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The Benton County 4-H Program is actively looking for adults who want to share their time and talents with youth, aged 5-19.
Are you interested in making a positive impact on youth? Do you have an expertise that you want to share? Do you want to learn new skills? Volunteers will receive training, support from OSU faculty and staff, and from other 4-H volunteer leaders, as well as access to project and resource books and materials.
OSU Extension Service is especially looking for adults to start 4-H Cloverbud Clubs. Our Cloverbud program is for youth ages 5-8 years old. If you are interested in volunteering with the Benton County 4-H Program, please contact our office at 541-766-6750 for more information. Our next training will be on Tuesday, November 27 from 6:00pm-8:30pm. | 2019-04-24T05:00:42 | https://co.benton.or.us/boc/page/adult-4-h-volunteers-wanted |
· One year of Honors Biology following the APEX curriculum. The 21-page syllabus is attached. As you may know, APEX is a highly regarded curriculum among the better colleges and is regularly updated with new science information. Our AP Chemistry student last year using the APEX curriculum got a 5 on the AP test and early admission to Harvard.
· This is not an online class. Lab write-ups and worksheets are turned in to me for grading, and I am licensed by the state to teach biology, environmental science and health. Per a special arrangement with the school district, your student’s transcript will note APEX Biology with a wet lab designation (for those who do wet labs).
· There are five labs per semester for those wanting the wet lab option. These are generally done in groups of five or less. We will set the lab schedules once we know student availability for Wednesday afternoon, Friday afternoon, Saturday, or another time.
· Cost is $490 per semester for Honors or regular biology, plus an additional fee of $100 per semester for those wanting the wet lab option. This price all-inclusive and includes a binder of study materials, one hour a week of small group or one-on-one instruction, grading, conducting wet labs, proctoring exams, regular communication with your instructor as needed, and sending your transcript to IHS. The weekly hours do not accumulate; we want them to use them each week and not leave it all to the end.
· The only additional fee that you may incur – and you now have this in writing -- is if your student 1) needs more time than one hour a week with the instructor (this happens infrequently) or 2) they miss a lab they had previously agreed to attend and they need to have the lab repeated just for them.
· Additional I-School instructor time is available for $50 an hour (discounted from the usual $65/hour) and the SNC tutoring center is also available at no cost.
· We are accredited by the same organization that accredits WCSD. There is no question that your student’s transcript will be accepted upon successful completion of the course. IHS will award the extra weighting for honors.
· We require that students check in at least once a week, by phone or in person, to ensure they stay on track to completion. Parents will have access to a parent portal to track student progress and hours spent with instructors. Parents will receive weekly emails with progress as well.
· Fall semester for this class starts August 29 and ends December 1 to avoid the ski and holiday seasons. Spring semester concludes May 1 so that biology class does not interfere with other finals or AP tests. Students may work ahead if they wish. Students wanting to access the course sooner than August 29 may do so as soon as payment is received.
· As we are a proficiency-based program, the minimum passing grade is a C. We do not report grades of D or F as we do not consider a student to have completed the course until they have reached minimum proficiency. Our goal is to do everything we can to help the student succeed in biology and make it a rewarding experience. We love science!
· Quizzes may be taken at home. Unit tests must be taken at ISchool. Finals must be taken at ISchool or preferably at IHS so IHS can document proficiency.
· A word about costs. I realize this course may seem expensive as we have no tax subsidies to offset costs. In fact, this course is less expensive than public school. In 2013-2014, per-student expenditure at IHS was $13,390 (excluding additional funds raised through crab feeds, grants, donations…and that’s costs from three years ago). For an IHS student taking 6 classes, that works out to $2,232 per course, so $1,180 for a year-long, well-designed Honors Biology course with wet lab is actually a very good value.
· Our school has been approved by NCAA. APEX has been approved by NCAA. We are now working through NCAA approval of APEX courses taught by ISchool, which we expect shortly. If NCAA approval is important to you, please send me an email as NCAA will process our request more quickly if there is an immediate student need for it.
· Partial scholarships are available thanks to generous donations from other parents, and from organizations who read the parent and student testimonials on GreatNonProfits.org. If you have not added yours yet, please do.
To register, please contact Molly Coffyn at mccoffyn@ischools.us.
Any questions, please email kkelly@ischools.us or call at (775) 831-2423. You are welcome to share this with any parent who may be interested in this information. | 2019-04-22T22:19:53 | http://ischools.us/blog/2016/8/29/biology-at-the-ischool-this-fall |
If you are anywhere near Denver you hopefully already know about the Denver Flea. It takes place a few times a year, features super trendy vendors, lots of alcohol, tasty food trucks, and loads of entertainment.
I worked with a vendor at the last Flea to offer diastasis checks for women but this last one I went straight up as a blogger to the VIP shopping night. I got over the chill in the air with a few cocktails and saw a load of friends. It was a fun, festive occasion.
The first rule of the flea, you are not going there to bargain shop. Nope, head to the Goodwill, ARC, or Brass Armadillo off the 70 if that is your MO.
You do need to be cautious because since this is Denver Flea folks the ability to imbibe is fierce. And it is easy to swipe on a Square when you are slizzard. Also there is some douchiness around on the edges but you are big boy or girl and know how to avoid that IF you want.
Head to the Flea tonight for the UnCorporate party ($35 entry). Hint, hint, hint… Passport folks, check your email for a 2-for-1 deal to attend. The Flea will also be opened on Saturday and Sunday ($5 entry) with a portion of the proceeds benefitting the Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute and Reading Partners.
There is a very good chance you will see me around there this weekend. I got some more Irish Coffees to say hello to, lounging, and I really, really want that be hippy hat plus maybe some more holiday gifts.
Disclosure: I was comped entry to the VIP party and given a canvas tote plus two fives to post about this shindig online which was silly since I posted about it online last flea with zero Flea motivation. All opinions are my own. | 2019-04-19T08:41:50 | http://bodhibear.net/2015/12/im-fleaking-out-denver-flea-holiday-review/ |
In the park of the Prieuré Saint Aubin, the former charetterie now houses 2apartments. At the ground floor, a large bedroom (bed 140) and a children's room (2 beds 80) with particular sink, bathroom, separate WC. On the first floor, living room (1 sofa bed) room for couple(1 double bed 140), a children's room for 12 years old maximum (2 beds 70x185), bathroom and separate toilet. At each level a kitchenette where you can have breakfast(included).Ideal for visiting the family in region.2 levels independent and communicating.No smoking. | 2019-04-25T22:57:37 | https://en.likhom.com/cottage/le-prieure-saint-aubin/doudeauville-en-vexin/france |
Hester Creek Estate Winery is situated within some of British Columbia’s oldest vineyards in the bountiful Golden Mile region. The 95-acre, Mediterranean-influenced grounds, winery, and guest villas evoke an old-world sense of tranquility that take you back to a more simple, unhurried era: a time when a young girl named Hester pondered life and daydreamed by the edge of the creek that would later take her name. Discover winemaker Rob Summers’ fresh, lively wines that truly convey the extraordinary place where they were grown. Relax on the patio, among the vines, or browse in the new wine shop for local artisan foods, glassware and accoutrement to accompany your wine purchases. Visit one of the world’s most recent and exciting wine discoveries. The Okanagan Valley’s “Golden Mile Bench” and Hester Creek await your arrival.
Drink to me only with thine eyes and I will pledge with mine; or leave a kiss but in the cup, and I'll not look for wine. | 2019-04-19T07:15:01 | https://mobile.winealign.com/wineries/134-hester-creek-estate-winery |
Game Master, Im missing my tabard!
accident 10 miles from here?
The bush administration is coming!
Sir, Surma is coming for us!!
We have islamic terrorist wannabes in New Zealand ??? | 2019-04-20T14:20:12 | https://memegenerator.net/Shut-Down-Everything/images/popular/alltime/page/4 |
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Does Cohen's plea mean Trump could be forced to submit to questions? Veselnitskaya was also present at the meeting with Trump Jr.
Under oath, Cohen said he had paid the money "at the direction" of Mr Trump, "for the principal objective of influencing the election".
Incensed over the deal Mr Cohen has made, Mr Trump said it might be better if "flipping" was illegal because people "just make up lies".
The president of the United States lied, undeniably, and his White House still won't admit it. Mueller "has investigated and charged four figures from the Trump campaign - Manafort, Gates, Flynn, and Papadopoulos - and not charged any with crimes involving collusion appears to be significant", argues Byron York, "If there were in fact a Trump-Russia collusion scheme, they would likely have been involved". He added later that the money was from his personal wealth and not part of of the campaign's finances. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
Clinton's obsequious fixer has been all over the media in recent days hinting that Trump's former attorney has bombshell information about the Russian Federation investigation that Mueller would be "interested in".
However, having, for a year now, been marching White House aides and campaign associates of Trump before a grand jury, Mueller has to be holding more cards than he is showing.
US President Donald Trump said in an interview aired yesterday that the US economy would collapse if he were impeached.
Yet no other administration figure has caused Trump more agitation than Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who infuriated the president by recusing himself from the Mueller investigation.
"I put in an attorney general that never took control of the justice department", he complained to Fox News, fueling rumors he may fire Sessions and install someone more pliant.
Trump said during the interview that he would give himself an "A+" if asked to grade his performance in office so far, citing his successful appointment of Justice Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and predicting that Brett Kavanaugh, his next high court pick, will be confirmed as well. Sessions quickly hit back, declaring that he and his department "will not be improperly influenced by political considerations". Sessions is leaving open the possibility that a special counsel could be appointed to look into Clinton Foundation dealings and an Obama-era uranium deal.
Through his lawyer, Donald Trump's former "fixer" says collecting contributions through a GoFundMe page set up after his guilty plea this week is the only way to ensure the truth comes out about the president. "I expect loyalty." Trump fired Comey months later.
Some party strategists express caution that too much talk on the campaign trail ahead of this November's election could alienate independent voters and rally Trump's base. We've seen it before, most prominently, when he flat out stated, in an interview on NBC, that he had "this Russian Federation thing" in mind, and the idea that it was "a made up story", when he chose to fire Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey. A candidate can spend without limit on their own campaign, although it still must be disclosed. He has long viewed loyalty as paramount. It's not something that has gone down well even with his friends and allies.
Donald Trump's lawyer has been pictured on a golf trip to Scotland while the U.S. president faces mounting legal and political threats. "For 30, 40 years I've been watching flippers", Mr Trump said.
"If he were asked, 'Were you aware of Mr. Trump's level of awareness before the hacking illegally done by a foreign government?"
Trump, pleaded guilty to tax and bank fraud and violation of campaign finance rules, allegedly at the behest of the President. Manafort was found guilty on five tax fraud charges, two counts of bank fraud and one charge of hiding foreign bank accounts.
This is also when we expect reviews and further details to go live, but we haven't had this confirmed as of yet. For that, you're going to get the Turing GPU with 4352 CUDA cores, and 11GB of GDDR6 on a 352-bit memory bus. | 2019-04-20T22:10:53 | http://actv7news.com/2018/08/25/times-in-one-day-big-media-obsessed-with-impeaching-trump.html |
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If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s the obvious strategy being employed by Columbus-based anti-fracking activists and lobbyists after two recent academic fracking studies yielded “disappointing” results.
This Times-Leader photo shows a practically empty “listening session.” The anti-fracking Ohio Environmental Council gives a presentation along with activist Julie Weatherington-Rice.
Activist Julie Weatherington-Rice gives anti-fracking presentation at the Public Health & Liability; Fracking & Ohio’s Future Conference in Columbus in June 2016.
So it should come as no surprise that the turnout for this Columbus lobbyist roadshow to rural Monroe County for this so-called “listening session” likely “disappointed” these anti-fracking activist once again. | 2019-04-25T12:06:28 | http://www.thedailydigger.com/2017/02/fringe-ohio-anti-fracking-activists.html |
emkay says MMMMmmmmmmm. Not so much. About average meats. The Hot Links were good. The ribs rubbery (that's for boiling them). But, we are from KC, and. . .We're not sure the expansion will live up to any hype. Guy may have done more harm than good.
Been trying to get there for the last 6 years now...we hit the SEMA show every other year....finally made it and YES!!! It was worth it...Ribs, Brisket, RedHots, and Pulled Pork were all outstanding and the CornBread was some of the best I've ever had as well...Great food and service!!!
Our first DDD disapointment. My husband and I over the last 7-8 years have visited dozens of DDD locations during our travels and John Mulls was the first flop we've encountered. The staff were all wonderful (very friendly and helpful) but the food left much to be desired. The mac & cheese was the only redeeming item in our combo of brisket, ribs and chicken. The BBQ sauces were OK, but we've had much better. The worst part was the belly aches we were left with for the rest of the day, not to mention the constant burping of bad BBQ.
The meats in this place are unbelievable! Everything from pork bellies to oxtails (BIG ONES!), real prime ribs (Which you DO pay dearly for, but it's the real thing.) I've never bought anything there that wasn't absolutely first class. As for the barbecue, the food is very good if you're taking it out. But they've really made absolutely no attempt at creature comfort for the customers who eat on the premises. This is particularly true in the summertime, where the crude benches are placed in an open area under the 110 degree sun. If you want top flight meats, or really good barbecue to take out, this is the best place in town. But unless you want to combine your meal with a tanning salon type experience, maybe you'd be better off going to a more hospitable location.
MMMMmmmmmmm. Not so much. About average meats. The Hot Links were good. The ribs rubbery (that's for boiling them). But, we are from KC, and. . .We're not sure the expansion will live up to any hype. Guy may have done more harm than good. | 2019-04-21T11:08:42 | https://www.flavortownusa.com/locations/549/john-mulls-meats-and-road-kill-grill |
Home Stories from Camp Camp Goals!
A new year is well underway and with that brings much excitement as we begin the countdown toward another awesome Illahee summer. Each year offers a fresh perspective when looking ahead. This is true for the year-round directors as our wheels are turning with plans for the summer. Not only have we been brainstorming ways to improve everyone else’s camp experience, but we have had some time for self-reflection and have set goals for ourselves to ensure (our own) growth, AND would like to share these with our Illahee community today!
Dave: Conquer the High Ropes course and zipline!
We are sharing these with you to encourage you all to set camp goals of your own for this upcoming summer (and you can help hold us accountable)! Whether it’s make a new friend, get your experts in riflery, or eat more fried chicken- camp is a time for growth, and setting goals can help to push you outside of your comfort zone, and accomplish things you never thought you could! | 2019-04-25T07:55:09 | https://www.campillahee.com/2019/01/16/goal-setting/ |
For this exhibit, I shot and edited 9 half-hour interviews with current and former faculty from MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning, in celebration of the department's 75th anniversary. I then cut the videos down to between 3 and five minutes each, for viewing on this flatscreen at the exhibit. The interviews themselves were conducted by other faculty members.
I used a Canon GL-1 camera (old but very reliable) and a Sennheiser ME-66 shotgun mic for sound. I also recorded the interviewer separately with a digital audio recorder. I edited the interviews with Final Cut Pro. I would put them on this website, but they're the property of MIT and have probably been shelved somewhere in the department's offices, i.e. consigned to oblivion. But contact me if you'd like to see them and I can send you a DVD.
Me at the exhibit - photo by Gordon Kindlmann.
The exhibit display. The small miniscreen on the right was a touchscreen connected to the monitor. I didn't mount or set up the exhibit, by the way - I wish I could say that I know how to do all that, but I don't. I only shot and edited the videos that you could watch onscreen. | 2019-04-25T10:15:36 | http://annedodge.com/photos_from_the_history_of_/ |
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Working with long-term clients can be a lucrative approach to freelancing. Amongst other benefits, it means you spend less time and marketing and more time working billable hours.
There is, however, one popularly perceived downside of working with long-term clients: difficulty raising rates. If you have high client turnover, you can simply increase rates as the new clients come along, but when you have an established relationship with a long-term client, asking them to pay you more can seem like a rather daunting prospect.
But it shouldn’t be. Here’s how you can increase your overall hourly rate for long-term clients with minimum risk.
This article is written on the assumption that you have several long-term clients (say four or more). Put simply, the fewer clients you have, the more risk you are exposed to with this strategy. You can certainly still carry out this strategy with only one or two clients, but it would be remiss of me not to point out that the risk is relatively high.
And that leads me to a more general point that is vital to understand when it comes to rates negotiation: the entire process is a question of risk and nothing else. It should not be subject to emotional thinking or subjective analysis. As much as possible, you should view your approach to rates negotiations as mathematical or scientific — i.e. how can you quantify a positive outcome, and what is the likelihood of that outcome being achieved?
To negotiate rates, you need to carefully analyze the worth of each of your clients. (Click to tweet this idea!) I am not only talking about how much they pay you, but also how easy they are to work with, whether they refer additional clients to you, and if there are any other benefits (direct or indirect) of working with them. Before you even begin to think about negotiations, you should be able to “rank” your clients in terms of their worth to you.
There are many ways in which you can do this, but it ultimately comes down to money — that is typically the most important factor. So let’s start there.
For each of your clients, you need to know how much you earn in terms of an equivalent hourly rate. If you charge per hour (which I do not recommend as it limits your earning potential) then your hourly rate should already be apparent. But if you charge per job, you need to calculate exactly how much time you spend on each client’s work and calculate your equivalent hourly rate from that. If you do not currently track your time then this is a good reason to start — it’s really a necessity.
Once you have created a “ranking table” of sorts, listing your clients by how much you earn from them per hour, it is time to add all of those less quantifiable considerations to your list (as mentioned above). When you are finished, you should have a well-formed opinion of each of your clients in terms of their worth to you.
How much you want to be paid will be the easiest question to answer, but the other two are more complicated.
The question of how much you should be paid can be answered by (a) comparing your existing rate for that client against other clients and (b) comparing your existing rate against what you consider to be a fair market rate. This is not a particularly scientific process; I wouldn’t beat yourself up too much about it. However, I will say this: in my experience, most freelance writers undervalue themselves.
Let me be frank: in the long run, you do not want to work with that second type of client. Furthermore, there are plenty of the first type around. So, if your intuition tells you that a client is likely to argue over any kind of increase, that may be a sign for you to move on anyway.
If you are happy with the rate paid by your most “generous” client then this process is relatively straightforward — that is the benchmark by which all other clients should be measured. If on the other hand you feel that all of your clients are underpaying you, that requires a little more thought.
Once you are finished with the decision-making process you should have a new rate for each client (where appropriate) that you intend to propose. That rate will be a result of the calculation you made based upon the want, should and will considerations.
The key to this process in terms of reducing risk is diversification. It is quite simple: the more clients you have and the more proposals you make, the greater chance you have of increasing your rate overall.
You propose new rates to each of these clients. Clients 1 and 3 agree to the new rate ($60), Clients 2 and 4 negotiate with you, and Client 5 considers your rate too high and moves on. With the new rates in place and one less client, how do your earnings look now?
Although you’ve lost one client, you are now earning $5 more per week and are working ten less hours! That’s the power of spreading your risk by proposing multiple rate increases at the same time.
In terms of actually making the proposal, experience is the best teacher and you will soon find that each client is ideally approached in a personalized way, one that best suits their attitude and behavior. If you’re interested in learning more about client negotiation, check out this great article from Copyblogger.
Don’t fret too much about the particulars — it is not as frightening a process as you may think. Just stick to the basics: you have reevaluated your business and are proposing new rates accordingly. You appreciate their business and look forward to taking your working relationship forward.
Act in a professional and courteous manner then let the client do the rest. It’s only business.
Any of those outcomes puts you in a better (or no worse) situation than before. As for those clients who do walk away — they were likely to walk away before long anyway. They certainly weren’t going to grow with you, that’s for sure. So although you may incur a short-term financial loss in losing them, it will be better for your business in the long run.
You may think this a dream scenario, but I can tell you from personal experience that it works. I employed this strategy at the end of last year and lost one client but ended up making more money in fewer hours. I would recommend that any freelancer working with more than a handful of long-term clients pursue this strategy and reap the rewards.
Have you ever tried to raise your client rates? If not, what’s stopping you?
Tom Ewer is the creator of Paid to Blog, a complete guide to successful freelance blogging. He is also the founder of Leaving Work Behind -- a blog for people who want to quit their jobs and build successful online businesses.
I love the chart. I recently stopped writing for a low-paying client (although I do believe they would have paid me a little more, I didn’t ask because I didn’t think they had the budget to pay me what the work was worth), and although it’s a little bit less money each month, I can use that time to market myself and land higher-paying clients.
Thanks Tom! I am in that category of having just one regular client. The rest are offline publications. I have proposed expanding my services (to include administrative duties), and they haven’t accepted that yet as it would be a huge jump in rates.
However I am considering just raising my rates for ghost blogging, but I have only worked with them for five months. Is that too soon? What’s a good time to approach them?
Five months is plenty long! As for a time to approach them, one could say that any time is a good time, but perhaps approaching after you’ve done a particularly stellar piece of work might be good?
Truly a fantastic article! Thank you for sharing. And thanks for linking to our post at GraphicDesignBlender.com. We’re happy we could add to the conversation!
Thank you, Tom, for this well-written post. It is very timely for me, as I planned to raise my rates for a client this week who is relatively easy to work with, but pays me way too little. Thanks for your systematic approach to consider.
Great piece of advice! So structured and clear. Thank you so much, Tom! | 2019-04-26T12:59:38 | https://thewritelife.com/a-low-risk-3-step-plan-for-raising-your-freelancing-rates/ |
This is remarkable news. Brookings notes that the rate of poverty reduction varies dramatically by region, with East and South Asia cutting rates by about 50% between 2005 and 2010, while sub-Saharan Africa’s rate fell just under 8% in that same period. Further, just two countries can account for the majority of this drop: India and China. So there are still big challenges out there to be addressed, but things are looking up.
we find it remarkably difficult to measure whether it is happening, and if so how fast. This is especially the case when it comes to producing global poverty data, as the challenges of national poverty data collection are multiplied several times over and then further compounded by the tricky—and unsatisfactory—business of converting national results into internationally comparable terms.
In short, the authors know that the project on which they have embarked is likely to generate estimates with significant potential errors – “error bars” as it were, around their data points, in which reality might actually exist. Oddly, the report makes no effort to present these error bars. Instead, it makes rather bold claims about reductions in the level of poverty largely without caveat. I am not convinced these claims are warranted.
First, there are major data issues here. Their 2005-2010 measures are predicated on recent household survey data. Here is the problem with household survey data in sub-Saharan Africa: a lot of it is junk. I’ve tried to deal with such data in Ghana, a country that has a relatively robust infrastructure for this sort of work, and found their survey data to be a mess. I suspect that in some regions (Latin America, parts of Asia) the data is actually quite good, on the whole. But in a lot of places (most of SSA and Southeast Asia) the data is likely very problematic. And even where the data infrastructure is pretty good, the survey methodologies are often found wanting. I was part of a team that tried to get a handle on livelihoods near a forest reserve area in Southern Malawi – to do so, we sampled 300 households across four villages (75 households/village) quarterly for a year, to capture things like seasonality in our dataset. 2400 structured interviews had to be undertaken to do this, and those interviews were supplemented by semi-structured interviews with subsamples of the group to explore issues like household power and gender relations to give context to that larger dataset. This was enormously labor-intensive . . . and necessary to really understand what was going on in those villages. Most household surveys are not done in this manner, and thus are subject to seasonal bias, or the presentation of data as comparable across the country when, in fact, it has very locally-specific meanings rooted in local social context. I do not expect that all national household surveys will be as rigorous or labor-intensive as ours was, but one should acknowledge the limitations of the data. No discussion of this in the paper, but that can put a pretty wide margin of error on your findings.
I won’t even wade into the issues with population data that they gloss over in this study – I spend a good bit of time in chapter 9 of Delivering Development talking about census issues and the problems of compounding data error in estimations of economic growth. Let’s just say that there are significant uncertainties around census data that compound any other errors in the data – again, growing error bars.
Second, there is a moment in the analysis that I found stunning – their projections to 2015 predicated on a surprising assumption – that distribution of wealth will stay the same. Well, given that economic growth is, by and large, predicated on unevenness within regions, countries and between countries, there is basically no chance that the distribution of wealth will remain the same in any place that is growing. Generally speaking, the GINI coefficient goes up as growth goes up . . . and a lot of places they are talking about are meant to experience fairly robust rates of growth now and in the near future. More error.
OK, so perhaps there should have been some error bars in there. So what? Well, this is a policy brief, with policy recommendations that might actually be followed by someone . . . and this brief is arguing that we are on top of the whole poverty reduction thing, which is sure to become an argument for looking for ways to trim development budgets.
the brief implicitly argues that agencies should be reevaluating their programming based on the findings in the brief – toward a focus on Africa and fragile states, and away (apparently) from much of Asia and those parts of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific where we currently work. However, this is a recommendation based on much thinner evidence than it seems.
One final policy recommendation revealed by this analysis is the need to improve the quantity, quality and timeliness of poverty data, at both the national and the global level. For both developing country governments and aid agencies working to fight poverty, it is impossible to efficiently allocate resources toward this goal using poverty data that is incomplete, unreliable or out of date.
At the country level, there has already been a significant uptake in the use of household surveys and an improvement in their quality. Yet in remarkably few countries is there a standardized, recurrent—and therefore consistent—approach to household survey data collection and analysis. A renewed, long-term commitment to build capacity in domestic statistical agencies would be a valuable use of aid agencies’ resources.
I agree completely, and have argued for this need, but by presenting the data as so clear and robust, they have essentially undermined this argument. Any policy maker looking at this will wonder why s/he should give more funding to something that already works . . .
Folks, policy makers will never learn to deal with uncertainty until they are faced with it . . . if we keep copping out and “firming up” mushy results into single bold trendlines, they will expect certain outcomes from uncertain data indefinitely.
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Boy, have you lost your mind? No.
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A very enjoyable book. Evidently coming from a different time and a different place, Agatha Christie knows, however, how to put her very interesting life on page and keep you hooked. She did not have an ordinary life. Not a charmed one for sure (she lived through both world wars and her first husband left her for another woman) but an exceptional life in many ways.
Agatha Christie appears as somewhat of an outdated, shallow figure. She does not waste a lot of time talking about her writing but mentions multiple times that she took a long time before she thought of it as a career and of herself as a writer. “Married woman” would be the occupation she declared on official papers for the longest time. She was not one of those tormented creators, whose flame burns day and night for their work. She wrote because it made money and because she was good at it. And in the end she was not particularly proud of many of her books. It appears to me as if she didn’t find writing as something to be particularly proud of. Or she was of unbelievable modesty. Or both.
I do have great admiration for Agatha Christie because she was so successful as a writer, which very few women managed at that time. I also admire the fact that she wrote (most of her work) under her own name. Isn’t that admirable for a woman writer? Of any time? But she did come from a place of extreme privilege, which I cannot identify with or understand much. I must confessed that I felt judgmental of her ways many times throughout the book. I don’t know what were the upperclass standards of living in that day (or today, for that matter) but she had a child whom she left behind numerous times, for long periods, from an young age, so she could travel the world. It was something that she clearly did without giving it a second thought: it was not something she worried about for a second. At least that’s what it looks like. The child grew up with nurses and was cared for by Agatha Christie’s sister when Agatha was away on travels.
She was quite a fearless woman, though. I will give her that. And as a writer, she will always have my admiration. And I consider it a privilege to be able to read now the autobiography that she wrote toward the end of her life.
I think her life was pretty much the norm for the British upper-middle classes, both then and now. It’s standard to have other people , nannies and so forth, to take care of your kids and then to send the mites off to boarding school. The men who govern England are predominantly the ones who grew up away from their mothers – no one seems to find this odd or draw parallels with parenting and leadership. But who am I to say? Not my experience of life either.
I think Christie wrote very well of a particular class of people and as such her works are valuable as social histories as well as the clever mysteries we know her for. I think your review really cuts to the heart of the matter whilst preserving her reputation and presenting her as a terribly, terrificly spiffing writer. Great work.
Oh, thank you, Rachel. You’re too kind. As always. She was such an unbelievable writer. And she didn’t give herself much credit for it. Very unusual. I guess this would be the autobiography as opposed to a biography, but even in autobiographies people would go on and on about how writing is so terrific and lifesaving and whatnot. She did not wrap her whole identity around her writing. I guess that’s what makes it unusual. | 2019-04-19T08:34:24 | https://www.loritironpandit.com/agatha-christie-an-autobiography/ |
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Conditions for attending this School: Selected candidates will be expected to actively engage in the programme by presenting a 20' minute talk (including discussion and questions) describing own or own group's research summarizing important or recent results on vitrification and vitreous wasteforms. Alternatively, a poster with 5 minutes talk is acceptable. The title and abstract of your talk/poster shall be included in your application. Participants are encouraged to set their work in the context of their own national waste management strategy including a brief overview of the types of waste intended to be vitrified in their country. Nuclear waste management is a core issue for sustainable development and long-term viability of nuclear energy as energy supply. Glass is the overwhelming worldwide choice for the immobilisation of radioactive waste resulting from nuclear fuel reprocessing and other nuclear activities. The main goal of this School is the dissemination of knowledge on optimal methods of utilization of vitreous wasteforms for the immobilization of dangerous radionuclides. Another goal is transferring experience of vitrification technologies from leading centers and specialists to participants interested in this technology of waste immobilisation. School Description This School will assist experts from nuclear energy research, materials science and vitrification. The aim is to better understand and appreciate the wide range and full potential of glass science including technology tools, methods devoted to vitrification and properties of vitreous materials. Participants should return from the School with a richer understanding of vitrification as an immobilisation technology and the range of techniques available to investigate nuclear glasses and glass composite materials. This School will contribute to develop further international collaboration in the field of nuclear waste vitrification. Topics Fundamentals of nuclear waste immobilisation in vitreous materials and modelling of nuclear glass structures; Technological approaches of nuclear waste vitrification; Chemical durability of vitreous wasteforms and long term performance modelling; Interaction of vitreous wastes repository with geological environments and modelling of aging processes; Radiation damage effects in vitreous wasteforms (including modelling). | 2019-04-25T22:44:39 | https://www.ictp.it/scientific-calendar.aspx |
Street Navigation and Routing capabilities are common tasks required by many GTViewer users. In its simplest definition, Street Navigation is determining a list of directions to get from Point A to Point B where Points A and B are street addresses (such as 123 Main St., Anytown, AL). Directions are presented as a list of turns and distances to travel to get you from the starting address to the destination. Street Routing is a step of above Street Navigation, while the two tasks are similar, Street Routing takes a list of addresses and finds the best order to visit each address providing the optimal (or near optimal) list of directions that minimize the distance and time required to visit all addresses.
While most GIS data does provide extensive landbase information (roads edges, street center-lines, etc.), this data generally does not provide enough information to perform viable Street Navigation or Street Routing. Many datasets even have well connected street centerline data, but do not contain one-way street information, road class, construction information, or any number of other attributes that could affect navigation decisions. So, the question arises, do you want to try to use your GIS’s landbase information even though it does not contain sufficient information to perform usable navigation and routing, or do you look to a 3rd party source of data to help? More and more users are turning to 3rd party data to solve this problem. Detailed street data that contains enough information to provide navigation and routing is very difficult to create and even more difficult to maintain. However, 3rd party data is available for these specific tasks. Microsoft’s MapPoint application is one such source of this data and is the topic of today’s blog posting. MapPoint provides good street data, good routing tools, and can be easily integrated into other applications (in this case, GTViewer).
MapPoint provides an extensive API for accessing its functionality. Similarly, GTViewer provides a similar style of API for extending its own functionality and integrating it with other applications. By creating an external application for GTViewer, the MapPoint functionality can be embedded into GTViewer and the MapPoint functionality becomes accessible inside GTViewer. One might ask the question, why bother integrating this functionality into GTViewer when MapPoint itself provides a user-friendly interface for performing Street Navigation and Routing (plus much more). An overwhelming opinion on this matter is that users do not want to switch to a different application to do this, user do not want to be trained on another application, and MapPoint’s many features that are not applicable may be confusing to the user. Also, running MapPoint as a separate application forgoes the tight integration you can achieve by embedding MapPoint inside GTViewer, such as clicking on a feature in GTViewer’s view to obtain an address for MapPoint to use, or clicking on an address in MapPoint and locate on it in GTViewer.
The third method is the Get Address from Map option which allows an address to be acquired directly from a feature in GTViewer. Pressing this button activates a mode in GTViewer that allows the user to select features with addresses (the feature list must be configured in advance along with the table and fields that contain the address information). Once a feature containing an address is selected in GTViewer, the address information is sent directly to the Street Routing application.
If the selected address is found, it is located in the MapPoint view and automatically added to the Route.
To perform Street Navigation, you need at least two addresses in the Route List. Any address in the Matching Addresses list can be added to the Route List (by double-clicking or pressing the Add button). The Delete button can also be used to remove any selected address from the Route List. The first address in the Route list is always the starting point and the last item in the list is the destination. You can have any number of items in the Route List. The Move Up and Move Down buttons can be used to reorder the items in the Route List while the Clear Route button will reset the list.
The Compute Route button is enabled when 2 or more items appear in the Route List. Pressing this button will cause MapPoint to generate a directions list to navigate from the starting address, through any intermediate addresses (waypoints), to the destination address.
If a Route List has 4 or more addresses, you also have the option to Optimize the route. The Starting Address and Destination Address will stay the same, but any waypoints will be ordered such that you have the best route for the given address list.
For more complex routes that cover a larger distance, the optimization can make a dramatic reduction in both time and distance. Optimizing a route is a non-trival problem that MapPoint handles automatically.
Optimizing the route reduces the estimated travel time to 16 minutes (almost half the original) and a travel distance of 6.9 miles.
The Street Routing app has a few other features as well. Clicking on any address in the Route List will locate on that item in both the MapPoint view and in GTViewer. There is also an Import and Export capability for the Routes. So, if you have a file that contains a list of addresses (this file can be created in various ways from manually typing in a list with notepad or from an outage system’s output), press the Import Route button, select the file, then optimized and create a direction list. You can also export any Route list to a file with the Export Route button.
All GTViewer users do not need Street Navigation and Street Routing capabilities, so the additional cost of MapPoint is not justified; however, there are always times when this functionality is crucial to your operation, such as when visiting crews are helping with storm damage and are unfamiliar with the area. Using an application dedicated to Street Navigation and Routing, like MapPoint, is generally a better solution than trying to force your existing GIS’s landbase data to work at a crippled or inadequate level. By integrating MapPoint with GTViewer you get the best of both worlds.
GTViewer and GTVx both provide sophisticated printing functionality. Most users have probably used the Standard Print command many times, but they may not be familiar with the Print to Scale command. This blog entry will discuss the differences between standard printing and printing to scale and show how they are different from one another.
The Standard Print command (File/Print or the printer icon on the toolbar) has two options for determining what information will be printed: the Default mode and the Full Page mode. The Default mode will print only what is contained in the Active View, while the Full Page mode will contain what is in the active view plus whatever else can be included to fill up the printable area on the paper. Since the Active View is generally not the same proportions as the printable area on the paper, there will usually be wasted space on the print; Full Page mode simply utilizes all of this wasted space while still including the information in the Active View.
While all Standard Prints have a scale, this value is just the computed scale required to fit the desired information on the printed page. The Print to Scale command provides the user with the ability to specify exactly what scale features will have when they come out on paper. For example, you might specify that the scale is 1 in = 50 ft (or 1 inch on the print will represent 50 feet in the real world). A scale might also be a ratio like 1:10000 (or 1 unit on the paper represents 10000 of those units in the real world).
From the Print to Scale dialog, you specify both the Scale you want and the Paper Orientation (Portrait or Landscape). A default Scale selection is provided (the first 7 scale options) and these scales can be configured in the .GTM file (two versions are shown above). The 8th scale option is a custom scale and allows the user to key in any scale value.
After selecting the scale and orientation, press okay and you are returned to the Active View with a “Cookie-Cutter” attached to the cursor. The Cookie-Cutter is a rectangle that can be moved around the view; all data inside the rectangle will be printed at the specified scale.
The Cookie-Cutter provides an easy way to see select the exact area you want to print at the selected scale. Also, with the Cookie-Cutter active, the user can also use a variety of key commands to change the scale and/or orientation and to see a print preview.
Once the Cookie-Cutter contains the area you want to print, click the mouse button and you will be taken to the regular Print Dialog.
Also, for more information, see Printing with Custom Overview Maps in GTViewer to see what else can be done with printing in GTViewer.
I like to add blog postings on topics that not only show the features of the GTViewer product family, but I also like share answers to commonly asked questions that I get from days to day from the users base.
The obvious number one option is the Zoom command on the toolbar or View/Zoom. The Zoom command allows the user to zoom out by dragging the cursor up and right and to zoom in by dragging the cursor down and right. The zoom command also provides previous view functionality (drag up and left) and and Center View with a click (which can also be used to pan and will be described in a future blog posting "How do I Pan thee? Let me count the ways...".
The number two option is the Attribute Info command? What? Yes, the Attribute Info command. The Attribute Info command uses the same gestures as the Zoom command except the click with no drag will review a feature (under the click) instead of a Center View on the click.
The number three option (and my personal favorite) is the Mouse Wheel. Roll the mouse wheel away from you, and the view zooms out. Roll the mouse wheel toward you, and the view zooms in. It does not matter which mode you are in except for Magnify where the mouse wheel changes the size of the magnify box (for this case use the keyboard----see option 5 and 6 below).
Hold the boat! Option 3 sounds like the deal for you and could potentially be your favorite Zooming method, but the logic seems all backwards to you. You may want to roll the mouse wheel away to zoom in and vice versa. Well, that is okay (wrong, ha ha, but okay), you just have to change the direction of the zoom for the mouse wheel under Options/Settings/Mouse Wheel Increment. Making the increment negative will reverse the direction of the zoom. You can also change how much it zooms here too as its name implies.
The next option is for the keyboard fans out there. The '+' and '-' keys on the top of the keyboard and on the number pad both provide zoom in and zoom out functionality in any mode. Again, a ways to zoom in and out without changing modes (see previous 2 options for more methods that don’t change the mode).
Ack!!! My computer doesn't have a Plus and Minus Key!!!! And I want to use the keyboard! I don’t have a mouse and that pad thingee is too difficult to use!!! (This is me mocking myself; I am not making fun of any users out there). Most laptops actually do have the plus and minus keys, but it takes a function key or some additional key to get to it to work (thus defeating the ease of use option and usually making it a two-handed job). So I agree, the plus and minus keys are not the best choice for laptops (and GTViewer is supposed to be a mobile application isn't it???). There is a nice alternate solution here, the Comma ',' and Period '.' keys can also be used to zoom in and out. They share with the '<' and '>' keys, which makes the key functionality easier to remember, but they work if the shift is pressed or not.
This is probably enough for the zoom list, but there are yet even more ways to zoom in and out. The Fit will zoom all the way out. The Magify mode will zoom in to the magnified zoom level if you double click the mouse (very nice feature if you haven’t tried it). And last but not least, the Good Ol' Locate XY will let you set the zoom level to whatever you want. O, I guess I forgot that Queries will zoom into a predefined zoom level too. I am sure there are more, but I won’t go any farther.
For the ends of a View are an ideal time to Fit.
Most queried need, by sun and laptop.
Version 5.0.x.11 of GTViewer is available.
- NEW - Addition Logging information for the Data Extraction process.
- FIX - The Extract Process was suffering problems when source files are very large .gtx files using Non-Graphic Framme Keys.
- CHG - The Coordinate Readout Pane in the status bar was widened.
Since the GTViewer Data format was designed to support data from different GIS sources (ESRI, Smallworld, Intergraph, etc.), it has always provided a variety of tools to manage the view in a dynamic fashion. For some GIS data, like Smallworld, it is common place for feature symbology to be dynamic and change as the view scale changes; however, for CAD based systems like FRAMME, the symbolgy is instance based and does not readily support dynamic styles. From GTViewer’s perspective, the source of the GIS data is irrelevant, so the dynamic style concept it uses with Smallworld can also be used with FRAMME data or any other GIS data source giving the user a much richer viewing experience. GTViewer provides two mechanisms to support Dynamic Display capabilities: Dynamic Style Rules and Display Threshold. These two approaches will be discussed in detail below.
The screenshot below shows the “Switch – Large” style rule in action. It causes the switch features (the Circled “S”) to be displayed much larger and in a brighter color (magenta) so that the features can be easily identified from far out. This sample data is from FRAMME which could not support this ease-of-viewing functionality. The Style Definition can be used to change the feature in a more dramatic way, such as changing the symbol character, rotating, offsetting, or any other number of characteristics (see the Style Manager for more info).
Filter and Category Display Thresholds are also nice features for creating Dynamic View characteristics. Generally, Display Thresholds are used to boost performance by reducing the number elements drawn for each view update; however, Display Thresholds have a very nice side-effect of decluttering a view automatically as the user zooms in or out. Category Display Thresholds define a maximum and minimum zoom level for each Category of data in GTViewer. The Category will only be rendered when the view’s zoom level is within the Category’s Display Threshold range. So, if a category contains features that are only useful (or clearly visible) when the view is zoomed into, then it is always a good idea to set a maximum Category Display Threshold that will turn the Category off when zoomed out past a certain level. This idea is carried one step farther with Filter Display Thresholds. Each Feature Component in a Category has its own independent minimum and maximum Display Filter Threshold. A Filter Display Threshold is always superseded by its parent Category Display Threshold; however, if your Category contains a large display range, then Filter Display Thresholds can make a substantial difference in the usability of the data.
Both Dynamic Style Rules and Display Thresholds can be used in GTViewer to ensure that the users have the most usable view of the GIS data without any effort on their part. The users do not have to concern themselves with turning on and off features to get an unclutter view of the data and the symbology can automatically adjust to be provide the most useful display. The Dynamic Display characteristics are common to some GIS systems and GTViewer will carry these characteristics forward; however, the viewing requirement for mobile users or for specific applications may have different needs than the original GIS system, so alternate Dynamic Display characteristics can be provided on a user-class basis. Also, for GIS systems that never supported dynamic display characteristics in the first place, these features can provide an even richer viewing experience making the data more useful and the users more productive.
The latest FME Beta (build 2561 and later) from Safe Software includes an update to the GTViewer FME Reader/Writer Modules. This update includes several fixes and some minor new features. List of all updates below.
GTI will continue to improve the GTViewer Reader/Writer modules for FME as they have proven to be a very powerful means of getting data into and out of the GTViewer format. Through the use of FME, GTViewer, Pocket GTViewer, GTVx, and GTWeb can be used with any of the data formats FME Supports.
- FIX - Shape With Hole Elements (Donuts) were not converted correctly. Internal polygons were not being closed.
- FIX - If no tabular attributes are present on a feature, then no database record is written. Previously, an empty record with key information was written.
- NEW - IndexGraphics entry in the GtiParameters.txt. If set to 0, the .gtg files will not be generated.
- NEW - The gtiParameters.txt directive file was added. It currently supports the EmbeddedAttribute entry which will automatically embed an attribute on a converted element element. This embedded information can be used for various things, such as tiling the data that was not originally tiled. It is also the same as setting the gti_embeddedData to the source attribute and the gti_embeddedDataType to 1 for all destination datasets.
- NEW - The Destination Dataset attributes are used to filter the attributes written to the output feature tables. Previously, all available attributes were written.
- FIX - The \xd\xa character was filtered out of attribute values, but \xd and \xa were not filtered out individually. This caused a problem with the table merge at the end of the conversion since there were blank lines in the temporary files.
- FIX - Preloaded .TAB files were using the feature name as the temporary table names. This was a problem fixed in an earlier version by placing a ~ in front of the temporary name, but it wasn't added to name for preloaded table information. This is only a problem if the feature name and the dataset name are the same. | 2019-04-26T08:21:51 | http://www.gtviewerblog.com/2006/02/ |
Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is the courage acquired through endeavor, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions, courage that could be described as ‘grace under pressure’ — grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.
Within a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day. Fear of imprisonment, fear of torture, fear of death, fear of losing friends, family, property or means of livelihood, fear of poverty, fear of isolation, fear of failure. A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the small, daily acts of courage which help to preserve man’s self-respect and inherent human dignity. It is not easy for a people conditioned by fear under the iron rule of the principle that might is right to free themselves from the enervating miasma of fear. Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.
The wellspring of courage and endurance in the face of unbridled power is generally a firm belief in the sanctity of ethical principles combined with a historical sense that despite all setbacks the condition of man is set on an ultimate course for both spiritual and material advancement. It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute. At the root of human responsibility is the concept of perfection, the urge to achieve it, the intelligence to find a path towards it, and the will to follow that path if not to the end at least the distance needed to rise above individual limitations and environmental impediments. It is man’s vision of a world fit for rational, civilized humanity which leads him to dare and to suffer to build societies free from want and fear. Concepts such as truth, justice and compassion cannot be dismissed as trite when these are often the only bulwarks which stand against ruthless power.
A few months after this title essay in Freedom from Fear was published, Suu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. | 2019-04-20T23:18:50 | https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/06/19/aung-san-suu-kyi-freedom-from-fear/ |
Design, functionality and content. Long Term Care Insurance referral system. HTML entry form using PHP and SOAP to submit data to main database via ASP.NET web service. Referral reports, management, insurance advocates management, reports and invoices emailing system. | 2019-04-21T03:12:43 | https://aeont.com/Portfolio/Projects/refgen |
Fast Mode is a feature of the Cricut Explore Air 2 and Cricut Maker machines which allows you to cut and write up to 2x faster than previous Cricut Explore models. This feature is available with the Vinyl, Iron-on, and Cardstock material settings (Vinyl to Cardstock+ on the Explore Smart Set Dial). See speed comparison test results here.
When you are ready to write and/or cut your project, proceed to the Cut screen.
The Fast Mode option will be available to you if you have selected the applicable material.
Simply click/tap on the switch to toggle it to the "on" position to activate Fast Mode.
Note: Machines will make a louder noise when using Fast Mode. This is normal, and no cause for concern.
Tip: If your cuts or writing are imprecise when using Fast Mode, switch back to the Regular mode for those particular projects. | 2019-04-20T02:40:48 | https://help.cricut.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009548953-What-is-Fast-Mode-and-how-do-I-use-it- |
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The bat' s wing anatomically resembles the human hand, with extremely elongated fingers and a wing membrane stretched between. | 2019-04-25T00:42:45 | http://beneric.tk/flying-fox-bat-fact-sheet.html |
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For short distances, bajajs are a convenient option to get around Bajajs These small orange and blue two-seaters are the best way to get around short distances (think about the same length that can be covered by bicycle) in neighbourhoods. | 2019-04-20T20:38:07 | http://withoutannette.net/scotland/how-to-get-around-iboss.php |
i just bought a gamer licence... the invoice is old since 28 july 2018 and i paid it now... my licence will be avaiable until 28 july 2019 or 16 march 2020?
Please visit proper support at https://support.teamspeakusa.com - submit ticket and then wait untill 2 working days from Monday to Friday in this matter.
Did you just pay an invoice you received in 2018 or did you just receive that invoice from TeamSpeak? Did you buy it on teamspeakusa.com? If you already received a license file, just use a text editor, it's simply a text file that also includes the start and end date.
Anyway, you should contact the sales department rather than asking on a technical discussions forum.
I bought a license and now? | 2019-04-18T16:35:03 | https://forum.teamspeak.com/threads/139211-Bad-Licence-I-just-bought-it?s=4bc71cae3716ca4e6c965f57c6340714&p=467138 |
Despite being very restrictive with urban sports, the city of Barcelona has of course basketball courts. In this article we reveal some of them in case you feel like throwing a 21, a triple contest with your friends or, in a more professional way, make a shooting or audiovisual production on sports fashion, to give an example. We did a shooting for Kipsta, Decathlon`s sportswear brand. Barcelona has a great diversity of places outdoors and indoors for all types of productions. In this case, part of the production took place on the basketball court of Valldonzella, in the middle of the Raval neighbourhood. This track located between the universities of Geography and History of the UB and the Communication of the Ramón Llull, is characterized by having an incredible multicultural environment, which attracts children and young adults every day of the week. Every afternoon, the track is a hive of young people playing their favorite sport.
Other outdoor basketball courts in Barcelona.
Below the Vallcarca Bridge, there is a small, simple but very charming track. The Vallcarca track is open until 11 pm and the Vallcarca Street Basketball Association organizes events and tournaments there to promote their sport.
Located on Via Favencia 121, the Antoni Gilabert sports court contains tracks for skateboarding, futsal and basketball. The basketball court is covered by a roof that facilitates its use in rainy days. There is also a small treadmill and there are usually enough people using the slopes.
The Parc de Monterols, located 121 meters above sea level, is a protected green space where a lush vegetation make this place a lung in the city of Barcelona. There we also have a basketball court where you can play listening to the songs of the birds, surrounded by trees and nature.
Located in the district of Sant Martí, we find the Central Park of Poblenou, with its triangular shape delimited by the streets Avenida Diagonal, Bac de Roda and Marroc. In this park we find two basketball courts that are also very often crowded.
In the Parc de la Barceloneta, we find a track that was renovated a few years ago thanks to an agreement with the NBA. At the Barceloneta track there is an atmosphere of people who love basketball and in it we have been able to enjoy authentic tournaments where the participants had a lot of quality with the orange ball. Surrounded by a metal structure and with the blue painted floor and the NBA logo, this track is undoubtedly one of the busiest and nicest in Barcelona.
Finally, in the neighborhood of Santa Eulalia, in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, there is the Gasometer basketball court, an exterior playground with the blue floor and four baskets where the people of Hospitalet and Barcelona come to play their matches. | 2019-04-20T22:20:46 | https://rvdmediagroup.com/en/basketball-courts-ideal-for-shooting/ |
This post was originally posted on Turntable Kitchen while Kasey and her husband Matthew are on vacation! So be sure to pop over there and read the full post!– you’re not going to want to miss this one! Have a great week everyone!
A delicious option for vegetarian tacos.
A traditional dish from Costa Rica!
A simple and delicious vegetarian meal. | 2019-04-22T08:52:36 | https://naturallyella.com/category/legumes/black-beans/page/2/ |
Note: This is a slightly edited version of a text that I wrote for the Axiom documentation. Some of the content is based on a reply posted by Tatu Saloranta on the Axiom mailing list. Tatu is the main developer of the Woodstox project.
The Javadoc of the setPrefix method.
The table shown in the Javadoc of the XMLStreamWriter class in Java 6.
Section 5.2.2, “Binding Prefixes” of the StAX specification.
The example shown in section 5.3.2, “XMLStreamWriter” of the StAX specification.
The terms defaulting prefixes used in section 5.2.2 of the specification and namespace repairing used in the Javadocs of XMLStreamWriter are synonyms.
The methods writing namespace qualified information items, i.e. writeStartElement, writeEmptyElement and writeAttribute all come in two variants: one that takes a namespace URI and a prefix as arguments and one that only takes a namespace URI, but no prefix.
An aspect that may cause confusion is the fact that in the example shown in section 5.3.2 of the specifications, the calls to setPrefix (and setDefaultNamespace) all appear immediately before a call to writeStartElement or writeEmptyElement. This may lead people to incorrectly believe that a prefix binding defined using setPrefix applies to the next element written. This interpretation however is clearly in contradiction with the setPrefix Javadoc.
Note that early versions of IBM’s XLXP-J were based on this incorrect interpretation of the specifications, but this has been corrected. Versions conforming to the specifications support a special property called javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter.isSetPrefixBeforeStartElement, which always returns Boolean.FALSE. This allows to easily distinguish the non conforming versions from the newer versions. Note that in contrast to what the usage of the reserved javax.xml.stream prefix suggests, this is a vendor specific property that is not supported by other implementations.
As can be seen from this code snippet, keeping the two scopes in sync makes it necessary to use the writeStartElement variant which takes an explicit prefix. Note that this somewhat conflicts with the purpose of the setPrefix method; one may consider this as a flaw in the design of the StAX API.
In the “namespace repairing” mode (enabled by the javax.xml.stream.isRepairingNamespaces property), the writer takes care of all namespace bindings and declarations, with minimal help from the calling code. This will always produce output that is well-formed with respect to namespaces. On the other hand, this adds some overhead and the result may depend on the particular StAX implementation (though the result produced by different implementations will be equivalent).
In repairing mode the calling code should avoid writing namespaces explicitly and leave that job to the writer. There is also no need to call setPrefix, except to suggest a preferred prefix for a namespace URI. All variants of writeStartElement, writeEmptyElement and writeAttribute may be used in this mode, but the implementation can choose whatever prefix mapping it wants, as long as the output results in proper URI mapping for elements and attributes.
Only use the variants of the writer methods that take an explicit prefix together with the namespace URI. In this usage pattern, setPrefix is not used at all and it is the responsibility of the calling code to keep track of prefix bindings.
Note that this approach is difficult to implement when different parts of the output document will be produced by different components (or even different libraries). Indeed, when passing the XMLStreamWriter from one method or component to the other, it will also be necessary to pass additional information about the prefix mappings in scope at that moment, unless the it is acceptable to let the called method write (potentially redundant) namespace declarations for all namespaces it uses.
Use setPrefix to keep track of prefix bindings and make sure that the bindings are in sync with the namespace declarations that have been written, i.e. always use setPrefix immediately before or immediately after each call to writeNamespace. Note that the code is still free to use all variants of writeStartElement, writeEmptyElement and writeAttribute; it only needs to make sure that the usage it makes of these methods is consistent with the prefix bindings in scope.
The advantage of this approach is that it allows to write modular code: when a method receives an XMLStreamWriter object (to write part of the document), it can use the namespace context of that writer (i.e. getPrefix and getNamespaceContext) to determine which namespace declarations are currently in scope in the output document and to avoid redundant or conflicting namespace declarations. Note that in order to do so, such code will have to check for an existing prefix binding before starting to use a namespace. | 2019-04-19T12:14:03 | http://veithen.io/2009/11/01/understanding-stax.html |
It is pronounced so-as so as to confuse you. Ha, Ha! What is unique about this muscle? Let's take a look.
No matter how much you work out the psoas muscle you will never notice any visible improvement. This is one of the most hidden muscles in the body yet it is quite large whether you work it out or not. When the psoas is not happy it can be quite painful but usually responds quickly to treatment. For the record that is where I come in. Hint, hint.
If you get pain in the crease between your thigh and the groin on either side think unhappy psoas muscle. This pain could also run down the front of the thigh but it's probably less painful than in the thigh. You could also get pain along either side of the spine from the tail bone, sacrum, up to the bottom of the rib cage. You could also feel deep pain in the whole area of the right or left hip area. This is not the psoas itself but what is called the illiopsoas muscle which lines the inside of the pelvis, hip bone, on each side. The illiopsoas and the psoas come together as one muscle where they hook onto the thigh bone, femur, in the groin. The psoas goes up from the femur through the inside of the hip on each side and hooks to the 5 vertebrae of the low back and to the lowest 1 or 2 vertebrae at the bottom of the rib cage. It hooks to the vertebrae on the inside of the bone not on the back side. This is 2 to 3 inches into the body from the surface of the back.
The psoas muscle helps stabilize your thigh on each side when you walk. When you lift your thigh upward to take a step the psoas is helping you lift that whole leg.
Have you ever eaten filet mignon or tenderloin of pork? That is the psoas muscle. It is the most expensive cut of meat. the round shape of filet mignon is the shape of the muscle. There is also a good stretch for this muscle. It is bit tricky to master this stretch but well worth learning. Next time you are in for a visit ask me to show you this stretch. | 2019-04-21T22:54:52 | http://www.spearmanbetterhealth.com/articles-by-dr.-spearman/the-psoas-muscle.html |
A few weeks ago, I got a friend request on Facebook. I recognized the name and clicked on the person’s profile to check out his information. He was pretty well-connected in his career and we had a few friends in common. I had a problem though: I had spoken with him only once on the phone — for a project I was putting together at a place I haven’t worked at for three years. I’ve never met him in real life and really know nothing about him.
I declined the request. But that’s just me. Someone else might have accepted it. Our interpretations of what’s personal, what’s professional, what we share, and who we let into our worlds have gotten fuzzy because of social media. Millennial Branding found that Generation Y is happy to blur those lines — they use Facebook as an extension of their professional life. For some people, that can cause problems when you’re sharing information about your personal life and forget that the colleague in the next cubicle is watching every social move you make.
Facebook is for people I’ve met and have some sort of relationship with in real life. I share what’s going on in my life, and I’m interested in what’s going on in theirs. My Facebook policy isn’t much different from most people, according to a recent Nielsen study. They found that 82% of Facebook users add friends because they’re people they know in real life, and 41% of people unfriend people because they don’t know them very well.
LinkedIn is for people I’ve worked with and personal friends who I haven’t worked with. I admire their skills and accomplishments, and I can go to them to brainstorm or discover new marketing tools and tips.
Twitter is for anyone; my Twitter door is open to all who follow me. I use Twitter to discover what’s going on in social media marketing and I like to share the interesting things I find.
Another option is to clean up your social networks. It's OK to create a Facebook Page or a LinkedIn group and send a message to your clients on your personal page: Ask them to join you there. Take advantage of the tools available on Facebook — change your privacy settings to reflect how public or private you want to be. Create friend lists and choose which lists can see which posts. Look at your LinkedIn settings and choose who has access to your activity feed, who can send you messages, and who can send you invitations. Do you want a public or private Twitter account? You can change your settings to make your tweets private; Twitter calls these protected tweets.
Social media is as public or as private as you want it to be. You have control; find the privacy settings you’re comfortable with and surround yourself with friends and followers that you trust.
What's your private/public social media policy? Share your thoughts with us here. | 2019-04-22T22:42:53 | https://community.constantcontact.com/t5/Constant-Commentary/You-Don-t-Have-to-Be-Everybody-s-Friend-How-to-Balance-Public/ba-p/45989 |
Wieman Land & Auction does offer financing through AgDirect. AgDirect offers highly competitive financing, leasing and refinancing of ag equipment – through equipment dealers.
They are dedicated to agriculture – that's all they do. So they offer flexible payment terms, including delayed payments up to one year, plus variable or fixed rates that match your financing needs.
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Surviving Staying at Home: Summer is coming to an end but I'm beginning something new!
Summer is coming to an end but I'm beginning something new!
This summer was a great summer because I got to have so many great first experience with Freya and I got to share something I loved as a kid with my family.
As the summer ends and fall will soon begin I found the need to make a change. Being out so often this summer we ate terrible. We ate more take out, drank more soda, just had terrible eating habits. It was time we change that.
I have purposed we, as a family, try to find healthy alternative as often as we can. I enjoy the food I eat so I don't want to stop eating them. But a healthy alternative is an adjustment I can make.
I want to share with you my reviews on products and recipes that are healthy alternative and tell you what actually worked for me.
I will be making a special post when I find something and it will be labeled Healthy Alternative.
I would also love some suggestions from you. So leave comments either below or on any Healthy Alternative post. | 2019-04-23T00:22:12 | http://survivingsah.blogspot.com/2015/08/summer-is-coming-to-end.html |
is there an advantage to having a battery with a higher mAh?
I have a Pentax digital camera that came with a D-LI88 rechargeable Lithium-ion battery with a 3.7V, typ.740mAh (2.8Wh), and min.700mAh.
I want to buy an extra battery for it. I can find batteries with the same 3.7V, but the mAh are different.
It makes a BIG difference. I have a camera that only works for about 20 minutes on a 750 ma-hr battery... but when i put a duracell 2650 ma-hr battery in the camera... it works a LOT LONGER. Do not waste your money on cheap batteries. Get the good ones that have a higher ma-hr rating. otherwise, you will be changing batteries every time you turn on the camera.
^correct answer. To add on, Volts are 'pressure', where Amps are the current (or flowrate). Pressure washer = high voltage low current. River flow = very low pressure, very high current. Neither measures capacity directly. If you take a current over an amount of time, you get a total amount. The river flows 1000 cubic meters per second. (not a capacity, a flowrate). In one hour, the river flows 3600 seconds * 1000/second = 3600000 Cubic meters (a capacity). Same applies here. The battery you mention is 3.7 volts, with .740 amp-hours of storage capacity. This means it can sustain an output of 3.7 volts, and a current of .74 amps, for an hour, give or take. | 2019-04-26T07:13:35 | https://www.instructables.com/topics/is-there-an-advantage-to-having-a-battery-with-a-h/ |
We have alumni sites for Lennox High School in 2 different cities. Select your city below.
This is the Lennox High School alumni website for former students and faculty who attended a Lennox location. If you attended Lennox HS and if you want to reconnect with old friends and former students, you can do so on this alumni website.
Check the list below to see the latest names that were added to the Lennox High School site.
Daniel Broton has someone searching for them.
Eric Page has someone searching for them.
Matthew Finnell has someone searching for them.
Julie Wildeboer has someone searching for them.
Anna Winter added photos to their personal photo gallery.
Anna Winter registered as a LHS Class of 2007 alumni.
Anna Winter updated her profile picture. | 2019-04-19T05:11:52 | http://lennoxhighschool.org/ |
Goose's delighted chatter when you pick her up will let you know it was time.
It will be hard for 2 minutes until you realise YOU HAVE NO KIDS FOR A FEW HOURS!
when is a mother ever ready to let go of their children?
And hooray for you with some new found peace and quiet!
What a big milestone! Be brave!
Hi Corinne - funny to bump into you in the virtual world - don't think that's happened to me before!
Going by your description of her confidence, eagerness to learn and desire for little buddies I am sure she will be fine! I agree with BabyMac that you might be lost for a little bit without her there but ENJOY the time on your own before your new bubba arrives.
My youngest did her first half day of daycare today. I was beside myself worried about her but she did not shed a tear & by all accounts had an absolute ball!
These milestones can bring such emotions especially for the moms.
You will be teary and like the previous reader it will subside when you realize of the free time that you have to do things. | 2019-04-22T12:34:26 | http://www.dazeofmylife.com/2011/08/teacher-pet.html |
What distinguish us from other companies is our team of analyzing the functional cadres and manpower. Led by a team of senior staff, who have a distinctive experience in the major institution-structuring, and through the recruitment of the most outstanding talent, Riyadh Pharma occupy a decent position to become one of the pioneers in the industry. Recruitment officials in Riyadh Pharma are specialists in their fields, where many of them had worked in his specialty before joining us. As the recruiters are specialized in one job scope, they provide an in-depth understanding, distinct experience and guidelines for each of the candidates and the employment requesting sections. | 2019-04-21T01:04:00 | https://www.riyadhpharma.com/newweb/?page_id=3736 |
In order to understand and confront the major challenges of the 21st century, the world increasingly needs engineers and, especially, "three dimensional" ones: i.e. engineers who are scientifically and technically trained to the highest standard, who are also experts at initiating and overseeing innovative projects, and fully prepared to work in diverse international contexts.
Indeed, companies, governments and institutes need personnel capable of creating balanced development strategies that integrate the major environmental and social issues of our time. The ultimate aim is to provide access to energy, water, food, healthcare and information to the 9 billion men and women who will people this planet by 2050, two thirds of whom will live in cities. This is the challenge that École Centrale Paris took up when it decided to thoroughly overhaul its pedagogical programme: each subject is now situated in a global context, taking care to present students with its particular applications and challenges. Such an orientation requires that lecture classes be replaced by a new form of teaching, which combines academic rigor and hands-on experience, raising student awareness of major challenges, while emphasizing individual development and leadership.
It also demands the cultivation of international partnerships, and even the creation of sister schools like Centrale Beijing, so that our engineers will be fully prepared to work in multicultural contexts. Finally, it requires a considerable expansion of our research and teaching activities in those fields that relate most directly to the major challenges confronting our planet.
Our educational agenda must continue to be governed by the conviction that future generations will be able to meet the key challenges of the 21st century thanks to a new breed of enlightened engineers, capable of harnessing the power of science and technology for the sustainable development of human communities. | 2019-04-20T15:57:48 | http://old-www.ecp.fr/op/cms/lang/en/home/A_french_Grande_Ecole/a_word_from_the_director |
1 - The family dog from Mary Poppins?
2 - Ron Burgundy's beloved dog in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy?
3 - The voice of Benji in Oh! Heavenly Dog?
4 - Ari and Uzi's hound dog from The Royal Tenenbaums which survives a plane crash and is later run over by Owen Wilson's character?
5 - Doc Brown's sheepdog in Back to the Future?
6 - In the origianl Disney version of Lady and the Tramp, what kind of dog was Lady?
7 - Friends of Matt Stone and Trey Parker, who voiced Stan's gay dog Sparky in South Park...only to make inaudible dog noises?
8 - In the novel/musical/play/movie(s) Oliver Twist, what is the name of Bill Sikes' dog?
9 - What is the name of Navin R. Johnson's (Steve Martin) dog in The Jerk?
10 - The Basset Hound from The Dukes of Hazzard?
Bonus - Who was my Bassett Hound "Buddy" named after? | 2019-04-19T19:16:38 | https://www.markfarmersworld.com/trivia/category/celebrity%20hounds |
If we are going to fight this we need voices. We need letters. We need people to show up for meetings.
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In Tantallon on June 1, approximately 1,000 people showed up to say no to an amendment in their area. They came with their questions, statements and their hearts. Same proponent, who wants to add an asphalt plant at the quarry they run out there. 1,000 people said no. It was the largest public turnout HRM has ever seen. We need to make a big impression here as well.
We need numbers in meetings, we need voices and we need valid and passionate questions, concerns and statements. We must assume this is coming quickly, so I implore each and every one of you to put your thoughts together now, write them down, share them with others to get more people up to speed and read everything you can on our posts to learn as much as you can about what we face. Watch our page for dates, other meetings and opportunities to help out. | 2019-04-25T02:16:59 | http://stopthefallriverquarry.com/contact/how-can-you-help/ |
The tapes are almost finished! Limited to 50 copies, ever. Each white pro C24 cassette is hand assembled and numbered, and comes housed in a handmade box with an insert. They will be available at the show this Saturday, or through Hot Trash Records online, or at HOLLOW HILLS Bandcamp. | 2019-04-25T14:29:03 | http://www.hollowhillsmusic.com/2012/07/tapes-are-almost-finished-limited-to-50.html |
When the city of Aberdeen ordered Janice M. Grant to tear down her dilapidated house, it was enough to turn her into an overnight history buff.
Racing against the imminent wrecking ball, Grant pulled out tattered newspaper clippings and yellowing letters and interviewed relatives about the home her family has owned for nine decades.
She wrote a four-page primer on the history of her early 1900s Colonial: How Eleanor Roosevelt twice visited Grant's aunt, an aide to the first lady, and how the house was among the first in the city owned by blacks.
Grant, 72, even got the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to write a supportive letter to Aberdeen, noting the house's link to African-American history.
City public works officials condemned the building this fall and gave Grant and her husband, Woodrow B. Grant Jr., a state education administrator, two months to tear it down.
The city yielded, a little, and extended the deadline indefinitely after the Grants, who live in another home nearby, pledged to renovate the house and use it as housing for Christian missionaries.
City officials say the home has deteriorated into a moldering wreck with broken beams, dangling wires, broken windows and no running water.
"Vagrants will occupy it, drug activity will occur," City Manager Peter Dacey said. "If a child was to get into the house and something happened to the child, it becomes a public safety concern."
Grant's belated reaction is typical of homeowners when officials turn to their weapon of last resort: the demolition order, officials say. The orders often follow months of meetings, warnings and notices.
The city condemns three or four buildings a year, most of them abandoned houses. Often the city meets resistance.
Last year, when officials condemned an old CSX train station on West Bel Air Avenue, the Harford Historical Society and other preservation agencies intervened.
They declared the graffiti-covered station a historic landmark and got thousands of dollars in grants to restore it.
In the case of the Grants' house on a 4-acre estate at 411 Edmund St., the trouble started in 2001. Neighbors began complaining of garbage in front of the house, including a beat-up car with no license plate, Dacey said.
The city condemned two houses on the property, one of which the Grants demolished.
But the couple refuse to tear down the second house, which has been in the family since Janice Grant's great-grandmother moved there, on what was then a fruit farm, with her two children in 1917.
The Grants say they have made repairs and that an engineer they paid to inspect the house said that it is not condemnable.
More repairs are needed, they said, but they have been low on money because they have had to pay for a number of family funerals in recent years.
But the real issue, they say, is that the city has singled them out, bowing to the complaints of a few neighbors.
"As far as we're concerned, it's discrimination," said Janice Grant, a retired Harford County schools teacher.
The Grants claim that other homes that have fallen into disrepair have not been condemned and slated for demolition. They also say the city has exaggerated its claim about neighbors' complaints.
Mark K. Dickinson, who lives several doors down from the house on Edmund Street, called the house an "eyesore."
"But instead of [complaining] about it, I was just waiting to see if they were going to fix it up," he said.
The Grants said they are trying to raise money to renovate the house. The total bill: $250,000. They have applied for grants from local and state agencies and are soliciting donations through their nonprofit ministry. | 2019-04-21T12:47:03 | https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2004-12-19-0412190018-story.html |
MiniMed Paradigm Insulin Pumps are designed to deliver insulin continuously, taking the place of daily, manual injections of insulin.
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Dinner: I like what Jay [Gust] is doing over at TAPAteria. [It's] fun. You can tell somebody cares.
Cheap Eats: I like El Taco Rey.
A Special Occasion: I think what Scott [Savage is] doing over at Cliff House is pretty cool. He's just been truckin' through. He's doing whatever he wants; he's not stuck in any kind of cuisine, and I'm always excited to see what he comes up with.
Breakfast: The Pantry: I'm a big biscuits-and-gravy guy.
Lunch: I'll give Yoo Mae a push. I like JJ [Kim] over there. He does a really cool one, and he only does it for us over here at the Famous — the Lamborghini Diablo roll.
Dinner: I like Mizuna, in Denver. I know if I go to Mizuna my money's gonna be well spent and I'm not gonna drop $150 for two and walk out and be like, "You know what? That sucked." It's just consistent. What I'm afraid of here is, places are so inconsistent.
Breakfast: I would eat breakfast at The Coffee Cup [Cafe]. It's consistent, I know people there, I see people that I've known forever. We know what we're gonna get.
Lunch: I do really love to go to Marigold for lunch. I love that everything's fresh, light; and the dessert options are amazing.
Cheap Eats: I took my son the other night to Leon Gessi and it was awesome. And I've gone there forever. We go to Leon Gessi and hit BJ's Velvet Freez and it's perfect.
Breakfast: I really have enjoyed that Over Easy that just opened up. I just think they put out a really good, solid breakfast, and if I'm feeling like a cocktail with my huevos, that's where I head.
Lunch: I hit the Indian buffet on Eighth Street — Little Nepal. Raj [Adhikari] knows me by name and, yeah, I have kind of a problem.
Dinner: If I'm feeding the family, I'm a big fan of hitting Rudy's [Country Store and Bar-B-Q] and bringing that back. I spend, as far as dinner bucks go, probably more money there than most places.
Lunch: I like to go to Rico's downtown for lunch, and catch up with friends. Usually I'll get their house salad and a slice of pizza, really.
Cheap Eats: I actually go to Garbanzo's. You get the chicken, and everything on it, with the crazy, little pickled eggplants — it's great.
A Special Occasion: If it's gonna be something really special, I like to go to the Margarita at PineCreek. Love what they do there.
Breakfast: I would go to the Hungry Bear in Woodland Park. I live up there. I usually have one of their omelets.
Lunch: I love McGinty's up in Divide. Their Reuben is killer, and all their pizzas are good.
A Special Occasion: We'll hit a place like the Craftwood Inn, for sure. I have a long-term relationship with that place; and it's just got such a romantic feel to it that it's nice to be back and visit every once in a while.
Brunch: McCabe's Irish breakfast is amazing, total chef food. Blood pudding, the Irish bacon, all the goodies.
Lunch: Usually I like going to [Johnny's Navajo] Hogan for lunch. The broasted chicken is just great. It's that whole Wisconsin, rich, fatty, delicious, steam-fried [thing].
A Special Occasion: Now that Brother [Luck] is at The Craftwood, that's on the docket again. Brother's amazing. Not only is he philanthropic and aware, but he's also very local-oriented.
Breakfast: It doesn't have a whole lot of breakfast, but they got some fun things, that Urban Steam coffee shop. With the waffles there, that place is great.
Cheap Eats: I haven't seen my taco truck in a while — right there off of Palmer Park and Union. That place [La Flor de Jalisco], god, their tacos just rock. They're so good.
A Special Occasion: I usually head to Denver, just because they ... make something that's different. My top two favorites are either Squeaky Bean or Fruition.
Breakfast: Probably La Baguette on Chestnut [Street]. Love the Croque Madame there. I'm a sucker for anything with egg on top.
Lunch: Probably my No. 1 favorite cuisine is Indian food, and my favorite is India Palace. And I go for the buffet because then I can pig out, and eat every single dish that's on the menu. ... I'm serious. I'm embarrassing to eat with.
Cheap Eats: One of our favorite spots is the taco truck, the Flor de Jalisco. Yeah, that's my favorite taco truck. The carnitas or lengua tacos are my favorite.
Lunch: Adam's Mountain Café — everything is from scratch.
Dinner: Sushi O Sushi , because I love sushi, and it is close to my house, and a percentage of the profit goes to my daughter's school.
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A structure for mounting a heat sink onto an integrated circuit package mounted on a printed circuit board is constructed such that a guide member having a frame portion and support post portions is fixed to the printed circuit board, and the heat sink is seated on an inner periphery of the guide member such that the heat sink may closely contact the integrated circuit package. A cover is fixed to the guide member such that it covers outer peripheral edge portions of an upper face of the heat sink. This structure is high in cooling efficiency and is easy to mount.
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/214,702, filed Mar. 18, 1994, now abandoned.
This invention relates to a mounting structure for a heat sink onto an integrated circuit package mounted on a printed circuit board.
In recent years, portable electronic apparatus such as, for example, lap-top personal computers, appear widely on the market as electronic apparatus for which miniaturization and high reliability are required. In order to achieve a high performance of electronic apparatus of the type mentioned, it is necessary to use one or more integrated circuit packages having a great amount of heat generation. Therefore, in order to assure a heat radiation property of an integrated circuit package having a great amount of heat generation, a heat sink is used when an integrated circuit package is to be mounted onto a printed circuit board. A heat sink is required to be mounted such that it closely contacts, with certainty, a heat radiation face of an integrated circuit package in order to prevent an increase of the heat resistance by contact, to optimize the mounting structure for a heat sink onto an integrated circuit package.
FIG. 17A is a top plan view of a conventional mounting structure for a heat sink onto an integrated circuit package, and FIG. 17B is a side elevational view of the same. In the present conventional example, an integrated circuit package 101 is mounted in a little floating condition on a printed circuit board 103 by soldering pins 102 of the integrated circuit package 101 to a conductor pattern (not shown) of the printed circuit board 103, while depressions 106 are provided at upper face edge portions of a heat sink 105 having heat radiation fins 104, and the heat sink 105 and the integrated circuit package 101 are held at the depressions 106 of the sink 105 and lower face edge portions of the integrated circuit package 101 by clips 107 having a substantially C-shaped section and made of a resin or the like (refer to, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,099,550).
FIG. 18A is a top plan view of another conventional mounting structure for a heat sink onto an integrated circuit package, and FIG. 18B is a side elevational view of the same. In the present conventional example, pins 112 of an integrated circuit package 111 are mounted on a printed circuit board 114 by way of a frame 113 made of an insulator such as a resin. The frame 113, having a substantially rectangular shape as viewed in plan, has a pair of projections 115 which project sidewardly at locations in the proximity of a diagonal line of an upper face thereof. A heat sink 117 having heat radiation fins 116 at an upper portion thereof is placed on an upper face of the integrated circuit chip 111, and a clip 118 formed from a metal wire shaped in a crank shape is disposed on the heat sink 117 while the opposite ends of the clip 118 are engaged with the projections 115 of the frame 113 so that the heat sink 117 is fixed relative to the integrated circuit package 111 (refer to Japanese Patent Laid-Open Application No. Showa 63-133557 or U.S. Pat. No. 4,745,456).
In the conventional example described with reference to FIGS. 17A and 17B, since the upper face edge portions of the heat radiation fin 105 are held by means of the clips 107 having a C-shaped section, it is necessary to provide the depressions 105 of a comparatively large size at the edge portions, and there is a problem in that the heat radiation area of the heat sink 105 is decreased and the cooling efficiency is deteriorated.
Meanwhile, in the conventional example described with reference to FIGS. 18A and 18B, since it is necessary to interpose, already at the stage when the integrated circuit package 111 is to be mounted onto the printed circuit board 114, the frame 113 between the integrated circuit package 111 and the printed circuit board 114, there is a problem in that the manufacturing operability is low. Further, when the frame 113 made of a resin or the like is broken, for example, at a portion of a projection 115, it is difficult to exchange the frame 113, and the heat sink 117 can no longer be mounted.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a mounting structure for a heat sink which is high in cooling efficiency and is easy to mount.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a heat sink having a high cool efficiency.
According to the present invention, there is provided a mounting structure for a heat sink for mounting a heat sink onto an integrated circuit package mounted on a printed circuit board, which is constructed such that a guide member having a frame portion corresponding to an outer periphery of the integrated circuit package and support post portions protruding from the frame portion is fixed to the printed circuit board, that the heat sink is seated on an inner periphery of the guide member such that a lower face of the heat sink is closely contacted with an upper face of the integrated circuit package, and that a cover is fixed to the guide member at the support post portions such that it covers over outer peripheral edge portions of an upper face of the heat sink.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the outer periphery of the integrated circuit packet is substantially equal to the inner periphery of the frame portion of the guide member, for example, the support post portions of the guide member have a profile wherein they protrude in upward and downward directions of the guide member and lower faces of the support post portions are fixed directly to the printed circuit board.
According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the outer periphery of the integrated circuit package is substantially equal to the outer periphery of the frame portion of the guide member, for example, the support post portions of the guide member have a shape wherein they protrude only in the upward direction of the guide member and the guide member is adhered at a bottom face thereof to the integrated circuit package so that the guide member is fixed to the printed circuit board.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mounting structure for a heat sink, which comprises a printed circuit board, an integrated circuit package mounted on the printed circuit board, a heat sink placed on the integrated circuit package, and a belt member provided around the integrated circuit package and the heat sink through a gap between the printed circuit board and the integrated circuit package for pressing the heat sink against the integrated circuit package.
According to a further aspect of the present invention, there is provided a heat sink, which comprises a base member having a lower face closely contacted with an upper face of an integrated circuit package and an upper face from which a plurality of heat radiation fins extend, a cover secured to the base member for closing an upper portion of the base member, and air blasting means provided on the cover for performing circulation of air by way of the fins, those of the plurality of fins at a portion corresponding to the air blasting means being shorter than the fins at the other portion.
In the present invention, since the heat sink is mounted on the integrated circuit package using the guide member and the cover of the particular constructions, a high cooling efficiency can be obtained and mounting of the heat sink is facilitated.
When the present invention is put into practice, the cooling efficiency can be further enhanced by constructing the heat sink so that it has a base member having heat radiation fins and air blasting means for forcibly cooling the base member by air cooling.
Further, by putting the present invention into practice using a cover made of a resilient plate member having a shape curved toward the heat sink side, the heat sink can always be closely contacted with the integrated circuit package irrespective of a dispersion and so forth in mounting height of the integrated circuit package, and accordingly, it is possible to maintain a high cooling efficiency.
FIGS. 18A and 18B are views showing another example of the conventional mounting structure for a heat sink.
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a mounting structure for a heat sink showing a first embodiment of the present invention. An integrated circuit package 20 mounted on a printed circuit board 10 has a plurality of pins 20A for electric connection, and the pins 20A are connected by soldering to a conductor pattern (not shown) formed on a front or rear face of the printed circuit board 10. A guide member 30, made of a material having a high heat conductivity, such as aluminum, has a frame portion 30A having an inner periphery substantially equal to an outer periphery of the integrated circuit package 20, support post portions 30B protruding in upward and downward directions at the four corners of the frame portion 30A, and a plurality of fin portions 30C protruding in the upward direction from the frame portion 30A. The frame portion 30A, support post portions 30B and fin portions 30C are formed, for example, as a unitary member.
In the present embodiment, the guide member 30 is disposed around the periphery of the integrated circuit package 20 on the printed circuit board 10, and the support post portions 30B are fixed directly to the printed circuit board 10. In the example shown, screws 40 are individually screwed into the four support post portions 30B of the guide member 30 from the rear face side of the printed circuit board 10 through four threaded holes 10A formed in the printed circuit board 10 so that the guide member 30 is fixed to the printed circuit board 10. The guide member 30 may be fixed to the printed circuit board 10 by adhering the support post portions 30B to the upper face of the printed circuit board 10. The heat sink 50 is seated on the inner periphery of the guide member 30 such that a lower face thereof may be closely contacted with the upper face of the integrated circuit package 20. In order to reduce the heat resistance between the heat sink 50 and the integrated circuit 20, grease may be interposed between them. A detailed construction of the heat sink 50 will be hereinafter described. A cover 60 has an opening 60A for exposing the upper face of the heat sink 50 and threaded holes 60B, and the cover 60 is fixed to the guide member 30 by screwing screws 70 into the support post portions 30B through threaded holes 60B. The shape of the cover 60 is set such that, when the cover 60 is fixed to the guide member 30, it covers over outer peripheral edge portions of the heat sink 50 to such a degree that it does not deteriorate the heat radiation property of the heat sink 50.
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of a construction of the heat sink 50 of FIG. 1. The heat sink 50 has a base member 82 having heat radiation fins 81 on an upper face thereof, a fan assembly (air blasting device) 83 provided on the upper face of the base member 82 for blasting air to the heat radiation fins 81, and a cover member 84 for covering over an upper portion of the base member 82. The base member 82 and the cover member 84 are formed from a material having a high heat conductivity, such as aluminum, similar to the guide member 30 of FIG. 1, and a lower face of the base member 82 is formed flat in order to reduce the contact heat resistance with an integrated circuit package 20 (refer to FIG. 1). Support posts 85A, 85B, 85C and 85D are provided at the four corners of the upper face of the base member 82, and the heat radiation fins 81 are provided so as to cover over the fan assembly 83 exempt portions at which the support posts are formed. The support posts 85A, 85B, 85C and 85D and the heat radiation fins 81 are formed integrally with a plate-formed portion of the base member 82. A ventilation path 86 is defined between the fan assembly 83 fixed to the base member 82 and the heat radiation fins 81. The fan assembly 83 has a motor (not shown) having a shaft 87 extending substantially perpendicularly to the upper face of the base member 82, blades 88 rotated by the shaft 87, and a printed circuit board 89 having a driver circuit for the motor. The cover member 84 is fixed to the support posts 85A, 85B, 85C and 85D of the base member 82 by means of screws 92. The cover member 84 has an opening 90 which is communicated with the ventilation path 86 by way of the blades 88 of the fan assembly 83, and further has an annular projection 91 positioned a little outwardly of a locus of rotation of the blades 88. Since the annular projection 91 limits the ventilation path 86, the static pressure difference between the opening 90 of the cover 84 and the ventilation path 86 is increased, and efficient blasting of air can be performed. When electric power is supplied to the fan assembly 83 to rotate the blades 88 in a predetermined direction, due to a comparatively great static pressure difference between the outside and the ventilation path 86 which is caused by an action of the annular projection 91, air flows, for example, in a direction from the opening 90 of the cover 84 toward the heat radiation fins 81 of the base member 82. Then, due to the communication of air, good heat radiation is performed at the heat radiation fins 81 and so forth. The inclination angle of the blades 88 may be reversed or the direction of rotation of the fan assembly 83 may be reversed so that air may be caused to flow in the other direction from the heat radiation fins 81 of the base member 82 toward the opening 90 of the cover 84.
In the present example, the fixation location of the fan assembly 83 to the base member 82 is offset in the direction toward 85A of the four support posts 85A, 85B, 85C and 85D, and a wall face of the support post 85A is provided so as to extend in the directions toward the support posts 85B and 85D. The reason why the center of rotation of the fan assembly 83 is displaced from the center (for example, the center of gravity) of the base member 82 is that the air blasting capacity of the fan assembly 83 is higher at a peripheral portion than a central portion thereof, and the location where the air blasting capacity is high and the center (normally a central portion of the package) of heat generation of the integrated circuit package 20 (refer to FIG. 1) are made substantially coincide with each other to achieve effective heat radiation. It is to be noted that the reason why, when the fan assembly 83 is to be offset in such a manner as described above, the wall face of the support post 85A on the side on which the fan assembly 83 is to be offset is caused to extend, is that it is intended so that communication of air to the heat radiation fins 81 may be performed equally. While the fan assembly 83 in the present example is fixed to the base member 82, the fan assembly 83 may be fixed to the cover member 84 so that heat may not be transmitted readily from the integrated circuit board 20 (refer to FIG. 1) to the fan assembly. Consequently, the reliability of the fan assembly 83 is improved.
By using such a heat sink having means for forcible air cooling as shown in FIG. 2, heat radiation of the integrated circuit package 20 can be achieved very excellently with the construction of, for example, FIG. 1. Where a heat sink of a high performance of this type is used, it is very important to assure a heat radiation area of the heat sink in order to maintain a high heat radiation characteristic. By mounting the heat sink 50 on the integrated circuit package 20 using the guide member 30 and the cover 60 of the specific forms as in the embodiment of FIG. 1, a high performance of the heat sink 50 can be utilized effectively. Further, since the heat sink 50 can be mounted onto the integrated circuit package 20 after the integrated circuit chip 20 is mounted onto the printed circuit board 10, the mounting operation does not become cumbersome as in the prior art described with reference to FIGS. 18A and 18B. Further, when it is tried to reduce the contact resistance while grease is applied to the lower face of the heat sink 50 and/or the upper face of the integrated circuit chip 20, since the guide member 30 is positioned on the outer periphery of the contact face of the same, grease is prevented from leaking out and the reliability of the apparatus is enhanced.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a mounting structure for a heat sink showing a second embodiment of the present invention. The present embodiment is characterized, in contrast with the first embodiment of FIG. 1, in that the present invention is applied to a comparatively large integrated circuit package 21. The integrated circuit package 21 is mounted at pins 21A thereof onto a printed circuit board 11 in a similar manner as in the first embodiment of FIG. 1. A guide member 31 integrally has a frame member 31A, support post portions 31B and fin portions 31C. The guide member 31 is formed from a material having a high heat conductivity such as aluminum. An outer periphery of the frame portion 31 of the guide member 31 is, in the present embodiment, substantially equal to an outer periphery of the integrated circuit package 21, and the support post portions 31B protrude only in an upward direction of the frame portion 31A. Accordingly, a lower face of the guide member 31 can be fixed readily by adhesion to edge portions of an upper face of the integrated circuit package 21. The heat sink 50 is seated on an inner periphery of the guide member 31 such that a lower face thereof is closely contacted with the upper face of the integrated circuit package 21, and a cover 60 is provided such that it covers over outer peripheral edge portions of an upper face of the heat sink 50. The heat sink 50 and the cover 60 are the same as those in the first embodiment of FIG. 1.
Also according to the present embodiment, similarly as in the case according to the first embodiment of FIG. 1, efficient heat radiation of the integrated circuit package 21 becomes possible, and facilitation of a mounting operation of the heat sink 50 is allowed. While the outer periphery of the integrated circuit package 21 in the present embodiment is substantially equal to the outer periphery of the frame portion 31A of the guide member 31, the spirit of the present embodiment can be applied also to another case wherein the outer periphery of the integrated circuit package 21 is greater than the outer periphery of the frame portion 31A. In the case according to the conventional example described with reference to FIGS. 17A and 17B, while it is necessary to use an integrated circuit package and a heat sink having the substantially same outer profiles since the integrated circuit package and the heat sink must necessarily be held at edge portions thereof by means of clips having a C-shaped section, since, in the present invention, a heat sink can be mounted irrespective of the outer profile of an integrated circuit as described above, the universality is enhanced.
FIGS. 4A and 4B are views for explaining another covers which can be used in place of the cover 60 in the first embodiment of FIG. 1, the second embodiment of FIG. 3 and so forth. In the example whose perspective view is shown in FIG. 4At a cover 61 is formed from a resilient plate member. Reference character 61A denotes an opening for exposing a heat sink, and reference character 61B denotes a threaded hole for screwing the cover 61 to a support post of a guide member. In the present example, portions 61C corresponding to opposing two sides of the cover 61 have a shape curved toward the side of a heat sink (not shown), and when the cover 61 is screwed, for example, to the support post portions 30B of the guide member 30 in the embodiment of FIG. 1, a resilient restoring force of the curved portions 61C acts to press the heat sink 50 against the integrated circuit package 20. Accordingly, by using the cover 61 formed from a resilient plate member having such curved portions, when the shape and the dimensions of the heat sink 50 or the mounting height of the integrated circuit package 20 is dispersed due to the manufacturing technique, the heat sink 50 can always be in sufficient close contact with the integrated circuit package 20 irrespective of such dispersion, and it is possible to maintain a high heat radiation characteristic.
In the example whose perspective view is shown in FIG. 4B, a cover 62 is fixed to support post portions of a guide member not by screwing, but the cover 62 is fixed to a guide member 31' by forming arresting portions 31D of the shape of a depression on outer walls of support post portions 31B' of the guide member 31' and engaging pawls 62B of the cover 62 with the arresting portions 31D of the support post portions 31B'. Reference character 62A denotes an opening for exposing a heat sink, and 62C denotes a curved portion of the cover 62. The cover 62 is obtained by working a resilient plate member similarly as in the example of FIG. 4A. By providing such resiliently deformable pawls 62B integrally on the cover 62. mounting of the cover 62 onto the guide member 31' is facilitated. Further, it is easy to mount and dismount the cover 62 when a heat sink is to be exchanged.
FIG. 5 is a side elevational view showing a further example of a cover which can be used in the first embodiment of FIG. 1, the second embodiment of FIG. 3 and so forth. The present cover is characterized, in contrast with the covers of the embodiments described so far, in that one end thereof is mounted for pivotal motion on a guide member. An integrated circuit package 22 is mounted on a printed circuit board 12 by means of pins 22A. Support post portions 32B of a guide member 32 protrude only in an upward direction from a frame portion 32A, and the guide member 32 is adhered at a lower face thereof to the integrated circuit package 22. An outer periphery of the integrated circuit package 22 is substantially equal to an outer periphery of the frame portion 32A of the guide member 32. Reference character 32C denotes a plurality of fin portions which protrude in the upward direction from the frame portion 32A of the guide member 32. In the present embodiment, a heat sink 51 having heat radiation fins 51A integrally thereon is used, and the heat sink 51 is pressed in the downward direction in FIG. 5 by a cover 6S so that a lower face thereof may be in close contact with an upper face of the integrated circuit package 22. One end 63A of the cover 6S is supported for pivotal motion on the support post portions 32B positioned on the right side in FIG. 5, and the other end 63B of the cover 63, which is shaped in a hook shape, is arrested at projections 32D provided on the support post portions 32B positioned on the left side in FIG. 5. According to the present embodiment, since establishment and cancellation of arresting engagement between the hook-shaped end portion 63B of the cover 63 and the projections 32D can be performed readily, replacement and so forth of the heat radiation fins 51A accommodated in the guide member 32 can be performed readily.
FIG. 6 is a side elevational view of a mounting structure for a heat sink showing a third embodiment of the present invention. The present embodiment is characterized, in contrast with the first embodiment of FIG. 1, in that part of support post portions of a guide member is formed as a separate member. An integrated circuit package 23 is mounted at pins 32A thereof on a printed circuit board 13. A guide member 33 having an inner periphery substantially equal to an outer periphery of the integrated circuit package 23 has a frame portion 33A and support post portions 33B which are formed integrally with each other, and pipe members 33C separate from them. In short, while in the embodiment of FIG. 1, the support post portions 30B of the guide member 30 are formed integrally with the frame portion 30A such that they protrude in the upward and downward directions, in the present embodiment, only portions (33B) of the support post portions which protrude in the upward direction are integrated with the frame member 33A, while the other portions (pipe members 33C) of the support post portions which protrude in the downward direction are separate members from the frame member 33A. Each of the pipe members 33C are fixed at a lower end thereof to a printed circuit board 13 by means of a screw 40, and an upper face of the pipe member 33C is fixed to a guide member body, for example, by adhesion. The guide member 33 and the integrated circuit package 23 may be fixed to each other by adhesion. Where part of the support post portions of the guide member is formed as a separate member as in the present embodiment, it is possible to cope with integrated circuit packages of various sizes and the universality is enhanced by employing such a construction, as shown in FIG. 6, for a comparatively small integrated circuit package but by employing, for a comparatively large integrated circuit package, such a construction as in the second embodiment of FIG. 3 without using a pipe member.
FIG. 7 is a partial sectional view of a mounting structure for a heat sink showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention. The present embodiment is characterized, in contrast with the embodiments described so far, in that a guide member further has a socket structure for removably mounting a pin of an integrated circuit package. In the present embodiment, a guide member 34 is fixed directly to a printed circuit board 14 similarly as in the first embodiment of FIG. 1 and so forth, The guide member 34 has a heat radiation portion 34A made of a material having a high heat conductivity, such as aluminum, a plurality of socket chambers provided at a plurality of locations of the heat radiation portion 34A in a direction of a plane and each defined by an insulator 34B, such as a resin, a contact 34C provided in each of the socket chambers for fitting with a pin 24A of the printed circuit board 24, and a lead 34D connected to the contact 34C and mounted on the printed circuit board 14 by soldering or the like. By adopting such a socket structure, it can be made possible to mount and dismount the integrated circuit package 24 while assuring a heat radiation characteristic of the heat sink 34.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a mounting structure for a heat sink showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention. An integrated circuit package 25 mounted on a printed circuit board 15 has a plurality of pins 25A for electric connection, and each of the pins 25A are connected to a conductor pattern (not shown) formed on the front surface or the rear surface of the printed circuit board 15 by soldering. For example, a heat sink 50 shown in FIG. 2 is placed on the integrated circuit package 25 such that the bottom face thereof closely contacts with the upper face of the integrated circuit package 25.
In the present embodiment, the size of the bottom face of the heat sink 50 is substantially equal to the size of the upper face of the integrated circuit package 25.
In order to fix the heat sink 50 to the integrated circuit package 25, a belt member 120 is used. The belt member 120 is provided around the integrated circuit package 25 and the heat sink 50 through a gap between the printed circuit board 15 and the integrated circuit package 25. In the present embodiment, two belt members 120 are provided corresponding to the opposite ends of the heat sink 50.
FIGS. 9A and 9B are a side elevational view and a plan view showing an example of the belt member shown in FIG. 8. The belt member 120 has a belt body 122 in the form of a tapering belt made of, for example, nylon, and a head portion 124 provided integrally with the belt body 122 at an end portion of the belt body 122. An opening 128 into the inside of which an arresting pawl 126 extends is formed in the head portion 124. Meanwhile, the belt body 122 has a ratchet 130 formed thereon which engages the arresting pawl 126 when the belt body 122 is inserted from the tapering portion thereof into the opening 128 of the head portion 124. With the belt member 120 shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, the shapes of the ratchet portion 130 and the arresting pawl 126 are set so that, when it is tried to insert the belt body 122 from the tapering portion thereof into the opening 128 of the head portion 124, it can be inserted readily in the insertion direction, but after the belt body 122 is inserted once, it cannot be pulled out any more.
FIGS. 10A and 10B are perspective views of the latch portion of the belt member. FIG. 10A shows the latch portion in the case wherein the belt member of FIGS. 9A and 9B is employed, and in this instance, by pulling the tapering portion 122A of the belt body 122, which has been inserted into the opening 128 of the head portion 124 from the side of the heat sink 50, in an upward direction while the head portion 124 is pressed against the heat sink 50 of FIG. 8, the belt member 120 can be tightened to closely contact the heat sink 50 firmly with the integrated circuit package 25 in FIG. 8.
In another example shown in FIG. 10B, a belt member 120' made of a material having a uniform thickness and a uniform width and having a comparatively high surface friction is used, and the opposite ends of the belt member 120' are folded back using a latch member 132 having three rectangular holes in a longitudinal direction thereof to closely contact the heat sink 50 in FIG. 8 firmly with the integrated circuit package 25.
Since there is the possibility that the belt member touches with the pins 25A of the integrated circuit package 25 when it is threaded through the gap between the integrated circuit package 25 and the printed circuit board 15, preferably an insulator, such as nylon, is employed as a material of the belt member in order to prevent short-circuiting between the pins 25A. As a material of the belt member, it is also possible to employ a metal material, the surface of which is processed by insulation processing, such as by covering over the surface with a resin. Though not shown, a heat contracting tube may be employed for the belt member, and the heat sink 50 in FIG. 8 may be closely contacted firmly with the integrated circuit package 25 by heating the heat contracting tube to contract the same.
In the structure shown in FIG. 8, since the pins 25A cannot be formed very long from the point of view of the processing speed and so forth of the integrated circuit package 25, there is a limitation in the gap between the integrated circuit package 25 and the printed circuit board 15 through which the belt member 120 should be threaded. The gap between the integrated circuit package 25 and the printed circuit board 15 obtained due to the presence of a lid for the standoff formed on the pins 25A or for the airtight enclosure formed on the bottom face of the integrated circuit package 25 is 0.5 mm to the utmost. Meanwhile, with the belt member 120 shown, for example, in FIGS. 9A and 9B, the thickness of the belt body 122 can be set smaller than 0.5 mm from the point of view of the strength of the belt body 122, but when formation of the racket 130 on the belt body 122 is taken into consideration, the thickness of the belt body 122 cannot be set smaller than 1 mm. Thus, in the present embodiment, a portion of the belt body 122, which corresponds to the integrated circuit board 25, and on which the ratchet 130 need not be formed, is formed with a reduced thickness. At the opposite ends of the reduced thickness portion 122, slopes are provided on the belt 122 as shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B to prevent deterioration of the strength of the belt body 122. The opposite ends of the reduced thickness portion 122B may be formed by rounding processing in place of the slopes.
When the belt member having such reduced thickness portion is applied to the structure of FIG. 8, in the operation of mounting the integrated circuit package 25 onto the printed circuit board 15, the belt members are interposed between the integrated circuit package 25 and the printed circuit board 15. In this instance, since the reduced thickness portions 122B of the belt members correspond to the bottom face of the integrated circuit package 25, the belt members set once will not be pulled off from within the gap by mechanical vibrations or the like. Then, when the heat sink 50 is placed onto the integrated circuit package 25, the opposite ends of the belt members are latched, thereby completing mounting of the heat sink 50. In this manner, according to the present embodiment, by employing a belt member of a simple construction, the heat sink can be mounted onto the integrated circuit package 25 at a low cost and readily without particularly using any other part. Further, since the area over which the surface of the heat sink is covered is very small, an effective heat radiation action of the heat sink can be maintained.
By the way, where a belt member is formed from a resin such as nylon, the elongation of the reduced thickness portion is sometimes so great that the clamping force is not stable. On the other hand, when the belt member is used under a high temperature environment, the belt member likely undergoes elongation, which sometimes makes the mounting condition of a heat sink unstable. Thus, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the belt member is constituted from a resin belt (nylon belt) elongated beyond an elastic limit after molding thereof. Here, the elastic limit is a maximum stress a solid body can stand without undergoing permanent deformation. An example of a method of manufacturing such resin belt includes a step of forming a belt member of a desired profile by molding and another step of applying a predetermined tensile stress to the belt member. The belt member may be elongated while it is heated, for example, to 95° to 100° C. Further, in order to prevent deformation by moisture absorption during use, the belt member may be elongated in water boiling at 95° to 100° C. Where a belt member constituted from a resin belt elongated beyond its elastic limit in this manner is employed, the belt member is elongated little when or after a heat sink is mounted onto an integrated circuit package, and consequently, a stabilized clamping force can be obtained.
Recently, integrated circuit packages wherein the distance between pins is very small have been put into practical use, and such a flat belt member as shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B sometimes, cannot be used for such integrated circuit packages. This is because, where the width of the reduced thickness portion 122B is set smaller than the distance (for example, 0.8 mm) between pins of an integrated circuit package, a sufficient strength cannot be assured at the reduced thickness portion. In such an instance, the reduced thickness portion of the belt member should be formed with a cross section of a circular shape having the diameter of 0.4 to 0.5 mm. The belt member having the reduced thickness of the circular cross section can have a high strength when applied to an integrated circuit package of the same pin distance comparing with another belt member having a reduced thickness portion of a rectangular cross section. Or else, a slit may be formed in the reduced thickness portion 122B of the belt member in its longitudinal direction. When the belt member is to be used, pins of a small distance on an integrated circuit package are inserted into the slit. By this means, the belt member having the reduced thickness portion of a rectangular cross section of a great width can be adapted to an integrated circuit package of a small pin distance.
A guide may be provided on the heat sink as shown in FIGS. 11A, 11B and 11C in order to prevent stress concentration of the belt member upon its contacting portion with an upper face edge portion of the heat sink or prevent displacement of the belt member in its width-wise direction. In an example shown in FIG. 11A, a guide groove 84A is formed obliquely at an edge portion of a cover member 84 for a heat sink 50. Where such guide groove is formed, occurrence of stress concentration on the belt member can be prevented and besides displacement of the belt member in its widthwise direction can be prevented. In another example shown in FIG. 11B, two projection guides 84B are formed with a width corresponding to the width of a belt member at a side end of a cover member 84. Meanwhile, in a further example shown in FIG. 11C, projection guides 84C are provided uprightly at an edge portion of an upper face of a cover member 84. Where the projection guides shown in FIG. 11B or 11C are formed on the cover member 84, displacement of the belt member in its widthwise direction can be prevented. In FIGS. 11A, 11B and 11C, singe only part of a heat sink is shown, only one guide is shown, it is desirable to actually provide guides at two opposing locations on a single belt member. Further, taking the universality in use into consideration, a guide may be provided in advance at a location at which a belt member does not contact with the guide when the cover member is used.
FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of a mounting structure for a heat sink showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention. An integrated circuit package 26 of a comparatively large size is mounted on a printed circuit board 16. Reference character 26A denotes a pin for connection of the integrated circuit package 26. When it is tried to mount a heat sink 50 of a comparatively small size onto such an integrated circuit package 26 of a comparatively large size as described above, the heat sink 50 cannot be fixed firmly only if a belt member is merely employed as in the fifth embodiment of FIG. 8. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a frame-shaped guide 134 seated on an upper face of the integrated circuit package 26 for arresting a lower portion of a side face of the heat sink 50 is employed.
The guide 134 has pawls 134A bent in a downward direction at four locations of an outer peripheral edge portion, and pawls 134B bent in an upward direction at four locations on an inner peripheral edge portion. The distance between mutually opposing ones of the pawls 134A corresponds to the width of the integrated circuit package 26, and the distance between mutually opposing ones of the pawls 134B corresponds to the width of the heat sink 50. Where settlement of The position of the heat sink 50 in a direction of its plane on the integrated circuit package 26 has been performed using such a guide member 134 as described above, by using, for example, such a belt member 120 as shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, the heat sink 50 can be mounted firmly onto the integrated circuit package 26 which is greater in size than the heat sink 50.
Subsequently, several embodiments of a heat sink of the present invention which is high in cooling efficiency will be described. FIGS. 13A, 13B and 13C are views showing a first embodiment of the heat sink of the present invention. FIG. 13A is a plan view of the heat sink, FIG. 13B is a side elevational view of the heat sink, and FIG. 13C is a plan view of a base member of the heat sink. Further, FIG. 14 is a sectional view of the heat sink taken along line 13--13. The present heat sink has a base member 136 having a lower face closely contacted with an upper face of an integrated circuit package and an upper face from which a plurality of heat radiation fins 136A and 136B extend, and a cover 138 secured to the base member 136 for closing an upper portion of the base member 136 with screws 139. A fan mounting portion 140 is formed on the rear face of the cover 138, and a fan assembly 142 serving as an air blasting device is secured to the fan mounting portion 140.
The fan assembly 142 is constituted from a stator 146 force fitted in and secured to the fan mounting portion 140 and having a coil 144 provided on an outer peripheral portion thereof, a shaft 150 provided uprightly at the center of the stator 146 by way of a bearing 148, a rotor 156 secured to the shaft 150 and having a magnet 152 secured to an inner peripheral wall thereof and blades 154 secured to an outer peripheral wall thereof, and a printed circuit board 160 to which a lead 158 is connected. A motor driver circuit not shown is mounted on the printed circuit board 160. It is to be noted that, in FIG. 14, reference numeral 162 denotes a ring yoke, 164 a yoke, 166 a cut washer mounted on the shaft 150, and 168 a spring for biasing the shaft 150 upwardly. Meanwhile, reference numeral 170 denotes an opening provided in the cover 138 for allowing circulation of air therethrough, and 172 an annular projection for assurance of a static pressure difference. The opening 170 is provided by a plural number along a locus of rotation of the propeller 154.
In the present embodiment, the base member 136 and the fins 136A and 136B are formed as a unitary member from such a material that has a high heat radiation property, such as aluminum. Of those fins, the fins 136B at a portion corresponding to the fan assembly 142 are set shorter than the fins 136A at the other portion. Further, as shown in FIG. 13C, separators 174 constituted from portions of a cylinder which extend from the base member 136 along the locus of rotation of the blades 154 are provided on the base member 136. The separators 174 are formed integrally with the base member 136 similarly as the fins 136A and 136B.
By adopting the fins 136A and 136B and the separators 174 having the particular shapes and the particular arrangements in this manner, where the air blasting direction by the fan assembly 142 is set to a direction in which the air flows from the outside to the inside by way of the openings 170, such flows of wind as indicated by arrow marks in FIG. 13C can be obtained, and a very effective heat radiation characteristic can be obtained. While two kinds of long and short fins are employed in the present embodiment, fins of three or more kinds of lengths may be disposed. For example, where the length of fins at a central portion of a portion corresponding to a fan assembly was set to 3 mm, the length of fins at peripheral portions of the portion corresponding to the fan assembly was set to 8 mm and the length of the remaining fins was set to 18 mm, a very good heat radiation property was successfully obtained.
FIGS. 15A and 15B are views showing other examples of an arrangement of fins. In the example shown in FIG. 15A, a fin 136C just below the center of a fan assembly is formed so as to have a column-like shape so that wind may flow smoothly therearound. The height of the fin 136C is equal to the height of fins 136B. In the example shown in FIG. 15B, the sectional area of fins 136D just below the center of a fan assembly are made so small that wind may smoothly flow therethrough. Where there is a sufficient space for the arrangement of the fins, the distance between the fins may be increased so that wind may flow smoothly between them. Also in FIGS. 15A and 15B, arrow marks indicate flows of wind when the air blasting direction of the fan assembly is such that air is taken in at an upper face of a heat sink. The air blasting direction of the fan assembly may be set such that it may be a discharging direction at the upper face of the heat sink by reversing the direction of rotation of the motor or like means. Further the sectional shape of fins may be a round shape or a polygonal shape.
FIGS. 16A, 16B and 16C are views showing a second embodiment of the heat sink of the present invention. FIG. 16A is a plan view of the same, FIG. 16B a side elevational view of the same, and FIG. 16C a plan view of a base member of the same. In the present example, two fan assemblies 142 are provided on a cover 138, and corresponding to them, shorter fins 136B are disposed at predetermined positions as shown in FIG. 16C. Further, in order to prevent leakage of rain at a side face of a heat sink, shield plates 176 are provided on the opposite sides with respect to the two fan assemblies 142. The shield plates 176 are, for example, integral with a base member 136. Where a plurality of fan assemblies are involved in this manner, by providing a driver circuit and a power source for each of them, when one of the fan assemblies fails, a sudden rise of the temperature of device junctions of an integrated circuit package, which makes an object for cooling, can be prevented, and consequently, this contributes much to enhancement of the reliability of the apparatus.
As described so far, according to the present invention, an effect that provision of a mounting structure for a heat sink which is high in cooling efficiency and is easy to mount is possible is provided. Further, according to the present invention, there is another effect that provision of a heat sink having a high cooling efficiency is possible.
a cover having a lower face from which said air blasting device extends, said cover mounted to close an upper portion of said region between said air blasting device and said outer periphery of said base member.
2. A heat sink according to claim 1, further comprising at least a second said air blasting device.
a separator formed from a portion of a cylinder which extends from said upper face of said base member along a locus of rotation of said blades.
4. A heat sink according to claim 1, wherein said cover is mounted to top portions of said another set of said plurality of heat radiation fins.
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I am seeking out your help because none of the psychiatrists I have seen will listen to me about my concerns with their treatment. I am extremely frustrated and feel hopeless. My History: Around 2nd grade I began having problems at school. I was always in trouble for talking or drawing during a lesson. I rarely payed attention in class, and constantly forgot my homework assignments or would just not do them. For years my parents heard the same thing from my teachers: "She is so bright, she just doesn't apply herself," or "She has so much potential." I was taken to be tested and always tested well above my grade level. I was labeled lazy and unruly, and I did not get along with most of my teachers. It was hard for me to make friends, and I was told by my classmates that I was mean and bossy. Middle school came around, and things escalated. I developed a horrible relationship with my parents that consisted of huge arguments, moodiness, and complete disregard for their rules. 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On the greens we have a lot of fun. We put pumpkins in the fall line around the hole and call them rub of the green. Can’t move them. We put the pins in the absolute worst possible place, like on a severe slope at the edge of the green where a missed putt might roll away 40 feet or perhaps off the green into a bunker.
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Ervin forehead sustained multiple fractures from the impact, requiring an additional surgery last week. Doctors inserted a metal plate in his head to help alleviate the pressure on his brain. When he awoke, an important memory in any Christian life flashed into his mind, but any progress basically stopped there.
"This is unreal," St. John said. "We need him back, we want him back here doing what he does. We believe God heals and ultimately God is going to heal him. We believe that. But right now, it is unbelievable. You talking about a person who has lost his memory of church and everything that has to do with it. To hear my preacher, this strong man of God, not understand, is heart breaking."
To wake up one day and not recognize family, friends and loved ones. A job of more than two decades is no more than a building where caring strangers explain a fulfilling life shrouded in the vastness of an empty mind.
As Ervin slowly pieces fragments of his life together, his nonprofit continues serving meals every day to those in need. Bills keep coming in while HLF limited resources dwindle into financial darkness. we busted," said St. John. "We don hardly have any money. This time of year is the hardest for us anyway but we have to keep the ministry going. While he not here, it important to us that the ministry goes on and the bills still get paid. While he down we can drop the ball and let the bills not get paid or have to close Nike Purple Sweatshirt something down."
Doctors at WFBMC diagnosed Ervin with retrograde amnesia, a form of amnesia where the person tends to lose more recent memories than remote ones. He been told his memory could return in time.
With Ervin absence, the responsibilities of these services falls to the people he trusted for so many years.
to the sanctuary, he said it felt good and felt familiar and he actually cried standing in there. Every day we explain to him what the ministry does and how we feed people and the alcohol and drug rebirth, and he understands it now after we told him. He doesn remember it from the past. "
Ervin is suffering from amnesia, which resulted from a fluke accident during a softball game at his ministry annual Fourth of July picnic. While pitching, a line drive struck Ervin in the forehead, knocking him unconscious.
Ervin now is a stranger to this life. He meanders from place to place as if seeing it for the first time. Faces are foreign to him, his faith, the once unquestioned constant for Ervin since 1987, a blank slate of uncertainty.
Ervin does not know who he is. His life before July 7 is a mystery.
"If you asked him where he was from he would say the emergency room," St. John said. "Physically, he looks like Steve. He has a lot of his personality. He can get up, get a shower, eat his food, he just has no memory of who we all are or that he preaches or the Bible, any of that. It wiped him out."
Steve Ervin dedicated his life to helping strangers, the people often forgotten and overlooked by society. He now is a stranger to that life, alone in a world that started in an emergency room on July 7.
Not even the faces of those closest to him trigger a reaction.
"We want to let the public know this is what we do and we want to keep doing it but we need help from the community," St. John said. "We have to take care of him because he has taken care of all of us. It the least we can do."
Steve Ervin looks exactly like the man who for 25 years looked over his flock at His Laboring Few Ministries. He sits in his office knowing that good is being done all around him for those less fortunate, the people society tends to forget.
"When I met him the first time he said told me all about you, St. John said. "He said tells me she my wife and Avery tells me he my son and they tell me they love me, and I tell them I love them, but I don know them. "
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Henk Bange was Waihi Borough Engineer from 1960 to 1987-88. He died in Te Puke June 7 2015.
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Drove out from Utah and hiked this biggie the day before a conference I had in San Diego. Great day for this hike. Not a cloud in the sky and you could fit all the snow on the mountain into a kindergarten classroom. My understanding is that cold weather is on the way next week so this will likely change to a Winter ascent very soon now. After going up the road/trail from the parking lot CROSS the river bed (don't go up the riverbed if you want to head towards the summit). Signs mark the trail on both banks. The other side of the river presents likely the steepest set a switchbacks of the day but it's all uphill all day long. I recall the trail being quite clear all day and I did the entire descent at night without issue (bring a light). There's a Register Box cemented into the summit. It was very cold up there with a stiff breeze. Puffy jacket highly recommended. I'm not in fighting shape right now (235 lb for 6'2") so the Round Trip took me 12 hours, walking at a "museum pace" at times during the ascent. Have great hikes everybody!
Long and hard for someone in only average shape (like me), but beautiful and well worth it. Finally made it to the top of SoCal 6 and half years after moving here.
The date is approximate. This was one of the first trips of the UCI Mountaineering Club that Fred Rhoads and I started in 1967. Several of our club members (mostly women) hiked the long trail to the summit. Paul Gerhard, who had joined our club (to meet women), was among us. Paul was killed in 1968 in Nepal on the first American Dhaulagiri expedition (Boyd Everett expedition). I was impressed on his descent from the summit by running down the scree slope of the North Face of San Gorgonio.
took a new group for a summit attempt before mt whitney trip. great trip if you are looking for something challenging close to socal with some elevation gain. good prep for mt whitney for sure.
Got to the parking lot at 6:45am and it was already full. Parked in the lower lot for a different trail. Up and down in 7.5 hours - it was strenuous, fun and although there were a lot of hikers, the crowds thinned out after a while and it wasn't too bad on the trail.
I was surprised at how nice the trail was, well done on a mostly great gradient. The section after the 1st thousand ft was awesome, lush and with very large incense cedar and pondarosas, didnt expect that. Did San Antonio (Baldy) the day before via the North backbone trail. Ultra #41 and U.S. Super prominence (4,000+ ft vert) #72/142.
Long day with the HPS. Somebody was having their wedding on the summit. Something I wouldn't mind doing in my wedding.
Sometime around 2000 or 2001??
Started at Momyer Trailhead. Hiked up Mill Creek to Vivian Creek trailhead. Turned off the trail at the start of the Dobbs Ridge. Dobbs Ridge which was a long class 2 ridge. Connected to the San Bernardino Divide Trail near Jepson Peak and made my way to San G. Descent via Momyer seemed to take forever. Perfect weather, very little wind at the top.
How long did that one take you ?
Combination from South Fork: Poopout Hill, Zahniser and Gorgonio via Mineshaft Saddle and Sky High Trail. At the top there was a 5-gal beer keg hauled up by some very determined folks (!), so we were in for a treat.
Great hike. Spent night at Halfway, then summited in the morning.
Challenging day hike, overnight makes it a little more enjoyable and relaxed.
Climbed this as part of the Adventure 16 3-Peak Challenge. I hiked Mount San Antonio, Mount San Gorgonio, and Mount San Jacinto in three days (nearly 41 miles). Very challenging! For this second peak, I camped at the San Gorgonio Family Campground (has showers!) and hiked up the Vivian Creek Trail. Super long, hot, and strenuous climb but was rewarded with an outstanding view from the top.
Awesome 11 hr day with Greg. Great weather. Permit was waiting at ranger station after a fax request a few days prior. | 2019-04-24T10:53:26 | https://www.summitpost.org/san-gorgonio/climbers-log/150533/d-184825 |
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Most people are extremely active on various social media platforms with the most popular pick being Facebook. Although a lot of people have LinkedIn accounts, Facebook or Twitter tends to overshadow it. The reason for inactivity on LinkedIn might be an existing job or lack of motivation to fill in the required details on the website.
Here are a couple of reasons that stress on the importance of having a proper LinkedIn account irrespective of your current employment status.
1. LinkedIn helps in building a network of people that you know and have similar work backgrounds, interests, skills etc. Knowing a lot of people is never a negative feature. The more people you know the more chances you have at improving your work lifestyle, with or without changing the job that you are at. Also connections can help you out in situations that you might encounter during the course of your employment.
2. By filling up all your details on LinkedIn such as your name, profile picture, employment status, company name, job position etc you create more awareness about your company and its work. Also if you are currently unemployed your profile acts as a CV that has the potential to be viewed by a lot of prospective employers. Therefore this is why having a detailed profile page is beneficial for your business and you as well.
3. The third feature is that apart from hosting your page, LinkedIn has tons of other people putting up their credentials on it as well. This helps in probable vacancies or openings in your office or workplace. With its easy to use interface one can easily type in the required degree and skills that an open job position requires and contact the names that come up in the search.
4. LinkedIn also has an option to create a social circle within the site. This comprises of people sharing the same common interest or technical background. By mingling with people who share the knowledge of the work you do, you can expand on your knowledge as well as learn more about the industry and the environment. Being with like minded people can help in creating a network that can be used for business purposes as well.
LinkedIn gives a user the opportunity to either kick start his career or maybe advance the one that he is currently employed into. With its large database of people using the website it also gives them the option to find the appropriately qualified people to assist them in their ventures or simply bounce some ideas back and forth.
Moreover, the all new LinkedIn Recruiter permits companies and recruiters to access complete profile information, without LinkedIn users knowing they are being looked up. Therefore this website offers a little more advantage to your work life as opposed to Facebook and Twitter.
It is recommended that you fill in your LinkedIn profile with all the relevant details and join a couple of groups to maximise the benefits that this site has to offer. Having a detailed up to date profile might open some doors for you by creating a long chain of networking and connections. | 2019-04-23T02:11:10 | https://www.socialsamosa.com/2013/05/linkedin-for-your-professional-future/ |
A powerful, energetic flow where poses fluidly move from one to the next. This class suits experienced practitioners who want to take vinyasa to the next level. This class suits experienced beginners and advanced.
A dynamic practice of coordinated, breath to flow movements from one pose to the next. Modifications allow this class to be accessible to all level. Suitable for beginners and advanced.
This class creates balance in body and mind. A stimulating, dynamic practice to strengthen, followed by restorative yin postures to enhance mindfulness. Suitable for both beginners and advanced.
A slower more mindful class with emphasis on alignment and focus to calm the mind. Modifications allow this class to be accessible to all levels.Suitable for both beginners and advanced.
A meditative, thoughtful practice of longer held floor poses that passively stretch tissues around the joints to regulate energy flow and release tension. Suitable for both beginners and advanced.
• On first visit bring your Groupon voucher on phone or print to scan for Yoga Tech to scan the voucher. | 2019-04-19T00:17:31 | https://www.grouponnz.co.nz/deals/yogatech |
POLICE were called to the scene of a car fire in Orford.
The blaze involved a Mitsubishi on Sharp Street at about 3.20pm on Monday.
One fire engine was dispatched from Birchwood, with firefighters discovering on arrival that a hybrid car was also ablaze.
Wearing breathing apparatus, one firefighter used a hose reel jet to bring the fire under control, with a second then using another hose to help to extinguish the fire.
One person was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and light burns.
In total, the fire crew spent an hour dealing with the incident.
Police located the burnt out vehicle at 12.40am this morning, Tuesday, and it was later recovered.
The area was then made safe and a police spokesman said officers then informed the council of the incident. | 2019-04-21T01:10:18 | https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/17576342.car-fire-spotted-on-warrington-street/ |
Ann Arbor-based Merit Network Inc. is asking various organizations to submit proposals to host new public hubs of the Michigan Cyber Range, a specialized networking and computer infrastructure facility and test program to hone security software and train cybersecurity professionals.
Merit, a network technology nonprofit owned by 12 of Michigan's public four-year universities, has issued a request for proposals to replicate publicly accessible training center hubs of the Cyber Range, like the kind that opened at the Velocity center in Sterling Heights in March. The organization is a sub-recipient of the $6 million Advance Michigan Defense Collaborative grant managed by the Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan.
The Cyber Range, a program first proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder in 2011, is a private cloud network built on architecture supplied and operated by Merit. Initially housed at Eastern Michigan University in late 2012, the program offers cybersecurity training and certification as well as product testing and research space on industrial control systems security. Other locations were later opened at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Ferris State University, the 110th Airlift Wing in Battle Creek and General Dynamics Land Systems' Maneuver Collaboration Center in Sterling Heights, before Velocity.
Proposals for new hubs are due May 15. Nonprofits, public schools, community colleges or universities looking to participate should locate a hub within the 13-county southeastern region of the Advance Michigan grant. Organizations selected for the program would receive initial funding through the grant, but must eventually make the program self-sufficient by offering cybersecurity training and related services. | 2019-04-26T07:13:06 | https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20160429/NEWS/160429806/merit-network-seeks-proposals-to-host-cybersecurity-hubs |
Cemetery Committee – This group is dedicated to the planning and maintenance of our two cemeteries; Calvary Cemetery located west of I-35 and north of Broadway Avenue on 232nd Street and the Church of St. Joseph of Wyoming Cemetery located east of Hwy 61 on 272nd Street.
Finance Council – The Finance Council is an advisory body focusing on the allocation of resources to appropriately serve our different ministries. Responsibilities include planning and overseeing the parish budget, advising on revenue and expenditures, and buildings and grounds planning. The council meets monthly.
Community Fall Festival Committee – The Community Fall Festival, held in August each year, is the largest fundraising event for the parish. The Fall Festival Committee consists of a Festival Chair and Co-Chair along with various captains. The Festival Chair and Co-Chair oversee the planning and advertising of all activities and entertainment for the weekend and coordinate captains to organize each activity. Short-term time commitments are needed, June through September. Captains responsibilities include overseeing their activity for the weekend, planning, assisting with set-up, and training volunteers to assure the activity runs smoothly.
Pastoral Council – These appointed members attend and participate in meetings to represent the views of the parish and act in an advisory capacity to our Pastor. Each member serves as a liaison to other parish committees. Meetings are generally held once a month.
Respect Life Committee - The objectives of this volunteer committee are to inspire, educate, and motivate the parish community to ensure the Church teaching; that each human life, from conception to natural death, needs to be respected as a marvelous gift from God. Monthly meetings include training, spiritual, and educational opportunities.
Stewardship Committee – Stewardship is the response of each individual’s call to discipleship at baptism, returning a portion of the time, talent and treasure God gave us. This committee coordinates the stewardship drive and activities to educate parishioners on how they can share their gifts with our church community. | 2019-04-19T00:33:45 | https://stpeterfl.org/parish-life |
Esteem is a unique wig and hair loss consultancy, designed to help you manage your hair loss. Esteem provides support and advice on all hair loss treatments and offers a comprehansive range of hair replacement, image and wellbeing services for all causes of hair loss.
Hair support , well- being, style solutions , Skincare , make-up. Esteem has created a range of personal and practical packages for customers experiencing hair loss. You can pick and choose the services you need from a simple wig consultation to a comprehensive personal image and wellbeing plan. These packages have been designed to remedy many of the day-to-day challenges and leave you feeling more confident.
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How Much money Flora has? For this question we spent 4 hours on research (Wikipedia, Youtube, we read books in libraries, etc) to review the post.
:How tall is Flora – 1,70m.
Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animal life is fauna. Flora, fauna and other forms of life such as fungi are collectively referred to as biota. Bacterial organisms, algae, and other organisms are sometimes referred to as flora, so that for example the terms bacterial flora and plant flora are used separately. | 2019-04-18T20:58:14 | https://networthroll.com/flora-net-worth/ |
When it comes to the business advertisements, all companies try to use attractive methods. Generally they display their products and services on large boarding. In order to display their products with perfect quality, it is required to choose perfect printing method. For all businesses, there is Duratrans printing method which is offering excellent methods for all.
When it comes to the features of Duratrans printing method, they are amazing. Almost all businesses are using this method for printing of their advertisement. Almost all of the large graphic displays are using this method. Main feature of duratrans is that it has diffused light in it. It helps your picture to get sharper contrast and perfect light. If your picture has dim lights it does not get attention from customers. It is bright light that catches attention from all people who pass by. This printing technique is a wonderful one which is attracting many customers and is also giving great returns to business owners.
Most companies are spending their time in finding a best technique for advertising their products and services. If a company fails to select best technique then they cannot get more customers. Advertising always plays important role in business. Without thinking about how to print their product on a large cloth, people are going for Duratrans printing technique. In this technique, translucent based film is used. It produces brighter picture. Most companies face issues with large picture displays as they do not get clear pixels. But clarity of the image is so sharp and perfect pixels that people get with usage of this excellent printing technique. People can go for this technique without worrying about any additional details. Therefore almost all business owners are using this technique and are also saving their time. Finding best agency for getting this technique is very important.
For large orders associated with custom t-shirts, screen printing is the greatest way to go. Officially called cotton screening, contemporary screen printing employs a solution to transfer printer on your clothing by using a screen and also stencil. Colored printer is poured on the screen, and penetrates through this to form the particular desirable clothing design.
screen printing san jose is among the most most popular type of printing. Most shirts which you locate with solid-color layouts were possibly manufactured using the screening process. It’s a One time setup fee (usually close to $20 per color), so then is looked after, the prints themselves are performed quite cheaply.
This kind of printing includes its own advantages and problems.
* Very cheap for big orders. When you are getting beyond the installation fee, printing becomes really cheap per clothing. Thus, producing big purchases of custom made t-shirts using screen printing makes makes each and every print quite cheap.
1 . The ink to screen to clothing procedure of printing allows screen printing to be done on any kind of surface. It might be achieved upon all colors of shirts, though darkish colour shirts usually require an ink underlay to allow for the layout to look clearly around the shirt. For additional on selecting your clothing, take a look at my own tips on customized shirt picking.
* This leads to the ink along with the shirt to be firmly bonded with each other. Because of this, the actual printing is quite tough and will stand up to long-term usage.
* It’s really a fairly huge installation value. Ordinarily, it screen-printers cost approximately $20 per colour as overhead for your installation. But if you produce a major agreement of custom made shirts this installment payment gets heavily overshadowed by just how cheap each and every screen print expenses. | 2019-04-25T10:29:03 | http://globalvillage-it.com/tag/printing/ |
We’ve talked a lot about how businesses can use chatbots to accelerate sales, marketing and support. Maybe you wonder if we practice what we preach 😉. Here’s an inside look at how we use our bots 24/7.
Dogfooding our own bots is not just a way for us to gain product knowledge or test new functionality. We use our bots to automate everything from workflows to conversations. With the release of Custom Bots and Answer Bot last year, our bots are helping us grow our business – just like our customers.
Below I share examples plus true “lessons learned” advice on getting started with bots at your company.
Now we’re qualifying leads 24/7 and instantly connecting them with the right next step, whether that’s booking a meeting with sales or delivering a relevant piece of content.
We’re engaging higher-intent leads faster.
We’re asking more qualification questions on pages with lower-intent visitors.
On our homepage, the bot triggers after six seconds and routes visitors to the appropriate team based on their goals and whether or not they’re an existing user.
On our pricing page, the bot triggers almost immediately and offers assistance with choosing a plan or connecting with a sales rep.
On our demo page, the bot triggers immediately and gathers the person’s company name, email address and personal name.
On our blog, the bot triggers after a minute if there’s an upcoming webinar that’s relevant to the blog post, and prompts the reader to sign up.
On live chat or bots resource pages, the bot triggers typically after 30 seconds and invites visitors to learn more about how Intercom can help them achieve their goals. At the end of the flow, visitors are given the chance to speak with the sales team, sign up for a newsletter or check out other resources like our blog or webinars.
Determine where you should add a chatbot. Add bots to the pages that your highest-intent leads are visiting. You want them to have as little friction as possible in talking to sales. The converse is true too. On pages that might not convert as well, consider using a bot to add leads to a nurture campaign until they’re ready to talk to sales.
Consider your team size and capacity. If you have a busy team, collect more qualification information upfront before routing a lead to make sure they are a good fit. Or use enriched customer data to determine if visitors meet certain criteria, such as an employee count threshold, before connecting them with the sales team.We took advantage of these features ourselves when we opened our Sydney office. The office was in a brand new region and time zone for Intercom so we added more qualification steps to the Custom Bot to better manage the conversation pipeline for our small group of Down Under teammates.
Never send a low-intent visitor to No Man’s Land. Create simple, straightforward paths for every visitor that lead them to an action, whether that’s scheduling a demo, signing up for a webinar, or reading a relevant blog post. Your bot should behave in a way that reflects your brand – conversational, professional and helpful.
If you want to learn more, check out our guide on using chatbots to acquire, qualify and convert leads at scale.
Perhaps it’s no surprise but our Customer Support team is a huge fan of Answer Bot – we use the heck out of it! 😉 Answer Bot automatically answers common customer questions so our support team can focus on tougher questions and tasks.
Answer Bot has taken on such a large part of our support work that it has become like a teammate in and of itself. It’s completely integrated into our team processes – like updates to other help content and Saved Replies, we are constantly updating Answer Bot replies and creating new ones for new products and features. We have nearly 200 answers set up! Updates to the bot are simply a regular part of our day-to-day work.
Go broad and go deep. Focus on questions your customers ask frequently to maximize Answer Bot’s effectiveness. The more answers you set up for these questions, the more opportunities Answer Bot has to engage.
Think of Answer Bot as a resource for all of your customers, answering topics that impact many of your customers rather than just a small portion. This ensures every answer a customer gets from Answer Bot is relevant to them.
Develop a habit of keeping Answer Bot updated. Check up on your answers once in a while, add new answers as your business changes, and make sure they are up-to-date for your customers. The more up-to-date your answers are, the fewer questions your support team will need to resolve – leaving more time for tougher inquiries or more valuable tasks.
While we use Answer Bot and Custom Bots to streamline our user-facing work, we deploy Task Bots to automate our backend tasks. Task Bots are simple but powerful automations that help us gain efficiency and save valuable minutes, sometimes hours, from our workflows. At Intercom, we use them across sales, marketing and customer support.
For instance, Customer Support uses Task Bots to set reply time expectations with our customers. A Task Bot also automatically asks our customers to rate their conversation with us so our team can gauge how they’re doing. And within our help articles, a Task Bot automatically opens a conversation for people who rate the article with a 😐, so our support team can offer more help.
While these are simple automations, they make a big impact on our customer satisfaction.
On the sales side, our Sales team uses Task Bots to qualify inbound leads who respond to our Visitor Auto Messages by asking for a name, email address and company name before connecting them with a rep. This saves our sales reps a lot of time when you add up the number of conversations they manage daily. They can spend this time crafting more personal conversations with each lead.
The automation technology that enables our bots – Operator – is fully integrated into our sales, marketing and support operations here at Intercom. In the coming year, we will continue to invest in Operator to make our automation capabilities more robust. Watch this space! | 2019-04-23T15:29:19 | https://www.intercom.com/blog/how-we-use-bots-at-intercom/ |
A few weeks ago, I was watching TV when a commercial came on for Tom’s Shoes. I was so intrigued by the idea of a company giving a way a pair of shoes for each pair sold, I immediately looked them up online. Not only do they have a full shop on their Web site, they’re also in retailers such as Whole Foods and Nordstroms.
While they certainly look a bit different than most footwear, the shoe bed is really comfortable and does a good job of supporting my arches (for a casual shoe). I love the crazy designs, including herringbone twill, hand-painted masterpieces, and boots that wrap up your leg like an ace bandage (perfect for larger- or smaller- than normal calves). Try ’em out for yourself!
Get Up Offa That Thang Changes! | 2019-04-19T22:20:52 | https://lauramarch.com/shoes-for-good/ |
In the article results of researches on working out of technology of cultivation of soya variety of Krasivaja Mecha on the basis of use of biological and nonconventional technogenic resources are presented. Economic efficiency of power saving technology is given.
Dissected leaf form of peas, possessing a stalk unstable to lodging at the given stage of breeding, can be cultivated with success in the admixed sowing with variety resistant to lodging. Thus the positive effect can be at more or less identical length of stalk of components of admixture.
SUBJECT: peas; productivity; the admixed crops; morphotype; degree of lodging.
MORFOBIOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF WILD-GROWING VARIETIES LENS MILL.
Characteristics of wild-growing species of genus Lens on morphological characters and production characters are resulted, modification variability of economic-valuable attributes of lentil is shown.
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Throughout history, people have always worried about new technologies. The fear that the human brain cannot cope with the onslaught of information made possible by the latest development was first voiced in response to the printing press, back in the sixteenth century. For further reading, visit “The Guardian”.
Article Written by: Dean Burnett. | 2019-04-20T00:50:03 | http://www.editorialwords.com/is-the-internet-killing-our-brains-the-guardian-oct-08-2016/ |
Our Librarians have not had a chance to research Vigilant Sentry yet. More information will be available soon. Please check back later. | 2019-04-20T15:07:54 | https://holocrons.com/library/creatures/vigilant-sentry |
Friendship reminds us of all the people that are near and dear in many ways. For many of us, it is difficult to describe feelings about friendship. This is because as humans, we are naturally accustomed to have friends since infancy and childhood. Many of us tend to think about friendship in a spiritual dimension and count of friendship as a divine gift. If we think deeply, most of us will realize that friendship is an imperative and fundamental cornerstone of humanity.
Chocolates are pleasing for many people. Eating them can lead to an improved mood. If you love to partake in a morsel now and then you are in a lot of company. There are so many chocolate lovers out there and there are plenty of places that you can buy it. Whether you visit a store or go online there is a variety of great and fantastic pieces of heaven to enjoy whenever you want to. Many people love to give chocolate gifts. Whether it is Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day or Valentine's Day you will see all kinds of wonderful gifts to choose from. Lots of people like to choose the chocolate Truffles because their rich and extravagant taste. These items fly off the shelves during holiday times and you should consider for gifts for that special someone in your life. A chocolate gift is really special. | 2019-04-20T16:33:53 | http://www.a1chandigarhflowers.com/occasions/friendship-day-chocolates-gifts.html |
And yet, attempting to build a wall and implement strict immigration policies has brought us closer to what feels like Hell.
nope. if that was true we could walk out of hell any time.
Frankly, since all the scientists, artists, and musicians are supposedly going to Hell, I’d rather go there.
I thought they both had gates and gates normally come with a wall.
You die & go to a gated community? What kind of neighborhood is heaven in that it needs gates?
Gotta keep the riffraff out. I’m sure God made the Devil pay for the gate, too. | 2019-04-25T11:58:32 | http://bitsandpieces.us/2018/07/heaven-vs-hell/ |
Losing a pet is a difficult time for someone who has spent years with their beloved dog, cat, or other animal friend. When a pet joins our lives, they become more than just an animal – they become our family, our best friend, our companion. It can be very hard to say goodbye, but we will always have their memory close in our heart!
If you or a friend has recently lost a pet, Eclipse Pets carries a several jewelry options to help you keep your pet's memories close. While it might not ease the pain of losing a companion, it can help you remember your furry friend fondly. It can be a thoughtful gift for someone going through loss as well. For an even more personal touch, our pendants can be engraved. Choose your pet's name, or find another meaningful line to include.
Our selection includes high quality necklaces, complete with a pendant that celebrates your pet. They feature cute paw prints to remind you of your pet, as well as a comforting message. All of our remembrance necklaces are made from high quality sterling silver, ensuring you have a durable, comfortable necklace that can be worn on a daily basis.
All pendants and bracelets are boxed and made of .925 sterling silver. Pendants come on an 18”..
All pendants and bracelets are boxed, rhodium plated or two-toned rhodium and gold plated. Cast in 1.. | 2019-04-24T00:33:17 | https://eclipsepets.com/gifts-decor/rainbow-bridge |
On our last night in Luzern, we booked a table on the "Raclette boat" and enjoyed melting cheese whilst sailing around the lake - more fun than it sounds, I assure you! This morning was my first day in the office since mid-December and I think tomorrow just has to be spent sorting out some of the piles which have arisen about the place.
I guess life is getting back to normal.
In answer to Phil's question, below, the raclette pans we used were small, individual ones, shown in the photo above, which were placed one per table. They were "fired" by three nightlights underneath the pan, and we soon realised that it would have been better to have it all lit and hot well before starting. Being non-smokers, however, the lack of a light on our table meant we had to rely upon our waitress to light it for us, and I think we must have been the last on her circuit. The first few slices of Kaltbach cheese melted very slowly indeed, so as there were four on our table, we asked for a second pan. There was an ample buffet table with constantly replenished supplies of potatoes, mini corn, tomatoes, pickles and cheese In no time at all, we were melting cheese faster than we could eat! We drank Fendant wine, from Valais (delicious), enjoyed the "Gemuetlichkeit" of our fellow diners very much indeed and very much recommend these "Fondue- u. Raclette- Schiff" trips as a great way to spend an evening. | 2019-04-18T12:40:29 | https://www.elegantsufficiency.org/blog/2007/1/8/home-again.html |
Rise and shine. Today another day-trip to another part of Morocco. I got a 1st class ticket for the train to Casablanca. Standard breakfast at the hotel and then the 10 minute walk to the station. I am a little bit to early for my 8:20 train. Have a little bit over 40 minutes until the train leaves. It is not there yet. Ticket check before you can enter the platform. Queuing i my favorite hobby… not. The train that is pushed to the platform does not look very new. As soon as it stops, the people swarm towards the wagons. Time to stay back, that is why I booked 1st class. Compared to Europe extreme cheap and I know I have a seat.
I got a seat in a compartment and of course I will drive backwards. All the other travelers ar French. So no chance to understand anything they talk about. I put on my Bose QC35 headset and listen to my audiobooks, while the landscape travels past the window. Ok, landscape is maybe to much… desert, som farms, not much to see, but interesting anyway. Totally different from the area I come from.
Traveling in first class means that the seats are quiet comfy, the snack car comes to us several times, the air condition works, but the cars are old. When you go to the toilet it is a little bit messy and when you open the lid, you can see the rails down below passing by. Not a good idea to use the toilet in a station.
After over three hours I arrive in Casablanca. The station is small and needs an upgrade. But I watch at it from my European point of view. A beeline out of the station to find a nice, clean toilet and after I passed the myriads of taxidrivers that want to take me to places (and vocally are very open about it) I get into a nice hotel and the rest of the day may come.
Casablanca is not a turist city. It is the financial center of Morocco. That is what you get. “Modern” office buildings around the station area paired with the old looking, not up to date houses I saw in the other cities, too. Because I didn’t find something that would interest me from a tourist point of view, I planned to take the new, modern tram to the beach and let my geocaching app guide me through the city. A 45 minute ride in very nice trams. And very cheap. And much better than the busses I saw that day in the city. I am talking about the busses with the missing windshields and windows and the damaged or missing doors – and they didn’t look very safe. Marrakesh has much better busses. Taking the tram gives you a good first impression of the city. A big city center with all the shops, public buildings and some building activity. Closer to the beach they ar building condos that look expensive on the signs. At the terminus it is only 100 meters to the “beach”.
I have never seen a beach that dirty. Nothing nice at all. A soon as I got down to the sand I was approached by a guy on a horse “Want to take a photo with the horse?” – NO! If I want to take a photo with a horse I can do it anywhere and don’t have to travel so far. The geocache that is located here is a fast find. After a quick burger at KFC (never seen such an unorganized restaurant) I take the tram back towards the city.
My next geocache is located at the Place Mohamed V. Directly in front of the courthouse and city hall with all the cameras and soldiers patrolling. Not a problem. A short sit down, a hand movement and it is logged. Now I have a mystery that I can do, and it looks more like a multi cache. I have to start at the Mosquée Hassan II, which is a ca. 3 km walk (between 30 and 40 minutes).
After some walking through the more poor areas of the city (as it seems) and crossing many typical Moroccan streets, I arrive at the starting point for the cache. Some pictures of the impressing structure directly at the shore.
I walk along the coast to the northeast. Next stop is Ricks Cafe which is known from the Academy award winning movie from the 1940s. Not the original one, but a replica build based on the film. High prices there and it is closed today. So no way of checking if it is like in the movie. The clue here takes me to the last stop, which is a restaurant. Again a very common way to hide caches here. Tourists place them in shops/restaurants. The head waiter shows me the cache and a quick TravelBug exchange is made.
Back to the city through the old Medina. Smaller then in Marrakesh, same stuff you can buy, less irritating sellers. My last cache for the day is close to the old clock tower under a bench. But there is a younger woman sitting on top of the cache. I sit down hoping that she will soon move. Nope… not my lucky day. Snapshatting, writing SMS and and and… not moving at all. I call my parents taking very loud in hope of that she will get enough… nothing. Loud classical music from YouTube – again no luck. After 20 minutes I have to give up because I have to go back to the station.
Next problem getting a tram ticket. They don’t take card payment at the ticket machine, I only have 100 Dirham and no coins and there are 6 cues. Have to stand in line twice (once before and once after I got my money changed). Then you have to get into the tram that is packed like the Metro in Japan. All the people come out at night. You cannot avoid close contact to a lot of people. But soon I arrive at the station. A quick shop for snacks for the journey home (no time for real food) and onto the platform.
It is dark (bad lights) and a lot of people are waiting. Announcement is made in Arabic and French which I didn’t understand, but an old man told me in very basic English that “Train delayed 30 minute!”. ok… no problem. The signs change to 40, then 50 minutes. Then the train arrives – jippieh. To the first class car just to be stopped by the conductor (me and 4 other people of different backgrounds). Bad English but it should be the wrong train, because it is a delayed train. We know, we booked it. No, no way to get in, the next train is our train and will arrive in 60 minutes. No, THIS is our train. 10 Minutes of discussion later the train leaves without us. We try the station manager on the platform and a Moroccan woman telle him in Arabic, me in English what has happened. He checks our tickets, makes two calls and becomes mad. That was our train and the conductor is a Son of a Camel (my interpretation). He takes all our tickets and changes them with stamp and everything. Thanks to the delay we don’t have to wait that long and this train is 20 minutes early. And the conductor doen’s want to let us inn because the ticket was for the train before…. but the station employee talks to him and we jump into the car and sit down. YES!
An uneventful ride home, just 2 hours after I planned to be home. A midnight burger at McDonald’s in the station and then I am lazy and try a taxi to the hotel. 50 Dirham? No way… 20 (the normal price). When I leave he accepts and I get into the taxi, where there are already passengers waiting. He knows how to make money. A long and eventful day ends. My last whole day will be tomorrow. | 2019-04-20T22:27:43 | http://www.travelelg.com/marrakesh-day-7-casablanca/ |
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When you do business in Jackson County, you’re within a single day’s truck drive of 140 million North American consumers, and at the center of a labor shed that puts 291,000 workers within 90 minutes of your operations. Local K-12 schools and postsecondary education providers are focused on the needs of employers, delivering the skills that companies like yours need to thrive.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese recruitment service provider 51job (JOBS.O) on Monday rejected claims that more than 2 million job ads had disappeared from its website this year due to an economic slump, saying a Chinese securities firm was smearing economic prospects.
In a statement posted on its official social media account on Wechat, 51job said Wuhan-based Tianfeng Securities (601162.SS) had made an “improper” analysis of the platform’s data using a web crawler program in a research note published in November.
Tianfeng said it found the number of job listings on 51job shrank from 2.85 million to just 830,000 in six months, from April to September.
“The content of that research is contrary to facts,” 51job said in a statement, criticizing the research approach as loose and irresponsible, stressing it owns multiple recruitment websites besides the main 51job website.
It cited the company’s robust earnings as evidence that the numbers were false. In both the second and third quarters, 51job’s revenue from online recruitment rose more than 30 percent from a year earlier, it said.
It did not give details on actual changes of job listings, however.
Tianfeng Securities could not be immediately reached by Reuters for comment.
“Our research department has always strictly observed relevant regulations and rigorously and objectively analyzed data,” Tianfeng was quoted as saying in a response to 51job after being contacted by its lawyers, according to 51job’s statement.
51job said Tianfeng had declined to make a public apology after deleting the research note from its own platform.
Tianfeng’s share fell 2.66 percent on Monday from the previous trading day.
Tianfeng’s findings had misled the market and raised widespread concerns about employment stability and the health of the broader economy, 51job wrote in its statement.
“Who gave Tianfeng Securities the guts to do this?” it wrote, adding it had not been asked to verify the numbers before the research was posted.
China’s economy has been under growing pressure lately from a combination of domestic deleveraging policies, a campaign to shut polluting industries, and a protracted trade dispute with the United States.
Stability-minded policymakers have vowed to prevent extensive job losses, including rolling out measures to reduce costs for struggling companies that choose not to cut staff.
Many analysts say, however, that the government figure is an unreliable indicator of national employment conditions as it measures only employment in urban areas and does not take into account millions of migrant workers. | 2019-04-21T12:07:06 | https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-jobs-idUKKCN1ON0KW |
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Home » Migrating to Oracle Database 12c - what to do with auditing?
If you consider migrating to Oracle Database 12c, no matter if you think of development, testing or production environments, one of many decisions you need to take is to define what to do with the auditing. The biggest new feature in this area is so-called Unified Auditing, which captures auditing information from different sources, like for example "normal" and FGA audit records, application contexts, RMAN or DataPump plus few others and stores it in common format and place, which is read-only, partitioned table in AUDSYS schema, by default residing in SYSAUX tablespace and using Oracle SecureFiles feature.
Fortunately, Oracle gave us flexibility as regards available migration options. For example it is still possible in 12c to use traditional auditing, similarly as it is in 11g. There is even possibility to go for mixed mode auditing, in which both traditional and unified audit trails are populated. Of course using only unified approach is also possible. I would like to give you an overview of available features and changes, that hopefully will help you to take an appropriate decision on how to proceed with auditing in your environment.
All auditing initialization parameters used before (audit_trail, audit_file_dest, audit_sys_operations, audit_syslog_level) have no meaning (in case of using only unified auditing). Nevertheless, they are still available, as they’re needed for traditional and mixed modes.
Considering migrations, you also have to decide what to do with old audit records. Even when traditional auditing is disabled, there is still a possibility to archive and then purge audit records from traditional audit trails using dbms_audit_mgmt package, so it could be done before, during or after upgrade.
What should convince you that unified auditing is a significant improvement comparing to traditional approach?
Probably the most important advantage is embedded in word "unified" – the fact that all audit records are available through unified_audit_trail view and in case of multitenant environment in cdb_unified_audit_trail view, which provides audit records of every PDB (available in root only). It looks like Oracle has analysed all auditing options and features available in previous versions and designed unified auditing as more consistent, secure and easier to manage. Starting from 12c, you could forget about different handling of records located in aud$, fga_log$ or OS files. Still, when the database is not writeable (e.g. closed, mounted, opened read-only), audit records will be put to OS files (located in $ORACLE_BASE/audit/$ORACLE_SID, which unfortunately seems to be not changeable). It has to be done that way – it is crucial to audit operations like connecting as sysdba, but of course it cannot be persisted in non-writeable database. Fortunately, currently there is a possibility to load audit files located in this directory into the database using dbms_audit_mgmt.load_unified_audit_files procedure. Afterwards, they could be handled as other audit records, without the need of implementing dedicated parsers etc.
Speaking about easier auditing management, we have to remember not only about audit records handling, but also about configuring what should be audited. It is very different comparing to 11g - now it is defined in auditing policies. You could have many such policies defined and enable/disable them independently, but please keep in mind that according to Oracle documentation, number of audit policies enabled at the same time in the database should be limited (http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16655_01/network.121/e17607/audit_config.htm#CHDBFCDG). Please look into audit_unified_policies and audit_unified_enabled_policies views to check your unified auditing configuration.
As you can find in $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/secconf.sql file, there are 3 default audit policies defined for new 12c installations: ora_account_mgmt, ora_database_parameter, ora_secureconfig. Only the last one is enabled by default, but it is good idea to clear the default configuration and use it as a starting point in designing your own auditing policy. While doing that, please keep in mind, that there is a number of activities mandatorily audited (http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16655_01/network.121/e17607/audit_admin.htm#CHDHAEJD). Management in terms of access to audit data is also simplified, thanks to introducing two new roles, with self-descriptive names: audit_admin and audit_viewer.
If you are still not convinced to use unified auditing, it’s time to think about the performance. But this is material for another post... Stay tuned! | 2019-04-22T18:28:12 | http://db-blog.web.cern.ch/blog/szymon-skorupinski/2014-05-migrating-oracle-database-12c-what-do-auditing |
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