inch. The collet unit will rise and fall between 0-4cm to make effective indentations using the ergonomic wheel provided will make operations much easier and comfortable for the user.
The working table provided measures 60 cm x 46 cm. That is enough room to work on sizeable projects. The unit weighs around 20 kg so its fairly heavy, robust and measures 62.5 x 48.5 x 40cm. Whether you are using it for professional or or are | 2,936 |
Today, February 24th, 2018, Berkshire Hathaway released Warren Buffett's 2018 letter to shareholders.
Each year the "Oracle of Omaha" releases his letter to investors. It is always an interesting and educational read.
The Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway has a folksy, avuncular style and frugal spending habits that seem to contradict his billionaire status.
Each paraenetic point in the letter gives insight into his investing success and business acumen.
This year's letter is only 16 pages and does not disappoint.
It even includes a poem by Kipling.
Much of Buffett's wisdom can be extrapolated and applied to your investing pursuits and growth of a side hustle.
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The low fee index fund crushed the actively managed hedge funds over time, and Buffett won the bet and describes it in detail in the letter.
Enjoy the Buffett's letter and let it inspire you as you create your side hustle.
I believe that business insurance is one of the "Igrarian" businesses of the future. If you can run a successful insurance business, or do a good job as an insurance broker, you literally have a license to print money.
Insurance is hard and complex, but it is rewarding too. Premiums come in all sizes. Berkshire Hathaway recorded the largest premium in history, a world record, in 2017. The "world record" premium was $10.2 billion. I'm not sure if that's recurring!
In addition to recurring revenue each year, from policy renewals, Warren Buffett's 2018 letter describes some of the income generating aspects of the insurance business, like the "float".
The "float" is money that is owned by others, but held by Berkshire. How well the "float" is managed and invested, etc. has huge implications for Berkshire's profitability. Berkshire is the world leader in the size of its float.
Everyone needs insurance, usually many types. Insurance policies are complex to say the least. So, having an insurance broker or company that you can trust is very valuable.
What is an Asset Backed Token? | business value drivers at Berkshire Hathaway.
1) Durable competitive strengths (do what you can be good at and what you're interested in).
2) Good returns on net tangible assets required to run the business (create a system that leverages technology to deliver automated returns).
3) A sensible purchase price (low or no up front investment).
The company entered the insurance business 51 years ago, in 1967.
They paid a relatively small amount for a business with assets it could leverage and that it could grow patiently over time.
That should be your side hustle goal… Create a main side hustle that you can grow patiently, over time.
Berkshire Hathaway also invests in businesses that are tangential, or complimentary to, its main business' core strengths.
While a side hustle can certainly be offline, starting an online business benefits from the network effect. As a side hustle, an Internet business can more easily expand into other Internet businesses.
Each can help the other because of their ability to link to one another, leverage, and refer customers to one another.
Keeping a customer happy is less expensive than finding a new customer. What else can you offer a happy customer?
As you start to experience success in your main side hustle, consider what other "bolt on" businesses could be added to it.
Keep track of both your business earnings and your personal well-being on a regular basis. As they say, you can't manage what you don't measure.
Mmost solopreneurs and entrepreneurs may be more at risk of depression than the general population. And businesses fail most often because of internal, not external struggles.
Are you doing all you could to carve out time for your side hustle? Or is your side hustle suffering because, as Jim Rohn would say, you are "majoring in minor things".
If you are working hard on your side hustle, are you also taking time to be good to yourself?
Are you investing in your side hustle? Are you getting exercise? Eating well? Sleeping enough?
Have tough conversations with yourself and others, early. Be honest with yourself about your performance.
Below is a table showing Berkshire Hathaway's 15 largest stock holdings by market value. Two columns I did not include, but that you can read in the letter, show the cost basis (what BH paid) and the current market value (what the investments are worth today).
It should come as no surprise that BH's investing performance has been stellar.
You will notice that most of these companies are dividend stocks. Dividend stocks with strong fundamentals are excellent long term bets. When the price of a dividend stock goes down, a dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) gets more of the stock at a lower basis.
Buffett understands the power of compound interest over time.
What this means is that fundamentals are all that matters in business over time… Focus on the fundamentals, don't get distracted by short term votes of popularity, and you'll be fine.
When it comes to having multiple streams of income, what do the fundamentals of our economy tell you?
In the short term, people still have jobs with 401Ks. But in the long term, many jobs will be replaced by technology, and robots and artificial intelligence. Indeed, it is already happening. "Retirement" will eventually be as outdated a concept as a "pension".
Start a side hustle that leverages technology… So that you are in control of technology, not the other way around.
Your side hustles should follow a trajectory over time. 1) You'll create the side hustle, 2) It will start to earn some money, 3) You may expand it to related, tangential, complimentary side hustles and 4) invest some money as Buffett does.
Or you can make it even simpler and invest in an S&P 500 Index Fund.
Warren Buffett's 2018 letter he describes winning a 10 year bet that a "boring" investment in an S&P 500 Index Fund would outperform legions of hedge fund investors | 831 |
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Director in Cheif of the Executive Court Councils. | in which the President of France is head of state and the Prime Minister of France is the head of government, and there is a pluriform, multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the government, Senate and National Assembly. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
The Council of Ministers of Jiulie (or Executive Council) is a body of top administration members of the Prime Minister's Cabinet. In French, the word gouvernement generally refers to the "Administration", but in a narrower sense to the Cabinet.
The Council is responsible to the Jiulie Parliament. The National Assembly may choose to pass a motion of censure forcing the Council of Ministers to resign. This has the effect of forcing the Administration and Cabinet to be drawn from the majority political party in the Assembly or to be allied to the majority in coalition. Ministers are required to answer written or oral questions put to them by members of Parliament, known as Government questions (questions au gouvernement). In addition, ministers attend sessions of the Parliament Houses when laws concerning their assigned sectors and departmental portfolios are under consideration.
Cabinet ministers cannot propose legislation without parliamentary approval, though the Prime Minister may under certain limits enact statutory instruments, known as orders-in-council (décret en Conseil des ministres), i.e., government orders with statutory force. Ministers can however propose bills to Parliament and any such legislation is generally very likely to pass. On occasion, the majority opinion in Parliament may differ significantly from those of the executive, resulting in a large number of riders.
Secretaries of State (secrétaires d'État) - assist ministers in less important areas and occasionally attend sessions of the Council of Ministers.
Before the Fifth Republic was established, some ministers of high political importance were known as Ministers of State (ministres d'État). The title has been continued under the Fifth Republic but is granted in a purely honorific fashion as a point of higher prestige among Council members.
The Cabinet plays a major role in determining the agenda of the Parliament Houses. It can propose laws and amendments during parliamentary sessions. It also has a number of procedures at its | 437 |
The French Gnome engine was one of the most important designs in early aviation, and a main source of aircraft power for the Allies in World War I. First appearing 1909, this engine type was developed into several models and used throughout the war. The 9-cylinder model on display at the museum is typical of the Gnome design.
The Gnome was a rotary type, meaning the engine<|fim_middle|> and some of the unburned oil was thrown from the spinning engine, making life unpleasant for pilot a few feet behind it. A cowling around the engine directed most of this under the aircraft, but thick, greasy fumes and oil inevitably coated the pilot. Castor oil was used because it burns cleanly, but pilots joked about its well-known laxative effect.
Gnome engines were built with great craftsmanship, and all their parts were finely machined to very close tolerances. The cutaway 165-hp Gnome N-9 on display shows how the design worked. The engine had no throttle so pilots used a "blip switch" on the control stick to adjust power when landing -- turning the engine on and off to maintain the right speed -- though some adjustment was possible by restricting air and fuel flow. Clerget and Bentley rotaries featured a selector switch for using 9, 7, 5 or 3 cylinders to adjust power.
Gnomes powered many aircraft, including Nieuports, Moranes and Sopwiths. Rotary engines, however, fell out of favor after the war. More fuel-efficient in-line and non-rotating radial engines did not have the rotaries' gyroscopic problem, they produced less drag, and their fixed cylinders could be made larger and more powerful than rotating ones. Faster, heavier aircraft with greater range had advanced beyond the rotary's capabilities. | and propeller were bolted together, and both rotated around a fixed shaft. Air passing over the hot cylinders cooled the spinning engine. Gnome Monosoupape (single valve) engines like the one on display had one valve per cylinder acting as both air inlet and exhaust. Fuel was mixed with air not in a carburetor, but in the hollow central shaft, where the fuel-air mixture entered each cylinder at its base.
Gnome engines were reliable and powerful for their weight, but had certain drawbacks. First, the gyroscopic effect of the heavy, spinning engine made quick left turns easy, but hard right turns were difficult. Second, the motor used a large amount of fuel and lubricating castor oil, | 145 |
SOU Sets Standard for Sexual Assault Response
October 22, 2016 October 23, 2016 Hannah JonesAshland, Campus, Community, Featured, News
Southern Oregon University is setting a national example for support and intervention through campus programs that address the individual needs of sexual assault survivors.
On Oct. 11 Senator Ron Wyden sat at a round table with students, staff, and faculty to discuss SOU's supportive and preventative sexual assault resources, as well as Title IX implementation into student orientation.
Wyden is part of the bipartisan effort to pass the Campus Accountability and Safety Act (CASA), which requires college campuses to report cases of sexual assault as well as provide Title IX training to students, faculty, and staff.
"He noticed that SOU has really great prevention and response work when it comes to Title IX violations," said Erica Lautrup, a speaker for the ASSOU Senate. She says CASA "brings more accountability to universities when it comes to sexual assault."
Kendall Bartley, a Women's Resource Center employee and activist noted that the bill will "give other universities incentives to gather reports on sexual assaults and violence… because right now there's no incentives, and for some schools, there's incentives to not have any reports."
"If a school reports very few, or zero sexual assault allegations, that's a huge red flag," Lautrup continued, "that means the university is either not acknowledging Title IX violations or sweeping them under the rug."
SOU has had an increase in sexual assault allegations in the past few years, which "seems like a scary thing, but it actually is really good," said Lautrup. "It means survivors feel comfortable coming forward, are seeking resources, and going through the process of healing."
SOU students were recently provided with an online Title IX training module that will help them better understand the provision and what it means to them and their peers in the context of their educational experience. "It's for students to know what their options are," said Bartley. "We're<|fim_middle|> seek out the vast resources available to them, but that acts of violence will dissipate as more students understand the impact of their actions.
According to Lautrup this program asks, "what do you need, and what do you want." These questions set SOU apart from other universities where students are told how they should respond to traumatic events, even if it's not what the survivor wants. "SOU caters and molds itself to the survivor as opposed to asking the survivor to mold itself to the university," she said.
Wyden's apparent concern for student safety serves as motivation to implement effective policies nationwide, potentially using SOU as an example of how he would like campuses to address the needs of their students.
"We're trying to change culture," said Lautrup. Although doing so may prove to be a long and challenging task, SOU and lawmakers like Wyden are taking the first steps to implementing substantial change in the lives of students everywhere.
Discussion Continues Over Cascade-Siskiyou Expansion
SOU Suffers Loss Against Eastern Oregon | about prevention and education."
The hope is that through education, not only will survivors | 16 |
I was born in Burnsville, Minnesota. Growing up with my brother Phil we were both very active and driven.
Early on I started in gymnastics and realized through dedication, hard work and determination you can find success. With a rocky home life I found the gym to be a place I could get away and find myself. In junior high school the long hours, cost and sacrifice of private gymnastics was too much for me and my family. After gymnastics I tried many other sports; soccer, softball, golf, dance line but nothing replaced that feeling I had in the gym. At 16 my mother saw this missing piece in my life and enrolled me in a "Women's Weight Training" class through our local community education center. Although the women in class were 2-3 times my age, this proved to be just what a teenager like me needed to regain her self esteem and drive. It was then and there I fell in love with lifting weights and the mental and physical boost it gave me. I knew that health and fitness would be my career, my passion. I began buying and reading all the muscle magazines and dreamed to one day be in the pages. I also got involved in the local NPC and attended various bodybuilding shows. A seed was planted.
In college I was the fitness guru on campus.
I managed the weight room, was a personal trainer, group exercise instructor, the conditioning coach for the Division 1 hockey team and competed in (and won) numerous triathlons. After college I was a corporate wellness director and toured with a national fitness company. From the outside it looked as if I had it all together, but on the inside my story was quite different. On May 27, 2004 my life came crashing down around me. After years of denial, avoidance and shame, I admitted I was an alcoholic and sought treatment. The experience of getting sober and the daily work it takes to stay healthy allows me the opportunity to relate to and understand my clients, students and friends own challenges. " All things are possible if we take, one day at a time, one step at a time, sometimes one breathe at a time".
Once free from the binds of addiction, low self esteem and doubt I found myself back in the gym. I renewed my relationship with the God and worked diligently to make my dreams a reality.
In 2007 I entered my first NPC show, the Colorado Pro-Am and took home the overall title in my first show! I fell in love with this sport. The dedication and the mental toughness it took to succeed inspired me to compete again<|fim_middle|> more fulfilled lives. I believe true lifestyle change occurs when we get healthy from the "inside out". Inside Out Personal Training is the result of years of knowledge, experience, sweat and passion for making exercise fun, effective and a lifestyle; while getting RESULTS. I look forward to meeting you and making your fitness goals a reality. | and to help others lead healthier, happier more fulfilled lives. Since my first show I have developed a loyal following of personal training clients, figure competitors and yoga students. They say it is my energy, humility, enthusiasm and compassion that make me an inspiration to them. The competition bug hit and in 2008 I took home the overall figure title at California State Championships. Having had success on a local level I was determined to make a name for myself on the national level. Placing 9th at Junior Nationals I was published in a few magazines and more determined than ever to turn pro. I returned to the stage in 2010 with a rock solid commitment to my goals and to proving that you can achieve that which you believe. I won the overall figure title at the Colorado NPC Mile High and proceeded to achieve IFBB Pro status by winning the figure D class at Junior Nationals in Chicago just a few weeks later.
Never one to slow down or sit back on my heels, I immediately entered 2 of the largest Figure Pro shows in IFBB history placing respectfully in the middle of the pack. 2011 proved to be my best year on the IFBB Pro Figure circuit finishing in the top 10 in all 3 shows I entered. Although I was happy with my placings I really felt confused as to what I could do to improve and if I really had the look they wanted. In March 2012, I was 3 weeks out from my next Figure show and in LA supporting one of my pro level competitors. It was suggested to me that I was looking to lean for the upcoming figure show and that I should move to the new Physique division. My initial response was "HELL NO". But after kicking my heels off and playing with the posing I fell back in love with this sport. I decided on Tuesday at 7pm to compete IN 3 DAYS!!! at my first Pro Physique show and I WON! I continued taking this new Women's Physique Division by storm and took 2nd at the Sacramento Pro and was the overall champ at a stacked lineup in the LA Grand Prix Women's Physique show. Overwhelmed with such a positive response and with a renewed love for a sport that I had admired since I was 15 years I felt back in the game and honored to be the standard for this new division.
Realizing I needed a new approach and a hands on coach, I hired long time friend and world class trainer, Dylan Armbrust. This proved to be just the thing I needed to stay in the winners circle. 2013 I was the champ at the 2013 Mile High Women's Physique Show in front of my hometown crowd. I will forever hear the roar of my family, friends and fans. To have begun on that stage just 6 years ago and now to be qualified for the first ever Women's Physique Olympia was a true dream come true. After a short break, it was back at it and training for the most prestigious title in this sport. Feeling tired, worn down and emotionally drained I fought through to place 3rd place in the world at the first ever Ms Physique Olympia. It was such an incredible honor to stand on that stage with such a distinguished group of athletes. I had pictures of women just like this on my walls as a teenager and now…I was one of those women.
In addition to being an IFBB Women's Physique Champion, fitness model, emcee and personal trainer, one of my most favorite roles is that of Owner and Competition Coach of Inside Out Personal Training. My path has not been easy yet I have worked hard on maintaining a positive attitude and turning what some may see as setbacks into opportunities and making the most of each moment. I have developed a loyal following of clients and fitness competitors. They say it is my energy, humility, enthusiasm and compassion that make me an inspiration to them.
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Сирджан () — город в южной части Ирана, в остане Керман. Административный центр шахрестана Сирджан.
История
Сирджан был основан во времена существования государства Сасанидов.
Около 1470 года город посетил Афанасий Никитин, упомянувший его в своих путевых записках "Хожение за три моря".
География
Расположен в низменности между горами Загрос на западе и массивом Хазаран на востоке, на высоте 1730 м над уровнем моря.
Экономика
Вблизи города имеются месторождения угля, железной и медной руды, золота. Сирджан известен производством ковров и выращиванием фисташек.
Достопримечательности
В городе Сирджан благодаря его старой истории, можно найти отражения разных эпох иранской истории. Для местной архитектуры присущи самые уникальные в Иране башни ветра, которые называют «чубуки».
С целию обеспечения циркуляции воздуха в зданиях, в данных башнях используют солнечную энергию. Када солнце сияет на корпус башни ветра (с наветренной стороны), температура воздуха в этом кирпичном помещении растет. С увеличением температуры, внутри башни становится тепло и легко, и воздух начинает свой путь вверх и выходит из башни. Движение теплого воздуха вверх приводит к появлению состояния всасывания в нижних частях здания и поступлению потока воздуха в здание из дверей и окон. То есть, холодный воздух поступает снизу, а теплый воздух удаляется сверху из дымохода ветреной башни. При этом, для того, чтобы поступающий воздух стал более прохладным, можно сделать так, чтобы он проходил по поверхности воды, или же направлять воздух подвала внутрь здания. Данный метод с древних пор был широко распространен в пустынных районах Ирана, в частности в Кермане.
В городе Сирджан имеется и много красивых древних памятников. Например, развалины крепости Калъе-йе Саньгь («каменная крепость»). Это — огромная скальная крепость, бывшая свидетелем множества исторических событий. Рядом есть возвышение в виде помоста, высеченное на каменной глыбе в 1387 г. и относящее ко времени правления Султана Ахмада Музаффари из династии Музаффаридов.
Есть в городе Сирджан, как и у иных иранских городов, собственные сувениры: это — сделанные вручную ковры и вид паласов без ворса.
Этот вид паласа, который выглядит как сочетание узоров ковра на фоне паласа, был изобретен местными мастерами. Кроме вывозимых в другие районы мира паласов и ковров, Сирджан славится и такими продуктами, как фисташки, маскати, сохан (солодовые конфеты, обсыпанные миндалём), и гавут (род лакомства из жареного гороха, растёртого с сахаром и кардамоном).
Маскати – это весьма вкусная, ароматная сладость, созданная на базе крахмала, сливочного масла, сахарного песка, а также шафрана. Маскати Сирджана пользуется большой популярностью, и подобного ему не найти в других местах Ирана.
Кавут (его называют и «куввату»)- представляет собою коричневый порошок, похожий на кофе, который получается из смещения стертых семян портулака, льна, салата-латука, кориандра, кардамона и жареного ячменя,<|fim_middle|> год составляет 189 749 человек; по данным переписи 2006 года оно насчитывало 167 014 человек.
Примечания
Города Кермана | а кроме того, в него добавляют определенное количество сахарного песка. Эта смесь весьма благоприятна для укрепления здоровья, в частности зрения и нервной системы.
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Hyundai is the latest carmaker to 'take a time out' from Super Bowl
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Last year's Super Bowl ads by Hyundai, including "Dad's Sixth Sense," rated well among social media users.
Hyundai isn't running a Super Bowl ad for the first time since 2006.
The list of Super Bowl auto advertisers continues to dwindle this year.
Only six brands -- BMW, Kia, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Toyota -- are slated to run spots, a significant drop from 2014 when 11 auto brands aired commercials during the game.
Hyundai says the timing wasn't right.
"While the Super Bowl is a<|fim_middle|> sales data and news sent to your inbox as soon as it's compiled. | great advertising property, Hyundai has decided to take a time out and won't be in the game this year," a spokeswoman wrote in an email late Friday. "Our marketing calendar is simply shaping up differently this year as we look to align our media mix and advertising properties with product promotion goals."
Hyundai's two Super Bowl spots last year were well-received, according to a study from public relations firm Lambert, Edwards & Associates and analytics firm Infegy, which monitored 39.5 million conversations on more than 150 million blogs, forums and video/image-sharing sites as well as Facebook and Twitter.
According to the study, 88 percent of the conversations surrounding Hyundai's "Dad's Sixth Sense" commercial were positive. Conversations for Hyundai's other spot, "Nice," were 78 percent favorable.
Hyundai sold 725,718 vehicles in the U.S. last year, up 0.7% over the previous year.
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The initiative enables remote learning for nearly 3,000 students in need
July 9, 2020 (WASHINGTON) – Six school districts in Connecticut will begin the school year with new Chromebooks and home Internet connectivity, enabling distance learning for the first time for nearly 3,000 students from underserved communities. The $1 million initiative will support students in kindergarten through Grade 5 in the Bloomfield, East Hartford, Manchester, Vernon, Windsor, and Windsor Locks school districts. The grants, awarded by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and made possible through funding from The LEGO Group and The LEGO Foundation are being distributed by First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise focused on equal access to quality education.
"On behalf of the children of East Hartford, I want to thank LEGO and the Hartford Foundation for this generous donation. Bridging the electronic divide and providing our kids with high quality devices is an important first step towards access and opportunity," said Nathan Quesnel, Superintendent of East Hartford Public Schools. "We are extremely excited to get these devices in our kids' hands and to support their learning as we all look to accelerate the learning agenda. We are inspired by LEGO's generosity to step up on behalf of our community and work to solve a challenge in a way that will have significant impact on our students and families."
"For the majority of students growing up in underserved communities, without access to home computers or the Internet, the school year essentially ended this spring, when schools were forced to close abruptly due to COVID-19," said Kyle Zimmer, president and CEO of First Book. "While school districts and teachers have stepped up in amazing ways to support their students during this time, leaving kids without devices and connectivity is the equivalent of locking them out of the school system. We are so grateful for the commitment and leadership of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, The LEGO Group and The LEGO Foundation for helping us bridge the digital divide for thousands of Connecticut children!"
In a survey conducted this spring by First Book, more than 2,600 educators from the First Book Network, a community of more than 475,000 teachers and program leaders serving children in need, indicated that approximately 40 percent of the children they serve don't have access to devices or the Internet. The COVID-19 pandemic has made this divide an educational crisis for these children. As a result, 85 percent of respondents are now more concerned about the negative impacts of the digital divide than they were before the pandemic.
"For the past several years, the Hartford Foundation has been working closely with our region's Alliance Districts to support efforts to build closer family, school and community partnerships," said Hartford Foundation President Jay Williams. "Once schools were closed in March, Foundation staff reached out to these districts to help ensure that students and families continue to have the resources they need. One of the major issues the district leaders raised was the lack of computers and internet access in many households. We are grateful for the generosity of The Lego Group and Lego Foundation for this significant support and for our partnership with First Book. Thanks to this collaboration, thousands of our students will have access to computers and internet they need, even if schools do not reopen in August as currently planned."
"At the LEGO Group, we know how vital it is for children to have continued access to learning, especially during these uncertain times." said Skip Kodak, president, LEGO Systems, Inc. "We are thrilled to be able to support schools in Connecticut, the home of our Americas headquarters, with a grant that will help provide computers and internet access for children in need."
In addition to partnerships like these to increase access to technology resources, First Book has worked with its publishing and corporate partners, funders and individual donors to dramatically expand access to books and resources for children from underserved communities impacted by school closures. During the COVID-19 crisis alone, First Book has distributed more than 6.4 million books and 1.8 million codes providing free access to digital resources and eBooks. In its 28-year-history, First Book has distributed nearly 200 million books to children in need.
Educators serving Title 1 or Title 1 eligible schools and programs are invited to join First Book at www.firstbook.org/join to access diverse and inclusive books, learning materials, basic necessities and other resources.
About Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving is the community foundation for Hartford and 28 surrounding communities. Made possible by the gifts of generous individuals, families and organizations, the Foundation has awarded grants of more than $795 million since its founding in 1925. For more information about the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, visit www.hfpg.org or call 860-548-1888.
About The Lego Group and The LEGO Foundation
The LEGO Group's mission is to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow through the power of play. The LEGO System in Play, with its foundation in LEGO bricks, allows children and fans to build and rebuild anything they can imagine. The LEGO Group was founded in Billund, Denmark in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen, its name derived from the two Danish words LEg GOdt, which mean "Play Well". Today, the LEGO Group remains a family-owned company headquartered in Billund and its products are now sold in more than 140 countries worldwide. For more information: www.LEGO.com.
LEGO, the LEGO logo, DUPLO, Technic, NINJAGO, the Minifigure and the brick & knob configuration are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2020 The LEGO Group.
About First Book
Founded in Washington, D.C., in 1992 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit social enterprise, First Book is a leader in the educational equity field. Over its nearly 30-year history, First Book has distributed more than 200 million books and educational resources, with a retail value of more than $2.0 billion. First Book believes education offers children in need the best path out of poverty. First Book breaks down barriers to quality education by providing its Network of more than 475,000 registered teachers, librarians, after school program leaders, and others serving children in need with millions of free and affordable new, high-quality books, educational resources, and basic needs items through the award-winning First Book Marketplace nonprofit eCommerce site. All formal and informal educators serving children in poverty are encouraged to join the First Book Network, the largest and fastest-growing community of their peers, here.
First Book also expands the breadth and depth of the education field through a family of social enterprises, including First Book Research & Insights, its proprietary research initiative, and the First Book Accelerator, which brings best-in-class research to the classroom via relevant, usable educator resources. First Book Impact Funds target | 1,495 |
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Leger. Metastatic Breast Cancer Survey. August 2017. A survey of 1617 Canadians was completed online between July 24 to 31, 2017 using Leger's online panel, LegerWeb. A probability sample of the same size would yield a margin of error of +/=2.5%, 19 times out of 20.
Canadian Cancer Society. Survival Statistics for Breast Cancer. Available at: http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/breast/prognosis-and-survival/survival-statistics/?region=on. Accessed August 24, 2017.
American Association for Cancer Research. Abstract IA04: Cancer-associated Systemic Inflammation Facilitates Breast Cancer Metastasis. Available at: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/76/7_Supplement?IA04.abstracts. Accessed June 16, 2017.
Based on the 2010 breast cancer deaths of which 90% were presumed to be caused by metastases.
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About mBC
Metastatic breast cancer, or mBC, is the most advanced stage of breast cancer in which cancer has spread beyond the breast to other organs in the body like the bones, lungs, liver or brain.1 It remains an incurable disease in need of further research and support.2 While early stage breast cancer itself is a life-changing diagnosis, there is still hope for the possibility of remission and full recovery. However, despite improvements made with early detection and treatment, there is currently no cure for mBC.2 Women with mBC face a median survival of just two years following a metastatic breast cancer diagnosis.3
In Canada, 5-10% of newly diagnosed breast cancers are metastatic, and among those first diagnosed with early stage breast cancer, there's approximately a 20-30% chance of developing mBC.4,5,6
'Metastatic' is something few want to speak about, leaving women with metastatic breast cancer feeling isolated, alone and excluded from the greater breast cancer story.7
It is time we collaborate to support the unique needs of women living with mBC, including access to clinical research, funding for innovative treatments as quickly as possible, and resources. For more information about mBC, read the Metastatic Breast Cancer in Canada report.
The mBC Symbol
Breast cancer is a story half told and it's about time we talk about the other half. The mBC symbol empowers wearers to express compassion and draw attention to mBC in support of increased conversation around metastatic breast cancer. It's time to raise awareness and start talking about the unique needs and challenges of mBC patients, including lack of research and awareness, as well as the need for resources, funding, and access to innovative treatments.
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We are the Canadian Breast Cancer Network (CBCN), Rethink Breast Cancer (Rethink), the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation, and a leading research-based pharmaceutical company in Canada. We're partnering to spread the word about the harsh reality that women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer (mBC) face.
While mBC is treatable, there is currently no cure.2 On top of that, lengthy and unbalanced wait times to gain access to treatment can cause enormous physical, emotional and financial strain on women with mBC and their families at a time when they're trying to slow the progression of the disease and maintain the best possible quality of life.8 'Metastatic' disease is something few want to speak about, leaving women with mBC feeling isolated, alone and excluded from the greater breast cancer story – and it's time these women got the attention they deserve.7
Canada's leading patient-directed organization, the Canadian Breast Cancer Network (CBCN), strives to ensure that the patient perspective informs decision-making globally. CBCN has been actively working with the metastatic breast cancer community to promote the patient voice and address the unique and distinct needs of metastatic patients and their families. CBCN's comprehensive Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer hub connects patients with information about treatment, drug access, financial support, practical issues and how to join others in advocating for access to the best care. The hub also provides an online community for patients to share their story and connect with others living with metastatic breast cancer.
As global leaders in the young women's breast cancer movement, Rethink Breast Cancer works to ensure young women with breast cancer receive the best treatment, information and support – no matter what their cancer stage.
Through the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project, Rethink Breast Cancer educates the metastatic community and public about the unique needs of women with metastatic disease, empowers those living with the disease through helpful tools and community, and advocates for change to important services and access to treatment. Rethink's multi-media hub called The Metastatic Diaries is a collection of blogs, vlogs, photo essays and artwork that gives those living with metastatic cancer a compelling and meaningful way to shape their identity and share their voices to help create change to improve the lives of other women living with breast cancer.
The Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation is the only charitable organization in Quebec dedicated entirely to the fight against breast cancer. The Foundation has focused its mission on promoting the well-being of affected people and their loved ones through research and innovation, support and educational materials and raising awareness. Researchers, volunteers, donors and families alike are all connected by the same hope of being able to live in a world without breast cancer.
The CBCN, Rethink, the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation and a leading research-based pharmaceutical company in Canada are proud to be working together on It's about mBC Time, the first campaign of its kind in Canada, because it's about time women diagnosed with mBC have their voices heard and stories told.
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Metastatic Breast Cancer in Canada is Misunderstood
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian women (excluding non-melanoma skin cancers), with an estimated 26,300 women that will be diagnosed in 2017.9
There is a lack of public knowledge about metastatic breast cancer which leads to misconceptions about the disease. A national study was conducted to find out exactly what Canadians know about metastatic breast cancer (mBC).10
Here's what was found:10
It's time to highlight the unique needs of women living with metastatic breast cancer and give them the attention they deserve. It's time we collaborate to increase efforts to ensure that Canadians with metastatic breast cancer have access to supportive resources, clinical research, and funding for innovative treatments as quickly as possible.
Canadian Cancer Society. Metastatic Cancer. Available at: http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/metastatic-cancer/metastatic-cancer/?region=on. Accessed June 13, 2017.
Canadian Breast Cancer Network. Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer. Available at: https://www.cbcn.ca/en/mbc_treatment. Accessed August 24, 2017.
Martino, et al. Long-term Survival in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer Receiving Intensified Chemotherapy and Stem Cell Rescue: Data from the Italian Registry. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 2013:48: 414-418
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. Breast Cancer Control in Canada: A System Performance Special Focus Report. September 2002. Available at: http://www.cancerview.ca/idc/groups/public/documents/webcontent/breast_cancer_control_rep.pdf. Accessed June 13, 2017.
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Metastatic Breast Cancer. Available at: http://www.cbcf.org/central/AboutBreastCancerMain/MetastaticBreastCancer/Pages/Metastatic-Breast-Cancer.aspx. Accessed June 13, 2017.
Metastatic Breast Cancer Network. 13 Facts About Metastatic Breast Cancer. Available at: http://www.mbc.org/13-facts-about-metastatic-breast-cancer/. Accessed August 24, 2017.
Pfizer. Breast Cancer: A Story Half Told Whitepaper. Available at: http://www.pfizer.com/files/news/Statement_ofNeed.pdf. Accessed June 13, 2017.
Canadian Breast Cancer Network. Waiting for Treatment: Timely Equitable Access to Drugs for Metastatic Breast Cancer. Available at: https://www.cbcn.ca/web/default/files/public/Reports/FINAL-Waiting%20For%20Treatment%20report%202015.pdf. Accessed June 13, 2017.
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Most newcomers to Canada (79 per cent) feel it's important to start building credit history quickly and three-in-four (75 per cent) believe that expert advice is important when it comes to lending or borrowing money, according to an RBC poll.
"Building a new life in a new country is no small feat. Newcomers are faced with a myriad of tasks and decisions to ensure their future success," said Paul Sy, director, Multicultural Markets, RBC.
The RBC poll also found that most newcomers (68 per cent) say that using credit cards is a smart way to manage their finances and expenses.
"Building credit history is a key step to starting a new life in Canada, but it can also be a significant hurdle for newcomers," added Sy.
Take advantage of options available to you, such as RBC's Newcomer to Canada Credit Card program – an unsecured credit card<|fim_middle|> access to a second credit card, for a spouse or partner, and will help the cardholders build a credit history together. Credit history is used to establish a pattern on how well you manage your financial obligations and determine how safe it is to lend and do business with you.
It's important to pay all of your bills on time, even the ones that seem small and insignificant. Even if it's just the minimum payment, staying on top of your bills regularly reflects positively towards your credit rating.
It's good to know what your current credit score is. You can request a copy of your credit report from either of the two agencies in Canada - Equifax or TransUnion. It's a good idea to review your credit report in case of any errors or fraudulent activity.
RBC's Welcome to Canada (www.rbc.com/settlequick) package offers advice and tips to help newcomers get settled in Canada.
It now includes a preferred rate on foreign exchange transactions for newcomers up to 12 months. | for newcomers with zero credit history. This option also provides | 11 |
Selsey Town Council said it will support individuals and families affected by its contentious<|fim_middle|> agenda." | memorial bench policy, following an assets and amenities committee meeting.
The memorial bench policy in Selsey was discussed by councillors last Wednesday (January 16), following a letter from outraged residents.
The town council said it has now appointed a 'working group of councillors', including the chair of assets & amenities, to 'examine all the queries that have arisen'.
A spokesman added: "Selsey Town Council considered the memorial policy at its assets and amenities committee meeting.
"We would like to thank all those that attended the meeting and for the representations that were made on behalf of those affected by the revisions made to the policy in March 2018.
"We will be working with the affected individuals and families to resolve the issues in each case."
The spokesman said all queries should be made to enquiries@selseytowncouncil.gov.uk or by visiting its offices at 55 High Street, Selsey.
As a result, the council added a discussion about the issue to its agenda for Wednesday's meeting. Speaking ahead of the meeting, a spokesman said: "STC has received correspondence from a few of the current holders of memorial dedication sites, raising queries regarding the current memorial policy.
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\section{Introduction}
Dark Matter (DM) is one of the dominant components in the energy budget of the universe. Evidence for its existence ranges from galaxy clusters, rotational curves of galaxies, gravitational lensing, all to the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) \cite{Freese:2008cz,Drees:2012ji,Arbey:2021gdg}.
However, effects related to DM have not been observed on the scale of the Solar System, whereas they become significant on galactic and intergalactic scales.
Nonetheless, the nature of DM remains one of the most debated problems in Physics up to this day.
Several proposals and speculations concerning DM have been put forward, among which are MACHOs, WIMPs, Axions, Sterile neutrinos and Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) \cite{Freese:2008cz,Drees:2012ji,Arbey:2021gdg,Oks:2021hef}.
In this work, we propose an alternative explanation for DM.
Specifically, we argue that the phenomenology related to DM can be partially described in terms of quantum gravitational effects.
The development of a theory of Quantum Gravity (QG) is an open problem in Physics.
Several candidate theories have been proposed and numerous thought experiments have shaped the expected features of such a theory.
However, none could have been directly tested due to current experimental and technological limitations.
For this reason, phenomenological approaches have become some of the main tools to tackle the problem of QG \cite{CM1,CM2,ADV0,CM3,CM4,CM5,CM6,CM7} (see~\cite{Addazi} for a recent review).
Such approaches usually consider the implications of features of a full QG theory on lower energy scales, possibly accessible to current experiments and observations.
Among such features, a common one is the existence of a fundamental minimal length.
Such a minimal length strongly opposes the traditional Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle of quantum mechanics, which should be properly modified approaching the QG scale.
The set of models corresponding to a modified uncertainty relation is collectively referred to as Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) \cite{ADV0,GUP1,GUP2,GUP3,Kempf:1996fz,GUP4,KMM,FC,IPK,SLV,Bosso:2016ycv,KP,Bosso:2018uus,Gnatenko:2019flg,Giardino:2020myz,Bosso:2020aqm,Das:2021skl,BossoLuc,Luciano:2021ndh,AHG}.
Such models are inspired from candidate theories of quantum gravity, such as string theory and loop quantum gravity, in which an effective minimal observable length appears in scattering experiments or as a structural feature of space time.
The phenomenological implications are then accounted for in terms of a minimal uncertainty in position or non-commutativity of space-time.
The commutator corresponding to one of most common GUP models can be cast as \cite{KMM,Bosso:2020aqm}
\begin{equation}
\label{gup}
[x_i,p_j]=i\hbar\left[\delta_{ij}+\beta\left(p^2\delta_{ij}+2p_ip_j\right)\right]~,
\end{equation}
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where $x_i$ and $p_j$ are the position and momentum operators, respectively, $\beta \equiv \beta_0/(M_{P}c)^2$, where $\beta_0$ is a dimensionless parameter and $M_{P}=\sqrt{\hbar c/G}$ is the Planck mass.
Such a model implies a modification of the uncertainty relation between position and momentum, as found using the Schr\"odinger-Robertson relation, and thus to a minimal uncertainty in position.
For example, in the one-dimensional case, the modified uncertainty relation reads \cite{KMM}
\begin{eqnarray}
\Delta x \Delta p \gtrsim \hbar\left[1+3\beta\Delta p^2\right].
\end{eqnarray}
In this paper, we propose how minimal length phenomenology can give rise to features similar to DM on galactic scales.
Specifically, we deduce effects from GUP that contribute to the flatness of rotational curves.
Such effects are obtained as a consequence of the modifications to the Bekenstein Hawking entropy through the holographic principle, induced by GUP \cite{Cai:2008ys,Zhu:2008cg,AA,Giardino:2020myz,Das:2021nbq,ScardBek}.
Therefore, we obtain corrections to the corresponding entropic force due to the presence of a minimal length.
Based on Verlinde's conjecture~\cite{Verlinde:2010hp}, such a modified entropic force turns out as a modified Newton's law of gravity, thus providing a basis to study the implications of a minimal length on gravitational systems.
Specifically, we require the holographic principle to hold.
That is, we consider spherically symmetric surfaces of area $A = 4 \pi R^2$ separating points in space.
Such surfaces behave as the natural place to store information about particles that are inside the surfaces and that can move from one side to another.
In this way, the information about the location of particles is stored in discrete bits on the surfaces.
This naturally leads to assume that the number $N_b$ of bits on the screens can be approximated with the number of particles $N_p$ enclosed by the surfaces, i.e. $N_b\sim N_p=N$.
Then, the total number $N$ of bits of the system, which is measured by its entropy $S$, can be naturally assumed to be proportional to the surface area $A$, i.e. $N\sim S\sim A$.
The total energy $E$ of the system inside the surfaces is distributed on such bits and is related to the surface temperature by the equipartition theorem (or the GUP-modified version thereof).
Such energy can be written in terms of the uniformly distributed mass $M$ inside the surface as $E=Mc^2$.
Notice that the above reasoning can in principle be applied to any mass distribution, as long as one defines a proper holographic screen of radius $R$ containing the whole distribution.
It turns out that a distance dependence for the GUP parameter $\beta_0$ must be assumed to provide a reasonable mechanism to study minimal length effects on rotational curves of galaxies.
Such dependence has been proposed in other works as well (see, e.g., Ref. \cite{Ong:2018zqn}) and suggested by the different estimations of the GUP parameter in tabletop experiments, where $\beta_0>0$ \cite{IPK,SLV,Bosso:2016ycv,KP,Das:2021skl}, and astrophysical/cosmological observations, where $\beta_0<0$ \cite{Das:2021nbq,Ong:2018zqn,Nenmeli:2021orl,JizbaScard,BuoninfCorp,JizbaLamb} (see also~\cite{RevLuc} for a recent review).
The paper is structured as follows:
in section \ref{ET}, a modification to the equipartition theorem due to GUP is introduced;
in section \ref{DM}, a modified Newton's law of gravity is derived from the GUP-modified equipartition theorem and the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy;
in section \ref{conc}, we summarize our results and include some final remarks.
\section{GUP-modified equipartition theorem}
\label{ET}
One of the reasons to introduce DM is the flatness of galactic rotational curves, which deviate from the behavior predicted based on Kepler's model considering only luminous matter.
In particular, Kepler's laws predict that the orbital velocities for stars outside the bulge decreases as the square root of the distance from the center, $v(R) \propto 1/\sqrt{R}$.
The observation that the orbital velocities are approximately independent of the distance from the center, $v(R)\propto const.$, even at distances comparable with the galactic radius and beyond, suggests that either Newton's law of gravity does not hold at such scales, or that non-visible matter, present in galaxies, affects stellar dynamics.
As mentioned in the Introduction, here we will consider the former, with the intent of studying the implications of a minimal length on galactic rotational curves.
Specifically, following~\cite{Verlinde:2010hp}, we introduce the gravitational force $F$ as an entropic force
\begin{equation}
\label{entforce}
F\Delta x=T\Delta S~,
\end{equation}
where $\Delta x=\eta\lambda_C=\eta\frac{\hbar}{mc}$ is the displacement from the source of a test particle in terms of its Compton wavelength $\lambda_C$, $m$ is the mass of the test particle, $\eta$ is the modification factor ($\eta=1$ if no modification), $T$ is the effective temperature at a given radius, and $\Delta S=2\pi k_B$ is the minimal change in entropy, as stated by information theory \cite{Adami:2004mx}, with $k_B$ being the Boltzmann constant.
The effective temperature $T$ can be expressed in terms of the energy $E$ of a thermodynamical system via the equipartition theorem.
In our case, we assume that the mass of the system is contained within a sphere of radius $R$.
However, when a minimal length is introduced considering the effects of GUP on statistical mechanics, the equipartition theorem presents some corrections.
To see this, we first notice that the GUP-modified density of states in three spatial dimension reads as \cite{Das:2021skl}
\begin{equation}
\label{mdens}
g(\varepsilon)=\frac{V(2m)^{3\slash2}\varepsilon^{1\slash2}}{4\pi^2\hbar^3}\left(1-\frac{75}{4}\beta m\varepsilon\right)~,
\end{equation}
where $V$ is the volume of the system and $\varepsilon$ is the single particle energy.
Since the results in \cite{Das:2021skl} are valid up to order $\beta$, the density of states presented above, as well as its consequences, are understood to hold up to the same order.
We anticipate that the volume $V$ will cancel out in our considerations and does not affect the results.
Furthermore, it is worth mentioning that GUP is not expected to modify the value of geometrical quantities such as volumes or areas.
Since GUP is a phenomenological model of quantum mechanics including a minimal uncertainty in position, GUP only affects the precision with which particles are localized, and therefore the precision with which geometrical quantities are determined, not their actual value.
Returning to the expression above, it is worth noticing that it reduces to the standard density of states for $\beta \to 0$ and that such a result is quantum in nature since it is based
on the quantum energy spectrum of a particle in a box. In the classical limit $\varepsilon-\mu\gg T$, where $\mu$ is the chemical potential, and assuming no particles are added or removed from the system, $\mu=0$, the Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions reduce to
\begin{equation}
\label{classdist}
f_{_\mathrm{BE,FD}}(\varepsilon) = \frac{1}{\exp{\left(\frac{\varepsilon-\mu}{k_BT}\right)}\mp1} \approx f(\varepsilon)=\exp{\left(-\frac{\varepsilon}{k_BT}\right)}~,
\end{equation}
where the $-$ and the $+$ signs refer to the Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions, respectively.
The limit on the right hand side of Eq. (\ref{classdist}) is the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution.
To proceed further, we compute the number of particles in the system by considering the following ensemble average using the GUP-modified density of states from Eq. \eqref{mdens} and the classical limit for the particle distribution in Eq. \eqref{classdist}.
We then obtain
\begin{equation}
\label{statnum}
N = \int_0^\infty g(\varepsilon)\,f_{_\mathrm{BE,FD}}(\varepsilon)\,\mathrm{d}\varepsilon
\simeq \frac{V(2m)^{3/2}}{8\pi^{3/2}\hbar^3}(k_BT)^{3/2} \left[1-\frac{225}{8}\beta m(k_BT)\right]~,
\end{equation}
where the additional term with $\beta$ represents the GUP correction to the number of particles in the system, given the temperature $T$ of the system and the mass of the constituent particles $m$.
The energy of the system is obtained in a similar manner as the number of particles in the system from Eq. (\ref{statnum}).
In this case, we find
\begin{equation}
\label{staten}
E = \int_0^\infty \varepsilon \, g(\varepsilon)\,f_{_\mathrm{BE,FD}}(\varepsilon)\,\mathrm{d}\varepsilon
\simeq \frac{3V(2m)^{3/2}}{16\pi^{3/2}\hbar^3}(k_BT)^{5/2} \left[1-\frac{375}{8}\beta m(k_BT)\right]~.
\end{equation}
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Up to leading orders in $\beta_0$, we obtain the GUP-modified law of gravity
\begin{equation}
\label{gravforce}
F=\frac{GmM}{R^2}+\beta_0\left[\frac{3\hbar^2GmM}{4M_p^2c^2R^4}\left(1+\ln{\left(2-\frac{4M_p^2c^2R^2}{3\hbar^2\beta_0}\right)}\right)+\frac{75\hbar G^2 m^2M^2}{8M_p^2c^3R^4}-\frac{Gm^3M}{M_p^2R^2}\right]~.
\end{equation}
Using the expression for the centripetal force $F=m\frac{v^2}{R}$ at radius $R$, we can then find
the GUP-modified rotational velocity
\begin{equation}
\label{rotvel}
v=\sqrt{\frac{GM}{R}+\beta_0\left[\frac{3\hbar^2GM}{4M_p^2c^2R^3}\left(1+\ln{\left(2-\frac{4M_p^2c^2R^2}{3\hbar^2\beta_0}\right)}\right)+\frac{75\hbar G^2mM^2}{8M_p^2c^3R^3}-\frac{Gm^2M}{M_p^2R}\right]}~.
\end{equation}
The test particle, of mass $m$, can in principle be anything, from a subatomic particle to a large star.
However, when a composite system is considered, GUP effects are reduced by the number $n$ of constituents \cite{Amelino-Camelia:2013fxa}.
In the present case, this amounts to replacing the modification parameter $\beta_0$ by the reduced parameter scaling with the square of the inverse number of constituents, i.e. $\beta_0 \to \beta_0 / n^2$.
Note that $n$ corresponds to the number of constituent particles of the test mass which is different than $N$, introduced in Eq. (\ref{statnum}), which corresponds to the number of bits of information on the holographic screen.
The last term in Eq. (\ref{gravforce}) dominates at galactic distances, compared to other correction terms, as can be easily verified.
Therefore Eq.(\ref{gravforce}) can be rewritten as
\begin{equation}
F\simeq \frac{G m_{eff} M}{R^2}~,
\end{equation}
where we have defined an effective gravitational mass $m_{eff}=m\left[1-\frac{\beta_0}{n^2}\frac{m^2}{M_p^2}\right]$. We notice that this implies a potential GUP-induced violation of the weak equivalence principle, since $m_{eff}\equiv m_g\neq m\equiv m_i$, where $m_g$ is the gravitational mass and $m_i$ is the inertial mass (see also \cite{Casadio:2020rsj}).
Since in our framework $\beta_0<0$, we have $m_g>m_i$, which might partially justify the higher galaxy rotation velocities with respect to standard cosmological predictions.
From Eq.(\ref{rotvel}), the GUP-modified velocity for large distances is then
\begin{equation}
v\simeq\sqrt{\frac{G M}{R}\left[1-\frac{\beta_0}{n^2}\frac{m^2}{M_p^2}\right]}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\mathrm{with}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\beta_0<0~.
\label{eqn:orbital_velocity_GUP}
\end{equation}
We point out here that other terms in Eqs. (\ref{gravforce}) and (\ref{rotvel}) dominate at smaller scales, where the GUP effects are significantly smaller.
Furthermore, it is worth noticing that, due to the scaling of the modification parameter in Eq. \eqref{eqn:orbital_velocity_GUP}, the mass of a star orbiting with velocity $v$ is scaled by the number of fundamental constituents.
Assuming that such constituents correspond to the elements in the plasma (mostly electrons and protons for a typical main sequence star), the quantity $m/n$ is of the order of the proton mass regardless of the actual values of $m$ and $n$.
Such assumption will be considered in the estimations below.
It turns out that a distance dependence of the GUP parameter $\beta_0$ must be assumed to properly describe the flatness of rotational curves of galaxies.
In fact, as can be noticed from Eq. \eqref{eqn:orbital_velocity_GUP}, a constant GUP parameter simply shifts the orbital velocity at any given radial position by a constant factor.
The assumption that the GUP parameter $\beta_0$ takes a distance dependence is compatible with the fact that similar effects are not observed at the solar system scale, at which Kepler's laws hold, while effects usually associated with DM tend to become relevant approaching galactic and intergalactic scales.
This suggests that the GUP parameter $\beta_0$ must be distance dependent, since DM effects appear to be distance dependent. Such an assumption is also supported by Ref. \cite{Ong:2018zqn} and the difference between estimations of the quadratic GUP parameter in tabletop experiments, where $\beta_0>0$ \cite{IPK,SLV,KP,Das:2021skl,Bosso:2016ycv}, and astrophysical/cosmological observations, where $\beta_0<0$ \cite{Das:2021nbq,Ong:2018zqn,Nenmeli:2021orl,JizbaScard,BuoninfCorp,JizbaLamb}.
We propose different models of a distance dependent $\beta_0$
\begin{itemize}
\item Model 1: $\displaystyle{\beta_0(R)=\gamma\frac{R}{R^*}}$~,
\item Model 2: $\displaystyle{\beta_0(R)=\gamma\frac{R^2}{{R^*}^2}}$~,
\item Model 3: $\displaystyle{\beta_0(R)=\gamma\ln{\left(1+\frac{R}{R^*}\right)}}$~,
\item Model 4: $\displaystyle{\beta_0(R)=\gamma\frac{2}{\pi}\arctan{\left(\frac{R}{R^*}\right)}}$
\end{itemize}
where $\gamma<0$ is a constant parameter and $R^*\sim 1 \mathrm{ ly}$ is the scale at which effects, associated with DM, become significant. We consider a toy model galaxy with the following matter distribution \cite{Freeman:1970mx}
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{matterdist}
\rho(R)=\rho_0e^{-\frac{R}{R_d}}~,
\end{eqnarray}
where we chose $\rho_0=2\times10^{-19}\,\mathrm{kg/m^3}$ for the central density and $R_d=16\,000\,\mathrm{ly}$ for the galaxy scale parameter. We use the matter distribution from Eq. (\ref{matterdist}) to obtain the mass of the galaxy within a certain radius $M(R)$, used in Eq. (\ref{eqn:orbital_velocity_GUP}), to obtain Fig. \ref{vorbs}.
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\includegraphics{vorb.eps}
\caption{Galactic rotational curves for different models of the $R$ dependence of $\beta_0$.}
\label{vorbs}
\end{figure}
From Fig. \ref{vorbs}, we can see that the model which describes the flatness of rotational curves the best is model 1, since the Compton correction term dominates at large distances, and the linear model 1 renders it constant.
As for the natural logarithm and arc tangent models, they require a much higher peak for the rotational velocities in order to explain the flatness of the curves.
Since observations of rotational curves of galaxies show no significant discrepancy from standard Newton's theory up to about the peak of the curve, such models are not able to fit the observations.
The quadratic model 2 can potentially constitute a good description for a different choice of the parameters $\gamma$ and ${R^*}$.
Since models 3 and 4 do not describe the DM effects satisfactory, we are left with models 1 and 2.
For these models, we can consider the two different parameters $\gamma$ and ${R^*}$ as only one parameter $\gamma/{R^*}$ and $\gamma/{R^*}^2$ for models 1 and 2, respectively.
The values for these parameters, which were used to obtain the above graphs, are $\gamma/{R^*}=-1.9\times10^{33}\,\mathrm{ly^{-1}}$ and $\gamma/{R^*}^2=-3.6\times10^{27}\,\mathrm{ly^{-2}}$ for models 1 and 2, respectively. These values constitute upper bounds for such parameters.
Namely, $|\gamma/{R^*}|\leq1.9\times10^{33}\,\mathrm{ly^{-1}}$ and $|\gamma/{R^*}^2|\leq3.6\times10^{27}\,\mathrm{ly^{-2}}$.
\section{Conclusion}
\label{conc}
Newton's law of gravity can be derived as an entropic force through the holographic principle \cite{Verlinde:2010hp}.
In the present work, we have revised the derivation considering the influence of GUP.
Specifically, we have considered the influence of GUP on the temperature $T$ in the equipartition theorem, the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy, and the Compton wavelength.
The GUP-corrected law of gravity has then been used to provide an explanation for the flatness of the rotational curves of galaxies.
Specifically, alongside the proposed DM content in galaxies, we proposed that GUP effects can contribute to the observed shape of rotational curves.
In the case that the GUP parameter $\beta_0$ remains constant, the rotational curves of galaxies only get magnified by a constant factor.
Therefore, for GUP to effectively influence the rotational curves, we argued that the GUP parameter must be distance dependent.
This claim is directly supported by the work from Ref. \cite{Ong:2018zqn} and indirectly by a comparison of positive bounds of quadratic GUP parameters estimated from laboratory experiments \cite{IPK,SLV,KP,Das:2021skl,Bosso:2016ycv} and negative bounds estimated from astrophysical/cosmological observations \cite{Das:2021nbq,Ong:2018zqn,Nenmeli:2021orl,JizbaScard,BuoninfCorp,JizbaLamb}.
We have proposed different models concerning the distance dependence for the GUP parameter $\beta_0$ and introduced a new scale parameter ${R^*}$ at which GUP effects start to contribute to the shape of the rotational curves of galaxies.
We note here that the GUP length scale need not be of the order of the Planck length $\ell_p$, but can be any intermediate length scale $\sqrt{\beta_0}\ell_p$ between the electroweak and Planck scales, determined by the GUP parameter $\beta_0$. For the cases of models 1 and 2, we introduced parameters $\gamma/{R^*}$ and $\gamma/{R^*}^2$ respectively, since we cannot obtain bounds for $\gamma$ and ${R^*}$ separately. Models 3 and 4 were found to be inadequate to explain the observed DM effects and there would also be no possibility to combine parameters $\gamma$ and ${R^*}$ in a similar fashion as for models 1 and 2.
Models 1 and 2 constrain the newly defined parameters to $|\gamma/{R^*}|\leq1.9\times10^{33}\,\mathrm{ly^{-1}}$ and $|\gamma/{R^*}^2|\leq3.6\times10^{27}\,\mathrm{ly^{-2}}$, respectively.
However, these models can explain the flatness of rotational curves of galaxies only up to an extent. For example, we notice that for model 1 the rotational velocities would remain constant for $R\to\infty$, while for model 2 they would diverge for $R\to\infty$ for any values of the parameters.
Furthermore, the approximations used to obtain Eqs. (\ref{guptemp}) and (\ref{gravforce}) break down at sufficiently large $R$.
The contribution of GUP effects to the shape of rotational curves of galaxies should be determined once more information on the exact nature of particle DM and its abundance in galaxies is known.
Furthermore, the feature of a distance-dependent GUP parameter, leading towards a partial explanation of galactic rotational curves, can be considered as a possible additional structure of models of quantum mechanics with a minimal length having astrophysical and cosmological consequences.
Finally, it is worth to explore the correspondence between our result and those presented in \cite{Ong:2018zqn,Gnatenko:2019flg,Gnatenko:2019ozg}, which still exhibit the possibility of a mass-dependent GUP parameter.
| The above formula represents the thermal energy of a system in three spatial dimensions.
We can recast the expression for the thermal energy in a more familiar form by combining Eqs. (\ref{statnum}) and (\ref{staten}) to obtain the GUP-modified equipartition theorem, which reads as
\begin{eqnarray}
E = \frac{n_s}{2}Nk_BT \left[1-\frac{75}{4}\beta m (k_BT)\right]~,
\end{eqnarray}
in $n_s$-spatial dimensions.
We are going to use this expression with $n_s=1$, since the only relevant spatial degree of freedom in the system contributing to the entropic force is the radial one.
We can then find an expression of the temperature $T$ as a function of the energy $E$ up to first order in $\beta$, \emph{i.e.}
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{temp}
T \sim \frac{2E}{k_BN}+\beta\frac{75mE^2}{k_BN^2}~.
\end{eqnarray}
Since this expression is derived from a quadratic equation, two solutions are in principle allowed.
However, only the solution with the minus sign is considered since it is the only one which returns the standard case as $\beta \longrightarrow 0$.
For the case of the entropic force, the energy in Eq. (\ref{temp}) is not simply the thermal energy of particles in a given volume, but the total energy of the system in that volume.
\section{GUP-modified law of Gravity}
\label{DM}
As shown in Ref. \cite{Verlinde:2010hp}, one can derive Newton's law of gravity as an entropic force. The same procedure is applied here, with the difference that one includes GUP corrections everywhere they apply.
A similar consideration has been discussed in Ref. \cite{Sheykhi:2019bsh}, where a Tsallis entropy modification to the Bekenstein-Hawking (BH) entropy has been used to derive the modified law of gravity.
Such an entropy can be modified by GUP through the holographic principle as well \cite{AA,Das:2021nbq}.
It can then be written as
\begin{equation}
\label{bhe}
S=\frac{c^3 k_B}{8\hbar G}\left[A+\sqrt{A^2-\beta^*A}-\frac{\beta^*}{2}\ln{\left(1-\frac{2}{\beta^*}\left(A+\sqrt{A^2-\beta^*A}\right)\right)}\right]~,
\end{equation}
where $A$ is the area of the horizon and $\beta^*=12\pi\hbar^2\beta$.
Such a modification implies a deformation of the temperature of the system.
To see this, first we notice that the total number $N$ of bits of information on the surface of the holographic horizon can be expressed in terms of the horizon entropy as \cite{Verlinde:2010hp}
\begin{equation}
\label{number}
N=\frac{4S}{k_B}~.
\end{equation}
Thus, substituting Eq. \eqref{number} and Eq. \eqref{bhe} in Eq. \eqref{temp}, we get
\begin{equation}
\label{guptemp}
T=\frac{2\hbar GE}{k_Bc^3A}+\beta_0\left[\frac{6\pi\hbar^3GE}{k_BM_p^2c^5A^2}\left(1+\ln{\left(2-\frac{M_p^2c^2A}{3\pi\hbar^2\beta_0}\right)}\right)+\frac{75\hbar^2G^2mE^2}{k_BM_p^2c^8A^2}\right]~.
\end{equation}
It is worth noticing that the temperature $T$ depends on the area $A$ of the holographic horizon and the total energy $E$ of the system.
These quantities are related to the radius $R$ of the horizon and the mass $M$ contained within that radius through $A=4\pi R^2$ and $E=Mc^2$, respectively.
The temperature from Eq. (\ref{guptemp}), expressed in terms of $R$ and $M$, and the aforementioned $\Delta x$ and $\Delta S$ are substituted in Eq. \eqref{entforce}, where the GUP modified Compton wavelength with $\eta= | 1,031 |
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In my previous post, I had written that I would write about calculating returns on Mutual Funds. However, I got comments asking for a basic guide to Mutual Funds, so I guess it would make more sense to talk about what Mutual Funds are<|fim_middle|> Raji. All five of you are working women, and earn a decent income. However, your savings plans are restricted to simply, not spending. Now Raji's aunt and uncle have a successful share trading business, and they make great money. The idea of investing in the stock market is something that has appealed to all of you, but who has the time and energy to follow the markets all day? One day Raji comes up with a plan. She asks you all to give a portion of your savings to her, and she will, in turn, consolidate these savings into one big amount and give the total amount to her aunt and uncle, who will invest in the stock market on her behalf. Raji will then distribute the profits based on the proportion of everyone's contribution to the total pool.
Raji is the mutual fund with whom you've entrusted the money, Raji's aunt and uncle are the fund managers who invest the money so collected, and the rest of you, are the unit holders/investors.
Why Should Give I My Money To Someone's Aunt?
Mutual Funds are a smart option to save for the future. This is because they don't require a heavy initial investment, which means you can start saving slowly, and in small amounts. You can increase the amount of savings as you go, but the low investment means that they're the perfect savings tool for young, and old alike. If you've just started working, you should start looking at a Mutual Fund to build yourself a corpus of money in the future – retirement house in a hill station? Five Star European Holiday? Brand new house? The possibilities are endless!
Another reason why I'm a fan of Mutual Funds is because they will give you the expertise that you don't have. Fund Managers, who make these investments, are professionals whose jobs are solely dedicated to following the markets and making the best decisions for their funds. That isn't to say that every Fund Manager is a magical money unicorn, but rest assured that Mutual Funds do take away the guesswork and agony that comes with investing directly.
Additionally, Mutual Funds are transparent – any and all information about the Mutual Fund's investments, and performance over the years are only a quick google search away, and they're regulated by SEBI.
I hope this post has been helpful in making you understand what Mutual Funds are. What other personal finance concepts would you like broken down? Taxes? Investments? Credit Cards? Do let me know in the comments. | , in greater detail, before I talked about calculating returns. I wrote a guide to Mutual Funds as part of my Rupee Rani column, and I wanted to consolidate them, initially, but changed my mind. An overdose of information is likely to cause more confusion than provide clarity. Instead, I have broken down my guide to short posts, which I hope will be more clear.
A Mutual Fund is a trust which pools the savings of a number of investors who share a common financial goal. The trust collects money from these investors, and the consolidated amount is invested in different types of securities by 'fund managers'. The type of securities that these 'fund managers' choose depends on the scheme, and risk category of the Mutual Fund. The income earned by the Mutual Fund is then distributed back to its investors in the proportion of their investment.
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What is this tour is about: This is a 3-hour trip to Fatehpur Sikri, a UNESCO World Heritage site located an hour's drive away from Agra (on the highway to Jaipur).
Fatehpur Sikri (the City of Victory) had only a brief glorious existence as the capital of the Mughal empire. In 1571, the Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great decided to build it at the site where the Sufi saint Salim Chishthi lived. The saint had successfully predicted the birth of Jahangir, Akbar's much-longed for son and<|fim_middle|> from Hindu, Persian and Indo-Islamic traditions.
After Akbar's death, the City of Victory was once again briefly the site of the Mughal court for 3 unhappy months in 1619, when Akbars son Jahangir sought refuge there from the plague that devastated Agra. After this, Fatehpur Sikri was abandoned once again, until its archaeological exploration in 1892. | heir. The Great Mughal took personal interest in the design and construction of his new city; but abandoned it after a mere 10 years to focus on his war against the Afghans (he chose a new capital, Lahore, in present day Pakistan).
In 1585, the English traveller Ralph Fitch described Fatehpur Sikri as "considerably larger than London and more populous". The City comprised a series of palaces, public buildings and mosques. There were living areas not only for the members of the Mughal court, but also for the army, tradesmen, merchants and ordinary folk. Only one small part of Fatehpur Sikri (where the large buildings and palaces are concentrated) has until now been studied, documented and relatively well preserved. The monuments are of red sandstone, built in a variety of eclectic styles freely borrowed | 178 |
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Established in 1981, Kwantlen Polytechnic University is an undergraduate university granting four-year bachelor degrees and offers diplomas, certificates, university transfers, and qualifying studies opportunities that may later integrate into a bachelor's degree. KPU offers a diverse range of study opportunities with over 120 programs from which to choose.
KPU has four campuses in the Greater Vancouver region located in Richmond, Surrey, Cloverdale and Langley. All campuses offer resources for students including learning centres, computer labs and Wi-Fi networks, bookstores<|fim_middle|> families who are willing to provide the assistance necessary to make their time away from home more comfortable. Students have a private room, share meals with their host families, and participate in family activities. Homestay is an excellent opportunity to develop lifelong friendships. In addition, homestay is a great option for ESL students, because immersion is a highly effective and fun method of learning and practising another language.
New international student orientation is offered every semester and tailored to meet the needs of international students at KPU. The Office of International Students and Scholars hosts multiple events throughout the year where students can meet new people, volunteer, and try something new!
Domestic and International Education Advisers are available to assist students with academic planning. Counsellors are available to assist students in determining appropriate career paths.
The KPU Eagles have intercollegiate teams in basketball, golf, soccer, and badminton. KPU also offers many intramural activities such as basketball, volleyball, indoor soccer, hockey, and dance. The KPU Surrey campus is home to a full-size gymnasium and fully equipped fitness centre.
KPU offers many clubs based on activities and academic areas.
All KPU students have access to Wi-Fi on campus, and are provided with a KPU e-mail address. There are several open computer labs that students may access to complete assignments, and specialized program-specific computer labs that are restricted to students registered in those programs. The library system is online and can be accessed using Internet browsers either from the library or from home. The library is also linked to several online databases, which allows students to efficiently research other libraries linked in the system. Registration for courses can be completed through the online registration system.
Arts and culture events at KPU include regular performances from the music department; a choir that is open to all students; a year-end fashion show of student works; ongoing gallery exhibitions of student works; and many other events throughout the year.
As part of the public post-secondary system in British Columbia, Kwantlen Polytechnic University is affiliated with all other public post-secondary institutions in the province. Students may transfer to or from the larger universities in British Columbia and receive full credit for their studies. Course work will be recognized on a course-by-course basis at other institutions worldwide.
Currently, there are 690 international students representing Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, and North and South America. KPU accepts applications from all countries. Our most recent student and faculty exchanges occurred with Texas Christian University in the USA, The Universidad de Guanajuato in Mexico, and EVTek in Finland. In addition, KPU recently participated in the China-Canada Trade and Management Symposium and the Women in Enterprise Management Project, which were both held at Wuxi, China. KPU is a member institution in the British Columbia Centre for International Education, the Canadian Bureau of International Education, the Canadian Education Centre Network, and NAFSA.
Campus tours may be arranged on an individual and group basis. Please contact the International Education Department for more information.
Modified on September 02, 2022 | , and dedicated study spaces.
KPU is home to many innovative and unique programs, often created and designed with input from industry professionals. New bachelor of science majors include sustainable agriculture, biology, health science, applied mathematics, and physics for modern technology. In addition, KPU now offers a diploma in brewing and brewery operations—one of only a handful of brewing programs that exist in Canada. KPU will also be the first public, post-secondary institution in British Columbia to offer a diploma in Tradition Chinese Medicine with studies in herbology, acupuncture, and rehabilitation exercises.
KPU does not currently offer on-campus housing. We do have a partnership with a local homestay provider and other services to help students find housing.
Homestay service offers safe and economical housing for students during their study period at KPU. The homestay provider places students with | 170 |
Spennymoor Town Assistant Manager Tommy Miller believes the 2-<|fim_middle|> bundled in a minute after the restart.
Neither side could find the decisive winner in the final 30 minutes of action on an afternoon of intense heat.
Miller, who is heading into his third season with the club, said: "I think we were in control in the first half and it was a good showing overall. We began the second half in a sloppy manner and got caught cold with the goal.
"The momentum went with them after that so I think it was a fair result. However, there were some good performances individually and collectively in the first half.
Miller also believes the new additions to the team have already proven their worth to the squad: "They've done well and settled in. They all bring something different to the table.
Moors begin their 2018/19 campaign away to recently relegated Chester FC in three weeks, now under new management, and Miller thinks it will be a tough test on opening day: "It's a great test. We will travel down there and give it our best shot like we always do. | 2 draw with Scarborough Athletic was a fair result.
Moors were two goals ahead at the interval thanks to a sublime lob from Rob Ramshaw and a sweet strike from Glen Taylor.
But a spirited Scarborough came back after the break, with Michael Coulson's brilliant free-kick levelling the scoreline after Will Annan had | 65 |
One of the most enjoyable parts of last year's inaugural Yo Ghana! gathering was seeing some 230 people from such diverse backgrounds come together to learn about Ghana and each other.
That was what Brando Akoto, the man whom the May 14 2016 dinner will be in honor of, had in mind.
When I think of nonprofit dinners I have been to, three things stand out: 1) High ticket prices: 2) Lots of flashy auction items; 3) Plenty of alcohol to jack up the bidding on said auction items.
Brando had a different set of essentials: 1) Low ticket prices so everyone who wants to come is able to; 2) Honor teachers and other people who make Yo Ghana! go; 3) Provide great Ghanaian food and music and an experience that encourages friendship among people of all ages, income levels, and cultures.
So that's the sort of experience that we'll be striving to again provide from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 14, in the big hall of the Immigration and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), 10301 NE Glisan, Portland.
We also hope to make some money for Yo Ghana! But we also remember Brando's counsel whenever the question of fund raising came up: "If we take care of relationships, everything else will take care of itself."
More details to follow, but please plan on being part of the party and a chance to pay our respects to Brando, our guiding light and best friend to everyone who knew him.
Brando Akoto, who passed away in late October was the most generous person I've ever met--and his generosity continues to resonate.
Before I knew Brando well, I made the mistake of answering honestly a couple of questions he posed before we traveled to Ghana together: how did my laptop function in Ghana, and what did I eat while in Ghana? I told him that my laptop was getting up there in years but worked fine and that I was pretty flexible about eating in Ghana but liked to take along a couple of packages of granola bars for emergencies.
A few weeks later he gave me not one but two laptops he had reconditioned, and while we were in Ghana about a hundred pounds of granola bars magically appeared.
When it came to giving, Brando was anything but temperate. If he cooked for you, there was enough to feed ten, not one. If you asked for five minutes of his time, he would give you an hour. He made me realize that people were capable of much more love and generosity than I had thought possible.
So I should not have been surprised a couple of weeks ago when Lilly, his wife, dropped off a check for Yo Ghana! for a very large amount, by far the biggest donation we have ever received. It was, she explained, a love give from Brando.
We miss you so very, very much, dear friend. But you shape and enrich our lives every day.
White America is pulling up its drawbridges, stopping its ears, and retreating to the comfort of the familiar. We are, as Governor Chris Christie puts it, "scared to death." Despite the infinitesimally small chance of being attacked by people unlike ourselves, we are more and more frightened of them. Despite stark racial and global inequalities, we are less and less interested in hearing about them.
My experience suggests that white isolationism harms more than world peace and racial reconciliation. It diminishes the lives of white Americans.
I grew up so far out in the country that Astoria seemed like a big city. I seldom encountered black or foreign people. A quarter century after graduating from high school my friends were more interested in wine tasting and yoga than in beer drinking and hunting. But they were still overwhelmingly white.
That changed when my wife and I adopted a black infant. Our<|fim_middle|> of color just hope that I'll listen to and be honest with them. In doing so my own sense of humanity and community has deepened.
What will you choose to do with your fears and your privileges in 2016? | adoption counselor told us that black Americans would sort of adopt us, would help us to raise our son—and that we would need their help.
So we moved to the cosmopolitan neighborhoods of Northeast Portland and its interracial schools, churches, and other organizations. Peter and I even visited West Africa. Our counselor was right. Black friends and strangers have helped us every step of the way and are as responsible as we are for Peter becoming a compassionate, resilient, and delightful adult who makes himself at home where ever he finds himself.
But something else weird and wonderful happened while orchestrating our son's multi-racial childhood. Black Americans and Africans greatly enriched my life, too.
First revelation: black people didn't expect me to fix or even apologize for racism. Through both friendships and structured dialogues I've learned that most people | 163 |
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The Islands Trust Act gives the Islands Trust responsibility for leading the preservation and protection of the Trust Area and invites the Islands Trust to cooperate with municipalities, regional districts, improvement districts, other persons and organizations and the government<|fim_middle|> May 2011.
In March 2012, Trust Council decided not to undertake a three year comprehensive Policy Statement review process with funding from Canada's Gas Tax Fund.
Policies about the use and amendment of the Policy Statement
Trust Council policies 1.2.1(amendment) and 1.3.1 (implementation) guide the use and amendment of the Policy Statement. | of British Columbia. It also requires Trust Council to adopt a Policy Statement with the policies it will use to achieve this goal.
The Policy Statement sets out the Island Trust's three main goals:
Foster the preservation and protection of the Trust Area's ecosystems
Ensure that human activity and the scale, rate and type of development in the Trust Area are compatible with maintenance of the integrity of Trust Area ecosystems
Sustain island character and healthy communities
Overview and history of the Islands Trust Policy Statement: December 2015 PowerPoint presentation
Use of the Policy Statement
The Policy Statement is fundamental to the operations of the Islands Trust. It guides the development of land use planning and regulatory bylaws of local trust committees and Bowen Island Municipality, as well as Trust Council's strategic plan and advocacy program. In some ways, it is similar to the Regional Growth Strategies that guide land use planning documents in other parts of British Columbia. Within the Islands Trust Area, Regional Growth Strategies do not apply; instead, official community plans and land use bylaws must be consistent with the Policy Statement.
Graphic: BC's Land Use Planning System - from Regional Vision to Local Regulation
The Policy Statement contains the principles and policies that guide the Islands Trust's work towards these goals. The guiding principles outline broad guidance for day-to-day planning and decision-making while the policies in the Policy Statement:
establish a position or philosophy of Trust Council;
direct local trust committees and island municipalities in the Trust Area to address certain matters; or
recommend actions to other agencies and/or the public.
The Policy Statement is also used by external agencies such as the regional districts of the Trust Area and provincial agencies to determine if their plans and policies are compatible with those of Islands Trust.
History of the Policy Statement
The current Policy Statement was developed over a period of two years from 1991 to 1993, through a comprehensive public consultation process that generated a high level of public participation and interest. Trust Council considered input from individuals, groups and other government agencies through presentations and more than 400 written submissions that outlined values, hopes and concerns. The Islands Trust Council adopted the Policy Statement by bylaw in June 1994, following approval by the Minister of Municipal Affairs.
Trust Council made updates to the Policy Statement in 1996, 1998, and 2002, following further consultation and ministerial approval. (For more information see: Summary of past Policy Statement amendments.
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In March 2010, Trust Council established a Policy Statement Assessment Task Force to conduct a preliminary assessment of the Trust Policy Statement and make recommendations regarding further actions. The task force produced a final report in | 550 |
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