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wordpress | If you don’t follow the FAIL blog, you should….it’s hilarious!! Check it out here.
my husband (the really hot mathematician? yes that’s him) would LOVE this! | 2019-04-24T16:34:53Z | https://boffthewall.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/from-the-fail-blog/ | Porn | Reference | 0.293659 |
wordpress | Was a busy day yesterday and by the end of it I was OUT! Sorry for the lack of posts.
I don’t like selling and I don’t like being sold to. Sometimes the honesty that comes out of my mouth does more harm than good, but I never have to worry about keeping up a pretense about myself. What can I say, I was raised to be honest!
I have had the opportunity to be a part of business networking before and thankfully the crack-of-dawn meetings never worked with my schedule. I had kids to take care of and a husband who left for work at zero-dark-thirty anyway.
Just the thought of putting on that fake smile and trying to “sell” myself gave me the creeps.
At the time, I was a studio and wedding photographer. I had a decent amount of business and to have a ton more would have destroyed me. Taking the photos is the easy part – it’s the hours of processing and taking/filling orders that is the hard part.
I worked so hard that, in my mind, my work should sell itself. Ordering consults with clients I didn’t know prior to their were agonizing for me because it was full of small talk. And I had no desire to “sell.” What I offered I had and I didn’t want to have to convince someone into buying. I just wanted them to fall in love with the photos, as I had, and that be all.
I really wished I could have had a salesperson to do all of that for me, but I was barely making enough for mad money, let alone an employee with a salary and taxes and blech! I was perfectly content behind the camera rather than in front of my business.
Networking in other situations is tough, but I force myself to do it and usually there are great icebreaker activities that force me to talk. Different church retreats and workshops I attend do this often and it really helps me. Otherwise I’d be just sitting quietly where I am and I’d be OK with that. | 2019-04-23T08:02:24Z | https://silentlyoutspokenblog.wordpress.com/tag/awkward/ | Porn | Business | 0.962974 |
wordpress | So the class basically does what I set out to do, it’s combat capable, extremely durable, and has a lot of very flavourful but still useful abilities.
At first level I would predict people taking the combat feat on top of their normal feat, but it’s not absolutely necessary to get off the ground. A lot of toughness/weapon group focus starts would get used, but the class could also take deft maneuvers and tactical maneuvers to start handing out some very synergistic bonuses and utility.
Mid game I would predict builds that make use of the soldiers tower shield talents and cover talents for some really good durability, or charisma based leadership characters. Later on a couple talents make the shock trooper abilities very useful, allowing a high save DC thunderstone/charge attack that is very much designed to immitate modern tactics. I often feel that magic fills the social role of technology in fantasy worlds, and tactics would naturally evolve to make use of it.
Hopefully by 7th level or so players would be able to pick a couple for-flavour talents, and then more as they approach 20. There are a lot of obviously powerful abilities, but the out of combat utility of someone that can maintain watch while sleeping or sleep throughout the day in cat naps is very handy for the usual camp outs that adventuring requires. The soldier class also includes a lot of built in ways to improve his saves vs a number of magical effects, making them far less vulnerable against casters than the old fighter class. One example of such a build would be to take evasion, shake it off, iron will, battlefield clarity, and then whatever other defensive and offensive abilities you might like. The result would be a character that is very hard to take out with just a single saving throw.
As a simple damage dealing entity, the soldier falls behind the basic fighter a bit. While a fighter gains 21 combat feats, a soldier gains 15 feats in the same vein. They can get improved initiative, toughness, weapon focus and greater weapon focus, and a bonus combat feat through talents and bonus feats. The rest of their bonus feats are purely teamwork, durability or mobility based. As a tank though, a soldier is far better than a fighter, able to make use of an enormous suite of talents and feats to keep themselves standing in the late game where fighters are just sidelined completely. With the same equipment a fighter gets, a soldier holds up exceedingly well.
Some sneaky improvements over the fighter class is the inclusion of Use Magic Device as a class skill. This was added in specifically as a late game skill. The biggest fall off of fighters is lack of ability to interact with magic.This gives a soldier at least a chance of picking up a wand and getting it to go off. I justify it to myself as the necessity of battle. Soldiers need to use every bit of leverage they can get their hands on, learn every trick. A soldier can pick up a wand of cure light wounds and save his buddies life if he can just get it to work. Really though, mechanically, the ability is just simply necessary, and doesn’t need much explaining. Rogues have the same ability and it still doesn’t push them into the realm of usefulness of a tier four class. | 2019-04-24T12:28:36Z | https://rpgcontentbybrendanp.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/my-thoughts-on-the-soldier-class/ | Porn | Health | 0.38109 |
wikipedia | Indoor soccer or arena soccer(known internationally as indoor football, minifootball, fast football, floorball or showball), is a game derived from association football adapted for play in a walled indoor arena. Indoor soccer, as it is most often known in the United States and Canada, was originally developed in these two countries as a way to play soccer during the winter months, when snow would make outdoor play difficult. In those countries, gymnasiums are adapted for indoor soccer play. In other countries the game is played in either indoor or outdoor arenas surrounded by walls, and is referred to by different names (such as fast football (futbol rapido) in Mexico, showbol in South America, and indoor football (futbol indoor) in Spain).
Indoor soccer has different regulations from other versions of association football designed for indoor play, such as futsal and five-a-side football. Unlike futsal, which is played on wooden or ceramic surfaces, indoor soccer is played on synthetic turf (or, in the case of the British Masters Football variety, synthetic carpet). Indoor soccer courts are delimited by walls instead of lines, and there are no player throw-ins.
During its existence, FIFRA organized several indoor soccer tournaments for national teams, including the Indoor Soccer World Championship. The only edition of this tournament took place in Mexico in 1997. No other indoor soccer world championship was held until 2015, when the WMF organized the first WMF World Cup in the United States. The second WMF World Cup took place in Tunisia in 2017. A world cup for Under-21 players was held in Prague in 2018, with the Czech team taking the title.
Star Sixes, an indoor six-a-side football tournament for national teams from around the world, was held in the O2 Arena in London in 2017. Held outside the auspices of the WMF (and with different rules), this tournament featured players which formerly participated in the association football national teams of their home countries. A total of twelve teams participated, with France winning the title. It is intended to make Star Sixes a recurring event. A second edition took place in 2019, with England winning the title.
Indoor soccer is a common sport in the United States and especially Canada, with both amateur and professional leagues, due to the short season for outdoor soccer in Canada and the Northern United States, and the ubiquity of arenas built for ice hockey and basketball which can easily be converted to indoor soccer (similar reasons as to why indoor lacrosse is more popular in Canada, field lacrosse in the United States). It is especially popular in Northern Canada due to the often unplayable outdoor conditions and its appearance in the Arctic Winter Games.
Indoor soccer or futbol rapido has also become a popular sport in Mexico, being included as part of the Universiada (University National Games) and the CONADEIP (Private School Tournament), in which university school teams from all over Mexico compete. In Mexico, "indoor" soccer fields are frequently built outdoors (though indoor courts are also used in some tournaments). In 2012 an eight-team indoor soccer league was launched, which consists of former professional association football players from Liga MX.
^ "PASL Commissioner Kevin Milliken Talks Ontario Fury Debut, First World Cup". PASL. 12 November 2013. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014.
^ "Gamesheet: Mexico vs USA". WMF World Cup. 29 March 2015.
^ "USA Win Inaugural WMF World Cup". Indoor Soccer News. 29 March 2015.
^ "EMF - European Minifootball Federation". eurominifootball.com. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
^ Quarstad, Brian. "USL Announces Merger with Major Indoor Soccer League". insidemnsoccer.com. Retrieved 30 July 2012. | 2019-04-22T15:03:15Z | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_soccer | Porn | Sports | 0.694028 |
faqs | X-Copyright-Notice: This document is in the public domain.
"Anxiety, anguish, neurotic fear; guilt, remorse."
"A feeling of anxiety, apprehension, or insecurity."
world to an ideal state.
Schadenfreude -- Taking joy in another's misfortune.
Angstogen -- An angst producing agent.
more angstroms = more angst.
something like "eyes filled with fear"
a) alt.angst does not tolerate cheeriness in any form.
such kind words to tell you to do the same.
nasty and hurt your widdle feelings do not belong here.
computer skills to dig up any relevant literature.
nasty, you probably don't belong here.
style, don't post poetry. This isn't a poetry reading.
its self-indulgent immaturity, and moved on.
everything was easy and there was nothing to worry about?
directory details how to unpack such files.
news.answers by the great mathew. Thanks mathew.
valuable bandwidth with meaningless drivel.
angsts it might be rewarding to check also.
1. Life is pointless/meaningless. There is no reason.
young and screwed it up.
6. I'm wasting my time. (8,9,11,12).
9. Rejection (MOTAS, work, whatever).
13. There is no escape, no hope.
14. This mess is my (0-100)% own fault (5,9,11,15).
15. Strong hate (self, others, places, phenomena).
19. Nothing has any absolute value (1,16).
20. Wishes coming true will not help (13,7).
22. I'm in an unpleasant situation (1-21).
7. That spiritual purity trip.
nearly as intelligent as you.
13. Writing stuff nobody will read.
15. Waiting patiently to grow out of it.
16. Waiting patiently to see where it will all lead.
17. Waiting for that dude with the AK-47.
depends on the problem for its own existence.
more than monuments to angst, so one can hardly go wrong. | 2019-04-26T07:41:18Z | http://www.faqs.org/faqs/angst-faq/ | Porn | News | 0.533479 |
utoronto | TORONTO – Professor Michael Moran, Senior Scientist in Molecular Structure & Function at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Research Institute, along with colleagues at SickKids, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and University of Toronto, has published an article in Nature Communications, describing an unprecedented large-scale analysis of the molecular make-up of normal and cancerous lung tissue.
Moran, who is professor of molecular genetics at U of T, and Canada Research Chair in Molecular Signatures, and his colleagues reasoned that since DNA sequences (in other words, our genes) are simply the blueprint for the production of proteins, they would look for patterns among tumour proteins that differed from normal lung proteins.
To accomplish this they used an advanced technology called mass spectrometry in order to convert cancer proteins into ion beams, so they can be described at sub-atomic levels of resolution. The scientists were astonished to find sets of proteins that were distinctly different in subsets of lung tumours, and to discover that these protein signatures correlated with patient survival.
Their results indicate that in addition to accumulating DNA mutations, tumours also arise by remodelling of the “proteome,” a term that defines the tens of thousands of different proteins present inside each cell.
Another unexpected finding by the Moran team was that the cancer signature proteins were all involved in controlling metabolism, that is, the chemistry within cells which is well known to be highly irregular in tumours. However, the genes encoding metabolism proteins are not typically mutated in cancers, and consequently altered metabolism has often been viewed as a consequence, rather than a cause of cancer. Since drugs are designed to target proteins, the investigators are optimistic this new knowledge will open new avenues to precisely classify and treat individual tumours according to their protein and metabolism signatures. | 2019-04-25T04:59:16Z | http://www.moleculargenetics.utoronto.ca/research-highlight/2014/11/11/toronto-scientists-deepen-our-understanding-of-cancer | Porn | Science | 0.87216 |
wordpress | I’m kind of a sucker for throw back Thursday. I love looking at old photos, funny memories, sweet moments. In deciding my Thursday theme, I thought this would be a good chance to look back at some older books. Some will be classics. Some, like today’s, will be decidedly not classics. Some will just evoke some nostalgia and early reading memories. And none will have been published fewer than 30 years ago.
I had a mental list of classic books that I’d love to write about, but for whatever reason, this book series popped into my head as I made a very frigid walk home from school drop-off: Cherry Ames.
I have to say that I had completely forgotten about these books until I stumbled across a box of them in the basement. My mom had handed these down to me as she and her sisters had read them as kids.
The first of the books, written by Helen Wells, was published in 1942. The premise was that young Cherry Ames leaves her quiet town to become a student nurse at wartime. Because of the need for nurses, she and her classmates end up working in the hospital early, learning on the job, under the direction of a crotchety nursing supervisor. And, as in all Cherry Ames books, there is a mystery she has to solve. Wells wrote 18 of the books. Julie Campbell Tatham, originator of another childhood favorite, the Trixie Belden mysteries, wrote the other nine.
I loved these books as a kid. She was so ambitious and faced challenges and, like my other favorite Nancy Drew, got to solve mysteries.
The list of books in the series makes me laugh now. This lady sure held a lot of jobs. She was a flight nurse, a visiting nurse, a department store nurse, a cruise nurse, and even a mountaineering nurse. There were 27 books in all. The smallest details stick in my head, including one from Boarding School Nurse (#17) that included having to discover a formula for a perfume. The funny part is that this story came to mind many, many times as I learned about aroma profiles in my work in the tea world.
The covers are beautifully dated — you have to particularly like that Night Supervisor cover.
I may just have to dust off one of these beauties to see how they read this many years later. | 2019-04-19T07:42:06Z | https://kamreads.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/throw-back-thursday-cherry-ames/ | Porn | Arts | 0.280799 |
wordpress | Who would have imagined that studying 17th century philology can cause one to lose considerable amount of money? Apparently, the relationship between one and the other is all about the perspective you are looking from. Philology, to remind those of you who don´t use this word on a daily basis (such as everyone before beginning actually studying it), is the study of textual expression of practically any sort. While the most common application of it is in Literature, one can certainly be engaged in a philological research on mathematic treaties, on city planning and of course on Politics and Economy.
The difficulties begin when an investigator is too absorbed in her research, then, some changes in her life are unavoidable. My friend’s investigation entails different reflections on political theory and economics from both pragmatically and philosophical (the latter from mainly a moral-philosophy perspective). As an inspired investigator, she as well, wanted to experience some of the understanding (or lack) of the issues that occupied her days and began being more mobilize in different areas. Hence, she confided in her banker her curiosities et viola, her first investment in the stock market. Little did she know, this will exhaust her, causing sleepless nights and anxiously staring at the computer screen watching every minute and each movement of the undulation of the market’s points. She thought that after few texts she already understood the essence of a transaction, a visible exchange and the commercial movements, at least until she had entered the beast. Consumed by fluctuating human emotions in an unimaginable speed between the joy of winning, despair of uncertainty, depression of losing and the long, arduous seconds between one update and another.
Today, on the threshold of a new recession, she sees her banker on a daily basis. She already got used to the smell of lack of morning shower, just as she tried earnestly not to be bothered by the amount of scalps accumulated on his shoulders. She told me once how she knows with all her senses and intuition that this person should be the last person anyone should listen to an advice from. However, an unknown, incredible force, prevented her from backing down. Is it the fear of judge oneself as a looser? Is it a gambling addiction? Or maybe simply the adrenaline mixed with the thought of being linked to the writers she is working on? Surely, there are many reasons, some coherent and understandable while others are mysterious and hollow.
The living mind that is called The Stock Market has a life of its own. It is responding to the panic from one hand and euphoric emotions from the other. There is no way to predict where the next point will be. With Trispectivism it is quickly observed how the result of the stock market is, in fact, the sum of millions of individuals interacting at different levels while at the same time its idiosyncratic existence is as one magnanimous entity (a more elaborate post about Economy viewed by Trispectivism in the near future).
In his work, Confusión de Confusiones (1668), José Penso de la Vega concluded in a conversation between a philosopher, a merchant and a broker, how the stock market is an indissoluble knot that no sword can cut. There is nothing else to do but buy and sell in the dark, do little, be armed with patience, and if you lose, pay the difference and prolong the game, constantly following opinions, if a new detail doesn´t appear suddenly.
Patience, -she said in the end,- patience…! – while in her eyes the sound of the falling hard-earned silver coins hitting the floor with the pronunciation of her every syllable Pa tience.
Esperanto used to be (and for brave few still is) the hope for a better, happier society. Born out of the notion that language can be the bridge of cultures, understanding and peace, this language, similar to her older sister, volapuk, was created in order that everyone will be able to communicate with everyone.
So, why such a positive initiative experienced such a failure?
– Esperanto was created in 1887 by Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, an ophthalmologist from Białystok, and was based on the initiative to create an international auxiliary language open to all.
– Language is a very complex topic that has branches in all aspects of life. Hence, in linguistics there are many sections and subsections with different specialties that investigate this highly diverse topic. To illustrate some it is enough to mention divisions such as: socio-linguistic, phraseology, phonetics, cultural linguistic, experimental linguistics, diachronic linguistic, translation and a long et cetera.
In order for us to understand language we can use the example of a car, a cell, an ant, a star and pretty much everything that exist. For the sake of simplicity let’s pick a car. When someone drives a car there is a set of road conduct set by humans in a natural way, most of which were later explained and described in a more methodological approach as a set of traffic laws. Meaning, today we say a tree and the linguist can write an entire book about the word explaining how it came to life, why, when and what happened to it since. However, in order for that word to be understood by others, the interlocutor in question needs to have the same set of linguistic notions. Thus, the more culturally and physically in pair he will be to the speaker the more understanding they will have.
Trispectivism says that the individual All cannot exists without the universal All and has to constantly interact with it. Similarly, a word cannot exist by itself but needs to have constant interaction within and towards a language. A word will not be understood without a context (if I meet a friend and tell him “apple” and leave, he will look at me wondering if I´m ok).
Through the course of its existence, Esperanto experienced moments of great success. People from different countries understood each other while talking about simple material topics. The difficulties began when it needed to rise to the next step, meaning in more variety of conversations. When two people started to talk about abstract issues, the material epistemological understanding was no more, leaving each one to understand the abstract word according to their background. This is when the connection between the individual All and the universal All suffers a breaking point and leaves both parties in their respectful notion of mere definition. In most cases, this situation complicates even more when each one thinks she understood what the other person wanted to say according to her experience or personal notions while in reality it has nothing to do to the notion pronounced by the speaker.
When an Indian person says to a Danish one, let´s eat ‘spicy’, the latter might say yes, but if he does not know the Indian culture, he is in for a long night of pouring water on his burning tongue. And what about the word ‘marriage’ between an American and a Saudi, or even worse, when a Muslim says God, the Christian hears a Judeo-Christian God (which explains why they all say that they have the same God even though everything about what their God says differs completely). Hence, when Esperanto aspired to become international and began to cross borders, the understanding between one and his kin diminished alongside with the effectiveness of the intercommunication.
In short, emotions, as we witness in many occasions, are what bring sense to the language, but it is the person (or persons), that creates the story to contemplate upon.
Are social critics really that vague and incompetent?
Forgive my flashy title but, exaggeration apart, there is a serious issue that for some years is known but not getting as much attention as it should. Do social critics generate culture or as a matter of fact they actually just talk nonsense? That is the question that reiterates Noam Chomsky over and over. “Posturing”, as the famous linguist and political activist repeatedly says in one of his interviews on this subject (see below). What is it with their endless chattering that no one understands? Are they complicating their discourse making it incomprehensible for anyone because they are actually hiding their lack of ingenuity? Chomsky claims that because they have no theory, they attire public attention by creating a sensation in the reader of admiration while all they have is a rhetorical discourse. In reality, their skills are in the art of language more than the ability to develop an important social theory like they pretend.
Chomsky mentioned Slavoj Žižek and Lacan but of course there are many others. Even the French critics say that if they must have at least 10% of incomprehensible rhetorical jargon in order to be taken seriously. That ‘necessity’ is for two main reasons: to let the reader think she understands while deducting a conclusion based on her own knowledge and practically has nothing to do with what the author wanted to say or not. The second reason is to impress by having the reader believe he still has a lot to learn before he could reach a sufficient level to understand such overwhelming reflections.
It seems that there is a cloud of a dangerous quietism above our heads in many provocative and/or populist rhetorical discourses. Where many social critics enjoy spotlight for their eccentric character more than a solid substance, the problems of the world seems to only of a rhetoric importance. Slavery, for example, was not abolished by complicated phrases and incomprehensible mystifications in a circular rhetoric. Strong arguments were needed, logical and ecumenical discourses followed by treaties and antidiscrimination laws. When Bartolomé de las Casas advocated in favor of the notion that Native American Indians were, in fact, humans with souls (according to the religious perspective of that time some said they weren´t), he did so with strong arguments and subversive performance to undermine the conventional and prejudice vision of his contemporaries. Women rights were only began to become a matter of importance when brave people engaged reforms and surfaced in spite and not because of social discourses.
The prestige in the literary world for certain philosophers is somewhat curious. In fact, a closer look on that reveals an appreciation for the obscurity of the rhetoric more than the real work of the thinking mind. However, a good sociolect should be aspiring for clarity in between its followers, instead of having a dazzled audience with no real substance. Take a look for example in the following video where Lacan is trying to answer a short rather fuzzy manifesto of a young rebel (a real classic moment from 1972 during a lecture at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium).
So, all that is left for us, readers of social studies and fans of rhetorical argumentation, is to constantly search after the elusive theory. And certainly, never forget, it´s ok not to understand some perpetuated charlatan discourses, sometimes they are simply empty of any significant meaning. Chomsky says that if you cannot explain your idea to a twelve years old for him to completely comprehend, then forget about your theory and move on.
So why not to start thinking for ourselves? We don´t have to follow blindly some incomprehensible diagram and mathematical equations to explain how we exist in an interaction with others or blurring a sound out to the air. We can learn the basics that all of them use and create our own world of definitions and complex theories and enjoy watching people faces while you share them (which is, by far, priceless). | 2019-04-22T10:34:02Z | https://sicohen.wordpress.com/category/trispectivism/ | Porn | Business | 0.635155 |
wordpress | Today I’ll prove the “five lemma”, using the diagram chasing rules I outlined last time. This is an extension of the short five lemma from last week.
The five lemma states that if is epic, and and are monic, then is monic. By our chasing rules this means that for all , implies that . So let’s start with a member of and assume that .
First off we can tell that , and since is monic this means . Now the upper row is exact at , so there must exist a member with . We find , so by the exactness of the lower row at there must be a member with . Because is epic, there is a member with . Then , and so . Then , but exactness tells us that , which leads us to conclude that . Therefore is monic.
Dually, if and are epic while is monic we conclude that is epic. And then if is epic, and are isomorphisms, and is monic, then is an isomorphism.
It’s instructive to run through the above chase in both languages. First read as denoting an element of an abelian group, while denotes equality of elements. Then go back and reconstruct the proof in terms of morphisms between objects of general abelian categories. Thinking of members as behaving like actual elements allows us to create a proof that works for any abelian category we happen to be considering. | 2019-04-25T06:34:49Z | https://unapologetic.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/the-five-lemma/ | Porn | Reference | 0.22398 |
yahoo | HOUSTON, April 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Midstream Partners, LP (WES) announced today that the board of directors of its general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.610 per unit for the first quarter of 2019. The Partnership plans to report its first-quarter 2019 results after the market closes on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Management will host a conference call on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at 8 a.m. CDT (9 a.m. EDT) to discuss the quarterly results.
Western Gas Equity Partners (WES) saw a big move last session, as its shares jumped more than 8% on the day, amid huge volumes.
How Will the Anadarko Acquisition Benefit Chevron?
With its simplification transaction complete, the newly named Western Midstream Partners looks like a compelling option for income-seeking investors.
The Woodlands-based Western Gas Equity Partners LP (NYSE: WGP) and Western Gas Partners LP (NYSE: WES) — master limited partnerships formed by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC) — completed their previously announced consolidation and changed their names on Feb.
Western Gas Partners, LP is engaged in gathering, processing, compressing, treating and transporting natural gas, condensate, NGLs and crude oil for its subsidiaries as well as third-party producers and customers. The dividend yield of Western Gas Partners, LP stocks is 7.55%. Western Gas Partners, LP had annual average EBITDA growth of 2.80% over the past ten years.
WES earnings call for the period ending December 31, 2018. | 2019-04-20T18:56:55Z | https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/wes?ltr=1 | Porn | Business | 0.839917 |
wordpress | "Will barf on you! Get-Process does not take scripts! ARGH!"
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tripod | Warm-ups start promptly at 9:30 am.
Draw closes at 11:00 Sharp!
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wordpress | The great writer/traveler and WW II hero Patrick Leigh Fermor died on June 10 in England. Fermor’s best known books, A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water, recounted his travels by foot from England to the Balkans just before World War II. During World War II, he and a friend hatched a plot to kidnap a German commander on Crete, a feat that was made into the movie Ill Met by Moonlight starring Dirk Bogarde. For more on Fermor, see The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian newspapers.
Posted on June 18, 2011 by EPLPosted in UncategorizedTagged memoir, Patrick Leigh Fermor, travel writing. | 2019-04-24T10:25:13Z | https://evanstonpubliclibrary.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/writer-patrick-leigh-fermor-dead-at-96/ | Porn | Arts | 0.459982 |
imdb | This is a small quiet film with much tenderness. Much like TENDER COMRADE. It's stars Paulette Goddard and Sonny Tufts, fresh from their successful teaming in SO PROUDLY WE HAIL. Paulette is a well meaning home front entertain-the-troops while on leave. Along comes Sonny and sparks fly. However, Paulette won't take anything serious as she doesn't want to get hurt when the fellows take off to fight the war. It's fun and sometimes sensitive in how she finally promises to wait for him to come home. I liked this movie because of the underplaying of the leads. Tufts is often made fun of for his one level acting [including the joke at Academy Award time when a star was introducing the next guest by saying " And now, here's Sonny Tufts?"] but I founf him in this film as he was in SO PROUDLY WE HAIL to hold his own and work well with Paulette. Maybe she did that for him. Nice small role of the San Francisco [the setting] cable car conductor played by Barry Fitzgerald. I have a poster of this film featuring Paulette leaning up against Tufts who has got to be at least six foot five. Well paced and directed by Mark Sandrich. Not on VHS or Television, I got this on tape through Video Finders, a great source for old films you can't find anywhere. | 2019-04-20T12:59:52Z | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036938/ | Porn | Arts | 0.965426 |
wordpress | Gates noticed that the TimeMachine backup wasn’t working on the kitchen Mac. The last back up was the day she turned it off to go on holiday. Worth and Gates investigated. Worth established it was the power plug after plugging it into an alternative cable in the den. He then speculated that a mouse had probably chewed the cable. Gates went downstairs to check the cable. Yep mouse attack!
Worth’s treatment in his fight against the big C is quite a long infusion of cetuximab. So once again he is the last man standing ( or sitting). As always Gates is by his side. Worth wouldn’t have her anywhere else.
Worth and Gates spent the afternoon at the hospital anxiously awaiting the results of Worth’s last CT and MRI scans. It was an anticlimax though as the very apologetic consultant didn’t have them. He will get them for tomorrow before Worth’s next treatment. Meanwhile a Thai banquet entertained Worth, Gates and Gates’ Mum.
Worth and Gates are now back at their home in England and what a sterling job PaceBeast did on the trip. Back to reality with a bang though as they go for a consultation tomorrow to hear what Worth’s latest scan is revealing.
A beautiful day in the South of France encouraged Worth and Gates to return to the beautiful beaches at Gigaro. This time they went on a truly breathtaking lovely coastal walk from Gigaro to Cap Lardier and back. | 2019-04-25T16:41:08Z | https://picturebeast.wordpress.com/2016/03/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.521592 |
wordpress | Reading is my go-to for stress relief. And December is stressful. Some of you know what I’m talking about. Especially if you either teach or are a student or are a parent with children in school. Or are a person just dealing with the holiday rush. That about cover everyone? I suggest reading to calm that December tension. Here are my highlights. BtW: I read everything. I volunteer at our library when I have time and shelve books. Somehow I always end up with the children’s cart. I usually take home a couple. Channeling that inner child? Umm, how about it’s work-related research? I like to think I’m staying informed of what my students read.
Excellent. Uniquely presented and memorable. The old story of two misfits by society’s standards gets a new fit as the Kevin the Freak(y) little brain teams up with Max the Mighty (big kid). Middle schoolers will gain from this book that there is so much more to first appearances. Those who appreciated Wonder will add Freak the Mighty to their list.
It’s understandable why this is a Newberry Honor book. A WWII story with a different lens, one dialed in on looking at how some people are survivors in a different type of war. Ada is a survivor, and this is her story.
Set in Kent, England just as the war is starting, Ada and her brother Jamie are evacuees and slowly learn what love is once they are taken in by Susan, a survivor in her own manner.
The rushed ending prevents this being a solid 5 star review; however, it is a story of recommendation.
Another heartbreaking story from Gary Schmidt.
In this one, Jack tells Joseph’s story because Jack has Joseph’s back in more ways than one. Jack is able to convey well Joseph’s pain at being separated from what he cares for in life, and Schmidt relates Joseph’s emotional and physical travail through Jack’s honest observations. While there are moments of happiness, much of the story dwells on the sad, thought-provoking life of Joseph who is among the growing number of characters Schmidt portrays as having abusive fathers, and trying to make the best out of hard situations.
Schmidt’s storylines are reminiscent of Chris Crutcher’s penchant for telling hard stories about kids who need a break in life. But without the swearing.
Armour, a prolific punster of over 50 books, creates a light-hearted history of the librarian. Written in 1976, it’s a tribute to celebrating the double anniversary of the American Library Association and the Dewey Decimal system.
Interwoven in all the puns are history nuggets about the library and their keepers. It is difficult not to laugh out loud at some of the humor. People overhearing your snickers will want to know what’s so funny. Save time and hand them the book to enjoy.
Julie fits in well with other titles focused on young women who have to make adjustments to a new environment, such as Kirby Larson’s Hattie Big Sky. Centered on the growing town of Twin Falls, Idaho, Miller tells the story of how sixteen year old Julie traveled with her father from the comforts of family life in Iowa to start a new life out west.
Full of lively dialogue and characterization, readers come to appreciate this story of how a town grow up out of the desert, and a young girl grew up to become a young woman of dreams, yet have her feet planted firmly in Idaho soil.
Irresistible. Seriously, Shakespeare shouldn’t be taken as seriously as he tends be. After all, he knew how to have pun with words. Richard Armour also knows his way around puns and takes on Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, and Othello and paraphrases these well-known plays with wit and plenty of wordplay.
A gem of amusement of both students and scholars. A four only because some of the punnery became a wee bit extreme. I can mock fun of Shakespeare just so much. I am a Bardinator after all.
I hope one of the listed titles intrigues you, and I am open to suggestions. I am always scouting out other reader blogs.
As with most witty puns, some were better than others. I am always on the look out for Bard retellings. Congrats on your play. | 2019-04-24T12:10:42Z | https://cricketmuse.wordpress.com/2019/01/15/reading-round-up-december/ | Porn | Reference | 0.080049 |
wordpress | From high on a rooftop, I am treated to a spectacular view of Durbar Square Patan, the third and final Durbar Square in the Kathmandu Valley. Like many from this area, my tour guide today was very knowledgable and had a great command of the English language. Today as with other days, I was taken to sacred sites both Buddhist and Hindu. Everyone in Nepal stresses the harmony between all inhabitants regardless of their religion and it is certainly and obviously present in all the places I’ve been. Like the others, this Durbar Square represents a kingdom of times past. The kings of these places would build their towns very close to the royal palace so they could communicate and keep and eye on the people. Each royal palace has many windows they call eyes. From the inside, it is easy to see out, but from outside, one cannot see in due to the intricate woodwork. The Nepalese are very fond of festivals and in the middle of the square, there is a huge bell that can be heard for a one kilometer radius, and was used to call the people for any news, emergency, or festival.
The Hindu Trinity is represented by the Gods Shiva (God of Destruction & Rejuvination), Vishnu (God of Protection), and Brahma (God of Creation). My guide told me when The God Shiva wanted to go someplace, he took the golden bull Nandi, that is why Nandi waits outside every temple to Shiva. He said “Just think of him as Shiva’s motorbike!” Also, the God Vishnu has Garuda, a bird like creature he rides, or turns into. Vishnu is often pictured as half man, half bird, a figure which is present in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology.
As I walked around, I saw many Hindu women praying to shrines of Ganesh, who is one of the forms of the God Shiva. Ganesh is depicted as an elephant and represents wisdom, good luck, and long life. The women are there praying for long life for their husbands.
Saturday morning in Kathmandu. I don my Nepali pollution mask and hit the streets. I walk a few blocks away from my hotel, hire a rickshaw and head to the Monkey Temple. We’re basically 4 wheeling in a 1960’s bicycle with cart attached and on several occasions I’m more than glad we don’t go over. My driver has very strong legs and we make it up some impossible hills. Then he drops me off, points in a general direction and commands “walk”. SO, I head over some hills and up some steps through a stupa (temple), around some chickens, over some boulders and up a dusty street till I can see a big temple atop a hill. By my estimation it’s 30 minutes walk and I’m just guessing it’s where I’m supposed to be headed.
Saturday is the Nepali day of rest and worship, a time families spend together in the temples and parks. It’s a beautiful day already and as I approach the temple I can see the infamous stairs that lead to the top. What I don’t know, is that I can only see the first half of them! The Nepalese are walking fools. Climbing too. Even here in the Kathmandu valley. I consider myself a pretty motion oriented human, but I am already suffering several blisters and other wear and tear from the walking that to them is a leisurely stroll. Good thing I have a week and a half before I head to the mountains!
As I begin the ascent, I can see many huge painted statues of deities. And then, the monkeys arrive: playing and running, hanging on their mothers bellies as they race across the steps, doing both animal and human activities. It is obvious they have been watching the visitors and have picked up a few things. There are pools/ponds everywhere for them and they lean into the water and hang upside down to drink. One monkey has half a water bottle he is using as a cup, dipping into the water, then sitting up and drinking like a person.
There are lots of tourists from all over the world, but the majority of people here are locals who have come with their families for the day. Locals and tourists alike rest along the way as we climb the steps. There are large carved stone sculptures all the way up and as we get higher we begin to see the bright gold metal work of the entrance glistening in the sun. To either side there are many prayer wheels moving as each person spins them on their way by. As it is in much of Nepal, the air is heavy with the smoke of rituals. Incense, candles and butter burn everywhere as prayers are conducted to deities of both Buddhism and Hinduism. The dogs that run wild all over the city are often covered in butter from sleeping at the feet of alters and there is no exception here.
There are many beautiful colors to be seen all around Nepal all the time, but the women are dressed in their best today. I watch as a monkey approaches a woman in a gorgeous pink and turquoise sarong. He tugs lightly on the end of it, causing her to raise her arms in surprise and drop the ice cream out of her cone. He then grabs the ball of ice cream and runs off as everyone laughs in surprise. Everyone is in a playful mood today. | 2019-04-19T10:27:58Z | https://adventuresofabohemian.wordpress.com/tag/kathmandu/ | Porn | Society | 0.642802 |
wordpress | For the past few months, I’ve been preparing to start taking on work as a freelance designer. This is something I’ve been planning on doing for a while. Right out of design school, I thought I would be doing these exact things—not a year after I graduated. At the time of my planning, I hadn’t realized I was going to already have a non-design related business that I was going to be co-running that takes up a good portion of my time.
Because I’ll be freelancing part time, I’ve been looking at how I’ll be scheduling myself once I start taking on jobs. At first, I assume it will be one or two that won’t be hard to schedule and (hopefully) will begin to grow in numbers. I know that I have the time for these jobs, because right now, I’ve been taking that time to do the work on prepping to start freelancing.
Only…I haven’t. What have I been doing instead? Almost anything and everything I can think of, including, at best, adding more time to my writing schedule and at worst, doing nothing but stare at the wall. Why am I doing this? Why am spending so much time, wasting so much time when I could be working toward what I’ve wanted to do for so long?
The answer? I’m scared. I’m nervous. I’m worried.
Am I ready? Should I do this? Am I good enough?
Every time I think about working on anything to prepare to freelance, I instantly become terrified of doing it and work myself out of even trying. I end up doing something else, wasting yet another day I could’ve finished my portfolio.
The worst part? Some days, when I have no excuse not to, I’ll sit down at my desk and plow through a lot of the work I’ve been procrastinating on…and I’ll love it. I’ll get excited again, I’ll be right on track and can’t wait to work on some more again! What was I so afraid of before? This is great! I’m going to do it!
And then, like clockwork, I take a day off from it or I’ll go to work for a few days, and then I’m right back at where I started. Am I ready? Am I good enough? Do I really want to do this?
When I think back to school, studying design, I would always push whatever I had to do to the last possible second. I’d convinced myself that I work best under maximum pressure, and I think, to a degree, that’s true. It wasn’t a good process of waiting for the last two days of an assignment being due to start working on it. It just stressed me out to the point of overworking myself for 48 hours, crashing for a few days and do nothing, then the cycle would continue.
But I realized recently that the deadline part of that process worked for me. And I figured out that because I never had a concrete date to when I wanted my portfolio site to go live, for when I wanted to start taking on clients, the answer always just being “soon,” I was stuck in that permanent cycle of procrastination. “It doesn’t really matter if I work on it today, I can do it tomorrow.” I’ve said that so many times the last few months.
The solution is to find a medium ground. Work steadily without the mad-dash finish, but still have a set finish line, a light at the end, an incentive to get out of this endless procrastinating cycle.
So what I’ve decided to do, is to take myself more seriously and to get over this feeling of unreadiness I have, I’m setting a deadline for myself. Instead of procrastinating, instead of letting myself feel that nervousness, I’m not going to take any days from working on it. I’m going to do at least one thing every day that brings me closer to my goal. And the hours I already have scheduled to prepare, I’m going to make sure I don’t do anything else. I’m going to keep the momentum going.
Officially, since I’m saying it here, so that even with the small amount of people who read this, I’m putting it out there to hold myself accountable to complete it. By March 15th, I’m going to finish the list of things I need to accomplish, loose ends to tie up, and finish my portfolio. By March 15th, I’m going to have my site with that portfolio up and running.
I have exactly one more month, to the day, to push myself passed the finish line.
EDIT 03/15/18: Even thought I’ve been working hard every day to reach the deadline I set for myself, there are still a few things I need to iron out! So I’m pushing it a few days to Monday, the 19th of March! | 2019-04-24T04:31:43Z | https://kylechallancin.wordpress.com/tag/freelance-design/ | Porn | Business | 0.830342 |
tripod | I am able to 'Think God at Work' because I know him, and am known by him. I have known him for as long as I can remember, mainly due to the blessings of a Christian mother and grandmother who prayed for me. The first song I learned was 'Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so'. This was followed by a decision to accept him as Lord and Saviour when I was 14. I felt called to nursing to be like Christ and was influenced by Mt. 25:36 "I was sick and you took care of me.
Before my plans to begin nursing training I was concerned with the dilemma of working at weekends, as opposed to keeping the Sabbath holy, but was reassured by Jesus example of healing on the Sabbath.
I depended very much on Jesus presence with me during my training. It was tiring, arduous and constant. He walked the wards with me during night duty rounds, alleviating loneliness and fear. Psalm 119:105, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path", comforted me. I thought about Florence Nightingale, the 'Lady with the Lamp', another Christian nurse. As a child she believed she belonged to God and "She never lost this consciousness of God's abiding presence, and many where the times she could rely on it" (Miller, 1975, p.20).
Psalm 23 has always been a comforting reminder of God's presence with me. Often I feel he leads me beside quiet waters, a patient recovering from surgery, a new mother and child, or a terminally ill patient, pain free and settled. I meditate on this picture and feel supported, floating in God's peace. Water is essential to life.
At other times the water is rough and choppy and I feel as if I am drowning. The following passage relates to an event that occurred only a few weeks ago.
I was visiting a local nursing home, in my role as workplace assessor, and was walking down the corridor, looking for the registered nurse (RN) in charge to introduce myself and to locate the nurses I had come to assess. As I passed one room the door was wide open and two assistants in nursing (AINs) were attending to a frightened looking elderly gentleman. They were pulling him out of bed and onto a chair. "Don't start' they yelled at him threateningly, 'don't start or you'll get a cold shower'. They looked up, startled and guilty, when they realised I was observing them and one of them quickly closed the door.
I did not know the resident or the staff and had no position of authority over those nurses. I felt angry, ashamed and powerless, not sure what was my best course of action.
Further up the corridor I found the RN, someone I had worked with previously, who told me the nurses I wanted were upstairs. The two nurses I was evaluating worked well, despite their nervousness at being observed while they cared for the residents. I was reassured by their practice. One demonstrated excellent rapport and a relaxed and friendly attitude.
The RN from downstairs came up, looking for someone. I took her to one side and mentioned the incident. She glared at me and said 'Do you know the man?' I shook my head. 'Well you have to speak like that. Get in first. It doesn't matter. He can take it. He can take a joke'. I kept quiet. I was speechless. She turned and went downstairs.
My thoughts were in turmoil. I am passionate about nursing, especially aged care. Giving good care is so rewarding. It is often challenging but so satisfying. I was saddened by a culture that accepted abuse as normal.
As I reflected on the incidents I wondered about the values expressed. Do the attitudes come from the bottom up, or do those in higher positions establish them. The behaviour of the RN indicated the latter. I was not comfortable with what I had witnessed by the nurses, and even less with the attitude of the RN. We had worked at the same facility in the past and I had found her casual and offhand.
I was disappointed that we could not communicate as equals. The unspoken message was 'Mind your own business'. I reflected on boundaries and professionalism. My role was as observer and I had to remain content with that. My hope was that she and her nurses would also reflect on the incident and handle similar situations differently in the future. It increased my desire to teach not only skills but also discuss feelings and attitudes.
How did these people feel, the resident, the nurses, the RN? How did I feel? I felt the pain of the frail old gentleman as rough hands pulled him about and harsh, unfriendly voices abused and threatened him. I was aware of the nurses' feelings of lack of time and frustration, their impoverished emotions unable to cope with the added burden. It was harder to understand the RN's lack of sympathy and professionalism. I was affronted by her sharp retort and lack of insight in caring for staff and residents. Perhaps she too was weary and burnt out.
Where was God in these exchanges?
Jesus experienced the pain and suffering, and the helplessness of the elderly gentleman. He knew what it felt like to be taken to a place he didn't want to go to, to be roughly handled and abused by those who were charged with keeping the peace. "Like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth" (Isa. 53:7).
Jesus also felt anger and frustration. He was one of the Jews, God's chosen people who had the stories and wisdom of the ages. However the Jews turned away from God's truth. They did not recognise the Messiah when he came. Jesus wept over these stubborn and hard hearted people. They turned their backs on him and rejected him, but he still loved them, just as he loved the nurses despite their faults.
Did Jesus exhibit any characteristics of the RN? He too had felt weary and exhausted, wanting to escape from the throngs who pursued him. He would rise early and go to the mountains to spend time with his father. He returned comforted and refreshed. Perhaps the RN needed to feel comfort and be renewed with a fresh vision of care and compassion for her residents and staff. | 2019-04-23T11:09:04Z | http://members.tripod.com/ncfa_nsw/papers/index-old.html | Porn | Business | 0.606534 |
wordpress | Today the Second International military and technical forum “Army-2016” has come to an end. The Closing ceremony of the forum was participated by the Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu.
The Head of the military department noted that the results of the forum proved it to become one of the leading world military exhibition events.
“In the course of the forum, our foreign partners have seen that we are open for joint projects in the military and technical sphere. We are grateful to the representatives of foreign countries who have come in this difficult international situation and are ready to cooperate with Russia,” said Sergei Shoigu.
KUBINKA (Moscow Region), September 8. /TASS/. The combat capabilities of the new Russian tank Armata were for the first time shown during a closed exhibition at the international military-technical forum Army 2016, the general director of the manufacturer, Russian machine building company Uralvagonzavod, Oleg Siyenko, told TASS in an interview.
“We are also demonstrating our Armata, but now it poses not only as an exhibit but also shows its combat capabilities in dynamics and gunnery (during a closed viewing), which only happens for the first time at expositions,” Siyenko said.
He said the corporation presents 50 specimens of military and special hardware, including items made jointly with Russian and foreign companies.
In particular, Siyenko said, the exhibition showcased the Barys armored personnel carrier, manufactured jointly with Kazakhstan Engineering on the platform of the Paramount company, with a 57-millimeter weapon station produced by Uralvagonzavod.
“We have here a light armored personnel carrier with a 30-millimeter weapon station, manufactured jointly with Kamaz, which has already undergone tests. For the first time we are demonstrating a mortar on the basis of the UAZ vehicle, as well as a vehicle on the Ural chassis with a 120-millimeter gun,” he said.
Armata is a unified heavy platform used to build a main tank, an infantry combat vehicle, an armored personnel carrier and other armored vehicles. The tank on the basis of Armata is expected to get an unmanned turret. The crew will be placed in an isolated armored capsule. Serial production of the new tanks may start in 2018.
The tank was first shown to the general public at last year’s Victory Parade in Moscow.
On Thursday, the First Deputy Defence Minister Ruslan Tsalikov visited the International military and technical forum “Army-2016” where he got acquainted with the expositions of the leading manufacturers of the Military industrial complex. He also presented greetings of the Head of the Russian military department to the participants of the international forum.
In the new building of the universal training and demonstration centre “Patriot”, Ruslan Tsalikov observed the exposition grounds of the enterprises which are fulfilling the State Defence Orders.
During the official visit, Ruslan Tsalikov thanked the participants for the fruitdul work and wished them further success. He also expressed his gratitude to the builders who had constructed the new complex in Kubinka just in 1,5 years.
September 7 – Army-2016 international military-technical forum opened in the Patriot theme park near Moscow on August 6. Forum will last till September 11. More than once thousand companies will display more than 11,000 samples of weapons and military equipment there. Marine activities of the event will be held in Kronstadt (St. Petersburg) and Vladivostok. The exhibits demonstrated at the Army-2016 forum.
September 3 – Photos of the Phlox self-propelled truck-mounted gun have appeared on the Internet, posted by Uralvagonzavod Corp.’s deputy director Alexey Zharich, Rossiiskaya Gazeta reported.
Spy photos. We sent Phlox… to the Army-2016 forum. Come and see it. The Uralvagonzavod corporation will present some 50 pieces of military equipment.
The Phlox 120mm self-propelled howitzer is just one of about fifty advanc…ed weapons systems that will have their world premiere during the Army-2016 military technology forum outside Moscow.
Most of the new system’s features remain under wraps. What is known is that its 120mm cannon a long-range gun, a howitzer and a mortar all in one. Mounted on updated version of the Ural-4320 truck with an armored cabin, it has an effective firing range of up to 10,000 m and a minimum range of just 100 meters. It has an initial ammunition supply of more than 80 complete rounds. The Phlox fires in automatic mode and its gun is capable of rotating 360 degrees to lock on to a target. It features an remote-controlled 12.7 mm machinegun mounted on top of the truck and a Shtora-like electro-optical jammer that disrupts antitank guided missiles, laser rangefinders and target designators. | 2019-04-24T05:58:31Z | https://militarytechcooperations.wordpress.com/category/army-2016-forum/ | Porn | Science | 0.165896 |
wordpress | Take a step. Do something that you want to do, even if you are not exactly sure where it will lead you.
You have heard the phrase “Ready, Fire, Aim,” but there an adaptation of that quote by Thomas Peters and Bob Waterman.
I love this quote. You do not always know exactly what to do or how to do it. You cannot predict what how other people will respond to your ideas. But if you have an idea, you should go for it.
It might be an idea for your blog, or a business idea you have. If you try something, then you will see how people react to it. You can always tweak it later.
You can use the information you gather from the feedback that you get. Then you can adapt based on that feedback.
If you wait until you think it is perfect, before trying something then you may never go for it.
The only way to know what things will work is to try something and then try something else.
Perfectionism is the desire to do things perfectly and the fear of not being perfect. But no one is perfect and the world is unpredictable.
Your journey to discover your possibilities will have failures and successes. You might be surprised how well an idea you have will work. If something does not work quite the way you expected then ask people for their opinions.
If you are not sure what your target audience is then you will discover this along the way. If you do have an idea who your target audience is, then you can try to see things from their point of view.
Put yourself in their shoes and always think of the people who will be experiencing you. Think of what those people need and what their values are.
The emotions of people are important when you think of business or blog ideas.
Entrepreneurs are pioneers of their own unique ideas. Your frontier is in front of you and all around you.
You can give people something that will inspire and challenge them.
You discover what you can do as you go along. You have to take one step at a time. Do not be afraid to try something that you think might be a good idea.
Ready, Fire, Aim. It can work. You can evaluate the feedback and connect with people in an honest way.
People respond to others who seem human like they are. You do not have to pretend to be perfect. It just makes you look pretentious and above them. People like to do business with people that are real like they are.
I have been dealing with some of these same complaints. In fact I have said to myself that I truly know what the people with PTSD go through but did not think it was really happening to me. Today I found your site and finally felt validation for what I have thought. Thank you, thank you for your caring and clarity. Thank you for reaching out to help those of us experiencing these challenges.
So nice to have you here. Thank you for your kind words and for sharing about yourself. I am glad to hear that my posts are validating to you. We all need to feel supported. It is difficult when the people around us do not understand how we feel and how different it is for us. | 2019-04-21T22:15:34Z | https://anniemimihall.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/overcoming-perfectionism-for-business/ | Porn | Business | 0.794139 |
livejournal | It took me a minute, but that's great! Except I won't be making any calls from Foxy's place!
Trust me, you'd better not use *anything* belonging to Foxy. What's not fuckable to him isn't either eatable. | 2019-04-23T22:28:22Z | https://kanld.livejournal.com/24118.html | Porn | Business | 0.39852 |
wordpress | The story is told of an old woman who lived in a small house.
Every morning she would get up and make her cup of coffee and sit by her favorite chair right next to the window.
Everyday, this was her routine. On this particular day, she peeked through the window and she made an ugly face. A disgusted face.
She could see her new neighbor in her back yard hanging up her clothes to dry.
This happened for a couple of months, and every single time she would see her new neighbor drying her clothes, she would make her rantings.
The old woman hadn’t cleaned her window in over 30 years!
The dirty window impaired her vision.
Are we seeing the world through dirty windows?
Do we see what we want to see or are we open to the truth?
Sometimes we are too close-minded to see what is truly in front of us.
We sit and complain from our “kitchen chair” – we think we can do things better – we are the perpetual arm-chair quarterback and the back seat driver.
We judge others and situations we do not understand.
We do not realize our errors, until the “window is broken” – we need a shatter moment in our lives to bring us back to reality sometimes.
Then once the window is broken, the SUN shines through, we are almost blinded by the light and the truth – We can no longer close our eyes!
LET THE LIGHT SHINE IN!!!
Summer, for me, is a time to regroup from the normal routine of work. I am fortunate that I have shorter work days in the summer and a more flexible schedule. I am able to close my office for two weeks in July to give all the staff a well deserved break.
What I find myself doing, especially on those hot humid days when you want to stay in air conditioning, is purging.
Cleaning closets, desk drawer, cabinets, the pantry or the garage.
Well, you got me there, actually my husband and son did the garage. But they will tell you, I came out and gave direction on want I would like donated or tossed. 🙂 So glad they love me so much!!
Cleaning is so good for our souls and our minds.
It helps us to really look at what we have accumulated over the year (or years).
I love to help others in need, so St. Vincent DePaul Society, Morningstar Mission and Amvets rejoice…donations coming at you!
I have paid notice lately of the garbage families throw away. I don’t mean I sift through their garbage, but as I drive through neighborhoods on my way to work, the mounds of stuff amazes me. How do we stop these piles? I know the lighter feeling I have when I clean out my home, motivates me to not bring more clutter in. And why are we a throw away society, when others are in such need?
I know you feel overwhelmed sometimes…so do I.
And it felt WONDERFUL!! To walk into a home that was clean and clutter free.
bad. I could understand how you feel depressed and not motivated to clean, but I could not understand why they would bring more clothes and items into the house. Certainly a sad addiction.
There are so many people in need; emotionally, physically, financially and spiritually, we need to help in whatever way we can.
I remember two stories the Deacon’s wife told years ago and I have never forgotten them.
She worked with the poor of the parish, giving love and aid where she could.
One family would come looking for clothes for her five children. She was humble and grateful for anything that she received. The Deacon’s wife told me, “what I really wished I could give them was gift cards to buy new underwear.” I thought that an odd statement. But she went on to explain, when you can’t afford clothes, you don’t spend money on underwear. It’s enough to put food on the table, a roof over their heads and clothes on their back. I certainly can do with one less pair of slacks so someone else can have clothes.
Then she also shared about a mother and her daughter. They lived in a one bedroom apartment together and would come to the pantry for food supplies. The Deacon’s wife would consistently have a need for cleaning supplies and personal products for these women. Food stamps don’t cover things other than food. She said “they work with one light bulb, going from room to room and putting the bulb at the table to eat and do homework, then moving it to the bedroom or kitchen as needed.” I realized how blessed I am. I flip a switch without even thinking about the gift it is to have electricity. I began donating gift cards and items other than food. She also expressed the sadness of when having a food drive, how many people give away the food they bought, never opened because no one liked it, even if it’s expired. People in need like to have Lucky Charms and something other than Baked Beans.
Cleaning out homes and donating under used or unused items can be a tremendous help for others and cause me little suffrage.
Cleaning helps us to release those things that are holding us back. Releasing and letting go of our “stuff” physically can help us to let go of our emotional stuff too.
I find this task that others may dread…a cleansing and refreshing experience!
So during these days of “too hot to be outside” ~ CLEAN and be CLEANSED!! | 2019-04-19T23:21:52Z | https://balancinglifeandfaith.wordpress.com/tag/clean/ | Porn | Home | 0.552564 |
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wikipedia | Bonani (Assamese: বনানী) is an Assamese language drama film directed by Jahnu Barua. The film stars Sushil Goswami, Bishnu Kharghoria and Monami Bezbaruah. The film was released in 1990. The film is set with an ecological angle and won National Film Award for Best film on environment.
The film centres on a forest ranger who confronts illegal timber merchants and contractors on behalf of the impoverished tribal people. His actions result his frequent transfers that annoys his wife who wants to settle down and look after their ailing children. Eventually she stands by her husband in his fight and the tribal people also realise that they need a weapon to defend themselves.
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wordpress | I thought I would share my current campaign for Age of Swords. This is set in my world setting of the Wildworld.
This campaign serves as a playtest for version 4 of the game. I am now working on version 5. I try not to change rules mid playtest, but I learned a lot out of this running. So I might have them convert the Heroes to version 5.
I had the players start at level 1. They have been rapidly advancing in level. It is a group of seven players, but on average four players, a session can make it. At this point, the Heroes range from level 5 to 2. These level range because of missed sessions and deaths. Two Heroes have died, and their replacements started at Level 1.
The Heroes begin in the Summerland territory. Until two hundred years ago, this area was apart of the Seagod Kingdom. The northern region of the kingdom started to convert to the Music god. This eventually lead to a civil war known as the Brinestone Revolt. At the end of the revolt, the nation had two breakaway regions. Summerland was one of those regions and became a federation of city-states united by their faith in the Music God.
Then 180 years after their independence, the eastern Five Crown Empire invaded by sea. Summerland quickly fell. It is now a colonial state of the Empire.
With shifts in political power and trade, Summerland has been having booms and busts economies as different cities and region adjust to the far away whims of the Empire. The land is under the control of four governors who plot for Imperial favors.
The Heroes began as people of Mayway Valley, a district of Summerland that has suffered under Imperial rule due to their traditional trade routes being made obsolete.
Each player got to choose their race. I did ask for them to be a diverse party, so everyone picked different classes. As some of the players have since died, their new Heroes do have some overlaps in race and class. I haven’t cared, I just wanted them to start off on sound footing.
They needed to play disenfranchised people of the Mayway Valley. Coming from a poor family or families that have lost their wealth.
Each needed to be someone who would willingly travel to Pe’dock in the hopes of a better life.
These restrictions are not too severe. But they force the party to have similar backgrounds and motivations. They are playing poor people seeking to better their lives. Some of the players started off knowing each other, while others were traveling by themselves.
There was only one Hero that I had to work extra to get into the party, but then he was the first to die. And in the second battle! When a Level 1 Hero gets 4 hits in a round, it is hard for him to survive it.
So at Level 1, the Heroes were stragglers of a Dwarven caravan traveling to the city of Pe’dock. Pe’docks promise of prosperity and jobs thanks to the Empire expanding the harbor. The road to Pe’dock was once a lifeline of the Summerland Federation. Now it is forgotten. The Empire is a naval power, and all trade is now by sea.
On the way to Pe’dock, the Dwarven caravan was attacked by goblins. The party got separated from the Dwarves who march on ahead. With a member of the party poisoned, they retreated to a village they had passed days before.
The villagers healed them. They told the Heroes that the goblins invaded their forest a year ago. Since then twelve of the villagers have died. They have suffered because they traditionally hunt the forest for food. The town passed around a collection plate and offered them the puny award for their help. The party agreed to help the village and started their war on the goblins of the forest.
After a couple of fights against the goblins, the Goblin Chief wanted to talk to them. The goblins were only in the forest because a Mage has displaced them from there bog. The Goblin Chief promised a treasure of stolen Dwarven weapons and armor if the party would get rid of the Mage so they could return home.
The party followed the goblin instructions and traveled to a lost temple in a bog. There they fought the minions of an Echo Mage until they came to an agreement with him.
The Mage had been stuck here for a year. In a secret dungeon under the temple, his Imp companions had betrayed him. Now, the Imps were trapped inside, but he could not get to them. Perhaps the party could… so the party made a deal.
He promised them the loot of the temple if he could just get an item of the spoils. It was agreed. The party entered the dungeon and killed the Imps. They had a fortune in gold treasure! But then the Mage betrayed.
Years Later… So Starts the Fox Hunt style adventure.
One of the party members “woke up.” He was being tortured by some Nagas over a piece of treasure he had pocketed in the dungeon. He escaped and came to realize that for the last three years, his memory and personality had been wiped. With his memory and energy restore, he remembers the Echo Mage betrayal.
He then found the other party members and woke them up too. Now the party is on a mission to get revenge on the Mage and get their treasure back.
My GM Notes on the Story Structure.
Okay, the evil Mage betraying the party is an old troupe. But I feel it is a good foundation for this story. The party is well motivated to get their revenge. It allows me to Hourglass this story building it around their desire for revenge. I do have a story I want to explore. I know they are on board because their goal is to kill the Mage.
Like most of my campaigns, I Railroad the first 1 or 2 hours to get the party on the tracks and then step back. That is how I did this one too. They were mainly running a module I wrote for the first session. The first battle was wholly scripted, and the whole session was well thought out. All the way to the Mage betraying them was somewhat planned. They threw out some surprises, but since they were going monster killing and treasure hunting it was simple to adjust.
Now that they are on a Fox Hunt, I just sit back. It is a Sandbox where their goals are clearly defined. So while they do their actions against the Mage, the players are discovering parts of the story I plan to end the adventure arc on. It is building up. It involves the Mage’s upcoming revolt against the Empire using the Nagas as pawns.
The Mage has a bunch of Sharkniod minions. These are a cross between a frog and a shark. They do a lot of damage but are not too hard to take out. Two party members did come close to dying while fighting them, so they work well as a threat. This has allowed me to get some fights in with this new creature I have designed and adding to my world. There is a whole area of the map they will infest.
The party has learned that the city of Pe’dock was built on the ruins of an ancient Naga city. And that below the city, there are tunnels that the Naga still live in. They have made an ally with a Naga Prince, but do not really know the full scope or power of the Naga. I hope to get them more involve with the Naga in the future. I have some ideas, but it will be interesting to see if they bite on it.
Nagas are also being added to my world. They will play a more serious role as a significant villain in future stories, so another chance to playtest them out.
They do know that the Mage is using an element he found in the temple to create an item to control the Naga. It is a repeat of the device he uses to control the Sharknoids. They believe that with this army, he hopes to take over the region.
They have also learned that the Mage is well connected and a personal friend of the Governor. So they know the local government is on the side of the Mage.
The Location is Important to me as a GM.
All of this adventuring has taken place within one month travel of the city of Pe’dock. They have visited two local villages, becoming friends with one and enemies of another. They have explored a jungle temple and even returned there later to gather more information.
Keeping the story and adventuring locally is crucial to me. I want to flush out this part of my world. And the best way to do this is to have a party adventure in it. They have already discovered the lore of a forgotten god, origins of some monsters, and the political dynamics of the city-state.
They have been both friends and enemies of the local goblin tribe. In the sewers of the city, they have discovered new enemies and friends. They have had interactions with the provincial governor and some Imperial agents.
I hope that the entire story arc takes places in this region. On a few occasion, they have plotted to go to Summerland and the Kingdom of the Seagod in hopes to find the Mage’s family. If they did this, it would not be a disaster but would not further the adventure.
They have also talked about making the long trip to the Five Crown Empire. This would also be a waste of time. I am afraid they might make this trip. If they do, it might put a wrinkle in the story, and I will have to adjust for it.
The party was able to kill the Mage in a battle but then discovered that it was an Echo Clone. Early they had encountered an Echo Clone, but it didn’t really click with them that he had them out in the world. They know the Mage has a powerful amulet, so they are sure that when they kill the real Mage, they can identify them by this item.
The party has been able to steal a key component in the Mage’s plans. They have learned that he is out in the wilds forging his item. They have been trying to figure out the best tactic to use having this item against him. Some want to attack him during the forging while others think they should wait.
It will be interesting to see what they choose to do next time we play. My group bounces back and forth between two GM because we have such busy lives.
I missed a session two weeks ago, so they moved forward with another story that has been running for a while. This other story has been a long drawn campaign. I am in no rush to get back to my running as I have more work to do on version 5. When it is ready, we will switch back and hopefully finish this adventure arc.
Once again I find myself responding to a D&D question that keeps showing up on Facebook. This one is about the idea of a Called Shots. This question is for 5e, but my advice applies to all editions.
As a GM, I consider the Called Shot to be a narrative tool.
By making a Called Shot, the player is giving me more to work with for the story. Then, I let the damage dice decide. In this way, the Called Shot works without changing the game mechanics, but it will affect the narrative.
Before I get into a long tangent, what the player is looking for with the Called Shot is a bonus. Instead of giving them a bonus, I have high damage mean the Called Shot happened narratively.
Imagine being in a game and the party is fighting some Orcs. One of the players, Todd says he wants to hit the Orc in the neck with his spear. Some GM has a penalty and bonus mechanism for the roll. This GM gives the attack Disadvantage but provides a bonus with 1d6 to damage. So he makes the attack, hits the neck, and then he rolls the worst: 2 damage.
Meanwhile, player Nick makes a normal attack, hits, and then rolls max damage of 10!
Well, where did Nick hit? It seems strange that he did 10 damage hitting some random part of the body while the Called Shot did 2 damage? Afterall, a hit to the neck should be severe. It asks, what is the point of hitting the neck?
It comes down to that D&D has never been a Called Shot system. The damage die system was always there to regulate the hits. A low damage roll is a poorly placed attack while the high rolls are hitting vials. Adding a Called Shot on top of the damage die system makes it worst.
Okay, so on to the real reason I want to talk about Called Shots. There is a tendency for players always to be looking for power. They cannot help themselves. They’re drawn to it like gnats. And the system award this mentality. There are levels to get, gold to claim, and magic items to find. Power, and power, and more power.
As a GM, your default view should be to limit power.
Players will always be asking for more power. I am suspicious of these requests. I feel I should not give them unless there is an incredibly compelling case to do so. In this area, I find myself saying “No” all the time.
On the flip side, I seek to say “Yes” to Heroic Deeds. If the Player wants to do something bold and brave, I look at it through the lens of how-to-allow-it. I also say “Yes” to competence. My default position is to view the Heroes as skilled and talented. It annoys me when a GM treats my Hero as an incompetent fool.
But back to request for more power. My advice falls in a tricky area. Ultimately, the Heroes needs to advance in power. They need to level, they need gold, and they need items. And the system itself recognizes these needs.
The Heroes get more powerful as they level. As GM, I do have gold and item for them to find. So in his way, they will be getting power.
However, the power I plan is never enough. The players are always going to be looking for more. They are going to search places I had not considered. They will take things I was not expecting. And like the murderous raccoons they are, they will steal power any chance they get.
The power I am talking about mostly manifests itself in the shape of little bonuses. They are a +1 here and a +1 there. For example, a +1 to AC, a +1 to hit, a +1 to damage, a +1, +1, +1. And all these little +1 add up. Soon they have +3 to hit and +6 to damage with all these little +1 running around.
And here is the crucial part to realize, all of these +1 do not come in the shape of items.
The players are also looking for bonuses in the narrative and rules ruling. Even within metagame areas, the players are pushing for another +1.
It is for this reason they are making the Called Shot. It is nothing more than another obvious ploy to get more power. They are hoping I will give a bonus to hit or to damage. Whatever shape the +1 comes, they will take it. And once I do give it, that is now in their pocket to use again in the future. In this campaign and the next one.
It is all over the game. It is all over the FB posts I read. Daily there are posts. My player wants to dip his claws in metal; he wants a bonus. My player killed this enemy and skinned it; she wants a +1 AC. My player did xyz… and they are asking for a reward.
The players are relentless. Again, I cannot blame them?
These GMs feel they are encouraging their players to roleplay and be creative. They are not.
All they are encouraging is the push for more +1s. For more greed. Asking for an advantage is not roleplaying but the endless pursuit of power.
The GM is his worst enemy. We want them to have fun. But the reality is limitations, challenges, and denying is the pathway to having fun. If you always give the players what they want, they will stop having fun. It is human nature.
As an afterthought, once I do give out the +1, I then go back and think about the impact it has on the world. For a perfect example, was when I made the Basilisk monster give +1 leather armor. It changed my world.
So I am happy to hear my players make Called Shots. It helps with the narration for big hits, but I generally do not award them with a bonus. Because on the rare occasion, I do.
Age of Swords is a tabletop role-playing game set in the Wildworld: a land recovering from a global war between rival sibling gods that toppled empires and released a horde of monsters.
After the creation gods created the Nine Clans and the world, they ascended into heaven. Two siblings gods lingered. These gods had opposite beliefs on how the Nine Clans should live their lives. Unable to reconcile their differences, it came to war. Caught in the middle, the Nine Clans were made to choose sides. After hundreds of years, victory was at hand. Foreseeing her destruction, the sister god sought to annihilate all life and start the world anew. To stop this Armageddon, the Fathergod descending from heaven and forcing his children to retire. Two thousand years have passed, and in all that time the gods have remained silent.
The world has entered a new era. An age of kings, whose armies fight against the savages to reclaim land once lost. It is an age of optimism where townsfolk are looking beyond their city wall and feeling safe again. An age of sails where the seas trade once again brings riches. It is an age of discovery where adventures journey the Wildlands; exploring the fallen ruins and deep dungeons to find treasures of the old world. And it is an Age of Swords where the horrors fight back against the intrusion into their vast holdings.
As a Player, you get to choose one of five Hero archetypes. What will your choice be? The fearless Warrior who is strongest when in the middle of a battle? Or the sly Skirmisher, a mobile fighter whose strength lies in attacking the enemies flanks? The modern Elemental who can manipulate a single magical element for devastating effects? Perhaps you will choose the Shaman, brandishing a blade in one hand and wielding spells with the other. Then there is the simple Commoner who curses his luck to be on such a wild and dangerous journey. Unknown to all, the player also controls an unnamed god who uses their secret Theos magic to further the Commoners cause.
Age of Swords offers a fast pace, combat system. It also has a leveling system that allows lower-level Heroes able to adventure with higher level ones. This system keeps monsters relevant throughout the gaming process. If a Hero is a match for a Goblin at low levels, then several will still challenge them at a higher level.
It also keeps a Hero’s death from crippling a story. Meanwhile, high-level Heroes are expected to retire and allow for the next generation to take on the adventure’s mantle.
One system for Action rolls: The same mechanics govern both in and out of combat action. It is quick and easy to learn. Heroes progress on three different attack types and match these scores up against one of the enemy’s two defensive scores. With nine combinations, it allows for different Heroes to shine against various monsters in combat.
Website interaction: The game will include a website with forums to assist players with new content and abilities. In this way, Age of Swords can rapidly expand and adjust to GMs needs without waiting years for an expansion.
Designed to be Homebrewed: Built around their abilities and modular components, the GM can adapt the system to match their needs. In your world warriors have a unique talent? Add it to the options list. It is that easy to manipulate.
Player’s choices: Using the ability system, Hero gets to choose when to use them in combat. The abilities have all sorts of effects including taking extra attacks, gaining bonuses to rolls, causing additional damage, and giving aid to others.
Invisible clerics: It provides a system of playing clerics in worlds “without” gods. It allows gods to influence events by silently pulling strings behind the scenes. These powers work to manipulate the rules and game mechanics to give the Heroes an edge.
Flexible mages: There are several magic systems built around the power of the lower level spells. Some of the Mages have collapsing spell trees, where they were with various spell abilities all linked together. Cast a spell and options will close.
I have been playing the game off and on for 30 years.
In the beginning, I would say I played a lot of chaotic selfish Heroes. I even had the notoriety as someone you need to “watch your back.” Some of the Heroes I played, this was true. But I didn’t like the reputation, and so I tried to play better characters.
I think there is an evolution of roleplaying. In the beginning, players start off playing selfish thugs. Hopefully, they evolve out of this style. It isn’t guaranteed it will happen. Being aware and pushing oneself to play at a higher level helps.
Here is a bit of my own history of roleplaying.
About 25 years ago, I was at a new friend’s house. He offered to run me and some friends on an adventure. It seemed a one-shot, so when I rolled terrible stats, I just decided to go with it. My Mage was so awful, his best stat was 16, a lot of 11s, and even a 6. Up until this point, “magically” every Hero I played had one or two 18s. Yes, I was that guy.
I named the Hero, Kow, and played as a hireling of the party. I felt my guy was so bad, I couldn’t take top billing. The campaign continued for years! Kow went on to become one of the most fun Heroes I have ever played.
What I discovered from playing Kow, was that playing Heroes with flaws and weakness was more interesting than playing the perfect killing machine.
So with a few exceptions, I started to play Heroes with a few bad stats. Not “dump stats,” to min/max. I would just assign 1 or 2 terrible stats. I once made a Fighter with 6 Strength and 8 Consitution. He didn’t die, but the story ended too soon to see how he would play.
Nowadays, having amazing stats don’t interest me. Sometimes when the party is a whole bunch of 18 strength Heroes, I feel I need to have an 18 strength too. But I rather the entire party be modest stats.
Playing these Heroes with flaws lead me to the next discovery of roleplaying.
For the longest time, I would play just about ever Hero the same. Sure they would have an outer level that was different to them. If playing an Elf, I would put on that elf costume. Playing a Warlock, then a Warlock costume. But all of these characters deep inside were the equivalent.
They were all tactics smart and on the lookout for items. Always looking to get power, avoid unconsciousness, and not to do stupid stuff. Be clever and intelligent. If the Hero had a 6 Int, then add a silly voice and do “stupid” things when it didn’t matter. Play him dumb in a smart way.
I remember the point where I first broke this pattern.
I was playing a “Cowboy” fighter who came to convince the party to help his village. Everyone had levels and items on him, so he was underpowered. At an old battlesight, I discovered an ancient arrow sticking to a wall. As an experienced player, I immediately knew this was a magic item. And since it had been on the wall for 2,000 years, surely a powerful one too. So what did I do?
As a Cowboy, I picked the arrow off of the wall checked to see if it was gold. When it wasn’t, I threw it away! The GM was so shocked, he laughed. Later, other party members scrambled to pocket the arrow. But for me, it was just an old valueless arrow.
These days, playing Heroes who make mistakes is amusing. No longer do I like to think through Heroes turns (unless playing a tactician). There are many times the GM says to me, “Oh that won’t work.” And instead of saying, “Oh then I do this instead.” I just say, “Oh well, I did it anyway.” Therefore wasting the turn.
Having my Hero waste turns, do poor plans, pass over treasure, or any other error makes me feel good. I am not saying every Hero I play does this or does this 100% of the time. I mean when it feels right in the moment and true to their personality, I make a knowing blunder. I am trying to remove that inner need to always make the intelligent play and letting the Hero’s goals and personally guide me.
I realize I still have more work to do.
For example, I do not like it when my Hero goes unconscious. When unconscious, I am at the whims of the other party members to when I can rejoin the game. The other players might choose to play on for a short-time or long-time before taking a break. During that time, I am a spectator.
Because of this aversion to being on the sidelines, I tend to play mages and clerics. Any Hero that isn’t on the frontlines. I am trying to change that.
I think my next Hero will be a guy who charges into every battle. He will be reckless and protective other others. He will leap in the way of attacks to save allies. Perhaps play him a bit on the suicide side and see where that takes me.
In the meantime, I have been pushing myself to explore characters I would have never considered in my youth. These would have taken me out of my comfort zone.
My current Hero is a cross-dressing Mage. He only feels powerful when dressing as a woman. He is careful as to who he shares this information. When dressed as a man I played him miserable and pessimistic. When in a dress, happy and optimistic. I based him on Ed Woods, the famous B-movie director who made his films cross-dressing.
I played a Cleric who was actually a serial killer. In the past, I have played evil characters but don’t think I have played one like this. I played him as kind and loyal as possible. He helped his community, was generous to his people, and to most of the people he met. He created a split in religion to justify his insanity and gave his god human sacrifices even when this was not the way to worship him. In reality, he hated his god and was seeking to supplant him. It didn’t matter to me that his goals were impossible. He both worshiped his god, built his church, and undermined him at the same time.
One of the most enjoyable Heroes I recently played was a closeted gay Barbarian. In total deny of his sexual identity. To the party, his homosexuality was apparent. In this way, he was a lot like Tobias Fünke. Most people saw it, but he didn’t. And being a barbarian, it was dangerous to mention it to him.
I understand if these odd Heroes would not interest most people. The idea is to explore areas that take me out of my comfort zone. In identifying with these Heroes, it has helped me to understand others. Playing an RPG is a way to walk in another man’s shoes.
Roleplaying games offer more to the players than just entertainment. I really believe it can help us all become better people. I know for me it has made me a more empathic person. I hope you find yourself exploring and pushing yourself to try Heroes with new core beliefs and challenge your basic tendencies and patterns.
This post is a little rambly. It covers some ideas about GM storytelling and control.
Every week, I GM a group of 3-6 players using my system Age of Swords.
This system is a fantasy role-playing game set in the Wildworld. My dream is to publish it this year, but who knows if that will happen. Regardless, a story is a story and what I am talking about applies to any RPG.
When planning out a session, I tend to write 1 major plot point per hour. It is incredible that it can take this long to get a single plot point done, but it is what it is. I will also have a couple of go-to encounters in case I need to adjust events for timing.
Lastly, I try to make the last plot point of the evening a bit of a cliffhanger. In this way, we come back on some tension. This device is a tried and true method of all writers.
It might sound like this sort of planning is to Railroad the players.
Most GMs do not want this much planning because they are afraid they will Railroad. Planning out story is not Railroading. The Angry DM has a great article about Railroading that I believe should be read. Also, there is the concept of a Fox Hunt.
I use what I call the Hourglass style.
The Hourglass is a mixture of both a Sandbox and a Fox Hunt/Railroading. It is an open story that has choke point that must happen. I give the Heroes a lot of leeways to do what they want, but at the same time, I am steering them to my story points.
When I say steering, I am not forcing. Carrots are better than sticks. Session 0 is essential in aligning the Heroes motivations with the story you are telling. It is for this reason, I believe placing limitations on a campaign during Hero creation is so important. I plan to talk more about Limitations on Hero creation in great detail soon.
In my current running, the Heroes are seeking revenge on a powerful Mage who stole gold and years of their lives from them.
He did this by betraying them and then wiping their recent memories. Then three years later, one of the Heroes “wakes” up and remembers what happened. He then goes and finds all the other players and helps them get their memories back. They are all now poor nobodies, who remember have a fortune of treasure stolen from them. They are pissed and seeking revenge.
Therefore, the players are 100% guiding themselves as they try to locate and kill this Mage. While doing so, they have discovered the Mage is seeking to build an item that will increase his power by controlling the Nagas that secretly live in the region.
The story I want to tell is about the rise of a Naga Queen, the eventually Queen’s attempt to take over the region, and the fate of the Nagas as a people. I hope that the Heroes will get on board to stop the Queen when the attack happens. But I am not forcing them to do so. Right now, they are trying to track down this Mage they hate and kill him solely for revenge.
However, the Mage is all up in the Naga’s business. So each time they deal with NPCs about the Mage, they are learning more about the Nagas. In this way, I do not need to Railroad anything. They want revenge, and I can happily sit back and let them Sandbox their way to the Mage. In the meantime, there are some key story points involving the Naga that they need to discover.
Last week, they just started to interact with some of the Rogue Nagas that are working against the Queen. How did this happen? Because many of the avenues of investigation keep bring up the Nagas until they decided to go looking into it. They came to the conclusion that the Rogue Nagas might be allies in their war against the Mage. They now have a crucial partner in the Naga story, and I hope to get them more involve with the Naga as they continue to seek revenge.
As GM, imagine you need the players to go to Rome. Whatever you do, do not tell them this information. Just try to figure out what they want to do, and then present a road to Rome.
The players just killed a dragon and wish to use the dragon scales to make magical armor. Well, they learn the best smith for this job is in Rome.
They are getting on a boat to go to Athens, it gets attacked. The ship is shipwrecked. They have a great adventure on the island. When they finally get rescued, it is by a boat going to Rome.
They are seeking revenge against a noble, the noble flees to get protection in the city of Rome.
They want to learn more about the dungeon before going into it. There is a Sage who has this information in Rome.
Once the Heroes have a road to Rome, you have to stop making all roads lead there. Otherwise, it is total Railroading. But you can leave a few events to come up from now and then that need to go to Rome.
The Angry GM talked about Railroading as a battle for control. And I agree with him.
The best tools the GM can use in this battle is patience.
The Heroes don’t want to go to Rome and do your fantastic adventure, then relax! Find out what they want to do and do that for a while. Then work behind the scenes to find a reason they will want to go to Rome.
Perhaps you want them to go to Rome at level 2 but they get there at level 5. Well, add a few more monsters to the adventure and press forward.
In the end, patience is your best tool as a GM. | 2019-04-18T14:28:48Z | https://darkeaglegames.wordpress.com/2018/04/ | Porn | Games | 0.843444 |
wordpress | It is difficult to make this dish look appetising as this photo demonstrates.
When you work in an office with a high percentage of women (as I have done) you often have to listen to tedious conversations about dieting. And many times I have overheard diet bores slapping themselves on the back because they have had “just a little bit of quiche and salad” for lunch. This is pretty funny because there are few dishes which contain quite so much fat (pastry, eggs, bacon, cream!!!). But for some reason quiche seems to retain an image of ‘lightness’ and ‘femininity’.
Calories aside, I have never bee a fan of quiche because I think eggs and cheese mixed together is the devil’s work. Even the smell makes me want to vomit. And memories of being forced to eat my primary school’s ghastly ‘cheese and egg flan’ have never quite left me.
I recently read however that a classic Quiche Lorraine should never have cheese in it (yes, yes, it was Elizabeth David again but I’m not obsessed, honest). Hurrah I thought and quickly googled for a recipe without cheese.
The filling for this recipe is very straight forward and comes from Felicity Cloake (attempting to create the ‘perfect’ quiche Lorraine for the Guardian). The shortcrust pastry recipe is from my trusty Be-Ro book. I couldn’t help myself and added a little caramelised onion to the mix – but this is not ‘the done thing’ – Elizabeth would not approve.
I found that I could happily eat quiche made this way. And my husband, who has a very feminine palate, (he loves cappuccinos, chocolate and yoghurt) thought it was wonderful.
To make the pastry measure the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl. Add the margarine and then rub together with the flour until you have a mix the consistency of fine breadcrumbs. Sprinkle over the 3 tablespoons of milk and with a knife stir until well incorporated. Then, using your hands, bring the mixture together lightly to form a ball. Knead very gently a couple of times until smooth. Press the ball down roughly to form a thick flat circle, place in a plastic bag and allow to rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Heat the oven to 190oC.
Remove the pastry from the fridge and roll out with a rolling pin until it is big enough to line a 23 cm tart tin. Prick the bottom with a fork all over and trim the edges. You need to make sure there are no cracks in your pastry (because otherwise the filling will seep out) but if you have some don’t worry – just patch up the holes/cracks with pastry left over from trimming the edges. Don’t worry if it looks a bit messy. Put a square of baking parchment over the surface of the pastry and fill with baking beads.
Bake the pastry case in the oven for 10 minutes. Remove the beads and the baking paper and return to the oven for a further 5 minutes. Finally brush the bottom with a thin layer of egg white (apparently this helps to avoid a soggy bottom) and pop back in the oven for another 3 minutes. Set the case aside while you prepare the filling.
OPTIONAL: Fry a large onion (or two smaller ones) gently in a little olive oil or butter for about 15 minutes until soft and caramelised. Spread over the base.
Fry the bacon until browned but not too crisp. Drain on kitchen towel and spread half over the onion or (if you’re not using onion) over the base.
Put the cream and the eggs and yolks into a large bowl with a generous pinch of salt and some pepper. Beat together slowly until combined and then give the mix a fast whisk until frothy. Pour over the base to fill and then sprinkle over the rest of the bacon.
Bake for 20 minutes. The centre should still be a little bit wobbly if you like a creamy texture. If you prefer a denser texture then cook for 5-10 minutes longer.
Serve warm or at room temperature (but not piping hot or fridge cold – both of these dampen down the flavour).
This recipe sounds a bit weird but I promise you it’s absolutely delicious.
The first time I made it I had a rather strange conversation via twitter with the writer Diana Henry.
@DianaHenryFood Help please! Part way through your pasta with onions recipe but have realised I forgot to buy dill. What else could I use?
@DianaHenryFood PS. I also realise that this is a long shot – sure you have much better things to do on a Thursday night. I’ll go away now.
@Shelton_Zoe is that the Turkish one?
@DianaHenryFood Yes. Thanks for the reply (couldn’t fit the whole title in). 5 minutes from serving up.
@DianaHenryFood amazing dish even without dill – thanks for the recipe. I’ll try thyme next as it’s in my garden.
@DianaHenryFood Yes, of course. Golden rule – always follow the original recipe exactly first BEFORE tinkering. I’ll leave you in peace now.
I hasten to add that the next time I cooked this dish I bought dill. It was nice without, but even nicer with.
It was kind of Diana Henry to answer my stupid question but why on earth was she on twitter on a Thursday evening?
But then again why was I?
Put the onions in a heavy-based pan with the olive oil, bay and cinnamon. Cook over a medium heat, stirring the onions, until they start to turn golden. Then add the garlic and cook for a further two minutes.
Add a splash of water, cover the pan, turn the heat right down and leave until the onions are almost caramelised (about 35 minutes). Open the lid to check them every so often and add a little more water if they look dry.
When the onions are cooked, uncover, season with salt and pepper and boil away any excess liquid.
Cook the tagliatelle according to the packet instructions. Drain and toss it into the pot with the onions and stir in the yogurt, milk and dill.
Very quickly melt the butter in a small saucepan and add the cayenne. Cook for about 20 seconds.
Serve the pasta with the spiced butter drizzled on top (and, if you like, the feta on the side).
Here are two recipes for things to eat with holes in the middle. There is no other reason for putting them in the same blog post except that they’re both fun to make.
One day I’ll try making doughnuts.
I’ve tried several recipes for onion rings but for me this one is the simplest and the best.
Peel and cut your onion into slices just under 1 cm thick (8mm). Separate into rings and discard the two tiny ones in the centre (you can save these for another use).
Measure the flour and salt into a mixing bowl and add the sparkling water gradually until you have a batter the consistency of double cream.
Now heat your oil. It’s best if you use a large saucepan and fill to about half way. The oil is ready for frying when a tiny drop of batter hisses immediately on entering the pan.
Put your onion rings into the batter and shake them a little to remove any excess batter before carefully dropping them into the oil. You can fry 4 or 5 at a time, or more if you’re short of time and you don’t mind if they stick together a bit.
Fry for 2-3 minutes until golden brown. Drain well on kitchen paper and sprinkle with salt (optional if you don’t like to eat too much salt) before serving.
This is a basic recipe and I’m sure bread experts will scoff but the result is a very respectable bagel which is much nicer than the dry old ones you can buy at Tesco Express.
These make a perfect Sunday brunch with scrambled eggs and chorizo or smoked salmon and cream cheese.
For fresh bagels in the morning start the process in the evening. Take a large mixing bowl and measure out the flour, yeast, salt and caster sugar.
Tip in the water and stir into a firm dough with your hands.
Now divide the dough into 6 equal portions and shape into balls, place on a tray, cover with a cloth and leave for another 20 minutes.
Now shape your bagels. Make a hole in the middle with the end of a wooden spoon and then stretch the dough outwards with your fingers. The hole needs to be quite large (about 4 cm) as it will close up as it cooks.
Cover a chopping board or tray with lightly oiled cling film then place the bagels on the tray and cover loosely with another piece of lightly oiled cling film. Place in the fridge to rise slowly overnight.
In the morning preheat the oven to 200oC fan.
Take a large pan and boil some water with 2 tablespoons of brown sugar added. Drop each bagel into the boiling water and poach for just 5 seconds on each side.
Place the poached bagels on an oiled baking tray, sprinkle with seeds or salt and bake for 15-20 minutes.
This is one of the savoury dishes that I first learnt to cook (spaghetti bolognese being the obvious other). My home economics teacher was so surprised that I even knew what lentils were, let alone how to cook them, that she gave me a special achievement award at the end of term! That was the kind of school I went to – learning to spell was less important.
It was actually quite a challenge to write this recipe down because I cook it from instinct. I’ve listed the ingredients in terms of what is essential and what is optional, just in case you don’t have any of the later in your cupboard. This is because dhal is an excellent standby for when you’ve not had a chance to go shopping, or when you’re on a really tight budget, and I don’t want to put you off making it just because you don’t have one of the spices or some fresh coriander.
This is another recipe for my daughter Elizabeth who has been eating dhal with gusto since she was 4 months old.
Begin by cooking the lentils. I like to rinse them first (I find this reduces their wind inducing capacity). Put them in a medium size pan and top with cold water. Swirl the water around with your hands and then drain. Do this about 3 times or until the water is a lot less cloudy when you swirl. Add the ½ litre of cold water to the pan and bring to the boil.
Simmer on a low heat until the lentils are soft and have absorbed most of the water (this should take about 30 minutes), you don’t need to drain them. Add the tomatoes (if using) in the last 5 minutes of cooking.
In a pestle and mortar crush the garlic with the salt and dry spices (turmeric, ground cumin and ground coriander).
Heat half the ghee in a frying pan until smoking hot. Add the onions and fry until well coloured. Then add the dry spices and garlic and cook for a couple of minutes stirring well. Finally, add the remaining ghee and when the mix is really hot add to the lentils. Stir until everything is well mixed and check the seasoning. Add most of the chopped coriander and then ladle into bowls.
Garnish with the remaining coriander and serve with a naan style flat bread (as below) or rice.
NOTE: You can cook the lentils in advance but it’s best not to add the hot spice and ghee mix until just before serving. This is because lentils have a strange quality that absorbs all flavour and dulls it down so you’ll just end up having to add more salt and spices later to get the taste back.
I’ve tried several different recipes for naan and they have all come out tasting like a dry flat scone –just not right at all. Bizarrely the recipe below is the most naan-like even though it’s just a regular bread mix rolled flat and cooked in a dry frying pan. Because of the addition of yeast the texture is lovely and soft. You could brush them with ghee once cooked if you wanted a more authentic taste.
Mix together all the dry ingredients then add the water a little at a time until the mix comes together in a soft dough.
Knead for 10 minutes until the dough is nice and elastic. Cover and set aside to prove for at least an hour (although 2 is better).
Divide the dough into four portions and roll each out with a rolling pin to form a thin disc. You will need to flour your work surface and pin liberally to stop the dough from sticking.
Heat a frying pan until it is very hot and then cook the flat bread for about 4 minutes on each side until golden. Don’t worry if it catches a little and don’t add any oil to the pan. Once cooked keep warm under a tea towel while you continue the process with the remaining three portions.
NOTE: I find that using an old frying pan where the non-stick has come off works a treat for flat breads. | 2019-04-26T04:17:01Z | https://handmedownrecipes.wordpress.com/tag/onion/ | Porn | Reference | 0.539894 |
wordpress | After years of seeing nominations for Nurse Jackie at various award ceremonies – and Merritt Wever’s now infamously hilarious acceptance speech for winning the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy – I finally sat down to watch the comedy…or drama…or dramedy. And I love it.
Edie Falco (The Sopranos) shines as a cynical ER nurse, whose addiction to pain killers toggles with her own morality – all while leading a double life with a loving husband and two daughters. Jackie’s good cop/bad cop style of nursing allows the writers to add a host of compelling trauma patients to come through the doors of the bustling New York City hospital.
In the pilot, Jackie is tasked with mentoring a skittish nursing student, Zoey (Wever), who learns right off the bat to barf away from the severed human ear. The hospital has the most prestigious staff in the city, with the adorkable, Dr. Cooper (Peter Facinelli) – Coop for short – and the egocentric diva, Dr. O’Hara (Eve Best).
Something I love about the editing. Most shows fade to black during transitions, but in Nurse Jackie we fade to white. There’s something very lucid about this – mixing Jackie’s immoral addiction to pain killers with the very real sense of mortality in the hospital. In a very powerful moment in the first season, Zoey loses her first patient, and the quick-to-judge Jackie stands down for a moment to acknowledge the many dark horrors that come with working in the medical profession.
If you haven’t starting watching Nurse Jackie yet, don’t fret! It’s not too late! Well, I guess it’ll never be too late, unless, well…we all die eventually. | 2019-04-23T22:00:40Z | https://robzappulla.wordpress.com/tag/showtime/ | Porn | Reference | 0.564002 |
cnn | Is this the U.K.'s 'Dallas' style oil bonanza?
OPEC pumped more oil in March. But will anyone want to buy it?
The latest data from the oil cartel shows that its members increased crude output in March, a trend driven by higher volumes from Iraq and Iran, which is pumping furiously after emerging from years of sanctions.
Iran's production rose by nearly 140,000 barrels per day, counteracting reduced output from the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria and Libya. Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait all maintained production at February levels.
OPEC warned that global demand for its product is fragile, despite low prices. Some of its major customers are suffering from slower economic growth, and the removal of fuel subsidies in oil producing countries may be hurting demand. In addition, mild weather in the Northern Hemisphere was discouraging buyers.
"Current negative factors seem to outweigh positive ones and possibly imply downward revisions in oil demand growth, should existing signs persist going forward," the group said in its monthly report.
Global oil markets have changed markedly in the last two years. Oil prices collapsed to as low as $26 per barrel in February, from well over $100 in 2014. They've since bounced back to over $40 a barrel.
The price slump has squeezed higher cost producers, who were forced to slash their spending and rethink some projects.
Yet major producers have continued to pump, pushing the global glut -- the difference between crude supply and demand -- to 2.5 million barrels per day in the first quarter of 2016, up from 2 million in the fourth quarter of last year.
OPEC countries will try once again to calm market volatility on Sunday, when they are scheduled to meet other major oil producers in Qatar to talk about capping output.
It's a tactic that has been tried previously without much success. Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed in February to hold output at January levels. But the deal had many conditions and didn't work out. Iran called the agreement "a joke," and pledged to boost its own production. | 2019-04-26T10:20:56Z | https://money.cnn.com/2016/04/13/investing/opec-oil-iran-demand/index.html | Porn | Business | 0.823535 |
wordpress | “I often review good books. Sometimes I review great ones. The Rule of the Clan … gets the highest compliment of all: it is an academic book that is clearly and engagingly written so as to be broadly useful. … Strongest recommendation.” — Mark Safranski, Zenpundit.
Click here to read an interview with the blog Concurring Opinions.
Click here to read a week-long online academic symposium about the book on Concurring Opinions, with an international group of participants.
Click here to watch a lecture about the book’s national security implications at the Kennedy Center for International Studies at BYU and here for a panel discussion at the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues at Dickinson College.
Available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Books-a-Million, IndieBound, Overstock, Powell’s, other on-line stores, and at a local bookseller near you. | 2019-04-22T16:31:17Z | https://worldsoflaw.wordpress.com/books/the-rule-of-the-clan/?shared=email&msg=fail | Porn | Shopping | 0.976724 |
wordpress | An ending and a beginning!
This class has been a fascinating and wild ride. I can’t say that I’m not completely exhausted, but I also am more interested in the subject matter than ever! Simultaneously to reading and responding for this course, I was also updating my professional portfolio, applying for a new job, interviewing and accepting a position at a UW university! I started in my new position two weeks ago, leaving a long day of being the new kid on the block, and returning home to research and write my final essay. I cannot wait for vacation!
Exhaustion aside, this course gave me an amazing foundation to be able to speak knowledgeably about emerging media and how it affects communications on professional and personal level. Additionally, all of our discussions about the changing role of the technical communicator helped me organize my feelings and goals concerning my career as a graphic designer in a non-profit internal marketing department. I have really grown to love working for higher ed institutions, and so I am looking at how I can grow into a more strategic role rather than a strictly production role. This became part of my rhetoric as I interviewed for my new position and also as I discussed the field with the wonderful folks at the college I left. I still don’t know exactly what I’m aiming for, but at least I know what direction I want to push.
The ironic thing, is that I had a better chance to influence web and social media strategy at my old position. It was a much smaller team, and I had a bigger voice in the marketing efforts of the smaller college. After I settle in for a while at my new university, I’m going to have to regroup and decide what steps I can take to involve myself in that aspect of the communications at my new job. Still, I’ve already been able to discuss some of my favorite topics from this course with my new boss and the social media expert. It’s exciting!
My final paper had everything to do with my new position. I researched the use of social media in the marketing of higher ed institutions. The following is my brief abstract.
The effort to attract potential students to attend colleges and universities is highly competitive. Though higher education institutions have attempted to embrace the use of social media to connect with potential students and their parents, studies shows that the audience on these platforms remain unengaged. This paper explores the social preferences of young potential students, and strategies to help higher education marketing departments successfully engage their audience.
I learned so much from my discussions with you! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge through your blog posts and comments! We have been lucky to have such a multi-talented and involved cohort for this class. I wish you all the best, and I hope you call can get a little rest now.
Before taking this class, I tinkered with social media. After this class I suspect I will continue to tinker with it. Not because I don’t want to do more, but because working more than full-time and going to school full-time precludes pretty much anything else for the foreseeable future. But, when I’m ready, I know I will be very glad I took this class.
It has challenged me to think about what drives communication within social media, i.e., it’s rhetorical basis. It never occurred to me to think about social media from a rhetorical perspective. But, the great eye-opener for me was to realize social media is perfectly compatible with rhetorical practices.
For example, in social media, we think about how to put the message together: short meaningful sentences if possible. We group information under headings and use lots of pictures. What we are really doing is attempting to deliver a message in as palatable way as possible. In other words, we are thinking about the reader’s experience. And, from what I’ve learned this semester, nothing could be more important.
My paper presents a set of practical guidelines related to social media that can be applied by individuals or businesses. It’s a practical guide—a sort of owner’s manual.
This guide is organized into five components: communication strategy, channels, content, connection, and community. I formed these by thinking about how the principles around social media we discovered this semester fit together. Each principle or idea could be grouped under one of these categories.
Communication refers to the strategy that needs to be considered when engaging in social media. Channels represent the various types of social media individuals and businesses can publish information to. Content is a discussion on what types of information fits into your strategy whether that is self-generated or curated. Connection refers to how you connect your social media efforts to external content and themes. Community means the importance of building a sense of community around social media efforts.
It’s important to see these five components not as individual puzzle pieces, but as pieces of a solved puzzle—they work together to achieve an effective, and comprehensive social media platform.
I have enjoyed reading your blog posts this semester. I learned something from each one and often that something caused to me think in a different direction, if only for a little while. But that, I’ve come to realize, is the point of education.
I have really enjoyed this class, and interacting with all of you on this blog. This course has helped me see my current (and future) workplace situation through different lenses, and I feel this has made me stronger professionally. I chose to write my paper on what skills technical communication professionals need to succeed in the modern/future workplace. I have pasted my abstract below, please let me know what you think!
Emerging media has completely changed the face of traditional technical writing. The introduction of Web 2.0 has created user needs that supersede the tangible printed and bound instruction manuals that previously defined the field. As a result, workplaces have established new requirements for the skills ideal technical writing candidates must possess, and universities have strategically designed programs to keep up with these trends. Successful technical writers are now faced with the tasks of interpreting the most effective structure to present information; the best terminology for particular users; the appropriate design strategies to maximize accessibility; and the optimal platforms/technology to deliver products. This paper will define modern technical communication, and highlight the essential skills and abilities required for success in the industry. This paper will be concluded with my personal experience with these dynamics as a technical communications professional in multiple workplace settings.
I have enjoyed this class, although so many of the conversations have blurred the line between work and school. I was blessed and stressed by the overlap. Sometimes, I’d turn to the week’s reading and feel like it was another part of my work day as I read about topics that were related. I read many responses from my classmates and it seems some of you may relate to that feeling.
In typical fashion, my final paper is rooted in the daily activities of my job. I am looking at the power of the customer who uses social media to be vocal about their consumer experience. My primary focus is the negative consumer. Holidays bring out the worst in people, so I am overwhelmed with angry customers calling in asking for supervisor intervention and responding to a rapidly growing list of social media posts.
I don’t think that my company handles social media with the same finesse that many companies do. I am looking at some of our operational policies in my paper. It almost feels like I’m pulling back a curtain that I’d rather leave closed. I may know the Wizard of Oz is a fraud, but I will always feel disappointed when that curtain is really pulled back. I live these policies so I’m always aware of them. Analyzing it and recognizing it in writing though, makes it harder to ignore.
As I write this, I have 183 social media posts that require an email response. We try to remove the conversation from social media and respond via email. Professor Pignetti had questioned why my company chooses to have an email sent in response to social media posts. Although I work for an online retailer, we have felt the negative power of those consumers. My company is afraid of their power and their stance is to get that conversation moved to a private venue as soon as possible. Unfortunately, while they view silencing the vocal customer as a priority, they don’t allocate the resources required to do this. During non-peak times, I usually leave work on Friday with my responses caught up. Even then, it takes a lot of effort to stay on top of and sometimes additional hours. We are in the middle of a busy holiday and those social media posts are aging by the day and I have no hours in my schedule “ear-marked” for this activity. Those posters can be aggressive when they are ignored and often continue to be vocal in social media. Today, I was able to respond to three posts during my spare moments. While our company culture tells us to fear the posters, our policies and mode of operation does not allow for the issues to be remedied in the time-frame that social media savvy companies do.
My paper is providing me with an interesting opportunity to look at other companies and how they deal with social media. While I will not be able to invoke much change where I currently work, I think the contrast between where I work and how other companies are dealing with social media, has been an interesting project. I think it also gives me some excellent perspective if I find myself working on social media in my future career endeavors.
I have enjoyed this class and the new perspectives it has given me. I wish everyone luck with their papers. (And remember, please be extra nice if you find yourself calling a customer care line over the holiday. Most of us deal with so much negativity over the holidays, but we really have a genuine desire to make the customer happy.) Happy holidays!
At first, I found the final paper quite daunting due simply to all the research involved; however, once I started it, I was amazed at how much I was learning. For example, I didn’t realize how much social media users can circle back and help technical communicators improve their documentation. End users of technical documentation often leave feedback on social media such as a company’s Facebook page, which technical communicators can use to better organize their materials, improve content or add more illustrations or video. At the same time, technical communicators can engage with commenters online to fill in holes in documentation or answer questions, all which improves customer service and retention.
Also, I learned that today’s consumers consult how-to videos and online discussion boards before they read instructional manuals. I, too, prefer to type “how to . . . ?” into a search engine rather than pore through a cumbersome paper manual. In fact, companies are now offering more of the “quick start” type of instructions as an adjunct to the full manual; these types of instructions tend to be much more user-friendly and heavily illustrated with step-by-step instructions.
Lastly, I came to realize how much technical communication roles are changing for the better. Rather than being seen as an “add-on” to an assembly line product, technical communicators are taking a seat at the table as invaluable members of interdisciplinary teams that are responsible for company growth and vitality. This means that we all need a robust education and can’t be content to conduct business as usual. I think this growth will present great opportunities for all of us.
Of course, emerging media are not without their disadvantages and dangers. We all have to be savvy consumers of information when doing research online. As technical communicators, we need to be quick to correct the errors that are prone to show up in online consumer help sites. And we need to be ever vigilant that our “need for speed,” which has increased exponentially since the advent of the Internet and social media, doesn’t affect the quality, originality, availability or appearance of our documents or audiovisual presentations in negative ways.
Emerging media such as social media, email and the Internet have enabled us to gather and synthesize information faster than ever. We can accomplish tasks that used to require time, money and travel in just a click of a button. We can find and interview subject matter experts online at our convenience. And when we’re done, we can distribute our final document to the whole world, if we wish. But have these tools made our technical documents better—or just faster? This paper explores the advantages and disadvantages conferred by emerging media since the advent of the Internet. It gives concrete examples from the daily work life of a newspaper reporter and technical communicator and offers ideas as to how technical communicators can use emerging media to their advantage rather than to their detriment.
This has been a great class, and I’ve learned so much from every one of you. Thank you for all of your thought-provoking comments, helpful suggestions and general feedback over this semester; it has been invaluable in both my coursework and my career. I wish you all a wonderful holiday season and good luck in your education and careers. Who knows, we may meet again!
This has been an interesting class about blogging. I came into it unimpressed with the tool itself, as I previously found most bogs to be rants. Through the class I saw that another type of blog exists – one with research supporting the ideas, and with thoughtful commentary. It has been especially insightful to read posts from my peers. So many of you are incredibly talented in this social media platform and it’s been a pleasure to see your take and creativity in discussing the readings.
Working in higher education in a college that doesn’t use social media in a calculated way to attract students, I wrote about using several social media platforms for recruitment purposes. In addition, I made recommendations based on what I researched at schools that were utilizing social media effectively.
Social media usage has seen a significant shift in the last ten years, especially with colleges and universities that are trying to attract prospective students. Not long gone but certainly less influential are flashy paper brochures, college open houses, and static websites. Colleges and universities recognize they need to increase their social media presence to attract students. Done poorly a college may be “clicked” past, but done well, a college’s social media presence can increase student curiosity and drive students to the college website. Is it working? This paper explores the importance of social media as a recruiting tool, how universities are using it, and, probably most importantly, how prospective students are reacting to it. It explores best practices that universities can follow and offers recommendations for effective, efficient use in student recruitment.
Combined with my case study on the social use at my school, the addition of information from my research on it’s use in recruiting helped me shape suggestions for our Marketing department which included: a faculty spotlight blog, an “Eyes on the ground” student post and Twitter tweets about interesting or important daily events t each of our campus. This would be particulary useful in creating a sense of community between our six campus sites throughout the county.
It’s time to say goodbye. A few of you have been my peers in other classes and its been great to see how we’ve all evolved in our thinking about technical communication and social media. I’ve especially enjoyed the humor and camaraderie. To those of you completing this degree, I congratulate you. To those of you new, I wish you the best on this UW journey.
Social media and how to use it for a business advantage always seemed so simple before starting this course. Now, after this course, I know how to use it more wisely and how to use it more for my advantage.
But the learning did not stop there. For the final paper, I decided upon a topic that the Professor had suggested after reading a blog posting that I passionate about – how companies were exploiting people online without them realizing it.
This paper aims to explore the result of what most people do with technology nearly every day – working for free while thinking that it is play. This working for free while playing is what some people have started calling “playbour” or “immaterial labor.” To avoid confusion in this paper, I will use the word, “playbour” to reference both. Thus, the focus of this paper is the internet and how it blends work and play together and how people are benefiting and/or are being exploited by it. Additionally, because technical communicators are told to create a portfolio of projects that they have done voluntary, these concepts are especially important. Furthermore, this paper also attempts to examine copyright infringement issues regarding work done as playbour, and the advantages and disadvantages of creative commons.
I wish everyone much success and happiness in whatever you do. I am sure that whatever it is, it is exciting and a wonderful achievement that will not be taken for granted. | 2019-04-24T05:50:50Z | https://745techprofcomm.wordpress.com/2015/12/ | Porn | Business | 0.966001 |
wordpress | There are three of us who provide the core work of the Keystone Institute, and many associates and colleagues who have joined us over the years to work together to advance good ideas.
Elizabeth Neuville is the Executive Director of the Keystone Institute and has focused on providing education in Social Role Valorization (SRV), individualized service designs and person centered planning. Much of her recent work involves the deinstitutionalization movement in eastern Europe. She also has a deep interest in the history of social movements, and in particular, the many lessons that can be drawn from studying past movements in the field of disability and how they relate to the present.
Pamela Seetoo also teaches SRV widely, has many years of experience working with children and families within the foster care system and teaches, studies and facilitates many events.
Eileen Scott focuses her energies on person centered thinking and planning and tools that are useful in developing a vision and gaining momentum toward changes within individuals, families, organizations and communities.
We are deeply invested in creating positive alternatives to institutionalization, marginalization and entrenched, systematic societal devaluation of many groups of people across the globe. | 2019-04-24T10:23:47Z | https://onbeingofservice.wordpress.com/about/ | Porn | Society | 0.482952 |
google | 2005-11-09 Application filed by Cybiocare Inc. filed Critical Cybiocare Inc.
A method and apparatus for reducing motion artifact and spurious noise effects when computing estimates of values representative of at least one physiological parameter of a subject. For motion, measured motion values are compared with a motion threshold and the taking of physiological measurements used for computing the physiological parameter estimate values are either suspended until a measured motion value is under the threshold or a correction function is applied to the physiological measurements, the correction function being based on the measured motion values. As for spurious noise, physiological measurements taken while emitters are turned off are subtracted from physiological measurements taken while emitters are turned on in order to eliminate outside noise contamination.
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the reduction of spurious effects on physiological measurements. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the reduction of motion artifact and spurious noise effects on physiological measurements.
There is a great potential for applying optical technologies to biology, medicine and sports to track various physiological parameters or states and provide real time information to the user or to medical personnel. While many studies have shown this great potential, very few concrete products using optical technologies have been developed or marketed. Some of the reasons for this are the difficulty to isolate a signal of interest from the various interferences that come from the external environment, the fact that the measurements must be made in a continuous manner on a constantly moving subject and to the variable nature of the human body itself.
The elastic nature of human tissue complicates the taking of optical measurements when a subject is in motion since tissue compression and expansion instantly affect the optical properties of the tissue while the signal of interest remains fairly constant.
A complication that comes with the use of portable measurement devices is that the nature and the sources of the noises are constantly changing. Noise sources are present in both the measurement device itself and the external environment. Electrical noises from AC lines or surrounding electronic devices are obvious noise sources. Optical noise coming from the sun or from artificial lights may migrate into the skin and through the optical sensors. Both the electric and the optical noises may vary over time and with the motion of the subject.
In the present specification, there is described a method and apparatus designed to overcome the above-described limitations.
The present invention relates to a method for reducing motion artifact when computing estimates of values representative of at least one physiological parameter of a subject, comprising the steps of measuring a motion value and comparing the motion value with a motion threshold. If the compared motion value is lower than the motion threshold then taking at least one physiological measurement, estimating the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter by applying a mathematical model to the at least one physiological measurement and providing the estimate of the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter.
The present invention also relates to a method for reducing motion artifact when computing estimates of values representative of at least one physiological parameter of a subject, comprising the steps of repeatably measuring a motion value and comparing each motion value with a motion threshold. If the compared motion value is lower than the motion threshold then taking at least one physiological measurement, estimating the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter by applying a mathematical model to the at least one physiological measurement and providing the estimates of the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter. If not, after a predetermined number of consecutive compared motion values that are higher than the motion threshold then providing a warning to the subject.
The present invention further relates to a method for reducing motion artifact when computing estimates of values representative of at least one physiological parameter of a subject, comprising the steps of measuring a motion value, taking at least one physiological measurement, applying a correction function to the at least one physiological measurement, the correction function being based on the measured motion value, estimating the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter by applying a mathematical model to the at least one corrected physiological measurement and providing the estimates of the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter.
The present invention further still relates to a method for reducing spurious noise when computing estimates of values representative of at least one physiological parameter of a subject, comprising the steps of generating a probing signal comprising at least one wavelength, propagating the probing signal from a propagation point, measuring reflectance values of the probing signal for a subset of the at least one wavelength from at least two distances from the propagation point, shutting off the probing signal for the subset of the at least one wavelength, measuring a shut-off reflectance value from the at least two distances from the propagation point, computing adjusted reflectance values by subtracting the shut-off reflectance values from the reflectance values, estimating the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter by applying a mathematical model to adjusted reflectance values and providing the estimates of the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter.
The present invention also relates to an apparatus implementing the above described methods.
The foregoing and other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent upon reading of the following non restrictive description of illustrative embodiments thereof, given by way of examples only with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 11 shows transimpedance amplifier waveforms.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION Generally stated, a method and apparatus according to an illustrative embodiment of the present invention provide means to reduce the adverse effects of environmental conditions such as motion artifact and spurious noise effects on physiological measurements used to compute estimates of physiological parameters, for example skin parameters.
Referring to Figure 1 , an example of a monitoring apparatus 100 estimates skin parameters such as, for example, chromophore concentrations and scattering coefficient is illustrated. The monitoring apparatus 100 uses N light sources (or emitters) 102, each generating a light beam at respective predetermined wavelengths λ-i to λu, coupled to a N x 1 optical coupler 104 in order to generate a probing light beam 105 comprising all of the N wavelengths of the N individual light sources 102. The number of light sources 102, and thus wavelengths, as well as their power levels, may vary depending on the application.
The probing light beam 105 then goes through a 1 x 2 optical coupler 106 that provides the probing light beam 105 to both a light source monitor 108 and to an emitter collimating optic 110. The emitter collimating optic 110, advantageously positioned in direct contact with the skin, propagates the probing light beam 105 into the dermis 112 of the skin. The probing light beam 105 is then attenuated and scattered into a number of reflected beams 111 by various scatterers 113 and chromophores 115, which are present in the dermis. The attenuated and reflected beams 111 are then received by receiver collimating optics 114, providing optical signals U to IM to photodetectors 116. Each of the receiver collimating optics 114 is positioned at a distance away from the emitter collimating optic 110 that is different from that of the other receiver collimating optics 114. The number of receiver collimating optics 114 may vary according to the application. A temperature sensor 120 provides a signal indicative of the temperature of the skin.
An Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) 118 then converts the analog signals from the light source monitor 108, the photodetectors 116, as amplified by amplifiers 117, and the temperature sensor 120 into digital signals which are provided to a micro-controller 122. The micro-controller 122 includes an algorithm that controls the operations of the apparatus and performs the monitoring of certain clinical states, and may also perform estimations of certain biological or physiological parameters such as, for example, chromophore concentrations and scattering coefficient, which will be further described below. The results of the monitoring and estimations are then given to the wearer of the monitoring apparatus 100 by either setting a visual, audio and/or mechanical alarm, when a certain clinical state is detected, of displaying the result via alarm/display 124. The micro-controller 122 may also be connected to an input/output 126 through which data such as, for example, a reference blood glucose level may be provided to the monitoring apparatus 100 or through which data such as, for example, chromophore concentrations and scattering coefficient may be provided from the monitoring apparatus 100 to other devices. It is to be understood that the input/output 126 may be any type of interface such as, for example, an electrical, infrared (IR) or a radio frequency (RF) interface.
An example of an algorithm that may be executed by the micro¬ controller 122 is depicted by the flow chart shown in Figure 3. The steps composing the algorithm are indicated by blocks 206 to 220.
At block 206 the algorithm starts by propagating light comprising one or more wavelengths into the skin, the wavelengths being selected according to the application of interest such that variations on light reflectance values at the input of the receiver collimating optics 114 may be observed as a function the variation of some estimated parameters.
At block 208, the diffuse light reflectance is measured at two or more distances from the source of the propagated light of block 206. The diffuse light reflectance measurements are advantageously taken simultaneously for all distances, the longer the time interval between each measurement, the less precise the algorithm results may become. The distances, as well as their values, are selected according to the application. The more distances are used, the more precise the diffuse light reflectance model becomes, but also the more computation intensive it becomes and more expensive becomes the associated estimation apparatus 100.
At block 214, which is optional, the skin temperature is measured.
Then, at block 216, the algorithm computes estimates of the desired physiological parameters using the reflectance measurements, and skin temperature if measured, and displays those estimates at block 218 using display/alarm 124. The algorithm may further detect clinical conditions using the estimated parameter values, in which case block 218 may also activate an alarm using display/alarm 124. It is to be noted that the parameter estimates and/or detection of clinical conditions may also be provided to another device for further processing using input/output 126. Following which, at block 220, the whole algorithm is repeated if continuous monitoring is desired, otherwise the algorithm ends.
116 readings of the reflected beams 111 received by receiver collimating optics 114, which readings are used at block 216 to compute estimates of the desired physiological parameters. One such condition is movement of the wearer of the device, which may cause motion artifacts between the apparatus and the skin and/or the skin and the underlying tissues. A second condition is spurious noise present in the reflected beam 111 , such as caused by ambient lighting, to which possible electrical offsets from the photodetectors 116 or amplifiers 117 may be added.
In order to reduce motion artifact caused by, for example, relative movement between the skin and the monitoring device 100 or skin structure deformation, the monitoring device 100 illustrated in Figure 1 may be modified by adding a motion sensor 121 resulting in the monitoring device 100' illustrated in Figure 2. The motion sensor 121 , which may be, for example, an accelerometer, a pressure sensor or a combination of both and may be advantageously positioned in contact with the skin. It is to be understood that in the case where the motion sensor 121 is, for example, an accelerometer, it may be positioned at another location within or on the monitoring device 100'.
The ADC 118 then converts the analog signals from the motion sensor 121 , into a digital signal which is supplied to the micro-controller 122. The micro-controller 122 algorithm, which controls the operations of the apparatus and performs various computations and estimations according to the applications, then takes into account the information provided by the motion sensor 121.
Figure 3 may be modified to take into account this new information resulting in the algorithm depicted by the flow chart shown in Figure 4. The steps composing the algorithm are indicated by blocks 202 to 220.
At block 202 the algorithm starts by measuring the motion of the monitoring device 100'. To that end, many current off the shelf accelerometers and/or pressure sensors may be used for motion sensor 121. Then, at block 204, the algorithm verifies if the measured motion is inferior to a preset threshold value, if so it goes to block 206 and proceeds as per the previous description of the algorithm of Figure 3, if not, the algorithm goes back to block 202.
Alternatively, in case where the wearer of the monitoring apparatus 100' is in constant movement above the predetermined motion threshold, a timer or a counter may be added to the algorithm in order to set an alarm to warn the wearer to stand still for a certain period of time in order for the apparatus to proceed with an estimation of the desired physiological parameters.
The value of the threshold used at block 204 may be set according to theoretical values or may alternatively be set by the algorithm depicted by the flow chart shown in Figure 5. The steps composing the algorithm are indicated by blocks 302 to 314.
At block 302 the algorithm starts by computing initial estimates of the desired physiological parameters using, for example, the algorithm depicted by the flow chart shown in Figure 3. At block 304, the algorithm measures the initial motion value of the monitoring apparatus 100' and at block 306, sets the motion threshold value to that measured initial value.
Then, at block 308, incremental movement is applied to the monitoring apparatus 100', following which estimates of the desired physiological parameters are computed at block 310 and a new motion value is measured at block 312.
The algorithm then compares the current parameters estimates to the previous estimates in order to determine if there is a significant difference. If there is a significant difference then the algorithm terminates and returns the value of the motion threshold, if not, the algorithm goes back to block 306 where the motion threshold is set to the current motion value and proceeds to repeat blocks 308 to 314.
The above described motion artifact reduction technique may be used with many other types of measurement apparatuses such as, for example, Oximeters or any other measurement apparatus susceptible to motion.
An alternative algorithm to the algorithm depicted by the flow chart shown in Figure 4 is depicted by the flow chart shown in Figure 6. The steps composing the algorithm are indicated by blocks 202 to 220.
At block 202 the algorithm starts by measuring the motion of the monitoring device 100'. Then, at block 206, the algorithm propagates light comprising one or more wavelengths into the skin, the wavelengths being selected according to the application of interest such that variations on light reflectance values at the input of the receiver collimating optics 114 may be observed as a function the variation of some estimated parameters.
At block 208, the diffuse light reflectance is measured at two or more distances from the source of the propagated light of block 206. The diffuse light reflectance measurements are advantageously taken simultaneously for all distances, the longer the time interval between each measurement, the less precise the algorithm results may become. The distances, as well as their values, are selected according to the application. The more distances are used, the more precise the diffuse light reflectance model becomes, but also the more computation intensive it becomes and more expensive becomes the associated estimation apparatus 100'.
At block 209 the algorithm applies a motion correction function to the light reflectance measurements made at block 208. The motion correction function is based on the measured motion and is applied in order to compensate for the variation in the measured light reflectance due to the movements of the wearer of the monitoring apparatus 100'.
Then, at block 216, the algorithm computes estimates of the desired physiological parameters, using the corrected reflectance measurements, and skin temperature if measured, and displays those estimates at block 218 using display/alarm 124. The algorithm may further detect clinical conditions using the estimated parameter values, in which case block 218 may also activate an alarm using display/alarm 124. It is to be noted that the parameter estimates and/or detection of clinical conditions may also be provided to another device for further processing using input/output 126. Following which, at block 220, the whole algorithm is repeated if continuous monitoring is desired, otherwise the algorithm ends.
The motion correction function used at block 209 may be set using the algorithm depicted by the flow chart shown in Figure 7. The steps composing the algorithm are indicated by the blocks 302 to 316.
At block 302 the algorithm starts by measuring the light reflectance by propagating light comprising one or more wavelengths into the skin, the wavelengths being selected according to the application of interest such that variations on light reflectance values at the input of the receiver collimating optics 114 may be observed as a function the variation of some estimated parameters. The diffuse light reflectance is measured at two or more distances from the source of the propagated light. The diffuse light reflectance measurements are advantageously taken simultaneously for all distances, the longer the time interval between each measurement, the less precise the algorithm results may become. The distances, as well as their values, are selected according to the application. At block 304, the algorithm measures the initial motion value of the monitoring apparatus 100' and at block 307, stores the light reflectance measurements as well as the initial motion value.
Then, at block 308, incremental movement is applied to the monitoring apparatus 100', following which light reflectance is measured at block 310 and a new motion value is measured at block 312.
The algorithm then compares, at block 314, the measured motion value to a motion threshold. The motion threshold may be set, for example, to a value that is superior to any motion value that may be generated during normal use by a wearer of the monitoring apparatus 100'. If the measured motion value is above the motion threshold, then the algorithm goes to block 316 where a motion correction function is computed using the stored light reflectance measurements and associated measured motion values and then terminates. If the measured motion value is not above the motion threshold, the algorithm goes back to block 307 where the current light reflectance measurements and measured motion value are stored, and proceeds to repeat blocks 308 to 314.
It should be understood that the computation of the motion correction function may be done using any suitable numerical analysis method such as, for example, cubic splines or linear regressions. It should be further understood that if, for example, both an accelerometer and a pressure censor are used, that the threshold may have two components or a single combined component. Furthermore, in the case where the threshold has more than one component, either or all of the measured motion values components may be required to be above or below each corresponding threshold component.
The photodetectors 116 converts the optical signal to an electrical current that will be amplified by amplifiers 117. Two commonly used amplifier technologies are the integrating amplifier and the transimpedance amplifier. Figures 10 and 11 show integrating amplifier waveforms and transimpedance amplifier waveforms, respectively, for a given λi.
Referring to Figure 10, when a signal is emitted by the light sources 102, a first waveform 32 is perceived from the photodetectors 116 using integrating amplifiers. The waveform 32 comprises signal 36, noise 37 and electrical offset 38 components. When no signal is emitted by the light sources 102, a second waveform 34 is perceived from the photodetectors 116, which waveform 34 comprises noise 37 and electrical offset 38 components. The noise 37 component is due, for example, to external lighting conditions which diffuse additional light within the skin and integrated electrical offsets. As for the electrical offset 38 component, it is mainly due to charge transfer during the switching of the integrator and integrator amplifier voltage offsets.
As may be observed, the undesired first waveform 32 components, i.e. the noise 37 and the electrical offset 38 components, may be measured separately from the signal 36 component by taking measurements when the light sources 102 are turned off, i.e. when there is no signal 36 component in the waveform detected by the photodetectors 116.
The signal 36 component may then be recuperated from the first waveforms 32 by subtracting the slope 35 of the second waveform 34 from the slope 33 of the first waveform 32, thus subtracting the noise 37 and the electrical offset 38 components. The slopes 33, 35 may be determined using, for example, least square fitting.
Similarly for photodetectors 116 using transimpedance amplifiers, as shown in Figure 11 , when a signal is emitted by the light sources 102, a first waveform 42 is perceived by the photodetectors 116, which waveform 42 comprises signal 46, noise 47 and electrical offset 48 components. When no signal is emitted by the light sources 102, a second waveform 44 is perceived by the photodetectors 116, which waveform 44 comprises noise 47 and electrical offset 48 components.
As may be observed, the undesired first waveform 42 components, i.e. the noise 47 and the electrical offset 48 components, may be measured separately from the signal 46 component by taking measurements when the light sources 102 are turned off, i.e. when there is no signal 46 component in the waveform detected by the photodetectors 116.
The signal 46 component may then be recuperated from the first waveforms 42 by subtracting the intensity value 45 of the second waveform 44 from the intensity value 43 of the first waveform 42, thus subtracting the noise 47 and the electrical offset 48 components.
Figure 3 may be modified in order to reduce spurious noise present in the reflected beam 111 , and possible electrical offsets from the photodetectors 116, resulting in the algorithm depicted by the flow chart shown in Figure 8. The steps composing the algorithm are indicated by blocks 206 to 220.
At block 208, the diffuse light reflectance is measured at two or more distances from the source of the propagated light of block 206. The diffuse light reflectance measurements are advantageously taken simultaneously for all distances, the longer the time interval between each measurement, the less precise the algorithm results may become. The distances, as well as their values, are selected according to the application. The more distances are used, the more precise the diffuse light reflectance model becomes, but also the more computation intensive is becomes and more expensive becomes the associated estimation apparatus 100.
At block 210, all light sources are turned off so that no light is emitted by the monitoring apparatus 100. The algorithm then measures, at block 212, the diffuse light reflectance as per block 208, providing a measurement of the spurious noise and possible electrical offsets for each wavelength.
Then, at block 216, the algorithm computes adjusted reflectance measurement values by subtracting the measurements taken at block 212 from the measurements taken at block 208, as described above, computes estimates of the desired physiological parameters using the adjusted reflectance measurement values, and skin temperature if measured, and displays those estimates at block 218 using display/alarm 124. The algorithm may further detect clinical conditions using the estimated parameter values, in which case block 118 may also activate an alarm using display/alarm 124. It is to be noted that the parameter estimates and/or detection of clinical conditions may also be provided to another device for further processing using input/output 126. Following which, at block 220, the whole algorithm is repeated if continuous monitoring is desired, otherwise the algorithm ends.
It should be noted that the time during which the diffuse light reflectance is measured, with either the light sources 102 emitting or off, should be kept as small as possible so that the spurious ambient light may not vary substantially between the measurement with the light sources 102 emitting and off.
The above described spurious noise reduction technique may be used with many other types of measurement apparatuses such as optical measurement apparatuses, for example fiber optics Optical Loss Test Sets (OLTS), or Radio Frequency (RF) measurement apparatuses.
Furthermore, both of the above-described techniques may be combined into a single algorithm depicted by the flow chart shown in Figure 9. The steps composing the algorithm are indicated by blocks 202 to 220, all of which have been previously described in detail.
Further still, it should be noted that the repetition rate of the samples or the integration period taken for the purpose of the diffuse light reflectance measurements, for a given wavelength, may be chosen so as to be a multiple of the frequency of a parasitic signal, such as, for example, AC line interference. Thus, when the measurements are averaged over a certain number of periods, the effects of the parasitic signal cancel out. For example, an AC line parasitic signal may have a frequency of 60Hz, so the repetition rate or the integration period of the samples may then be set to 18.75Hz such that when the measurements are averaged over five periods, this corresponds to 16 periods at 60Hz. Similarly, averaging the measurements over six periods corresponds to 16 periods at 50Hz. The two may also be combined such that averaging the measurements over 30 periods corresponds to 96 periods at 60Hz and 80 periods at 50Hz, thus canceling out both the 50Hz and 60Hz parasitic signals. Of course, the repetition rate or the integration period of the samples may be selected so as to cancel parasitic signals at other frequencies.
Although the present invention has been described by way of non-limitative illustrative embodiments and examples thereof, it should be noted that it will be apparent to persons skilled in the art that modifications may be applied to the present illustrative embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention.
1. A method for reducing motion artifact when computing estimates of values representative of at least one physiological parameter of a subject, comprising the steps of: measuring a motion value; comparing the motion value with a motion threshold, if the compared motion value is lower than the motion threshold then taking at least one physiological measurement; estimating the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter by applying a mathematical model to the at least one physiological measurement; and providing the estimate of the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter.
2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one physiological measurement is a reflectance value.
3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the step of taking at least one physiological measurement comprises the further steps of: generating a probing light beam comprising at least one wavelength; propagating the probing light beam into the skin of the subject from a propagation point; measuring reflectance values of the probing light beam from at least two distances from the propagation point.
4. A method according to claim 2, wherein the reflectance values for a given wavelength are measured or integrated at time intervals equal to a multiple of the frequency of a parasitic signal.
5. A method for reducing motion artifact when computing estimates of values representative of at least one physiological parameter of a subject, comprising the steps of: repeatably measuring a motion value; comparing each motion value with a motion threshold, a) if the compared motion value is lower than the motion threshold then taking at least one physiological measurement; estimating the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter by applying a mathematical model to the at least one physiological measurement; and providing the estimates of the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter; b) if a predetermined number of consecutive compared motion values are higher than the motion threshold then providing a warning to the subject.
6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the at least one physiological measurement is a reflectance value.
7. A method according to claim 6, wherein the step of taking at least one physiological measurement comprises the further steps of: generating a probing light beam comprising at least one wavelength; propagating the probing light beam into the skin of the subject from a propagation point; measuring reflectance values of the probing light beam from at least two distances from the propagation point.
8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the reflectance values for a given wavelength are measured or integrated at time intervals equal to a multiple of the frequency of a parasitic signal.
9. A method for reducing motion artifact when computing estimates of values representative of at least one physiological parameter of a subject, comprising the steps of: measuring a motion value; taking at least one physiological measurement; applying a correction function to the at least one physiological measurement, the correction function being based on the measured motion value; estimating the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter by applying a mathematical model to the at least one corrected physiological measurement; and providing the estimates of the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter.
10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the at least one physiological measurement is a reflectance value.
11. A method according to claim 10, wherein the step of taking at least one physiological measurement comprises the further steps of: generating at a probing light beam comprising at least one wavelength; propagating the probing light beam into the skin of the subject from a propagation point; measuring reflectance values of the probing light beam from at least two distances from the propagation point.
12. A method according to claim 11 , wherein the reflectance values for a given wavelength are measured or integrated at time intervals equal to a multiple of the frequency of a parasitic signal.
13. A method according to claim 9, wherein the correction function is set by: incrementally applying motion; taking at least one physiological measurement; measuring a motion value associated with the at least one physiological measurement; comparing each motion value with a motion threshold, if the compared motion value is higher than the motion threshold then compute the correction function using the physiological measurements with associated measured motion values and a numerical analysis method.
14. A method according to claim 13, wherein the numerical analysis method is taken from a group consisting of cubic splines and linear regressions.
15. A method for reducing spurious noise when computing estimates of values representative of at least one physiological parameter of a subject, comprising the steps of: generating a probing signal comprising at least one wavelength; propagating the probing signal from a propagation point; measuring reflectance values of the probing signal for a subset of the at least one wavelength from at least two distances from the propagation point; shutting off the probing signal for the subset of the at least one wavelength; measuring a shut-off reflectance value from the at least two distances from the propagation point; computing adjusted reflectance values by subtracting the shut-off reflectance values from the reflectance values; estimating the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter by applying a mathematical model to adjusted reflectance values; and providing the estimates of the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter.
16. A method according to claim 15, wherein the subset of the at least one wavelength comprises all of the wavelengths.
17. A method according to claim 15, wherein the probing signal is a probing light beam.
18. A method according to claim 15, wherein the probing signal is a probing radio frequency.
19. A method according to claim 15, wherein the reflectance values and the shut-off reflectance values for a given wavelength are measured or integrated at time intervals equal to a multiple of the frequency of a parasitic signal.
measuring a motion value using the motion sensor; comparing the motion value with a motion threshold; if the compared motion value is lower than the motion threshold then measuring reflectance values using the at least two receivers; estimating the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter by applying a mathematical model to the reflectance values; and outputting to the display the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter.
21. An apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the motion sensor is selected from a group consisting of an accelerometer, a pressure sensor and a combination of both.
22. An apparatus according to claim 20, further comprising a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the skin of the subject and wherein the mathematical model includes a skin temperature correction factor.
23. An apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the reflectance values are measured or integrated at time intervals equal to a multiple of the frequency of a parasitic signal.
repeatably measuring a motion value using the motion sensor; comparing each motion value with a motion threshold, a) if the compared motion value is lower than the motion threshold then measuring reflectance values using the at least two receivers; estimating the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter by applying a mathematical model to the reflectance values; and outputting to the display the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter; b) if a predetermined number of consecutive compared motion values are higher than the motion threshold then outputting to the display a warning to the subject.
25. An apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the motion sensor is selected from a group consisting of an accelerometer, a pressure sensor and a combination of both.
26. An apparatus according to claim 24, further comprising a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the skin of the subject and wherein the mathematical model includes a skin temperature correction factor.
27. An apparatus according to claim 24, wherein the reflectance values are measured or integrated at time intervals equal to a multiple of the frequency of a parasitic signal.
measuring reflectance values for a subset of the at least one wavelength using the at least two receivers; shutting off the probing signal for the subset of the at least one wavelength; measuring shut-off reflectance values using the at least two receivers; computing adjusted reflectance values by subtracting the shut-off reflectance values from the reflectance values; estimating the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter by applying a mathematical model to the adjusted reflectance values; and outputting to the display the values representative of the at least one physiological parameter.
29. An apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the subset of the at least one wavelength comprises all of the wavelengths.
30. An apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the emitter propagates light and the probing signal is a probing light beam.
31. An apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the emitter propagates radio frequencies and the probing signal is a probing radio frequency.
32. An apparatus according to claim 28, further comprising a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the skin of the subject and wherein the mathematical model includes a skin temperature correction factor.
33. An apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the reflectance values are measured or integrated at time intervals equal to a multiple of the frequency of a parasitic signal. | 2019-04-26T02:10:23Z | https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2006050602A1/en | Porn | Science | 0.237303 |
tripod | Music educators in our state have long recognized the importance of all-state groups, which give talented young musicians from across the state an opportunity to perform with their peers in an outstanding organization.
All-state groups in West Virginia were first organized during the late 1920s. In 1931 the fifth annual West Virginia All- State Orchestra and Chorus (there was no All-State Band) gave concerts on the evening programs of the West Virginia Education Association meeting in Charleston. It was not until many years later that the groups played as part of the WVMEA Conference.
Orchestras were very strong in those days as 143 students from 25 schools comprised the All-State Orchestra. In the All- State Chorus 198 students from 25 schools participated. The programs were presented to capacity audiences at the Charleston High School auditorium.
The West Virginia School Journal reviewed the concerts and stated, "The instrumentation of' the orchestra left some things to be desired in the way of some of the woodwinds and some of the lower string parts and was also a little overbalanced in the brass and clarinet sections. The concert given by this organization, however, was accounted the finest work, yet heard in West Virginia." In reference to the chorus concert the School Journal wrote, "'The organization of the voice parts in the chorus was beautifully balanced and from many sources was regarded as the best concert that has been heard in this series of assembling the young folks from the high schools in West Virginia."
We should always recognize the contributions of music teachers who work behind the scenes. Some of their names appear frequently throughout the years. These programs were under the general direction of J. Henry Francis, director of music education in the Charleston schools. Karl V. Brown, supervisor of music in the Spencer schools, was general chair for the chorus, while the chorus conductors were Marie D. Boette, supervisor of music in Parkersburg, and Francis. The accompanist was Christine Johnson of Point Pleasant. Henry C. Shadwell, director of industrial music in Huntington, served as general chair for the orchestra, while the directors were Francis and Shadwell. Sectional directors and their schools included Lucy Jackson, South Charleston; Virginia Cooper, Moundsville; Olla Walton, West Union, Gladys Medley, Elkview. Magdalene Servais, Dunbar, Virginia Brand, Wheeling (Triadelphia), and Alta Cherrington, Huntington.
Sectional directors for the orchestra were John Swales, Parkersburg; Katherine Moore, Fairmont, Marguerite Cormany, Stotesbury; Sadie Lidin, Pennsboro; F. Oliver Edwards, Wheeling; Stefano Ceo, Wheeling (Triadelphia); W. Conrad Paff, Saint Marys; Harry Bowman, Montgomery; F,.W. Nalbach, East Bank; Glenn Sallack, Beckley; and M. F. Fortney, Elkview.
In lieu of an all-state band. a band contest was promoted by the Wheeling Chamber of Commerce in witch nine high school bands participated, including five from Ohio. Walter Metrezat, director of the West Virginia University band, was the adjudicator. The West Virginia bands were Triadelphia District's (Wheeling) state champions, Warwood (Wheeling), Wheeling, and New Martinsville. Because of hard feeling created by the band contests, they were eliminated in 1935 and replaced by "festivals". (More about this later).
(Please send pictures or other items of historical interest to John L. Puffenbarger, P.O. Box 6, Buckhannon, WV 26201). | 2019-04-22T10:08:41Z | http://wvmea.tripod.com/jp11-89.htm | Porn | Arts | 0.879324 |
wordpress | I’ve read the manuscript 5 times and I will have the interior text formatted and cover design created soon.
I hope to have Left of the Dial go on sale by November 10th.
My stance is that you need to review your book thoroughly to make sure it is as professional as can be.
I would like to lead a memoir workshop after the book is published.
I’ve quickly gotten over the idea of self-publishing. As long as you have a great book, it’s OK. This can lead to traditional publishing down the road.
Also: traditional publishers are only interested in snatching up the next James Patterson or guaranteed bestseller. Their ability to assess the potential of great literature is faulty. They fail to pick up on worthy contenders all the time.
My book will be available via CreateSpace. | 2019-04-23T02:23:21Z | https://christinabrunileftofthedial.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/memoir-status-2/ | Porn | Reference | 0.270901 |
wordpress | Church planting & missions success? How would you define it!
We’ve been discussing some pretty interesting things in my class, God’s World Mission. One of the most profound is it evaluate the elitist mindset we can have as Western Christians that think “missions” happens when some Anglo-Christian folk waltz into a foreign community, begin to tell people about Jesus and claim that that is when God started working in said area.
It seems that the same could be said for N. American Church Planters at times. Now, as a whole I think that most missionaries, church planters and agencies that support them all, have very good intentions; we want to see people come to know Jesus Christ in real and transforming ways. But often times our methods and attitudes can be tainted more with elitism, than with humility and true, practical, Biblical theology. So, as a would-be church planter, its good to get some perspective check on these matters.
We neglect the reality that every corner of this world is His, and He has been working – sometimes ambiguously, sometimes quite clearly – much longer at redeeming His world and the people’s within it than we ever have.
Thoughts, anyone? Agree? Disagree? Too naive? What do you think: How would you define success: as missionaries, as church planters, as commissioned members of Christ in extending the kingdom of God?
Matt Chandler offers some great thoughts on the task and nature of preacher, and how to discern our “call” to preach in some pretty insightful ways.
Contemporary or Contextual – What would Keller do?
Well, Tim Keller’s new book is almost out – The Reason for God (Hey honey, if you’re thinking of any last minute Valentine’s gift ideas, this might be a good one.) – and low and behold there is quite a buzz swarming over the internet (here, here, here, here and here). Not only that, but Keller made it into a Newsweek piece. (I especially like the line about him being compared to your favorite “dim sum” place in Manhattan).
The “band” was four men in suits who played wind instruments accompanied by an organ.
I think that statement is worth pondering some, don’t you guys? When did I, or we, ever begin to equate contextual with contemporary? I think that Stetzer nails it, and sees beyond the “transferable practices” of some successful church strategy’s, to the transferable principle of making the Gospel truth relevant and understandable for your context.
I think that the writer of the article has expressed an important aspect of ministry and calling, but particularly for future and would-be church planters. When you consider whatever ministry it is that you think God is calling you to, ask yourself, “Would you or your vision be at home anywhere else?” A great question, and one to ponder before heading out into planting a church. If you don’t have a sense of what God can do and wants to do through His church under your charge for a specific city/town/area, then maybe you’re not really ready to minister.
Just something I’m thinking about. What are your thoughts?
Is it appropriate to allow skilled musicians to play to their ability within the context of corporate worship?
Is it distracting – as is usually argued – for talented musicians to incorporate various elements of their discipline (Improv or “soloing”, for example)throughout the corporate elements of gathered worship?
Is it a “sin” or simply dishonoring to God to not worship Him with the same skill and craft that one would employ in other contexts outside of the corporate worship setting?
I found this video on youtube to help illustrate the type of musical skill that I’m talking about (plus, I love Bela Fleck and the Flecktones). I think this clip for the most part captures a way of doing musical improv that is more about the song and band rather than the individual members, and that each member is contributing their unique part to create something that is rather phenomenal.
I almost want to go so far as to say there are some trinitarian elements evidenced in their playing together. Notice how the bass player (Victor Wooten – who is phenomenal) and clarinet player (No idea who he is, but he’s really good as well) “dance” together – blending their individual solos into a unified harmony (“Perochoreses” anyone?).
Can musical skill like this be incorporated into Christian, corporate or gathered worship and be Christ-centered, God-exalting and Community-edifying, or is it only distracting?
I recently came across a couple of great posts dealing with the fine and elusive task of “husbanding.” I know I need all the help I can get in being a more self-less husband. Check out this post over at The Gender Blog (which is itself over at The Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood) and actually read it; its some great stuff!
That’s way too convicting for me. I know that what it comes down to for me is that I too often am only concerned with “Numero Uno” – fretting over my needs, wishes and desires – instead of giving myself selflessly to the most amazing woman in my life. I hope that I can cherish myself less and cherish her a whole lot more than I have.
How’s about you all? Any other ideas you’d care to add to his list?
We live in a beautiful world?
I put that in the form of a question because I actually typically agree with that statement, but a simple scan of the news tells me that this world is not quite right as it is right now. Anyone who makes an ultimate claim that the whole world is “right” and that all people are fundamentally “good” do not see the world through the lens of reality.When I read news like this, I am thankful that God is sovereign and restrains the evil that could be much worse, and that there will be a time where all evil is removed from the world and will be punished accordingly.
Maybe you’ve heard it as much as I have. In America we have traded heroism for celebrity.
Instead of looking up to the men and women in our community who sacrifice and give of themselves, aspiring to be inspiring to others in simple, legitimate ways – like teaching/tutoring kids in our community, talking to a homeless guy with an actual conversation instead of excuses why you can’t spare the dime or buy him a hotdog, or simply remaining faithful to your wedding vows and wife – we all want to criticize Britney, be enlightened by Oprah and Tom, or eat our Wheaties and just be like Mike. (I appreciated a recent commentary on this from Leonard Pitts, Jr. here).
Say what you want about the sad state of North American heroism shifting from men and women of honor, sacrifice and courage to the constant barrage of tabloid celebrity rehab sightings. Its a reality that won’t be going away anytime soon.
Well everyone, Thanks for sticking with the blog while I was away (it seems that was the case for most of January!).
And especially, thank to Jared Lee for contributing a couple of posts while I was on a more focused vacation. You guys could help me thank him by going to visit his blog sometime and keeping up with Thoughts From the Life of a Guy.
I’m back, and right into a busy semester of school, but I’ll be posting with more regularity from here on out. | 2019-04-25T09:02:21Z | https://gensheer.wordpress.com/2008/02/ | Porn | News | 0.540311 |
tripod | 1. William GREENWAY. Born bef 1730 in England. William died bef 1770 in , Frederick, Virgina. Buried in , , Virgina.
1. Would be child no. 4: Mary Greenway, b. 8 Jan 1762, m. Seth Stratton 10 April 1787.
m. 1780 to Rebecca Harper.
In comparing William death dates it is possible that he sired two more children, as for Mary without her death date to use for comparrison, I am sceptical.
From the "History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley," P. 646, you find they are writing about the Russell Family. "David married Hannah Greenway, daughter of William Greenway, of Greenway Manor, VA., who came to this country with Thomas, Lord Fairfax of Greenway court. Of this marriage," etc, etc.
From "Frederick Findings: - Vol. 1, No. 4, Fall, 1988, p. 204-5, (published by Lineage Search Associates, Arlington, Va.), you find the following: "Greenway Court: the estate built circa 1752 by Thomas, Lord Fairfax and head quarters of his Northern Neck Land Office, located on a branch of Borden's Marsh Run about 1/2 mile west of Greenway Court Road (Virginia Route 658) and about 1 mile southwest of White Post; it was part of a larger tract known as Greenway Manor, containing 10,000 acres."
Originally held by a family called Greenway, the estate came into the possession of the Crown and was settled by Henry VIII upon the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, of whom it was held by the St. Legers, Culpeppers and Fairfaxes successively until 1758, when Robert, seventh Lord Fairfax, alienated the leasehold to the banker, Sir Francis Child. Although the manor of Alnorthing was usually held with Greenway Court, the latter was in itself never more than a dwelling house and Curtilage. Sir Alexander C. describes it in his will (1645 as 'll acres and not more.'"
William married Mary STEVENS. Born bef 1730. Mary died aft 1763. Based on last child's birth.
ii. John Joseph. Born abt 1751. John Joseph died bef Dec 1793.
Discussion on January 29, 2000 with Boomer Nelson family researcher: "Several researchers seem to feel that he is the only logical canidate (William Greenway). Joseph Greenway's daughter Mary Patience Greenway married John Smither. They named their oldest son William Harper Smither. The only direct line Smither named William would have been John's Great Grandfather William Smither. So May be William Haper Smither's name was created by taking his Great Grandfather William Greenway's given name and combining it with his Grandmother Rebecca Harper's given name. Of course Mary Patience was raised by her Uncle Charles Harper, so Harper could have come in that way also. Mary could have been named after her Grandma Mary Stevens Greenway. The name Mary was not in the Harper line other than that of stepmom. Also William Harper Smither was the oldest son so the choosing of his name would be significant and probably be after a direct line ancestor rather than an Uncle or friend."
Military: William's supposed son Joseph served in the Navy during the Revolution. He was a Lietenant. He was imprisoned aboard the Delaware Frigate. He served as the Captain of the Brigantine Virginia in 1780. This was a privately owned vessel that was used during the revolution to either patrol, run blockades or to raid merchant ships. The ship carried a crew of 24 and operated 8 carriage guns and 24 swivels.
In 1780 John Joseph married Rebecca HARPER, daughter of Capt. John HARPER & Sarah WELLS, in Alexandria, , VA. Born in 1759. Rebecca died on 10 Mar 1797 in Alexandria, Virgina.
iii. Hannah. Born abt 1753 in Frederick Co., VA. Hannah died on 11 Dec 1822.
On 2 Feb 1789 Hannah married David RUSSELL, in Fredrick Co, VA. Married by Christian Streit. Born in 1754. David died in 1823.
iv. William. Born in 1755 in Fredrick Co., Virginia. William died on 3 Apr 1839 in Washington Co., TN. Buried in Limestone Creek, Washington, TN. Greenway Cemetery.
William mentions a grandson in his will as Elridge A. Young. The only daughter not showing a married name is Patsey Greenway, could this may be her child?
Source: "Washington Co, TN Wills, Abstracts from Will Book A 1770-1860, p. 21 A-261", AN SEARCHIN TN VOL. 26, "AnSearchin News," Published by TN Genealogical Society , Memphis, TN. Vol. 26 Spring 1979.
Military: Revolution War Hero @ Quebec.
bef 1778 William married Elizabeth HUMPHRYS, daughter of John HUMPHRYS (abt 1717-) & Susannah NORTH (abt 1721-), in , Washington, TN. AFN: P3F7-4W. Born on 26 Dec 1761 in , Frederick, Virgina. Elizabeth died in Washington Co., TN on 15 Aug 1837; she was 75. Buried in Limestone Creek, Washington, TN. Greenway Cemetery. Anst File#: AFN:P3F7-4W.
Also her family is listed with the First Families of Tenneesee.
v. Mary. Born on 8 Jan 1762 in Frederick Co., VA. Mary died in Shelby Co., KY on 26 Sep 1828; she was 66.
We also know that her husband Seth Stratton and William and George Greenway fought together in the Revolutionary War. Of course, none of that proves anything, but it is a starting place. More research is needed.
On 10 Apr 1787 when Mary was 25, she married Seth STRATTON, in Winchester,Frederick Co, VA. Married by Christian Streit. Born on 15 Oct 1762. Seth died on 29 Dec 1845; he was 83.
"III. Seth Stratton was born October 15, 1762. In 1771 he is mentioned in the will of his grandfather, David Stratton of Evesham, N. J. (See his will.) He married Mary Greenway in Winchester, Frederick County, VA. She was born January 8, 1762.This marriage is recorded in the town clerk's office at Winchester. His name is on the Revolutionary pension list at Richmond"
"About 1805 he moved with his family from Virginia cross the Alleghany Mountains, to Shelby County, Kentucky, where he bought land and cleared a farm on Buck Creek, near Fisherville. He was prominent among the very early settlers of Shelby County, and a highly respected citizen. His children were all members of the Buck County Baptist Church. He died December 29, 1845. His wife died seventeen years earlier, September 26, 1828.
+ 48 William, b. 1788; d. 1835. See Vol. II.
- 49 Hannah, m. William Ellis.
+ 50 Joseph, b. 1792; d. 1864. See Vol. II.
- 51 Mary, m. Moses Shelley.
+52 Seth, b. 1797; d. 1860. See Vol. II.
- 53 Sarah, died unmarried in Kentucky.
- 54 Elizabeth, died unmarried in Kentucky."
David Stratton's Will: (mentioned above).
"1771, May 20. Stratton, David, of Evesham, Burlington Co., taylor; will of. Daughter, Sara Devo, 1 shilling. Daughter, Amy Goff, 1 shilling. Daughter, Mary Stratton, 5 shillings, and funiture which my Executrix thinks proper, when she is 18. Son, Joseph, 10 shillings, and the demands I have against him. Son, Elias, 15 shillings. Son, Mark, 5 shillings. Son, Daniel, 5 shillings. Grandson, Seth Stratton, L5, when 21. Wife, Mary, all real and personal estate. Executrix - wife, Mary. Witnesses - Joseph Wilcox, Jonathan Oliphant, Abraham Prickett. Proved June 11, 1771. 1771. June 1. Inventory, L145.19.1, made by John Branin and Lawrence Webster. Lib. 14, p. 348"
Military: According to William F. Boogher's Gleanings in Virginia History, Seth Stratton was in Capt. Daniel Morgan's rifle company, which marched from Winchester, Va., to Cambridge, Mass., and joined the army under General Washington. They were twenty-four days on the march. In the same company were George and William Greenway.
"This company was organized in the Spring of 1775; consisted of 96 men from Winchester and vicinity; left Winchester July 14, 1775, arrived Cambridge, Mass., August 7, 1775, and joined the army under General Washington. Among the partial list published by William Boogher; listed as Privates: George Greenway, William Greenway and Seth Stratton, page 171."
"Among his grand children and great-grandchildren are many stories of his Revolutionary War services, and they have in their possession articles of clothing that he wore as a Revolutionary soldier.
They claim he had no other brothers, but had a half-brother by the name of "Devoe." End of information from "A Book of Strattons." | 2019-04-24T01:50:13Z | http://bobe611.tripod.com/Greenway/rr01_001.htm | Porn | Kids | 0.656002 |
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google | A modular metering instrument including one of a plurality of sensing probes or probe modules including identification and calibration information stored therein and a meter module which can identify the sensing probe when the sensing probe is connected thereto. The storage of calibration and identification information in the sensing probe allows the meter module to be utilized with any one of a number of sensing probes to sense different physical parameters. The sensing probe includes at least one sensor and related circuitry to generate a signal relating to the sensed parameter. The meter module analyzes and calibrates the signal and displays the measured parameter.
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/396,985 filed Aug. 21, 1989, now abandoned.
The invention relates generally to a measuring system for measuring any number of physical parameters and more particularly to a modular metering instrument having a meter module to which can be attached a variety of detachable sensing probes.
A plurality of physical parameters, such as fluid temperature, velocity, pressure, volume flow and humidity can be measured with a conventional meter and the appropriate sensing probes. In the prior art systems and techniques, each time a parameter was to be measured, a new design for an entire metering system including the sensor or sensing probe was required. These techniques are both cumbersome and inefficient.
The utilization of multiple probes with a common meter is not common in measurements such as thermal anemometry, since it is very difficult to obtain acceptable calibration accuracy. Generally it is very difficult to manufacture such sensing probes exactly alike, therefore the calibration curve of each probe is significantly different.
One technique to achieve the utilization of multiple probes with a common meter is to manufacture the probes with great care so that the probes essentially are identical. With such a technique, a common field practice is then to utilize multiple scales for analog instruments or large calibration look up tables for digital instruments. If the probes are not closely matched during manufacture, such calibration tables will be significantly different between probes. The prior systems store the large calibration tables in the meter electronics. This technique complicates the utilization of multiple probes.
It thus would be desirable to provide a modular metering instrument adapted to be attached to a variety of sensing probes, which probes are not manufactured exactly alike without affecting the calibration of the modular metering instrument.
The disadvantages of the prior art multiple probe systems and techniques are overcome in accordance with the present invention by providing a modular metering instrument having a meter module which can recognize the sensing probe attached thereto and which sensing probe has the calibration information stored therein.
The meter module includes a process for reading the calibration information as well as the sensed parameter and a display for visually indicating desired information as well as the magnitude of the sensed parameter. The sensing probe includes one or more sensors and a memory for storing the identity of the sensing probe and the calibration information relating thereto. The memory and relating sensing circuitry of the sensing probe can be contained in a probe handle, which can be attached directly to the probe and by flexible cables to the meter module. The memory and related sensing circuitry of the sensing probe also could be contained in a connector, connecting the flexible cable to the meter module and the probe then can be a conventional telescoping probe.
FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a second sensing probe module embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of another embodiment of the meter module of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a modular metering instrument of the present invention is designated generally by the reference numeral 10. The modular metering instrument 10 includes a probe module 12 and a meter module 14.
The probe module 12 can be any of a number of types of probe modules, which can sense or measure one or more physical parameters such as air velocity, volume flow, temperature or humidity. Each probe module 12 will include a probe 16 which will include one or more conventional sensors 32 as illustrated in FIG. 1. The be 16 an be a fixed probe or a telescoping probe, generally mounted in a probe handle 18. The probe handle 18 is in turn coupled to a flexible connecting cable 20, which terminates in a locking connector 22. As will be described hereinafter, the probe module 12 preferably includes the probe module calibration and identification information in the handle 18. Alternatively, the calibration and identification information can be stored in as illustrated in FIG. 5 the locking connector 22.
The meter module 14 includes a connector 24 which mates to the locking connector 22. When the meter module 14 is mated to the probe module 12, the meter module 14 reads the identification and calibration information from the probe module 12 and then is ready to display the sensed parameter on a display 26, preferably a liquid crystal display. The display 26 is mounted in a meter module case 28, which also contains the meter electronics and various switches as hereinafter described.
Referring to FIG. 2, a first embodiment of the probe module 12 is illustrated. The probe module 12 includes probe 16 having a pair of sensors 32 and 34, each preferably for sensing a different parameter or range of parameters. The sensor 32, for example a velocity sensor, is coupled by a lead 36 to an analog circuit 38 which develops a signal output indicative of the magnitude of the sensed parameter which then is coupled by a lead 40 to the cable 20 and hence to the meter module 14. In the same manner, the second sensor 34 is coupled by a lead 42 to an analog circuit 44 and then to a lead 46 to couple the signal generated to the meter module 14. The probe module 12 may include its own power supply 48, which could be eliminated with power supplied from the meter module 14.
Most importantly the probe module 12 includes an identification and calibration store or memory 50. The memory 50 includes the calibration information as well as a code identifying the probe module 12 to the meter module 14. The memory 50 also preferably includes the time constant setting and the units last displayed, as will be described hereinafter. This makes the various probe modules 12 interchangeable, since the meter module 14 interrogates the identification of the probe module 12 and also reads the individual calibration information from the memory 50.
where A, B and n are determined by calibration and velocity is displayed. In order to use a general equation that will ensure a good linearization for any type of sensor, equation (1) is utilized in the following form: ##EQU1## This is a two piece linearization scheme that requires six constants to be stored, namely A1, B1, n1, A2, B2 and n2. In addition, a seventh constant L, is needed to tell which of the two equation should be used. The value of m in equation 2 is stored to allow the equation to be used for other sensor types. For a thermal anemometer m=2, but would be set to 1 for a linear sensor such as a resistance temperature device (RTD). For an RTD, n1 and n2 would also be set to 1. Equation (2) then requires that eight constants be stored to linearize not only a thermal anemometer, but any general type sensor. The two piece linearization scheme allows maximum flexibility and accuracy. In terms of memory storage required, this is a superior method to a look up tale linearization scheme that wold require about 70 values to be stored to obtain the same degree of accuracy.
A second embodiment of the probe module 12 is illustrated in FIG. 3. The probe module 12 includes a probe 16 having three different sensors 54, 56 and 58 and their respective analog circuits 60, 62 and 64 coupled to the cable 20 as was described with respect to the probe module of the first embodiment. In addition to having a third sensor 58, the probe module 12 also includes a selector switch 68 which couples one of two or more calibration and identification information memories 70, 72 an 74 to the meter module 14. This allows at least one of the sensors 54, 56 and 58 to be utilized for different ranges or for different parameters, where applicable.
The information from the probe module 12 is coupled to the meter module 14, as illustrated in FIG. 4. Utilizing the probe module of the first embodiment as an example, the sensed signals on lines 40 and 46 are coupled to a multiplexer 76. The multiplexer 76 under control of a central processor or microprocessor 78 couples one of the signals from lead 40 of 46 to a digitizer 80. The digitized information is then coupled to the processor 78 where it is analyzed and converted to calibrated signals which then can be coupled to the LCD display 26 via an LCD display driver 82.
The processor 78 had previously interrogated the calibration and identification information memory 50 via a bus or set of lines 84. The calibration and identification information is retained in a memory 86 and utilized by the processor 78 as needed. The meter module 14 includes a power supply 88: The operation of the meter module 14 is controlled by a key pad 90, which can include one or more keys or can be one or more switches.
In operation of the modular metering instrument 10, a probe module 12 is selected and connected to the meter module 14 as illustrated in FIG. 1. The meter module 14 is turned on, following which the probe module 12 is identified by the meter module 14 and the identification code of the particular probe module 12 is displayed on the LCD display 26. Next, all the segments of the LCD display 26 are turned on to verify their operation. Then, the last set of units utilized with the probe module 12 are displayed. The time constant setting (display rate) is next displayed and then actual operating measurements are displayed.
To enter the menu mode, the user must first remove a front display window cover from the meter module 14 (not illustrated). Once the cover is removed, the user has access to a pushbutton switch on the pad 90 located on the printed circuit board. While depressing this switch, the meter module 14 is turned on. To move through the various menu options, the pushbutton switch located on the printed circuit board is depressed and released. To select a menu item, a change switch located on the meter's front panel is depressed and released. The various menu options are described below.
a. Decimal point in the display can be placed as required.
There are seven possible time constant or integration levels that the user can choose from. The levels are identified by the numbers 1 through 7 on the display 26, as illustrated in Table 1. The instrument 10 responds fastest at the 1 setting, and slowest at the 7 setting. When the desired setting appears on the display 26, the change switch is depressed and then released. This setting is then stored in the probe memory 50.
The various calibration constants for sensor 32 of the probe module can be viewed on the display 26.
The various calibration constants for sensor 34 of the probe module can be viewed on the display 26.
The meter module will allow the user to program multiplier factors in the range of 0.8 to 1.2.
The meter module will allow the user to program multiplier factors in the range of 0.9 to 1.1.
Calibration can be adjusted by applying a correction factor to the displayed output. This is a feature that is not generally found in thermal anemometer probes. Typically, calibration for probes of this type is done by adjusting a number of potentiometers. The invention provides an easy way to calibrate probe modules 12 of any kind. Because the corrections are done digitally, the calibration is inherently more stable than corrections made with potentiometers.
Modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. All the switches could be externally accessible. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described.
means for coupling said calibration and identification information and said sensed signal for connection to a separation meter.
2. The probe as defined in claim 1 including means adapted to connect said means for coupling of said probe to said separate meter.
3. The probe as defined in claim 1 wherein said probe includes an elongate sensing stylet having first and second ends, said sensing means mounted on said first end of said stylet and a handle on said second end of said stylet and a flexible cable adapted to connect said probe to said separate meter.
4. The probe as defined in claim 3 including said storing means mounted in said stylet handle.
5. The probe as defined in claim 3 including a meter connector on a free end of said cable and said storing means mounted in said meter connector.
means adapted to connect said means for coupling of said probe to said separate meter including a flexible cable adapted to connect said means for coupling of said probe to said separate meter.
7. The probe as defined in claim 6 wherein said stylet includes at least second means for sensing at least one physical parameter and generating a signal related thereto and at least second means for storing calibration and identification information in said handle relating to sensing at least a second physical parameter and means for sensing one of said calibration and identification information storing means.
8. The probe as defined in claim 6 including a meter connector on a free end of said cable and said storing means mounted in said meter connector.
means for analyzing the sensed physical parameter that is input by the connected sensing probe and calibrating the sensed physical parameter with said stored calibration information in said meter.
10. The meter as defined in claim 9 including means for switching between more than one physical parameter sensing probe input.
11. The meter as defined in claim 9 including means for displaying the calibrated sensed physical parameter.
12. The meter as defined in claim 9 including means for digitizing the sensed physical parameter and then coupling said digitized physical parameter to said analyzing means.
13. The meter as defined in claim 9 wherein said identifying means identify said connected sensing probe when it is connected to said meter module.
14. The meter as defined in claim 13 including means for switching between more than one physical parameter sensing probe input and means for digitizing the sensed physical parameter and then coupling said digitized physical parameter to said analyzing means.
15. The meter as defined in claim 14 including means for displaying the calibrated sensed physical parameter.
means adapted to connect said means for coupling of said probe to said meter.
17. The modular metering instrument as defined in claim 16 wherein said probe includes at least second means for sensing at least one physical parameter and generating a signal related thereto.
18. The module metering instrument as defined in claim 17 wherein said probe includes at least second means for storing calibration and identification information in said probe relating to sensing at least a second physical parameter and means for selecting one of said calibration and identification information storing means.
19. The modular metering instrument as defined in claim 16 wherein said probe includes a sensing stylet having said sensing means mounted on one end thereof and a handle on a second end thereof and a flexible cable adapted to connect said probe to said meter.
20. The modular metering instrument as defined in claim 19 wherein said probe includes said storing means mounted in said stylet handle.
21. The modular metering instrument as defined in claim 16 wherein said meter includes means for switching between more than one probe input.
22. The modular metering instrument as defined in claim 16 wherein said meter includes means for displaying the calibrated sensed physical parameter.
23. The modular metering instrument as defined in claim 16 wherein said meter includes means for digitizing the sensed physical parameter and then coupling said digitized physical parameter to said analyzing means.
24. The modular metering instrument as defined in claim 16 wherein said meter identifying means identifying said probe when it is connected to said meter.
25. The modular metering instrument as defined in claim 24 wherein said meter includes means for switching between more than one probe input and means for digitizing the sensed physical parameter and then coupling said digitized physical parameter to said analyzing means.
means for coupling said calibration and identification information and said first and second sensed signals for connection to a separate meter.
27. The probe as defined in claim 26 wherein said probe includes at least second means for storing calibration and identification information in said probe relating to sensing at least a second physical parameter and means for selecting one of said calibration and identification information storing means.
EP0671036A4 (en) * 1992-11-25 1996-08-21 Ronald V Mcbean Instrumentation system with multiple sensor modules. | 2019-04-21T15:11:59Z | https://patents.google.com/patent/US5162725A/en | Porn | Arts | 0.177516 |
uchicago | A Harris scholar fights to reform the property tax system.
The Assessor’s Office determines the value of properties in the county. But James Houlihan, the office’s leader at the time Berry began his work, knew that some of those assessments were flawed. Low-priced homes were overvalued, and high-priced homes were undervalued. As a result, poor homeowners were paying more than their fair share in property taxes.
So, with Houlihan’s blessing, Berry, AM’98, PhD’02, and consultant Robert Weissbourd, JD’79, created a new computer model for the Assessor’s Office to use. Their model was more sensitive to factors such as location and renovation that can influence a property’s market value.
The first sign of trouble came in 2016 when Berry was contacted by Jason Grotto, then a reporter at the Chicago Tribune. What would you say, he asked Berry, if I told you the Assessor’s Office had never implemented the new model you worked on?
Berry was dubious. The office, by this time under the leadership of influential Democrat Joe Berrios, had said publicly that the new model was better than the previous one by every measure. Weissbourd had spent weeks training staff on the new system.
Grotto filed a Freedom of Information Act request and obtained the code the Assessor’s Office was using to value homes. He showed it to Berry, who was surprised to discover that he was looking at the old, outdated model.
In a Pulitzer Prize–nominated series of Tribune / ProPublica Illinois articles, the Assessor’s Office tried to defend itself. First they claimed they were using the old and new models simultaneously. Then the office changed its story, asserting they’d found issues with Berry and Weissbourd’s model. But they never said exactly what the issues were, and neither researcher was ever contacted about any problems.
The Tribune / ProPublica investigation was the beginning of the end for Berrios. In the months that followed, he was called before the Cook County Board of Commissioners to defend the work of his office and accused in a lawsuit of violating federal civil rights laws and housing laws. An independent study confirmed that, just as Berry and others had said, assessments were highly regressive. (Berry estimates that about a billion dollars in tax burden was shifted from the top 10 percent of homeowners to the bottom 90 percent.) In March 2018 the people spoke. Berrios lost his primary in what was widely regarded as an upset.
So why does Berry think the Assessor’s Office never used his model? He suspects it may be because it would have resulted in higher property taxes in wealthy parts of the city—and that would have been politically challenging for Berrios.
But sticking with the old model meant homeowners in less affluent communities paid more than their fair share of property taxes. One homeowner in the North Lawndale neighborhood told the Tribune the inflated assessments were making it hard to keep up with tax payments on the small home she inherited from her parents.
That’s not what lawmakers intended. “People are supposed to be paying their tax proportional to the value of their property. That’s what policy makers have chosen,” Berry says. It’s not the assessor’s job to change the fundamental nature of the property tax system.
Studying Cook County left Berry wanting to know more about property tax assessments around the country. “One question is, ‘Is Cook County just an isolated case? Do we just have a bad assessor?’ … Or is this a very general problem?” Through the Center on Municipal Finance at Harris Public Policy, which he directs, Berry has been trying to find out.
In March he and Bernadette Atuahene of the Chicago Kent College of Law released a study that found troubling levels of regressivity in Detroit’s assessments. The stakes are even higher there, because in Michigan the county can foreclose on homes for property tax nonpayment. An astonishing 100,000 Detroit-area properties were foreclosed on for this reason between 2011 and 2015. Of these foreclosures, Berry and Atuahene estimate that 10 percent resulted from flawed assessments.
“When you combine those two things together—you combine the overassessment of poor households and the really rampant tax foreclosures—you start to wonder, is the one causing the other?” Berry says.
Meanwhile, in Cook County, a new assessor will take the reins of the office later this year. Fritz Kaegi, who is running unopposed in November, has pledged reform. But change will come with a cost in some of Chicago’s most prosperous neighborhoods. Berry doesn’t envy the work that lies ahead for Kaegi. “It’s going to be a hard job,” he says. | 2019-04-23T14:18:11Z | https://mag.uchicago.edu/law-policy-society/value-judgment | Porn | Computers | 0.889974 |
msn | Your latest celebrity news and top headlines for April 23rd on PEOPLE Now.
Multiple sources confirmed to PEOPLE on Friday that Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin tied the knot in a civil ceremony on Thursday at a New York City courthouse, but it appears the model doesn’t count herself a married woman — yet.
“I understand where the speculation is coming from, but I’m not married yet!” the 21-year-old model Tweeted.
“They’re going to have a big blowout, in front of God and everyone they love,” said the source.
Bieber and Baldwin were seen walking into a courthouse on Thursday where marriage licenses are issued, according to a photo obtained by TMZ.
“I think having it in the woods would be so beautiful,” Baldwin — who accepted a surprise proposal from Bieber on July 7 — told the magazine.
The star also revealed who would be in her wedding. “My sister will be my bridesmaid. I was hers last year. And maybe Justin’s little sister as a flower girl,” Baldwin told the outlet. | 2019-04-24T14:34:58Z | https://www.msn.com/en-ca/kids/other/hailey-baldwin-says-she-is-not-married-yet-to-justin-bieber-despite-courthouse-wedding/ar-BBNlsRu?li=BBnb7Kz | Porn | News | 0.923564 |
wordpress | With Keshvinder Singh joining Hee Yit Foong, the way to destroy DAP’s Jesus Taliban from inside out ratches up a notch.
For the Sibu seat, the DAP evangelist elite brandished their Christian credentials like never before. Two PKR men, Jimmy Chua Jui Meng (ex-MCA) and Tan Kee Kwong s/o David Tan Chee Khoon (ex-Gerakan), who joined them in making the “hand of God” were soon reciting from bibles they had brought with them. Their motivation hadn’t come from merely speaking in a common tongue, from the same pulpit, in Sibu, to prove that their political objective is biblical predestined. More than that, they were also asserting their common hatred, Barisan Nasional and more generally the Chinese electorate who refused their God.
This way of conducting politics might be tolerable. It’s been done before after all, with methods identical to PAS exploiting Islam although DAP’s Christianity has bigger dreams, turning Sabah and Sarawak into twin Kelantans. Then there is Anwar Ibrahim. He had brought Islam fundamentalism into mainstream Umno and look what it has gotten him: a posterior bruised over and over.
But that is hardly the point.
The DAP elite, along with Jimmy Chua and Kee Kwong s/o David, have by now internalise Anwar’s standard, operating political principle: make religion the nom de guerre of politics. Which explains why the like of Lim Guan Eng and Teresa Kok have no problem turning mass political rallies into Sunday pulpit shows – and that would be normal where they are concerned. In Sibu or elsewhere, they have only to imagine they are trying to convert the heathen. The imagining would be easy once they inherit the colonial condescending attitude towards the local people, with their own places in heaven guaranteed, and having mastered the ability to create voodoo “miracles” of turning water into wine, Sibu into Putrajaya. These are the exact same attributes PAS ustaz people hold of the common Chinese and Indians, the laobaixing. One hears of this mind-set every year in PAS general assemblies, the muktamar (they even have a special, differentiating name for their party congress).
DAP Perak fully support the CEC decision requiring DAP Terengganu members to quit PAS appointed political posts. We must never accept the implementation of an Islamic State in Malaysia just because we are accommodated in the Government.
…a secular state must not also mean it is anti-religion or anti-God. Good values taught in [all] religions must be adopted by [people] in a secular state after they have been examined and scrutinised. Therefore, I support a secular state imbued with virtues, and not a humanistic secular state.
Few Chinese have fallen for the Anwar-PAS stratagem to get Islam into everyday life and this is partly owed to the very nature of the religion. As for the Malays, they have no choice.
When Anwar went to jail some years back, the Chinese did not cry over his fate. So when he dies nobody is going to build a temple in his name as the Chinese did for Kongzi and Laozi.
If the Chinese did not fall for Anwar and PAS did they for DAP’s Christianity in March 2008? Lim Guan Eng and his mouthpieces in Malaysiakini (Josh Hong) and in the online English Sin Chew (Thomas Lee) like to think so they did: “stupid heathens”, they’d whisper among themselves.
Already Hannah Yeoh has likened the mass conversion of the Chinese, some to Christianity, but mostly to the DAP’s brand of politics as evidence into the work of the “hand of God”. And Sibu was just one more manifestation. This explains the DAP’s infinite conceit: like PAS people, they believe they have god on their side so they can’t lose.
DAP isn’t the first to use Christianity to serve a political cause nor is it the first to exploit religion in manipulating voter emotions. David Tan Chee Khoon, extolled as Mr Opposition some decades ago, had preceded all that. Before there was PAS there was Gerakan, helmed by Chinese Christians who had split from the MCA. Which is to also to say that the near annihilation of Gerakan in Penang in the hands of the DAP Christians is the former’s just dessert – explaining why Lim Kit Siang had been relentless in his personal attacks on Koh Tsu Koon.
After the 1969 general elections, David Tan took, in the name of the Chinese, his religious conceit onto the streets of Kuala Lumpur on May 12. He foretold James Ngeh’s statement about political supremacy: Christians, the Chosen Ones, don’t play second fiddle to Muslims. David Tan got the Chinese heathen killed instead although, for his efforts, his Gerakan ended up capturing Penang. DAP having wrenched Penang fom Gerakan the same way is repeating the David Tan experiment nation-wide. But, what of the Malays ….
Today, DAP’s Christian mouthpieces, Thomas Lee prominent among them, have tried to whitewash Christianity’s role – Gerakan and David Tan by extension – by lying about the events preceding the May 13 mass murders. The Chinese, says Thomas, were killed purely out of unfortunate “circumstances” while no “ordinary” Malays were actually provoked; they were simply denied their legitimate rights (he doesn’t say by who or how).
This attempt to rewrite history – lying about it – fits neatly the DAP’s present political stratagem, substitute ethnicity with religion into the political equation. (When religion blew up in DAP’s face last January, Thomas tried to assure the Malay-Muslims: not to worry, he wrote for Lim Kit Siang, no Christian will retaliate. Two days after the pontificating, pig heads were thrown into two mosques next door to Teresa Kok’s DAP constituency of Seputeh.
In saying that the Chinese were merely “victims of circumstances”, Thomas wasn’t merely exonerating the Malays who the DAP now needs on its side. What were the circumstances? What was the nature of those circumstances? Religious? The hand of God? When David Tan Chee Khoon, a devout Christian, as is James Ngeh, brought out his party members in a show of political force on May 12, provoking the Malays in turn, it wasn’t just un-Chinese. Rather, it was very Christian, a display of might to say “We’re the Chosen Ones”. Thomas, clearing the decks for DAP’s Christianity 40 years later, continues to work the “hand of God” for the party.
Umno, hence Barisan Nasional, has gotten it wrong before, 1969 in particular, when it failed to see Christianity’s role and saw Chinese instead trying to usurp Malay power. In branding Guan Eng as anti-Islam, Umno shows it is at a loss into how to respond to DAP’s evangelical politics even if that is plain for all to see in Sibu. Amid this disorientation, Umno uses therefore a tiresome tool which nobody believes anyway, not now especially with PAS and Anwar beside Guan Eng.
Umno overestimates the DAP. On its own the DAP can only have the Malay vote at the margin even if Guan Eng was to convert to Islam tomorrow. But, to brand Guan Eng anti-Islam merely feeds the myth and misperception that the DAP, as it now stands, is pro-Chinese and so makes the MCA tasks of regaining Chinese confidence even more difficult.
The reality that Umno repeatedly fails to see and to recognise is even more bizarre.
Scratch the skin of Teresa Kok or James Ngeh or Josh Hong, it’ll show they are more anti-Chinese than they are anti-Malay. Their names help to illustrate the point: a personal repudiation of their forefathers who in the words of Lim Kit Siang can only have the status, in Malaysia, of a second class people. Chinese second, Kit Siang has conceded but he would never say, Muslim second or Christian second.
Against DAP’s Christianity politics, the more efficient way to cut off the party’s legs, therefore, is not to draw the line in the sand between Guan Eng and the Malay: he won’t get to them anyway. Rather it is to empty the pond in which the man breeds.
Christians are under 9 pct of the national population; Chinese share among this religious segment is therefore even lower, no more than 6 pct compared with 23 pct that’s the overall proportion. In comparison, the DAP Christians command half or more of the party’s share of legislators present at state and federal level. To say the DAP swept the 2008 Chinese vote on the back of a pro-Chinese swing in sentiments is therefore to accept the argument’s corollary: the DAP is anti-Malay and has tailored its political objectives for the hearts of heathen and the pagans. This cannot be objectively true: one has only to hear Guan Eng’s threats, in the guise of “friendly reminders”, to Magnum about the latter’s presence in Penang to know that he wants everybody to obey the Ten Commandments. No exceptions, religious or ethnic.
It might still be true to say the Chinese by and large turned away from the MCA, towards Pakatan, but that’s not equal to turning to the DAP. At 13.8 pct, DAP’s 2008 share of popular vote was 4 percentage points more than the 10 pct it received in 2004 – a statistical significance, yes, but not overwhelming. This meant that, in absolute numbers, a third to three fourths of the Chinese heathen, the laobaixing, hadn’t voted for it and that was at a time when Guan Eng et al were hiding their Christian credentials. What the 2008 general elections have done for the DAP is to embolden its Christians to reveal their proselytizing agenda. Sibu is proof. Thomas Lee and Josh Hong are mouth-piece evidences.
Christians as anti-Chinese, and as historical fact, is easily tested in Seputeh, a seat held by the DAP for as long as they had been a DAP.
Teresa Kok holds the seat not on the strength of her Christian credentials but was given her to augment and to secure the positions of the evangelical faction within the DAP elite. (Prior to Teresa, DAP could even hold Seputeh in absentia, their man contesting the seat from an ISA jail.) Exorcising Teresa from Seputeh exposes the DAP’s exploitation of the heathen Chinese vote, for whom the party has only contempt, no respect, but uses it to advance its religious-politico cause.
Lim Guan Eng, pictured as representative of the DAP Jesus Talibans, and therefore anti-Chinese, would be a self-evident truth. The Chinese of Seputeh cannot but see the truism if only they were told, or “enlightened” in DAP’s Christian phrasing.
After which, the MCA has no need to look far to marshal evidences that DAP elite evangelists have worked, sometimes brazenly, against Chinese identity and against Chinese culture. Lim Kit Siang’s blog is full of such examples, although he may not be able to tell from it. Ditto Liew Chin Tong. And then there is Teresa Kok herself, at one time Kit Siang’s former secretary and one of his many, many protégé-disciples.
Two prongs of attack against the DAP will therefore bring it down: (a) exposing its anti-heathen, therefore anti-Chinese, nature in its politics, and (b) exposing the hypocrisy of the party’s evangelical elite to the heathen grassroots upon whom its structure of support is constructed. This is also to say, internal subversion.
Once exposed as representative of a conceited priestly caste in control of party apparatus, Lim Guan Eng can only invite condemnation and revulsion from simultaneously the heathen Chinese constituents and his rank and file. Umno must support the MCA in these efforts. Since the DAP evangelists want to bring Christianity into the political arena, oblige them. Lim Kit Siang et al should be made to lay on the bed they made.
Seputeh once yanked from Teresa Kok and the rest, Penang included, falls easy. DAP’s anti-Chinese nature will be made even clearer if one of the party’s Chinese MPs were to quit the party to stand against Teresa in Seputeh. But that MP must first discover for himself or herself the anti-Chinese, therefore anti-Malaysia, essence in DAP’s political and religious ideology.
DAP’s vulnerability from within explains why, with each desertion, first by Hee Yit Foong, now Keshvinder Singh, the party’s Jesus elites throw a fit. In contrast, and in spite of a defection every other month from his party, Anwar just sighs. Kit Siang et al go instead into overdrive with their slander but always by invoking the gold standard in Chinese political culture: personal ethics.
(c) incapable of handling his own finances.
But the DAP evangelists, like Buddhist-wrecking Talibans who are masters in the art of spreading hate, assume too much. They assume Chinese culture, that is, its Chinese constituents have no mechanism or means of treating their claims sceptically. Typically and in response to each desertion, they would call a rally which in Christian theological terms is purely designed to create sin and brand the sinner and so to pin blame after discord rather than to bring harmony that is prized by the Chinese. A rally in Malim Nawar would be another Sunday pulpit show, spreading hate.
The DAP will send a letter of demand to recently turned independent Malim Nawar state assemblyman Keshvinder Singh and Datuk Hee Yit Foong (DAP-Jelapang), demanding RM5 million compensation from each of them for breach of agreement with the party. Perak DAP chief Datuk Ngeh Khoo Ham said all party elected representatives in the state had signed the agreement after the March 2008 general election.
All that says two things.
First, DAP’s Christian politics is not intended, and perhaps never was, a matter of public good, 为人民服务 wei renmin fuwu as the Chinese say. In Umno, politics is for the government contract; in the DAP, it’s a job creation programme.
Two, the DAP acts simultaneously the landlord and provider of jobs. To demand that its legislators pay if they quit the party – no excuse excepting, not even if a resignation is purely political – mirrors a kind of despotism unparalleled nowhere else. It makes the DAP the only party in Malaysia – no, the world even – to demand severance money from its legislators who they treat as they owned, as chattel employees.
Ngeh’s attempt now to justify the extortion – 10 million ringgit from Yit Foong and Keshvinder and redistributing it back to the party – might obfuscate the party’s tyrannical nature, as it is the nature of their god. It might even serve as a warning to other DAP legislators against any more dissension. But it does not absolve the evangelical elite of their inherent meanness and deep distrust of their Buddhist, free-thinker Chinese, Hindu Indian subordinates (to the Christians, all “heathens”) nor especially of the fact that the “agreement” with the party is nothing but a chattel bond.
Here thus is Lim Guan Eng et al exposed in all their cruelty: an exact image of their vindictive Christian god. Extrapolate that malice and inhumanity, it is not difficult to imagine how they will treat the people they should rule. Blow up some temples like the Talibans? Or, like banning gambling, kill some heathens to safeguard the religious health of the rest? Allahuakbar! The DAP is Great.
All that says DAP evangelism is a greater danger to Malaysia than PAS will ever be. It must be crushed hence. And, for good measure, Guan Eng et al should be put on trial (surely, Hisham, you can find something to nail him with?), one by one, then jailed and all that would be, to employ their logic they had said of gambling: it is for their own good and the greater good of the rest of Malaysia.
In more ways than one, Lim Guan Eng and family is like Taiwan’s Chen Shui-bian: poor in the beginning, later a Christian, wears clothes of a democrat, proclaiming Western, White man values and shouting democracy at every opportunity, yet a soul corrupted to the core. And he loves money, which he uses as leverage (chattel bond?). Indeed the two parties are ideological and political cousins. During his final term of office, Chen was especially racist and anti-Chinese, getting the English Press, the Taipei Times in particular, to launch the propaganda that Taiwanese are not Han Chinese. Taiwan, before jailing Chen, had wasted eight years on him and on every member of his entire family.
Dr Mahathir Mohamad: can you now understand, truly understand, who your actual enemies are? Know that the Chinese, the extremist Chinese, are the only people standing between the crusading Anglophiles and Malay sanity? (In their most fearsome, the extremist DAP Anglophiles can even drive the resilient Chinese nuts.) But, if you still want a Chinese skin to hang out of your window balcony, help yourself to Guan Eng and his family. Chinese chauvinists won’t blink. Either that or let loose your Ibrahim Alis on the DAP. We promise to say nothing; absolute silence. | 2019-04-24T06:21:37Z | https://shuzheng.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/ | Porn | Reference | 0.64595 |
cnn | On the same day of the largest nationwide strike calling for a $15 federal minimum wage, the City Council of Berkeley, California, will debate and possibly vote on a proposed city minimum wage of $19 an hour.
If approved, it would become the highest minimum wage in the country by far.
Berkeley's minimum wage just reset to $11 an hour, up from $10 previously. And it's set to rise again to $12.53 by October 2016.
The proposal before the City Council, put forth by the city's Labor Commission, would raise it to $13 an hour by October 2016 and then increase it by $1.50 a year until it reached $19 in 2020. Thereafter it would be adjusted for inflation.
The rationale: Workers need to earn a living wage and the cost of living in Berkeley has become very high, even for those with middle incomes.
The minimum wage at its current level "puts people in untenable positions of having to have two jobs," said Wendy Bloom a resident and registered nurse, who also chairs the Labor Commission.
Even then, Bloom said, it's tough to get by, especially as people working in Berkeley have to move farther and farther from their jobs because housing is so expensive.
The median home value is now $971,100 in Berkeley, and the median rent is north of $3,600, according to Zillow.
"You really can't live on $19 even," Bloom said.
Business owners, however, are concerned that raising the minimum wage by more than 50% could mean higher prices, fewer jobs for entry-level workers and some small businesses going belly up.
"You'll end up with a city of chain stores and restaurants instead of the mom-and-pop stores we all love," said Polly Armstrong, the CEO of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce.
In light of business owners' concerns, the Chamber has put forth a counterproposal, which would raise the minimum from $11 today by 50 cents a year until it reached $15 by 2022 for big businesses. For small businesses -- those with 56 or fewer employees -- it would raise the minimum to $12 by October 2016 and then adjust it by inflation thereafter.
What will result from the meeting isn't clear.
The council may approve the $19 and disregard the Chamber's ideas.
Or council members could strike down the $19 proposal but still vote to raise the minimum wage, just not as high as $19.
If the council does not vote at all, labor activists may choose to put the question to voters in the next election. They've put together a ballot initiative calling for a $15 minimum wage by October 2017. Thereafter it would be increased by inflation plus 3% every year until it reaches $19. | 2019-04-21T08:39:34Z | https://money.cnn.com/2015/11/10/pf/berkeley-minimum-wage/index.html | Porn | Business | 0.751053 |
wordpress | 5 Good choices to start with Lucinda – let’s see what you’ve got next week,. Currently in the middle of my Annual Grunter Awards also – my favourite task every year, Indie authors need the pump-up this gives them.
Thank you for the re-blog Grant. I’m hoping others will pick up on those I’ve chosen. Though, I must admit there are a couple of traditionally published books lurking in there somewhere. however, yo be honest, unless its a household name so often you can’t tell the difference and I have to go back and check if it was issued by the Big A, or if the author is using a ‘… publication or … press’ name then you really can’t tell.
I haven’t read any of these, Lucinda. I think I should! They sound great!
Hope you enjoy some of them Val, lots more for follow next week and the next.
Thank you for this Interesting list Lucinda and for including Tears. Your reviews leave me wanting to read them all. Wish I had the time to do so. But will bare in mind once existing TBR list exhausted.
Two more weeks of lists to come Tanya – my TBR list id horrendous as well. 😦 But, i have clocked in 99 books this year, one more to go to meet my goal. – Think I’ll make it!
I am sure you will Lucinda. I am always in awe of how much you manage to accomplish including reading so many books. | 2019-04-20T06:16:02Z | https://lucindaeclarke.wordpress.com/2018/12/10/2018-lucinda-e-clarkes-best-books-part-1/ | Porn | Reference | 0.156529 |
livejournal | 1 See The Jargon File entry.
The URLs in the Jargon File entry are out-of-date. But there's an ADVENT archive amongst those maintained by Oliver Maruhn. | 2019-04-26T06:26:50Z | https://ijon.livejournal.com/207966.html | Porn | Reference | 0.84598 |
carleton | A couple weeks ago, several of CFICE’s student research assistants (RA) attended and presented at the 2016 CACSL Conference on behalf of CFICE. We asked them to reflect on their experiences, and here’s what they shared with us!
Having the opportunity to present your work and research at an academic conference is an incredible one that I did not think I would have at this stage in my academic career. At the 2016 CACSL conference: Impact for Sustainability, I got to present a presentation titled Student Experiences with Campus-Community Engagement: Impacts and Challenges with my colleagues and CFICE RAs, Aaron Kozak and Amanda LeFrancois. CFICE offered to send us to Calgary to present our presentation and gave us freedom to present on whichever topics we’d like. At the conference I got to meet a lot of people doing work in community-campus engagement (CCE) and community service learning (CSL), professors, students, community organizations, volunteer centers, and many more. In addition to networking with professionals and academics, I got to listen in and was very inspired by all the innovations regarding CSL and CCE across the country.
CACSL was my first foray into giving an academic presentation. Since our presentation was on the second day, I was able to see how other presenters organized their talks in order to give me an idea about the audience I would be speaking to. I learned that even though all of the people there had things in common – we were all drawn together by our shared stakes in community service learning – we came from a variety of backgrounds with an array of ideologies. As one of the only teams of student presenters, we were able to offer a unique perspective of the student experience of community-based education – opportunities for which were largely lacking in our education up until being involved with CFICE. Overall, the opportunity to share our research and learn from others was hugely illuminating.
When asked to join fellow Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) research assistants in presenting at the Canadian Association of Community-Service Learning (CACSL) conference in Calgary, Alberta, I was excited, nervous, and very appreciative. I was excited to further knowledge of the positive impacts of the CFICE project, and give details about the specific work that Pathway to Potential in Windsor, Ontario has been working on over the past two years. I was also somewhat nervous because I had never given a presentation at a conference before, only poster presentations, and I was unsure what to expect. Lastly, I felt so much appreciation to CFICE for having been given this incredible opportunity to present the research that Pathway to Potential had been working on to other individuals interested in similar topics.
Our presentation titled, Student Experiences with Campus Community Engagement: Impacts and Challenges, gave specific examples of our personal experiences, along with some recommendations based on the realities of being a student involved with campus-community engagement (CCE), and community-based research (CBR). It was a very necessary presentation as many others were discussing the impacts CCE, CBR, and community service learning (CSL) has on students who are involved, though there were few actually from the perspective of the student. It was very powerful to give our unbiased experiences with the various CCE we have been exposed to at several universities because they all had similar themes: (1) there was an action component missing from the form of engagement, and (2) the projects were not community first. By giving our student experiences with CCE to the attendees, we hopefully brought some awareness that while intentions might be in the right direction, there sometimes are aspects missing.
Anther important experience I was afforded while attending the conference was the ability to network with like-minded individuals who were working on similar projects. After our presentation I was approached by two individuals who were very intrigued by the work Pathway to Potential was developing and wanted more information. Similarly, I sat in on several lectures and workshops where I thought the research conducted was pertinent to our work as well. The opportunity to attend the CACSL conference was once in a lifetime and the knowledge gained from both presenting and listening to other presenters was invaluable. This experience will be one that I will keep with me throughout my educational career, and throughout my life as well.
Anna Przednowek presenting at the CACSL Conference 2016.
This June I had the opportunity to participate in the Canadian Alliance for Community Service Learning Conference (CACSL) where I presented a brief overview of the collaborative community projects in the VAW hub at CFICE. I have always been interested in and participated in community-service learning (CSL) opportunities during my undergraduate and graduate studies. A connection to the community has always kept my academic work very grounded in what is currently happening in the field, and gave me an opportunity to give back. Prior to the preparation for this conference and attending this conference, I knew little of CSL models, despite the fact that I participated in CSL for many years. I found the CACSL conference very informative as it exposed me to a whole range of CSL frameworks in various disciplines which ignited a whole new area of academic interest for me.
Congratulations to all of the students for outstanding work. Without the contributions made by them to CFICE, the project could not achieve its goals. You are the ones who will carry on this work. | 2019-04-19T08:45:47Z | https://carleton.ca/communityfirst/2016/cfice-students-reflect-cacsl-conference-experience/ | Porn | Reference | 0.144738 |
wordpress | Well, after 28 days of fun in the California sun it’s back to reality.
I’ve struggled to write about our trip because it was so fabulous it honestly left me speechless. In the meantime I thought I’d write a separate post about what I did to stay fit. It’s a long one since I did more than just run!
It’s ironic I posted about working out together while we were away as we only ran together once our entire trip! With Harold along for the month, it was best to let him rest while we took turns running.
It was beyond marvelous to run in shorts in February! The other wonderful thing? Running by the ocean.
I ran the Embarcadero in San Francisco, the beach and ritzy neighbourhoods in Carmel, river trails in Newport, and ocean bluffs and a race in Del Mar.
We spent the majority of our time in Laguna Beach. All my runs there were incredible: I saw dolphins playing in the surf, ran into Dana Point, ran along the beaches of Crystal Cove and saw a baby sea lion, worked my lungs running uphill for four miles to the top of the hills (and trashed my quads on the way down), and ran trails at sunrise with Kelly and Harold.
I embraced every single run and am forever envious of those who get to live and run along the California Coast all the time!
It was chilly the morning of the race and Kelly and Harold walked me to the start about 45 minutes away from our hotel.
Not really feeling up to ‘race’, my only plan was to take it easy at the start and pick it up throughout. I did a great job of that with my first mile being the slowest and my last being the fastest. I ended up finishing in 1:11:53, which I was more than happy with for a surprise race on vacation!
It was a great run with tons of bands along the course (that’s what the 20 in the name stands for) and ocean views. It was the first year and over 3,000 people finished!
I tried SUPing for the first time in 2008 and fell in love with it. Kelly bought me my very own inflatable SUP (NRS Earl 4) for my birthday this year, and I couldn’t wait to take it out on the ocean in California!!
I was a bit apprehensive, as it’s been a couple years since I last paddled. And I’m timid of surf SUPing; I just like to get out there and paddle.
It turns out that Laguna Beach is the perfect destination to SUP! The water is generally calm, the ocean life is amazing, and I felt comfortable paddling far out by myself (sorry mom and dad!).
I paddled almost every day we were there (I think I went 11 out of 13 days), went out a couple times most days, and experienced amazing things.
One day when we got down to the beach there was a guy paddling close to shore with a few dolphins alongside him. I was too nervous to go, so Kelly gladly hopped on the board. There were dolphins going under his board and surfacing right beside him. It was pretty magical to watch.
Once he came to shore I was brave enough to go.
The dolphins were mostly gone, so I went far out just to SUP. As I was about to turn back towards shore, I saw a huge pod of them swimming and jumping coming towards me. I was about 35 feet away from a massive dolphin highway. There was somewhere between 50 – 100 dolphins from what I could see. I was close enough to hear them breathing. A couple veered off course and came towards me, so I splashed my paddle a bit.
It absolutely took my breath away and I just stood there in shaky awe for at least five minutes watching their natural beauty. It was the most magnificent thing I’ve seen in nature and one of my most peaceful and special moments.
I felt so fortunate to SUP in the ocean again and experience the majestic dolphins. I can’t wait to get back on my SUP this summer in our lakes!
We each took a yoga mat and one set of weights with us. I strength trained in our hotel room most of the days Kelly ran. It felt good to keep up some strength and core work!
This was something I just had to experience! There’s a group in Laguna Beach that meets 365 days a year. I went on a chilly morning and met with four others including the director of the Laughter Yoga Institute, Jeffrey Briar.
It was the most bizarre class I’ve ever attended, but it certainly accomplished what it prescribes: I was joyful for the rest of the day! There is something to be said about starting your day laughing by the ocean with a group of warm, friendly people.
Despite dessert twice a day most days I feel pretty good. My fitness is definitely much higher than when I came home from China last year, and I don’t have an Ironman to worry about in four months!
What’s your favourite way to stay active on holidays, or do you take it as a time to rejuvenate? | 2019-04-25T07:48:53Z | https://thechangeofpace.wordpress.com/tag/sup/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.700503 |
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livejournal | I think you left it unspoken but implied, but men, too, probably could find value in asking, before voicing disagreement: "do I really disagree, or am I just upset that she's a woman with an opinion?". Trying to shut someone else down may be subconscious, but these are the kinds of things that people can train themselves to ask and think about to slowly reprogram themselves to provide a less hostile environment.
But, on a slightly more tangential note, there's probably value in extending that from everyone, to everyone :-) I can imagine many communities would be more pleasant places if everyone (and I am not excluding myself!) stopped and asked, "Do I really disagree, or is my complaint for my own personal reasons, rather than to further discourse?" before they spoke up to disagree with something that someone else is saying. | 2019-04-21T15:09:27Z | https://lindseykuper.livejournal.com/412329.html?thread=2935977 | Porn | Reference | 0.219679 |
typepad | I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. It sounds like Barry was a great man and will be missed tremendously. Send love to Lindsay and I'm sending hugs north to you guys.
My sincerest condolences to you and Lindsay and the family.
Really sorry to hear that. Condolences to you and Lindsay and the whole family.
I'm so, so sorry, Darcy. My deepest sympathies to you & Lindsay.
Sounds like you stumbled across an unexpectedly great guy (and it definitely doesn't have to be that way). So sorry, and hope you are finding solace among friends. | 2019-04-23T14:17:30Z | https://secretsociety.typepad.com/darcy_james_argues_secret/2007/06/rip-barry-beyer.html | Porn | Reference | 0.255932 |
wordpress | Being a good friend is a skill we must learn and improve upon.
Before we can have a good relationship with our friends we must have a good relationshp with ourselves. When we genuinely like ourselves, we become more attractive to other people. We can be more authentic, which allows us to have more to offer others because we are not constantly focused on our own image and reputation.
Being a true friend takes time and energy. We must choose carefully those of who we wish to create a closer bond with. I am very selective about who I consider a friend, and that is because if I am your friend I am your friend for life. I have friends I have known for many years, some I met in my teen years and others in my adult life, and although we may not see each other regularly when we do get together we just pick up where we left off. That is true friendship. Not all of your acquaintances will make the title of friend, which is okay. Because having a true connection should be far more important than having a large guest list.
I consider myself to be a very good friend, but when it comes to making time for folks I can truly use some improvement in this area. I can get so wrapped up into whatever I may have going on in my life that sometimes I put off spending time with my friends. Our friends are important in many ways–so much so that these relationships often take on a life of their own. You owe it to yourself (and to your friends) to make these relationships a priority. let this be the year we start carving out some quality time for one another.
We must treat our friends as we wish to be treated. Another way to put it: “If you want to have a friend, then be a friend.” You must be more focused on being interested rather than being interesting. You must be excited for them rather than envious of them and you must never gossip or be critical toward your friends.
Don’t make everything all about you. Make your friends feel significant and remember when they were there for you. Notice any changes they may have made to their appearance. Ask them how they’re doing. Ask how their family’s doing. Send a card, or an email when you know they may need it most.
Take time to really listen. I had a friend who would always over talk me. She would talk and talk and talk and never let you get a word in. It was so annoying! She would ask me a question, yet never allow me to respond. When we do not listen miscommunication can take place. We can both walk away thinking the other understood when in reality they didn’t. To be a good listener and to be sure you are understanding the other person I suggest repeating what was said to be sure you fully understood and ask questions to understand their point of view. Also before giving advice ask permission because it could backfire when all your friend wanted was to vent.
We all need someone in our corner. If your friend isn’t there to defend her/himself against gossip or criticism, speak up, and be confident in knowing she/he would do the same for you. | 2019-04-18T23:07:50Z | https://whatcherylsaid.wordpress.com/2019/01/24/what-about-your-friends/ | Porn | Reference | 0.249757 |
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askmen | 8. Describe something you want to accomplish this year.
A relationship takes energy. Extremely busy people and those without a workable schedule may find it more difficult to invest in a serious relationship. Be wary of attempting a serious relationship with a woman who, for example, needs her secretary to schedule your dates.
9. When do you see yourself settling down?
Any response that avoids answering this question implies that she's not ready. A woman with a relationship mindset will likely be confident or quick to answer and also mention the standards she expects from a partner and a relationship.
10. Describe your relationship with family and friends.
Those with relationship mindsets likely focus more on developing overall significant relationships. Does she still hang out with college drinking buddies or has she narrowed down her field of friends? Does she stay in touch with family?
There are no right or wrong answers to these 10 questions. Either way, screening for partners who want the same things as you is the best way to avoid a potentially negative and stressful relationship.
As I was being lowered from the rafters at the end of the segment, I wasn’t worried, because I recognize that my answers to the questions above are just as important as the woman I’m pursuing. Before asking these questions, know your own answers and relationship mindset. It may be hard to communicate your needs, intentions and mindset to your potential partner, but doing so will avoid stress and disappointment and save you both a lot of time. | 2019-04-25T06:03:39Z | https://www.askmen.com/dating/dating_advice/relationship-mentality-2.html | Porn | Reference | 0.093213 |
cnn | What's the salary for White House staff?
It's one of those awkward questions that everyone really wants to know but few want to ask: what's your salary?
After a landmark day for President Obama with the Supreme Court upholding the healthcare law, today he heads to Colorado Springs to survey the damage from the wildfires there. The Waldo Canyon fire was only 15% contained as of Thursday so we'll see if they gain any ground on the fire today. President Obama will meet with fire officials and local government officials and take a tour of the damage. He's also expected to make a statement to the press at some point this afternoon. He's on the ground for about three hours this afternoon before returning home this evening.
President Obama in Decorah, Iowa on Monday, August 15, 2011. The stop was a part of a three-day bus tour which the White House billed as a chance for the president to talk about job growth.
A campaign official confirms the President will be doing a 2 day bus trip next week in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The trip will begin on Thursday July 5 and is expected to hit northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
The campaign will start to include a wider variety of public events which will give the president more expsoure to voters but fundraisers will still be a key part of the schedule as Team Obama has to fight to stay even financially with the Republicans.
What'll ya have, Mr. President?
They say when the cat’s away the mice will play… which seems to be the case whenever First Lady Michelle Obama isn’t around to watch over her husband’s daily dose of healthy foods.
Tuesday afternoon, President Obama sneaked in another fast-food pit stop at The Varsity, an Atlanta-based eatery renowned for its chili dogs and its famous 84-year-old slogan, “What’ll ya have?” Touting itself as the largest drive-in restaurant in America, The Varsity can accommodate 600 cars and more than 800 people inside its famous walls, according to its website.
But with a wife known for championing healthy choices, it’s no surprise that President Obama has tried finding refuge from dishes that include White House-grown “Barackoli.” Last week, Obama satisfied his sweet tooth on a campaign trip up north, swinging by the University of New Hampshire’s Dairy Bar, where he joked with onlookers that under other circumstances – namely, outside polling places – he would not be able to buy them ice cream. And in June, Obama celebrated Father’s Day by breaking bread with some local dads at Kenny’s BBQ place in Washington D.C, where he accidentally walked out on his bill.
With the election season heating up, the president will be hitting the road more than ever, where snack stops will most likely be a regular occurrence. Hopefully, though, the first lady won’t be too angry with her husband and his less-than-healthy choices.
Carney said the United States stands by Turkey and its allies and will work with Turkey to hold Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime accountable. The incident, which occurred last Friday when the Turkish Phantom F-4 was shot down as it flew over Syrian waters, raised even more tension between Turkey and Syria, two heavily armed regional powers.
Carney said Syrians have, in his words, paid for Assad's "hubris and lies" and the spokesman again called for the international community to come together to remove the dictator.
As the presidential election heats up Americans still see the economy as the number one issue. But try to imagine a town with just 1 percent unemployment where they can't build houses fast enough for a surging population, and schools are struggling to hire dozens of new teachers. While much of the U.S. is struggling, Williston, North Dakota, is enjoying a boom most cities can only dream of. It's all thanks to one thing: oil. CNN White House correspondent Dan Lothian reports.
Durham, NH – President Barack Obama confronted his critics head-on during an address at Oyster River High School here on Monday, redirecting attack lines most often aimed at him and turning them against his opponents instead.
Pointing specifically to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as one likely source of these kinds of attacks, Obama commended his opponents for their message discipline but derided them for their objectives.
Durham, New Hampshire (CNN) – While political observers focused on the Supreme Court Monday in anticipation of news on the future of President Obama's health care reform legislation, both the president and Vice President Joe Biden prepared to hit the road to drum up some campaign cash.
The president embarks on a two-day trip where he's expected to raise more than $5 million for his reelection efforts, according to a campaign official. The trip starts with a rally at a high school in Durham, New Hampshire before taking the president to Boston in the evening for three fundraisers worth a total of more than $3 million.
The first fundraiser will be at Hamersley's Bistro where 25 people will each pay $40,000 to attend a roundtable with the president. This event will be closed to the media. Then Obama will head to Boston's Symphony Hall where 1,800 people will pay between $144 and $250 to hear the president deliver an on-camera campaign speech.
Finally, Obama heads to a private residence in Weston, Massachusetts where 100 people will pay $17,900 each for the chance to eat dinner with the president. | 2019-04-24T09:02:20Z | http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.465484 |
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imdb | It's 2000 Mexico City. Someone is killing young women. Inexperienced reporter and divorced mother Estela is sent to cover the murder because she's the only one in the office late at night. The victim is wearing rich clothes and her arm is chopped off. Estela is struggling after refusing to get money from her cheating husband. The murders continue with detective Ibarra investigating. The women turn out to be mistresses but Ibarra refuses to admit that a serial killer is on the loose at first. One of the women turns out to be Estela's powerful father-in-law's mistress.
The best comparison I can come up with is a bloodier American TV movie. It is reasonably shoot and the acting is generally good. Yareli Arizmendi is a compelling actress. The style is a bit weak and the story moves a bit too slowly. Some of the writing is awkward like an editor who refuses to do a sensational story. His reasons are convoluted and non-sense. Any editor worth his salt would splash MISTRESS SERIAL KILLER on the front page. The best friend knows that the killer is scheduled to kill again on a certain date. Yet she is willing to go on a date. There are some problems. The best part of the movie is the culture of rich men and their mistresses. The crime ridden city is a good backdrop. The movie has some promise but it needs a better director.
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wordpress | We have had lots of fun making bridges. We looked at different types of bridges, identified which were the strongest and had a go at making our own. Our bridges had to span a river in our classroom and they were all very different. The strongest bridges held more than fifty counters before they collapsed. Wow!
World Book Day and Boom Whackers!
We have had a fantastic few days in Jay Class. We enjoyed playing the boom whackers, we sounded great!
World Book Day was a huge success. The children got to visit all of the other infant classes and hear a lot of stories. They got very creative with art, music and drama. Well done to everyone for their amazing costumes and outfits. | 2019-04-26T12:05:49Z | https://jayclassblog.wordpress.com/2019/03/ | Porn | Kids | 0.551704 |
wordpress | i made a baby blanket using a basic v-stitch pattern from handcrafting with love – alternating v-stitch afghan #2. this is one of my favorite patterns for an afghan because it is really easy and repetitive – so easy to do mindlessly while watching tv – yet it looks pretty and complex. i added a basic half-double crochet border.
for some reason i couldn’t get a non-blurry picture, so this is the best i could do of the entire thing stretched out.
here is a closer look at the pattern. i crocheted this blanket with two strands of pound of love yarn in a light green and ivory color. hopefully, being crochet with two strands will a) keep flopper warm on those cold minnesota nights and b) withstand lots of rambunctious little boy energy! my grandma made me a crochet blankie that i dragged with me everywhere i went for years. it was pretty ragged by the time i was in third or fourth grade!
and this is my first crochet baby sweater! i searched and searched for a pattern that was relatively easy but not totally basic, and wasn’t as boxy as a lot of patterns. i used the sweater pattern from the coats and clark newborn layette pattern. the adjustments that i made were with the colors (i hate switching colors so i didn’t do the stripes) and the sleeves. the pattern calls for decreasing stitches at the armpit and down the bottom of the sleeve, but it seemed to me that this would make the sleeves go upward…and most babies i know have arms that naturally point downward, not upward! so i did the decrease at the top of the shoulder and along the top of the sleeve, and i’m pleased with the result. it doesn’t make a huge difference, but i think it will make the sleeves fit a little more naturally.
i love the football buttons!
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wordpress | Help Save the Museum of the Confederacy! Deadline December 23rd!
We have believed from the beginning that our effort would likely come to a conclusion by the end of the year, give or take a few days or weeks. The effort to prevent the completion of the merger of the Museum of the Confederacy and the Museum at Tredegar (as well as, to a lesser extent, the Virginia Historical Society) is now coming down to the wire. Our new deadline is 23 December.
If the MoC is to be saved, it is up to us, the SCV. We have asked the UDC (national organization) to join us, but they have declined. Although they have expressed some sympathy for our effort, they have rejected our appeal and elected to follow their own path, even though they know that path will not yield any results. In addition, we have asked the Military Order of the Stars and Bars for assistance. They, likewise, are sympathetic and, at this writing, appear to be leaning toward offering some financial support, but if they do, it probably will not arrive before the 23rd.
Therefore, I urge, indeed, I beg you to join the Virginia Division and the General Executive Council with pledges of significant monetary donations before 23 December.
I fear I have not adequately reminded everyone in general and you in particular, that this fight is not just for the benefit of the Virginia Division. When the Confederate Memorial Literary Society was founded, it was set up to be managed by a board of regents composed of two representatives from each Confederate state. If each Division could now make a donation allowing us to ask the Richmond Circuit Court, then the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to prevent the completion of the merger, we hope to return the management of the MOC to Confederate-friendly hands.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Edwin Ray at 804-517-6587 or JRAY250443@AOL.COM.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 14, 2014 by scvpacnw.
Pacific NW Division News! Constitution adopted and newsletter started!
At the Pacific NW Division Convention, we officially adopted a Division Constitution and Bylaws. Please follow the link below to view the Constitution and Bylaws. We will be publishing a Division newsletter in the next two weeks. 2015 is going to be an exciting year for all of us! Check back on our site often for updates. Please feel free to add articles and comments.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 8, 2014 by scvpacnw.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to weigh in on whether Texas officials should have approved a specialty license plate that displays the Confederate flag.
The case raises the issue of how states can allow or reject politically divisive messages on license plates without violating free speech rights.
The Texas division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc said its members’ free speech rights were violated when the state, which has a program that allows groups to suggest messages to be used on specially designed plates, declined to approve the plate.
The proposed design featured a Confederate battle flag surrounded by the words “Sons of Confederate Veterans 1896.” The flag, synonymous with the states that fought to secede from the United States in the U.S. Civil War, is a blue cross inlaid with white stars over a red background.
The legal issue is whether messages on state-issued license plates represent speech by the government or an endorsement of a private message. The latter constitutes “viewpoint discrimination” and is a violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of freedom of speech.
The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Texas officials did not have grounds to reject the Confederate plate.
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wordpress | Over the last two weeks or so I have been coding, collating, inputting and analysing the data coming from the questionnaires from the recent Left Forum meeting in Dublin ‘Does Ireland need a new left party?’ When the prospect of distributing a questionnaire arose in the organising group’s conversation I had to get involved. My … More Not Data but data.
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If the highly-centralised Department lay the groundwork for educational policy, and it would appear that they only do so partially, the Catholics ordinarily resident in Portmarnock or Tramore could do themselves a favour by thinking about which box they tick for their ‘religion’ next April. … More Who are Ireland’s Catholics?
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wordpress | We now have a ceiling in the kitchen! Go me!
You know you’re starting to age when you struggle to hold a sheet of plasterboard above your head and screw it in place. I managed the first sheet on my own, but had to give in and draft our Son in to help with the rest.
Installed new wiring for cooker, power, lights, smoke/heat alarms, central heating, TV aerial, telephone, disconnected old lighting circuit & connect new recessed pot lights.
Next step is to start putting Humpty back together again. Hopefully the materials will appear over the weekend to allow me to continue.
Nice work Tom. Will you be plastering too? Now that’s a skill I’d like to learn. We’ve got a small under stairs cupboard that needs replastering – the laths are are all bare. As its out of sight I’m going to give it a go in the summer.
I’m a bit heavy handed, but manage not too badly.
This time round the ceiling was just taped and filled at the joints.
Know your limits and bow out gracefully! Did I see an old post of your making a pen. Maybe a year or two back? What finish did you use? I tried a few coats of CA glue and think I sanded it all off again……..even with 12,000 grit pads. Next time I’m going to try oil/CA glue and then just plain wax as well.
I used to use boiled linseed oil/ca combo, but found the finish delaminated after a time. Apparently the oil is to help the glue cure.
I buy the no-nonsense thick CA from screwfix which comes with a tin of accelerator. I use the medium no-nonsense CA to finish pens using the accelerator before applying the glue.
I cut the glue back between coats with 00-00 wire wool. It takes care though, because one nanosecond of inattention and the pen grabs the wire wool and winds it on. | 2019-04-19T04:49:05Z | https://adventuresinturning.wordpress.com/2019/02/08/progress/ | Porn | Science | 0.134264 |
yahoo | Cash-strapped carrier Jet Airways may see State Bank of India acquiring a stake of around 15% in it once it converts a part of its loan into equity as part of a restructuring package of the airline.
According to Bloomberg, other creditors of Jet also plan similar conversions of some debt into equity to help the troubled carrier survive.
Bloomberg said under a new rescue proposal for Jet,its founder-chairman Naresh Goyal s stake would fall below 20% from 51% currently.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, the foreign partner of Jet with a 24% stake, is expected to infuse additional funds to take its holding to more than 40%, Bloomberg reported quoting unnamed sources.
Such a rescue plan would safeguard about 23,000 jobs and save the government the embarrassment of a collapse of an airline months before the general elections.
The Mumbai-based carrier, which has struggled with profitability in an increasingly competitive market, has piled on $1.1 billion in debt and fallen behind on paying loans and salaries, the agency reported.
Lenders led by SBI have managed the process quickly and with a strategic intent of delivering a rescue package which works for the stakeholders, said Kapil Kaul, South Asia head of CAPA Centre for Aviation. The key will be the composition of the board and quality of the new directors and the overall governance architecture. This to me is most critical, Kaul was quoted as telling the news agency.
The Bloomberg report said that a final decision hasn t been taken as a deal is still being negotiated. Spokespersons for SBI and Jet Airways didn t immediately respond to emails seeking comment.
The company s shares have fallen 68% in the past year making it the worst performing share in the BI Asia Pacific Airlines index. They dropped 0.7% on Tuesday.
The carrier is working on various options on the debt-equity mix, proportion of equity infusion, the airline said in a statement on January 16. adding the restructuring may lead to a change in the board of the company. | 2019-04-24T04:55:47Z | https://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/rescue-deal-sbi-may-15-223133765.html | Porn | Business | 0.892009 |
wordpress | Instead of making things easier on myself, I decided to stamp out some of my own patterned paper to use on cards. I was watching YouTube again, and whenever I see people colouring on toned paper, I always get the urge to do it too, as it’s one of my favourite art types to do. So I wanted to incorporate it into cardmaking, and the YouTuber made hers into a lovely card by colouring all the stamped images. I thought that looked great, but would be time consuming. I was inspired to develop my own version by lining up one stamped image to colour, and stamp around this with just outlined ones on the rest of the paper.
I ended up adding some simple shading on the background Santas, which makes them look more dimensional. I haven’t finished the colouring on the main Santa, but he’s in the right area to be pointing to a sentiment, which I hope looks as good as I’m imagining.
It’s been a long day, goodnight.
Anyway, I’ve been balancing between multiple projects, trying to keep the mess at bay and sleep. Not all going to plan, but slowly progressing while keeping myself busy.
A couple of things I have discovered to improve my cardmaking that I can share, making the blog more than pretty pictures.
The first, pictured above, is making patterned papers look fancier. There are heaps of ways of getting cheap paper, or paper that is a bit plain, and turn it into the expensive looking ones really easily. High grade papers often have dimension, glitter and glossy areas on the patterns. You can personally decorate patterns using a variety of materials, including glossy accents, glitter glue, shimmer pens, gel pens, fine liners, markers and so on. It’s very lenient, as it will depend on your tastes and what paper you have in your own stash. The paper shown in the picture was from a card kit that came with a magazine. I liked the pattern, but I experimented by adding a shadow to one side and I like it much more. Try different designs and use whatever you have to accentuate patterns and come up with your own creations.
The other discovery came about when I was thinking about how bad I am at stamping, and I don’t like the mixed results when trying to get a good impression. This lead to the idea of scanning in the plastic stamp sheet that comes with the prestamped images. This worked well for me. Ensure you have a white sheet of paper behind when scanning, and this allows you to have the images on your computer to resize and print at any time. I was able to enlarge some stamps I have and print them in light grey, a colour I don’t own in ink pads. I had been stamping out all my stamps to keep on the computer anyway, but this way it’s already been stamped nicely.
I hope these tips help. I have a huge amount of ideas for blogs. Getting to them is another story.
These are my own oil pastel scratch art papers. Unfortunately, I forgot what colours I had made them beneath the black. I guess blue Santas can be Christmassy. It is cold in the north pole.
Perhaps, next time, I’ll write the colours on the back, though it is exciting to uncover the colours without knowing. Might work better for non-specifically coloured images, like the bear.
Crazy eyed embroidery owl. Yay!
I decided to stamp on fabric and embroider the outline. I figured it’s easier than looking for a pattern, printing and tracing. I used a water based ink, so hopefully the bright pink won’t show after washing. I’ve never been great at satin stitch, stem stitch or bullion stitch, but ended up using all of them in this piece. I don’t think I did too badly.
The image didn’t stamp properly, allowing for some leniency, but this caused problems when it came to the zig zags on the front of the owl. Looking back, lining the area to fill in with a straight stitch would have been wise. I was unsure of what to do with the eyes and what colour to make them, so they look strange for now. Perhaps a satin stitch in brown or something, as I thought using the same green would make them dull.
There are a few stamps I have that would be nice to try with this technique, but I wanted to try something simple. I think I’ll use calico next time as well, since I used flannel that was a bit soft and having some sturdier fabric might help with stitching. If I knew what if be using it for, I could spray the fabric with hairspray, which makes it really stiff, but wouldn’t be suitable if I use the image for something soft. I suppose it would wash out after, but I suppose that another experiment to add to the list.
Stamping and colouring today, for some cards. Didn’t feel like doing a lot today, so I hauled my supplies to the lounge and coloured in front of the TV. I’m in a dilemma between wanting to use my copic markers and not wanting them to run out. Then the other dilemma of buying more singly or save up for 72. Either way has pros and cons, like travelling to the city or learning to save.
Since my red has completely run out, I experimented, and found dark pink with maroon like shadows make a fairly good replacement. I might just have to get a red though, considering how many Santas I may need to colour in. | 2019-04-22T12:53:49Z | https://raspberrysheep.wordpress.com/tag/stamping/ | Porn | Computers | 0.12119 |
wordpress | Learn a new language, take dance lessons, eat healthier, exercise more… or just exercise, period! Those are just some of the many new year’s resolutions which many of us will struggle to keep by the end of the month.
If one of your 2018 goals is to get a new job, here are 3 resolutions which will help you keep that promise.
A common mistake that most people make in searching for a new opportunity is to wait to network until they need a job.
That scenario is full of stress for both you and the recruiters, who might not have an opening available which suits you. Your approach should be one where you’re constantly meeting and greeting people not just for present possibilities, but more importantly, future ones.
I transitioned from NBC/Telemundo to CBS thanks in part to a 20-minute conversation I had with the hiring manager six months before being invited to interview for the Managing Editor position. A mutual colleague introduced us because I wanted to learn more about that newsroom culture. The initial meeting not only provided me with valuable information, but an opportunity to market myself and make a good impression.
It is important to understand that there’s probably a shortlist of candidates by the time a job is posted in a career website. Continuously networking keeps you top of mind for occupations before they are made public.
Another common mistake I see job seekers make is how often they over or under sell themselves. A Linkedin study found that men toot their own horns more often than women. Even when they had the same job and skillset, women would be more likely not to brag about their accomplishments.
Like in all things in life, balance is the key to success. It is equally important to be transparent about your development needs as you are about your strengths. In order to engage in candid conversations during job interviews, you first have to be honest with yourself.
A common practice I use to see if I am a strong candidate for a position I’m interested in is to conduct a personal litmus test. I look at the job description list of responsibilities and requirements and see how well I fare based on my experience. Simply put, I know I am a strong candidate if I meet 8 or better of the 10 responsibilities outlined. The job would be a stretch assignment for me if I only have 6 or better and I’m a long shot if I only have 5 or fewer of the skills necessary.
Employers are always looking for the most optimal candidate to hire, but they’re willing to take a chance and invest in people who need a little more seasoning if they show promise. Your ability to market yourself effectively is determined by how well you know yourself.
The worst mistake I see people make in finding a new job is money. If salary is the most important variable in your search, then you’re destined to be disappointed.
Compensation is important. There is nothing wrong with wanting to make a good living. After all, it has a direct effect to our wellbeing and that of our families. But it should never be a substitute for our happiness at work. I know many people who took a job because it represented a better title, salary and are now miserable. The biweekly direct deposit they receive represents the price they were willing to trade for their happiness.
Most people I know left their company not because they were dissatisfied with the money they were making, but with the work they were doing. So, first focus on job satisfaction. We spend too many hours at the office, out in the field for it not to provide us with fulfillment. Make sure the job you’re pursuing not only represents an opportunity to use your skills and abilities, but also supplies you with space to grow. A great opportunity is one which nurtures professional relationships, enables you to affect business priorities and management who appreciates your contributions.
Besides, if you do your job well enough…money will soon follow.
So, good luck with those dance lessons (thank you, wife), eating healthy and exercising. Maybe you will, maybe you won’t keep those resolutions, but at least try to keep your new year/new job promise.
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wordpress | I am on a one year sabbatical from work. This is a blog about what I am up to.
Wow – Thailand is beautiful! Glad to see you are doing the two things you love most – eating well and rock climbing. Be careful!
Great to hear from you man. Looks like you’ve been having a blast; the rock climbing picture is awesome! Looking forward to more stories.
Hello from a fellow adventurer! Came across your blog via a Buddha mountainside search. Your great travelogues and pics bring back memories – so wonderful to read/see all these places again through your lens. Keep up the travels, fun and experiences! And when there are times in your year long sabbatical when it gets tough (and there will be a few) – keep your spirits up. There’s always a moment when you least expect it that will remind you how much it’s sooooo worth it!
Boy, you’re hard to find these days. Seems like you’re having fun though.
We met at Columbia Law a while back. I recently published an article thanking you, and would like to send you a copy. Can you please send me your email address.
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wordpress | Grandfather was a doctor in Mysore and he was one of the best during his time. He had a clinic which was called Lokamba pharmacy.
He was a devotee of Raghavendra Swamy and he always had a prayer or song on Rayaru on his lips. He had practically retired from the profession in the 1980s and he spent his time in reading and writing about Raghavendra Swamy.
He always hummed some lines about Raghavendra Swamy. A great sport, he played Chowka Bara with his grandchildren and his daughter-in-law.
He was fond of good food and he himself took pains to grind Hittu for Idli and Dosa. In those times, there were no mixers and grinders and the batter (Hittu) had to be manually ground on a grind stone.
His house was always an open house and scores of relatives came, stayed and went. He was hospitable to all of them and always ordered dosas from the nearby Raju Hotel, which was one of the best hotels in Mysore.
One day in 1982, grandfather was shaving in the morning when he uttered a loud cry. When his family members rushed to him, he was in pain and he was not able to lift his hand.
He was rushed to hospital where he was diagnosed with bone cancer. The diagnosis was a shock to the family members as he had always been healthy and he had never shown any symptom of any disease.
Further diagnosis revealed another shock. The cancer had spread too far and cure was almost nill. The doctors, however, decided to do what bet they could to save a life.
One of the daughters-in-law of the doctor decided to do seve to Raghavendra Swamy. She did the seve with utmost devotion and madi. She prayed for her father-in-law to be cured of the dreaded disease.
On night, she had a dream in which Rayaru appeared and asked her to find out a needle which had fallen in a haystack. Get me the needle and I will cure the doctor, he said.
The daughter-in-law understood that the disease had spread beyond any cure and even Rayaru could not reverse the irreversible. She, however, continued the seve for the duration which she had promised Rayaru.
Days passed by and the doctor began sinking, No amount of medicine seems to help and he was admitted to KR Hospital. He spent the last few days of his life shuttling between his home and hospital. Although in deep pain, he never was depressed and took things as they came.
He had a deep love for his two brothers. While one of them was in Mysore, the other was in Bangalore. He held on to his life till his brother from Bangalore, also a doctor, came.
The moment his brother from Bangalore came, he was told about it. The doctor turned his head towards the door and tried to look at his brother. That was the last action as he slid into permanent slumber. | 2019-04-25T08:23:09Z | https://raghavendraswamy.wordpress.com/category/needle/ | Porn | Health | 0.731792 |
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wordpress | In the middle of February, my husband and I ministered to a city that’s quite far from our city. We drove on the highway along 780 km, across three provinces and around 20 big and small cities. It was really fun. Then on Sunday afternoon we traveled home after two days of service. The highway was wide and quiet, the sun was bright, so perfect. But we cannot continue to enjoy that comfort. Half the trip had passed when we saw a thick lump of black cloud covering the sky in front of us. The color of the black clouds with the golden glow of dusk showed contrasting scene. Beautiful but also frightening! Moments after I captured it with a cellular camera, apparently our car began to enter the area under the black cloud. The rain immediately flushed and the longer the more heavy accompanied by strong winds. The heavy rain, the strong winds, and the darkness of the night, made our visibility very limited. A comfortable journey turned to full of suspense.
The lighting on the highway that we passed is only at the interchange, namely in the area before and after the gate of highway. Along the rest of the road there are only traffic signs and small plates at a certain distance that function as reflectors. The yellow reflector on the guardrail separates our lane from the opposite direction, and the red reflector on the guardrail on the edge of the highway. For hours traveling in the dark night accompanied by the roar of the rain and strong winds we only relied on traffic signs and luminescence from the reflectors that reflected the lights of our cars. And even then only a few meters, limited to the distance of the lights of our car. Those points of light were the guide for us, whether the road we are going through will turn left, right, straight, down, or uphill. Meanwhile, our windshield wipers were competing with the rain that forms a kind of water curtain covered the windshield, making the view more blurred. Many times we have to lean forward so we can see the signs and the road more clearly. We must pay attention to and ensure that we follow each sign directions correctly because a little mistake make us misdirected.
For me, the situation we experienced at that time described a phase in the journey of life. There are times when everything goes very pleasant, comfortable, safe, easy, and smooth. There is also a time when problems come, like clouds cover the sun and change the light to dark. That is the dynamics of life that can be experienced by anyone, whether in extreme forms or only wavelet.
The characters in the Bible also experience times when they have to walk in dark valleys. Moses, a Hebrew who was educated and lived in the palace of Pharaoh, had experienced the phase of becoming a fugitive and had to live in the house of a priest in the land of Midian for fear of being killed by Pharaoh (Ex 2: 11-22). Joseph, a favorite son who was given a tunic of many colors by his father, also experienced several times the ups and downs of the dynamics of life. Starting from being dumped to a well and sold to Egypt, then got a position as a trustee of Potiphar, but then being imprisoned for being slandered (Gen. 37: 12-36; Gen. 39). David, a worshiper of the Lord, experienced the extreme dynamics of life from a sheep shepherd who was suddenly anointed to become king, then became the person trusted by King Saul. But then the situation changes. David became Saul’s main enemy until he had lived on the run for several years (1 Samuel 16-30). Then when he became king as God promised, there was a treason led by his own son until he had to flee from his palace (2 Sam 15-17). Those are three of the many stories of the characters in the Bible. Their experiences differ from one another but there is one common thread, namely obedience. They were people who remain obedient to follow the guidance of God even though they are under pressure. They didn’t deviate from the provisions of God, didn’t compromise with sin, and remain faithful to do what is right in the midst of their plight. In the end, it obedience brought them into fulfillment of God’s plan and made them reach the finish line brilliantly.
God has a special plan for each of us and He has provided everything needed so that we can work on His call, but it can only be realized if we obey Him.
Obeying God’s guidance in the midst of dark times has its own difficulties. Like walking in the rain on a dark night, heavy pressure can make us unable to see everything clearly because we panic, worry, fear, stress, depression. Our feelings become uneasy so it is difficult to pray. The desire to get out of trouble quickly makes us impatient waiting for God’s help. These various psychological conditions can make our spiritual eyes unable to see clearly and our spiritual ears become insensitive. We can be tempted to take shortcuts and seek help in our own way. When we finally choose to follow our own will, we will be misguided, because what we think is good is not necessarily good and what we think is right is not necessarily true.
Solving problems in our own way at first often seems successful but we don’t know what will happen at the end of the road. Obeying God’s guidance is the only way if we don’t want to get lost and regret later on. Knowing God’s guidance isn’t complicated. God has provided complete guidance for us, namely the Bible. The Bible is the written word of God. Following God’s guidance means doing what is written in the Bible.
The Word of God is like a traffic sign that shows direction and is like a light that illuminates our path. If our lives are on a dark road, just do what the Bible says even though it’s not directly related to the problem we are facing. Obedience to God’s word will make us smarter, wiser, and more understanding, even beyond knowledgeable and experienced people.
We really don’t know the whole of our journey. Be obedient, because every obedience to the word of God will take us step by step to the way out of our struggle. The wisdom and understanding that comes from God through His word will enable us to view problems with the right perceptions so that we can make the right decisions. Moreover, every obedience to the word of God will change us day by day to become more and more like Christ.
We cannot totally obey Him if we don’t believe in Him.
Moses, Joseph, and David were people who obeyed God’s guidance because they were believe in God. Moses could have kept hiding and refused to be sent by God to meet Pharaoh, but Moses chose to obey. Moses obediently worked on God’s call to lead millions of Israelites across the desert with the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night. When the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire stop, he stops. Where the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire move, there he follows. Joseph could have complied with the wishes of Potiphar’s wife, but he chose to run away from her because he knew that it is sin. Joseph also had the opportunity to take revenge on his brothers who had made him suffer, but instead he gave them a place to live and fulfill their needs because he knew that God had a special plan for his life in Egypt. David had more than one chance to kill Saul, but David did not want to do it. Actually, if he killed Saul, he would easily occupy the position of king, but he chose patiently to wait for God’s time.
Moses, Joseph, David, and the people used by God in the Bible are people who fully believe in God. They don’t put their secure feelings into the situation. They don’t entrust their future to experiences, skills, connections, position and wealth. They don’t make decisions based on their own passions and considerations, but they follow God’s guidance even though sometimes for a moment it seems that their obedience doesn’t make things better. They still believe in God and rely on God in all circumstances, good or bad.
Dear brothers and sisters, if we are in a bad situation, remember what David did when he was greatly distressed in Ziklag: “David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.” (1 Sam 30:6 NIV). Let’s strengthen our trust in God. Not with our own strength but with the help of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will enable us to faithfully step in to follow God’s guidance. Not only until we get a way out of our problems, but until the end of our lives. Amen.
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As believers, prayer is like an entrance to a hopeful path, that along the way we can get answers to all the struggles. In every hope we bring to God, the happiest thing is if God gives us what we ask for. But the fact is we do not always get what we want, even if we plead with tears!!!
Many of God’s children pray for years of asking for miracles, but are instead faced with the opposite of their hope. While at the same time there are children of God with similar problems rejoicing in receiving the miraculous help from the hand of God. If we are in such a position, can we still trust God? Can we still believe that God is good while our situation seems to deteriorate? What is wrong? Do we lack of faith so we failed to obtain what we “believe in”? Do we still keep certain sins so that our answers to prayer are hindered? Before drawing a conclusion, let’s learn from some of the stories in the Bible.
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, were descendants of the tribe of Judah who were brought to Babylon when king Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem. In Babylon, they were part of a chosen Israelite who was educated for three years and then worked for the king. Although they received special facilities from the king’s palace, they did not defile themselves at all. They were committed to always worshiping the God of Israel. God gave them knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom, which made them ten times smarter than all the magicians and astrologers in Babylon (Daniel 1:20). So the king promoted them to sit in government. Then came the time of their faith and faithfulness to God was tested.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego believed that God was able to deliver them. But they also said, “IF NOT”. “If not” here was not “if God was not able” but “if God was not deliver them”. Whatever happens they will still worship God and will not bow down to the idol. The statement stakes not just losing their reputation, position, and wealth, but their lives! That’s not a fictitious belief. Their faith was pure, without falsehoods.
The result is… The furnace was heated seven times more than usual, killed three men who took up them, but Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego walked with the angel of God in the midst of the fire without the slightest burning. Even the smell of the fires was not on them, as if a serious problem that just happened did not really happen to them. What an amazing faith that has been responded by God with a miracle that escapes them from the death.
God always responds to faith. Great things are always born from the prayers of the righteous that based on faith. Strong faith will not easily falter although “IF” God do not help. But one important thing we must ponder: Could God not help His children?? Impossible! God MUST help us because God loves us so much. It’s just His way that is not always the same as we want it to be.
“And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.” (2 Kings 18:3 NKJV). When we read the books of Kings and Chronicles, we will find many similar sentences. Several times the Lord mentioned David’s name as a benchmark for kings who did what was right in His sight. Even in the New Testament Jesus is called the son of David: “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham.” (Matthew 1:1 NKJV). Even farther: “He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, man after My own heart, who will do all My will.” (Acts 13:22). All these statements show how God pleased David. But… If the prayer of a man who is pleasing in the heart of God will always be granted by God??
One day the son of David with Bathsheba was sick. For many days David fasted, prayed and cried for God’s mercy so that his son was healed. The result is his son died. Whether David disappointed?
DURING THERE IS A CHANCE… That while his son was alive, David did not lose hope. He prayed, fasted, and believed that his son was healed and lived. But when reality differs from his will, David is not disappointed. He still worshiped God and even entertained his wife. With such extraordinary spiritual qualities, why did not God give according to his prayer? Was David “lacking of faith” so that he did not get what he was praying for? Certainly not!
Faith is not measured from “the outcome of faith”. We do not put faith in “the conviction that something we ask for we must have”, but we put faith in the person of God Almighty who can do everything, no matter whether God will do what we ask or not!!! If we put faith in “the outcome of faith” or answer to prayer, then our faith will easily waver if God does not grant what we pray.
True faith means believing in the LORD’s PERSON and not only ON THE WORKS OF HIS HAND!
If God chooses not to do what we ask, it does not mean that God is incapable and does not mean that we are lacking of faith, but because in His omniscience God knows what is better for us.
Keep hoping and praying in faith while there is still a chance. Do not give up! Keep believing and do not be disappointed whatever the outcome. There is always “a hidden blessing” behind every problem and God’s plan is always more beautiful beyond our expectations.
The two stories above illustrate a prayer based on firm faith. Faith is not wavered by any answer of God. What about us? We know that God always answers prayers. If God answers “YES” we will get what we ask for. When God answers “No”, it means God does not grant our request. And if God has not given an answer, then we must “WAIT”. Until when? Only God knows. We must be patient and keep faith because in times of waiting all possibilities can happen. But do not worry. Though the problem persists and seems to be more complicated, God always keeps us and is in control of everything.
So what if after waiting, it turns out the answer is “no”? If God finally answers “no”, why wait so long? The answer to prayer is always related to God’s plan. We can only measure from the life we have lived and from the planning that we think is good, but God sees our whole life from beginning to end. If God allows anything to happen it means God is working His plan in our lives. Many times we could not understand of God’s ways. All we need is to believe. Believing that God is good, believing that God works together in all things to bring good to us as written in Romans 8:28.
Time and answer of prayer are God’s sovereignty. We can not force faster or slower. We can not question why one prayer is answered “yes”, the other is answered “no”, and another prayer “wait”. Whatever the answer of prayer we receive, that is the best gift from God for our future. If we truly believe in God, we must submit to His will and not impose our will.
In the struggle of the Lord Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, He set an example of prayer for all of us: “And He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.” (Mark 14:36 NKJV). That is a prayer based on true faith.
True faith always SUBJECT TO THE WILL OF GOD. Do not ever assume and treat God like a vending machine that once we put the coin into the machine and we simply press the button of the stuff, then immediately we get what we want. We can not force God to make Him willing to obey our will. Precisely in submission and surrender to the God’s will is reflected the real of our quality of faith.
Right now, let us ask the Holy Spirit to light our hearts. If indeed we still have sin, let’s ask God for forgiveness. Let us settle our relationship with the Father so that we may know Him better. The Father’s heart is good and always wants to help His children. Everything we need has been guaranteed by the Father. He knows everything more than what we want and need. If the answer of prayer we receive is not what we ask, then God is preparing for something more beautiful, more noble and eternal. Do not measure the goodness of the Father solely from the deeds of His hands. Do not doubt and question His answer. He is too wise to do wrong. He is too good to do evil. If we do not understand His plan, if we can not see the deeds of His hands, just TRUST HIS HEART. He loves us so much.
There is nobody wants to live in an ordinary or even futile life. In the deep down of their heart, everyone wants to be successful and reach the highest point in their lives. But the reality isn’t always like what we dream of. Many people get success but not least have failed. But there are some people who are in the midst of their great achievement still feel missing something. They have an impression that they supposed could be more optimal than the current life, optimal in a positive impact and to be a blessing to others.
If life is like a train … Whether we are on the right track and the right direction to achieve the goals that God has prepared before??
One of the driving factors for the accomplishment is a PASSION. If our passion IN HARMONY AND IN UNITY WITH GOD’S PLAN, then there is nothing could hold us to live beyond our limitation.
As in the image of God’s creation, humans equipped with intellectuality, ability, and talent. It all enables people to do many things in appropriate with capacity and willingness to work hard. But among all that we do, there must be specific things we love, we want, and we dream of. A great desire that come out from the deepest of the heart to do and pursue something, and encourage us to live in, it is called PASSION.
Passion makes us “alive”. Without passion, we would just like a machine who doing something over and over, but without “the life” in it.
Passion gives us energy and strength to do the best, keep focus, and doesn’t give up easily. Passion makes us happy to work with and without compulsion. Passion even makes us willing to sacrifice many things so what we yearn for will come true.
Although some people may not realize what their passion, each person certainly have a passion. So we are. And as God’s children, we also know that God has a special plan for each of His children. The question is whether our passion in harmony with the Father’s plan??
If right now what we are pursued or what we live has been same with the special Father’s plan, it means we are on the right track and in the right direction. But if not, we will have inner turmoil because the spirit within us can be satisfied only when we live in the special plan of our creator! Then how to make our passion in harmony with His plans? What should we do that our in harmony and in unity with God’s special plan?
The only way so that humans restored, go back to the initial quiddity that is live in an intimacy with God!
In this case we already on the right way because we believe in Jesus as the only Lord and Savior. However, although we have opened our heart to Him, God will never pervade us, yet God wants to build an intimate fellowship and fill us with His Holy Spirit. It means there are two persons in this fellowship. That is God and us.
In our fellowship with God, actually we are being changed to become more like Him. The goal is we can live in His fulfillment plan, namely when we were created by Him.
In this process, we need a willingness to surrender and obedience to do His word, including submits our passion under His will.
Longing of every God’s child is to know the Father and understand His will. But on the other hand, we also have our own dreams and passion that unknowingly sometimes contrary to God’s plan. What I mean of contrary isn’t the meaning of sin, but what we pursue isn’t same with God’s perfect will for us. For example, we really want to become a successful entrepreneur but actually God wants us to take the other profession or the other way.
If our dream and passion is still on our prayer and pondering, let’s learn to surrender it all to the God’s hand and obey His decisions. Isn’t so easy to let go our dream and passion especially when we struggle to achieve it, we have risked many things. We will feel a part of our heart gone. However, please believe me within our surrendering and obedience to God there is always blessing and Glory from God alone. The future that God has created for us is more beautiful than our own plans.
However, if right now we live our life in accordance with our passion and after long time we realized that God calls us to live in other way, it isn’t easy move on instantly. There is a responsibility must be completed. We have to experience consequences. But don’t be afraid and worry because God is able to do anything.
To know God is so important. Increasingly we know God’s heart, will be easier for us to believe Him. When our faith is growing, and then will be easier for us to surrender and obey to His will. Further, the Holy Spirit will guide and show us what we have to do.
There will be no vain life process in the Lord. Every single detail of live we have lived, though even it was a mistake, all of that still can be “raw materials” for God to change our future if we are always surrender and obey to Him. Therefore we must be shaped and changed so that we are more and more in harmony with him.
Life with maximum achievement can only be achieved if we live in God’s will. Like a train, the train could only travel at the maximum speed and arrives at the right destination when in the RIGHT TRACK / RAIL and RIGHT DIRECTION. For that we should be harmonized with God.
Harmonization is a process that must be happen in the fellowship with God. We are harmonized with God in all things. We have to harmonize in personality, character, the way of thinking, lifestyle, life goals, priorities, and so on.
More we cling to Him and obey to His word, we will be more in line with Him. The more we know him intimately, and then we will have His heart and mind. So from time to time our passion will be IN HARMONY AND IN UNITY WITH GOD’S PLAN because we have been transformed into more and more like Him.
In each process, the Holy Spirit works to change and renewal from the deep of us. Holy Spirit works FROM THE INSIDE of us. Holy Spirit is a helper that gives us strength to surrender, perseverance to be obedient, and courage to walk into the Father’s will. Then like on the right track train and on the right direction, we will reach the goal by goal that God has planned before.
If right now you are currently living in your passion and you know for sure that it is according with God’s will, then perseveres in prayer and still hoping until your dream becomes a reality.
Challenges will always there. But don’t ever give up. God is always being there beside us. There is nothing can stop us.
Keep walk in faith and live in intimacy with God. Always surrender and obey to God, and make sure your passion is always in harmony and in unity with God’s plan.
While doing our part, keep the dream and the passion was still burning. Continue to live in it and do everything in love to the Father. Maybe at first looks nothing special and ordinary, be patient and remain faithful! If it is God’s will, sooner or later will bear fruit!
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Hello my dear readers! I am happy could come back to the blog with my own post and I am grateful to God in the middle of my busyness this evening I could write something to share.
I smiled but suddenly remembered about the story of Jericho wall (Joshua 6:1-27). As we all know the Jericho wall destructed by the irrational and unique ways. After spending forty difficult years wandering in the desert of Sinai, they came to the eastern banks of the Jordan to take the Promise Land and they were facing first obstacle. The City of Jericho! Jericho city was surrounded by virtually impregnable thick massive stone. But Jericho wall was successfully destructed (seemingly) by a foolish strategy. This was a strategy that given by God to Joshua: All men of war and seven priests that bear seven trumpets of rams before the ark must around the city once a day for six days. On the seventh day they shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. When the sound of trumpets sounded they must shout with a great shout and the wall will fall down flat. (Joshua 6:3-5) Like most war stories, normally a giant fortress could be destructed only by enormous military force with all its weapons. But in fact, Jericho wall destructed not by military strategy and force but by beyond the logic supernatural power.
My beloved readers, in this post please allow me to share two valuable things that I learned from Jericho story. I hope and pray it could be a great lesson for us and could be applied in our lives.
Here, faith and obedience plays an important role so Joshua and his people got victory over Jericho. We can see the obedience manner of Joshua. I imagine if only Joshua didn’t obediently follow God’s instruction, I strongly believe the Jericho wall wasn’t necessarily collapsed and the Israelite will never enter to the Promise Land. Why Joshua and his people could be obey to do God’s command? The answer is because they have faith. It is written in Hebrews 11:30, “By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days” although in the past Israelite’ faith had frequently failed, at the time by faith they believed and trusted God and His promises and they did God’s command obediently. It means they saved by faith and their faith evidenced by obedience. Here we can learn something important. When there are so many hurdles and problems in our lives and God give instructions that seemed doesn’t make sense to do, let’s accept the instructions by faith and do it obediently. It is written in Deuteronomy 13: 4, “It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him”.
We must remember that God can use anything even the most unreasonable thing to declare His unlimited power. There was so much evidence in the Bible God showed His power through the irrational ways and beyond the range of human logic. God is never wrong. Any God’s instructions and commands has become a part of His plans and God’s entire plan is plan to prosper us and plans to give us hope and future, even not to harm us. (Jeremiah 29:11) We just need to trust by faith and obey it as our real deed. The scripture says that “Faith without deeds is dead” (James 2:26) Joshua and his people showed their faith through deed by obey carried out God’s command and conquered Jericho and God fulfilled His promise by gave them victory over an enemy that was trying to keep them out of the Promised Land.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
I would like to take you to imagine the physical condition of Jericho wall. I am so sorry couldn’t take much time to explore deeper to find out the authentic information about the size of the wall. Below is the specification of the wall that I got from my father’s Bible archaeology books. Let’s take time a moment to imagine it. Jericho was surrounded by a great earthen rampart with stones retaining wall at its base, the size of retaining wall was around 12-15 feet high. On the top of that was 6 feet thick of mud brick wall and 20-26 feet high. There was similar mud brick wall on the crest of the wall with around 46 feet high above the ground level. Other archaeological discovery stated that Jericho wall consists of 2 layers. 6 feet thick on the outside wall, 12 feet thick on the inside wall, and the distance between outside and inside wall was around 12-15 feet. My dear friends, no matter about the size and construction, by human logic and reason this wall was very difficult to penetrate even impenetrable. If it can be, as I said before the wall must be destructed by very enormous military force but the fact Jericho wall was destructed didn’t by military weapons force but even by the very unique way.
Dear, friends. What about us now? If this time you and I are surrounded by “thick wall” of problems of life? Is there a “giant wall” that hinder God’s promises and blessings get into our lives? Whether we want to break it down but we don’t have enough power? This evening allow me to encourage all of us to learn from the Jericho story. Thousand years ago God showed His amazing way to tear down the Jericho wall. So it’s with us today. God will provide the amazing way to break our “Wall”. God will give us victory over the “enemies” that we face throughout life. Let’s ask to the Lord to show His miracle ways. Let’s hear His instruction heartily, accept it, believe it by unwavering faith and do it obediently. By faith, let us bear in our hearts and minds that there are no walls as thick as anything that cannot be break if God pleased. Don’t ever under estimate God’s way because actually He is the way (John 14:6) and our ways aren’t His way. Don’t ever rely on our own thoughts because His thoughts aren’t our thoughts. There is nothing impossible before God (Luke 1:37) and God does His best work in impossible situation.
Almost every day before go to the office I always hear a live piano music that played by my little foster sister, Sandra. One day, I spent more time to watch her plays her beloved white grand piano. I am amaze watch her fingers sprightly pressing each piano keys. While I enjoying a beautiful piece of a classical music, my eyes stared to a series of piano strings that hit by small and soft hammers. To could produce beautiful notes, piano strings must be hit. There are times the strings hit one by one but also there are times some strings hit at the same time. There are times the strings hit softly but often hit very hard.
Don’t know why when I saw the piano strings, suddenly I am thinking about my personal life that recently is like piano strings . Lately I hit by some serious problems that come at the same time. One of my big problem was that I have shared in my previous post (They Could Find no Charge) I feel being in a situation like a tangled thread that very difficult to disentangle, also it seems I am walking in the endless dark tunnel that there’s no light at all.
Yesterday evening, after we read the bible and prayer together, my husband asked me to once again to open our bible and read 1 Samuel 30:1-25. This Bible passage tells the story of David facing very difficult situation but successfully came out as a winner in the very short time. At the time David and his troops reached Ziklag that had attacked and burned by the Amalekites. Although no one was killed, but the women and everyone else both young and old being captivate by the Amalekites. The problem wasn’t stop there. It is written that David was greatly distressed for the people spoke of stoning him, because the all people were grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. (Verse 6a-b) My husband asked me to imagine David’s situation at the time. Not only the afraid of seeing the whole town burned down, not just sad to see women and children taken captive even his two wives, but he also had to face the people who are ready to kill him by stoning because they anger the enemies deprived their wives and children. David had to face the entire hard situation in the moment. Then my husband said, “Maybe David’s situation was similar with your current situation but let’s see what David’s reaction was and what he did to handle his problems. I strongly believe you will get something.” It turns out David wasn’t discouraged and faltered at all. He wasn’t disappointed to God though what he faced was extremely hard and didn’t know how to solve it all if he relying on his own strength. The bible very clearly says what David’s reaction was and what he did.
That was the choice made by David as his reaction to all the problems he faced.
What happened next was very incredible. From the dusk till the evening he was destroying the Amalekites. Except four hundred young men who fled by camel, there was no one of them escaped. Then all had carried away by Amalekites recovered successfully by David also rescued his two wives. (Verse 17-20) David was successful overcome the problems that came insistently. My husband asked me again to think deeper about what was David’s successful key. Then I got one big thing that made David successful overcome his problems. Although David was the king with many troops, he still realized that as human being he had many limitations and then he took the right decision. He decided to not rely on his own ability but he simply relies on God who has power above of all. He fully understood and believed that God’s power is able to overcome everything and he also was sure that there is nothing impossible with God. David strengthens his faith and belief to God.
His life experiences formed him in such a way to have a very strong faith and really know exactly who is God.
My beloved friends, maybe this time you have very hard time like me. Maybe our lives today is like “piano strings” and maybe it makes us disappointed, upset, frantic, angry, and confused. To digest the situation has been so difficult let alone to thinking about the solution. This evening please allow me to encourage all of us to always remember that we have God who really loves us. We have God as a place to rely on, always be with us, and will never allow us to suffer alone. Heavier the burden we face, harder the storm hit us it means we should be more aware to build relationship that hold strong in God. My problems not been completed and maybe so it is with you now. Maybe now we haven’t seen the answer of our prayers, but I encourage all of us to always remember and embed in the deepest of our heart that there is always answer from God and He will surely answer our cry.
Like David did, let’s make “always lean on God” become our lifestyle. If this time we still have a lot of problems that difficult to be resolved, don’t be afraid and worry, hold our hands to God, cast all burden of life to Him, God will always be ready to lend a hand to help and guided us. There’s always an answer in Jesus because He is the answer and like piano strings that produce a beautiful music notes, our lives will be beautiful because He has made everything beautiful in its time (Ecclesiastes 3:11) Amen. | 2019-04-19T08:58:12Z | https://karinasussanto.wordpress.com/tag/trust/ | Porn | Home | 0.278521 |
wordpress | For a few weeks now, I’ve been ruminating on whether it makes sense to inflate my lifestyle and hire a house cleaner to visit my home once a month. I finally got around to shopping for quotes. Everything was in the $120-140/month range (ouch!), so I decided to go with the company that did the thorough and professional post-renovation clean for my house, which charges $130/month.
Justifying spending money can be difficult for me. On the path to early retirement, every expense, especially luxuries, can seem like the enemy. It is hard not to get caught up in uber-frugal mindset and forget that the path to early retirement is about minimizing stress, not just front-loading it.
And so, I’ve come up with a framework that will both allow me to inflate my lifestyle a bit, but also keep me in check. In this schema, I will allow myself 1 unit of lifestyle inflation (roughly $100/month recurring expense) for each $X I increase my income. Note that the value of X is the same as the value of a single unit in my net worth tracking posts. That is, each time I increase my income by roughly 1/8th the value of my mortgage, I’ll allow myself a little extra spending now in return. Times when I surpass my budget do not figure into this framework (they’ll still happen, regardless of income level). Rather, this is where I feel comfortable defining my baseline monthly expenses.
Right now, my income level is at roughly 4.5X. So while my monthly cleaning bill is slightly higher than the allocated $100/month for the 4X lifestyle boost, I feel okay with a slight monthly overrun.
I’m not entirely sure what kind of lifestyle increase I would want if I do reach 5X. I expect by then, I may have kids. They’ll certainly be an increase to my monthly budget. In general, I want each boost to be something that simplifies my life or promotes my other personal values– health, relationships, creativity, food. Maybe a family chef? (Haha, no.) In any case, best not to count my chickens before they hatch.
How do you deal with and plan for lifestyle inflation?
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Everyone I know who has or has had a house cleaner has told me “do it, you won’t regret it.” But then again it almost feels like *too much* of a luxury. Like, what am I, a fancy rich person?
I got my first housekeeper when I was about halfway through medical school, and it totally changed my home life. I went from cleaning once every few months (aside from bare bones superficial cleaning to keep it from being a total pigsty) to having my apartment cleaned every two weeks, and my living space suddenly became so much nicer. When I stared earning a living as a resident, I went up to weekly cleanings, and it was even better. When I look at my budget and ask myself if I could cut the housekeeping to save money, my response is basically Charleston Heston screaming “from my cold dead hands”.
I find it funny that many people (although admittedly not frugal personal finance bloggers) have no problem spending hundreds of dollars a month on restaurants/takeout because they’re too tired/busy to cook, and yet if I mention that I spend $60 a week to have someone clean my apartment (which saves me hours of work), they accuse me of being spoiled!
Having your home cleaned weekly sounds downright heavenly.
I’m a huge believer in intentional lifestyle inflation! The way you described the -front loading- is exactly how I think of it. I’m not saving money JUST to retire but to have freedom later in life. But is that freedom really going to be worth it if I spend my valuable time NOW doing things I hate doing or that take up a LOT of my time I could be doing something I enjoy more? I do think it’s a bit easier to assess lifestyle inflation when you’re not married or have kids though!
That said, allowing some lifestyle inflation makes sense, and it is great to do it in an intentional and well though out manner. I’ve certainly have had some gradual lifestyle inflation, but it is mostly in the food and travel departments. And a pet. We’re pretty good about keeping it in check generally by funneling most excess money into savings – but we don’t stress the small stuff much anymore. | 2019-04-18T15:19:13Z | https://yetanotherpfblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/scaling-lifestyle-inflation-with-income/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.816261 |
google | Components and devices are provided for controlling and monitoring a machine or process using an automation controller that may be capable of receiving inputs from a digital source, an analog source, or a thermistor source. In one embodiment, an automation controller may include first, second, and third input terminals. The first and second input terminals may receive input signals from analog and digital sensors, and the second and third terminals may receive input signals from a thermistor.
This application claims the benefit of Singapore Patent Application No. 201308400-9, filed Nov. 12, 2013.
The disclosure relates generally to the field of automation control systems, such as those used in commercial or industrial settings. More particularly, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to techniques for an automation controller to receive inputs from varying types of input sources.
Automation controllers are special purpose computers used for controlling industrial automation and the like. Under the direction of stored programs, a processor of the automation controller examines a series of inputs (e.g., electrical input signals to the automation controller) reflecting the status of a controlled process and changes outputs (e.g., electrical output signals from the automation controller) based on analysis and logic for affecting control of the controlled process. The stored control programs may be continuously executed in a series of execution cycles, executed periodically, or executed based on events. The inputs received by the automation controller from the controlled process and the outputs transmitted by the automation controller to the controlled process are generally passed through one or more I/O devices, which are components of an automation control system that serve as an electrical interface between the automation controller and the controlled process. In some embodiments, however, the inputs and outputs of the automation controller may not need to pass through an I/O device. This may occur in smaller automation controllers that may have I/O capabilities already built into the controller.
Traditional automation controllers support both analog and digital inputs. The automation controllers provide a process to affect an input within a fixed time window in order to provide a desired output. However, other devices, such as thermistors, are not compatible as inputs to traditional automation controllers. For instance, because thermistors require a power source in order to properly function, a thermistor signal would have to run through another device before a signal sent out from the thermistor could be input into the automation controller. It is now recognized that it is advantageous to provide a more efficient method of inputting a thermistor signal into an automation controller. As such, an automation controller providing input capabilities for analog, digital, and thermistor inputs is desired.
In one embodiment, an automation component includes a first input terminal that may receive an input from an analog sensor or a digital sensor, a second input terminal that may receive an input from the analog sensor, the digital sensor or a thermistor, and a third input terminal that may receive an input from the thermistor.
In another embodiment, an automation controller may include first, second, and third input terminals, the first and second input terminals may receive input signals from analog and digital sensors, and the second and third terminals may receive input signals from a thermistor.
In yet another embodiment, an automation component may include a first input terminal that may receive an input from an analog sensor or a digital sensor, a second input terminal that may receive an input from the analog sensor, the digital sensor or a thermistor, a resistor may be coupled across the first and second input terminals, a third input terminal may receive an input from the thermistor, and a power supply that may be coupled to the third input terminal and may provide power to the thermistor when coupled to the third input terminal.
FIG. 3 is a flow chart diagram of exemplary steps or logic associated with the automation controller, in accordance with embodiments of the present techniques.
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatical representation of an automation controller system 10. The automation controller system 10 may include a controlled and monitored machine or process 12 that is controlled by an automation controller 14. The controlled and monitored machine or process 12 may take many forms and include devices for accomplishing many different purposes. For example, the controlled and monitored machine or process 12 may comprise a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit, a compressor station, an oil refinery, a batch operation for making food items, a mechanized assembly line, and so forth. Accordingly, the controlled and monitored machine or process 12 may comprise a variety of operational components, such as electric motors, valves, actuators, temperature elements, pressure sensors, or a myriad of manufacturing, processing, material handling, and other applications. Further, the controlled and monitored machine or process 12 may comprise control and monitoring equipment for regulating process variables through automation and/or observation.
Additionally, in one embodiment, the controlled and monitored machine or process 12 may send output signals directly to an automation controller 14 and may receive input signals directly from the automation controller 14. In other embodiments, the controlled and monitored machine or process 12 may send output signals to the automation controller 14 via an input/output (1/O) module 16. Further, the controlled and monitored machine or process 12 may receive input signals from the automation controller 14 via the I/O module 16. The automation controller 14 may not require the I/O module 16 in order to interact with the controlled and monitored machine or process 12. In this situation, the connection between the automation controller 14 and the controlled and monitored machine or process 12 may be direct, or it may still occur through the I/O module 16.
For example, the illustrated controlled and monitored machine or process 12 comprises actuators 18 and sensors 20. The actuators 18 may include any number of devices adapted to perform a mechanical action in response to a signal from a controller (e.g., the automation controller 14). The sensors 20 may comprise any number of devices adapted to provide information regarding process conditions. The actuators 18 and the sensors 20 may be utilized to operate process equipment. Indeed, they may be utilized within process loops that are monitored and controlled by the automation controller 14. Such a process loop may be activated based on process inputs (e.g., input from a sensor 20) or direct operator input received through a network 22 originating from a remote control and monitoring system 24. Additionally, as indicated above, utilizing the actuators 18 and the sensors 20 may be accomplished through direct interaction with the automation controller 14. Further, utilizing the actuators 18 and the sensors 20 may also be accomplished by feeding the signals through the I/O module 16 and subsequently into the automation controller 14.
Furthermore, a thermistor 26 may be used as one of the sensors 20 in the automation control system 10 used to control a mechanism of the controlled and monitored machine or process 12. The thermistor 26 may be a type of resistor with a resistance that may vary depending on the temperature surrounding the thermistor 26. As such, the resistance of the thermistor 26 may either increase with a temperature increase or decrease with a temperature increase. For example, a thermistor 26 whose resistance increases upon an increase in temperature may be known as a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) thermistor, while a thermistor 26 whose resistance increases upon a decrease in temperature may be known as a negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistor. The automation controller 14 may be programmable to allow the use of both a PTC thermistor and an NTC thermistor.
Moreover, it may be noted that the automation controller 14 may include a processor P as shown in FIG. 1. The processor P, as mentioned above, may examine an input and determine what to output based on analysis and logic for affecting control of the controlled and monitored machine or process 12. When the thermistor 26 is providing the input to the automation controller 14, the processor P may consult a memory component M including a look-up table LUT. The memory M may store the look-up table LUT which may include resistance values of the thermistor 26 and a set of temperature values that may correspond to the resistance values. In this manner, the automation controller 14 may determine an appropriate output signal in order to interact with the actuators 18 and control the controlled and monitored machine or process 12.
For example, an embodiment of a look-up table LUT presented below in Table 1 may represent the relationship between the determined resistance of the thermistor 26 and the corresponding temperature values to that resistance 26. Table 1 is merely illustrative and is not intended as an exhaustive list of thermistor 26 look-up tables LUTs. Other thermistors 26 that have different look-up tables LUTs may also be utilized for the techniques described herein.
Where T may be a temperature approximation, R may be the determined resistance of the thermistor 26, and a, b, and c may be constants depending on a particular thermistor 26. Additionally, other equations used to approximate the temperature measurements may also be used.
Turning now to FIG. 2, a circuit diagram of the automation controller 14 is illustrated. The automation controller 14 may receive an analog input 28, a digital input 30, or a thermistor input 32 from the controlled and monitored machine or process 12 of FIG. 1. Moreover, the automation controller 14 may provide an output signal to the controlled and monitored machine or process 12 to control the machine or process 12. The analog input 28 and the digital input 30 may both share a negative terminal 34 on the automation controller 14. Further, the analog input 28, the digital input 30, and the thermistor input 32 may all share a positive terminal 36 on the automation controller 14. Additionally, there may be a resistor 38 within the automation controller 14 coupled to the positive terminal 36 on one end and the negative terminal 36 on the other end. Furthermore, the thermistor input 32 may couple to a +10V regulated power terminal 40. The +10V regulated power terminal 40 may be regulated to a +10V output by power circuitry 42. In other words, the thermistor 26 may be provided a constant DC power source in order for the automation controller 14 to determine a voltage drop across the thermistor 26. It may also be noted that the power circuitry 42 may provide many different voltages other than a +10V DC supply if the thermistor 26 functions using a different voltage. Moreover, the power circuitry 42 may include a voltage regulator, which may stabilize a DC power output of the +10V regulated power terminal 40. As such, the automation controller 14 may receive input from three different types of sources using no more than three terminals.
where VD may be the voltage drop across the thermistor 26, R38 may be a fixed resistance of the resistor 38, RT may be the resistance of the thermistor 26, and 10V may be the voltage output by the +10V regulated power terminal 40. As such, when the resistance of the thermistor 38 is determined, the resistance may be paired up with the corresponding temperature in the look-up table LUT of the memory M by the processor P.
Additionally, the automation controller 14 may receive input from both PTC thermistors and NTC thermistors. Depending on which type of thermistor 26 is providing input into the automation controller 14, the processor of the automation controller may be able to consult one of several look-up tables stored in the memory M of the automation controller 14 that may correspond to the specific thermistor 26. In this manner, the automation controller 14 may provide accurate temperature control to the controlled and monitored machine or process 12 when receiving the thermistor inputs 32 from several different types of the thermistors 26.
Further, to accurately measure the thermistor input 32, the automation controller 14 may be calibrated. Calibration of the automation controller 14 for a thermistor input 32 may be accomplished by shorting a wire around the thermistor 26 between positive terminal 36 and +10V regulated power terminal 40. In another embodiment, a wire may be used as the only input into positive terminal 36 and +10V regulated power terminal 40 (i.e., without the thermistor 26) during calibration of the automation controller 14. A resistance value measured across a short may enable the automation controller 14 to be calibrated. Accordingly, the measured resistance of the short may be subtracted from the resistance of the thermistor input 32 by the processor of the automation controller 14 prior to consulting the look-up table to determine the corresponding temperature.
In another embodiment, the automation controller 14 may be used to measure a resistance of a resistor coupled across positive terminal 36 and +10V regulated power terminal 42. In a similar manner to determining the resistance of thermistor 26, the processor of the automation controller 14 may determine the resistance of the resistor by measuring a voltage drop from the +10V regulated power terminal 42 to the positive terminal 36. The processor may then carry out equation 2 above where RT may represent the resistance of the resistor rather than the resistance of the thermistor 26. In this manner, the automation controller 14 may function as an ohmmeter.
Further, calibration of the ohmmeter function of the automation controller 14 may similarly be accomplished using a short across positive terminal 36 and +10V regulated power terminal 42. The short may take place parallel to a resistor already in place, or the short may be the only input into the terminals 36 and 42. As discussed above, a resistance measured across the short may be subtracted by the processor of the automation controller 14 from a measured resistance of the resistor coupled between the positive terminal 36 and the +10V regulated power terminal 42. Moreover, equation 2 may again be used to determine the resistance of the short, where RT may represent the resistance of the short.
Furthermore, in yet another embodiment, an active sensor (e.g. an active pressure sensor) providing either analog input 28 or digital input 30 to the automation controller 14 may be powered by a constant DC power source. In this embodiment, the active sensor may use the +10V regulated power terminal 40 as the constant DC power source. As such, the active sensor may make use of all three terminals 34, 36, and 40 of the automation controller 14.
FIG. 3 illustrates the exemplary steps or logic 44 of the automation controller 14 interacting with the analog inputs 28, the digital inputs 30, or the thermistor inputs 32. Initially, a type of input may be selected for the automation controller 14 to receive. Selecting between the analog input 28 and the digital input 30 may occur at block 46. Further, the steps or logic 44 for the analog input 28 and the digital input 30 may be discussed together because the two inputs 28 and 30 may each use the positive terminal 36 and the negative terminal 34 of the automation controller 14. As such, the input type may be selected for the automation controller 14 to determine an appropriate output in response to the input.
After selecting whether the input may be analog or digital, the analog input 28 or the digital input 30 may be connected across the resistor 38 to the positive terminal 36 and the negative terminal 34 in block 48. As mentioned above, both the analog input 28 and the digital input 30 may use both the positive terminal 36 and the negative terminal 34 of the automation controller 14. For this reason, the automation controller 14 may be programmable through a software program (e.g., Connected Components Workbench™) in order to program the type of input that the automation controller 14 may receive.
Subsequently, the software program may be capable of calibrating or configuring the input that the automation controller 14 receives in block 50. For the analog input 28, the software program may be capable of setting an input gain and an input offset. Manipulating the input gain or the input offset may allow for the calibration of the input signal by either adding or eliminating gains or offsets in order to eliminate any gain or offset errors from the input. Further, for the digital input 30, the software program may set threshold values or hysteresis values that may limit errors due to noise in the digital input 30.
Turning now to the thermistor input 32, a thermistor 26 is selected as the input to the automation controller in block 52. Because the thermistor input 32 may be between the positive terminal 36 and the +10V regulated power terminal 40, the thermistor 26 may only use one terminal in common with the analog input 28 and the digital input 30. This may allow the automation controller 14 to determine that thermistor input 32 is being received when only the positive terminal 36 and the +10V regulated terminal 40 are in use.
Next, the thermistor 26 may be connected to the positive terminal 36 and the +10V regulated power terminal 40 in block 54. It may also be noted that in some embodiments, the thermistor 26 may be replaced by a resistor if the automation controller 14 may be used as the ohmmeter mentioned above. Further, the automation controller 14 may be calibrated or configured in block 56. Accordingly, the automation controller 14 may be calibrated for the thermistor input 32 through the short mentioned above between the positive terminal 36 and the +10V regulated power terminal 40. The calibration or configuration may be accomplished using the software program that also may configure and calibrate the analog or digital inputs 28 or 30 in block 50. The software program may calibrate the thermistor input 32 using a function block within the software program. Accordingly, the function block may be programmed to receive a resistance measurement for the short across the thermistor 26 terminals and provide the automation controller 14 with the appropriate calibration which may limit resistance errors in the thermistor input 32.
After the calibration and configuration may be accomplished in blocks 50 or 56, the automation controller 14 may receive the input in order to determine what operation may occur when controlling the machine or process 12 in block 58. For an analog input 28 or a digital input 30, the automation controller 14 may receive the input and output an operation command based on the input. On the other hand, the automation controller 14 when receiving the thermistor input 32 may use an extra step to determine an appropriate operation command based on the thermistor input 32. For example, the automation controller 14 may convert the thermistor input 32 into a resistance of the thermistor 26 and consult a look-up table in the memory of the automation controller 14 in order to assign a temperature to the resistance in block 60. Block 60 may allow the automation controller 14 to determine the appropriate operation command for the controlled and monitored machine or process 12 based on the temperature corresponding to the thermistor input 32.
Further, while the automation controller may function as the ohmmeter discussed above using the thermistor input 32 with a resistor, the automation controller 14 may receive an input and operate by sending a determined resistance value to be displayed on the remote control and monitoring system 24. In a similar manner, the automation controller 14 may provide the remote control and monitoring system 24 with a live feed of the temperature observed by the thermistor 26. As such, a user may constantly or intermittently monitor the controlled and monitored machine or process 12 for temperature anomalies.
a third input terminal configured to receive a third input from the thermistor, wherein in operation the automation component is coupled to a machine and controls the machine.
2. The automation component system of claim 1, wherein the memory comprises a look up table.
3. The automation component system of claim 2, wherein the automation component converts the signals received from the thermistor coupled to the second and third input terminals to a temperature value by reference to the stored look up table.
4. The automation component system of claim 1, wherein the automation component comprises a resistor coupled across the first and second input terminals.
5. The automation component system of claim 1, wherein the automation component comprises a power supply coupled to the third input terminal and configured to provide power to the thermistor when coupled to the third input terminal.
6. The automation component system of claim 5, wherein the power supply provides 10V regulated power for operation of the thermistor.
7. The automation component system of claim 1, wherein the automation component is configured to convert signals received from the thermistor coupled to the second and third input terminals to a temperature value.
8. The automation component system of claim 7, wherein the temperature value is between −40 and 155 degrees C.
9. The automation component system of claim 7, wherein the automation component converts the signals received from the thermistor using an approximation equation to calculate an approximation of the temperature value.
10. The automation component system of claim 1, wherein the automation component is configured to be coupled to the analog sensor, the digital sensor or the thermistor through an input/output module.
11. The automation controller component system of claim 1, wherein the inputs are configurable and calibrated through an automation controller software program.
12. The automation component system of claim 11, wherein a gain or an offset for the inputs is established using the automation controller software program.
13. The automation component system of claim 11, wherein the automation controller software program configures the automation component to measure a resistance of a resistor coupled across the first and second input terminals.
14. The automation component system of claim 1 comprising a remote control monitoring system connected to the automation component via a network.
15. The automation component system of claim 1, wherein the automation component is configured to receive input signals from the thermistor and control the machine using the input signals from the thermistor, and wherein the machine is a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system.
subtracting the resistance of the short from a resistance of the thermistor.
17. The automation component system of claim 1, wherein the second input terminal and the third input terminal are configured to receive input from both a positive temperature coefficient thermistor and a negative temperature coefficient thermistor.
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wordpress | If you’re saying a variation of that phrase to yourself right now, it means you’ve read this article. And if that’s the case, it also means you’ve probably got too much time on your hands. That’s okay though; so do I.
Anyway, I’m excited for today’s subject for three specific reasons: 1) It’s a pre-fame John Wayne B-Western, his 1935 Lone Star (aka Monogram) entry, Texas Terror, as you can plainly see above. Let it be clearly stated: I love these Lone Stars. You ask me to put together a list of my favorite Wayne flicks, guess what? Blue Steel is going right up there with Stagecoach – a statement I make without hesitation despite the probable destruction of my street cred. I’m a B-Western junkie, and a Wayne fan, so these Lone Stars are directly up my alley.
2) I grew up watching B-Westerns. I talked about this recently; in the late-1990s, our local independent station WAOH TV-29/WAX TV-35 regularly ran syndicated content from the America One Network, and each weekday (and often on weekends, too) they’d play an afternoon “Western Theater.” You wouldn’t be seeing things like The Searchers on the program; oh no, it was the B-Westerns of the 1930s and 1940s that they presented, and at 11/12-years old, I quickly grew to love them – a love I carry with me to this day. America One often seemed to have unique prints of their films, too; not necessarily wildly different prints as far as the actual content of the movie went, but the picture and sound quality of their features could vary quite a bit from more ‘common’ versions found on other networks and/or home video. Coincidentally, and fittingly, the same often goes with these Vintage Video/Amvest releases!
3) I didn’t know this company (these companies?) ever even released any westerns. I mean, it was a safe guess that they did, but listen, I’ve spent far too much time researching these titles, and in the course of that research I’ve seen comedies (Movie Struck), dramas (The Blue Angel), silents (The Gold Rush), mysteries (The Woman in Green), sports biopics (The Joe Louis Story), even action (Fists of Fury), and of course the sci-fi and horror of the Grampa series. But until Texas Terror, never a western. I mean, I assume they put out The Outlaw and/or Angel and the Badman, because nearly every budget VHS manufacturer did, but if so, *I’ve* never seen them. So, when I discovered they not only released a western, but a B-Western, and that B-Western was a John Wayne Lone Star, I got far more excited than an ostensibly-reasonable adult should have. I mean, we’re talking unacceptably giddy here. Needless to say, it had to become mine, and as you may have surmised by now, it did.
In relation to the other Vintage Video titles, this one is a little unique: usually (but not always) for their covers, they’d go with the original poster art, merely flanked with the “Vintage Video” border you’re seeing above (they eventually dropped the border). But here, it’s an original composition; a stock (I guess) shot of Wayne, made to look appropriately old-timey. I dig the ‘western’ font of the front cover cast-credits, though I feel the graphic used for the actual film title is wildly inappropriate; to me, that’s more befitting an 80s horror movie or something. Totally belies the comparatively-quaint creaker (alliteration?) contained within the video, man. But then, that’s that quirky aura I was talking about earlier!
Also, some of their descriptions could be a little…off. Not bad, just…off. I made the same point in that Night of the Living Dead post. Here, there’s a mention of Wayne’s “great style,” but what exactly that style is is never specified, so it just comes off random. The synopsis would have flowed better had they dropped that part entirely. The “of course” near the end kinda stops the rest of the summary dead, too; the whole thing would run smoother had those two instances been cut. Still, they got the point across, so mission accomplished anyway I guess.
Also, I just realized that the entire description is only two sentences long.
Also also, they spelled “thieves” incorrectly.
Bear in mind, I’m not intending to come off negative here; this tape, and others in the same line, positively exude a budget label charm. Indeed, as the video industry progressed from the 1980s to the 1990s, you saw the major studios evolve, but the budget labels? That quirky charm never really left, and to an extent it continues today with cheapo DVDs, though to me those feel inherently less special; pressing a disc just ain’t the same, bro.
I guess what I’m getting at is collecting these public domain titles on old school budget video labels is endlessly fun. You get a peak at that early (or at least earlier) era of home video, and you often get fairly unique sleeve art, front and back, which is the case here.
Lone Star Productions was, from how I understand it, a division of Monogram Pictures. Or was it merely Monogram under a secret name, not unlike Konami with their Ultra Games label? (I’m reasonably sure I’m the only person on the internet to make that reference in regards to a Monogram/Lone Star movie, and if you don’t get it, that’s because there’s not much of a comparison between the two entities at all.) Monogram was, for those not in “the know,” a poverty row purveyor of cheap theatrical entertainment, in pretty much any genre you could think of. Westerns were big business at the time, so needless to say, their output in that field was not inconsiderable.
From my first glimpse of Blue Steel so, so long ago, the thing I found immediately striking about these Lone Star pictures was their introductory sequence; a gigantic sheriff’s star, stampeding towards the viewer, the company’s name boldly emblazoned in the center of it. All of sudden, the thing stops, then transitions to the respective title and credits of the feature, all still contained within the star. And of course, this was always accompanied by a heroic, appropriately-western score.
If you’re wondering just why I find/found these intros so fascinating, it’s because, quite frankly, you didn’t always get such hype at the start of these poverty row westerns. For films that were, more often than not, pretty chintzy (in a good way), the opening fanfare exhibited by the Lone Stars was really pretty unique in the field.
While on the subject, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a non-John Wayne Lone Star western. Maybe that’s because these are so widely available today due to the star power involved. At any rate, did Monogram give Lone Star flicks to other actors? Yes? No? I dunno.
Actually, it’s the John Wayne factor that makes these Lone Stars so (relatively) well-known nowadays. Just like our tape today, budget releases on VHS were myriad, and that continues with DVD releases from every manufacturer under the western skies. (See what I did there?) I mean, when you’ve got American film icon John Wayne in a bunch of public domain movies, that’s the sort of thing a company looking to get cheap-but-eye-catching product on store shelves has to take advantage of.
Indeed, some of my favorite budget movie releases, on both VHS and DVD, are those of these John Wayne B-Westerns; not necessarily all of them, but rather the ones that use later-era shots of Wayne and/or appropriately ‘epic’ or ‘majestic’ backdrops for their cover art. The intent with these is clear: to make the unsuspecting consumer think these are “real” Wayne movies, and not the creakers they actually are. Oh don’t get me wrong, I love these Lone Stars, and I’m such a B-Western junkie that truth be told I’d head for them over some of Wayne’s later, big time stuff. Still, aside from the fact they feature the same star and are technically moving pictures, there’s just no real comparison between the two. Therefore, the more misleading the cover art for a release of one of these cheapies is (or was), the more appealing it is to yours truly. Go figure!
So anyway, Texas Terror. Through various compilations, I undoubtedly own it approximately 97,000 times over – give or take a couple thousand. Still, until I picked up this neato Vintage Video release, I wasn’t all that familiar with the movie. Blue Steel I know backwards and forwards, and I’ve at least seen a chunk of the others, but Texas Terror? For all intents and purposes, this was a new one on me.
Going in, don’t expect an early prototype of Stagecoach, okay? This is John Wayne, but also sort of, uh, isn’t. Frankly, it’s kinda fun seeing him outside of Hollywood and, I don’t know, ‘raw’ I guess would be the best term for it. The actor is the same, but the acting isn’t. Does that make any sense?
Soooo, all that said, ignoring the young John Wayne factor, and my love of B-Westerns and Lone Stars in general, I gotta admit, after watching it, Texas Terror really isn’t all that good of a movie. I mean, as a B-Western, I guess it’s alright, but as far as these Lone Stars go, there were much, much better flicks. If you’re looking at B-Westerns in general, Texas Terror ranks somewhere in the middle of the spectrum. “Mediocre” seems to sum it up pretty succinctly.
The plot centers around John Higgins (Wayne), the local sheriff, who mistakenly believes he’s killed his best friend Dan Matthews. During a shootout between Higgins and some robbers, Dan is killed by one of the hoodlums; upon discovery, Higgins thinks he plugged him (right screenshot), and subsequently resigns as sheriff and goes to live in the wilderness.
A year later, Dan’s daughter is heading into town to take over her late father’s ranch, when she is, naturally, beset by outlaws (it must run in the family). Higgins, now quite a bit scragglier, rescues her. Despite his heroism, she thinks he was one of the outlaws. Eventually, Higgins cleans himself up and comes back to town, his goal being to take down the gang once and for all. In the course of doing so, there’s a blossoming romance, a huge misunderstanding, and perhaps improbably, a square dance that devolves into a cow-milking-contest.
Oh, and George Hayes is also in this, minus the whole “Gabby” persona. Can’t forget to mention that!
Texas Terror, as previously stated, it isn’t all that good, but there are some interesting aspects to it that help set it apart. First of all, Wayne’s Higgins (I can’t type that without thinking of Magnum, P.I.) grows a beard during his exile period, and this is the only film I can think of where Wayne’s character features full facial fiber (alliteration). Sure, he had a mustache (and quasi-soul patch) in The Shootist, but this is the only instance I can think of where he had a legit beard. (I’m not saying it is the only instance, I don’t claim to have seen every single John Wayne movie ever, but this is certainly the only instance that comes to mind).
Random Thought: is it just me, or does Wayne kinda look like Kevin Love in this screencap?
Also, I appreciate the usage of Native Americans as heroic characters. Here, they’re friends with Higgins, and come to his aid in grand fashion during the film’s climax. Sure, their ‘accents’ may not be politically correct now, but Texas Terror bucks the frequent western trend of treating Native Americans as antagonists. I like that.
These Lone Star westerns often featured cool, though slightly generic, titles, and Texas Terror is no exception. Is the title an indication of Wayne’s character, the outlaws, or the plot in general? Blue Steel was the same way; no in-film reference ever related to the title, but it sure sounded neat.
As for the print and tape quality of Vintage Video’s presentation, this copy is in SP, which is always welcome, though it’s kind of a wash since the source material is so battered. I’m not saying this is the worst Texas Terror has ever looked, but this particular print certainly saw better days prior to VHS release. Besides the not-inconsiderable amount of dust, dirt and scratches, accumulated via untold trips through the projector and who knows how many generations removed, the bigger issue is that this version is pretty blasted. No joke, some of the images are far, far too bright. Look at the screenshots to the right here; the upper-image features a positively ghostly John Wayne, whose face seems to be a part of the wall behind him. And the lower-image? You’d be forgiven for not immediately realizing our heroine is even in the scene!
Still, like the sleeves these sorts of tapes were housed in, seeing the varying picture quality of these budget releases was/is part of the fun with collecting them. No, a major studio probably wouldn’t have put a print in this condition out (unless, say, there was only one known extant copy existing; definitely not the case with Texas Terror), but that’s why there were budget VHS tapes back then. The old adage of “you get what you pay for” could and often did come into play here, but I prefer to think of it more like, hey, the company got their hands on the only print they could, so let the chips fall where they may. Or something like that. Look, it was a different time in home video, and better sources might not have been available, or at least easily accessible. Especially if the manufacturer was a relatively minor player in the game.
So, there you have it: Texas Terror, as presented by Vintage Video, the (eventual?) alter-ego of Amvest Video, from 1985. I still haven’t seen another western put out by either company, and while I can’t really recommend the movie for B-Western and/or John Wayne fans (seriously, Blue Steel is pretty good; go with that one instead), it’s certainly an interesting, and for now, unique, addition to my collection. I’ve got more than a few cheapo John Wayne tapes littering my “archives” (ha!), but this one has automatically become one of the more-notable entries. I don’t say that lightly, either.
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wordpress | Hello and welcome from everyone here at Mini Me Time! Given how much has been going on through the first part of 2015, I thought it was about time I gave you all a quick update.
You will find the following topics in this edition of Mini News – scroll down and read whats of interest.
The summer holidays schedule of activities is on its way!
First Aid is something that each and every one of us should have knowledge of but many of us fear we don’t have enough. Statistics show that only 1 in 10 parents feel they would be able to respond effectively to a first aid emergency with their child.We developed Mini Aid sessions to give parents the basic knowledge, understanding, skills and confidence to be able to act quickly in an emergency situation. We run two sessions; Session 1 for expectant parents and parents with infants under 1 and Session 2 for parents with children aged over 1. The sessions run for two hours and provide parents with practical knowledge and skills to be able to respond to a First Aid emergency.
We’re really enjoying running Mini Gym and Mini Fit classes and they seem really popular with the little ones.
Mini Gym is for children from crawling to 2 years and is an apparatus-based class that includes soft play equipment, spinners, tunnels, balancers, beams and more for the little ones to climb over, under, around, in and out of. Babies love to bounce, spin and roll – all of which they can do at a Mini Gym class. The class lasts approximately 45 minutes and includes free discovery time, and then structured circle time to develop skills. Then, as with all Mini Me Time classes, there is time for drinks and socialising at the end. Parents are telling us they love the fact that they don’t have to try and keep the babies in one spot, all the children can freely explore the equipment, wherever they want, whenever they want, learning and developing as they go.
Mini Fit is aimed at children from 2 to 5 years and aims to introduce children to the world of sports and fitness in a fun and totally inclusive way. So every week there is a different sporting theme from football, athletics (everything from running, to javelin, hurdles – very small ones!), cricket, volleyball, and many more. Children get to experience a range of new equipment, learn basic sports skills based on that week’s theme, all whilst running, jumping, throwing, catching and having a great time. Every week children have the opportunity to win the player of the week trophy, and each child at the end of the 10 week term is awarded a certificate of achievement and the skills badge for that term. The feedback has been amazing so far, the children love the variety of sports skills they get to experience, enjoying the different equipment they get to use and parents love the energy they are burning off in every 45 minute class!
We’ve been working with Class4Kids and now have an online booking system that also offers online payment – great for those of us that never carry cash or cheques! All you need to do is go to our bookings page https://mini-me-time.bookings.class4kids.co.uk scroll down to the class you want to book and follow the link and instructions – easy!
Our Summer Programme is on its way.. Our Weekly Sing & Socials & Sensory Socials will continue throughout the holidays. There will also be our Mini Mess holiday sessions, Teddy Bears Picnic, Mini Fit Camps and much more!
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wordpress | After reading the Bug 998844, I knew that Mozilla Firefox had supported a portable font mode since 32.0, but it was only enabled on Android, so now I use –enable-bundled-fonts to enable this feature for desktop firefox, here is the prebuilt test edition’s TEST LINK, of course, I haven’t applied most optimization for the test edition.
You can put some fonts to firefox/fonts directory to check whether the feature is effective.
And another thing, I try to add Google GEO API Key and Google Oauth API Key to this edition, and the custom build editions have lacked these keys for a long time, which cause some functions not to work. You can try the GEO link1 and GEO link2 to test Google GEO API. And you also can try to use Firefox Hello service import Contacts to test Google Oauth API.
Additionally, Mozilla has provided a new about:config option dom.ipc.plugins.flash.disable-protected-mode to configure Flash protected mode off since 35.0, and you can set it to true to test it. You can read the details from Bug 1108035 and Bug 1112709, I also use the Bug 1112709 patch.
I plan to add these features to my 35.x release edition, and after my 35.0 is finished, I will check it in order to make it pass virus total test, so that will cost me some time and may decrease some performance.
Someone encountered some rendering problems after fx32 is released, and some issues are caused by OMTC, and some issues are related with GPU. Mozilla continuously fixed the related bugs until present.
I asked someone for their GPU hardware, which is Intel HD Graphics 4400 / AMD Radeon HD 8670M Driver Dual GPU.
I searched the type in Mozilla Bugzilla, it seemed Fx33 changes limited the Dual GPU type, which will disable some features and they caused some issues, you can see in Bug 1097321. It is fixed in Fx37, and I try to ask someone who has the issue use the edition, which solved their problems.
Maybe the custom builders should consider the Bug 1097321 patch next edition.
I plan to build ESR final edtion after the ESR editon reached the maintenance period ( including firefox and thunderbird ).
Here is firefox 24.8.1 ESR_Final Edition link, thunderbid 24.8.1 ESR_Final Edition is being testing for stablity at present.
It is said that my 34.0&34.0.5 is detected virus by some Anti-virus software, so I try to upload every module to virus total to detect.
its related source code is nsBrowserApp.cpp, but I haven’t patched it.
And upload firefox.exe to virus total to detect it again, here is the link, oh, no one Anti-virus software report it a virus!
How mad! What do you do for MSVC2013 PGO!
And another module is webapp-uninstaller.exe ( McAfee-GW-Edition and Symantec reported ), which is generated by NSIS ( I can’t do anything for NSIS ), and it is the same with the official edition, but why the Anti-virus software didn’t report official edition’s webapp-uninstaller.exe?
The answer is that official’s webapp-uninstaller.exe is signed. Can the 3rd build sign it? You can if you have bought the expensive signed certificate!
So I try to adopt a hacker method to pass webapp-uninstaller.exe check. From the link, I know a module’s signed certificate is regular, so I can copy official’s signed certificate to my build’s webapp-uninstaller.exe, and this is the patched webapp-uninstaller.exe virus total report. You can see this will pass McAfee-GW-Edition and Symantec, and only AVG reported it as Mozilla Corporation. Of course it is correct, because I only copy the signed certificate and applying signed certificate to another different module can cause certificate signed fault, but passing the Antivirus test is enough.
So I copy two modified modules to my build, package them to 7zip, and the virus total report is here. It’s the same with the words above.
In the end, it is the Anti-virus software false positives. I upload the modified 34.0 x86 edition ( only modified firefox.exe and webapp-uninstaller.exe ) to here. Based on the analysis above, I won’t provide 34.0.5 x86 modified edition. | 2019-04-21T22:06:42Z | https://pcxfirefox.wordpress.com/2014/12/ | Porn | Computers | 0.785874 |
wikipedia | Uniformitarianism is the idea that the same physical laws of today have always operated. It was the centerpiece of James Hutton's 1795 geology book Theory of the Earth, with proofs and illustrations.
In this work Hutton proposed that the causes acting on the world today also acted in the past. This means that the rocks of the Earth were formed by processes which we can see operating today. These processes, though very slow (gradualism), made the world what it is today. The idea is part of a wider philosophy called the philosophy of naturalism.
The term 'uniformitarianism' was invented by William Whewell in 1837 to describe Hutton's basic idea. This idea is the foundation of modern geology.
Hutton's ideas were popularised by John Playfair in 1802 in Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the Earth, and by Charles Lyell in his Principles of geology (1830 to 1833). The phrase "the present is the key to the past" is Lyell's most famous quotation.
Uniformitarianism in geology is opposed by catastrophism, the idea that major changes in the Earth take place through sudden and violent events.
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wordpress | This week, I was lucky enough to go to Lausanne, a small Swiss city on Lac Léman, to attend the MELiSSA Workshop. What is MELiSSA? As an ecologist, it is unlikely that you are acquainted with this European Space Agency (ESA) project, which stands for Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative. It was created in 1989 (read more on how it began here) and brings together European and Canadian partners from 13 different countries in an attempt to fulfill human needs in outer space via the development of life in closed systems. The main ideas include: recycling waste and carbon dioxide aboard spacecraft by using bacteria; and producing food, water, and oxygen in a regenerative way to keep costs low. Put in their words, it aims “at a total conversion of the organic wastes and CO2 to oxygen, water and food”.
Terrestrial lake eco-loop. Copyright: ESA.
The future of environmentally-friendly farming?
Our first paper on the agri-environment has just appeared in this month’s issue of PLoS Biology. This is an important piece for us as it provides a foundation for empirical work being carried out by several group members.
The paper essentially makes three main points. The first is that we spend a lot more money subsidizing farming than trying to mitigate its environmental impacts. We’ve tried to plot this out below. What you can clearly see is that the purple (mitigation expenditure) is nearly invisible relative to what is spent on subsidizing farming (shown in the orange slices).
Financial support to farmers from taxpayers and consumers associated with agricultural policies as a proportion of the total value of agricultural production (VoP) at the farm gate.
The figure now provides what is essentially a map of the ‘perversity‘ of agricultural subsidies – showing where we spend money to do things that are often bad for the environment and costly to the economy. A first step in reducing conflict between agriculture and the natural environment would be to do away with the subsidies in orange.
What have we been learning about the Cerrado?
In the beginning of 2014, my adventure in the Brazilian Cerrado had just started! It’s now been a year I took the airplane to Brasília, in the heart of Brazil. We decided to study the effects of agriculture, specifically of sugarcane crops, on the gases emissions from soils of this region. Nothing would have been possible without the collaboration with the EMBRAPA Cerrados. But why there??
Cerrado, the richest savannah in the world and the most extensive savannah complex in the Neotropics, has been historically affected by a number of human activities. By now, it has lost half of its 2 mi km2 of native vegetation. The expansion of the sugarcane fields, often used for bio-ethanol production, is one of the current threats to this biome.
We are currently measuring the emissions of greenhouse gases, specifically the nitrous oxide (N2O), in response to the management of fertilisers. Our preliminary results show a large increase in the emissions from the combined treatment using nitrogen and vinasse*, that is, 450 times more than the native areas on average! Our longer monitoring activities will be important to understand the variation on the emissions throughout the sugarcane cycle and to assess the sustainability of this crop in the region.
*Vinasse=a waste from the ethanol production that is re-used as fertiliser.
Part of the staff in a rare relaxing time!!!
Can plants get more carbon for less water?
This week’s group meeting featured a special joint production with Molecular Physiology to welcome Prof Graham Farquhar from the Australian National University. Graham was in the UK to receive a Rank Prize Fund award for his contributions to food security by helping to guide the breeding of wheat varieties that use water more efficiently.
His talk, “Water user efficiency and water use effectiveness, a stomatal perspective using stable isotopes” was a far-reaching overview of his amazing research career, dating back to his time as a PhD student. But he started his talk with a very provocative and timely consideration of global changes in rainfall and human population growth.
Rainfall is inherently random. Sometimes there is too much, sometimes there is too little. Australia is a country that experiences both these extremes. For example, there are often heavy floods in the monsoon region while other areas, particularly where agriculture is concentrated in the southern part of the country, is drying up. The desire to expand cultivated land inevitably means there is more pressure on more marginal rainfall. An astounding statistic that Graham rolled off was that 1 ha of cultivated land was needed to feed 20 people. 20 people are added to the world’s population about every second! Clearly, that’s a problem.
Graham’s talk then focused on how plants can use the least amount of water for a fixed amount of carbon. He began by introducing his classic work on stomatal regulation of transpiration relative to carbon assimilation, which shows the two processes are fundamentally linked. Changing evaporation will always change assimilation. He then considered how plants could arrange the temporal expenditure of water to maximize assimilation of CO2. Carbon isotopes are particularly useful here for discriminating among transpiration efficiencies associated with different genotypes and can help identify future crop varieties that use water more efficiently. In dry conditions, greater transpiration efficiency improves crop yield and selects for low C isotope discrimination in leaf dry mater.
As we ran out of time, we were left with questions about how the process of balancing carbon and water demands might be influenced by life history strategy (perennial versus annual) and competition for water in soil. | 2019-04-21T20:51:15Z | https://ecologyatgingko.wordpress.com/category/agriculture/ | Porn | Science | 0.611597 |
wordpress | It’s 46 years since The Who released Tommy, one of the most ground-breaking albums of the 60’s (or any other decade come to that), the first ‘rock opera’. Like all great music, it still sounds fresh. I loved Pete Townsend & Des McAnuff’s stage musical when it was first staged in London in 1996 and its surprising that we haven’t seen it since. So a bucket-load of brownie points to Guy James (no relation!), Katie Lipson and Ilai Szpiezak for putting on this revival at Greenwich Theatre.
I’m sure everyone knows the story. Tommy is traumatised when he sees his father, unexpectedly returned from the war, kill his mother’s new man and becomes deaf, dumb and blind. He’s persecuted by his Cousin Kevin and interfered with by his Uncle Ernie. Searches for a cure seem hopeless, but one day he does indeed recover all three faculties and at first becomes a bit of a freak show and ultimately a sort of Messiah. It’s an extraordinary score and here its sung brilliantly by a top notch young cast of just ten. It has one of the best closing numbers of a musical – Listening To You – and they do it proud.
Director Michael Strassen, a Union Theatre regular where I’ve seen nine of his productions, uses a two-tier stage with triangular motifs, with most of the cast dressed in white, a handful of props and some striking lighting. I wasn’t convinced by the choreography, which didn’t seem in keeping with the material – too arty farty & balletic and not muscular enough! I also felt the band was too quiet much of the time – it is a rock musical, after all – though somewhat ironically were terrific in the play-out. It was a touch restrained in the first half, though it ended on a high with Pinball Wizzard, but came into its own after the interval.
I very much liked Ashley Birchall’s Tommy, particularly in the later scenes. I loved the characterisations of seedy Uncle Ernie by the excellent John Barr and the odious bully Kevin of Giovanni Spani. There wasn’t really a fault in the casting; the audience gave them a standing ovation on Thursday.
Definitely worth catching one of the last four performances of this rarely revived show with an iconic score. | 2019-04-21T02:11:39Z | https://garethjames.wordpress.com/2015/08/21/tommy/ | Porn | Arts | 0.931142 |
wordpress | Its official I will be flying from Vancouver to Glasgow on Thomas Cook Airlines on July 14. There is no turning back now. In another 10 days or so I will have my UK Visa. Things are starting to fall into place. | 2019-04-26T14:17:08Z | https://immortalscotland.wordpress.com/tag/flights-to-scotland/ | Porn | News | 0.786248 |
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dreamhost | Instead of using passwords, DreamCompute utilizes SSH keys for accessing your instances. This is done for increased security and simplifies managing users for OpenStack since the public key is injected into the instance during creation. This means you don't need to modify files or passwords on the operating system on startup.
There are several ways to create a Key pair. Choose one of the options below.
Each instance can only be assigned a single Key Pair. When you originally launch an instance you can select the Key Pair you would like to use with the new instance.
It's not possible within the DreamCompute panel to change the Key Pair assigned to an instance after the instance has been created without overwriting/erasing data. Make sure to assign the correct Key Pair when originally creating the instance.
SSH keys generated on Windows systems using the PuTTY key generator (puttygen.exe) are not stored in a uniform location, but instead wherever the user chooses to save them.
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carleton | Gravity and magnetic data from the EGM2008 and EMAG2 datasets are used for a global study of geophysical anomalies in LIP plume centre regions with the goal of identifying mafic-ultramafic intrusions linked to those LIPs. Geophysical anomalies within eighteen LIPs are investigated. Four of these LIPs are selected for detailed modelling: the Mackenzie, High-Arctic, Kunene-Kibaran, and Deccan LIPs. Modelling supports that these anomalies are produced by large (radius >30 km) and generally deep-seated crustal intrusions, with densities consistent with mafic-ultramafic rock and magnetic susceptibilities consistent with serpentinized ultramafic rock. Modelling also indicates that these values remain consistent within a LIP, particularly regarding density and depth. Lastly, we recognize three types of spatial distributions for intrusions in plume centre regions: 1) intrusions that circumscribe the plume centre emplaced along circular fault systems, 2) intrusions emplaced along rifts, in some cases rifts that converge towards the plume centre, and 3) single/unclassified intrusions. | 2019-04-22T09:11:53Z | https://curve.carleton.ca/677dc33a-6e7b-4d62-83c5-d84cc44225f5 | Porn | Science | 0.970274 |
wordpress | Sad, sad news. After 125 years as a watchdog of the newspaper industry, E&P is closing shop. Over the last decade, it has been an excellent chronicler of the death spiral of journalism as we once knew it. It has encouraged the transition to the Internet and criticized newspapers’ stodgy approach to it.
Most notably, E&P held newspapers accountable for their role in the run-up to the Iraq War, parroting the administration line without examination.
In a bad sign, five years ago E&P switched from weekly to monthly publication. Its own death now signals a final lap around the drain for the traditional media.
UPDATE: The Columbia Journalism Review has an interview with E&P editor Greg Mitchell here.
Truly a sad day. I hope that the folks who made E&P so good can find work elsewhere and continue to do the vital work that they did. | 2019-04-19T04:59:49Z | https://infomash.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/editor-publisher-magazine-goes-under/ | Porn | News | 0.525131 |
wordpress | SMB1 Vulnerabilities: How do they affect NetApp’s Data ONTAP? | Why Is The Internet Broken?
Google SMBv1 vulnerability, and you’ll get a ton of hits. There’s a reason for this.
But seriously, there are some major security holes in the protocol.
So, there we are. SMB1 is bad, mmkay?
How does SMB1’s devil status affect NetApp’s ONTAP operating systems?
Does SMB1 in ONTAP have the same vulnerabilities?
Can I disable SMB1 in ONTAP?
If I can’t disable it, can I block it?
The good news is, the main security vulnerabilities that plague SMB1 in Windows generally don’t affect ONTAP (such as 0-day), because ONTAP isn’t a Windows client. It’s using a proprietary, custom built CIFS/SMB stack (akin to Samba). Thus, the vulnerabilities that impact Windows don’t impact ONTAP.
Note: I can’t take all the credit for the information in this blog. That credit goes to John Lantz (CIFS TME at NetApp), as well as various CIFS/SMB engineering resources here.
While the vulnerabilities don’t necessarily affect ONTAP, the security scanners still are triggering alarms and managers are still wanting the red X’s to go away.
As a result, people want to just turn it off in ONTAP, especially since they aren’t currently using it in their environments (hopefully).
The good news is that ONTAP is in the process of deprecating SMB1. The bad news? It’s still there.
However, in ONTAP 9.2, NetApp introduced a new CIFS option to disable SMB1 in advanced privilege!
This optional parameter specifies whether the CIFS server negotiates the SMB 1.0 version of the CIFS protocol. The default value for this parameter is true.
If you need to disable SMBv1 now in ONTAP, you’d need to be on ONTAP 9.2.
We also have the ability to control what SMB version is used with domain controllers for authentication. In systems running ONTAP 7-mode, use the following option to enable SMB2.
In systems running clustered ONTAP, starting in ONTAP 8.3.2P5, you can disable SMB1 connections to the DC, as well as enabling SMB2.
This parameter specifies whether SMB1 is enabled for use with connections to domain controllers. If you do not specify this parameter, the default is system-default.
o false - SMB1 is not enabled.
o true - SMB1 is enabled.
o system-default - This sets the option to whatever is the default for the release of Data ONTAP that is running. For this release it is: SMB1 is enabled.
This parameter specifies whether SMB2 is enabled for use with connections to domain controllers. If you do not specify this parameter, the default is system-default.
o false - SMB2 is not enabled.
o true - SMB2 is enabled.
o system-default - This sets the option to whatever is the default for the release of Data ONTAP that is running. For this release it is: SMB2 is not enabled.
If I can’t disable it in ONTAP, can I block it?
Technically, you *could* block the SMB1 ports. However, if you block ports that SMB2 also needs (such as 445), you’d be in trouble.
The official recommendation from Microsoft is a combination of disabling SMB1 on clients (you could handle this via Group Policy), as well as blocking ports on *external* facing interfaces. In other words, don’t allow SMB outside of the firewall.
In some cases, you won’t be able to rid yourself entirely of SMB1. Remember that $30k printer/copier/scanner that you bought 10 years ago that was cool because you could scan directly to a SMB share? Yeah…. that’s probably still using SMB1. Check with your scanner/copier vendor to see if they have any software updates. Otherwise, you may need to disable SMB1 on the copier/scanner, or budget for a new one.
Also, check out Episode 95 of the Tech ONTAP podcast, where we discuss WannaCry and Petya!
Sometimes options are hidden from view by default unless set manually.
Ok i understand. I’m in 8.2.3p3 in metrocluster. My exemple is in advanced mode. Maybe différent in 8.2.x?
Metrocluster doesn’t matter here. Also, if the option is in 7.3, it’s definitely in 8.2.x. What did you see when you explicitly typed the option in the CLI like I mentioned in the previous comment?
It’s definitely in 8.3.2P5 and later.
Douglas : in cluster mode this option is available: i have set my metrocluster (ontap9) and is possible, maybe use tabulation to see this option.
Forgot to mention, we are running into issues where the Windows team has cannot disable SMBv1 without cmode having issues (Petya/Wannacry).
That option seemed to fix testdc.
returns most of the DCs as undetermined.
Looks like i am good? Does this mean that discovered servers may only return 1 or 2 servers as ok, and the rest as undetermined?
Ontap 9.1P8 now also supports disabling SMB1.
Hello. Are you aware of a bad limitation of ONTAP 7-Mode SMBv2 implementation (even with 8.2.5) related to “FileAllInformation” info class in MS-SMB2 spec ?
When a linux Samba client is making such request, ONTAP answer is “NOT_SUPPORTED”.
FYI, the test is easy to reproduce, and wireshark is clearly hilighting that “FILE_ALL_INFORMATION” request is rejected by ONTAP.
Any idea to make progress ?
Not aware of it, no. But given the fact that cDOT is where all the development investment is, I doubt this gets addressed in 7-Mode. | 2019-04-20T22:36:10Z | https://whyistheinternetbroken.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/smb1-vuln-ontap/ | Porn | Reference | 0.139503 |
wordpress | We are back and this time we decided to post about our music addiction :D. Our music taste is kinda unsual since we love to listen to anythinggg 😛 anything from Korean music to english music we always find something that we totally fall in love with.
1.) All I Need – Within Temptation (Episode 19) – This song was played in the dancing scene between Elena and Damon and we were just soo speechlessss at how perfectly the song suited the scene!! I mean seriously did anyone else suddenly (at just that moment) switch to team Delena?! :p because we totallly did (but we are again team stelena :D).
We love to listen to a variety of songs but one of our favourit is Korean and Japanese music, seriously you can get anything better than this!!! On top of our list are the bands and singers: Super Junior, Tohoshinki (aka DBSK), Big Bang, TAE YANG!!!! :D, Shinee, SS501, J-Walk, One Way, G-dragon, SHOW LUO!!, Rainie Yang, DNT, Jumper, FAHRENHEIT!!, Choshinsei, Beast aka B2ST, 2NE1, MBLAQ,BI RAIN etcccc (the list could go on and onnnn…). | 2019-04-20T08:29:00Z | https://sketchmystyle.wordpress.com/tag/we-are-the-fallen/ | Porn | News | 0.404745 |
newgrounds | Overall, it was creative, funny, and pretty well put together. The animation was a nats unrefined but aside from that the vid was wonderful. Don't ever stop making movies. I laughed so hard at the operator that I had to watch the video 3 more times.
I've never seen zombies block out the sun, Although I have seen zombies. The shovel was pretty crappy, however the video was much better than the shovel. Keep up the good work.
this seems like something that would happen to my brother on a wendsday.
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typepad | Perhaps just a bit difficult to see, but this is one of at least a few "solar-powered billboards" in San Francisco (the panels are mounted at the bottom).
I don't know this for sure, because the power conditioning gear and service panel aren't visible, but I highly doubt that there is a battery system in this installation, so let's assume we're looking at a typical grid-connected (parallel) set up.
That means that all of the power generated goes to the utility, and none of the power is used by the billboard lighting, which after all is only on at night.
I suppose nothing, really, except that it goes to the heart of the issue of regulatory fairness and misuse of environmental perception. The sentiment goes: "I have solar PV panels on my home/business/facility, so I'm power/grid/environmentally neutral."
These installations are most certainly not grid neutral. There is still a utility service point, with transformer, distribution, transmission, and power plant infrastructure to support it.
The problem in California is that under net-metering tariffs, the bill board owner could "zero-out" their bill and pay for none of the carrying costs of that infrastructure. They simply have to size the solar PV to generate the same amount of power used by the lighting on an annual basis.
That means the neighbors do pay more, by the way, because they now carry the infrastructure costs. And that is the heart of my criticism, not of solar or distributed generation of any type, but of the manner in which it is treated in the regulatory arena.
Now the electric infrastructure is used at a higher capacity factor than it was before. During the day, when formerly it was idle, it now accepts power into the grid. But if the customer isn't paying for the infrastructure, this benefit is really moot to the utility and to the remaining rate payers.
From an environmental standpoint, you can certainly make a case for this installation. The power used at night (or off-peak in utility parlance) is typically sourced from base-load plants, which in CA are large-scale hydroelectric and nuclear. That means outdoor lighting is pretty much carbon free.
The power generated during the day is not only carbon free, but comes into the grid when peaking plants are needed, so it is offsetting power generation with a carbon content.
The biggest benefit of course is to the owner of the billboard, who now wears an environmental cloak covering what is otherwise a blight on the visual environment. And his neighbors help pay for it!
Great blog! Excellent material on data centers.
Some future feed-in-tariff or other scheme could mess this up, of course, and give solar too much benefit for its daytime value. But today, I think the net metering for PV is to the utility's benefit. | 2019-04-26T08:01:31Z | https://mark17.typepad.com/blog/2010/03/only-insan-francisco-i-hope.html?cid=6a0128768d8844970c0134803041fa970c | Porn | Business | 0.602343 |
wordpress | Structure: Last, F. M. (Year, Month Date Created). Title [Photograph]. Collection, Museum/Institution, Location.
Citation: Cartier-Bresson, H. (1938). Juvisy, France [Photograph]. Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
Citation: Bennett, P. (2007). Antique shop, East Village. In New York City: A photographic portrait (p. 8). Rockport, MA: Twin Lights.
Structure: Last, F. M. (Year, Month Date Published). Title [Photograph found in Collection, Museum/Institution, City]. In Website Title. Retrieved from URL (Originally photographed Year, Month Date).
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*URL Note: If not yet indexed or difficult to find from the homepage, then include the full URL. Otherwise, use the homepage URL.
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wordpress | Happy 114th Birthday, Lawrence Welk! (3/11/1903). A young Lawrence Welk beams with an early, personalized accordion and one of his first records on the Gennett pressed custom label for Gurney Seed and Nursery Co in Yankton, SD, which owned the building that housed the radio station Welk performed on.
Happy 118th Birthday, Miff Mole! (3/11/1898). Here is a photo of trombonist, Miff Mole, with Ladd’s Black Aces members left to right: Phil Napoleon, Frank Signorelli, Miff Mole, Jimmy Lytell, and Jack Roth.
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wordpress | fifa club world cup – a pretty bad joke!
rafa benitez, when he was still welcome at internazionale; now, not even the fifa club world cup might save his job!
internazionale milan is in a little bit of a crisis. the reigning european champions have slipped in the serie a, and their latest display on international grounds was an embarresment to the team – a 0x3 loss in bremen, a match i actually attended. italian media reports that not even a fifa club world cup title will save his job. fifa club world cup? what was that again, many europeans might ask. if you go to south america, though, people know pretty well what that is. a quick look into the history of this competition will make this discrepancy clearer.
once upon a time, europe decided to create continental competitions to figure out which teams were the best in the continent. it all started with the first european cup in 1955, now known as uefa champions league; the idea was to play a knock-out tournament with all the current national champions parallel to the new season; away and home matches would decide the progression of a team, and the final was held in a neutral place to crown europe’s true champion. the uefa cup (at the founding time called inter-cities fairs cup) started a few years later, and the cup winner’s cup (now extinct) only in the 60s. but generally, a the team winning the european cup was viewed as the best team in the world.
pele for santos and eusebio for benfica - the 1962 final of the newly founded intercontinental cup.
south america couldn’t have that. their teams had a great tradition on their continent, and by 1958, south american nations had one three of six fifa world cups. while real madrid was winning the european cup every year, being considered the world’s best seemed arrogant to south american clubs. out of that feeling came the idea to create the “copa libertadores”, a competition who’s one goal was to define the best club in south america, and then to compare that club to the best one in europe. notice the historical difference: the european cup was designed to find the best club in europe, while the libertadores cup was clearly designed to defy the idea that european clubs were any better than south american ones. this is the reason why, until today, the intercontinental cup (our european-south american cup, as it was known for many years), taken hostage by fifa and now named fifa club world cup, is the maximum title a south american player can aspire for, if he plays for a south american club. for the europeans, that will never be the case, since their goal is to win the european cup, now called the uefa champions league.
from an objective point of view, this already poses a question mark over the whole matches. Until 1980, away and home matches would decide the european-south american champion, often referred to as world champion. but many teams from europea wouldn’t bother to actually play those matches, since there was little to no prestige in it for them. after tokyo took over hosting and sponsoring, europeans always went to play the match – but more for the incredible amount of money than for the chance to defend european glory. so how can you take a match seriously, when the only way one side will give it some commitment is if you pay them enough to do so? with the other side so eager to win, based on sports merits? at times, a south american club would arrive in tokyo a full month earilier, while the european team would fly in after a league game on the weekend, just a couple of days before the match.
and nothing has really changed. while some teams hire players for that one match (and pay a lot of money for it), basically no european country will even broadcast it live. rafa benitez, stumbling head coach of uefa champions league winners internazionale, has been told that even a victory in fifa’s competition will not really improve his chances of not getting sacked – incredible for south american clubs!
when there was no real money involved, only the south americans really took the matches seriously. until 1970, giants like real madrid, milan, internazionale and benfica actually played the matches, but with little success. there is some merit to be given to teams like santos, peñarol and such, and at the end of the decade (and first 11 matchups), south americans had won six. looking at it objectively, though, this only seemed to confirm european superiority. but it led many south americans to believe that the football played on their continent was at least of the same level as in europe.
internacional, from porto alegre, brazil, will probably reach the final today; they've one the cup once, a few years ago against barcelona.
this impression was confirmed in the 70s, but it was nontheless a false one. european clubs really didn’t see the point in spending money to play a game they didn’t have the motivation for; and the trophy was little aprecciated even by the fans. it was always viewed as a nice bonus, but not really important. ajax won the european cup three times between 71-73, but only bothered to play one intercontinental final, where they beat independiente from argentina; from 74-76, bayern munich won the title in europe, but only played once, too: against cruzeiro from brazil, taking the prize. the lack of interest by the champions gave clubs like panathinaikos athens, atletico madrid and even borussia mönchengladbach a chance to play for the title. 1975 and 1978 the matches were cancelled alltogether, liverpool and bayern munich didn’t show any interest, and neither did anyone else. in 1979, nottingham forrest didn’t go, and malmö ff took over. even with these stories and juventus not wanting to play the match in buenos aires after losing 0x1 at home to independiente, europe won 3 of 7 duels. once again a pretty bad record for the south americans, if you look beyond the surface.
finally toyota came into the scene, helping uefa and conmebol to make the match more attractive to europeans. money was now involved, and one match instead of two also helped motivate europeans, who were now incentivated by uefa to go and do some good marketing for football, in asia. if you look at it from a sports point of view, you were taking the match away mostly from the south american fans, who actually cared. but if europeans were to take it more seriously now, so be it. after all, the motivation was still the same: to show europe where the best football was being played.
grêmio, another club from porto alegre, will be rooting for internazionale. becayse if the brazilian inter beats the european one, grêmio will have a "world title" less than internacional; by the way, they won theirs against hamburg, in 1984.
the new constellation meant that south americans were still playing for maximum honor, while europeans were motivated by some extra yens. and so, nottingham forrest, who had refused to play in 1979, took a plane to tokyo and lost to nacional. what followed delighted the south americans: 7 out of the following 9 finals were won by them, nacional uruguai even won twice. what had caused this big advantage? well, finally the passion for that particular match was paying off. preperation for tokyo were often weeks long in japan for these south american clubs, while europeans would normally arrive a day before the match. audiences would watch the match in the southern hemisphere, while no live coverages were shown in europe. basically, the europeans were picking up their checks, and were motivated purely by the fact that south americans were so extremely motivated. after all, no one wants to lose a match.
since 1995, the second time i ever watched this match (the first time was also in brazil, with brazilian participation in the final), the table has turned somewhat. in terms of results. interest is still extremely low on the old continent, not a single tv station had live pictures from last year’s final (who played whom again??); but the money and marketing involved are increasing, and that’s due to the professional money makers from fifa, who had not been involved with this competition at all. until today, fifa consideres the first club world champion to be the winner of their first ever such tournament, won by corinthians – a team that has never even won the libertadores cup! and the greater joke was that manchester united, the 1999 uefa champions league winner (dramatic final against bayern), didn’t want to play the tournament. they’d played the intercontinental final (which still existed) and won it (as most europeans were, after 1994), and now they would have to either play fifa’s new tournament or the fa cup. it is obvious that both club and players preferred to play first round fa cup action than this stupid tournament in brazil’s hot summer.
fifa’s tournament was an embarresment for everyone envolved, the title match being between two brazilian clubs (none of them had even recently won the libertadores cup). real madrid and manchester united showed a clear lack of interest, and fifa would not try again until 2005. the intercontinental cup was still alive and running every single year, until fc porto beat once caldas in the last japonese final. in those last 10 years of japan, europe won the title seven times. it’s not a coincidence that this started after the bosman ruling and the invasion of south american players in european top leagues – they were historically motivated to win the that title, even if they were now making the opposite point.
fifa wants money, so fifa started organizing the "fifa club world cup". a sad affair.
fifa had now basically bought the right to be exclusively responsible for crowining the world club champion. all confederations sent their title holders, but up to now, europe and south america have always played the final. this should probably also happen next sunday, when internacional (bra) and internazionale are expected to play the final. and the only people really caring will be either the population of the south brazilian city porto alegre, and the inter fans for their own; and the internazionale fans mostly in south america. once again we’ll see images which show seemingly sad players from the italian club after losing, and brazilian fans saying “see, they do care about he match”. this sentence says it all.
the fifa club world cup (which used to be called “fifa club world championship” but had it named change to sound more like the much more important “fifa world cup”) is a money-making scheme where only one club really desires to hold that title in their hands. the big joke of the tournament is that the fans from grêmio porto alegre, internacional’s city rivals, will be rooting more for internazionale milano than the interisti themselves. that says it all! and the joke is also on fifa, who are selling the tv rights to the dubai spectacle at such high prices that europeans are still not interested in buying them.
and the last joke might be on the spaniard rafa benitez; the might be the fifa world champion and lose his job just a few weeks later. which makes it pretty clear: even if south american club football were better than the european game (a point no true specialist would dare to make), the intercontinental cup or the fifa club world cup wouldn’t answer the question. instead, ask yourself how many of the players participating in the world cup quarterfinal this year played in european clubs. and how much of the tactics in that world cup was inspired by south american leagues.
european club football will always be better south american club football, just as the uefa champions league has a much higher quality than the copa libertadores. and more and more south americans are admitting this. i do admit it was less clear in the 60s and 70s, but even then that was true. | 2019-04-19T01:03:10Z | https://figobay.wordpress.com/tag/internazionale/ | Porn | Sports | 0.494637 |
blogs | The Ontario Provincial Police are mounting one of their periodic blitzes on distracted drivers this week.
Already, I've seen more than the usual number of black-and-whites with 'customers' pulled off to the shoulder; whether they're just the Usual Suspect speeders or they've been caught applying make-up, shaving, texting, sorting vacation photographs AND eating their breakfast, I couldn't say.
Interesting tidbit came out of Manitoba recently though. It indicated that crashes due to DWT - Driving While Texting - actually INCREASED after the texting ban was imposed in that province, because drivers were 'lap-texting' rather than 'front-of-face' texting, trying to avoid detection.
This of course means that not only were their brains otherwise engaged, but their line of sight was compromised too.
Obviously, trying to work even a so-called 'smart' phone while driving is a dumb idea.
And as we all know by now, hand-held or hands-free makes no difference.
But I wonder if anyone's got any stats on how many crashes are due to drivers being distracted trying to figure out how to use the exact same touch-screen technology that comes in altogether too many new cars' dashboards?
At the very least the touchscreens that are factory installed should have a feature that disables the touch function when the car is in motion. It would lessen accident. But even then they will still avert attention of the driver away from the road which is bad. It's a case of technology worship that in this case costs lives.
Hope they do not get too distracted in their search! | 2019-04-23T22:23:04Z | https://thestar.blogs.com/kenzie/2013/04/opp-on-the-lookout-for-distracted-drivers.html | Porn | News | 0.252957 |
tripod | Do you get paid for your work or are you a volunteer? Do you have any days off? What do you do on your days off?
Many of the scientists here need extra helpers for their research projects. Most of these projects are very specialized and require people who have been studying for many years in their chosen field. Scientists generally do not have a large budget to hire extra field workers. Students from the scientists own universities are taken on as volunteers to help with the research projects. These students will volunteer their time and work hard for the scientists in exchange for hands on experience and education. This works out very well for both groups, and for all of us who benefit from learning more about Antarctica and our world.
Unfortunately I am not a scientist or a student any more so I have to find jobs that will pay me. We work very hard here as the summer season goes by incredibly fast. Since the sun never sets while I am here we can work 24 hours a day. Many departments have 2 shifts one working from 7:30AM until 5:30PM while the other works from 7:30PM until 5:30 AM. We work 6 days a week and most of us get Sundays off to relax.
Our one-day off each week always disappears way to fast. When I first came down I was amazed as to how many activities were available for when we are not working. Inside we have many games to play and videos to watch. We even have our own bowling alley. Its not like the ones back home though. We have to set the pins back up by hand and roll the ball back after each bowl. There is a small gym where we can play basketball, floor hockey, indoor soccer, and volleyball. Personally I like to get outside every day as long as the weather is not too nasty. Near the station we can cross-country ski and hike. A bit further away we can explore the old huts that Scott and Shackelton used on their quest to be the first people to reach the South Pole. One of my favorites is a visit to some ice caves. The icicles and ice crystals are incredibly beautiful. Here are a couple of shots so you can see them also.
There are indeed a lot of whales that visit Antarctica. The oceans surrounding the continent are full of krill and other foods that many whales depend on as a food source. Currently we do not have any whales near us here in McMurdo. Whales are mammals and need to breathe air to stay alive. As the ocean surrounding our station is currently frozen over the whales have not visited us yet. Later this month 2 icebreakers will be working hard to open up a channel through the ice. This will enable our re-supply ships to reach McMurdo. Penguins, seals and whales also take advantage of this new opening and will swim right up to our station. These pictures were taken last year while on the US Coast Guard Icebreaker, Polar Sea. This year we have a lot of extra ice due to the shifting of an iceberg named B-15, which is currently about the size of Delaware. Normally the icebreaker has to crush through about 30 miles of ice to reach McMurdo. This year the open ocean is 80 miles away. In order to get through all the extra ice the Polar Star will be joined by her sister ship the USCG Polar Star. | 2019-04-25T00:08:35Z | http://davecarpenter.tripod.com/question2.htm | Porn | Recreation | 0.690977 |
wordpress | Hi friends! I got this idea from the amazing Melanie so please please please go check her quotes out! There are some that hit me so hard I just can't even. I tried to make them only my absolute favorites but...I'm indecisive. and these are by month so there's no ranking. I'm not competitive (for once). … Continue reading Favorite Quotes of 2018!
Hi friends! Yeah yeah yeah, I know, this is super late. I really need to be better about writing wrap-ups and TBRs this year. Who knows if it will actually happen? Now onto the four (yes, four) books I read in December! To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee | I read this for school, which … Continue reading December 2018 Wrap-Up!
Hi friends! I can't believe that 2018 is almost over??? Where did you take the time Cotton-Eye-Joe??? Anyway here is my amazing bookworm wrap-up because I certainly didn't get distracted by other things. Or get sick. Or pretended to read but really just daydreamed. Oh! And titles lead to Goodreads links, while the MY REVIEW … Continue reading November 2018 Wrap-Up!
Hi friends! 'Tis the season to be reading Christmas books! Which I'm not going to do because I'm a rebel. And my TBR already hates me. I know of zero Christmas books. But that's fine because I have a backlist of about a million books to read. IT'S TIME. I'm super scared because everyone says … Continue reading December 2018 TBR!
October Wrap-Up | Who Is Eating The Time???
Hi friends! I'm here with a very important question I'm sure we're all asking ourselves: Who the mint chocolate chip is eating the time????????? I mean, we're somehow already at November which passes like the wind and then December will be upon us which passes like light and the point is it is time for … Continue reading October Wrap-Up | Who Is Eating The Time??? | 2019-04-18T15:49:43Z | https://afictionalbookworm.wordpress.com/category/wrap-up-tbr-hauls/ | Porn | Reference | 0.135439 |
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One of the most un-friendly employers toward National Guardsmen and Reservist is the US government. Contractors are a substantial portion of the DoD workforce providing Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS). The nature of A&AS often makes Guardsmen and Reservists the best qualified employees. In fact their periodic military service “re-blues” them to make them even more valuable. Unfortunately, when an employee departs for extended reserve duty, the government customer demands an immediate replacement. A contract is a contract and they cut the contractor no slack. If contractor is slow to fill the gap, they get a poor evaluation for failure to maintain continuity and fill all positions. This is particularly hard on small businesses who simply can’t afford to keep excess labor on standby. The obvious remedy to this hypocrisy is for the Federal Acquisition Regulations to require the government to share the risk of employing Guardsmen and Reservists and thus encourage increased employment among this valuable resource.
I'm not a veteran of Iraq or Afghanistan because i served in the US Navy on a submarine and i'm not considered a combat veteran, but i'm a veteran none the less. I'm doing what i can with what i have and i am currently pursuing higher education and hoping someday to get into medical school. So, for those of you veterans that say there are no opportunities, think about getting an education and doing what you want to do with the G.I. Bill.
Lol.....I hope for you there are opportunities cause I have a BSBA in Computer Information Systems and can't get work. 1st ID, OIF 2, Sept 2003 – Sept 2004.........not in damn submarine either....lol!!!! Maybe you should think twice before you speak, real Veterans know what is going on and it's employers placing a stigma on our Veterans. Sure you say you support the troops or hire them but make sure you degrade someone at an interview and don't hire them. So maybe you should use that G.I. Bill to get an education so maybe you will get back in touch with the real world....sorry but like I said think twice next time, hooah. | 2019-04-25T02:05:17Z | http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/09/voters-in-america-vets-wanted-educator-and-parent-guide/ | Porn | Reference | 0.436694 |
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wordpress | Where are you from and what did you do before coming to Goldsmiths?
I’m Irish, but I grew up in the US. I studied Development at the University of East Anglia. After graduating I worked for a social Enterprise in Swaziland called Tintsaba Craft. We worked with rural weavers and exported their products overseas to Fairtrade buyers. I was in charge of business development as well as the management of literacy and education projects, which I started.
Why did you chose social entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths?
After studying development and working in Swaziland I felt the old models of aid weren’t working and that social entrepreneurship is a more sustainable model for addressing social failures, especially in the developing world. In Swaziland there aren’t many alternative views on how to develop poverty reduction strategies, so I wanted to equip myself with the knowledge and ability to bring new thinking to Swaziland. I also wanted to return to London to build my networks in Social Entrepreneurship in the UK and be part of a dynamic environment. Goldsmiths social entrepreneurship is at the centre of the UK scene so it seemed like a natural choice.
I really liked the fact that Goldsmiths is well known for its creativity and felt that being part of that environment would be an added value while studying social enterprise. Especially because I’m interested in artisan based enterprise the last organisation I worked with was very creative in nature.
Firstly, I love being part of a diverse learning environment with so many different views and life experiences. So many of my classmates have real social enterprise experience and bring that wealth of knowledge to the program. Secondly, I’ve really enjoyed the entrepreneurial modelling class because it’s given me some hard skills in business planning that I can use in future roles. And thirdly we’ve had the space to develop our theoretical and conceptual understanding of social enterprise and social innovation. | 2019-04-19T07:10:15Z | https://goldenangle.wordpress.com/tag/masters/ | Porn | Business | 0.870914 |
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This report is too little, too late. Doctors in the USA are so far behind in dealing with this, and every other, infectious illness that it is laughable.
The evidence was always there. Nevertheless, the Morgellons case described herein is a small, however late and inadequate, start by medicine to finally do its duty.
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wordpress | It’s day two of the morale-raising-morning-bike-ride experiment, and it seems to be working. I did another half an hour up-and-down the road ride this morning and have had a very productive day.
The new website – this time for editing – is in preparation. It goes under the practical, but unimaginative name of http://www.science-proofreading.net/. Too bad somebody had already bagged my first choice (science-editing.net). The idea is that it will eventually soon replace the WordPress blog-style affair I have at the moment. I’m frustrated by the lack of control I have over the WordPress site and not being able to add the interactive features I want. Ideally I’d just have one site, but the French website isn’t going to be particularly effective for attracting speakers of other languages who might want editing. I’m effectively running two business, with two different customer bases.
I’ve also updated both sites with ‘official’ Terms of Sale, which I got from the French Translator’s Association. They’re really useful, and make me all the more interested in signing up with them. After I’d done that, I had to update the template I use for estimates, to bring it in line with my new Terms of Sale. I’ve managed to fix things up so that both my invoices and estimates are bilingual, so at least that was one job I didn’t have to do twice.
I’m sliding into depression (again). I know I said the other day I was disheartened and depressed. At the time, I thought it was a one-off, but it’s starting to take hold. I know the symptoms, I’ve been there before. For me, they include irrational irritability, feelings of hopelessness and despair, and wondering what the point is of getting out of bed in the morning.
I don’t think I’ve always been depressed, but I know that since I moved to France, I’ve changed. I gained an unlimited supply of croissants and a bank account in a currency that can be used throughout Europe, but I lost easy access to all my friends and family. New friends have proved hard to find, despite ongoing efforts. It doesn’t help at all that I’m home alone for the vast majority of the time. I reckon my lifestyle would send even the most hardened introvert a little doolally.
I been here before and I know the way out. Exercise. When I’m exercising regularly I can keep on an even keel – even when things are going badly. I haven’t done any exercise since mid-September and I’ve almost had a feeling of watching myself get lower and lower. Trouble is, it’s easy to get out of the routine, and it’s hard to get back into it. Especially when the days are getting colder, shorter and more depressing. And the more down you get, the harder it is to do the thing that will make you feel better.
I’m on a slippery slope, so today I began to put a stop to it. I’m just back from an outing on my bike. It was only half an hour, and frustrating to see (yet again) how much I’ve lost in fitness over the past ten weeks. But I’ve done it. And I feel better already. Now I’ve started, I just have to keep going.
Hmmm. See yesterday’s post about the word ‘just’!
A messy day today. Didn’t do too much business-wise, things being slow and all. Instead I watched a new film – 50/50 (directed by Jonathan Levine who’s not known for anything in particular). All I’ll say about it is that it’s about a guy who is diagnosed with cancer and it’s pretty good. I’m pretty sceptical of the portrayal of having cancer, but the film did make me both laugh and cry.
I also recently watched the new Steven Spielberg film, The Adventures of Tintin. Sorry to say I didn’t get to the end of it. After an hour I was bored and went to bed.
The book I ordered at the beginning of the month finally arrived. It only took three weeks! I’ve had a flip though and it looks excellent. Can’t wait to read the rest.
Remember the agency who asked for a copy of my CV? Well, the CV is done, but I’ve so far failed to send it off. I’m basically scared it won’t be good enough. I HAVE TO GET OVER THIS!!!
I’ve also failed to write an email to the lady who can supply me with a list of local companies for the potential snail-mail marketing campaign. I should have done it today instead of wasting time watching movies. Why do I do this?
Look at this (from Google analytics).
That’s a 4,600% increase in visitors in a month. Never mind it’s an increase of 0 to 47, they say it’s 4,600% and that’s fine by me.
Yeeeeeeeeeee pahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 🙂 Happy dance!
Plus, this AdWords Express thing that I’ve signed up has already pulled in four visitors in just one day. I’m a bit baffled by how it’s all working, but as far as I know I haven’t paid them any money so that’s just dandy.
Yesterday I was contacted by a translation agency. I met a girl in Barcelona when I went to the translators’ meeting in October and gave her my card. It was her agency who contacted me yesterday. They’re asking for a CV. What does a translator’s CV look like? Next challenge!
I’ve followed up on the snail-mail marketing idea. There’s a little local organisation that maintains a list of businesses at the gigantesque technology park just down the road. I popped in to ask for a copy of their business directory. Turns out they don’t keep a paper copy; it’s too big. But now I have the email address of the lady who can send me an electronic copy. Baby steps!!!!
I’ve been thinking about trying marketing the old-fashioned way – sending flyers or brochures out into the real-world. I was hesitating because nobody seems to do it any more. No sooner was I thinking about it when, gee whizz, I receive some. You’ll never guess who from? Google! Yes, Google are advertising their AdWords Express service by direct marketing into your letterbox. Although I’m a bit baffled by how they got my home address, it’s worked and I’ve signed up (with the help of a credit voucher for 75 euros).
P.S. Google claim you can get your first campaign up and running in ten minutes. Oh no you can’t! If you’re fast, you probably can do the first bit of signing up for an account and providing info about your business in ten minutes. But they then need to send you another piece of snail-mail with a validation code. They promise it will arrive ‘within a few weeks’. Bad Google.
The good news – I’ve been registered as an auto-entrepreneur since June 2009. The bad news – I’m registered in category 7112B (Ingénierie – études techniques), which is what I was doing until the end of 2010. This year has been one of transition. At the beginning I was a web developer doing a little bit of translation. Now, at the end of the year, I’m a translator doing a little bit of web development. Today I tackled the task of updating my auto-entrepreneur status.
First question – who with? Out of the multitude of official organisations I have to deal with, which one needs to know I’m no longer a 7112B? It didn’t have an obvious answer, but I did quite quickly find the right form to fill in. Filling it in was no particular problem, and on the fifth attempt, I managed to print off a correct version. Who cares about trees! However, the initial problem remained. Who to send it to?
Google tells me that it’s the centre de formalités des entreprises that needs to know, and that turns out to be… good old URSSAF. So the form is in the envelope, stamped and ready to send. Wish me luck!
I would like to open a business bank account. In fact I’d like to leave my current bank altogether (before they collapse under me) so I’ve been checking out the market. My current preference is for HSBC – for two main reasons. First, they have branches in both France and the UK; this suits me because ideally I’d be able to somehow merge my UK and French accounts, or at least have them both at the same bank. And second, a very canny entrepreneur I used to work for banked with them. I figure even if I don’t know what I’m doing, he definitely did.
However, after taking a look around their website, I only see problems not solutions. In terms of general banking, they have so many different accounts to choose from, I don’t know which one might suit me best – in fact so far, none of them look to be a good fit. Not least because I’m very opposed to the idea of paying a bank to run my account when they are already profiting on the money I have with them.
Business banking for tiny little businesses?
Then, I took a look at the business banking offerings – and had a bit of a giggle. Of the three options, the super-duper version is for businesses with turnover in excess of £25 million. Then they have the bells-on version if your turnover is £2-£25 million. And the bog-standard (small business banking) version is if your turnover is up to £2 million. That would be me! Technically, I suppose anything less than £2 million qualifies, but I’m not sure my £20k turnover is what they have in mind. Guess that’ll have to wait then.
Disheartened and depressed. That’s today. I have days like this. Not all the time, but often enough. I’m sick of this. I’m sick of spending all day working and at the end of the day earning absolutely no money at all. It might be great to be all touchy-feely it’s-not-about-the-money, but heck, try it for a while, and see how it is to work all day and see nothing tangible at the end of it. And then do it again the next day. And then try for a week, or a month.
I know the idea is that you put the work in now and get the pay-off at some later date. But it’s only an idea eh? There’s no guarantee at all that I’m ever going to be able to earn a living wage from this. Meanwhile, I spend most days just me and the computer, home alone. Waiting for the metaphorical phone to ring. It’s crap and I’m sick of it.
I went for a walk this afternoon. Friday afternoon 3.30pm and I can go for a walk. There’s nobody keeping me in the office. It was a beautiful day, still warm and sunny. It’s the kind of stuff that supposed to make up for not having a regular income, but frankly, right now, I’d rather have the money.
Now that the new website is up and running, I’m quickly becoming obsessed with Google Analytics. For those who don’t know what it’s all about, it’s a bit of code that you add to your website that gathers information about who is visiting your site. Google Analytics aggregates it and provides you with a multitude of ways of analysing it.
The simple stuff is how many people visit your site each day. So, since I installed the code on 17th October 2011, I’ve had a grand total of 37 visits (it might not sound much, but it’s early days and 37 is 37 more than zero). Thursday and Friday (10th and 11th November) were the best performing days with five visitors each.
However, every time I use it, I find something new. The most recent discovery is that you can see where your visitors are coming from. My 37 visitors have come from seven different countries. I’m happy to see that 26 are in France, but I’m wondering how the one person in Burundi found me. And there’s more! You can even see where in the country they are. So, of the French visitors, the majority (nine) are from Loriol sur Drome, two more than Paris. | 2019-04-23T09:50:55Z | https://wordpractitioner.wordpress.com/2011/11/ | Porn | Business | 0.860803 |
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