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wikipedia | The municipalities of Puerto Rico number seventy-eight incorporated towns and cities. Each municipality is led by a mayor and divided into barrios, though the latter are not vested with any political authority. Every municipality is governed by the Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991 which establishes that every municipality must have a strong mayor with a municipal legislature. Furthermore, each legislature must be unicameral with its number of members varying according to the municipality's population. And, in contrast to other jurisdictions, both the mayors and the municipal legislators are elected on the same date for the same period of time.
From an urban design perspective, several differences and similarities exist between the municipalities. For instance, municipalities with 50,000 inhabitants or more are considered incorporated cities, while those with fewer than 50,000 are considered incorporated towns. An additional difference between the two is the amount of autonomy each municipality has, with cities provisioning their own services while towns typically depend on nearby cities for certain services. Regardless of this differentiation, all municipalities have a barrio called pueblo proper (English: 'town') which typically hosts that municipality's original Spanish settlement and is also typically that municipality's urban core. Municipalities with large populations, however, may have an urban core that consist of several barrios.
Other differences exist among the municipalities. Economic activity, for example, concentrates on the metropolitan areas surrounding the cities of San Juan, Ponce, Arecibo, Caguas, Mayaguez, Aguadilla, and Humacao, with most towns being commuter towns. Statistically, the municipality with the largest number of inhabitants is San Juan with around 400,000 while Culebra is the smallest with around 1,800. While in terms of territorial extension, Arecibo is the largest with around 125 mi2 and Cataño the smallest with around 4.8 mi2.
Because Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony until 1898, its system of local government bears more resemblance to that of the Hispanophone nations of the Americas than to local government in the United States and some other Anglophone countries. Thus, there are no first-order administrative divisions akin to counties, as defined by the United States Government; instead, Puerto Rico has 78 municipalities or "municipios" as the secondary unit of administration. For U.S. Census purposes, the municipalities are considered county equivalents. The municipalities are grouped into eight electoral districts, but these do not possess administrative functions. In 1991, the Autonomous Municipalities Act was passed, which slightly modified the rights and responsibilities of Puerto Rican municipalities with the aim of decentralizing control and improving government services.
Every municipality is composed of several barrios, except for Florida which has only one barrio. The municipality of Ponce has the largest number of barrios, 31.
Every municipality (except San Juan) also has an urban area made up of one or more barrios. When the urban area is made up of only one barrio, it is called "Barrio Pueblo". Some urban areas are made up of multiple barrios: Ponce's urban area, for example, is made up of 12 barrios. All of San Juan's barrios are urban barrios, and the municipality of San Juan is composed of urban barrios only - thus, the entire municipality of San Juan consists of one large urban zone only.
Every municipality's urban zone is named by the same name as the municipality. For example, the municipality of Caguas has an urban zone called Caguas - just like the municipality. Some municipalities' urban zones are termed "pueblo" (town) while others are termed "ciudad" (city). The difference resides in the population of the municipality: if the municipality has an urban zone below 50,000 inhabitants, then its urban zone is called a pueblo. If a municipality has a population above 50,000 inhabitants in its urban zone, then its urban zone is called a ciudad.
The municipalities elect a Mayor and a Municipal Legislature in the general elections every four years.
The following is an alphabetical list of the municipalities and their population together with a breakdown of their racial composition.
In October 2009, a Puerto Rican legislator proposed a bill that would reduce the current 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico down to 20. The bill called for a referendum to take place on June 13, 2010, which would let the people decide on the matter. However, the bill never made into law.
It was not the first time that an attempt to consolidate municipalities had failed. In 1902 the Puerto Rico legislature, under pressure from the US.-appointed governor of Puerto Rico, passed a law consolidating the then-76 municipalities of Puerto Rico into 46. The law was repealed three years later.
With the serious fiscal crisis that emerged in the first half of 2010s, a new plan to consolidate municipalities was again circulated in the legislature in 2017 as a way to alleviate the government debt crisis, but even that plan was also ultimately defeated. In March 2019 Governor Ricardo Rosello created an initiative which would preserve the existing municipalities but create regional consolidation by sharing service overhead in the form of counties.
^ WAPA-TV (2014; in Spanish) "El informe sobre la medida señala que al presente los municipios arrastran una deuda agregada de aproximadamente $590 millones [...]"
^ a b Sánchez Martínez, Héctor (October 10, 2012). "Puerto Rico: la isla de los 900 barrios". La Perla del Sur (in Spanish) (1506). p. 36.
^ An Act: To amend Sections 1 and 2 of Act No. 100 of June 27, 1956 Act No. 81 of August 30, 1991: Autonomous Municipalities Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In An Act: To amend Sections 1 and 2 of Act No. 100 of June 27, 1956, Act No. 66, 3rd Session of the 13th Legislature of Puerto Rico. April 14, 1998. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
^ Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Portugués, Ponce. Rafael Torrech San Inocencio. El Sur a la Vista. elsuralavista.com. 14 February 2010. Accessed 12 February 2011.
^ Ponce. Proyecto Salon Hogar. Map of Barrios of Ponce. (Map with fully urbanized barrios conglomerated and merged as "Zona Urbana". Barrio not labeled is named "Machuelo Abajo".) Retrieved November 30, 2009.
^ "Ponce: General Information." Archived 2012-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
^ Ponce Puerto Rico. AreciboWeb. (Map showing the 31 geo-numbered barrios of Ponce.) Retrieved November 30, 2009.
^ Cartographic Boundary Files. U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
^ AREAS IN PUERTO RICO ELIGIBLE FOR RURAL HOUSING LOANS: BARRIOS, TOWNS AND VILLAGES. Archived 2014-05-31 at the Wayback Machine U.S. Department of Agriculture. Rural Development. Page 8. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
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^ Vázquez, Brenda (November 16, 2012). "Extensa la lista de los municipios con déficit". Metro Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Metro International. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
^ "Nace la Corporación de Financiamiento Municipal" (in Spanish). WAPA-TV. January 23, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
^ a b c d "Indicadores Socioeconómicos Municipales" (in Spanish). Puerto Rico Ombudsman. August 12, 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
^ Los municipios autónomos llegan a la mayoría de edad (documento). Cristina del Mar Quiles. Noticel. 3 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
^ Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Barrio Lapa, Salinas. Page 4. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
^ Guayanilla. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 28, 2010.
^ Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Lapa, Salinas. Accessed February 13, 2011.
^ Líderes legislativos ponen freno a la eliminación de municipios. Nydia Bauzá. Primerahora.com 31 July 2017. 31 July 2017.
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wordpress | I don’t know if you fools know this but this Budgetologist does not make a lot of money. Yes, I have a job in television that I love and yes maybe I could be a corporate sell-out and make more that way, but I just don’t wanna! So for the sake of full discretion I will tell you right now I make a few cents over minimum wage in my state, as of this January. What does that mean? That means a lot of times I’m broke-da-broke!
A membership to Costco costs over $50 a year and ain’t nobody got time for that. The problem: Costco samples are some of the best. You can get a quarter of a sandwich, mouthfuls of ravioli and all the mixed nuts you can ask for just in one sample tour.
The sample ladies are usually very nice so you can take three crackers with chunky tuna on them and they won’t even mind. Eat enough to get full.
Once you’re in the store, is anyone really going to stop you and ask you for your membership? Uh, no. How would they even know? They wouldn’t. Go forth and eat samples!!
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wordpress | Life is a Highway: sofa searching and other exciting adventures.
So, I had one day in Wilmington after the opening in which I could do some searching. We weren’t given our keys or the money at that time but I have to use every little droplet of time that I have in Wilmington. So this was me pre-shopping shopping. | 2019-04-24T09:52:05Z | https://corinemaggiocast.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/life-is-a-highway-sofa-searching-and-other-exciting-adventures/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.936444 |
wordpress | An excellent review of this book.
I was intrigued by this book but didn’t realise there was a first one in the series. Perhaps I’ll catch up at the very end… Thanks, Terry! Another great review!
Thank you, Robbie and Olga – I actually liked it much more than the first! | 2019-04-24T06:20:33Z | https://rosieamber.wordpress.com/2019/02/17/rosies-bookreview-team-rbrt-crimefiction-hometown-boys-by-mary-maddox-dreambeast7-ryderswriters/ | Porn | Reference | 0.173713 |
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wordpress | This is one of those books that’s well written but which I didn’t really enjoy. I wanted to like it, but was expecting a second chance style romance, or at least A romance, when what we get it the disintegration of one and a possibility of another. If the genre was in the Romance section I’d have felt a little less disappointed. To me a romance is a HEA or at least a solid HFN.
So, Ami and Lars were so in love, where did it go wrong? Sadly that happens to lots of marriages, so busy with work and family that the romance, the love, gets lost. I felt so sad for them.
Yet Ami annoyed me, I felt sorry for her at first, Lars just didn’t want to recognise there was an issue and I felt she still loved him dearly, wanted their marriage to work and was prepared to put in the effort, where Lars was just either ignoring the issues or blaming her for nagging. Familiar story? Of course it culminates in a massive row and Lars leaves.
I wish we knew more of Lars, his thoughts, his personality, but we really only see what Ami thinks of him. The one insight when he was talking to his friend I did feel sorry for him, but still felt he was being unfair to Ami.
As I said its a well written story but I really didn’t like either Lars or Ami and for me that’s a huge issue, and added to that I was expecting a Romance so this book wasn’t a hit for me. That’s a personal view of course, and I’m sure others will love it.
Stars: Two and a half, there were parts I liked and it was well written, just that I didn’t like it enough for a three. | 2019-04-25T04:04:36Z | https://jeanniezelos.wordpress.com/2018/07/14/ | Porn | Reference | 0.74726 |
wordpress | It feels so nice to always come back in Hampstead and walk into the Heath! There is something about Hampstead that reminds me of the little town I come from; might be the amazing fresh air, the small boutiques or even the smiling and welcoming people.
I spent the last weekend relaxing and walking around Hampstead with Georgiana. We did one of our favourite thing: we took pictures and changed outfits in the coffee shops’ rest rooms.
We had so much fun, we enjoyed ourselves and we are so excited about our new blog!
Therefore, my weekend was all about getting away from the hustle and bustle of the city into a nice and comfy outfit and enjoy my time outside.
Tips and tricks: Go to Camden Market! Negotiate! Buy nice and cheap stuff!
I love going to Camden Market and negotiating a lot. I personally find it fun and challenging.
For example, I found the hair band that I am wearing in the pictures on Amazon for £10.00 and I got mines from Camden at the amazing price of £12.00 for 2. | 2019-04-20T03:10:05Z | https://chicandcheapinlondon.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/spice-it-up/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.959241 |
wikipedia | Agol is an area located in Ahmedabad, India.
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sfgate | Manufactured houses hold a number of advantages and disadvantages over site-built houses.
4 What Are Three Disadvantages of Manufactured Housing?
Manufactured homes, also known as prefabricated or "prefab" homes, are homes that are built at a location separate from the one in which they are eventually lived in. The houses are usually assembled off-site and then transported in one or more large pieces to a more permanent location for assembly and installation. Manufactured homes can present a number of advantages and disadvantages to site-built houses, making them an appropriate option for some, but not all homeowners.
According to the publication "Modular Today," the term "manufactured housing" can refer to two types of structures: mobile homes and modular homes. Mobile homes are homes built on a steel chassis and are often not placed on a permanent foundation. Because they are not considered houses, mobile homes must conform only to a building code outlined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Like mobile homes, modular homes are made in a factory. However, unlike mobile homes, they must conform to all local building codes. They bear a greater resemblance to regular, site-built houses than do mobile homes.
Manufactured houses enjoy several advantages over site-built houses. Generally, modular homes and mobile homes are cheaper than site-built houses. And, due to their simply design, they often enjoy lower repair and maintenance costs as well. The time it takes to construct these houses is also dramatically shorter than the time necessary to build a site-built home from scratch.
While modular homes usually appreciate in value along with site-built homes, mobile homes usually do not. Due to their often flimsier construction, mobile homes generally depreciate in value as they grow older and begin to wear out, making them a poor investment. Also, many mobile homes are less durable than site-built homes, often lacking a foundation, making them inappropriate for areas that experience extreme weather.
Legally, mobile houses are not considered houses; rather, they are a form of personal property. This status can create a number of complications for their owners. Most seriously, mobile home owners are generally unable to take out mortgages on their property, but must seek out personal property loans instead. In addition, local zoning restrictions may bar them from certain residential neighborhoods.
Dissatisfaction with mobile homes is very high. According to a survey conducted by the Consumers Union, almost 6 out of every 10 owners of mobile homes stated that their homes contained at least one major problem. These include problems in the home's design, difficulty finding financing, and finding a suitable location in which to place the home.
Wolfe, Michael. "Manufactured Housing Comparison to Site-Built Homes." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/manufactured-housing-comparison-site-built-homes-8778.html. Accessed 20 April 2019.
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wordpress | The Secret to Falling in Love written by Victoria Cooke, publisher HQ Digital, is available NOW in ebook format.
I am so pleased to be involved in the Book Birthday Blitz celebrating two years since the release of Victoria Cooke’s debut novel: The Secret to Falling in Love.
Ohh I absolutely loved this novel by Victoria Cooke, it felt like I was reading through the script of a Hollywood romcom. I’ve got the actors already picked out in my head and they are: Melissa – Sandra Bullock, Scott – Ryan Reynolds, Joseph – Henry Cavill, Gemma – Emma Watson, Amanda – Kate Hudson.
This is my first introduction to the works of Victoria Cooke and I’m so pleased that I’ve finally discovered her work and have started with her debut novel. What a brilliant read this was and a fantastic start to the author’s literary career.
The story of finding love and experiencing the joy of life without digital control is as much, if not more, relevant now. We all need that constant reminder to power off and unplug and to physically look up from our screens and see and hear what is all around us.
Aspiring journalist Melissa had written a magazine article on the subject of digital and social media control/overload. This was well received locally and nationally and sparked a month long assignment of being digital free; no phone, no laptop. Communication and navigation through life the traditional way. For phone savvy Melissa this was going to be a long month but she was soon surprised by what sights and sounds and experiences she had been missing all this time.
Melissa is in her mid thirties and feels like her love life is going nowhere, she’s had plenty of dates but none have been ‘the one’. Now with her mother’s interference and her annoying boss life is about to become a little more complicated for Melissa when two suitors come her way.
This was such a fabulous, fun story that I loved from start to finish. | 2019-04-22T22:30:54Z | https://kraftireader.wordpress.com/2019/02/09/the-secret-to-falling-in-love-by-victoria-cooke-bookbirthdayblitz-bookreview/ | Porn | Society | 0.372353 |
wordpress | Literature | The Dark Side of Digital Art.
A few months ago I joined a book club. I know it seems like an old biddy sort of thing, but I did it anyway. Being a Sci-Fi and Fantasy flavored book club, the first set of books we all decided to read was the “Song of Fire and Ice” by George R. R. Martin.
I am almost finished with the 3rd book and I have learned a bit of how this guy writes. I like it, I like not having a well defined hero of villain. I like the struggle that seems so close to real life. I enjoy the tad bit of magic that is never really in your face.
A long time ago I thought up a known universe, much like our own, just a bit farther in the future. Since then I have worked on pieces of it here and there. A future where: Galactic Empires, Republics, Guilds, and Economic Super-powers share our Universe. Inspired by one of my favorite science fiction writers Larry Niven, I lumped them all into one universe, and called it Savaged.
Savaged is a savage place, where space is dark, dangerous, yet filled with wonderful races, and deep histories. I am always working on Savaged in one way or another in fact, as I will post sometime in the future, my portfolio website is built around the idea of Savaged. But for now a few tastes.
This is a Quantelian Battle Flag, it hangs in the Delphi Square Museum and War Memorial. The flag shows an iconic depiction of the Quantelian Home System. The Quantelian Republic is made up of three races from three different moons that orbit that same gas giant.
I was inspired by Middle Eastern and communist icons and flags when I began to design this flag.
Here is the Toleric Technocracy’s flag, so far there is no back story to these guys, other than their entire political and religious structure is based around technology. The Technocracy is also not a race of people but a organization much like a trade guild or mega-corporation. Many races from many walks of life behind an organization large enough to claim sovereignty.
The Toleric Technocracy has its own privatized military force, and its warship are the most feared and sought after in the galaxy.
Design concepts came from my two passions, space and machinery.
Finished the Teloric Flag today(Quantelian Flag a few months ago), time was about 2 hours each for the flags.
Design was done, in illustrator as a wire frame, then basic colour and tone was added in Photoshop, before I moved to Painter to mix and apply colour/texture, finally they were both finished again in Photoshop. | 2019-04-23T11:56:45Z | https://worldcrafter.wordpress.com/tag/literature/ | Porn | Arts | 0.492489 |
wordpress | Cream together butter, brown sugar, eggs & vanilla. Mix in flour & cocoa powder till combined well. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into buttered 9×13 pan and bake at 350 for approximately 35-40 minutes, or until set in the center. Toothpick comes out clean on edges, but some will stick in the center. Giggle pan to check if set, small lines or cracks will form over center of mixture. Do not over bake. | 2019-04-26T06:29:29Z | https://randelcooks.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/40/ | Porn | Reference | 0.591323 |
wordpress | For some reason, these words of advice resonated with me. I guess I am a bit obsessed these days with openings and closings.
Dad’s beginning was certainly impressive: he was so small that he was put in a shoe box and placed in the oven to keep warm. I guess he was “cooking” from the day he was born.
Dad’s ending, though… did he manage to tie things up? I can’t help but think the ending was too soon as I miss him so much. But on the other hand, I know he felt that he stayed about a year and a half too long – his life after “Paula”. He struggled to find meaning. I bought him a Chicken Soup for the Soul book for the “golden years” so that maybe he’d find inspiration in those pages. Dad read it – and enjoyed some of the stories – but still asked me the question, “Why am I still here?”. In the end – a week before he passed away, he saw Ben – my oldest son graduate from high school, he heard about Katya’s athletic prowess with her many ribbons for sports including athlete of the year, he got big hugs from my youngest, David, who continued to want sleep-overs at Poppa’s house… he went flying with his son, Jamie – and he flew the plane. He even watched Ben and David create and launch pop-bottle rockets in the back yard.
The photo pasted in this post was taken a week before Dad passed away. How I wish there could be an alternate ending to his story. But there is not. Did he find meaning? I don’t know. Did he find closure? I don’t know. I am so grateful to have had my Dad for nearly 49 years. For me, I’m not sure his death is the end. There are photos to scan, memories to process, and still stories to tell.
Stacey: Dad, did you know on this past Father’s Day that this one would be your last?
Bill: I lived my life, Stacey, like every day was my last.
Stacey: How did you find the strength to turn the page to the next day?
Bill: I didn’t turn the page, Stacey, it was the Good Lord. He turned the page and gave me the opportunity to write on it.
Stacey: And how did your book end, Dad?
Stacey: TTFN, Dad. I love you.
Thank-you. My father was a wonderful man.
My father passed away unexpectedly in 1998. I still feel the shock of it sometimes. And I constantly wonder about, think about, his endings…. did he get to tie things up? I worry about that and then I worry that my kids would worry about it if anything ever happened to me. I write about those things. I don’t want my kids to worry.,,,, and just now writing that it occurs to me for the first time, my dad wouldn’t want me to ‘worry’ about that either. But I do. I think about him and his life….and I wonder. I love your writing. | 2019-04-18T19:06:23Z | https://captainduff.wordpress.com/2012/07/11/an-alternate-ending/ | Porn | News | 0.548037 |
typepad | The Cher Show on Broadway has a website and social sites and is scheduled to open in Chicago and New York.
Subscription Series, which will go on sale to the public on October 18, 2017.
The new bio-musical will feature a book by Rick Elice (Tony Award-winning best musical Jersey Boys), direction by Jason Moore (Tony Award-winning best musical Avenue Q),choreography by Tony Award-winner Christopher Gattelli (Newsies), and orchestrations, arrangements and musical supervision by Tony Award-winner Daryl Waters (Memphis). The new musical is produced by Flody Suarez (What's New Pussycat) and four-time Tony Award-winner Jeffrey Seller (Hamilton).
There’s a 2014 book, Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music, by Carla Jean Whitley that includes some additional information about Cher's experience there in 1969.
I also saw an episode of Merv Griffin with Tom Jones from back in January of 1980. He was promoting a 1979 album called Rescue Me and performing a song called “Flashback.” Merv thought it was an old song but Tom insisted it was brand new, “never before performed.” I wondered if this was the song Cher recorded for her 1976 album I’d Rather Believe in You and it was. Compare the two versions.
Here’s a good site about everyone who's covered Jackson Browne’s song “These Days” including Gregg Allman and Cher.
"Cher recorded and released a Jimmy Webb-produced covers album, Stars, that attempted to steer her in a more classic-rock direction, but to complete commercial apathy. Cher’s relationship with Allman might have had something to do with her choice of including “These Days” to join the likes of Buffalo Springfield’s “Mr. Soul” and Derek & the Dominos’ “Bell Bottom Blues” on the track listing — she didn’t just pick a recent hit of his, rather, she gravitated straight towards one of the more mournful ones. The subtle pop-country-rock arrangement on her version of “These Days,” which leans heavy on syrupy strings, still steps back just far enough to let Cher’s voice stand out as something genuinely longing above the haze of schmaltz."
An extensive blog post about that clip of Sonny & Cher at Phil Spector's Gold Star Studio in 1966.
Mashable also posted a series of pictures of Cher looking like a sullen teen while hanging out at the studio.
And where have I been but I just discovered the original version of "Sirens” by Nell Bryden.
The article talks about her “fierce tweets,” her “Cher-style viral disruption,” her ability to project an expression of a 'real' person, her outspokenness, her flamboyance, the way she “tends to downplay her hard work,” her history as a fashion trend-setter, a comedian, an actor, a “cross-genre, cross-generational pop artist,” her ability for “generating memes and moments for decades” and “meme-generating outfits.
Um, meme wasn’t even a word back when Cher was doing it.
The article credits her for a style that “that would eventually almost become commonplace on red carpets.” There’s a funny quote from her 1970s manicurist, Minnie Smith, who said, “What the hell different can you do with fingernails?” They found something.
He links to that crazy 1975 television duet with David Bowie. This clip has become a popular reference point since David Bowie died. For years I’ve never been able to decide whether these song mashups were brave or ridiculous. Probably bravely ridiculous.
And this NPR story by Desire Moses, Shocking Omissions: The Resilient Reinvention Of Cher's 'Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves' (NPR).
I feel like a whole new generation has discovered this song.
“Cher’s emboldened drawls [a perfect way to describe her singing style] transformed the song into an urgent, beguiling pop smash” and “established a pattern of storytelling reliant on exoticism,” Moses says, in reference to “Half Breed” and “Dark Lady.” Moses calls Cher a “red-carpet trailblazer” and the “poster child of 70s glam,” an innovator one step ahead of the times.
This year's statements, my Cherfriends, are not things that have been typically said about Cher by the press. This feels like a pretty big shift toward sainthood. | 2019-04-22T08:05:20Z | https://cherscholar.typepad.com/i_found_some_blog/2017/09/index.html | Porn | Reference | 0.316597 |
wikipedia | ^ J. W. Bruce. A Really Trivial Proof of the Lucas-Lehmer Test. The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol.100, No.4, pp.370–371. April 1993.
Richard Crandall and Carl Pomerance. Prime Numbers: A Computational Perspective 1st edition. Springer. 2001. ISBN 978-0-387-94777-8. 引文格式1维护：冗余文本 (link) Section 4.2.1: The Lucas–Lehmer test, pp.167–170. | 2019-04-25T17:43:15Z | https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%A2%E5%8D%A1%E6%96%AF-%E8%8E%B1%E9%BB%98%E6%A3%80%E9%AA%8C%E6%B3%95 | Porn | Reference | 0.973473 |
wordpress | "Unapologetically sneering at big beer since 1992"
It was a dry and partly sunny day when I drove over to meet Heiko Giesberg, co-owner and brewmaster at New Paltz Brewing Company in Wawarsing, NY (a small enclave in the Route 209 corridor of Ulster County). Upon arriving, I met his brother Jeff out in the parking lot, who was putting out their “Bier” sign at the road’s edge to let passersby know that the taproom was open.
Jeff escorted me around the back of the building to the brewhouse, where I met Heiko. I then spent the next 45 minutes or so getting a first-hand look at the brewing operation, where he walked me through the chapter and verse of his brewhouse process as he worked on his latest batch.
Heiko is from the Saugerties area originally, but grew up in north-central New Jersey, before ultimately returning to the place of his roots in the Hudson Valley. Having always been interested in beer and brewing, he and Jeff founded the New Paltz Brewing Company in 2013, and in their early days, Heiko brewed 12-gallon batches at a farm stand in West Park. In 2015, they found the property in Wawarsing, which allowed them to brew on a larger scale, and where they now have a kegging and bottling operation. And their taproom opened officially in October of 2016.
Being of German heritage and having actually spent several months last year brewing in Germany, Giesberg adheres largely to the ‘reinheitsgebot‘ standard, which is the Bavarian purity law of 1516 dictating that only water, barley, hops and yeast may be used in the brewing process. This law was mainly economic in its basis, as the Bavarians did not want rye and wheat to be used in brewing for fear it would drive up the price of bread, and cause economic stress on the baking industry. The law has since been modified to include all malted grains, and contains some other provisions that allow for broader distribution of product.
Although not actually in New Paltz itself, the brewery takes its name from the influence of the Huguenots, who originally left France for fear of religious persecution and fled to neighboring Germany. Some remained there, but others followed the Dutch to the new world, settling in what is now New Paltz, and naming the town after the Pfalz region of Germany from which they emigrated. Pfälzerbräu – the branded name of New Paltz Brewing Company – is a tribute to the Huguenots of New Paltz.
Giesberg told me that the most prominent guiding principle in his brewing process is experimentation. He loves trying new things, and to that point, I watched him as he steeped his latest batch of hefeweizen with a mesh bag full of orange peels. This devotion to experimenting with beer is one of the things that puts the word “craft” into the craft beer industry. Brewed and crafted by hand, with love and passion for the art form as the driving factors for each and every batch’s success.
After my extremely informative tour and observation time in the brewhouse, Heiko took me into his tap room, where Jeff was already serving fresh lagers and ales to local patrons. Jeff gladly walked me through samples of each beer on their list, from the German ale style known as Altbier (translating to “old beer”), to a Grätzer, which is a smoked wheat.
Of all of their taproom offerings, the only one I would say I didn’t enjoy was the Keller, and it was not for lack of its quality or trueness to style. I think it’s just that this particular variety of German lager doesn’t appeal to the tongue of the affirmed ale lover in me.
The Sauerkraut beer was interesting, and when I asked Heiko “does it really taste like sauerkraut?,” he promptly replied “It sure does!” And how this very distinctive flavor is accomplished is primarily through the use of hops and yeast. Heiko was right – this one was a sauerkraut “bazinga!” if ever there was one. Believe it or not, I had a whole glass, and loved it.
But my favorite offering from Giesberg’s brewhouse is the Hefeweizen. Done perfectly to style, with the flavor of the wheat taking front and center, it was a little maltier than most other hefeweizens you’ll try, which appealed to me immensely.
If you enjoy great craft beer brewed in the German tradition, you owe it to yourself to visit the New Paltz Brewing Company, where the Giesberg brothers are setting standards for quality that you’ll be pleased with.
Forget about us, we want to know about YOU! Where do you seek out quality craft beer? What's the best you've ever had? Are you a snob like Todd? | 2019-04-23T06:06:43Z | https://hudsonvalleybeersnob.wordpress.com/2017/05/14/hoppin-on-over-to-pfalzerbrau/ | Porn | Business | 0.914518 |
wordpress | The story takes the form of a letter, written by Gemma to Ty, reflecting on those strange and disturbing months in the outback. Months when the lines between love and obsession, and love and dependency, blur until they don’t exist–almost.
Now, I feel like I really enjoyed this book because at the time this is the kind of book I was looking for. I was looking for the Stockholm syndrome- I was looking for that bond and that experience of the characters. But I also was kind of let down because I was really hoping for more intimacy and I know that sounds really weird coming from me but I was just wanting them to be more connected with each other I was actually kind of sad they didn’t have those moments and such.
Another reason why I really like these type of books is they make you feel things for the people you shouldn’t. Ty was an outstanding example of this. He was good. He was a GOOD person. To me anyways.
But Gemma, she was so bland. She was not the type of heroine I was looking for in this story. And if I’m being quite honest- she didn’t deserve Ty. Oh yes. I went there.
I enjoyed the book. I truly did. I enjoyed the setting and the things that took place and I was genuinely happy with the book. I just wanted more from the characters. I wanted way more than what I actually got. | 2019-04-22T21:59:37Z | https://talonsbereadlist.wordpress.com/2018/02/01/stolen-christopher-lucy/ | Porn | News | 0.40866 |
wordpress | The XML send by outbound message from Salesforce comes with namespace which I cannot parse as most XML tags by SimpleXML.
When google for related solution, it seems children might be the solution, but I cannot find an example that match my case. There are other potential solution like xpath, SoapServer, XML Parser, XMLReader, and even Force.com Toolkit for PHP. But I preferred to keep it simple, and focus on SimpleXML.
the name comes with namespace, use children(‘namespace’) before the tag.
the name doesn’t comes with namespace, use the tag name.
the tag contains a xmlns, use children(‘namespace’) before the tag.
the tag contains a definition of a namespace by xmlns, the namespace might be references in children later.
It’s difficult to understand above rules. I will show you an example to help.
Here is the sample xml file we need to use. It is generated by Salesforce Outbound Message and has many namespace in these tags.
I get the filed value of CreatedDate by following code fragment.
$rcXML is the object of the interpreted XML file by simplexml_load_string(). What I need to access is in between of <sf:CreatedDate> and </sf:CreatedDate>.
First, I need to drill down from begin. $rcXML->children(‘http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/’)->Body point to the block between <soapenv:Body> and </soapenv:Body>. The definition of soapenv is “http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/” which may be found in the second line of the xml file as xmlns:soapenv=”http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/”. If you use “soapenv” in children() as mentioned in the post in StackOverflow, it won’t work. You should follow the syntax in this article by Kevin Yank.
Next, $rcXML->children(‘http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/’)->Body->children(‘http://soap.sforce.com/2005/09/outbound’)->notifications point to the block between <notifications xmlns=”http://soap.sforce.com/2005/09/outbound”> and </notifications>. The xmlns=”http://soap.sforce.com/2005/09/outbound” means it is the default namespace for notifications. That’s why we have to use children().
$rcXML->children(‘http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/’)->Body->children(‘http://soap.sforce.com/2005/09/outbound’)->notifications->Notification->sObject point to the block between <sObject xsi:type=”sf:Lead” xmlns:sf=”urn:sobject.enterprise.soap.sforce.com”> and </sObject>. It contains namespace definition for sf and is not the default namespace, we don’t need to use children() before sObject. BTW, urn is Universal Resource Name, Some names space use it instead of url which means Uniform Resource Locator.
Last, $rcXML->children(‘http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/’)->Body->children(‘http://soap.sforce.com/2005/09/outbound’)->notifications->Notification->sObject->children(‘urn:sobject.enterprise.soap.sforce.com’)->CreatedDate point to the block between <sf:CreatedDate> and </sf:CreatedDate>. sd, the namespace, is defined in <sObject>, we need to use children and its urn to be able to access the value in <sf:CreatedDate>.
The full program as below. You need to save the xml files as the one I used in my program “OutboundMessage.xml” and put them in the same directory to make it work.
StackOverflow: simplexml help how do I parse this?
Thanks so much! Saved me today.
This article looks promising compared to the rest I’ve been seeing until I tried it on my own and won’t get the desired result.
I suggest you read the thread: salesforce Outbound message Listener and use tanakahisateru / salesforce-wfoutbound-sample.php instead.
BTW, i didn’t see the ReferenceNumber you have mentioned in my XML.
Thank you very much you saved my life today !
I’d been struggling with this – this article’s step by step of wading down the XML namespace tree really made it clear what I needed to do. I probably looked at 10 other articles/example before finding this one. Thank you for taking the time to bring some clarity to dealing with namespaces with SimpleXML. | 2019-04-26T10:42:32Z | https://amigotechnotes.wordpress.com/2013/11/16/parse-xml-with-namespace-by-simplexml-in-php/comment-page-1/ | Porn | Reference | 0.285258 |
wordpress | Trait /trāt/ (n) – a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.
Hm. What is distinguishing about me?
First, when compared with many of my family, I have weird eating habits. I will generally choose to eat fruits and vegetables instead of most meat dishes. I am not the typical Stegmannus carnivorius. Not only do I have trouble digesting meats and highly fatty (read: fried) foods, but I love a good salad. Especially if it has crumbled blue cheese on it. I love cheese too, and thankfully, dairy doesn’t seem to bother me.
My third trait is really a lack of a trait. I cannot smell. So yeah, that’s weird. My mother can’t either, and we have no idea why. I’ve never found any explanation, and I usually go along with people when they say something smells in any way. Unless I’m going to have to see this person all of the time, in which case, I attempt to remind them that I can’t smell and they should expect me to understand whatever smell they just complimented or condemned.
Finally, I really don’t like Johnny Depp, which apparently is weird. I don’t find him particularly attractive and most of his movies creep me out. And what’s with those purple sunglasses? The only movie I can stand him in is Chocolat – and he’s not exactly the lead character.
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faqs | Abstracts: Firms' technological resources and the performance effects of diversification: a longitudinal study. When do firms undertake Rand D by investing in new ventures?
Abstracts: First-in-class biologic to enter rheumatoid arthritis fray. Alfimeprase to succeed Genentech's alteplase? Antibacterial discovery and development-the failure or success?
Abstracts: Fiscal adjustment in EU countries: a balance sheet approach. The determination of capital controls: which role do exchange rate regimes play?
Abstracts: Flexible funding. Accounting Standards Board UITF Abstract 38 Accounting for ESOP trusts. What can we do about the weather? | 2019-04-25T22:44:58Z | http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/Business/p-71-Abstracts.html | Porn | Business | 0.967975 |
wordpress | It’s that time of the year again… Every-one is waiting for the summer to end and autumn to take over. But I’m waiting for something completely different.
Yes! I’m going back to the film festival in Gent… And this year is going to be awesome… For one Joseph Gordon-Levitt is coming… Yes, I know I’m a bit fan-girling right now, but he’s just so awesome and I can’t wait to see his movie Don Jon. I’ll bet you it’s going to be great.
Other movies I’m psyched about are the fifth estate. I worked a few days on that set while they were filming here in Belgium and I can’t wait to see the result. The other one I’m really excited to see is Lovelace I think it’s called. It’s with Amanda Seyfried and James Franco… Two actors I love to see at work. I don’t know the directors of this movie and I’m always on the lookout for new directors and their way of telling a story. The trailer promises an interesting movie so I hope it delivers.
The next movie I can’t wait to see is Kill Your Darlings. It’s also going to be the first movie I see from that director. But I’ve heard such good things about this one that I’m dying to see this movie. I hope Daniel Radcliffe is able with this one to distance himself from Harry Potter. In the Woman in Black I seriously had the impression of seeing Harry Potter in a new movie, but I know Daniel is a great actor so I hope for him that with one he can persuade the others to see him as the great actor he is.
, but also the Spectacular Now. Yes, I’m a sucker for romantic movies and I’ be been waiting since the news that they were filming it, to watch this movie.
These are only a few of the movies I’m going to see the next 12 days. I’ll try this time to talk about each movie I’m going to watch… So bear with me, it’s going to be a hell of a ride. | 2019-04-21T05:08:30Z | https://thoughtsofayoungadult.wordpress.com/2013/10/ | Porn | Arts | 0.403943 |
wordpress | Last week I stepped in for DJ Slimzee to cover his Slimzos Sessions on NTS which was also the 1st MC showcase with Jammz, Izzie Gibbs & Mez touching down to spray bars.
Stream the set via the Mixcloud below or stream & download from the Soundcloud above. Full tracklist included.
Here’s my ‘Grimey Mondays’ 26th January 2015 show with Slew Dem (G Man, Rage & Majicall) in session along with NEW tunes from Rynsa Man, DJ Cable, Treble Clef, P Money, Jammz, Rossi B & Luca, Alias, Asa & Sorrow, Killjoy, JD Reid, Laetho, AWE, Lumes, AJ Tracey, Lyka, Novelist x Mumdance & more! So click here or the Deja Vu FM logos for the download! | 2019-04-25T20:50:48Z | https://spookybizzle.wordpress.com/2015/01/ | Porn | News | 0.848961 |
askmen | Apple Sets Date For June WWDC — But What's In Store?
Apple's 2015 software upgrades will help shape the smartphone and tablet market.
Apple is hosting its annual WWDC event for developers on June 8-12, and there's plenty of speculation about what could be in store for iOS and Mac OS X: A new streaming service, a major upgrade for Apple TV and a fresh iPad interface could all be on the cards.
Apple has sent out invites for its Worldwide Developers Conference, confirming the dates for this year's event as June 8-12 this summer. The occasion is traditionally used to showcase the latest software for Apple's mobile devices and computers, and the tech world is busy speculating about what the Cupertino company could have to show off this time around.
At the head of the line as far as launch rumors go is a Beats-powered rival to Spotify. Industry insiders are suggesting that Apple has seen the light as far as streaming music goes and wants to make it part of the iTunes package, using the $3 billion Beats purchase as the main cornerstone of the service. The fact that the iOS 8.4 beta features a revamped music player app has only added fuel to the fire as far as the streaming rumor goes.
The WWDC invite sent out to the tech press included the tagline "the epicenter of change" — this has lead some to suggest that a big smart home update is in the offing, powered by Apple's HomeKit platform and using the Apple TV as its central hub. It's a part of the market that's moving fast so it wouldn't be surprising if Apple had something to announce here.
As iOS 8 was such a big leap forward, iOS 9 is expected to be a less significant upgrade, with stability and bug-fixing the main priorities. The usual split-screen iPad interface rumors are doing the rounds, as they have been for several years, and that fits in with persistent speculation we've been hearing about a super-sized version of Apple's iconic tablet.
Apple has yet to confirm anything about iOS 9 or the next version of Mac OS X, but one thing is for sure: Selfie sticks are banned from WWDC. Hidden away in the 2015 attendance policy is a line that says "you may not use selfie sticks or similar monopods within Moscone West or Yerba Buena Gardens." It seems even one of the world's most forward-looking technology companies isn't ready to embrace the photo-taking trend of today just yet.
Ask The Big Question: Will Apple finally be able to release a version of the Apple TV that wins everyone over?
Disrupt Your Feed: Apple's hardware may be a cut above, but its software is playing catch-up with its competitors, particularly on mobile.
Drop This Fact: The first iPhone ran software called iPhone OS in 2007 — it didn't become iOS until 2010, just before the first iPad appeared. | 2019-04-22T16:09:30Z | https://www.askmen.com/news/tech/apple-sets-date-for-june-wwdc-but-what-s-in-store.html | Porn | Business | 0.158241 |
wordpress | Each year for the past nine years CareerXroads has conducted a survey about the sources of new hires. The most recent survey, “Meltdown in 2009 and What It Means for a 2010 Recovery” (full report available here), solicited source of hire stats for 43 large companies, who collectively filled 176,000 positions in 2009. While the sample size is small, and arguments can and have been made about the accuracy and applicability of the statistics, the survey results are nevertheless revealing, and have some important implications for how job seekers invest their job hunt energy.
Internal transfers and promotions were the source of 51% of all full-time hires in 2009. This is up by 19% from 2006.
Referrals account for 26.7% of all external hires, and yield an average of one hire for every 15 received.
Job boards and corporate career sites accounted for 22.3% and 13.2% of new hires respectively, 35.5% in total.
Third party recruiters accounted for 2.3% of all external hires in 2009, down from 5.2% in 2005.
2.3% of external new hires were people who walked in the door.
Let’s start exchanging information that job seekers can use to connect with real people, not Applicant Tracking Systems.
For example, Fannie Mae has a ton of diverse openings across the US. Does anyone have a recruiter name for Fannie Mae? How about a the name and contact info of a Hiring Manager?
What about other companies you’ve applied to? Do you have contact information you can share?
Are you looking for contact information for a company? If so, enter your request under the comments.
So, let’s start helping each other: If you have an interest in applying directly to a REAL PERSON, add a comment here.
I just happened to stumble upon this amazing article yesterday as I was cooling my heels waiting to board a flight to New Jersey.
I had picked up the latest copy of Fortune magazine (the headline “How to Find a Job” caught my attention), and was THRILLED to see so many of the ideas and tips we’ve espoused here laid out in the article.
This is a MUST READ for every job seeker out there. We’ve talked endlessly here about the hidden job market, the resume black hole, and why it is vital that you find creative ways to reach the people responsible for hiring decisions.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are suffering from an exodus of senior and midlevel managers. The companies have been unable to replace executives who have either been pushed aside as part of last year’s government takeover, or who sought refuge at less stigmatized companies offering better pay and a more predictable future.
News articles are another great resource for finding the elusive hidden job market. A quick search at Indeed.com shows that Fannie Mae has over 1,300 openings!
Stocks surged Thursday to their highest levels in two months after banking giant Wells Fargo & Co. surprised the market with an early profit report that blew past analysts’ expectations thanks to a strong increase in its lending business.
Sallie Mae is the nation’s leading provider of student loans and administrator of college savings plans, has helped millions of Americans achieve their dream of a higher education. The company primarily provides federal and private student loans for undergraduate and graduate students and their parents.
Sallie Mae said Monday that it will bring 2,000 jobs to the U.S. within the next 18 months as it shifts call center and other operations from overseas.
Aside from call center positions, the nation’s largest private student lender will be looking for individuals to fill information technology and operations support roles.
Sallie Mae runs facilities in 20 U.S. locations including Lynn Haven, Fla.; Fishers, Ind.; Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Killeen, Texas and Newark, Del.
Browse their online job listings here. Click the ‘read more’ button below to see how to avoid the black hole! | 2019-04-21T02:51:06Z | https://plasticskyscraper.wordpress.com/category/hidden-job-market/ | Porn | Business | 0.858433 |
wordpress | April 2016 – Millicent You.
Some questions from Meek Milly Musing, I believe there is no stupid question but the answer is what can have the power to impact your life either positively or negatively!!! Your questions may be different to Milly's do you know what yours are? Please Please Please dwell on the positive and if by chance some are difficult to answer maybe you can change or maybe you need to have someone hear you out but don't suffer yourself to have all the answers....YOU ARE NOT AN ISLAND, TOBAGO IS THOUGH!!! | 2019-04-24T16:47:49Z | https://millicentyou.wordpress.com/2016/04/ | Porn | Reference | 0.625586 |
wordpress | Well, I only have a few more days in the village. Sorry I haven’t been writing more frequently. Mostly I’ve just been working on my research. It’s been really enjoyable to talk to people in the village though, to ask them about their religious observances. It’s been wonderful to be welcomed into their temples, and to see the way they worship. I’ve learned once again how similar human beings really are. As I watch them go to their holy places to pray for their families, for good health, for good employment, I can relate to the things that they’re feeling. I’ve gained a lot of respect for the faith that they demonstrate, for the depth of the emotions motivating them.
I’ll have to write more about that in the future as I’m processing these experiences and writing my paper.
The other big news is that Aaron, one of my best friends from high school and college, is visiting me in India for ten days. He flew into Chennai early Sunday morning. We went to church there, then caught the night train to Madurai and spent Monday seeing the giant Sree Meenakshi Temple in the city. On Tuesday morning we took the bus to Coimbatore and Chavadi, and he’s been hanging out with us as we’re wrapping up our last days in the village before leaving on the world religions tour. It’s been cool to have Aaron here, to be able to have someone else see what I’ve been seeing.
Well, we’re on our way to visit Shanti Ashram one last time, so I’d better get this posted.
This entry was posted in byu india field study and tagged chavadi, chavadipudur, chennai, gratitude, madurai, sacred space, shanti ashram, sree meenakshi temple. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-21T06:42:51Z | https://maskedmallard.wordpress.com/2005/07/07/a-few-more-days-in-chavadi/ | Porn | News | 0.291369 |
wordpress | 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things….
I can’t help but feel I need to be intentionally purposeful in all my actions until it one day becomes effortless, (if that’s even possible). I mean, the goal of the Christian life is to become like Jesus but that most certainly does not happen over night! (Although…after reading ‘Tortured for Christ’ it would appear that many NEW believers showed astounding acts of love to their torturers which, in turn, led them to Christ.) Anyways, I’m sure I will be striving toward this goal until the day I die. BUT, the more I practice the more my heart will change by the grace of God, which is a gift. Yes. God’s grace is a gift.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
And that’s what God will judge us (as believers) on…the fruit we produce throughout our walk with Him. I’m concerned over this fact because for many years I wasn’t producing anything but selfish thorns and weeds, in my opinion. Now that I’m more aware of what’s important in God’s eyes I want to please Him. Thank God for His patience and mercy because I fear my growth has been agonizingly slow! And sometimes I take many steps backwards rather than forward.
In my marriage I am especially guilty of being ‘irritable and resentful.’ Self-control seems to elude me at times as well as gentleness and kindness. I’m sure there are more desirable fruits I lack but it would take too long to list them here, I’M SURE. I think about the state of my marriage and if this is a test.
What if my staying in it is necessary to grow into the faithful Jesus follower I’m meant to be?
What if this marriage is meant to test my faith? Perhaps this is a general rule for all marriages.
What if all of this isn’t even about me but about showing the love of Christ to Rick? If I leave…if I give up does that mean I failed the test?
Am I meant to strive through these circumstances until I learn how to lean entirely on God to the point of overcoming this battle I find myself in?
If I can’t show love to my own husband then what does that say about me?
I’m not sure I can say I’m trying my best to intentionally show him love because I do believe I decided in my heart that I didn’t want to try anymore. How do I stay in something I believe my heart walked out on a long time ago? Only God can fix my hardened heart. Only God can heal the pain I’ve allowed to solidify around my heart like a fortress of protection, of self-preservation.
Now that’s what I call an intentional act of love! So I will intentionally try to show love to others in whatever form required for that particular circumstance. I know I’m far from perfect. And I’m guilty of knowing what I should do when the Holy Spirit softly nudges me only to choose to look the other way out of fear, doubt, or just plain laziness. I’m sure I will fall many, many more times which saddens me. But as long as I continue to get back up and sincerely repent AND keep trying, I am sure the Lord will bless my diligence however He sees fit. His grace is sufficient.
Posted by thisgirlcalledmindy on July 13, 2018 in Marriage, My Journey as a Follower of Jesus Christ and tagged diligence, fruits of the Spirit, God's grace, intentionality, love, Marriage, perseverance, sin, walking with Jesus. | 2019-04-23T00:46:34Z | https://thisgirlcalledmindy.wordpress.com/2018/07/13/purposely-pursue-love/ | Porn | Reference | 0.085354 |
wordpress | According to the people around me, I was handling the pain really well. I had a reason to be proud of myself.
My doc told me the gallstone pain was equivalent to the pain of child birth, which is something I had always been a bit scared of. Well, now I have an idea of what it will actually be like pain-wise, and as per positive #1, I have reason to believe I can handle it.
For some people, that gallstone attack would have been awful beyond the pain – it would interfere with a full time job, or child-care responsibilities etc. For me it wasn’t a problem in any other way than just hurting. This sounds weird, and on a logical level I know it isn’t right, but part of me believes in a sense of balance, so me having that attack meant someone else didn’t. And I was probably better positioned to handle this than that person.
Finding positives is proving a lot harder with the back pain. I think I’m handling the pain reasonably well, but it hurts a lot worse than the gallstone did, and I’ve cried a few times. I’ve done better. So pain-handling isn’t something to be proud of this time round, but there is one positive I can think of – this is motivating me to adopt a healthier lifestyle. The excess weight I’m carrying around didn’t cause this pain, but it can’t be helping. And more exercise would strengthen my muscles and reduce my risk of back pain like this in the future. So it’s time for change: appetite-increasing meds will no longer be acceptable excuses for overeating, and I’m going to get back on that exercise bike.
Attitude changes aside, the pain is genuinely a bit better. I had an emergency appointment with my GP yesterday, and after examining me he said the area of my back that hurts is one that’s really easy to injure (there were lots of fancy biology terms, and a model of a spine and pelvis, but this was a bit beyond me!). The upshot is diclofenac acid and codeine. I’m not sure either of those is doing very much, but I guess every little helps.
Unfortunately I couldn’t get started on the anti-inflammatories straight away as you can’t take them on an empty stomach, and I had to fast for six hours before my ultrasound (investigating my gallbladder). As predicted, that scan sucked. The bed I had to lie on was more like a dentist chair, and the technician had me turn onto my sides a couple of time which was a) PAINFUL and b) difficult anyway on a slim dentist chair when you’re trying not to dislodge the towels and gel. Plus she was pressing hard enough that it hurt, but that’s my fault for being overweight.
Anyway, that’s done now, and I get the results sometime next week. I’m currently home with my parents which makes life easier as there’s only one set of stairs to navigate. Despite the pain I’m not in a terrible mood, and I’m beginning to wonder if I have the trazodone (Desyrel) to thank for that. We’ll see. Fingers crossed I get better soon. Please please please let me get better soon!!
I am on fire at the moment, and it feels good. And no, that’s not a self-harm reference – I’m talking about getting work done. Today’s the day I was supposed to go and see Dr T for an extra session (during his week off) if I hadn’t managed to get my head down and really get going with my dissertation. My absolute horror at that idea worked as a kind of unintended incentive to push myself, and three days later I have 4000 words. Whoo!
In other news, I’m not sure what I make of the trazodone (Desyrel). I’m on 200mg nightly at the moment in the hopes it will ease my insomnia, and while it was certainly working to help me sleep solidly instead of waking up all the time, it wasn’t actually helping me get to sleep, which is my most frustrating problem. And yet about 30 mins after taking my dose this evening, my eyelids are incredibly heavy. It’s very strange.
That’s it on the news front, but there’s one more thing any readers on psych meds might be intrigued to read: I spoke to a close friend of mine who’s Dad is a consultant psychiatrist, and despite suffering with depression and suicide ideation, her Dad won’t let her take any psychiatric medications. Apparently he would rather she ‘gets through this herself’, and he wants to protect her health records. Makes you think, doesn’t it?
I saw my GP again this afternoon, and this appointment was pretty different to last time. Disappointingly so; I was in and out within a couple of minutes with a prescription for a week’s worth of trazodone (Desyrel) at 200mg.
I know I moaned about the appointment on Tuesday freaking me out with how concerned my GP was, and by how strongly he was insisting I drop out of uni. But with a little time for reflection, I’ve realized that actually, as much as it made me uncomfortable, it’s nice that someone (beyond my lovely readers here) recognized the seriousness of my situation well enough to be that concerned. Perhaps some of the people reading this might disagree, but I think things have been a bit dicey for me recently; dicey enough that it’s been scary at times. Someone recognizing that, and responding appropriately, was terrifying, but also grounding. At a subconscious level the voice goes: it’s okay 0sername, I know it feels like you’re losing control, but you’re not fighting this on your own. Your GP knows, and he won’t let your depression carry you past the point of no return.
So imagine my disappointment this afternoon when I didn’t feel there was anywhere near the same level of support. To be fair, it wasn’t literally a case of go in-get prescription-leave. I was asked if I’d thought anymore about alternatives to continuing at uni, and was urged not to self harm anymore. But that was it, and I was unpleasantly surprised when my GP handed me a prescription for a whole week’s worth of trazodone at the higher dose without any discussion on that – on Tuesday he understood my self-risk enough to prescribe me only a couple of day’s worth, and now I have a lot. And no mention of promising not to abuse these meds. I know I shouldn’t have to be bound by a promise to not OD, but that made all the difference last week as some readers may remember. I should have said something, but the disappointment was creeping in at this point, and all I wanted to do was leave.
I’m kind of worried. My depression is a little worse today; it’s back to feeling like a physical illness, or an actual weight you carry around with you. I know only too well where that can lead, and in a sense the scene has been set for some risky behaviour. I don’t mean to tempt fate with that sentence, or build a self-fulfilling prophecy, but I need to be honest. Part of me wants to go to the dustbin right now and bin everything before I can misbehave. But a stronger part of me refuses, and it’s not only because my GP wouldn’t want me to stop taking the correct dose. The darker reason is there too. And that’s what scares me.
I had therapy this afternoon, and it’s thrown me. I told Dr T about what’s been happening recently, and his reaction was to firmly tell me to stop taking meds. Stop seeing my GP, the psychiatrists etc.
His reasoning is that back when I had a psychotic depression (beginning of last year) there was a role for medications, but now my depression is caused by emotional problems, and ‘this medical drama gets in the way; it’s secondary, and takes you away from addressing the real issues here’. He correctly pointed out that all but one of the many meds I’ve been on have been useless or stress-inducing.
I reached this conclusion a while ago myself, and told my GP that maybe it was time for me to go med-free. He said no, on the basis that he’s concerned I’ll deteriorate back into that psychotic depression. Apparently it really scared him. And I didn’t argue any further.
So I don’t really know what to do or say on this. Given how worried and firm my GP was yesterday, I can’t imagine he’d allow me to go off meds right now. I know there’s almost always patient rights about making your own choices, but since we had to discuss potentially having me admitted to a psych ward I can see those choices being taken away. And I don’t actually want to stop taking meds at this point in time – for one I NEED the help to sleep (and finally, finally, a higher dose of trazodone is actually helping on that front, so that gives me a break on the Nytol ODing), but also…I want to do what my GP says. I think I wrote in my post yesterday that I have been overwhelmed by how much he seems to care even beyond dishing out pills, and as much as it scares me, I’m grateful to him. Very grateful. And doing what he says (when I don’t have any real objections myself) feels like a way to start repaying him.
On the theme of repaying kindness, and feeling bad when being the subject of someone’s care, Dr T gave me a dilemma of his own today. He isn’t working next week, so I’m not due to see him for another fortnight, but he said he’s very conscious of the time pressures I’m facing with my dissertation and wants to support me with that. He then said that if I still can’t get my head into my work after today’s session, I should come and see him on Monday morning and he’ll help me through it.
No. No no no no no. There is no way I can take him up on that offer. It’s his week off. I can’t intrude on that. His offer is SO, so generous of him, but it’s generous to the point that I can’t bear it. It’s too kind so I can’t accept it. I don’t know how to repay that kindness. So whatever state my dissertation is in by Monday, I won’t head to his office.
Taking a step back, isn’t it weird how kindness towards you can be really uncomfortable, because it seems undeserved? And isn’t it weird that acts of genuine kindness feel like taking on a special kind of debt? A debt you can’t easily or obviously repay. | 2019-04-23T09:06:42Z | https://mentallyquestionable.wordpress.com/tag/desyrel/ | Porn | Health | 0.958947 |
wordpress | This year concludes, as it began, with a simple image of a hemlock cone. This was not intentional on my part, it’s simply how things work sometimes. It’s a different tree, in a different forest, three hundred and sixty five days apart.
The year for me as a photographer, artist, father, husband, and human has been wonderful. As I look back on that photo from January the first of this year, I had no idea where life was taking me. I’ve grown in my skill and resolve on so many levels and that tiny seed seems an appropriate symbol to reflect on. This diminutive seed has the potential to become a massive and wonderful tree, if the elements are correct, producing seeds of its own. So, as the year concludes, or rather, cycles into the next, I look forward to the potential outcomes and many more experiences which add to my life.
This entry was posted in macro, Nature, Photography and tagged cycles, life, potential, reflections on December 31, 2017 by Ed Lehming Photography.
There’s a Trail there, somewhere.
An icy hike, in -20 C temperatures, but glorious, nonetheless. I spend two hours breaking trail in this frigid wonderland. More images and thoughts to follow.
This entry was posted in Photography on December 30, 2017 by Ed Lehming Photography.
This is an image from yesterday’s hike in a nearby forest. Like the quote says, winter is reduced to three shades, with a hint of faded colour. This tangle of trees seems to say “Do Not Enter” as they fade into the distant, chilly darkness. Even the purity of the snow speaks unfriendly notes of warning as the forest is locked in a robe of ice.
It’s hard to imagine that mere months ago, I was swatting mosquitoes in this same spot as I photographed orchids along the trail. Though, I have to admit, I do like the change of seasons, as each reveals new aspects of the scenes before me.
I was going to say that yesterday’s hike, at minus seventeen degrees celsius was cold, which it was, but today dawned at a crisp minus twenty-seven, making me reconsider a hike today. It may be a sit back and read day.
This entry was posted in Abstract, Art, Landscape, Photography and tagged Canada, cold, desolate, winter on December 28, 2017 by Ed Lehming Photography.
This entry was posted in Photography on December 27, 2017 by Ed Lehming Photography.
Though the forest image above is far from terrifying, at least for me, it can be a dark, foreboding place to many people, especially when you look deeper into the forest, as the tree trunks weave ever tighter and form a dark wall. Yet, even this wall has a gap and the sunshine pours through it, streaming into the path before me.
There’s something about winter light, it’s the coolness, perhaps, that makes it feel so much clearer. Definitely not warmer, but still refreshing in its own way.
The trails are now fully snow filled an I’m about to head out again to see what the day brings.
This entry was posted in Abstract, Art, Landscape, Nature, Photography and tagged forest, light, trees on December 27, 2017 by Ed Lehming Photography.
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas. Hoping this find everyone healthy and happy and enjoying this time of the year in whatever way brings you joy, even through this Christmas post from the Secord Forest trailhead.
This entry was posted in Nature, Photography and tagged Christams, ORTA, pot, Secord Forest on December 24, 2017 by Ed Lehming Photography.
Here it is, the first day of winter, the Winter Solstice. Though snow has been on the ground for a few days now, this is my first real venture onto the trails for a few days. I am now on Christmas holidays and decided that since work is done and presents wrapped, I’ spend a few hours on the trails just clearing my mind.
Today was bright, but overcast and quite chilly at -8 degrees celsius. This also meant that I had the trails to myself, which I prefer. With a few mild days before and the cold today the trails were a bit icy, but not treacherous, as they often get after heavy traffic packs the snow down. So, I was able to hike in boots, without the need of cleats yet.
The change that a bit of snow brings is astounding. Light appears in places that have been shaded all summer and the lack of leaves opens the forest up so you can see further and deeper, revealing the subtle changes that the previous three seasons have created. I’m also seeing things ‘more’. I’m more aware of subtle changes in the forest, since I’m out making photos all years and that has made me more aware of the things around me. So, I am experiencing this first day of winter with new eyes and a new perspective and simply having the time to fully immerse myself in it.
This entry was posted in Art, Landscape, Nature, Photography and tagged forest, snow, Solstice, winter on December 21, 2017 by Ed Lehming Photography. | 2019-04-23T16:46:16Z | https://edlehming.wordpress.com/2017/12/ | Porn | Arts | 0.453271 |
wordpress | The Talanoa Dialogue in the UNFCCC [United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change] negotiations extends a broad invitation to share low-carbon stories on how to move from ‘where do want to go?’ to ‘how do we get there?’. The aim is to ratchet up ambition in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to bring them in line with the Paris Agreement (PA) climate goals.
One way of doing so is to look back at past low-carbon successes. Although the required transformations of the energy and agriculture systems are challenging, governments and other actors have successfully started in various sectors. What if other countries could learn from this and implement similar policies? What if the success stories could be scaled up and replicated around the world? Would that result in the necessary greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions?
In our article ‘Reducing global GHG emissions by replicating successful sector examples – the good practice policies scenario’, we show that replicating a selection of successful sector policies could halve the global emission reductions by 2030 that are required if we are to keep global temperature rise below 2 °C. These sectoral policies cover about 65% of global emissions. By 2030, a scale-up of such policies would reduce emissions by around 10 GtCO2e, compared to currently implemented policies.
Examples of successful sectoral policies are the German feed-in tariff for renewable energy, the carbon tax in Norway to reduce flaring and venting, and the Action Plan for Deforestation in Brazil. If the impact of such policies were to be achieved in all countries, global emissions by 2030 would be reduced by around 4 GtCO2e in the electricity sector, 1 GtCO2e in the oil and natural gas production sector, and 0.7 GtCO2e in the forestry sector, relative to the emission level expected to result from current policies (see Figure).
Figure 1: GHG emission levels (including LULUCF) as a result of implementing the selected nine good practice policies together. The emission levels are compared to global emissions resulting from the full implementation of the NDCs and a 2 C pathway.
A natural follow-up question(s) is that of whether and how countries could learn from each other and implement similar policies. On the one hand, country contexts matter. Culture, customs, institutions, policy settings and economic circumstances differ between countries. On the other hand, there are examples of policy learning and replication, such as the Chinese Emissions Trading System (ETS), which was set up after studying the implementation of the European Union (EU) trading system.
Literature on policy learning tells us that it is important to embrace the complexity of the policy landscape by a learning process of sufficient background information on policy context, success factors and differences between countries, as well as by experimentation. Again, the Chinese ETS is a good example, as it first experimented with provincial ETS, with slightly differing features, to see what would work best. Also, the currently developed Chinese ETS design proposes an output-based allowance allocation, mirroring the nature of China’s national policy targets.
What does this tell us about the ‘how do we get there?’ question of the Talanoa dialogue? In an atmosphere of trust, countries should be able to tell their stories of successful policy implementation, transparently share insights about sources of success and causes of failure, compare policy environments, and learn from each other. The resulting library of policies, contexts and success factors can be combined with the results from the UNFCCC technical expert meetings to ratchet up NDCs.
Such a process could be effectively supported by both social science insights into translating policies for various contexts, and quantitative modelling on policy impacts on greenhouse gas emission reductions. Further research could include more policies addressing other sectors, sub-sectors or sector activities, providing more opportunities for further reductions. At the same time, more research will also be needed to further improve realistic emission pathways, by addressing country-specific circumstances, accounting for implementation barriers and identifying important factors for policy learning.
Our main conclusion is that learning from other countries’ policies and implementing the related findings may bring the PA climate goals closer within reach. The Talanoa Dialogue would be the perfect platform to make this happen.
Mark Roelfsema is a Researcher in International Climate Policy at PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.
Additional authors to the CPJ article: Hanna Fekete, Niklas Höhne, Michel den Elzen, Nicklas Forsell, Takeshi Kuramochi, Heleen de Coninck, Detlef P. van Vuuren.
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wordpress | Vultures are frightening looking birds, but I’m pretty pleased with this one I snapped zipping across the Delta floodplains in Botswana, Africa. Hey, ho.
This African bush elephant, also known as the African savanna elephant was right onto me when I pointed my camera at it. I was ready to hide behind a huge tree – not a little tree. The African bush Elephant, is the larger of the two species of African elephants, and the largest living terrestrial animal. These elephants were previously regarded as the same species but studies proved that to be wrong. I knew that. Hooray.
How wonderful it was to see this magnificent Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl while on a long walking safari at Camp Okavango on the Delta floodplains in Botswana. It is the largest owl in Africa. Without my 600mm lens I would not have been able to successfully snap this image. Hey, ho.
Female baboons refuse to give up their young after they die. The baboons believe they could come back to life. They will carry the dead infant until it decays – then it is left for the vultures. That’s very sad indeed. It is rare for someone to photograph this type of behaviour – but I got lucky. I snapped this picture in the Delta floodplains near Camp Moremi.
I saw these African Elephants coming towards me at the Elephant Camp in Zimbabwe, so I decided it was a perfect opportunity to keep shooting pictures until their ears were all up and flapping together. I shot fifteen frames with a 18-300 mm lens before I decided their ears were all up and flapping how I wanted them to be. Then I scampered off. A lucky shot. Yippee.
More than seven years ago the good people at the Elephant Camp in Zimbabwe adopted an abandoned cheetah cub. They named him Sylvester. As soon as Sylvester opened his eyes he believed the people who held him in their arms were his family. Now, every day Sylvester is taken for a walk into the wilderness. When he is far away from the camp, he is let loose and goes on the hunt for buffalo or any animal he desires. Sylvester has never caught anything – but he runs until he is totally exhausted. As soon as he’s caught his breath he returns to his family. Life goes on. Yippee.
The vulture tree in Chobe National Park in Botswana, Africa. As it was the first time I’d ever seen vultures in the wild, and knowing what they were waiting for, it was a frightening sight. There were dozens more vultures circling in the sky waiting their turn for a feed. I was totally in awe.
My hints and opinions when on safari. I have been on more than a dozen safaris of different types since I’ve been in Africa so I am able to inform you what you might expect.
*On safari in a truck, do no sit in the back seat which is over the axle. The roads are so bumpy your back, knees and bum will be stuffed in no time. I’ve been there done that. My buttocks will never be the same.
*There is no need to buy expensive clothes and boots that blend into the colours of the bush. I proved that at four different camps by wearing bright coloured clothes all the time.
*Do not expect to see wild animals every day. You may never see the “big five”. It’s the luck of the draw. You may not see a kill or anything as “exciting” as that. However, many tourists get to experience that (and you should hear them brag). I didn’t see anything like that. And I didn’t see any photos.
*There are early morning starts and many late nights so get yourself (reasonably) fit. Start walking now and see your doctor (even it is only to see the nurse).
*Be prepared to pile on the beef. Watch your gut. To resist the top tucker and alcohol would be a bloody sin.
*Be patient, relax, and enjoy the amazing colourful wilderness and the sweet sounds of birds and scary sounds of wild animals.
*Gin and tonic is essential during morning and afternoon safaris.
*You will always see an elephant or two somewhere. Some are so close you can almost touch them. Some are so far away you need binoculars or a telephoto lens to see them.
*If you want half decent images, apart from a small lens on your camera, you need a decent telephoto lens. At least a 300mm or 400mm lens. If I didn’t take my 150-600mm lens I would have been stuffed like a Impala trapped by a crazed hyena.
*Do not walk from your camp during the night without an experienced guide. Some wild animals sleep at night, but some love to hunt. Don’t risk your life for the sake of a stroll. I’d hate you be eaten by a grubby mad warthog. They tend to go straight for the throat or the testicles.
*On one of your trips in Africa make sure you stay at Chobe Game Lodge in Botswana for at least three days.
*For any person or photographer who are desperate to snap great images you will need at least a few months in Africa and go on as many game drives as possible. It just doesn’t happen when you want it too.
*If you can afford it, you can also hire your own personal guide. (Get a guide that doesn’t talk so much about animal tracks and animal poo).
*On safari, or in your camp, wherever you go, you will meet the most kind and beautiful people you could ever imagine. PAW NOTE: There were tears each time I left a camp to travel to another. Bloody fantastic.
I snapped this beautiful Malachite Kingfisher in the Delta floodplains of Camp Okavango, Botswana, Africa. The kingfisher has regular perches or stands from which it fishes. These are usually low over the water. It sits upright, its tail pointed downwards. It drops suddenly with a splash and usually returns at once with a struggling captive. Large food items are beaten on a bough or rail; small fish and insects are promptly swallowed. A fish is usually lifted and carried by its middle, but its position is changed, sometimes by tossing it into the air, before it is swallowed head downwards. Fish, aquatic insects, and crustaceans are eaten. The kingfisher is wearing some of my favourite colours.
KUDOS FOR THE KUDU: It was the delightful safari guide, Ano, from Chobe Game Lodge in Botswana, who told me this female Kudu might jump across the track. I didn’t think it would, but I set myself up accordingly. I couldn’t believe it, when the big healthy beast leapt across the track and galloped off into the wilderness. I snapped four pictures of the action from start to finish. I asked Ano how she knew that would happened and she just giggled. | 2019-04-20T02:53:52Z | https://richardtommycampion.wordpress.com/2018/09/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.164256 |
wordpress | What is AR and how can it be used?
AR – augmented reality – is an interactive experience of a real-world environment whereby the objects that reside in the real-world are “augmented” by computer-generated perceptual information, sometimes across multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory, and olfactory. This is according to Wikipedia. Now for how it can be used.
There are any number of uses for it, but lets take a look at one here. A retail cosmetics store called Lush Lens is using it now for packaging free products. They do this by creating solid forms of shampoos and other cosmetics that have no packaging. They have an app that provides all the info you need for each product. The customer comes into the store and uses the camera provided to point at the product they want and the app will tell them all about the product. Neat, huh? So far, Lush Lens is only in Milan, but they’re working on going global.
This is just one way AR is being used. Other companies are looking into it because plastics are becoming a real source of problems for our wildlife. Discarded containers are making their way into our oceans, causing a huge amount of troubles for the marine life there. Turtles, for instance, love to eat jellyfish. But they can’t distinguish them from some types of plastic waste that ends up floating on our oceans and so will swallow that instead. These products can’t go through the turtles’ digestive processes and so cause considerable difficulties. Often death. We need to be kinder to our wild friends. So companies are now starting to look into this problem.
There are other ways this problem is being looked into at present. I’ll write about them in the next installment of our AR articles next week. | 2019-04-19T02:56:33Z | https://robotaficionado.wordpress.com/2018/10/12/what-is-ar-and-how-can-it-be-used/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.726243 |
typepad | I sometimes think the world has forgotten about friendship and its roll in life and work. Thank you for posting this thoughtful article.
They look like they are a happy group of friends, too. | 2019-04-23T19:51:41Z | https://momocrats.typepad.com/momocrats/2011/10/kirsten-debbie-gabby-in-friendship-we-trust.html | Porn | Reference | 0.378528 |
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wordpress | I don’t know if you all can tell, but I’ve been a little off these past two weeks. I honestly haven’t been myself and I promise you I’ve been trying to get back to my normal self. I can’t blame it on lack of inspiration because to be honest, my brain has been overflowing with ideas. I have so many blog posts planned out from now through April, but for some reason I just can’t bring myself to write them out.
I can’t blame it on the lack of time. As much as I complain about not having time for anything, I’ve got to be real with myself: I make time for what I want to make time for. There’s always something to do in Miami. Instead of me trying to make it to every event, I need to think long and hard about which events are worth going to. I need to stop saying yes to everything, which is kind of difficult on my end. I’m not one to be out on the scene all the time, but let’s be honest I love going to events especially if they are free. Whenever I see free it’s hard for me to decline.
But not in an oh I’m stressed, what was I thinking, why did I think I could do this mindset. I’m more so overwhelmed because on March 17th I filed my name with the state of Florida. I am officially a brand, business and a boss. Shea What’s Real, LLC is on and poppin as of the referenced date. I was excited as soon as I typed in my credit card information to complete my transaction, but as soon as I received the certificate I was nervous. Shea What’s Real, LLC is more than just a business. Just like with anything I attach my name to, I take pride in it and it’s not taken lightly. I want to make sure I’m doing everything that lines up with my purpose and God’s vision for me.
I began advertising my services and it seems to be going okay. I don’t think I’ll fully be content with everything until I begin seeing things manifest. I have so many ideas and visions for my business it sometimes seems bigger than life. I don’t want to feel like a small fish in a big pond anymore. I want to be the big pond. I want will shake this feeling of doubt and discouragement. I will be bigger than I see myself. I will continue to be a boss and whip everything into shape! I want you to know you are not alone *MJ voice*. I’m over here feeling bad just by writing this post but just like with my friends, I want to be transparent with you. I don’t want you all thinking I have it all together. My life is a rollercoaster as well. Keep in mind like at the amusement park, the ride slows down and we have to get off the ride eventually.
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wordpress | A delicious dry curry without onion. Fresh coconut, tomato, garlic and some spices makes the curry flavourful and lip-smacking.
My mom used to make this curry with only tomato and garlic. She rarely used onions and the taste was awesome. Today I have followed her recipe but added fresh coconut too.
If you don’t have coconut you can omit it. Sometimes I also make it without coconut. With or without both are delicious. Or you can make it without garlic too. Use only tomato, ginger, coconut, green chilli and spices. You can use lemon juice instead of dry mango powder or use both if you like tangy curry.
Crush the cardamom, cinnamon and cloves in a mortal pastel.
Boil the overnight soaked chickpeas with green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf, salt and water.
Discard bay leaf and keep aside.
Grind tomatoes, green chilli, garlic, ginger and 2 tablespoon grated fresh coconut. Make a smooth paste.
Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and let them splutter.
Now add the ground mixture, turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and kashmiri red chilli powder.
Saute till oil leaves the side.
Add boiled chickpeas, 2 tablespoon cilantro or coriander leaves and salt. Add salt carefully. We have added salt while boiling the chickpeas. Mix well.
Add remaining water of boiled chickpeas.
Stir and cook on low flame for 10 minutes or until the water absorbed.
If you want thick gravy add little more water. I have made dry curry.
Add dry mango powder and mix well. If you don’t have dry mango powder you can use lemon juice. Or use both if you like tangy taste.
Taste and adjust salt. If you like you can add little more dry mango powder or lemon juice.
Garnish with chopped cilantro or coriander leaves and grated coconut.
Serve with paratha, puri, naan, roti or Indian flat bread or any bread.
1. Add chilli according to your taste. If you like hot add more chilli.
2. You can add 1-2 tablespoon lemon juice if you like your curry tangy.
3. If you don’t like garlic you can omit it.
4. If you like the taste of coconut and want to make it without garlic, you can add 1/4 to 1/2 cup fresh grated coconut.
Chhena poda or baked cottage cheese cake.
Yes a cake but you don’t need flour or baking powder to make it.
Chhena poda is a dessert made of cottage cheese from Odisha. Its literally means roasted cheese in Odia language.
Its a very delicious baked dessert, made of fresh cottage cheese or chhena/paneer sugar, cardamom, cashew nuts and raisins. Flavour of cardamom and caramelised sugar made this dessert heavenly.
This week’s 122nd #Foodiemonday bloghop theme is #Odiacuisine.
Visit her blog for many amazing recipes. Thanks Alka for the suggestions.
To make this chhena poda or baked cottage cheese better use homemade fresh cottage cheese or paneer. Its very easy to make. Just blend cottage cheese, sugar, cardamom powder, little milk or whey, cashew nuts and raisins till smooth and bake with caramelised sugar syrup.
2. Fry cashew nuts and raisins lightly.
3. Blend paneer or cottage cheese, sugar and cardamom powder. Mix well.
4. Add milk or remaining whey of paneer. Blend till the mixture becomes smooth. Taste and adjust sugar if required. I like less sweet.
5. Add fried cashew nuts and raisins. Mix well.
6. Grease a baking pan with ghee or butter. Spread 1 tablespoon sugar and heat the pan till sugar caramelise.
When sugar caramelised switch off the flame.
7. Tilt the pan to spread the caramelised syrup all over the base.
8. Pour the paneer mixture over it.
Spread evenly with a spoon or spatula.
9. Bake in a preheated oven at 180° for 35 – 45 minutes.
10. To check insert a toothpick in the middle. If the toothpick comes out clean chhena poda is ready.
11. Take out the pan when hot and invert it on a plate to take out.
If it becomes cold sugar syrup at base will be hard and it will be difficult to come out intact.
12. Garnish with pistachio. Serve delicious chhena poda or baked cottage cheese hot or cold.
First time tried these biscuits and love the texture and taste. So tried again with lightly flavoured with Italian herbs. You can enjoy these savoury biscuits with jam or gravy.
A biscuit in the United States and parts of Canada, is a variety of small baked goods with a firm browned crust and a soft interior. They are made with baking powder or baking soda as a chemical leavening agent rather than yeast. They are similar to British scones or the bannock from the Shetland Isles.
Biscuits, soda breads, and cornbread, among others, are often referred to collectively as “quick breads,” to indicate that they do not need time to rise before baking.
First time I saw these biscuits in a food group. And tempted to try it. Thanks to Pat Clark Royalty, Nathalie Dupree and Rosie Dore for the great help. You introduced me to these delicious biscuits. Everyone in my family loved these.
Recipe is very easy and simple. Refined flour is used in it. But next time I will try with whole wheat flour. I have made these with lightly flavoured. If you like you can increase the amount of herbs for strong flavour. See notes for it.
1. Preheat your oven at 180°.
2. Combine all purpose flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, garlic powder, origano and red chilli flakes in a bowl.
3. Cut the butter into chunks and mix it into the flour with your fingers until it resembles course meal.
4. Add the buttermilk and mix just to combined.
If you feel the mixture dry add a bit more buttermilk. It should be very wet.
5. Turn the dough out onto a floured board.
6. Pat very gently. (according to original recipe it should not be rolled with a rolling pin) but I have used rolling pin. Next time I will follow as directed in the original recipe. Pat or roll the dough out until it’s about 1/2″ thick. Better don’t use rolling pin.
7. Fold the dough about 5 times, gently press the dough down to a 1 inch thick.
8. Use a round cutter to cut into rounds.
Don’t twist, cut the biscuits directly down.
9. You can gently knead the scraps together and make a few more, but they will not be anywhere near as good as the first ones.
10. Place the biscuits on a cookie sheet, if you like soft sides, put them touching each other.
If you like crusty sides, put them about 1 inch apart- these will not rise as high as the biscuits put close together.
11. Bake for about 10-12 minutes- the biscuits will be a beautiful light golden brown on top and bottom.
1. Handle the dough gently. Don’t knead much.
If you have food processor you can use it.
2. If you want fresh biscuits you can cut the dough and place on a cookie sheet and freeze. Bake for 20 minutes when required.
Remember: cut to pea like consistency. Pat to oblong. Fold into thirds. Pat again. Fold again. Cut biscuits directly down. Don’t twist the cutter. Done. Don’t make too thin.
Leftover: split, butter, cut side down in hot pan to brown.
Thanks again for these useful tips.
4. If you don’t have buttermilk mix 3/4 cup curd and 1/4 cup water or mix 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice in 1 cup milk, keep aside for 5 – 10 minutes to get the perfect buttermilk.
5. If you want strong flavour use 2 teaspoon garlic powder and 1 tablespoon origano. Add chilli flakes according to your taste.
6. My Indian readers if you make the dough soft and smooth not wet and roll out thin then it will be just like khasta mathri like snack. You can try if you like. | 2019-04-24T14:39:29Z | https://batterupwithsujata.wordpress.com/2017/12/ | Porn | Reference | 0.111933 |
wordpress | WARSAW (The Global Edition) – In the course of a routine exam, a team of Polish cardiologists, led by Dr. Paulina Maślanka, made the landmark discovery that the groove is indeed in the heart. “We have speculated about this since 1990, and we published a rather well-received paper on the subject (‘Groove is in the Heart’), but no concrete evidence was available until now,” stated Dr. Piotr Szymanski for the Global Edition.
“I couldn’t ask for another,” he added.
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wordpress | QR codes and www.checkthis.com; practical use in the classroom. | Teaching and Tech.
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wired | We've got more info – and pictures! – about the diesel hybrid Golf we've already told you Volkswagen is rolling out at the Geneva Motor Show, and it looks impressive.
According to a Google translation of Germany's Auto Bild, the potential Prius killer sports a 74-horsepower three-cylinder TDI engine – Autoblog speculates it's the 1.4-liter used in the Polo BlueMotion – mated to a 27-horsepower electric motor and a seven-speed double-clutch DSG transmission. There's a nickel-metal hydride battery in the trunk; a regenerative braking system helps keep it charged. The car has stop/start capability and a full-electric mode at low speed. An "energy monitor" display on the dashboard keeps tabs on what the powertrain is doing.
According to Auto Bild, the hybrid Golf will get 69.9 mpg and emit 90 g/km of carbon dioxide. An earlier report by Britain's Auto Express said 89 g/km, but either way that's less than the 104 g/km emitted by the Prius and 116 emitted by the Honda Civic Hybrid.
So – is Volkswagen going to build it? VW says it's just a concept at this point, but Auto Bild says it is "more than a concept car" and Auto Express flat-out says "the first hybrid Golfs are expected here (meaning Britain) late next year."
A graphic display shows where the power is coming from and how much is consumed.
Images from Volkswagen via Auto Bild. | 2019-04-21T22:47:57Z | https://www.wired.com/2008/03/revealed-volksw/ | Porn | News | 0.254407 |
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Correct that it was some time before it was ‘obvious’ that the ship was the ‘Old Heb’, but when you have researched her you almost instantly recognise her. The ‘Maggie’ – I have the official DVD copy and it still can bring a laugh to my lips. Hubert Gregg as Pusey was, for me, probably the star of the film – after the Maggie herself of course.
There are some lovely location shots: Central Hotel entrance, Crinan Canal (poaching scene, swing bridge scene, Crinan sea lock clip), Bowmore and Port Charlotte (Islay). There was talk of a re-make a few years ago but it seems to have been a non-starter. | 2019-04-23T00:07:09Z | https://peggybawn.wordpress.com/2014/09/14/return-to-the-hebrides/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.546963 |
wordpress | I love kowhais – so pretty!
Thinking of you and your family. Sending well wishes and love. | 2019-04-25T17:56:27Z | https://lisasarsfield.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/tui-and-kowhai-tdp-152/ | Porn | Arts | 0.930543 |
wordpress | Now don’t get me wrong, not all of gardening is easy. I have had many, many failures of trying to grow things these past few years in WV. I don’t really have a ‘green’ thumb, it’s probably more yellow. And being busy when I worked full time out of state, I was not able nor energized enough to weed, transplant, or take care of the garden. So I have had less than stellar growing seasons behind me.
Thankfully, times have changed. I have more time, and I have more knowledge about what I am able to grow, and how to take care of what I have!
Even with more time, I love cutting corners where it is effective. I have a toddler, and she’d rather we spend time going for walks or playing in the creek, than hanging out in the greenhouse or garden for hours. Not to mention a dog, a house to keep up with, and several side hustles (*ahem* Collins Celtic Crafts) that I’d prefer to spend more time on!
One of the best Garden Hack’s I discovered a few years ago: Planting Lettuce right into soil bags. No transferring to the garden later on. Keep the lettuce growing in your soil bags all season. It is SO easy and manageable!!
Pick out your organic lettuce seeds. I planted Simpson Lettuce, Mesclun mix, and Spinach in three separate bags.
Find a good spot with a decent amount of sunlight to lay out your bags. Ours are in a greenhouse up on shelves. You’ll want them off the ground for drainage and to keep more critters off of them!
Cut squares about 2 inches apart on the tops of the bags. Make them big enough for the soil to get some sun and water.
Follow seed packet directions. I usually put at least 2 seeds per square, in case one seed doesn’t germinate. I’ve been fairly lucky with these bags, and about 90% of the seeds I planted have produced.
Once you’ve finished planting the seeds. Water thoroughly. I use the Mist setting on our sprayer about 12″ above the squares so I don’t wash out the seeds!
Keep an eye on your bags. Check the soil daily. You don’t want it to dry out completely. Keep them moist. Since my bags are in the greenhouse, they need daily watering. I do one ‘no-no’ and water mine in the evenings, but this has never caused a problem for me! The general garden rule is to water plants in the early morning.
Watch your lettuce grow and enjoy when mature leaves have formed!
I just planted my bags this week, so I expect my mature lettuce, mesclun and spinach to be ready by early June. Right on time for summer dinners outside at the picnic table!
Here are some images of my herbs and other produce that I started within the last two weeks!
Have you tried this Garden Hack before? How did it work out for you? I’d love to hear about your gardens! Please comment.
Thank you for sharing my post! I look forward to reading more of your work! | 2019-04-23T10:14:57Z | https://collinscelticcrafts.wordpress.com/2017/04/28/garden-hack-1/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.432392 |
wordpress | So I didn’t realize that I never posted about this book! Astrid Lindgren essentially made my childhood – I was Pippi Longstocking for Halloween at least twice, and have a huge collection of her stories/shows/movies, plus have been to the museum in Stockholm. However, of equal awesomeness is another of Lindgren’s female characters, Ronia, of Ronia the Robber’s Daughter.
Ronia is the only child of robber chieftan Matt, and thus will one day rule the robber band in their run-down castle, regardless of her gender. One day, she encounters a boy playing in the castle, and discovers that he is Birk, son of rival robber chieftain Borka (whose robbers have taken up residence in the other side of the castle) and thus her enemy. However, after a series of mishaps, she and Birk bond unintentionally, and begin to see the idiocy of their fathers’ feud. Eventually, rather than see Birk be killed for saving Ronia, the two children run away to live in the woods together.
Okay, so Ronia is clearly awesome for a number of diverse reasons. Firstly, she’s a cool little girl who is set to inherit a robber band. Secondly, she has an underlying sense of right and wrong beyond the adults around her – for example, when Borka’s robbers (including Birk) are starving during winter, she constantly smuggles Birk enough food to feed the whole band, because she would not save Birk at the expense of his family, though she doesn’t like them.
Eventually, when the feud becomes ridiculous, Ronia realizes that either she and Birk must stop being friends, or they must leave their families. Thus, they decide to leave the castle and live in the woods – which eventually leads to both of their families reconciling and everyone coming together in peace at the end, a la Romeo and Juliet but without the romance or the death.
And lastly, Ronia and Birk survive for over a year on their own in the forest. Living in a cave, hunting and growing their food, lasting the snowy winter. Ronia is between eight or ten, and Birk between ten and twelve — take that, Survivor. Even when it’s tough, they would rather die in the wilderness than give up their friendship. Okay, it seems drastic, but also very noble, and they survive in the end anyway. The children teach the adults the moral lesson at the end — typical of Lindgren!
Furthermore, Lindgren’s handling of Ronia and Birk’s relationship is deft – they fight (a lot) and act like normal kids, but they also have this very deep bond. They make themselves blood siblings, and hold that tie over their ties to their actual families. There is a definite emphasis on their relationship as brother and sister – this isn’t some pre-teen fluff where the possibility is there, if not addressed. Of note is a particularly sweet scene in which Ronia and Birk meet in a secret tunnel in the castle, and Ronia checks Birk’s hair for lice the same way her mother does to her.
In addition (again, this is very typical of Lindgren), Ronia is very do-it-yourself. She’s active, outdoorsy, and obviously fully-capable of taking care of herself. She has her own adventures, and is notorious for her Spring Yell. And gosh darnit, when she sees a problem, she does something about it!
This is a short book and quick read, and obviously meant for younger readers (though slightly older than Pippi’s audience). However, I think it’s a great story regardless, and Ronia rates an AJ on the PSA. The book was made into a very successful movie (in Europe at least) in the 80’s, as well as a musical in Germany (yeah, I don’t know about that one either).
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wordpress | The third instance of Modern Warfare is finally here !! With Makarov still at large Price and Soap of the disavowed Task Force 141, Frost of The Delta Force, SAS(UK) and Sabre of GIGN(France) work together to get to him before he launches a nuclear warfare on Russian enemy countries and torn the world apart as we know it.
You take back the North American continent and make your way into Europe to capture and stop Makarov. Yuri is an addition who hates Makarov as much as everyone else. He joins Price and Soap in their hunt.
The game has 3 phases in Campaign mode and around 12 missions. It has the thrill and gameplay surpassing the earlier versions and better graphics. Must play !!
Cons : Campaign is too short, you can finish it in 2 days at normal difficulty level.
Modern Warfare is back !
The IInd version of modern warfare returns with a bang. This edition kept the spirits high as always for the followers and fans of the call of duty franchise. The engrossing feature of the series is still present that takes you inside the story and lets you live that era again with your in-game avatars.
You play as Ramirez(Rangers) and Roach(Task Force 141). Task Force is the unit that takes covert missions including extraction, assassination and other off the record missions led by General Shephard. The game revolves around a Russian militant Makarov whose actions instigate a war between the United States and Russia. As the game moves on it comes into light that General Shephard was also involved and was actually the main villain. We also get to play Captain McTavish who is the last survivor and who reveals the true character of General Shephard. All in all the game is great as was expected, the weapons arsenal is truly high-tech(loved the heartbeat scanner 😉 ) and it has this great storyline to boast upon. The climax of the game is apt, makes you savor the glory of hard earned victory !! A great job by Activision and Infinity Ward. | 2019-04-19T02:57:01Z | https://aksg.wordpress.com/tag/makarov/ | Porn | Games | 0.928407 |
wikipedia | Social programs in Canada include all government programs designed to give assistance to citizens outside what the market provides. The Canadian social safety net covers a broad spectrum of programs, and because Canada is a federation, many are run by the provinces. Canada has a wide range of government transfer payments to individuals, which totaled $176.6 billion in 2009. Only social programs that direct funds to individuals are included in that cost; programs such as medicare and public education are additional costs.
In Canada, the entirety of the social provisions of government are called "social programs" (French: programmes sociaux), rather than "social welfare" as in European and British usage. "Welfare" in Canada, like in the United States, colloquially refers to direct payments to low-income individuals only, and not to healthcare and education spending. It is rarely used as the name of any specific program, however, because of its negative connotations. (In French it is commonly known as 'le bien-être social'). In slang, welfare is also sometimes referred to as "the dole" (slang, as in British usage) or "Pogey".
Generally speaking before the Great Depression most social services were provided by religious charities and other private groups. Changing government policy between the 1930s and 1960s saw the emergence of a welfare state, similar to many Western European countries. Most programs from that era are still in use, although many were scaled back during the 1990s as government priorities shifted towards reducing budget deficits that were reaching levels deemed too high.
All provinces in Canada provide universal, publicly funded healthcare to Canadian citizens, permanent residents and certain temporary residents, with their costs partially subsidized by the federal government. Approximately 70% of expenditures for health care in Canada come from public sources, with the rest paid privately (both through private insurance, and through out-of-pocket payments). The extent of public financing varies considerably across services. For example, approximately 99% of physician services, and 90% of hospital care, are paid by publicly funded sources, whereas almost all dental care and most prescription drug cost are paid for privately. Most physicians are self-employed private entities which enjoy coverage under each province's respective healthcare plans.Compared to other single-payer health systems in the world, Canada is unusual in banning the purchase of private insurance or care for any services that are listed. This is meant to prevent what is described as "two-tier healthcare", which would allow the rich to "jump the queue". However, in 2005 the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General) that the ban on private care could be unconstitutional if it caused unreasonable delays for patients.
In Canada, provinces and territories are responsible for their elementary and secondary schools. Education is compulsory up to the age of 16 in most provinces, 17 and 18 in others. Both elementary and secondary education is provided at a nominal cost. Private education is available, but its comparatively high costs and the relative quality of public education result in it being less popular than in the United States or Britain. Post-secondary schooling is not free, but is subsidized by the federal and provincial governments. Financial assistance is available through student loans and bursaries.
Canadian mortgages are insured by the federal Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation and most provinces have ministries in charge of regulating the housing market. It was created in the 1940s and in Quebec in 1958.
All provinces maintain a program of this sort known by names such as "social assistance", "income support", "income assistance" and "welfare assistance"; popularly they are known as welfare. The purpose of these programs is to alleviate extreme poverty by providing a monthly payment to people with little or no income. The rules for eligibility and the amount given vary widely between the provinces. The welfare program for low income families exists in all provinces. It was created in the 1940s and in Quebec in 1958. The original plan was for Ottawa to pay half of the financial support for families and the other half paid by each of the provinces.
Most Canadian seniors are eligible for Old Age Security, a taxable monthly social security payment. In addition, most former workers can receive Canada Pension Plan or Quebec Pension Plan benefits based on their contributions during their careers. As well many people have a private pension through their employer, although that is becoming less common, and many people take advantage of a government tax-shelter for investments called a Registered Retirement Savings Plan or may save money privately.
The government has several agencies dedicated to developing specific regions.
Usually each province has a department or ministry in charge of child welfare and dealing with adoption, foster care, etc. As of 2007[update] the federal government also offers the Universal Child Care Benefit to subsidize the cost of daycare spots or other forms of childcare.
The provinces are each responsible for disability welfare.
The Ontario government has the Ontario Disability Support Program which offers income and employment assistance for disabled people and the Assistive Devices Program to provide funding to help pay the cost of assistive devices for people with long-term physical disabilities.
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Herrick, John Middlemist; Stuart, Paul H (2005). Encyclopedia of social welfare history in North America. Sage Publications. ISBN 0-7619-2584-8.
Milbourne, Paul (2010). Welfare Reform in Rural Places: Comparative Perspectives. Emerald. ISBN 9781849509183.
Moscovitch, Allan; Jennissen, Theresa; Findlay, Peter (1983). The welfare state in Canada: a selected bibliography, 1840 to 1978. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 0-88920-114-5.
Westhues, Anne (2006). Canadian social policy: issues and perspectives. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 978-0-88920-504-8. | 2019-04-26T14:07:56Z | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_programs_in_Canada | Porn | Health | 0.918413 |
wordpress | The Kotel: Putting on and wearing Tefillin… – Decrepitude and Other Beautiful Images…….
When heading to the men’s area of the Kotel, members of the Lubovitch sect of Hassidism, will stop and ask if you want to put on tefillin before heading to the wall to pray. The tefillin consist of two black leather boxes and straps to hold them on. One is worn on the biceps, and its strap, which is tied with a special knot, is wound by the wearer seven times around the forearm and hand—on the left arm for right-handed people and on the right for those who are left-handed. The second box is worn on the forehead at the hairline, with its straps going around the back of the head, connected at the top of the neck with a special knot, and hanging in front on each side.
Four passages in the Torah call upon the Israelites to keep God’s words in mind by “bind them as a sign upon hands and making them totafot between eyes.” Tefillin, as ordained by the rabbinic leaders of classical Judaism, are intended to fulfill that commandment. Inside the tefillin are handwritten parchments with texts from the four passages mentioned earlier.
Tefillin are worn during morning services except on Shabbat or festivals. Most men wear tefillin in Orthodox and Conservative congregations, as do some women in Conservative congregations. The use of tefillin is less prominent in Reform and Reconstructionist congregations by both men and women. Inside the tefillin are handwritten parchments with texts from the four passages mentioned above. At the Kotel I guess about 30% of the men praying wore tefillin.
I really enjoy learning from your posts Ellery. Thanks for sharing. | 2019-04-21T12:54:06Z | https://mrsammy7.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/the-kotel-putting-on-and-wearing-tefillin/ | Porn | Arts | 0.8641 |
wordpress | Today 20 years ago was a very historic day in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was inaugurated on this day as the president of the new South Africa.
That would be what everybody was thinking about, reading the heading.
But: on the same day me, my wife and a 10 month old baby daughter moved to a town we had to locate on a map, to begin our fulltime ministry in the church.
My photo of the Dutch Reformed Church of Waterberg in Nylstroom.
During 1993 and 1994 I applied for 67 available posts in the church nationwide. I went to 7 interviews, on one occasion on the other side of the country, and that time they did not even give me a cent for travelling costs. We also had our first child in these desperate times. It was really, really bad. After 6 years at university I was only trained for 1 “company”.
That Sunday evening my phone rang, and the good people of Nylstroom were on the line. The voice on the other side asked if I knew who was talking, and I said I did not. He said he is my fellow- pastor (medeleraar in Afrikaans). I replied I do not have one. He then said that they had a meeting earlier that evening, and I came up as the next pastor in their church. I had to look Nylstroom up on a map, I did not even know where it was.
It was so good to become a full time pastor at last. I was 27 years old when I earned my first full salary check!
The sad was: I was only in this church for 11 months. In that year the good bigger church of the region decided that this congregation was too big, and the neighbouring congregation was too small. So, with a lot of church politics involved, I with 1/3rd of the church was passed over to the neighbouring church in the same town.
And here I still am, 20 years later in the same town.
We came to town with the Beetle, some borrowed furniture, a very young pastor and his lovely wife and fiery redhead baby daughter.
20 Years later- in this 2o years we got 3 sons added to our family, and a lot of jokes of not knowing where babies come from. We had some extremely sad times, sometimes I even felt suicidal… But we also had amazing times, with great joy, great friendships. great experiences.
I have about 18 years left before I have to retire at age 65 from full time ministry. Looking back, I am really thankful. But I also would really want to know what difference, if any, I made in peoples lives in the past 20 years. I know I have helped many people over the years. But I also know I have not been able to help everybody. Like everybody else I have also made enemies along the way. There are people who will sing that song “What a friend we have in Jesus!” when I one day get called to another town.
The news came through during the night that Nelson Mandela has died.
I had a huge amount of respect for him. He came out of prison, and became our president. He pleaded for forgiveness and reconciliation in our divided country. He really did a lot for nation building, served just one term as president and gave over the power without stealing the country empty. he was truly an exceptional, world class leader. The last one in South Africa.
Now in South Africa there is a long told urban legend, and tonight is the night to see if it is true. “The night of the long knives…” According to this legend the black people has been buying up machetes (called pangas in S.A) and the night Mandela dies, they are going to kill all the whiteys.
I do not believe this is true. I still have the belief that most South Africans (excluded politicians and thugs- mostly the same thing…) are good people. Remember- in a long forgotten referendum in 1992 72% of the white population voted to end Apartheid.
Nelson Mandela’s legacy was a message of peace and reconciliation. He dreamed of a Rainbow Nation where all are equal and everybody matters. That is a dream worth living for. It is so sad that he was the last ANC president who lived that dream.
Since a very young age I have been interested in history, and war stories. It always sounded so glamorous. But then, our country’s young men also had to do compulsory military service. We were soldiers. And we also experienced the horror of basic training, of being shout at by a pimply two striper with an IQ barely above that of a pea plant. There was the camaraderie of soldiers- people suffering through the same adversity. But there was also the bad experiences of body bags, and military funerals. As an Army Chaplain I had to take the messages of deaths to families and loved ones.
Military cemeteries and monuments are good things. They remind us of the senselessness of war. I love the point of view that Chris de Burgh sings about in Borderline- take the politicians, stick them in a room together, and make them fight it out… Why should young men keep dying in old men’s wars? Agreed, sometimes we have to fight injustice. Some dictators in history really needed a bullet in the head to improve their thinking. But the price young men and these days also women pay, is horrific.
My ancestors were responsible for these names on the memorial to the Black Watch regiment in Edinburgh. But they started it! Anyway, they are remembered as brave soldiers, who marched to the tune of the bagpipes into a killing field, and a lot of them died at Magersfontein near Kimberley.
PS- Now I have to start preparing for a funeral of a young father who died by gunshot wound on Thursday… Tomorrow we must remember him too… when will it stop?
Now the story… Julius Malema in South Africa has it all wrong sometimes. He says that all white people only had good times in the old South Africa.
All white males had to go to the South African Defense Force, for compulsory military service, some got 2 years. others 1 year. You had no choice- it was 2 years army, 4 years police or prison service, or jail time with a criminal record… that was our choices.
So, maybe I was protected by heavenly design… I got the draw to go to the Engineering Corps in Kroonstad. We did have to go to Heidelberg first, where all the Army Chaplains were going through basic training, and then an Officer’s Course. I had a good time with the Engineers- seeing how rivers get spanned by military bridges, how landmines are removed, how clean water is supplied to the army, and demolition work… explosives was such fun. Diffusing IEDs– now that is scary stuff!
And no- I never shot at nobody.. I was in one of the last groups of men that were forced to do Military Service in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was already freed, the negotiations for the first democratic elections was underway, the fighting was finished, it was already time to start building a new South Africa where everybody would have equal rights.
I am not sorry for doing my time in the army. I learned a lot of valuable lessons in life.
I am sorry for the hurt of our country’s past. It was only during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission after the 1994 elections that it came to light what dark things happened in some military and police circles. For that I am ashamed.
But since very small, I grew up in a country where mothers cried… Hector Peterson‘s mother. And the mothers of so many white young men who came home from the Border in body bags, dying for the old men’s dreams in a war that makes no sense now.
As I grew older, I think I gained a lot more wisdom. We were young once… and we were soldiers. Damn good ones…. against an enemy armed with AK 47’s, and RPG 7’s, laying landmines on farm roads, bombs in public places- it was a war. We thought it a just war against terrorism and communism… and now we feel even more shunned and ashamed than the Vietnam War vets.
I am so glad the war is past, even if Julius Malema wants another one. It is a time for peace, a time for building, a time for growing and sowing, all the positive things that there might be a time for according to Ecclesiastes 3.
Outside the Airport building in Edinburgh there was this Spitfire. I always admired Spitfires, not just for their role in WW 2, but also because it is one of the most beautiful things that man has ever made (in my eyes anyway). I have one of Barrie A.F. Clark ‘s Spitfire breaking through the clouds prints framed in my study, so much do I love these aircraft.
So I was thrilled to be so close to one. I took a lot of pictures right around it. I was too inexperienced to play with Depth of Field, otherwise it would be much better photos without all the background detail. | 2019-04-20T14:59:44Z | https://vosperdruiter.wordpress.com/category/history/ | Porn | Kids | 0.489459 |
wordpress | Do you not know, brothers and sisters — for I am speaking to those who know the law — that the law is binding on a person only during that person’s lifetime? Thus a married woman is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives; but if her husband dies, she is discharged from the law concerning the husband. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man, she is not an adulteress.
We are dead to what held us captive! We are dead to that Law! The world that we know is temporary, fleeting, fading some day it will all be gone. Some day there will come a time when everyone who knew me will be gone, some day my name will be spoken for the last time some day there will be nothing. If we invest in creating in a temporary world we’ve expended a lot of energy and at some point it will be gone.
That can sound awful depressing or hopeless but Jesus saw it as filled with hope. That temporary nature meant we were free to live as best we can. To make the most out of each day, to not get bogged down in dreams that won’t come true but rather to make the most out of what was. Jesus then spent a lot of time sharing his picture of what that free life looked like. Life lived for others, with others. Life with God, life in all its fullest! And of course we were free to do this because God, permanent God, Perfect God is what we can rely on, God is where we find stability, God is where we are free from change, loss and grief. God is why we can let go, let go of what we cling to, let go of where we think we will find peace. In God we can let Go, in God we find peace of mind in God we cas see Nirvana.
So the other day when going through old books my Aunt found one that had belonged to my brother and gave it to me. It was called “Guy Talk”, not the most creative of titles, and it was one of those odd “welcome to puberty” kind of books. The basic idea was navigating the changes in your life and the challenges of high school. What made it priceless was that it tried to be “relevant” and “cool” for teens, which is hilarious because you know it was written by a bunch of middle aged people trying to speak like teenagers. What made it even better was that it was written in the late 80’s. So to recap an odd book trying to sound relevant to a 1980’s teenager written by someone well past their teen years, being read in 2013, it was awesome. The slang was awkward and out of date, the advice was not helpful, the serious parts sounded funny and the funny parts made no sense. All in all it was pretty much a fail all around. I thought of that story when I looked at today’s reading.
My first thing I did when I read that was make up a bunch of jokes … Your hair is like Goats, smelly and matted? Your checks are like pomegranates, bright red and lumpy? Your breasts are like ewes, Hairy? and your neck is like a tower, 100 feet tall? The truth is it’s hard to read this and get a picture of what is going on. The basic idea behind the book “Song of Solomon” , which is found in the old testament is describing our love for God and God’s love for us in the form of a romantic poem. So what we have here is a love poem written 3000 years ago in a foreign language then translated to English that was used to describe divine love in romantic terms!?! So just like that “Guy Talk” book there is a lot of ways for the point to get lost amid translation and time. No wonder “Song of Solomon” is one of those books which is glossed over, it’s racy, confusing and the metaphors are well out of date (although I am going to use the ones mentioned above to in the valentine’s day card I give to my wife). When we get past all those hang ups it’s a book which really invites a lot of thought. Think about it 3000 years ago religious leaders and their people were talking about God’s love in romantic terms. That seems like it would be edgy even today, can’t you see, if a movie was adapted from “Song of Solomon” some religious leaders getting all bent out of shape talking about how we should only talk about God with reverence and respect not in such a personal or intimate way. By the way were I to make such a movie I would title it “50 shades of God”. What all that means is that we are free to experience God and talk about God in all sorts of ways, there isn’t one right way. We all experience God in our own unique ways and I believe God speaks to us in our terms based on the unique people God created us to be.
So 3000 years ago some religious people and communities saw God as being as beautiful as a bunch of goats, what are your terms? Who have you Experienced God to be? What words would you use to describe God? What emotions does God stir up in you? there are no wrong answers! | 2019-04-26T01:38:42Z | https://pastorjamier.wordpress.com/2013/01/ | Porn | Kids | 0.587504 |
wordpress | Montero, Paula. 2012. The Contribution of Post-colonial Critique to an Anthropology of Missions. Religion and Society 3(1): 115-129.
Abstract: When compared to the extensive historiography on missionary activity, the anthropology of missions is a relative newcomer, emerging as such in the context of the recent critique of the colonial system. In view of the importance of historiographical literature in outlining the subject, on the one hand, and of the impact of the decolonization of the African continent on anthropology, on the other hand, my purposes in this essay are, firstly, to examine how the historiography of colonial America and of African colonialism has handled the subject of missions; secondly, to describe the role of missionary activity in the historiographical debate in the context of the crisis of colonialism; and, lastly, to analyze how post-colonial critique has given rise to a new anthropology of missions.
de Hontheim, Astrid (2012) Devil Chasers and Art Gatherers. Cortil-Wodon, E.M.E.
Publisher’s Abstract: This book studies the socio-cultural changes that occurred among the Asmat people (West Papua) during the postcolonial era, after the arrival of the first missionary in 1953. It compares Catholic and Protestant missionary strategies of conversion and the way the Asmat coped with newcomers’settlement on their land, evangelization, Indonesian political hierarchies,market economy, ‘tribal’ art collectors, schooling and Western etiologies. Despite considerable academic interest in this area, regrettably few contemporary researchers in anthropology have published field-work based studies of the people of West Papua, unlike neighboring Papua New Guinea. We can hope that this book will encourage young researchers to dedicate themselves to research in this rapidly changing part of the world.
Abstract: The anthropology of Christianity is claimed to be a recent innovation in the discipline of social anthropology and focuses on the study of Christian forms of life. The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to identify the nature of the anthropology of Christianity; second, to focus on converging themes in the anthropology of Christianity and missiology as academic disciplines; and third, to offer an interpretation of what such convergence might imply for the future of missiology. | 2019-04-23T13:09:28Z | https://anthrocybib.wordpress.com/tag/missions/ | Porn | Reference | 0.43758 |
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wordpress | You’d better have a day off and a lot of time to create this wonderful Christmas Bread. Three risings at 2 hours each means you’re committed. But when you slice into this on Christmas Eve, or toast it on Christmas morning, you’ll be glad you took the time. This is Joyce Gauche’s family recipe and I have no idea where she found the time to make this; it’s truly a labor of love.
Add more flour to make a soft dough. Add flour slowly and carefully—don’t use too much. This is a soft dough, not sticky. Let this rise another 2 hours.
Let this rise another 2 hours. | 2019-04-25T14:45:27Z | https://cookingfrommemory.wordpress.com/yulekaga/ | Porn | News | 0.159283 |
wordpress | Are you busy Monday night? They are having candlelight yoga in Our Lady’s Chapel at the church at Fordham University. I really want to go. Will you come with me?
-No. That’s not true. You made that up.
Um, no I didn’t. I heard them announce it at Mass this morning. I heard it with my own two ears.
-Well, then you must have misheard. They wouldn’t be doing yoga in a church.
Au contraire, amigo, they are, and it’s sponsored by Fordham Campus Ministry.
-It’s always the Jesuits, isn’t it?
Why would you say that? The pope is a Jesuit.
-I know. And I’m a Fordham man, but if these liberal Jesuits have their way they’ll be doing modern dance on the high altar before long.
What have you got against yoga? It’s just exercise. We have an obesity epidemic in this country.
-I’m well aware. But yoga is not “just exercise.” Yoga is highly connected to sacred Hindu religious beliefs. This is well-documented. There have been court cases about keeping yoga out of schools because it violates the separation of church and state.
These ACLU types will sue anyone over anything.
-Maybe, but the goal with yoga is to achieve something called “moksha,” which is a kind of spiritual and physical transcendence. Sounds pretty religious to me.
Well, that’s just silly. No one thinks that’s what yoga is about these days. It may have started as a religious practice, but it’s just exercise now.
-And what does that tell you?
That yoga is a great way to lose weight and gain focus?
-No. It tells you that if you don’t keep an eye on the way your religion is practiced then your sacred beliefs will become someone else’s downward facing dog.
Gosh. Wow. That’s a leap. You conservatives are always so paranoid. It’s only yoga.
-Yeah, it’s only yoga, just like the HHS mandate was only about ensuring access to health care.
So I guess you won’t come with me on Monday?
-No thanks. Yoga in Our Lady’s Chapel is the guitar mass of the twenty-first century.
-Somebody thought it would be a great way to bring young people into the church but it will actually end up driving them away. | 2019-04-24T19:53:10Z | https://ninetydeuce.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/candlelight-yoga-in-our-ladys-chapel/ | Porn | Health | 0.370075 |
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wordpress | Earlier this year in January, I was asked to share a brief 5-minute testimony at our church women’s retreat. I’m finally getting around to posting about it and it only took me six months! In the months following the retreat, we find ourselves still waiting and trusting in God’s timing (it’s been challenging!), but we continue to lean on Him with hope and praise.
This was my introduction, before I went up to speak – I live in San Lorenzo with my husband Jason and am a stay-at-home mom to our kids Micah (8) and Rebekah (4). We’ve been attending Creekside [Community Church] for almost 5 years. I am a coffee and milk tea addict, [who] loves discovering new places to eat and fun things to do with my family, and am passionate about missions and service.
And here’s what I shared with the group – “So a little background about myself. Before coming to Creekside, my husband and I attended a church in San Francisco, where we were active members since we were Junior Highers, so for about 20-25 years. Coming from a church where you know almost everyone and all the ins and outs of what’s going on, to a church where you only know maybe only 1-2 families…well, that was a BIG change. We stayed pretty low key at Creekside for awhile. It took us about two years to even sign up for name tags and for some reason, it was a big step and a big deal for us! Since then, we’ve been serving in little ways that we can and have been blessed to be a part of Tim and Jenny Sloat’s community group for the past couple of years.
Tonight, I’ll be sharing about what God has been doing in my life more recently and how I have been responding.
September 14, 2015 is a day that I will not forget for a long time. The morning started out fine. Jason went to work like normal, and we were expecting to hear from our real estate broker about signing new loan documents for our house. Which was a huge relief!…because back in April, we found out that 1of our 2 loans was not a 30 year fixed loan like we thought it was, but actually a 10 year loan that was due on October 1st. We had to either come up with ~$48K to pay back that loan or try to refinance, which we had NO luck in doing before. But after a lot of research, days and nights of worrying and stress, lots and lots of prayer and a referral from a friend that led us to our broker…God provided a way out for us. We were days away from signing our new papers.
Then that Monday afternoon comes around and I get a call from Jason. He tells me that he got laid off from his job, a company that he had been with for almost 10 years. This couldn’t have happened at a better time, right? We already had accumulated all this debt, the Oct.1st deadline was coming up, we had very very little savings…what else can go wrong? I’ll come back to this in a bit.
Back to our refinance issue. I’m jumping back and forth, because it all ties in together. Praise God that Jason’s former employees agreed to keep him on the payroll until the end of September, which meant that Jason was technically still employed and we were able to sign the new loan documents that week. It was a such a heavy burden that was lifted.
After sharing about my hopes for our community group with Jenny and Ashley and 5 days after Jason’s layoff…my mom gets into a really bad accident that left her with a subdural hematoma (which is some bleeding outside of the brain), a slightly collapsed lung, a fracture collarbone and fractured ribs. My then 69 year old mom had fallen off the ladder in their backyard and I know that God watching out for her, because she was not knocked unconscious. Somehow, she was able to crawl closer to the back door and started screaming for my Dad, who could not hear her screams, because he is hard of hearing. Thankfully, their neighbor, who isn’t always around but happened to be around that day, heard her screaming. He climbed over the fence and called 911. If he hadn’t been there or if my mom was knocked unconscious, who knows what could’ve happened. My mom spent the next 6 nights at Highland Hospital in Oakland, two of those nights were in the ICU. Btw, my mom is doing well and has recovered from her injuries.
Needless to say, that was a stressful time. But it was God’s perfect timing, because being unemployed allowed Jason to be at home full-time with the kids and I could focus on taking care of my parents. We could have managed even if he was still working…it just would’ve been more stressful and inconvenient.
During this crazy time, instead of focusing on all the bad stuff, God was teaching me to focus on all the good stuff. Instead of focusing on Jason’s unemployment, God was giving us more family time together. We also began to experience those deeper connections with our community group that I had been praying for. I just didn’t expect us to be on the receiving end of things, because I like to be the giver and the encourager and the helper. We are always willing to help, but we don’t like asking for it, right?
An example of how we were on the receiving end. The Men’s Retreat was coming up and Jason had decided, even before he lost his job, that he wasn’t going to attend for other financial reasons. But the guys from our small group decided that they wanted to send Jason to the retreat and gift him with a weekend away, so he could rest and reflect and fellowship. At first, Jason wasn’t sure if he should take the offer, but God reminded us that our friends really wanted to bless him with this. If Jason and I find delight in blessing others, we should allow our friends to experience that same joy. “Every good and perfect gift is from God.” It’s not about who gives and who receives…it’s about God, the one whom all gifts come from. So Jason went to the retreat, had a good time and was really blessed by it.
Since then, family and friends have been blessing us in different ways…dropping off meals, giving us gift cards for gas and groceries. We have no other income other than the money coming from unemployment, but we’re focusing on trusting in God and making it work.
One of the fun things that our church does year-round is host parties for the kids in the community. Back in December, I took Micah to the ornament making party. There were six projects for the kids to make, a hot cocoa bar and yummy treats for everyone. Our church also hosted a Ladies Ornament Making Night and I attended that as well. It was fun to get away for a couple of hours, make crafts and fellowship with other women from church.
Here is Micah making a snowflake out of white pipe cleaners.
Filling a plastic ornament ball with different colors of paint.
Another fun Christmas decoration…festive garland!
This was made out of string and round color-coding labels.
Here are a couple of the ornaments that I made at the Ladies Night Out.
We had our share of treats too!
I’m looking forward to our next community party…Valentine Making Party!
Thank you, FlyBy Promotions, for providing me with this list as an extra resource to go along with my review of Rufus and Ryan Go To Church.
1. Attend a child-friendly church.
A church that invites children to attend worship, that has a children’s time during worship or a service in which children are included, will not mind the noise and commotion that comes with having young children in worship.
2. Bring your child to church on a day other than Sunday morning.
Call the church office and make an appointment with a pastor, Christian education director, or church school teacher. Go on a tour of the church facility, and locate the Sunday school rooms and bathrooms as well as the sanctuary. Let your child explore the sanctuary, see how it feels to sit in the pew, and leaf through the Bibles and hymnbooks. Look behind the pulpit, Communion table, and baptismal font, and explain the use of these.
3. Take home a worship bulletin and go through the service at home.
Show your child that there are times to sit, to stand (and in some places, to kneel), to sing, to pray, and to listen. If the Lord’s Prayer is used, write down the words and let your child practice at home. Prepare offering envelopes and let your child put money in the envelope, and explain why the offering is important.
4. Play “Let’s go to church” at home.
Practicing the worship service at home will help your child feel more comfortable with what happens in worship.
5. Read the Bible and pray at home.
Purchase an age-appropriate Bible for your child and read the stories. Let your child handle the Bible and encourage questions. You can explain that the Bible is where we learn God’s story, and how we are part of that story. If you let prayer be a part of your everyday life, not just something you do at church, your child will understand its importance.
6. Sit near an aisle or in a place where you can make an exit if needed.
If your child needs to go to the bathroom, or is feeling overly stimulated or having a disruptive day, don’t be embarrassed. Walk your child out of the sanctuary until she can work off a little energy, and then come back in. This is much easier if you don’t have to crawl across a row of other people in the pew!
7. Be prepared with a worship notebook or bag.
Many churches provide materials for children to use during worship, but if not, bring your own supplies. Colored pencils can be used to mark the parts of worship in the bulletin as you go through them one by one. Get to church a few minutes in advance and use a bookmark to mark the hymns that will be sung that day. Have some coloring pages from a Bible coloring book for your child to color, or some blank pages for doodling. This is not disrespectful, and can help your child listen more attentively. Have the words of the Lord’s Prayer printed on a page for the child to follow, if he or she is of reading age. Let your child draw a picture of the anthem or hymns being sung, or the sermon, and give this to the choir director or pastor afterwards.
8. Teach basic church etiquette.
9. Get to know the pastor.
Pastors of child-friendly churches love to get to know the children of the church. Introduce your child to the pastor after worship, and participate in other church activities so that the pastor becomes a friend and not a scary adult.
It may take awhile for your child to become comfortable in worship, and to learn how to sit quietly. The best way for this to happen is to attend worship on a regular basis. There may be days when it doesn’t go well, but don’t let this stop you from coming the following week. Practice makes perfect!
What were we doing from June 17-27, 2013? We were at Community Vacation Bible School in Castro Valley! This was our third year attending Community VBS, which was sponsored by Redwood Chapel Community Church, Neighborhood Church, and Castro Valley First Baptist Church. I was part of the VBS Women’s Class (more on this later), Micah was at VBS at Redwood Chapel, and Bekah was lovingly cared for in the nursery at First Baptist.
The theme for this year was “Colossal Coaster World” and the motto was “Facing Fears – Trusting God!” Isn’t that a great motto! The Kindergartners were called the Runaway Trains. The bible lessons focused on the life of the Apostle Paul and each day there was a new bible verse for the kids to memorize. A children’s offering was taken in the classroom to help fund two missionary projects. The money was given to purchase cows or goats for a children’s home in Uganda and to purchase mosquito nets for missionaries in Africa. The kids also heard stories from two missionaries during story time. In 3.5 hours, they did all of this, plus a craft, recreation time, snack, and a rally.
So many kids! Praise God!
Totals for every person participating in VBS. Look at the Grand Totals at the bottom! I’m part of the Women’s Class Leaders count, Bekah is in the Nursery Women’s Class – FBC count and Micah is in the Kindergarten count. Over 1,000+ people each day!
For more pictures from VBS, click HERE.
October is a fun month! I think Halloween is Micah’s favorite holiday/time of the year. This kid loves pumpkins and pumpkin patches, costumes, festivals with games and prizes, and trick-or-treating. We don’t dress the kids up in scary costumes and most of our decorations are Fall related, but it’s a fun time and I find myself enjoying the season as well.
School Pumpkin Patch – Micah’s school set up a cute, little pumpkin patch for the Kindergarten classes last week. They had haystacks, cornstalks, a happy scarecrow and pumpkins. For $2.75, the kids got to choose their own pumpkin to decorate and take home. What a deal! And these weren’t little, itty-bitty pumpkins…they were pretty good-sized pumpkins.
Here’s Micah with his pumpkin. He decorated it with a face and his buddy from class made a hat.
Creekside Candy Company – On Friday, our church had their annual “Candy Company” community carnival. There were games and prizes, cookie decorating, tattoos, and a life-sized version of Candyland for the kids to play.
More Candy Company photos here.
School Fall Festival – On Saturday, we went to the Fall Festival at Micah’s school. There were games, snacks, a costume contest, crafts, plant your own fava bean, etc. More Fall Festival photos.
We have a few more Fall/Halloween related events coming up…Kindergarten parade and class parties, Trick-or-Treating at CV Village and Harvest Festival.
Love East Bay is a semi-annual event where people, churches and organizations participate in a variety of community service projects, while sharing the love of Jesus Christ with their neighbors.
This year, Love East Bay was on October 20th and our family signed up to do a service project with our church. The project was called “Succulent Bridges.” There were also other projects at the church, like making fleece blankets, putting together shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child, knitting hats, and building a house for a family in Mexico. We saw many volunteers in the church parking lot cutting wood, hammering and building the walls of the house. The pieces will be driven down to Mexico and the rest will be completed there.
For “Succulent Bridges,” we decorated cards and potted some succulent plants. This was a great project for families with young children. Micah had a fun time coloring and putting stickers on each card and loved putting the succulents into new pots with some fresh soil. Then each family took about 4-5 plants/cards and with a map of the neighborhood, we went to designated homes to pass out our gifts. People who were home at the time were happy to receive the card/plant. If no one answered their door, we left their gift on the front porch. It was a fun and simple service project to show our neighbors some love and a wonderful learning experience for our kids. | 2019-04-25T05:50:47Z | https://genevieveandjason.wordpress.com/category/church/ | Porn | Business | 0.443185 |
wordpress | In this study by Tessa Verhoef, Simon Kirby and Carol Padden, the effects of iterated learning of an artificial language indicate that combinatorial structure is not necessarily the result of an expanding meaning space, and in fact may be simply a feature to increase learnability.
This study, presented at the 2011 Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, used a slide whistle to create an artificial whistled language of twelve distinct whistled ‘phrases.’ These phrases were recorded and taught to one test subject over four listen & recall phases. The first test subject was then recorded, and this sequence of the twelve recalled whistles were the whistles that the next test subject listened to. This process was repeated through a chain of ten people: ten ‘generations.’ The ten-generation cycle was then performed on three more groups of ten people for experimental accuracy.
Several prominent linguists have proposed that combinatorial structure emerges as a result of the nature of language structure: the limited number of phonemes from which the language is formed can be combined in an infinite number of ways, but eventually the speaker will discover combinations in this infinitely expanding meaning space that are too close aurally to discriminate accurately between the two. Thus combinatorial structure emerges to differentiate the phoneme combination: if one of the indiscriminable phoneme combinations has a certain structure associated with it – such as a sentence structure that is always paired with the phoneme combination – which the other phoneme combination does not have an association with, the two phoneme sets become differentiated.
In our experiments combinatorial structure emerges long before the signal space is fully exploited.
This suggests that the theory of emergent combinatorial structure outlined above is incorrect.The whistlers in the later generations began to combine the structures of the whistlers they were learning from, such as combining staccato whistles with longer whistles when those two whistles had been taught separately. Additionally, after calculating the errors between the input and output sets in the late phases of the generations, in most of the generational progressions the percent error decreased as the emergent combinations began to occur, suggesting that the combinatorial structure spontaneously forming has more to do with memorization and processing than the expanding meaning space.
I’m including this study in the blog mostly because I think the findings are really fascinating. The discoveries made here seem to suggest that a combinatorial grammar does not need to be established to convey thought, as is mentioned in the introduction of the study, which I have not included here. The structure of language can be far more organic than Chomskyan generative grammar theory suggests, with a structure emerging from learnability and ease of memorization instead of as an internalized rule system.
Verhoef, Tessa, Simon Kirby, and Carol Padden. “Cultural Emergence of Combinatorial Structure in an Artificial Whistled Language.” Expanding the Space of Cognitive Science: Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Boston, Massachusetts, July 20-23, 2011 by L. Carlson & C. Hoelscher & T.F. Shipley. Web. 21 Sept 2015. | 2019-04-19T08:53:27Z | https://synonymblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/combinatorial-structure-emergence/ | Porn | Science | 0.143658 |
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wordpress | Though Nicole Miller is a pro at crafting the perfect evening dress (indeed, her elegant, figure-flattering frocks practically beg for a night on the town!), she’s now unleashing her talents in the realm of sportswear. And after getting a taste for Nicole Miller Artelier’s vivid-colored separates, dynamic prints, and relaxed silhouettes, we’re certain the line will serve as a standard go-to for style savants everywhere. The new collection, aptly named after Miller’s passion for art as well as the New York City atelier where her staff still drapes her first samples, caters to the modern woman, one devoted to function as much as fashion! The mélange of versatile pieces includes something for every occasion: a sleek jumpsuit for a friend’s dinner party, a chic romper for that Cozumel getaway, a zigzag maxi skirt for weekend brunch with the girls. Though saturated splashes of color and fresh, edgy details are infused throughout Nicole Miller Artelier, the clothes retain the designer’s distinctly feminine style aesthetic and luxe quality.
Though this laidback one-piece acts as the perfect beach topper, its sunny yellow hue and bold geometric motif make it a chic option off the boardwalk too.
Both a high neckline and blouson waistline inject this glamorous black jumpsuit with fashion-forward appeal. Accompanied by jewelry and heels, it’s even dressy enough for formal occasions in place of a LBD.
For a go-anywhere ensemble, pair a breezy sleeveless button-down with a striped maxi. Intriguing details, like the top’s practical pockets and the skirt’s dip-dye hem, take these pieces from stylishly simple to simply sublime.
This skintight sweater dress offers a cool alternative to your standard cocktail number. Contrasting thick and thin stripes work to flatter your shape, while a striking black-and-neon color combo makes a lasting impression. | 2019-04-22T12:52:33Z | https://lealboutique.wordpress.com/2012/03/ | Porn | Sports | 0.918311 |
wordpress | Yet another busy Tuesday and I’m down to the wire to get my blog out before the clock strikes midnight. It never fails that when I’m in a crunch, God makes it so plain. I decided to stick to the entry of July 22, 2007 because last week I got stuck on the very first scripture. There are at least 15 more scriptures in my notes so this date may drag into a third week. I hope you all don’t mind me taking my time on this. Remember it’s a journey.
NOTE: As believers, we have already inherited His Kingdom. Being saved is not just a ticket into the pearly gates; it’s an All Access pass to an abundant lifestyle. We have dominion. Our downfall is that we don’t understand the authority that we possess. The only way to learn anything is to study it. If you want to ace an exam, you must study the material. If you want to get to know someone, you must study them. If you want to perfect the purpose and plan that was predestined for your life you MUST study the Word of God. Period.
John 3:13-21, “No one has ever gone up into the presence of God except the One who came down from that Presence, the Son of Man. In the same way that Moses lifted the serpent in the desert so people could have something to see and then believe, it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted up—and everyone who looks up to him, trusting and expectant, will gain a real life, eternal life.
NOTE: The portion that spoke to me most was the explanation of God’s sacrifice. “God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger…” All I hear is my pastor saying, “Anything that you are a part of you should add to or multiply it.” What’s the point in coming to church if you aren’t going to grow and make an impact? What’s the point in claiming any form of religion if your lifestyle doesn’t reflect any part of what you say you believe? I don’t care how small of a change you think it is; you should expect to change if you follow the Word of God. Period.
Romans 14:17-18, God’s kingdom isn’t a matter of what you put in your stomach, for goodness’ sake. It’s what God does with your life as he sets it right, puts it together, and completes it with joy. Your task is to single-mindedly serve Christ. Do that and you’ll kill two birds with one stone: pleasing the God above you and proving your worth to the people around you.
NOTE: I saved the best for last. We all have our downfalls. We all make mistakes. Only God is perfect. It’s when me make a lifestyle out of living according to our own understanding and abusing our free will that we’re disqualified from the promises of God. Life is choice driven. We live and die by the choices we make. Choose wisely.
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B- you went in on this one! I had to read it twice to absorb and make sure i comprehended it all….#mytakeaway: “It’s when we make a lifestyle out of living according to our own understanding and abusing our free will that we’re disqualified from the promises of God.” That is really deep and something that I am going to ponder on long after I leave this post. Sometimes it is difficult to live in a way that pleases God all the time. I am working on finding a balance-this is motivating…. As usual- great post! | 2019-04-20T08:36:09Z | https://boldandfab.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/finding-my-set-place-perfecting-my-%E2%80%9Ccocky-faith%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-july-22-2007/ | Porn | Reference | 0.176042 |
wordpress | In the mid 1970s researchers (particularly John Cocke) at IBM (and similar projects elsewhere) demonstrated that the majority of combinations of these orthogonal addressing modes and instructions were not used by most programs generated by compilers available at the time. It proved difficult in many cases to write a compiler with more than limited ability to take advantage of the features provided by conventional CPUs.
It was also discovered that, on microcoded implementations of certain architectures, complex operations tended to be slower than a sequence of simpler operations doing the same thing. This was in part an effect of the fact that many designs were rushed, with little time to optimize or tune every instruction, but only those used most often. One infamous example was the VAX’s INDEX instruction.
Yet another impetus of both RISC and other designs came from practical measurements on real-world programs. Andrew Tanenbaum summed up many of these, demonstrating that processors often had oversized immediate. For instance, he showed that 98% of all the constants in a program would fit in 13 bits, yet many CPU designs dedicated 16 or 32 bits to store them. This suggests that, to reduce the number of memory accesses, a fixed length machine could store constants in unused bits of the instruction word itself, so that they would be immediately ready when the CPU needs them (much like immediate addressing in a conventional design). This required small opcodes in order to leave room for a reasonably sized constant in a 32-bit instruction word.
Since many real-world programs spend most of their time executing simple operations, some researchers decided to focus on making those operations as fast as possible. The clock rate of a CPU is limited by the time it takes to execute the slowest sub-operation of any instruction; decreasing that cycle-time often accelerates the execution of other instructions. The focus on “reduced instructions” led to the resulting machine being called a “reduced instruction set computer” (RISC). The goal was to make instructions so simple that they could easily be pipelined, in order to achieve a single clock throughput at high frequencies.
Later it was noted that one of the most significant characteristics of RISC processors was that external memory was only accessible by a load or store instruction. All other instructions were limited to internal registers. This simplified many aspects of processor design: allowing instructions to be fixed-length, simplifying pipelines, and isolating the logic for dealing with the delay in completing a memory access (cache miss, etc) to only two instructions. This led to RISC designs being referred to as load/store architectures.
A common misunderstanding of the phrase “reduced instruction set computer” is the mistaken idea that instructions are simply eliminated, resulting in a smaller set of instructions. In fact, over the years, RISC instruction sets have grown in size, and today many of them have a larger set of instructions than many CISC CPUs.Some RISC processors such as the INMOS Transputer have instruction sets as large as, say, the CISC IBM System/370; and conversely, the DEC PDP-8 – clearly a CISC CPU because many of its instructions involve multiple memory accesses – has only 8 basic instructions, plus a few extended instructions.
The term “reduced” in that phrase was intended to describe the fact that the amount of work any single instruction accomplishes is reduced – at most a single data memory cycle – compared to the “complex instructions” of CISC CPUs that may require dozens of data memory cycles in order to execute a single instruction. In particular, RISC processors typically have separate instructions for I/O and data processing; as a consequence, industry observers have started using the terms “register-register” or “load-store” to describe RISC processors.
Some CPUs have been retroactively dubbed RISC — a Byte magazine article once referred to the 6502 as “the original RISC processor” due to its simplistic and nearly orthogonal instruction set (most instructions work with most addressing modes) as well as its 256 zero-page “registers”. The 6502 is no load/store design however: arithmetic operations may read memory, and instructions like INC and ROL even modify memory. Furthermore, orthogonality is equally often associated with “CISC”. However, the 6502 may be regarded as similar to RISC (and early machines) in the fact that it uses no microcode sequencing. As for the well known fact that it employed longer but fewer clock cycles compared to many contemporary microprocessors was due to a more asynchronous design with less subdivision of internal machine cycles. This is similar to early machines, but not to RISC.
Some CPUs have been specifically designed to have a very small set of instructions – but these designs are very different from classic RISC designs, so they have been given other names such as minimal instruction set computer (MISC), Zero Instruction Set Computer (ZISC), one instruction set computer (OISC), transport triggered architecture (TTA), etc.
RISC was developed as an alternative to what is now known as CISC. Over the years, other strategies have been implemented as alternatives to RISC and CISC. Some examples are VLIW, MISC, OISC, massive parallel processing, systolic array, reconfigurable computing, and dataflow architecture.
* Few data types in hardware, some CISCs have byte string instructions, or support complex numbers; this is so far unlikely to be found on a RISC.
Exceptions abound, of course, within both CISC and RISC.
Many early RISC designs also shared the characteristic of having a branch delay slot. A branch delay slot is an instruction space immediately following a jump or branch. The instruction in this space is executed, whether or not the branch is taken (in other words the effect of the branch is delayed). This instruction keeps the ALU of the CPU busy for the extra time normally needed to perform a branch. Nowadays the branch delay slot is considered an unfortunate side effect of a particular strategy for implementing some RISC designs, and modern RISC designs generally do away with it (such as PowerPC, more recent versions of SPARC, and MIPS).
The first system that would today be known as RISC was the CDC 6600 supercomputer, designed in 1964, a decade before the term was invented. The CDC 6600 had a load-store architecture with only two addressing modes (register+register, and register+immediate constant) and 74 opcodes (whereas an Intel 8086 has 400). The 6600 had eleven pipelined functional units for arithmetic and logic, plus five load units and two store units; the memory had multiple banks so all load-store units could operate at the same time. The basic clock cycle/instruction issue rate was 10 times faster than the memory access time. Jim Thornton and Seymour Cray designed it as a number-crunching CPU supported by 10 simple computers called “peripheral processors” to handle I/O and other operating system functions. Thus the joking comment later that the acronym RISC actually stood for “Really Invented by Seymour Cray”.
Another early load-store machine was the Data General Nova minicomputer, designed in 1968 by Edson de Castro. It had an almost pure RISC instruction set, remarkably similar to that of today’s ARM processors; however it has not been cited as having influenced the ARM designers, although Novas were in use at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory in the early 1980s.
The earliest attempt to make a chip-based RISC CPU was a project at IBM which started in 1975. Named after the building where the project ran, the work led to the IBM 801 CPU family which was used widely inside IBM hardware. The 801 was eventually produced in a single-chip form as the ROMP in 1981, which stood for ‘Research OPD [Office Products Division] Micro Processor’. As the name implies, this CPU was designed for “mini” tasks, and when IBM released the IBM RT-PC based on the design in 1986, the performance was not acceptable. Nevertheless the 801 inspired several research projects, including new ones at IBM that would eventually lead to their POWER system.
The most public RISC designs, however, were the results of university research programs run with funding from the DARPA VLSI Program. The VLSI Program, practically unknown today, led to a huge number of advances in chip design, fabrication, and even computer graphics.
The RISC project delivered the RISC-I processor in 1982. Consisting of only 44,420 transistors (compared with averages of about 100,000 in newer CISC designs of the era) RISC-I had only 32 instructions, and yet completely outperformed any other single-chip design. They followed this up with the 40,760 transistor, 39 instruction RISC-II in 1983, which ran over three times as fast as RISC-I.
At about the same time, John L. Hennessy started a similar project called MIPS at Stanford University in 1981. MIPS focused almost entirely on the pipeline, making sure it could be run as “full” as possible. Although pipelining was already in use in other designs, several features of the MIPS chip made its pipeline far faster. The most important, and perhaps annoying, of these features was the demand that all instructions be able to complete in one cycle. This demand allowed the pipeline to be run at much higher data rates (there was no need for induced delays) and is responsible for much of the processor’s performance. However, it also had the negative side effect of eliminating many potentially useful instructions, like a multiply or a divide.
In the early years, the RISC efforts were well known, but largely confined to the university labs that had created them. The Berkeley effort became so well known that it eventually became the name for the entire concept. Many in the computer industry criticized that the performance benefits were unlikely to translate into real-world settings due to the decreased memory efficiency of multiple instructions, and that that was the reason no one was using them. But starting in 1986, all of the RISC research projects started delivering products.
Berkeley’s research was not directly commercialized, but the RISC-II design was used by Sun Microsystems to develop the SPARC, by Pyramid Technology to develop their line of mid-range multi-processor machines, and by almost every other company a few years later. It was Sun’s use of a RISC chip in their new machines that demonstrated that RISC’s benefits were real, and their machines quickly outpaced the competition and essentially took over the entire workstation market.
John Hennessy left Stanford (temporarily) to commercialize the MIPS design, starting the company known as MIPS Computer Systems. Their first design was a second-generation MIPS chip known as the R2000. MIPS designs went on to become one of the most used RISC chips when they were included in the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 game consoles. Today they are one of the most common embedded processors in use for high-end applications.
Almost all other vendors quickly joined. From the UK similar research efforts resulted in the INMOS transputer, the Acorn Archimedes and the Advanced RISC Machine line, which is a huge success today. Companies with existing CISC designs also quickly joined the revolution. Intel released the i860 and i960 by the late 1980s, although they were not very successful. Motorola built a new design called the 88000 in homage to their famed CISC 68000, but it saw almost no use and they eventually abandoned it and joined IBM to produce the PowerPC. AMD released their 29000 which would go on to become the most popular RISC design of the early 1990s.
Today the vast majority of all 32-bit CPUs in use are RISC CPUs, and microcontrollers. RISC design techniques offers power in even small sizes, and thus has become dominant for low-power 32-bit CPUs. Embedded systems are by far the largest market for processors: while a family may own one or two PCs, their car(s), cell phones, and other devices may contain a total of dozens of embedded processors. RISC had also completely taken over the market for larger workstations for much of the 90s (until taken back by inexpensive PC-based solutions). After the release of the Sun SPARCstation the other vendors rushed to compete with RISC based solutions of their own. The high-end server market today is almost completely RISC based. The #1 spot among supercomputers as of 2008[update] was held by IBM’s Roadrunner system, which uses Power Architecture-based Cell processors to provide most of its computing power; however, the #1 spot as of November 2010[update] was held by the Tianhe-IA, which uses a combination of Intel Xeon processors, Nvidia Tesla GPGPUs, and custom processors, and most of the other machines in the top 10 spots use x86 CISC processors instead.
1. The very large base of proprietary PC applications are written for x86, whereas no RISC platform has a similar installed base, and this meant PC users were locked into the x86.
2. Although RISC was indeed able to scale up in performance quite quickly and cheaply, Intel took advantage of its large market by spending vast amounts of money on processor development. Intel could spend many times as much as any RISC manufacturer on improving low level design and manufacturing. The same could not be said about smaller firms like Cyrix and NexGen, but they realized that they could apply (tightly) pipelined design practices also to the x86-architecture, just like in the 486 and Pentium. The 6×86 and MII series did exactly this, but was more advanced, it implemented superscalar speculative execution via register renaming, directly at the x86-semantic level. Others, like the Nx586 and AMD K5 did the same, but indirectly, via dynamic microcode buffering and semi-independent superscalar scheduling and instruction dispatch at the micro-operation level (older or simpler ‘CISC’ designs typically executes rigid micro-operation sequences directly). The first available chip deploying such dynamic buffering and scheduling techniques was the NexGen Nx586, released in 1994; the AMD K5 was severely delayed and released in 1995.
3. Later, more powerful processors such as Intel P6, AMD K6, AMD K7, Pentium 4, etc employed similar dynamic buffering and scheduling principles and implemented loosely coupled superscalar (and speculative) execution of micro-operation sequences generated from several parallel x86 decoding stages. Today, these ideas have been further refined (some x86-pairs are instead merged, into a more complex micro-operation, for example) and are still used by modern x86 processors such as Intel Core 2 and AMD K8.
While early RISC designs were significantly different than contemporary CISC designs, by 2000 the highest performing CPUs in the RISC line were almost indistinguishable from the highest performing CPUs in the CISC line.
A number of vendors, including Qualcomm, are attempting to enter the PC market with ARM-based devices dubbed smartbooks, riding off the netbook trend and rising acceptance of Linux distributions, a number of which already have ARM builds. Other companies are choosing to use Windows CE.
Over time, improvements in chip fabrication techniques have improved performance exponentially, according to Moore’s law, whereas architectural improvements have been comparatively small. Modern CISC implementations have implemented many of the performance improvements introduced by RISC, such as single-clock throughput of simple instructions. Compilers have also become more sophisticated, and are better able to exploit complex as well as simple instructions on CISC architectures, often carefully optimizing both instruction selection and instruction and data ordering in pipelines and caches. The RISC-CISC distinction has blurred significantly in practice.
The hardware translation from x86 instructions into RISC operations, which cost relatively little in microprocessors for desktops and servers as Moore’s Law provided more transistors, become significant in area and energy for mobile and embedded devices. Hence, ARM processors dominate cell phones and tablets today just like x86 processors dominate PCs.
o RIM BlackBerry smartphone/email devices.
* MIPS’s MIPS line, found in most SGI computers and the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Nintendo 64 (discontinued), PlayStation Portable game consoles, and residential gateways like Linksys WRT54G series.
* IBM’s and Freescale’s (formerly Motorola SPS) Power Architecture, used in all of IBM’s supercomputers, midrange servers and workstations, in Apple’s PowerPC-based Macintosh computers (discontinued), in Nintendo’s Gamecube and Wii, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3 game consoles, EMC’s DMX range of the Symmetrix SAN, and in many embedded applications like printers and cars.
* Hewlett-Packard’s PA-RISC, also known as HP-PA, discontinued December 31, 2008.
* Alpha, used in single-board computers, workstations, servers and supercomputers from Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq and HP, discontinued as of 2007.
* XAP processor used in many low-power wireless (Bluetooth, wifi) chips from CSR.
* Hitachi’s SuperH, originally in wide use in the Sega Super 32X, Saturn and Dreamcast, now at the heart of many consumer electronics devices. The SuperH is the base platform for the Mitsubishi – Hitachi joint semiconductor group. The two groups merged in 2002, dropping Mitsubishi’s own RISC architecture, the M32R.
* Atmel AVR used in a variety of products including ranging from Xbox handheld controllers to BMW cars.
A complex instruction set computer (CISC) is a computer where single instructions can execute several low-level operations (such as a load from memory, an arithmetic operation, and a memory store) and/or are capable of multi-step operations or addressing modes within single instructions. The term was retroactively coined in contrast to reduced instruction set computer (RISC).
Examples of CISC instruction set architectures are System/360 through z/Architecture, PDP-11, VAX, Motorola 68k, and x86.
Before the RISC philosophy became prominent, many computer architects tried to bridge the so called semantic gap, i.e. to design instruction sets that directly supported high-level programming constructs such as procedure calls, loop control, and complex addressing modes, allowing data structure and array accesses to be combined into single instructions. Instructions are also typically highly encoded in order to further enhance the code density. The compact nature of such instruction sets results in smaller program sizes and fewer (slow) main memory accesses, which at the time (early 1960s and onwards) resulted in a tremendous savings on the cost of computer memory and disc storage, as well as faster execution. It also meant good programming productivity even in assembly language, as high level languages such as Fortran or Algol were not always available or appropriate (microprocessors in this category are sometimes still programmed in assembly language for certain types of critical applications).
In the 70’s, analysis of high level languages indicated some complex machine language implementations and it was determined that new instructions could improve performance. Some instructions were added that were never intended to be used in assembly language but fit well with compiled high level languages. Compilers were updated to take advantage of these instructions. The benefits of semantically rich instructions with compact encodings can be seen in modern processors as well, particularly in the high performance segment where caches are a central component (as opposed to most embedded systems). This is because these fast, but complex and expensive, memories are inherently limited in size, making compact code beneficial. Of course, the fundamental reason they are needed is that main memories (i.e. dynamic RAM today) remain slow compared to a (high performance) CPU-core.
While many designs achieved the aim of higher throughput at lower cost and also allowed high-level language constructs to be expressed by fewer instructions, it was observed that this was not always the case. For instance, low-end versions of complex architectures (i.e. using less hardware) could lead to situations where it was possible to improve performance by not using a complex instruction (such as a procedure call or enter instruction), but instead using a sequence of simpler instructions.
One reason for this was that architects (microcode writers) sometimes “over-designed” assembler language instructions, i.e. including features which were not possible to implement efficiently on the basic hardware available. This could, for instance, be “side effects” (above conventional flags), such as the setting of a register or memory location that was perhaps seldom used; if this was done via ordinary (non duplicated) internal buses, or even the external bus, it would demand extra cycles every time, and thus be quite inefficient.
Even in balanced high performance designs, highly encoded and (relatively) high-level instructions could be complicated to decode and execute efficiently within a limited transistor budget. Such architectures therefore required a great deal of work on the part of the processor designer in cases where a simpler, but (typically) slower, solution based on decode tables and/or microcode sequencing is not appropriate. At the time where transistors and other components were a limited resource, this also left fewer components and less area for other types of performance optimizations.
The circuitry that performs the actions defined by the microcode in many (but not all) CISC processors is, in itself, a processor which in many ways is reminiscent in structure to very early CPU designs. In the early 1970s, this gave rise to ideas to return to simpler processor designs in order to make it more feasible to cope without (then relatively large and expensive) ROM tables and/or PLA structures for sequencing and/or decoding. However, the first (retroactively) RISC-labeled processor (IBM 801 – IBMs Watson Research Center, mid-1970s) was a tightly pipelined simple machine originally intended to be used as an internal microcode kernel, or engine, in CISC designs. Simplicity and regularity also in the visible instruction set would make it easier to implement overlapping processor stages (pipelining) at the machine code level (i.e. the level seen by compilers.) However, pipelining at that level was already used in some high performance CISC computers (“supercomputers”) in order to reduce the instruction cycle time, despite the complications of implementing within the limited component count and wiring complexity feasible at the time. Internal microcode execution, on the other hand, could be more or less pipelined depending on the particular design.
Transistors for logic, PLAs, and microcode are no longer scarce resources; only large high-speed cache memories are limited by the maximum number of transistors today. Although complex, the transistor count of CISC decoders do not grow exponentially like the total number of transistors per processor (the majority typically used for caches). Together with better tools and enhanced technologies, this has led to new implementations of highly encoded and variable length designs without load-store limitations (i.e. non-RISC). This governs re-implementations of older architectures such as the ubiquitous x86 as well as new designs for microcontrollers for embedded systems, and similar uses. The superscalar complexity in the case of modern x86 was solved with dynamically issued and buffered micro-operations, i.e. indirect and dynamic superscalar execution; the Pentium Pro and AMD K5 are early examples of this. This allows a fairly simple superscalar design to be located after the (fairly complex) decoders (and buffers), giving, so to speak, the best of both worlds in many respects.
The terms CISC and RISC have become less meaningful with the continued evolution of both CISC and RISC designs and implementations. The first highly (or tightly) pipelined x86 implementations, the 486 designs from Intel, AMD, Cyrix, and IBM, supported every instruction that their predecessors did, but achieved maximum efficiency only on a fairly simple x86 subset that was only a little more than a typical RISC instruction set (i.e. without typical RISC load-store limitations). The Intel P5 Pentium generation was a superscalar version of these principles. However, modern x86 processors also (typically) decode and split instructions into dynamic sequences of internally-buffered micro-operations, which not only helps execute a larger subset of instructions in a pipelined (overlapping) fashion, but also facilitates more advanced extraction of parallelism out of the code stream, for even higher performance. | 2019-04-21T06:49:37Z | https://advancedcomputersystem.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/risc-design-philosophy-vs-cisc-design-philosophy/ | Porn | Science | 0.455198 |
wikipedia | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Spetums.
A spetum is a pole weapon that was used in Europe during the 13th century. It consists of a pole, some 6–8 feet long, on which is mounted a spear head with two projections at its base. Many variations of this design flourished over time; some[who?] feel that the ranseur is a variation of the spetum. Other names include chauve souris, corseca, corsèsque, korseke, runka, and rawcon. The spetum is usually distinguished from the ranseur and partisan by its "prongs" being single edged and used for slashing. The main blade is 12–14 inches long, and the side blades are only about half that length and are set at acute angles.
The design of a spetum is for combat. The main blade is long enough to destroy any significant organ in the human body with one quick thrust. The blunt backs of the side blades give the spetum a variety of uses such as tripping and knocking aside shields while providing far more strength to the sharpened side and points than is possible with a dual-edged construction.
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wordpress | bare with me while I update my blog. Until then the below are some of my favourite easy reads when I travel.
Silver Flame- Susan Johnson Oldie but a goodie and will get you though long summer and cold winter nights when sleep is nowhere in sight.
yes yes, Christmas will be here soon (depends on when you're reading this) and this Grisham is so out of the box from what the author usually pens (Lawyer-y types) you simply must check it out. furthermore it is one hilarious piece o work). It was adapted into a major motion picture (Christmas with the Krantz) but if you are like me you will enjoy the full content of the book more than the water down movie adaptation.
no reading recommendation list is completed without a Sheldon in the mix. This master storyteller will have you turning the pages until the very end in anticipation of just what will happen next).
If you grow tired of all the lovey dovey stuff and just want to hang with a boss former CIA badass one man problem solver Jack Reacher, then look no further than this book right here).
If you're like me who's big on the classics, then try this dark can't eat, can't sleep without you type of romance. I read it every summer and every other time in between.
That book that makes you cry because it's so touching and full of themes on humanity you just wanna go out and donate some blood. | 2019-04-24T12:47:05Z | https://shenekarushell.wordpress.com/my-summer-recommendations/ | Porn | Reference | 0.150533 |
wordpress | For years after that, I’d have a recurring nightmare that I’d be down playing on my swing set and a wolf would come running out of the woods after me. I was too paralyzed to run and would wake up just as it lunged for my throat.
Clearly this was a traumatic experience (as I remember it vividly, 40 years later).
Horrible as it was, though, it did teach me the importance of honesty.
If you “cry wolf” people won’t believe you and will turn their backs on you in your time of need.
This was, of course, my father’s intent when he scared the hell out of me.
What my father didn’t predict, though, is what also happened as a result of these dreams.
Eventually, when the dream would return I would realize that it was a dream and I learned how to alter it.
When the wolf would come, I would tear open my shirt (exposing the “S” on my chest) and – as Superman – I would punch the wolf in the face, grab it by the back legs, and throw it over the mountain behind the woods. Like 100 miles, or something.
The nightmares ended and I’ve always had the ability to alter my dreams, ever since.
I always dreamed of a great life when I was a little guy. No, I didn’t understand money or wealth (no kid really does) but I DID understand happiness. When I blew out my birthday candles I always wished that I could be Superman. I also wanted to be a pro baseball player. Again, not for the fame and fortune, but because I could spend my life doing something I loved; playing.
By age 18, I came to the realization that I’d never play professional baseball (I’m still holding out for Superman) and I eventually did what everybody has to do . . . wake up and join the “real world.” Lots of meaningless jobs led me to a sportswriter job which actually fit me.
I wasn’t making very much money there, though, and so my “new dreams” became about fame and financial success. But that’s all they were; dreams. Dreams with no action. A recurring daydream that I didn’t know was a dream. And suddenly ten years went down the river.
Thank goodness I was only 33 when, through a combination of ambition and good fortune, I woke up and learned that people also have the ability to alter their “real-life” dreams. The good ones! And over the past 17 years I’ve been living that dream of fame and fortune and, most importantly; playing!
I meet so many people that are still stuck in their nightmares. They don’t understand that all it takes is to realize the nightmare and alter it. Then there are many people who aren’t in nightmares at all, but they spend so much of their time doing things they don’t enjoy doing. They’ve stopped dreaming altogether. They’re just “existing” their way through life and watching the years evaporating behind them. I see it in peoples’ eyes and it makes me sad.
As my girls get ready for the last day of school (and summer vacation) I think back on that exciting feeling. Remember? No more school! For the next few months, you can do pretty much anything you want! Stay up late, sleep in, play with your friends, have fun every day!
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wordpress | To kick off the new year, we’d like to share with you data on Drop me a line...’s activity in 2012. You may start scrolling!
600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 7,800 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 13 years to get that many views.
In 2012, there were 8 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 96 posts. There were 15 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 10 MB. That's about a picture per month.
The busiest day of the year was May 10th with 165 views. The most popular post that day was New Inge Look!.
oh the mighty wind blows!
These are the posts that got the most views on Drop me a line... in 2012.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for inge look, inge löök, moomin, inge look postcards, and inge look cards.
That's 86 countries in all!
Most visitors came from The United States. Russia & United Kingdom were not far behind.
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newgrounds | Just so you know - every time you die and respawn, the music doesn't stop and restart. It just keeps going, and adds another layer. Die a few times and this becomes a chaotic mess.
Sorry about that. I never knew that the music does that back in 2011. I never bothered to fix it :(.
Hit a bug that forced me to move infinitely downward, and I could not move left or right. My character apparently was hell bent on drowning himself.
This is actually a bug in flash. I don't have it at all, but one of the other guys working on the game was getting it all the time. Sorry about that!
TL! I enjoyed your track, it gave me a "Stranger Things" soundtrack sort of feel. I think the A/B/A/B sort of progression could have benefit from a nice C section somewhere in there. It was an honor to fight with you in Round 1!
Solid work LSD. Congrats on getting the highest score this round! Your production quality and musicianship has gone up significantly since the last time I've been around NG. You will be a force in this competition for sure!
I'm glad that my progress is noticable, since I've kept on doing my best to improve in the musical field, alongside my studies. Who knows, perhaps we (along with someone else) will end up in the finals together. Best of luck to you and Josh!
I'm really digging the sound design you have going on here. It's a nice stereo mix, and there's a lot to keep you interested. While this takes awhile to get started, it does homage to the original with your percussive elements. I think this is all about atmosphere, and you do a good job creating it! I really like the ritardando, it was pulled off well.
A few points to consider: The piece cuts off without letting the last note decay. Also, the ending/parts of this piece feel a little bit repetitive to me, but that's also the nature of the song that you decided to remix, so I can't fault you too much for that. I like what you have going on here man! You can definitely use the skills that you're working on in this song for a wide variety of applications. Keep up the good work!
Finally someone reviews! I was starting to get concerned.
Sound design --> Does it count as sound design when all the synths are presets and half of the percussion samples are taken straight out of my limited library of sounds?
Long intro --> I tried to divide the track evenly between the four big sections of my remix, but I still see where you're going at. If you regard the first two sections (which is pretty much the first half) as an intro, it can seem long.
Repetitive ending --> I tried to mix it up a bit with the bongo line (does that exist) and the delayed arp thingy, but maybe it wasn't enough?
Prognosis - Dr. Dragon is skeptical. | 2019-04-24T02:17:37Z | https://bassfiddlejones.newgrounds.com/reviews | Porn | Computers | 0.080437 |
wordpress | This entry was posted on 22/08/2014 at 08:48 and is filed under Rekenen. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. | 2019-04-26T02:12:46Z | https://digibordopschool.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/rekenvideos-breuken-en-optellen-nu-online/?shared=email&msg=fail | Porn | Reference | 0.692858 |
bizhat | Philippa has a new rank too.
Me too. At this rate I'll hit Winged Avenger sometime in 2018.
Just add a smiley to every post!
Actually numbers mean nothing - it's the quality of posts that really 'count', pardon the unintentional pun.
the spooks forum? what the heck is that ? a forum on the CIA? SPIES ?
I think they mean the Kudos TV series Spooks, dubbed MI-5 in North America, about MI5 agents/spies, also known as "Spooks."
^Odd that they changed the name in North-America. I though Spooks was quite a good title..
I think 'Spook' could be viewed as an offensive word in the US.
Don't worry Phillipa, the word "spook" was used as a negative term term towards African Americans back in the day. The term wasn't used quite as much as the more familiar negative words and as far as I know is rarely used any more (I could be wrong on this...it may be used more often in the Southern states) So chances are few people would recognize it to mean anything other than ghost here in the US.
I am a native English speaker Philippa and had never heard of this word being used as a spy or in the negative way in the US until this fabulous programme! It's a great TV programme - each episode is like watching a roller-coaster ride.
Although many assume the change of name was so as not to offend, I'm not convinced it's got anything to do with race at all. Although I knew of the race link, I wasn't aware of the MI5 angle. That didn't matter in the UK as it was on a major channel (BBC1), but I think calling it MI5 for US viewers was simply to let them know what to expect.
Watch any episode of 'Scooby-Doo' and I'm sure you'll hear Shaggy use the word 'spooks' many times - they're certainly not bothered about using it in episode titles. I also seem to remember the ghosts in Casper comics being referred to as spooks.
Spades is another word that's been used in America in the same way, but do Americans play poker with Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds and Shovels? No, of course they don't.
And yes Barry, it is a great TV programme. Utterly unmissable!
The "spook" was never really commonly used and I think it faded out pretty much in the early forties or fifties, so it's not likely the title of a tv show created in the sixties and beyond would have raised many eyebrows here in the US.
I think the only reason why I ever knew the word had been used negatively is from reading and hearing older family members use it when I was quite young. I don't think I've ever heard it used since then by anyone except in movies dealing with historical events.
yer that old, huh ? (LOL) went to school with amelia Earhart ?
Been yrs,since I've heard that term, even down here in Elvis Central, and I'm a former 'yankee' for pete's sake !
Of course not! Sheesh! I taught her how to fly!
^ Except, y'know, she kinda ended up disappearing. Nice flight lessons there, dearest mother. Nice flight lessons indeed.
I said I taught her how to fly...I never said anything about navigating. So HA!
Yeah, and I bet you "only" taught Spain how to do Inquisitions, right?
Or IS there? Might I direct you to a little-known scuffle commonly referred to as The Civil War? Now, as we all know, this so-called "Civil War" supposedly happened before you were born, isn't that right?
Oh, but what's this? Photographic evidence that you were involved? Let's just take a gander, shall we?
Could "he" be you wearing false facial hair? I do believe so!
Could it be? It is! The very zombies that supposedly "don't exist".
I say come along love. It's time for your medications. | 2019-04-20T02:42:12Z | http://avengersfanforum.s2.bizhat.com/avengersfanforum-ftopic133-0-asc-40.html | Porn | Reference | 0.530236 |
wikipedia | Jornal do Brasil, widely known as JB, is a daily newspaper published by Editora JB in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The paper was founded in 1891 and is the third oldest extant Brazilian paper, after the Diário de Pernambuco and O Estado de S. Paulo. On 31 August 2010 it became a digital newspaper, folding its print edition until 25 February 2018, when it was printed again.
What some people do not realise that the newspaper made its great profits from the advertisement it sold, it had a times up to 5 supplements on different areas of the Rio market. To seel almost anything in Rio de Janeiro, the main city in Brazil at the time, you had to advertise in JB. News was of secondary consequence until its owner, the countess, decided to change the line of the paper to a more standard journal that its journalism was taken more seriously.
In 1992 the paper published an unflattering photo of Henry Kissinger on the front page. Kissinger's lawyer sent a cease and desist letter threatening to sue them if they sold the photo. The newspaper refused and one of the buyers was the advertising agency Woolward & Partners who used it in an advertisement for computer equipment. Woolward & Partners was also threatened with legal action. The photograph was also used in the 1996 book Washington Babylon by Alexander Cockburn and Ken Silverstein.
The paper suffered after the Brazilian boom years having too much credit in dollar. With the oil crisis their stocks fell and they suffered until they were sold JB was the first Brazilian newspaper to have an electronic edition which included partial PDF-publishing. In 2002, it was sold to businessman Nelson Tanure who restructured it again. It still holds slightly left positions, compared to its major rival, O Globo.
JB is pictured in the Academy Award-nominated film Cidade de Deus, as the newspaper where the main character, Buscapé, begins working as a photographer. The movie is set in Rio de Janeiro during the 1960s-1980s, the golden age of the paper, before it started its long decaying period.
On 31 August 2010, JB ceased its printed version, becoming online-only until 25 February 2018, when it was relaunched at Rio's newsstands.
^ a b "Brazilian media". Embassy of Brazil in London. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
^ de Sá, Nelson (2018-02-23). "Após 8 anos, 'Jornal do Brasil' reestreia versa impressa". Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 2018-02-25. | 2019-04-19T02:38:19Z | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jornal_do_Brasil | Porn | News | 0.36443 |
wordpress | This post is an update for http://bderzhavets.blogspot.com/2014/01/setting-up-two-physical-node-openstack.html . It’s focused on Gluster 3.4.2 implementation including tuning /etc/sysconfig/iptables files on Controller and Compute Nodes.
Copying ssh-key from master node to compute, step by step verification of gluster volume replica 2 functionality and switching RDO Havana cinder services to work with gluster volume created to store instances bootable cinders volumes for performance improvement. Of course creating gluster bricks under “/” is not recommended . It should be a separate mount point for “xfs” filesystem to store gluster bricks on each node.
Comment out lines bellow , ignoring instruction from http://kashyapc.fedorapeople.org/virt/openstack/neutron-configs-GRE-OVS-two-node.txt . It’s critical for Gluster functionality. Having them active you are supposed to work with thin LVM as cinder volumes. You won’t be able even remote mount with “-t glusterfs” option. Gluster’s replications will be dead for ever.
Make sure all thin LVM have been deleted via `cinder list` , if no then delete them all.
I have to notice that schema with `cinder create –image-id .. –display_name VOL_NAME SIZE` & `nova boot –flavor 2 –user-data=./myfile.txt –block_device_mapping vda=volume_id:::0 VM_NAME` doesn’t work stable for me in meantime.
As of 03/11 standard schema via `cinder create –image-id IMAGE_ID –display_name VOL_NAME SIZE `& ` nova boot –flavor 2 –user-data=./myfile.txt –block_device_mapping vda=VOLUME_ID:::0 INSTANCE_NAME` started to work fine. However, schema described bellow on the contrary stopped to work on glusterfs based cinder’s volumes.
PING 192.168.1.102 (192.168.1.102) 56(84) bytes of data.
PING 192.168.1.104 (192.168.1.104) 56(84) bytes of data.
This entry was posted on Monday, March 10th, 2014 at 7:50 am and is filed under Multi-Node OpenStack RDO Havana, Multi-Node OpenStack RDO Havana on fedora 20. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. | 2019-04-22T22:32:01Z | https://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/2014/03/10/setup-gluster-3-4-2-on-two-node-controllercompute-neutron-greovs-fedora-20-cluster/ | Porn | Reference | 0.429956 |
wordpress | Our Blog of the Week this week comes from Alice who blogs at My Life, My Son, My Way.
Here she talks about her journey from young fragile mum of a baby with Down Syndrome to an slightly older but much wiser mother with a beautiful and very special son.
Yesterday, as I walked into the children’s clinic, as I’ve done so many times before, I suddenly had an overwhelming feeling of emotion. I can’t quite pin point that emotion, it was both happy and sad and as tears filled my eyes, I felt this huge smile growing upon my face.
This little fella was poking out of his mum’s blonde hair, just above her shoulder and with his huge, huge, blue eyes he stared deeply into my heart unleashing this gush of emotion, like he’d unlocked a door long forgotten.
Those eyes seemed so familiar, they looked at me like they’d seen me before. It felt so strange. It was as if something had just slapped me in the face and sent me back in time, like a film.
This little boy, with his huge blue eyes, had Down Syndrome and looked a spitting image of Kyd as a baby. Something that I don’t have much memory of, so took me by surprise.
Obviously he was at some point long ago… and isn’t it scary to think that once HE was that little bundle of blue eyed joy and that our journey at that stage was just beginning… our hectic, mad world of Down Syndrome… had only just begun.
They looked about my age. They were smartly dressed and his Dad had obviously just come from work specially for the appointment of his new son, because you could tell he wouldn’t miss it for the world. They were buying a ‘Jeans for Genes’ keyring at reception and as I looked at how happy they were chatting with the staff, I couldn’t help but smile and wish I had only had that support way back then.
I wanted to go over to them and say ‘Hey’ and ‘ OMG he’s so scrummy, I just want to eat him up’ but as I felt myself just about to say something… I stopped… I remembered that actually if that were me back then and at that stage of our journey, I’d have panicked if I was confronted by an older child with Downs. In fact, I avoided them as much and as often as I could at the beginning, so that I didn’t have to face the future.
I remembered that at that early stage, post diagnosis, you tend to shut yourself off from the world. You forget about the future and you just live for that day, because the thought of tomorrow or the weeks or years ahead, is too much to deal with. Your hormones, feelings and emotions are more at this point than they were during pregnancy. Every tiny bit of information goes in but can’t be found an hour later for there is so much to take in. You avoid every question about the diagnosis and answer with simple answers. You smile although deep down, you’re broken. You cry in silence every time you hear the words Down Syndrome. You pretend that everything is fine.
Why? because, you are scared if you don’t people will judge you, when really they just mean well and want to be there to support you. Rational thinking seems to leave your train of thought when you are dealing with this and you can’t actually think of anything else but ‘Why me? Why him?’ so asking and answering questions seem to be the last thing you want to do…. Well that is what went through my head at that stage anyway, others might be different.
I so wanted to go over and say ‘how are you feeling?’ or ‘it’ll be fine’ or ‘how are you coping with it all’ not because I’m nosey, but because I would love to know that they are OK. But questions and comments like that can come across so patronising or condescending to a new parent, however lovely it sounds in your head or well meaning it is… to a new parent that has just been told their child is disabled or has special needs or will effectively will be ‘different’ for the whole of their lives… those words are often seen as pity or a conversation filler…. Silly really, but it is just something that takes time to re-evaluate in your head and to gage what is genuine concern and love and what is someone not knowing what to say.
Plus remember sometimes you may have it wrong and the child isn’t actually disabled or the disability you think it is… it isn’t. It is best not to assume out loud in general and open with something more general until they tell you different.
I must admit I hated all of those questions and phrases and words and looks of pity that followed the birth of Kyd. I struggled to answer even the simple questions thrown at me without crying. It was like I was in a test at school and nothing I could say or do was the right answer and so I had the fear of failing at the same time as the desperate attempt and scramble to seem like I was coping and get those answers right… it was exhausting.
Saying that, I can’t speak for everyone, that is just what I went through. Some people love it when you speak to them about it from day one, they are positive and ready for anything, but to judge which way that particular parent is going to feel, is something not even they can often do themselves, as feelings can change from day to day and so this should be taken into account.
Looking at them holding him so close and watching him gaze deeply into his Daddy’s eyes, made my eyes begin to leak and I was worried they would see.
I so want to remember those days. I want to jump back to when Kyd was that young and take a thousand pictures and video every second so that I can watch it again and again and never forget… sadly I can’t and that is all lost and forgotten in a mist of anti depressants and stress and all I have are the little memories that pop back when I see a baby with eyes that match his.
I have struggled to look at other babies with downs in past years, I’m not overly sure why but I think it is because I found it so difficult then. I find myself often wishing I could go back to the old me, back when Kyd was a baby, knowing what I do now and change my entire route and mind set on life to avoid the obstacles I’ve jumped over and banged into along the way.
It is funny how events that happen by chance can change you in a nano second. I believe I was meant to see those parents there yesterday. I believe that I was meant to remember Kyd as a baby and that it was a sign that that part of my life may be over and lost… but it is still there deep down. I believe this was a sign that there is a new me starting from now. A positive, forward thinking, happy me. I’m looking forward to meeting her already.
Further reading on Down Syndrome and children with special needs over on Netmums.
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Such a powerful post, Alice. You’re such a strong woman and a fabulous mum to your boys. I’m sure they’re very proud of you!
What they all said. You are amazing. And look at you and Kyd 10 years ago – both stunners!
That post articulated many feelings I have had and I loved it. Thank you.
That articulated many feelings I experienced, thank you. | 2019-04-22T04:32:26Z | https://netmumsblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/blog-of-the-week-i-cant-go-back-to-yesterday-i-was-a-different-person-then/ | Porn | Kids | 0.912002 |
sfgate | On a glorious fall day at Harding Park, the countdown to next year's Presidents Cup started with some good-natured global taunting.
The heavyweights came to Harding on Wednesday, from PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to Presidents Cup captains Fred Couples and Greg Norman. They showed up on the shores of Lake Merced to officially start the clock - one year and counting until the match-play event begins on Oct. 8, 2009.
Newsom, naturally, spoke of the city's eagerness to host 24 of the world's finest golfers. He boasted about San Francisco as a top U.S. tourist destination and playfully bemoaned it ranking second globally to Sydney, Australia. This drew an animated, arms-raised-in-triumph reaction from one famous Australian, sitting a few feet away.
"I don't know what it is about Sydney," Newsom said, shaking his head.
"Boy, it's starting already," Norman replied, smiling.
The exchange reflected the lingering image of the Presidents Cup as a more relaxed version of its uptight uncle, the Ryder Cup. Then again, the Ryder Cup showed a fresh side last month in Louisville, Ky., where the U.S. team enthusiastically and memorably ended its losing streak to Europe.
The Americans won behind 23-year-old Anthony Kim, big-hitting J.B. Holmes and goofy Boo Weekley, who galloped off one tee pretending his driver was a horse. They also won without any steely glares or demonstrative fist pumps from Tiger Woods, given his recovery from knee surgery.
That dynamic figures to change for next year's Presidents Cup, with Woods likely to be back and bringing his commanding presence to Harding Park. Couples, who traded text messages with Woods during the Ryder Cup, still hopes to create the same kind of loose, lively atmosphere that served U.S. captain Paul Azinger so well in Louisville.
"Tiger isn't looking for the attention, he's looking to hang with the boys," Couples said. "He's a team player and he's fun to be around. I can't wait to have him on our team."
The Presidents Cup, a biennial team event matching the U.S. against an international team of non-European players, is different from the Ryder Cup in another way: The Americans usually win. They are 5-1-1 since the event's inception in 1994, including victories in 2005 outside Washington, D.C., and last year in Montreal.
Still, many top U.S. players - most notably, Woods and Phil Mickelson - often seem less than thrilled to play in a team competition every year. Asked if that's any sort of disadvantage against his international counterparts, who play in the Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup but not both, Couples prompted laughter when he said, "If you just tell these guys how great they are, they'll do anything."
PGA Tour officials plan only one physical change to the course for next year's event: They will build a new tee on what the public knows as No. 9 (it will be No. 18 for the Presidents Cup), stretching it to 535 yards. That hole will play as a par-5 next October; it played as a par-4 (at less than 500 yards) for the American Express Championship in 2005.
Tour officials also will "re-route" the course, so the customary closing holes - Nos. 16, 17 and 18 - will become Nos. 13, 14 and 15. (This makes it more likely matches will reach those holes.) The holes that are normally Nos. 1, 7 and 9 will become Nos. 16, 17 and 18, respectively. | 2019-04-24T12:11:31Z | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Presidents-Cup-notables-take-first-shots-at-3191151.php | Porn | Sports | 0.664497 |
wordpress | This entry was posted in Fiction, Humor/Humorous, Literary Fiction - That's the High Class Stuff.
This book sounds lovely! Now, you absolutely must have a look at Enchanted April. I haven’t read the book, but the movie is delightful.
Oh, yes, I have read Enchanted April yonks ago. | 2019-04-19T03:29:06Z | https://whathasbeenread.wordpress.com/2019/01/30/christopher-and-columbus-by/comment-page-1/ | Porn | Arts | 0.178428 |
faqs | You have submitted two samples of your "Jazz Classic" style of athletic footwear in both a man and woman's version, style number 1044 for women and style number 2044 for men. You state that each shoe will be offered in several color variations, designated as style numbers 1044-1, 1044-2, 1044-3, 2044-1, 2044-2, and 2044-3, and you ask that this ruling also apply to these other style/color numbers.
The shoes are made up of complete textile uppers to which leather overlays have been added. These overlays are lasted under and cemented to the sole. In this regard, they contribute to the structural integrity of the shoe and are considered external surface area of the upper (ESAU). The leather eyelet stay will also be counted as surface area material since it contributes structural support to the upper and is joined to leather overlays that are lasted under and cemented to the sole. You indicate that leather makes up 60.6% of the ESAU on style 1044 and 59.5% of the ESAU on style 2044. You also state that only the plastic saddle pieces (with three holes each) and the plastic back tab pieces (with the word "Saucony" on them) have been considered accessories or reinforcements as described in Note 4(a) to chapter 64, HTS. The shoes also feature lace tie closures and rubber/plastic outer soles and you state that the value of the shoes will be over $2.50 per pair.
The applicable subheading for the man's athletic shoe, style 2044, will be 6403.99.60, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for footwear with leather uppers and plastic and/or rubber outer soles, not covering the ankle, for men, youths and boys. The rate of duty will be 8.5% ad valorem. The applicable subheading for the woman's athletic shoe, style 1044, will be 6403.99.90, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United states (HTS), which provides for footwear with leather uppers and plastic and/or rubber outer soles, not covering the ankle, for other persons, valued over $2.50 per pair. The rate of duty will be 10% ad valorem. | 2019-04-22T18:04:37Z | http://www.faqs.org/rulings/rulings1998NYB89753.html | Porn | Sports | 0.914868 |
tripod | Our first lunch was held at the Kent Hotel in Beaumont Street, Hamilton, and attended by about eight guys, and it has grown to numbers in excess of 50 at times and was followed by afternoon tea/coffee back at my home in Islington, less than 15 minutes walk from the Kent. Although the Kent is not itself a gay hotel, it is discreetly gay friendly.
That first lunch, was such a great success, and it was decided to hold it again the following month.
And that’s how it all began. . . . . . | 2019-04-20T21:14:39Z | http://comags.tripod.com/histroy.htm | Porn | Reference | 0.247176 |
wordpress | Yes, I know, this is nothing but thy love, O beloved of my heart – this golden light that dances upon the leaves, these idle clouds sailing across the sky, this passing breeze leaving its coolness upon my forehead.
The morning light has flooded my eyes – this is thy message to my heart. Thy face is bent from above, thy eyes look down on my eyes, and my heart has touched thy feet.
TAGORE asks, where do you search for GOD? HE is very near to you not in the shrine where all doors shut. HE is with the poor people who are toiling hard to win their daily bread .HE is with the path makers who are braking the stone ,HE is with them who are toiling in the field in sunshine and shower. | 2019-04-23T16:33:55Z | https://playroom3.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/gitanjali-rabindranath-tagore/ | Porn | Reference | 0.541422 |
wired | When Compaq bought rival computer-maker Digital last spring, analysts wondered what fate lay in store for AltaVista, Digital's once-prominent, but fading, search engine. Compaq bought Digital, after all, to bolster its high-end hardware and service offerings for corporate customers. Where did a search engine fit in?
It seemed likely that AltaVista would wither on the vine. But it didn't.
First, Compaq (CPQ) shelled out $3.35 million dollars to buy the rights to the altavista.com URL, replacing the clunky altavista.digital.com moniker. Next, the company poured $10 million dollars into fleshing out the site's services.
Tuesday, it unveiled the results: multiple new search options and the familiar channel design favored by the portal big-shots, features intended to push AltaVista onto the portal playing field as a direct competitor to the likes of Yahoo, while building on its core strength as a search engine.
"Our goal is to convert AltaVista from the number ten site to the number one, two, or three site over the next several years," said Kurt Losert, vice president of Internet services at Compaq, and the acting general manager of AltaVista.
Since Compaq assumed stewardship of AltaVista six months ago, distribution deals with Microsoft and Netscape, along with other partnerships, have driven traffic to the site up nearly 50 percent, according to Losert.
AltaVista now averages between 32 million and 36 million daily page views. That makes it the tenth most visited site on the Web, based on a recent survey by Web-rating firm RelevantKnowledge. Aggressive marketing and distribution partnerships will quickly push AltaVista up the ratings ladder, said Losert, who predicts traffic will grow another 50 percent in the next 6 months.
When it comes to driving traffic to its site, Compaq has a unique advantage: hardware. Compaq is the world's number one seller of PCs, and every new net-enabled Presario PC that Compaq sells has an Internet search button on the keyboard that automatically whisks surfers to the AltaVista site.
It works the other way, too. Compaq's Net offerings help sell PCs. Compaq offers a $100 rebate to any Presario-buyer that signs up for Internet access through a co-branded offering with GTE. The rebate allows Compaq to undercut competitors in the white-hot market for bargain-basement PCs.
"The combination of the base price of the Presario, plus the rebate, is unmatched," said Losert. "We intend to combine the power and scope of the company's distribution with hardware and software integration to provide complete, end-to-end service integration" for Internet users. | 2019-04-24T12:06:26Z | https://www.wired.com/1998/10/here-comes-altavista/ | Porn | Business | 0.190317 |
wordpress | Where you see sunlight filtered through clouds, I see every shade of yellow and gray. You see relief from the glare, I see magic being birthed.
When you see a panhandler with his sign on a corner, you see incompetence and addiction. I see a broken, humiliated man with a story to tell.
When you see the rain falling on the road, you grumble at getting wet or watching drivers overreact. I see the glint of light and allow the sound of rain to soothe my soul.
Where there is darkness in the forest you fear for ghosts. I watch for faeries to appear.
When mountain peaks are washed in golden sunlight, you see majesty, but I see nature communicating as the mountain thanks the sun for its warmth.
When you stare out at the ocean, you see its surface beauty. But I hear the souls of the world calling out across the distance, and delight in the ancient waters that have circled the entire globe. Ireland kisses my feet. The waters the Messiah crossed have evaporated, gathered in the sky, and fallen in tempests on the ocean. Pilgrims crossed the waters. Wayfinders journeyed across the waters, using the stars to guide them.
When you complain about the sand that gets in and on everything, I see millions of shells that have been worn down and deposited safely on the shore to rest.
Where you see the desert, I see a sea of glass waiting to happen.
People are sad and depressed. You see another person who “doesn’t get it”, and I see heartache, desperation, desire to be more than this– and survival.
Perspective is a flip of a switch.
We all have different vantage points.
Mine invites you to see the world in different colors, when all most see is shadows of gray. | 2019-04-20T20:34:36Z | https://onlybyyourblood.wordpress.com/tag/life/ | Porn | Society | 0.334571 |
newgrounds | A paycheck for playing with Toys... Sounds easy.
A 3D short film prologue about a mysterious abandoned facility.
What happens when an art thief steals something that alters time?
A boy wanders through the woods and discovers his true potential.
An animated skit series featuring dark, adult humor. Enjoy!
Will Franc Ever Find Happiness?
I fail miserably. Wanna see? There, you saw it. | 2019-04-24T12:35:55Z | https://templarfreak.newgrounds.com/favorites/movies | Porn | Arts | 0.731012 |
wordpress | My window is open. I got home before sunset.
Hello, spring. I love you. | 2019-04-22T18:58:25Z | https://thejoyasitflies.wordpress.com/tag/window/ | Porn | Home | 0.968603 |
wordpress | ARAB RACISM EGYPTIAN ANTI-JEWISH STYLE | Free Israel!
A court in Cairo has upheld a ruling urging the government to consider stripping of their citizenship Egyptian men who are married to Israeli women.
The ruling requires officials to send all such cases to the cabinet, to be decided on an individual basis.
The interior ministry had appealed against the original ruling, made by a lower court last year.
The new decision is seen as a sign of negative feeling towards Israel in Egypt, despite a 1979 peace treaty.
This is an example of Arab racism and the ethnic hatred of Jews. While the government has opposed these rulings, it is clear that many in the judiciary of Egypt want to discriminate against those who associate with Jews. Will the Europeans condemn this Arab apartheid? It is not clear whether the ruling will also apply to Israeli Arabs, but my guess is that it does not.
This entry was posted on June 10, 2010 at 7:01 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. | 2019-04-23T08:56:43Z | https://freeisraelnow.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/arab-racism-egyptian-anti-jewish-style/ | Porn | News | 0.708631 |
wordpress | This entry was posted on October 19, 2011 by hartlepoolwadokai. It was filed under Uncategorized and was tagged with Competition, European Championships, Hartlepool. Hartlepool Wadokai, Wadokai, Wadokai European Championships. | 2019-04-21T01:34:26Z | https://hartlepoolwadokai.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/wadokai-european-karate-championships-2011/ | Porn | Sports | 0.937239 |
wordpress | I so admired Emily's fancy layout that I thought I should try to spruce mine also. Being somewhat computer illiterate it took me a minute or two to figure out where to go to get the job done , you now have this newest theme.
I bet Emily is a fan of Paula Creamer, whose trademark color is pink.
The shapes in the flower have a middle eastern feel to me. I like the new look.
Creamer even has pink golf balls!
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google | PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reflection-type liquid crystal display device which is bright in any directions of view at a low cost by preliminarily forming a thin film layer and a reflection layer into one layer.
SOLUTION: The thin film layer and the reflection layer are preliminarily formed into one layer. Namely, a transfer film is transferred to a glass substrate 1 and hardened, and a protective film is peeled to form a resin layer 2 having projections. Then an aluminum reflection film layer 3 is formed on the resin layer 2 having lots of projections. An acrylic resin insulating and flattening layer 4 is formed on the reflection film layer 3. Further, a photosensitive resin layer 5 having dispersion of a black pigment is applied on the insulating flattening layer 4, exposed to UV rays 17 through a photomask 16, and developed to form an acrylic resin light-shielding layer 5a. Then a photosensitive resin layer 6 essentially consisting of an acrylic resin and having dispersion of a red pigment is applied on the light-shielding layer 5a, exposed to UV rays 17 through the photomask 16, and developed. Thus, a red color layer 6a of the photosensitive resin layer 6 is formed.
【発明の属する技術分野】本発明は液晶表示装置に係り、特に反射型カラー表示に有効な機能を備えた反射板内臓型の液晶表示装置およびその製法に関するものである。 The present invention relates to relates to a liquid crystal display device, the present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device and a manufacturing method of a reflection plate visceral having a useful function in particular a reflective color display.
号、特開平４−２４３２２６号公報等に示されるように、反射膜下の形状を凹凸にすることにより、内蔵の拡散反射膜を簡易に製造する方法が提案されている。 No., as shown in JP-A-4-243226 Patent Publication, by the uneven shape of the lower reflective films, a method of manufacturing a built-in diffuse reflection layer easily has been proposed.
これらはいずれも反射板と電極を兼用したものである。 These are those were all combined a reflector and electrode.
は、サンドブラスト等でガラス基板面に微細な凹凸を形成する、（２）は、反射膜と反射膜下に形成された樹脂との熱膨張係数の違いで生じる応力により反射膜表面に微細な凹凸を形成するものである。 Form fine irregularities on the glass substrate surface by sand blasting, (2), fine irregularities on the reflective membrane surface due to the stress caused by the difference in thermal expansion coefficient between formed under the reflective film and the reflective film resin it is intended to form.
【０００５】また、これらの反射膜はいずれもパターニングされ、反射板と電極とを兼用している。 Further, these reflective films are both patterned, also serves the reflector and electrodes.
【０００６】しかし、これらの方法では、 微細凹凸パターンの再現性が悪い、 反射膜のパターニングが困難、 反射膜上にカラーフィルタを形成することが困難、 等の課題を有していた。 However, in these methods, a poor reproducibility of fine uneven pattern, the patterning of the reflective film is difficult, to form a color filter difficult, there is a problem of equal on a reflective film.
反射板上にカラーフィルタを形成する素子構成では、液晶に印加される電圧が低下すると云う課題も有していた。 In a device configured to form a color filter in the reflective plate, the voltage applied to the liquid crystal even had problems referred to decrease.
Ｐと云う）を、導電性フィルムを介して加熱，加圧する接続工程において、接続不良の要因となり、電極端子部で膜剥離等が起こり易く、また、再接続が困難と云う課題も有していた。 The called P), heated through the conductive film, in the connection step of pressing, becomes a cause of poor connection, film peeling tends to occur at the electrode terminal portion, also challenges reconnection say difficult have It was.
【０００９】本発明の目的は、上記課題を解決した拡散反射板とそれを用いた液晶表示装置、並びに、該液晶表示装置の製法を提供することにある。 An object of the present invention, the diffusion reflective plate in which the above-described problems and a liquid crystal display device using the same, and to provide a production method of the liquid crystal display device.
【課題を解決するための手段】〔１〕 基板と、その基板の上に形成されている凹凸を有する薄膜層と、この凹凸を有する薄膜層の上に形成されている反射層を有する拡散反射板であって、前記薄膜層と前記反射層とは予め一体形成された層であることを特徴とする拡散反射板。 Means for Solving the Problems] and substrate, and a thin film layer having unevenness formed on the substrate, the diffusion reflection having a reflective layer formed on the thin film layer having uneven a plate, the diffuse reflection plate, wherein said thin film layer and the reflective layer is a layer which is previously integrally formed.
【００１１】〔２〕 前記薄膜層と前記反射層との間には両者を接着する接着層を有する前記の拡散反射板。 The diffuse reflection plate having an adhesive layer for bonding both between the thin layer and the reflective layer.
【００１２】〔３〕 基板と、この基板の上に転写フィルムにより転写，接着された拡散反射層を有することを特徴とする拡散反射板。 substrate and, transferred by the transfer film on the substrate, a diffusion reflective plate, characterized in that with bonded diffuse reflection layer.
前記薄膜層と前記基板とは接着層により接着されていることを特徴とする拡散反射板。 Diffuse reflector, characterized in that it is bonded by an adhesive layer between the substrate and the thin film layer.
【００１４】〔５〕 前記薄膜層は前記接着層を兼ねている前記の拡散反射板。 wherein the diffuse reflector wherein the thin film layer which also serves as the adhesive layer.
【００１５】〔６〕 一対の基板と、この一対の基板に挟持された液晶層を有し、前記一対の基板の一方の基板の上に形成されている接着層と、この接着層の上に形成されている凹凸を有する薄膜層と、この凹凸を有する薄膜層の上に形成されている反射層と、この反射層の上に形成されている平坦化層と、この平坦化層と前記一対の基板の他方の基板との間に前記液晶層に電界を生じさせる電極構造を有することを特徴とする液晶表示装置。 a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer held the pair of substrates, an adhesive layer formed on one substrate of the pair of substrates, over the adhesive layer a thin film layer having a concavity and convexity formed, a reflective layer formed on the thin film layer having irregularities, and planarization layer formed on the reflective layer, the pair with the planarization layer the liquid crystal display device characterized by having the electrode structure to cause an electric field to the liquid crystal layer between the other substrate of the substrate.
【００１６】〔７〕 ガラス基板上に複数の凸部あるいは凹凸部がランダムに形成された樹脂層が形成されており、前記樹脂層上に反射板、絶縁層兼平坦化層、透明電極および配向制御膜が順次積層形成された一方の電極基板ａと、ガラス基板上に透明電極と配向制御膜が積層形成されたもう一方の電極基板ｂとが配向制御膜が対向するよう配置されており、前記両基板間に液晶層が挟持されてなることを特徴とする液晶表示装置。 a plurality of protrusions on a glass substrate or the uneven portion is formed is a resin layer formed randomly reflector on the resin layer, the insulating layer and the planarizing layer, a transparent electrode and an alignment one electrode substrate a control film are sequentially laminated, and the other electrode substrate b transparent electrode and an alignment control film on a glass substrate are laminated is arranged so that the orientation control film is opposed, a liquid crystal display device comprising the liquid crystal layer are sandwiched between the two substrates.
【００１７】〔８〕 前記絶縁層兼平坦化層上に遮光層とカラーフィルタとが形成されており、前記液晶層の厚みが、遮光層上に形成した複数の柱状樹脂部によって規制されている前記の液晶表示装置。 and the insulating layer and the light-shielding layer on the planarizing layer and the color filter is formed, the thickness of the liquid crystal layer is regulated by a plurality of columnar resin portion formed on the light-shielding layer the liquid crystal display device.
〔９〕 ガラス基板面に薄膜の樹脂層を形成し、多数の微細な凸部あるいは凹凸部がランダムに形成された押し型をもって前記樹脂層面上を加熱，押圧することにより該樹脂層表面に微細な凸部あるいは凹凸部を形成する工程と、前記樹脂層上に反射膜を形成し、該反射膜上に絶縁層兼平坦化層を形成する工程と、前記絶縁層兼平坦化層上に遮光層およびカラーフィルタ層を形成する工程と、前記カラーフィルタ層上に平坦化層を形成する工程と、前記平坦化層上に透明電極を形成する工程と、前記透明電極上に液晶の配向制御膜を形成する工程、により形成した一方の電極基板ａと、ガラス基板面に透明電極を形成し、該透明電極上に液晶の配向制御膜を形成したもう一方の電極基板ｂとを配置し、前記両電極基板ａ，ｂの配向制御膜が対向 the glass substrate surface to form a resin layer of a thin film, fine numerous on the resin layer surface with a minute projections or push type uneven portions are formed at random heating, in the resin layer surface by pressing forming a a convex portion or the concave-convex portion, the resin layer formed on a reflective film, forming an insulating layer and the planarizing layer on the reflective layer, light shielding in the insulating layer and the planarization layer forming a layer and the color filter layer, a step of forming a planarizing layer on the color filter layer, wherein the step of forming a transparent electrode on the planarization layer, liquid crystal alignment layer on said transparent electrode a step, one of the electrode substrate a formed by forming a forming a transparent electrode on the glass substrate surface, placing the other electrode substrate b to form an alignment control film of the liquid crystal on the transparent electrode, wherein the electrode substrates a, the orientation control film of b is opposed するよう組合せ、該両電極基板間に液晶を充填，封止する工程を含むことを特徴とする液晶表示装置の製法。 Combination to, filling the liquid crystal between the both electrode substrates, preparation of a liquid crystal display device which comprises a step of sealing.
【００１９】〔１０〕 前記ガラス基板面に多数の微細な凸部あるいは凹凸部の形成に、多数の微細な凸部あるいは凹凸部がランダムに設けられた高分子ベースフィルム上に、光感光性樹脂または熱硬化性樹脂が積層された転写フィルムを前記ガラス基板面に加熱，押圧して貼り合わせ、前記高分子ベースフィルムを剥離することで形成する前記の液晶表示装置の製法。 for forming the large number of fine convex portions on the glass substrate surface or uneven portion, a number of minute projections or uneven portions on a polymer base film provided at random, photosensitive resin or heating the transfer film thermosetting resin is laminated on the glass substrate surface, bonded by pressing, the manufacturing method of the liquid crystal display device be formed by peeling the polymer base film.
【００２０】〔１１〕 前記平坦化層上に形成した遮光層上に、液晶層の厚みを規制する複数の柱状樹脂部を形成する工程を含む前記の液晶表示装置の製法。 wherein the planarization layer to form the light-shielding layer, the manufacturing method of the liquid crystal display device comprising forming a plurality of columnar resin portion for regulating the thickness of the liquid crystal layer.
【発明の実施の形態】本発明の拡散反射板、遮光層付き拡散反射板または拡散反射板用下地フィルム等を用いた反射型カラー液晶表示装置の具体的な製法の一例は次のとおりである。 Diffuse reflector of the embodiment of the present invention, an example of a specific method of the reflection-type color liquid crystal display device using the light-shielding layer with diffuse reflector or diffuse reflector for the base film or the like is as follows .
を介して組合せ、両電極基板周辺をシール材（エポキシ樹脂に上記スペーサ材を配合したもの）で接着，シールする工程、（１３）両電極基板間に液晶を封入，封止する工程、により液晶表示素子を作製する。 Through the combination step of bonding, sealed with the electrode substrates around the sealing material (epoxy resin to those blended with the spacer material), (13) a liquid crystal is sealed between the electrode substrates, the liquid crystal step of sealing, by manufacturing a display element.
【００２３】そして、（１４）前記液晶表示素子の透明電極のみを形成したガラス基板面に、所定の位相板と偏光板を貼り合わせる工程、（１５）前記液晶表示素子に液晶駆動用ＩＣが搭載されたＴＣＰおよび駆動用外部回路との接続端子等を接続する工程、（１６）前記液晶表示素子をケース、フレーム等に組込む工程、により本発明の液晶表示装置が完成する。 Then, (14) the liquid crystal display glass substrate surface formed only transparent electrodes of the device, the step of bonding the predetermined phase plate and a polarizing plate, is (15) the liquid crystal driving IC on a liquid crystal display device mounting step of connecting a connection terminal or the like of the TCP and the driving external circuit is, (16) the liquid crystal display device case, step incorporated into the frame or the like, a liquid crystal display device of the present invention by is completed.
の多数の微細な凸部あるいは凹凸部がランダムに設けられた高分子ベースフィルムに替えて、所定の凸または凹凸が設けられたローラー、スタンパーあるいは高分子シートを原型とする押し型を用いる方式で行ってもよい。 Numerous minute projections or uneven portions in place of the polymer base film provided randomly, predetermined convex or rollers irregularities are provided, in a manner of using a push type to prototype a stamper or a polymer sheet it may be carried out.
【００２５】具体的には、（１）ガラス基板上に樹脂を塗布，乾燥することで薄膜（膜厚：１〜３μｍ）の樹脂層を形成する工程、（２）多数の微細な凸部あるいは凹凸部がランダムに設けられた上記の押し型を用い、薄膜の樹脂層に凸あるいは凹凸のパターンを熱と圧力を加えて型押しする。 Specifically, (1) a resin coating on a glass substrate, a thin film by drying (thickness: 1 to 3 [mu] m) to form a resin layer of, (2) number of or minute projections uneven portion using the above-described push type provided randomly, convex or concavo-convex pattern on the resin layer of the thin film to emboss by applying heat and pressure.
６）に記載の工程と同様である。 It is similar to the steps described in 6).
従来に比べ大幅にその製造工程を削減することができると共に、反射板を形成していない対向する基板に遮光膜やカラーフィルタ等を形成しないですむことから、対向基板に電極を形成することが容易になり、この電極の修正やＴＣＰの接続が容易にできる。 It is possible to reduce significantly the manufacturing process compared with conventional, since it is not necessary to form a reflecting plate formed on the substrate opposite non light-shielding film and a color filter or the like, to form an electrode on the counter substrate easier, connection modifications and TCP of the electrode can be easily.
【００２８】また、本発明において、ガラス基板に樹脂層／反射膜層、または、樹脂層／反射膜層／遮光膜層の形成の簡便な方法としては、予め、高分子ベースフィルム上に反射膜層および樹脂層、あるいは、遮光膜層、反射膜層および樹脂層が積層された転写フィルムを張り合わせるだけで一括形成することができる。 Further, in the present invention, the resin layer / reflective film layer on a glass substrate, or, as a simple method of forming the resin layer / reflective film layer / light-shielding film layer is previously reflection film on a polymer base film layer and the resin layer, or a light-shielding film layer, reflective layer and the resin layer can be collectively formed by simply laminating the transfer film laminated.
【００２９】また、微細形状で、かつ、電極本数の多い信号電極を、一方の電極基板に形成することにより、電極の修正やＴＣＰの接続時のリペアが容易になる等、高歩留まりで低コスト化を図ることができる。 Further, a fine shape, and the like more signal electrodes of the electrode number, by forming the one electrode substrate, modifications and TCP repair when connecting electrodes is facilitated, low cost high yield it is possible to achieve the reduction.
現像し、硬化することで遮光層を形成することも可能である。 Developed, it is also possible to form the light shielding layer by curing.
【００３１】また、ガラス基板上に前記カラーフィルタフィルムをラミネート、または、ガラス基板上に赤、緑または青の顔料がそれぞれ分散された感光性樹脂（以下、カラーレジストと云う）の薄膜をスピンコート法により形成し、フォトマスクを介して露光，現像および硬化を行い、第１のカラーフィルタをパターン形成する。 Further, laminating the color filter film on a glass substrate or a red on a glass substrate, a photosensitive resin in which a pigment of green or blue are dispersed respectively (hereinafter, referred to as color resist) spin coating a thin film of formed by law, exposed to light via a photomask, and developed and cured, patterning the first color filter.
次いで、同様にして第２、第３のカラーフィルタを形成する。 Then, a second, third color filter in the same manner.
【００３２】上記第１，第２および第３のカラーフィルタの表面形状を平坦にする平坦化層を形成後、その上にＩＴＯ膜からなる透明電極パターンを形成する。 The first, after forming the second and third planarizing layer to planarize the surface shape of the color filter, a transparent electrode pattern made of an ITO film thereon.
【００３３】前記透明電極上に液晶分子の配向を制御する配向膜（ポリイミド系樹脂）を形成し、その上を公知の手段でラビングし配向処理することで、一方の電極基板を作製することもできる。 to form an alignment film for controlling the alignment of liquid crystal molecules on the transparent electrode (polyimide resin), By rubbing alignment treatment by known means thereon, also make one electrode substrate it can.
【００３４】また、本発明の拡散反射板は、フォトリソグラフィ法を用いずとも凸あるいは凹凸が簡便なフィルム転写等により形成でき、この上面にアルミニウム、銀等の反射層を形成することで、内蔵型拡散反射板が作製できる。 Further, the diffuse reflection plate of the present invention, without using a photolithography method can be formed convex or irregularities by a simple film transfer, etc., by forming an aluminum, a reflective layer such as silver to the upper surface, internal -type diffusion reflective plate can be produced. 従って、従来よりも工程が少なく、低コストの拡散反射板内蔵型の液晶表示装置を得ることができる。 Therefore, fewer steps than conventional, it is possible to obtain a liquid crystal display device of the diffuse reflector built-in low-cost.
【００３５】本発明によれば、電極と反射板とを兼用せず、電極と反射板とを分離することができたことにより、金属電極のパターニングが極めて容易となり、このような構成により、電極と内臓反射板との間に他の構成要素、特に、対向する基板に形成していたカラーフィルタや遮光膜（ＢＭ）等を、液晶層に印加する電圧を低下させることなく、反射板を形成した基板に形成することができる。 According to the present invention, not shared with the the electrode reflection plate, by which it is possible to separate the the electrode reflection plate, patterning the metal electrode becomes extremely easy, such a configuration, the electrode with other components between the visceral reflector, in particular, the opposing color filter and shielding film that has been formed on the substrate to (BM) or the like, without reducing the voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer, a reflective plate it can be formed on the substrate.
を搭載したＴＣＰの接続、および、ＩＣのリペアが容易になるので有利である。 Equipped with TCP connection to, and is advantageous because the repair of IC is facilitated.
【００３７】また、拡散反射板の形成方法として、転写フィルムを貼り合わせる方法を採用すると、工程が少なく、ガラス基板のリペア等も容易となり、低コスト化を図ることができると共に、拡散反射板の拡散反射面側を平坦化することができるので、基板と基板との間のギャップ精度の向上や、液晶層との間に形成される部材の平坦化を実現できる。 Further, as a formation method of the diffuse reflection plate, when employing a method of bonding a transfer film, less process, the glass substrates repair etc. is facilitated, it is possible to reduce the cost, the diffuse reflector it is possible to flatten the diffuse reflection surface, improvement of gap accuracy between the substrate and the substrate, the flattening member formed between the liquid crystal layer can be realized.
画素サイズ：０.２８８ｍｍ×０.２８８ｍｍ，画面対角サイズ：８.１インチ）の１／２ＶＧＡ対応ハンド・ヘルドタイプ・パーソナル・コンピュータ（以下、ハンド・ヘルドＰＣと称する）や、モニタなどの用途に使用されるスーパー・ツイステッド・ネマチック（ＳＴＮ）液晶表示装置、あるいは、反射型ＳＴＮカラー液晶表示装置（以下、単に反射型カラー液晶表示装置と云う）を主体に説明する。 Pixel size: 0.288mm × 0.288mm, screen diagonal size: 5.1 inch) 1 / 2VGA corresponding Hand Herudotaipu personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as hand-held PC) or, in applications such as a monitor super twisted nematic used (STN) liquid crystal display device, or reflection type STN color liquid crystal display device (hereinafter, simply referred to as a reflective type color liquid crystal display device) will be described mainly.
液晶表示方式に限定されるものではない。 It is not limited to a liquid crystal display system.
【実施例】〔実施例 １〕本発明の反射型液晶表示素子の製法の一例を図１の模式断面図に基づき説明する。 EXAMPLES An example of the process of the reflection type liquid crystal display device of Example 1 the present invention based on the schematic cross-sectional view of FIG. 1 will be described.
ｍ）を設けた転写フィルムを用意する。 m) providing a transfer film provided with.
保護フィルムを剥がして凸部を有する樹脂層２を形成する。 Peel off the protective film to form a resin layer 2 having convex portions.
【００４４】工程（ｃ）：前記反射膜層３上にアクリル系樹脂の絶縁層兼平坦化層４（膜厚：２μｍ）形成する。 Step (c): the reflective film layer 3 on the acrylic resin of the insulating layer and the planarization layer 4 (thickness: 2 [mu] m) is formed.
【００４５】工程（ｄ）：前記絶縁層兼平坦化層４上に黒色顔料が分散された感光性樹脂層５を塗布し、フォトマスク１６を介して紫外線１７を露光後、現像しアクリル系樹脂（エポキシ系樹脂でも可）の遮光層５ａ（膜厚：１.２μｍ）を形成する。 Step (d): After exposure of the insulating layer and the black pigment is coated with a photosensitive resin layer 5 which is dispersed on the planarization layer 4, ultraviolet 17 through a photomask 16 and developed acrylic resin shielding layer 5a (thickness: 1.2 [mu] m) (also accepted on epoxy resin) to form a.
【００４６】工程（ｅ）：前記遮光層５ａ上に赤色顔料が分散された母材がアクリル系樹脂（エポキシ系樹脂でも可）の感光性樹脂層６（膜厚：１.２μｍ）を塗布し、フォトマスク１６を介して紫外線１７を露光，現像する。 Step (e): the photosensitive resin layer 6 (thickness: 1.2 [mu] m) of the red pigment is dispersed on the light-shielding layer 5a preform acrylic resin (optionally epoxy-based resin) was applied , exposed to ultraviolet rays 17 through a photomask 16 and developed.
【００４７】工程（ｆ）：感光性樹脂層６による赤の着色層６ａが形成される。 Step (f): the colored layer 6a of the red by the photosensitive resin layer 6 is formed.
μｍの走査電極）、および、ポリイミドの配向制御膜（膜厚：７０ｎｍ）を形成する。 μm scan electrodes), and the orientation control film of polyimide (thickness: forming a 70 nm).
封止（感光性アクリル系樹脂または感光性エポキシ系樹脂）することにより反射型液晶表示素子を作製した。 To produce a reflective type liquid crystal display device by sealing (photosensitive acrylic resin or a photosensitive epoxy resin).
ｍアルミニウム膜を形成したが、凸状樹脂の材料、形状および大きさ等は、目的に応じて選択することができる。 Were formed m aluminum film, the material of the convex resin, the shape and size, etc., can be selected according to the purpose.
【００５２】本実施例によれば、フィルム転写法による拡散反射板は、樹脂層に所望の形状をフォトリソグラフィ法と同等精度で形成できるので、該拡散反射板を内蔵した反射型カラー液晶表示装置を低コストで提供できる。 In accordance with the present embodiment, the diffusion reflective plate by the film transfer method, since the desired shape in the resin layer can be formed by photolithography and comparable accuracy, the reflection type color liquid crystal display device incorporating the diffuse reflector the can be provided at low cost. また、それを内蔵することにより、どの方向からでも明るく、高コントラストの画像の反射型カラー液晶表示装置を提供することができる。 Further, by incorporating it, bright from any direction, it is possible to provide a reflective type color liquid crystal display device of high contrast images.
【００５３】特に、画素電極と反射板を分離したことで、反射板上にカラーフィルタを形成した素子構成でも、液晶の印加電圧の低下がない反射型液晶表示装置を提供することができる。 Particularly, by separating the reflective plate and the pixel electrode, even A structure used for forming a color filter to the reflection plate, it is possible to provide a reflective liquid crystal display device is not reduced in the liquid crystal applied voltage.
【００５４】また、製法が複雑なフォトリソグラフィ法によらず、パターン原型を用いることで転写フィルムに所望のパターンを再現性よく容易に形成することができる。 Further, it is possible to process irrespective complex photolithography to good reproducibility easily form a desired pattern on the transfer film by using a pattern prototype.
液晶素子の作製歩留まりを向上する効果もある。 Also it has the effect of improving the production yield of the liquid crystal element.
【００５６】さらにまた、微細な凸または凹部を有する高分子ベースフィルム上に遮光膜層，反射膜層，樹脂層が順次積層された転写フィルムを使用すれば、製造工程を大幅低減でき、また、着色層に転写フィルムを用いることで着色層の表面が平坦となり、表示面全体が均一で高コントラストの画像が得られる。 Furthermore, the light-shielding film layer on a polymer base film having a fine convex or concave, reflective layer, using the transfer film resin layer are sequentially laminated, it can greatly reduce the manufacturing steps and, surface of the colored layer by using a transfer film on the colored layer becomes flat, the image of high contrast is obtained a uniform overall display surface.
【００５７】なお、前記絶縁層兼平坦化層４および平坦化層７の採用は目的に合わせて任意である。 Incidentally, adoption of the insulating layer and the planarization layer 4 and planarization layer 7 is optional according to the purpose. 例えば、有効表示領域のみに形成すれば、ＴＡＢ接続がより有利になる。 For example, if formed only in the effective display area, TAB connection is more advantageous.
【００５８】また、いずれか一方の透明電極と配向制御膜の間に絶縁層を配置しても同様の効果が得られる。 Further, similar effects can be arranged an insulating layer between the one of the transparent electrode and alignment control film.
パターン再現性のよいものを容易に得ることができる。 It can be easily obtained having good pattern reproducibility.
【００６０】〔実施例 ２〕次に、本発明の他の反射型液晶表示装置の製法の一例を図２に従って説明する。 Example 2 Next, an example of a method of another reflective type liquid crystal display device of the present invention according to FIG.
６ｋｇ／ｃｍ 2 ）を加え、樹脂層２に転写後、該樹脂層２を恒温槽中（２４０℃）で３０分硬化し、凸部を形成する。 6 kg / cm 2) was added, after transferred to the resin layer 2, and cured for 30 minutes the resin layer 2 in a constant temperature bath (240 ° C.), to form a convex portion.
【００６３】工程（ｂ）以下は、実施例１と同様に行い、反射型液晶表示装置を作製した。 Step (b) The following were performed in the same manner as in Example 1 to prepare a reflection type liquid crystal display device. また、拡散反射板の下地層についても実施例１と同じである。 Moreover, the same also as in Example 1. underlayer diffuse reflector.
に所定の凹部または凹凸部を転写するので、不具合の確認を直ちに行うことができる。 Since transferring a predetermined concave or convex-concave portion, it is possible to perform immediate confirmation of failure. 従って、ガラス基板の再生も直ちに容易に行うことができ、低コスト化に極めて有利である。 Therefore, the glass substrate regeneration can also be performed immediately easily, it is extremely advantageous for cost reduction.
【００６５】〔実施例 ３〕次に、本発明の他の反射型液晶表示装置の製法の一例を図３に従って説明する。 Example 3 Next, an example of a method of another reflective type liquid crystal display device of the present invention according to FIG.
ロール表面に形成された凹部あるいは凹凸部を転写する。 Transferring the concave or convex-concave portion formed on the roll surface.
【００６７】次の工程（ｂ）以下は、実施例２と同様であるので説明を省略する。 The next step (b) below will be omitted because it is similar to that of Example 2. また、拡散反射板の下地層についても実施例１と同じである。 Moreover, the same also as in Example 1. underlayer diffuse reflector.
【００６８】本実施例の特徴は、簡単に拡散反射板用の下地層が形成できるだけでなく、フォトリソグラフィ法と同様に、薄膜樹脂層に転写した凸部または凹凸部を有する下地層へ、紫外線照射量あるいは硬化温度等を制御することにより、凸部または凹凸部の形状を任意に制御することができる。 The feature of this embodiment is not only easy underlayer for diffuse reflector can be formed, similarly to the photolithography method, the base layer having a convex portion or the concave-convex portion was transferred to a thin resin layer, an ultraviolet by controlling the irradiation amount or curing temperature, etc., the shape of the projection or uneven portion can be arbitrarily controlled.
の形成工程で、不具合が発生した場合は、樹脂層を剥離してガラス基板の再利用が容易であると云う利点がある。 In the forming step, if a problem occurs, there is an advantage that by separating the resin layer say it is easy to reuse the glass substrate.
【００７０】〔実施例 ４〕次に、本発明の他の反射型液晶表示装置の製法の一例を図４に従って説明する。 Example 4 Next, an example of a method of another reflective type liquid crystal display device of the present invention according to FIG.
【００７１】工程（ａ）：多数の凹部が表面に形成された実施例１で用いた高分子ベースフィルム１５上に、同じく樹脂層２を塗布（膜厚：１.５μｍ），乾燥後、樹脂層２上にポリエチレンの保護フィルム（図示せず，膜厚：６μｍ）を設けた転写フィルムを、実施例１と同様にガラス基板１にロールラミネータ１８を用いて転写後、該樹脂層２を恒温槽中（２４０℃）で３０分硬化し、凸部を形成する。 Step (a): on a number of recesses polymeric base film as used in Example 1 formed on the surface 15, also coated with a resin layer 2 (thickness: 1.5 [mu] m), after drying, the resin (not shown, thickness: 6 [mu] m) a protective film of polyethylene on the layer 2 a transfer film provided with, after the transfer using a roll laminator 18 on the glass substrate 1 in the same manner as in example 1, the resin layer 2 thermostatic cured for 30 minutes in a bath (240 ° C.), to form a convex portion.
上に反射膜層３を実施例１と同様に形成する。 The reflective layer 3 is formed in the same manner as in Example 1 above.
【００７３】工程（ｃ）：前記反射膜層３上に絶縁層兼平坦化層４（アクリル系樹脂またはエポキシ系樹脂，膜厚：２.０μｍ）形成する。 Step (c): the reflective film layer 3 the insulating layer and the planarization layer over 4 (acrylic resin or epoxy resin, thickness: 2.0 .mu.m) is formed.
【００７４】工程（ｄ）：前記絶縁層兼平坦化層４上に塗布あるいはラミネートした黒色顔料が分散された感光性樹脂層５を実施例１と同様にして形成する。 Step (d): formed by the photosensitive resin layer 5 which black pigment is dispersed coated or laminated onto the insulating layer and the planarization layer 4 in the same manner as in Example 1.
【００７５】工程（ｅ）：前記遮光層５ａ上に赤色顔料が分散された感光性樹脂層６（母材：アクリル系樹脂またはエポキシ系樹脂，膜厚：１.２μｍ）を塗布（あるいはラミネート）し、フォトマスク１６を介して紫外線１７を露光，現像する。 Step (e): the light-shielding layer 5a photosensitive resin layer red pigment was dispersed on 6 (base material: acrylic resin or epoxy resin, thickness: 1.2 [mu] m) coated (or laminate) and, exposed to ultraviolet rays 17 through a photomask 16 and developed.
上に柱状に形成される。 It is formed in a columnar shape on top.
ｍ，電極：走査電極）、ポリイミドの配向制御膜（膜厚：７０ｎｍ）を形成する。 m, the electrode: scan electrode), an orientation control film of polyimide (thickness: 70 nm) to form a.
【００７８】工程（ｈ）：液晶厚みを規定するスペーサ材を使用しない以外は実施例１と同様にして、対向電極基板を配置し、両電極基板間に液晶１４を封入、封止することにより反射型液晶表示装置を作製した。 Step (h): except not using the spacer member defining the liquid crystal thickness in the same manner as in Example 1, the counter electrode substrate is arranged, sealing liquid crystal 14 between the electrode substrates, by sealing a reflective liquid crystal display device was produced. なお、拡散反射板の下地層についても実施例１と同じである。 Incidentally, the same also as in Example 1. underlayer diffuse reflector.
【００７９】なお、本実施例では、スペーサ材を用いずに、遮光層５ａ上に形成した柱状の着色層６ａにより液晶の厚みを規定したので、反射型液晶表示装置にとって有効である。 In the present embodiment, without using the spacer member, so defining the thickness of the liquid crystal by the colored layer 6a of the pillar formed on the light-shielding layer 5a, which is valid for reflective-type liquid crystal display device.
【００８０】〔実施例 ５〕次に、本発明の他の反射型液晶表示装置の製法の一例を図５に従い説明する。 Example 5 Next, an example of a method of another reflective type liquid crystal display device of the present invention in accordance with FIG.
５μｍ，凹部深さ：１.２μｍ）上に実施例１の樹脂層２を塗布（膜厚：１.５μｍ）し、乾燥後、樹脂層２上に実施例１の保護フィルム（図示せず）を設けた転写フィルムを用意する。 5 [mu] m, the recess depth: 1.2 [mu] m) coated with a resin layer 2 of Example 1 above (film thickness: 1.5 [mu] m) and, after drying, a protective film of Example 1 on the resin layer 2 (not shown) providing a transfer film provided with.
【００８２】上記転写フィルムを実施例１と同様にガラス基板１にロールラミネータ１８を用いて転写後、該樹脂層２を恒温槽中（２４０℃）で３０分硬化し、凸部を形成する。 After transfer using a roll laminator 18 the transfer film in the same manner as in Example 1, the glass substrate 1, and cured for 30 minutes the resin layer 2 in a constant temperature bath (240 ° C.), to form a convex portion.
【００８４】工程（ｃ）：前記反射膜層３上に絶縁層兼平坦化層４（アクリル系樹脂またはエポキシ系樹脂，膜厚：２μｍ）形成する。 Step (c): the reflective film layer 3 the insulating layer and the planarization layer over 4 (acrylic resin or epoxy resin, thickness: 2 [mu] m) is formed.
【００８５】工程（ｄ）：前記絶縁層兼平坦化層４上に塗布あるいはラミネートした黒色顔料が分散された感光性樹脂層５に、フォトマスク１６を介して紫外線１７を露光，現像して遮光層５ａ（母材：アクリル系樹脂またはエポキシ系樹脂，膜厚：１.２μｍ）を形成する。 Step (d): in the insulating layer and the planarization layer 4 photosensitive resin layer 5 coated or laminated with a black pigment is dispersed on exposure to ultraviolet light 17 through a photomask 16, developing the light-blocking layer 5a (base material: acrylic resin or epoxy resin, thickness: 1.2 [mu] m) to form a.
を露光・現像する。 The exposure and development.
赤の着色層６ａを遮光層５ａ上に柱状に形成する。 It formed in a columnar shape red colored layer 6a on the light-shielding layer 5a.
遮光層５ａおよび着色層６ａ，６ｂ，６ｃの柱状の上に弾性層２２（感光性樹脂，膜厚：１.２μｍ）、透明電極８（ＩＴＯ膜，膜厚：２６０ｎｍの走査電極）、ポリイミドの配向制御膜９（膜厚：７０ｎｍ）を形成する。 Shielding layer 5a and the colored layer 6a, 6b, elastic layer 22 is formed on the columnar 6c (photosensitive resin, thickness: 1.2 [mu] m), a transparent electrode 8 (ITO film, thickness: 260 nm scan electrodes), polyimide alignment control film 9 (thickness: 70 nm) to form a.
【００８９】工程（ｈ）：実施例１と同様にして、対向電極基板を配置し、両電極基板間に液晶１４を封入、封止することで反射型液晶表示装置を作製した。 Step (h): In the same manner as in Example 1, the counter electrode substrate is arranged, sealing liquid crystal 14 between the electrode substrates, to produce a reflective type liquid crystal display device by sealing. なお、拡散反射板の下地層についても実施例１と同じである。 Incidentally, the same also as in Example 1. underlayer diffuse reflector.
【００９０】なお、本実施例における、遮光層５ａ上に着色層６および弾性層２２の柱を形成して液晶厚みを規定する方法は、本実施例に限定されるものでなく、スペーサ材を用いて液晶の厚みを規定する液晶表示装置においては有効な手段である。 Incidentally, in the present embodiment, a method for defining the liquid crystal thickness to form a pillar of the colored layer 6 and the elastic layer 22 on the light-shielding layer 5a is not limited to the present embodiment, the spacer member is an effective means in the liquid crystal display device which defines the thickness of the liquid crystal used.
【００９１】また、着色層６および弾性層２２の柱は画面サイズを考慮して設けるのが望ましい。 Moreover, the pillars of the colored layers 6 and the elastic layer 22 is that provided in consideration of the screen size desired.
カラーフィルタの表面を平坦に形成できるという効果がある。 The surface of the color filter has the effect of possible flat.
【００９３】また、対向基板にカラーフィルタが無いことからＴＣＰ接続する際に有利である。 It is also advantageous for the TCP connection since the color filter is not in the counter substrate. 更にまた、平坦化できることからコントラスト比の低下や輝度むらを防止することもできる。 Furthermore, it is also possible to prevent a decrease and uneven brightness contrast ratio because it can flatten.
【００９４】上記の拡散反射板上にカラーフィルタを形成する場合、上記の方法に限定されず、拡散反射板上に顔料レジストや転写フィルム等を用いて形成してもよい。 When forming a color filter on the diffuse reflection plate, not limited to the above method, may be formed using a pigment resist or a transfer film or the like to diffuse reflection plate.
高開口率（明るい）の反射型液晶表示装置を提供することができる。 It is possible to provide a reflective liquid crystal display device having a high aperture ratio (bright).
【００９６】さらに、凸部あるいは凹凸部を有する樹脂層を有効表示領域のみに配置することで、透明電極の端子部を直接ガラス基板上に形成し得るので、ＴＡＢ接続が有利になる。 Further, by arranging only the effective display area of the resin layer having a convex portion or the concave-convex portion, since the terminal portions of the transparent electrode directly be formed on a glass substrate, TAB connection is advantageous.
【００９７】〔実施例 ６〕次に、本発明の他の反射型液晶表示装置の製法の一例を図６に従い説明する。 Example 6 Next, an example of a method of another reflective type liquid crystal display device of the present invention in accordance with FIG.
およびその上に保護フィルムを配置してなる転写フィルムを用意する。 And providing a transfer film formed by arranging a protective film thereon.
【００９９】上記転写フィルムをガラス基板１にロールラミネータ１８を用い実施例１と同じ条件で転写後、前記樹脂層２を恒温槽（２４０℃）中で３０分硬化し、凸部を有する樹脂層２を形成する。 After transferring the transfer film under the same conditions as in Example 1 using a roll laminator 18 on the glass substrate 1, and cured for 30 minutes the resin layer 2 in a constant temperature bath (240 ° C.), the resin layer having a convex portion to form a 2.
上にアルミニウムの反射膜層３（１００ｎｍ）を形成する。 Forming a reflective film layer 3 of aluminum (100 nm) above.
【０１０１】工程（ｃ）：上記反射膜層３上にアクリル系樹脂の絶縁層兼平坦化層４（膜厚：２μｍ）を形成する。 Step (c): the reflective film layer 3 on the acrylic resin of the insulating layer and the planarization layer 4 (thickness: 2 [mu] m) to form a.
【０１０２】工程（ｄ）：上記絶縁層兼平坦化層４上にＩＴＯ透明電極８（２６０ｎｍ，信号電極）およびポリイミド系樹脂の配向制御膜９（７０ｎｍ）を形成し一方の電極基板を作製した。 Step (d): to produce the insulating layer and an ITO transparent electrode 8 on the planarization layer 4 (260 nm, the signal electrodes) and formed one electrode substrate an alignment control film 9 (70 nm) of the polyimide resin .
ａ（膜厚：１.２μｍ）を形成する。 a (thickness: 1.2μm) to form.
【０１０５】工程（ｇ）：上記遮光層５ａ上に赤色顔料が分散されたアクリル系樹脂の着色感光性樹脂層６（膜厚：１.２μｍ）を塗布（あるいはラミネート）後、フォトマスク２４を介して紫外光１７を露光，現像する。 Step (g): the light shielding layer 5a on the red pigment is colored photosensitive resin layer 6 (thickness: 1.2 [mu] m) of the dispersed acrylic resin after the coating (or laminate), a photomask 24 exposure to ultraviolet light 17 through and developed.
０.１３３、ツイスト角：２５０°）を封入後、封止（感光性アクリル系樹脂）することで反射型液晶表示素子を作製した。 0.133, twist angle: after encapsulating 250 °), to produce a reflective type liquid crystal display device by sealing (photosensitive acrylic resin).
を形成したが、微小凸状の材料、形状、大きさ等は、目的に応じて選択することができる。 Were formed, fine convex-like material, shape, size, etc., can be selected according to the purpose.
【０１１０】本実施例は、カラーフィルタと拡散反射板を別のガラス基板に形成したことにより、透過型液晶表示素子用のカラーフィルタ基板を流用でき、低コストの反射型カラー液晶表示装置を得ることができる。 This embodiment, by forming the color filter and diffuse reflection plate on another glass substrate, a color filter substrate for a transmission type liquid crystal display device can be diverted to obtain a reflection type color liquid crystal display device of low cost be able to.
Ｔ）を備えたアクティブマトリクス駆動型液晶表示装置の一例を図７に従い説明する。 An example of an active matrix driving type liquid crystal display device having a T) will now be described with reference to FIG.
の無アルカリガラス板）に、その工程（ａ）〜（ｇ）により形成した微細の多数の凸部を有し、遮光層５ａと赤の着色層６ａ，緑の着色層６ｂ、青の着色層６ｃと、遮光層５ａおよび着色層６ａ，６ｂ，６ｃ上に平坦化層７、ＩＴＯ透明電極（共通電極）８、配向制御膜９を有するものを用いた。 A non-alkali glass plate) of having a number of convex portions of the step (a) finely formed by ~ (g), the light-shielding layer 5a and the red color layer 6a, a green colored layer 6b, blue color layers and 6c, the light-shielding layer 5a and the colored layer 6a, 6b, 6c planarization layer on 7, ITO transparent electrode (common electrode) 8, was used with an alignment control film 9.
０（厚さ０.７ｍｍの無アルカリガラス板）上にゲート電極８１、蓄積容量電極８２、絶縁膜８３、アモルファス・シリコン・チャネル層８４、ドレイン電極８５、ソース電極８６、画素電極（透明電極）８７、配向制御膜９が形成されたものを用いた。 0 gate electrode 81 on the (non-alkali glass plate having a thickness of 0.7 mm), the storage capacitor electrode 82, the insulating film 83, amorphous silicon channel layer 84, the drain electrode 85, source electrode 86, the pixel electrode (transparent electrode) 87, was used as the alignment control film 9 is formed.
【０１１４】上記の両電極基板の電極８，８７が対向するよう配置し、液晶の厚みを規制するスペーサ材（図示省略）を介して組合せ、基板周辺をシール材（図示省略）で接着し、両電極基板間にＴＮ型の液晶１４を封入した。 positioned so that the electrodes 8,87 of the electrode substrates of the above opposed, spacer material for regulating the thickness of the liquid crystal combined via (not shown), the periphery of the substrate is bonded by a sealing material (not shown), and sealing a liquid crystal 14 of TN type between the electrode substrates.
【０１１５】上記ガラス基板８０の外側に１／４波長板９０、偏光板９１を配置すると共に、電源回路、駆動回路、制御回路（図示省略）等を装備し、反射型カラー液晶表示装置を作製した。 1/4 wave plate 90 on the outer side of the glass substrate 80, the polarizing plates arranged 91, equipped power supply circuit, drive circuit, a control circuit (not shown) or the like, making a reflective type color liquid crystal display device did.
【０１１６】本実施例による反射型カラー液晶表示装置は、従来品の様に、ＴＦＴ上にフォトリソグラフィ法による凹凸樹脂膜や反射膜の形成工程が不要で、トランジスタ側の基板（８０）の歩留まりを低下させる要因も無く、従って、低コストを図ることができる。 reflection type color liquid crystal display device according to this embodiment, as in the conventional process of forming the uneven resin film or reflective film according to photolithography method on the TFT is not required, the yield of the substrate of the transistor side (80) without factor of lowering, thus, it is possible to reduce the cost.
４波長板により９０度回転させ偏光板で吸収する方式なので、金属電極からの反射光によるコントラストの低下が生じない。 Since the quarter-wave plate manner that absorbed by the polarizing plate is rotated 90 degrees, it does not occur reduction in contrast due to the reflected light from the metal electrode.
【０１１８】なお、本実施例では縦電界方式のアクティブマトリクス型液晶表示素子で説明したが、横電界方式のアクティブマトリクス液晶表示素子においても同様の効果が得られる。 In the present embodiment has been described in an active matrix type liquid crystal display device of vertical electric field method, the same effect also in the active matrix liquid crystal display device of IPS mode can be obtained. この横電界方式の該素子に応用する場合には、カラーフィルタ上に平坦化膜を形成するのが有効である。 When applied to the element of the horizontal electric field method, it is effective to form a planarizing film on the color filter. その平坦化膜も転写フィルムを用いて形成することが好ましい。 It is preferable to be formed by using a transfer film that planarization film.
【０１１９】〔実施例 ８〕次に、本発明の反射型カラー液晶表示装置の一例を図８に従い説明する。 Next Example 8, an example of a reflective type color liquid crystal display device of the present invention in accordance with FIG.
に、液晶ドライバ集積回路を搭載したテープ・キャリア・パッケージ３４、電源回路および制御回路等を搭載したプリント配線基板３５を接続すると共に、樹脂ケースと金属フレーム（図示省略）を用いて一体化した。 The tape carrier package 34 equipped with a liquid crystal driver integrated circuit, the connecting printed circuit board 35 with the power supply circuit and a control circuit, etc., are integrated with the resin case and the metal frame (not shown).
【０１２１】この様にして作製した反射型カラー液晶表示装置は、どの方向から見ても明るく、高コントラストの画像が得られ、また、従来にない低コスト化を図ることができた。 reflection type color liquid crystal display device manufactured in this way are bright even when viewed from any direction, high-contrast images can be obtained and was able to achieve unprecedented low cost.
【０１２２】本発明の反射型カラー液晶表示装置の反射特性の測定法を図９、その代表的な反射特性を図１０に示す。 The measurement of the reflection characteristic of the reflection-type color liquid crystal display device of the present invention FIG. 9, showing its typical reflection characteristic in FIG.
０への入射光４１の散乱光４２を検出するものである。 And it detects the scattered light 42 of the incident light 41 to 0.
の法線に対して入射角θを±６０°まで傾けながら散乱光４２を検出たものである。 Those were the detecting scattered light 42 while tilting the angle of incidence θ to ± 60 ° with respect to the normal.
または、位相板３１，３２の下に光散乱フィルムを備えた反射型カラー液晶表示装置の特性を示す。 Or shows a characteristic of a reflection-type color liquid crystal display device having a light-scattering film under the phase plates 31 and 32.
【０１２６】破線６０はサンドブラスト処理で微細な凹凸を形成した仮支持対となるベースフィルムを用いた転写フィルム方式の拡散反射板を内蔵した反射型カラー液晶表示装置の特性を示す。 the dashed line 60 shows the characteristic of the reflection-type color liquid crystal display device with a built-diffuse reflector of the transfer film method using a base film serving as temporary support pairs forming fine irregularities in sandblasting.
【０１２７】そして、実線５０は図１１に示すような半球状の突起をランダムに配置した拡散反射板を内蔵した反射型カラー液晶表示装置の特性を示すものである。 Then, a solid line 50 shows a characteristic of the reflection-type color liquid crystal display device with a built-diffuse reflector arranged randomly hemispherical projection as shown in FIG. 11.
【０１２８】図１０から、図１１に示すような半球状の突起の転写フィルム方式の拡散反射板は勿論のこと、サンドブラスト処理したベースフィルムを用いた転写フィルム方式の拡散反射板でも、角度θが±４０°で、鏡面反射板と光散乱フィルムを組合せた方式に比べ約４倍以上の明るさが得られ、反射型液晶表示装置用としてその有効性が確認できた。 From FIG. 10, the diffusion reflective plate of the transfer film method hemispherical projection as shown in FIG. 11, of course, be a diffuse reflector of the transfer film method using a base film which has been sandblasted, the angle θ is in ± 40 °, about 4 times the brightness compared with a method that combines a specular reflector and a light scattering film is obtained, its effectiveness was confirmed as reflection type liquid crystal display device.
【０１２９】また、本実施例の反射型液晶表示装置の画質は、フォトリソグラフィ法により形成した拡散反射板を内蔵する従来の反射型液晶表示装置のそれと同等以上であることも確認できた。 Further, the image quality of the reflection type liquid crystal display device of this example was also confirmed that it is equivalent to that more conventional reflection type liquid crystal display device incorporating a diffuse reflector formed by a photolithography method.
【０１３０】本発明は１枚のガラス基板から多数のパネルを作製することで、低コスト化を図るガラス基板サイズの大型化に好適であると共に、平坦性および黒色フィルタの細線化等や、着色フィルム材料の有効使用等の経済面からも極めて優れている。 The present invention by manufacturing a large number of panels from one glass substrate, together with a suitable enlargement of the glass substrate size to reduce costs, and fine lines of the flatness and black filters, colored is excellent also from the economic aspect of the effective use and the like of the film material.
【０１３１】従って本発明は携帯性に優れたハンド・ヘルドＰＣ，ノートＰＣ，ミニ・ノートＰＣ，テレビジョン受像機およびパーソナル・デジタル・アシスタント（ＰＤＡ）等に搭載される液晶ディスプレイや、モニタ用大型液晶ディスプレイに有効である。 Accordingly, the present invention is excellent hand-held PC to portable, notebook PC, mini-notebook PC, or a liquid crystal display to be mounted on a television receiver and a personal digital assistant (PDA), etc., large monitor it is effective in a liquid crystal display.
【０１３２】特に、均一な画像表示が得にくい大画面液晶ディスプレイには、本発明のスペーサ材を用いない手法が、画質面で効果が顕著である。 Particularly, uniform image display is difficult to obtain a large screen liquid crystal display, a technique using no spacer material of the present invention, is remarkable effects quality surface.
【０１３３】なお、本発明は内蔵反射板上あるいは内臓拡散反射板上に電極を形成することができる液晶表示装置と、内蔵反射板上あるいは内臓拡散反射板上に液晶層に印加する電圧を低下させないで、カラーフィルタが形成されている液晶表示装置を提供するもので、表示方式等に限定されない。 The present invention is lowered and the liquid crystal display device capable of forming an electrode on the internal reflector or visceral diffuse reflector, the voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer in the internal reflector on or visceral diffuse reflector on not let, is provided a liquid crystal display device having a color filter is formed, it is not limited to the display mode or the like.
【発明の効果】本発明によれば、（１）転写フィルム方式や押し型方式で容易に任意の形状で、かつ、再現性よく凹凸面を設けた内蔵拡散反射板が形成でき、どの方向から見ても明るい反射型液晶表示装置を、低コストで得ることができる。 According to the present invention, (1) in an easily any shape transfer film method or push-type method, and reproducibly built diffuse reflector can be formed having a concave-convex surface, from which direction bright reflective type liquid crystal display device even when viewed, can be obtained at low cost.
【０１３５】（２）反射板とカラーフィルタを同一基板に配置できるので、高歩留まりで液晶表示素子が作製でき、高コントラスト化、高透過率化、均一表示特性の反射型液晶表示装置を、低コストで得ることができる。 (2) Since the reflector and the color filters can be disposed on the same substrate, the liquid crystal display device can be manufactured at a high yield, high contrast, high transmittance of the reflection type liquid crystal display device having a uniform display characteristics, low it can be obtained in cost.
【０１３６】（３）スペーサ材を使用せずに液晶厚みを規定することもできるので、均一性に優れた画像の反射型および透過型液晶表示装置を低コストで得ることができる。 (3) Since it is also possible to define a liquid crystal thickness without using a spacer member, it is possible to obtain a reflective or transmissive liquid crystal display device with excellent image uniformity at low cost.
の使用により、平坦化層が省略でき、液状のレジストまたはカラーレジストに比較して無駄が少なく、低コスト化に有効である。 The use of, can be omitted planarization layer, less waste compared to the resist or color liquid resist is effective in cost reduction.
【図１】実施例１の反射型カラー液晶表示装置の製造工程の模式断面図である。 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a manufacturing process of a reflective type color liquid crystal display device of Example 1.
【図２】実施例２の反射型カラー液晶表示装置の製造工程の模式断面図である。 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a manufacturing process of a reflective type color liquid crystal display device of Example 2.
【図３】実施例３の反射型カラー液晶表示装置の製造工程の模式断面図である。 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a manufacturing process of a reflective type color liquid crystal display device of Example 3.
【図４】実施例４の反射型カラー液晶表示装置の製造工程の模式断面図である。 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a manufacturing process of a reflective type color liquid crystal display device of Example 4.
【図５】実施例５の反射型カラー液晶表示装置の製造工程の模式断面図である。 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a manufacturing process of a reflective type color liquid crystal display device of Example 5.
【図６】本発明による反射型カラー液晶表示装置の構成を示す模式断面図である。 6 is a schematic sectional view showing a configuration of a reflective color liquid crystal display device according to the present invention.
【図７】本発明によるアクティブマトリクス駆動型液晶表示装置の構成を示す模式断面図である。 7 is a schematic sectional view showing the structure of an active matrix driving type liquid crystal display device according to the present invention.
【図８】本発明による反射型カラー液晶表示装置の構成を示す模式断面図である。 8 is a schematic sectional view showing a configuration of a reflective color liquid crystal display device according to the present invention.
【図９】反射型カラー液晶表示装置の反射特性の測定法を示す模式斜視図である。 9 is a schematic perspective view showing a measuring method of the reflection characteristic of the reflection-type color liquid crystal display device.
【図１０】反射型カラー液晶表示装置の反射特性の一例を示すグラフである。 10 is a graph showing an example of the reflection characteristic of the reflection-type color liquid crystal display device.
【図１１】本発明の拡散反射板の球状突起の形状と構成寸法を示す模式断面図である。 11 is a schematic sectional view showing the shape and configuration dimension of the spherical projection of the diffuse reflector of the present invention.
８６…ソース電極、８７…画素電極。 86 ... source electrode, 87 ... pixel electrode.
【請求項１】 基板と、その基板の上に形成されている凹凸を有する薄膜層と、この凹凸を有する薄膜層の上に形成されている反射層を有する拡散反射板であって、 前記薄膜層と前記反射層とは予め一体形成された層であることを特徴とする拡散反射板。 [1 claim: a substrate, a thin film layer having unevenness formed on the substrate, a diffuse reflector having a reflective layer formed on the thin film layer having the irregularities, the thin film diffuse reflector, characterized in that the a layer wherein the reflective layer is a layer which is previously integrally formed.
【請求項２】 前記薄膜層と前記反射層との間には両者を接着する接着層を有する請求項１に記載の拡散反射板。 2. A diffuse reflector according to claim 1 having an adhesive layer for bonding both between the reflective layer and the thin film layer.
【請求項３】 基板と、この基板の上に転写フィルムにより転写，接着された拡散反射層を有することを特徴とする拡散反射板。 3. A substrate and, transferred by the transfer film on the substrate, a diffusion reflective plate, characterized in that with bonded diffuse reflection layer.
【請求項４】 基板と、その基板の上に形成されている凹凸を有する薄膜層と、この凹凸を有する薄膜層の上に形成されている反射層と、その反射層の上に形成されている平坦化層を有する拡散反射板であって、 前記薄膜層と前記反射層とは予め一体形成された層であり、 前記薄膜層と前記基板とは接着層により接着されていることを特徴とする拡散反射板。 4. A substrate, a thin film layer having unevenness formed on the substrate, a reflective layer formed on the thin film layer having the irregularities, formed on the reflective layer a diffuse reflector having a planarizing layer are, said thin film layer and the reflective layer is a layer which is previously integrally formed, the substrate and the thin film layer and characterized in that it is bonded by an adhesive layer diffuse reflection plate for.
【請求項５】 前記薄膜層は前記接着層を兼ねている請求項４に記載の拡散反射板。 5. The diffusing reflector of claim 4 wherein the thin film layer which also serves as the adhesive layer.
【請求項６】 一対の基板と、この一対の基板に挟持された液晶層を有し、 前記一対の基板の一方の基板の上に形成されている接着層と、この接着層の上に形成されている凹凸を有する薄膜層と、この凹凸を有する薄膜層の上に形成されている反射層と、この反射層の上に形成されている平坦化層と、この平坦化層と前記一対の基板の他方の基板との間に前記液晶層に電界を生じさせる電極構造を有することを特徴とする液晶表示装置。 6. A pair of substrates, and the pair of a liquid crystal layer sandwiched substrate, the adhesive layer formed on one substrate of the pair of substrates, formed on the adhesive layer a thin film layer having an uneven being, a reflective layer formed on the thin film layer having irregularities, and planarization layer formed on the reflective layer, the pair of the planarization layer the liquid crystal display device characterized by having the electrode structure to cause an electric field to the liquid crystal layer between the other substrate of the substrate.
と、 ガラス基板上に透明電極と配向制御膜が積層形成されたもう一方の電極基板ｂとが配向制御膜が対向するよう配置されており、 前記両電極基板ａ，ｂ間に液晶層が挟持されてなることを特徴とする液晶表示装置。 When the other electrode substrate b transparent electrode and an alignment control film on a glass substrate are laminated are arranged so that the orientation control film is opposed, the two electrode substrates a, the liquid crystal layer between b is nipped the liquid crystal display device characterized by comprising been.
遮光層上に形成した複数の柱状樹脂部によって規制されている請求項７に記載の液晶表示装置。 The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7, which is regulated by a plurality of columnar resin portion formed on the light-shielding layer.
多数の微細な凸部あるいは凹凸部がランダムに形成された押し型をもって前記樹脂層面上を加熱，押圧することにより該樹脂層表面に微細な凸部あるいは凹凸部を形成する工程と、 前記樹脂層上に反射膜を形成し、該反射膜上に絶縁層兼平坦化層を形成する工程と、 前記絶縁層兼平坦化層上に遮光層およびカラーフィルタ層を形成する工程と、 前記カラーフィルタ層上に平坦化層を形成する工程と、 前記平坦化層上に透明電極を形成する工程と、 前記透明電極上に液晶の配向制御膜を形成する工程、により形成した一方の電極基板ａと、 ガラス基板面に透明電極を形成し、該透明電極上に液晶の配向制御膜を形成したもう一方の電極基板ｂとを配置し、 前記両電極基板ａ，ｂの配向制御膜が対向するよう組合せ、該両電極基板間に液晶を Forming a minute projections or uneven portions in the resin layer surface by a large number of minute projections or uneven portions randomly formed in the press mold with a heating on the resin layer surface to press, the resin layer the reflective film is formed thereon, forming an insulating layer and the planarizing layer on the reflective layer, forming a light-shielding layer and the color filter layer on the insulating layer and the planarization layer, the color filter layer forming a planarization layer thereon, and forming a transparent electrode on the planarization layer, and the step, one of the electrode substrate a formed by forming an alignment control film of the liquid crystal on the transparent electrode, combined to form a transparent electrode on the glass substrate surface, placing the other electrode substrate b to form an alignment control film of the liquid crystal on the transparent electrode, the two electrodes substrate a, the orientation control film b are opposed the liquid crystal between the both electrode substrates 充填，封止する工程を含むことを特徴とする液晶表示装置の製法。 Preparation of a liquid crystal display device which comprises filling the step of sealing.
【請求項１０】 前記ガラス基板面に多数の微細な凸部あるいは凹凸部の形成に、多数の微細な凸部あるいは凹凸部がランダムに設けられた高分子ベースフィルム上に、光感光性樹脂または熱硬化性樹脂が積層された転写フィルムを前記ガラス基板面に加熱，押圧して貼り合わせ、前記高分子ベースフィルムを剥離することで形成する請求項９に記載の液晶表示装置の製法。 10. A formation of a large number of minute projections on the glass substrate surface or uneven portion, the number of minute projections or uneven portions on the polymer base film provided at random, photosensitive resin or heating the transfer film thermosetting resin is laminated on the glass substrate surface, bonded by pressing, manufacturing method of the liquid crystal display device according to claim 9, formed by peeling the polymer base film.
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yahoo | Projecting the 2014 Denver Broncos roster. This is version 3. See version 1 here. Version 2 here.
Broncos roster cuts are due by Saturday afternoon. I already broke down the six big position battles in-depth, so let's get straight to the depth chart. Below that I'll go speed-round, position by position.
Reminder: Player movements denoted in this depth chart represent changes from my previous depth chart, not the Broncos' official depth chart.
Zac Dysert makes the team because John Fox has always kept three quarterbacks.
This looks shocking, but this is using my own two eyes. Juwan Thompson has a similar skillset to C.J. Anderson, and I like him better. Kapri Bibbs has exceptional vision and quickness and is a potential touchdown machine. Ronnie Hillman is still ahead of them both thanks to an impressive preseason in the pass-catching department; he was one of Peyton Manning's favorite targets this preseason.
Isaiah Burse makes the team thanks to his 151 all-purpose yards Thursday. My previous ranking of Latimer ahead of Caldwell was a typographical error.
Virgil Green makes the team by the skin of his teeth. Hope he's healthy.
Michael Schofield didn't have a great game Thursday, but he's had better games, and he's a rookie.
I think I've watched more Ben Garland than anyone else this preseason. He's a different player from a year ago. The development has paid off. It's time. Plus, no one else on the offensive line has really pushed for a spot harder than him.
Will Montgomery isn't exactly a Swiss Army knife, but he makes the Broncos' offensive line one. If any starter goes down, he comes in first.
So tough. Can't the Broncos keep 70 guys? Also, can't they line up 12 men on defense with three DTs? Worlds would be destroyed.
Sione Fua is my odd man out this time, and it came down to measurables (he's the shortest and second-lightest of the group). He deserves a roster spot more than Isaiah Burse. He deserves a roster spot more than Michael Schofield. He deserves a roster spot more than Steven Johnson, Duke Ihenacho, and Zac Dysert. But that's not always the way these rosters work, and sixth defensive tackle is a position I just can't justify. Some team will pick him up and absolutely love him.
Malik Jackson still ahead of Derek Wolfe. Quanterus Smith has been looking good.
If Danny Trevathan wasn't currently hurt, I might have slotted one less linebacker here. Alas, depth is needed, along with special teams contributors.
Bradley Roby might be starting on the outside, with Chris Harris Jr. back home in the slot, before this season's over. Or maybe even Week One.
The Broncos have kept five safeties in each of the past two seasons. These five are pretty clear-cut after all. Quinton Carter jumped ahead of David Bruton and Duke Ihenacho thanks to some strong practices.
Agree? Disagree? Let me know how your depth chart differs in the comments!
Should the Denver Broncos keep kicker Brandon McManus?
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cnn | Researchers at cybersecurity firm UpGuard find the private information from millions of Facebook records posted publicly on Amazon’s cloud servers. The data was stored there by two third-party developers, according to the researchers. Available information included names, passwords, email addresses, comments, reactions and account names. A Facebook spokesperson said it prohibits storing user info on public databases. When it was alerted to the issue, Facebook worked with Amazon to take down the databases.
Facebook reveals it didn't properly mask the passwords of hundreds of millions of its users and stored them at plain text in an internal database that could be accessed by its staff. Facebook said it discovered the passwords during a security review in January and launched an investigation. It didn’t say how long it had been storing passwords in this way, but it plans to notify account holders if theirs were involved.
Facebook, YouTube and Twitter struggle to halt the spread of horrific footage that showed the massacre at a mosque in New Zealand as it was taking place. Dozens of people were killed in shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. Facebook said it removed 1.5 million copies of the video from its platform in the first 24 hours alone.
Facebook announces the departure of two top executives just a week after the company laid out plans to reposition itself as a “privacy-focused” social network. The departures were reportedly linked to disagreements over Facebook's approach to personal data and encryption.
Facebook faces a federal criminal investigation into its data-sharing deals with a number of large technology companies, according to a report from the New York Times. A New York grand jury subpoenaed two well-known smartphone makers for records related to the investigation. Facebook had data-sharing deals with over 150 companies, which helped it gain users.
A partial Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp outage affecting account holders around the world lasts almost 24 hours. It's believed to be the longest interruption ever suffered by the social network.
Facebook reveals that a pair of Ukrainian hackers used online quizzes and surveys to gain access to private Facebook user data and target users with "unauthorized" advertisements.
Senator Elizabeth Warren releases an aggressive plan as part of her presidential campaign platform to break up tech giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google. Warren’s far-reaching plan would impose new rules on certain kinds of tech companies with $25 billion or more in annual revenue. It also aims to unwind some of the highest profile mergers in the industry, like Facebook's acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp.
Facebook faces criticism for not allowing users to opt out of a recently discovered feature that lets people look them up using their phone number or email address. Among those affected are users who only added their numbers to set up extra security protocols.
Facebook vows to take action against misinformation about vaccines after criticism arose over the prevalence of such content on the social media site. Public health experts pointed fingers at platforms like Facebook, saying false claims that vaccines cause autism and other diseases have frightened parents into refusing to vaccinate their kids.
Germany's antitrust office rules that Facebook is abusing its market position by combining its data with information from Instagram, WhatsApp and third-party websites. The regulator orders Facebook to stop doing this in a ruling that could shape the company's future and potentially lead to its breakup.
Apple removes Facebook’s controversial market-research app, called Facebook Research, from its App Store. Facebook distributed the data-collecting app to consumers through a program intended only for internal employees, in violation of its agreement with Apple. Facebook paid teens and adults to sign up and to participate in the program.
A new report in The New York Times reveals that Facebook offered more of its users' data to companies — including Microsoft, Netflix, Spotify and Amazon — than previously revealed. Netflix and Spotify were reportedly given the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages.
The British Parliament releases a set of internal Facebook documents the company had fought for months to stop from being made public. The documents involve claims about the company’s alleged disregard for user privacy, as well as a claim that Zuckerberg wanted to force Facebook’s rivals out of business.
Another major New York Times investigation suggests the company had not been forthcoming enough about Russian interference on its platform. The newspaper also reports Facebook hired a firm that scrutinized its critics, including the billionaire George Soros.
Facebook disappoints investors again with its latest earnings report. The company’s stock continues to decline.
Facebook says an attack exposed information on nearly 50 million users and gave the attackers access to those users' accounts on other sites and apps where they logged in using Facebook. It would later revise this number and say that 30 million people were affected.
Instagram cofounders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger announce they are leaving the photo-sharing app owned by Facebook.
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg tells a US Senate committee that the company's "understanding of overall Russian activity in 2016 is limited because we do not have access to the information or investigative tools that the US government and this committee have."
Facebook says it has banned 20 organizations and individuals in Myanmar, including a senior military commander, from using its service. The company acknowledges that it was "too slow" to prevent the spread of "hate and misinformation" in the country.
Facebook stock has the worst day for a public company in history — it plunged 19% — after the company says revenue growth will slow as it "puts privacy first" and rethinks its product experiences. The selloff caused about $119 billion in market value to vanish.
UK regulators say Facebook broke the law by failing to safeguard user data, and by not telling tens of millions of people how Cambridge Analytica harvested their information for use in political campaigns. The company is eventually fined £500,000 — the largest amount allowed under Britain's data protection law.
WhatsApp grapples with issues in India after hoax messages sent on the Facebook-owned app are blamed for a spate of lynchings across the country.
Another New York Times investigation reveals the scope of data-sharing deals Facebook has with numerous tech companies, including Apple, Microsoft and Samsung.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp CEO and cofounder Jan Koum says he's leaving the messaging app.
Despite backlash from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook reports that it reversed its first-ever decline in daily active users in the United States and Canada during the first three months of 2018.
Zuckerberg heads to Washington, DC and endures 10 hours of questions from almost 100 lawmakers about the company’s practices.
Facebook reveals that Cambridge Analytica had information on 87 million Facebook users without their knowledge – nearly 40 million more than what was previously reported. The same day, Zuckerberg admits that Facebook will never be able to fully protect its platform from abuse by bad actors.
Facebook rolls out changes to give users around the world more control over their privacy settings. The changes complied with a new data protection measure in the European Union.
CNN Business reports that Mark Zuckerberg will go before Congress to testify about data privacy practices. The same day, he also turns down a request from British lawmakers to answer questions on the social network's privacy practices and Facebook says it will send two deputies instead.
"I'm really sorry that this happened," Zuckerberg tells CNN Business’ Laurie Segall about the Cambridge Analytica scandal in an exclusive interview.
WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton urges Facebook users to delete their accounts. His words are notable because WhatsApp is owned by Facebook. He joins a growing “delete Facebook” movement over data privacy and the spread of misinformation on the platform.
The New York Times and the Guardian report that a once-unknown data analysis firm called Cambridge Analytica tried to influence how Americans voted using information gleaned from millions of Facebook profiles.
Facebook’s stock is rattled by news that people are spending less time on the service. The stock will fluctuate wildly over the next few months until settling into a steady decline.
Facebook announces it’s changing how News Feed is organized. It will prioritize posts from friends and family over posts from publishers and brands, even if it means the time people spend on Facebook goes down.
Mark Zuckerberg makes a lofty promise for 2018: Fix Facebook. The CEO says in a note that Facebook has work to do, “including protecting our community from abuse and hate, defending against interference by nation states, or making sure that time spent on Facebook is time well spent.” Turns out, saying that was easier than doing it.
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cnn | (CNN) -- Costa Rican President Oscar Arias presented an updated proposal to end the Honduran political crisis, but its adoption seemed unlikely, as one side described the talks as "failed" and the other asked for more time.
Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya answers questions in Managua, Nicaragua, on Sunday.
The document, dubbed the San Jose Accord, calls for ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya's return to power, the creation of a unity government and early elections.
The accord is very similar to an original plan suggested by Arias but with more details and a creation of a truth commission to investigate the events that led to the crisis. It also includes a timeline for its implementation, which could have Zelaya back in Honduras by Friday.
Arias signaled that his latest effort as mediator after two unsuccessful rounds of talks was also his final. Zelaya and his successor, interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti, can turn to other forms for negotiations if they cannot agree to the deal, Arias said.
Arias read the proposal on Wednesday at a news conference in San Jose, Costa Rica, flanked by Zelaya and Micheletti's delegations.
Responses from the two camps following Arias announcement gave slim hope that the accord would be signed.
"(The talks) failed because of the intransigence of the coup regime," she said.
For Micheletti's side, Mauricio Villegas said his camp would present the San Jose Accord to the three branches of government for their approval, which would be necessary before moving forward. Earlier this week, another Micheletti negotiator said that the supreme court had already signaled that it would not accept Zelaya's return as president.
"We must make way for peace and democracy, because the alternative is a cliff where even bigger trouble than we know awaits," said Arias, who had been serving as mediator between the two sides. "So today I ask you respectfully, but with urgency, to carefully review this document and reflect on it."
Earlier, Micheletti had offered a counterproposal, Honduras's foreign minister, Carlos Lopez Contreras, told CNN affiliate Televicentro.
Sources close to Micheletti's delegation told CNN that the counterproposal would have given amnesty to Zelaya and allowed him to return. But the nation's Supreme Court, which supports the coup and insists Zelaya must be held responsible for allegedly trying to subvert the constitution, rejected the amnesty provision, the sources said.
Negotiations had stalled over Arias' proposal that Zelaya be reinstated.
Zelaya was going to hold a referendum that could have led to changing the Honduras Constitution, even though Congress had outlawed the vote and the Supreme Court ruled it illegal.
Zelaya was deposed June 28, the day the vote was supposed to be held, in a military-led coup and replaced by congressional leader Micheletti a few hours later.
Micheletti's counterproposal would have instituted a six-month moratorium on legal action against either side.
In another development, Honduras gave Venezuela's diplomats 72 hours to leave the country Tuesday on the grounds that leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been making threats against the provisional government.
Venezuela called the expulsion order "absurd" and said it will not comply because it does not recognize Micheletti's government. Chavez and Zelaya are political allies.
The coup has drawn international condemnation, including demands by the U.N. General Assembly and Organization of American States that Zelaya be reinstated. The European Union and United States also have curtailed some aid.
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wordpress | January: Going down from the little terrace of the Skyscraper. What a visual ride. Ljubljana, Slovenia.
February: Amazed every time I visit it. Giardino dei tarocchi by Niki de Saint Phalle, southern Tuscany.
March: These violets are in exactly the same spot this year but not nearly as happy. Recent snow was a surprise. Our condominium.
April: Imagine a river with the temperature of a small clothes washer. Then lie in it and be transported smash-bam into the next group of people because the current is so strong. Don’t worry, it happens all the time. Terme Saturnia.
May: A proper bowl twister: amore making carbonara.
June: The girl during Infiorata. I love this photo. As if out of a German film. Monte Argentario monastery.
July: Time and place to lie down. It looks softer than it is. Forma Viva, Portorož, Slovenia.
August: Muha Restaurant in Lokev, Slovenia.
September: Crustaceans and Formula Uno. Rome, Italia.
October: This field is pretty happening for real. Capalbio Scalo.
November: Part of the setting to lure wildlife near photographers at the Lake Burano nature reserve.
December: The Kamnik-Savinja Alps from my parents’ front door in Bežigrad, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
December: The future in the shape of nutria. Orbetello lagoon.
Gornji trg in Ljubljana in August: compared to what follows the light is gentle but still pretty.
The view from my grandmother’s place in Maribor above the Drava river.
From my first and only sailing trip to Croatia in a previous lifetime.
Piran, the catcher of the last light.
It invites you out to play.
It makes you take a peek.
It makes paintings out of not much.
In Lucca there is much to behold. Guinigi Tower with oaks on top.
The last light of that day in Lucca. The sun said: Okay, one more.
In Rome the light is harsher. Trastevere.
Park Villa Pamphili in Rome.
It doesn’t matter where in Rome you are. You get the light.
Closer to home the light mellows: the view from the archaeological park at Roselle.
The Orbetello lagoon where flamingos come for the winter.
The same lagoon as the light was blocked.
The Capalbio beach out of season.
The Abbey of San Galgano is the light queen and this is my knight.
From the car. All alone, and the bird was by itself too.
Elaborate entrance to the oasis.
I have an impression that the black guys on the right were responsible for the most noise.
I hoped for a lift-off.
Bosco della Patanella. A little forest indeed.
Orbetello. On St. Valentine’s Day, a supermarket holds an organised flamingo coupling viewing from its roof. For real.
Italians must always burn something.
Here you can see how far away they really are. Monte Argentario peninsula in the background.
The light was going and the birds acquired a shade underneath.
Ooops, my camera is lost.
This image seems so non-European.
Goodbye, lagoon, I’ll be back. And quiet.
In my quest to get closer to the flamingos in Orbetello lagoon, I found some other beasts as well. Every time I’m grocery shopping, I throw them wishful looks and they laugh at me from too far away for my zoom. I promised them to … Continue reading WPC: Silence!
We began the new year in Piran four times in a row. Loud but clear.
Then we went to Ljubljana and watched the Alps that always surprise me.
At the top of the Skyscraper in Ljubljana. Staying true, by not smoking.
As was this and not only: an open-air concert of Slovenian vocal orchestra Perpetuum Jazzile in the centre of Ljubljana.
Energy – idea – life in Old Ljubljana.
Miklošičeva Street, Ljubljana. Such luxury.
During the Graffiti Tour I had eyes for everything else too. Wolfova Street, Ljubljana.
National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana.
Tabor, Ljubljana. There was more blue sky than this winter.
January: Back to Maremma and elusive flamingos at the Orbetello lagoon.
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iastate | European corn borers: How long before they tunnel into corn?
European corn borer larvae are hatching in south central Iowa according to Mike White, extension field specialist-crops. Also, I saw moths flying in Ames on the night of May 30. By the end of this week (June 10-11) females should be laying eggs throughout the state once the warm evening temperatures return.
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The Chandmal Tarachand Bora College Library was established in 1968. Right from its inception, it has become the “heart of the campus”. The library occupies a prominent and integral part in the teaching and learning process of the institution.
The growth and development of the library goes hand-in-hand with that of the increasing number of readers and their demands. Initially the library had a collection of 2000 books (in 1968), which has now increased to more than 80,000 books, 49 print journals and more than 6000+ e-journals. The library work is administered by Library Committee.
The library is spread across a total area of 10,500 sq.ft. The various sections of the library are: Circulation Counter, Office Area, Periodicals Sections, Under Graduate/ Junior College Stack Room, Post Graduate & Research Stack Room, UGC-Network Resource Centre, Reprographic Room, Book Exhibition Area, Teachers Reading Hall, PG/Research Reading Hall, Boys Reading Hall, Girls Reading Hall, UPS-Battery Room and Store Room.
The library aims to fulfil all kinds of educational, informational and recreational needs of the students, teachers, researchers and other users by providing them with a wide range of books, periodicals, reference books,famous literary works, rare books and audio-visual aids.
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